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Vol XXVII No. 345
India’s Manushi Chhillar crowned Miss World 2017
Manushi Chhillar
SANYA, NOV 18 (AGENCIES): India’s Manushi Chhillar won the Miss World beauty pageant for the year 2017. The win comes 17 years after Priyanka Chopra brought home the coveted title in the year 2000. Chillar competed against 108 contestants from various countries at a glittering event held at Sanya City Arena here. Stephanie Hill, who is Miss England was the first runner up and Miss Mexico Andrea Meza was second runner up. Ms. Chhillar, a 20-yearold from Haryana, studied in St. Thomas School in New Delhi and Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women in Sonepat. After reaching the top five Ms Chhillar was asked during the Question and Answer round, which profession she thought deserved the highest salary and why. Replying to the question, Ms Chhillar said it was not a question about a person’s salary and that a mother was worthy of the highest respect. “I think a mother is of highest respect. I don’t think its just about cash but love and respect she gives to someone. She is the biggest inspiration in my life. Mother should get highest respect.”
KPU temporarily calls off indefinite agitation
D I M A P U R , N OV 1 8 (NPN): Consequent upon the decision of the state government to constitute a four-member committee to look into the RD Block Chunlikha imbroglio and the appeal made by the state government, the Kandi Public Union (KPU) has decided to temporarily suspend its indefinite agitation. Informing this in a statement, KPU press and media cell said the decision to this effect was made during its emergency meeting held on November 18. This was also done keeping in mind the upcoming festive season, KPU stated. The union said it was hopeful that the wise decision of the committee report would benefit the community at large.
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“It’s not that we’re afraid of him. Rather we’re irritated when he includes us in his foolish talks.” K Y M C
DIMAPUR, sunday, november 19, 2017 Pages 12 ` 4.00
‘Disconnect between Pak Army HQ, troops’
NUFC start ISL campaign with draw
‘Economy is not out of wood despite rating upgrade’
national, Page 5
sports, Page 12
business, Page 8
CM intones ‘solution not election’
Staff Reporter
D I M A P U R , N OV 1 8 (NPN): Echoing the rhetoric by some state legislators, Nagaland chief minister, T.R. Zeliang has called for consensus among all sections to defer the Assembly polls scheduled next year, in the interest of solving the decades-old vexed Naga political issue. Zeliang said this while speaking as chief guest at the official inauguration programme of St Joseph University at Ikishe village here on Saturday where he exhorted civil society groups to come together to seek a solution first to the Naga political issue, before going for the elections. Zeliang’s thinking was that if the Naga political issue was not resolved in time and took another two or three years and during which elections take place, then people’s attention would be concentrated more on the elections than seeking a resolution to the issue. He also informed the gathering that at the DAN meeting called by NLA speaker, Dr Imtiwapang Aier on Friday, legislators deliberated on the solution
T.R. Zeliang inaugurating the university’s main building. (NP)
to Naga political problem and agreed that Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) should take the lead of Christian forums that include all denominations in search for a solution. He also declared that if the Naga people, including civil society groups, Churches and Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs), desire “one solution”, then he, as head of the government, and his cabinet were ready to relinquish their positions and carry the mission for seeking the solution forward. He maintained that solution was not only for one person or the Nagas of this generation, but in the interest of lasting peace
for the future generations to come. Sustaining nine NNPGs in a State and expecting to move forward was a huge challenge and the matter needed to be looked into by everyone, he added. Citing the problem of unemployment, Zeliang said although there were many educated and qualified youth, they found it very difficult to get jobs as large corporates refrained from coming to Nagaland primarily due to multiple taxation. Zeliang said that although the State government and Naga society do not condone paying taxes to NNPGs openly, there were
some people who indulged in such a practice secretly. “Revolutionary movements will not be able to survive without the general population paying such taxes, which are illegal. This tradition has become an open secret,” he added. He also called upon the Nagas to pray for an early solution and that all the NNPGs should come together and accept a single solution that would enable the future generation to move forward, instead of being bogged down by multiple taxations. Lamenting about the prolonged duration of the Indo-Naga conflict that had spanned over seven decades, he said it was a sign of lack of unity among the Nagas. He, however, added that now since all the NNPGs had come together, Naga civil societies and church organisations too should join hands and support the quest for a peaceful solution. On education, the chief minister lamented that Nagaland still lacked quality in higher education which was evident from the fact that every year thousands of Naga youth left the State (Cont’d on p-7)
Govt alone cannot bring NPF (TR-NR) spurn the change, says TR Zeliang Shürho’s olive branch DIMAPUR, NOV 18 (NPN): State chief minister, T.R. Zeliang on Saturday reminded all that “change has to come from everyone. Government alone cannot do.” He said this during the prayer day conducted with the legislators, NBCC and various prayer groups at the state banquet hall, CMO media cell stated. The service was led by, state chaplain, Rev. Kuzeirang Thou to seek God’s guidance and for permanent peace in the state. In his time of sharing, the chief minister appealed to the large gathering to pray for Nagaland as the state was beset with a lot of problems and need of great change. Zeliang also stressed that to eradicate the vices of deep rooted corruption the government would need support from all the people. He also said that everyone talks about corruptionfree state and clean election but felt that nobody seemed seri-
ous in reality. He said change must come from everyone and not the government alone. The chief minister believed that like Mizoram, Nagaland also can have clean elections if there is a “code of conduct” agreed upon by all politicians. On the Naga political issue, TR Zeliang said that, all Nagas pray for political solution but don’t come out with a concrete resolution. He felt that everyone talks about peace in the state but nobody seemed to be seriously working for peace. He personally believed that there should be a starting point, that too from the top. Lastly, Zeliang also suggested that the NBCC play its crucial role to invite the tribal hohos and NNPGs to come together to resolve the Naga political issue. He therefore called upon all to come together for solution, saying “this is a God-given opportunity. Let us not miss it.”
DIMAPUR, NOV 18 (NPN): Taking a dig at the ‘olive branch’ offered by NPF (Shürho), rival NPF (TR-NR) has termed it as “absurd, shallow and without any logic” and Dr. Shürhozelie’s statement as “savagery words” that were unbecoming of such a senior citizen. Stating this, NPF press & information cell reminded Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsü that he was hardly surviving in his position as the leader of a minority group. It instead asked NPF (Shürho) to join hands with the majority NPF “if they want to save and uphold the NPF party”. NPF P&IC also claimed that since their group has vast majority of CEC and also absolute majority of MLAs under the leadership of Rio-Zeliang, there was no question of “majority falling prostrate before the minority” in the present NPF party symbol dispute in the EC. P&IC also said they left the splinter group due to “unconstitutional and dictatorial functioning style of Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu” and not any confusion created by others. P&IC reminded that majority always prevails in electoral politics. It also said minority should not muzzle the voices of majority under the plea of “arrogantly inviting us to join them by even labelling us as wrong doers”. P&I Cell said it interpreted the olive branch extended by Dr. Shürhozelie as being “laced with phrases such as ‘come to me, join me’ as being neither sincere nor democratic but an autocratic gesture to grind us.”
Manipur CSOs reaffirm opposition to tinkering with territorial integrity Correspondent
IMPHAL, NOV 18: Manipur based civil society organizations (CSOs) on Saturday reaffirmed to oppose any kind of agreement between Government of India and the NSCN (I-M) that could tinker with Manipur’s territorial integrity. This reaffirmation was made at the one-day open dialogue on “Possible Outcomes of Framework Agreement in the Context of Manipur” held at Lamyanba Shanglen in Palace Compound. The open dialogue was held in the wake of some reports doing the rounds of a final agreement between Centre and NSCN (I-M) before the ensuing Christmas. Leading civil society organisations like United Committee Manipur (UCM), All Manipur United Clubs Organisation (AMUCO) and Committee of Civil Societies Kangleipak (CCSK) convened the open dialogue.
After a threadbare discussion on the issue, the leaders drafted a four-point resolution which included pressing the Centre that any agreement with the NSCN (I-M) or any Naga body should in no way disturb the territorial integrity of Manipur as well as the unity of the people. It also resolved that the Government of India should not make any decision without the consent of the Government of Manipur and its people. The meeting further resolved to oppose any form of demands like pan Naga cultural, provincial, territorial council or financial autonomy or ethnic administrative division as demanded by NSCN (I-M). Another resolution demanded making State ratification compulsory if the Parliament wanted to invoke Article 3 of the Constitution of India and also include a provision in Article 371 C to ensure that historical, cultural, political and social identities
were protected. Earlier, talking to reporters on the sideline of the programme, AMUCO president Ph Deban Sharma asserted that the Centre should not allow any demand that would affect harmony of different communities in Manipur. Accepting certain demands to appease a particular community like pan Naga cultural, provincial, territorial council or financial autonomy would disturb the peace and harmony of different communities as other communities like the Kukis, Nepalis and other smaller ethnic communities were also residing in the State, he emphasised. “The Centre should know that giving autonomy to a particular community would lead to similar demands from other communities like the Kukis, Meiteis, Meitei Pangals, etc. So, instead of bringing peace in the region, it will lead to further unrest situation in the region,” he cautioned.
PCC warns of intensified phase II stir DIMAPUR, NOV 18 (NPN): Public Coordination Committee (PCC) has expressed appreciation to the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues for “agreeing in principle” to fulfil the terms negotiated on Friday, within November, at the same time warned that it would intensify the agitation in the second phase if there was no positive outcome within the stipulated period. In a press note, PCC said chief minister, T.R. Zeliang and his cabinet colleagues during Friday night’s meeting, had assured to initiate the process of setting up Lok-
ayukta by inviting its leaders for a meeting on Monday for further consultation with the Standing Committee and introduction of the Lokayukta Bill in the Winter Session of NLA on December 14. In this regard, PCC has appealed to all its units, partnering organizations and volunteers to wait for a positive outcome within the given time frame. Zeliang also told the PCC that the cabinet would sit within this month to take a decision on revocation of the October 26, 2017 Office Memorandum (OM), (Cont’d on p-7)
Scientists discover new parasitic plant in Nagaland KOLKATA, NOV 18 (AGENCIES): Scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic flowering plant that has no chlorophyll, and survives by feeding on another species of plant that does (chlorophyll helps a plant make its own food using sunlight), The Hindu report stated. The species, named Gleadovia konyakianorum, in honour of the Konyak tribe of Nagas, was identified during a botanical exploration earlier this year near Tobu town of Mon district in eastern Nagaland. “It is a holoparasite [complete parasite] that derives its entire nutritional requirement from the host plant, which is a Strobilanthes species. The plant was found in the semi-evergreen forest at an altitude of 1,500-1,600 metres,” said Dilip Kumar Roy, a scientist with the Botanical Survey of India (BSI). Along with Mr. Roy, two others – N Odoyo, also from the BSI, and a Russian scientist, Leonid V. Averyanov – have published the details of the newly discovered species in the journal Phytotaxa. Though it is has no chlorophyll, the plant has a vascular system and
Gleadovia konyakianorum. (The Hindu)
extracts its nutrition from the host plant with the help of a haustorium, the scientists said. A haustorium is a specialised structure with which plant parasites attach themselves to the tissue of host plants and derive nutrition. Gleadovia konyakianorum is a root parasite that grows up to 10 cm in height, and bears white, tubular flowers. Interestingly, this is only the fourth species from the genus Gleadovia to be found in the world. The other three
are Gleadovia banerjiana (discovered in Manipur), Gleadovia mupinense (found in China) and Gleadovia ruborum (discovered in Uttarakhand and also reported from China). The white flowering parasite was found in a group of 15-20 plants, and since the species hasn’t been reported anywhere else, scientists have described its status as ‘data deficient’ as per the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species Criteria. “Parasitic plants are often referred to as curious plants as they steal their entire nutritional requirement from the host. Not only are they rare but they are crucial evolutionary links in the plant kingdom that attest to Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest,” said Rajib Gogoi, a scientist from BSI’s central national herbarium. Plant parasites are differentiated as stem and root parasites. Common stem parasites found in India are Loranthus sp, on Mango trees, and Cuscuta reflexa, a climber. Among the root parasites are Sapria himalayana, a rare holoparasitic flowering plant found in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya. K Y M C
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ANTA Mokokchung, Wokha units celebrate ‘raising day’
(L-R) ANTA Mokokchung unit members with IMDH staff. ANTA Wokha unit members on Saturday. (NP)
Correspondents MOKOKCHUNG/ WOKHA, NOV 18 (NPN): All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA) Mokokchung unit and Wokha unit on separate programmes celebrated “raising day”, Saturday. ANTA Mokokchung celebrated the day by visiting Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital (IMDH), Mokokchung. During the visit, ANTA Mokokchung unit president, Tally, explained the purpose of the “raising day”. The association also donated seven
long bench and water filter. IMDH medical superintendent acknowledged the efforts of the association and for the generous donation. Mokokchung Town Baptist Arogo (MTBA) Pastor Yanglu, said the dedicatory prayer. ANTA WOKHA UNIT: All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA) Wokha unit during its “annual picnic cum raising day” adopted several resolutions. Keeping in view the safety of passengers, the unit has resolved to stop carrying LPG cylinders in
any taxi of Wokha district. The ANTA Wokha unit has also resolved to support the All Commercial Vehicle Association’s (ACVA) May 18, 2017 resolution of “one government one tax”. The unit has also resolved to ask passengers to carry limited luggage (around 20 kgs) in order to ensure safety of the passengers. During the picnic, ANTA Wokha unit, president, Hayithung Odyuo extended greetings and encouraged the members to keep up the good work in service of the public. He also appealed for support from
1 held with arms & ammunition NSCN/ GPRN
The arrested person.
DIMAPUR: A joint team of Kohima police and 10 NAP (IR) conducted search operation at Upper Pezieliecie Colony, Kohima on November 11 at around 11 p.m. and arrested one person with arms and ammunition. In a press release, Sr. superintendent of police Ko-
hima, Vekhosa Chakhesang, stated that during the search operation, one person identified as Sheying son of Khunou of Pathso Village, Tuensang district and present resident of Lerie, Kohima was apprehended. Kohima police has informed that two .22 country made pistol, two magazines, one .32 country made pistol and one magazine were found from his possession. In this connection, a suomoto case has been registered against the arrested person for further investigation, informed police.
21 ILP defaulters held in Zbto
DIMAPUR: Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu (All Sumi Students Union - SKK) along with district administration and police personals carried out verification drive on illegal immigrants on November 17 at Zunheboto town and nabbed 21 Inner Permit Line (ILP) defaulters. In press release, SKK president, Ninoto Awomi, informed that during the intensive verification drive 21 ILP defaulters were nabbed, however not a single illegal immigrants were found. The release stated that SKK and district administration would continue to carry out surprise verification drive from time to time. Meanwhile, SKK has directed all its range and village students union to be vigilant and further reiterated the emergency union assembly resolution which had entrusted the range student unions to carry out verification drive within their respective jurisdiction. SKK has appealed all the responsible to continue to extend full support and cooperation in the course of verification drive.
