Novembe 24, 2018

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Vol XXVIII No. 349

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Wickremesinghe wins control of key panel in Lankan parliament

Sonia in final; Simranjeet settles for bronze

Country passing through rising intolerance: Pranab

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sports, Page 12

national, Page 7

NE has moved beyond guns: PM

Says, Congress to blame for lack of development in NE

L U N G L E I , N OV 2 3 (AGENCIES): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday accused the Congress of ignoring development in Mizoram and said that the North East has moved beyond shutdowns, guns and blockades.

“The northeast has moved beyond guns, shutdowns and blockades. Today everyone is experiencing it from Itanagar to Aizawl, from Kohima to Kamrup,” he said while addressing a public meeting in the pollbound Mizoram that will be voting on November 28.

PM Modi also attacked Congress leaders for calling the attire of the North East outlandish. “People in northeast in many places give me the traditional attire which is called outlandish by the Congress leaders. They speak a lot when they come here but this is their reality. I feel a deep sense of anguish, when I see the leaders of the Congress party abuse the

Don’t tag us with factions indulging in taxation: NNC D I M A P U R , N OV 2 3 (NPN): NNC (Parent Body) appealed to all concerned not to tag its name along with all such factions or groups of NNPGs indulging in tax collection.

NNC (Parent Body) in a statement clarified that it never collected tax nor imposed or forced anybody– public or businesses or even the church – to pay tax as was done by various factions or groups.

NNC (Parent Body) under the leadership of vice presidents Yilow Humtsoe and Zhiongba Yimchungrii and general secretary V Nagi even called for naming those factions or groups responsible for taxation, burdening the public and even the church, in public interest.

Pinpoint the culprit, but not the one who had stood for the people and freedom, it demanded.

Claiming that even in the past it had clarified its stand on the “serious matter” of taxation, the organisation, in a statement issued by its information & publicity wing, asserted “We love our people and freedom and never believe in taxation in the name of national workers or freedom.”

This is it!

“All these- the house, the car are fruits of my sincerity in collecting taxes.”

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Narendra Modi speaking at the rally in Mizoram. same traditions.”

“In the last four years, the BJP government at the Centre, has worked for greater recognition, and spread of Indian culture and traditions, far and wide,” he said.

Appealing to the people of the state to get rid of the Congress rule, PM Modi said, “Due to the Congress government in Mizoram, people are not being able to benefit from it. In fact, the Congress government does not bother about Mizoram.

“Its work culture has caused many projects to be delayed, leading to crumbling infrastructure in the state. However, the neigh-

bouring states have excellent roads,” he said.

Taking a dig at the Congress, PM Modi said that the work culture of the Congress is not development. Its culture is to “delay, halt and divert...For them corruption is the medium of politics,” he alleged.

Highlighting his government’s “Act East and Act Fast for India’s East” PM Modi said, “In the last four and half years, the BJP at the Centre has been working on ‘Act fast for India’s East’. And we have developed every region of the Northeast.”

He also pitched the ‘transformation through

transportation’ as the BJP’s mantra for the development of the Northeast. “India’s development is possible only when this region is developed. BJP is dedicated to development of the Northeast. We are focussing on connectivity by highway, railway, airway and waterway,” he said.

The Prime Minister also took a dig at the Congress for being confined to only two to three states where it is in power. “The Congress which once governed most of the Indian States is now restricted to just two or three states. Now, the people of Mizoram, have a golden opportunity to rid themselves of this Congress culture.”

Describing the Congress’ policies as “divide and rule”, PM Modi said “after decades of exploitation at the hands of the Congress, it is now that the people of the country have understood their formula. For them, only the chair matters.” The 40-seat Mizoram Assembly will go to polls on November 28. Counting of votes will take place on December 11.

Mizoram is the only state in the northeast where the Congress is ruling.

regard to law and order, Nagaland has completely failed to maintain public order.

Therie claimed that the state government was not at all in control but that instead, the state government was “under the control of multi self-styled Governments.” He said ransom demands and kidnappings were almost daily news.

Further, Therie said the state government was the last government that the people respect as it only adopted a policy to facilitate and support multi-factions, associations and unions who were allowed to collect tax.

Therie said any government that did not have control over illegal activities does not deserve any award adding that instead, the state government deserved the award of “least control in law and order”.

NEW DELHI, NOV 23 (Agencies): Petrol and diesel prices witnessed another big cut on Friday as international crude oil prices continued to fall and the Indian rupee also appreciated against the US dollar. On Friday, petrol, diesel prices fell between 40-45 paise per litre across all metro cities of the country.

After today’s price cut, petrol was retailing at Rs 75.57 in the national capital Delhi while diesel was retailing at Rs 70.56 as against Rs 70.97 on Thursday.

Meanwhile, petrol price was Rs. 71.54 per litre and diesel price was Rs. 66.26 per litre in Dimapur on Friday. In the state capital Kohima, a litre of petrol and diesel was Rs. 72.35 and Rs. 66.87 respectively.

State-run oil marketing companies Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum revise fuel prices with effect from 6 am every day on the basis of the rupee-dollar exchange rate and global crude oil prices.

The government allowed revision of fuel rates on a daily basis since midJune last year to reflect changes in costs instantly.

PANAJI, NOV 23 (PTI): A movement of citizens seeking resignation of the ailing Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar has decided to protest against Governor Mridula Sinha over her “inaction” and widen the agitation, its leader said Friday.

Several hundred people had marched to Parrikar’s residence near here on November 21, demanding that he resign.

Opposition Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP had backed the protest.

“For the last nine months Parrikar has been ailing...administration has come to a standstill. The governor, who has a constitutional responsibility to intervene in such a situation, is silently watching the whole show. Ministers are doing whatever they want,” said activist Aires Rodrigues, the

leader of the movement.

“From tomorrow, it will not be just Parrikar but our target will be the inaction by governor Mridula Sinha...in a situation like this she cannot continue as mere spectator but should act and take some action so that governance returns to Goa,” he added.

There will be a meeting, presided over by cardiologist Dr Francis Colaco, at Azad Maidan here Saturday evening to press for Parrikar’s resignation and decide the future course of action, he said. RTI activist Rajan Ghate is on hunger strike demanding chief minister’s resignation for the last eight days.

Rodrigues said a 48hour ultimatum given to Parrikar on November 21 has expired. “Now we have decided to take the agitation

NPCC slams Patton for making mockery of Nagas before Mizos DIMAPUR, NOV 23 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) accused deputy chief minister (Home & National Highways) and BJP leader Y Patton of making a mockery of Nagas before the eyes of Mizo brethrens.

In a press release issued by its media cell, NPCC said by allegedly asserting that 99% Christians in Nagaland had accepted BJP and complaining about bad roads in Mizoram he had become the subject of ridicule there, besides lowering the image of elected leaders of Nagaland.

NPCC said it was hilarious to see Patton complaining about Mizoram roads after travelling 110 km that took him more than six hours.

However, he had conveniently forgotten that the 75km Dimapur-Kohima route takes more than four hours, roads in Kohima like the 15-

Governor calls for building a compassion-filled world

Acharya addressing the inaugural session of the seminar.

D I M A P U R , N OV 2 3 (NPN): Emphasizing that unity in diversity was unique to India, which was a synthesis of diverse social and cultural elements, governor PB Acharya called on everyone to strive for building a world free from malice and full of brotherhood and compassion to take the country to new heights.

Addressing the inaugural session of a three-day national seminar on the theme “India’s North East, A Celebration of (Indig-

Goa citizens seeking CM’s resignation; vow to widen stir

Law & order award an insult to Nagaland: Cong D I M A P U R , N OV 2 3 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has expressed shock at the recent award given to Nagaland for “Best Performing Small State” in the category of “Law & Order”.

The award was presented by vice president of India Venkaiah Naidu to Nagaland minister C.M. Chang at the programme organised by India Today at the State of State’s Conclave 2018 at Taj Hotel New Delhi.

Also holding the vice president somewhat responsible, NPCC president, K Therie alleged that Naidu also exposed his ignorance of Nagaland’s situation.

Therie also criticised the action of India Today in giving the award and misleading the nation.

He said that whatever may be the criteria of consideration for the award with

Petrol, diesel prices slashed

km Forest Colony-Secretariat takes two hours to travel, while the 20-km stretch of road from Chumoukedima to Dimapur DC office takes more than 2 hours. The dilapidated roads of Nagaland are full of mud during monsoon and dust clouds during winter, thereby portraying the miserable failure of the earlier NPF-led DAN government and continued by PDA government in the past 16 years, it said.

NPCC regretted that Nagas had been disgraced by the likes of Y Patton who was unable to even maintain decent roads as minister in charge of national highways while merrily criticising the roads of Mizoram.

Mentioning that the habit of BJP to shamelessly profess its hidden agenda in the guise of development had been thoroughly exposed throughout India, NPCC asked Patton

why he had dragged the name of Christians in Nagaland to defend and promote BJP when Nagas were well aware of the party’s sinister and communal agenda that thrived on bashing and humiliating dalits and religious minorities.

According to NPCC, there was no denying the fact that BJP and NDPP were ruling Nagaland with corrupt money, but sustaining development propaganda was sounding hollow day by day.

The party requested him to take a critical view of the State’s roads that required urgent attention rather than indulge in proclaiming lies about Christians of Nagaland and fabricating cheap propaganda to complain about a neighbouring State’s bad road conditions, forgetting about “our own pathetic roads that have made life miserable for the people of Nagaland”.

across all 12 talukas of Goa,” he said. “We can assure the people of Goa that before December 19, Goa will be liberated from Parrikar,” he said. The state was liberated from Portuguese rule on the same day in 1961.

