November 17, 2017

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Angami senior citizens differ with APO over the issue of agitation

KOHIMA, NOV 16 (NPN): With the agitating Public Coordination Committee (PCC) comprising of ACAUT Nagaland, PSAN and other organisations appearing on collision course with the Angami Public Organisation (APO) elder citizens of the Angami community have taken a stand in clearing the mist.

It may be recalled the APO had issued a statement before the PCC undertook its sit-in demonstration, that no protests or agitations would be allowed under APO jurisdiction during the festive season.

The statement had caused much resentment among elders as the APO stand could be interpreted as a stand against any protest or agitation over corruption in the government.

The citizens held their meeting at the Red Cross Conference Hall here today where the issue was the focus of discussion. The Angami elders and senior citizens expressed anguish

and displeasure over APO’s statement that barred protest and agitation “under its jurisdiction”.

The senior citizens had pointed out that APO was formed for upholding the rights of the people and to work for their welfare and land. The majority felt the APO decision had compromised the honor and prestige of the whole Angami Community.

Angami elder Kevi Suohu said the civil society organisation was supposed to work for the people’s welfare and not to act as volunteer for festivals, feasts and events funded by “corrupt politicians and bureaucrats”.

Suohu reiterated that APO was formed to support and fight for the rights of the people and ensure justice and not to disallow others from agitating for a noble cause.

According to him, the protest under the banner of Public Coordination Committee (PCC) demanding setting up of a Lokayukta and stopping backdoor appointments was “ just” and

Security concerns hit mobile network along NE borders

Dr. Liezietsu extends olive branch to NPF (Rio-Zeliang)

AGARTALA, NOV 16 (IANS): The Indian government is yet to decide on improving the mobile networks along certain border areas of the northeastern states due to security reasons, a top BSNL official said on Thursday.

“The BSNL has set up BTS (Base Transceiver Stations) along the international borders with Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. But the Indian government is yet to decide on setting up BTS along the international borders of other northeastern states due to security reasons,” BSNL Chief General Manager (NE Circle-1) K.K. Saxena told IANS. “Currently, the BSNL has been setting up BTS five kilometers away from the borders. If the government asks us, we would set up the BTS close to the bordering areas to improve the mobile services along the borders.”

Saxena said the BSNL is the third major player among all the telephone service providers operating in the northeastern states.

“The BSNL has launched many customerfriendly schemes to further expand its base among the people,” he added.

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Former chief minister and NPF president, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu has held out an olive branch to NPF (TR-NR) leaders as he urged them to join the party’s General Convention (GC) at Khuochiezie, Kohima on November 22.

In what appeared to be a fervent appeal and also a final call on Thursday, Dr. Liezietsu termed it as “unfortunate and shameful” on the part of NPF to have an internal problem for almost the entire tenure of the 12th NLA. He also regretted that many NPF leaders had left the party without having proper understanding about the intention of those forces that had been creating the problem.

“I know that all those leaders would not leave the Party if only they know the

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This is it!

“Whatever it is, Hornbill Festival is our annual report card. That’s why we’re working hard for its success.”

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reiterated that when leaders make mistake, they should own moral responsibility.

Recalling the beginning of the formation of APO, Angami elder Krurovi Peseyie asserted that the leaders during the earlier days were committed to serve the people and not influenced by any political party, faction or vested interest.

He urged the present leaders of the APO to uphold the old tradition of serving the society with commitment.

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ma, Chupfuo Kense pointed out that during his tenure as APO general secretary, the APO had passed a resolution (no.7) on February 3, 1996 restricting individuals, groups/organizations from holding any kind of bandh or protest etc. without the permission of APO. He said the resolution was passed “with the intention of avoiding violence, bloodshed, riot, etc. in our community by individuals or group having selfish vested interest.”

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ngami Public Organisation (APO) has clarified that the APO governing body on November 10, 2017 had unanimously decided to issue the declaration in the interest of all.

In a press note, APO president, Dr. Vilhousa Seleyi clarified that the decision was issued on behalf of APO and not on the individual capacity of APO vice president, K.T. Vilie Theünuo. “It was published at the behest and on behalf of the organization after threadbare deliberation and consultation. We do support all efforts by different sections of our society in its quest for justice as a public body,” Dr. Seleyi said.

In this regard, Dr. Seleyi has appealed to everyone concerned to understand this as responsible citizens of our society.

black magic behind all these games,” he maintained.

Dr. Liezietsu admitted that some time as human beings “we all commit mistake or make wrong decision”.

However, he emphasized that such mistakes should never drive them away further from the truth out of super-consciousness as there was always time to take the right path again after realisation of such mistakes.

Dr. Liezietsu extended invitation to “all former leaders who left the party because of the confusion created by some undesirable elements”.

“This is a call to all leaders who really love this party and its symbol ‘Cock’. For them it will be nothing new but home coming. Make the right decision at the right time and join me before the GC for a better tomorrow,” he appealed.

CorCom 26-hr bandh to boycott President’s visit Correspondent

IMPHAL, Nov 16: Coordination Committee (CorCom), a conglomerate body of rebel groups operating in Manipur, Thursday announced a 26-hour general strike on November 21 boycotting President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit to Manipur.

The state-wide general strike due to begin from 5 a.m. of November 21 will last till 8 a.m. of November 22. However, emergency services, medicals, religious activities, media, electricity and water supply have been kept outside the purview of the strike.

President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to arrive in Imphal on November 21 on a two-day visit. He will open this year’s edition of Sangai Festival besides inaugurating the NE Development Summit.

Day-2 of PCC sit-in protest peaceful Correspondent

K O H I M A , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Second day of the sit-in protest under the banner of Public Coordination Committee (PCC) backed

by ACAUT, Public Servants Aspirants of Nagaland (PSAN) and other organisations, passed off peacefully here on Thursday.

Addressing the youth who took part in the sit-in stir at the New Secretariat Junction here, Thepfulhouvi Solo urged them to be fearless while fighting for their rights. He said the people in power were corrupt and that they should change the history of the State.

Calling for removal of the “looting machine” in Nagaland, he also advised the young people to agitate democratically and without resorting to violence.

In his address, one of the PSAN members sarcastically said besides resorting to backdoor appointment, people in power were even giving “window appointment”, alleging that the minister, head of a department and officials had their own quota for jobs.

Nagaland becomes first NE state to launch POS for paying electricity bills Correspondent

KOHIMA, NOV 16 (NPN): Nagaland scripted history on Thursday when it became the first State in the Northeast to launch Point of Sale (POS) facility for electricity bill payment, where the mode of payment will be cashless.

Launching the POS at the Kohima electrical subdivision, chief secretary Pankaj Kumar acknowledged the efforts of commissioner & secretary Power and IT&C, KD Vizo, who was instrumental in setting up the POS machine and bringing visible changes in IT&C department.

The POS facility would now enable the consumers to pay their electricity bills as cashless transactions has been made available to them, he added Kumar said POS would also benefit the Power department as its staff need not be engaged in counting and handling cash any longer, except monitoring the statements, thus saving time and energy. He said this would help the department improve its revenue collection.

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(2nf from L) Chief secretary, Pankaj Kumar seen with other senior government officials. (NP)

partment had incurred a loss of Rs. 150 crore approximately in the previous year, the chief secretary said there was lack of adequate support in term of resources to maintain the revenue generation system and urged both the department and consumers to come together in solving the problem. He also said this loss was one of the highest in the country.

Further, he appealed to the consumers to pay their bills on time, even if there were mistakes on them as these could be later corrected through representations. “But payment has to be on time because collection efficiency was around 65-70%, which means if a bill is prepared for Rs. 100 the department receives only Rs. 70,” he explained.

Asking the department to work on improving the billing efficiency, Kumar emphasised that unless it was done the consumer would not be able to pay bills on time and ultimately the department would incur losses.

He also stressed improving the distribution system that could improve the department’s overall fiscal health.

In his opening remarks, Vizo said Nagaland was the first State in Northeast to introduce POS mode for payment of electricity bills and that the platform would be convenient for the consumers.

He said the department would also work on opening a similar facility in Dimapur district and subsequently expand the system across all the districts of the State.

AYO, ASU draw CM’s attention on bad roads D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) and Angami Students’ Union (ASU) drew the attention of the state chief minister T.R. Zeliang over the deplorable road condition in the State capital, when they called him at his residential office here on Thursday.

The delegation led by AYO president Neinguvotuo Krose and ASU president Visako Rino also submitted a representation.

A statement from CMO media cell said that the two bodies have urged the chief minister to take immediate action on war-footing as with the approaching International Hornbill festival and the festive seasons, state capital is likely to witness the flow of visitors both domestic and international.

“It is very embarrassing that routes between Kohima to Kisama and Kohima to Zubza River do

not even deserve to be called roads and in addition to this, all roads leading to various colonies are self-explanatory by their condition,” the statement said.

The delegation expressed hope that the government would mitigate the deplorable condition before the onset of summer sea-

son. Also, pointing out that natural disaster had caused massive destruction to roads both on State and National Highways, the two bodies urged the chief minister to initiate measure during this dry season.

The chief minister informed the delegation on series of developmental ac-

tivities being implemented in the state. He also explained on the ongoing building of road connectivity, problems of traffic congestion, Kohima Smart City and preparation for the upcoming Hornbill Festival and sought constructive suggestions and cooperation from the delegation.

Around 12L enrolled for Aadhaar in state D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Aadhar enrolment in Nagaland has reached 12,28,143 with Dimapur being the highest at 33,6,915 (80.1%). The figure was revealed by Unique Identification Authority of India, Regional Office, Guwahati in a statement.

Meanwhile, enrolment process is going on smoothly in all the districts and in view of the importance of aadhaar number, the State government is also making rigorous effort to enrol the balance population at the earliest, the statement said.

To cover the left-out villagers/residents living in remotest part of Nagaland, Aadhaar enrolment/update centres have also been established at Permanent Enrolment Centres- DC offices, ADC offices, SDO offices etc. to make it convenient for the local people to easily get enrolled.

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Power dept informs on partial District wise status of Aadhaar generation restoration of power District Dimapur Kohima Mon Mokokchung Tuensang Phek Zunheboto Wokha Kiphire Longleng Peren Total

Total Aadhaar Generation 33,6,915 1,80,810 1,28,769 1,16,704 1,13,798 90,685 81,228 76,004 38,712 33,649 30,869 12,28,143

against the back drop of the Department of Financial Services instructing all the Scheduled Commercial Banks to set up Aadhaar Enrolment/Update Centres in one out of their ten branches.

In view of the above, Unique Identification Authority of India has informed all who have not

Percentage 80.1 60.4 59.7 53.6 51.7 51.5 49.5 46.5 45.8 40.5 28.3 55.5

enrolled for aadhaar to enrol at nearby Aadhaar Enrolment Centre at free of cost.

To locate one’s nearest Aadhaar Enrolment Centre, one can access- https:// appointments.uidai.gov.in/ easearch.aspx. For more information, one can contact on 0361-2228080 or Toll free No. 1947.

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Engineer-in-Chief (Power), Er. G. Chishi on Thursday informed that Power supply in Dimapur has been partially restored with the second 20MVA, 66/33 KV power transformer coming into circuit.

According to a DIPR report, Er. Chishi said that in order to further mitigate total and continuous blackouts in Dimapur, with available capacity falling short of required demand, available power would be regulated and shared.

In this regard, Er. Chishi said there would be heavy load shedding or regulations in most parts of Dimapur till such time a new transformer of adequate capacity is in place.

The E-inC has requested all consumers to bear with the inconveniences.

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Panel lawyers trained on various schemes

(L-R): Panel lawyers during the training. Deputy director of Food and Civil Supply speaking at the training.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Legal Services Authority organized refresher training for panel lawyers from across the state on various schemes by nodal departments at directorate of State Institute of Rural Development Kohima on November 16.

Speaking during the second day of the three-day programme on poverty alleviation schemes for villages

vis-à-vis village authority, Neibou Sekhose, joint director Rural Development informed that the planning at Rural Development department was bottom up approach as villages participated in the planning process. He said VDB was the development agency of the village which functioned under the village council, comprising of the general body composed representa-

Body of one nonlocal found

organises CSU Saksi NAP sector Tuensang DCF its first ‘clean seizes illegal and expired goods election campaign’

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D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Dimapur police has recovered dead body of (male) of a non-local, height 5 ‘8’, dark complexion on November 16 art Gorapatti, opposite DDSC stadium Dimapur.

According to officer in-charge East police station, Bendang, the dead body was found hanging on a rope by the side of empty truck No. NLO5-D1608, with no other injury mark. Police informed that inquest was conducted at the spot in presence of witnesses and later body shifted to district hospital Dimapur, morgue for post mortem examination and identification of the body.

UD case was registered under section 174 CrPc and taken up for investigation.

tion of the whole village community.

Neibou Sekhose appraised that the department also covered 1238 VDBs, 74 blocks, 24,3265 household and 4.28 lakh job cards. He also spoke on programmes and various schemes.

Lanutoshi Jamir, deputy director department of Food and Civil Supply speaking on roles of legal services authority said that

under National Food Security Act 2013 there were two categories of scheme Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority Household which entitled food grains of 5kg of rice per person per ration card at Rs. 3. He informed that the NFSA was covering 61.98% (5.74 lakh) population in urban area and 79.83% (14.04 lakh) population in rural area.

Lanutoshi pointed out

that District Grievances Redressal officer and State Food Commission is grievance redressal mechanism.

Imtikumzuk, marketing executive Nagaland Postal Division spoke on schemes under postal department, Mezivolu T Theriah, chief judicial magistrate spoke on dos & don’ts for panel lawyers, P.P. Bunagohain, deputy manager State Bank of India spoke on types of loans available/eligibility for the marginalised and BPL, Khrolou KozaLohe, state training and capacity building officer Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority spoke on various programmes under NSDMA, Gwabinlo Seb and VikholieYiese, Kripa Foundation spoke on drug/substance abuse/mechanism for prevention, Ashu Theyo, Legal Aid counsel-cumtrainer NSLSA spoke on Human Rights and Akumla Longchari coordinator NSLSA on spoke on discussion on maintenance of reports/records on training/ awareness programmes.

CSU with expired items.

DIMAPUR: Chang Students’ Union (CSU) Saksi NAP sector Tuensang conducted surprise checking on November 16 within its jurisdiction.

A press release by president CSU Saksi NAP sector Tuensang, Yan-

throng Chang and executive chairman, N. Moses Chang stated that, during surprise checking, it found out disproportionate weighing, illegal shops registration, ILP validity, price hiking etc in the commercial establishments.

It stated that the student body was concerned over the issues in regard to daily commercial activities that have been affecting the day to day aspects of public. CSU further seized and burnt down the expired goods.

Road repair undertaken by citizens at various places

(L-R): Road repair work in full swing on Wokha-N.Longidang road (NP). Road repair in Padumpukhuri, Eralibil.

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a JCB and was bearing all expenditure including fuel used by it. TLYBEK has further appealed all public of Nyiro Range to extend cooperation and help to the ongoing work.

In a similar exercise, residents of Block-4 Lane-3 Padumpukhuri and Eralibill villages came together to repair the approach road to their colonies by putting sand gravel along the damaged portion and also placing new hume pipes for drainage on No-

vember 15-16. According to residents, the approach road was in such a pathetic and deplorable condition for a long time where vehicles could hardly ply.

Colony members, who belong to different communities, have expressed profound gratitude to all those who contributed and participated in the two-day road repair. The members further look forward to the government’s help in maintaining this approach road in future.

State nodal officers’ orientation workshop on GRB

Dr. Sanghamitra Dhar with officers at the workshop.

DIMAPUR: The first state nodal officers’ orientation workshop on Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) was conducted at Hotel Vivor, Kohima on November 15, jointly organised by government of Nagaland and UN Women, New Delhi.

Twenty four departments participated in the first phase of orientation workshop on Gender-

Responsive Budgeting (GRB) facilitated by expert to mission CRB, UN Women, New Delhi, Dr. Sanghamitra Dhar and it was envisioned to share the know-how about the subject matter.

The government of Nagaland is committed to address the GRB mandate of the union government and is party to the GRB pledge wherein their

policies need to be gender equal and encourage prowomen policies.

The team of gender nodal officers would aid in designing and formulation of gender-sensitive policies /schemes/ budgets for their respective departments. A GRB cell has been constituted under the Planning and Coordination department for the purpose.

news in Brief RJD Nagaland general meeting: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Nagaland has convened a state wide general meeting on November 18, 10 a.m. at the residence of state RJD president, Khetovi Kinny. All the office bearers, executive members, women wing and youth wing have been informed to attend the meeting.