NDMSA 1st biennial conference Dimapur: Nagaland Directorate Ministerial Service Association (NDMSA) would be holding its 1st biennial conference on November 22. All members have been asked to be present at the conference except those
retained for emergency duties. NDMSA has requested all respective HoDs in the directorates to allow their ministerial staff to attend the conference on the strength of the special casual leave granted to its members.
(R) appoints; congratulates
DIMAPUR: NSCN/ GPRN (Refor mation) collective leaders has appointed Khekato Kinny as the supervisor UT-1 with immediate effect. NSCN/ GPRN (R) through its MIP further informed that, henceforth all “taxes collections and government related matters” under UT-1 jurisdiction would be dealt and executed only with Kinny’s consent and supervision. The collective leaders have also wished him good health and wisdom for the service of the nation. NSCN/ GPRN (R) further apprised to all the concerned to fully cooperate with him smooth and effective functioning of business affairs in the region. For further query and clarification one has been asked to contact at 9485205557/9862746031. Ao region: NSCN/ GPRN (R) Ao region has congratulated Akato Chopi for being inducted as vice president of the NSCN/GPRN (Reformation). NSCN/GPRN (R) through its chairman Ao region Temjen Ao, further extended unflinching support to him for the cause of nation and prayed that his wisdom and selfless endeavour would be a blessing in the service for the nation.
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the sub units. Former president of the unit, Renbomo Humtsoe, senior driver Renphamo Tsanglao and former finance secretary, Yanbothung Jami also delivered short speeches. ANTA Wokha unit, general secretary, Lipenthung Ovung and finance s e c r e t a r y, B i p e n t h u n g Shitiri, gave the annual report of the association; Renbomo Humtsoe invoked God’s blessings and Bipenthung Shitiri delivered the vote of thanks. The programme was led by N. Amos Humtsoe.
DC Dmu informs awardees of ‘ntl merit award, HSSLC 2016’ DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome, has informed that Dr. Ambedkar Foundation Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi has awarded citation merit and that 13 students have been “national merit award, HSSLC 2016”. In a release the DC has informed that awardees produce the proof of identity, mark sheet, tribe/caste certificate, three passport photos and meet SDO (civil) development, office of DC Dimapur during office hour. The awardees are: Deepak Kumar, son of Mangal Prasad Jaiswal, resident of block no.1 H/ No. 111, Padumpukhuri, Jyoti Rai, daughter of Shibu Rai, resident of H/No.18 PWD landmark colony, Binod Das, son of Ashok Das, resident of Lahorijan Karbianglong Assam, Laxmi Panika, daughter of
Tulsi Panika, resident of H/ No.60, near Sam bazaar signal basti Rio colony, Gourab Das, son of Gautam Ranjan Das, resident of H/No.10 GB, Sematillla colony, Sandeep Baidtya, son of Dilip Baidtya, resident of Lahorijan Karbianglong Assam, Lal Babu Raut, son of Ram Lakhan Raut, resident of ward no. 2 Chumukedima town, Puja Rasaily, daughter of Deepak Rasaily, resident of Deepak Rasaily, H/No. 57, Thakurbari road, Sunita Gurung, daughter of Ashok Gurung, resident of Lotha colony Sewak, Priya Rani Das, daughter of Tapan Das, resident of Y. Zhimo colony Signal Basti H/No. 79, Priyinka Kumari Sah, daughter of Ramnath Sah, resident of H/No.83 (B), Lake view colony, Priyanka Saha, daughter of Shyamal Saha, resident of Shymal Saha Lhomithi colony and Anamica Das, daughter of Tapan Das, H/No. 67 Sematilla colony.
CSS Hindi teachers’ general meet
Dimapur: CSS Hindi teachers has informed that it would be holding a general meeting of all 1357 members at the earliest to discuss on the matter of suitability test as published in local media by DoSE on November 18. All CSS Hindi teachers have been asked not to submit the documents or the suitability test fee before the general meeting.
T.R Zeliang condoles Dr. David Sema’s demise
DIMAPUR: Nagaland chief minister, T.R. Zelaing has expressed deep shock to hear of the sudden demise of Dr. David Sema, registrar of Nagaland State veterinary Council and addl. director, Veterinary & Animal Husbandry at Zion Hospital, Dimapur. In a condolence message to Mrs Ojonginla David Sema, Zeliang while describing late David as a “gentleman to the core” said that the outstanding leadership qualities displayed by him during his tenure as the president of CANSSEA would be long remembered. Late Dr. David Sema, joined the V&AH department in 1984 and had served in different capacities both in the district and the directorate levels. He also served as Nagaland Veterinary Association (NVA) president. Zeliang said that his untimely demise was truly a great loss to Sumis in particular and the Nagas in general. At this hour of grief and sorrow, Zeliang, joined by his wife and family members extended heartfelt condolences and prayed to Almighty God to grant solace to the members of the bereaved family.
Colony irked over road condition
Gigantic pothole seen at NH 29. (Firing Range, Lingrijan)
DIMAPUR: Firing Range, Lingrijan Colony Dimapur has expressed dismay over the road condition – NH-29 stretch between Dhobinala and Dhelai Gate – saying it has “become a treacherous stretch because of “numerous potholes and pits that pose danger to the travelling public and commuters”. In a press release, GB, Firing Range, Lingrijan, Ungermeren, said the road has suffered extensive damage due to “zero main-
Nagaland Post, Dimapur SunDAY, November 19, 2017
tenance” and that it has aggravated from bad to worst in the last couple of months. While expression displeasure over the deplorable condition of the road, the release further stated that concern authority responsible for the road repairs were not “seen even once engaged in maintenance work after a so called touch up repair, which was done sometime beginning of this year”.
news in Brief Chumukedima VDB secretaries meeting: A meeting of VDB secretary under RD block Chumukedima has been convened on November 20, 11 a.m. at the office of BDO Chumukedima. All the VDB secretaries under RD block Chumukedima have been requested to attend the meeting. NPF Longleng consultative meeting: NPF party Longleng division has convened party consultative meeting of both 49 and 50 A/Cs on November 22, 10 a.m. at the residence of Yengcha Phom Longleng town. All the office bearers and executive members have been requested to attend the meeting. NSTGA Tsg unit general meeting: Nagaland Small Tea Growers Association (NSTGA) Tuensang unit has convened its general meeting on November 23, 9 a.m. at the residence of its president, I. N. Mongba. All the registered members have been requested to attend the meeting and submit with yearly membership of Rs. 500. For any quires, one has been asked to contact at 8974680322 or 8837288521. MITE 5th graduation day: Modern Institute of Teacher Education (MITE) would be celebrating its 5th graduation day on November 25, 10 a.m. at MITE auditorium. All the graduated candidates of B. Ed 2015-17 have been requested to attend the programme. Inter-collegiate elocution competition: Don Bosco College Kohima in collaboration with Nagaland state designated agency for energy conservation Kohima would be organizing inter-collegiate elocution competition on “energy conservation” on November 30, 9:30 a.m. at the college auditorium, Don Bosco College Kohima. GSKH informs: Global Shapers Kohima Hub (GSKH) has informed that it would initiate a project called “the joy of giving” where well wishers have been invited to contribute gift packs for children from the less-privileged homes. The collection points for the gift packs would be Ozone Cafe, D’Cafe and COZ Cafe Kohima and deadline for the collections would be November 31.
National BJP leader visits Nagaland
DIMAPUR: National BJP general secretary (Org), Ramlal, arrived in Nagaland for a three-day tour from November 17-19 to oversee overall actives of the party for the forthcoming general election. He was accompanied by BJP general secretary (org) north east in-charge, Ajay Jamwal. In a press release, BJP Nagaland media cell informed that on November 17 in Dimapur, Ramlal held meetings with various BJP state level cells and departments, conveners and co-conveners, two booth level committees of 53 and
62 under Dimapur-2, business community and senior party members. Addressing state office bearers, core committee members and all frontal presidents and secretaries at Kohima BJP head office, Ramla said that the present NDA government at the centre under Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, had undertaken various innovative steps and measures for the welfare of the poor, oppressed and unprivileged section of people. He asserted the party workers that BJP’s top priority under Narendra Modi was to deliver development
and good governance to the people of the country and states like Nagaland. On the ongoing Naga peace talk, he said that the BJP government was serious about early and lasting solution and added that development would move faster in the state only with a peaceful atmosphere. Later in the evening at Japfu Hotel, an intensive meeting was held with BJP legislators, whereby strategies were discussed and reviewed about the feedback on the government and organisation, informed the release.
MTLT on non-disposal of garbage DIMAPUR: Taking serious note of non-disposal of garbage in Mokokchung town, Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) held an emergency executive meeting on November 15 and has resolved to tackle the issue. In a press release, MTLT president, Imkummeren Jamir and convenor grievances cell, Aolong Imchen, stated that there had been complaints from different quarters about the stink from non-disposed garbage. MTLT stated that there are 18 wards in Mokokchung town and that the Mokokchung Municipal Council (MMC) has distributed six pick-up trucks
to eight wards under the Swaach Bharat Mission. Since six wards of Mokokchung town were managing the garbage disposal on their own, MTLT said MMC should be lightened of their workload in clearing the dumps in the remaining 12 wards. In this regard, MTLT said the members met ADC
Mokokchung and in-charge of MMC, Mangpai Phom, and discussed the issue threadbare on November 16. In the meeting MTLT also asked about the condition of the cess-pool vehicle under the supervision of MMC. M T LT s t a t e d t h a t Mangpai Phom, has assured to look into the issue at the earliest.
FUNERAL SERVICE Funeral service of Late Yehovi Chophy will be held at Thilixu Aphuyesa, opposite CRDS on November 19, 2017 at 12 noon.
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Through this column, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to everyone who stood by us during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved Late Awale Tsela. We are comforted and consoled much through your love, prayers and supports in every way. It is our prayer that God will richly bless you all.
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We the family members of Late Mrs. Kheholi Swu express our sincere gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to every individual, friends, families, churches, doctors and nurses of CIHSR and well wishers who supported us physically, financially, materially and spiritually during the illness and at the sad demise of our beloved on 9th November 2017. We are very much indebted to the love and kindness shown to us during our hard times. We regret our inability to mention and thank everyone individually but it is our humble prayer that our Father in Heaven bless you all abundantly. With love & prayer Parents, brother, sister & children
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Through this column, we express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone who supported us in prayer, deed, cash and kind during the illness and at the demise of our beloved "Late Evung Ezung" who left for his heavenly abode on 10.11.2017. We also extend our sincere gratefulness to all who part took and grieved with us during the funeral programme. May our Almighty God bless each and everyone of you for your touching good samaritan deed. "We will forever keep loving you". DP-12042
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WEATHER FORECAST November 19
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Agartala Sun and some clouds
31 22
A thunderstorm in spots
Aizawl
Guwahati Hazy sunshine
26 17 29 18
Partly sunny and pleasant
27 15
Itanagar Hazy sun and not as warm
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Shillong
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Kohima
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Imphal
Dimapur Mostly sunny and pleasant Mkg
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Tuensang Cooler; an afternoon shower
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Zunheboto An a.m. shower; mostly sunny 21 11
CM mulls making job mela a yearly event
Staff Reporter
D I M A P U R , N OV 1 8 (NPN): Chief Minister, T.R. Zeliang has said that he would ensure that “Nagaland career workshop & job mela” was made a yearly event so that youths of the state would “get a platform to realise their dreams in the world of work”. Speaking as chief guest on the two-day “Nagaland career workshop & job mela” at Agri Expo site Dimapur on Saturday, Zeliang said “helping the youth get gainfully employed” was one of the most important challenges faced by the government and society at present. Describing Nagaland as a “young state” with almost 65% of population below the age of 35, Zeliang pointed out that most youth in the age group of 18-35 are job seekers and that it was important to ensure that this group of people get jobs which were commensurate to their knowledge and skills. He asserted that for the historical and socioeconomic reasons, the state government has been the primary sustainable employer in the state. With
T.R. Zeliang launching the website. (NP) a young population that is dynamic and enterprising, Zeliang said Nagaland has a huge potential to be the manpower resource hub. The chief minister termed the youth’s “low” understanding of job opportunities, lack of access to markets, lack of capital for funding entrepreneurship expertise to sustain ventures as some of the key challenges and factors prevented the youths from acquiring sustainable livelihoods in both job-employment and self employment.
Awareness campaign on conservation of Amur Falcon
Students, forest officials and others after the Amur Falcon conservation awareness campaign at Ntu village. DIMAPUR: Awareness campaign on conservation of Amur Falcon was organised on November 17 at Ntu village and attended by village council members, village elders, village leaders, school teachers and students. A press release by wildlife division Dimapur wildlife warden, Caroline K. Angami, stated that PCCF & chief wildlife warden Nagaland, S.P. Trip-
athi, appreciated the efforts of the villagers in protection and conservation field. He appealed the gathering to continue with the noble acts and advised them to submit the proposal through proper channel for which he assured best possible assistance. In a brief speech, Ntu Village Council, chairman, Azanbo Kaurinta, requested the department to upgrade the purchased reserved for-
est land to a wildlife sanctuary so that a better way could be paved. In a welcome address, head teacher, Helen Kaurinta, stated that the stakeholders had been cooperating with the Forest department in conservation and protection of flora and fauna and would continue to do so. NCS students presented song while a vote of thanks was proposed by Isaac Zeliang.
Since the youth represent a valuable resource to the economy and society, Zeliang said promoting more and better opportunities would be one of the key dimensions for a stable and prosperous society. Highlighting the need for right skills for employment, the chief minister underscored the need for curriculum that has vocational component in the education system. He said the curriculum would help the youth to acquire skills that can help them get jobs.
