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Vol XXVII No. 335
DIMAPUR, thursday, november 9, 2017 Pages 16 ` 4.00
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Mary Kom wins gold at Asian Boxing Championship
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Street protests mark note ban anniversary BJP counters with ‘Anti-Black Money Day’ NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (IANS): The first anniversary of demonetisation on Wednesday was marked by street protests by the Congress and like-minded opposition parties against the decision which Prime Minister Narendra Modi called “a historic and multidimensional success” while Rahul Gandhi said it has ruined the lives of millions of hardworking Indians. Congress, Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Left parties and Aam Aadmi Party held protests in different parts of the country observing it as “Black Day”, which was countered by the BJP by marking it as “AntiBlack Money Day.” Union Ministers held press conferences in different parts of the country to talk about the “success” of the decision. With opposition parties seeking to join hands against the Modi government on a range of
Gov mourns demise of Bendangtoshi DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): Nagaland governor, PB Acharya, has expressed grief over the demise of Bendangtoshi Longkumer, Managing Director, NIDC & OSD, Industries & Commerce, who passed way after a brief illness on November 7, 2017 in New Delhi. In a condolence message to Mrs. Monalisa Changkija, Editor of Nagaland Page, the governor said late Bendangtoshi Longkumer’s contributions, sacrifices and service to the people for the development of the state would be remembered by all. “He served the government with dedication and his immense contribution as a fair and efficient bureaucrat will ever be cherished by the people of the state, Acharya said, adding that his demise was a great loss to the people of Nagaland. Conveying heartfelt condolences to all the members of bereaved family, the governor prayed to the Almighty to grant strength and solace to overcome the grief and the departed soul rest in peace.
Delhi Congress workers take to the streets as part of the ‘Black Day protest’ against one year of ‘Demonetisation’. (PTI) issues, including the Goods and Services Tax, West Bengal chief minister, Mamta Banerjee called for a Common Minimum Programme (CMP) on issues of public interest so that parties with diverse political and ideological views could come together. She also claimed that around 75,000 Indian industrialists have left the country and turned NRIs post-demonetisation because of harassment and recession, leading to a Rs 7 lakh crore loss to the exchequer. Modi, in a series of tweets which also included
‘Girls’ hostel coming up well at Tenyiphe’
Under construction girls hostel at Tehyiphe (Photo by Tepuvito)
DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): In a rejoinder to the statements regarding construction of hostel at Tenyiphe village, Tepuvito of Tenyiphe-I, C-Khel Dimapur has clarified that the proposed girls’ hostel at Tenyiphe was coming up well. In a statement, Tepuvito, who was reportedly allotted the work, said that as summoned by the three village councils, he had met
Funeral service of late Bendangtoshi Longkumer will be held on November 9, 1 p.m. at his residence at 80 Duncan, Tajen Ao Road (Circular Road), Dimapur.
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the chairman and secretary of Tenyiphe-I village council and informed them about the hostel which was coming up at Tenyiphe-I, C-Khel. He also appreciated the three village councils of Tenyiphe-I, Tenyiphe-II and Virazouma for enquiring about the upcoming hostel and know its authenticity. He also provided a photograph to buttress his point.
cial Times. Party leader P. Chidambaram asked some probing questions through tweets while the party held a press conference at the AICC headquarters where it sought an apology from Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over the “mistake” of demonetisation. Gandhi called Modi a “democratically elected autocrat and said demonetisation has wiped out 2 per cent of India’s gross domestic product, destroyed the informal labour sector and has wiped out many small and medium businesses. “Modi has damaged
GST council likely ENCSU stir from today NOV 8 (NPN): to slash tax on 80% DIMAPUR, Eastern Nagaland College Union (ENCSU) items of top rate slab Students’ has decided to carry out its
PATNA, NOV 8 (PTI): Bihar’s deputy chief minister, Sushil Kumar Modi, who is also a member of the GST council, on Wednesday said tax rates on 80% items of top 28% slab are likely to be slashed at the council’s meeting starting Thursday. “Tax rates on 80% of 227 items falling in top slab is likely to be reduced from 28% to 18% in the next GST council meeting. The GST fitment committee has also recommended reducing tax rates from 18 per cent to 12 per cent on a number of goods”, Sushil Modi said at a function at the Bihar Chamber of Commerce here. “So far, tax rates have been slashed on more than 100 items”, he added. The GST Council will meet on November 9 and 10 in Assam’s capital Guwahati.
planned phase-I protest starting from November 9, 2017 against the failure of the state government and higher education department to release the scholarship. In a press release, ENCSU vice president, Akum Lims, and general secretary, Wangnei C Jessuhu, appealed to all the Naga students irrespective of their jurisdiction and affiliation to wear black badge starting from Thursday as a sign of resentment against the failure of state government and higher education department to deliver justice to the student community. In this regard, the union has requested the college authorities to cooperate during the period of protest. Meanwhile, ENCSU urged the government and the department to address the matter immediately “before the situation become unhealthy.” It also warned the government and the department that union would not be responsible for any untoward situation that could for rights of the Nagas. Ao Kaketshir Mung- arise during the protest. dang (AKM) president Imkongwati said Survival Mokokchung was started DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): for three major reasons – In view of the forthcoming economic factors, anti-social festive season, the Dimapur elements and rise in influx Municipal Council (DMC) of illegal immigrants. has informed all the shopWati said that AKM keepers/commercial buildseriously deliberated on ing owners under DMC juristhese issues and launched diction to whitewash/paint the “Survival Mokokchung” walls, shutters, doors with campaign in 2007. white and blue colours. Though it was launched In a circular, DMC with great difficulty dur- administrator, Moa Sanging the initial period, Wati tam, also directed them to maintained that AKM was decorate and illuminate firm on its vision was “to their respective shops/buildsafeguard our unique cul- ings with decorative lights of ture, our land and our iden- low energy consumption by tity from being forcefully November 30, 2017. dominated by illegal immiMeanwhile, DMC has grants.” He also said that as also asked all the shop keepper observation many cases ers/business establishments of social mayhem and dis- other than workshops and order had occurred directly industries to keep their reor indirectly due to the rise spective shops open all Sunin the population of illegal days after Sunday service immigrants. timing w.e.f. November 15, (Cont’d on p-11) 2017 till January 1, 2018.
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KOHIMA, NOV 8 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) on Wednesday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government over demonetization, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s justification to curb terror funding through demonetization was “foolish”. As the nation completed one year of the BJP-led NDA government’s demonetization move, NPCC observed a black day at the Congress Bhavan here on Wednesday. Addressing the meeting, NPCC president, K. Therie also insisted on writing a letter to All India Congress Committee (AICC) to demand a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe into black money, demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST). Therie also accused the State government of not being able to do anything vis-à-vis demonetisation and price rise despite GST. Terming the government as “helpless, voiceless and dumb”, he said it was not fit to represent people as it
could not protect their lives and property. He said the elected members did not know what was going on and travelled in their luxurious cars over potholed-roads without any care for the public. He said the State Finance Minister was absent on the day the GST Bill was passed in the Nagaland Assembly and that the Bill was tabled by another Minister. Therie said the State gover nment tended to maintain close relation with the BJP at Centre with the hope of getting more funds. He, however, questioned whether the State had received any special Plan or non-Plan assistance during the three-and-a-half years. On the contrary, Nagaland did not even receive what was sanctioned, he added and accused the State government of urging people to get closer with the BJP at Centre at the “cost” of Nagas, their faith and history Therie said the BJP talked about development but, after demonetisation, the Centre could not pay
even the budgeted funds for Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), adding that most of the CSS lapsed and that the little amount that had come was looted by the State government. He said to further destroy the economy of the nation, a “design-less” GST was imposed at various levels, confusing the nation and business community. He also pointed out that inflation could not be controlled because of the wrong policies. Stating that Modi had made an economic disaster by demonetization, the NPCC president said GDP had dipped by 3.1% and losing about Rs 45 lakh crore, while the prices of cooking gas, petrol and diesel had more than doubled. Terming all these as extortion, Therie appealed to the people to dump the BJP-led government into the Bay of Bengal. He said citizens were made to pay double via GST and that in Nagaland there were various taxes, both legal and illegal, implying that Nagas were paying almost 100% in taxes. (Cont’d on p-11)
NSF reiterates appeal to Education minister DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has reiterated its appeal to the School Education minister to give priority to Indigenous inhabitants of the state and also relax their eligibility criteria in the forthcoming departmental examination. In a reminder to the minister, NSF vice president, Boveio Poukai Duo and secretary information & publicity, S Shilukaba Longchar stated that the criteria for having B.Ed qualification should not be made
mandatory in the departmental exam. It also appealed for selection of indigenous inhabitants applicants of the state on priority basis and should there be any vacancy arising after accommodating the indigenous inhabitants, other applicants may be considered. NSF said it would leave no stone unturned to ensure that the demands were fulfilled in the larger interest of the aspiring candidates and to give all the applicants a fair chance to appear for the examination.
1st state-level SN consultative meet held
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Funeral service today
slides and videos, bowed to the people of the country for supporting his government’s measures to eradicate black money. He termed demonetisation a “decisive blow” to terrorism and Maoism.” “125 crore Indians fought a decisive battle and won,” he said. Modi said that post-demonetisation the stone-pelting incidents in the Kashmir Valley had come down by 75 per cent. Congress attack on demonetisation and GST rollout was led by party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who targeted Modi in an article in the Finan-
India by converting anger created by joblessness and lack of economic opportunity into communal hatred. He has chosen to hide behind a shallow, hate-filled political narrative. Anger might have brought Modi to power but it will never create jobs or fix India’s institutions,” Gandhi said. As part of efforts to counter the protests by the opposition, Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani addressed a press conference in Lucknow, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari in Mumbai, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar in Bengaluru and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Chennai. In Delhi, the AAP held a protest march against demonetisation outside Thyagaraj Stadium while hundreds of Congress workers formed a human chain at Connaught Place. In Maharashtra, all major opposition parties, social organisations, farmer groups, mediapersons, NGOs, civil society activists and individuals organised massive protests. Various forms of protests included processions, funerals, memorial prayers, and ‘shraadh’ of the spiked Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
PM Modi’s justification on demonetization foolish: NPCC
DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): Survival Nagaland (SN) held a first state-level consultative meet at Lotha Hoho Ki here on Wednesday. While exhorting the gathering at the meeting, Dimapur Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kesonyu Yhome said the concept of “Survival Nagaland” was a very serious business and those involved should also be serious as the issue dealt with illegal immigrants. “The concept comes with great responsibilities, that one can either use it for a good purpose or misuse it. The risk of misusing it would have serious repercussions,” he cautioned. Yhome also said there should be a distinction between issues of illegal migrants and issues of law and order. He said one of the major concerns was issuance of valid documents to
illegal immigrants by various authorities, because of which most of the suspected illegal immigrants were here with proper legal papers. Yhome stressed government agencies and civil society organisations working in close coordination as most often both work in different directions. With regard to presence of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, he said the local populace was responsible since “we bring in people to get our things done.” In order to tackle such issues, Yhome said the people needed to realise and imbibe the sense of responsibility. He also pointed out that implementation of Inner Line Permit (ILP) would be successful only if authorities and the community supported and cooperated with each other. Yhoe urged members of Survival Nagaland to steer the movement in the right direction and continue fighting
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Rio rues lack of work culture in Naga society
Rio inaugurates ANGDA office cum guest house. DIMAPUR: Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and former chief minister, Neiphiu Rio has lamented lack of work culture in Naga society and expressed the need to need to instill it saying no work was “too big or too small” to take up. Speaking at the officecum-guest house inauguration of the All Nagaland Government Drivers’ Association (ANGDA) at Themezie (High School Road), Kohima on Wednesday, Rio while dwelling on the importance of work culture appreciated government drivers for taking up driving as a profession. According to a press release by press secretary to MP (LS), Roko Chakhesang, the MP also citing his personal observations in
various countries wherein many drivers above sixty drove taxis and even run travel agencies or acted as tour guide. He was of the view that drivers had important responsibilities of not only transporting officials from one place to another, but also in driving carefully to keep occupants safe and sound. Rio while lauding the association for its tireless efforts to establish the office, exhorted the drivers to maintain discipline, sincerity, sobriety, loyalty at all times as that would endear them to whoever they were attached to in the course of their service. The MP also suggested that all drivers in Nagaland, whether government or taxi or private, should come together under an umbrella
organization and formulate code of ethics according to the nature of their category within the profession. In his brief address, ANGDA president, Neivisietuo Rino, stated that the association was formed in 1967 under the initiative of late J. B Jasokie and was known as the Nagaland Drivers’ Union initially. It was only later in 1982 that with the increase in the number of government drivers and private taxi drivers, the union bifurcated into the ANGDA. The ANGDA comprises of All Nagaland Directorate and District Drivers’ Union, Nagaland Civil Secretariat Drivers’ Union, Nagaland State Transport Drivers’ Union and Assembly Secretariat Drivers’ Union. It has units in all 11 districts with approximately 4000 members. I m m a nu e l B a p t i s t Church Kohima Pastor Zakiebeituo Metha pronounced the invocation; ANGDA, vice president, Imtikumba Ao, welcomed the gathering; ANGDA, general secretary, Neiketou Dzeyie gave a brief account of the fund drive and its utilization towards the construction of the office while vote of thanks was delivered by ANGDA finance secretary, Temsunungsang Ao.
news in Brief LBST general meeting: Longpa Bendanglir Senso Telongjem (LBST) has convened a general meeting on November 10, 1 p.m. at the residence of its treasurer, Hill View Dimapur. All the members have been asked to attend the meeting. VKRSU joint meeting: VK range students union (VKSU) has convened joint meeting of all the unit presidents and general secretaries on November 10, 11 a.m. at the residence of its vice president, Jellivi Assumi, Thilixu lane 7. All executives, unit presidents and general secretaries have been requested to attend the meeting. RSUD meeting: Rotomi Students’ Union Dimapur (RSUD) has convened a meeting on November 11, 2 p.m. at the residence of banker, Shihoto Shohe, Diphupar. All the students under Dimapur area have been requested to attend the meeting. EDSC general executive meeting: East Dimapur Sumi Council (EDSC) has convened a general executive meeting on November 11, 3.30 p.m. at East Dimapur Sumi council hall, Purana bazaar Dimapur. All the executive members have been requested to attend the meeting. AASU general meeting: Aghunaqa Area Students’ Union (AASU) has convened a general meeting on November 11, 11 a.m. at sub-banker, Signal Basti, Dimapur. All the executive members of AASU, unit presidents and general secretaries have been requested to attend the meeting. TGSU coordination meeting: TGSU has convened its coordination meeting on November 11, 10:30 a.m. at the residence of its speaker Tesophenyu. All the steering committee & sub-committee, TGSU executives, village chairmen, VDB secretaries, head GBs, pastors and catechist have been requested to attend the meeting. MTYO informs: Medziphema Town Youth Organisation (MTYO) has informed that a one-day “youth parliament” would be conducted for students and youths of Medziphema on November 11, 10 a.m. at Medziphema town hall. MTYO informed that the summit would anticipate participation of students, especially from class 10 and above. Further, MTYO has requested all interested candidates to contact ward/ colony youth presidents in order to select 10-15 participants each for the conference. For more information, one has been asked to contact at 8794780816, 7005677985. WDPA informs pensioners: All the registered pensioners/family pensioners under Wokha district pensioner’s association (WDPA) have been informed to renew their membership and submit life certificate for 2018 from November 8 onwards. Pensioners have been informed to come personally or authorize their area representative.
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Bodies of 2 non-Nagas found in Dmu Staff Reporter
D I M A P U R , N OV 8 (NPN): Dimapur police has recovered dead bodies (male) of two non-Nagas on November 7 from two separate locations. A dead body of a male aged between 25-35 years, height 5 ‘2’, fair complexion wearing blue jean pants, violet colour Tshirt, green colour sandals was recovered from Walford area inside Old Military Site, opposite Okusa Toyota show room. According to Officer in-charge, West police station, the corpse was recovered from a veranda of an unattended house. Police said the body sustained injury marks on right eye and right dimple suspected to be inflicted by
a blunt object. While the cause of death was yet to be ascertained, police said search and enquires were made in the surrounding spot but no evidence was found. After completion of necessary legal formalities, the body has been shifted to District Hospital Dimapur morgue for post mortem examination. Police also informed that representatives of various communities of non-Nagas were summoned to hospital for identification however till the filing of report nobody has come forward to claim the body. Police informed that a suo motto FIR has been lodged for further investigation and added that on completion of 72 hrs,
the dead body would be disposed off if no claimant appears. In a separate report, one unidentified dead body of a non-Naga, age between 35-50, 5 ‘3’ tall, dark complexion, wearing blue jacket, white and black shirt, blue colour jean pants was recovered near Old NST below over bridge flyover. Police said inquest was conducted at the spot. However, no injury mark found was on deceased body. Later the dead body shifted to District Hospital Dimapur morgue for post mortem examination. According to police, the cause of death was suspected due to illness and added that no foul play was suspected.
BJP national secretary and north east in-charge, Ram Madhav (3rd from right) presented with Naga shawl and a memento while he paid a courtesy call to chief minister, T.R. Zeliang at the latter’s official residence, Kohima on Wednesday. Also seen in the picture are MP (Lok Sabha) Neiphiu Rio, home minister, Y. Patton and parliamentary secretary, Pohwang Konyak and others. (CMO media cell)
Organisations condemn Nov 7 attempted rape of minor at Samziuram village, Peren DIMAPUR: Various organisations have condemned the attempted rape of a 10 year old girl allegedly by one Yihamo Lotha (45) son of Lt. Chanchamo Lotha, of Yikhum village under Wokha district presently residing at Samziuram village ‘B’ block Peren district on November 7 JTYO: Jalukie Town Youth Organization (JTYO) in a condemnation note by president, Adabe Rao and general secretary, Adi Haihing has strongly condemned the alleged attempted rape and urged the law enforcing agency to take stern action as per the law. JTYO further appealed various organizations to condemn such inhuman act within Naga society. HHNYO: Heneingpeina Hepui
Nko Youth Organization (HHNYO) has vehemently condemned the attempted rape, A condemnation note issued by HHNYO, president, Irangbui stated that there cannot be any worst state of situation when the kids are not safe in an environment of a town. It said such immoral behavior is foreign to Naga community and should be condemned by all right thinking citizens. HHNYO has further urged the concerned authority to award befitting punishment to the accused. ICJ: Ilungheing Chame Jalukie (ICJ) in a condemnation note by secretary ICJ, Perez has vehemently condemned the attempted rape and urged the concern authority to take necessary action and give justice as
deemed fit. DCYOJT: Dobashi Colony Youth Organization Jalukie Town (DCYOJT) has strongly condemned the act of attempted rape. In a condemnation note by DCYOJT, presiden, Ikiebam and secretary, Lungkemrak, stated that such kind of inhuman act should not be tolerated in any form. JTWWO: Jalukie Town Women Welfare Organisation (JTWWO) has vehemently condemned the attempted rape of a minor girl. A condemnation note issued by JTWWO president, Atwa Maru termed the act as barbaric and heinous. JTWWO stated that such crime is foreign to them and it could not be tolerated. JTWWO lamented that it was shocking when kids are not
safe in the vicinity of a town from the luring scheme of an evil and immoral man. It urged the district magistrate to take the case seriously and befit exemplary punishment so as to discourage recurrences of such crime. JTWWO further urged the law enforcing authority to befit highest punishment and warned that any attempt to release, negotiate or bail the case would invite stern action from the organisation. DCCJT ward-1: Dobashi Colony Council Jalukie Town (DCCJT) ward-1 has vehemently condemned the heinous and barbaric act of Yihamo who was caught red handed attempting to molest and rape a minor. In a condemnation note, chairman DCCJT ward-1, Kuhei Thou and secretary,
Pausuigong appealed the concerned authority to award the most severe punishment to the culprit without any leniency or reservation. JPN: Jalukie Pumling Nko (JPN) has vehemently condemned the attempted rape. In a condemnation note, chairman JPN, Irai Hingleu said Jalukie land have no place for person of such inhuman and evil mindset. JPN has strongly appealed the district administration and judiciary to initiate highest action against the culprit and urged the law enforcing authority not to entertain any bail plea from any section of people. It warned that any person trying to show solidarity to the culprit would be deemed and tantamount to such evil accomplishment
inviting unintended actions. While condemning the act, JPN further expressed its acknowledgment to all who intervened immediately in nabbing the culprit. JSU: Jalukie Students’ Union (JSU) has expressed its resentment and condemned the heinous act. A condemnation note by JSU, president, Haizin Mpom and general secretary, Pehiato Hingleu, urged the law enforcing authority to award highest punishment as per the law enshrined and appealed to all right thinking citizen to condemn such act and plead not to allow any bail. JSU further demanded the government to compensate the victim and provide necessary assistance to come out of the trauma.
Tokhu Emong celebrated at Bhandari, Kisama & Bor Lengri responsible citizens. The programme was compeered by Thungdemo Murry and Molumro Murry, BLLBC associate pastor
P. Mhonchumo Tungu pronounced invocation, BLTE chairman David Humtsoe delivered welcome address, BLLBC youth presented
folk song, Abigail Odyuo, Khochamo Kikon and Lily Kithan presented modern songs, BLTE treasurer Yanban Shitiri proposed vote
of thanks, and ex-pastor Renben Murry pronounced benediction. Comedian Bankathung Humtsoe also entertained the gathering.