“The agitation will be peaceful. We will make sure there is least inconvenience to the public,” he said.

Some ministers and BJP MLAs have also assured that they will take part in the agitation, he claimed.

Parrikar, suffering from a pancreatic ailment, underwent treatment in the United States for nearly three months earlier this year. He has been recuperating at his residence after being discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi on October 14.

Naga Club to erect monolith at Naga National Cemetery

DIMPAUR, NOV 23 (NPN): Naga Club (NC) in a public notice, issue by its publicity committee, Centenary Celebration has decided to erect a Monolith at the Naga National Cemetery at Jotsoma at the site proposed in memory of Zasibito Nagi, the first martyr of the Naga political movement along with all Naga martyrs who have their lives for the cause of “Leave Us Along To Determine For Ourselves” as laid down by the Club’s pioneers in 1929.

NC further informed that the centenary celebration will be held at Centenary ground, Baptist Church Jotsoma on November 29 at 11 a.m. NC said it decided to erect the monolith in order to avoid unnecessary confrontation and further repercussions over the issue of installation at Naga Club site with NSF where ugly incidents arose on two occasions. It said on the third attempt to install the monolith, NSF allegedly issued severe threats and even “mobilized our own children to fight against us.”

The Club regretted the public declaration made at the last attempt to resolve the issue with NSF by some senior citizens on November 21 at Hotel De Oriental Kohima. The declaration states “the Naga Club with the present erection of monolith is required to undertake all future developments taking the Naga public, especially the NSF, a major stakeholder, into confidence always”. It pointed out that neither was the monolith nor the Club’s plot, the property of NSF or the club a “subordinate body of NSF” where it (Naga Club) required “consent or approval of the NSF”.

enous) Cultures: A Phenomenological Approach” at St Joseph’s College, Jakhama on Friday, Acharya said the Northeast had the potential to be on a par with rest of the country, but for that the people must work towards achieving that goal.

Observing that the region was blessed with abundant natural resources, he remarked that to tap these resources, educational institutions needed to play an important role. He said skill development courses

in line with the need of the region should be introduced to benefit students. Unless Northeast developed, India would not develop, he stressed.

The gover nor also urged the North-easterners to be proud of their language and culture, besides utilising the skills and knowledge that they have for the region’s development.

The welcome address was proposed by St Joseph’s College principal Fr Dr Sebastian Ousepparampil, while a message was delivered by bishop of Kohima, Rev Dr James Thoppil.

Prof Prasenjit Biswas from the department of philosophy, NEHU, Shillong gave the key note address on the topic “India’s North East, A Celebration of Cultures”.

The seminar will continue till Saturday and a number of resource persons from various universities and professionals from across the country are taking part it. The event is being organised by St Joseph’s College and sponsored by University Grants Commission.

November 20 shooting: DCCI demands arrest of perpetrators DIMAPUR, NOV 23 (NPN): Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Friday condemned the unidentified gunmen who opened fire at a two-wheeler showroom near Notun Bosti junction in Dimapur on November 20, 2018. In a press release, DCCI demanded that those responsible, who were trying to create a fear psychosis amongst business community, should be immediately arrested and punished.

DCCI has assured to extend all its support to the investigating agency. It affirmed that the business community was no more intimated by such threats and attempts, but was determined to fight against such anti-social elements.

Further, DCCI requested the business community to cooperate with the police and inform any kind of threat and intimidation. Also, stating that with the coming of festive season, the business community was burdened with forced donation and contribution, the DCCI has warned those elements to refrain from such collection. Requesting the business community to immediately inform the police of such collection, the DCCI has also urged the police to take pre-emptive steps to curb such activities.

Naga Hoho speaker appeals for support

DIMAPUR, NOV 23 (NPN): Naga Hoho (NH) Federal Assembly speaker, Kenyuseng Tep, has informed that as per the NH Yezaboh (Constitution) the tenure of the NH executive expires on November 26, 2018 and new office bearers were supposed to be elected two months ahead of the expiry by constituting a search/nomination committee by the Federal Assembly. However, the speaker said that due process was not followed owing to various reasons.

Since no Federal Assembly and general session could be held by the present incumbent, the speaker, on behalf of the NH, has apologised to the Naga people for all the shortcomings and failures. NH speaker informed that though the Executive Council would cease to function by November 26, 2018, the organs of the Federal Assembly would remain alive till the new team of office bearers was constituted for continuity of the NH. In consultation with the Tribe Hohos, the speaker said he would summon a Federal Assembly at the earliest possible time to constitute the Election Commission and other issues to strengthen the NH. He said the necessity has arisen to facilitate consultation with all Tribe Hoho so that all due processes were carried forward through the Federal Assembly. NH speaker has, therefore, called upon all Tribe Hohos and organisations to bear and understand the fragile situation, give their cooperation and actively participate to have a rejuvenated and vibrant NH to serve the Naga people.

Ao Senden clarifies

DIMAPUR, NOV 23 (NPN): Apropos news item “Ao Senden installs new president, VP”, published on November 22, 2018, the Ao Senden clarified that the name of its finance secretary should be read as P Maputemsü (Chuchuyimpang) and not as published. Ao Senden has expressed regret for the inadvertent error.

‘Constitution Day’ timing rescheduled

DIMAPUR, NOV 23 (NPN): Observation of Constitution Day, Commemorating the adoption of Constitution of India, scheduled to be held on November 26 at 10.00 a.m. at Raj Bhavan has been rescheduled to 9 a.m. All AHoDs, HoDs, and invitees have been asked to take note of change in time and requested to be seated by 8.50 a.m., PRO Raj Bhavan stated in a press note.

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State lacks dedicated officers: Kronu

Neiba Kronu along with members of CGOA after the General Conference in Kohima on Friday. (NP) Correspondent

K O H I M A , N OV 2 3 (NPN): Minister planning and coordination and land revenue, Neiba Kronu said that Nagas were living in a broken society. “Be it politicians, bureaucrats or technocrats, Nagaland has very few dedicated officers” he asserted.

Speaking at the 20th Chakhesang Gazetted Officers’ Association (CGOA) general conference at SIRD Conference Hall, Kohima on Friday, Kronu said the even among the civil societies, there were very few leaders who truly worked for the welfare of the people.

Kronu appealed to officers to be dedicated and deliver their services professionally and with dedication.

While asserting that the Chakhesang tribe had few officers compared to other advanced tribes, he

also acknowledged that the tribe has officers in NCS and NPS although it had few doctors and engineers.

The minister opined that since the elections were over, it was time to focus on developmental activities because the involvement of too much politics does not help society to grow.

He also laid emphasis on the need for Phek district to take up cardamom and coffee plantation keeping in mind the potential of the district.

Chakhesang Public Organization (CPO) president, Kekhwengulo Lea, in his brief address urged the Chakhesang officers to strive for strengthening the Chakhesang community.

Stressing on the CGOA motto, “Strive for excellence,” Lea appealed to the officers to be sincere and committed and live upto its motto. He appreciated the members of CGOA for

agreeing in principle to donate their wages of two days towards the Chakhesang community building project in Dimapur.

Lea also reported that the CPO along with 16 Chakhesang doctors, seven nurses including technicians, supported by mission director NHM Nagaland, had conducted a medical camp recently in five villages of Tizu area in Phek district.

C G OA p r e s i d e n t Zhothisa Dawhuo, in his presidential address, urged the Chakhesang officers to be pro-active and generate creative ideas wherever they may be posted.

He also appealed to the officers to be more effective in their duties and be responsive to the needs and demand of the changing society.

Dawhuo challenged the officers to live up to the expectations of the people

and join hands and move forward in truth and dedicated service.

Search Committee convener, Visielie Kezo, before announcing the new team of office bearers, urged the officers to be humble and perform above and beyond their assigned duties.

The new team of office bearers of CGOA for the session 2018-2020 is headed by president, Kuko Mero; vice president, Dr. Zavise Rume; general secretary, Kekhriezuvi Lea; joint secretary, Vekusheyi Rhakho; publicity and information secretar y, Bedukho Chiizho; statistical secretary, Velhusalii Naro; and Keweko-ii Ritse as treasurer.

In his acce ptance speech, Kuko Mero sought cooperation from the members and the community and promised to strive for excellence.

AR apprehend GPRN/NSCN cadres DIMAPUR: Based on specific information regarding extortion by cadres of GPRN/NSCN in the general area Local Ground, Kohima Battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of IGAR (North) launched a search operation along with a police representative on November 21 and apprehended two individuals.

A press release by Assam Rifles stated that the arrested individuals were identified as leacy Neikepeo Angami, age 25 years, resident of Nerhema village, Kohima; and “major” Mejukhrei, age 48 years, resident of Dihoma village, Kohima. The items seized from them included four cash receipts of GPRN/ NSCN; 120 cash receipts of GPRN, ministry of chaplee affairs; 97 Work Permits of GPRN/NSCN, three blank pads of Angami Region letter heads, Rs 3,430 cash and a Hyundai Accent Car bearing regd No NL 02 C 7989 (left near Phulbari).

The release claimed that Neikepeo Angami has been carrying out extortion for GPRN/NSCN and was appointed as leacy in August 2018. His team comprising of four members has been carrying out extortion in Kohima for the past one week, it further added. Mejukhrei was expelled from active Police service in 2013. Both individuals along with the seized items were handed over to the North Police Station, Kohima for further investigation.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018

news in Brief TAPWO 28th general session: Tizu Area Public Welfare Organization (TAPWO) will be holding its 28th general session on December 4 and 5 under the theme “Retrospect the Societal Prospect” at Kutsapo village. All Tizu area villages have been requested to send 15 delegates each and participate in a cultural item, which is compulsory.