Asserting that youths of Nagaland have immense potential to take up any challenge, Zeliang, however, admitted that there was disconnect in the aspirations of the youths to the livelihood opportunities. To address this, the chief minister said the present government undertook a “unique path-breaking study” covering 74 blocks in the 11 districts of the state. He said the study gave an insight about the actual reality prevailing in the ground and brought out the livelihood aspirations of the people. He congratulated the department of labour & employment, skill development & entrepreneurship for executing the study in a professional manner. Zeliang was optimistic that the study would help the state in designing skilling programs which are more focussed and are specific to every. He said the study would facilitate in framing a robust state skills and employment policy which would be conducive and friendly towards the youth aspirations. Taking into consideration the immense growth
that the construction industry was witnessing in the state and the employment potential it has generated, Zeliang said the government declared (2016-17) as the “Year of construction workers”. He said “skilling the youth to be employable is one of the primary objective of my government”. The chief minister then announced the launch of nagaskills.com, which he said was a platform for job-seeking youth from Nagaland to register and access skill development and career options without the limitations of physical boundaries either using their computer or smart phone. Meanwhile, the organisers informed that 82 candidates registered online for job, out of which 62 people came for the interview and 43 candidates have been shortlisted. At the programme, welcome address was delivered by parliamentary secretary, labour and employment, skill development and entrepreneurship, Dr. Neiphrezo Keditsu and later vote of thanks was delivered by employment, skill development and entrepreneurship director, Muthingnyuba Sangtam.
Konyak Union Aboi unit expresses anguish D I M A P U R : Ko n ya k Union (KU) Aboi unit has expressed dismay over the delay in completion of the 11th IRB camp at Aboi among other issues. In a press release, KU Aboi unit president, N. Wanglem Konyak, pointed out that the construction work of the IRB camp had stopped for nearly a decade and expressed dismayed with the concerned minister and department for the delay. In this regard, KU Aboi unit demanded to know from the minister and department as to how such a project was delayed in their district while similar projects in other districts, which started in the same year, were completed. Despite several appeals and reminders to the concerned department, KU unit said these projects remained incomplete. “Such incomplete works have caused humiliation and discrimination to the people of Aboi in particular and Mon district in general” KU Aboi unit stated. After examining the project, KU Aboi unit said only 30% was completed
so far and pointed out that the public demanded equal shares, equal treatment and equal importance with the rest of the Nagas. It also asked all HOD/ In-charge of the department to refrain from issuing any clearance certificates of any work/project undertaken in their jurisdiction without inspection and proper knowledge of the unit. In the event of any discrepancies found in that particular work after the department issued clearance certificate for the work/project, KU Aboi unit warned that the concerned department would be held responsible. Meanwhile, KU Aboi unit has also asked telecom companies-- Airtel and BSNL, to maintain proper network coverage in Aboi area. It said that the people of Aboi have been facing connectivity issues including poor 3G/4G internet service. In this regard, the unit has urged both manager/ cluster head of Airtel and BSNL to inspect, verify and to fix the network problem at the earliest in the interest of the public.
‘World Toilet Day’ observed at Kohima College Correspondent
KOHIMA, NOV 18 (NPN): Water and Sanitation Support Organization (WSSO) Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Nagaland Kohima, observed “World Toilet Day” under the theme “wastewater” on Saturday at Kohima College auditorium. Delivering a keynote address, director, WSSO PHED, Er Yhusinlo Tep, said “World Toilet Day” was observed to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Based on 2017 theme “wastewater”, Er. Tep said by 2030 the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aims to reach everyone with sanitation and have the proportion of untreated wastewater and increase recycling and safe reuse. To achieve the goal, he said everyone’s waste needs to be contained, transported, treated and disposed of in a safe and sustainable way. Despite access to proper sanitation being declared a basic human right, he said even today sanitation systems are either non-existent or ineffective for billions of
prize by Nonlih W Konyak (Mon) and third the prize by Mharhoni (Wokha). In essay competition (below 18 years), the first prize was bagged by Vipuka H. Chishi (Zunheboto), second prize by Ellen (Peren) (1st national level) and third prize by Tikhetoli Achumi (Kohima urban). The prizes PHED officials along with awardees and others on Saturday. (NP) and certificates to the winpeople around the world. Er. Er. Tep said there was an by Allen M. Longkumer ners were given away during Tep added that one in three urgent need for a paradigm (Mokokchung), second the programme. people across the globe do shift towards affordable not have regular access to technological alternatives a toilet. for wastewater treatment He said access to ad- which should be tailored to equate sanitation facilities local and specific contexts. was not only fundamental To mark the occasion, for human dignity and pri- different competitions were vacy, but also for protecting organised under “Swachh the quality of drinking water Sankalp se Swachh Siddhi”: sources with significant ben- Dreamz Unlimited (Dimaefits for human health and pur) (3rd national level) economic development, as was declared the winner well as for the protection of of short film competition water-related ecosystems. on the topic “my contribuTherefore, Er Tep said tion towards making India sustainable sanitation ser- clean” while second prize vices should be a part of was bagged by Lipok and a holistic approach to In- Puti (Mokokchung) and tegrated Water Resource third prize by Zero balance Management. ( Mokochung). He informed that globIn state level essay comally 80% of wastewater petition on the topic “what flows to the ecosystem with- can I do for a clean India?” out being treated or reused. the first prize was bagged DP-11496
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ANHTU appeals for release of pending salary DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (ANHTU) has appealed the concerned department and government to find favourable solution to the suffering of the “discriminated teachers”. In a press release, ANHTU president, Rometo Sema and general secretary, A. S. Yarthotngam, stated that 1379 Hindi teachers’ have not been paid their salaries from July 2017 till date. It also added that some teachers have not received their salary for the month of May and June 2017. ANHTU stated that as “daily wage earner” most of the teachers depended on their salaries for maintaining and functioning of their households. ANHTU also stated that with festive season approaching, teachers needed their salaries to meet their domestic requirements.
MTR group repairs bridge
DIMAPUR: Multi-Task Reform (MTR), a group of people from Dimapur-III A/C has repaired bridge at Purana Bazar B (Bokajan), which has been “neglected”. A press release by MTR stated that the bridge connects many villages and that increased expectation of the plea of rural poor people for proper road and bridge from the concerned authority has always been ignored. K Y M C
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IMPHAL, Nov 18: Difference of culture, religion, language etc should not be the hurdles in unity amidst diversity and creating sense of oneness in the country, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh said Saturday. Speaking at ‘Quami Ekta Week’ observance in the Banquet Hall of 1st Battalion Manipur Rifles in Imphal, Singh added that politicians would never succeed if they don’t possess ‘nationalistic characteristics.’ “We the politicians should sacrifice and make commitment for the welfare, development and prosperity of the state or country,” he said. On the occasion, the chief minister also remembered the role played by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to bring unity and strengthen the integrity of the country and said “Indira Gandhi is often referred as ‘Iron Lady of India’ who showed the world that India has the potential and can play a pivotal role in international sphere.” Highlighting the importance of observing “Quami Ekta Week,” Singh said, “It is our responsibility to make aware the youths about sense of unity, oneness and
Participants of ‘Quami Ekta Week’ taking the national integration pledge. solidarity among ourselves in the country.” Stating that the sense of belongingness and integration is shrinking nowadays, the chief minister said that human touch, recognition and respect should be an integral part of politics so as to bring development in the state. “The essence of bringing development is to make our lives simpler and easier, however, if there is no peace and understanding among us, then there would be no meaning of development in the country,” he added. Also speaking on the
occasion, deputy chief minister Y Joykumar said that on such occasion, every citizen of the country should take pledge to uphold the integrity of the nation. He said, “India was easily colonised by the East India Company due to the disunity among the princely states.” He reminded the contribution of Indira Gandhi to the cause of national integration and said, “She will always be remembered for her contribution towards liberating Bangladesh in 1970’s.” The deputy chief min-
Wanted miscreant arrested; arms seized Haflong, Nov 18 (PTI): The security forces during a search operation arrested a wanted miscreant and seized arms and ammunition in Dima Hasao district Saturday. Superintendent of Police, Ankur Jain, said the arrested miscreant, Resley Langthasa alias Konet was wanted by the police for his involvement in a number of cases of extortion, robbery and dacoity. Acting on a tip off the operation was
launched and the accused person was apprehended from a hut in Hatikhalia area. Langthasa took the security forces to a jungle where he had kept hidden one AK series rifle, one magazine, 18 live AK ammunition and three Chinese hand grenades, police said. The arms and ammunition were recovered and seized in presence of local witness, the SP added.
Rally against IED blast in Chandel
People carrying out a protest rally against IED blast in Chandel on Saturday. Correspondent
IMPHAL, Nov 18: Residents of Manipur’s Chandel district Saturday took out a protest rally against the recent bomb blast at Mahamani village at Chandel district headquarters. Jointly organised by Anal tribe CSOs, large number of villagers, students, Church and CSO leaders took part in the
rally which started from Mini Indoor Stadium and proceeded toward the office of Deputy Commissioner, Chandel via Japhou Bazar. During the mass rally, the protestors displayed several placards denouncing the recent bomb blast and also shouted slogans like “We condemn bomb blast” “We want Peace” etc.
BEFORE THE MARRIAGE OFFICER FAMILY COURT, DIMAPUR : NAGALAND
Marriage Regd No. 05/2017
Dated Dimapur the 16/11/2017
NOTICE OF INTENDED MARRIAGE I hereby give notice Under Section 15 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 that a petition of intended marriage has been filed by Mr. Dipan Paul, aged about 31 years, S/o Shri. Satyajit Paul, resident of H.No. 34 Westyard Colony, Dimapur, Nagaland AND Miss. Sangita Boro, aged about 32 years, D/o. Shri. Bhogeswar Boro, resident of BOC Gate Chapaguri Road, North Bongaigaon, Assam before this Court on 16 day of November 2017 and whereas 04/12/2017 has been fixed for solemnizing their Marriage. Objection if any are to be furnished on or before the aforementioned fixed date. MARRIAGE OFFICER
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IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT HEADQUARTER CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP : DIMAPUR : NAGALAND. NO. M-656/17/12193
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Dated, Dimapur the 17/11/17
Notice is hereby given that Shri. Temjensoba -Vrs- Smti. Marina & Shri. T. Chubaonen resident of Residency Colony Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 of Assam Land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below:The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any & should be submitted to this Court in writing on or before 17/12/17. SCHEDULE OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder : Temjensoba Village /Town Block No. : 9, Patta No. : 362, Dag No. : 453, Area : 00B-02K-12 Ls. North : PWD Staffs Quarters, South : Central Revival Church, East : PWD Staffs Quarters West : Approach Road. DP-12050
Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur : Nagaland.
A memorandum addressed to Prime Minister of India was handed over to the Deputy Commissioner Chandel for onward submission. It may be mentioned that on November 13, rebels of PLA triggered an IED at Mahamani village in Chandel district headquarters and claimed the lives of two Assam Rifles personnel.
ister stressed that India is filled with various problems and issues so every citizen should be made aware about the importance and value of National Integration. In such short span, India has got recognitions in various fields in international arena due to integration and unity among the people, he added. On the occasion, the chief minister administered the national integration pledge. Cabinet ministers, MLAs, chief secretary, DGP, top civil and police officials attended the function.
Pension hiked for Arunachal beneficiaries
Itanagar, Nov 18 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet has approved substantial enhancement in the pensions of senior citizens, widows and differently abled persons. The state government has added a state component to three central government pensions schemes to hike the pensions during a cabinet meeting yesterday. The three schemes are Old Age Pension Scheme, National Widow Pension Scheme and National Disability Pension Scheme. An official statement today said the Old Age Pension Scheme for 60-79 years, which was Rs 200 earlier, has now been enhanced to Rs 1,500. Similarly, Old Age Pension Scheme for 80 years and above was Rs 500 earlier and it has now become Rs 2,000. The National Widow Pension Scheme for both below 80 years and above 80 years have been increased to Rs 2,000 from the earlier Rs 300 and Rs 500 respectively, the statement said. The National Disability Pension Scheme also saw a leap - from Rs 300 or Rs 500 to Rs 2000. The beneficiaries used to get Rs 300 or Rs 500 per month depending on their age and severity of their disability.
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 Noral Angami Deceased, has been filed by Smti. Nikhuli Angami relation wife R/o. H.No. 96 B Circuit House Colony to draw his/her family Pension, Bank Acct etc, who expired on 09/6/17. 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 16/12/17. Given under the hand and seal of the Court this 15 day of 11/17. DP-12037
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DECLARATION OF ACTUAL NAME
I, Smti. I. Hoslin Sema, D/o Shri. Ilhozu, permanent resident of Litsami Village, under Atoizu Sub-Division, Zunheboto District, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, belonging to Sumi (Naga) tribe resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That my actual name is I. Hoslin Sema which is recorded in my all official and academic records, but in some of my documents my name is inadvertently recorded as Hoslin & Hoslin Sema. 3. That the above mentioned name I. Hoslin Sema, Hoslin & Hoslin Sema are one and same person which is referred to me. 4. That, from the date of this declaration, I shall use my name as I. Hoslin Sema for all official purpose and legal proceedings and at all times and occasions. 5. That the statements made in para 1-4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge & belief and nothing material is concealed therein. Deponent Solemnly affirm and declared before me by the deponent on this ..... day of ....... 2017 at Zunheboto : Nagaland. Notary Public Regd. No : 39, Date : 15/09/17 DP-12030
GUWAHATI, Nov 18 (Agencies): The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), one of the signatories to the historic Assam Accord, has alleged that there is a big conspiracy to grant citizenship to religious and linguistic minorities from Bangladesh who sneaked into Assam after 1971 by delaying publication of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) that was slated to be released on December 31. As the NRC is being updated in the state under the supervision of the Supreme Court and December 31 was set as the date for publishing the draft NRC by the apex court based on a plea from the Assam government, the Centre and the state NRC coordinator, AASU challenged the government to show respect to the set deadline. Several organizations demanding an error-free NRC have been irked by the latest move of the government after the Registrar General of India (RGI) submitted before the Supreme Court that the entire process of preparation and publication of the draft NRC in Assam will be completed on or before July 31, 2018. “It’s a conspiracy and we have strong objection
to any further delay in publishing the draft NRC. The Centre and the state government jointly fixed December 31 as the date for publishing the draft NRC and the Supreme Court gave its nod to it. Now, by seeking relaxation for at least another seven months, the RGI in a way expressed discontent over the work of the state government and the Centre,” said AASU president Dipanka Kumar Nath and general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi here on Friday. AASU alleged that the government is worried over ‘threats’ from a section of organizations which doesn’t want detection of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants with updating of the NRC, while the Centre is keen on passing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in Parliament before completion of the NRC update to absorb religious minorities from Bangladesh, including Hindus, who entered Assam after 1971. AASU, which has been demanding detection and deportation of illegal immigrants who have entered the state after 1971, have reinstated hope in Supreme Court’s monitoring of the entire process as the next hearing on the RGI’s plea will be on November 22.