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said as compared to 50 years of statehood till 2014, Nagaland government has received more funds now. Under the “able leadership” of chief minister T.R. Zeliang and his “good relations” with the central leadership, Mmhonlumo said the former has been able to secure funds for key highway projects, the fruits of which would be witness by the Nagas in two to three years time. The minister further appealed to all the people under Bhandari to reaffirm the need to love “our land and our people” and make that love the basis of commitment to work for the upliftment of the people. KOHIMA: Kohima Lotha community celebrated Tokhu Emong festival at Naga heritage Kisama on November 7. Speaking in the programme, director statistics and economics Y. Sachio Ovung, Lotha Naga are
one of the more sighted tribal during the past and contributed immensely towards the Naga society in general. In this regard, Ovung urged the Lothas to carry the legacy and contribute toward the Naga society. Lotha Hoho, vice president, Dr. P. Ngullie, urged the gathering to preserve the identity of the Lotha Nagas. Folk song and dances marked the festival. BOR LENGRI: Lothas of Bor Lengri, Karbi Anglong, Assam celebrated Tokhü Emong on November 7 at Bor Lengri football ground. While extending festival greetings, chief guest, additional commissioner of taxes, Nagaland, Wochamo Odyuo, also spoke about the significance of the day. Karbi Anglong Lotha Hoho chairman, Mhao Odyuo also urged Lothas to stay united and to be
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important Union Ministers and apprised them of the concerns of the Naga people. “The need for an early solution to the long drawn Naga issue needs the support of the entire Naga community and therefore it is the opportune time to conclude the peace talks,” said Mmhonlumo. He pointed out that the inclusive manner in which all NNPGs are participating today could not have been imagined in the past. However, with the will and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mmhonlumo said such a situation has come before the Nagas. Mmhonlumo also informed that government of Nagaland in their visit to Delhi has suggested for arriving at a solution before 2018 assembly elections. Stating that priority has been accorded to Nagaland after the formation of Niti Aayog, the minister
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DIMAPUR: Members of the Lotha community across the state celebrated Tokhu Emong, the post harvest festival, with much pomp and gaiety. The festival was marked with cultural performances, merrymaking and Tokhu Emong feast. BHANDARI: Bhandari Town Lotha Hoho celebrated Tokhu Emong with much fanfare with minister for geology & mining and border affairs, Mmhonlumo Kikon as the chief guest on November 7. Addressing a mammoth gathering, Mmhonlumo stressed on importance of unity and harmony for the Nagas to achieve peace and usher in development. Highlighting the gathering on Naga issue, the minister informed that government of Nagaland under the leadership of chief minister, T.R. Zeliang had recently met all the
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WEATHER FORECAST November 9
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Agartala Sunny and pleasant
30 17
Sunny and nice
27 13
Guwahati Hazy sunshine
29 15
Aizawl Imphal
Sunny and comfortable
27 11
Itanagar Sunny and cooler but pleasant 26 13 Shillong An afternoon shower in spots 22 7 Kohima
Mostly sunny and pleasant
Dimapur Sunshine and not as hot Mkg
Mostly sunny and not as hot
Tuensang Sunny and cooler
23 10 28 15 25 10 17 8
Mainly clear and cooler
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Zunheboto Mostly sunny and nice
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Pangnyu Phom releasing GHS Namching jubilee souvenir on Wednesday. (NP) Correspondent
LONGLENG, NOV 8 (NPN): Adviser, Department of under developed areas (DUDA) and Nagaland Empowerment of People through Energy Development (NEPeD), S. Pangnyu Phom has called upon teachers to be more responsible in carrying out their duties. Speaking at the 50 years golden jubilee celebration of Government High School (GHS) Namching compound, Longleng held under the theme “Arise and Shine” on Wednesday, Pangnyu said teachers
should be dedicated and responsible and impart quality education as they shape the future of the students. He also called upon the teachers of GHS Namching to recommit themselves and produce quality students. The adviser also lauded the pioneer leaders and teachers of the school who had served the school tirelessly amidst untold difficulties in the past. Pangnyu said it was due to their steadfast contribution and work, the school has reached thus far and have produced
many intellectuals and good leaders. Extending jubilee greetings, he reminded the gathering that jubilee was a time for retrospection and also to seek blessings for the future. Pangnyu said everyone has the responsibility to retrospect on the past fifty years and prepare vision for the coming years. Deputy District Education Officer Longleng, K.Angami, while lauding the faculties of school called upon the teachers and students of school to rededicate themselves and strive forward with
a vision of transforming the school into one of the best and quality education imparting institution in the district. Others who spoke on occasion include, SDO (Civil) Longleng, Robin; (retired) PA to ADC, K. Apisungba Phom; GB Shokleu; ex-GB N.Namlei Phom and head GB Angteng Phom. The chief guest also unveiled the jubilee monolith which was followed by dedicatory prayer offered by Namching Baptist Church Pastor Shetyong Phom. The programme was compeered by Moimei Konsen and Aphen Angh; Bible reading and prayer by Pongching Baptist Church Pastor Y. Atang Phom; welcome address by jubilee planning chairman, Hadok Phom; thanksgiving and invoking Gods’ blessing was lead by Hukphang Baptist Church Pastor Chinglau Phom; special songs were presented by students and staffs of GHS Namching respectively; vote of thanks by GHS Namching, headmaster N. Shauhong Phom and benediction by Mongtikang Baptist Church Pastor Metchei Phom.
NPF Totok Chingha village objects inauguration of new village
DIMAPUR: NPF Totok Chingha Village Mon has objected to the proposed inauguration of Totok Omlen Village scheduled to take place on November 10. According to a press statement by NPF Totok Chingha, president, Pan-
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glon and general secretary, Manom, the three Anghs of Totokchingnyu village, Totochingkho village and Totokchingha village had a meeting on November 6 and agreed to inaugurate the village in the first week of December.
The release claimed that the programme for November 10 was created by “individuals with vested interests for their own purpose without discussions with the concerned stakeholders of the three villages”. Further, the release
informed that the inauguration would be held according to the village head and administration meeting decision. It informed that the public of new village in general and NPF party in particular would not cooperate with the scheduled
programme. Failing to comply with the decision, NPF Totok Chingha Village has warned that the public of new village and NPF party should not be held responsible if any untoward circumstances arise.
TGPU(C) refutes Kandi public union claim DIMAPUR: Tesophenyu Group Public Union (TGPU) Central while reacting to Kandi Public Union (KPU) claims that Kandi group has a population of 13762, stated that “the wilful inflated population at a short span of time has greatly hurt the sentiments of the whole of Tesophenyu people”. In a press release TGPU(C) president, Gwachung Chung and joint secretary, S. Soyhunlo Seb, claimed that Tesophenyu group has the distinction of being the “biggest village group” in the whole of Rengma area in terms of village, group or range. TGPU(C) pointed out that as per the population census of 2011, Tesophenyu village alone has 11,116 – the highest population among the Kohima district. Further, it said the six villages forming Kandi Public Union (KPU) has a population of 10230, Kithagha Public Organization(KPO) of three villages with 4,713 and Tesophenyu Group Public Union (central) of four village with 13,667 population. The release stated that even if head count was conducted, “openly and physically”, Kandinu group would never surpass the population of Tesophenyu group. In this regard, TGPU(C) has asked “whoever or whichever department” have taken the claimed population census by KPU to correct it immediately. Failing which, Tesophenyu group said it would not remain a silent spectator and let others “manipulate the department with faulty population figure”. TGPU(C) has also appealed KPU not to “jeopardise and create ugly situation” but to promote har-
mony, peace and friendly environment among northern Rengmas to leverage the construction of BDO Block office Chunlikha at the genuine demarcated site ascertained by Kithagha Public Organization. Instead of organising agitation and imposing
highway bandh causing unnecessary hardships and unwanted feelings upon other Naga tribes, TGPU(C) has suggested an open debate with proper documents among the northern Rengma if Kandinu public still feels that justice was not being accorded to them.
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IMPHAL, Nov 8: Opposition parties on Wednesday come together and took part in the rally to mark the observance of “Black Day” against the demonetization and Goods and Service Tax (GST). Ten opposition political parties including Indian National Congress (INC), Communist Party of India (CPI), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and others jointly organized the rally as part of nationwide observance of Black Day against demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes last year by BJP government. T h e p r o t e s t r a l ly kicked started from Imphal Congress Bhavan after marching on the streets of the city, converged at Palace Compound where a public meeting was held at Shumang Leela Shanglen. Several academicians and leaders of the political parties including former state chief minister O Ibobi Singh and leaders of
other opposition political parties deliberated on the impact of demonetization and GST to the Indian economy and common people. Re presentative of CPI, Dr Moirangthem Nara Singh said that demonetization was a big blunder and should have been implemented if at all, after through discussions in the Former chief minister and Congress leader O Ibobi Singh said that November 8 will remained as dark day in the history of India as people across the country had suffered untold miseries after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetization of the Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes. “The day was a very unfortunate day for the people of the country. So, we, the opposition together joined hands to observe the day as Black Day,” he said. “Demonetization is not a reform to fight black money but a reform to induce trouble to the poor majority of the population,
the former chief minister achievements of demonalleged. etization was that it pushed countr y towards a Demonetization the digital economy and has and GST benefited encouraged in bringing a transaction revonation: Manipur CM digital lution in the country, he Meanwhile, Manipur added. chief minister N Biren After demonetization, Singh defended opposi- there has been a 58 percent tions’ allegation and said increase in digital financial that the bold step taken by transactions in the country. prime minister has been As a part of digital econowelcomed by the people my revolution, 52.4 Aadhar of the country. card has been linked with The demonetization 73.62 crore bank accounts, and implementation of he claimed. GST has benefited various Stating that the objecsectors of the country, he tive of the demonetization claimed while address- was not just limited to ing a news conference on curbing the black money, Wednesday. Singh stated that the govThe chief minister ernment has also taken said that the objectives up certain steps to curb of demonetization was to Benami transactions and eradicate black money, to the use of black money in ban fake currency, terror- real estate deals. ism and extremist funding, He mentioned that funding of drugs and illegal after the implementation arms smuggling, to curb the of GST, there has been an black money menace, to increase in government’s encourage cashless transac- revenue collection. In Manipur too, the tions and use digital wallets and their credit/debit State government has colcards for money transfer lected a sum of Rs. 184.31 for a transparent national crores as revenue collection from July-September, 2017, economy. One of the biggest he claimed.
Shillong, Nov 8: Meghalaya kick started the second India’s international Cherry Blossom Festival here on Wednesday, which is widely celebrated in Japan. However, the pink and white cherry blossoms are yet to bloom to add to the beauty of this mountainous state. A botanist ascribed the late blooming of the cherry blossoms because of the Climate Change besides Meghalaya receiving prolonged rainfall this year. But the official said that cherry blossoms at Upper Shillong and Laitkor area being located in high altitude with Shillong peak which is 6,449 feet (1,966 m) have started blooming. “Cherry blossoms take time to bloom in low lying areas but blooming first started in high altitude areas due to sunlight,” the botanist said. Nonetheless, the four-day festival is attracting tourists as it is showcasing Meghalaya’s traditional arts, culture and cuisine to the naturalists and tourists. “Cherry Blossom Festivals celebrated in Japan,
USA, Switzerland and Korea have established intercontinental friendship. We are hopeful that in a few years, Meghalaya State can get international recognition with the active participation of government departments and stakeholders,” Forests & Environment Minister, Clement Marak, said. Noting that Meghalaya is the first in the world to celebrate autumn Cherry Blossom Festival based on local cherry trees which bloom uniquely in the State, Marak, who inaugurated the festival, said that the festival will further the commitment of the government to promote tourism in the State by showcasing the rich cultural and natural resources the State can offer. “By celebrating Cherry Blossom we are celebrating nature and therefore it is our moral obligation to preserve this rich biodiversity,” Marak said. He also appreciated the partnership with Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) for joint conceptualisation and implementation of this humble yet successful start in putting Meghalaya onto the global tourist map.
‘Cong looted country since Independence’ CHRISTIAN MODEL HIGH SCHOOL State for Home said, “The tradition of the Congress since 1947 was to win election through money power and after getting elected the leaders use to loot public money.” Rijiju said “The demonetisation policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put a halt in corruption and the Congress leaders are spending sleepless nights since November 8 last year for the black money
they posses.” He said, the demonetisation policy of the NDA would be remembered in the history of Indian economy and the country has moved on to a much cleaner, transparent and honest financial system. Criticising the Congress for observing the day as ‘Black Day’, Rijiju said that the party was nervous post demonetisation and making dramas out of no issues.
OFFICE OF THE
SATOI RANGE PUBLIC UNION DIMAPUR PITHITSA
Sd/SHIKUTO YEPUTHO President S.R.P.U.D.
BOKISHE S. AWOMI Asst. Gen. Secy S.R.P.U.D.
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Satoi Range Public Union Dimapur (S.R. P.U.D) Ahuna eno Silver Jubilee ghenguno aqo kumla shinike (Mass Social Work) Aki ato/akilo timi lakhi Compulsory eno S.R.P.U.D. Office bearers Jubilee Planning Board gholo Committee lo ampemi khumu vezu mono ighitsu penike pithi vetsu ani. Atsala : 11/11/2017 Ado : 9.00 a.m. A-a : Inoli/Ino H. Inato Jimomi Ahuna Papuh ki (Blessed Home) Xuvihe Colony, Dimapur
WOKHA : NAGALAND
GET TOGETHER PAST PUPILS & FORMATION OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Theme : RECONNECT
: Mrs. Wonchibeni Murry : Mr. Sorenthung Kikon (CDPO Wokha).
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Tatongrenla Longchar Info. &Publicity Secy. MSUD
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P. Lipoktola Imchen Asstt. Gen. Secretary MSUD
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Akumba Imchen President MSUD
(S. Hukato Swu) Principal District & Sessions Judge Dimapur : Nagaland
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER SHAMATOR : NAGALAND No. ADC/SMTR/JUDL/SC/2017-18 NOTICE Whereas, Shri/Smti Shrita, W/o, Late Shoyaba Yim NAP of Shiponger Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act 1925 in order to draw/receive the payment of movable/ immovable properties of Late Shoyaba NAP, who was expired on 24th Sept. 2017. The incumbent was serving as NAP at Shamator. Public are hereby asked to file claims/objection if any within 30 days from the date of issue of this notice. At the expiry of 30 days if no claims/ objection is received Succession Certificate will be issued to Smti Shrita, W/o Lt. Shoyaba Yim NAP. Phuleshe K. Yepthomi Additional Deputy Commissioner K-3694 Shamator : Nagaland
Regd. No. 2553/17 Date : 24/10/17 DECLARATION I, Smt. HUTOLI SEMA, D/o. Suhovi Chophy, R/o. Lhomithi Village, Signal, DMC Ward No. 23, Dimapur Sardar: Nagaland do hereby solemnly declare as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That my actual name is HUTOLI SEMA as entered in my Aadhaar Card bearing No. 700398358902. 3. That my name has been entered/recorded as K HUTOLI SEMA in my old Indian Passport. 4. That the name HUTOLI SEMA and K HUTOLI SEMA is same and one person. 5. That the name HUTOLI SEMA shall be used in all my official and future correspondence. 6. That this affidavit is made to aver the above statements. VERIFICATION I hereby verify that the statements made in paras 1 to 6 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and that nothing material is concealed therein. DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me. DP-11663A NOTARY PUBLIC
AFFIDAVIT Regd. No. 202/17 Date : 02/11/17 I, Mr. Dhanrashi Babadur Tamang, son of Mr. Ser Bahadur Tamang, permanent resident Matripukri, P.S. East Imphal, Dist. Imphal, Manipur and presently residing at 3rd Mile, Dist. Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declares as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India. 2. That I am the natural son of Mr. Ser Bahadur Tamang and he was born on 08/05/1943. 3. That in some of my important and official documents my father's name has been recorded as Pasan Tamang and Ser Bahadur Tamang. 4. That the names Pasan Tamang and Ser Bahadur Tamang is the same and single person i.e. my father and there are no discrepancies between the above said names. 5. That this Affidavit is sworn for making correction of my father's name before the competent authority. 6. That heaceforth, I shall be known as Mr. Dhanrashi Bahadur Tamang, son of Mr. Ser Bahadur Tamang, permanent resident Matripukri, P.S. East Imphal, Dist. Imphal, Manipur and presently residing at 3rd Mile, Dist. Dimapur, Nagaland for all official purposes. I further declare that the statements made by me herein above are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing has been concealed herein. Deponent Sworn before me on this 2nd day of November. 2017 st Judicial Magistrate 1 Class Dimapur, Nagaland DP-11680
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PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE
DIMAPUR, NAGALAND. Civil Misc. Case No. 67/17 (Legal Heir)
NOTICE
Whereas the Petitioner Shri./Smti. Rupali Rakshit, W/o S/o Late Nanda Dulal Rakshit resident of GB H.No. 256, Lhomithi Colony, Dimapur has filed a petition praying for declaring the petitioner and her son Tutan Rakshit as 'Legal Heirs' and 'Next of Kins' of Lt. Nanda Dulal Rakshit. Notice is hereby issued inviting objections, if any to file before this Court on or before 4th day of December 2017, as to why the prayer of the Petitioner shall not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of this Court this 1st day of Nov. 2017. DP-11676
Heningkunglwame Kangbau Dimapur, with gratitude to God and immense joy express our heartiest congratulations to our members: 1. Shri. Haikambe Zeliang, S/o Lt. Kengimkulung Haikam and Mrs. Anamle on being promoted to Deputy Controller, Legal Metrology and Consumer Protection Nagaland, Kohima. 2. Er. Thejangulie Thou, S/o Lt. Neilhou Thou and Lt. Mrs. Simenuo on being promoted to SDO (PHE) Department Nagaland. May God continue to bless them in the day come too. Haisui Iralu President, HKD
Namtsi Iralu Secretary, HKD
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER LONGLENG : NAGALAND
No. LLG/JUD/SUC/2009-10/
OBJECTION NOTICE
Dated LLG the 2017
Whereas, Smti. Ongto Phom of Tamlu Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to operate/draw/transfer/withdraw the debts & securities in respect of Shri Lt. Longwak, ALM, Power Dept., who expired on 14th Sept. 2017. Now therefore, public are hereby asked to file claims/objections if any, within one month from the date of issue of this notice. DP-11688
AFFIDAVIT
Dated : 07/11/2017
Magistrate/Notary Public
DECLARATION OF ACTUAL NAME
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We the Viswema Student's Union (V.S.U) would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Vithwel Kweho, S/o Vobü Kweho for successfully securing the post of Extra Assistant Commissioner in the recently declared NPSC Examination. The Union further wishes and prays that Almighty God continue to bless and guide him throughout his future endeavour. Pusakro Vitsu Ekruvi Mekro President (V.S.U) Pub. & Info. Secy. (V.S.U)
I, Miss Langthsapila Sangtam, d/o Mrs. Tsisela Sangtam resident of Nagarjan, Dimapur, Nagaland declare through an Affidavit No. 7934/17 dated 06.11.2017, Magistrate/ Notary Public that my name Y. Langthspila Sangtam (used in some official documents) and Langthsapila Sangtam are same and one person i.e me. DP-11681
I, Smti. Lituna I, D/o Ihovi permanent and presently residing at Amiphoto Colony, Zunheboto, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows. 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, belonging to Sema (Naga) tribe resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That my name is inadvertently recorded as Lituna I. Kappo in my SBI passbook bearing A/C No - 36035716596, but my actual name is Lituna I, which is recorded in my all educational documents. 3. That the above mentioned names Lituna I. Kappo & Lituna I, are one and same person which is referred to me. 4. That, from the date of this declaration, I shall use name as Lituna I, 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 of this .... day of ..... 2017 at Zunheboto : Nagaland. Notary Public Regd. No. 81, Date : 17/10/2017 DP-11677
NB : All Alumni members are invited to be a part of this wonderful and epoch making program. For further information please contact Mr. T B Pun Headmaster 9862106320.
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With immense pride and honor, we the Mangmetong Students’ Union, Dimapur extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Moaningsang Longchar, S/o Limala Imchen for securing the post of Probationer Officer (Scale-I) at State Bank of India. The Union further prays and wishes him a bright and prosperous future in his service career.
Mrs. Thungabeni Mozhui CMHS Students Mr. T B Pun- Head Master Mr. Steven Mozhui
Formation of Alumni Association
OFFICE OF THE VISWEMA STUDENTS’ UNION
“Dear Hushu, May this day be so happy that smile never fades away from your face. Happy birthday brother! ~From, your loving friends.” Dear Imti, Another year has passed in your life, making you even wiser and stronger. Let age not age your spirits. I wish you a very happy birthday. Yours. Bara wala Happy 25th Johny Johny Bravo ! Hope your special day brings you all that your hearts desires. May we be crazy and do crazy together till we are 100! We love you Bravo ! from the Wow Apple Squad
I, Mrs. Temjensola, aged 47 years, W/o Lt. Wati Ao, R/o H/No46, 7th Mile, Model Village, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India. 2. That in my SBI, Bazaar Branch Account B/No. 10433129745, my name was inadvertently entered as "Temjensola Ao" instead of "Temjensola" as per my Aadhaar Card B/No - 899450293873. 3. That this affidavit is made for the purpose of rectifying my name from "Temjensola Ao" to "Temjensola Ao" in the above stated account passbook so also to approach the appropriate authority to clarify/ rectify and to put the record straight for all purposes and intents. 4. That the statements made hereinabove are true and correct and nothing is false. Solemnly sworn by the deponent on 7th day of Nov, 2017 at Dimapur.