OCVYO meeting: Old Changsu Village Youth Organization (OCVYO), Dimapur has convened a general meeting for November 24, 1 p.m at Lotha Hoho Ki, Duncan Bosti. All the youth of Old Changsu Village have been asked to attend the meeting.

LMUD emergency meet: Lotisa Mapulu Union Dimapur (LMUD) has convened an emergency meeting for November 25, 1 p.m. at Perigreen office, Supermarket to discuss some critical agendas. All LMUD office bearers, advisors, executive members and the welfare committee have been requested to attend the meeting.

MKMU elects new members: Mech Kachari Mothers Union (MKMU) Purana Bazar held its general meeting on November 18, and elected a new team of members for the session (2018-2023) led by Juli Sonowal as president, Asha Mech as general secretary along with three other members.

SBLD Church dedication program: Sangtam Baptist Lithro Dimapur (SBLD) will be dedicating its Church on November 25, 9:40 a.m. at Duncan Basti. All church members, well wishers and neighbouring Churches have been invited to attend the program.

KDPU general body meet: Kohima District Pharmacists’ Union (KDPU) has convened a general body meeting for November 26, 1 p.m. at the Conference Hall of the District Industries Centre, Upper Chandmari, Kohima to deliberate on issues pertaining to the welfare of members as well as the pharmacist profession. Members serving under the department of Health & Family Welfare, Police department, Industrial Training Institute etc within Kohima district have been requested to attend the meeting. For further information, members may contact 9862689308.

ENSF General Assembly: Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) has informed all its officials and federating units that the 2nd Federal Assembly 2017-2020 will be held on November 30 at Tuensang HQ. All the ENSF officials and all federating units have been directed to attend the assembly. Officials have also been asked to submit “genuine agendas” to the speaker on or before November 28.

Millennium International University, USA in collaboration with Eastern Bible College (EBC), Dimapur is holding a ‘Gospel and healing service’ and ‘Christian leadership seminar’ from November 23 to 25 at EBC campus. Director of millennium university, Rev Dr Stephan Tee is the speaker for the services that is being held at 5 pm. The speaker for the Christian leadership seminar held at 9 am on November 23 and 24 is chairman of the first Baptist Church in Malaysia, Dr Tony Foo. (EBC)

Hollotoli School celebrates annual day NSCN (I-M) condoles Minor girl raped in Lahe, NSYF condemns

DIMAPUR: NSCN (I-M) has expressed deep pain on learning of the untimely demise of “corporal” Teubaming Pame, Army No. 42002/09, of Nganping Battalion, Naga Army, from Mpuiloa village in Asalu Region on the November 22 “in an attack by the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) gang at a place between Lubanglong and Gahtao villages in Khoupum area under Zeilad Region.”

A condolence note from NSCN (I-M) MIP stated that late Pame joined Students of Hollotoli School Dimapur present a song at the Annual Day the National Service on celebrations on November 16.

DIMAPUR: Hollotoli School Dimapur (HSD) celebrated its Annual Day for junior and senior schools in the school auditorium on November 16 and 17 respectively.

A press release from HSD, HR Angule Mero stated that the program on the first day was organized by junior school, where the welcome speech was delivered by principal Suparna Roy Choudhury. Junior students gave a dance performance and classic songs were performed by the Junior Choir. During

the prize distribution ceremony, the head-mistress and principal gave away prizes to meritorious students of the junior school.

Students of class 4 and 5 performed a Hindi play on the theme “Greed leads to destruction”.

In the senior school annual day celebration, the welcome note was given by chairman, Moses Tokheho.

There was presentation of a musical piece, fusion dance, and group songs followed by the prize distribution ceremony for the senior school students. The

prizes were given to the students securing 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions for the session 2017-18. School colours were presented to academically meritorious students for their excellent performances in the board exams, as well as to students who had brought laurels to the school in various competitions, contests, performing arts and sports.

‘The Cock-House Shield’ for the session 2017-18 was won by Jupiter House. The English play, the “Merchant of Venice” was also performed.

DIMAPUR: Yemhi Memorial College (YMC) Dimapur organized a faculty development program on “Nagaland university examination system and evaluation method” on November 17. A press release from Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Yemhi Memorial College, coordinator, Toyeto Chishi stated that, Kahoshe Sumi, assistant registrar, Nagaland University, School of Engineering & Technology, Dimapur and Keshaw Prasad Avikasit, associate professor (Retd.) of Higher Education were the resource persons. The program was chaired by Toyeto Chishi. The two session program started with a welcome address followed by a brief introduction of the resource persons by the principal, Makhan Chetia. There were lively and interactive discussions after the sessions. Vote of thanks was delivered by Amongla Imsong, assistant co-ordinator, IQAC, YMC.

Students presenting a special item for the parents during the BHSS Parents’ Day celebrations on November 10.

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BHSS media cell stated that, Temsunochet emphasized on the role of children and the need to make use of children’s resources for shaping society along the right track.

The annual school report was read out by Pouheulie of Class-X, with highlights in the history

of the school, academic performance and achievements.

The students entertained the parents, with a variety of programs ranging from cultural events to choir, dances, skits and drama etc.

NCC cadets, Scouts and Guides also gave a

TUENSANG: A minor girl, aged 13 years and a student of class V, was allegedly raped by Myanmar Tatmadaw (a military personnel), in broad daylight on November 10 at Lahe HQ Town of Naga Self Administered Zone, Upper Sagaing Division, Myanmar.

According to Naga Students and Youth Federation (NSYF) media cell’s, Thongtsühmiu Jongs Isidore, on hearing the news about the rape incident, NSYF’s (the apex body of Naga students and youth) executive council members, along with every tribal based CSO delegates

rushed to the spot on November 18 for fact finding, right after its general conference which was held at Zingkaling Khamti from November 14 to 17.

The NSYF has vehemently condemned the “cruel act of Myanmar military personnel” and stated that it strongly stands by the rights of the victim until justice is done as per existing law. The federation also sought to make it very clear to the concerned authorities that delay or failing to do justice may lead to unwanted circumstances among the ethnic minorities and the government.

YMC organizes faculty development program

BHSS celebrates Parents’ Day

DIMAPUR: Bethesda Higher Secondary School (BHSS), Dimapur, celebrated its 21st Parents’ Day under the theme, “Our Parents – Our Pride” on November 10, with Temsunochet Changkija, ACP “A” division Dimapur as the special guest.

A press release from

May 11, 2009. It further stated that the Longvibu and the entire Naga Army pays homage to the departed soul who served the Nation wholeheartedly until his demise. In recognition of services rendered towards the Naga Nation and as a mark of tribute to the departed who laid down his life in the line of duty, MIP stated that he is posthumously bestowed the rank of “sergeant.”

It further offered condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for his soul to rest in peace.

remarkable performance.

Benediction was delivered

by Esther Murry administrator.

Rev. Moses Murry, chairman of BHSS, Abikail Chishi principal, Esther Murry administrator, Lalita Roy headmistress and the teaching faculty attended the function.

LOU executive constitutes EC DIMAPUR: Land Owners’ Union (LOU), Doyang Hydro Electric Project (DHEP), on Friday constituted a new Election Commission (EC) team headed

by Yanthungo Kikon as election commissioner, Bichamo Yanthan as member secretary, and Hayithung Odyuo as member of the commission.

In a press note, seasonal secretary, Thungdemo Kithan reported that the meeting was held in pursuance of the DC Wokha’s notification regarding constitution of Election Commission for the LOU. According to LOU, the house during the meeting held at NRC Hall, unanimously welcomed the DC’s notification.

Further, the house also resolved that the newly constituted EC shall undertake election of a new LOU president within the stipulated time as notified by DC Wokha.

District Child Protection Unit Mokokchung organised an awareness campaign on child sexual abuse under the theme “Reducing harm” on November 16. DCPU Mokokchung staff visited Care and support Children’s home at Tsumarshiong and the observation home at Sangtemla ward. Gift hampers were also distributed to the children. (DCPU Mokokchung, Moasenla Imchen)

NLSF Biennial Conference concludes Imliben Lemtur stated that, during the final session, advisor of Justice & Law, Treasuries & Accounts, and Border Affairs, Dr. Longrineken, in his address as special guest at the valedictory function, stressed on the importance of law studies and various aspects of legal education.

He assured the NLSF that the government would look into the grievances of law students in the state.

The other highlights of the program were; exhortation by principal, Kohima Law College, Visevonuo Peinyu; song

by City Law College, Dimapur; speeches by the outgoing president Imliben Lemtur and president elect for the term 2018 to 20, Dr. Longrineken speaking at the program.

Talimoa Chishi; speech by DIMAPUR: The Na- concluded at Hotel Acacia NLSF general secretary, Medochutuo Kiewhuo and galand Law Students Fed- on November 21. eration’s (NLSF’s) eight BiA press release by the benediction by Nukshikala ennial General Conference outgoing NLSF president, Longkumer.

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WEATHER FORECAST November 24

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(L-R) Viccashe Sumi and K. Lun Tungnung speaking at the program.

DIMAPUR: Garos of Nagaland celebrated Wangala, post-harvest festival of Garos, under the theme “Our culture is the soul of our tribe” on November 21 at Samaguri Village Playground.

A press release by Nagaland Garo Tribal Council (NGTC) stated that the festival was organised

by Wangala Celebration Committee (WCC) in association with NGTC, Garo Students’ Union Nagaland Zone (GSUNZ), Garo Mothers Association Nagaland (GMAN) and All Nagaland Garo National Association (ANGNA).

The festival celebration program was graced

by Viccashe Sumi, IGP

(rtd), and K. Lun Tungnung, advocate and social activist, as the special guest and special invitee respectively.