DCC coordination meeting: A coordination meeting of the presidents of all the 11 District Congress Committee (DCC) would be held on November 21 at Hotel Millennium, Kohima. All the DCC presidents have been requested to attend the coordination meeting positively.

DPE general meeting: Dimapur Pyangsa Ekhung (DPE) has convened its general meeting on November 18, 9 a.m. at the residence of its union chairman.

All the members have been requested to attend the meeting.

GBUD urban informs: GBs Union Dimapur (GBUD) urban has informed all the GBs under urban area Dimapur to collect the red blanket for the year 2016-17 from November 20 onwards from the office of deputy commissioner during office hours.

Fire station Chumu informs public: Fire station Chumukedima has informed general public to contact the following numbers to avail assistance of fire services at 7085982102/03862-282777.

ANTA Phek unit annual picnic cum meeting: All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA) Phek unit would be organizing annual picnic-cum-meeting on November18. All the owners and members have been requested to attend the meeting. No taxi under Phek unit would be allowed to ply on the day and failure to attend strict action would be taken.

LSU 2nd union assembly: Lotha Students’ Union (LSU) 2nd union assembly for the tenure 2017-2020 will be held on Novem-

ber 24, 11 a.m at Englan village, hosted by the Englan Village Students’ Union (EVSU). All federating units, senior leaders and concerned individuals have been requested to attend the union assembly.

DUCCF combined meeting: Dimapur Urban Council Chairman Federation (DUCCF) has convened combined meeting of all Church pastors, church women & youth leaders under Dimapur, GB union executive and DUCCF executive on November 17, 3 p.m. at Bishop’s House circular road Dimapur, jointly organised by Dimapur Christian Forum, Dimapur Baptist Pastor’s Fellowship, DUCCF and GB Union. All concerned have been asked to attend the meeting.

NDPP appoints new youth president: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) has appointed Kelhouneizo Andrew Yhome as president of NDPP youth organization on November 16. NDPP media & communications cell stated that NDPP working president, Alemtemshi Jamir handed over the appointment order to Yhome, former president of NSF. PCCI informs: Phek Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI) has informed all the business members that there would be a mass social work (respective shop) on November 27, 7 a.m to 10 a.m in view of festive season. Business establishments have been asked to clean respective shutter/door, surroundings and decorate shop, to compulsorily put-up a commercial/ shop signboard and CLF/LED bulb in their respective shop. It further informed that for customer convenience, PCCI requested the business members to open their shop till 5 p.m during the festive season. PCCI also banned using plastic bags with effect from November 30. All members have been requested to use only new papers or paper bags for commercial use. PCCI would conduct surprise visit/ checking on flying business on the assignments and defaulters have been warned.

MBF organizes felicitation-cum-MB award DIMAPUR: Manik Bhatt a c h a r j e e Fo u n d a t i o n (MBF), Dimapur organized felicitation-cum-Manik Bhattacharjee award giving ceremony to HSSLC and HSLC toppers 2017 on November 7 at Pranab jubilee auditorium in commemoration with his 83rd birth anniversary with ACP Dimapur, Vishal Chauhan

as the chief guest.

In a press note issued by organizer MBF, Monoj Bhattacharjee stated that Vishal Chauhan paid homage to late Manik Bhattacharjee and lauded the various activities of MBF. Others who spoke included retd principal Dimapur Government College professor Imsen Ao, president Dimapur

Bangali Samaj, K.K. Paul and founder headmaster PVHSS, L.C. Das. Janaki Lal Agarwal a senior citizen of Dimapur was also felicitated. M.B. award was conferred to Deepa Mishra, HSSLC science topper; Piklu Paul and Rajdeep Nath, commerce; and Elozuo M Sapruna, arts.

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WO K H A , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Maintenance and repair work of Wokha-N. Longidang road under Wokha district is in full swing with the purpose of making the deplorable road ply-able for all types of vehicles ahead of the scheduled 19th youth rally of Tiyi Longchum Yingsung Baptist Ekhumkho Khumshum (TLYBEK) to be held at N. Longidang Baptist Church on January

12-14, 2018.

A release by TLYBEK youth rally chairman C. Rakomo Ezung said the repair work was progressing smoothly as hoped and that with the cooperation of all concerned it was expected to completed on time.

TLYBEK also expressed its gratitude to all who were extending cooperation and help towards the noble venture, especially EE, PWD (R&B) who had donated the service of

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Christian forum (DCF) organised its first “clean election campaign” under the theme, “the role of Christian leaders in respond to clean election” on November 11 at North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR) conference hall, Dimapur in collaboration with peace channel.

Resource person of the event, professor oriental theological seminary, member of NBCC clean election committee, Dr. Pangernungba Kechu stressed on the role of Christian leaders in clean election campaign.

While emphasising the role of religious leaders, he also quoted some of the scriptures from the Bible.

Dr. Pangernungba also narrated some of the challenges that were faced by the people and to fight collectively on the malpractices of election. He also added that in order to respond positively to the burning issue in society, religious leaders should preach the gospel and implement clean election as a resolution inclusive of youth and women as well as empowering them to be more effective.

Earlier, the programme was moderated by secretary DCF, reverend father Chacko K, vote of thanks by reverend Thebemo Yanthan and invocation by Dimapur Baptist pastors’ fellowship (DBPF), pastor Yapang followed by a welcome address by chairman of DCF, reverend R.P Murry.

Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation (DUCCF), Simon Kelio also highlighted on how the concept of pledge stickers for clean election came into being with the initiatives of churches, DUCCF and GB union, while a session for group discussion was conducted where participants shared their views and contributed suggestions.

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National press day observed in Mokokchung

DIMAPUR: Parliamentary secretary for Information & Public Relations (IPR), Imtikumzuk called upon the media fraternity in the state to carry out their duties with an unbiased attitude to promote a healthy atmosphere in the society.

Parliamentary secretary was speaking as the chief guest at the National Press Day celebration at Cosmos Entertainment Hall & Restaurant on November 16, jointly organized by the department of IPR, the Mokokchung Press Club, Kohima Press Club and Dimapur Press Club.

While dwelling on the theme, “upholding journalistic ethics during elections”, Imtikumzuk termed it as very aptly chosen “since elections is around the corner”.

He said that the media, recognized as the fourth estate, serves as “a facilitator, protector and enabler of democratic institutions and processes” and therefore, strongly urged the media persons to carry out their duties without any bias and report events factually.

While underscoring the importance of media in the society, Imtikumzuk said that the media must

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realize that it remained always accountable to its readers and viewers.

He said that the influence, credibility and quality of the local media has grown in scale over the years. “Its significance has further increased with higher literacy levels and the revolution in communication technologies,” said Imtikumzuk while adding that it has become a powerful means for shaping the ideas, aspirations and behavior of people, even in the remotest corners.

He urged for independence and integrity in the functioning of the media and at the same cautioned against sensationalizing news or events because

“careers and reputations take years to build but only minutes to demolish”. He said media was entrusted with an additional responsibility to “act as a watchdog of public interest and give voice to the marginalized”.

“The power of the media should be used to reset our moral compass and promote liberalism, humanism and decency in public life,” the parliamentary secretary asserted.

Deithono Nakhro, state icon, PwDs, Nagaland speaking on the theme, said journalists in Nagaland were doing a great job given the circumstances of a society with a close knit community. She said that unless

National seminar underway at CTC

C-Edge College accredited by NAAC

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WEATHER FORECAST November 17

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Agartala Cloudy, a couple of t-storms

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Cloudy, a couple of t-storms

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Aizawl

Guwahati Cloudy Imphal

A morning shower, cloudy

28 18 24 17

Itanagar Mostly cloudy and not as warm 25 16 Shillong Cloudy, a t-storm in spots

20 13

Cloudy, a t-storm in spots

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Kohima

Dimapur Still cloudy Mkg

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Tuensang A t-storm in spots, cooler Wokha

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Zunheboto Cloudy, a t-shower in spots

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Asha Sanchu director, Miqlat Ministry, NBCC & Rev. Dr. Marnungsang, principal, CTC.

working”, “Criminal conspiracy”, “threat”, “force”, “abduction” (kidnapping), “coercion or intimidation”, “abuse of power”, “fraud”, “deception”, “transportation”, “buying and Selling”, “Receiving payments”, “human as commodity”, “sexual abuse” etc., all in the story of Joseph.

Principal of the college Rev. Dr. Marnungsang observed that in such a disturbing scenario aggravated by the violent act of human trafficking there is the need for critical consciousness and intense efforts on the part of the government, legal bodies, NGOs, church leaders, media practitioners and theological community in creating awareness as well as designing action plan with an aim to eradicate the dehumanizing threat of

human trafficking.

Three papers were presented during the technical session. The first paper on the topic “trafficking in persons: a global issue” was presented by Rossana Lyngdoh, board director, Impulse NGO Network, Shillong, second paper on the topic, “women as victims of trafficking” presented by Asha Sanchu and third paper “de-coding human trafficking in a post-de-globalizing world: through the prism of christian social ethics” was presented by Dr. I. J. Mohan Razhu, professor of Social Ethics, consultant & research fellow, Acts Academy of Higher Education, Bangalore. This national seminar would be followed by another regional seminar and consultation from November 23 to 25 November.

DIMAPUR: A thanksgiving programme was organized

by C-Edge College in its college premises on November 10 for being accredited by the national assessment and accreditation council (NAAC) with grade B on October 30.

A press release by college president, Er. Moa Aier stated that it was through the effort and hard work put in by all the faculty and staff of college to get the accreditation process completed. The release also thanked the external members of IQAC, alumni, parents, members of Naga United and Showuba village councils and students.

It also thanked department of Higher Education, NU and district administration for their support.

one has a deep nuance of understanding the history and culture, one cannot get the story right.

Nakhro reminded the gathered scribes on the importance of ethical journalism while remaining independent and neutral during election reporting and not forgetting humanity as the stories published in the papers would impact a large section of the society.

She asked them to pose questions to the leaders of the state on general issues and let them be accountable for their actions. “We the journalists should act as the voice of the people and as the representative of the people we are tasked with a huge responsibility to make their voice heard in the upper echelon and back to the grassroot level inorder to make our society flourish”, she said.

Earlier at the function, invocation was offered

by Temsuwati Kichu asso pastor MTBA, V. Nakhro, deputy CEO gave an insight on the topic “informed & ethical voting”. A special song was also delivered by Bendangsashi and friends and vote of thanks was delivered by Moa, Dimapur Press club.

Yimchalu village celebrates 19th anniversary of settlement

Village council members of Yimchalu and Sungratsu at the first settlement site Yimkum Mimong during the celebration on November 16.

DIMAPUR: The farm village Yimchalu village celebrated its 10th anniversary at Yimkum Mimong on November 16.

During a short program at Primary School Yimchalu premise, the parent village Sungratsu assured the Yimchalu village to live peacefully without fear and doubt and work towards a

progressive village.

Within a span of 10 years the village has grown to 112 households and more progressive farmer are settling permanently establishing their farms and recreational infrastructure because of easy availability of water, fertile soil and natural landscape.

Secretary of the village

Wati Walling informed that the village has started exporting orange, litchi, cardamom, bananas, tea, seasonal fruits, long beans, piggery, poultry etc in large scales to neighboring Assam and other districts.

Yimchalu village established in 2007 is some 16 km away from Mokokchung town.

Maihpok village inaugurated in Kiphire dist

DIMAPUR: Maihpok village under Kiphire district established in 2009 was officially inaugurated by Torechu MLA on November 14.

Speaking at the inaugural program, Torechu encouraged the citizens of Maihpok to cooperate with the parent village, Anatongre in all the developmental activities. He also visited Dongkhin.

Maihpok, one of the two settlement places of Tikhir tribe is 24 kms away from Kiphire.

VCC Anatongre, Tsulemthong delivered the welcome address. Short speeches were delivered by the head GB Anatongre, VCC Nutsü village, head GB Sekiu ‘A’ village, president TTUK and caretaker VCC Maihpok, Lesemong.

ARSI 25th annual conference underway

DIMAPUR: Under the theme, “bringing rural surgery to the doorstep”, the Association of Rural Surgeons of India (ARSI) 25th annual conference began today at conference hall, Hotel Acacia, Dimapur with delegates from all over the country along with representation of local doctors.

A press release by ARSI organizing committee secretary, Dr. Kahuka Sema state that president of Nagaland Medical Council, Dr. L. M. Murry as chief guest at the inaugural programme stressed on making use of whatever facilities were available. He said that healthcare needs of rural population required all possible innovation and skill. He also said medical

He also extended warm greetings to all the participants on behalf of ARSI. Organizing committee secretary Dr. Kahuka Sema gave the vote of thanks.

Chief guest receiving presentation.

science has tremendously developed but waiting for these technologies to trickle down to the rural people would take a lifetime and hence, the need was to focus on what was at hand. He also commended ARSI for giving yeomen service to the rural population across the country devoid of any health care facilities.

Dr. Z. Mozhui, chair-

man, organizing committee appreciated rural surgeons who were working under challenging conditions and yet doing commendable job.

He said, rural surgeons were the true general surgeons working under severe constraints in terms of equipments and manpower.

ARSI president, Dr. B. D. Patel highlighted the 25th anniversary of ARSI.

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DIMAPUR: Clark Centre for Peace Research and Action (CCPRA), Clark Theological College (CTC) organized three-day national seminar on “human trafficking: the dehumanizing reality” which was inaugurated at CTC Jongshinokdang hall on November 16.

A press release by CTC programme coordinator, Imtiwala Imchen stated that keynote was delivered

by Asha Sanchu, director, Miqlat Ministry, NBCCWD. Asha alluded to the Biblical story of Joseph and observed the modern days understanding of human trafficking and the elements employed in the apparatus used in human trafficking in the story of Joseph. She identified modern days elements, such as “net-

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Shillong, Nov 16: Government-owned North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) on Thursday denied of issuing advisory to stop non-vegetarian food items in the hospital.

The denial came a day after Meghalaya’s opposition Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) wrote to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda condemning the act and urged Nadda to direct the institute authorities to restore the sale of nonvegetarian food at the food outlets in NEIGRIHMS. “Neither the director nor any other officer of the institute has ever directed contractors of the canteen to stop serving any kind of food,” NEIGRIHMS Spokesperson, Dr. K. K. Pandita said.

Pandita also said that in the coffee shop at the outdoor patients department of the hospital, packed food served there includes both vegetarian and nonvegetarian food items.

He said that prepacked food items, including chicken momos, chicken noodles, and chicken rolls were available in the coffee shop all the time “subject to availability.”

However, the HSPDP found that a list of food items displayed at the coffee shop inside the hospital has food items which are non-vegetable, and the list has been duly approved by the director on May 26, 2017.

Basaiawmoit said sale of non-vegetarian food at the super specialty hospital has been stopped since D.M. Thappa joined as Director of the medical institute.

“The public has approached us (HSPDP) and vented their anger. We have sent our investigating team and found some truth in it. This is ill-founded on the part of the Director of NEIGRIHMS,” Basaiawmoit noted in the letter to Nadda.

“This is an attack on the food habits of the indigenous people of northeast and has not been taken in good taste,” the HSPDP

legislator wrote.

But Pandita said in view of the cooked meat items getting spoiled in short time, canteens have been advised to keep the fresh items available for the patients and attendants who visit the hospital. “… in hospital kitchen, eggs are being served to the admitted patients twice a day depending on the advice of their treating doctor. Therefore, there is no question of any advisory from the authorities of the institute to stop nonvegetarian food items in the hospital as these items are necessary as a proteinrich diet for the patients,” Pandita said.

NEIGRIHMS has been designed on the lines of the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh.

The hospital was built at an estimated cost of Rs 420 crore and has a 30bed Intensive Care Unit and 35 specialty and super specialty departments.

Committee scraps construction ‘Assam govt committed to uplift of Meghalaya Assembly Correspondent

Shillong, Nov 16: A eight-member committee headed by Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Abu Taher Mondal on Thursday scrapped the tender for construction of an Assembly building to replace a 125-year-old Burmese teak building reduced to ashes 16 years ago.

“We have scrapped the tender for construction of the assembly building after one of the construction firm which quoted the lowest bid couldn’t justify if they could complete work within the quoted value,” Mondal said after chairing a meeting of a high-powered committee of the Meghalaya Assembly.

He said the Committee has asked the State Public Works Department to invite fresh tender for construction of the assembly building.

Three out of seven construction companies Shapoorji Pallonji Co. & Ltd., Simplex Infrastructure Ltd and Shree Gautam Infrastructure Co Ltd - have been selected after technical evaluation.

Among the two firms, Mondal said, Shree Gautam Infrastructure Co Ltd quoted 15.01 per cent less than the bid value of Rs. 105 crore.