Date: 11th November 2017 │ Time: 10 am. │ Venue: Chapel hall
Chairperson Theme Speaker
Dear Marka, Today, you become a year older than you were, which means you are becoming more matured, wiser, independent, stronger and also older. May the good Lord bless you abundantly! Senti.
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I tanagar , N ov 8 (PTI): Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju Wednesday alleged that the party is “synonymous with corruption” and has “looted” the country since Independence without thinking for the people. Addressing a programme at Ganga Market here to mark the first anniversary of demonetisation policy of the Modi government, the Minister of
Dear Richu, As far as friends go I’d say you’re one of a kind, You’re thoughtful and caring, And truly a rare find. Wishing you all of your favourite things For your special day! Happy Birthday to you, girl! Wishing you a sweet celebration! Hope you have oceans of fun! From Whatsapp Group buddies Friend’s Circle (Mamta, Susma, Geeta, John, vikey, anand & Jacob)
Y. Denngan Avennoho Phom NCS Deputy Commissioner Longleng : Nagaland.
AFFIDAVIT Regd. No. 493/17 Date : 20/10/2017 I, Shri. KHUTOVI SEMA, S/o. Lt. Hozushe Sema, R/o. Hs. No: 59 Lhomithi Colony, Signal Bazzar, in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby affirm and declare as allows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and resident of the above stated address. 2. That in my Educational, Old Passport and other official documents my name has been entered/recorded as KHUTUBI SEMA, however in my Aadhaar Card bearing No. 808456322782 my name has been entered/recorded as KHUTOVI SEMA. 3. That both the name KHUTUBI SEMA and KHUTOVI SEMA refers to one and same person. 4. That this affidavit is made for the purpose of declaring that the name KHUTOVI SEMA shall be used for all official purposes and future correspondences. VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the content made in paras 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of y knowledge and beliefs and nothing materials is concealed therein. DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me. Notary Public DP-11663B
NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMENTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (SECTION 375 OF THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) AND (SECTION 10 OF THE GUARDIAN AND WARD ACT 1890) In the Court of Smti. Sara S. Jamir Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur.
Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 and Guardian and Ward Act 1890 for grant of Succession & Guardianship Certificate for the estate of Late Yanben Kikon Deceased filed by Shri. W. Khonthungo Lotha Guardian of Miss Pideno Kikon and whereas the 7 day of 12, 2017 has been fixed for hearing the case, notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the Administration of the estate of the said deceased may if he/she so desires appear in this Court on this said day of 7.12.17. Given under the hand and seal of the Court this 6 day of 11/17. Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur : Nagaland. DP-11659 Regd. No. 2590/17
AFFIDAVIT
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I, Miss. SEPILA, D/o. Supongmeren, R/o. Officers Sector, Tuensang Sardar, Tuensang : Nagaland do hereby affirm and declare as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That in my State Bank of India Account Pass Book bearing account no. 32584384754 my name has been inadvertently entered/recorded as Miss. SEPILA SANGTAM whereas in my Aadhaar Card bearing no. 2173 5503 2137 and all my other documents my name has been entered/ recorded as SEPILA. 3. That the name SEPILA SANGTAM and SEPILA is one and same person. 4. That this affidavit is made to declare that the name SEPILA SANGTAM and SEPILA is one and same person and henceforth I shall use the name SEPILA in all my official an future correspondence. VERIFICATION That, the statements made in Para 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and nothing is concealed therein. DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me. Notary Public DP-11678 Date : 7/11/17 AFFIDAVIT I, Shri. Akaiho Sema, S/o. Khutovi Sema, R/o. Lhomithi Colony, H.No-215, in the district of Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declares as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India. 2. That my actual and correct name is Akaiho Sema, whereas in my Old documents my name has been inadvertently entered as K. Akaiho Sema. 3. That this affidavit is sworn for the purpose of declaring that K. Akaiho Sema and Akaiho Sema is same and one person. However, I shall be using Akaiho Sema in all my official documents for all purpose and intents. 4. That the statements given in this affidavit and in paragraphs 1-4 are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing stated herein above is false. DEPONENT Sworn before me by the deponent on this 7th day of Nov 2017. Regd. No. 2458/2017
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Cong mulls to make demo as election issue in Meghalaya Correspondent
Shillong, Nov 8: Ruling Congress party in Meghalaya on Wednesday is mulling to make demonetisation as one of the major issue to take on the BJP in next year’s assembly elections. On the other hand, the BJP which is trying to rule the state stated that money power during the 2018 elections will come down following the note ban “In earlier elections the use of money can be seen a year prior to the polls, but presently there is no such thing. It indicates that money power has reduced drastically,” BJP State Unit President Shibun Lyngdoh said. “Demonetisation will be one of the major issues during the state assembly
elections. Our tribal people have suffered following the note ban,” he said after his party colleagues and workers observed November 8 as “Black Day” with countrywide protests against demonetisation. He also predicted that the voters in Meghalaya will not vote for the BJP due to demonetisation. Elections to the 60member state assembly is scheduled to be held in February-March 2018. “Our people in the rural areas have been hit hard by demonetisation. Till today, they are continuing to suffer that brunt with the BJP government’s initiative of going cashless,” the veteran Congress legislator said. He said the NDA government’s initiative to make India a cashless economy is still a distance dream since
there internet connectivity in a state like Meghalaya is poor. “There are no infrastructures in the state, internet connectivity even in Shillong is poor,” Laloo said Asked if money power in the assembly elections in 2018 in Meghalaya will be on the wane due to demonetisation, Laloo stated that Congress never indulges in money power to win polls. The opposition parties had accused that Congress won the 2013 Assembly election due to money power. “I don’t believe in what the opposition says. Money power is not there. They say because may be they are indulging in it. In Congress we never use money power. We have enough issues with which to win elections,” Laloo said.
5 ‘Replace 6 MLAs ask Speaker to Assam Cong chief, ex-minister, subsidy MLAs arrested for protest recognise them as BJP MLAs fertiliser with incentives’
Ag a rta l a , N ov 8 (PTI): Six Trinamool Congress MLAs, who joined BJP in August this year Wednesday formally handed over a letter to the Speaker of Tripura Assembly, Ramendra Chandra Debnath to officially recognise them as BJP MLAs. The six legislators Diba Chandra Hramkhawl, Sudip Roy Barman, Asish Saha, Pranjit Singha Roy, Dilip Sarkar and Biswa Bandhu Sen met the Speaker and said they have snapped all relations with TMC and joined the BJP. The six MLAs told reporters that veteran tribal leader, Diba Chandra Hrankhawl would be the leader of the BJP Legislature Party in the assembly and a separate letter in this con-
nection would be submitted to the Speaker soon. The Speaker said, “There are many official formalities to recognise them as BJP MLAs and the secretary of the assembly is also out of station now. The next session of the assembly would start next week. If all formalities were not fulfilled and if the Treasury bench want to know about them I would show the letter to them and tell that they joined BJP”. The six legislators were originally elected to the Tripura assembly in 2013 on Congress party tickets. They joined the Trinamool Congress in June 2016. At present the ruling Left Front has 51 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly, Congress three and BJP six.
Call centre scam: Lookout notice issued against four suspects
Shillong, Nov 8 (PTI): Meghalaya Police Wednesday issued a lookout notice against four more people for their alleged involvement in the multi-crore call centre scam that duped several American citizens. Three of them - Sushil Biswa, Ravi Thapa, and Roshan B Sangma- were residents of the state and another Sunny Mukherjee, a mastermind in the scam, hailed from Gujarat, a senior officer said. “All four of them were involved in a conspiracy to cheat American citizens by impersonating as Internal Revenue Service agents and asking them to make payments to avoid punitive actions,” East Khasi Hills district SP Davis N Marak said. Last month, the police had issued lookout notice against four other suspects from Ahmedabad - Naimesh Kapadnekar, Paresh Aasani, Anish Rajan, and Pradip Kumar Harishchandra Maurya - in connection with the case. Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu during inauguration of the much awaited Divisional Commissioner (West) headquarters at Yachuli in Lower Subansiri district on Tuesday. (PTI)
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND
DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA
Dt. Kohima, the 8th Nov. 2017.
NOTIFICATION
This is a rejoinder to the press release issued by Mezoma village in the September 7 , 2017 edition of Nagaland Post. The descendants of Netseyi and Hieme are constrained to issue the following rejoinder so as to set the record straight regarding the founding and establishment of Mezoma and Sirhima(Menguphe) villages. 1 . Mr. Kuo’s son, Hieme, Mr. Ketenu’s son, Netseyi and Mr. Pfϋphe’s son, Tanu, all hailing from Khonoma Village, decided to go and establish a new village over the mountain where the present Mezoma Village exists. Accordingly, Hieme and Netseyi carried their backpacks, containing the materials required for the ritual, and went to Tanu’s place. It is said that Tanu played tricks on them by refusing to leave his place on the pretext that his son was observing some rituals at that point of time. Tanu apparently knew that the descendants of any village founder do not prosper and flourish, as told by the forefathers. It is said that once you carry your backpack and sets off to a new destination it is taboo to return back. Accordingly, Hieme and Netseyi proceeded to the proposed site and established the village, which is now known and called as Mezoma village. 2. One day, when they were living in this village, one Mekri and Netseyi decided to go and fell a tree, the traditional way by burning the stump. They decided that even if the tree fell down and kills either of them, the survivor will not observe the practice of leaving the village for another place. Instead, they decided to take care of one another and, accordingly, they went to fell the tree. Unfortunately, the tree fell on Mekri and killed him. As mutually agreed Netseyi did not abandon the village but was in a state of mourning when Mekri’s sister approached him and started threateningly bashing her shawl on the ground. Accordingly, Netseyi went and told his partner Hieme that he should be leaving for another place. When Hieme heard this, he told Netseyi that, just as they had resolved not to part ways, both of them shall go together. Accordingly they proceeded to ‘Menguphe’ and established another village, which is now known and called as “Sirhima”. Till today everyone who knows about the establishment of Sirhima village, including the inhabitants of the village knows that Hieme and Netseyi were the founder of the village. This fact has remained undisputed all these while. 3. When Netseyi and his friend Hieme, together with their family members, were living in ”Menguphe”, everything was plentiful and its inhabitants were enjoying good lives. None of the inhabitants ever died. Then they earned the wrath of evil spirits when they started mourning a piece of wood carved in the shape of a dead man. Soon they started facing deaths and calamities and they had to disperse from the village. 4. Hieme’s descendants have scattered to different places but majority of them are living in Khonoma village. Only one family now lives in Mezoma village, where, instead of using Hieme’s name, this family is using ‘Khatsϋ’ as their surname. Netseyi’s descendants are now living at Secüma, Khonoma, Chakhro, Chakhesang region and other places. None of the decendants of Netseyi’s brothers are now in Mezoma village. Majority of them are now living in Chakhro region, besides Khonoma and Kohima. 5. After the inhabitants of Menguphe (Sirhima) got dispersed, the village remained abandoned. Then over a hundred years ago, some Kuki’s approached the clansmen of Hieme and Netseyi of Khonoma village, with the desire to establish a village at “Menguphe” presently known as Sirhima. Accordingly, they said Kukis were told that, if they were willing to abide by our traditional practices and customs, they can establish their village and live there. The Kukis agreed and, accordingly the village was established. The said village presently known as Sirhima village, exist till today. 6. The Kukis who established their village on the land belonging to Hieme and Netseyi were living peacefully for about eighty years without any disturbances. Thereafter, there came a time during 1990s when the Kuki tribesmen were banished from our land. At this point of time, Mr. Meyapie, the then chairman of Mezoma village council, started declaring in the newspaper that Mezoma village is the owner of all the land covered by Sirhima village. Accordingly, many of the Mezoma villagers came and started forcibly encroaching and suppressing the rights of both Sirhima (Kuki) villagers and the clansmen of Hieme and Netseyi by taking over a large patch of land and plantations. 7. There is no doubt in dispute that Hieme and Netseyi were the founders of Sirhima village. Both Hieme and Netseyi were born and brought up in Khonoma village and went on to establish Mezoma village and, thereafter, they went on to establish “Menguphe village” presently known and called as Sirhima village, which is now being inhabited by the Kukis. Since Mezoma village started claiming that Sirhima village belongs to the Mezoma people and started suppressing the rights of both Sirhima (Kuki) villagers and the clansmen of Hieme and Netseyi, we had filed a complaint before the Chakhroma Public Organisation(CPO). In its verdict dated 05.07.95, the CPO has categorically declared that the descendants of the village founders were the owners but the inhabitants shall not be disturbed. 8. The Mezoma villagers never obeyed the verdict passed by the CPO and continued to forcibly encroach upon the land. Thus , by another order dated 17.03.98, the CPO has directed that those who are not the inhabitants of Sirhima should desist from carrying on further developmental activities and the land which have been forcibly encroached should be returned back to the rightful land owners. However, the Mezoma villagers are continuing with their illegal activities till today. All these illegal activities are being perpetrated shamelessly on account of greed and heaping insults on the descendants of Neteyi and Hieme, yet we have never exposed the misdeeds of the Mezoma people to the outside world thinking that they are living in a village founded by our forefathers. However, their illegal activities and misdeeds have now grown beyond our tolerance since they have forcibly deprived the properties of the bonafide inhabitants who have settled in Sirhima village with the permission and consent of our forefathers. Further, the Mezoma villagers have also gone to the extent of imposing restrictions on the sale of landed properties by the inhabitants of Sirhima village. All these developments have compelled us to come out with this write up so as to expose the misdemeanors and wrongs being committed by the Mezoma villagers. 9. Our forefathers, Netseyi and Hieme were natives of Khonoma village and went on to establish Mezoma village and gave it to the Mezoma people. They also founded Sirhima (Menguphe) for the inhabitants to live in. However, on that account, till today the descendants of Netseyi and Hieme have never ill treated or abused the inhabitants of these two villages. On the other hand, living in a village established by our forefathers, the Mezoma villagers going and forcibly encroaching and occupying the landed properties of the inhabitants of Sirhima(Menguphe) is totally wrong and grossly illegal. They don’t have an iota of right even if they have carried out developmental activities over the encroached land, which otherwise belongs to the inhabitants of the village founded by our forefathers. 10. All those who are living and prospering in the villages, be it in Mezoma or Sirhima, founded by our forefathers, Netseyi and Hieme, are expected to remain grateful to them. However, it is most disheartening to find the Mezoma villagers, being blinded by sheer greed, are acting the other way round. If we are to act like them, we can also claim that we are the rightful owners of Mezoma village since our forefathers, Netseyi and Hieme, were founders of this village. We can also impose restrictions on the Mezoma villagers from selling their landed properties since we are the real owners. However, we never did that before and we are not going to do that even in the near future because that is not the way we the Nagas behave. What astonishes us even more is that there is not a single soul amongst the Mezoma villagers who have the moral courage to step out and say that what they are doing to the inhabitants of Sirhima (Menguphe) village and the descendants of Netseyi and Hieme is wrong. th
NO. DTE/ ESTT- NP-13/ 2017 : Applications are hereby invited from local candidates for filling up of LDAcum-Computer Asstt. in the scale pay of ` 5200-20200/- Gr. Pay ` 1900/- only under the establishment given below :Sl. No. Name of Post No. of Post Place of posting 1 LDA cum Computer Assistant 1 Government Polytechnic, Tsunazho, Phek 2 LDA cum Computer Assistant 1 Government Polytechnic, Seithekema, Dimapur 3 LDA cum Computer Assistant 1 Government Polytechnic, Sedem, Tuensang Minimum required qualification for the post is Graduate with Diploma in Computer Application. Maximum age limit is as per the Govt. existing norms. Last date of submission of application with all necessary Educational qualification addressed to the Director, Technical Education is 18th Nov. 2017, during office hours. Short listed candidates may be called for interview. Incomplete documents shall be summarily rejected. (ER. ARJUN SINGH) Director. Issued by DIPR DC-2673
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Kohima, dated the th Nov. 2017 NO.ED/EXAM/GT/M&S/2017-18 :: As per the Department's Advertisement No.NL/ SE-2/2017 dated 20th Oct. 2017, it is to notify to all concerned intending candidates from 6(six) backward tribes of ENPO area that the written examination for recruitment of Graduate Teacher (Maths & Science) will be held on 11 November 2017 at the Dr. Neilhouzhu Kire GHSS Seikhazou Kohima from 10:00 am to 3:00 PM in two sessions. After scrutiny of documents, the following applicants who had applied for GT (Maths & Science) posts are hereby rejected due non- fulfillment of eligibility criteria: 9006, 9043, 9047, 9048, 9055, 9074, 9026, 9081, 9083, 9086, 9089, 9095, 9099, 9101, 9109, 9117, 9124, 9125, 9135, 9139, 9141, 9144, 9146, 9152, 9153, 9156, 9159, 9160, 9161, 9163, 9164, 9165, 9166, 9167, 9171, 9172, 9173, 9174, 9175, 9177, 9179, 9181, 9182, 9183, 9184, 9186, 9187, 9188, 9189, 9190, 9169, 9005, 9145, 9155. For others, the acknowledgement slip may be treated as Admit Card. (SMITA SARANGI) IAS Principal Director DC-2667 Issued by DIPR
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In continuation to this office letter of even number dated 16/10/17 and on the basis of the Written examination mark, Practical exam and Viva voce, the following candidates are provisionally selected on merit basis for 2(two) posts of Draughtsman Gd- II. The provisionally selected candidates may treat this as the offer letter and confirm their acceptance within 10 (ten) days from the date of issue of this office Notification. Draughtsman Gd- II (General category): 1. Shri. KekhrieLhousa (Selected) 2. Shri. T ChanthungoOvung (waiting list) Draughtsman Gd- II (B. T Konyak category): 1. Smti. Min-e Nekong (Selected) 2. Shri. P Shangkam Konyak (waiting list) In case the provisionally selected candidates fail to confirm their acceptance within the stipulated time, the posts shall be offered to the next in merit. No claim whatsoever will be entertained thereafter. The office reserved the right to cancel the result of any candidate if irregularity is detected in any manner. Sd/(KEN KEDITSU) Director, Urban Development Nagaland, Kohima Issued by DIPR DC-2668
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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVII NO. 335 Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017
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Guns of America
mericans have got used to the random or planned shootings, be it in the streets, offices, neighbourhood or schools. And such incidents are not rare to the extent, that by and large, Americans seem to have accepted them as part of the hazards of living in a society with gun culture. The cause of such cold blooded killings are many but two notable causes for the spate of seemingly never-ending shootings are being accounted on those with disturbed minds of which there are too many in America and then Islamic terrorists. The latest mass shooting will once again relit the fierce debate about the American dilemma on the right to bear arms and the government’s obligation to protect their lives through tougher restrictions on sale and use of guns. The powerful anti-gun lobby in America have been fighting a very difficult battle against widespread sale of guns. They will continue to remind everyone of the danger of letting dangerous — perversely evil — people have access to deadly guns. The argument would be contested by the powerfully networked gun lobby, with massive resources and a determined willingness to make a substantial difference to the outcome in very many congressional districts. Despite the latest tragedy in Texas on November 5 where a mentally ill Devin Kelley methodically sprayed bullets and killed 26 people worshipping inside the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. According to survivors, Kelley targeted anyone who made a peep, and had no qualms about shooting babies who couldn’t control their fear. With every such incident, the debate over gun control continues to rise but nothing will change because there is an entrenched cynicism in the American political arrangements; enough noise is produced on both sides, a moral equivalence gets introduced even in the most black-and-white issues, and, the enormity of any tragedy gets drowned in partisan contestations. What has happened in New York and before it many other cities, unspeakable. Americans will continue to live with the threat of such a nightmare which had taken too many lives of innocent people in Columbine, Sandy Hood, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Tucson, San Bernadino, Orlando etc. However, the power American gun lobby still insists that guns are not to be blamed. They point to Europe which has all the gun controls that are being pushed in the aftermath of the Las Vegas carnage, but which has actually suffered more bloodshed from these types of attacks than the U.S. They also argue that gun owners are not responsible for the shootings since most are people who had their hands on the guns should not have had them in the first place. They also say that terrorists and evil doers do not need guns but use other instruments, such as trucks, to take lives as shown in the tragic attack in Nice, France, London, New Yorks etc where hundreds lost their lives. US President Donald Trump has been an unabashed supporter of the gun lobby and has maintained that guns were not responsible but terrorists and people with mental problems. That kind of generalisation has meant that the New York killings was a terrorist act while the Texas slayings was the act of an insane mind. With such dichotomy, the Americans will perhaps continue to be damned unless they demand a referendum.
DailyDevotion The Unrivaled Power of Prayer We do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. —Romans 8:26 We realize that we are energized by the Holy Spirit for prayer; and we know what it is to pray in accordance with the Spirit; but we don’t often realize that the Holy Spirit Himself prays prayers in us which we cannot utter ourselves. When we are born again of God and are indwelt by the Spirit of God, He expresses for us the unutterable. “He,” the Holy Spirit in you, “makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (Romans 8:27). And God searches your heart, not to know what your conscious prayers are, but to find out what the prayer of the Holy Spirit is. The Spirit of God uses the nature of the believer as a temple in which to offer His prayers of intercession. “…your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:19). When Jesus Christ cleansed the temple, “…He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple” (Mark 11:16). The Spirit of God will not allow you to use your body for your own convenience. Jesus ruthlessly cast out everyone who bought and sold in the temple, and said, “My house shall be called a house of prayer…. But you have made it a ‘den of thieves’ ” (Mark 11:17). Have we come to realize that our “body is the temple of the Holy Spirit”? If so, we must be careful to keep it undefiled for Him. We have to remember that our conscious life, even though only a small part of our total person, is to be regarded by us as a “temple of the Holy Spirit.” He will be responsible for the unconscious part which we don’t know, but we must pay careful attention to and guard the conscious part for which we are responsible.