In his speech, Sumi said Garos had settled in Nagaland since time immemorial and they were part of the state. He also advised the Garos to remain united.

Stating that Garos have very rich cultures and traditions, Sumi advised them to preserve these for the future generations.

Addressing the gathering, Lun lamented that government of Nagaland had not included the Garo Wangala festival as part of its Mini-Hornbill festivals despite Garos being one

‘Biblical meaning of dreams and visions’ book released

Perhielhoulie Pienyü (L) releasing the book, and author, Dr. Ruokuozelie Pienyü (R) on November 20.

DIMAPUR: A book titled “Biblical meaning of dreams and visions,” authored by Dr. Ruokuozelie Pienyü, with a foreword by principal of Faith Theological Seminary, Rev. Dr. Visielie Angami, was officially released by the founder of the House

of Prayer Ministry (HPM), Perhielhoulie Pienyü at HPM hall Kohima on November 20.

A press release from HPM stated that the book endeavours to show a depiction of dreams and visions on which there are various measures of

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harmony in support in the Bible.

The author said that dreams and visions are parables with Biblical metaphors that typically involve contemporary terms.

He explained that symbols are plentiful in the Bible which tends to suit its mysterious nature.

When the Bible speaks about God’s nature, eternal things, and about eschatological matters, it can only communicate these things through symbolism for the finite human mind to understand.

General secretary of HPM, Vilakhonuo Pienyü informed the gathering that the book was written out of a constant commitment to the truth and authority of God’s Word.

of the recognised tribes of Nagaland.

Highlighting the importance of good education, Lun also urged the Garos to educate their children.

The festival commenced with an invocation by Believers Church Jo r h a t D i o c e s e, Rev. Pele Marak; Samaguri Village presented a welcome song; a welcome address was delivered by WCC convenor, Prodip D Sangma; Samuel Marak spoke about the significance of the Wangala festival; and a vote of thanks was delivered by GSUN president, Cliff D Sangma. Garo Baptist Church Chumoukedima pastor, Eltish D Sangma offered the benediction for the program.

Highlights of the festival celebrations included Wangala dances by cultural troupes from Dubagaon and Samaguri Villages; folksongs by GSU Diphu and GSU Kabri Anglong; Garos from Eralibill Village and Ekaranipathar Village presented folk fusion and indigenous games respectively.

DLST celebrates Golden Jubilee

(Inset) Tongpang Ozukum speaking at the program. A women group presenting a special song. (NP)

Staff reporter D I M A P U R , N OV 2 3 (NPN): Dimapur Langpangkong Senso Teongjem (DLST) celebrated its Golden Jubillee under the theme “Telongjem ajanga Tejakleni” (Moving forward through Unity) on Friday here at Senden Reju, near ISBT, Purana Bazaar.

Addressing the gathering of 15 villages from Langpangkong Range, PWD minister, Tongpang Ozukum, spoke about the geographical advantages that people of Langpangkong have been blessed with and how it could be used to gain economic prosperity. He also emphasized on unity, and encouraged the gathering to live united so that they may be strong.

AR lecture on ‘Drug Free Nagaland’

DIMAPUR: Mokokchung battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North), conducted a lecture-&-awareness program on “Drug Free Nagaland” for local residents of Artang ward, Mokokchung on November 22.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the lecture

emphasized on how drug abuse imposes emotional, social and financial burdens on loved ones. Various measures to sensitize and keep the young generation away from the evils of drug use were also covered. The chairman, village council members and 20 youth attended the program.

World Diabetes Day in Peren

DIMAPUR: On the occasion of World Diabetes Day, a daylong free health screening camp was held at Jalukie Town Baptist Church on November 18 under the theme “The Family and Diabetes”. The camp targeting the Church congregation was conducted after Church services.

Approximately 655 people participated in the program.

A press release from district media officer CMO office, Pezanguno Celine Secii stated that attending the Sunday service, deputy chief medical officer Peren, Dr. Supongmenla, gave a health talk on diabetes. She also briefly highlighted the purpose and objective of the camp.

She added that the main aim of the camp was to promote healthy living and create awareness about risk factors. A total of 74 patients were screened for blood sugar and blood pressure, out of which seven persons were diagnosed as suspected diabetes cases and 17 cases of hypertension.

Advisor, Industries & Commerce, NIDC, Nagaland, Imnatiba Jamir, while exhorting the congregation, dwelt on why unions were formed. According to Jamir, unions are formed in order to cultivate love and living for cultural ethnicity and to preserve the rich inheritance from the Naga forefathers.

A m e n b a Ya d e n , MLA, in his speech mentioned that a jubilee should not only be a celebration of the past but also a time to think about the future.

He also mentioned that Dimapur was a place where all people, irrespective of their Faith or Parties, come together and live as one.

The main speaker of the program, OSD & additional secretary (Retired), government of Nagaland,

Koratemjen Ao, also spoke on how Langpangkong range had a geographical advantage acting as a gate way to the two districts of Longleng and Mokokchung. He also considered this an economic advantage that could be used for prosperity. He gave two suggestions for the gathering to consider: declare Langpangkong rage an economic zone, and control the formation of new unions.

Kangtsung Kaketshir Telongjem Dimapur started the Jubilee celebrations with a play. Representatives of Langpangkong Tzukong mungdang, Lapangkong Senso Telongjem Kohima, Langpangkopng Senso Telongjem Chumukedima, Langpangkong Senso Telongjem Medziphema and

Ao Senso Telongjem also gave jubilee speeches.

Songs were presented

by Wapongmeren, and Imtiba Jamir. Unger Senso Telongjem presented a cultural song and L. Bendang Jamir and friends presented a ‘male voice’ song.

T h e p r o g r a m wa s compeered by Marshited Ozukum and Lanusenla Imsong. An introductory speech was delivered by president of DLST, Meyi Longkumer and the invocation was offered by, Rev. I. Wati, pastor, DABA. A vote of thanks was given by K. Temjen Jamir, convenor, Jubilee Planning Board, and Rev. Lanu, Pastor, Diphupar ‘B’ Ao Baptist Arogo, offered the benediction. The celebration ended with a mass feast.

Sukhalu urges GBs to work for the future

DIMAPUR: Zunheboto Tokujo Kukami celebrated its 25th year Jubilee on November 23 at Zunheboto Town Hall, with advisor, School Education, K.T Sukhalu as the guest speaker.

DIPR, in a report stated that the advisor, addressing the gathering, encouraged the GBs to work for the future generations and Zunheboto in particular.

He also called upon them to supervise all developmental works properly in their respective jurisdictions. Sukhalu added that if the GB’s stood for the truth, the future generations would also follow suit.

He said that the Sumi GBs were among the most respected since British times. Their leadership quality is very efficient, he said and called upon the GBs to follow their forefathers when executing their works.

In conclusion, the advisor called upon all to unite together to better the Zunheboto Tokujo Kukami.

A welcome address was given by Vikaho GB, chairman ZTK. A greeting message was given by Ghovito Jimo, K.T Sukhalu speaking at the program. (DIPR) chairman Sumi Kukami Hoho.

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Changtongya Block Disabled Peoples’ Organization (BDPO), the apex body of village disabled peoples’ organization from 13 villages, under Grace Society Community Based Rehabilitation Forum project, on November 23, donated flowers to Community Health Centre, Changtongya Town. (BDPO)

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17,000 youths to get govt job this year: Chamling

Gangtok, Nov 23 (PTI): The Sikkim government will provide employment to 17,000 youths this year under the first phase of the One Family One Job programme, Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling announced on Friday.

Only genuine people should get the benefit and public representatives should submit the youths’ names only after thorough scrutiny, he said making the announcement at the state-level Panchayat and Organic Growers Sammelan at Saramsa Garden near here.

Chamling had mooted the welfare scheme on November 14 to ensure financial security of the people of the Himalayan state and had said that the policy decision will come into effect in letter and spirit by December to enable the first lot of beneficiaries to join work from January 2, 2019.

He assured the meeting that all ad-hoc and

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master roll workers will be regularized in phase-wise manner.

The chief minister said that the government will give priority to ad-hoc teachers in any interview based on their experience and other criteria to the extent it is legally permissible as far as regularization of their jobs are concerned.

Describing agriculture and allied industries as “super industry”, he urged the youth to come forward and take advantage of the Start Up Scheme, under which the state government provides 35 per cent financial

assistance.

The chief minister announced Rs one crore award annually to the most progressive farmer in the state.

“Vegetable farming can be turned into a lucrative profession because of the high demand for it,” he said adding South Korea is keen on importing vegetables, specially cabbages from Sikkim.

The state will be self sufficient in dairy products and perishable vegetables by 2020 and in agriculture and foodgrains by 2025, he said.

Seeking to push ahead the Organic Mission in Sikkim, Chamling said that 28 vehicles have been provided by the government to transport the organic produces from the farmers fields to the nearest market.

He congratulated the farmers, officers and all stakeholders for making Sikkim a pioneer in organic farming which has brought international recognition to the state.

Thanhawla among 9 candidates facing criminal cases Aizawl, Nov 23 (PTI): Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla is among the nine candidates facing criminal cases out of over 200, who are in the fray for the state Assembly election, according to a report by two civil society organisations.

Mizo National Front (MNF) president and former chief minister Zoramthanga is another bigwig fighting criminal charges, the report of the Mizoram Election Watch (MEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said.

It is based on affidavits filed to the Election Commission by the aspirants.

The others facing criminal charges are V Malsawmtluanga (Independent), Vl Zahawma Chawngthu (BJP), Rasik Mohan Chakma (MNF), Lalduhpuii (BJP), James Thanghmingmawia (Congress) and R Lalthangliana (MNF). Out of the nine contestants, only four are facing serious criminal cases, it said. While the Congress and the MNF are contesting all 40 constituencies this time, the BJP is fighting in 39 seats with an aim to open its account for the first time in Mizoram.

