November 18, 2019

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Vol XXIX No. 343

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Mass protest against CAB in NE

NEIFP to resume stir; NESO to launch protest marches

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 7 (NPN): With the BJP-led NDA government all set to push the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019 this winter session of the Parliaments starting from November 18, the North East Forum for Indigenous People (NEFIP) and North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) on Sunday announced to hold mass agitation across the North Eastern states.

NEIFP president Ningthouja Lancha said the forum has decided to resume the mass agitation against CAB and the authoritative attitude of Government of India (GoI) from Monday.

In line with NEFIP series of mass agitations, Manipur People Against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 (MANPAC) has decided to hold the mass agitation Monday from Ima Keithel (iconic all-women market) in the heart of the capital city, Imphal followed

Bobde to take oath as 47th CJI today

Sharad Arvind Bobde

NEW DELHI, NOV 17 (IANS): Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde will be swornin as the 47th Chief Justice of India on Monday. According to a statement, President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oath of office to Justice Bobde at 9.30 a.m.

Outgoing CJI Ranjan Gogoi on October 18 had recommended Justice Bobde, the second senior-most judge of the apex court, as his successor. Justice Bobde will retire on April 23, 2021. Born in Nagpur on April 24, 1956, he completed his graduation and obtained a law degree from Nagpur University.

His career as judge began on March 29, 2000 when he was appointed as Additional Judge in the Bombay High Court, and rose to become Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on October 16, 2012. He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on April 12, 2013. He was part of the five-judge constitution bench hearing the longest running Ayodhya land dispute case.

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NEFIP said recognising such illegal immigrants as “natural persons” who could acquire Indian citizenship on the basis of religious identity ran antithetical to the Constitution of India, stressing that the eligibility criterion to grant citizenship to these illegal migrants, besides being unreasonable and unlawful, was genocidal for the indigenes of the Northeast.

Giving shelter and providing citizenship to the religiously persecuted migrants, who were actually labourers, would adversely affect the indigenous population of the entire region, it warned.

NEFIP said series of agitation were held and several memorandums were submitted to the Prime Minister and chief ministers of the region.

NESO: North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) also announced that it will hold protest marches against the proposed CAB across all the states in the region on Monday.

All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), which is a major constituent of the NESO, and other seven member organisations will

hold their demonstrations in front of the respective Raj Bhavans in all the states.

“Through each governor, the protesters will submit memorandums to the prime minister and home minister against the bill, which is strictly against the indigenous people of the region,” a NESO release said.

“North East is not a dustbin of illegal Bangladeshi people. Under no circumstances, the CAB will be accepted. Our protest against the anti-indigenous CAB will continue,” the statement said.

The BJP is bringing in the CAB only to garner votes of the illegal Bangladeshis and the ruling party is going ahead with the decision on the CAB on the back of their numbers in Parliament, it alleged. The member organisations of the NESO are AASU, KSU, GSU, AMSU, NSF, TSF, AAPSU and MZP. The CAB seeks to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of stay in the country even if they do not possess proper documents.

Lokayukta takes suo motu cognizance of NPF allegations

Petrol prices continue to soar

by an 18 hour state-wide total shutdown on November 19 (till 6 p.m.).

Te r m i n g C A B a s “genocidal Act”, NEFIP pointed out that accepting it would be suicidal as it would lead to total extinction of indigenous population of the entire Northeast.

The forum, however, left the federating State organisations to decide the mode of agitation as per local situation and ground realities.

NEFIP also decided to bring an understanding among different likeminded social organisations to oppose the Bill collectively, besides requesting all MPs and members of the State Legislative Assemblies of the North-eastern region to oppose the Bill.

Appealing to the people of the Northeast to study, support and struggle for the cause, NEFIP regretted that instead of giving any heed to protests and prayer in the form of memorandum, the same Bill would be introduced in the forthcoming Winter Session of Parliament “undermining the aspirations and legitimate rights of the indigenes of the region”.

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 7 (NPN): Against the backdrop of NPF’s allegations of mis-governance and rampant corruption in public offices of the state government, Nagaland Lokayukta, while taking suo motu cognisance of the claims made by NPF in its press release published in the media on November 18, said unless the people of Nagaland came forward with their grievances and filed complaints after complying with procedural requirements, the organisation would be helpless.

In an order, Lokayukta justice Uma Nath Singh said he took a serious note that instead of filing complaints in accordance with Regulation of the Nagaland Lokayukta, the people were playing to the gallery.

Pointing out that after taking over charge as

lokayukta only nine complaints had been filed so far, Justice Singh stated.

Moreover, he said the organisation needed to be well equipped to deal with such allegations of misgovernance and corruption.

He emphasised that both Nagaland Lokayukta and Nagaland Lokayukta Police Organisation required drastic reforms and serious re-look to come up to the expectations of the people of Nagaland and other stakeholders.

Justice Singh said lokayukta was in urgent need of two more Upa-Lokayuktas with clean records and serious aptitude for the job, but regretted that even the letters sent from his office to the State government remained pending for months with no response in some cases.

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NEW DELHI, NOV 17 (AGENCIES): Petrol prices continued to soar on Sunday.

Diesel rates, on the other hand, remained stagnant for the third day straight. After today’s price revision, petrol became 10-12 paise costlier across major cities in India while diesel prices remained unchanged.

In Delhi, petrol on Sunday was retailing at Rs 73.89, up 12 paise from Saturday’s rate. Diesel in the National Capital was selling at Rs 65.79 per litre.

Petrol in Kolkata was 11 paise costlier and was retailing at Rs 76.58. In Chennai, citizens have to shell out Rs 76.81 for a litre of petrol. In Dimapur, petrol on Sunday was retailing at Rs. 71.80 per litre, up 12 paisa. Diesel in the city was priced at Rs 63.61 per litre.

In Kohima, petrol is being sold at Rs. 72.60 per litre, up 11 paisa and diesel at Rs. 64.24 per litre.

JAF to launch phase-wise democratic stir from Nov 20 DIMAPUR, NOV 17 (NPN): Joint Associations Forum (JAF) comprising of Nagaland Directorate Ministerial Service Association (NDMSA), All Nagaland District Ministerial Service Association (ANDMSA), Trained Nurses Association of India-Nagaland Branch (TNAI) and Prison Service Association Nagaland announced to launch phase wise democratic agitations, for the non implementation of the ROP Pay Anomalies Committee (PAC) recommendation, starting from November 20 if their demand was not met before the due course of time.

According to JAF convenor, M. Renthungo Tungoe and co-convenor, V. Peter Rutsa, the forum took this decision at the meeting of the coordinating body held on November 14 at Ura Hotel, Kohima for non implementation of the ROP Pay Anomalies Committee (PAC) recommendation by the state government.

JAF said the aggrieved four associations decided to take a joint venture to pursue the matter and requested the state government to implement the recommendation in letter and spirit without any discrimination.

While pointing out that the current issue was related to pay level enhancement of specific categories of employees under the four associations, JAF said they deserved better perks and allowances commensurating their duties and responsibilities.

JAF further reminded that the associations had submitted individual

representations expressing their grievances and claims of anomalies to the 2017 ROP PAC on invitation, and accordingly the PAC in their report dated 21.05.2018 had recommended higher pay level of specific employees under the aggrieved associations.

However, JAF said the government failed to implement/approve the recommendation for no valid and justifiable reason.

A joint representation was submitted to government on September 12, 2019 demanding implementation of the recommendation. However, JAF said there was no positive response even after a lapse of over 45.

In this regard an ultimatum was served on the government on October 30, 2019 for which the dateline ended on November 14. In this regard the JAF said it was compelled to launch phase-wise agitation.

In the first phase, members of JAF will be wearing black badges and warned that the agitation will be intensified if the demand was not met.

In this regard, JAF has directed all its constituent members to be prepared for the proposed agitation and take up the matter seriously. All constituent associations have also been directed to constitute action committee to monitor and curb any untoward incident during the democratic form of agitation.

Meanwhile, JAF has sought the support and cooperation of the AHoDs, HoDs and controlling officers and to understand their genuine case.

NH urges Naga political groups to unite for peace DIMAPUR, NOV 17 (NPN): Naga Hoho (NH) has appealed to all Naga political groups to be accommodative for a peaceful settlement.

During its executive council meeting held at Hotel de Oriental Grand, Kohima on November 13, the organisation urged all national workers to come together and sit across the table in the true spirit of forgive and forget, and march forward with renewed mind and spirit. It stressed that no political group should create unwanted situation in the process of an honourable settlement and rather ensure peaceful atmosphere for a smooth transition.

According to NH, the search for just peace and honourable settlement of the Indo-Naga peace process had come about giving a ray of hope and belief that a new era of peace and tranquillity would prevail once again in the Naga society.

However, NH said it was of the firm belief that unless all Naga political groups came together leaving aside their past differences, there could never be true peace in the land.

Calling for honouring and respecting the desire of Naga people to live in dignity above all personal interests and considering the genuine cry of the people for unity and peace, NH said the political groups must come together and usher in peace. This was stated in a press release by its general secretary K Elu Ndang.

All party meet: Oppn flags economy, detentions in Kashmir NEW DELHI, NOV 17 (PTI): A day before Parliament’s winter session, the Opposition on Sunday said it will raise issues of economic slowdown and farm distress, and demanded that detained Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah be allowed to attend the House.

Speaking with reporters after a government-convened all-party meeting, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad also said that former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram should be allowed to attend Parliament. He said there have been instances in past when in similar circumstances MPs have been allowed in the House.

Azad said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government assure the Opposition that whatever it wants to raise in the House it can, but in practice that doesn’t happen. “They want to pass bills without scrutiny

PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and others attend an all party meeting on Sunday. (PTI)

of the standing committees,” Azad said after the all-party meeting that was attended by Modi, BJP chief and Home Minister Amit Shah, Union minister Thawarchand Gehlot and several senior opposition leaders such as Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and deputy leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma. “Unemployment, economic crisis, pollution ...we will raise issues connected to the common man.

Already a number of members have raised the issue

specially about the detention of Farooq Abdullah. He should be allowed to attend the discussion in the House,” said Chowdhury.

Sources said there was no definite response from the government on the issue of allowing Abdullah to attend Lok Sabha. National Conference MP Hasnain Masoodi said the government is under constitutional obligation to ensure Abdullah’s participation in the Parliament session. “Abdullah is one of the senior-most MPs. Government is under

constitutional obligation to ensure his participation in the session.

“Kashmir situation is the worst...we will raise this issue,” Masoodi told reporters after the meeting.

Abdullah is representing the people people of Srinagar and they can’t be left without representation, he said. Supporting the demand, Azad said, “How can a parliamentarian be detained illegally?

He (Abdullah) should be allowed to attend Parliament.”

Azad also demanded that Chidambaram, who is in judicial custody in the INX media money laundering case that the Enforcement Directorate is investigating, be allowed to attend the session. TMC leader Derek O Brien, LJP leader Chirag Paswan and Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, Telugu Desam Party’s Jayadev Galla and V Vijaysai Reddy of YSR Congress were among those present at the meeting.

Scientists claim to find a potential cancer-killing virus TYOD lauds PAC’s initiative NEW DELHI, NOV 17 (AGENCIES): With the number of cases rising every day, cancer remains to be one of the deadliest diseases affecting the population.

The big ‘C’ word, often arising out of genetic problems or lifestyle disorders can turn your life around and prove to be very harmful.

In India alone, a study by the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research on Cancer shows that 11,57,294 lakh new cases are registered in India every year, and 7,84,821 people succumbed to the disease in 2018. With no cure for the disease found yet, the risk for cancer only grows by a margin.

However, in what can be termed as a positive development, a group of scientists may have just come close to finding a cure for cancer by developing a viral drug that might hold the

potential to kill the toughest of cancer cells and shrink the tumours. If this works, it might as well be scientific breakthrough doctors and patients have been waiting for, a Times of India report stated.

Scientists based out of America have created a certain kind of viral strain (cowpox) which shows a possible benefit to completely cure cancer. The treatment, which has been called ‘CF33’, if holds true, promises to kill every type of cancer cell in a petri dish and has also been claimed to completely kill or shrink tumours in mice. Studies and trials are currently underway to confirm the developments.

The treatment for the cancer cure, which is perhaps one of the largest till date has been greenlighted

by Professor Yuman Fong, a US-based cancer expert. The

treatment is meanwhile being developed in Australia.

Amongst the first studies for the efficacy of the treatment plan would be patients diagnosed with triplenegative breast cancer, lung cancer, bladder, bowel, and gastric cancer. Melanoma patients could come under diagnosis too. This phase is what the scientists involved in the study are hailing as the ‘basket study’.

The cure has been worked around a virus that is responsible for the spread of a common cold. In the past, the same virus was studied and turned into a treatment plan for a group of brain cancer patients in the United States. The study saw minor success, with some patients reporting that cancer disappeared for years, while some said that their tumours shrunk following the clinical trial.

Scientists say that a cer-

tain type of virus, known as ‘Imlygic’, or T-vec has also been found to treat melanoma and further helped the body by stopping the immune cells from attacking the system and destroying cancerous cells in the body.

Coupled with this, Professor Fong, involved in the study said that cowpox, which has been termed as a harmless virus, testing has found that this new and improved strain of the virus could work towards killing cancerous cells from the root. For the treatment, patients would be injected with the strain directly into the tumours to see the cure in action.

Adding to this, the scientists hope that the engineered strain would be able to effectively kill the cancer cells and make them explode, at the same time, alerting the immune system in the body to recognise fu-

ture attacks and possible malignant cells and get rid of them. If this treatment plan works and shows results as it is hoped, a cure for cancer could be ready soon.

In the past, while scientists have not worked towards finding a targeted cure like this, various studies conducted have aimed at the effectivity of alternate drugs and therapies in treating cancer.

One such study conducted at the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow researched the effects of common and inexpensive leprosy treating drugs in treating myeloma, a type of blood cancer. Some researches are also studying the potency and benefits of using certain classes of drugs, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to replace chemotherapy, which is commonly used to target the malignant cancer cells.

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 7 (NPN): Tenyimi Youth Organisation Dimapur (TYOD) has lauded Public Action Committee (PAC) for curbing the menace of collecting illegal money in the form of taxes by various Naga political groups (NPGs) as well as the State Government departments and agencies.

In a statement issued by its president Thejangulie Angami and general secretary Khrozote Kapfo, the organisation claimed that the people of Dimapur town and the entire district procuring or transporting essential commodities from the district had witnessed changes in prices after PAC have started its movement against illegal tax collection.

The achievement within this short period was worth to be honoured by one and all, it added. However, TYOD expressed disappointment over

threat and intimidation by NNPGs to the PAC leaders and their family members and condemned it.

Referring to the “One Government One Tax” resolution adopted on October 31 under the aegis of PAC and in the presence of all Naga tribal bodies, nonNaga communities and all mass-based organisation of Dimapur district, TYOD said multiple taxation and syndicate system run by the NPGs, besides the State government levying taxes on all commodities, had become a heavy burden for the general public.

However, regretting that neither NPGs nor the government heard the public grievances, the organisation said it was very unfortunate that the NNPGs had instead entered PAC co-convener’s residence and threatened him and his family mem(Cont’d on p-7) bers.

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LBC thanksgiving held in Peren

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D I M A P U R , N OV 1 7 (NPN): After 73rd year of converting to Christianity, Lekie Baptist Church (LBC), ZBCC Peren Nagaland and the whole community of Lekie celebrated thanks giving programme over cent percent Christianity convert on November 17 at Lekie/Peletkie Baptist Church premises under the theme, “Seen a great light” (Isaiah 9:2).

The programme coincided with a three-day Zeme Baptist Church Council (ZBCC) spiritual gift awakening programme that commenced from November 16 hosted by Lekie Baptist Church and would culminate on November 18.

Delivering a message during the celebration as the minister, executive secretary, Zeme Baptist Church Council (ZBCC), Izieteilung Terieng dwelt on the spiritual light basing on the theme of the occasion. He opined that hundreds and thousands of years were lived by the ancestors without knowing Jesus Christ, but in the year

(Inset) Executive secretary, ZBCC, Izieteilung Terieng speaking at the service on November 17. Section of the community at the service. (NP)

1946, some citizens from Lekie village also known as Peletkie village accepted Jesus Christ and started Christianity. He said that this then spread its branches resulting in cent per cent Christianity in the village today.

Terieng explained that “Light” is phenomenal creation of God which is an indispensable requirement for everybody. Making a comparison on the earthly light and spiritual light, he

reminded that the spiritual light was as good as the earthly light which every believer requires.

Terieng pointed out that when people lose connection with Jesus Christ, they lose light but also remarked that when connection is made between Jesus Christ and people, they remain intact and see the light.

He stated that Lekie Baptist Church was spiritu-

ally blindfolded for years but it has now unfolded and allowing them to see light and walk closer to Christ the savior.

He further called upon the gathering to step spiritually forward to see more light and embark on a true Christian life.

Delivering a shor t speech during the service, Lekie Mtei Nko (LMN), the apex organization of the citizen of Lekie/Peletkie,

Skill development on recent advances in aquaculture held in Wokha

Seminar on IPR & geographical indication at YMC

DFO, technical staff of district fisheries office Wokha and participants at the training hall, district fisheries office, Wokha.

DIMAPUR: Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, Wokha district conducted training/skill development programme on “recent advances in aquaculture” under National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) from November 13 to 14 at the training hall, district fisheries office (DFO), Wokha.

A press release by DFO Wokha Sentinaro stated that, technical staff of Wokha district fisheries

office trained the participants on freshwater carp, integrated fish farming practices and composite culture. District fishery officer (DFO) Sentinaro highlighted on processing, value addition and reservoir development management along with practical demonstration on various culture management aspects.