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Post-mortem
Development: A highly misunderstood concept in Nagaland L
What is Lokayukta?
‘D
evelopment,’ is a highly misunderstood concept in Nagaland. We, both educated and uneducated, tend to habitually associate ‘development’ with the accumulation of material commodities such as money, wealth, property, land, vehicle, house, etc. No wonder, when people in Nagaland talk about ‘development,’ they usually have in mind the above-mentioned aspects. Or to be blatantly honest, when we say development, we mean material advancement exclusively for “My Group.” More often than not, we also tend to simply reduce development to one single aspect: “good roads.” The reason for such a reductionist assumption is that people in our society simply assume that with good roads alone, all the elements we usually associate with development or decent standards of living will follow— education, health care, business, and other wherewithal for modern living. The issue is that most of us have a misconception of the term “development.” In other words, we do not know what the term ‘development’ implies. Our society usually associates ‘development’ with an upsurge in material conditions. This is why people in Nagaland do not just listen to anybody. Rather, we listen only to wealthy individuals (and those employed in the government sector) with money, buildings, and SUVs, even though these individuals lack the intelligence and have no knowledge on issues they are tasked to adjudicate. We listen to them because we usually assume they, by virtue of their material wealth, are ‘developed/advanced’ and competent to lead our society; and that, they alone can enrich the group’s material conditions. However, it is rather strange to assume or even equate development with proliferation in material commodities or just good roads alone. The increases in such material conditions have very little whatsoever to do with development. We ought to realize that just because we see the growth of towns into cities, villages into towns, or the expansion of cities into even larger cities, these do not qualify as ‘development.’ Similarly, the expansion of Kohima and Dimapur—in terms of their spatial area, population, buildings, wealth—along with a surge in vehicles does not imply development. In other words, it is quite naïve to consider wealth, vehicles, buildings, increase in population and size of cities as criteria for “development.” To imply these aforementioned as criteria for development is a folly of the highest degree. So, what is development? Development means a “Qualitative” change; an improvement in the quality of life. Development takes place when there are increments to the existing conditions.
(From previous issue) Yet what is conspicuous is, since the fate of Article 35A (for the state of Jammu & Kashmir) hangs on judicial interpretation and Article 370 is being threatened to be obliterated from the Constitution, likewise, the proposed Pan-Naga Hoho will earn the wrath of certain sections giving that the body does not enjoy any definite territorial limit nor does it equip itself with a full constitutional protection. What have completely debased the credibility of the Hoho are its statutory status, its jurisdiction over ambiguous territory and its un-defined interim period: existing at the pleasure of the Indian parliament. Contentious continuation of the All India Services: A two-page document made available via various networking sites talked of reservation of certain seats for the Nagas in UPSC recruitment exams. This implicitly implies that the present system of bureaucracy wherein selected Civil Servants are deputed to various states as a symbol of Central authority over states shall persist. Unfazed by allpowerful Pan-Naga Hoho, the civil servant community bids fair to implement the executive orders of the GoI in a partially relegated sov-
For example, if the area size or population of a society increases from 5 square kilometers to 10 square kilometers or from one lakh to three lakhs, respectively, over a period of, say, one year, we say that a given society has ‘grown’, not ‘developed.’ The point here is, if facilities essential for descent living—such as housing, sanitation, health care, electricity, education, and other provisions of basic services—remain the same with no additional increment, then development has not accompanied such a growth. Without development, such kinds of “Quantitative” growth in any society do not bring significant changes in the lives of most people, i.e. no improvement in the quality of life. The quality of life implies that people are given enough opportunities not only to improve their lives (facilitating upward social mobility) but also to lead a meaningful life. This does not simply mean a long life. Rather, it denotes a life with some purpose. Development should afford people to lead a meaningful life with some purpose that enables individuals to develop their innate talents and potentials, gain knowledge, have the freedom to achieve their goals, participate in their society, and have enough means to lead a decent life. Usually, people in our society have neither the capacity nor resource to make basic choices due to poverty, social discrimination, institutional inefficiencies, lack of knowledge, and many other reasons. These prevent persons from getting access to essential public resources which could have otherwise enabled them to lead a decent life. For instance, very often, the poor in our society cannot afford medical care for their illness or education for their children because they lack resources. So, development enables the poor to get essential access to education, healthcare, and other resources that afford them to improve and lead a decent life. Trees, for instance, grow but they are able to bear fruits because of inner progressions that continue to transform a seedling into a tree; and the growth is not possible without the inner qualitative processes—such as transpiration, getting access to water, absorbing essential nutrients from the soil and having access to the sun for photosynthesis, etc.—enabling the seedling to develop into roots, branches, leaves, and fruits. In other words, development ought to bring Qualitative change in the lives of the destitute in our society; that is development. It is essential, at this juncture, to distinguish between “Growth” and “Development.” It is essential to remind ourselves that Growth does not mean Development. Growth is a Quantitative change such as an expansion in the spatial size of towns, cities; or an increase
ereign state of Nagaland. Then, what would be the nature of administration of the areas territorially placed under other states but politically congregated under Pan-Naga Hoho? Whereas there is no reservation on the question of continuation of the All India Services as it will infuse innovation and contribute towards nation building by gaining ideas from both the sides; what is still worth visiting is the role of the Company’s Civil Servants which has been vital in prolonging British rule in India. In myriad of angles, civil service is a symbol of authority, governance and imposition of ruler’s will over the ruled. Should we insist on our historical right, perhaps our negotiators need to re-paradigm their approach. The rationality of the term “Nagalim”: Despite the narcissistic understanding of the name “Nagaland” by few professed nationalists who swore avowed distaste to early nationalists and architects of the present state, the name seemed to have permeated to various arenas at the international level with its wider usage around the world. The suffix “land” refers to not only the present state of Nagaland but can also be expanded
in population, vehicles, buildings, technology, businesses, entrepreneurs, wealth, property, schools, colleges. Growth simply means a Quantitative increase in existing material conditions. Such growth does not necessarily mean a positive change, just as an increase in population is accompanied by numerous social problems, an improvement on road conditions leads to an increase in road fatalities, an increase in vehicles causes protracted traffic jams, an increase in establishments of schools and colleges competing for monetary gains leads to an inflation in degree holders, an increase in entrepreneurs—who by virtue do not produce any commodities—brings lots of sellers and no buyers since everybody is an entrepreneur, or an increase in buildings overwhelms the sewage system and hence leads to booming of business for cesspool cleaners. While, development, on the other hand, means an improvement in access to housing, health care, education, sanitation, welfare programs for the poor, etc. It enables the needy in a society to have access to resources and opportunities to improve and lead a decent life. For instance, look at the big mega cities in India. These cities are expanding yearly. However, a majority of people dwelling there live either in the slums or, if one is lucky, in a destitute condition, while only very few privileged minority afford a good quality of lives. But the sad reality is that, for us, we take these ‘Growth’ as ‘Development’ and we try to emulate these kinds of feat in our own society. We think that all the new constructions and expansion of our towns are development, and we desire the same thing for ourselves. The point here is that we have had enough growth. It is time for us to turn our attention to development, where we improve the quality and standards of living for a majority of our people. If our society only grows with no development, then ours will be a society of slums. Indeed, if one is honest, one must admit our state’s biggest cities do not even qualify to be called a city or town. Rather the most appropriate term is ‘Slum.’ Kohima, the state capital, and Dimapur, the state’s commercial hub, are glorified elongated slums. They are slum cities. One only needs to observe the road conditions, which are not roads but sewers; fresh water streams filled with human waste; open sewages that fill the ambiance with their filthy, hypnotizing aroma; highly overcrowded houses that seem more like a temporary refugee camps with no room for breathing; cities built with no planning for roads, sewers, sanitation, electricity, water; and no concerns for health and safety. Lastly, development is quali-
tative, not quantitative, change precisely because it requires some fundamental inner transformation. A child may grow, but such a quantitative growth means very little if there is no qualitative progression in the child’s aptitudes: verbal and vocabulary skills, comprehension, reasoning, logical power, interpretative ability, ability to perform and complete tasks, etc. What transforms a child to maturity require an inner transformation in his idiosyncrasies—temperance, selfunderstanding, self-knowledge, patient, perseverance, kindness, generosity, etc. Likewise, development not only entails progression in the quality of life but also a major inner transformation within the individuals’ personalities inhabiting a society. That is a change in peoples’ mindset: broad mindedness, ability to realize and accept one’s faults and ameliorate those faults, etc. No doubt, people in Nagaland have nagging tendencies to dismiss such calls for change in mentality by asserting, “However, it (inner transformation) will neither fill our stomach nor repair the roads.” Regardless, development requires a change in the inner person. Without such inner transformation, our society will continue to remain backward, just as when people from Nagaland travel abroad and return home with the same narrow-minded mentality. The Mentality is what differentiates the developed from backward societies. Our mentality has not matured; we are still mentally primitive, wild, and raw. Even if we drive big foreign cars, live in big houses, or are up to date with the latest fashion trends, we will continue to be a backward state as long as our mentality does not change. Indeed, wealth, land, property, fashion do not automatically mean you are developed or advanced. You can have all the material wealth and still be primitive. That is why all the tribes in Nagaland are backward and we do not have the right to degrade each other by classifying some as advanced and others as backward when in reality we are all equally Backward. To end on a positive note, I hope the readers will begin to see things in a newer light on how our society has deteriorated, right in front of our eyes, because we’ve remained docile and lacked the courage and will to concern ourselves with the well-being of our society. Our inaction, our docility has brought us to where we are today. Nagaland continues to linger as a backward state precisely because we’ve never really understood the term “development” and what it entails. Salikyu Sangtam, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, St. Joseph University, Ikishe Village, Dimapur
Nation without nationals
to mean the land which are still pending but will rightfully be returned to us on conclusive settlement. In the absence of any detailed narration on the derivation of the term “Nagalim” by its protagonists, it may be speculated that the last two characters “IM” of the full term Nagalim may have been borrowed from the acronym NSCM (IM) wherein “IM” stands for Isaak-Muivah. A nation is not a private affair to be fancily named by an organization. To give a nation a name after an individual may, hereafter, be manipulated to let the next of kins to stake illegitimate claim over the governance of a nation. Everyone has been part of a national movement in one’s own way and its nomenclature, which is so sacred and sacrosanct to everyone alike, besides being our identity, should be debated and agreed on by historicity, not by emotions. Nation without nationals: With a 20-year long peace talk nearing a conclusive settlement as per unverified reports, the negotiating party has so long managed to remain elusive escaping responsibility in reaching out to their people whom they boastfully claim to represent. At the national level, they aggressively assert mandate;
at the grassroot level, they are insulated from their own people. Considered views of intellectuals are summarily censored and tagged as antinationals. What good can a nation expect to prevail upon us amidst such preposterous approaches of those who projected themselves as negotiators but entered into secret agreements without the consent and assent of the nationals? What does our future has in store when our people are circumscribed and denied transparent access to the fundamentals of the political parleys, whose voice they theoretically envisions as sovereign? What would be the future of our Eastern brothers in Myanmar who hone on political dividend from their Big Brothers? What would be the fate of those who lives in our neighbouring states but could not physically integrate with us... to whom should they owe political and administrative allegiance? Can a nation exist without its defined territory complemented by equally definite nationals that are critical for policy formulation? The recently evolved stratagem of extending olive branch on one hand and baiting a trap targeting those who ideologically differed with the deemed political
okayukta means “appointed by the people’ derived from Sanskrit word. It is anti-corruption ombudsman organization in the Indian states and the origin of Lokayukta can be trace back to the ombudsman in Scandinavian countries. Lokayukta can be defined in simple terms as an Anti-Corruption Act or it can also considered as a watchdog to pinpoint the wrong doing of the administration, to look into the complaints of the people and to suggest measures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Government. The establishment of the institution of Lokayukta in the state is to provide clean, transparent, and accountable Government of the people and Lokpal afor the Central Government. The Lokayukta Bill was by the Parliament to fight against corruption. The main objective of Lokayukta is to curb the menace of corruption providing within the State. When any individual makes a complaint against the public servant relating to corruption, mal-administration, favoritism, nepotism, etc, the Lokayukta looks into such matters and investigates and if they find out that the allegations are true, the public servant is punished. Public servant includes the Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers, the M.L.A, the Vice-Chancellor of Universities, Bureaucrats, Secretaries and the higherups of the Government department. Lokayukta is a great check on corruption, bring about transparency in the system, to make state administrative machinery citizen friendly. Lokayukts is considered to be one of the most powerful institutes in the country and Lokayukta is a person who is appointed by the Governor, he must be a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India or a retired Chief Justice of a High Court and an independent person not holding any office of profit, and members are not to be a member of parliament or legislature of state or connected with any political party and comprising of a state vigilance commissioner and a jurist or an eminent administrator as members known as Upa-lokayukta function together as an independent body which is free from the influence of the government, politicians, ministers, etc. They have power to search and seize any documents of the public servant during investigation. Lokayukta function largely depends upon jurisdiction vested in him and facilities provided for taking cognizance. He protects citizens right against mal-administration, corruption, delay, inefficiency, non-transparency, abuse of position, improper conduct, etc. He is representative of legislature, powerful friend of citizens. he looks forward in establishing an ‘open Government’ securing respect for the rule of law, an educator aiming at propagating the prevention of corruption, inefficiency and oral-administration in governance. As corruption in public life is a gross violation of human rights. Corruption is anti-people, anti-development and anti-national. It is essential that the three pillars of democracy i.e, legislature, judiciary, and executives are strong in structure and in pure in form and are un-corrupted. Adv. Kezhokhoto Savi, Convenor ACAUT Nagaland (legal cell), Civil Right & Duties awareness campaigner
conformity of the GoI is catalysing trust-deficit. A utopian talk on inclusiveness sans substantial gesture from the world’s largest democracy will invariably boomerang back. If the GoI fervently believe in finding an inclusive political settlement to the longest political conflict in Southeast Asia, it ought to restraint the long arm of the NIA, play down the fear of China factor in the region and directly get engaged with the people. An inclusive settlement entails taking both the extreme
spectrums onboard to finally iron out the protruding differences. Selective approach may parochially be construed as not a solution in hand but a concerted scheme to further fragment the already relegated identity and polity of the Nagas. What has had achieved way back in 1929 is achievable with improvised mechanism in 2017 and beyond unless it is impeded by artificial barrier. (Concluded) Nukhosa Chüzho, Kohima, (khozch@gmail.com)
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The need for animal shelter
Sir,
In a nation where human beings are treated disrespectfully, expecting love and compassion for animals is a tall order. Almost everyday we wake up to horrific stories of attacks on stray dogs and some are even shared on social sites as though these miscreants would receive trophies. Famous philosopher Kant said, “we can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals”. By the law of India, dogs should be sterilised and vaccinated, and while we do this, many of us think of the stray dogs in Nagaland that are not spayed or are left to die in the gutter. Instead of just depending on the government to solve this issue, if we come together and engage ourselves to the service of strays, this issue can be managed easily. Moamenla Jamir, Bayavu Hill Kohima
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NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): Delhi breathed poison today with pollutants touching calamitous levels, as thick grey smog hung low across the region, prompting authorities to declare schools shut till Sunday, halt construction activities and ban entry of trucks in the city. Lt Governor Anil Baijal approved the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority’s decision to enforce these measures enlisted under the ‘severe plus’ or emergency category of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in a meeting attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A decision on whether or not to implement the odd-even car-rationing scheme will be taken tomorrow, the EPCA said. “The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) task force has advised EPCA that given the prevailing air pollution emergency in the city, there is a need to take actions which are listed in the severe plus category,” it said.
Authorities in the city scrambled to tackle the extraordinary situation as hospitals recorded a surge in the number of patients complaining of respiratory problems, reminiscent of the ‘1952 Great Smog of London’. A f t e r D i wa l i l a s t year, Delhi witnessed a similar episode of smog which lasted nearly a week, prompting authorities to declare such emergency measures for the first time in the city’s history. The smog, which triggered near zero visibility at many places, pile-ups on highways and delay in flight operations, is a mixture of carbon monoxide, particulate matter such as PM2.5, PM10, ground level ozone and oxides of nitrogen and sulphur dioxide, the Delhi government said in a health advisory. The government also announced that all schools in the national capital would remain closed till Sunday in view of the “unbearable” air pollution. The metro and Delhi Transport Corporation an-
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Board (CPCB) had a score of 478 on a scale of 500, indicating ‘severe’ levels of pollution, while many individual stations recorded AQI as high as 487. If the score touches 500 and persists there for at least 48 hours, measures like odd-even and a ban on construction and demolition activities will come into force across the Delhi- NCR under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot told PTI that the government was ready to implement the odd-even car-rationing scheme and arrangements were underway to press more buses into service. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) said it would run an additional 186 train trips from tomorrow. The EPCA had made it clear yesterday that its orders were legally binding and had to be enforced once the chief secretaries of the respective states issue them. It was the Environment Ministry which, in January, had empowered the EPCA through a gazette notification to enforce the GRAP to combat air pollution in the DelhiNCR region. Meanwhile, in incidents of pile-ups at multiple locations on the busy Yamuna Expressway over 20 vehicles collided and around 22 people suffered minor injuries during the morning hours when visibility was a measly 10 metres.
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NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): Demonetisation was a “decisive battle” 125 crore Indians fought against black money and won, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today even as the BJP celebrated the first anniversary of the exercise as ‘anti- black money day’ and the opposition observed a ‘black day’. Modi also said he “bows” to the people of India for supporting the measures taken by the government against corruption and black money. In a series of tweets on the first anniversary of note ban, Modi also posted short films on his twitter handle to showcase the benefits it brought. He said the move formalised the Indian economy and ensured better jobs for the poor, while cleansing the financial system. The prime minister also asked people to participate in a survey that is available on the Narendra Modi app to send him the feedback on how they feel about the government’s efforts “to uproot corruption and black money.”
Constitution a politico-legal document reflecting people’s aspirations, SC told NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (IANS): Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that Delhi Lt. Governor was bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers and the constitution was a politico-legal document whose interpretation should reflect the aspiration of the people. Senior counsel P. Chidambaram told the five judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that the Lt. Governor has to act on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, telling the court that the Constitution’s Article 239AA (spelling special provision for Delhi) has to be read conjointly with Section 44 of the GNCT Act, 1991. As he argued that the interpretation of Article 239AA has to reflect the inspiration of the people, the court itself, on the third day of the hearing on the powers of the Delhi government vis-a-vis the Lt. Governor, said that the actions of the Lt. Governor can’t be an impediment to the day-today functioning of the government. Observing that the Lt. Governor can’t have difference of opinion for the sake of difference of opinion, the court said that responsibility conferred on the Lt. Governor is not absolute. The Lt. Governor can’t say no to a decision of the Council of Ministers or send it to the President. Ordinarily, there should not be any difference of opinion between the Lt. Governor and the Council of Ministers if the latter’s decision is within
Tharoor warns of ‘massive backlash’ against BJP in Guj polls THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV 8 (PTI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today warned the BJP that it would face a “massive backlash” in the Gujarat Assembly polls because of demonetisation, which he termed was an “all pain, no gain” exercise. He said said only the Modi government was celebrating its anniversary while the rest of the country was in “mourning”. “The state (Gujarat) is really showing very clear
signs of a massive backlash against BJP. Demonetisation and GST have truly hurt those who are generating income in our economy. “I think, rather than looking at Uttar Pradesh (polls), let us look at what will happen in Gujarat elections,” the Thiruvananthapuram MP told reporters. Addressing media at the state Congress headquarters here on the first anniversary of demonetisation, he alleged the circulation of counterfeit currency
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monetisation). This seems to be a case of all pain, no gain and the only beneficiary appears to be the ruling party that is today celebrating the day which the rest of India is mourning,” Tharoor said. He also slammed demonetisation as an example of “economic mismanagement” and “lack of preparedness” by the Centre.
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went up after high value notes were scrapped. Black money has not come back into the system, as claimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and there are also no signs of terrorism being contained postdemonetisation, the former Union minister said. “The real question is who has benefited (from de-
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the parameters of constitutional sanction, the court said that Article 239AA can’t be acted upon in a vacuum. Addressing the constitution bench which also comprises Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan, Chidambaram said: “Article 239AA was brought about in the constitution by way of a very special majority of the members of parliament and any interpretation of the constitution must advance the ‘principle of democratic governance’. “Your (court’s) interpretation has to advance democracy and not diminish democracy. It (interpretation of Article 239AA by the court) should enrich democracy and not weaken it, said the former Union Minister, cautioning the constitution bench from looking at the constitutional provision in a strict sense. He stressed that the Lt. Governor was a representative of President, to the extent he is empowered to act. Chidambaram also argued that in case of differences between the Lt. Governor and the Council of Ministers, the former can’t automatically forward the matter for decision to the President. He said that as a first step, Lt. Governor has to seek clarification from the Delhi government and if he is still not satisfied, then he can refer the matter to the President for decision.