Seng Kut Snem celebrated in Meghalaya Correspondent

Shillong, Nov 23: Thousands of indigenous Khasi and Pnar youths, elderly men and women attired in traditional dress, took to the streets in the mountainous state capital of Meghalaya proclaiming the dignity and solemnity of the indigenous Khasi faith and culture on the occasion of the annual Seng Kut Snem on Friday.

The colourful procession projected the diverse and rich Khasi tradition through folk music and tableaux depicting various facets of the simple yet rich and colourful indigenous life-styles.

The procession which

started from Madan Iewrynghep and culminated at Weiking Ground, where traditional dances were held and special prayers offered.

The annual Seng Kut Snem festival is celebrated to commemorate the Seng Khasi Movement to preserve, protect and uphold indigenous Khasi religion and culture. This year the festivities marked the 119th anniversary of the Seng Khasi Movement. It was on August 23, 1899 that 16 brave and nationalist Khasi youth formed the Seng Khasi to protect their indigenous religion, rich culture and unique language in the face of British onslaught. Since

then, the movement has gained momentum imbibing a sense of pride in Khasi youth for their rich heritage which is unique in the world.

“On April 4,1829, U Tirot Sing Syiem, the king of Nongkhlaw took on the might of the aliens by leading an attack on the British Garrison at Nongkhlaw and inflicting major casualties’’, said Sumar Sing Sawain, an elderly member of the Seng Khasi.

This marked the beginning of a bitter fouryear long conflict between the uncompromising Khasi soldiers under the leadership of Tirot Sing and the British culminating in Tirot Sing’s martyrdom

at Dacca.

The second uprising in Ri Hynniewtrep (Khasi nation) began from December 28, 1861 under the leadership of the legendary U Kiang Nongbah of the Jaintia Hills who waged a war with the British after the aliens desecrated an indigenous Khasi religious ceremony at Ialong.

The third historical movement of the people of Ri Hynniewtrep against suppression of their ageold faith and culture begun from April 23, 1899 through the organisation of the Seng Khasi which is the torch bearer of the Khasi religion - ‘Niamtre’ and the traditional culture.

Miscreants burn paddy stacks in Manipur

Fire brigade personnel taming the burning paddy stacks at Wangjing Loukon in Thoubal district headquarter. (NP) Correspondent

IMPHAL, Nov 23: Unidentified miscreants set fire to stacks of paddy, which were kept for drying in the sun, on Friday morning at Wangjing Loukon in Thoubal district headquarter.

The destroyed paddy

belonged to Laishram Mani Singh (55), a resident of Wangjing Keithel of Thoubal district.

The owner came to know after prople out for morning walks informed him of the matter.

The destroyed paddy stack was one “Sangam”

Civic, LS polls: Garo group threaten boycott GUWAHATI, Nov 23 (Agencies): The United Garo Autonomous Council Movement Committee (UGACMC), a conglomeration of Garo organisations in Assam, on Thursday threatened to boycott the panchayat and the Lok Sabha elections if the state government fails to give a written assurance for the creation of an autonomous council for the community, The Shillong Times reported. Members of the UGACMC staged a dharna in front of the Goalpara deputy commissioner’s office on Thursday, raising slogans for the creation of a Garo Autonomous Council in Assam under core and

satellite area system. Over 7,500 people took part in the protest.

“Ever since the attainment of the status of Scheduled Tribe in 2003, the Garos have submitted several memorandas to the government of Assam for exclusion of the Garo villages from the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council (RHAC). Ten years later, a Garo delegation met the chief minister with the memorandum demanding Garo Autonomous Council under core and satellite area system by excluding all the Garo villages of Kamrup and Goalpara districts from the RHAC,” a statement issued by the committee later, said.

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which is equivalent to 27225 sq ft field.

Police suspected that the miscreants set afire on the paddy stack in the wee hours.

Disposable glasses and plastic bags were found near the site which has led police to suspect that hand

of drunken miscreants.

A case has been lodged at the Thoubal police and an investigation is on to track down the culprit(s).

It may be noted that showing serious concern to the burning of stacks of paddy piled up for harvest at various places of the state, proscribed group UNLF has warned of strong action against those responsible for any such acts of arson.

M e a n w h i l e, l o c a l MLA Paonam Brojen has condemned the incident asserting that such acts of destroying crops were not only a loss to the owner but also to the state.

Talking to reporters, the MLA promised 10 bags of rice for the victim’s family as immediate relief assistance from his side.

Dearest Yasen, You are a blessing for us and we are all here to wish you a big HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY. May you be showered with unconditional love and blessings in every walk of your life.

With love and prayers , mom, dad, sister Tutu, brother Ben and Grandparents.

Dear frn!, Many many happy returns of the day, May this day brings all that your heart desires...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!... God bless you...!..

Frm,JK.Ben Dear, Ngunchai(Jadu).

May your Birthday be full of happy hours and special moments to remember for a longtime. Happy Birthday God Bless you.

Eli, Amei and Moi.

LUMAMI KUPOSHUKULU DIMAPUR With immense pride, the Office of the Lumami Kuposhukulu Dimapur extends heartiest congratulations to Miss Tsuniholi Achumi, daughter of Late Hevuxu Achumi, on winning the Miss Sumi 2018 1st Runner-Up title, organised by Western Sumi Totimi Hoho.

May God bless you in all your future endeavours.

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D I M A P U R , N OV 2 3 (NPN): Nagaland deputy chief minister, Y Patton, who is currently camping in poll-bound Mizoram, on Friday while addressing election rally at Lunglei, lamented lack of development and widespread corruption in Mizoram.

According to media cell of the deputy CM office, Patton, who is also state BJP legislature party leader, maintained that the only alternate route for fast tract development of Mizoram was to install BJP government in the state.

He said Mizo people have tested the Congress and the MNF governments successively in the past and now the time has come for the people of Mizoram to teach them a lesson.

Sharing the dais with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Patton observed that amongst the north-eastern states, K Y M C

Mizoram was left behind as the lone state where BJP was not in power.

He, therefore, appealed to people of Mizoram to join the rest of the north-eastern states by voting the BJP to power.

Reiterating the secular nature of BJP, he said as a Christian BJP legislature from a Christian state, one can be a good Christian as well as a good BJP worker at the same time.

Further, Patton cited an instance during the Congress regime, wherein, the union home ministry put a restriction for the Christian missionaries, including Mother Teresa, from entering a particular North Eastern state. He, however, said that now the opposition parties were questioning the secular nature of the BJP as they had no vision or development agenda for election.

With BJP government

at the Centre, Patton said the words such as scam, corruption etc, have become the thing of the past and now development, transparency and accountability were the benchmark of any BJP government.

With just a few days left for the assembly polls, Patton urged the people of Mizoram “not to miss the opportunity to make the right choice and to celebrate Christmas this year by installing BJP government in garnering better and prosperous Mizoram.”

Prime Minister also addressed the rally, which saw the attendance of many BJP luminaries including BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav, BJP general secretary (Org) NE states Ajay Jamwal, BJP leaders from northeast, BJP legislators from Nagaland and thousands of BJP supporters.

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2. That my correct and official name is I. Arenla Walling.

3. That the initial letter ‘I’ stands and connotes my father’s name Imlineken and that I shall used the initial ‘I’ in all my official name i.e I. Arenla Walling.

4. That however, in my Passport Book bearing No. G 4806808 my name has been entered as Arenla Thong.

5. That the names I. Arenla Walling and Arenla Thong refers to one and the same person, i.e myself.

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Modi defamed all ‘chowkidars’: Rahul Vidisha/Mandideep, Nov 23 (PTI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of bringing ignominy to all chowkidars (watchmen) in the country.

Addressing campaign rallies for the November 28 Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Gandhi said the situation now is such that whenever the word chowkidar is uttered, people say “chor hai” (is a thief).

“Wherever you go, as you pronounce the word “chowkidar” comes a reply “chor hai”. I want to apologise to the chowkidars of the country. It is not your mistake, you all are not thieves, you all are honest. Only one person has brought ignominy to you. The country’s prime minister has defamed all its chowkidars,” he said.

Before coming to power in 2014, Modi used to talk about combating corruption, unemployment and farmers’ welfare but is now mum on these issues, Gandhi said. The sentiment across the country is that he broke their trust, Gandhi added.

When Modi gave the “acche din” (good days) slogan ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls,

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people would respond to the catch-phrase, saying “aayenge” (will come), he said.

The promised “Acche Din” were not meant for the people but for some top industrialists, Gandhi said.

Good days have come for industrialists like Nirav Modi, Anil Ambani and Vijay Mallya, he added.

Modi, in his election campaign in 2014, had said he wanted to be the country’s chowkidar, not the prime minister.

“People had then reposed faith in him. The youth were assured two crore jobs, farmers were assured minimum support price for their produce, the entire India was assured that Rs 15 lakh would be deposited in the bank account of each citizen.

People believed this then,” Gandhi said.

“Why has this changed? In four years, people found that these (promises) were false. Narendra Modi speaks lies.

This is the sentiment in the country, because he has broken the (people’s) trust,” Gandhi said.

A “Congress wave” would sweep Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana, he said.

The BJP-led government waived of Rs 3.5 lakh crore loans of the rich, but did not write off debts of farmers, he said.

The previous Congress-led UPA government, on the recommendation of the Indian Air Force, decided to purchase 126 Rafale fighters at a cost of Rs 526 crore per plane with the stipulation that the state-owned aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) would make them in India, Gandhi said.