While Shapoorji Pallonji Co. & Ltd. quoted

price 29.92 percent Simplex Infrastructure quoted 21.90 percent more than bid value.

Mondal said the decision to scrapped the tender was taken after the Public Works Department found that Shree Gautam Infrastructure Co Ltd would not be able to complete the project within the stipulated time.

“The PWD officials have told the HPC member that the firm would not be possible to complete the project at a low bidding cost considering the escalation of market value, impact of new taxes,” the Speaker said.

From March 2001, Assembly sessions have been held in the state’s Central Library Auditorium and later shifted to the Arts and Culture Auditorium within the premises of Brookside, the house where Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore began writing his “Shesher Kobita” in 1919.

However, the Speaker said the new building would not be a replica of the heritage Assembly building in Gothic style built by the British in preindependent India.

The Meghalaya government had proposed a new Assembly building at the New Shillong Township in Mawdiangdiang, 12 km from Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya.

tea community’

Guwahati, Nov 16 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Thursday said that the state government is committed to the development of the tea community.

The chief minister also said that the community has made lots of contribution to the greater Assamese society.

“Our government is committed to facilitate the required infrastructure for ushering in development in the tea garden areas,” Sonowal said while speaking at the inaugural function of the Civil Service Examination 2017-18 training programme for the youths of the tea tribes community.

Stating that the government would want to increase the number of students for the training programme from 30 to 300 in the coming years, Sonowal urged the students not to take the training casually.

“You should become the beacon of light and symbol of optimism for your community which has not been able to reap the benefits of development for many decades”, he said.

The chief minister also informed that the state government would organise ‘Shramik Kalyan Divas’ on November 23 in memory of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha’s late prominent leader Santosh Kumar Topno.

OFFICE OF THE MILITARY FARM DIMAPUR (RANGAPAHAR ARMY CANTT) AUCTION/TRANSPORT OF LOOSE WHITE BHOOSA AND TRANSPORT OF CONCENTRATE ITEMS NO.D-1/BD/DIMA Dated : 14 Nov. 2017 1. A Public auction for tpt of animal feed and LW Bhoosa will be held on 17th Nov. 2017, 20th Nov. 2017 and 23rd Nov. 2017 at Military Farm Dimapur at 1000 hrs to 1100 hrs. in case of Sunday and gazeted Holiday auction will be carried out on next working day.

2. Sealed quotations are invited for tpt of animals feed and LW Bhoosa from MF Dimapur to MF Missamari and Military Farm Guwahati including loading unloading charges quotation will be opened through stn BOO on 17 Nov. 2017. If no quotation received on 17 Nov 2017 2nd & 3rd call for quotation will be made on 20th Nov. 2017 & 23rd Nov. 2017 respectively.

Interested parties can contact OIC MF Dimapur on any working day between 1000 hrs to 1330 hrs.

Officer In-Charge Military Farm Dimapur DC-2728 Regd. No. 3538/2017

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 16.11.2017

I, No. 3713402, Hav/NA Shri. Bhal Bahadur Khatri, permanent resident of Vill+PO-Dulal Jote, P.S-Khuri Bari, Dist-Darjeeling, (West Bengal) Pin-734429, and presently posted at No. 1, MGAR Raj Bari Complex, Walford, Dimapur, Nagaland, India, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That I am the legal father of Mr. Bibek Khatri.

3. That in some of my official documents, and his academic record his Date of birth had been erroneously entered/recorded as 8.03.2008, whereas his actual date of birth is 8.03.2009, which had been rectified by obtaining New birth certificate.

4. That this affidavit is made to declare my son actual date of birth i.e 8.03.2009, and shall be use for all official purposes.

VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the content made in paras 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and beliefs and nothing material is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me.

NOTARY PUBLIC DP-11984

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GUWAHATI, Nov 16 (Agencies): Assam Police has filed a chargesheet against the former Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) chairman Rakesh Kumar Paul and other members in connection with the cash-for-job scam.

“We are investigating the Assam Public Service Commission scam. The chargesheet has been filed against a few members and the Chairman of the commission. Three others were probed and ousted from their posts. Investigation is on for 25 more people, out of whom 22 are in our custody, rest three will be nabbed soon,” DGP Assam Mukesh Sahay said yesterday here.

He added, “We will take further action after we receive more answer scripts from APSC or those under our custody give us information on the modus operandi.” Reportedly, a lookout notice has been issued in Assam to nab the three absconders, who have been identified as well.

On November 11, Sahay had said that 21 people were arrested so far in connection with the cash-for-job scam in the APSC.

Student begins indefinite fast demanding ILPS

Noarem Tanoranjan Meitei and others staging indefinite fasting demanding ILPS in Imphal.

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IMPHAL, Nov 16: Noarem Tanoranjan Meitei, a class-XII student Thursday began indefinite hunger strike against Manipur government’s apathy towards people’s popular demand for introduction of Inner Line Permit System (ILPS) in Manipur.

The 16-year-old student commenced his fasting stir along with an activist of Manipur Proletariat Peoples’ Democratic Union (MPPDU), Nameirakpam Meghachandra in Imphal’s Keishampat after the state government failed to give positive response to the demands of the two organizations even after the

deadline set by them had expired on November 15.

While demanding immediate implementation of ILPS or a similar legislation to protect the indigenous people, they were demanding amendment of Article-3 of the Indian Constitution to safeguard the territorial integrity of the state and also fair implementation of PDS and other social security schemes.

Noarem Tanoranjan Meitei alleged that Manipur government had failed to take up concrete steps to fulfill the long pending demand of the people.

Earlier, SSUM and MPPDU announced that

Mein asks media persons to function as partner in development Ziro (Arunachal), Nov 16 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein Thursday exhorted the state media fraternity to continue to function as a partner in development of the state by way of constructive and developmental journalism.

“I hope we will able to build a positive image of the state in the eyes of the world by reflecting the good things of the state as media functions as a mirror of the society as well as a looking glass for the outsiders,” Mein said while addressing the National Press Day here.

While appreciating the contributions of the journalists for the development of the state, Mein said the government was aware of the challenges and difficulties faced by journalists while discharging their duties.

He said, role of media in disseminating the government programme and policies are more significant in a state like Arunachal where many people especially, the rural masses and youths were unaware of the government welfare schemes due to which they are ignorant of

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how to avail the benefits.

The deputy chief minister said, the government’s priority is to look into the welfare of the state media fraternity and to safeguard the interests of the scribes for a free and fair press.

While extending his best wishes to the media fraternity, Mein said that media has a very significant role to play in the progress of the country and it is said that a democracy without media is like a vehicle without wheels.

“Media has a significant role to play in the Good Governance too as a communicator and makes people aware and keeps them informed of the state affairs by providing them with in-depth insight on important issues and latest

development,” the deputy chief minister added.

He also asked the people to use social media for constructive and development purposes.

Responding to a memorandum submitted by the press fraternity, Mein assured to release an amount of five crore for construction of the Press Club building besides considering for enhancement of advertisement rates for local newspapers, framing of an advertisement policy for the electronic media and enhancement of journalist welfare fund.

Parliamentary secretary for Food and Civil Supplies Tage Taki, who is also the local MLA in his deliberation called upon the media to work for the interest of the state and the country.

“If the government is an industry, media is the dealer to market its products,” Taki added in a lighter note.

Parliamentary secretary for Information and Public Relation (IPR) Mama Natung in his speech appreciated the media for acting as a bridge between the government and the people.

OPEN LETTER IN RESPONSE TO PRESS RELEASE BY SHRI. P. MOTSUTHUNG TSANGLAO DATED 12TH Nov 2017 The National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) 38th A/C Wokha clarify to an Open Letter in response to press release by Shri. P. Motsuthung Tsanglao of Forest Colony, Wokha Town appreciating Shri. Y.M. Humtsoe (Intending Candidate) of 38 A/C Wokha for repair of Wozhuro approach road as appeared in the 12th November 2017 issue of Nagaland Post.

This is an evident violation of laid down rules of corrupt electoral practices under section 171B/171E of IPC and Section 123(1) of the Representation of Peoples Act 1951 by Shri. Y. M. Humtsoe as intending Candidate. His intention of repairing the road is purely to woo voters.

Similarly with the same intention, during his campaign meeting at Phiro Village on 20th October 2017 and at Shaki Village on 21st October 2017, he had given Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) only for repair of Council Hall and gave assurance for donation of 50 Plastic Chairs for Shaki Village Council Hall respectively.

Yiben Tungoe President, 38 A/C NDPP Wokha : Nagaland

AFFIDAVIT

Thungbemo Tsanglao Gen. Secretary, 38 A/C NDPP Wokha : Nagaland

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Police files charge sheet in APSC cash-for-job scam

Nagaland Post, Dimapur friday, november 17, 2017

the two bodies will stage fast-to death protest if the government failed to take up necessary action to fulfill the popular demands of the people.

The two bodies said despite great expectations from the new government, the BJP led government has done nothing to address the demands of the people.

The new government assured protection of indigenous people and protection of state’s integrity but nothing has been done so far, Tanoranjan alleged.

“Moreover some of the individuals are misusing the PDS items for their own benefits. As a result,

many poor people have to buy rice at higher price from the retailer. Such action of misusing PDS items is ruining the lives of the poor,” he added.

Stating that the indigenous people of the state are in a precarious condition, Tanoranjan asked the government to take up necessary steps to safeguard the indigenous people of the state. “We decided to launch the indefinite fasting stir as state government has failed to give a positive response even after the November 15 deadline has expired. I will go on fasting till the demands are addressed by the state government,” he added.

Dear Princess Ruth, Another new year, a new day, a new you, but an old me...may you be blessed with all the joy and happiness that you were longing for. And may your smile brings happiness to all your friends and families..”HAPPY BIRTHDAY” From: Daya _____________ Dear Sangti, Many happy returns of the day.

May the almighty bless you with good health and more wisdom.

With lots of love Kaka Nzanti _____________ Happy Birthday Ruda, May your coming year surprise you with the happiness of smiles, the feeling of love and so on.

I hope you will find plenty of sweet memories to cherish forever.

Many many Happy Returns of the day dear Sis..

Always your dear bro Mugha.... _____________________________ Dear bro manoj Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Happy born day May God bless you.

From Jacob _____________ Happy Birthday Seyyiesinuo Rutsa [Lkg] May god bless you a long life and have the happiest birthday ever From teachers and friends and friends Little Laureates Montessori school _____________________________ Happy birthday Sir Arenba.

May God keep on showering his blessings upon you. May he turn all your dreams into reality. Have a wonderful birthday.

You have inspired me all your life. May you continue to inspire me, live fearlessly, be as much bold and confident as ever! Have a great day!

From your mischievous student OFFICE OF THE

BHANDARI VILLAGE COUNCIL H.Q. BHANDARI -797099 : NAGALAND.

NTSIJANTA Bhandari yanchü kyon kvütata hapoe vanracho sana nzyü ochumi nzontsü thyutasanta (General meetng) ji tsungon 28/11/2017 lo khiala. Hochi tsükona oyamo kyon kvütata vanchosana topvüna myanta oyi thyütasanta shilo thetale to ntsijantala. Etso-yü jo oyamona methakala.

Sd/N. Daniel Odyuo Council Secretary

Sd/Zanathung Kikon Village Chairman

NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMENTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (SECTION 375 OF THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) In the Court of Smti. Sara S. Jamir Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Nagaland Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late Haradhan Mandal Deceased, has been filed

by Smti. Monu Mandal relation wife R/o. Signal Angami, Dimapur to draw his/ her family Pension, Bank Acct etc, who expired on 07/8/17.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if he/she so desire may appear in this Court within 30 days, on the said day of 07/12/17.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court this 06 day of 11/17.

Addl. Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland.

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Date : 15.11.17

I, Moamen Longkumer, W/o T. Medem, presently residing at H. No. 23, Industrial Estate Colony in the District of Dimapur : Nagaland do hereby solemnly declare as follows : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my name has been entered as Moamen Longkumer in my Indian Passport bearing passport no. F1094714.

3. That my name has been inadvertently entered as N Moamenla in my Nagaland Board of School Education Admit Card bearing Roll No. 8431.

4. That this affidavit is made to declare that the names Moamen Longkumer and N Moamenla are same and one person and that the name Moamen Longkumer shall be used for all official and future correspondence.

VERIFICATION I hereby verify that the statements made in paras 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and that nothing material is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me.

NOTARY PUBLIC DP-11977

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

WOKHA : NAGALAND Dated, Wokha the 13th Nov 2017

NOTICE

No. Judl-47/2016-17/ /whereas, Smti. Asalo wife of Late Shri.

Khampi Lotha a permanent resident of Phiro Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits/family pension pertaining to PPO No. CAR/270 and to operate AC No. 11766527490 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri. Khampi Lotha, who expired on 03/11/2017.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/objections if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after the cut off date and Succession Certificate shall be issued.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA : NAGALAND Dated, Wokha the 13th Nov 2017

NOTICE

No. Judl-47/2016-17/ /whereas, Smti. N. Premy wife of Late Shri.

Phyodemo Lotha a permanent resident of Wokha Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits/family pension pertaining to PPO No. S/022122/2004 and to operate AC No. 33466222077 and A/C No. 11766543154 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri. Phyodemo Lotha, who expired on 19/10/2017.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/objections if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after the cut off date and succession certificate shall be issued.

Hotolu Swu Addl. Deputy Commissioner Wokha : Nagaland DC-2758

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Rahul attacks PM on No overpricing in Rafale deal replies IAF Chief Rafale purchase deal

NEW DELHI, NOV 16 (PTI): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale fighter aircraft agreement and asked the media why it did not question him for allegedly changing the “entire deal” to benefit a businessman.

He also asked why no questions were posed to the prime minister on Amit Shah’s son Jay, whose company the Congress has alleged has witnessed a quantum jump in turnover since the Modi government came to power.

“I answer all your questions, whatever you ask me. Why don’t you question Prime Minister Modi on the Rafale deal, on Amit Shah’s son.

Why don’t you question the prime minister who changed the entire Rafale deal to help a businessman?” he asked.

Rahul Gandhi He was speaking to reporters after the meeting of the newly formed All India Unorganised Workers Congress (AIUWC).

He expressed satisfaction over the formation of AIUWC and said he felt good interacting with them.

Earlier this week, the Congress accused the government of compromising national interest and security while promoting “crony capitalism” and causing

BSP open to alliances if given respectable share: Mayawati LUCKNOW, NOV 16 (IANS): BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday said she is not averse to electoral tie-ups with likeminded parties to stop the juggernaut of the “BJP and other communal forces”, but the BSP will do so only if it is given a “respectable share”.

In Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, the Congress party, she claimed, was not even ready to part with some of the seats it has traditionally been losing.

“Under this mindset, no forward movement can take place on alliance issues.”

The Dalit leader informed that although her close aide Satish Chandra Mishra and political advisor to Congress President Ahmad Patel held meetings for seat sharing in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, nothing concrete emerged, forcing the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to abandon the efforts.

“Situation is such that now Mishra has even stopped mulling any such alliance efforts,” she said, adding that while in Gujarat the Congress had offered to give 25 of its lost seats of the total 182, in Himachal Pradesh, 10 of the seats it lost of the total 68.

Mayawati “Our experiences of alliances with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh in 1996 and with the Samajwadi party (SP) in 1993 were also not very good,” she added, explaining her party’s reluctance to engaging with opposition unity efforts.

She also accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using muscle and money power against its candidates in the forthcoming urban body polls.

At a meeting of BSP leaders to review the party’s preparedness for the polls, Mayawati forewarned her party candidates to be wary of the “machinations of the BJP” and not to “fall prey to their tricks”.

The BSP is contesting the urban body polls for the first time in the state on its own symbol. It had so far given support to independent contestants in the past.

B’desh poses security threat besides Pak, China: MoS Home

NEW DELHI, NOV 16 (PTI): Bangladesh, the “socalled friend” of India, also poses a security threat to the country besides China and Pakistan, Union minister Hansraj Ahir said today.