Par ticipants were also enlightened on several schemes under NFDB

which provide subsidy assistance for entrepreneurs and provide employment opportunities for rural youth. Department is making all efforts for optimum utilization of available resources and for promotion of fish culture in the state.

Altogether fifty participants comprising of fish farmers, SHGs and blue revolution beneficiaries attended the three-day long training programme.

Hiarwetlang Kenn lauded the wisdom and decision of the last person who have accepted Christ, Nsamriale and recalled that she belonged to a family whose ancestors’ wisdom and leadership qualities were renowned among the villagers.

He also appealed the people from other Churches and villages to forgive the citizens of Lekie if there were any nefarious deeds against them while celebrating the biggest festival once in Christian lifetime.

The first person from Lekie village to convert to Christianity was late Heicibambe, father of Haila, exdeacon LBC while the last person was Nsamriale, who converted in 2018. She is 85 years old. In honour of their efforts, a token of appreciation were also presented to the children and grand children of late Heicibambe and to Nsamriale.

Earlier, the ES also unveiled the monolith erected in memory of Lekie people’s cent percent Christianity convert, a milestone for the Lekie Baptist Church and the citizens of Lekie.

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NPF informs: Naga People’s Front (NPF) has informed that the venue for its ensuing “general convention” scheduled to be held on November 22 has been shifted to Naga Solidarity Park, below New Secretariat.

Ex-PAN consultative meeting: New team president of Ex-PAN has convened its first consultative meeting on November 21, 11 a.m at the residence of Ex-PAN treasurer, Tiameren, House No.193 at Naharbari, Dimapur. All Ex-PAN office bearers, executive cum district in-charges and the advisors of Ex-PAN have been requested to attend the meeting.

NASU, AASU joint meeting: Joint coordination committee of Niuland Area Students’ Union (NASU) and Ato Area Students’ Union (AASU) has convened a joint meeting on November 20, 2:30 p.m at Vihokhu Village Council hall. All GBs and council chairmen of Naga United village, Showuba old, Showuba new, Xhelhozhe, Nihoto, Vihokhu, Niuland Area GBs Association, Ato Area GBs Association and Kuhuboto Ghakhu Kukami Kuqhakulu have been asked to attend the meeting.

WHSS launches website: Woodland Higher Secondary School (WHSS) Zunheboto has launched its website woodlandszbto.in on Sunday. Students and parents can get all necessary information about the functioning of the school, services, curriculum, fee, admission structure, exam routines, scholarships, admission and result declaration.

Clarification from Ghaspani 2 ACCC: Apropos to the news published on November 17 under the headline, “DDCC endorses demand of KDCC for IFB cancellation” should be read as 5 ACCCs and frontal of Dimapur and not as published. Ghaspani 2 ACCC president Alex Yeptho has expressed regret for the error.

DIMAPUR: One day seminar on “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and geographical indication” was organised by IQAC, Yemhi Memorial College (YMC) Dimapur on November 14 with technical in-charge, Patent Information Centre (PIC), Department of SciParticipants and speaker during the PTM at SJC Dimapur. ence & Technology, Gihukali Chishi, as the resource holistic development of the goals. team provided answers and person. students through a syllabus Pito Aye, president explanation for the rules A press release by that tries to develop the of the parents association, implemented.

YMC stated that the Chiskills of the students. gave a brief introduction to Ajem from department shi highlighted the variDr. Anungla from de- the organization and sug- of Chemistry chaired the ous aspects of intellectual partment of Botany, high- gested some few ways in meeting and spoke of the property rights and how lighted the recent achieve- which the overall growth necessity of having such vulnerable people are of ments of the students in can be achieved. interactions to update the losing their culture, idenacademics as well as in A number of interested parents about the various tity, inventions and ideas co-curricular events. She parents and guardians took activities of the institution. to others. also encouraged the parents the opportunity to enquire Vote of thanks was given by With the aid of the to constantly motivate the about a few college poli- Peter Banks, administrator department of science & students to achieve their cies, whereby management of the college. technology as the nodal agency, she said people can safeguard their intellectual property. The resource speaker also provided the attendees with a pamphlet each on PIC. The programme started with a welcome address

by YMC vice principal, Toyeto Chishi and ended with a vote of thanks by assistant professor (department of political science)¸ Ratna Begum. The seminar was also attended by two assistant professors and 10 students from MGM Col- Khiamniungan Students Union (KSU) in collaboration with ENSF and DUDA department launched special tutorial class lege, Dimapur as special for HSLC under the theme “Achieving excellence together”, on November 11 at Government Higher secondary School Noklak and Government High School Thonoknyu respectively. (KSU information and publicity secretary L. Shingnya) invitees.

ARC, Jalukie Battalion and Childline visits underprivileged children motivated kids by playing light games with them. Childline team conducted essay competition and distributed stationary items. Childline, Peren promoted their one week programme from November 11 to 16 on the theme, “Childline se dosti”.

Ibamsile Dwaswang centre coordinator of Childline Peren and her team also conducted awareness

DIMAPUR: Young Namsang Association (YNA) has asked villages under Namsang to set up committee for Community Mandatory Social Work (CMSW)

by November 30.

In a press release, Young Namsang Association president, Dr. Phongshak Phom and general secretary, Chingloi Phom stated that each village must have voluntary Community Mandatory Social Work committee comprising all the heads of different departments/organizations among others in the committee.

Young Namsang Association said after setting up Community Mandatory Social Work all villages must being monthly community social work from January 2020 adhering to set time table. It has requested the church board, village council, students’ union and La union to carry forward this mission in coordination with the organizing Young Namsang Association team.

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DIMAPUR: St. John College (SJC), Dimapur held a parents-teachers meeting (PTM) at the premises of the institution to review and discuss issues relating to student’s academic performances and development on November 16.

A press release from SJC Dimapur stated that, prof. Dr. S.T. Janetius, principal of the college highlighted the role of parents in motivating the students to achieve personal skills through various skill development courses offered in the institute for students to become more self reliant and independent.

Setuomenuo Ao, assistant director of St. John College Dimapur, spoke about the policies implemented in the institute which focused on not only academic but

Two meritorious students who topped theNagaland University exams2019: Phalneihoi Thepfusono Hangsing from departmentof Education Sazolie College and Orichenla from Sazolie College of Teachers Education, were honoured and given certificates of appreciation.

Earlier, programme was chaired by Mhalo and Lobeni. Nzanthung Kikon, chaplain of the college, pronounced the invocation and welcome address was delivered by principal of Sazolie ColStudents from Sazolie College and SCTE along with faculty members. lege, Dr. Kangzangding iphema campus and Dr. cation, Meriema campus A variety of perfor- Thou. Vote of thanks was SurendraYadav, assistant Kohima, attended the pro- mances including song, delivered by SCTE assisprofessor, of Teacher Edu- gramme. dances were witnessed. tant professor Tia.

DIMAPUR: Ahthibung Region Club (ARC), Jalukie Battalion of Assam Rifles and Childline, Peren unit spent a day with orphan kids of Children’s Home and Lydia Centre, Peren in true spirit of parenting and frolic.

A press release from ARC stated that, Ngahneithem, vice president of ARC and her team

YNA asks villages to set up CMSW

SJC Dimapur conducts parents-teachers meeting

Sazolie College Jotsoma observes Foundation Day DIMAPUR: Sazolie College and Sazolie College of Teacher Education (SCTE) Jotsoma held a combined programme to mark the foundation day on November 15.

A press release from Sazolie College Jotsoma stated that, principal of Sazolie College of Teacher Education, Dr. Gomesh Mosahary, enlightened everyone about the significance of observing the college foundation day.

Guests including the Nagaland University governing body representatives to both the institutions, Dr. Amod Sharma, associate professor of Agricultural Economics SASRD, Medz-

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lecture on “good touch and bad touch” for the kids. Capt Dr Ashita Mathur of Assam Rifles conducted medical checkup of all kids and provided medicines to warden for future use. An officer representative from Assam rifles distributed goody bags to all kids, and motivated them by delivering a talk on society relationship with these kids.

Peren COB Commander organised meal and refreshments for the teams and kids. Heuyisile, women secy of ZBCC, Samlamngaulung, warden of BHSS, Peren expressed gratitude towards these teams of ARC, Jalukie Battalion and Children Peren for extending this noble gesture to the underprivileged kids of society.

MMRVCF team visits sinking area near Chungtia village

MMRVCF team at the sinking area and stretch of NH 702 D.

DIMAPUR: Mokokchung to Marani Roadside Villagers Concern Forum (MMRVCF) office bearers visited the sinking area near Chungtia village on November 16.

A press release from MMRVCF convenor Imchawati Kichu and media

cell Temsüyanger Longchar stated that the team also visited the stretch of NH 702 D and interacted with the concern department engaged in the field.

After inspection of the road the team met EE, NH, Mokokchung division 11 and addressed the issues

such as pot holes to be repaired, roadside clearance and beyond Tzürang River which is looked after by BRO but was not motorable.

EE gave assurance that issues will be addressed and will be completed before Christmas.

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WEATHER FORECAST November 18

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sunshine

29 18

Aizawl

Pleasant with sunshine

Guwahati Hazy sunshine Imphal

Mostly sunny and nice

26 12 28 18 25 10

Itanagar A p.m. shower in places

24 18

Shillong Hazy sunshine

22 9

Kohima

Sunlit and pleasant

Dimapur Sunny and not as hot Mkg

Mostly sunny and nice

Tuensang Sunshine and cooler Wokha

Mostly sunny and cooler

Zunheboto Mostly sunny and nice

22 11 27 16 24 13 17 9 21 15 21 11

Section of the congregation at Sunday morning service. (Vito Sümi)

Staff Reporter D I M A P U R , N OV 1 7 (NPN): Three-day “Sümi Healing Festival” organised

by Western Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (WSBAK) under the theme, “Heal us O Lord” culminated Sunday here at NER Agri Expo Site, Dimapur.

Thousands of believers, both young and old, from different communities and denominations attended the three days festival seeking healing and blessings.

Pastor Ed Citronnelli of World Healing International Ministries (WHIM), New York (USA) was the

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main speaker. Earlier, Pastor Kanchan Mittal of Kanchan Mittal Ministry also delivered a sermon on the second day (November 16) of the “healing festival”.

The Sunday morning service witnessed a mammoth turnout, the festival hall with 12,000 sitting capacity was packed. However, this did not dampen the spirit of those seeking blessings and many believers sat/stood on the ground and attended the powerful service.

Speaker, Pastor Ed Citronnelli along with his team and others sang praises and worship songs before his sermon. He then called out the youths to

the front and prayed for them.

Pastor Citronnelli, who was moved to see hundreds of youths at the “healing festival”, said Naga youths are the future of Nagaland and India and that they will “shake this nation” through Jesus.

He prophesied that people from Nagaland will become leaders of the nation and that many Naga youths will hold important positions in the country.

Pastor Citronnelli challenged the youths to confront the evil. He said through Jesus Christ the youths shall rise and slay the evil like David defeated Goliath.

Pastor Ed Citronnelli.

The speaker also spoke about “river of God” which brings “healing” everywhere it goes. He said this river has come to Nagaland and that God would further bring the “river of revival and healing”.

Earlier, exhorting the congregation, co-convenor of the “Sümi Healing Festival”, Y. Kikheto Sema said the “healing festival” was organised because Naga society, particularly Sümi community, has been rife with conflicts among different sections of the society and within the church.

Er. Khetovi also exhorted the congregation; a special prayer was led

by WSBAK executive sec-

retary, Rev. Dr. Hevukhu Achumi while Spring Voice, Nagagenous and others presented special numbers.

The Sunday evening service, which was the last service of the threeday “healing festival” was also attended by thousands from all walks of life.

Before the commencement of the service members of Chekiye Village Baptist Church led the prayer songs.

Special numbers were presented by SBA Padumpukuri, EDSBA Purana Bazar, Spring Voice and others.

Speaker of the evening service, Pastor Ed. Citronnelli delivered an impactful sermon.

According to the website run by Pastor Ed Citronnelli ministries, during the three-day “healing festival”the crusade ground was filled with people that had come to see Jesus, to be healed and delivered from sicknesses and powers of darkness.

It said after the preaching, as Pastor Citronnelli began to sing and worship, “evil spirits started to manifest among many that were being afflicted by them”.

However, Jesus broke out to heal and deliver them and many received their healing.

Workshop on IMI 2 held in Peren district

D I M A P U R : O n e - d ay workshop on district Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2 (IMI 2) and measles elimination & rubella control was held for Peren district from November 15 to 16 at the conference hall, CHC Jalukie.

A press release from CMO office Peren, district media officer Pezanguno Celine Secü stated that, on November 15 workshop was conducted by Dr Nukshisangla Jamir, DPO UIP/RCH and on November 16 by Dr. Sheila, SMO WHO and Dr Nukshisangla Jamir, DPO UIP/RCH. Delivering the keynote address during the workshop on district IMI 2, Dr Nukshisangla Jamir exhorted the gathering expressing her sincere appreciation for attending the workshop.

She gave an introduction on the intensification of immunization in India IMI 2. She also highlighted the IMI 2 key activities, micro planning including headcount exercise, monitoring and supervision, recording and reporting, the communication plan, and the importance of task force/ review meetings including participation of other departments and lastly the timelines,

way forward and closing remark.

Dr Nukshisangla Jamir, delivered objective of the workshop on measles elimination & r ubella control. She highlighted about the district update on AFP-MR surveillance and progress in MR elimination and HRA reprioritization using surveillance data, district weekly review meeting and also the frequently asked questions.

Attending the workshop on measles elimination & rubella control, Dr. Sheila, SMO WHO highlighted about the global and national update and way forward- measles elimination & rubella control, basics of AFP- MR surveillance-logical expansion and sensitization, revised outbreak response protocol, practical exercise on MR-CFI filling and ACS visits, MR surveillance monitoring indicators and data analysis and RI strengthening for MR elimination including TF/ review meeting.

The workshop was attended by district programme officers, medical officers, nurses, pharmacist, vaccinators, block programme managers, block ASHA coordinators, and IEC personnel.

KSON to hold 29th general conference Seminar on community empowerment held at Panso town

KSON office bearers during its council meeting held on November 16.

DIMAPUR: Kuki Students’ Organisation Nagaland (KSON) will be holding its 29th general conference-cum-election under the theme, “honouring the past, treasuring the present & shaping the future” from December 16 to 18 at Maova village, Dimapur.

A press release from KSON media cell Seiminngam stated that, during its 2nd executives council

meeting held on November 16, at Ahthibung town, the KSON along with its constituent units discussed all the matters related to the forthcoming programme.

KSON stated that all its 36 constituent units will be participating in the conference which will witness felicitations of successful candidates from various fields. Conference will also be mark by cultural presentation from various units.

During the literacy session the conference will have extempore speech, debate and quiz competition on the topic “Social-culture, political & history of the Kukis of Nagaland.”

Election of new KSON office bearers will also be conducted on December 18. KSON also informed all its constituent units to clear all the budgets & memberships fees till 2019.

DIMAPUR: Tuensang Police, KVK, administration, DAPCU & TDFA conducted two-day seminar on “community empowerment through integrated approach” at community hall, Panso town from November 13 to 14.

A press release from SP Tuensang stated that chairperson Dr. Pritpal Kaur SDPO Tuensang enlightened participants on the seminar.

She also emphasized on quality education, hard work, perseverance and career options.

Kevethito Rose, EAC Tuensang deliberated on Arms Act, license and yo u t h e m p owe r m e n t .

Chongshen DAPCU emphasized awareness on HIV/AIDS, drug menace and OST treatment and followed by test for HIV/ AIDS. Lisepi Sangtam representative of Tuensang District Football Associa-

BLLBC newly constructed building inaugurated

(L to R) Rev. Nyanchumo Ezung praying before unveiling the plaque. The new church building. (NP)

Staff Reporter D I M A P U R , N OV 1 7 (NPN): The newly constructed church building of Bor Lengri Lotha Baptist Church (BLLBC) was inaugurated Sunday, at Bor Lengri under the theme “1 Peter 2:5”. The church is the first Lotha church within the jurisdiction of Bor Lengri.

At the inaugural programme, dedication prayer was offered by Lotha Baptist Churches Association K Y M C

(LBCA) executive secretary Reverend Nyanchumo Ezung who also unveiled the inaugural plaque.

The programme followed devotional service which was chaired by BLLBC pastor reverend Y Arhonthung Odyuo, invocation prayer offered by Senjum Baptist Church pastor Reverend John Ovung and offertory prayer was pronounced by PBLBC senior associate pastor Reverend A Khyolamo Jami.

Brief report of the con-

struction was delivered by church construction committee convenor Wochamo Odyuo, song was presented by church choir, greetings was delivered by BLLBC associate pastor Mhonchumo Tungu and Bible reading by EE Nzanbeni Patton.

Message was delivered

by Kohima Lotha Baptist Church (KLBC) senior associate pastor Reverend Dr Benri Lotha, who congratulated the members of the church for their contribution in different

ways. He encouraged the congregation to continue to do good as God wanted us to be.

Lotha also cited the example of Solomon from the Bible and encouraged the congregation to seek for the presence of God in the holy place, enjoy all God’s blessings, be willing to repent and to continue to build up their faith.

Later, benediction was pronounced by DLBC senior pastor Reverend K Chumben Kyong.

Students and officials from Police, KVK, administration, DAPCU and TDFA.

tion (TDFA), also encouraged the youths to take up sports as a profession as Khiamniungans tribe are known to be the best players in the district. Dr. Shisarenla Aier specialist (horticulture), KVK Tuensang emphasized on technical session on scien-

tific cultivation practices on enhancing the income of farmers.

She also elucidated on the transformation in agriculture in the recent years due to introduction of new improved technologies and how farmers have been playing a

Nodal skill committee centre established

SRG-ILA training conducted in Kohima

DIMAPUR: Meeting of District Skill Committee (DSC) was held on November 7, in the conference hall of deputy commissioner Dimapur.