Dear Aho, Wishing you many many happy 38th born day. God bless You. From, Asheka & Kups family. ____________________________ Happy 3rd Birthday , Dear Aryan Mahato You are our little star who always turn a bad day to a day full of sunshine. We cannot find words to tell you how much you mean to us and the world will never end when you talk a lot. From papa (SHYAM), mummy (JYOTI) and loving brothers and sister. _______________________ Dear (Amongla) Among..! On your special Birthday, I pray that your special day will be filled with all the glory and the wonder of God’s and I hope this wonderful day will fill up your day with lots of joy and blessings May you be blessed abundantly today, tomorrow and the day to come. Happy Birthday Dear..!! Yours Well-Wisher Always.
6.4-magnitude quake hit Arunachal I TA NAG A R , N OV 1 8 (AGENCIES): An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck Arunachal Pradesh early on Saturday, media reports said. The tremor occurred around 4 a.m. and its epicenter was located in Tibet’s Nyingchi Prefecture, which is close to Arunachal. There was no immediate report of any casualty. The strong quake was followed by a magnitude 5 tremor around the same place in Tibet. The first
quake struck at a depth of about 10 km, while the second struck at a depth of about 6 km, China’s staterun Xinhua news agency reported. On Tuesday, a 7.3-magnitude quake had killed at least 530 people and injured more than 8000 others in Iran, which was the deadliest in more than a decade. At least 14 provinces in the country were affected by the quake which destroyed two whole villages and damaged 30,000 houses.
M’laya employees to get revised payscales Correspondent
Shillong, Nov 18: The Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) government has announced new payscales for over 11 lakh employees, which includes teachers of deficit schools and colleges besides 23,000 pensioners. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma announced the new pay revision late Friday night after the cabinet deliberated on the Fifth Meghalaya Pay Commission recommendation. The cabinet has decided to implement pay revision for state government employees of all categories with the lowest grade staff drawing a basic pay of Rs 17,400 per month and Rs 83,900 per month for the highest grade staff, causing an additional financial
burden of Rs 929 crore on the state exchequer for the current year 20172018 alone. Sangma said the government employees will start drawing revised salary from next month, though the implementation of the pay revision is with effect from January 1, 2017. “The basic pay in the last pay revision for the lowest grade employees was Rs 6,500 per month which has now been hiked to Rs 17,400 per month and for the highest grade employees, the last pay revision was Rs 31,300 per month and now it has been increased to Rs 83,900 per month,” the Chief Minister said. He said the number used as a multiplier factor for the pay revision is 2.68 and this is being applied uniformly to all existing payscales of all levels of
state government employees. Sangma said that the number used as multiplier factor for the last pay revision was 2.66. The last pay revision following the recommendations of the Meghalaya fourth pay commission was implemented with effect from January 1, 2007. “With the implementation of the pay revision, for the current fiscal year alone, there will be an additional financial burden of Rs 929 crore on the state exchequer which includes payment of arrears to both employees and pensioners,” Sangma said. He said that the arrears for 11 months would be first disbursed at 40 per cent, and the rest 60 per cent will be staggered into two of 30 per cent each.
Indian Army to conduct joint exercise with Myanmar Correspondent
Umroi, Nov 18: Indian and Myanmar armies will conduct their maiden joint exercise in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya, an army official said on Saturday. The five–day exercise slated from November 20 will be held at the newly inaugurated state-of-art Joint Training Node at Umroi Cantonment, about 25 km from Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya. Exercise IMBAX – 2017 is the first ever mili-
tary training exercise on UNPKO between the two nations which is being conducted on the Indian soil. “The joint exercise is the first of its kind military training exercise on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO) between India and Myanmar,” Defence spokesperson, Lt. Col. Suneet Newton said. He said 15 officers from Myanmar army and 16 officers from the Indian army who shall jointly train for over a period of
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, CHOZUBA PHEK, NAGALAND No. JUDL/SUCC-20/2012-13/33 Dated Chozuba 13th Nov. 2017 NOTICE
Whereas, Shri/Smti/Kumari Shikhuli S/o,W/o D/o Lt. Besunu Shijoh a resident of Chozuba village/Town has applied for Succession Certificate in her/his name under the Indian succession Act of 1925, to enable her/him to draw/claim dues and benefit in respect of her/his late husband Lt. Shri/Smti Besunu Shijoh who was working as office Peon under the establishment of ADC Office Chozuba (Department) and expired on 12th Oct. 2017. Public are asked to file claims/objection if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. Additional Deputy Commissioner K-3811 Chozuba, Phek, Nagaland
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LONGCHANG AREA STUDENTS’ UNION P.O. Aboi – 798603, Mon: Nagaland
Longchang Area Students’ Union (LASU) with profound gratitude take immense pride and honour to extend our heartiest congratulations to the Union members. 1. Mr. Mannyei Konyak, S/o Shri. Eangsham Konyak for achieving the “Young Talented Artistics Award 2016-2017” Ministry of Culture, Government of India in the field of Wood and stone sculpture, carpentry works painting & Sketching. 2. Mr. L. Hamnyei Konyak, S/o W. Langkhuh Konyak, winner of North East Social Media Singing Star, 2017. 3. Mr. Esham Pongkhen Bezo, S/o Shampa Konyak for clearing the recent NPSC Combined Technical Services Examination, 2016 as Junior Engineer (Civil, Class-II Gazetted ) under PHED. 4. Ms. Awan Konyak, D/o Eshak Konyak for clearing the recent NPSC Combined Technical Services Examination, 2016 as Junior Engineer (Civil, class- II, Gazetted) under Works & Housing Department. The Union further wishes them the best in their future endeavours. (H. PELAO KONYAK) (YANGANG KONYAK) President, LASU General Secy., LASU
six days. Newton said the aim of the bilateral training event is to train the Myanmar delegation for participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations under the UN Flag. “Indian army has a rich experience of serving in UNPKO and during the IMBAX 2017, the focus will be on training the
Myanmar army delegation on the tactics, procedures, expertise and methodology required by the contingent of the member nations for serving in UNPKO,” defence spokesperson said. Indian and Bangladesh armies had successfully conducted Exercise SAMPRITI at Umroi Joint Training Node on November 11.
DECLARATION
Regd. No 4878/2017 : Dated : 18/11/2017
I, Mr. Michael Khasimwo, S/o K. Francis (Alias) Ngamrei, permanent resident of Kuda Village, Half
Nagarjan, House No. 585, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declared. That my name has been recorded as K. Mayonmi instead of Mr. Michael Khashimwo in my education documents and both refer to one and same person from today my name shall be known as Mr. Michael Khashimwo in all documents. DP-12054 OFFICE OF THE
MESULUMI STUDENTS’ UNION FELICITATION
We the Mesulumi Students' Union with immense pride and honour would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Wewe U Khalo, D/o Neilhouvi-u Khalo for securing 99% in her Master's degree in Optomery (M.s Optomery) from Bansara Institute of Ophthalmic Sciences, Shillong (Affiliated to Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong) The Union further wishes her the best in all her future endeavors. President MSU Lhimese Tsido
General secretary MSU Kedupre Letro
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Assam NRC row: AASU sniffs conspiracy to grant citizenship
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The Nagaland alumni of L.D College of Engineering congratulates its member Mr. Avikishe Sema for the success at securing the post of Secretariat Assistant under Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department through NPSC(CS)2016. The Association further wishes you the best as you embark on a new journey with hopes and aspiration. May you have a great career ahead. Ponen Longchar (President)
Watisenla Pongener (General Secretary)
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Ex-FM mocks at govt’s sudden love for Moody
M u m ba i , N ov 1 8 (Agencies): Mocking at government’s elation over the sovereign rating upgrade by Moody’s, ex-finance minister P Chidambaram said only a few months ago the regime had flayed the rating methodology. “Just some months ago, government had said the Moody’s methodology was all wrong... A long letter was written by Shaktikanta Das (ex-economic affairs secretary) questioning Moody’s ratings methodology, saying they’ve to revise their methodology as it’s all wonky,” he told the Tata Literature Live here today. Moody’s had yesterday upgraded the sovereign ratings by a notch to Baa2 with stable outlook, citing the Modi government’s various reform programme and
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higher growth prospectus. The last rating upgrade was in 2004. Ridiculing the way government has reacted to the upward rating revision, the senior Congress leader recalled that for the government “Moody’s, whose methodology was all wrong circa 2016”. On higher growth, which was cited by the agency as one of the key
reasons for the rating action, he said the same agency and government project growth at 6.7 per cent for the current financial year. “It was 8 per cent in 2015-16, 7.1 per cent in 2016-17 and will be 6.7 per cent in 2017-18. Is that North or South, you conclude,” he said. According to him, there are three key indicators-- gross fixed capital formation and within that private sector investment; credit growth, especially for small businesses, and jobs -- which are critical to assess the health of an economy. “But the dashboard is flashing red on all these three indicators,” he lamented. Reeling out numbers, Chidambaram said gross fixed capital formation is
down 7-8 points from its peak and there’s no sign of it recovering in the near future as well. Further, he said private investment is at its lowest in the past seven-eight years. In addition, several projects are stalled on one hand and may companies are on the other being referred to the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code. All these would lead to closures and downsizing and loss of jobs. Secondly, the former finance minister pointed out that credit growth has been the lowest in two decades. “It has crept up 6 per cent year-on-year, but for medium industries it has been negative credit growth... SMEs are struggling and have to find finances outside the formal lending system.”
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Gujarat: Patels give 24-hour ultimatum to Cong AHMEDABAD, Nov 18 (AGENCIES): The allimportant meeting between Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) and Congress to finalise the crucial formula to give constitutionally tenable reservation to Patidars ended in a logjam with Patel leaders ending up giving an ultimatum to the party to resolve the issue in 24 hours. PAAS leaders threatened protests against Congress if it failed to give a decisive formula on the issue. The setback came at a time when Congress had assured PAAS leaders nearly half a dozen seats in the upcoming assembly polls while OBC leader Alpesh Thakor, who recently joined the party, has been promised a dozen seats. “Congress leaders had invited us for talks over quota issue in the afternoon. But even after hours of waiting, they did not speak to us on the issue”.
1 IAF commando, 5 militants killed in J-K’s Bandipora Srinagar, Nov 18 (AGENCIES): Five militants and an Indian Air Force commando were killed, and an army soldier injured in an encounter in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Saturday evening, army said. The encounter broke out when security forces carried out cordoned and search operations in a village after receiving intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in the area. The operations were launched a day after a police officer and a militant were killed in a shootout in Zakura, on the outskirts of Srinagar. The Security forces also capture one of the two attackers. Director general of state police SP Vaid tweeted the joint operation by police, army and CRPF is underway at Chandergeer Hajin area of Badipora. “Five terrorists killed so far. Operation contin-
Paramilitary troopers stands guard after a gunfight with militants at Hajin village of Kashmir’s Bandipora district, north of Srinagar.
ues,” a Srinagar-based army spokesperson said. He added that an IAF Garud soldier was killed and one army man was injured. Garud is an elite unit of the IAF. For the first time in the history of Kashmir conflict, two IAF commandos (belonging to the Garud) were killed in combat with militants last month. Prior to that IAF personnel were attacked and killed in Kashmir but not while participating in an operation. Garud commandos are trained
to guard air force bases, besides fighting insurgents and participating in search and rescue operations. The need for a specialised team of air force commandos was felt after militants tried to attack two air bases in Jammu and Kashmir in 2001. Garud commandos led the operation against militants who targeted the Pathankot air base in January 2016, one of the worst attacks on an IAF station that killed seven people, including three security personnel.
‘Disconnect between Pak Army HQ, troops’ Don’t cut India into more pieces, says Farooq Abdullah
Lt. Gen. A.K. Bhatt
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS): Indian Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt. Gen. A.K. Bhatt on Saturday told his Pakistani counterpart there appeared to be a disconnect between the intent
of the Pakistan Army headquarters and the troops. In an unscheduled hotline talk requested by Pakistan, its DGMO Maj. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza alleged that Indian security forces have resorted to unprovoked firing and targeted civilians opposite Poonch sector. Lt. Gen. Bhat said retaliatory firing by Indian troops has only been carried out in response to unprovoked and repeated cease fire violation from Pakistan’s side. Bhatt impressed upon the Pak DGMO that there appeared to be a disconnect between the intent at the Pak GHQ (general headquarters
of Army) which reiterates its desire for peace and the actions of Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC), who resorts to heavy firing without provocation, an official statement said. He further exhorted the Pakistan DGMO to resolve this existent credibility gap to ensure that peace and tranquillity is maintained along the Line of Control. The DGMO further clarified that the Indian Army always maintains impeccable standards of professionalism and does not target civilians in any manner.
J A M M U, N ov 1 8 (Agencies): Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday slammed the Centre over alleged policies that create communal tension and warned against ‘cutting the country into more pieces’. ‘You have made one Pakistan, how many Pakistans will you make, how many pieces will you cut India into?’ he asked at a rally here. Abdullah also defended his recent remarks on Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, which has triggered a
major controversy. “Yes, I say it (PoK) belongs to them (Pakistan). Are they (Pakistan) wearing bangles? They also have atom bombs! Do you want us to be killed by them? “You are sitting in palaces, think about the poor people living in border areas, who are bombed daily,” Abdullah said. His latest salvo against the Centre comes after a social activist here on Saturday filed a complaint with the district magistrate against him for his PoK remark. He has sought regis-
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tration of sedition cases against the former chief minister and actor Rishi Kapoor for their remarks on the PoK. Sukesh Khajuria, a former member of the prominent citizen’s advisory committee constituted by the state government, sought action under section 196 of the CrPC against them for “accepting PoK
as part of Pakistan”. In the application, he said they should be booked under section 124-A of the Ranbir Penal Code (Sedition) and other provisions of law. On November 11, Abdullah had told reporters that PoK belonged to Pakistan and “this won’t change” no matter how many wars India and Pakistan fight.