The Zapami Village Council extends heartiest congratulations to Mr. Riku Khutso, S/o Chikhro Khutso for clearing the post of EAC and securing the top position in the NPSC (NCS, NPS, NSS and Allied Services) Exam 2016. The village community extends gratitude to him for bringing laurels to the village. The Council wishes him good health and successfully career. Wekulo Khutso Zewekha Wetsah Secretary, Village Council Chairman, Village Council
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nounced decisions to augment services by pressing more trains and buses into service, in a bid to reduce dependence on private vehicles. On Twitter, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it was “an emergency” and that his office was “continuously trying” to fix a meeting with his counterparts in Punjab and Haryana on stubble burning, a practice which aggravates air pollution in Delhi. However, EPCA member Sunita Narain cautioned against putting too much hope in temporary solutions such as closure of schools and deplored the “lack of political will” in executing tougher decisions. Subsequently, the LG directed that agencies such as the municipal corporations and the Delhi Metro should strictly enforce the decisions taken by the EPCA, including hiking parking fares by four times. The civic bodies were dillydallying in executing the EPCA’s orders. However, it was decided that metro will not have to slash commuting fares temporarily as it already has a differential pricing system for peak and off-peak hours in place. In its health advisory, the government said people should stay indoors as much as possible as the “smog is poisonous” and may create many health hazards like asthma attacks and other breathing complications. The day-long average air quality index of the Central Pollution Control
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are facing hardship for banking. Circle head, North East circle Axis bank Biplabi Patnaik in his address said that the Axis bank was taking the new initiative to create new milestone. He informed the Axis bank in Nagaland has nine branches in four districts with 18 ATMs. The programme was attended by the leaders of selected villages, Axis Bank officials of North East circle and Nagaland state. The selected 20 villages are in the district of Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, and Wokha.
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Kohima, Nov 8 (NPN): With an aim to impart financial literacy, the Axis bank has launched DIGIPRAYAS- a financial literacy programme on Wednesday. The financial literacy programme was launched by additional chief secretary (finance) Temjen Toy IAS at hotel Vivor Kohima. In his address, Toy lauded the Axis bank for the initiative to impart financial literacy to 20 villages in the state, which he hoped would enhance the
economy in the area. He also pointed out that with the change of time from cash economy into cashless economy, the people should also embrace on that. He also urged the Naga people to cultivate the habit of saving for brighter future. Toy also appealed the Axis bank to go beyond and take the lead in opening more branches in 30 unbanked blocks including recruiting business correspondent to reach all in the state. According to Toy, almost 50% are unbanked in the state and rural people
development as it shows that the government is open to suggestions from outside and does not want a system that is put in place by officers alone,” said a consultant with a leading firm. The government has faced flak for the GST architecture and compliance issues have hit small businesses, leading to massive protests. In addition, problems have emerged after implementation, which many believe was rushed, a charge that the government denies, saying that everyone would not have been ready even if GST kicked in a year later. While some of the amendments would be necessitated by the changes that have been recommended by the group of state finance ministers (GoM), government officers themselves point to anomalies in the structure. For instance, there are problems associated with the current regime for small issues such as transfer of a vehicle from a company to an employee, which attracts tax.
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NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (Agencies): A committee of government officials has started a review of the laws governing goods and services tax (GST), signalling there is no reluctance to make the regime smoother for businesses, especially the smaller players who have been complaining of a significant increase in compliance burden. The committee headed by M Vinod Kumar, GST chief commissioner for Karnataka, is looking at the entire gamut of issues, said sources. The government is keen that the recommendations are received at the earliest and it can quickly move the amendments. “The idea is to have a regime that benefits everyone and, if needed, we will make the necessary amendments. We have already done changes wherever we have received complaints,” said a senior officer. Separately, a committee comprising industry representatives will provide inputs. “This is a welcome
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achieve net zero imports, and placing the ACE industry at the forefront of the Digital India programme. “This push has resulted in an increase in domestic manufacturing from Rs 55,765 crore during 2015-16 to Rs 64,752 crore during 2016-17,” it added. Manish Sharma, President of CEAMA said: “The aim behind releasing this report was to bring to the fore challenges faced by the industry in the current environment, and the policy framework needed to support the continuously evolving business ecosystem especially local manufacturing.” “The consumer durable industry creates three indirect jobs for every direct job, thus it needs to work closely with the government on further improving the local manufacturing framework to generate more employable labour,” Sharma added.
devotees from dropping old denomination notes in the temple ‘hundi’ (donation boxes). “They are donating the old notes in the hundi. We also receive donations directly at our office and give receipts to the donors. Since the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes are no longer valid, we are not accepting these notes at the office,” he added. Interestingly, the Supreme Court had in July this year asked the Centre to offer one last chance to persons still stuck with old notes because of genuine reasons. The Centre, however, had declined to open another window for exchange of the demonetised notes.
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added. “They are all in the direction of making India more efficient, more performing and a more modern economy.” In the annual function, CEAMA, in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), unveiled a detailed report on “Championing Change in the Indian Appliance & Consumer Electronics (ACE) Industry” which revealed that an anticipated compounded annual growth rate of only nine per cent, manufacturing disabilities and a limited component ecosystem are root causes of low cumulative value addition. “The large population and steep GDP growth over the next five years will be the key driver for Indian economic pyramid shift towards the top,” the report said. The report also illustrated the government’s push to promote electronics manufacturing in order to
for exchange of the banned notes. However, the RBI expressed its inability saying that the rule is applicable for all.” He said the Managing Committee would decide on the fate of the banned notes. Of the Rs 3-4 lakh that the temple receives in donations on an average every day, about Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 is in old notes. “We have kept the old denomination notes in our temple chest after the RBI refused to take up the matter with the Union government. We don’t know what would be the fate of the notes. The Managing Committee may request the government or dispose of the notes in any other way,” said Das. He said they can’t stop
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consumer electronics industry has to be done in the right ecosystem. “The right ecosystem is that we are in a globalised world and have to be a part of the global supply chain... Penetrating export market is the key and you can never do this without size and scale. Therefore, this industry should think of size and scale,” Kant said in his address. Expressing his views on the ease of doing business, he said the government is focussed on making doing business in the country very easy and simple by dismantling “many rules, regulations and procedures and paperwork over the years”. “There is a lot of work in progress. If you look at ease of doing business, or GST, digital payments, all these are a huge amount of work in progress. Many of these structural reforms take a little time, but they are all in the right direction,” he
Bhubaneswar, Nov 8 (IANS): A year after demonetisation, scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes continue to find their way into donation boxes at some temples in Odisha. Unable to dump their old currency notes, devotees are dropping the demonetised notes in donation boxes at Jagannath Temple in Puri and Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar. The deadline for exchange of demonetised notes expired on December 30 last year. Now, the temple trustees are worried about how to encash the devalued denominations. “We have received about Rs 18 lakh in demonetised notes as offerings,” said Pradeep Kumar Das, administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). “We had urged the Reserve Bank of India to request the Finance Ministry
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New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS): The country has to grow at a much higher rate than the current growth rate of 7.5 per cent and it will not be possible without manufacturing which has to become a key driver of growth, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said here on Wednesday. “The challenge is that we need to grow at a higher rate over a long period of time, over three decades or more, and it’s not possible to grow without manufacturing. It’s not possible to do it without appliances and consumer electronics industry,” Kant said at the 38th annual function of the Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA). “That has to become a key driver of growth,” Kant added. Kant pointed out that in order for further growth to take place, manufacturing in the appliances and
Mumbai, Nov 8 (PTI): Gold prices rose further at the domestic bullion market here today on sustained demand from stockists and investors driven by higher global cues. Silver also advanced by Rs 40 per kg on pick up in demand from industrial units. Standard gold (99.5%purity) climbed by Rs 55 to close at Rs 29,385 per 10 grams from yesterday’s level of Rs 29,330. Pure gold (99.9%purity) also moved up by the same amount to Rs 29,535 per 10 grams as against Rs 29,480 previously. Silver (.999 fineness) rose by Rs 40 to finish at Rs 39,580 per kg as compared to Rs 39,540 earlier. Globally, gold prices nudged higher, as the dollar slipped following a media report that suggested a delay in the implementation of a major corporate tax cut under a crucial US tax reforms plan. S p o t g o l d wa s u p 0.2%at USD 1,278.43 per ounce at early trade. In other precious metals, silver rose 0.4%to USD 17.02 an ounce.
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which encompass sectors such as energy, aeronautics and agriculture, were signed at a ceremony presided over by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross at the Great Hall of the
People, Efe news reported. Trump reached Beijing on Wednesday for a visit that includes meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and a business summit where both leaders will participate. Trump was accompanied by officials from some 30 big companies from sectors such as aviation, agriculture, biotechnology and machinery. Ross said in a brief statement that Washington aims to reduce the massive trade deficit with China.
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With immense pride and pleasure, the Chen Area Student's Union conveys joy and heartfelt congratulations to Mr. M. Khenpa, son of Manpea for bringing laurels to the Student's Union and to the Village, for being selected to the post of Secretariat Assistant under the Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms in the recently conducted NPSC Exam 2016-17. Further, the Union wishes you all the best in future in all your ventures.
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The Tikhir Students' Union with immense pride and honour would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Limtsumong Tikhir for clearing the Combined Technical Service (NPSC) Examination 2017 to the post of Computer Programmer (Cl-III Non Gazetted) under Municipal Affairs, Department of State Election Commission. The Union wishes you the best in all your future endeavour and thanks the Almighty God for His abundant blessing.
Through this column, the Kandi Students’ Union (KSU) would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to our member Mr. Phachulo Kath, S/o David Kath for successfully securing the post of Assistant Election Officer (AEO Cl-II Gazetted), under Election Department, Govt. of Nagaland. The Union further wishes him success and greater achievements in all his future endeavours. (Senpenlo Kath) (Siepenle Wanth) President KSU Gen. Secretary,KSU 9612187203
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is confidential under the United Nations, so unfortunately, I am not going to be able to comment on the deliberations at the UN under that,” Nauert said. “I’d have to refer you to the Chinese Government to explain why they voted the way they did, but we certainly think that this guy is a bad guy,” she said when asked about China’s action. “We consider the organisation to be a foreign terrorist organisation under the US law,” Nauert said.
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We the Longra Staff Union with immense Pride and Joy extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Haujam Hopong Chang S/o. Mr & Mrs. H.Yongkong for securing the post of Junior Division Accountant (JDA) through recently declared NPSC Examination 2017. The Union further wishes him the best in all his endeavours. Sd/Sd/I.MOALA, Gen/Secy. M.MONGBA, President
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We the Litem Baptist Church and Litem Village Council express our heartiest congratulations to Shri. K.Chingmak Chang, S/o. Mr. Khumted Chang. Litem Village. For being selected to the post of Junior Divisional Accountant under Treasuries & Accounts Department in the recently conducted NPS exam 2016-2017. We wish him all success and blessings in all endeavour's in serving the society. C.Namang pastor. Litem Baptist church. K-3654
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With profound appreciation to our Almighty God, we the Sishunu Youth Sporting Club extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Phachulo Kath, S/o David Kath for successfully securing the post of Assistant Election Officer (AEO) under Election Department, Govt. of Nagaland in the recently declared NPSC Examination 2017. The Club feels elated and honoured for his achievements and further wishes him good health and success in his future endeavours. (Haiwachu Apon) (Senpenlo Kath) President SYSC Gen. Secretary,SYSC
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The office of New Monger Village Students’ Union with immense pride and honour would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. MOASUNEP SANGTAM, S/o Shri KASHIHO V SANGTAM of New Monger Village for securing the post of Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC) from recently declared NPSC Exam and bringing laurels to the Union. The NMVSU further prays and wishes him success in his future endeavour Mr. Arose General Secretary, (NMVSU)
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We the Rotomi Welfare Zunheboto extends our heartiest congratulations to the following members : 1. Shri. Nikhashe Sema, NCS on his promotion to Commissioner Secretary, Food & Civil Supplies, Government of Nagaland. 2. Shri. Emmanuel Shohe, S/o Late Hewoto Shohe and Mrs. Vizheli Shohe, for successfully clearing the recent declared NPSC Examination to the post of DSP (Cl-1 Gazetted) under Home Department. The Welfare further wishes them great success in their future endeavours. Sd/Sd/(N Honito Sema) (Ghonito Shohe) Chairman, RWZ Secretary, RWZ
The Ghathashimi Welfare Kohima would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Bokaho Swu, S/o Vihuli & Khehovi Chishi for bringing laurels to our community by securing the post of JDA through NPSC. The Welfare further wishes you success in your future endeavor. Caleb Swu, General Secy. Ghathashimi Welfare Kohima K-3671 H.Q K. STATION, P.O Tseminyu – 797109
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Committee of the UN Security Council. The JeM, founded by Azhar, has already been in the UN’s list of banned terror outfits. “We certainly think that he is a bad guy. We would like to have him on that list,” State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said at a press conference when asked about China’s move. “There are some committee discussions that are underway over whether to add him or the entity to the sanctions list. That list
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Washington, Nov 8 (PTI): Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar is a “bad guy” and should be declared a global terrorist, the US today said as China blocked a bid at the UN to list Pathankot terror attack mastermind as a designated terrorist. Last week, China for the fourth time had blocked a proposal backed by the US, France and Britain to list Azhar as a global terrorist, citing a lack of consensus among the members of the Al-Qaeda Sanctions
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With immense pride and honour, we the Sumi Community Sitimi Village take this privilege to convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr Yeshika Achumi, S/o Shri. Akheho Achumi Rtd. Teacher of Sitimi. For securing the post of Secretariat Assistant. Through recently declared Nagaland Public Service Commission. The Community further wishes and prays that Almighty God continue to bless him in his endeavours. K-3667
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elections. “We’ve been through a bruising campaign... but now is the time we come together and see who we can work with to bring this city forward,” he said. He bested a six-person field of challengers that included council members Michael DeFusco and Jennifer Giattino, as well as Hudson County Freeholder Anthony Romano, the report said. The wide-open campaign that kicked off in June with Zimmer’s announce-
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Washington, Nov 8 (PTI): Indian Americans have raised USD 2.4 million to carry out public health work in India. Raised at the second annual gala of WHEELS Global Foundation (WGF) in New York over the weekend, organisers of the event said USD 2 million of this was donated by Chirag Patel, co-CEO and chairman, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, and his family. This donation will go towards the soon-to-be established WHEELS India Niswarth (WIN) Foundation, which will be based out of the IIT-Gandhinagar and Indian Institute of Public Health-Gandhinagar campuses. The foundation will work on core areas of water and sanitation and maternal and child health groups. At its inaugural gala last year WGF had raised USD 200,000.
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We the Sishunu Baptist Church with immense joy and honour, convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Phachulo Kath, S/o David Kath, for successfully securing the post of Assistant Election Officer (AEO) under Election Department, Govt. of Nagaland in the recently declared NPSC Examination 2017. The Church further prays that may the good Lord continue to bless him long and healthy life in his future endeavours. Wachu Kath Nathanael Kath Pastor Church Secy. Sishunu Baptist Church Sishunu Baptist Church
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ment quickly turned into heated race, with Anthony Romano’s campaign manager, Pablo Fonseca, calling the race “ugly” and “divisive”, the report said. The race turned ugly in recent days when doctored campaign fliers began circulating anonymously attacking Bhalla. Last week, Bhalla was labelled a terrorist in slanderous flyers left on car windshields. They have a photo of New Jersey Councilman Bhalla. In red letters above him, the flyers read: “Don’t let terrorism take over our Town!”, it added. The recent flyers were not the first time he had been referred to as a terrorist. A Jersey City man previously tweeted: “how the hell did Hoboken allow this guy to be a councilman. He shouldn’t even be allowed in the US #terrorist.” Bhalla tweeted about the flyers. They read “Don’t let TERRORISM take over our Town!”.
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a rebel-held area in northwestern Syria. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad repeatedly stressed that the alleged chemical attack was “fabricated”. “There was no toxic attack in Khan Sheikhoun town,” Assad had said, charging that the US and the Western powers prevented an investigation team from coming into Syria to look into the allegation, “because the team will find that all the narrative about what happened in Khan Sheikhoun was mere lies”. The Syrian Foreign Ministry said “the Syrian Army doesn’t possess chemical weapons and hasn’t used them before in any Syrian city”. Two women were injured in the Umm Hawsh incident, a mustard gas attack, on September 16, 2016.
New York, Nov 8 (PTI): Ravinder Bhalla has become the first ever Sikh mayor of New Jersey’s Hoboken city after a stiff competition that turned ugly when he was labelled a terrorist in slanderous flyers. Bhalla was endorsed by current Mayor Dawn Zimmer, who in a surprising decision announced not to run for re-election in June. He is the first Sikh to hold elected office in New Jersey. Bhalla, who has been on the city council for more than seven years, claimed the victory at Moran’s Pub on Garden Street yesterday with dozens of his supporters, as well as his friends and family, NJ.com reported. “Thank you Hoboken. I look forward to being your Mayor!,” Bhalla tweeted. “Thank you for having faith in me, for having faith in our community, faith in our state, and faith in our country; this is what America is all about,” he told his supporters after winning the
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U n i t e d Nat i o n s, Nov 8 (IANS): The Syrian government is responsible for the April chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun town in which over 80 people were killed, according to the findings of an investigation mandated by the UN Security Council. “The Islamic State used sulfur mustard in a September 2016 attack in Umm Hawsh and the Syrian government was responsible for the release of sarin in an April 2017 attack in Khan Sheikhoun in Syria,” said Edmond Mulet, head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the UN. “There has been sufficient evidence of a credible and reliable nature to make its findings,” Mulet told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Berlin, Nov 8 (IANS): Germany’s top court ruled on Wednesday that there must be the option of registering a third gender on birth certificates. The move, described by activists as a “small revolution”, would make Germany the first European country to offer intersex people the choice of identifying as neither male nor female, the BBC reported. The case was brought by a registered female whose chromosome test confirmed they were neither one sex nor the other. The constitutional court in Karlsruhe has given the government until the end of 2018 to pass a law specifying a category other than male or female. The court said current regulations on civil status were discriminatory against intersex people. The category could be called “inter” or “various”. A German government spokesperson said the government would comply with the ruling.
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With profound gratitude to the Almighty God the Phom Students’ Union Kohima express our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Menlom Phom, s/o Shri. Bongang Phom of Kangching Village for successfully securing the post of Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC) under Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department in the recently declared NPSC result. The PSUK in general appreciates and honor your achievement in bringing laurels and inspiration to the community. The Union further wishes him good health and greater success in his future endeavor. Henmei Phom Angam L N Phom President General Secretary Phom Students’ Union Kohima Phom Students’ Union Kohima
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Kenye (6th-R) and Sazo (4th-L) with administrative officers and GHS Chetheba authorities. DIMAPUR: Government High School (GHS) Chetheba under Chozuba subdivision, Phek district on Wednesday celebrated its 42nd anniversary. The anniversary was celebrated with MP (Rajya Sabha) K.G Kenye and Chotisuh Sazo, MLA, as chief guest and guest of honour respectively. Marking the occasion two other projects – 5KWP solar power plant for the school under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy JNNSM Scheme and Biometric attendance for the school staff – was also launched by MP Kenye and
additional deputy commissioner Chozuba, Japheth Woch respectively. Addressing the mammoth gathering of students, alumni and villagers at local ground Chetheba, Kenye said education was the only field which separated human and animal. He therefore encouraged teachers to shape the life of a child so they could be good citizens and achieve their future goal. He also encouraged the students to be dedicated and hardworking to be successful in life. The MP while expressing happiness to wit-
ness the original attires worn by the various cultural items and folk tunes said “originality is found only in the rural areas despite the offers of modernity”. He said the unique history and tradition of Naga people can be proved only through preservation and called upon the people to uphold its originality. Chotisuh Sazo while lauding the performance of GHS Chetheba expressed hope that a day would come when students of GHS Chetheba would scale through competitive exams.
Sazo also urged the teachers to rededicate themselves to the noble profession and encouraged the students to be courteous towards teachers and elders and concentrate in their studies to achieve their goal in life. GHS Chetheba headmaster, Etsongoyi Medeo, informed that students of Class 6 and 7 would be getting free education as no admission fee would be charged while textbooks would also be provided free of cost. Class 8 students would also get free text books from next academic session, he informed.
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Human-elephant conflict mitigation awareness at Chudi DIMAPUR: Forest department under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) on “integrated development of wildlife habitats” organised “human-elephant (wildlife) conflict mitigation” awareness campaign on November 6 at Chudi village. In the programme, chief wildlife warden, Dimapur, Satya Prakash Tripathi, highlighted the policies of the state government and the ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, New Delhi for addressing the problem. He appealed to the people for protection of forest and wildlife and contact forest officials immediately in case of damage of their crop, properties or human life. Tripathi also requested the people of lower range to get their applications for compensation against damage of crops, habitations etc. by recommended by the assessment committee constituted by the government for this purpose under the chairmanship of the deputy commissioner, Wokha Chudi Village Council chairman also highlighted the prevalent problem in the region and requested the government/forest department to provide solution for co-existence of people
of the affected lower range with wild elephants. On behalf of affected public with elephants, PPP president suggested blocking of entry routes of elephants and earmark some area for elephants by giving compensation by the government. He stated that people had left jhum cultivation for the last 40 years and they wanted permanent solution. The programme was chaired by conservator of Forests (NTC) Mokokchung and director Intanki National Park Dimapur, Y. M. Jami, a brief background of existing problem in the state was given by wildlife warden, Dimapur, K. Caroline Angami and vote of thanks by forest range officer, Intanki Range-B, Aron Yimchunger. A demonstration on elephant repellent and power point presentation in curbing wildlife crimes was given by the officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Unit, Wildlife Division, and Dimapur Around 80 persons of Lower Range villages affected with Human-Elephant conflict, officials from the Forest department, NGOs, participated in the programme. The programme began with invocation prayer by Chudi Baptist Church Pastor Netsemo Mozhui.