According to DIPR report, the meeting chaired by DC Dimapur, Anoop Kinchi, discussed various issues relating to Dimapur district, where the committee decided to include entire training centres which are imparting trainings but are not under Government arm fold (Private agency’s), like Jetking, Don Bosco Vocational Training Society Etc. Committee decided to coordinate with ICAR for various trainings imparted by their department, and to include Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) for fruit full implementation of DSC for Dimapur district.

It also decided to include industrial partners like CII and various head of department/office, directly or indirectly involved in training activities.

Committee also visited Tool Room Center and decided to include Principal Tool Room Training Centre as member.

pivotal role in agriculture being the backbone of the country.

On the second day a visit to three government schools and a private school was also carried out where two new computers were installed at GHS and GPS and set up of science

room was done in all four schools.

Altogether 250 participants attended the seminar which included students, farmers along with the officials from Tuensang Police, KVK Tuensang, administration, DAPCU and TDFA.

Officials from Social Welfare department, SPMU along master trainers from Delhi.

DIMAPUR: Two-day training of “state resource group-incremental learning approach” (SRG-ILA) was organised by department of Social Welfare with the support from state project management unit (SPMU) of Poshan Abhiyaan at Hotel Vivor, Kohima from November 14 to 15, led by two master trainers from Delhi.

A press release from SPMU stated that, training was attended by the members of state resource groups qand covered several important topics, especially on “How to feed when a child is sick and take care of weak newborn baby with the help of inten-

sive mother care and also supporting mother’s with issues in breastfeeding.”

Training was also attended by the project di-

rector, 4 consultants and 2 project associate from SPMU and nodal officer from the department of Social Welfare.

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95-yr-old M’laya Church gutted, 2 dead

Built in 1924, the fire broke out in the Church at about 3.30 a.m. and left the wooden structured place of worship totally gutted.

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SHILLONG, NOV 17: A 95-year-old Church was reduced to ashes in a devastating fire here in Meghalaya on Sunday.

A couple residing next to the devastated Church at Qualapatty area died due to “suffocation”, a police official said.

Built in 1924, the fire broke out in the Church at about 3.30 a.m. and left the wooden structured place of worship totally gutted. Several houses adjacent to the Church were damaged due

the impact of blazing fire.

“We are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire.

Investigation is on and we are looking at all aspects,” Superintendent of Police incharge, Fire and Emergency Services, Jubi G. Momin, told IANS. “There is a possibility that it (fire) could be due to short circuit since some repairing works including wiring were going on inside the Church,” Momin added.

Local residents said they made all efforts to put out the fire to save the

Church.

“The firefighters battled all out to control the fire as it was an old structure, compounded with the fact that fire tenders couldn’t reach the spot on time as the road leading to it is narrow,” a local resident said.

Momin admitted that it was difficult for the fire tenders to negotiate the narrow road. “One of the fire tenders got inside the Church compound with much difficulty and the rest of fire tenders relayed continuous supply of water to the fire tender station

Manipur police avert blast in Imphal

File Photo of blast site at Thangal Bazaar on Nov 5.

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IMPHAL, Nov 17: Manipur policeon Sunday claimed to have foiled similar blast at crowded area in Imphal which the armed rebel group planned to trigger today (November 17) and also accused RPF/PLA as hands behind the recent blast at crowded Thangal Bazar on November 5.

Addressing a press conference here, Imphal West SP K Meghachandra Singh said that during the course of intensive investigation into the November 5 blast at Thangal Bazar, the police commandos attached with Imphal West district police arrested a cadre of

the outfit around 11.45 pm on Saturday.

Two IEDs were recovered from the cadre identified as Chingakham Basanta alias Khambaton who admitted that he was planning to trigger one of the IEDs at Allu Gali area of Thangal Bazar today (November 17).

The other one was to be be triggered in the near future, the SP claimed.

Mention may be made that the November 5 last at Thangal Bazar had injured to five policemen including an additional SP and a civilian.

During the course of investigation, police revealed that the blast was triggered

by one Paonam Manikanta Singh (30), a resident of Assam’s Lakhinagar currently residing at Tentha in Thoubal district.

Police have arrested his wife and brother in-law who assisted him in the transportation and passing of information related to security measure taken up after the blast.

Manikanta has escaped to Myanmar after the blast, however, five individuals have been arrested in connection with the blast so far, the SP said.

Among the arrested individuals, one is a cadre of RPF/PLA who stayed in the city area posing himself as a labourer.

The arrest of Chingakham Basanta who allegedly planned to trigger another IED at Thangal Bazar was made in an operation launched based on the disclosure he made, the SP said.

The SP said that in the follow-up action to the blast, the district police intensified its counter insurgency operation with random cordon and search operation, frisking and checking etc.

UPRF cadres arrested, arms recovered

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Diphu, Nov 17: Inflicting a major blow to the still underground ultra outfits active in Karbi Anglong and bordering areas of Nagaland, security forces involved in counter insurgency operation arrested two cadres belonging to United People’s Revolutionary Front (UPRF) from Numjan village under Dillai police station here yesterday.

According to police, the UPRF cad-

res were taken into custody after a joint operation of CRPF and Assam Police was conducted based on a tip off from secret source by Dillai and Khatkhati police team and 20 BN CRPF. The arrested cadres have been identified as Pao Gin Heagra and Seigin Haokip. In the operation, forces recovered two .32 pistols along with two live ammunitions, five live bullets of 9mm and three country-made rifles from their possession.

at the Church premises,” she said.

Home Minister James Sangma, Director General of Police R. Chandranathan and senior government officials visited the site to take stock of the situation.

A senior pastor of the Church, Rev. O.L. Snaitang vowed to “rebuild the Church”, recollecting its history.

Claudia Lyngwa, the district police chief of East Khasi Hills said the cause of death of the people Timiryn Basaiawmoit and Reliable Laloo - can only be established after receiving a post-mortem report.

“We cannot comment anything on the cause of death since we are yet to receive the post mortem report,” Lyngwa told IANS. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma took to Twitter and shared pictures of the blazing Church. “#Meghalaya woke up to the tragic news of the Church of God, Qualapatty being gutted in fire that also claimed lives this morning.

The indigenous church is one of the oldest in the State.

My prayers for the deceased and the Church of God family, Sangma tweeted.

CAB will not impact NE’s interests: Himanta

Himanta Biswa Sarma GUWAHATI, NOV 17 (AGENCIES): The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) will not have an impact on the interests of the indigenous people of the state, said Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, reports Northeast Now news.

He was interacting with the journalists in Lakhimpur on Sunday on the sidelines of an event in Lakhimpur.

“CAB will solve the problems of around 5 lakh people of the state,” the minister said.

“Of the 5 lakh people to benefitted by CAB, around 2 lakh people live in Barak Valley,” Sarma reiterated.

“The breakup of these people will be provided in the winter session of the Assam Legislative Assembly,” he added.

Sarma is of the view that Assam will be on the path of development once the issue of these 6 lakh people is ensured.

“The present draft of the CAB will ensure that the unique cultural and ethnic identities of Northeast are not endangered.

AR busts hideout, nabs nscn(r) and zuf cadres

Arrested cadres along with cache of arms.

Kohima , Nov 17: Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with Police, busted a hideout of NSCN (R) K Y M C

near Ramgaizang village of Cachar district, Assam on November16. Two active cadres of NSCN

(R) and ZUF were apprehended with one AK-56 Rifle, large cache of ammunition and other war like stores.

The apprehended cadres were identified as SS Second Lieutenant Pougonglong 28 yrs, of NSCN-R and SS Capt Sagu Rongmai, 40 yrs, of ZUF. A press release by PRO (Defence) stated that on receipt of input of armed cadres hiding near Ramgaizang village, Assam Rifles, on Saturday morning, swiftly launched an operation in the area.

Both the cadres were involved in illegal extortion, kidnapping and criminal activities in Zelianrong region (Cachar, Noney, N C Hills and Jiribam dist).

The duo was also in possession of incriminat-

ing documents revealing their association with NSCN-R faction and ZUF. These cadres carried out extortions and illegal tax collection activities which impeded the development work in the region and compounded the miseries of local population and business community, the release stated On successful completion of the operation, the hideout was destroyed and the cadres along with confiscated war like stores were handed over to police for further investigation.

This has come as a major relief to the locals of the area and was highly appreciated as the illegal activities by these insurgents impeded the development of the region, the release by PRO ( Defence) stated.

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Salaries of 6700 NRC employees yet to be released

KMSS to launch agitations against CAB in Assam: Akhil Gogoi

GUWAHATI, NOV 17 (AGENCIES): Salaries of at least 6,700 contractual employees engaged with updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are yet to be cleared, sources said , reports Northeast Now news.

“Around 5,500 contractual employees of WIPRO also yet receive their salaries, because of which most of the employees have stopped their pending work at the various NRC Seva Kendras,” the sources added.

The NRC process in the state is running without a ‘boss’ after the former state NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela was replaced

by Hitesh Dev Sarma, who also went on a month leave.

Drawing guns both at the Centre and Assam government, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMS) said, “It is a conspiracy of the Centre and the Assam government that the salaries of these employees are stalled.”

“We demand the immediate release of the pending salaries of these employees,” the KMSS added. Over 19 lakh people were left out from the final NRC published on August 31 this year

GUWAHATI, NOV 17 (PTI): RTI activist and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi on Sunday announced that the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti will launch a series of agitations against the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill across Assam in the coming days.

Addressing a press conference here, Gogoi said KMSS and its three other sister organisations will launch its agitation from Monday by visiting houses of people across the state to distribute leaflets and other “awareness documents” against the Bill.

“Our stand is very clear that protesting against the CAB is a fight for our identity. We will oppose it at any cost, even by shedding our blood,” Gogoi said. On November 22, the organisation will hold a protest demonstration and submit a memorandum to the President and the Prime Minister “for the last time” through the Governor that “we will not accept the CAB at any cost”, he added. “We will

Akhil Gogoi (File) also work towards uniting all the political parties and organisations. The KMSSled 70 groups and AASUled 30 groups should unite against the CAB so that there are no conflicting programmes,” the peasant leader stressed.

He emphasised that there is no question of difference in ideology or political parties at this moment and anyone opposing the CAB should unite, he added.

“This bill is unconstitutional and unparliamentary.

This is against the people of the state. We all should come out and oppose it vehemently,” Gogoi appealed the public to join the agitation. Meanwhile,

the Left-Democratic Mancha, Assam will organise a sit-in-demonstration and procession on Monday in Guwahati to register their protest against the proposed controversial Bill.

The constituents of the Left-Democratic Mancha include CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), RCPI, Janata Dal (S), NCP, LDP, AAP and Asom Sangrami Mancha.

As per the Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II on November 14, the tentative list of Government Legislative and Financial Business for the Winter Session of Parliament includes the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for introduction, consideration and passing.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was earlier passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8 but lapsed later as it could not be placed in the Rajya Sabha.

The CAB seeks to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of stay in the country even if they do not possess proper documents.

Rogue elephant in Assam dies in captivity

GUWAHATI, NOV 17 (IANS): The death of rogue elephant, Krishna has drawn the Assam Forest Department into controversy as different wildlife activists of the state have questioned if it followed the standard operating procedures while capturing it.

The rogue, nicknamed by the villagers as ‘Laden’, was tranquilised on November 11 and shifted to Orang national park the next day. While two darts were used on November 11 to tranquilise and capture it, another dart was used the next day to translocate the elephant.

“It was a healthy wild elephant and the government took credit for the operation to tranquilise the elephant. Now that the elephant is dead in captivity, the government must make it clear as how the elephant died?” wildlife activist and member of the steering committee of Central government on Project Elephant, Soumyadeep Datta told IANS on Sunday.

“The people of the state must know how much dose of medicines were used in the darts that were shot to tranquilise the elephant,” he said. “ T h e g ove r n m e n t which took credit for capturing it on November 11... how can the same government be silent on its death?” he asked.

The prominent wildlife activist also asked the government to make clear the cost of the whole operation to tranquilise the rogue.

Rouge elephant Krishna aka ‘Laden’.

Goalpara-based wildlife activist Kripa Lochan Das, who was present during the operation to tranquilise the rogue, pointed fingers at the Forest Department for the tragedy.

“On November 11, the experts used two darts to tranquilise the elephant.

Second day, another dart was used to tranquilise the elephant so that it could be translocated. I think the experts should have studied the behaviour of the elephant before tranquilising it,” he said.

“It was an aggressive elephant and its age was not fit for capture,” Das said.

Similarly, another wildlife activist Rohit Choudhury questioned as to who had authorized BJP legislator from Sootea constituency, Padma Hazarika, to fire the dart to tranquilise the elephant.

“The Forest Minister must make it clear if he had given permission to

Extremist camp busted in Assam Silchar, Nov 17 (PTI) : Security forces have busted an extremists’ camp belonging to NSCN(R) and ZUF and arrested two insurgents with an arm and ammunition in Cachar district of Assam, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, the Assam Rifles and police personnel launched the joint operation in the jungles of Ramgaizan area on Friday night and destroyed the makeshift camp used by cadres of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Reformation) and Zeliangrong United Front(ZUF) to carry out their activities in the region, police said.

Two cadres have been arrested and one AK-56 rifle with a cache of ammunition has been seized, they said.

The cadres were identified as Pougonglong, a

self- styled lieutenant of NSCN(R) and Sagu Rongmai, a captain of ZUF, the sources said.

Padma Hazarika to dart the elephant and under what section of law? Anyone can claim that of having expertise in tackling a rogue

elephant. Does that mean the government will allow him to dart the elephant,” he asked.

“The government also must make clear if the Chief Wildlife Warden of Assam had given permission to Hazarika to dart the elephant? There must be action against Hazarika and the Chief Wildlife Warden must be removed from his post holding him responsible for the death,” he added.

The elephant, which had reportedly killed five people on October 29, was tranquilised on November 11 and shifted to Orang national park the next day, though the Forest Department had initially decided to release the rogue in the wild.

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Village Council ajaki ₹. 500/- (Five Hundred) only bener arutsü asoshi metetdaktsür. Tanga agenda kar jembinera, tezüluba nung Organizing Committee tongtsütsü osang agütsür.

Organizing Committee: 1. Mr. Alemtoshi (Ongpangkong) : 9436439427 2. Mr. Sanen Pongen (Langpangkong) : 7005885603 3. Mr. M. Taka (Asetkong) : 8575811570 4. Mr. Aonungsang (Jangpetkong) : 8974352523 5. Mr. Semmak Pongen (Tzürangkong) : 8415828061 6. Mr. Imjungyanger (Japukong) : 8974322872 DP-8434 K Y M C

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Ayodhya: AIMPLB to file review plea

LU C K NOW, NOV 1 7 (IANS): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday declared that it will file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue.

The AIMPLB also decided not to accept the fiveacre land for the mosque at an alternative site since it is against the tenets of Islam.

Senior AIMPLB member and convener of the All India Babri Masjid Action Committee (AIBMAC) Zafaryab Jilani said that the case had been filed in court on behalf of all Muslims and the board was representing the sentiments of the community which wanted to exercise its constitutional rights and file a review petition.

Jilani said in reply to a question that senior lawyer Rajiv Dhawan would continue as their lawyer and they would try to file the petition within 30 days of the judgment which came on November 9.

Zufar Faruqi, chairman of the UP Sunni Waqf Board had earlier stated that he would not file any review

Zafaryab Jilani (File)

petition.

However, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Arshad Madani, who attended the board meeting, told reporters that he approved of the decision to file a review petition.

“Though we do not have much hope and know that the petition will be dismissed, we will still file a review petition. It is our right,” he said.

Reacting to Babri plaintiff Iqbal Ansari’s refusal to file a review petition, Jilani said that the board was exercising its constitutional right and there was no politics in the issue. He said that Ansari was probably being pressured by the district administration not to file a

Priyanka asks partymen to focus on real issues

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has asked all the office bearers of AICC and state units to focus on real issues which concern public and get their support on the cause as the party is preparing for a massive rally in the capital on November 30.

A source present in the meeting said without taking the name of Ayodhya Verdict, she said, “the recent verdict has not been able to get attention of the public despite BJP’s effort, so the Congress should focus on the real issues that concern common man”.

The Congress met on Saturday to prepare for the rally which is likely to be attended by all the opposition leaders. The rally will largely focus on economic slowdown and rising unemployment.

Accusing the Narendra Modi-led government of leading the country towards starvation, the Congress said that it will hold a mega rally

in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 30 against the ‘anti-people policies’ of the government.

According to party leaders, the rally will be addressed by the party’s interim Chief Sonia Gandhi, former party President Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the general secretaries, in-charges, secretaries, frontal organisation chiefs and the state unit chiefs, party General Secretary K.C. Venugopal said, “We have decided to hold a mega rally against the anti-people policies of the government to highlight the people-oriented issues against the central government.”

Slamming the government over the issues of economic slowdown, agrarian distress, unemployment, Venugopal said, “We also discussed the leakage of NSSO report, food items and everything, it is very shocking.”

“There is a perception that this government is leading the country to a starvation like situation due to its bad policies,” the Congress leader said.He asserted that the entire country was agitated and that is why the Congress’ protests were a success across the country as people’s sentiments are with the party now.

review petition.

The board spokespersons said that the Supreme Court verdict was self-contradictory.

“The court has accepted the fact that namaaz was offered on the site and that idols were forcibly placed at the site on the night on December 22-23, 1949. The SC judges also ignored the fact that under Waqf rules, the place of mosque cannot be shifted. There was also no proof of any temple under the domes of the demolished mosque,” they said.

They said that they had not contested the case for an alternative land.