“But Modi went to France and conveyed to the French government that each Rafale jet will be purchased for Rs 1600 crore. He told them to give the contract to (Anil) Ambani instead of giving it to

HAL,” Gandhi said.

There was no immediate reaction from the BJP on the allegations. The ruling party has dismissed the charges in the past.

The Congress president asked his party men to stand at polling booths and not back off “even an inch” to convey a message to the BJP that people of Madhya Pradesh are now with the principal opposition party.

Gandhi, who faces a defamation suit for claiming that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s son was named in the ‘Panama Papers’, said, “I spoke mistakenly that Shivraj ji’s son was named in Panama Papers, actually it was Chhattisgarh CM’s son. Shivraj ji threatened me of filing defamation suit.”

“But when I talk about scams like e-tendering, Vyapam, illegal mining and mid-day meal scam, he (Shivraj) doesn’t speak a word, he doesn’t threaten to file defamation. What does it mean,” he said.

Chouhan “stole” people’s money in Vyapam, the entrance examination, admission and recruitment scam unearthed in Madhya Pradesh in 2013, he said.

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235 farmers ended lives in Sept this year in Maha Mumbai, Nov 23 (PTI): The Maharashtra government has said that 235 farmers committed suicide in the state for various reasons in September this year.

Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Chandrakant Patil stated this in the Legislative Assembly in a written reply on Thursday.

In six districts of Vidarbha region, 15,629 farmers ended their lives for various reasons between January 2001 and October 2018 . Of them, 7,008 farmers were eligible for financial compensation and their families have been given a financial assistance of Rs one lakh each. As many as 215 cases are pending for investigation, the minister said.

In Nashik district, between January and September 2018, there were 73 cases of farmers suicide, of which 17 were eligible for financial compensation. They have been provided assistance of Rs one lakh each, he said.

In Kolhapur, between 2004 and 2018, a total 113 farmers ended their lives.

In Marathwada, 674 farmers killed themselves between January and September 2018. Of them, 445 were entitled to compensation.

PDP, NC joining hands was ‘opportunistic alliance’: Lone

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Srinagar, Nov 23 (IANS): People’s Conference (PC) Sajjad Lone on Friday said the coming together of PDP, NC and Congress in Jammu and Kashmir was an “opportunistic alliance” to stall the entry of a third regional party headed by him.

“This alliance was an opportunistic alliance to ensure and stall the entry of third regional party. But now they have failed and we have emerged and we shall go to the people and then let the people decide what to do,” he told a press conference.

Slamming the Peoples’s Democratic Party (PDP), National Conference (NC) and the Congress, Lone said the whole idea was “to not allow anyone to form the government”.

“Now you have won by creating the confusion.

So congratulations for this.

But talking about morality that we have come together with the BJP is a wrong, then this wrong was done by Omar Abdullah also as he was foreign minister in the NDA government,” he said slamming the NC leader.

Lone said that Abdullah was the poster boy of National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Hitting out at former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Lone said, “For three years Mufti was in power in the state with the BJP. Then at that time there was nothing bad in the BJP. But now as we have come together with the BJP so we are bad now.”

Lone’s remarks came two days after Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the State Assembly even as Mufti wrote to him saying that the Congress and the NC had decided to support the PDP to form a government and their collective strength was 56.

Lone also wrote to the Governor staking claim to form a government with the BJP’s backing. He claimed the support of 18 MLAs besides the 25-strong BJP and contended that it was more than the required number for majority.

189 women fray in Rajasthan assembly elections Ja i p u r , N ov 2 3 (AGENCIES): A total of 189 women candidates, including 50 from the BJP and the Congress, will be contesting the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections, the highest number in the last 10 years.

After at least 579 candidates withdrawing their nominations for the December 7 elections on Thursday, 2,873 candidates have been left in the fray.

Of the 189 women candidates, 23 are from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and 27 are from the Congress.

The BJP has fielded sitting MLAs Anita Bhadel, Kiran Maheshwari, Anita Singh, Sushil Kanwar, Manju Baghmar, Kamsa, Suryakanta Vyas and chief minister Vasundhara Raje, among others.

Since Rajasthan’s first assembly elections in 1952, which saw only four women contesting, there has been a nearly 50-fold increase in the number of female candidates.

It is also the highest number of women candidates contesting in the last 10 years with 69 in 1998, 118 in 2003, 154 in 2008 and 166 in 2013.

We took down Babri Masjid CSIR researching on cannabis SIT files additional charge in 17 minutes, says Shiv Sena for treating cancer, epilepsy sheet in Gauri murder case

New Delhi: Fanning the communal fire ahead of Uddhay Thackeray’s visit to Ayodhya, Shiv Sena on Friday said it took them 17 minutes to bring down the Babri masjid but it is taking unusually long for the government to bring in a law to build the Ram temple.

“Humne 17 minute mein Babri tod di, to kanoon banane mein kitna time lagta hai? Rashtrapati Bhawan se lekar UP tak BJP ki sarkar hai. Rajya Sabha mein aise bahot sansad hai jo Ram mandir ke saath khade rahenge, jo virodh karega uska desh mai ghumna mushkil hoga (We took down the Babri masjid in 17 minutes, but how much time does it take to bring in a law? The BJP is both in the Centre and in UP. There are a lot of MPs in the Rajya sabha who will support the cause of Ram temple. The ones who will oppose it will find it difficult to live in the country),” said Shiv Sena spokesperson

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Sanjay Raut. On Thursday, Sena chief Uddhav said the Ram temple issue is raked up before every election and wondered for how long will people be ‘fooled’ with the ‘mandir wahi banayenge’ slogan.

“The issue of Ram temple is raked up before every election. I will seek an answer as to for how many more elections will the people be fooled with the slogan Mandir wahi banayenge,” he said.

Thackeray had announced during the Shiv

India lodges protest with Pak over harassment of officials New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI): In fresh strain in bilateral ties, India Friday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the alleged harassment of Indian High Commission officials in Islamabad and the denial of access to Indian Sikh pilgrims visiting that country.

India also expressed “grave concern” over reports of attempts during the pilgrims’ ongoing visit to “incite” communal disharmony and “promote secessionist tendencies” with an aim to undermine India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the External Affairs Ministry said. “ I n d i a h a s t o d ay lodged a strong protest with the government of Pakistan that despite having been granted prior travel permission by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, the Consular officials of the High Commission of India in Islamabad were harassed and denied access on November 21 and 22 at Gurudwara Nankana Sahib and Gurudwara Sacha Sauda,” the ministry said in a statement.

India’s protest came a day after the two countries agreed to develop a corridor

on their respective side of the border to link a historic Sikh shrine in Kartarpur in Pakistan.

There were reports that pro-Khalistani banners were shown to the Indian pilgrims while they were on their way to the two Sikh shrines.

“Pakistan has been called upon to take all measures to not allow its territory to be used for any hostile propaganda and support for secessionist tendencies against India in keeping with the commitments made under the Simla Agreement, 1972 and endorsed in the Lahore Declaration, 1999,” the MEA said in a statement.

The Indian pilgrims are visiting Pakistan under a bilateral protocol.

“Pakistan has been reminded that such actions are not in consonance with the stated intentions of Pakistan to facilitate the visits of Indian Sikh pilgrims, especially as we commemorate the 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji,” the MEA said.

According to the MEA, the access was denied despite the Pakistan Foreign Ministry granting them prior travel permission.

Sena’s Dussehra rally in Mumbai that he will visit Ayodhya on 25 November and “question” Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of the construction of the Ram temple.

In a bid to intensify his party’s campaign for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Thackeray has given a new slogan -- ‘Pehle mandir, fir sarkaar’ (first the temple, then the government).

Sources say that the Sena wants to make its presence felt in Uttar Pradesh and win over those disgruntled Hindus who are upset with the BJP. It also plans to contest Lok Sabha elections from select seats in the state.

Although Sena’s newfound aggression may not be that big of a threat to the BJP outside Maharashtra, political experts opined that it can clearly embarrass the saffron party as far as its commitment to the cause of Hindutva is concerned.

New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS): The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is doing a research on the medicinal use of cannabis for treating diseases like cancer, epilepsy and sickle cell anaemia.

“We have got license from the Jammu and Kashmir government for conducting the research programme.

We have already started it and will soon meet the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for approval of usage of cannabis as drugs for trial on humans,” Ram Vishwakarma, Director, CSIRIIIM (Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine) told the media here on Friday.

In April 2017, the Centre and the Ministry of Health and Welfare issued a research licence to grow cannabis to the CSIR-IIIM in collaboration with Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO). To carry ahead the research programme on a larger scale, CSIR

has also joined hands with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under Ministry of Science and Technology.

“CSIR will primarily conduct the research part while ICMR will provide medical experts. These sort of research projects require good funding and therefore the finance part will be taken care of by DBT,” he added. For the research, CSIR has selected certain variety of cannabis plants like THC and CBC which are a class of compounds known as cannabinoids, found in abundance in the cannabis plant.

“Not all cannabis plants can be used for medical purpose. We have already started collecting and cultivating selected breed of cannabis.

Trials are also being conducted on animals and once it is completed, we will place it for DCGI’s approval,” Vishwakarma said.

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FREE WINTER WORKSHOP- “Ignite Young innovative Minds”

Under the initiative of the Directorate of Science and Technology, Nagaland Science Centre (Innovation Hub) Dimapur is conducting a 3 (Three) day FREE WINTER WORKSHOP for High School Students (Classes 7 - 10) on the theme “Ignite Young Innovative Minds” with the aim to introduce TECHNICAL WORKABILITY SKILLS and to IGNITE INQUISITIVENESS and CREATIVITY in young budding students from 13th -15th December 2018. Interested candidates may obtain the registration form from the Innovation Hub, Nagaland Science Centre, Dimapur.