Addressing a conference on homeland security, organised by business chamber ASSOCHAM, he said, “Bangladesh was only a so-called friend because evidently it had caused India the most harm through illegal intrusion.” “It is not only China or Pakistan but Bangladesh poses an equally bigger challenge to our national security, I know it because I get to see that closely,” Ahir was quoted as saying in a press release issued by the ASSOCHAM. The Union minister of state for home said the government had deployed modern technologies and equipment to keep a check on intrusion in Kashmir and were using the same on other fronts--be it in dealing with Naxalites, growing issues of youth radicalisation in Kerala, security of the railways, airports and other such places. Referring to the recent incursion bids made by China, he said,

“China today is not a very close friend of ours, it has always raised problems for the country. And be it China, Myanmar, Bangladesh or terrorists coming into India through Pakistan, we...will promote the usage of various modern technologies to curb intrusion.” Ahir also welcomed the efforts being made to build a consensus to resolve the Ayodhya dispute, the release said. He said the government would look into the demands and suggestions of the industry but it must come up with indigenously developed smart technologies and the government would help in research and development in this regard.

a loss to the public exchequer. The BJP rubbished the allegation, claiming it was intended to “divert attention” as the party bigwigs faced the prospect of being questioned in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scandal.

The Congress’ communications department head Randeep Surjewala alleged that the government neglected the interests of public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Dassault Aviation, the French manufacturer of Rafale aircraft, refused to transfer technology to it and instead entered into an agreement with Reliance Defence.

He also alleged that the aircraft was being purchased at much higher rates than what was decided after the completion of the tender process under the previous UPA government.

Jharkhand admin officers on threeday mass leave R A N C H I , N OV 1 6 (IANS): Officers of the Jharkhand Administrative Services Association (JASA) on Thursday went on three days’ mass leave against the move of the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) to arrest the officials of their cadre on corruption charges.

The latest issue was the arrest of Manoj Tiwari, a Circle Officer (CO) of Hazaribagh district, on November 14. More than 300 state services officers posted as the CO, Special Secretary and Director have gone on mass leave.

“We demand that the ACB should not indulge in fake trapping. The trapping should be done in presence of the Magistrate and videography should be done to maintain the trapping norms,” Ranendra Kumar, a Director-rank official, told IANS. The JASA officers alleged that the ACB officials lay trap when their work is not done by the JASA officials.

The ACB officials say that the Jharkhand Administrative Services Association has taken up the issue after around half dozen officials of their cadre were arrested on corruption charges.

Jalandhar, Nov 16 (PTI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) today said that there was “no overpricing” in the Rafale purchase as the government had “negotiated a very good” deal for the French fighter aircraft.

“It is not overpricing...

We have negotiated for 36 French fighter aircraft Rafale (at a price) lower than that in the contract. The government has negotiated a very good deal,” Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said.

Stressing that it was a “government-to-government contract”, he told the media at the Adampur Air Force station near here that the IAF was getting 36 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) at a greatly “negotiated price”.

“It is definitely a better deal. It is lower than what was there in the MRMCA contract,” he said without going into specifics.

The Rafale deal has been the focus of debate with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accusing the Prime Minister of changing the

“entire deal” to benefit a businessman, a charge debunked by the ruling BJP. The Congress also claims technology is not being transferred to India under the deal.

Dhanoa said two aircraft had been purchased in a fly-away condition as an emergency measure.

“We are getting 50 per cent offset,” he said, without elaborating. On technology transfer, he said, “Technology may not be going to the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) but it is coming to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and then to a lot of Indians”. The IAF chief said a plan was in place to deal with the “drop-down” -or dip -- in IAF squadrons.

He said the government had ordered two squadrons of Su 30.

“The drop-down will be made up by two Rafale, two Su 30, two LCA squadrons and 80 more aircraft which will give four more squadrons,” he said.

The government has authorised 42 squadrons to

NEW DELHI, NOV 16 (IANS): The Delhi government has decided to offer over 40 government services ranging from grant of water connection to marriage certificate at people’s doorstep, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said here on Thursday.

Sisodia said citizens would save time and countless trips to government offices in the process and termed the decision as one amounting to bringing “government at your doorsteps” and “home delivery of governance”. The Minister said the decision was taken in a cabinet meeting on Thursday, adding that citizens would be able to access these services outside of the normal working hours too.

The 40 services on offer include issue of OBC, SC and ST certificates, motor vehicle registration certificate, driving licence, handicapped and old age pensions as well as sewage connection. Sisodia said a nominal fee would be charged from people and added that a private agency would be hired to carry out the service. Under the new project, if a person wanted a certificate from the government, he would telephone a call centre. Then a ‘Mobile Sahayak’ would go to the

residence or office of the applicant and collect the necessary documents, take photo and biometric details and then process the application. Applicants can pay the prescribed application fee to the ‘Mobile Sahayak’, the Minister said, and termed the service the first of its kind in India.

Sisodia said all government services would be gradually added to the list of services. The project would be implemented in three to four months and added that they were yet to hire the agency to carry out the service. The Minister said that though many of these services were currently online, many people don’t have internet connectivity and the new project would benefit them. Sisodia said that people can take appointment with ‘Mobile Sahayak’ to access services according their convenience and even on holidays, so that they do not have to take leave from work.

Dhanoa said a contract was signed in March 2006 for 20 Tejas aircraft to be delivered between April 2009 and December 2010.

“Out of these 20 aircraft, only five were received ... Again a contract was signed in December 2010 for 20 more aircraft to be delivered between June 2014 and December 2016. So we have already committed to 40 aircraft in addition to 83 more Tejas,” he said. He

said the IAF would induct Mark 2 fighters with higher thrust engines and new weapons by 2027.

Shortcomings in LCA Mark 1 will be removed in the LCA Mark 1A aircraft and then Mark 2 will be manufactured, he said.

“Gradually we will make advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, moving from low medium to high technology aircraft,” he said.

Bajrang Dal activist protesting against filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming film Padmavati in Nagpur. (PTI) a precautionery security cover to Bhansali, who is facing death threats from various quarters. The state government’s stand is in contrast to the stand taken

by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Mumbai Ram Kadam, also President of the Film Studios Setting and Allied Mazdoor Sangh. Kadam said that in view of the public sentiments, they had decided to oppose the film “tooth and nail” and threatened that his union would never work

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M U M BA I , N OV 1 6 (IANS): Standing firmly with Bollywood, the Maharashtra government on Thursday assured security to theatres which screen “Padmavati”, the upcoming epic period drama by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali that has come under attack from critics.

Minister of State for Home (Urban) Ranjit Patil said that in view of the volatile situation, security would be provided to all theatres screening the film which has raked up controversy days before its release.

“All measures will be taken. We are monitoring the situation on a daily basis to ensure that no untoward incident happens,” Patil told the media. Besides, he said some groups opposing the film had met government representatives to explain their stand and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was seized of the matter.

T h e d e ve l o p m e n t came a couple of days after Fadnavis provided

with Bhansali in future.

Besides Bhansali, even the lead heroine of the film, Deepika Padukone, has been threatened by the Shri Rajput Karni Sena, which has called for a nationwide shutdown on December 1 to oppose the film release.

However, the Maharashtra Navnirman Chitrapat Sena has said it would take a stand on the film only after watching it and if anything was found objectionable it would discuss the issue with Bhansali.

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hen there is too little effort to confront challenges and instead postpone the inevitable by pushing them to the backburner; sooner or later such challenges could become too overwhelming. The state government has been taking the easy way out when faced with challenges in its quest for short term gain. Leaving aside myriad challenges facing the government, the next big problem could be the demand for implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommended for central government employees. State service associations have demanded that they should also be given similar benefits as central government employees. The state service associations have also rejected any offer of the state government to defer the implementation to March 1,2018. The 7th PC for central government employees would be effective from January 1,2016 with salaries getting hiked by 23.55% and doubling entry and top level pay to favour One Rank One Pension(OROP) for civilian employees who retired before January 1,2016. If the 7th PC report was to be effected for state employees, it would mean an additional amount of Rs.954 crore including the salary component. The state government, already burdened with huge deficit and also scarce revenue resources can only hope that it does not face another agitation. Government employees in Nagaland, have every right to demand and expect pay and perks in line with the recommendations of central pay commissions since these are constitutionally valid and binding. It may be recalled that similar demand for implementation of the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission on Revision of Pay(RoP) in 2008.

According to a senior minister recently, there are around 1,43,000 government employees in Nagaland. This figure continues to rise annually under a cloud of mystery that goes by a common term as backdoor appointment syndrome.The number of government employees in Nagaland also mean that they make up a little over 7% of the state’s population and whose salaries and other expenditure makes up around 70% of the state’s plan annual budget. That leaves around 30% of the budget for around 93% of the people. The state government was mired in controversy in 2008 when it was to implement the 6th PC for government employees. The previous 6th Pay Commission had recommended a 20 per cent hike which the government doubled while implementing it in 2008. The then UPA government provided the amount of Rs.712 crore needed to implement the 6th Revision of Pay(RoP). How the Rs.712 crore was used or misused had been highlighted by the opposition then and also by facts that were officially available that indicated that some departments did not receive their full amount. The ruling party also has to seriously consider the present spate of agitations and also press statements against alleged corruption at all levels. Politicians should face the challenge head-on instead of calling on people to be united for bringing early solution. Solution and corruption are on two different realms and each had to be handled in their own respective way. By switching issues politicians probably vainly hope that people would suddenly be afflicted with amnesia about the problems caused to society by corruption. Unless the challenges are faced, the problems will worsen and prospect of peace will become a mirage.

DailyDevotion Still Human! …whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. —1 Corinthians 10:31 In the Scriptures, the great miracle of the incarnation slips into the ordinary life of a child; the great miracle of the transfiguration fades into the demonpossessed valley below; the glory of the resurrection descends into a breakfast on the seashore. This is not an anticlimax, but a great revelation of God. We have a tendency to look for wonder in our experience, and we mistake heroic actions for real heroes. It’s one thing to go through a crisis grandly, yet quite another to go through every day glorifying God when there is no witness, no limelight, and no one paying even the remotest attention to us. If we are not looking for halos, we at least want something that will make people say, “What a wonderful man of prayer he is!” or, “What a great woman of devotion she is!” If you are properly devoted to the Lord Jesus, you have reached the lofty height where no one would ever notice you personally. All that is noticed is the power of God coming through you all the time.

We want to be able to say, “Oh, I have had a wonderful call from God!” But to do even the most humbling tasks to the glory of God takes the Almighty God Incarnate working in us. To be utterly unnoticeable requires God’s Spirit in us making us absolutely humanly His. The true test of a saint’s life is not successfulness but faithfulness on the human level of life. We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human life, to live a life “hidden with Christ in God” in our everyday human conditions (Colossians 3:3). Our human relationships are the very conditions in which the ideal life of God should be exhibited.

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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. ~ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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Engaging the powers and transforming them

ometimes people say, “The river is flowing.”

But I say, no, no, no … the river doesn’t flow. It’s only the water in the river that flows. And when water in a river flows, it flows on the riverbed. If the riverbed is crooked and zigzagged, the water flows crooked and zigzagged. If it is straight and smooth, the water flows straight and smoothly.

In the same way as a crooked riverbed, our own politicians and their cronies have twisted all our governmental systems and social structures in Nagaland.

They have purchased most of our non-governmental organizations to shore up power. They have twisted all our public institutions for their selfish gain. As a result, most of our village people and our gullible public are helplessly flowing along like a body of water in a river.

Or to use imagery, they are like dead fish simply going with the flow.

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people have chosen to be that way. Some are afraid to take a stand and fight against the systems. Others are mere escapists from the world, living with the excuse that they are in the service of heaven. For this last category of people, let me ask some questions: Let’s say, if someone is about to fall off a rooftop, what is more important at that moment: giving him a lecture about the salvation of his soul or quickly jumping into action to save his body? If someone enters into your home with a deadly weapon to hurt your children, what is more important: giving him some moral advices or taking your gun, if you have one, and shooting him down? Even the Bible says: “Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?” (James 2:16). Although the Bible certainly talks about the need to think about heaven, most of it is about this life and this world.

My point, therefore, scattered along the spectrum is this: Christians should from good to evil? The anfight against the evils in swers to these questions canthe systems and structures not be simplistic, since most which exist in our midst. institutions have some good We must understand that and some evil, although to twisted structures and per- varying degrees, and they verse systems can become are capable of improvement. the embodiment of evil pow- But the biblical view seems ers. That means all the bad to be as follows: (1) the things are powers are not only the Mazie Nakhro good, (2) the result of indipowers are vidual actions, but the conse- fallen, and (3) the powers quence of huge systems over must be transformed and which no individual has full redeemed. control. Only by confronting These three points must the physical manifestations be held together, for each by can the total structure be itself is incomplete. First of transformed. Otherwise, all, most human institutions any attempt to transform are good by virtue of their our socio-political system creation, because they are without addressing its outer there to serve the temporal forms will be doomed to purposes of God, which failure. are our human basics such Of course, it is hard to as security, peace, and good imagine how powerful insti- life. But these institutions are tutions and all-encompassing also fallen, without excepsystems can be transformed. tion, because they put their If evil is so profoundly sys- interests above the interests temic and entrenched, what of the whole. And yet they chance do we have of bring- can be redeemed, because ing them into line with God’s what fell in time can be purposes? Other related redeemed in time. We must questions include: Are the understand earthly powers in powers intrinsically evil? Or this sequence. This schema are some good? Or are they is also simultaneous: God is

in some mysterious way upholding even the fallen political system, since some part of such system is required to support human life; at the same time, He is condemning that system insofar as it is destructive of human life. It doesn’t end there.

He is also pressing for its transformation into a more humanizing system, so that it can at least serve to meet basic human needs.

By acknowledging that the powers are good, bad, and salvageable – all at the same time – we are freed from the temptation to demonize those who work within the systems. That means we can love those in positions of power, not blindly, but critically, calling them back time and time again to their highest self-professed identities and ideals. We can challenge institutions to live up to the vocation that is theirs from the moment they were created. But for all these to be effective, we must engage with powers and do our part to transform them.

The task of the Church is not restricted to trans-

forming individuals. Although personal redemption is important, the Bible also talks about the need for the redemption of social structures. God wants to transform fallen institutions, including heathen nations.

In the Old Testament, for example, God sent many of His prophets to warn against oppressive nations and call for justice and righteousness to prevail amongst their peoples. In other words, God’s will is not only to liberate us from oppressive powers, but also to liberate the powers from their destructive behaviors.

As individual Christians, do we have a specific God-given responsibility towards our people and land?

Yes, without a doubt. Jesus says, “You are the salt of the earth,” meaning, He wants us to preserve our society from corruption. Furthermore, He says, “You are the light of the world” – that is, we are meant to expose evil and let truth prevail amongst our people in our land. This is what we call engaging powers and transforming them.

Post-mortem Alternative History Finding happiness in life’s simplest moments

istory is a record of important past events preserved for posterity in the form of oral tradition or in writing. Everybody loves the history of his people. There is a great pleasure in ruminating about the past ideals. We often reminisce of past golden glory at times deliberately creating and weaving fanciful stories just to while away the tedium of present life and its perilous journey. The great difference between a civilised society and uncivilized one is also that of their history. The former reduced everything into written form whereas the latter depends mostly on oral traditions or their stories written by outsiders who are very often biased, one-sided and incomplete because of many inherent human deficiencies. Outsiders may tend to become more objective in their approaches but their inability and inadequacy of intellectual understanding of local customs and traditions always hamper their full appreciation of the subject under their study. Hence most of them are branded as biased or shallow. The Nagas got a jolt in their history telling when they first confronted with the western world in the early 19th century. Learning everything about ourselves through the lens of foreigners who in turn collected stories from various scattered sources coupled with language difficulty and cultural differences, one doubts about the veracity of our history as told by them if not deliberately distorted by our erstwhile enemies. There was no way a white man could love or sympathize with the Nagas when they always wanted their heads and hairs for glory and decoration as a trophy. Thus we were fed with so much malice and lies about us and against one another. Sometimes our own people who acted as their sources might have furnished them with all kinds of unfavourable stories against another enemy Naga village out of hatred and vengeance. Besides that they had noted mostly those things that were weird and appalling to their western sense and sensibility. Today, our young intellectuals must grapple with all those heaps of stories sifting the grain from the husk. It may go on for quite some time till we learn the full factual stories of our people. In addition to this, some of our intellectuals deliberately cook up more imaginative stories thereby confusing us fiction with history.

The Second World War was a watershed in the making and writing of Naga history. Many Nagas were shocked by the scale and horror of the war as never before. They practised warfare throughout their life against their neighbouring villages but never at that scale had they witnessed during the Second World War. Though they had heard and told stories of the wonderful heroic deeds of warriors in the past, nothing could be compared with the modern bloodshed they had witnessed at home. It was a cruel life drama staged before them. Their every experience was extraordinary and worth remembering and recording. Since they did not know how to read and write, they conveyed their stories verbally to the next generation at every gathering in the village. Each had a different story to tell from his own perspective regardless of the others. Thus every morning or evening gathering was a great opportunity for the youngsters to listen and learn the wonderful war stories from the fast fading memories of the elders in the village. As the number of the senior members steadily decreased, story- telling became more remote and impersonal but it was important to continue the tradition in order to keep the memory alive. Very often they would even embellish their stories with wild imagination to make it more real and interesting. They would sometimes dramatize the scenes and

children played war games. So the game went on till recently when our people have become properly educated and started reading and writing our own history indiscriminately sometime mixing facts with fictions inadvertently.