Earlier in the day, the venue of the board meeting was hurriedly changed from the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama to Mumtaz Degree College, following protests by supporters of Maulana Salman Nadvi.

Jilani, however, told reporters that officials from the district administration had tried to stop the meeting at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and hence the venue had to be changed.

Members who had arrived at the venue were

taken to Mumtaz Degree College and the media was not informed of the venue.

These included senior leaders Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, vice president Maulana Jalaluddin Umri, Asma Zahra of the women’s wing, board secretary Maulana Wali Rehmani, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and president of the Jamait Ulema-e-Hind Maulana Arshad Madni.

Sources said that this was done to prevent the media from getting wind of the sharp differences between the members over the idea of filing a review petition on the Supreme Court decision on the Ayodhya issue.

Iqbal Ansari, plaintiff in the title suit case, also did not attend the meeting and said he does not want a review of the court verdict.

UP minister Mohsin Raza, meanwhile, said that the AIMPLB was trying to derive political mileage and was also attempting to vitiate the atmosphere by holding a meeting after the verdict had been welcomed by the entire country. He demanded a probe into the funding of AIMPLB.

35 Kashmir politicians moved from Centaur hotel Srinagar, Nov 17 (IANS): Thirty five detained mainstream politicians in J&K have been moved out of the Centaur hotel on the banks of Dal lake to the MLA hostel in Srinagar on Sunday.

Sources have told IANS that the reasons for shifting the leaders to a new location is due to the cold weather conditions in the Valley, and also the escalating cost of keeping them in a 4-star hotel. A bill of Rs 3 crore was generated for keeping the leaders in the Centaur hotel.

The new accommodation is a cheaper option. MLA hostel is a government building where there will be no rent charges incurred. Earlier on Friday, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was moved from a guest house in Chashme Shahi to a government building on the MA Road in Srinagar.

Most of the Valley political leaders were put under detention after Article 370 was revoked on August 5.

Many of them were kept at Centaur Hotel along the banks of Dal Lake.

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Justice Ranjan Gogoi retires as CJI New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI): Justice Ranjan Gogoi, the first person from northeast to reach the top of judiciary and credited for bringing the curtains down on the decades old politically and religiously sensitive Ayodhya land dispute, retired as the chief justice of India on Sunday.

Justice Gogoi’s tenure as judge and as CJI was marked by some controversies and personal allegations but that never came in his way of his judicial work that was reflected in the last few days when benches headed by him delivered some pathbreaking judgements.

He etched his name in the annals of history when a five-judge bench headed by him on November 9 brought an end to the Ayodhya land dispute, which dates back to even before the Supreme Court came into existence in 1950.

However, his tenure in the apex court will also be remembered for being part of a presser by the ‘gang of four’ senior most judges in January last year which questioned the then CJI’s way of functioning.

Later at a public func-

Ranjan Gogoi (File)

tion, Justice Gogoi had remarked that “independent judges and noisy journalists are democracy’s first line of defence”. A “revolution, not reform” was needed to keep the institution of judiciary serviceable for the common man, Justice Gogoi had said at the same function.

Justice Gogoi’s tenure as CJI was not free of controversy as he faced allegations of sexual harassment, of which he was cleared.

However, he is more likely to be remembered for the Ayodhya verdict that gave Hindus the 2.77 acre disputed land for construction of Ram Temple, and order that Muslims be given a 5-acre land at a “prominent location” to build a mosque in the city. The CJI also

headed a bench which, by a majority 3:2 verdict, referred to a larger 7-judge bench the pleas seeking review of the apex court’s historic 2018 judgement allowing women and girls of all ages to enter Kerala’s Sabarimala temple.

The majority verdict included in the ambit of the review petitions raising issues of alleged religious discrimination against Muslim and Parsi women as well.

Justice Gogoi’s name will also be remembered for heading a bench which gave clean chit to the Modi government twice -- first on the writ petition and then on Thursday on the pleas seeking review of the December 14, 2018 verdict -- in the Rafale fighter jet deal with French firm Dassault Aviation.

The bench warned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing certain remarks to the apex court in the Rafale case and asked him to be more careful in the future. Besides, Justice Gogoi headed a bench which in a landmark verdict held that the office of the CJI is a public authority under the RTI Act.

JNU teachers: admin open to talk to students Amit Shah’s gift to Ladakh:

JNU students protesting fee hike.

New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI): A section of Jawaharlal Nehru University teachers on Sunday said the JNU administration was open to dialogue with elected hostel representatives but not with the “non-notified” students’ union to end the standoff by students over the hike in hostel fees.

Umesh Kadam, the dean of students, said he has not yet notified the students’ union. “The (poll) results are still lying with me in my office in a sealed envelope.

The election committee announced the results without taking that sealed envelope from me. How can we notify the students’ union when the results are still with me,” he said.

“The administration has announced a partial rollback and we are open to dialogue. We are ready to talk to the elected hostel representatives and work out

the modalities,” he said.

Asked about the students’ union, Kadam said, “Why should we talk to them when they are not notified?” He added that the administration is open to dialogue but only with the elected representatives and not the “non-notified” union.

The students have been protesting for nearly three weeks against the draft hostel manual, which had provisions for hostel fee hike, dress code and curfew timings. Last week, after the protest spilled over, the JNU administration partially rolled back the increase in hostel fees and removed the deadline for students to return to their hostels and suggested dress code for them.

Still, the students continued their protest, saying the decisions did not address their grievances completely

and termed the roll back an “eyewash”.

JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar has urged students to end the protest, saying dialogue cannot be dictated through “coercion and illegal methods”. The students, however, said the administration has been issuing “thinly veiled threats” to them and teachers supporting them.

On Sunday, professor Vandana Mishra, an associate dean of the university, said she was confined to her classroom for nearly 28 hours, allegedly by members of the students’ union.

“They wanted me to accept the demands of the students’ union which I couldn’t have because it has not yet been notified.

They wanted me to reject the hostel manual which I didn’t want to because it’s needed,” she said.

Mishra said the fees

were hiked because the University Grants Commission has directed univerities to generate internal receipts for hostels.

“When I refused to agree, they asked me sign on a pre-drafted resignation letter. I refused to sign it and they confined me,” she said.

Mishra said the students did not offer any alternatives to what could be done but were misbehaving with her. “It is our appeal to students to resume classes.

The semester-end exams are near and academic work has to be done,” she said.

Meanwhile, the university registrar Pramod Kumar also appealed to students to get back to classes.

“Due to the ongoing strike by a group of students, thousands of students who wish to participate in the JNU academic programmes and plan to complete their academic requirements for continuance in the university, are adversely affected,” he said. “It is in the interest of the students to adhere to the academic norms and academic calendar of the university according to which they need to appear in the end-semester examination that commences from December 12,” he said.

The last date for submission of M.Phil. dissertation/Ph.D. thesis in the schools and forwarding the same to the evaluation branch is December 31 for the monsoon semester.

Winter grade diesel

Amit Shah (File)

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS): In what is seen as a major boost for the union territory (UT) of Ladakh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched winter grade diesel for the entire Ladakh region.

The Indian Oil Corp’s (IOC) Panipat refinery has come up with a kind of diesel that can withstand the harsh winter conditions of the newly created UT where temperatures fall to sub zero of nearly -30 degree Celsius.

The winter grade diesel produced by Panipat Refinery for the first time has a pour point of - 33 degree C and does not lose its fluidity function even in the extreme winter weather of the region, unlike the normal grade of diesel which becomes exceedingly difficult to utilize. This winter grade diesel also meets BIS specification of the cleaner

BS-VI grade diesel.

Amit Shah launched the supply of this special grade diesel in Ladakh via video conferencing from the national capital. Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP MP from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, were present on the occasion.

Shah said that this special diesel for Ladakh has been developed to address the problem of loss of fuel during extreme winter conditions. The project is said to have cost more than Rs 50,000 crore.

The first tank truck containing winter grade HSD has been flagged off from IOC’s Panipat marketing complex. Subsequent supplies of such diesel would be sent from the Jalandhar Terminal to the Leh and Kargil depots to meet demands of customers in the Leh-Ladakh region during peak winters.

Chinmayanand case: SC stays HC order IIT-Madras case: Fathima’s Lu ck n ow, N ov 1 7 (IANS): The Supreme Court has granted an interim stay on the Allahabad High Court’s order, allowing former union minister Chinmayanand to access certified copy of the statement recorded by the Shahjahanpur law student, who had leveled allegations of sexual harassment and rape against him.

The law student’s statement was recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

According to reports, a bench of Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Vineet Saran issued notices on Saturday and sought response from Uttar Pradesh government and Chinmayanand on the law student’s plea.

The apex court has posted the matter for next hearing on December 9.

The Shahjahanpur law student had filed an appeal in the apex court against the November 7 order of the Allahabad High Court, which held that Chinmayanand was entitled to get a certified

Chinmayanand (File)

copy of the statement of the victim recorded under Section 164 CrPC. In her petition, the law student has said that the High Court’s direction granting a copy of the victim’s statement before the filing of the chargesheet was contrary to law and may have far-reaching effects.

The petition stated that a pre-condition for obtaining the copy of the statement of the victim under section 164 CrPC, is that the chargesheet has been filed and cognizance of the same has been taken by the magistrate.

In a related development, the court of the chief

judicial magistrate in Shahjahanpur has issued summons to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader D. P. S. Rathore and another party leader Ajit Singh for their involvement in the extortion case registered by Chinmayanand lawyer Om Singh.

Rathore is the younger brother of J.P.S. Rathore, BJP’s state vice president.

In the chargesheet, the SIT told the court that the 23-year-old law student and her friends had allegedly attempted to extort Rs 5 crore from Chinmayanand while the two BJP leaders had attempted to extort Rs 1.25 crore from the former union minister with the help of a pen drive that they had snatched from the woman after she was found by Shahjahanpur police in Dausa, Rajasthan.

Both the leaders have been charged under sections 385 (extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of IPC in the chargesheet filed by the SIT on November 6.

There is a ‘de facto’ stay on SC father demands a fair probe Sabarimala verdict: Kerela Minister

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 17 (IANS): Abdul Latheef, father of Fathima Latheef, an Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) student who committed suicide, said on Sunday that he will be forced to reveal many things if those responsible for the death of his daughter are not arrested.

Latheef said this to the media soon after his arrival at the airport here, from Chennai. “We will wait till Friday to see if the ongoing police probe will arrest those responsible for the death of my daughter.

If they don’t do it, then we will be forced to reveal the circumstances that led to her death,” Latheef said.

Latheef claimed all the details with regards to his daughter’s death are available in her laptop and said he will seek legal advice if this needs to be handed over to the police team probing the case.

Fathima Latheef, 19,

a bright first year MA Humanities and Development Studies student, took her life by hanging from a ceiling fan in her hostel room, allegedly on account of religious bias against her. While no suicide note was found in Fathima’s room, a note in her mobile phone had mentioned names of some faculty members as being the cause of her death The issue was raised on Sunday by the Kerala RSP leader N.K. Premachandran at the all party meeting called by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Delhi Speaking to the media later, Premachandran said that there is clinching evidence of harassment in this case, which requires a detailed probe. Premachandran represents the Kollam Lok Sabha constituency where Lateef hails from.

“This issue was also raised by DMK leader T.R. Balu under whose constituency in which IIT Madras is located.

T h i ru va na n thapuram, Nov 17 (PTI): Kerala Law Minister A K Balan on Sunday said there was a “de facto” stay of the Supreme Court’s September 28 order on Sabarimala women’s entry issue and the state government could act only on the basis of the court’s verdict.

Amid tight security, thousands of devotees offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple when it opened for the annual two-month-long MandalaMakaravilakku pilgrimage on Saturday, though police said 10 women were sent back from Pamba base as they were in the “barred” age group.

The five-judge Constitution bench headed

by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had on November 14 in a 3:2 verdict decided to refer the issue to a larger bench to re-examine religious issues including

A K Balan (File)

those arising out of its 2018 verdict lifting a centuriesold ban on women of menstruating age visiting the hill top shrine.

“In this case, a constitutional government can act only according to the orders of the court. Now we have a new problem.

The question was whether the verdict of November 14 stayed the earlier order. De jure there is no stay.... but de facto there is a stay. The 2018 order has been stayed in effect even though it was not officially mentioned,” Balan told reporters.

‘De jure’ means existing or holding a specified position by legal right while ‘de facto’ means existing or holding a specified position in fact but not necessarily by legal right.

The apex court said the seven-judge bench will look into pending questions similar to Sabarimala, related to Muslim women’s rights to enter a mosque and permission to Parsi women who marry outside the community to enter its fire temple and the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra community.

Though the apex court did not stay its September 2018 order allowing entry of women into the Lord Ayyappa temple, the LDF government in Kerala this time said the shrine is not a ground for activism and made it clear it would not encourage women who want to visit the temple for publicity.

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ECI should follow SC

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s Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi superannuates, he will be remembered for agreeing to public disclosure by ruling that the office of the CJI fell within the ambit of the Right to Information Act. The decision will bolster the credibility of the judiciary in the public eye. Whether the queries under the RTI Act are tenable or frivolous is not the point.

What is of note is that the apex court has agreed that it is not above the law, dispelling the forbidding image of the judiciary, couched in legalese and the threat of contempt proceedings. The decision has come with a rider of the ‘independence of judiciary’ which is difficult to grudge because checks and balances are imperative when it comes to dealing with the other two branches of government -executive and legislature.

This should also lead to strong demands to bring the Election Commission of India also under RTI. The ECI has been resisting the demand to bring its functioning within the purview of RTI Act. The Election Commission had rejected the application saying the EVMs held by it do not come under the definition of "information". However, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) has ruled that an Electronic Voting Machine is "information" under the Right to Information Act and can be demanded by an applicant from the Election Commission of India on a payment of Rs 10, the Central Information Commission has ruled. This implied the Election Commission has to respond to an RTI application seeking the EVM either by providing it or refusing it under exemption clauses in the Act. That can however, be contested before the CIC, the highest adjudicating authority in RTI matters. One of the clauses Section 8(1)(d) exempts information including commercial confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure of which would harm the competitive position of a third party, unless the competent authority is satisfied that larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information. The issue of larger public interest in the wake of allegations of EVM tampering was not mentioned in the order. Several opposition leaders have raised "doubts" over EVMs and their functioning before the Election Commission.

The opposition parties had sought moving back to the ballot paper, but after the EC made it clear there was no going back. In a meeting with the ECI recently, Opposition leaders demanded the poll panel ensure that 50 per cent of EVM results are crosschecked with voter-verifiable paper audit trails (VVPAT) before declaration of results in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The leaders had told the Election Commission the people of the country doubted the efficacy of EVMs and this issue needs to be redressed. The outgoing CJI Ranjan Gogoi has left his imprint over the so-called infallibility of the CJI and also the court to public scrutiny. If the Supreme Court, which is the custodian of the constitution, is open to scrutiny, there is no reason why the ECI which is merely a conductor of elections, can be allowed to hide beneath clichés when election is the most crucial nutrient of democracy. People have every right to seek reasonable and constitutionally valid clarifications or explanations from the ECI and so, there is no way out but to follow suit what the Supreme Court has done.

DailyDevotion The Eternal Goal

By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing…I will bless you…

—Genesis 22:16-17 Abraham, at this point, has reached where he is in touch with the very nature of God. He now understands the reality of God. My goal is God Himself…

At any cost, dear Lord, by any road.

“At any cost…by any road” means submitting to God’s way of bringing us to the goal.

There is no possibility of questioning God when He speaks, if He speaks to His own nature in me.

Prompt obedience is the only result. When Jesus says, “Come,” I simply come; when He says, “Let go,” I let go; when He says, “Trust God in this matter,” I trust. This work of obedience is the evidence that the nature of God is in me.

God’s revelation of Himself to me is influenced by my character, not by God’s character. ’Tis because I am ordinary, Thy ways so often look ordinary to me.

It is through the discipline of obedience that I get to the place where Abraham was and I see who God is. God will never be real to me until I come face to face with Him in Jesus Christ. Then I will know and can boldly proclaim, “In all the world, my God, there is none but Thee, there is none but Thee.”

The promises of God are of no value to us until, through obedience, we come to understand the nature of God. We may read some things in the Bible every day for a year and they may mean nothing to us. Then, because we have been obedient to God in some small detail, we suddenly see what God means and His nature is instantly opened up to us. “All the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen…”

(2 Corinthians 1:20). Our “Yes” must be born of obedience; when by obedience we ratify a promise of God by saying, “Amen,” or, “So be it.” That promise becomes ours.

Quotes

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future. ~ Bernard Meltzer

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2019

India in crisis for 3 decades

ndian economy rarely had the kind of problem it is facing. The country is in a quandary.

It is looking for ways to come out.

In 1991, India pawned its gold with Bank of England and Union Bank of Switzerland to raise $ 600 million to meet the balance of payment crisis. But the rest of the economy did not seem to suffer much. The GDP in 1989-90 grew by 5.2 percent and in 1991-92 it rose by 5.7 percent.

It was the post-Soviet Union collapse period. India had large exposure to trade with Soviet Union.

Despite that overall impact was not felt at the local markets or r ural economy.

In 1997-98, the East Asia tigers saw a severe meltdown largely led by the real estate boom and banking failure. India was not hit.

From 1992 to 1997 was the period of largest scams in the stock market, collapse of UTI, siphoning of LIC and many bank funds through fraudulent manners by the ilks of Harshad Mehta and Ketan Parekh. It surpassed the records of scams in the first 40 years since inde-

pendence But in 2007-08 the Lehman sub-prime crisis owing to unethical and corrupt banking practices in the West singed India despite no direct exposure to the crisis. The government panicked and succumbed to combined chorus of the large private corporate. They had seen how the sub-prime procedures had soared profits of the western corporate despite an economic crash.