Assam Rifles organise various programmes across state DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters Inspector General of Assam Rifles (IGARNorth) have been organising various programmes for the citizens across the state. 7 AR: With an aim to bring awareness amongst the troops of the Battalion about necessity of fighting social evil of corruption, 7 Assam Rifles organised “Vigilance awareness week” from October 30 to November 4. The programme was being observed as a mark of respects to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Bismarck of India who represented best values in the Indian tradition so far as governance is concerned. The pledge was read out and repeated by the troops present, who solemnly affirmed their resolution to fight out all social evils. The programme including essay writing on the theme “How to prevent corruption” was also organised at Battalion HQ & all COBs. The ceremony attended by four officers, 16 JCOs & 133 OR. 28 AR: 28 Assam Rifles held an interaction with GBs and village chairmen of Tseminyu and Phugoboto region on November 1, at Tseminyu. Altogether 40 GBs and 10 village chairmen
of the region participated in the interaction. According to Assam Rifles, the aim of the interaction programme was to familiarize the villagers with various employment opportunities for the youth of Nagaland in Security Forces. The release stated that important issues pertaining to development, health, education and women empowerment were also discussed. The meeting focused on mutual interaction and increased co-operation to foster peace and harmony in the region. 35 AR: 35 Assam Rifles Naginimora led by Dr. S. Sharma along with 10 staff on October 28 conducted a free medical camp for the students of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) Hostel Naginimora under Mon District. According to Assam Rifles, Dr. S. Sharma addressed the students and stressed on the benefits of being healthy and safe. About 100 students and hostel staff were provided with free check up and free medicines. Meanwhile, 35 Assam Rifles organised a “hunters conclave”, at Lungwa and Shinga Chingnyu on November 4. The aim of the conclave was to discuss and address safety and security concerns of lo-
cals in IMB region of Mon. 42 hunters from border villages of Lungwa, Lungwa Wamsa, S/Chingnyu and Chenmoho participated at the conclave. 36 AR: With an aim to familiarize and motivate the youth to join armed forces, 36 Assam Rifles conducted a weapon-cum-equipment display for students of Government High School Jalukie, Peren district on November 3. Major attractions of the event were machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers and new generation equipment. The event was witnessed by 50 students and locals. 9AR: 9 Assam Rifles observed “vigilance awareness week” from October 30 to November 4 at Chieswema, Kohima under the theme “my visioncorruption free India”. The purpose of the meeting was to educate the public about corruption and ways to combat it at grassroots level. A formal interaction with locals of Pfutsero and Chizami town was also conducted on November 3. 44 AR: 44 Assam Rifles flagged off a National Integration Tour for farmers of Nagaland from Mokokchung to Himachal Pradesh on November 2. Comman-
dant 44 Assam Rifles, in the presence of dignitaries of the district flagged off the tour. The aim of the tour is to integrate the distinct cultural and social ethos of the nation and to familiarise the farmers from remote areas of North-East to agricultural advancements in Himachal Pradesh which has similar terrain and climatic conditions. Altogether 22 farmers two each from all the 11 districts of Nagaland, covering the entire ethnicity of the state have been given the opportunity to visit hill state of Himachal Pradesh, understand modern nuances & technology of hill farming and educate own people on return. 3 (NH) Bn AR: 3 (NH) Battalion Assam Rifles conducted a lecture on “join the Indian army and gallantry award winners” for the cadets of 1st NCC Battalion attending NCC annual training camp on October 30 and 31, at Sazolie College, Jotsoma, Kohima. An awareness lecture on health and hygiene was also organised along with weapon display was also organised to impart the basic knowledge of weapons and motivated the cadets to join the Indian armed forces through various entries
schemes. Altogether 463 girl cadets and six civilian attended the programme. Meanwhile, 3 (Naga Hills) battalion Assam Rifles conducted an interactive meeting with GBs at charlie hill, Kohima on November 7. The interaction focused on liaison between locals and security forces about issues concerning health, education, employment and ways to foster peace and harmony in the region. Total of 8 GBs attended the meeting. 15 AR: 15 Assam Rifles organised a lecture on preventive measures on HIV & AIDS at Government High School, Shamatore on November 3. The aim of the programme was to make the students aware about the disease and its ill effects. Altogether 87 students and teachers attended the lecture. 32 AR: 32 Assam Rifles conducted art competition on November 7, at Government Primary School (GPS) Kacharigoan, Phevima. Altogether 15 students participated in the competition where Chiying of class-2 won the first prize and Chemshe of class-3 and Roshen of class-4 won second and third prizes respectively. 5 AR: 5 Assam Rifles
organised a lecture-cumawareness programme on various central and state government schemes at Chare village, and Longkhim village on November 7. The aim of the event was to educate and spread awareness about various central and state government schemes for the villagers. During the program, post commander briefed about the various government schemes and its benefits for villagers like Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna, Pradhan Mantri Gramin Aawas Yojna, Deen Daayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna, Atal Pension Yojna, etc. 7 AR: 7 Assam Rifles (with Joint Women Association Kiphire chaired by commandant 7 AR colonel, Veerandra Tiwari at Kiphire on November 7. PRO HQ IGAR (N) informed that the interaction focused on local issues to include development, education, awareness campaign, health & hygiene and women empowerment in the region. President of Kiphire Alongshong Atparii Mulong (KAAM) along with 26 members attended the meeting. AR assured full co-operation and support to KAAM in all its future endeavours.
training programme CRM team visits Wokha district Skill for unemployed youths
CRM team, staff officials and Wokha district officials visit patients. DIMAPUR: In the process of reviewing, monitoring the health and working status and strengthening the services at health units in the district, a team of 11th Common Review Mission (CRM) comprising of nine members led by registrar Government Medical College Jammu & Kashmir and former MD NHM J&K, Dr. Yashpal Sharma, arrived Wokha district on November 5. In a press release, NHM Wokha stated that the CRM K Y M C
team held a meeting with the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Wokha, Wezope Kenye, state officials and district officials at the Hammock Resort. Dr. Yashpal Sharma said that the team were not in Wokha for “fault finding” but rather to look at the overall performance of health care services and existing facilities, find solutions/ inputs for improving health service delivery to the community. In a short speech, DC
Wokha said that the district medical department despite the challenges of bad road connectivity and difficult terrain has tried their best, and was in a mission mode to deliver and make health care services accessible to the community. The district programme manager NHM, Matsung, presented PPT on the district health profile; the meeting was chaired by Dr. Tumchobeni deputy CMO; welcome address by CMO Dr. Enrithung and MS
DMMDH, Dr. Robin Mozhui also delivered a brief speech. The CRM team members included IIHMR Bangalore, Dr. Manjunatha R; research officer, (SIDDHA), Dr. S. Selvarajan; NHSRC, Dr. Jagjeet Singh; assistant professor NIHFW Delhi, Dr. Ankur Yadav; IIPH Shillong, Dr. Limalemla Jamir; Cons. NHM, Mandar Randive; Cons. AH, Risha Kushwaha and Fin. Cons NHM (MoH & FW), Shivam Jain. The state team included additional director H&FW, Dr. Kevichusa Medikhru; SPO (RCH), Dr. Bendangla; SPO (RNTCP), Dr. K.T Lotha; jt. director & addl. project director (NHP), Dr. Atoshe; dy. director (NVBDCP), Dr. Neisakho; SSO (IDSP), Dr. John; RMNCH+A co-ordinator, Pairson; PO, operations UNDP, Rajesh Khartu; state facilitator RRC NE, Avikali Jakhalu; PM Finance (NHM), V. Rhetso; PA (Finance), Kewetso Kenye; PM (RBSK), Vizaleno and APM (MCTS), Abeni Humtsoe.
DIMAPUR: ANMA (Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh) Integrated Development Association (AIDA) 23rd batch of skill training for unemployed youth commences on November 4 at Don Bosco Tech AIDA centre. Speaking at the launching programme as chief guest, Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo (DABA) associate pastor Rev. L. Lima appreciated the initiative taken up by AIDA to provide skill training to school and college dropouts. He also called upon the trainees to set “smart goals”. The state coordinator (operations), Amos Ekka, highlighted the unique selling proposition of Don Bosco Tech such as regular assessment of trainees. He said trainees are assessed and certified by external assessment agency at the end of the training and further informed the gathering that at least 12 past trainees of AIDA centre were working overseas. In this programme, Ghuto Awomi welcomed the gathering and Harisbert shared his life testimony. Tangkhul and Nepali folk dances and Chakesang folk song were performed by trainees while Jedakyangla delivered vote of thanks.
Tuensang Town Baptist Lashong (TTBL) carried out road repairing from zero point to church compound on November 2.
The 8th pastors’ conference of the Association of Gorkha Baptist Church Nagaland Pastors Fellowship (AGBCNPF) was held from October 27 to 29 at Gorkha Baptist Church Mon.
Sikh/Punjabi community, Dimapur celebrated the 549th birthday of Guru Nanak Devji in Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Dimapur with commandant ARTC, brigadier, S. Gurjap Singh Gill as the chief guest.
Vungoju Hospital to Tsumang Bazaar Taxi Union Wokha (VHTBTUW) conducted social work by filling up potholes and repairing of District Hospital Road Wokha on November 4.
Zunheboto Town Planning Jubilee (ZTPJ) committee organised a mass social work on November 4 at Zunheboto town.
Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) Dimapur celebrated ‘National Unity Day’ on October 31.
Class-8 students of Government Middle School (GMS) Disaguphu (Dhansiripar), Dimapur along with their teachers, undertook a two-day educational tour to Guwahati on November 6 and 7. During the trip, the students visited Assam zoo and botanical gardens, Accoland, Umananda temple and Guwahati planetarium.
Government High School (GHS) Kiruphema students enjoying the mid day meal in the new tiffin box provide by M.D.M, SDEO Kohima on October 13. K Y M C
Nagaland Post, Dimapur thursday, november 9, 2017
Top judicial appointments not for public hearings: CJI
New Delhi, Nov 8 (AGENCIES): Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, heading a three-judge Bench, on Wednesday openly disagreed with the decision of a two-judge Bench to publicly hear, on the judicial side, the reasons for the government’s delay in finalising the norms for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts, and appointment of regular High Court Chief Justices. On October 27, a Bench of Justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit decided to investigate the government’s reasons for “lingering” over its job of finalising the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointment of Supreme Court and High Court judges. That Bench observed in a written order that it is getting to be about two years since a five-judge Constitution Bench, after striking down the government’s NJAC (National Judicial
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Appointments Commission) law, tasked the Centre in December 2015 with the job of drafting a fresh MoP to replace the current one with the objective of making judicial appointments transparent. However, no ground was covered in the past months despite the constant to-and-fro of MoP drafts between the Supreme Court Collegium and the Union Law Ministry. Justices Goel and Lalit issued notice to Attorney General K.K. Venugopal to explain why the government has dawdled in both the MoP issue and
the lack of appointment of regular chief justices in High Courts. At present, seven High Courts are led by ‘Acting’ Chief Justices. In some High Courts, such Chief Justices have been continuing for months. The Bench of Justices Goel and Lalit had scheduled the next hearing for November 14. However, the case was listed before a new Bench of CJI Misra and Justices A.K. Sikri and Amitava Roy. On Wednesday, as soon as the Bench convened, CJI Misra made clear his disagreement with the order passed by Justices Goel and Lalit. “After the Constitution Bench has gone into all this in the NJAC issue, there is no need to go into them now... these are not matters to be gone into on the judicial side at all. That’s all there is to be said,” he said at the very beginning of the hearing.
1st state-level SN consultative meet held (From p-1) Wati informed the meeting that, 10 years after Survival Mokokchung was formed, the district had progressed and prospered in many ways and that it had benefited on the economic front. Now, 80% of the market was owned locally, which benefited circulation of revenue within the district, he added. He urged the people not to become traitors of their own society by supporting and harbouring illegal immigrants for their own selfish motives and interests. SN legal advisor Leonard Aier called upon the Nagas to preserve the land that had been granted by their ancestors. “We are a fallen society where civil society organisations and government are at loggerheads. Today, we are living in a
HU suspends 10 students for misconduct Hyderabad, Nov 8 (AGENCIES): University of Hyderabad on Wednesday suspended 10 post-graduate students for allegedly intimidating, verbally assaulting and preventing officials from performing their duties on November 3, prompting the students to accuse authorities of moral policing.Acting on a report submitted by an inquiry committee constituted by Vice Chancellor Prof P Appa Rao, the university suspended three students from all academic programmes and hostel for a period of two years after finding them guilty of grave charges. According to university sources, a team of hostel wardens went on a surprise visit to Men’s Hostel-J (MHJ) late on the night of November 3, following a tip off that a female student was staying in the room of a male boarder. When the wardens objected to it, the students entered into argument with them. Soon, it led to a big commotion and heated arguments between the students and the officials. A university spokesman alleged that the students had gheroaed the wardens and threatened them with physical violence.
society where civil societies are not given any importance by the government,” Aier said. He posed a question as to why the Tuensang Act 1957, had not been implemented in Dimapur, even as he added that civil society organisations deserved the liberty to perform their duties effectively. Representatives of Chumukedima Area Village Council Association (CAVCA), Dimapur District GBs’ Association (DDGBA) and Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation (DUCCF) also spoke on the occasion. Chaired by SN co-convener Daniel Swu, the meeting saw highlights of Survival Nagaland being shared by Vikali Shikhu Vote of thanks was proposed by SN secretary Renponi Kithan.
LK Advani turns 90; Pol leaders greet him New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS): BJP veteran L.K. Advani, who turned 90 on Wedensday, was greeted on his birthday by leaders across political spectrum with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that his efforts had richly contributed to building of the party. Those who greeted the nonagenarian leader included former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former President Pranab Mukherjee, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad. Advani, a former Deputy Prime Minister, started his day by greeting 90 blind children at his residence and took breakfast with them. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Manmohan Singh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad were among those who personally visited Advani’s residence
to greet him. Besides them, rebel JD-U leader Sharad Yadav, former Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh, senior Congress leaders Kamal Nath, Karan Singh and Rajiv Shukla also visited Advani’s residence and greeted the veteran leader. “Visited residence of former Dy. PM, Hon’ble Shri L.K. Advani ji and conveyed my best wishes on his Birthday. May god bless him and I wish him good health and a very meaningful long life,” Venkaiah Naidu said in a series of tweets. “May you be blessed with good health and many more years in service to the nation,” Mukherjee tweeted. Modi conveyed his greetings in a series of tweets and also sent a personal letter to Advani wishing him on the day. “Birthday greetings to respected Advani Ji. I pray that he is blessed with good health and a long life,” he said. Describing Advani as a political stalwart, Modi said: “He is a leader who has distinguished himself through hard work and dedication towards our nation...”
Gov mourns demise of Bendangtoshi
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NPCC: Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president, K Therie, has expressed shock and deep saddens over the demise Bendangtoshi Longchar, and said the state’s bureaucracy has lost a tall figure in his demise, adding that the people would be deprived of his expertise. In a condolence message, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee president, Therie said described late Bendang as a sincere, dedicated and efficient officer, who contributed immensely to the development of the state and to the uplift of society. “It is indeed sad that God chose to call him home when he had so much more to contribute to not only his department but also to the state and society,”
stated Therie. NPCC president along with all rank and file of the party conveyed deepest condolences to bereaved family and prayed that the Almighty God be their strength and His Grace comfort and console them all. He also prayed that the departed soul rest in peace. MEx: Morung Express has extended condolences to T Monalisa Changkija, Editor, Nagaland Page, on the demise of her husband Bendangtoshi Longkumer, Managing Director of NIDC & OSD, Industries & Commerce. In a condolence message to Mrs. Monalisa Changkija, the Morung Express stated, “We are saddened by your sudden profound loss, and our prayers are with you and your family during this time of grief. May your family find comfort knowing that he is at peace.”
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national/state Death threats terrify India’s sex trafficking survivors C H e i nna i , N ov 8 (AGENCIES): A teenager, who was kidnapped and sold into prostitution in India for six years, has fled her West Bengal home because her trafficker threatened to kill her, in a case illustrating a growing problem for justice campaigners. The girl said the trafficker’s family flew down from Mumbai to her village in September, just days after she was reunited with her parents and siblings, demanding that she tell the court she became a sex worker voluntarily. “They said they’ll make me disappear,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a phone interview from her grandmother’s house in Kolkata, a few hours away from her family’s village in South 24 Parganas district.
Sena rakes up MP VVPAT incident; slams BJP MUMBAI, NOV 8 (PTI): The Shiv Sena today said it would be no surprise if the BJP goes on to win even “800 seats” in the 2019 polls and referred to the Madhya Pradesh incident wherein a VVPAT machine had allegedly wrongly dispensed slips of the BJP symbol during a demonstration exercise early this year. In an editorial in the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the Sena also took potshots at NCP leader Praful Patel who had said that the dream of the NCP workers to see Sharad Pawar becoming prime minister in 2019 is “not impossible”. Stating that everybody is certain that the 2014 “Modi wave” cannot be repeated in 2019, the edit said while the BJP has set a target of 350 plus seats in 2019, there are internal
discussions happening if they could be able to retain their present numbers. “... The other worry is the use of money...and Electronic Voting Machines machines. In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP was getting votes when the button having the Congress symbol was being pressed. Hence, it would be no surprise if the BJP gets 700-800 seats in 2019 polls,” the editorial said. Ahead of the Bhind Assembly bypoll in the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh in April this year, a VVPAT machine attached to an EVM had allegedly dispensed slips of the BJP symbol during a demonstration exercise, raising allegations of tampering. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that Pawar was his “political guru”, Sena asked will Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi support the veteran Maratha politician if the political situation post 2019 demands so. “The NCP was never able to increase its strength beyond 10-12 (MPs) and the Modi wave has brought the numbers down to barely four. How much can it increase in 2019 polls?” the edit said. Though Pawar has a vast experience in politics and administration, how will he manage the numbers necessary to stake claim to the prime minister’s post, it said. “If no party achieves a majority and if Pawar’s name comes up mutually, he can become prime minister. But will this come true. Pawar has friends across the political spectrum, but in the political race will these friends support you or will they stab you in the back which the Sena is experi-
encing now,” Sena said in a veiled jibe at the BJP. Pawar had on multiple occasions said that he was not in the race for prime minister’s job as he was aware of the numerical strength of his party. However, Praful Patel recently said the NCP workers’ dream to see Pawar as prime minister is not impossible. Taking potshots at Modi, the Sena said, “The prime minister had said he entered politics by grabbing Pawar’s fingers and had also publicly called Pawar his political guru. If the guru now gets a chance to become the prime minister, will Modi support him?” Amid strained ties with its senior ally BJP, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray recently held separate meetings with Pawar and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
PM Modi’s justification on demonetization foolish: NPCC
(From p-1) On opening zero-balance account and maintaining minimum balance, he said SBI has earned Rs 235 crore by imposing penalties on its customers for not maintaining minimum balance. He said the poorest sections of the society, students and farmers were the worst sufferers as they could not maintain the minimum balance. Therie alleged that black money held by the BJP and RSS helped India to overcome economic depression in the international market. On corporate loan waiver, Therie said it had gone up to more than thousands of crores of rupees and that the BJP was allegedly collecting 50% from them as party funds, thus looting the Central government. He pointed out that it was time to consult the people as religious divide had pushed the Nagas from mainland
Smog leads to multiple car pile-up on Y-Expressway NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (AGENCIES): One person was killed and six others were injured after over a dozen vehicles piled up during a dense foggy morning at Yamuna Expressway in Mathura. The accident took place at around 6:30am near milestone 125, close to Hataura village of Baldeo police jurisdiction on Wednesday. By the time this report was filed, police were yet to identify the victims. Circle officer of Mahavan, DSP Alok Dubey said, “One person was killed and six people were injured. All the injured have been sent to district government hospital for treatment. The deceased is yet to be identified.” Station officer G P Singh of Mahavan police jurisdiction, who was among the first to reach the accident spot along with SO Baldeo, said, “The trigger of the accident was a defunct car which was rammed from behind by a speeding truck. The truck was ferrying apple cartons and it turned turtle after the collision. Since it was heavily dense morning, over a dozen of cars and heavy trucks kept on piling up on each other in a backto-back collision.” Due to the accident, several vehicles were stranded at the expressway causing a traffic jam. However, police and expressway personnel removed the vehicles with the help of the crane. Last year, Yamuna Expressway reported four incidents of vehicle pile-up due to dense fog in which 101 vehicles were mangled and 75 persons were injured and two were dead. On December 1, 2016, seven vehicles piled up near mile stone number 81 of Surir Police Station of Mathura, killing one man and injuring over 10. Similarly on November 3,around 18 vehicles piled up near mile stone number 83 of Surir injuring 10 people.
India. He feared that the nation would disintegrate as religious divide had encouraged both disintegration and terrorism. Therie reminded the people that Congress believed in freedom of religion and that it was the only party which had the competence to bring the economy back on rails. NPCC general secretary and AICC state social media coordinator, Capt. GK Zhimomi termed demonetisation as “disaster” and said the BJP hoped that it would eliminate black money, fake currency notes and corruption without even realising its outcome. Moreover, he said chief minister, T.R. Zeliang had immediately written a letter to Modi supporting the demonetisation move without even knowing the head and tail of it and reminded everyone that Nagaland had experienced one of its driest
Christmas seasons ever. Zhimomi said, immediately after the demonetisation announcement, 2.2 lakh ATMs in the country became non-functional and the Government of India (GoI) had changed 60 decisions in 43 days, which showed that the exercise was carried without any proper planning. Stating that the Reserve Bank of India was still counting old denomination notes and unable to come out with the actual figures that had come back in the banking system, he said the Central government was scared to share the actual figures as they would embarrass it. From bank sources, he said GoI was expecting that out of 16 lakh crore currency notes in circulation, at least three-fourth lakh crore would not come to the banking system. However, he said 99% had come back to the banking system as on date.