Our experience with the Japanese and the Indian National Army was no different. There are many stories afloat.

No one really knows which is true and which one is false. All so mixed up in the process of the story- telling tradition of our people. We love stories. But many of them may be blatant lies or incorrectly told as heard from the elders and passed them as true stories to the younger ones.

Most oral traditions cannot be accurate because they suffer from memory lapse and other inherent influencing factors.

But it provided us with a vital link in reconstructing our history. The Japanese had set up a Tactical Headquarters at Kikruma Village during their attack on the Kohima British garrison and camped there for almost 3(three) months. They used villagers as porters/coolies for transporting their war equipments and rations from beyond the village to the vicinity of the battle field near Kohima every day risking their precious lives not knowing whether they would ever return home again. They supplied them with life stocks, paddy, rice, vegetables, firewood, and tobacco. (mandrake). All normal activities came to a grinding halt throughout the war. They could not tend their fields or animals.

They supported the Japanese and INA war efforts with free labour and rations .After the war, a terrible epidemic occurred in the village and killed many surviving animals and birds. Many human beings were also reported to have died caused by mysterious diseases.

The surrounding villages were also taxed. They brought live stocks, rice, paddy, vegetables and stored them at Kikruma Village throughout the onslaughts on the Kohima British garrison.

The senior war officers of Japan with very long swords were stationed over there.

Very often great alarms and commotions were noticed among the Japanese whenever prominent personalities happened to visit the encampment. During one of such occasions, some Kikruma Villagers saw a person similar to that of Subhash Chandra Bose, the Commander-in- Chief of the Indian National Army ( as told

by Nerunyo Puro, aged 93, ex-Village Council Member and Kavamu Kezo, aged 88, ex-Pastor Catholic Church who claim to be living eye-witnesses). The reported sighting of the flying visit of Subhash Chandra Bose to Kikruma Village has caused many eyebrows. Many people swore by it while the doubting Thomases claim that it could not have been so secret for such a charismatic personality to have appeared and so suddenly disappeared unnoticed. If the story were true more villagers would have seen than just a few claimants. But if he had ever visited any other village in the vicinity of Kikruma, his probable appearance at the Japanese Tactical Headquarters, Kikruma Village cannot be ruled out either. Moreover, Kikruma Village is also located at the ingress and exit of the land route Subhash Chandra Bose was believed to traverse while visiting Cheswezu or Dzulhami or Ruzazho where he was reported to have sojourned and communed with those villagers for many days as testified by living witnesses who had personally served him.

Did he visit Kikruma Village before or after those memorable stay at those reported villages? None is able to reply now. Let the future historians and researchers find out. Let us not reveal everything. Let us keep it in suspense now.

Besesayo Kezo, IPS, Retd DGP

(From previous issue) In our quest to “Not Miss Out on Life,” we constantly seek to experience ‘the exciting,’ ‘the expensive,’ ‘the luxurious,’ and ‘the exotic.’

We feel disappointed and wail over the fact that we have “Missed Out on Life,” when in reality we actually haven’t.

We feel less significant and even embarrassed that others have experienced such exciting occasions—such as travelling, dining at high-end restaurants, attending concerts, etc.—and, hence, we feel they must be happy; while we come to an erroneous conclusion that, until we experience and do the same things as others, we cannot be happy nor can we find any joy because we are missing out on so many things in life.

What has happened, and what is actually happening in our own Naga society, is that we have failed to appreciate and take for granted what is at hand, what is presently available to us. A life’s experience may indeed look very simple and trivial such as eating an apple, having long chats with one’s grandparents, playing with one’s nieces and nephews, taking a nap in a garden on a hot summer’s day, doing household chores, helping the needy, watching the geese float by the pond, or watching the clouds lazily amble along the sky; these activities may neither look exciting nor exhilarating, yet they are the source of some of life’s greatest joys and some of life’s most satisfying events.

If duly reflected, these sorts of activities may be among the most satisfying moments we can experience in life because of their simplistic and modest nature that makes them freely and readily available to all.

Hence, the maxim, “There is beauty in simplicity,” verily describes the significance of finding joy, happiness, serenity, and meaning in life’s simplest and inconspicuous moments.

Finding meaning, happiness, and serenity in life can hardly be found in ephemeral events invariably increasing our endless needs to satisfy our equally limitless desires.

This is why we put in a lot of effort in order to experience the exciting, the posh, and the affluent. We are let to a fallacious

realization that we can only attain happiness if we follow the trend, the vogue: dine out at expensive restaurants, buy the latest vehicles, build a fashionable house, live in a posh neighborhood, travel to new and exotic destinations, wear branded clothes, and live a lifestyle as seen in advertisements and on television screens. We believe that we must live our life as a life lived by our ‘cool’ friends and relatives, who are living an exciting and fun-filled life; otherwise, we feel that we truly cannot find happiness.

We feel that we should follow the trends of others so as not to be left behind or missed out on life. We voluntarily pressure ourselves to like and do certain things and follow certain trends because everyone approves of them. While, at the same time, we do not pursue things we love because it is not approved by others. And, we think, because things we like are not in agreement with everyone, we must acquiesce to the prevailing trends approved by others.

In trying to keep up with the trend we unconsciously become self-absorbed and selfish. In such conditions, who has time for self-cultivation of one’s nobler character? It is essential to recognize that we cannot wait for others to approve all the things we love and are enchanted by. We must allow ourselves to love and be enchanted by things that are charming and pleasant to us, in the simplest sense, even if these are not approved by other. We must follow our own liking and joy even though others may not approve of them.

Remember, life’s greatest joy can neither be found in the “approval of others” nor in the lavish. Rather it is to be found in the simplest of life’s modest moments and unassuming activities. For it is only in these simplest moments that we experience the sublimity of life. And in experiencing the sublime, we realize the meaning to our lives and find happiness.

In appreciating the simplest life experiences, we refine our character. We refine the nobler aspects of our own humanity, for the simplest life’s activities reveal some of

our most profound idiosyncrasies. They help bare all that is human in us and express all that is required to cultivate the foibles in our own character.

Life’s modest activities elevate us high above the temporality of our parochial existence by unadulteratedly revealing some of the most profound truths about ourselves. These simplest activities divulge us valuable life lessons: for instance, having long chats with one’s grandparents teach us to be sympathetic and compassionate to the experiences of others; playing with one’s nieces and nephews instills in us important lessons on caring, patience, understanding, and unconditional love; taking a nap in a garden on a hot summer’s day makes us realize that to be alive is itself a fortune; doing household chores teach us the significance of sharing responsibilities and the virtues of love; helping the needy makes us realize not to complain about the problems in our own lives when there are people who are in worst situation than us; watching the geese float by the pond makes us realize how we unfairly discount much of nature’s beauty all around us; or watching the clouds lazily amble along the sky teaches us the importance of reflecting on our own lives and rectify the faults in our own character.

These inconspicuous life’s activities aid us to make simplest of changes in our own character. This way, the simplest of changes not only refine our nobler aspects but also usher in a larger change in the society. Certainly, I am not suggesting that we shouldn’t care about the realities of life; rather despite our selfishness, our vengefulness, our corruptness, and our deceptive nature, we should continue to reflect on the simplest moments of life for they instill in us a realization of life’s sublimity with a clairvoyant insightfulness about the warmth and affectionate kindness which we all are capable of.

(Concluded) Salikyu Sangtam, Ph.D, assistant professor Deptt of Pol Sc. St. Joseph University, Ikishe Village, Dimapur

Reader’s Post Sir,

Concern for poor students

In our state there are many students who are from poor background and they hopefully depend on scholarship to get admission or to purchase study material. These days the strategy of introducing semester system compel the student to get admission twice a year and accordingly student also compelled to purchase study material differently with high rate, which the poor student can not afford. So at this juncture if the student get full amount of scholarship promptly on time then it will be very helpful for student. Therefore I request concern minister and department to release full amount of scholarship within this year as it is the share of 2016-17.

Aphen Tangshang, student

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

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GST anti-profiteering Delhi air pollution: Ban on trucks Training on book keeping and banking authority approved lifted, parking fee hike rolled back Correspondent

New Delhi: A day after notifying substantial reduction in goods and services tax (GST) rates for over 200 items, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved the establishment of the much-anticipated National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) to ensure that benefits of such tariff cuts are passed on to consumers.

The “anti-profiteering” measures will provide an institutional mechanism to ensure that the full benefits of input tax credits and GST rate cuts flow to the consumers. This institutional framework comprises the National Anti-profiteering Authority, a Standing Committee, Screening Committees in every state and the Directorate General of Safeguards in the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). The

National Anti-profiteering Authority will be headed by a senior officer of the level of secretary to the central government with four technical members from the centre and states. A selection panel led by cabinet secretary P.K. Sinha has already started consultation with states to finalize the members of the panel.

The authority will have a sunset date of two years from the date on which the chairman assumes charge.

The chairman and the four members of the authority have to be less than 62 years.

The finance ministry said this is “one more measure aimed at reassuring consumers that government is fully committed to take all possible steps to ensure the benefits of implementation of GST in terms of lower prices of the goods and services reach them”.

The measures were enforced on November 8. (ANI)

New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI/IANS) : Despite Delhi’s air quality continuing to be “very poor”, the ban on the entry of trucks and on construction activities was lifted on Thursday by the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), which also rolled back the hike in parking fees. The measures, part of the Graded Response

Action Plan, were enforced on November 8 after pollution levels had spiked, hitting the emergency category, accompanied by thick smog.

EPCA chairperson Bhure Lal wrote to the chief secretaries of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana this morning, directing them that the measures be lifted with “immediate effect” as the

prevailing air quality does not warrant such tough action. However, measures enforced under the GRAP’s ‘severe’ category including the closure of the Badarpur thermal power plant, ban on brick kilns, hot mix plants and stone crushers will remain, the EPCA said.

“We are watching the situation very carefully and we have been informed by the India Meteorological Department and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology that pollution may rise again because of increased moisture in the air in the coming days.

“However, if the conditions continue to improve and air quality stabilises, we will review the measures under the ‘severe’ category and inform you accordingly,” Bhure Lal wrote.

KO H I M A , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Training on book keeping and banking for Self Help Groups (SHGs) was jointly organized by NARARD and department of Land Resources Kohima at Ura Academy Kohima on Thursday.

District project officer Kohima Land Resources Dr. Menuosietuo Tseikha in his keynote address stressed on the need for the SHGs to be active and act as a force for self-help and sufficiency. He challenged the SHG members to become self-sufficient and also to be an example to others by leading the way in attaining self sufficiency.

In the first session, assistant inspector Land

Dr. Menuosietuo Tseikha

Resources Agnes Phewhuo spoke on the topic “concept of SHG and record maintenance”. She explained in detail through slide show presentation the various aspects of SHGs such as the concept, objectives, function, features, responsibilities of SHG members and record maintenance by the SHGs were discussed.

During the second

session AGM, NABARD Bendang Aier spoke on the topic “SHG- bank linkages programme”. Aier shared about how NABARD was started to uplift the rural people and about credit linkages for the SHGs with the financial institutions.

He also highlighted about the various requirements for availing loans from the banks by the different SHGs. He urged the department to act as a facilitator between the Self Help Groups and the Banks.

The programme was chaired by Roslyne Humtsoe, WDT member, LRD and around 80 participants from 40 different SHGs from 13 different villages under Kohima block converged for the training.

BJP Kma unit distances itself from former leaders

DIMAPUR: BJP Kohima district unit said the duo’s expulsion was endorsed by has clarified that Khriszovolie Kesiyie and all national leaders of the party.

Seyiekhrielie Nagi were removed from the “The Kohima District BJP, therefore, posts of president and secretary respec- totally discredits their statement which aptively for their alleged anti-party activities peared in the local dailies on 14.11.2017,” on October 21, 2017. the statement added. Uso also pointed out In a statement issued on Thursday, that BJP, Kohima District BJP in particuBJP Kohima District Committee president lar, was not interested in which political our sons mere scapegoats, Khrielie Usou claimed that the duo was party they join with their followers or ENNG alleged. expelled from the party by the BJP State which leader takes them. “BJP loyal party ENNG reiterated that unit president on the recommendation of workers will remain steadfast and carry out Arunachal Nagas were the Disciplinary Action Committee. He the BJP Central directives,” he stressed. peace-loving people by nature, despite being bifurcated into Tuensang frontier during the period In a statement issued Morcha, two vice presiof NEFA. Nevertheless, DIMAPUR: Former BJP despite being poor in lit- members who have re- on behalf of the resigned dents of Yuva Morcha, eracy rate, the people are signed from 12th Tseminyu members, L. Gwatilo Kent vice presidents of Kisan self-sufficient and reliant mandal have dismissed the has produced the list of Morcha and S/T Morcha and that their area had statement issued by 12th the 21 officials under 12th and one secretary of Kisan a vast reservoir of unex- Tseminyu BJP mandal Tseminyu BJP Mandal Morcha.

He further said that the plored natural resources, unit president, Shoyhunlo who have resigned from which had the potential to Kemp claiming that the the respective posts- which office bearers have resigned economically propel the resigned members were not included two vice presi- from the BJP party and whole region into an era of individuals but comprise dents, general secretary, joined to support dynamic surplus economic prosper- of the whole of the 12th two secretaries, nine execu- leadership of Neiphiu Rio, ity. “Yet we are blind to see Tseminyu Mandal office tive members, presidents of which is also attached for what the NSCN (I-M) are bearers except Shoyhunlo. Mahila Morcha & Kisan reference. really after,” it lamented.

Stating that it had risen to defend the rights of entire Eastern Nagas of TCL and Myanmar, ENNG declared that if there had to be a solution to the vexed Naga political Issue, then it would have to be a full-fledged sovereign nation for the entire Nagas, “no less than that”. It DP-11817 added it was also opposed to NSCN (I-M)’s proposals GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND for “Pan-Naga”, “Shared DIRECTORATE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT BLOCKS Sovereignty” and “Supra NAGALAND ::: KOHIMA State”.

ENNG opposes inclusion of TCL in territorial integration D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Easter n Naga National Gover nment (ENNG) has declared its strong opposition to any attempt to include Tirap, Changlang and Longding (TCL) districts of Arunachal Pradesh in the territorial integration under the Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and NSCN (I-M). It also appealed to the Government of India and other international organisations not to endorse any demands made by the NSCN (I-M) in this regard.

In a statement issued

by Media Cell of the organisation’s Ministry of Information & Publicity, ENNG said people of TCL districts had been kept in the dark about the Framework Agreement as much as the Nagas of Nagaland. It also added despite efforts by Tirap Changlang Longding People’s Forum (TCLPeF) to create a public consensus in the TCL districts on the Framework Agreement, the people had no knowledge about the agreement as its contents had been kept a

well-guarded secret.

ENNG said Assam and Manipur had refused outright to be included in the territorial integration under the Framework Agreement and reiterated time and again to fight tooth and nail against the bifurcation of its territories. Then how the people of TCL could be a mute spectator and victimised in deciding their own fate and future, the organisation asked.

The organisation said it would be foolish to wait for the Arunachal Pradesh government to decide on the future of Nagas as a race. It said people ought to voice their concern loud as the issue had reached its tipping point and before it gets out of their hands.

“Imagine all our civil rights and democratic values handed over to Camp Hebron, imagine the day we would be forced to approach the NSCN (I-M) and bow down before them as slaves so much as to merely claim our meagre basic needs, let alone fullfledged development as a region, given the fact that

under the FA it is much likely and imminent that all the administrative and financial powers will be handed over to Hebron Camp of the NSCN (IM).

Should we the people of TCL allow them to be our puppeteers? Wouldn’t we be answerable to our coming generations and held responsible for it? It is the eleventh hour for us as the public of TCL to decide to and script our own destiny and future or let others dictate our terms and future and surrender,” the statement declared.

ENNG said there was not a single instance of TCL being uplifted ever since the advent of NSCN factions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. “All they could do was mutilate our age-old fabric of social tranquility, instil fear psychosis among the public, meddle in our political affairs, exercise unabated taxation, letting us be a scapegoat to the counter-measures of Indian security forces and overall reduce us to a state of social and political destitution, to name a few. Not to mention the lion’s share they

CNC to join in national prayer call DIMAPUR: Council of Nagalim Churches (CNC) has welcomed the announcement made by Nagaland Joint Christian Forum (NJCF) jointly with the Nagaland Baptist Churches Council (NBCC) for national days of prayer on November 18 and 19. A press release by CNC general secretary, Rev. Seksim Kasar stated that CNC would also participate in the prayer and fasting programme.