By this time the Left parties had parted ways with the UPA. It lacked practical advisers and opened up PSB coffers to looting companies. The fifty private giants took the bulk of the PSB loans then called “incentives” never to repay. It was almost repeat of what had happened to banks in UK and the USA, including the largest AIG. The banks star ted tottering. Their NPAs soared. People’s deposits were squandered away and continue till now. In short, Indian crisis started in 1992 and the pattern continues till now.

The banks, PSBs in particular but now many so called private banks as well, are being systematically swindled away

leading to a crisis of confidence. Officially NPAs are touching Rs 9.1 lakh crore but otherwise estimated at Rs 14 lakh crore as there has been lot of window dressing through mergers.

The digital economy has made swindling easier.

It has hit savings – staple system for funding India’s growth. The Economic Survey 2018-19 says household savings dropped to 16.3 percent in 2018 from 23.6 percent in 2012. It coincides with the loot of the deposits by Shivaji the giants That is serious and no government has addressed the issue. In 1960s and before even a 25 paise deposit was encouraged to fund the development projects. Now deposits are literally punished with high bank charges, TDS and other accessory fee on withdrawals.

The recent surge in cash hoarding, as per RBI figures, is a sequel to impractical usurious banking procedures. It has worsened with fly by night mutual fund operators, where deposits are made but it dwindles every day.

Earlier, such issues were carefully studied by Planning Commission and

remedies suggested. The NITI Ayog last mulled over it in July 2017 when Arvind Panagariya said, “Low levels of savings and investment rates are still a cause of concern. Intense and dedicated efforts are needed” But little came after that. Demonestisation has virtually denuded household savings. Those who think India’s vast economy, the biggest in the world in the 100 crore hands, could function through a faulty, slow Sarkar and inefficient digital system apparently are living in a paradise of the wise.

There used to be probing people in the political system. They used to drive home sanguine points but somehow in a too much politicised world such voices are stifled and stigmatized.

The discussion in the public domain remains muted and given taints which really are not there.

Like if someone suggests boosting savings, groups with vested interests shouts for channelizing it to the speculative, but most unethical, stock market or such instruments, where the money can easily be

swindled away. Or if it is suggested that Jewar airport (UP) like projects would desertify the national capital region, the real estate agents in chorus say there is no aquifer in that region, as it suits the construction industry!

Or if poor owners of vehicles call for rescinding impractical ten-year junking rules, they are branded “anti-development”. The simple truth is the country is junking wealth creation. All over the world car owner is allowed to have the car for 40 years or more. Junking cars is bad policy. It leads to slowdown.

But those in power succumb to the lobbies be it real estate, industry or car makers. The pollution lobbies are minting tons and the national economy is impoverished.

Yes, the country is drifting because sane voices are not heard. Rather such voices are stifled.

Else Rs 1.76 lakh crore of the central bank would not have been squeezed out.

That is people’s money.

Often it is said that Indian’s are sitting on stockpile of money. May be most poor do not know.

But they are unable to pay for the tuition fee of their

wards even in sociallyfunded (that’s not subsidy) government institutions.

Drop-out rate is increasing in private universities and institutions as the fee has to be high. But the lobbies are making it unaffordable be it IITs or IIMs. Education in this country is not subsidized. It needs social funding more so as households are losing savings.

The antyodaya is allencompassing word. It does not mean mere uplift of the last unattended man. It means the system should be such none remains unattended. But if one is attended and ten are not tended it would have deleterious effect.

Prices are rising and the number of unattended is growing. Rhetoric would not solve it. The government must have dialogue with all, even with the political rival and the common man, to chalk out a way. That would lead to growth else the society and economy would drift. Mere tinkering with rules would not lead to solution.

The Narendra Modi government must take the right holistic action to correct about three decades of loot and misdirected Manmohanomics.

Post-mortem

Growing Australia-India partnership in higher education

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he decision of the Modi government to revamp India's archaic education system is as significant as it is laudable. It is grossly unfortunate that previous governments failed to respond to the global changes and introspect on the reforms that India's education system required. For decades, India clung on to a 19th-century education model to service 21stcentury requirements. This led to genuine concerns that the hype around the demographic dividend was exaggerated because the Indian educational institutions were only churning out vast numbers of unemployable graduates, including engineers and doctors.

Poor infrastructure, unqualified faculty and an obsolete pedagogy has defined India's education fabric. India's highestranked educational institution, as per the 2019 QS rankings, does not even feature in the top 150! The proposed shift from didactic to experiential learning is at least two decades late. At the same time, it is encouraging to see political will to modernize the education system and to make efforts to confront the crisis. If it succeeds, India would be relevant in the global arena.

But will alone does not transform dead systems. Strong support systems are required and also collective participation. At the same time, it is critical to recognize that all this would not happen overnight and might even take a decade before India can truly boast of strong educational institutions that cater to India's future needs and aspirations. In the meanwhile, India's young population would continue to grow. By 2020, it is estimated that almost eight million youngsters would be eligible to join university each year but would be denied the opportunity on account of non-availability of seats. Indeed, every year we would be adding to this number and in millions. When India is hoping to emerge as a global player, this would have crippling consequences.

There has been a paradigm shift in India with significantly larger number of persons aspiring for a better quality of life for their children and recognizing education as being the key to employability and social mobility. Education is no longer an aspiration restricted to the urban elite and aspirational middle class but has spilled over to rural areas as well and gone beyond the middle class, which itself has dramatically doubled from 300 million to 600 million in less than a decade. It is not

anecdotal that children from humbler backgrounds are now enrolling in schools and colleges in significantly larger numbers than before and trying to achieve their dreams.

While the changing aspirations of India's demographics is exciting and could become a huge dividend to achieve our national aspirations, it imposes yet another massive challenge for the government, which now has to meet the demand surge while, simultaneously, rewiring the education system. In the immediate aftermath, the supply constraint would continue to increase overcrowding in schools, poor quality of education, inadequate infrastructure and the proliferation of dodgy and sub-standard schools driven solely by profiteering.

Great nations are not built on such models but on how they navigate challenges.

China did this by encouraging its young to study abroad in large numbers while simultaneously restructuring and modernizing its education system.

Today, it can afford to offer its students international quality education at home. This will impose a wicked challenge to international universities that had long relied on revenue from Chinese students as part of its business case. Foreign education providers have already started to shift their focus from China to India.

While the gover nment struggles to determine how it would address the demandsupply mismatch, the aspiring middle class, with the propensity to pay, would make the sacrifices it needs to so that their children might go abroad for higher studies rather than be forced to study in sub-standard or second-tier educational institutions in India.

This is the reality that confronts India. I call it 'the push factor'.

At the same time, preferred international higher education destinations would compete with each other in what might be called 'the pull factor'.

When deciding to study abroad, several factors need to come together to enable the decision-making process. Essentially, it is a process that students and their parents go through collectively in India. What both are looking for is quality education with a proven record of global employability at an affordable price. At the same time, during my interactions at various education events, I noticed that the kind of concerns and questions that each has differed widely.

Mothers would invariably focus on issues related to safety and student welfare; the quality of

life and the living experience are a matter of paramount concern for her. Many are perturbed, as a consequence, with reports of rapidly increasing nationalism, bordering on xenophobia, in the US and intolerance towards other cultures, especially Asians.

A father, on the other hand, would be more interested in knowing about employability and thus, the rate of return on investment. Uncertainty in the case of the UK because of Brexit and the manner in which the UK would navigate its predicted decline is a cause of significant misgiving and thus, a pull away from studying in the UK. At the same time, the father listens quietly to the responses his wife receives to her questions because no parent would agree to send their child to an institution, no matter how strong the international ranking, if there are doubts about safety and security, student welfare or the living experience. Fears about social acceptance or targeted violence are a serious deterrent and understandably so. They are, in my view, a significant tipping point in the decision-making process. Both the US and the UK score poorly on this.

The student, on the other hand, is a bundle of emotions.

At one level, there is excitement and a sense of adventure that they would be going abroad. At another level, there is a sense of nervousness at what the future might hold. At the same time, there is also a sense of deep anxiety and pressure. I have seen this in many Indian students, who worry at the expense that their parents would need to incur for their education abroad and the sacrifices they have had to make and would continue to make so that they might receive a great education. They are also worried about leaving home not because they are dependent on their parents emotionally but because they are concerned how their parents would manage without their physical presence.

Understanding, this family bonding lies at the core of successful student welfare programmes at a university.

Australia scores admirably on all the above points. Its cities rate among the most livable in the world with a strong multicultural and welcoming environ. After it broke away from the White Australia policy, universities have become home to a large number of international students. Australian universities have begun to announce India engagement programmes and focus. With a clear exchange rate advantage over the American dollar or the

British currency, Australia is poised to emerge as the number one destination of choice for Indian students. In a week's time the Australian Education Minister Dan Tehan would be in India for bilateral talks followed by the visit, in January, of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The agenda of

talks would include stronger collaboration in higher education, especially teaching and applied research so as to partner with India in transforming lives.

Amit Dasgupta (IANS) (The writer is a former Indian ambassador and India Country Director, UNSW Sydney)

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Appeal from teachers of RMSA 2016 batch Sir,

Respected sirs and madams, our school teachers are crying but without tears; working but without pay; sweating but without pay. Most of them are living under the mercies of their friends and families borrowing. And some even to the extent of facing confrontations.

At this disparate juncture, may I catch the attention of stakeholders who hold great responsibility in shaping and moulding the education and it's system of our State, SMDC at the school level, SDEO at the sub-division level, DEO at district level, NBSE at the state level, SSA and RMSA as an agency and School Education at the state level to feel us. Throughout the year, we teachers alone with different stakeholders at different levels worked together tirelessly to educate the young minds to fulfill the state's education policy. However, unknowingly 435 teachers RMSA 2016 batch were continuously working with empty pockets for 7 months altogether. Can anyone hear our cry? Why do we have to carry this undue burden for several months when we worked dutifully!

Its more than half a year salary. How can we thrive under such condition? Our monthly salary! It seems to have started installment pay mode (half-yearly).

When are we getting paid?? Year's academic syllabi are completed and promotion exams are very soon to be conducted.

We are not paid yet ironically be provided question papers to conduct board exams. Oh! Lord, like a candle we are being consumed continuously by our daily activities unnoticed. We are like a pet dog waning when left unfed for a long time. Our pockets are without coins. We go hungry to work place. Do we have to work and not get our salary anymore? We have received 6 months’ salary after our legal recourse since 19 September, 2018 but from March 2019 till October 2019 we have so far not received any even on duty. So we often asked ourself, Can we starve and work? I hope not.

Yes, indeed, we have committed to give our best in our work.

Yet, we can only survive by the pay we get.

Today, particularly, RMSA 2016 batch who cleared open compitative examination both written and oral and are appointed as Graduate Teachers are compelled to loan at high interests from another source in order to comply to whatever is expected of a teacher besides looking into the least personal needs and fulfilling the needs of the family. All these instances make us cover our faces with shame and hide our identity as well. Now, we have to console ourselves, our parents, our friends and some even to their children confiding that we are not in a good shape or stage of life. Praying that the remorse and silent cries of 435 teachers, RMSA 2016 batch will eventually be heard by God's grace.

This group of teachers are catering around 100 Government High Schools in Nagaland teaching standard 9 and 10 students. The performances of these Government High Schools for HSLC examinations largely rest on this group of teachers.

May the concern authority protect, support and uplift this group of teachers at the right time for the benefit of the schools and students at large.

Kutsholo Tsuhah GT, GHS, Phokhungri, RMSA 2016 batch

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In the meeting with Esper, Singh reaffirmed New Delhi’s vision for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.

The defence minister also held a separate meeting with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono with a focus on adding further momentum to bilateral defence cooperation.

In the meeting with Esper, Singh reaffirmed New Delhi’s vision for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region based on a rules-based order and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.

China has been fast expanding military and economic influence in the Indo-Pacific region, triggering concern in various countries of the region and

Maharashtra govt: All eyes on Pawar-Uddhav-Sonia meet

Uddhav Thackeray with Sharad Pawar. (File) New Delhi/Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS): The deliberation on Maharashtra government formation is on last leg with the Congress, the NCP and the Shiv Sena arriving on consensus on the Common Minimum Program (CMP) but all eyes are on the final meet of Sharad Pawar with Sonia Gandhi.

Sources say that Pawar is likely to be accompanied by Uddhav Thackeray to meet Sonia.

The meeting is likely to happen on Tuesday or Wednesday as the CMP gets finalized among the three parties.

Sharad Pawar is scheduled to meet Congress emissaries named by Sonia Gandhi on Monday in New Delhi. The three leaders Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun Kharge and K C Venugo-

pal will sit with Pawar to fine tune the power sharing agreement and the CMP between the three parties before the final deal is put to Sonia Gandhi, said sources.

The power sharing agreement is in the final stage, said a source. A senior leader from the state said, “we are not in a hurry as these types of alliances take time to formulate as the ideology was a major hiccup which is being resolved”.

Meanwhile, in a major political development, the Shiv Sena will be sitting with Opposition in both houses of the Parliament, beginning from Monday, with the opposition getting a major boost ahead of the winter session. The Shiv Sena has 18 MPs in Lok Sabha, while it has three MPs in the Rajya Sabha.

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Singh said there has been a growing convergence between India and the US on the Indo-Pacific, adding the 10-member grouping of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is central to New Delhi’s vision for the region.

“Had an excellent meeting with US Secretary of Defence, Dr. Mark T Esper in Bangkok today.

We talked about ways to expand defence cooperation between India and the United States,” he tweeted.

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Naxals use drones over CRPF camp in Bastar; shoot at sight orders issued

New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI): Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued to security forces deployed across LWE affected states after a ‘serious and new’ threat of possession and operation of drones by Maoist cadres came to light recently, officials said on Sunday.

The latest directive by a unified command of security and intelligence agencies at the Centre comes in the wake of a maiden incident where drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were seen hovering over a strategically important CRPF camp in the worst Naxal-violence affected district of Sukma in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar region. As per official communication shared by ground forces, official sources told PTI, “Small red and white light emitting drones” were seen flying near the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Kistaram and Pallodi last month at least four times in three days. The drones emitted a “low whizzing sound” that drew attention of camp guards after which offensive position was taken by troops and an alert sounded across all the nearby camps anticipating possible trouble by Naxals. However, sources

said, the mini-UAVs soon disappeared from the sky above the CRPF camps even before they could be aimed at and shot.

The development rang alarm bells in the security establishment leading intelligence agencies to a vendor in Mumbai who is suspected to have sold the drones to some unidentified persons, possibly Naxal cadres.

Inquiries in this context are ongoing, sources added.

Agencies are particularly concerned as the two camps where these drones were spotted are located deep inside the Naxal hotbed, do not have proper road connectivity and witness regular movements of armed Maoist cadres as the area shares border with Odisha, Maharashtra and leads to the jungle corridor of Andhra Pradesh. “This development is a serious concern. Possession and operation of drones by Maoists is a new challenge which has been anticipated by security agencies for long. The issue has now surfaced,” a top-ranking security official official privy to the development said. He said “shootat-sight orders have been issued to security forces all across the LWE affected

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states to take down such rogue drones or UAVs being operated by Naxals.”

A preliminary analysis of the incident estimates that the drones that were spotted were basic variants of a four-legged UAV that is controlled from the ground using a remote control and is used in capturing videos and photos of social events like wedding and public gatherings. Agencies suspect Naxalite cadres have recently acquired these mini drones to conduct reconnaissance of security forces camps, monitor activities inside and even detect their movements near their hideouts. “Till the time we have a uniform policy on countering enemy drones, it has been decided to shoot down such objects so that lives and activities of security personnel are not at risk, the official quoted above said. A backof-the-envelope estimate by national security agencies suggests that India had over 6 lakh rogue or unregulated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) even as security agencies are analysing modern anti-drone weapons like ‘sky fence’ and ‘drone gun’ to counter terror or similar sabotage bids by these aerial platforms.

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS): If the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was the focus of the monsoon session of Parliament, the winter session that is going to start from Monday is expected to be dominated by a discourse on the Citizenship Amendment Bill.

Why now?

The list of bills to be passed during the winter session of Parliament as approved by the government clearly shows The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019, at number 16 in the list.

The Bill that is a prerequisite for the BJP government before it moves any further on the nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) was shelved in the run up to the 2019 General Election, after a stiff opposition from the Northeastern states. Now, back with an even bigger mandate of 303 MPs in the Lok Sabha and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat maintaining pressure on the BJP for a nationwide NRC, the time for introduction of the CAB has come, thinks the government.

What is Citizenship (Amendment) Bill?

This bill intends to make it easier for the nonMuslim immigrants from India’s three Muslim-majority neighbours -- Pakistan, Ban-

gladesh and Afghanistan to become citizens of India.

Though the Bill doesn’t spell it out clearly, but the fact that it entitles the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians, facing religious persecution in the three nations, to seek the Indian Citizenship and highlights the exclusion of Muslims.

This amendment is of The Citizenship Act, 1955 which requires the applicant to have resided in India for 11 of the previous 14 years.

The amendment seeks to relax this requirement from 11 years to 6 years, for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians from the three nations.

NRC link to the controversial Bill The NRC, which identified and eliminated illegal immigrants from Assam on Supreme Court order, had been a longstanding demand of Assam. But ever since its implementation, there has been a growing demand for its nationwide implementation. BJP president Amit Shah raised the pitch for this during his election rallies.

As late as this October, Amit Shah raised the matter in West Bengal, not far from Assam. He had said: “We had brought the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha, but the TMC MPs did not allow the Upper House to function. They did not allow the bill to be passed, and due to this, there

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Asserting that threatening, intimidating or any course of action that was detrimental to the welfare of general public would not be accepted by Tenyimi youth, the youth body urged all parties/groups to desist from such act that could spoil the peaceful atmosphere.