Zhimomi said initially Rs 15.44 lakh crore was supposed to be in circulation. “And if RBI says that 99% (Rs 15.28 lakh crore) has returned to banking system, this means only Rs 16,000 crore has been left outside the system and this defeats the very purpose of demonetisation,” he emphasised. He said though the BJP and electronic media were projecting India as shining, going digital and economy growing, in social media the truth could be seen. Production in the last year was lowest in the decade and prices were spiralling due to GST, he alleged. Zhimomi claimed that there was a loss of three trillion combined wealth and 1.5 million jobs. And not only the opposition, even economists and senior BJP leaders have criticised demonetisation, he added. “It was only a political stunt with a different objec-
tive, instead of being a game changer,” he said. In his keynote address, NPCC vice president Khriedi Tenünuo said demonetisation had encouraged many people to indulge in corruption. He said provisions reserved for those Indians who were overseas during demonetisation and NRIs had only encouraged black money. Demonetisation was not new to the nation, but the citizens should have been made to understand and given enough time, he said, adding the BJP would get a befitting reply in the Gujarat Assembly election. According to him, Nagas were not accustomed to the GST and many business communities were still unable to calculate their taxes, thereby confusing the people. NPCC frontal office bearers also spoke on the occasion.
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Gov has to act on advice of Pradhyumn killing: CBI zeroes in on 16-yr-old theLt.Council of Ministers, SC told
Police outside the Ryan International School in Gurugram where Pradhuman was found dead. NEW DELHI/Chandigarh, NOV 8 (AGENCIES/IANS): In a sensational twist, the CBI on Wednesday apprehended a Class 11 student in connection with the killing of a seven-year-old boy+ Pradhyumn in Gurgaon’s Ryan’s International School. Pradhyumn, a Class 2 student of the school, was found dead with his throat slit by a sharp-edged weapon on the morning of September 8. According to the agency, the Class 11 student, believed to be weak in his studies, allegedly killed Pradyumn to get the school to declare a holiday in order to defer a scheduled parentteacher meeting (PTM) and an examination. Sources in the agency said the crime was com-
mitted in just three to four minutes. The high school student, who is about 16year-old, was apprehended late Tuesday night+ for allegedly killing his junior inside the school, said CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal. The CBI was able to piece together elements of the crime by analysing the CCTV footage, scientific and forensic examination, analysis of the crime scene and by questioning students, teachers and staff of the school, an official said. The agency has not found any evidence of sexual assault, he said. Based on CCTV footage and crime scene analysis, the agency examined all potential suspects and witnesses. The list included
Court notice to Kejriwal in defamation complaint New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS): A court here on Wednesday issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh in a defamation complaint over the May 10 attack on suspended AAP leader Kapil Mishra. Additional District Judge Vijay Shankar issued notice to Kejriwal and Singh and listed the matter for January 22, 2018. The court was hearing a appeal filed by Ankit Bhardwaj, state executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, who has challenged a civil judge’s order returning his defamation case against Kejriwal and Singh, as his court lacks territorial jurisdiction to entertain the complaint against the Aam Aadmi Party leaders. Bhardwaj, in his complaint said that on May 10, a person allegedly named Ankit Bhardwaj attacked sacked minister Kapil Mishra when he was sitting on a protest and it was later found that he
Arvind Kejriwal is an AAP volunteer. But AAP activists and some senior leaders picked Ankit Bhardwaj of the BJP and declared that he was the one who attacked Mishra and also spread this information in the media and social media. Even Sanjay Singh declared him as the assailant by showing BJYM member Bhardwaj’s Facebook profile. Kejriwal also retweeted a tweet quoting Ankit Bhardwaj as the accused, the BJYM leader said. He alleged that the AAP members’ act has tarnished his image in the minds of party leaders, relatives, friends and the public at large. Bhardwaj also said that their act is causing harm to his reputation.
125 teachers and students, sources said. Based on CCTV footage and crime scene analysis, the agency examined all the suspects in the matter, sources said. Ryan Pinto, owner of the Ryan International School chain, is yet to be questioned in the case. The mobile records of all the suspects were scrutinised and examined by the CBI special crime team. Although the Class 11 student had planned a killing on September 8, the “child in conflict with law” had not identified his target, Dayal said. It was a coincidence that Pradhyumn reached the toilet and became a victim of the ghastly plan hatched by the senior stu-
Zakir Naik will be extradited on request: Hamidi NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (AGENCIES): Providing a hope to Indian investigators, Malaysian deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Wednesday that controversial televangelist Zakir Naik, who has been chargesheeted under terror charges in India, will be extradited if a formal request is sent to Malaysia under mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) by the Indian government. The Malaysian newspapers reported that Hamidi informed the lower house in Malaysia that it was yet to receive any formal extradition request from India. NIA sources said they will send an extradition request to Malaysia through ministry of external affairs as soon as the court takes the cognizance of its chargesheet filed against Zakir Naik last month. Naik has been accused of money laundering and radicalising several Indian Muslim youths through his speeches . “If India requests that Naik be extradited via MLAT, we will send him. To date, there has been no such request,” Hamidi said, as reported by Malaysian newspapers.
dent, sources added. The father of the high school student told a television channel that his son was innocent and they had been cooperating with the police from day one. “My son didn’t do anything. He informed the gardener and teachers after finding Pradyumn’s body. He stayed in the school the entire day, and appeared for the exam. There was not even a single spot of blood on my son’s clothes,” the father said, his face pixellated to avoid identification. Giving details, he said Tuesday was the fourth time they were called. “I reached there around 11am ... I left from there at 2am and CCTV footage can be seen for that,” he said. The CBI’s findings are a major embarrassment for the Gurugram Police, which had blamed Ashok Kumar and alleged that he was waiting in the toilet with a knife. The police had formed 14 SIT teams. The CBI did not find any evidence against bus conductor Ashok Kumar, who was the Gurgaon Police’s sole accused in the gruesome killing. Kumar, a resident of Ghamdoj village in Sohna, was hired by a school bus contractor around seven months before the killing. Villagers in Ghamdoj had said Kumar had been framed and he had no previous history of being involved in any crime.
DGP defend state police investigation
Defending the investigations of the local police in the murder of seven-year-old Pradhuman Thakur of Ryan International School in Gurugram, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that the police investigations were in progress when the case was handed over to the CBI. With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigations claiming that a Class 11th student was behind the gruesome murder of Pradhuman on September 8, Khattar told media here that the Haryana Police had not yet completed its investigations into the matter and had not submitted its chargesheet when the case was transferred to the CBI for investigation. The case was handed over to the CBI by the Haryana government after Pradhuman’s family sought a CBI investigation. The Gurugram police had arrested Ryan school bus conductor Ashok Kumar within hours of the murder and claimed that he had murdered the child after trying to sodomize him. The state police is now being accused of botching up the probe and forcing the conductor to admit his guilt in the crime.
Prakash Raj requests Modi to apologise for note ban NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (AGENCIES): On the first anniversary of demonetisation, actor Prakash Raj took aim at the Modi government and asked if it was ready to apologize to the nation for the “biggest blunder of our time”. In his signature #justasking style of tweeting, the actor said the note ban, which was announced in a surprise midnight announcement by PM Modi on November 8 last year, had only served a certain section of the society to illegally convert their black money into white. He also claimed that the move to scrap high value currency notes had crippled the unorganised sector, which mostly deals in cash. “While the rich found ways to convert their black money into shiny new notes.. this disruptive impact made millions suffer helplessly...and the unorganized sector workers went for a spin,” Raj tweeted in a note addressed to ‘whomsoever it may concern’. Then, without directly referring to Prime Min-
ister Modi or the Union government, the actor demanded, “Would you mind saying sorry.. for the biggest blunder of our time?” The 52-year-old National Award-winning actor has emerged as a vocal critic of major political parties and right-wing outfits, taking to Twitter to raise issues of moral policing, lynching “on the slightest doubt of cow slaughter”, terrorising in the name of religion and trolling. In the first of a series of posts titled ‘to whomsoever it may concern’, Raj had hit out at online trolls and asserted his right to question the powers that be. The actor’s candid views had recently landed him in trouble with the law, with a case being registered against him in Lucknow for making “inappropriate comments” about PM Modi for his silence on the Gauri Lankesh murder. Raj had said the Prime Minister deserves an award for being a bigger actor than him.
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that Delhi Lt. Governor was bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers and the constitution was a politicolegal document whose interpretation should reflect the aspiration of the people. Senior counsel P. Chidambaram told the five judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that the Lt. Governor has to act on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, telling the court that the Constitution’s Article 239AA (spelling special provision for Delhi) has to be read conjointly with Section 44 of the GNCT Act, 1991. As he argued that the interpretation of Article 239AA has to reflect the inspiration of the people, the court itself, on the third day of the hearing on the powers of the Delhi government vis-a-vis the Lt. Governor, said that the actions of the Lt. Governor can’t be an impediment to the day-to-day functioning of the government. Observing that the Lt. Governor can’t have difference of opinion for the sake of difference of opinion, the court said that responsibility conferred on the Lt. Governor is not absolute. The Lt. Governor can’t say no to a
Sleaze CD: court denies bail to journalist Verma RAIPUR, NOV 8 (AGENCIES): Senior Journalist Vinod Verma, who is now in judicial custody following his arrest in connection with an alleged extortion complaint about a sleaze CD, has been denied bail by a session’s court here. Additional district and sessions judge Jitendra Kumar Jain, who heard the arguments of defence counsel and the prosecution, rejected Verma’s bail application. The journalist, who is a member of Editors Guild of India, had moved the sessions court after his first bail plea was rejected by a court of judicial magistrate first class (JFMC) on November 6. Verma’s lawyers indicated that they would soon move the high court for bail. During the course of arguments, defence counsel Fizal Rizvi argued that the senior journalist has been wrongly implicated in the case due to various reasons while the prosecution opposed the bail plea.
P. Chidambaram decision of the Council of Ministers or send it to the President. O r d i n a r i ly, t h e r e should not be any difference of opinion between the Lt. Governor and the Council of Ministers if the latter’s decision is within the parameters of constitutional sanction, the court said that Article 239AA can’t be acted upon in a vacuum. Addressing the constitution bench which also comprises Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan, Chidambaram said: “Article 239AA was brought about in the constitution by way of a very special majority of the members of parliament and any interpretation of the constitution must advance the ‘principle of democratic governance’. “Your (court’s) interpretation has to advance democracy and not
diminish democracy. It (interpretation of Article 239AA by the court) should enrich democracy and not weaken it, said the former Union Minister, cautioning the constitution bench from looking at the constitutional provision in a strict sense. He stressed that the Lt. Governor was a representative of President, to the extent he is empowered to act. Chidambaram also argued that in case of differences between the Lt. Governor and the Council of Ministers, the former can’t automatically forward the matter for decision to the President. He said that as a first step, Lt. Governor has to seek clarification from the Delhi government and if he is still not satisfied, then he can refer the matter to the President for decision. The Lt. Gover nor can’t sit over the decision taken by the Council of Ministers nor can he automatically refer it to the President, he said. The constitution bench is hearing a batch of petitions by Delhi government and others challenging Delhi High Court order holding that the Lt. Governor held the primacy and had final say in the administration of Delhi. Chidambaram will continue his arguments on Thursday.
Bangladeshi convict sentenced to life term in nun rape case K olk a t a , N ov 8 (IANS): A court here on Wednesday sentenced Bangladeshi citizen Nazrul Islam to life imprisonment in the sensational Ranaghat nun rape case, and sent his five accomplices to ten years prison for criminal conspiracy and dacoity. City Sessions Judge Kumkum Sinha had on Tuesday held Islam guilty of rape, criminal conspiracy and dacoity. The others were convicted of criminal conspiracy and dacoity. On Wednesday, the judge slapped a Rs 50,000 fine on Islam, and an additional two and half year jail term in case of a default, adding that as per existing laws, life sentence signified jail term till death. Islam was sentenced to jail for ten years and fined Rs 20,000 for dacoity and another ten year prison term and Rs 10,000 fine for criminal conspiracy. All the sentences will run concurrently. He was also handed out five year and three year rigorous imprisonment respectively for manhandling and sexually harassing another woman. Gopal Sarkar
was sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined Rs 10,000 for being involved in the conspiracy, and a prison term of seven years and Rs 10,000 fine for sheltering the other accused. The other four accused - Milan Sarkar, Ohidul Islam, Mohammad Salim Shaikh and Khaledul Rahman - were sentenced to rigorous imprisonemnt for ten years and fined Rs 30,000 each. In default of the fine, there will be another two and half year prison term. The judge decreed that each of the convicts would have to give half of the fine to the victim. If the victim, leading a spiritual life, refused to take the money, then the amount would have to be handed over to the order with which she was attached. Five of the accused pleaded for lenient sentences, but the prosecution opposed it. Rejecting the plea for leniency, the judge said not only was the victim sexually assaulted, the nun’s inner soul was injured. The way a nun’s entire being was assaulted, it called for maximum punishment.
Show some compassion for homeless, SC to states AIADMK delegation meets Vice President
NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (AGENCIES): The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the state governments for their apathy and insensitivity towards the plight of homeless people in the country and appealed to them to show “sympathy and compassion” by constructing shelter homes for them for which more than Rs 2000 crore have been granted by Centre since 2013. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta pointed out the utter insensitivity of state governments for neglecting the plight of urban homeless people. It said that benefits under Centre’s ambitious project National Urban Livelihoods Mission(NULM) were not reaching to the homeless and even suggested the Centre to scrap the scheme as the welfare funds were being siphoned off by state governments. National Urban Livelihoods Mission was launched in 2013 with a laudable objective to provide shelter to homeless people in urban areas and over the years, more than Rs 2,000 crore were al-
Supreme Court of India located but the homeless continue to languish on streets with no roof over their head. Holding that NULM mission to provide shelter remains a dream, the bench even suggested the Centre to scrap the scheme as the welfare funds were being siphoned off by state governments. A supreme Court appointed panel headed by a former Delhi High Judge has also projected a very grim picture for urban home-
less people saying that more than 90 percent of them have no roof over their heads as “state governments have pathetically failed in setting up shelter homes.” Expressing its concern over governments not using the funds for welfare of the homeless, the bench told the Centre, “All money granted by Centre is going in drain. Why don’t you scrap the scheme? You would save thousands of crores which could be used for other purposes. It is a waste of taxpayers money”. The apex court has been monitoring the construction of night shelters for homeless since 2013. It has now decided to examine the issue state wise and asked the state governments in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to file affidavit on steps taken by them to provide shelter to the homeless. The state governments, however, found that the affidavit filed by three states were inadequate as they had not given details on the construction of home shelters. Although the court granted two weeks time to UP and West Bengal
government to file fresh affidavit, it summoned Haryana Chief Secretary to personally appear before it to give explanation for not building shelter homes. As per 2011 census, there are 17.73 lakh homeless people in the country and around 10 lakh of them are in urban areas. 65.3% of homeless people live in five states -- UP, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. 146 out of every 100,000 people in India are homeless - 100 for every 100,000 people in rural India and 249 for every 100,000 in urban India. The SC-appointed committee in its report said, “The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation has laid down 2022 as the target year to provide shelter to each and every urban homeless in the country. Undoubtedly, to achieve this target looks like a dream as the road ahead appears to be very tardy and arduous, looking into the slow progress of establishing shelter homes by various States/ UT’s.”
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu in a group photograph with an AIADMK delegation. New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS): A delegation of Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK faction on Wednesday met Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairman.
Those who called on Naidu included senior leaders K.P. Munuswamy, Natham Viswanathan, V. Maitreyan and P.H. Pandian. The meeting assumes significance in the back-
drop of the demand by the ruling faction for disqualification of three Rajya Sabha members owing allegiance to the T.T.V. Dinakaran faction of the AIADMK under the antidefection law.
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‘King Xi’ extends imperial welcome to Trump
Beijing, Nov 8 (PTI): President Donald Trump today started his maiden visit to Beijing with both sides inking deals worth USD 9 billion as “King of China” Xi Jinping gave an imperial touch to the trip by hosting him at the iconic Forbidden city, home for successive Chinese emperors since 1420. In a highly-choreographed event, Trump and his wife Melania were received by Xi and his spouse Peng Liyuan at the Forbidden city and entertained at the imperial museum palace, housing China’s most treasured objects in its history spanning over thousands of years of Chinese culture. Trump, who is here on a three-day visit, was given a red carpet welcome on his arrival at the airport. A traditional tea ceremony besides cultural shows like Peking Opera were also organised for the US president. Ahead of his visit, Trump, the first world leader to visit China after Xi kicked off his second term as the General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party, had acknowledged Xi’s powerful status saying that he is the “king of China”.
‘Democratic election sweep a gift for Trump’ Washington, Nov 8 (AFP): US President Donald Trump suffered a triple defeat as Democrats won high-profile state and mayoral elections to underscore his unpopularity on first anniversary of his dramatic election win today. The last night results amounted to a sweeping repudiation of what critics have called Trump’s politics of division, and a test of his influence ahead of electoral battles looming on the state and national level. The most damaging defeat was in Virginia, a state bordering Washington seen as a bellwether for national politics with the country gearing up for 2018 congressional elections and the next presidential contest in 2020. The Virginia governor’s race had all the makings of a nailbiter, but in the end, Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam trounced his Republican rival Ed Gillespie by an unexpectedly wide nine percentage points in the southern battleground state.
US president Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jingping with their wives during the former’s visit to China.
Terming his second tenure as “extraordinary elevation” by the CPC recently, Trump described Xi’s elevation as something that had “really virtually never happened in China”. “He’s a powerful man. I happen to think he’s a very good person...Now some people might call him the king of China. But he’s called president,” Trump said. Just as Xi entertained the Trumps in the vast empty imperial city, where the visitors were barred, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and China’s vice-premier in charge of economic issues Wang
Yang signed 19 deals worth about USD nine billion to address Trump’s concerns of over the massive USD 360 billion trade deficit. Official media quoted Wang as saying that this is only the beginning and there will be more tomorrow when Xi and Trump hold their officials talks. The US has been accusing China of violating international rules and norms by laying claims on the disputed South and East China seas. China claims sovereignty on almost all of the South China Sea which is disputed by Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.
Coming from a highlysurcharged visit to South Korea, where he warned North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un of dire consequences if he went ahead with the nuclear programme, Trump kicked off his China visit in his inimitable style accusing Beijing of not implementing UNSC sanctions against Pyongyang to restrict the nuclear and missile programmes. As Trump flew to Beijing, a top US official told the media in his plane that China is not fully implementing the UNSC resolutions, a charge Beijing immediately denied. “I think that if you look at the activity across that border, certainly there is still some trade taking place. There is still some financial links that exist that should not under those resolutions,” the US official said. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying refuted it, saying China is implementing the sanctions in the “most earnest and strict way”, and Beijing will punish any violators. “The outside world should not doubt China’s resolve to follow through on UNSC resolutions,” she asserted. Trump will be extended a ceremonial welcome tomorrow at the
Great Hall of the People followed by bilateral talks with President Xi. Later Trump would also take part in a business event followed by the joint media interaction. He is scheduled to meet Premier Li Keqiang and attend a reception followed by State Dinner and cultural performance. Trump’s visit is expected to be a “historic” success with joint efforts being made by the two nations, senior diplomats of both sides said. It will provide opportunities for President Xi and Trump to exchange in-depth views on issues that concern both sides, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua had said here yesterday. The visit is of great significance in pushing forward the steady development of Sino-US relations in the new era and promoting the prosperity of not only the Asia-Pacific region but also the world, she said, explaining why China was extending “state visit plus” reception for Trump. US ambassador to China Terry Branstad said the meeting between the two presidents will be helpful in resolving “thorny issues”.
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UK backs new education bond for India
London, Nov 8 (PTI): Britain’s Prince Charles, who is set to arrive in New Delhi as part of his ongoing Asian tour, has given his backing to a new development bond for India to provide education to marginalised children in the country. The 10-million-dollar Education Development Impact Bond (DIB) has been created by the British Asian Trust, founded by the Prince of Wales to fight poverty in South Asia, and is designed to improve learning outcomes for thousands of marginalised children in India. The bond is intended as an innovative and sustainable social impact investment tool which will be tied in with performance and outcomes of educational initiatives, starting in India and then across the trust’s other regions of operation. “I hope that through the trust we can impact the lives of not just children in India but also change the mindsets of philanthropists around the world,” said Prince Charles, who will arrive in New Delhi today. The Education Development Impact Bond has been developed by the trust alongside UBS Optimus Foundation with the aim of transforming the future of
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education in India. Under the initiative, the DIB will provide funding to four local not-forprofit delivery partners in the country over four years, delivering a range of operational models including principal and teacher training, direct school management, and supplementary programmes. It is intended to improve literacy and numeracy learning levels for over 200,000 primary school students from marginalised communities in Delhi, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The UK government’s Department for International Development (DfID) will contribute technical assistance and insights to the project as part of a wider partnership. “The DfID is exploring new and innovative ways to finance programmes which will transform the lives of
some of the world’s poorest people. We are proud to support the British Asian Trust as they develop their Development Impact Bond, which will provide access to quality education for hundreds of thousands of children,” said DfID minister Priti Patel. The bond has been described as a step towards a greater focus on social impact financing as a transformational tool for philanthropy. The concept of Development Impact Bonds is intended as a result-oriented way to attract new capital into development, with a strong emphasis on data and evidence. R i c h a r d H aw k e s, Chief Executive of the British Asian Trust, explains: “At the heart of our programme strategy is a real determination to continue applying business principles to the work. We are convinced that only by applying these to philanthropy and to development are you really able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.” Sir Ronald Cohen, international philanthropist and a champion of global impact investing, described the British Asian Trust’s initiative as “ground-breaking” and capable of delivering vital social improvement at scale.