It has therefore informed all the chaplains, pastors and CAOs of regions to make necessary arrangement and programs for the said national days of prayer as declared

by NJCF & NBCC. All the national workers are requested to join in the services at the nearest church to their place, if not at the CHQ, GHQ or region churches.

EUUN supports PCC sit-in protest DIMAPUR: Educated Unemployed Union Nagaland (EUUN) has extended full support to the cause of the Public Coordination Committee (PCC) at the ongoing sit-in protest against rampant corruption in Nagaland and the government’s incapability of providing good governance. A press release by president EUUN, Avino Vizo stated that EUUN fully endorse the key demand of PCC for educated unemployed youths who have been struggling for jobs through free and fair means. EUUN further informed that it would stand with the PCC till the demands were fulfilled.

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NO.DRD/ESTT/RECT/1/2017

Dated, Kohima the 16th November 2017 ADVE RTI S E M E NT In reference and accordance to the P&AR Department O.M. dated 26.10.2017, applications are invited from Naga Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland for filling up the following Grade-III Non-Gazetted posts under Directorate of Rural Development Blocks, Nagaland.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA th

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Dated: 16 Nov, 2017

This is to inform all the Institutes catering Merit-cum-Means Based scholarship and Post Matric Scholarship (CS Minority)under Ministry of Minority Affairs that the online verification of the student’s application in the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) has been extended till 25th Nov, 2017.

All the concerned Institutes are requested to verify the application within the stipulated time. No further Extension would be provided.

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(Er. Arjun Singh) Director Issued by DIPR

NAGALAND THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES ASSOCIATION 16th Annual General Conference of the Nagaland Theological Colleges Association will be held at GCYM, Behind Nagaland Cricket Stadium, 5th Mile, Sovima, Dimapur, Nagaland on 18th and 19th November 2017.

Therefore all the Bible/Theological Colleges in Nagaland are invited to attend the Conference. Three delegates from Active Members and Two delegates from Associate members and applicant members.

The registration begins at 11 A.M on 18th November 2017. The delegates are requested to bring Bed-cover, Pillow Case, and Light Blanket.

For Confirmation call or SMS Rev. Nzan Odyuo, President at 9856124314 or Miss. Walunila, AGS. at 9089888838.

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enjoy from the dividends of rich economic harvest and business communities of TCL. Moreover, the people of TCL never invited the NSCN factions of Nagaland to be the lords of our lands and dictate our terms for us,” the statement reminded.

The organisation asked the people of TCL, particularly of Tirap, whether they remember the number of people killed by the outfits with “extreme prejudice and total impunity” following their arrival in the area. “Since stepping into our lands, all they could do was to kill innocent lives, commit heinous and recurring scale of mass genocide, forcefully extort money from the poor, try and intervene in our democratic exercises, manipulate elections by threatening and killing our own political leaders, collecting huge amount of unabated taxation from the businesses of locals and non-locals alike, recruit our youths and mindlessly sacrificing their souls by putting them first in the frontline of harms’ way making

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1. REQUIRED QUALIFICATION: (a). Item No.1 : Minimum qualification should be Diploma in civil engineering from any recognized university and will have to undergo a practical test on Auto-CAD. (b). Item No.2 : Only female candidates are eligible for this category, having a minimum qualification of Bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognized University and will be required to have working knowledge of computer operation, common office software application and will have to undergo a test on the basic use of computer. (c). Item No.3 & 4 : Minimum qualification should be Bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognized University. For Backward Tribes, minimum educational qualification will be 10+2 passed from a recognized Educational Institution. Further, all candidates will be required to have working knowledge of computer operation, common office software application and will have to undergo a test on the basic use of computer.

2. The minimum age of candidate shall not be less than 21 years as on 17.11.2017 and not more than 30 years of age as on 17.11.2017. The relaxation of upper age limit will be governed by the existing policy of the State Govt. Age concession for serving Govt. employees will be allowed the equal number of years they are in service subject to a maximum of 5(five) years.

3. The reservation of seats shall be as per the existing policy of the State Govt. as notified by the P&AR Dept. Nagaland.

4. In-service candidates should produced “No Objection Certificate” duly signed by the concerned Head of Department with name & office seal, along with initial date of appointment.

5. The written examination for Item No. 1 shall consist of General English, Technical paper and Auto-CAD. The total marks will consist of 150 marks. 80 marks for written, which will be set in MCQ format, 20 marks for Oral and 50 marks for Auto-CAD practical test for those selected in the written examination.

6. The written examination for Item No. 2,3 & 4 shall consist of General English, General Knowledge & Computer Application. The total marks will consist of 150 marks. 80 marks for written, which will be set in MCQ format, 20 marks for Oral and 50 marks for Computer practical test for those selected in the written examination.

7. Eligible candidates are to obtain the prescribed application form, from the Establishment Branch I & II, Directorate of RD, during office hours and may be submitted on or before 27.11.2017, along with all the necessary documents as mentioned in the application form. Incomplete documents shall be summarily rejected.

8. Forms received after 27.11.2017 shall be summarily rejected.

9. Candidates are asked to submit Rs.250/- as examination fee at the time of form submission.

10. Those applicants who have already submitted their application earlier for the above post are hereby informed to withdraw their application and re-apply in the standard form.

11. The written examination for the above stated posts will be held on 3rd December 2017. No separate calling letters will be issued to the candidates. However, Venue & Time will be notified at a later date through local dailies.

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(6) 10 It’s still produced north of the border (6) 12 Didn’t fail to deal out spades (6) 13 Some villain’s not well (3) 14 Fruit and nuts taken back by child (6) 16 Please turn and slip away (6) 18 Maroon filament (6) 20 Squeeze in a game (6) 22 Bird or animal turning on baby in nursery rhyme (4,7) Down 1 Small vehicle making a mark (4) 2 A lot of money in a carton (6) 3 Take two inches off for good health! (4-4) 4 Pigs stand out with spotted heads (4) 5 Initially grand accommodation for stable men (6) 6 Young animals making vets reel (8) 11 Coarsest sort of ships?

(8) 12 A planet’s teribly nice (8) 15 Ghosts in sunglasses (6) 17 Egyptian god transported in a bus (6) 19 Fingerprints of fishes?

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(From p-1) Church leaders, students’ leaders and other public leaders also spoke on the occasion.

Later, hundreds of PSAN members proceeded towards Nagaland Public Service Commission office and raised slogans like “NPSC corrupted”, “Declare marks”, “We want justice”, “We want transparency”, etc. They also held placards and banners that read “Smoking kills people, corruption kills the nation”, “If we don’t catch you, God will”, “Hoishe!! Eman backdoor appointment Kuribi!!”, “Politician, I dare you to give us Lokayukta, can you??”

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He also said that Aricel is the only cellular company that provides offers to 2G users. This showed that Aircel was equally concern to those customers who were not using 4G handsets. “We are doing this so that all feature phones were benefitted”, he added.

It was also Aircel’s vision to empower all its customers with easily accessible and affordable internet, Nilaj said.

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km being covered on the famous Stalin era Road of Bones.

It also became the only Indian bike to tame Charyn Canyon also known as little brother of Great Canyon, which features a sheer drop of over 100 meters at a 45 degree incline.

The challenge was taken up by 3 passionate and experienced riders - Deepak Kamath, Dilip Bhat and Sudhir Prasad.

The three Riders were felicitated by Bajaj Auto for their outstanding spirit and achievement.

He however said that APO did not oppose any individual or organisations who were working for the benefit of the Naga people and the future generation-- fighting against corruption.

The question of banning the agitation for Lok Ayukta and other demands by PCC does not arise, he said.

Kense therefore appealed to the APO “not to misuse or misinterpret the resolution and instead work together for the benefit of the Naga people in general.”

Another elder citizen added that APO was “not a political agent” and pointed out that the political influence in organisations had created divisions and exhorted that APO should not follow the direction of any politician or political party.

Dr. Kepelhusie Terhüja said corruption was wrong and that APO must stand for loftier ideals fighting against corruption and wrongdoings in society.

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M um b a i , N o v 1 6 (Agencies): Bajaj Dominar 400 created history by becoming the first Indian bike to conquer the world’s toughest journey – The Trans Siberian Odyssey.

The journey spanned over 53 days traversing about 15,600 km across 6 countries, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia and back into Russia.

The Dominar 400 scaled some of the world’s most difficult terrains on Trans-Siberian Odyssey including more than 3000

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The three riders being felicitated by Bajaj Auto.

New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI): Gold prices slipped

by Rs 100 to Rs 30,525 per 10 grams at the bullion market Thursday, halting its three-session gains, due to weak global cues amid muted demand from local jewellers at prevailing levels.

Silver fell further by Rs 75 to Rs 40,650 per kg due to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

The yellow metal lost strength as dollar strengthened after upbeat US economic data bolstered the prospects of interest rate increases next month and beyond. This eroded demand for the precious metals as a safe haven.

Besides, fading demand from local jewellers and retailers at existing levels dampened sentiments, marketmen said.

Globally, gold declined 0.07 per cent to USD 1,276.70 an ounce in Singapore.

of its customers.

Aircel’s head circle also claimed that the speed of 2G and 3G services it offered were equivalent with that of 4G. “Aircel’s unlimited propositions are a big hit amongst its subscribes and live up to

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come up with robust competitive tariffs in Nagaland, which would benefit the customers”, he added.

“Customers are staying with us as they trust the service provided by Aircel”, he added.

He went on to claim that Aircel has emerged as the most affordable among the competitors in providing services (unlimited offers) to the customers as it ensured minimum expense

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Nilaj Mahalanavis (right) and zonal sales manager Khonbemo Ezung addressing media persons. (NP)

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DIMAPUR, NOV 16 (NPN): To make its presence stronger in the State, mobile service provider Aircel has announced to come up more innovative subscriber friendly plans.

The announcement came against the back drop of rumour that Aricel was winding up its service.

Addressing media persons at Hotel Lake Shilloi here on Thursday, Aircel’s circle business head of Northeast, Nilaj Mahalanavis dismissed the rumour as “baseless” and said that some section of people with “malicious intention” was spreading false propaganda.

“Aircel will be part of Nagaland and will continue to offer the customers the joy and satisfaction” he added. He also said Aircel has crossed 3.1 lakh subscribers in its 12 years of operation in the Northeast and that it remained a strong contender in providing quality service. “We are here to stay and would

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agement of Morgan Stanley and addressed a gathering of senior fund managers and key financial institutional investors.

“How do I see the economy moving? our basic parameters are quite stable.

And we grew between 7-8 per cent over the last three years,” he said.

“Therefore, we need over the next, at least, a decade, if not more, significantly higher growth rates in order to go ahead with ex-

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Arun Jaitley

pansion plan of the Indian economy,” Jaitley said.

The finance minister also assured investors of a strong banking sector in India.

“The combination of the IT scheme and now the large-scale recapitalisation we have announced should be put into motion expeditiously,” he said.

The combination of these two steps are likely to improve the capacity of the banks, and even lend their surplus, particularly to the small and medium-scale industries which need those funds in abundance because they are the ones that are the big job creators and keep the Indian economy going, he elaborated.

He also clarified the often over-stated labour issues, saying these were no longer there as the negative environment of disruption of industrial activity is long over.

Mumbai, Nov 16 (PTI): The rupee Thursday dropped by 11 paise to close at 65.32 against the US currency on fresh dollar demand from importers and banks after the US data raised prospects of rate hike by the Federal Reserve by year-end that can trigger flight of foreign capital.

Sustained capital outflows along with disappointing domestic macroeconomic indicators largely kept forex market sentiment highly volatile.

The US inflation and retail data released yesterday kept the prospect of more interest rate hikes in focus, despite tax reform uncertainty, a forex dealer commented. The negative impact of the sudden spike in oil prices on India’s balance of trade and temporary rising inflation too weighed on trade amid concerns over likely fiscal slippages.

The home currency had bounced back from one-month low against the greenback on Wednesday.

Aircel to come up with innovative tariff plans

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Singapore, Nov 16 (PTI): India’s economic slowdown has bottomed out and now it should start moving upwards after recovering from the “temporary blip” seen during the recent structural changes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Thursday.

Addressing investors at the Morgan Stanley annual conference here on ‘India: Structural Reforms and Growth Path Ahead’, Jaitley talked about the “massive” economic reforms undertaken by India.

He acknowledged that there was a “temporary blip” as a result of structural changes that were initiated by the government.

“I think the bottoming out of the economy is complete and now it should start moving upwards. The global economy is also moving up,” said Jaitly.

As part of the summit, Jaitley met the senior man-

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succeed him, between his wife Grace Mugabe and her rival, former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has split the ruling Zanu-PF party in recent months.

Last week, Mr Mugabe came down in favour of his wife, sacking Mr Mnangagwa, a veteran of Zimbabwe’s anti-colonial struggle and of Zanu-PF. That proved too much for military leaders who seized control of the country on Wednesday.

On Wednesday the office of South African President Jacob Zuma said he had spoken by phone to Mr Mugabe who had indicated “he was confined to his home but said that he was fine”.

Father Fidelis Mukonori is said to be involved in negotiations between Mr Mugabe and the military.

Mr Mugabe is insist-

Washington, Nov 16 (Agencies): Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingya Muslims in recent months, which has uprooted a halfmillion people and been condemned by the United Nations as ethnic cleansing, has been corroborated by many graphic accounts of killings, sexual violence and other atrocities.

But a report on the Rohingya released early Thursday by Human Rights Watch, which focused on sexual violence, said that the raping of women and girls appeared to be even more widespread and systematic than earlier suspected, and that uniformed members of Myanmar’s military were responsible for it, reports New York Times.

The report was based on interviews with 52 Rohingya women and girls who had fled to neighboring Bangladesh, including 29 survivors of rape from 19 different villages in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Human Rights Watch said the report’s conclusions also drew from interviews with 17 representatives of humanitarian organizations providing health services to Rohingya women and girls in Bangladesh refugee camps, as well as Bangladeshi health officials.

It found that Myanmar security forces had “raped and sexually assaulted women and girls

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Hekatoli P Chishi Gen. Secy., SSU

Kaboli V Chishi President, SSU

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The Sutemi Students' Union felicitates Mr. Khetoshe Chishi, S/o Lt. Vishito Chishi of Sutemi Village for bringing laurel to the village community by securing the post of Assistant Secretariat conducted under NPSC exam 2016-17.

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

KATHU KAMI FACILITATION The Kathu Kami convey our heartfelt congratulations to :-

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1. Er. Thangyalo Kath, S/o Hinilo Kath of Ehunnu Village, S.D.O Electrical.

2. Shri. Phachulo Kath, S/o David Kath of Sishunu Village, Assistant Election Officer.

3. Shri. Niesenmo Magh, S/o Sukha Magh of Nsünyu Village, Secretariat Assistant and 4. Shri. Yhuntilo, S/o Keshu Magh of Tesophenyu Village, Ranger Forestry, for their achievements in the NPSC interview.

We invoke the blessings of our fore-fathers and give thanks and glory to God for His blessings. We wish them success and prosperity even in future.

Shiloh Kath Secretary

OFFICE OF THE YOUTH WING

CORRIGENDUM The article published in Nagaland Post on 13 th Nov 2017, volume 339, page-2 under the title “Marepkong Ward hosts picnic in Mkg”, it should be clarified and read as 26th Aonglenden Marepkong Unit NPF Youth Wing.

Sd/Sd/Lima Jamir Bendang Lkr President General Secretary

BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH TSEMINYU TOWN P.O: Tseminyu -797109, Dist-Kohima; Nagaland

“Ask and ye will receive”

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In the matter of land dispute at Megatse, Lerie Chazou, some interested persons filed a suit in the court of Judiciary Board, Angami Region Authority (JBARA), NSCN (IM) against the land owner on the pretext of having State Government land patta.

The Judiciary Board, Angami Region Authority (JBARA) NSCN (IM) has thoroughly examined the case with all available relevant records and arrived at a decision that the Megatse land belongs to the grand fathers of Late Vilalie Selietsu of Pfuchama Village. In this matter, the land owner and members of the Megatse Welfare Union expressed gratitude to the convener Angami Region Authority (JBARA), NSCN (IM) and his members for the judgment.

This is for the information of the public and inform all concerned not to repeat such things again in the future.