Appreciating the fact that the lease systems of Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) had been stopped following the PAC’s movement, the youth body urged the authority concerned never to entertain the system in the near future.

It asserted that Tenyimi youth would never allow such lease system by DMC in toll booth as well as in all town area where the tax was applicable, and warned of

resorting to any action as per law if such lease was introduced.

The youth body also requested the State government to introduce a neutral force like the army, Assam Rifle or CRPF in all the check gates of Dimapur district to assist the State force so as to maintain neutrality, besides controlling the illegal collection of money by various agencies.

It stressed that unless a neutral force was introduced, the fate of general public relying only on the State force would remain uncertain due to the presence of various elements.

TYOD declared that the Tenyimi youth would stand with PAC under any circumstance as long as the movement was in the right direction and for the welfare of people.

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(From p-1) He said his office had already raised demand for regional offices at Dimapur and Mokokchung.

Meanwhile, the lokayukta issued notices to newspaper proprietors, editors and authors that published the NPF press release to file their personal affidavits pointing out specific instances of corruption and mis-governance, besides asking the chief secretary to file his affidavit on the issues raised in the news.

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F u r t h e r, J u s t i c e Singh also issued notice to chief of NPF party and its office bearer, who had briefed the press, to file affidavits substantiating the allegations of

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are people in our country who are yet to get the Indian citizenship.”

In Har yana, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar too made the promise of bringing the NRC in the state during his election campaigning. Even Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS Supremo has been pitching for the same, though behind closed doors.

But, what happened in Assam after the NRC implementation. After the updated final NRC in Assam was released on August 31 this year, it excluded the names of over 19 lakh applicants including Hindu.

Now, the CAB will ensure they are not harmed.

In another rally in Bengal, in April this year, Shah had given a peek into his larger plan, “After passing the Bill, we would bring the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, so that all the refugees get citizenship, and then we will bring the NRC to throw out each and every infiltrator.”

The Odds against CAB But the bone of contention in this grand plan of the BJP remains not only the opposition which has said it will oppose it once put to vote, but many northeastern states fear that the Bangladeshi immigrants will be settled in their areas, which will unsettle their ethnic uniqueness.

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Srinagar, Nov 17 (IANS): The Jammu and Kashmir administration has brought an end to the tenure of BJP leader Nirmal Singh as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly through a notification. The new administration headed

by Lieutenant Governor G.C. Murmu has issued the notification. The notification read,”...Singh, speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir shall be deemed to have ceased to hold the office of speaker of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from 31st October, 2019.” It was issued by the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on Saturday. Singh continued as the Speaker even after J&K was split into two Union Territories. The National Panthers Party (NPP) earlier questioned Singh’s continuation despite the dissolution of the Assembly.

H y d e r a ba d, N ov 17 (IANS): A coach of Trivandrum bound Kerala Express derailed at Yerpuda station here after a wheel broke. No passenger were injured in the incident.

South Central Railway spokesperson said that wheel of the pantry car of the Kerala Express broke while it was entering Yerpedu railway station in Chittoor district of Andhra pradesh.

The spokesperson said that no passenger was injured in the accident.

He said an accident relief train and medical relief van was rushed to Yerpedu to take up restoration works.

The South Central Railway official said that stranded passenger were being sent by the same train by duly detaching the derailed pantry car from the train.

He said that senior railway officials arrived at the accident site to supervise relief and restoration.

This is second train accident in South Central Railway in last one week.

On November 11, a local train collided with Kongu Express at Kacheguda railway station leaving over a dozen passengers injured.

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New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with US Defence Secretary Mark T Esper in Bangkok on Sunday on a range of issues of strategic importance including situation in the Indo-Pacific region and ways to further bolster bilateral security cooperation.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), a platform comprising ASEAN and its eight dialogue partners including India, officials said here.

American counterpart that he was looking forward to have substantial discussions during the deliberations under the ‘two-plus-two’ foreign and defence ministerial dialogue between the two countries in Washington later next month, the defence ministry said in a statement.

The inaugural IndoUS ‘two-plus-two’ talks took place here in September last year. Expressing happiness on the growing Indo-US ties, Singh said the cooperation between the two sides has grown across a wide range of sectors, including defence and security, economy, energy, counter-terrorism and people-to-people relationship.

Singh and Esper also discussed a number of key issues concerning regional security and bilateral defence cooperation.

The ADMM-Plus is also likely to review the evolving security scenario in the region, particularly in the maritime domain.

The inaugural ADMM-Plus was convened in Hanoi in 2010.

The Defence Ministers then had agreed on five areas of practical cooperation to pursue under the new mechanism, including maritime security, counterterrorism, humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping operations.

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He also directed that all those issued notices should remain present with their affidavits on the date of hearing on December 5, even as he asked the newspapers to publish his order in their Monday edition.

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New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI): Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pumped in a net sum of Rs.19,203 crore into the domestic capital markets in the first half of November amid encouraging domestic and global factors.

According to the latest depositories data, overseas investors infused a net amount of Rs.14,435.6 crore into equities and Rs.4,767.18 crore into the debt segment during November 1-15, taking the total net investment to Rs.19,202.7 crore.

Prior to this, FPIs had poured a net Rs.16,464.6 crore in October and Rs.6,557.8 crore in September into the domestic capital markets (both equity and debt).

On the global front, the major factor contributing towards FPI inflows is expectation of a trade deal between the US and China, said Arun Mantri, technical and derivative analyst at Karvy Stock Broking.

However, at the current juncture, further FPI flows will mostly depend on both the global and domestic headwinds, Mantri added.

New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI): Six of the 10 most valuable domestic companies together added a staggering Rs 2.4 lakh crore in market capitalisation last week, with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) grabbing the lion’s share.

The other winners included Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India (SBI), while Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Infosys, ITC and HDFC suffered losses in their market capitalisation (m-cap) for the week ended November 15. The market cap of TCS zoomed Rs 1,93,666.73 crore to reach Rs 8,16,068.63 crore.

RIL’s valuation jumped Rs 15,182.29 crore to Rs 9,31,412.63 crore.

The m-cap of HDFC Bank climbed Rs 12,917.96 crore to Rs 6,99,704.93 crore and that of Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied Rs 4,355.08 crore to Rs 3,10,012.67

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petency issues.

Das highlighted that the increase in NPAs was significantly higher in PSBs as compared to their private and foreign counterparts.

PSBs, probably to fulfil the additional social objective of their mandate, took higher exposure in some of the critical sectors of the economy such as mining, iron and steel, and infrastructure.

“NPA levels in these sectors shot up as all these sectors suffered external shocks leading to the respective stress -- mining and energy was hit by the cancellation of allocation of coal blocks, while iron and steel sector faced cost pressures due to dumping of cheaper steel from China,” Das added.

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New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS): Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday called for strong corporate governance culture and accountability in public sector banks (PSBs) to check ballooning non-performing assets (NPAs).

“Many of the problems that currently seem to affect the PSBs such as the elevated levels of NPA, capital shortfalls, frauds and inadequate risk management can mostly be attributed to the manifestation of underlying corporate governance issues,” the RBI Governor said at a conference in Ahmedabad.

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In a video conference with Principal Chief Commissioners and Chief Commissioner of GST and Customs on November 13, the CBIC chief had expressed his displeasure in the progress of cancellation of registration of entities that have not filed GSTR-3B returns for six or more than six return periods and are liable for action under section 29 of CGST Act. “Hence, I have been directed to once again request you that the task of cancellation of registration of such non-filers of GST returns should be taken on priority basis and should be finished by November 25, 2019,” Sukhjit Kumar, an Additional Commissioner in Mumbai Zone, wrote to field officers.

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sure norms, and directed all listed banks to disclose any divergence in bad loan provisioning within 24 hours of receiving RBI’s risk assessment report, rather than waiting to publish the details in their annual financial statements.

Some banks, including Indian Bank, Union Bank of India and Lakshmi Vilas Bank, have already reported their NPA divergences for last fiscal.

The disclosures need to be made in case the banks’ additional provisioning for non-performing assets (NPAs) assessed by the RBI exceeds 10 per cent of the reported profit before provisions and contingencies, and if the additional gross nonperforming assets identified by the Reserve Bank of India exceed 15 per cent of the published incremental gross non-performing assets.

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New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS): The government is set to crack the whip on GST non-filers with plans afoot to cancel registration of repeat offenders.

Amid lower-than-expected GST collection in the past few months of the current fiscal, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has directed zonal offices to go tough on non-filers.

A c c o r d i n g l y, t h e Mumbai office of the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise has issued directives to field officers for ensuring strict compliance.

The development has come close on the heels of CBIC Chief P.K. Das expressing serious concern over non-compliance by GST registrants.

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as per Risk Assessment Report of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) subject to certain conditions, which is the gap between the bad loans as declared by the lenders and that assessed by the regulator. Bank of India on the other hand had a fall in its net non-performing asset divergence by Rs 329 crore for 2018-19, because the NPAs reported by the bank were higher than that assessed by the Reserve Bank of India.

However, the lender’s net loss for the year expanded to Rs 6,992.90 crore from Rs 5,546.90 crore reported by the bank due to divergence in provisioning requirement.

The bank’s divergence in provisioning for the year was at Rs 1,446 crore, Bank of India said in the regulatory filing.

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able to move forward due to their weak financial position, official sources said.

The Budget for 201819 had proposed their merger and subsequent listing the merged entity on stock exchanges.

“Citing weak financial positions, these PSUs have sought capital infusion from government. There is a need for immediate recapitalisation in them as per their current balance sheet position where they are either on borderline or below the insolvency ratio. Unless their losses are written off, the merged entity will have a very weak balance sheet”, officials said.

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New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI): State-owned Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank have reported divergences in their bad loans for the fiscal ended March 2019, resulting into widening of net losses for the year.

Chennai-headquartered Indian Overseas Bank has reported a net non-performing asset (NPA) divergence of Rs 358 crore for 2018-19, due to which the divergence in provisioning came in at Rs 2,208 crore, according to a regulatory filing by the bank.

The bank has an adjusted loss of Rs 5,999.88 crore in the fiscal ended March 2019, higher than Rs 3,737.88 crore reported earlier, due to the divergence.

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New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said government would be moving forward on the merger of the three staterun general insurance companies as announced in the previous Budget.

“This was a Budget announcement and I will be moving forward on that”, she said in a media interaction about a query on the status of the Budget announcement on the merger of the three general insurance companies.

The proposed merger of National Insurance Co Ltd, United India Insurance Co Ltd and Oriental Insurance Co Ltd has not been

amending the Multi State Cooperative Societies Act will not be enough.

On Friday, Sitharaman told reporters that the government would bring a legislation to effectively regulate cooperative banks so that they also follow prudential norms applicable for commercial banks.

He further said the government should find “outof-box” solution to redress the hardships being faced by all categories of depositors and the cooperative sector.

He also said once the fraud at Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC) was noticed, the RBI, the finance ministry and the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Maharashtra Police swiftly initiated action to protect the interests of the depositors.

PMC, which is among the top-10 urban cooperative banks, was placed under an RBI-appointed administrator on September 23 for six months due to massive under-reporting of dud loans.

The bank, over a long period of time, had given over Rs 6,500 crore in loans to HDIL, which is 73 per cent of its total advances, and which has turned sour with a shift in the fortunes of the now-bankrupt company.

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20 did not make any provision of funds for insurers, the department of financial services (DFS) will have to seek supplementary demand of Rs 12,000 crore for this purpose, sources said.

General insurers have sought around Rs 2000 crore-Rs 3000 crore each for avoiding falling below solvency ratio, sources said.

The three insurers have struggled to maintain the minimum required solvency ratio of 1.5 in recent years.

According to the guidelines of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, general insurance companies need to maintain a minimum solvency ratio of 1.50. As on March 31, 2019, the solvency ratio of National Insurance Co was 1.04 and for Oriental Insurance Co it was 1.57, while solvency ratio for United India Insurance, as on Mar 31, 2018, was 1.54.

Currently, New India Assurance Co and General Insurance Corp of India Ltd are the only two listed state-owned non-life insurance companies.

New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI): RBI Central Board Director Satish Marathe has asked the government to give full powers to the Reserve Bank of India to regulate all urban cooperative banks in the wake of lakhs of depositors facing hardship in withdrawing their entire sum from scamhit PMC Bank.

In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Marathe also suggested that a broad-based committee should be set up to prepare a vision document and a road map for the cooperative banking sector.

He also said the committee should constitute officials from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), finance ministry, agriculture ministry, and at least two eminent co-operators.

Marathe also raised these issues during his recent meeting with Sitharaman.

“Amend the Banking Regulation Act to provide full regulatory powers to the RBI to regulate all urban coop banks viz. all scheduled and non-scheduled, irrespective of their being registered under respective state co-op Act or the multi-state co-op societies Act,” said his letter to the minister.

He added that simply

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Rajapaksa wins SL presidential election 7 killed in gas explosion in B’desh

Colombo, Nov 17 (PTI): Sri Lanka’s controversial wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa will lead the country after ruling party candidate Sajith Premadasa conceded the hotly contested presidential poll on Sunday, marking the return of the powerful Rajapaksa dynasty known for its pro-China tilt, amidst security challenges following the Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed 269 people.

Rajapaksa defeated Premadasa by more than 13 lakh votes, according to the official results.

He will succeed President Maithripala Sirisena for a five-year term.

Rajapaksa secured 5 2 . 2 5 p e r c e n t vo t e s (6,924,255) while Premadasa received 41.99 per cent of the total votes polled (5,564,239), the election commission said.

Other candidates got 5.76 per cent votes.

Rajapaksa, 70, urged his supporters to “rejoice peacefully”. “As we usher in a new journey for Sri Lanka, we must remember

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that all Sri Lankans are part of this journey. Let us rejoice peacefully, with dignity and discipline in the same manner in which we campaigned,” the retired lieutenant colonel said in a tweet.

Rajapaksa had vowed to “restore relations” with Sri Lanka’s top lender, China, if he wins the election, despite international concerns over the island nation’s financial debt to the Asian superpower.

He could take the oath

of office on Monday, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said.

Premadasa, 52, meanwhile, was considered leaning more towards India and the US. He conceded the presidential election to his rival even before the official results were announced and also stepped down as the Deputy Leader of the ruling United National Party (UNP) with immediate effect.

“It is my privilege to

honour the people’s decision and congratulate Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his election,” Premadasa said.

“I am grateful our citizens who voted for me. I am humbled that you placed your faith in me. Your support has been a fountain of strength throughout my political career,” he said on Twitter.

“In light of today’s decision by the electorate, I have decided to step down as Deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP) with immediate effect,” he said in a statement.

Rajapaksa, who was the top defence ministry bureaucrat for 10 years, swept the poll in the Sinhala majority districts while Premadasa garnered most of the votes from the Tamil dominated north and east.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who cannot be removed unless he steps down, is expected to resign.

The current Parliament cannot be dissolved at least before February next year.

It is believed that Rajapaksa, after taking over as the President, would appoint his elder brother and former strongman Mahinda as the Prime Minister.

Outgoing President Sirisena had ended Mahinda’s nearly a decade-long rule in 2015.

President Sirisena termed Rajapaksa’s win as “historic”.

“My heartiest congratulations to the President-elect @GotabayaR on his historic victory!,” he said on Twitter.

The Rajapaska senior’s legacy of ending the Tamil separatist war has made him the darling of the Sinhala Buddhist majority. Gotabhaya was his top defence ministry official who supervised the military operations against the LTTE. While doing so, he acquired the reputation of a ruthlessly efficient administrator.

Rajapaksa’s victory marks the return of the family to the pinnacle of power in the island after they were surprisingly ousted in the previous presidential poll.

Rescue workers are seen at the site of a gas pipeline explosion in the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh on Sunday.

D h a k a , N ov 1 7 (Agencies): At least seven people were killed and eight injured on Sunday after a gas pipeline exploded in the Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong, a police official said.

The gas pipeline exploded in front of a fivestorey building, blowing walls off the building, local police official Mohammad Mohsin said, citing wit-

nesses. The injured have been taken to hospital, he said, adding a rescue operation was under way.

T h e ex p l o s i o n a t Patharghata area in Chittagong district collapsed portions of a boundary wall of a nearby building, local police chief Mohammed Mohsin said.

He said at least 25 people were hospitalized and firefighters joined the

rescue operation.

It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion. News reports said the road in front of the explosion site was busy with people and tricycle rickshaws. A boundary wall fell on the people on the road. The explosion took place when residents were preparing for the day’s work in the morning, Mohsin said.

Bolivia crisis could spin out of control, warns UN Johnson surges ahead of Corbyn in new poll

Pak’s MQM founder seeks asylum, financial help from India

5 of a family killed in California shooting

to let him stay in India while he awaits trial of his case.

In his first ever public speech after the UK police relaxed his bail conditions, the MQM leader said he would like to travel to India because his grandparents are buried there. “ I f I n d i a ’s P r i m e Minister Modi allows me to come to India and provides me asylum with my colleagues, I am ready to come to India along with my colleagues because my grandfather is buried there.

My grandmother is buried there and thousands of my relatives are buried there in India. I want to go to India to their graves.”

Addressing Modi, Hussain alleged that his assets, house and offices were taken over in Karachi after August 22, 2017. He asked the Indian Prime Minister to help him with money if he could not provide him asylum.

Hussain’s MQM is influential in urban areas of Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, including its restive port city of Karachi.

Los Angeles, Nov 17 (IANS): Five members of a family, including three children, were killed in a shooting incident at a residence in Southern California, police said, adding that the suspect was believed to be among the dead.

The incident occurred on Saturday in Paradise Hill, a city located 35 km north of US-Mexico border.