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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVII NO. 345 Dimapur, Sunday, November 19, 2017
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Tipping the scales
ndependence of the judiciary is not in doubt but there are concerns over its accountability and aspects -judicial activism and judicial overreach. In recent years the Indian judiciary has taken up various issues regarding corruption and even sent many high profile personalities and politicians to jail. The courts have also taken the CBI to task and named and shamed the agency especially during the UPA regime. If the court had called the CBI as a ‘caged parrot’ during UPA regime, it has not given any new title to the agency after Modi came to power in 2014. During the UPA regime, the courts issued regular admonishments or directives to the government on a weekly basis pertaining to governance. It was then Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee who, in February 2008 warned the judiciary that attempts to usurp the onerous responsibility of the country’s governance would have serious implications. Chatterjee was among the few most respected parliamentarian and his speech was made at a function of the High Court Bar Association Nagpur. He had said several organs of India’s democracy have their own respective spheres and that the court should restrain itself from encroaching upon the jurisdiction of the legislature. He also threw back the issue of corruption by saying that about 20 per cent of the judicial officers were corrupt. Allegations of corruption in the judiciary has also been raised on many occasions especially during December 2005 when the Delhi High Court directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to remove over 18,000 illegal constructions spread across spread across 12 zones of the city. The Supreme Court itself had also raised concerns over excessive judicial activism in the lower courts. Judicial activism arises from judicial romanticism in parts of civil society, political cowardice on the part of political leaders and parties, and of course judicial overreach on the part of some judges and courts. Judicial activism denotes a more active role taken by Judiciary to dispense social justice. Judicial Activism also denotes the invented mechanisms which have no constitutional backing (Eg: Suo moto (on its own) cases, Public Interest Litigations (PIL), new doctrines etc). Judicial Activism has no constitutional articles to support its origin and it is believed that the Indian Judiciary invented it. The of courts has been so romanticised that courts intervene in several decisions such as banning smoking in public places based on PIL, the order by Supreme Court in 2001 to provide mid-day meals to schoolchildren, the order passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banning diesel trucks older than 10 years in Delhi etc. The other aspect of the judiciary is judicial overreach. The line between Judicial activism and Judicial Overreach is very narrow. In simple terms, when Judicial activism crosses its limits and becomes Judicial adventurism it is known as Judicial Overreach. When the judiciary oversteps the powers given to it, it may interfere with the proper functioning of the legislative or executive organs of government. Examples of judicial overreach are-the order passed by the Allahabad High Court making it compulsory for all bureaucrats to send their children to government school, misuse the power to punish for contempt of court etc. are considered as Judicial Overreach. During UPA, the then government did little to address these issues. However courts have realised that the Modi government will not sit idly and the law minister has even gone on record to tell the judiciary to allow the government to function within its constitutional ambit.
DailyDevotion Winning into Freedom If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. —John 8:36 If there is even a trace of individual self-satisfaction left in us, it always says, “I can’t surrender,” or “I can’t be free.” But the spiritual part of our being never says “I can’t”; it simply soaks up everything around it. Our spirit hungers for more and more. It is the way we are built. We are designed with a great capacity for God, but sin, our own individuality, and wrong thinking keep us from getting to Him. God delivers us from sin— we have to deliver ourselves from our individuality. This means offering our natural life to God and sacrificing it to Him, so He may transform it into spiritual life through our obedience. God pays no attention to our natural individuality in the development of our spiritual life. His plan runs right through our natural life. We must see to it that we aid and assist God, and not stand against Him by saying, “I can’t do that.” God will not discipline us; we must discipline ourselves. God will not bring our “arguments…and every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5)— we have to do it. Don’t say, “Oh, Lord, I suffer from wandering thoughts.” Don’tsuffer from wandering thoughts. Stop listening to the tyranny of your individual natural life and win freedom into the spiritual life. “If the Son makes you free….” Do not substitute Savior for Son in this passage. The Savior has set us free from sin, but this is the freedom that comes from being set free from myself by the Son. It is what Paul meant in Galatians 2:20when he said, “I have been crucified with Christ….” His individuality had been broken and his spirit had been united with his Lord; not just merged into Him, but made one with Him. “…you shall be free indeed”— free to the very core of your being; free from the inside to the outside. We tend to rely on our own energy, instead of being energized by the power that comes from identification with Jesus.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes. ~ Jawaharlal Nehru
Nagaland Post, Dimapur SunDAY, November 19, 2017
Post-mortem
Is science and religion in conflict?
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n my interactions with both atheists and religious geeks, I have been fed with many types of arguments, even this whimsical one – which comes first, science or religion? Mr. Atheist asserted that science was right there from the beginning of the universe, and Mr. Religion argued that it was God who created the universe. Then Mr. Atheist countered by demanding a proof for God. And the endless debate goes on. The relationship between religion and science has been a subject of study since classical antiquity, addressed by philosophers, theologians, scientists, and others. Perspectives from different geographical regions, cultures and historical epochs are diverse, with some characterizing the relationship as one of conflict, others describing it as one of harmony, and others proposing little interaction. There was a time when almost all scientists were theists. And that was also a time when almost all people at every level of society were theists. To publicly disavow the existence of God was, at best, to ensure ostracism and, at worst, to be forced to choose between death and renouncing the evidence compiled through a life’s worth of work. Some says science and religion have had a long, rich history of conflict, most famously with the case of Galileo, who was found guilty of heresy for discovering one of the basic truths of our solar system. Likewise, Charles Darwin has been vilified for the last 150 years for discovering a fundamental concept that underlies all of biology and medicine and unifies all of the life sciences. But is science and religion really in conflict? Some may not agree with that. So they bring up an analogy of a tray and a cup. The purpose of a cup and tray is to serve tea. Can a tray and a cup be in conflict? It cannot and can. A tray and a cup cannot be in conflict on their own unless it involves a person(s) to bash them up. That person, however, can serve the tea in a cup and then place it on a tray which may be more pleasing to the recipient though that very person can also serve tea without the other. This simple analogy informs that worldviews or ideas cannot
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saying of C.S Lewis goes “It is natural to love the place where one grows up. A true patriot sees the flaws of his country, acknowledges them, weeps for them but always remain to the core”. No other words can be so apt to the impressive and highly thoughtful step taken by our Angami elders voicing their support over the recent protest rally by the PCC at Kohima. The expression of anguish and displeasure by the Angami senior citizens over the banning of protests or any kind of agitation within its jurisdiction was one of the most magnanimous and sagacious to the fullest. These elders have not only shown the younger generation but the whole people of Nagaland that there are still some upright, principled and honorable elders in the midst of our chaotic and a tumultuous society today. I pray and salute such respectable and honorable elders who are there to inspire, guide and bless the younger generation through their wisdom, knowledge, experience and integrity when our land is faced with the trying times and hard days. All heads should bow in reverence to such elderly statesmanship, astuteness and impartiality which define nobility and righteousness that deserves an utmost appreciation and applause from all sections. The wise elders can easily convey the most complex concepts with ease because they have been living with these things for years. Their experiences and under-
be in conflict on their own even the most contradicting ones. It is human beings that hold on to those worldviews or ideas, and it’s up to them how they intend to use and present them. But the issue at hand isn’t one of beliefs or worldviews, which by definition is subjective and prone to intense biases. Instead the issue is an epistemological one: Can science and religion be reconciled, or are they contrasting concepts at their very core? Science and religion were mutually exclusive, the former dealing with the natural world and the latter with questions of a spiritual nature, and thus the two shouldn’t be in conflict. Let me abruptly ask this simple question. Is there anyone who knows everything? I don’t think any sensible person in this world will claim to know everything. Can a theist tell us when God created the universe or can he or she point us to the place where God dwells? On the other hand, it is also asinine to reject something outright just because we don’t have a concrete proof today. I don’t think all religious people think that their scripture contains all knowledge; they go to school and university and seek the help of medical science. Of course there are those wellness movement misguiding believers that God will heal them and that they don’t need medical assistance. And there are those atheists who deny God because of the problem of evil or because theists have not yet presented them a convincing evidence for the existence of God. Today is everyone’s opportunity to know more and know the truth. Ultimately, there is no conflict between religion and science. The conflict is in the minds of the theists and atheists who desperately attempts to preserve his or her worldviews and vilify or destroy the other. “Religion is self-preserving and science is self-correcting.” This statement is one of the trending topics in the current discussions especially in the social media. This is partly true and partly wrong on both sides. Yes, religion is self-preserving, however, it is also changing, reforming and correcting in the light of scientific breakthrough. Scientific thinking is being in-
quisitive, skeptical, and taking nothing for granted. Prestige, fame, success are irrelevant. Perfect theories are irrelevant. The smallest piece of contradictory evidence can refute your grand unifying theory. And science encompasses all that. It is an emergent concept. And this is what is self-correcting. Scientists, on the other hand, are not selfcorrecting. Some are more so than others but none are perfect. Scientists are people and thus inherently fallible. They are subject to ego, pride, greed, and all of life’s pressures, such as the need to pay a mortgage, feed their children, and having a career. In the common vernacular “science” is often conflated with the scientific enterprise, the way scientists go about doing science. This involves all those human factors and more and, fair enough, it is anything but self-correcting. But to argue that this means science isn’t self-correcting is attacking a straw man because few people are seriously arguing that the scientific enterprise couldn’t be better. We should always strive to improve the way we do science because due to our human failings it will never be perfect. However, in this context we also shouldn’t forget how much we have already improved it. Science aids scripture interpretation. I believe that scripture is an accurate representation of the truth. The problem is that humans are allowed to interpret it. Humans are not always truthful, knowledgeable, or wise. Those of faith have been known to get it wrong quite often. We want to know the truth. We want the best possible interpretation of scripture, and science has proven over the years to aid in that pursuit. A great example of this is the fact that the science/ consensus once believed that the earth was flat. Both secular and religious population believed this. When by mathematics it was eventually proved that the earth was spherical. The scriptural text that references a round earth was employed to support that scientific understand. (Isaiah 40.22) It was science that taught us that the world was round but scripture supported that science, and therefore scripture was trusted all the more. Many would like to claim that science
was wrong and religion was right in this case. That is a false interpretation of what actually happened. Instead both religious people and the general population/science were wrong. Up until this point religious people had misinterpreted that verse, and secular people had misinterpreted the natural world. Both were wrong. This is an important point when we look at the current conflict. There are many cases when both the religious and the scientific community are wrong. However because of the nature of science, eventually science should lead to the truth. My contention is that, ultimately, the existence of a deity is a question of science. Some may be surprised by this because they recognize that science is the systematic study of phenomena in the natural world while religious belief deals with the supernatural, or powers and entities outside the spectrum of what we would consider our natural reality. As much as theists would choose to deny it, all of these are questions of science, because even if their deity is a product of a supernatural realm, possibly an alternate universe that we cannot detect or measure, once that entity begins to interact with our reality – our natural universe – then it becomes a question of science. Science is not a static body of knowledge. It is a dynamic changing arrangement of understanding. Science wins when it removes bad interpretation of the natural world. Religion wins, when it carves away bad interpretation of scripture. There are times when religion can only do this with the help of science. Therefore, those who interpret scripture need science. It is by science that scriptural interpreters have a better understanding of the scriptures. So, what’s the point? The point is that an accurate view of God and his creation requires both scripture, and science. If scientists are forced to come to religious viewpoints by their research, then we are doing our society a disservice. On the other hand, if religious people are mocked and ridiculed for coming to religious by way of science, then science is also doing society a disservice. Puanthanh Gangmei, Dimapur
A grand salute to our Angami elders
standing of the problems make them great solvers of any predicament and dilemma we come across the ages. I believe there will be many desires and wishes by young people who are yearning for such elders in every tribe. The balance and wisdom of the elderly that come from long perspectives and broad foundations are worth emulating by any coming generations. Our political leaders and those heads of some civil societies today should not speak one language and act the other. When our leaders have said very loud and clear that they will work for the welfare of the youths of our state, they should sit together to sort out these differences instead of shying away and trying to brush it off by other means. Trying to suppress young voices with the use of force will be quite unjustified as the presence of riot police in full gear are very much in contradictory to those previous statements and a great discouragement for any truth and justice to thrive or flourish in our land. The recent unpleasant memory of the tear gasing, lathi-charging and water- cannoning on innocent protestors demanding their rightful salaries or demanding justice to be delivered in the scams that have rocked the state have etched as one most appalling and shocking act of injustice and unfairness in the memories of many Nagas which will take some time to be erased. May we all as a people learn from these
past mistakes that such things do not occur but are resolved and hammered out across the table as a matured and a God-fearing society. Any peaceful or democratic form of protest should not be stifled or suppressed by use of brute force or scheming tactics be it by any individual, organisation or a faction. Any crisis or problem can be always resolved through negotiation and dialogue. Unless such issues are expeditiously resolved by our political leaders, mishandling of problems of our youths could dent the image of a leadership or any organisation and adversely impact the aspirations of our young ones .In our Naga social milieu, hard posture has always led to confrontations and more divisions. But let our past be our teacher. Today our land is being over-flooded with countless organisations and civil societies where each and every group is trying to assert their own right and place in voicing out its issues whatever it maybe. While some have been founded and been born out of genuine concern for the people’s welfare, many have failed to address those actual basis. In doing so some go at length, trampling other’s rights and justice which may have been done unintentionally. Yet the voice and rights of our young people should be properly addressed to or to whom will they look out for or voice out to? If not our leaders and elders, then who? If not today, then when?
I may sound blunt here, but today again many civil societies and various organisations in our state have become a lapdog of the high and the mighty and for their own vested interests when the actual reason and the original plan of their genesis was to act as a guardian of people’s right and justice. The absence of any rationale or validation at times in their stands and beliefs unlike in those early days are found to be very saddening at present times. Young peoples’ voices need to be heard and addressed precisely as they are going to be here tomorrow in our place even after we are gone. What we do for them today is going to be a record and memories in their lives. As the saying of Hillary Mantel goes “History offers us vicarious experience. It allows the youngest student to possess the ground equally with his elders; without any knowledge of history to give him a context for present events, he is at the mercy of every social misdiagnosis handed to him. The future belongs to these young people. Just look back at the Arab Spring, it was not the older generation that were fighting the dictatorships of Colonel Gadaffi or Hosni Mubarak. It was the youths of those countries, who had simply had enough. One notable feature that is being noticed in all the present happenings is the missing of the once revered and the powerful NSF. I can
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ass public protest against poor road/ bridges conditions’ , ‘Students demand release of Scholarship funds’, ‘Water cannon fired at unpaid agitating teachers’. The list goes on, the phenomenon of chasing one another has become a common traits of our land agitation protest are more like a rituals of our daily lives. Various organisations stepped up its efforts to uproot Corruption yet all forms of evil graft continues to be widespread, nothing gears without giving a bribe, little development we have is ceasing instead of spreading. Naga people need not to dream it needs to wake up! The visceral protest rallying and raising awareness about an injustice simply does not result to Social change. And one does not really need to wonder because Corruption is nothing but a reflection of our own mistakes whether we like it or not. Having full knowledge about the origin of all Corruption we blatantly sell our future just to gain temporary gratification. Like, “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.” (2 Peter 2:22) our behaviour and actions resembles the same character we never realise from our own mistakes. However, wittingly we choose to elect an illiterate a criminal and a low outlook person to be our leader just because they handsomely paid us. Any programme be it small or big Chief guest invitation is mass. If we behave this way what kind of development are we talking/crying about? The entire generation cannot go on remonstrate to meet the desired end. And it goes without saying that once illegal and illegitimate expenditures is incurred on winning elections/public functions there can be no prospect of honest dealings thereafter. How easy it is for us to point at eachother and criticise flaws and wrong doings? Remember, when we point a finger at someone there are three more pointing back at you. What we may feel is irresponsible of our current state and situation, ultimately the responsibility is ours, we have three times more responsibility than the one we point our finger to. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world” - Mahatma Gandhi Yimtiyongdang, Dimapur
only ask ‘Where art thou, O! NSF? ’ Your absence and your silence have been highly noticed and detected by many Nagas at this juncture. It would be better if the apex student organisation devote more time for the welfare of our students and the youths in the state instead of some dealing with other irrelevant or ignorable matters. Though it is of great relevance and importance, the NSF should leave our Naga Political Issue in the hands of our national
workers and focus more on the student’s interest and benefit of our youth. May our land be enriched through this act of our great Angami elders. May they continue to be our light in our darkness and our song in our despairing moments. May the likes of you grow and fill our land, may God bless you with long life, good health and may our land be healed by such awe-inspiring interventions. Jonah Achumi
Reader’s Post
Sir,
Revision of pay Vs revision of politics
The early part of the coming year, 2018, the entire sixty ground would be watching new exhibition of twin trends as support decision making (SDM) trophy like dag of war between the 7th (ROP) and the other revision of politics (ROP) of which both the public trophy are likely to meet/appear together within the winter challenge season. 1. The revision of pay (ROP) is duly commissioned after every 10th years as reward and nectar for the government employee across the country. So forth, the state government do considered and assured the 7th ROP to the state government employee through media print, that the legitimate payment would be effected by January 2018. Now the ball is subject to the state government. And if not implemented in due time as assured will be like thunder without rain, and to continue next chief quest may not be comfortable. 2. Revision of politics (ROP) 2018. Subsequently more than four lacs employees with their families have nailed their hope to enjoy the 7th ROP before the (Hans tournament) arrive as quotation say: he who give me he also teach me how to give. Akum Ezung, Burma Camp
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.