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MOAYIMTI VILLAGE COUNCIL FELICITATION

FELICITATION

We the Bethel Baptist Church with immense joy and honour, convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Neisenmo Magh, s/o Mr Sükha Magh, for successfully securing the post of Secretariat Assistant in the recently declared NPSC examination 2017.

The Church further prays that the Almighty God, continue to bless him with long and healthy life in his future endeavor.

Rev. Shukhi Mesen, Pastor Rüchüyhun Tep, Church Secy.

Bethel Baptist Church Bethel Baptist Church

Press Sectary Kumar Subba Gorkha Union Dimapur

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Hq. Tseminyu, District Kohima

K Gwanilo Himb President

Chairman Reshmi Subba Gorkha Union Dimapur

We the Moayimti Village Council members extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. R. Atsüng Tzüdir S/o Mr. Maongkaba Tzüdir and Lt. Mrs. Yupangnenla Longchar on his promotion to the post of Deputy Director, Economics and Statistics Department, Government of Nagaland.

The Council wishes you the best in all your future endeavour and thanks the Almighty God and prays for His abundant blessing.

Sd/ Sd/A.BUR JAMIR IMKONG OZUKUM Secretary Chairman Moayimti Village Council Moayimti Village Council

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ZAMKUACIN NAULAK St. Paul Street Churachandpur Veng.

Manipur

Dimapur Gorkha Union and Nuton Bosti Khermahal unit held a felicitation programme at ATMA hall on 12th Nov 2017 in honor of Miss Ravinuo Lama for being conferred Miss Dimapur 1st Runners up 2017. The Union further extend gratitude to Miss. Dimapur organizer EGON.

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I would like to express my gratitude as I humbly acknowledge the meticulous effort and professional competency displayed by the NSCNIM (Under Operation Acceleration Dimapur Town Command) in the swift recovery of my stolen vehicle Mahindra TUV-300, MN06L-8229 from Dimapur on 12/11/2017.

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of the rapes reported to Human Rights Watch were gang rapes, involving two or more perpetrators,” the report said. “In eight cases women and girls reported being raped by five or more soldiers. They described being raped in their homes and while fleeing burning villages.”

Nisha Varia, advocacy director of Human Rights Watch’s women’s rights division, said the report showed “the patterns that we were able to uncover that provide a much fuller sense of how these attacks were carried out.”

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With much pride and honor, we the Chingmelen Bukmüt Thangjam, Tuensang Town and Chingmelen Students Union, Tuensang Town express our appreciation and congratulation to Mr. Y.Langakhum Chang, S/o Mr. and Mrs. S.Yanchumong for being appointed as Secretariat Assistant (SA) in the recently declared NPSC Examination.

We further wish him many more success in all his endeavours with prayer.

Peter Hanso President, CSUTT

MISS SUMI 2017

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The Yimchungru Union Tuensang Town (YUTT) would like to extend and applaud the efforts and achievement in the recently declared NPSC allied service and broaden our heartiest congratulations for bringing pride to our society and felicitates the following names : 1. TOKING YIMCHUNGER, (Extra Assistant Commissioner) Class-1 Gazette Junior Grade, under Personnel and Administrative Reforms.

2. TSUSOLA. T. YIMCHUNGER (Secretariat Assistant) Class-111 under Personnel and Administrative Reforms.

3. L. JOHN YIMCHUNGER (J.D.A) under Treasuries Accounts Department The Union further wishes all the success in their future endeavors.

(L. KIUTHSANG) (R. ACHIM. NAGA) President, YUTT. Speaker, YUTT.

TAMLU BUHU STAFF UNION

Organized by SUMI TOTIMI HOHO November 13, 2017 In continuation to the press acknowledgement in Nagaland Post on November 16, the Sumi Totimi Hoho would also like to extend our profound gratitude to: 1. Mrs. Khezheli Khekiho & sons for giving us the complete building for a week to be used as a camp for the Miss Sumi contestants and the officials.

2. Dr. Nitovi Shikhu, Dr. Hutton Sumi, Rev. Mulato Chishi and Ms. Khetoholi Sumi for being resource persons.

3. Mrs. Niholi Shohe, Mrs. Vikali Jimomi, Ms. Tovini, Mrs. Kiyeshi, and Mrs. Tokheni Achumi for leading the payer meetings.

Sd/- Khegholi Chophi Sd/- Viholi Jimomi President General Secretary

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NTULUN UNION JALUKIE VALLEY

FELICITATES The Ntulun Union Jalukie Valley extend our heartfelt congratulations to the following individuals for successfully securing the post of EAC in the recent declared NPSC Exam 2017.

1. Miss. Khiuzanliu Kaurinta, D/o. Asolie Kaurinta 2. Mr. Sizinbo Renta, S/o Namthiubo Renta The Union further wishes great success in your future endeavours.

Lunglubuibo Pamay Gen. Secretary, Ntulun Union Jalukie Valley

Mr. Hentung Phom Mr. Mopling M Phom We the Tamlu Buhu Staff Union with immense pride and honour extend our heartiest congratulations to the following persons for successfully clearing the recently declared NPSC exam.

1. Mr. Hentung Phom, S/o Lt.Mongakh for securing the post of J.E (Civil) Cl-II Gazette under Works and Housing Department.

2. Mr Mopling M Phom, S/o Mr Mongjang Phom for securing the post of Research Assistant (Cl-III) under the Department of Art and Culture.

Further, the Union wishes both of them good health and a successful future endeavour.

(S. Thetong Phom) (H. Yanlong) President General Secretary Tamlu Buhu Staff Union Tamlu Buhu Staff Union

Akhiubo Kaurinta President, Ntulun Union Jalukie Valley

POCHURY BAPTIST CHURCH CHUMUKEDIMA Fellowship with in-laws programme Date : 19th November 2017

Time : 10:00 AM

Chairperson : Mrs. Lemasa, W/Pastor, PBCC Speaker : Rev. Hopejoy M. Sharu, Pastor, PBCC Programme sequence 1. Invocation 2. Opening hymn 3. Offertory Prayer 4. Special song 5. Exchange Blessing Prayer 6. Exhortation

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other holding a crystal orb.

First commissioned by Louis XII of France, the 26-inch-tall by 18-inch-wide oil painting was later owned by England’s Charles I. But the artwork had been presumed lost since the late 18th century.

When “Salvator Mundi” reappeared at auction in 1958, it was dismissed as a copy and sold for 45 pounds ($59).

Acquired by a group of art dealers for less than $10,000 in 2005, the painting -which was in poor condition and had been heavily overpainted -- was painstakingly restored and subsequently authenticated.

Before the auction, the artwork was owned by Russian billionaire collector Dmitry E. Rybolovlev, who is reported to have bought it for $127.5 million in 2013.

According to critics, the painting has had major cosmetic surgery. Its walnut panel base has been described as “wormtunnelled” and at some point it seems to have been split in half -- and efforts to restore it resulted in abrasions.

both during major attacks on villages but also in the weeks prior to these major attacks sometimes after repeated harassment.”

In every case, the report said, “the perpetrators were uniformed members of security forces, almost all military personnel.”

While Human Rights Watch did not estimate the number of rapes, it said that dozens and “sometimes hundreds of cases” had been reported by aid groups working with refugees in the camps, and that they “likely only represent a proportion” of the total. “All but one

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New York, Nov 16 (IANS): Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” has become the most expensive artwork to ever sell at an auction, going for $450.3 million at Christie’s in New York.

Dating back to around 1500, the rare painting is one of some 16 known surviving paintings, including the “Mona Lisa”, by da Vinci, the master of the Italian Renaissance.

The others are scattered throughout the world’s museums. Original estimates had predicted bids of over $100 million for the piece. The identity of the winning bidder was not known, CNN reported.

The new record was set after approximately 20 minutes of telephone bidding, far surpassing the previous auction record held

by Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger,” which sold for $179.4 million in 2015.

“Salvator Mundi” attracted crowds of visitors during pre-auction viewings in London, Hong Kong and San Francisco. It depicts Jesus Christ in Renaissance clothing, one hand raised in blessing and the

Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh in September, after fleeing Myanmar. Human Rights Watch, which interviewed Rohingya women and girls in refugee camps, said almost all of the rapes they reported were gang rapes.

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L o n d o n, N ov 1 6 (Agencies): Zimbabweans are waiting to see what steps the military will take next after seizing control of the country.

President Rober t Mugabe is under house arrest. A Roman Catholic priest known to him for years is trying to mediate a deal on his future with the military.

South African ministers have been in the capital Harare meeting the army and political parties. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc is to hold emergency talks shortly.

President Mugabe, 93, has been in control of Zimbabwe since it threw off white minority rule in 1980.

However, the power struggle over who might

Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius, thanks to the cool and faint nature of its small red dwarf host star, which has just over half the surface temperature of the Sun, the researchers said.

The discovery was made by a team working with European Southern Observatory, or ESO’s High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.

“This discovery is based on more than a decade of HARPS intensive monitoring together with state-of-the-art data reduction and analysis techniques,” explained study co-author Nicola Astudillo-Defru from Geneva Observatory - University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Although it is currently 11 light-years from Earth, Ross 128 is moving towards us and is expected to become our nearest stellar neighbour in just 79 000 years -- a blink of the eye in cosmic terms.

Ross 128 b will by then take the crown from Proxima b and become the closest exoplanet to Earth, the reseachers said.

Red dwarfs are some of the coolest, faintest -and most common -- stars in the Universe.

This makes them very good targets in the search for exoplanets and so they are increasingly being studied.

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A military tank is seen with armed soldiers outside President Robert Mugabe’s office in Harare, Wednesday. (AP/ PTI)

ing he remains Zimbabwe’s legitimate ruler and should serve out his term, and is resisting Father Mukonori’s efforts to secure him a graceful exit, Reuters news agency reports.

Zanu-PF’s UK representative, Nick Mangwana, has suggested to the BBC that Mr Mugabe could remain nominally in power until the party congress in December, when Mr Mnangagwa would be formally installed as party and national leader.

Grace Mugabe’s whereabouts are unclear. Namibian officials have denied reports she is there.

Reports suggest that the military are now trying to quash the threat posed by Mrs Mugabe and her allies.

On Wednesday, one of her key allies, Zanu-PF youth wing leader Kudzai Chipanga, made a televised apology for criticising the head of the army as a war of words raged prior to the military takeover.

Reports suggest that the military are now trying to quash the threat posed by Mrs Mugabe and her allies.

On Wednesday, one of her key allies, Zanu-PF youth wing leader Kudzai Chipanga, made a televised apology for criticising the head of the army as a war of words raged prior to the military takeover.

L o n d o n, N ov 1 6 (IANS): Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet outside our solar system which is expected to be temperate and could be a “comfortable abode for possible life”.

This Earth-sized world, named Ross 128 b, is likely to have a surface temperature that may also be close to that of the Earth, according to a paper presented in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

The low-mass exoplanet orbits the red dwarf star Ross 128 every 9.9 days. The star is currently located at a distance of 11 light-years from Earth.

Many red dwarf stars, including Proxima Centauri, are subject to flares that occasionally bathe their orbiting planets in deadly ultraviolet and Xray radiation.

However, it seems that Ross 128 is a much quieter star, and so its planets may be the closest known comfortable abode for possible life, the study said.

The team found that Ross 128 b orbits 20 times closer than the Earth orbits the Sun. Despite this proximity, Ross 128 b receives only 1.38 times more irradiation than the Earth.

As a result, Ross 128 b’s equilibrium temperature is estimated to lie between minus 60 degrees

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: Mass : No.110 : Mr. Yitsütu Thurr, H/Deacon : B.Y.E. : : Mr. Yitachu Sharu, Hon’ MLA : Pochury Sisters

7. Special song 8. A word on behalf of Sisters : Mrs. Thüsi Joy Ao, Dy. Comdt 1st NAP 9. Scripture reading : Mr. Kahachu Pfithu, Y/Director 10. Message : Topic: “ Christian Family” - Genesis 18:19 12. Benediction : Mass

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Programme Committee Pochury Baptist Church Chumukedima

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Open air concert organized

by ZTPJ committee

Jethro Tull announces 50th anniversary tour codpiece!

Jethro Tull are one of the biggest selling Progressive Rock artists of all time, and the group’s immense and diverse catalogue of work encompasses folk, blues, classical and heavy

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TPJ committe organised an open air concert on November 14 at local ground Zunheboto. Asheto Kibami con-

venor music committee delivered the key note address.

Various artistes from outside Nagaland and more than 15 local artistes performed at

the show. The programme was attended by nearly 5000 crowds which was first of its kind in Zunheboto town.

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t was on the 2nd of February 1968 at the worldfamous Marquee Club in Wardour Street that Jethro Tull first performed under that name. The group would go on to become one of the most successful and enduring bands of their era, selling over 60 million albums worldwide and entering the cultural collective consciousness along the way.

To celebrate this golden

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ust For Laugh – II, a sequel to 2015 Nagamese movie ‘Just For Laugh’ produced and directed by Akash Atae Konyak under the banner of Shiyeli Richard Production has reached the market for distribution.

The 60 minutes comedy film features ten actors from Dimapur and is the 8th movie as a director for Konyak who had previously directed and starred in movies like ‘Journalist’, ‘Destiny’ and ‘Load’.

Shot in Dimapur over a period of three months, the movie was previously released at a humble gath-

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The Nunumi Union Dimapur would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Aghali Swu, D/o Hutoi Swu & Khetoli for winning the prestigious title ”Miss Sumi 2017” and for bringing laurels to the village.

The Union wishes and prays that as she scale for new heights, may she has a bright and successful future.

ering of friends and family The movie is now at Bookmarc but couldn’t available in all the leadbe made available for dis- ing stores and priced at tribution until now.

Rs. 150.

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Secretary Ahoto Swu

INVITATION

The A.G Church Chukitong have the pleasure to invite all in-laws, donors, well-wishers, church leaders, sons and daughters near and aboard, friends and neighbours to the dedication of our New Church Building on the 2nd Dec. 2017 at 3:00 PM. Your presence will be immensely bless.

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anniversary, Ian Anderson will present 50 years of Jethro Tull in summertime U.S. concerts, as part of the worldwide touring schedule.

The debut album, This Was, was released later that same year. Founder, frontman and flautist, Ian Anderson, is rightly credited with introducing the flute to rock as a front line instrument, not to mention the

Perennial Montessori School, Etsutchukha Colony, Wokha organized Parents & Students get-together to celebrate Children’s Day on 14th November 2017. The Parents turned up to show their unconditional love and support by spending quality time with the children.

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President Kaikhu Zhimomi

Benefit,Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Too Old To Rock And Roll: Too Young To Die, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses, Crest Of A Knave and even a touch of TAAB2 from 2012.

(Glide magazine)

Nagamese movie Just For Laugh – II in stores now

Neil Young to unveil free online music archive on December

eil Young has big plans for December 1st. In addition to releasing his new album, The Visitor, the classic rocker has now revealed plans to open up a full archive of his music. Better yet, it will initially be available for free.

In a recent Facebook post, Young stated, “[The archive is] a place you can visit and experience every song I have ever released in the highest quality your machine will allow. It’s the way it’s supposed to be. In the beginning, everything is free.”

A lengthy note on Neil Young Archives goes into further detail about the endeavor, explaining that it uses Xstream Music high resolution streaming by OraStream. The format purportedly “adapts seamlessly” to available bandwidth in order to deliver “the best audio quality possible, directly from the original high resolution masters.”

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rock stylings. The anniversary concerts will feature a broad mix of material, some of it focussing on the earlier formative period through to the “heavy hitters” of the Tull catalogue from the albums This Was, Stand Up,

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I Little spring school kids and a young local artiste from Zunheboto town performing live on stage at platinum night open air concert.

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Peru complete World Cup finals lineup His two-and-a-half years in charge started inconsistently and some were quick to call for his dismissal. “It was a complicated start,” Gareca admitted. “You always need a bit of luck. I am a person who believes in luck, although I believe in work above all.”

He led Peru to the semi-finals of the 2015 Copa America but they struggled in the early World Cup qualifiers, winning just

Lima, Nov 16 (Agencies): Peru became the last side to clinch their place at next year’s World Cup finals as goals from Jefferson Farfan and Christian Ramos gave them a 2-0 win over New Zealand in the second leg of their intercontinental play-off.

The teams played out a 0-0 draw in the first leg in Wellington on Saturday but Peru got their noses in front on 27 minutes when Farfan hammered home

a fierce rising shot from just inside the penalty area to complete a sweeping counter-attack.

New Zealand brought on Chris Wood at half-time in search of a vital away goal and a series of long balls to the towering Burnley striker managed to put Peru on the back foot in the early stages of the second period.