The police said they took the first 911 call at 6.49 a.m.and when they arrived on scene, they found several people from gunshot wounds.

A three-year-old boy, a 29-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were found dead inside. A five-year-old boy and nine-year-old boy were taken to a hospital but also died.

An 11-year-old boy was also hospitalized. Matt Dobbs from San Diego Police Department said that a mother and four children lived in a granny flat adjacent to the main house, where other family members lived, but it was unclear how many people total lived in the compound.

People stand next to the coffin of a supporter of former President Evo Morales killed during clashes with security forces, in Sacaba, Bolivia. (AP/PTI)

LA PAZ, Nov 17 (Agencies): The United Nations warned on Saturday violence in Bolivia could “spin out of control” following recent skirmishes between security forces and coca farmers loyal to ousted President Evo Morales that have left nine dead.

Morales resigned under pressure from Bolivia’s police and military last Sunday after evidence of vote rigging tainted his Oct. 20 election victory. He fled to Mexico two days after his resignation.

The leftist and charismatic former coca farmer has since called his ouster a

right-wing “coup” and decried growing allegations of repression by security forces under interim President and former conservative lawmaker Jeanine Anez.

“The coup leaders massacre indigenous and humble people for asking for democracy,” Morales said on Twitter following reports of mounting deaths.

Anez has blamed Morales for stoking violence from abroad, and has said her government wishes to hold elections and meet with the opposition to halt protests.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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L o nd o n , N o v 1 7 (IANS): Altaf Hussain, the founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) who has been charged with a terrorism offence, has requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help by giving asylum and financial help to him and his companions, a media report said on Sunday.

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offence in a case related to his incendiary speech relayed from the UK to his followers in Pakistan in 2016, Geo News said in the report. He is due to stand trial in June 2020 and passport remains with the UK police as part of his bail conditions and he is not allowed to apply for any travel document unless permitted by the court. Lawyers were now assessing whether Hussain has breached his bail conditions by asking Modi

Boris Johnson (File)

L o nd o n , N o v 1 7 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has extended his lead over opposition Labour Part leader Jeremy Corbyn as he strengthens the ruling Conservatives’

grip on working-class voters ahead of the December 12 general election, a new poll has revealed. This week’s Deltapoll survey for The Mail on Sunday gave the Conservatives a 15-point

lead, up from 12 points last week, with the ruling party on 45 per cent and Labour on 30%. Johnson now will need to pick up a string of Labour-held seats in northern working-class areas if he is to return to Downing Street with a healthy majority. The poll suggested that his clear pro-Brexit policy, unlike Corbyn’s contortions on the issue, were winning him support in the Leavebacking areas. A lweek on the campaign train for the Prime Minister has helped his net approval score move back into positive territory, at plus 4 - a thumping 47 points higher than Corbyn.

But if the Labour leader puts in an unexpectedly

strong performance during the televised Election debates, starting with his head- to-head showdown with Johnson on ITV on Tuesday night, it could give him a boost. Meanwhile, the revolt by Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party candidates - many of whom pulled out of contests rather than risk splitting the Conservative vote in key marginals - has left his party marooned on 6 per cent, according to the poll.

The poll suggested that most voters thought Farage’s political career was nearing its end: a total of 45 per cent said his most successful days were behind him, and just 11 per cent said they were ahead of him.

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Born: 28.10.1984 – Died: 09.11.2019 We the bereaved family of Lt. KHANGTANBO NEWMAI express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individuals well wishers, churches, unions who stood by us physically, financially and spiritually at the sudden death who left us for his heavenly abode.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every one of you individually, but it’s our sincerest prayer that God bless you all abundantly and your good deeds and prayers will always be remembered in our hearts.

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Michelle Bachelet warned escalating violence could usurp the democratic process.

“I am concerned that the situation in Bolivia could spin out of control if the authorities do not handle it ... with full respect for human rights,” Bachelet said in a statement.

The violence in Bolivia adds to growing unrest in the region, including in neighbor Chile, where protests over social inequalities boiled over into riots that left at least 20 dead. Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina have also seen widespread strikes, protests and riots in

recent months.

Cochabamba ombudsman Nelson Cox said hospital records in the coca farming region showed the “vast majority” of Friday´s deaths and injuries were caused by bullet wounds.

“We are working with the national ombudsman´s office to conduct autopsies ... and seek justice for these victims,” Cox told Reuters.

More than 100 people were injured in the skirmishes, the ombudsman said.

Coca farmers in some protests were also heavilyarmed, police said, carrying weapons ranging from handguns and boxes of grenades to home-made bazookas made from sawed-off pipes in sometimes fierce standoffs.

Though the capital La Paz was largely calm Saturday, lingering highway blockades prompted panic on the streets, with many rushing to hoard groceries as supplies ran low and prices rose.

Increasing unrest and a spiraling body count prompted Morales to strike a more conciliatory tone with the government of Anez in recent days.

“For the sake of democracy ... I have no problem not taking part in new elections,” Morales told Reuters in an interview in Mexico City.

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LATE HEVITO ZHIMO Born : 17/11/1979 – Died : 11/11/2019 The Lord gave, and now he has taken away, May his name be praised.

–Job 1:21 We the bereaved family would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, friends, churches, societies who stood by us physically, materially, financially and prayer on midst of our grief and sorrow during the sudden demise of our beloved Late Hevito Zhimo.

We would like to extend our profound gratitude to :1. Mr. T. Tokugha (GM Industry Dimapur).

2. St. Peter’s Staffs ( Model colony p. Bazaar).

3. Sumi Community Darogajan.

4. Daragojan Asamiqo.

5. Mr. Vitokhu (Chairman, Darogajan).

6. Church Leaders (Sumi Baptist Church, Purana Bazzar).

7. Zunheboto Tokukujo Kuqhakulu Dimapur (ZTKT).

8. Lizumi Kuqhakulu Dimapur (LKD).

9. Mr. Hiketo Kiho (Purana Bazzar).

10. Mr.Zhehuto (GB Lizu New village Zunheboto).

11. Mr. Samuel (Lizu Aviqhato) 12. Mr. Shikavi Zhimo (Lizu New).

13. Lizu New Baptist Church Zunheboto.

14. Lizu New Jubilee Community Dimapur.

15. Friends and Relatives.

16. Well wishers.

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We the bereaved family members of Late K. Gwasinle Tep would like to express our deepest gratitude to each and every individuals, organizations, churches, friends and relatives, who supported us physically, financially, materially and through prayer during the illness and sad demise of our beloved mother.

Born 05/01/1975 We deeply regret our inability Died 18/10/2019 to thank each and everyone of you individually but it's our humble prayer that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Is encryption to blame Kevingunyü is Mister Kohima 2019 ‘Friends’ reunion special for WhatsApp snooping in the works at HBO Max I

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s mega hit Friends continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the six core stars and the creators of NBC comedy from Warner Bros. TV are in talks to reunite on HBO Max. Talks are currently underway for an unscripted reunion special that would feature Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Per r y and David Schwimmer, as well as series creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman. Sources caution that a deal is far from done and agreements with cast and creative’s still need to be hammered out. When and if deals are completed, challenge then becomes sorting out everyone's schedules. Of course, talks could fizzle and whole concept could fall apart.

News of reunion special arrives as Friends has found new audiences at its streaming home on Netflix.

The series is officially leaving the streamer at year's

end and will make its debut on WarnerMedia backed HBO Max, when that $15 monthly subscription platform launches at a date to be determined. Sources say WarnerMedia paid $85 million per year for five years ($425 million) to reclaim streaming rights to Friends for its own platform.

Sources noted that WarnerMedia Entertainment and direct to consumer chairman Bob Greenblatt has been driving force pushing for Friends reunion, which would pair well with HBO Max's debut and comedy's new streaming home.

Sources also say that the cast is willing to do it is an accomplishment in and of itself.

The cast and creators, for their part, have remained steadfast over the years since the series wrapped its 10 season run that they would not do any sort of scripted revival. NBC staged a mini Friends reunion in 2016 as part of a special honouring legendary director and producer James Burrows.

Five of the six stars, save

for Perry, participated in the look back that also featured the casts of Will & Grace, Cheers and The Big Bang Theory.

For her part, Aniston on October 27 shot down word of a Friends reboot (with a flat-out "no") but did tell daytime host Ellen DeGeneres, "We would love for there to be something, but we don't know what that something is. So we're just trying. We're working on something."

Aniston returned to television with the November 1 premiere of Apple TV+'s The Morning Show.

The drama marks her first TV series regular role since she wrapped Friends. The actress also recently joined Instagram by posting a recent photo of her reuniting with her Friends co-stars.

Friends producer Warner Bros. TV has been busy with a series of events to celebrate the show's 25th anniversary this year, with replica couches placed at landmarks across the globe, pop-ups of Central Perk, special theatrical screenings of beloved episodes and more.

A Friends reunion would immediately provide the kind of must see TV that an upstart streaming service like HBO Max would want. Disney, for example, on Tuesday launched its streaming service with its highly anticipated Star Wars scripted drama The Mandalorian.

(The Hollywood Reporter)

f we blame end-to-end encryption of WhatsApp for Israeli spyware Pegasus that affected 1,400 select users of the Facebook owned messaging app globally, including 121 in India, we will be barking up the wrong tree, say experts.

WhatsApp provides end-to-end encryption by default, which means only the sender and recipient can view the messages.

But the piece of NSO Group software exploited WhatsApp's video calling system by installing the spyware via missed calls to snoop on selected users.

This raised questions about utility of encryption, which also prohibits security agencies from tracing origin of messages.

Traceability of WhatsApp messages is key demand that India has put forward.

But security experts have warned that blaming end-to-end encryption for spyware would not be right.

"WhatsApp as well as other leading instant messaging apps have recently adopted an endto-end encryption. The encryption process itself is solid, messages that leave your device are encrypted and they stay that way until they reach their final destination," Yaniv Balmas, Head of Cyber Research, Check Point Software Technologies, told IANS. Snowden, who served as an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and worked as a contractor for National Security Agency (NSA), rocked the world in 2013 after he revealed that US was secretly building ways to collect data of every person in the world, including phone calls, text messages and email.

Balmas agreed the move to embrace encryption by chat applications marked a "good progress" in terms of user security and privacy.

(IANS)

Kevingunyü Mere (Centre) and the other two winners along with the judges. (NP)

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n a glittering show at RCEMPA Jotsoma, Kevingunyü Mere was adjudged as the winner of the Mister Kohima Season II 2019 on Saturday evening. The event was organised by Meraki Entertainment Nagaland (MEN), a charity event to support Bright Morning Star Children Home.

Mere also won the sub-title category for Mr Personality, while Vizotuo Sothu and Limaonen Jamir as first and second runners up respectively.

For sub-title category,

Kikrupfelie Neikha won two awards for Mr Physique and Mr Fame, Mr Popular to Siddhart Chethri, Mr Talent to Therinyio Epao, Mr Photogenic to Teno G Swu and the Northeast Window Readers Choice Award Marükho Pfozhe.

The panel of judges included director & proprietor Symphony Music Academy Mele Pucho, Monya Hage, guest faculty for department of Management Nagaland University and Theyiesinuo Keditsu, assistant professor. The host for the show was Men-

gu Soukhrie, makeup and choreography was done by Johnny D’Ascolie.

A total of 18 contestants took the stage consisting of different rounds, such as modern ethnic, casual etc. After which eight were selected for question and answer round and the top 5 contestants were selected.

In the final round, the contestants were given a minute to write on the how they can contribute to society after winning the title where Mere was selected as the Mister Kohima 2019.

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Fans accuse Janet Jackson of lip-syncing at concert

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anet Jackson fans are not happy with the singer and accused the star of lip-syncing during her RNB performance Friday night in Brisbane, Australia, and some walked out in protest. One fan told The Sunday Mail that the 53 year olds set was a "disaster."

"When Janet Jackson came on it was just a disaster," one attendee said.

"Her sound was just terrible.

She would be singing and then all of a sudden just do random stuff."

Ja c k s o n wa s a l s o slammed after similar things happened during a performance in Perth on November 8.

"It was the worst performance of the night and probably the worst I've seen," a fan said to Daily

Mail Australia.

"Once [Jackson] was on stage she started lip syncing and it was so obvious she was dancing around trying to move the mic over her lips so we couldn't see and she kept putting her hair over her face," the ticketholder added.

"Everyone started leaving and everyone was saying how disappointing it was.

She was out of time for sure.

We left when she tried to sing 'Together Again.'"

A reviewer of the concert described Jackson as having low energy onstage in WA Today.

There were "audio problems, with her lipsyncing painfully out of sync with the music and her performance lacking energy," the critic wrote.

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he Pixar movie Finding Nemo could have been much shorter if the main character had used a previously unknown ability.

Anemonefish, the species featured in the 2003 movie, are easily recognised by their striking orange and white patterns.

Researchers from the University of Queensland have discovered that they can see in ultraviolet light and may use it as a 'secret channel' to find friends and food.

The team examined the Great Barrier Reef anemonefish, which researcher Dr Fabio Cortesi said was 'basically Nemo's cousin'.

They were able to discover a unique feature in the eye of the fish that may allow them to better detect friends and the anemones they live in.

The team looked at all aspects of the fish including genes they use to see, what proteins they express and other data to protect what they can see.

Dr Sara Stieb, another author on the paper said the special ability made sense,

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based on the fish's environment and food source. ' A n e m o n e f i s h l ive very close to the surface, where UV light can easily penetrate. They live in symbiosis with anemones, and the anemones use UV to grow.'

Being able to see ultraviolet light also helps the fish recognise who is their friend and who isn't, according to Dr Cortesi. 'The white stripes on anemonefish reflect UV, which means they should be easier for other anemonefish to recognise.

'By contrast, a lot of the bigger fish – including ones that eat anemonefish – cannot see UV, so if you want to communicate on the reef over short distances, then UV is a very good way to do this.'

He said they may use ultraviolet as a 'secret channel' that only they can use to talk to each other and warn each other of dangers.

'They can be as flashy as they want and they won't be seen – and it might be how Nemo's cousin finds its friends.'

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Tessa Thompson to play She-Hulk

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ctor Mark Ruffalo, popular as the superhero Hulk, feels actress Tessa Thompson would make a great She-Hulk."Tessa Thompson's already Valkyrie but she'd be a great She-Hulk," etonline.com quoted Ruffalo as saying.

It was at the D23 expo in August that Marvel producer Kevin Feige announced a She-Hulk series was headed to Disney+, saying: "Bruce Banner is no longer the only Hulk in the MCU". Created by Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, She-Hulk first appeared in the February 1980 issue Savage She-Hulk #1. She is also a member of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Defenders and S.H.I.E.L.D. It is yet to be seen what storyline from her life will the show explore.

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Shami, Agarwal rise to career-best Test rankings

Dubai, Nov 17 (PTI): Speedster Mohammed Shami and opener Mayank Agarwal on Sunday achieved their career-best positions in the latest ICC Test Rankings after contributing in India’s innings and 130-run victory over Bangladesh in the first Test in Indore.

Shami’s bowling figures of 3 for 27 and 4 for 31 lifted him eight places to seventh position. His 790 rating points are the third best for an India pace

bowler with only Kapil Dev (877) and Jasprit Bumrah (832) having recorded more points.

Double centurion A g a r wa l , m e a n w h i l e, climbed to the 11th spot after his player-of-the-match effort of 243 in India’s only innings. The 28-yearold has reached 691 rating points after scoring 858 runs in his first eight Tests.

Only seven batsmen have scored more runs than Agarwal in their first eight Tests -- Don Bradman

Nagaland team after their Men’s Senior Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy 2019-20 match against Odisha at at Lalbhai Stadium in Surat, Gujarat on Sunday. Odisha won the match by 45 runs. Nagaland won a game and lost six in its second year of participation in the national tourney.

IAAF changes name to World Athletics

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS): The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will now be known as World Athletics, a statement said.

“We’re now World Athletics,” the sport’s international governing body said in their website.

“Welcome to the new World Athletics website, the place to come for all things about our wonderful sport. We’ll be bringing you new features about athletes and the sport, as well as making it easier to find the things we know you love,” the official website said.

“From information

10 bowlers list, while moving back to fourth position among all-rounders.

Fo r B a n g l a d e s h , Mushfiqur Rahim’s knocks of 43 and 64 have helped him gain five places and reach 30th position while Liton Das has moved up from 92nd to 86th position.

Among bowlers, fast bowler Abu Jayed, who took four wickets in Indore, has advanced 18 slots to take 62nd position after only six Tests.

Meanwhile, India strengthened their position in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) standings by reaching 300 points. They are yet to concede a point, having gained a full 120 points each in their three-Test home series against South Africa and two-Test series in the West Indies.

Each Test of the ongoing two-match series against Bangladesh is worth 60 points since the 120 points up for grab in a series are evenly distributed over the number of matches in a series. The points range from 60 points for each match of a two-Test series to 24 for each match of a five-Test series.

Sri Lanka and New Zealand are on 60 points each after drawing their two-match series 1-1 while England and Australia are on 56 each after their fivematch Ashes series ended 2-2. The West Indies and South Africa failed to get any points in their opening series.

Pakistan will play their first WTC series against Australia starting later this week. The first match of the two-Test series starts in Brisbane on Thursday while the second Test, a day-night fixture, will be played in Adelaide from November 29.

The top two teams at the end of the league will play the final in the UK in June 2021 with the winners crowned the World Test Champions.

‘Ronaldo should not win Ballon d’Or’

Lee wins Hong Kong Badminton Open title

Madrid, Nov 17 (IANS): Former Real Madrid and Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas feels it would be wrong if Cristiano Ronaldo wins the Ballon d’Or this year.