Nagaland Post, Dimapur sunday, november 19, 2017
10 Indians missing since Oct declared ‘not found’
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS): The government on Saturday finally declared that the 10 Indians who went missing after a merchant ship sank off the coast of Japan last month “could not be found”. “MV Emerald Star with 26 Indians sank on October 13, 2017,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted. “While 16 Indians were rescued, remaining 10 could not be found. There was extensive search by Japan and Philippines which was joined by Indian Navy,” she said. Those missing included Captain Nair Rajesh Ramachandran, Second Officer Rahul Kumar, Third Officer Subramaniam Giridhar Kumar, Chief Engineer Rajput Shyam Singh, Fourth Engineer Subbiah Suresh Kumar, Junior Engineer Chauhan Ashok Kumar, Perumalsamy Gurumurthy, Ma-
Don’t panic, H1N1 is curable: SKIMS chief to Kashmiris
Srinagar, Nov 18 (IANS): The super specialty tertiary care of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) here is fully equipped to treat H1N1 flu patients and people should not panic about this as it is a fully curable infection. SKIMS Director A.G Ahangar said the hospital has treated 24 positive cases of H1N1 so far, out of which 12 have been discharged, five are under treatment and unfortunately seven patients have expired because of other co-morbidities primarily like malignancies, leukemia and immune- compromised status. The super specialty hospital is catering to the patient care of the Kashmir Valley in particular and Jammu and Kashmir in general ever since 1982.
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lavaranan Silambarasan, Murugan Gowtham and Bevin Thomas. Japan’s 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters based in Naha, Okinawa, on October 13 said it had received an emergency call from the 33,205-tonne ship around 2 a.m. local time (5 p.m. GMT, October 12). T h e Ja p a n C o a s t Guard said it had dispatched patrol boats and aircraft to rescue the missing crew, but the operations were hampered by a raging typhoon.
(From p-1) in pursuit of higher and technical education outside and practically no reverse inflow of students to Nagaland from other States. He feared that if the current trend continued, which was already draining the State’s economy, it would have a negative impact on Naga integration, besides leading to incidences of ethnic and racial attacks on some students in some metro cities. Zeliang was hopeful that such a situation could be reversed if good institutions of higher learning come up in Nagaland and students from mainland India could also then come to the State for educational purposes. Congratulating St Joseph University, he expressed the hope that it would make significant contribution towards higher education in the State. Zeliang also stressed for skill-based, vocationoriented and professional education so that every educated youth finds em-
BSF recovers heroin worth over Rs 100 cr in Punjab
BSF officials inspecting the seized heroin at Baropal in Amritsar.
Chandigarh, Nov 18 (IANS): In a joint operation, Border Security Forces (BSF) troopers and the Punjab Police have recovered 22kg of heroin in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector following exchange of fire with Pakistani smugglers
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near the international border, a BSF officer said on Saturday. The encounter took place late on Friday following a tip-off that smugglers were trying to send heroin consignment into India. At least one Pakistani
smuggler was injured in the exchange of fire as blood stains were found during search of the area on Saturday, BSF officer D.S. Rajpurohit said. The BSF recovered a pistol and one Pakistani Sim card. The BSF also arrested three Indian smugglers who were waiting close to the border fence to collect the heroin consignment. The smugglers were trying to smuggle the heroin consignment using a plastic pipe across the border fence. The heroin is worth nearly Rs 110 crore in the international market. The Ferozepur border is around 275 km from here. Punjab shares a 553km-long barbed-wire fenced international border with Pakistan.
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ployment as per his or her skill or specialisation He proposed that the university, as well as the existing and upcoming universities, colleges and other institutions of higher learning, design their syllabi and curricula in such a manner so as to equip their students with appropriate skills and knowledge relevant to their times, which would make the educated youth engines of growth and development. Home minister Y Patton, who also spoke on the occasion, said it was quite evident that the Catholic Church in Nagaland under the Diocese of Kohima was at the forefront to impart quality education at a low cost to the people of Nagaland and touching the farthest and remotest parts of the State. He said he was elated to know that the Church was currently running 125 primary and elementary schools, 57 high schools, 27 higher secondary schools, four degree colleges, one teachers’ training institute and one B.Ed and MSW college with over 70,000
J&K stakeholders cold towards interlocutor
Srinagar, Nov 18 (AGENCIES): Former Intelligence Bureau chief Dineshwar Sharma was appointed as a special representative by the Centre to restart talks with all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir. Sharma, a 1979batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Kerala cadre, was hand-picked by the Narendra Modi government to begin the dialogue process in the State, which has seen a spiral of violence since July last year. When he was appointed, Sharma was already the Centre’s interlocutor for talks with the Assambased insurgent groups, a post he continues to hold. He also heads a committee to restructure the Home Ministry.
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(From p-1) which removed ClassIII posts from the purview of NPSC, after further consultation with it. In response, PCC demanded that CM keep the October 26 OM in abeyance as some departments had already started advertising Grade-III posts, which were earlier under the purview of NPSC. PCC also reiterated its demand that until the October 26 OM was revoked, it would not allow any department to conduct departmental exams and, in the event of any untoward incident, it would not be held accountable. Deliberations were also held on other demands like reduction of NPSC interview marks from the current 75 to 50, setting maximum and minimum benchmarks in the interviews, declaration of answer keys in all stages of examinations conducted by NPSC, appointing persons from IAS/IPS/NCS background as NPSC members, amendment of August 3, 1995 OM so as to pave the way for NPSC to declare waiting list, written and interview marks on the day of result declaration. PCC said that Home minister had in fact opined that “NPSC interview marks should be reduced to a great extent in order to curb any manipulation.” PCC said its demands were also supported by cabinet ministers present at the meeting. Meanwhile, PCC asserted that it has been mandated to ensure that the united voice of Nagas against corruption reached its logical conclusion. PCC said a separate meeting was also held between PCC and Standing Committee members to discuss the former’s core demand of setting up a Lokayukta.
Following this, the External Affairs Ministry said that 11 crew members were rescued by the ship Densa Cobra, registered in Xiamen, China, and five more by Samarinda, registered in the Philippines. In her tweets, Sushma Swaraj said that India continued search for the missing Indians on nearby islands. “Philippine Coast Guard have now informed us that an unidentified decomposed body of with a life jacket marking Emerald Star was found on October 28 on the island city of Banua,” she said. “Since the body was decomposed, it was buried there.” The External Affairs Minister said she has asked Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Jaideep Mazumdar that the body be exhumed and brought to Manila for identification by DNA.
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students. And all these establishments had been set up by the Church from its own resources with very little or no help from the government, he added. Patton also said that St Joseph University was yet another great initiative of Catholic Church to empower youth of the Northeast in general and of Nagaland in particular with quality and employment-oriented education. He said he was hopeful that Christian influence that the students would imbibe from the institution would have a positive bearing on their professional lives. Patton stated that the Northeast produced a large number of college graduates every year, but employable graduates formed a small portion, for which a sizeable portion of educated unemployed youth of the region became vulnerable to various unwanted elements and organisations that want to exploit them. He said the new university should emphasise on employment-oriented
courses to offset the lacuna of higher education system in the region and urged it to also introduce courses relevant and suited to local economy of the State and utilise its natural and human resources optimally. He also congratulated and thanked the Ikishe Village Council and landowners for providing a plot of land that made establishment of the university possible. He also appealed to the villagers to extend all possible help and co-operation in the days to come. Patton also wished the university and its Board of Governors success in all their future endeavours in the service of the people. In his short speech, advisor Higher Education, Deo Nukhu exhorted the university authority to get the varsity accredited with National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). He said he was hopeful that the university will grow into a centre of excellence and produce eminent men and women in the years to come.
St Joseph University pro chancellor and Bishop of Kohima, Rev. D. James Thoppil and varsity’s chancellor and founder of DMI and MMI group of institutions, Rev. Fr. Dr. JE Arul Raj also spoke on the occasion. The welcome address was delivered by managing trustee of DMI Foundation Rev Sr Gnanaselvam, a profile of DMI was shared by DMI correspondent of higher education Rev Sr Arokiya Mary. Vote of thanks was proposed by vice chancellor, Dr. D. Gnanadurai. Earlier, while Zeliang inaugurated the university’s main building, Patton inaugurated Physics Laboratory. Likewise, principal secretary School Education, F.P. Solo inaugurated Chemistry Laboratory, Nukhu inaugurated library, Brig. Ravi Sitaramaiah inaugurated the computer laboratory and parliamentary secretary Tourism, C. Apok Jamir inaugurated Bio-technology laboratory.
CWC to meet on Monday; Rahul’s elevation likely
Congress Working Committee members during a meeting in New Delhi.
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS): Congress party’s highest decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee (CWC), will meet on Monday to chart out the schedule for the election of the Congress President, that will see the elevation of Vice President
Rahul Gandhi to the party’s top post. The meeting will be held a day after the birth centenary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on November 19. The meeting will be held at 10.30 in the morning. The CWC will decide on the schedule for
the election of the Congress President, including the date for filing of nomination and the election. On the last day of filing the nomination, if no other contestant files his/her nomination against Gandhi, then he will be declared President unopposed.
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an amount not exceeding Rs 13,000 crore,” said the company in an earlier filing. The promoters, including co-founders N.R. Narayana Murthy and Nandan Nilekani have offered to sell 1.77 crore shares valued at Rs 2,038 crore in the buyback offer. According to the shareholding pattern, the promoters group, comprising co-founders and their families hold 12.92 per cent of the shares, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) & Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) 37.33 per cent, Indian retail, corporate and other investors 23.08 per cent, Indian FIs, Banks and Mutual Funds 9.63 per cent, American Depository Receipts 16.69 per cent and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) 0.52 per cent.
yield ended at 7.05 per cent, after hitting a low of 6.94 per cent earlier in the day after Moody’s upgraded India’s sovereign rating. The central bank has conducted nine OMO sales in 2017, all of which took place in the second half of the year, to drain excess liquidity from the banking system.
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and Exchange Board of India) on Thursday on the buyback and the offer letters will be dispatched to the shareholders by November 23,” said the filing. “The last date of receipt of tender forms is December 18 and the last date of settlement of bids on the stock exchanges is December 26,” added the filing. The outsourcing firm made the public offer on October 10 after its investors voted overwhelmingly in favour of the buyback resolution through postal ballot and electronic voting conducted from September 8 to October 7. “The offer size is 20.51 per cent of the total paid-up capital and free reserves, aggregating up to 11.3croreAshares or 4.92 per cent of the total shares for
market, with the 10-year government bond yield likely to fall by 5 basis points, traders said. “There will be a rally on Monday after the OMO news, but it won’t sustain. Many traders have burnt their fingers already and they are not ready to keep buying,” said a dealer with a private bank. The 10-year bond
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Bengaluru, Nov 18 (IANS): Global software major Infosys Ltd would buy back 11.3-crore of its equity shares of Rs 5 face value by paying Rs 13,000 crore at the price of Rs 1,150 per share from November 30, said the IT major. “Buyback of 11,30,43,478 equity shares of Rs 5 each at a price of Rs 1,150 per share under the tender offer route opens on November 30 and closes on December 14,” said the company in regulatory filing on the BSE. Offer managers Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Ltd and J.P. Morgan India Ltd submitted to the BSE a copy of the letter of offer sent to its shareholders on the buyback. “The company has received the approval of the regulator (Securities
Bengaluru, Nov 18 (Agencies): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in a rare move, cancelled a bond sale via the open market operation (OMO) worth Rs. 10,000 crore that was scheduled for November 23, citing “evolving liquidity conditions”. The OMO sale of government securities was withdrawn due to “recent market developments and based on a fresh review of the current and evolving liquidity conditions”, the RBI said in a statement on Friday. The announcement may kick-off a short-lived rally next week in the bond
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GSTR-3B. While taxpayers were allowed to make changes in July GSTR-3B return form, the facility was not available for subsequent months. About 2 lakh return filers were stuck because of this non-availability. It has been decided that by November 20 the editing facility for GSTR-3B returns for August and September will be launched by GSTN, Modi said. He said after the last GST Council meeting in Guwahati, about 80 per cent of the issues relating to rates have been resolved. Now, simplification of processes and procedures needs to be done which GSTN will do in collaboration with Infosys, Modi added.