H oweve r, t h e K i wis could not make their temporary control of the

Zlatan to return in 2017: Mourinho

Classic Cup: St. Joseph’s College enter semi-finals

one of their first six fixtures.

However, they were given a huge boost in September last year when in their seventh match, Bolivia fielded an illegal player and the 2-0 defeat was overturned into a 3-0 victory by a sporting tribunal.

The South Americans are 10th in the latest Fifa rankings and will go into the second group of seeds when the draw is made in Moscow on 1 December.

2018 World Cup teams UEFA (Europe) Australia CAF (Africa) Russia (hosts) Nigeria Belgium Egypt Germany Senegal England Morocco Spain Tunisia Poland CONCACAF (North/ Iceland Central America and Serbia Caribbean) Portugal Mexico France Costa Rica Switzerland Panama Croatia CONMEBOL (South Sweden America) Denmark Brazil AFC (Asia) Uruguay Iran Argentina Japan Colombia South Korea Peru Saudi Arabia

Peru players celebrate after securing their place at the World Cup finals.

Manchester, Nov 16 (IANS): Manchester United chief coach Jose Mourinho said on Thursday Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be back in the side later this year after undergoing a ‘magnificent recovery.’

The 35-year-old, who suffered knee ligament damage in April, re-signed for Manchester United earlier this season.

“He is a lion, he is a fighter, I think that is a good description of him, he has the anger all the time and that’s the reason why he’s almost coming back,” Sky Sports quoted the Portugese tactician as saying.

“As we expect, he’s reduced the timing of his recovering and, as we were saying a few weeks ago, he will be back in 2017, which is a magnificent recovery,” Mourinho added.

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contest count and Ramos doubled Peru’s lead after 64 minutes when he seized on a loose ball from a corner kick and lashed it into the roof of the net from close range.

After coaching a slew of South American clubs, Gareca was hired as Peru manager in 2015 with the express task of taking a national side that contained plenty of talent but few big names back to the finals for the first time since 1982.

AR organises friendly cricket match at Jalukie

Spanish Football League to have VAR technology Madrid, Nov 16 (IANS): The Spanish Liga Santander will have a system of video assisted refereeing (VAR) in operation in two years’ time. Sanchez Arminio, the President of the Referees Technical Committee at the Spanish Football Federation, said the VAR system will be used in the league at the start of the 2019-20 season.

VAR is already used in some European competitions such as the German Bundesliga, Italy’s Serie A and in Portugal. The English Premier League uses a system of goal line technology.

The Spanish move should bring Spain up to date with other major leagues.

Before being put into full use, the system will be tried in some games in the King’s Cup knockout competition, while it could also be used in league matches during this and the coming season, although in an ‘offline’ mode, allowing those behind the TV screens to perfect their working methods ahead of the 2019-20 campaign.

Loving husband, children, in-laws, grandchildren and great grandchildren

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cherish your memories of love and joy you brought us are always there to comfort and to guide us.

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The Nagaland Homeopathic Association Tuensang branch is deeply saddened and grieved at the sudden demise of our President Dr. C Thridongse Sangtam. He was also the Founding Advisor of the Association and the President of the Nagaland Homeopathic Association Tuensang branch since 1993.

In his sudden demise, we have lost a great personality, and a great leader. In this period of sadness and grief we pray that our God Almighty will give strength and solace to the family. May the departed leader's soul rest in peace.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Born: 01-06-1943 – Died: 09-11-2017 Through this column, we, the family members of Lt. THECHAMO MURRY, would like to express our sincere thanks to all the individuals, cousins, neighbours, friends and well-wishers who stood by us in prayers, physically, materially and financially during the prolonged illness till our sad loss of our beloved father.

We also like to convey our special thanks to:1. Dr. Brian Shünyü, NEIGHRIMS Shillong 2. Dr. Keduovinuo, Putuonuo Nursing Home, Kohima 3. Dr. Sankar, Eden Hospital, Dimapur 4. Kohima Lotha Baptist Church 5. Town Area Yankho Ekhum 6. Soul Harvest for Christ Ministries, Daklane 7. Soul Harvest youth Department 8. Mrs & Mr. Er. Kevisekho Kruse 9. Mr. Asu Keyho (Ex MLA) 10. Kohima Okotsoe Khumshum 11. Kohima Okotsoe Women Prayer Fellowship 12. Daklane Panchayat 13. Daklane Youth Social Organization (DYSO) 14. Daklane Women Organisation 15. NPF Daklane Unit, Kohima 16. Sumi Community, Daklane 17. Rengma Fellowship, Daklane 18. Dimapur Okotsoe Ekhung 19. Vidima Village Council 20. Vidima Youth 21. A-Khel, Vidima Village 22. Proprietor, Jihova Jireh School, Vidima 23. Relatives from Okotsoe Village, L.Khel, T.Khel (Kohima Village) Lishemi Village, Sechüma Village and Sechü-Zubza As it would be impossible for us to thank everyone individually, but may our good Lord bless everyone of you abundantly.

In appreciation and deepest gratitude, Mrs T.Kelaze-ü Murry, son, daughter, In-laws and grandchildren.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Lord is my portion, says my soul.

Therefore I hope in him.

Lamentations 3:24

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Sept. 1928 – Nov.-2- 2017 We the bereaved family members of Late Mr. Longrimeta Pongen (Dibuia) would like to express our profound gratitude and thanks to one and all for your unbound love, care and support in different ways during the brief illness and at the demise of our beloved father on 2nd Nov. 2017 at Zion Hospital Dimapur. We specially would like to acknowledge the following persons and organizations.

1. Management, Doctors, nurses and staff of Zion Hospital Dimapur 2. Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo 3. Discipleship Bible College Dimapur 4. D.B.C faculty and staff, Dimapur.

5. NStCB officers and staff.

6. Finance and Account Sect. N. U. Lumami.

7. Aoer Telongjem SCERT Kohima.

8. Libaim Sector Telongjem Lengrijan.

9. Dibuia Baptist Arogo.

10. Dibuia Baptist Arogotsur 11. Dimapur Dibuia Senso Telongjem 12. Dimapur Dibuia Fellowship.

13. Dimapur Dibuia Pongen Kidong Telongjem 14. Dibuia Pongen Elangtsur.

We apologize for our inability to mention all individuals, but we pray that the Almighty God bless you all for your generosity and love towards us.

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Loving Wife, children and grandchildren.

From All the members of Nagaland Homeopathic Association Tuensang Branch

We, the bereaved family of Lt.Viyiho Yeptho would like to convey our sincere gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to every individual, friends, neighbours and well-wishers for your fervent prayers, kind help and support extended to us in every possible way during our moment of sorrow and grief.

For all the love and kindness showered upon our family. Words can never suffice to acknowledge your precious deeds but it is our prayer that the Almighty God bless each and everyone of you abundantly.

Loving wife, children and grandchildren

Longrimeta Pongen (Dibuia)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We convey our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us, morally, physically, materially, financially and through prayer during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved mother Lt. Mrs. Nyiamshom Phom.

Born : 1942 We regret our inability Died : 09/11/2017 to thank each one of you individually, but pray that our Almighty God bless you all richly.

D i m a p u r , N ov 1 6 (NPN): 36 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters IGAR (N) organised a friendly cricket match between the teams fielded by youths of Jalukie village and troops of Assam Rifles at Jalukie on November 10.

The aim of the event was to foster the spirit of sportsmanship and bring out the The match between Foster’s FC (white) and St. Joseph’s budding talent amongst the college Jakhama on Thursday. (NP) youth. The event was atCorrespondent tempt went wide in the next tended by youths and locals minute. The deadlock was of the village.

DP-11960 K o h i m a , N o v 1 6 finally broken by Tamthing (NPN): St. Joseph’s Col- in the 55th minutes. He also st lege Jakhama beat Foster’s scored the second goal in FC 2-0 to enter the semi- the 77th minutes to seal the finals of 23rd Classic Cup match 2-0. on Thursday.

Akiho, Menovise and Lt. S. Ghokito Zhimo In the last quarterfinal Tamthing were booked for G.B Ghokito Village match, both teams failed unsporting behaviour. to score in the first half.

St. Joseph’s College A year has been passed, However, after the lemon will take on New Market break, St. Joseph’s College XI in the semi-final match since you left us on this day. boys dominated the game on November 18.

You are remembered in our and made some serious Today’s match attempts. Peleviko (7) shot 1st semi-final: 2:00 pm hearts with silent tears. from a distance was saved by Barak FC Vs Kohima We fondly remember and the keeper and Sedze (3) atEagle’s SC

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

D.O.B : 23rd March 1930 – Died : 9th November 2017

We the family members of Lt. Nopangnaro (Mopungchuket) would like to extend our sincere appreciation and gratitude to all individuals, family members, unions, organisations, friends, well wishers, doctors and nurses of Zion Hospital Dimapur, for their prayer and help during the illness and at the demise of our beloved mother.

We are unable to thank you all personally but it is our prayer that the Lord will abundantly bless you.

Born in : 1930 Died on 13th November 2017

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Loving Sons, daughters, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Born on 12.02.1976 – Left for her heavenly abode on 13.11.2017 “The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 “God be with you till we meet again” We the family members of Late Miss NGULITO L. CHISHI SWU would like to express our sincere gratitude to each and everyone who stood by us physically, morally, materially, spiritually and financially throughout her illness.

We convey our special thanks to the following : 1. Dimapur Sumi Baptist Akukuhou 2. Ao Baptist Arogo Dimapur 3. Angami Baptist Church Dimapur 4. Phom Baptist Church Dimapur 5. Sangtam Baptist Church Purana Bazaar 6. Chakhesang Baptist Church Dimapur 7. Sumi Baptist Church Purana Bazaar 8. Hindi Baptist Church Dimapur 9. Thahekhu Baptist Church 10. Rengma Baptist Church Dimapur 11. Tangkhul Baptist Church Dimapur 12. Doshihe Baptist Church 13. United Baptist Church Bamanpukhri 14. Rongmei Baptist Church Dimapur 15. Assembly of God Church Dimapur 16. Ghoshito Baptist Church 17. Bethel Prayer Centre 18. City Prayer Centre 19. Doctors, nurses & staff of NIKOS HOSPITAL DIMAPUR 20. Chishilimi Welfare Dimapur 21. Chishilimi Kiphimi kuqhakulu 22. Town Area Fellowship DSBA 23. Christian Higher Secondary School Dimapur 24. GMS Vishiyi 25. PWD Youth Fellowship 26. SST (Town area) 27. Friends and well wishers We deeply regret for not being able to mention and thank you all individually but it is our humble prayer that our almighty heavenly Father will shower His blessings upon each one of you.

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Lakmal reduces India to 17/3 on Day 1

Sri Lankan bowler Suranga Lakmal celebrates with teammates after dismissing Indian batsman K L Rahul on the first delivery of the 1st cricket test match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. (PTI)

Ko l k ata , N ov 1 6 (IANS): Pacer Suranga Lakmal took three wickets to shave off India’s top order and reduce them to 17/3 at stumps on a heavily rain-truncated opening day of the first cricket Test at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday.

Play was stopped for three and a half hours after light drizzle, coupled with wet outfield, forced covers to remain on the field throughout the morning.

After a delayed toss, the proceedings had to be halted thrice due to bad light.

Of the 11.5 overs bowled over 60 minutes of play that was possible, the tourists had the hosts on the mat from the word go. At stumps, which was called early due to bad light, India were reeling at 17/3.

Lakmal (3/0) accounted for opener Lokesh Rahul (0) on the very first delivery, also taking the wickets of Shikhar Dhawan (8 off 11; 1x4) and captain Virat Kohli (0 off 11) in a spell of devastating swing bowling courtesy the seam-friendly wicket.

Rahul’s golden duck

ended his streak of seven consecutive Test 50s. A seaming delivery squared on the Karnataka righthander inside the crease, forcing Rahul to edge the delivery which had extra bounce away from his body to wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella.

At the other end, Dhawan dragged the ball onto his stumps the only time he was brought onto his front foot by Lakmal.

Pujara got his first runs after 21 balls, pushing at a delivery short of good length which went for a

Nagaland Police sports meet begins

Participants taking part in the 100 metre race on the first day of Nagaland Police Dutycum-Sports and Athletic Meet at NAPTC stadium, Chumukedima.

Staff reporter

Dimapur, Nov 16 (NPN): The XXXVII Nagaland Police Duty-cumSports and Athletic Meet got underway Thursday at NAPTC Stadium, Chumukedima with minister of National Highways and Political Affairs, G. Kaito Aye as the chief guest.

Addressing the contin-

gents, the chief guest urged the participants to take the meet to foster friendship.

He also encouraged the sportspersons to maintain spirit of excellence. Not all can become winners, however if a player maintain true sportsmen spirit then he is already a winner, the chief guest added.

The events of the meet include football, volleyball,

kabaddi, boxing, 100 mtrs race, 200 mtrs race, 400 mtrs race, 5000 mtrs race, 10,000 mtrs race, relay race, high jump, long jump, shot put, discus throw and javelin throw.

There will also be badminton and lawn tennis for officers.

Altogether, 30 units are participating in the meet.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur friday, november 17, 2017

SGSA emergency meeting: Sumi Games and Sports Association (SGSA) has convened an emergency meeting

on November 17 at 3 p.m. at the residence of its vice president Akihito Zhimomi at Shokhuvi village. All office bearers have been asked to attend the meeting.

four towards the third man boundary.

The conditions were tough to bat even for the inform and technically sound Saurashtra batsman. He was searching for the ball which nipped back off the deck rather late.

At tea, India were 17/2 with Pujara (8) and Kohli (0) at the crease after only 43 minutes of play.

In the final session, Pujara, who came into the Test scoring a double ton against Jharkhand and 182 versus Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy, was the only batsman who looked to be settling down on a wicket which had a lot of zip.

To a Lahiru Gamage half-volley, Pujara played a classy drive past mid-off before the right-arm fast bowler got back with a gem of a delivery in the next ball that moved in at the batsman.

However, he witnessed his captain Kohli depart after an 11-ball stay, falling plumb to a superb Lakmal delivery which held its line as Kohli played for the outswing.

Brief Scores: India 17/3 (Cheteshwar Pujara 8*, Suranga Lakmal 3/0) vs Sri Lanka

Offroad Maestro 2017 from Nov 23 D i m a p u r , N ov 1 6 (NPN): The 4th edition of Offroad Maestro 2017, organised by Association of Offroaders Nagaland (AON), will be held at Shalom Resort, Hepuluzam-Gaili from November 23-25. Documentation and scrutiny will be held between 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon on November 23.

This year, the competition will be a notch tougher with competitors having to recover themselves through the obstacles using self recovery equipments like winch, informed the organiser in a press release.

Competitors from all over northeast are expected to fight it out for the top honour.

Supplementary regulations for the event can b e d ow n l o a d e d f r o m https://www.facebook. com/offroad.maestro or contact Yanren Jamio at 9862137097.

Sindhu enters China Open quarterfinals Shanghai, Nov 16 (Agencies): Second seed PV Sindhu, the last Indian shuttler at the China Open Super Series Premier, has progressed into the quarterfinals with a 21-15, 21-13 victory over Chinese teenager Han Yue in Shanghai on Thursday. Olympic silver medallist Sindhu will clash with another Chinese qualifier Gao Fangjie for a place in the semifinals on Friday.

In the first meeting between the two opponents, World No 2 Sindhu edged ahead of the 17-year-old as the opening game progressed. Initially it appeared like a close contest was on the cards, after Han, ranked 105 in women’s singles, matched Sindhu to 5-6, but the experienced pro eased ahead. Sindhu dropped just five points while moving from 12-10 to 21-15 in the game one.

The second game saw Sindhu speed ahead 6-0 and extend her lead to 11-3 by the break. Han fought back to make 9-12 as Sindhu faltered somewhat, but the Indian took five consecutive points off her to put the result out of doubt, before closing out the game in a flurry.

Saina, Prannoy bow out

Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and H.S. Prannoy bowed out of the World Superseries Premier going down to their respective opponents here on Thursday.

In a match which lasted 37 minutes, Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi defeated Saina in straight games 2118, 21-11 to advance in the women’s singles category while Lee Cheuk Yiu overpowered Prannoy 21-19, 21-17 in 42 minutes in the men’s singles category. In the first match, Saina played to her potential but towards the end, the Hyderabadi shuttler lost the momentum as also the issue.

In the second game it was all about the Japanese shuttler. Saina seemed struggling and as a result Yamaguchi wrapped up the issue comnfortably.

In the men’s singles match, Prannoy failed to live up to his reputation and surrendered the match in straight games. Prannoy, however, tried to bounce back but the Hong Kong based shuttler proved superior and edged past the Indian player.

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