Casillas, who now plays for Porto, believes that former teammate Ronaldo should not be in contention to win this year’s award. “(Virgil) van Dijk was chosen as UEFA’s best player; (Lionel) Messi was chosen by FIFA; if Cristiano wins the Ballon d’Or, it would seem to me that the guidelines we use in football to determine who wins its biggest individual awards are not logical,” Casillas tweeted according to a Marca report.

FIFA’s award is picked by the captains and coaches of all national teams in FIFA-affiliated federations in five continents.

Fans also have a say through an online ballot which accounts for 50 per cent of the final result. These two awards are chosen based on performances throughout an entire season, whereas the Ballon d’Or spans a calendar year, with every match which is then chosen by 193 sports journalists.

Hong Kong, Nov 17 (AFP): Home favourite Lee Cheuk-yiu battled to victory over Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting to secure a shock Hong Kong Open win as the city’s prodemocracy protests raged nearby on Sunday.

Lee, 23, came from a game behind and then saw off championship point in a thrilling decider before winning 16-21, 21-10, 22-

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(1210), Everton Weekes (968), Sunil Gavaskar (938), Mark Taylor (906), George Headley (904), Frank Worrell (890) and Herbert Sutcliffe (872).

In other significant movements for India, allrounder Ravindra Jadeja jumped four slots to reach joint-35th position among batsmen while pacers Ishant Sharma (20th) and Umesh Yadav (22nd) have moved up one place each.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is in the top

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Sloane Stephens eyes Olympics, return to form in 2020

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MARINA DEL REY, Nov 17 (Agencies): Sloane Stephens said she is ready to turn the page on a disappointing 2019 and shift her focus to climbing the world tennis rankings to qualify for next year’s Tokyo Olympics.

The 26-year-old American, who won the U.S. Open in 2017 and reached world number three in 2018, struggled this year, failing to make the final at any tournament and falling to world number 25.

“I’m excited to start a new season because midway through 2019, I was ready for it to be over,” Stephens told Reuters in an interview after hosting a tennis clinic at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey, California.

“So I’m just looking

were blocked by masked protesters, bringing parts of the city to a standstill.

Lee’s title run, which includes surprise wins over Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen and Kidambi Srikanth of India in the quarter- and semi-finals, comes after he appeared to show support for the protesters.

After winning his opening match, the world number 27 held up an outstretched right hand and his left index finger, a gesture interpreted as supporting ‘’Five demands, not one less’’ -- a slogan chanted by the demonstrators.

“Those who understand will understand, those who don’t, just for-

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old told reporters.

“So that was tough.

That’s not something you can train or practise for.

That’s tough, just feet were not quite there yet, still not quite getting used to the high one and all that stuff.”

Although failing to scale the heights he achieved on Thursday when beating Novak Djokovic, Federer did not play badly.

Had he taken his chances it could have been different and the ninth game of the first set, a thrilling 13-minute baseline battle in which Federer saved six set points before the aggressive Tsitsipas finally sealed the set, was crucial.

Federer did respond after being broken early in the second set, but Tsitsipas refused to take a backward step as he claimed a second win of the year over Federer.

Federer shakes hands with Stefanos Tsitsipas after losing his ATP Finals match.

Tsitsipas’s victor y meant the last of the big three of Federer, Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were out of the exclusive yearender.

With the other semifinal between defending champion Alexander Zverev, 22, and 26-yearold Dominic Thiem, it is perhaps another signal that the old guard are under at-

tack like never before.

“I just think they have proven their point this year by qualifying for the ATP Finals, and also now at least one of them making it to the finals and maybe also Sascha again repeating what he did last year,” Federer said.

“But then I look at the list of who finished world number one, who has been

is a pretty big goal,” she said.

“It’s about staying healthy and happy, enjoying my tennis and not getting too burnt out at the beginning of the year knowing that it is a very long season,” she said.

Stephens said she has no lingering issues with the foot injury she suffered in 2017 that required surgery and sidelined her for 11 months.

Despite her on-court struggles, life off the court has been more upbeat with her engagement to U.S. men’s national soccer team and Toronto FC forward Jozy Altidore, whom she began dating in 2016.

“I have a fresh mind and am feeling a lot better on and off the court,” she said. “I think will allow me to have better results.”

get it,” Lee said this week when asked to explain his celebration, according to the South China Morning Post.

China’s Chen Yufei fought to a hard-won 21-18, 13-21, 21-13 win over Ratchanok Intanon, the former world champion from Thailand, to be crowned the women’s singles champion.

South Korea’s Choi Sol-gyu and Seo Seung-jae beat Indonesians Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan to win the mixed doubles, and China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan saw off Chang Ye-na Kim Hye-rin in the women’s doubles final.

Lee Cheuk-yiu

20 to lift his first major trophy.

The final took place at the Hong Kong Coliseum, a short distance from the Polytechnic University where a police officer was wounded by a protester’s arrow in the latest fierce clashes. The city has been wracked by months of protests including this week’s chaos when major routes and rail services

Roger Federer rues bad start at ATP Finals

L O N D O N, N ov 1 7 ( Ag en c i e s ) : Ro ge r Federer has one of the world’s best overheads so when he botched two smashes on his way to dropping serve in the second game of his ATP Finals semi-final against Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday he knew it might be a rough day.

So it proved as the 20times Grand Slam champion went down 6-3 6-4 to the 21-year-old Greek who has taken the tournament by storm on his debut appearance.

While Tsitsipas, in Federer’s words, was “as hard as nails”, the Swiss great converted only one of the 12 break points as his hopes of a seventh title at the season-ender fell flat.

“I think getting broken with missing two smashes in one game, that hasn’t happened in a long, long time or ever,” the 38-year-

forward to 2020 and I’m ready for a fresh start. I literally have nothing to lose, a lot in front of me and nowhere to go but up,” she said.

“For me it’s a good position to be in.”

High on her list of goals for 2020 is making her second consecutive appearance for Team USA at the Olympics, she said.

“I made one before, which was really cool, and I’d obviously love to make a second one and play for my country,” she said.

To do so, she will need to deal with a grueling WTA schedule, made even more difficult with the extra playing time and travel needed in an Olympic year.

“Managing the ups and downs throughout the year

world number one all these years, and it’s just crazy that it’s always one of us.

But we are not getting any younger. So chances increase not because we are getting worse but because they are getting better, I believe.”

One suspects Tsitsipas’s fearless, attacking style would get the nod of approval from Federer

and he was generous in his praise for the youngster who has made stunning progress into the world’s top 10 this year.

“I have to credit him for pushing me to not playing at the level I was hoping to today,” Federer said.

“It’s his footwork that’s always on the aggressive side. Any short ball will be attacked, and I think he does that very, very well. He’s one of the best at that in the game. He did come up with the goods when he had to, and he was better than me today.”

Despite winning four titles this year to take his career haul to 104, Federer failed to add to his Grand Slam collection.

But he remains upbeat about the future.

“I’ve got to keep on playing at the level like I have this year, and then I will create some chances,” he said.

OFFICE OF THE

ZAPAMI STUDENTS’ UNION P.O. PFUTSERO, DISTRICT: PHEK Motto: “Deeper, Stronger & Higher”

FELICITATION

With pride, the Zapami Students’ Union would like to extend our profound happiness and also extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Riku Khutso (NCS), S/o Mr. Chikhro Khutso for being awarded "Best Ph.D Thesis in History" - Dr Sheela Raj Memorial Medal by the Hyderabad University.

The Union wishes him all success in his future endeavor.

(LHIWETSHO WETSAH) President, ZSU K-3129 OFFICE OF THE

SATOI RANGE STUDENTS' UNION (STKK) H.Q. SATOI TOWN, NAGALAND

FELICITATION

With immense pride and joy The Satoi Range Students Union extend our heartiest congratulations to the following: 1. Miss Amekali S. Zhimomi, D/o Shikato Zhimomi of Thsuruhu Village for the post of Assistant Professor, Department of History in the recent NPSC Examination 2019.

2. Mr. Tito Yeptho on being elected as the new president of DDADU. The union wishes and prays for their future endeavour.

Homugha H. Achumi President, SRSU DP-8461

CHUCHUYIMLANG KAKETSHIRTELONGJEM (CKT) FELICITATION

With immense pride and honour, the Chuchuyimlang Kaketshir Telongjem (CKT) congratulates Dr. Rosang Pongen son of Lt. Imkongonen Pongen and Smt. Temjenmenla Jamir for being conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) on Department of Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology on the topic “Optimization of High Pressure Die Casting Process and Effect of Grain Refiner on A713 Alloy”.

We wish and pray that God continues to bless you and success in your future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/Sentiakum Imlisangla President CKT General Secretary CKT

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Germany, Croatia book Euro 2020 spots B e r l i n, N ov 1 7 (Agencies): Defender Matthias Ginter scored one goal and was involved in two more as Germany comfortably saw off Belarus 4-0 on Saturday to clinch their place at Euro 2020, qualifying for the finals for a record 13th time in a row.

The inspired Ginter broke the deadlock in the 41st minute with a clever backheel, provided a dummy which allowed Leon Goreztka to score the second and the pass for Toni Kroos to add the third.

Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer saved a penalty from Igor Stasevich in the 75th minute and Kroos added a fourth to complete his first national team brace since the 7-1 World Cup semi-final win over Brazil in 2014.

Group C leaders Germany were given a helping hand by arch-rivals the Netherlands who held Northern Ireland 0-0 away to ensure the Dutch and Germans qualified with one match to spare.

Ger many have 18 points from six draws and one defeat while the Dutch have 16 and Northern Ireland 14.

Belar us have four points but could still qualify as they have reached the playoffs of the Nations League which offers four more places.

Players of Germany and Belarus in action during their Euro 2020 qualifying match.

As expected, Germany quickly took control although their early attacks were somewhat predictable.

They were given a fright when Stasevich’s dipping long-range shot forced Neuer into a difficult save and they went ahead shortly afterwards.

Serge Gnabry wriggled past his marker and fired a low ball across the face of goal which was flicked in by Ginter for his first Germany goal on his 29th appearance.

Germany increased their lead four minutes after halftime when Kroos

sent a low corner to the edge of the area, Ginter dummied and Goretzka fired home.

Six minutes later, Ginter’s pass found Kroos on the edge of the area and he swept the ball home with a trademark first-time shot.

Belarus were awarded a penalty when Robin Koch tripped Pavel Nekhaychik but Neuer dived to his right to save Stasevich’s spotkick. Kroos rubbed it in when he collected the ball in the area, spun past his mark, evaded another and fired a low shot past Aleksandr Gutor to complete

the rout.

Meanwhile, Croatia also qualified for Euro 2020 after second-half goals from Nikola Vlasic, Bruno Petkovic and Ivan Perisic inspired a comeback 3-1 home win over Slovakia.

The result left the Croatians on 17 points from eight games as they completed their campaign, with three sides behind them still in contention for next year’s 24-nation tournament.

Croatia squandered a flurry of first-half chances and were punished in the 32nd minute when Robert Bozenik turned in a Stan-

islav Lobotka cross from the left.

Bozenik almost doubled Slovakia’s lead as Croatia keeper Dominik Livakovic just managed to tip over the 19-year-old striker’s ferocious drive from the edge of the penalty area.

Yet that was as good as it got for Slovakia on a rainy night in the coastal city of Rijeka, as Croatia turned the tide with a fierce second-half onslaught.

Vlasic equalised in the 56th minute with a low drive from 20 metres and Petkovic fired Croatia ahead four minutes later when he powered an unstoppable header into the top corner after Luka Modric swung in an inchperfect corner.

Slovakia had winger Robert Mak sent off in the 66th minute for a second bookable foul before Perisic added the third for the home side, volleying home a Borna Barisic assist to delight a packed home crowd in Rujevica stadium.

Match results Cyprus 1 – 2 Scotland Russia 1 – 4 Belgium Azerbaijan 0 – 2 Wales San Marino 1 – 3 Kazakhstan Slovenia 1 – 0 Latvia N Ireland 0 – 0 Netherlands Israel 1 – 2 Poland Austria 2 – 1 N Macedonia

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Ritu Phogat wins on MMA debut

Ritu Phogat in action during her MMA fight against South Koreas Nam Hee Kim.

Beijing, Nov 17 (IANS): Indian wrestling superstar Ritu Phogat made a successful mixed martial arts (MMA) and ONE Championship debut, putting together a dominant performance en route to a technical knockout victory over South Koreas Nam Hee Kim. Phogat immediately scored on a takedown in the opening seconds of the bout. She executed another successful takedown moments later, this time keeping Kim on the mat and proceeding to deal damage with ground-and-pound.

After securing the mounted crucifix position, Phogat pounded Kim out until the referee intervened.

After her dominant debut victory, Ritu, who hails from the Phogat family known for their excellence in wrestling, thanked them

saying: “I want to thank my sisters and my family, they believed in me and motivated me... I want to thank everyone for their support, I promise I’ll always give my one hundred per cent.”

Speaking about the bout afterwards, Ritu said it was always her plan to go for the takedown at the very beginning. “I believed that if I got her down early, I could finish her via ground and pound. The plan worked.”

Asked what she wanted to do next, she said, “I have only one goal and that’s to win the ONE Atomweight World Championship for my country. That’s why I chose A.R. Rahman’s ‘Vande Mataram’ as my walkout song, listening to it fills me with enthusiasm and makes me want to do something for India. For me it’s all about becoming the

first Indian world champion in MMA.” With a newly minted victory in her record where she did not take any damage, Ritu felt she needed to continue her training and gather more experience. “I am going back to Singapore where my training will continue in Evolve MMA. I hope to get back in the ring soon and down the line I want to challenge the current champion Angela Lee for the world title.”

Angela Lee, who hails from Singapore, has been t h e O N E A t o m we i g h t World Champion for more than three years. But she has never had to defend her belt against a world class wrestler like Ritu, which makes their potential clash a highly intriguing bout; and a historic occasion for Indian MMA.

Nagaland team leaves for 34th Ato Area Sports Association meet concludes Traditional Wrestling C’ship

Nagaland wrestling team with NWA officials in Kohima on Sunday.

KOHI M A , NOV 1 7 (NPN): Seventeen Naga wrestlers along with three officials of Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA) left for Allahabad on Sunday to take part at the 8th meet of All India Traditional Wrestling. The championship is scheduled for November 21 to 24 in

Hyderabad, Telangana.

The wrestlers are Vikedotuo Khawakhrie, Bontang Phom, Viketutuo Rhatsu, Vebo Nienu, Verothi Curha, Mhaseve Resuh, Rokovotuo Khawakhrie, Mhasineikho Rhatsu, Rokuokehie Khawakhrie, Kevilhoulie Dzuvichu, Keneiselie Kha-

wakhrie, Kuchohii Curhah, Vekutho Soho, Seketoukho Nipu, Venuzo Dawhuo, Tsuknungakum Jamir and Visasielie Zumu.

The team is being led

by Dr. Hiabe Zeliang, Lamsi Zeliang and Mosonyi Domeh, vice president All India Traditional Wrestling &Pankration Federation.

D i ma p u r , N ov 1 7 (NPN): The 34th annual session of Ato Area Sports Association (AASA) held at Toshiho village concluded on Saturday. Kakuho Awomi, judicial convener, Western Sumi Kukami Hoho graced the valedictory function as guest of honor and gave away the prizes.

Hozukhe A team won the 34th GB’s Football Trophy defeating Khehoyi village team 1-0in the final.

Hito of Khehoyi was the highest scorer.

Viheto village lifted the men’s trophy and Nighakhu team lifted the women’s trophy of the 31st Lt. Nikhekhu & Lt. N.Yihoto Zhimo Memorial Men & Women Volley Ball Trophy while S. Hetoyi men’s team and Khehoyi women’s team finished as runners up of their respective events. Zungkum of Loyir and Kiyeli of Khehoyi were adjudged as best

Guest of honour, other dignitaries and AASA officials along with winners of various events at valedictory function at Toshiho village on Saturday.

male and female players kuto Süü Memorial Men vailed over Toshiho team respectively. & Women Badminton in the men’s final and Loyir In the 6th Lt. She- Trophy, Godwill team pre- team pipped Hozukhe team

in the women’s final. Awoka of Toshiho and Sorila of Loyir were named best male and female shuttlers.

Ghokuto village team was declared the best disciplined team.

Outgoing president of ASSA Kaviho Yeptho thanked all individuals and organisations, GBs of the area, trophy donors and well wishers for constantly supporting the association to organise the annual event to bring the people of Ato area together and to encourage the younger generation towards games and sports.

Loyir village will host the 35th edition of ASSA meet.

Shikavi Zhimo, head GB and advisor ASSA delivered the welcome address while Ghokuto and H. Khehoyi villagers present cultural songs. Pukaho Awomi, pastor, Toshiho Baptist Church offered benediction prayer.

Let me play for another country, asks Benzema M ad r i d, N ov 1 7 (Agencies): Karim Benzema’s international career with France appears to be over after he requested to be allowed to play for another country he is eligible for instead.

Benzema was suspended indefinitely from the France squad in December 2015 after being charged with conspiracy to blackmail team-mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sextape, but French federation president Noel Le Graet said in October 2016 that coach Didier Deschamps was free to call him up again.

La Graet has changed his stance, though, insisting on Saturday that Benzema - who remains without an international appearance since the Valbuena affair is not part of France’s plans and the “adventure is over with the French national team”.

Real Madrid striker Benzema, who has been in fine form this season, issued an immediate response on social media, taking aim at La Graet,

Karim Benzema

while offering a way out.

“Noel, I thought you weren’t interfering with the coach’s decisions!” Benzema wrote on Twitter.

“I want you to know that I and I alone would end my international career. If you think I’m finished, let me play for one of the countries that I’m eligible for and we’ll see.”

Benzema was born to Algerian parents but, in 2006, turned down the chance to represent the African nation and, given he has played competitive matches for France, a change of allegiance will be difficult.

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