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company is widely known is the most leveraged listed Indian telecom company, and along with its rivals has been hit badly by a price war with upstart rival Reliance Jio, which is controlled by India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani. RCom, controlled by Ambani’s younger brother, Anil, is attempting to convert roughly Rs 7,000 crore of its debt to equity via a strategic debt restructuring plan. As part of the plan, the company is under a debt standstill and hence there are no payments of interest or principal being made to RCom lenders or bondholders, said Moody’s, adding it was thus withdrawing its ‘Ca’ corporate family rating on the company and its ‘Ca’ rating on RCom’s senior secured notes.
years as “belated recognition” of reforms undertaken. Singh also cautioned that the soaring prices of the crude oil could “hurt the fiscal system” of the country. “Now the crude oil prices are USD 62-64 whereas few months ago, they were about 40-45. So it can hurt balance of payment. It can also hurt the fiscal system as well,” Singh said. Asked how different he would have implemented the GST, Singh said there was “undue haste” in implementing the new taxation system and blamed the bureaucracy for its lack of preparedness. “Both in administration and implementation, I think there is much to be desired and the very fact that the council has met so many times, they have now reduced rates of 211 items.”
on GSTN. Besides, the technology major has deployed 30 resident engineers all over the country to coordinate between state commissionerates and GSTN. The GoM has tasked GSTN, the company handling the IT backbone for the new indirect tax regime, to develop taxpayer friendly utilities so that they are interactive in nature. Every utility should have the option for preview, edit, validation, pop-ups, specific error message and print and the GSTN along with Infosys will develop it, Modi said. The initial sales return in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime is filed by businesses in form
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M U M BA I , N ov 1 8 (Agencies): Rating agency Moody’s said on Friday it has withdrawn its credit rating on Reliance Communications, as it considers the Indian telecom operator to be in default for missing an interest payment on its bonds that was due last week. Debt-laden Reliance Communications posted a fourth straight quarterly loss last week and said it had failed to pay interest on some debentures, sending its shares tumbling. “Moody’s has withdrawn the ratings as a missed scheduled payment of either interest or principal is considered a default under Moody’s definitions,” the rating agency said in a note. With net of debt of Rs 44,300 crore as of end-March, RCom - as the
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New Delhi, Nov 18 (PTI): GST Network will launch a facility for businesses to make changes to their August and September GSTR-3B return forms beginning November 20, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi said Saturday. The Modi-led Group of Ministers (GoM), set up to look into GSTN glitches, also met Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani. Nilekani assured them that GSTN will work smoothly, Modi said after the fourth meeting of the GoM here today. He said Infosys has added 100 engineers for the project in the last one month. Now, 621 Infosys IT engineers are working
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able banks to move forward with the resolution of NPLs through comprehensive write-downs of impaired loans and increase lending gradually,” Moody’s said. According to Care Ratings, gross NPAs of 36 top banks have increased from Rs 2.94 lakh crore in March 2015 to Rs 3.32 lakh crore in Sept 2015 and then sharply to Rs 8.38 lakh crore in Sept 2017. “The next two quarters would be crucial from the point of view of NPAs as it is still not clear whether or not they have been fully recognized and provided for. Private Banks too have witnessed an increase in their NPA ratios and the final picture will emerge by March 2018,” said Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, Care ratings in a report on Friday. According to Bloomberg data, Indian companies and banks have sold $12.5 billion of foreigncurrency bonds so far this year with a fourth of them coming from banks. Bankers said that the upgrade would also draw more investors into these bonds as the earlier rating was the lowest above-investment grade.
Kochi, Nov 18 (PTI): The NDA government should not be “lured into false belief ” that the economy is out of the wood, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday, reacting to the Moody’s upgradation of India’s sovereign credit rating. The US-based agency upped India’s rating to Baa2 from Baa3 and changed its rating outlook to ‘stable’ from ‘positive’, saying the reforms will help stabilise rising levels of debt. “I am glad that Moody’s has done what they have done but we must not be, I think, lured into false belief that we are out of the wood,” he said, reacting to a query on Moody’s rating, here. The economy needed strong purposeful guidance to move forward at the rate which the government itself says they want the country to move eight to 10 per cent, Singh said on the sidelines of a national seminar on ‘Macro Economic Developments in India: Policy Perspectives’ organised by the Economics Department of St Teresa’s College, Ernakulam. His comments came in the wake of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley terming the Moody’s upgrading India’s sovereign rating after 13
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provisions on loans in respect of which bankruptcy proceedings have been initiated. There have been reports that the government may force banks to initiate insolvency proceedings against more borrowers. Besides having to make high provisions, if banks do not get acceptable bids during the insolvency process, they would be required to initiate liquidation proceedings. If this happens banks might be required to make massive write- down of their loans. The third uncertainty is over bank mergers. According to market players, investors are reluctant to make big bets on bank stocks over fears that government may decide to merge weak banks with some strong banks. Given that public sector banks do not have the flexibility to clean up their books there is fear that merger with a weak bank would hurt the stronger bank. “While the capital injection will modestly increase the government’s debt burden in the near term (by about 0.8% of GDP over two years), it should en-
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M U M BA I , N ov 1 8 (Agencies): Bad loans in banks could be the weak spot in India’s economy and could risk triggering a future downgrade. Besides the standard risks to the economy arising out of fiscal slippage and from global volatility, Moody’s has cited health of the banking system as vulnerability for the economy. According to Moody’s, recapitalization of PSU banks and proactive steps to resolve bad loans are beginning to address a key weakness in India’s sovereign credit profile. SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar said that large NPA accounts referred to the National Company Law Tribunal in July would come up for resolution in January 2018. Bankers, however, say that since these are the first transactions the bankruptcy process is likely to get tested. Most bankers feel that bad loans will start declining only from the next financial year. Banks are also reluctant to take more defaulters to the National Company Law Tribunal as regulations require that they make 50%
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Zimbabwe: Crowds protest outside Robert Mugabe’s office
H a r e r e , N ov 1 8 (AGENCIES): Protesters in Zimbabwe have headed towards the office of President Robert Mugabe to urge him to step down. The march came on a day of widespread jubilation in the capital Harare and other cities following the army’s takeover on Wednesday. Soldiers at State House gently pushed protesters away in scenes resembling a party, says the BBC’s Andrew Harding. The army intervened after Mugabe sacked his deputy, signalling that he favoured his wife Grace as a successor. Mugabe, 93, has led Zimbabwe since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. The military has kept him confined to his residence and says it is “engaging” with him and will advise the public on the outcome of talks “as soon
Angry Zimbabwan protestors raising placard infront of Mugabe’s office.
as possible”. Saturday’s rally is supported by the army and members of the r uling Zanu-PF party. War veterans - who until last year were loyal to the president - are also saying Mugabe should quit. The leader of the organisation urged people to head towards Mugabe’s private residence, too. Outside State House some people staged a sitdown protest in front of a
line of troops, and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai addressed the crowd, to cheers. The BBC’s Andrew Harding in Harare says this is a watershed moment and there can be no return to power for Mugabe. Our correspondent says the situation may appear to be getting out of Zanu-PF’s control and there could be a broad push to introduce a transitional government that includes
the opposition. Mugabe, 93, had been under house arrest since the army takeover, but on Friday he made his first public appearance. He spoke only to open the graduation at a university of which he is chancellor. Grace Mugabe was not present. It had been thought she had left the country but it emerged on Thursday that she was at home with Mr Mugabe. The military made its move after a power struggle over the successor for Mugabe. He sacked Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week, apparently to pave the way for Grace Mugabe, who is four decades younger than him, to take over the presidency. Mugabe’s nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, told Reuters news agency the couple were “ready to die for what is correct” and would not step down.
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Hariri meets Macron; will return to Lebanon Beirut/Paris, Nov 18 (IANS): Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday after he arrived here from Saudi Arabia for talks on a crisis sparked by his resignation earlier this month. Macron welcomed Hariri and his family at the Elysee Palace. The meeting came hours after a phone call between the French President and his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun. The Lebanese President’s office said that Aoun had thanked Macron for “France’s actions in favour of Lebanon” and confirmed that Hariri would be in Beirut for Lebanon’s Independence Day celebrations on November 22. Hariri announced on November 4 from the Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh that he was stepping down as Lebanon’s Prime Minister. He accused Iran of sowing “discord, devastation and destruction” in the region and said he feared there was an assassination plot against him.
Argentina’s missing navy submarine: Search stepped up
The vessel is the newest of the three submarines in the Argentine navy’s fleet.
Carribean, Nov 18 (AGENCIES): The Argentine navy is stepping up its search in the South Atlantic for a 44-crew submarine that has been out of radio contact for three days. President Mauricio Macri said all national and international resources were being deployed to help find the San Juan as quickly as possible. A Nasa research plane has joined the search for the vessel. Britain and countries in the region have offered help after it disappeared 430km (267 miles) off the coast. “We have not been able to find, or have visual demned the move. or radar communication It is the 11th time Moswith the submarine,” navy cow has used its veto powers in support of its ally since spokesman Enrique Balbi told a news conference. the conflict began. On Thursday, Russia blocked a US-written draft to extend the JIM’s mandate for a year. The JIM was set up in 2015 to identify perpetrators of chemical attacks. It is the only official mission investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria. ESTD. 1967
Chinese, N Korean envoys stress Syria: Russia blocks extension on ties despite nuclear tensions of chemical attacks probe again
Song, the first senior Chinese envoy to visit in more than a year, had been widely expected to raise the impasse over North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests in his Friday meeting with Choe Ryong-Hae, a top official in North Korea’s ruling party. But a Chinese Communist Party report of the meeting made no mention of those issues, focusing instead on platitudes about the long relationship. A party statement said Song and Choe agreed that mutual ties were “the common treasure of the two peoples”. “Both parties should make concerted efforts to promote the development of the relations between
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Iraq forces retake last IS-held town
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BAG H DA D, N ov 1 8 (AGENCIES): The Iraqi army retook the last town in the country still held by the Islamic State group on Friday as the jihadists’ self-proclaimed “caliphate” faced collapse on both sides of the border with Syria. The lightning recapture of the small Euphrates valley town of Rawa in an offensive launched at dawn came as the jihadists were also under attack for a second day in the last town they still hold in Syria, Albu Kamal just over the border. The Islamic State group
(IS) has lost 95 per cent of the cross-border “caliphate” it declared in Iraq and Syria in 2014, the US-led coalition fighting it said on Wednesday. Its losses include all of its major bastions, virtually confining it to pockets of countryside. Government troops and paramilitary units “liberated the whole of Rawa and raised the Iraqi flag on all of its official buildings,” General Abdelamir Yarallah of Iraq’s Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a statement.
An army general contacted by AFP at the front had predicted that the battle would be swift as “the majority of IS fighters who were in the town have fled towards the Syrian border.” The JOC said appeals had been made for several days to the town’s Sunni Arab residents to listen to radio broadcasts for instructions on what to do when the army entered. Rawa was bypassed in an offensive by the Iraqi army that resulted in the recapture of the strategically impor tant border town of Al-Qaim earlier this month. The stretch of Euphrates valley abutting the border with Syria has long been a bastion of Sunni Arab insurgency, first against US-led troops after the invasion of 2003 and then against the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. The porous frontier became a magnet for foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria, which Baghdad accused of turning a blind eye, and a key smuggling route for arms and illicit goods.
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Meeting held on 12th November 2017, Sunday at Ram Janaki Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur under the chairmanship of G.B (Shri. Bhabhuti Rai) of Ram Janaki Thakurbari Area unanimously decided to have the following Board and members of Ram Janaki Thakurbari Committee for the tenure of 5 (five) years. President : Shri. Bachhu Lal Shah Vice President : i) Shri Narayan Singh ii) Shri. Rabindar Rai Secretary : Shri Harender Singh Joint Secretary : Shri. Uttam Singh Treasurer : Shri Rajiv Singh List of members : 1) Rajeev Singh 2) Mukesh Singh 3) Amardeep Singh 4) Abhay Singh 5) Kamakhaya Singh 6) Prabhakar Yadav 7) Ashirswad Thakur 8) Bijesh Sharma 9) Ramanand Sonkar 10) Ganesh Thakur 11) Sanjay Kumar 12) Sanjay Sharma 13) Laxman Sonkar 14) Vikash Mahato 15) Jitendra Singh (Munna Singh) 16) Sujit Sonkar List of Advisory Board 1) Chandradeo Prasad (Chief Advisor) 2) Rameshwar Prasad (Advisor) 3) Ram Binay Singh (Advisor) 4) Ramparbesh Gupta (Advisor) 5) Gaya Prasad (Advisor) 6) Shri. Raj Kumar Singh (Advocate)
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SHANGHAI, Nov 18 (AGENCIES): A senior Chinese envoy has met an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in Pyongyang, the two sides said Saturday, stressing long-standing ties despite deep divisions over the North’s nuclear activities. Song Tao is visiting on behalf of President Xi Jinping, ostensibly to brief the North’s officials on the recent Chinese Communist Party congress and other “issues of mutual interest”. The two communist neighbours, once said by Mao Zedong to be “as close as lips and teeth”, are at odds over the nuclear standoff and US President Donald Trump is urging Beijing to pile pressure on Pyongyang.
G e n e va , N o v 1 8 (AGENCIES): Russia has cast a second veto in as many days to block a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Russia rejected a Japanese draft resolution to prolong by 30 days the Joint Investigative Mechanism, whose mandate ends at midnight on Friday. Western nations con-
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Song Tao, right, member of China’s ruling Communist Party, shakes hands with Ri Su Yong, vice chairman of North Korea’s ruling party, in Pyongyang.
the two parties and the two countries and let them benefit the two peoples,” the statement paraphrased them as saying. A brief report by North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency said Song told his hosts that China wanted to “develop the traditional friendly relations between the two parties and countries”, but gave no further details. Trump, who warned Xi during his trip to Beijing last week that time was “quickly running out” to solve the nuclear crisis, took to Twitter on Thursday to hail Song’s mission as “a big move, we’ll see what happens!” The United States wants China, which accounts for 90 percent of North Korea’s foreign trade, to apply more economic pressure. But experts doubt Song’s visit will yield breakthroughs, saying Beijing has far less political influence on Kim than is thought despite the economic ties. “Relations are extremely stressed. Perhaps the lowest point since the Korean War. Perhaps (the mission) will put a floor under China-North Korea relations, preventing further deterioration,” said Bonnie Glaser, China expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
The diesel-electric submarine was returning from a routine mission to Ushuaia, near the southern-most tip of South America, to its base at Mar del Plata, south of Buenos Aires. Its last contact with the navy command was on Wednesday morning. An Argentine destroyer and two corvettes are conducting a search around the area of the sub’s last known position off the south-eastern Valdez peninsula. But so far there are no clues about its whereabouts. The rescue operation has been formally upgraded to a search-and-rescue procedure after no visual or radar contact was made with the submarine, Balbi said. “Detection has been difficult despite the quan-
tity of boats and aircraft involved in the search”, he said. The task of the rescuers has been further complicated by heavy winds and high waves. Balbi said that the number of hours that had passed since there had been any communication with the vessel was of concern. It is thought that the submarine may have had communication difficulties caused by a power cut. Navy protocol dictates that a vessel should come to the surface if communication has been lost. “We expect that it is on the surface,” Balbi said. The German-built submarine was inaugurated in 1983, the newest of the three submarines in the Argentine navy’s fleet. President Macri said the government was in regular contact with the crew’s families. “We share their concern and that of all Argentines,” he wrote on Twitter. “We are committed to using all national and international resources necessary to find the ARA San Juan submarine as soon as possible.” A US Nasa P-3 explorer aircraft - capable of longduration flights - is preparing to take part in the search, Balbi said, in addition to a Hercules C-130 from the Argentine Air Force.