Pakistan court rejects Sharif’s Tough conditions for Rohingya refugees in B’desh: official plea to merge three graft cases Islamabad, Nov 8 (PTI): Pakistan’s anti-graft court today rejected ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif ’s plea for clubbing together three corruption cases filed against him by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog in the Panama Papers scandal. After the announcement of the judgement, Sharif was indicted separately in each of the three graft cases stemming from the Panama Papers leaks. N ow, 6 7 - ye a r - o l d Sharif will have to face three separate trials with hearings stretching out for months. The former prime minister pleaded not guilty to all the charges and contented that he was being deprived of the fair trial as the court was moving in a hurry to decide the case in six months as per direction of the Supreme Court. Rejecting the plea, Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir said that Sharif would be given fair trial under the law and then postponed the hearing till November 15. Heavy security ar-
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rangements were made and hundreds of security personnel deployed around the court premises to deal with any untoward situation. Following the judgement, Sharif told media that today’s verdict would be written in “black words” in Pakistan’s history. “I knew that review petition will not be decided in my favour because the judges (who issued the verdict in review petition) are full of vengeance and the decision reflects vengeance and anger. This will become part of black pages of history.” “There are several black pages in the last 70
years of Pakistan history when there were dictators. This judgement (of review petition) will also be written in black words,” he said. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has registered three cases of corruption and money laundering against Sharif, his family members and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the Islamabad Accountability Court. The cases were registered after the Supreme Court disqualified Sharif as prime minister on July 28 in the Panama Papers scandal. Sharif, his daughter Maryam and her husband Muhammad Safdar were present in the court to hear the verdict. The accountability court had reserved its judgement yesterday after hearing the arguments by both sides. Judge Bashir in his verdict said that Supreme Court in its judgement had asked to institute three cases as they deal with different money trails and sources of money.
Washington, Nov 8 (PTI): Expressing shock at the scale of the Rohingya refugee crisis, a top US official who recently visited Bangladesh has said he saw “evidence of atrocities” committed against the minority Muslims who have fled in millions to escape violence in Myanmar. According to the UN estimates, nearly 600,000 minority Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State since August 25 when the army launched a military crackdown, triggering an exodus. Myanmar does not recognise Rohingya as an ethnic group and insists that they are Bangladeshi migrants living illegally in the country. “What we saw in the camps was shocking. The scale of the refugee crisis is immense,” Simon Henshaw, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration told reporters yesterday. Henshaw led a US delegation to Bangladesh from October 29 to November 4 during which the team also visited the refugee camps
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near Cox’s Bazar. “The conditions are tough. People are suffering. Many refugees told us, through tears, accounts of seeing their villages burned, their relatives killed in front of them. It was tough to take. Some recall being shot as they fled,” he said. He said that despite the trauma, many expressed a strong desire to return to their homes in Myanmar, provided their safety, security and rights could be guaranteed. Henshaw said he saw evidence of atrocities during the visit to the camps. “I’m not an expert, but what I saw was shocking. I saw evidence of atrocities,” he said. Asked if the atroci-
ties rose up to the level of ethnic cleansing, Henshaw was non-committal, saying the State Department would review his and others reports to make any such confirmation. He also praised the Bangladesh government, its people and other organisations for supporting the refugees. “However, more is needed. (The) US remains committed to addressing the needs of those impacted by the crisis, and calls on others, including in the region, to join us in our response,” he said. Henshaw said the Myanmar gover nment “appears to be committed” to start a repatriation programme which is in its
early stages. “It’s very important to us that the programme not only creates safe conditions so that refugees will want to return voluntarily, but also assure that refugees go back to their villages and land, that their houses be restored in the areas where the villages were burned, and that political reconciliation take place,” he said. State De par tment Spokesperson Heather Nauert, who accompanied Henshaw during the visit to Bangladesh, applauded the government of Bangladesh for taking “an extraordinary step to open its heart and doors” for their neighbours in distress. “They’ve opened their hearts; they’ve opened their wallets. Imagine - more than 600,000 to cross their borders, putting them in camps. It’s not where these people want to be of course - in their camps; they’d rather be home. But at least they’re safe for now,” she said. Bangladesh has accused Myanmar of spearheading a violent depopulation campaign to eliminate Rohingyas by branding them as so-called “Islamist terrorists”.
India demands transparency CPEC does not involve Priti Patel’s future as UK territorial dispute: China minister hangs in balance in UNSC reform process United Nations, Nov 8 (PTI): India has demanded transparency in the UN Security Council reform process so that the people could know what is preventing the members from translating discussions into a negotiating text for the much- needed revamping of the world body’s top organ. Indian Ambassador to the UN Syed Akbaruddin said that even after almost a decade is over, UN members have not been able to agree on even a document that would be the basis of negotiating reforms. In his address to the plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council, Akbaruddin said there was no greater example of institutional inertia that resisted constructive adaptation than the inability to translate discussions into a text for negotiations. This is despite 10 years
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of so-called intergovernmental negotiations authorised by the General Assembly and the continuous annual consideration of the agenda item here since 1993, he said. “Modern challenges take the concerted efforts not just of Governments, but also of whole societies, and so wider society could be more involved in the diplomatic process. Perhaps, we need to consider options of opening the process, so that others are aware of what is it that stops the current discus-
sions from even beginning on the path of a negotiating text,” Akbarruddin said. “Transparency in the working of diplomats is a useful adaptation that we can consider in this changing world as a pathway to progress,” he said. On the inordinate delay in reforming the UN Security Council, Akbaruddin told members of the General Assembly, that there is “no more vivid reflection” of deepening crisis of multilateralism than the “dysfunctional Security Council”, which no longer reflects contemporary realities and hence confronts a crisis of legitimacy and credibility. “When proliferating transnational threats, deepening economic interdependence, worsening environmental degradation - all call for effective multilateral action - we have fallen short of a substantive response on an issue as important as reform of the Security Council,” he said.
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Beijing, Nov 8 (PTI): China today said it was open to inclusive cooperation on its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), reiterating that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor which is a part of the project does not involve any territorial disputes as claimed by India. China has been reiterating that the USD 50 billion CPEC which traverses through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is a connectivity project and will not affect its stand that the Kashmir issue should be resolved between India and
Pakistan through talks. India has objected to the CPEC as it is being laid through the disputed territory and boycotted a high-profile Belt and Road Forum organised by China in May. “We remain quite open and inclusive to cooperation involving the BRI,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing here today reacting to remarks by Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev’s comments yesterday in New Delhi that Moscow prefers India and China to resolve their differences on the BRI. “The BRI will bring benefits to more countries along the BRI. We also said many CPEC corridor is an economic cooperation not targeted any third party and does not involve territorial dispute,” Hua said. Hua since the BRI was proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 its progress was smooth.
London, Nov 8 (PTI): Britain’s senior-most Indian-origin minister, Priti Patel, is facing a very serious prospect of losing her Cabinet post after it emerged that she had two further meetings with Israeli officials that were not disclosed through the proper procedure. The international development minister, who was in Africa on an official visit to Uganda and Ethiopia, has had to abandon her tour and fly back to London today “at the request of the Prime Minister”. Downing Street, which has declined to comment further on the matter, had earlier said that Prime Minister Theresa May had accepted Patel’s apology over a series of meetings while she was on a holiday in Israel in August, without reporting them to the Foreign Office. But new revelations about her further meetings with Israeli officials follow-
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ing that visit have made her position within the Cabinet very precarious. It is understood Patel, 45, met Israel’s public security minister, Gilad Erdan, in the UK Parliament complex in early September and an Israeli foreign ministry official, Yuval Rotem, in New York later that month. The British Prime Minister was reportedly told about the unreported New York meeting during Patel’s apology conversation at Downing Street on Monday but only learned
about the unreported meeting with Erdan after the talks yesterday. Ministers are required to tell the UK Foreign Office when they are conducting official business overseas, but it had emerged that British diplomats in Israel were not informed about any of Patel’s meetings – which included a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other political figures as well as charity organisations. Opposition parties have been calling for Patel’s resignation as the minister in charge of the Department for International Development (DfID) and the country’s aid budget if it emerges that she breached the ministerial code of conduct. Patel, the Conservative party MP for Witham in Essex, had issued an apology on Monday and attributed the unreported meetings to “enthusiasm”.
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Five girls selected for Miss Nagaland Miss Phek 2017 audition on Nov 11 F According to a press release by the Beauty and Aesthetics Society of Nagaland (BASN), the five selected girls will be joined
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ive girls were selected in the Miss Nagaland 2017 final audition held today at The Eastgate Hotel, Kohima with Miss Nagaland 2016, Vilokali Zhimomi as the guest judge.
by the district winners for the final event. The district runners up will also go through another audition to held by BASN on
inal audition for the for thcoming Miss November 20 in order to Phek 2017 will take secure the entry for the finale to be held on De- place on November 11 under the aegis of Vogue Entertaincember 8. (Correspondent) ment in association with
Mega Entertainment, Guwahati. Winners will get direct entry into Sunsilk Mega Miss Northeast India and contract Modelling with VOGUE and Mega Entertainment.
For registration of contestants and ticket booking/ more details one may contact the organisers. Ph.no. 8974788525/9089991138/ 9089288413.
The selected girls Pewe-u Tunyi, Sanglitola M Chang, Marina Kiho, Kimiyetoly Swu and Mhasinu Puyo were selected as semi finalist for the annual state beauty pageant Miss Nagaland 2017.
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NWA delegation meets TR Zeliang LMSSOC holds exhibition match
Chief minister T.R. Zeliang and other government officials along with the NWA officials and Naga wrestlers on November 8.
D I M A P U R , N OV 8 (NPN): A 15-member delegation of Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA), led by its president Neivikuolie Nicholas Khatsü, met chief minister TR Zeliang at the latter’s office chamber on November 8. According to local report, the NWA team was accompanied by five among the six Naga wrestlers who represented India at the 5th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games (AIMAG), at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
from September 19 to 23. The lone medal winner from Nagaland, Keduovilie Zumu of Tuophema village, who won a bronze medal in the 90 kg category of Kazakh Kuresh style of belt wrestling, was also part of the delegation. Six Naga wrestlers, led by NWA president Neivikuolie Khatsü and general secretary Vekhozo, were part of the Indian contingent which took part in the 5th AIMAG. The other Naga wres-
tlers who took part in the championship were Vechita Khesoh, Visevo Zashümo, Surhoneyi Soho, Venuzo Dawhuo and Menuosetuo Yiese. During the meeting, the NWA president briefed chief minister about the tournament and also on the success story of the Naga wrestlers. NWA president also thanked Zeliang for his generous contribution and assistance during the team’s participation in the
tournament. Khatsü also briefed the chief minister about the Senior National Wrestling Championship which is going to take place from November 15 – 18 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. NWA further informed that Naga wrestlers would be representing the country in the Asian Games scheduled to be held in the later part of 2018 at Jakarta, Indonesia. Further, the NWA also highlighted to the chief minister on the forthcoming International Hornbill Wrestling Championship which will take place during the Hornbill festival. It was informed that wrestlers from Karnataka and Maharashtra have confirmed their participation in the tournament.
Zeliang congratulates medal winner
Chief Minister TR Zeliang has congratulated Naga wrestler Keduovilie Zumu of Tuophema village for winning a bronze medal at the 5th Asian
Indoor & Martial Arts Games (AIMAG). The chief minister, during the meeting with the delegation of NWA, lauded all the six Naga wrestlers for their participation at the 5th AIMAG, and particularly Zumu for bringing laurels to the State by winning a medal at an international event. “Though all of them could not win medals, yet, even to participate at a world event is a big step forward,” Zeliang said and lauded the NWA officials for their efforts and leadership. During the meeting, Zeliang also told the NWA officials to promote wrestling to other parts of the State. At present, only three tribes including Angami, Chakhesang and Zeliang are affiliated under NWA. He also encouraged the wrestlers to give their best in the effort to reach the top, while stressing on the need for more participation in tournaments outside the State and at higher levels.
Team DC XI and Chang Union Kohima along with L Jamithung Lotha Deputy Commissioner Tuensang on November 8. (DIPR)
DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): An exhibition matches was played between Organizing Team and Tuensang District Veteran Team, and DC XI against Chang Union Kohima on November 8 at the ongoing Loyem Memorial
Senior Soccer Open Championship at Parade Ground, Tuensang. The fund generated from the exhibition matches would be used to help the “Mission Zero Percent Free” educational Mission initiated by Confed-
eration of Chang Students Union (CCSU). Meanwhile, CCSU acknowledged the contributions of Rs 1 lakh by Chang Union Kohima and Rs 10000 by DC XI towards the mission.
Selection for karate championship DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): State level selection for the upcoming 5th NESKFI National Karate Championship 2017 will be held on November 13 at 9 a.m. at Logdrum school Karate Dojo Sangtamtilla, Dimapur. All qualified instructors, chief instructor, officials of the district association have been informed to attend the selection programme. Further details can be contacted at: 9436430264, 9612972066.
Prannoy, Saina lift Senior National titles Casillas wins 2017
N a g pur , N ov 8 (Agencies): Hyderabad’s HS Prannoy defeated Kidambi Srikanth while Saina Nehwal edged past PV Sindhu in the Senior National badminton championships finals to clinch their respective titles in Nagpur on Wednesday. In a gruelling threegame marathon final, World No 11 Prannoy beat the Guntur player 21-15, 16-21, 21-7 to lift the men’s singles title. Srikanth looked tentative right from the start and the Guntur player trailed
No.1 shooters may be given direct Olympics quota NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (PTI): In a marked departure from the past, the International Shooting Sport Federation has proposed giving direct Tokyo Olympics quota places to shooters ranked world No.1 in their respective events in January, 2020. The move, if passed, will be free of involvement of national federations. “This will ensure that the national federations don’t have a say in selection matters for those specific shooters, only the world number one. In a way, it is a good move as merit would get recognition. World number one shooters, in any case, have to be good,” a National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) official said. As per the proposed rule, quota place allocation will start from the 2018 ISSF World Championship to be held in Changwon, Korea from August 31 to September 14 and “the proposed process also includes some quota places to be assigned through world rankings”. This will be applicable for only the top-ranked shooters in each event. As part of its commitment to achieve gender equality - both in terms of events and quota places - the ISSF executive committee said there will be 180 men and 180 women shooters participating in three mixed team, and six men’s and six women’s individual events in Tokyo. In the 2016 Rio Games, there were nine events for men and six for women in shooting. The ISSF executive committee revised the proposed rules for allocating the Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota places, which will be forwarded to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for final approval. According to ISSF, this is expected to happen in February next year.
throughout the first game before eventually losing it. As has been the pattern in his last few tournament finals, Srikanth then regrouped and played sensibly to clinch the second game and thus forced the match into a third game. In the decider, it was all Prannoy. He outplayed Srikanth in every department of the game and overpowered him easily. Srikanth had beaten Prannoy in his previous three meetings, including at the French Open Superseries, just before the
Nationals. In the women’s singles final, the World No 11 Saina edged past Sindhu 21-17, 27-25. The first game was a close affair with the points going back and forth. Saina employed her all-round game to frustrate her opponent and pocket the first game. However, World No. 2 Sindhu came back strongly to force a deuce at 20-20 in the second game. With a difference of two points needed to take the game, it was Saina who eventually held her nerve to emerge victorious.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Golden Foot award
Monaco, Nov 8 (IANS): Veteran Spanish international goalkeeper Iker Casillas was awarded the 2017 Golden Foot award at the Hotel de Paris here. The 36-year-old won the award which is in recognition of the long-standing achievements of the player in terms of both skills and personality. Expressing his happi-
ness on winning the award, the FC Porto goalkeeper on Tuesday tweeted: “Very happy with the #GoldenFoot2017. Thank you for all the support.” Forwards Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez were among the others who were nominated along side Casillas for the 2017 Golden Foot award.
7th DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BELOVED FATHER
LT. M. LONGKHANGBA YIMCHUNGER
Seven years have passed since you left us for your heavenly abode. But your sweet memories still lingers deep in our hearts. Loving wife and family members K-3695
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We, the family members would like to express our profound and heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us physically, financially, morally and through your steadfast prayer during the brief illness and at the demise of our beloved Late Hav. M. Imdangzulu Ao, who left us for his heavenly home to be with our Lord on 5th November 2017. For all the love and kindness showered upon our family, words can never suffice to acknowledge your precious deeds. But it is our prayer that the Almighty God bless each and everyone of you abundantly.
50th Death Anniversary Sub. Major Late K. Imtisang Ao M.M.
Loving wife, son, family members and relatives
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1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved mother
Late Repayangla (Village Longjang) 9th November 2017
Alemkaba Tzudir
The family of the Late Alemkaba Tzudir, wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our sad loss. We offer our heartfelt thanks to the many friends, neighbours and well wishers who visited our home, attented the wake, service and burial and who provided emotional and practical support for us at this difficult time. For those who telephoned, travelled long distance, sent floral tributes, cards and messages of condolences, as well as those who made charitable donations, we are truly grateful. To those who helped in any way, your contribution made our loss more bearable. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude. DP-11668
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"She was a mother so very rare, so good and strong, our teacher and our guide, loving and kind in all her ways, sincere and true, in her heart and mind, upright and just to the end of her days, beautiful memories, she left behind." You will forever be in our hearts. DP-11686
We love you & miss you dearly, Loving children, grandchildren & in-laws.
Today marks the 50th death anniversary of J.C. No. 2491 Sub. Major Late K. Imtisang Ao M.M. of the 3 rd Assam Regiment. He was a veteran of the II World War who passed away at the age of 49 after a prolonged sickness in the military hospital in Mumbai. He served the nation with distinction and was awarded numerous medals including the Military Medal (MM) for his outstanding bravery in the battlefield of Kohima when the Japanese army invaded. Sub. Major K. Imtisang Ao MM was born in Khensa village, Mokokchung. K-3691
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The discipline and patriotism he learned in the Army never left him. Fifty years later; his children, grand children, great grand children and in laws would like to honour his life as we are reminded of the legacy he left behind. The world was made a better place for many others because he lived and thrived in it. With love and prayers, family members
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Nagaland Post, Dimapur thursday, november 9, 2017
Mary Kom wins gold at Asian Boxing Championship
NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (Agencies): MC Mary Kom won her fifth Asian Boxing Championship gold medal - first in the 48kg category - by defeating Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi in the summit clash on Wednesday at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist won in a unanimous 5-0 verdict. However, world championship silver-medallist, Sonia Lathar, had to be content with a runner-up finish for the second time at this event after she went down
in a split verdict to China’s Yin Junhua in the final of the 57kg category. India thus signed off with a gold, a silver and five bronze medals at the tournament. Having been away from the boxing ring for a long period, this was the first time in five years that Mary Kom returned to her favourite 48-kg category and emerged victorious. It was Mary Kom’s first international gold medal since the 2014 Asian Games and her first medal in more than a year. In the semifinal on Tuesday, Mary Kom had
started the day brightly for India, defeating Japan’s Tsubasa Komura, also in a unanimous 5-0 verdict to make the final for the fifth time in her six appearances at the event. Ahead of the clash, Mary Kom had expressed her desire to return to India with a gold medal. “I am really happy the way this Championship has panned out. I would like to dedicate this victory to all those who have supported me even though the world had written me off. I would like to thank my coaching staff
MC Mary Kom after winning her fifth Asian Boxing Championship gold medal on Wednesday. (PTI)
who worked hard with me Mary Kom said after her over the last few months,” win.
Correspondent
Kohima, Nov 8 (NPN): St. Joseph’s College, Kohima Eagles SC and Barak FC won their respective matches at the 23rd Classic Cup played at Kohima local ground on Wednesday. In the first match, St. Joseph’s College eased to 3-0 win over Renegades. Peleviko opened the account in 26th seconds (second fastest goal of the tournament). Second and third goals were scored by Tamthing in 8th and 28th minutes. In the second match,
Kohima Eagles SC beat Upper Bayavu FC by 3-1. Petevizo of Kohima Eagles scored the first goal in 2nd minute and after five minutes he again scored the second goal. The third goal was scored by Kimiyito Assumi in 30th minute. The first session ended with Kohima Eagles leading 3-0. After the lemon break, Kethosilie of Upper Bayavu FC scored the lone and face saving goal for Upper Bayavu in the 40th minute. In the third match, three times champions, Barak FC overcome Kohima College Kohima
4-1 via tie break after the match ended in 2-2 draw. Elminhao scored the first and second goals in 19th and 21st minutes. Barak lead the scoreline 2-0 in the first session. After the break Kohima College came strongly with more determined and in the process scored the goals through Vilhoubeituo Yhome in the 40th and 60th minutes to level the score line. Thursday’s matches Turaco FC Vs Naga Jaquars FC: 1pm Tyrants FC Vs Ethereal FC: 2:30pm
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Players of Kohima Eagles and Upper Bayavu FC (red) tussle for the ball at Kohima local ground on Wednesday. (NP)
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