Registration will be done on First-come-First basis. Limited Seats Available.

Highlights of the workshop : 1) Robotics (Lego EV3 and Arduino) and Programming.

2) Circuit Design-Bread Board, Electrical/Electronic Mini-Projects, Soldering, Measuring Devices.

3) Computing Fundamentals and File Managements.

4) Instant Mechanical mini Projects/ Crafts.

5) Internet Fundamentals (Web Browsing and Communication).

6) Orientation Sessions.

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For queries, Contact : 8794201948 (Chief Mentor), 9774255140 (Junior Mentor) Email : ihubnagaland@gmail.com Or nscdimapur@gmail.com Or, Visit : Nagaland Science Centre, Behind Naga Shopping Arcade (Supermarket), Half Nagarjan, Dimapur, 797112

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Bengaluru, Nov 23 (AGENCIES): The special investigation team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was gunned down outside her Bengaluru house in September 2017, today filed an additional charge sheet against 18 accused.

The SIT had invoked the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA) in the case in August, claiming that an unnamed organisation had carried out the murder, angered over Lankesh’s rationalist ideals.

In a statement issued after filing the charge sheet in the special KCOCA court, the SIT said it sub-

mitted a 9,235 page long additional charge sheet against 18 accused persons and sought the court’s permission to investigate further. The deadline for filing the charge sheet was November 27.

Lankesh was gunned down at her house on September 5, 2017, as she was returning home from her office. The incident had been captured on a CCTV camera placed at her door.

However, as the shooter had worn a helmet, the police could not identify him.

It was only in February that the police made the first arrest in the case after it nabbed KT Naveen

Kumar, who was allegedly given the task of procuring a gun and bullets for the crime. He was held, the police said, just as the group was allegedly plotting the murder of rationalist KS Bhagwan.

Subsequently, the SIT hit upon the plot and with this breakthrough, was able to arrest Sujith Kumar alias Praveen, who then led it to the alleged masterminds Amol Kale and Amit Degwekar, both from Maharashtra, a police officer said. Also apprehended was Manohar Edave, a resident of Vijayapura, who allegedly played a key role in recruiting the killers.

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Test in Mizoram

izoram will go to polls on November 28, 2018 to elect 40 members to the next legislative assembly. The elections will be held in a single phase and the votes will be counted on December 11 and results will be available on the same day. Earlier, an opinion poll conducted

by C-Voter predicted a hung assembly where no single party was likely to cross the halfway mark of 20. The main contest in Mizoram Assembly Elections is between the incumbent Congress and the main opposition Mizo National Front (MNF). The other parties also in the fray are the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) and the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Mizoram is the last Congress bastion in the north east and the forthcoming polls will be a litmus test not only for Lalthanhawla veteran Congress leader and fifth-time chief minister who has successfully contested eight times; the polls will also show if the BJP can open its maiden account in the land-locked hilly state. Former chief minister Zoramthanga said his party, Mizo National Front (MNF), will contest assembly polls on its own. The MNF is a member of the BJP-floated platform of non-Congress parties, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA). However, in order to keep a long distance from the BJP in lieu of the Church’s sentiments, Zoramthanga has said his party will contest all 40 seats and will have no truck whatsoever with BJP. The Congress under Lalthanhawla has been in power long enough and despite providing stable development, is also facing an anti-incumbency sentiment. However, the recent S.B.Shashank episode where the former who was CEO created huge uproar in having principal home secretary and local Mizo IAS officer Chuango removed. Shashank was seen to have adopted a pro-Bru refugee approach to enable them to vote in refugee camps in Tripura. Brus and Chakmas are looking up to BJP to deliver on the pledge of granting them some autonomous council within Mizoram. That issue has somewhat saved Congress from earning full scale anti-incumbency. However, allegations of corruption against the Congress government especially its chief minister could prove difficult to shrug off. However, the crucial support of the church in Mizoram is considered very essential.

The Congress had lifted prohibition so as to decriminalise alcohol consumption despite the church’s objection. The rival MNF is grabbing the opportunity in promising to revive the dry law if it comes to power.

The political battle in practise is going to be between NEDA and Congress. Unlike in the past, BJP is no longer an idealistic party but one with a very pragmatic approach to power politics. It has awesome resources in the form of money, thousands of RSS cadres in Assam and in power in alliance with regional parties in the north east except Arunachal Pradesh where it runs a single-party government.

In a hung house, the resources will come into play and so it will be advantage MNF. However, having rejected alliance with BJP, it will be an impossible task for MNF if it ends up actually needing all help and resources from BJP; after all they are partners under NEDA. The outcome could also impact 24 Lok Sabha seats from the north east in 2019 as a huge win for Congress could be a booster or a win for MNF/BJP would confirm where the north east states would vote.

DailyDevotion The Distraction of Contempt

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

—Psalm 123:3 What we must beware of is not damage to our belief in God but damage to our Christian disposition or state of mind. “Take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously” (Malachi 2:16). Our state of mind is powerful in its effects. It can be the enemy that penetrates right into our soul and distracts our mind from God. There are certain attitudes we should never dare to indulge. If we do, we will find they have distracted us from faith in God. Until we get back into a quiet mood before Him, our faith is of no value, and our confidence in the flesh and in human ingenuity is what rules our lives.

Beware of “the cares of this world…” (Mark 4:19). They are the very things that produce the wrong attitudes in our soul. It is incredible what enormous power there is in simple things to distract our attention away from God. Refuse to be swamped by “the cares of this world.”

Another thing that distracts us is our passion for vindication. St. Augustine prayed, “O Lord, deliver me from this lust of always vindicating myself.” Such a need for constant vindication destroys our soul’s faith in God. Don’t say, “I must explain myself,” or, “I must get people to understand.” Our Lord never explained anything— He left the misunderstandings or misconceptions of others to correct themselves.

When we discern that other people are not growing spiritually and allow that discernment to turn to criticism, we block our fellowship with God. God never gives us discernment so that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.

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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ~ Albert Einstein

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018

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Issues with Government Schools – Role of Society I

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any ar ticles have been written by different people regarding issues with Govt.

Schools on various occasions and the topic is really a multidimensional one. I wish to share few of my thoughts with the readers from the social perspective of the issue.

You may kindly forgive me for being blunt with my words. Except few occasions, the society mostly the remains as a silent spectator of the degrading state of affairs prevailing in most of the Govt. schools. This attitude of the society is mainly responsible for making many novel schemes and plans introduced by different Governments in to failed projects. A simple example is the Communitization of Schools. Even though the basic essence of the act was to empower the society, in reality it created more adverse effects than the good deeds expected from it.

Many talk about the practice of proxy teachers in Nagaland. But, I don’t think that someone has ever reported about this issue with facts and figures to the right authorities.

The department of school education has made it mandatory to display the photographs of all teachers in the school office. But till now I have not come across any social organizations or individuals publishing the names of the schools and teachers who are indulging in this practice except generalized statements. The reasons are simple. Only those who could not afford to send their children to private schools admit their children in Govt. schools. So, why unnecessarily get the enmity of the influential people for the sake of these poor kids. Secondly, our society is so accommodative to people from their own tribe even if they are erring officials. You would see that a good number of Govt. employees

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become regular when posted outside their community area.

I have come across many highly qualified people recruited as Primary Teachers in Govt. schools and keeping proxies without any sense of guilt. They have their own reasons to justify. There are no communications facilities in the remote area, there are no students in the school etc. Unfortunately, the society which is expected to ask these teachers to resign if they cannot discharge their duties at the respective place of postings play same side goal. Another distressing fact in this regard is keeping silent about absenteeism of teachers and officers. When private schools in remote villages could conduct full classes of 7 to 8 periods per day, the reasons behind good number of Govt. schools mostly conducting classes up to 4 to 5 periods remain as a mystery to all of us. I have cited the above few examples due to space constraint and this will be applicable to majority of issues concerning the functioning of Govt. schools.

A former education minister of our State once told in a meeting that our society has been seeing Govt. schools as places of employment and not as places of learning.

I completely agree with his view.

The society and the department should work together to revamp the education system in our State and we could not achieve much without the two sides joining hands together.

With a former bureaucrat who once headed the Department as Director of School Education at the helm as Advisor, School Education, this is the right time to bring the change and I do sincerely believe that the change is coming.

Nellayappan B, (bnellayappan@gmail.com)

The Festival of the Inpui Nagas

ntroduction:Inpui Nagas has their own story of origin. The Genesis of Inpuis clearly stated that Inpuirwan emerged out of a cave called “Ramting Kabin” (a place where stars can be seen in day light), after breaking the door “Kapo Inkhaan” which blocked their way to go outside the wide open spaces with the help of Sentak (Mithun).

The majority of the Inpui Nagas were settling in Haochong Sub-division of Tamenglong district and Senapati district i.e., Waphong Inthan village, Makuilongdi village and Senapati Headquarter of Manipur.

Many of the Inpui Nagas were also settling in Imphal Valley like Tamphagei, Yurembam, Changangei and Pantilong. Some of the Inpui Nagas were also settling in Nagaland like Sangtamtila Dimapur and different parts of the country. The Thadou, Hmar, Vaiphei, Zeme, Rongmei and Liangmei are the good neighbors of Inpui Nagas.

There are seven clans in Inpui Nagas tribe. They are:1) Riamroi, 2) Bariam, 3) Khumba, 4) Inka, 5) Bariamtak, 6)Bariampaan 7) Balang.

Same clans were not allow to get marry and prohibited all kinds of love affairs.

The Inpui Nagas are cheerful and merry making people, the lovers of festivals. They observed several festivals throughout the year.