1 Shri. Neiphiü Rio, Member of Lok Sabha 2. Shri. K. G Kenye, Member of Rajya Sabha 3. Shri. N. Jacob Zhimomi, MLA 4. Shri. E.E Pangteang, Minister R.D Minister 5. Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire, Minister PWD (R&B) 6. Shri. Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu, MLA 7. Shri. Limasunep Jamir IPS, Commissioner of Police 8. Shri. Chuba Ozukum, Senior Administrator Law & Justice Department. 9. Shri. I. Imkong, Ex Minister 10. Er. Tsukti LKR, Additional C.E. I&FC, Kohima 11. Shri Anato Zhimomi 12. Er. Kavito Chishi, Addl. Director NRE 13. Shri. Pusazo Lurhuo 14. Shri. P. Jongpong Jamir IPS, Retd IGP 15. Shri. N N Walling IPS Rtd 16. Shri Meren Tzudir, DTO 17. Shri. Joseph Keishing, Commandant, 173 battalion CRPF 18. Shri. Khushito Awomi 19. Shri. Hokugha N. Yeptho 20. Smti. Imlimenla Longchari 21. Shri. Tokiye Awomi 22. Shri. Hovishe Achumi 23. Shri. Omega Yepthomi 24. Shri. Vikheho Assumi 25. Shri. Paul Ngullie 26. Shri. Bobby Panickar 27. Smt. Lolano Khuvung 28. Shri. Vimhalie Medom 29. Shri. Puloto Assumi 30. Shri. Sanket Shinvi 31. Shri Eziekel Sangtam 32. Er. Inaka Sema 33. Shri. Lhouzo Angami 34. Shri. Jonathan Yepthomi 35. Shri. Jonny Rongmei 36. Shri. Isato Jakhalu 37. Dr. Tia Imchen 38. Shri. K. Tsukti (APO, DRDA) 39. Smt. Alemla Chishi 40. Shri. Atobo 41. Shri. Ajay Biswas 42. Shri. Aboto 43. Shri. P. Mandok Phom Vekre Puro President DNYO
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Dimapur invitational badminton club tournament concludes
AASA 32nd annual meet
D i m a p u r , N ov 1 8 (NPN): The 32nd annual meet of Ato Area Sports Association will be held from November 20-25 at Nikhekhu village. President of Dimapur District GBs’ Association, Tokuho Suhoi Neho and N. Apeto Assumi, former president, Western Sumi Kukami Hoho will grace the meet as chief guest and guest of honour respectively.
DDTTA informs D i m a p u r , N ov 1 8 (NPN): The Dimapur District Table Tennis Assojointly sponsored by Eden Runners up: Moanung- ciation will hold a selection Medical Centre and Nasang & Achi Ozukum camp to select players for galand Post. (Shuttlers United) 1st Nagaland Olympics on Result 45+ Doubles November 27 and 28 at MulMen’s Doubles Winners: Saku Jamir & Y. tipurpose Stadium, DimaWinners: Salang Jamir & Achumi (DDBA) pur. Interested players regisMedemnochet (DDBA) Runners up: Alem Ponge- tered with the DDTTA can Runners up: Tongpang ner & Dr. Atsungba Aier participate in the selection Imsong & Limatemsu (DDBA) camp. Forms will be made (Shuttlers United) Mixed Doubles available from November 35+ Doubles Winners: Imsurenba Ja- 20 onwards in the stadium Winners: Vikugha Cho- mir & Yashikala (DDBA) during evening hours. The phi & Asangba Imrong Runners up: Along Jamir last date for submission of (DDBA) & Chubanungla forms is November 25.
Winners and runners-up of the tournament.
DIMAPUR, NOV 18 (NPN): Dimapur invitational badminton club tournament organized by Shuttlers United concluded on Friday here at Sakus Mission College indoor stadium. Altogether over 70 teams took part in the twoday tournament which was held on November 16-17. The tournament was
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1st Death Anniversary
Acknowledgement Sazo Makritsu
Born on : 01/12/1967 – Died on : 15/11/2017
Loving wife, children and family members.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Loving parents, grandparents, family members and relatives.
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It has been a year since you left us. It is hard without you but we know that you are next to the Lord looking and protecting us. We miss you and love you always. Loving wife, son, daughters & loved ones K-3812 OFFICE OF THE
ZUNHEBOTO RANGE UNION DIMAPUR - 797112 : NAGALAND "Kutupo pe akeu kivi"
CONDOLENCES
(Psalms 112:6)
(21st March 1980 – 15th Nov. 2017)
It has been a year since you left us, the memory that you bestowed upon us cannot be forgotten, the silent tears still flow, your thoughts are sadly missed you will always be cherished.
LT. B.SASHI KICHU
Surely the righteous will never be shaken, they will be remembered forever.
Family members
Late Nungsangtemsu
Born : 5-4-1991 – Died : 19-11-2016
1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY
Through this column, we the family members would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to all individuals, friends, unions and well wishers who stood by us, sharing our sorrow through prayers, physically, emotionally and financially. Even though we are unable to mention all the good bestowed upon our family, we pray that God Almighty bless each and everyone abundantly.
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Loving children, in-laws, grandson and loved ones.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Through this column, we express our profound gratitude to all concerned who have extended financial, material support and upholding the family through prayers during the brief illness and at the sad demise of our dear Lt. Shikaho Kits (8th NAP Naltoqa on 15th Nov. 2017). As we deeply regret our inability to thank in detail to each and everyone due to countless help starting from his hospitalisation till his last breath. Yet the list of names will remain with us forever. Loving wife, son, mom, brothers, sisters and relatives.
Words are inadequate to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone who stood by us spiritually, physically and financially towards our family during the illness and at the sudden demise of our beloved mother LT. I. Asangla Longkumer . We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually. May the God Almighty bless you all abundantly.
Lt. Imanatoshi Jamir Born : 26/09/2004 Died on : 15/11/2017
The Zunheboto Range Union Dimapur express its deep sorrow at the sudden demise of Lt. Dr. David Sema, Joint Director, AH & Veterinary Nagaland, also a Banker of Zunheboto Range Union Dimapur who had extended his valuable service toward the union in many ways. He was a man of principle with high integrity, his demise has caused a great loss not only to the people of Zunheboto but also to the Nagas as a whole. At this hour of sorrow, we convey our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and pray for the departed soul to rest in peace. (Atovi Zhimomi) President ZRUD
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Through this column, we the bereaved family members would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to each and everyone who showed great kindness and support during the illness and at the sudden demise of our beloved. We are truly indebted to all the organisations, societies, departments, political parties, doctors and nurses of different hospitals and every individual who stood by us through this difficult phase. Words are really inadequate to you all for your love and concern shown to us and we deeply regret our inability to thank each one of you individually. Your good deeds and presence will always be cherished in our hearts. May Almighty God bless you all abundantly.
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The match between NorthEast United and Jamshedpur FC in Guwahati on Saturday.
Guwahati, Nov 18 (Agencies): NorthEast United FC and ISL newbies Jamshedpur FC play out a 0-0 draw in the second match of ISL season 4 at the IG Athletic Stadium, Guwahati on Saturday. The home side started dominating the proceedings right from the word go. They attacked in numbers and kept on building pressure in the opponent’s
box. NorthEast could have got their opening goal as early as in 3rd minute but Marcinho wasted the easiest chance of the match. As the game progressed, Coppell’s men changed their tactics and went into an attacking mode with Trinidade Goncalves assisting Azuka as the second striker. Azuka could have gifted Jamshedpur their maiden ISL goal
Arsenal beat Tottenham 2-0
After this victory, Arsenal provisionally holds the fifth position in the table with 22 points, on goal difference behind EPL defending champion Chelsea. Despite the away defeat, Tottenham remains in the third place with 23 points, on goal difference behind second-placed Manchester United. Match results Liverpool 3 – 0 Southampton Crystal Palace 2 – 2 Everton Leicester City 0 – 2 Manchester City West Brom 0 – 4 Chelsea Bournemouth 4 – 0 Huddersfield Burnley FC 2 - 0 Swansea City
Ko l k ata , N ov 1 8 (Agencies): Lahir u Thirimanne and Angelo Mathews hit half-centuries to give Sri Lanka the advantage against India on day three. The visitors, who were 165-4 in their first innings when bad light ended a dramatic day at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, trail India by seven runs with skipper Dinesh Chandimal unbeaten on 13 alongside Niroshan Dickwella (14). India paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav claimed two wickets apiece. In the morning session, a late-order push by Indian batsmen saw the hosts post 172 - a score that looked unlikely at 128-8. Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 165/4 (Angelo Mathews 52, Lahiru Thirimanne 51; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/49, Umesh Yadav 2/50) trail India 172 (Cheteshwar Pujara 52, Wriddhiman Saha 29; Suranga Lakmal 4/26) by 7 runs.
Adroit Boys lift Zasinihu Memorial Trophy
Players of Adroit Boys (Red) and Phoenix FC along with WAPO president Lhouphrevilie Rino, tournament officials and others.
Correspondent
Kohima, Nov 18 (NPN): Adroit Boys, Sechü Zubza defeated Phoenix FC, Jotsoma 2-1 in a thrilling final encounter to emerge as the champions of the 4th edition of Zasinihu Memorial Trophy here at Jotsoma village ground on November 18. Playing an exciting final on a cloudy day, the match headed for extra time untill Zeaneikho Miasalhou of Adroit Boys became the hero of the match when he scored the crucial deciding goal to take home his team to victory. Earlier in the first half,
Rüütuolie Chücha drew the first blood for Adroit Boys with a header from a corner kick. But just before the interval, Phoenix FC found the equalizer through their centre forward Nouneneilie Medoze, who delivered a brilliant kick after dribbling pass the opponent’s defence line. Moving into the second half, both the teams pressed hard to tear the opponent’s defence but were unable to make any successful penetration. When the match seemed to heading for tiebreaker, Adroit Boys skipper Miasalhou scored the much needed goal following a superb cross from Anguzo
Zhünyü. The champions walked home richer with Rs.35,000, sponsored by the family of late Zasinihu, while the r u n n e r s - u p r e c e ive d a cash award of Rs.25,000, sponsored by Keneingunuo Vielie. The two losing semifinalists JSU and KSU were given Rs. 8,000 each, sponsored by Keviphotsü Khwükha and Visanyüzo Kuotsu. Meanwhile, the prizes for the individual awards were sponsored by Neivikuolie Khatsü. The closing function was graced by Lhouviphrelie Rino, president, Western Angami Public Organisation as the guest of honour.
CLASSIC CUP: New Market rout St. Joseph’s College to enter final Correspondent
Kohima, Nov 18 (NPN): Former champions New Market XI confirmed their berth in the final of 23rd Classic Cup organized by Classic Club at Kohima local ground after defeating St. Joseph’s college Jakhama on Saturday. Playing a lopsided second semi-final match, New Market XI living upto its fame of being the first and fourth champions (1995 and 1998), humiliated St Joseph’s College, Jakhama by 9 goals to nil. In the final match on
Monday, New Market will now lock horns with threetime defending champion Barak FC at 1:30 pm. St. Joseph’s started the match brightly but were unable to stand before the formidable former champs New Market-XI and conceded a goal in 16th minute as Kezhose broke the college defense opening the floodgates. Medoneituo Sekhose doubled the margin within next six minutes through a brilliant free kick from just outside the D-box. In 33rd minute, Kezhose once again took advantage of the sloppy
defence to increase the tally 3-0, second goal for himself while his hat-trick came in 36th to wind up the first half with 4-0. After the lemon break, New Market skipper Khwetelhi Thopi moved on to score consecutive goals starting in 50th, and added his second through a spot kick conversion for a handball inside the area while his hattrick came in 69th minute. Helping the skipper to reach the highest score mark of the tournament, which was held by Tamting of St. Joseph’s College, Kezhose displayed an excellent team spirit mak-
ing Thopi score his fourth goal in 73rd minute. With his four goals, Thopi has joined Tamting as highest scorers of the tourney so far, but he has the opportunity to move ahead with a single score in the final match on Monday. Substitute player Vekruto Resu sealed the score board with his first and ninth for the team in the 82nd minute. Meanwhile, the 10th edition of Challenger Cup will be played between Classic Club and Kohima Press Club (KPC) on November 19 at 2.00pm at local ground, The match between New Market and St. Joseph’s College Kohima. on Saturday. (NP)
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L o n d o n, N ov 1 8 (IANS): With two goals in the first half, Arsenal on Saturday beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0, gaining three points in the English Premier League’s 12th round. Arsenal showed its best performance of the season to secure its 2-0 win in the North London derby. German defender Shkodran Mustafi opened the scoring for Arsenal 36 minutes into the match, held at Emirates Stadium. Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez scored the second goal just five minutes later to secure the home win for Arsenal.
when he found Rehenesh alone in front of the goal but a fine save by NorthEast custodian kept the scoreline unchanged at halftime. NorthEast started the second half with much more hunger and intent. Odair came close to score in the 55th minute directly from a corner but ‘Spiderman’ Subrata Paul denied him. In the next three minutes, Danilo found himself
one on one with Paul following a through ball from Lalrindika Ralte but his shot went wide. In the 64th and 66th minute, the home team missed to genuine chances. Marcinho attempted a header from Len’s cross which hit the woodwork and went out. Subrata Paul had absolutely no chance of saving that effort. The second chance was a brilliant individual effort of Danilo who entered the penalty box from left, dribbled past Tiri and took a shot at goal. Paul once again pulled off a great save to deny him. In the 70th minute, Andre Bikey replaced Mehtab Hossain. However, Bikey’s appearance was short-lived as he was given the marching order in the 77th minute for a high boot challenge on Luis Paez. The decision seemed a bit harsh on the player as the referee could have easily warned with a yellow card.
Angelo Mathews, Thirimanne hand SL advantage vs India
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