The following are some of the popular festivals of the

Let the true leaders stand up and be counted!

o be a leader in this present day and age is a heavy responsibility not to take lightly, whether political, in the religious world, business or any place, where leader ship skills are needed. When you lead people, you lead. Either the right way or astray. So can that responsibility be taken lightly?

In my opinion no. Being a leader you have a hand in the destiny of people. In this life and the life to come Can politics and Christianity go together?

Politics stand for: government, political affairs, affairs of state, policy, political beliefs, principles opinions, and views.

Politics then can be a positive or negative event depending on how politics are carried out!

Note the word principles & beliefs. Viewed from a Christian perspective we have to view politics from Christian beliefs and principles. Nagaland known as a Christian State should then study the greatest politician ever-Jesus, the Son of Nazareth- and how He governed in His day.

Eventually the government will be on Jesus shoulders (Isa 9:6) Thank God. We seem to live in a messy world, getting messier by the day.

Did Jesus govern in His day? If so how did He rule? He had an answer and solution for them all. Never mind they didn’t appreciate that or follow it. He was a Rabbi, thereby a leader Himself. He often warned the Jewish leaders, calling them vipers because all they wanted was to please the Romans instead of God. Jesus was a mystery to Herod but instead of being flattered by Herod’s demand of wanting a miracle right before His death, Jesus did none. He admired the Roman centurion and cured his servant because Jesus saw that this Roman centurion understood authority including the authority Jesus carried. He convicted the tax collectors of the day.

That meant one tax collector followed Jesus, another tax collector gave back 4 times as

much as he had stolen through taxes. Good idea!

What about the Zealots?

The rebels of that day? One became His follower, another zealot was His rival in His final trial.

Then there was Pilate, governor of that day: He openly declared Jesus was innocent but Pilate just washed his hands of Him and let the Romans and Jews do the unfair trial of an innocent man. AKA pass the buck.

What did the common people think of Him? He was a hero to them and much loved.

He taught them led them, organized them, fed them, healed them and set them free. That is until Jesus delivered a not well liked speech of having to eat his flesh and blood if they wanted to partake of Him. Many left and later the Jews turned Jesus against all the people that first loved Him. He was left with his mom, Mary and John that did stand by Him till the end.

What was the common denominator? He cared about each one, He loved every one, He was honest to all and never used the tactic of “politically being correct”. He was their light whether they choose to stay in darkness or not.

Do we have true Christian leaders today who do care about being honest, being a light in darkness, having Christian beliefs and morals in a dishonest corrupt world and State?

Here some quotes of outstanding politicians: “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past.

Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. “ John F. Kennedy “You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.”

Abraham Lincoln “Politics ought to be the parttime profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ I want to be known as the most praying president in History” Donald Trump There are famous doctors boldly coming out with the truth about medical corruption although often blackmailed later as it hurts too many medical pockets. The list can go on of leaders who had a genuine concern about the affairs of the state-which IS politics- Their genuine concern was not appreciated but rather maligned or disbelieved. Is it easy to be a genuine politician or leader in a State of many corrupted affairs?

No. However it is the ONLY right way before God. Is there hope for Nagaland and its leaders and people? Yes! IF leaders and its people can show the World that: 1) To be a politician, care for people, be truthful, trustworthy in all ways without a hidden agenda, IS possible.

2) To look after the state of affairs - in a Christian way, IS possible.

3) To be an uncompromising Christian politician, reflecting Christ, IS possible.

4) To be a Light, bring things IN the Light, take people OUT of darkness, not let them stay or lead people into the darkness or dark practices, IS possible.

We cannot present a rosy picture of Nagaland this moment.

But we can make a vow to bring it back to what God always intended it to be: Nagaland FOR Christ not AGAINST Christ. Fulfil the promise our fathers and forefathers died for to make Nagaland a shining example of a nation that stands for Godly governing and Godly people with principles that many can follow: Love God with all their heart, mind and soul and love their neighbour as themselves.

What are the Naga leaders and people going to hear on that final day: “Well done, you good and faithful servant” or “I never knew you, you workers of injustice”?

Let the true leaders stand up and be counted!

Niepukhrieno, (kenietsizo1999@gmai.com)

Inpui Nagas tribe: 1) Karing-Ngei:- Karing-Ngei means “The Festival of Living”. This festival is celebrated in the month of January every year and biggest festival of the Inpui Nagas.

It is more or less a celebration honouring the ancestors, village champions who sacrificed their life in protecting the villagers against the enemies. This festival is particularly for menfolk.

They make a figure of man which plantain and throw javelin which is known as “Tabaan khwanu” at it. If anyone strikes the head, he is considered to have killed a man. If he strikes stomach, he is believed to have been blessed with plenty of food.

It is also celebrated to showcase the Culture, Tradition and Strength of the Inpui Nagas.

2) Tataaknu:- It is celebrated in the month of December. It is a parting festival between the livings and the souls of the death realties during the year.

Mornings are made over the departed souls by the relatives and villagers. This festival is the New Year festival for them as they begin new life after it.

During this festival they offered food and other dishes for the dead one; a spirit because they believed that those spirits come to have the food.

3) Nabitnu:- Nabitnu means “piercing the ears.”

This festival falls in the month of March but with coming to the modern society and Christianity, this

festival have done in the month of December during Christmas day. It is the celebration of boring the ears of babies. The ears of the children born after the last festival are Pierce. They give thanks and offering to the mother goddess and seek her blessing.

4) Ba-Ngeipui:- It is celebrated in the month of September every year after “Loumainu” (weeding) in the fields. Women and men were forming in group wise; they collect money to celebrate this festival. As they think that they overcome the obstacles and pains during weeding for cultivating their products.

5) Muiliangnu:- This festival is celebrated for assessing by measuring the agricultural products collected by each house of the village. It is celebrated in the first part of November and December. Most of these festivals revolve around agriculture. Agriculture, traditionally has not merely been a means of living but also a way of life. The elders choose two families from their village who had harvested more than that of others family.

That is for “Bapui” (First position) and “Baswan” (Second position). The public would gather in Bapui family and bless the family in the morning and evening in the Baswan family.

The both families would offer whatever they have and want to the elders, public and ask for blessing and wisdom from them.

Roman Riamroi Inpui, (romaninpui@gmail.com)

On the question of nations and their national boundaries

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have stated in my book (The Naga Saga, Chapter 1), that no nation on earth has fallen down to earth from outer space but that every nation has its origins from a concrete geographical reference point. I had further argued that from within the boundaries of this geographical point (boundary), they evolve into nations with their own cultural ethos and norms.

In contrast to this anthropological fact of the origins of nations, empires and states have been created by emperors and dictators in the flow of human history. Such empires or modern states have however again and again fallen apart and nations reappeared to reclaim their rightful places as sovereign nations.

This means that nations are not created by Emperors or modern nation states but that nations are evolved from one common people with a common culture and a common ancestral land.

As for the common ancestral lands of a nation, such lands are not transferable commodities that can move from one place to another with the coming and going of empires and states.

For example, The British Empire upon which the sun was never supposed to set is no more and in its place have emerged many independent nations across Africa, Australasia, Asia and the Middle East.

As to territorial boundaries

of a nation, though overwhelmed by modern colonial powers, native American have not moved into the United states or Canada but are still in their respective native lands in the present United states and Canada. Similar is the case with the Aborigines of Australia or the Maoris of New Zealand etc. I have therefore further argued in my book that the national identity of a nation is inseparable from the geographical identity of that nation and that this identity is also indestructible and unchangeable.

As for the present Naga identity under the constitution of India, it is but an artificial identity imposed on us through the force of the Indian modern nation state and its economic powers. But whatever the political and military might of that state may be, it can never change us from Nagas into Indians. Would “Safronization” or “Hindinization” of Nagas change Nagas into Indians? Such an attempt would be no different from thinking that a Native American (eg Sioux or Navaho) can become an American if you only put a suit and tie on him and make him speak English!

The Naga struggle for national and geographical identity is still not over and it will go on as long as the sun continues to shine over the hills and mountains of Nagaland.

Kaka D. Iralu

Reader’s Post Sir,

Socializing today

With the invasion of technology in all areas of our lives, we seem to be losing our health and candor to inactivity. This lethargy comes from being on the computer or phone all the time. No longer do we see kids running around the colonies being just “kids of the area” or riding around in bicycles. Of course the aggravated crime problem also contributes to this phenomenon of people being locked up in their homes. But to some extent, this is also caused by technology. People no longer feel bored at home. They are in constant contact with all their friends through technology so there is no need to go out. But we should consider how this walling off of ourselves and the people we know is creating a rift in physical localities. Maybe we should choose to go out some mornings, drink ‘cha’ at the local tea stall and get to know the people who live near us, regardless of who they are.

Ago, Dimapur

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Steady flow of pilgrims at Rajnath mocks Congress; Country passing through Sabarimala; CM slams sangh says BJP will hit a four in MP rising intolerance: Pranab

jee said.

“Peace and harmony prevails when a nation celebrates pluralism, practices tolerance and promotes goodwill among diverse communities and when we purge the toxin of hatred, envy, jealousy and aggression from our everyday lives,” he said.

He said “happiness is higher in countries that ensure their inhabitants basic amenities and resources, greater security, autonomy and freedom as well as sufficient educational opportunities and access to information.

Global tenders invited to beautify Dharavi

Dharavi in Mumbai is Asia’s largest slum area. (File)

ects in 1972 and 1976, Slum Upgradation of 1985, Slum Rehabilitation Scheme of 1995, and then the Dharavi Redevelopment Project of 2004.

However, Dharavi, sprawled over more than 104 hectares, remained the ugly underbelly of Mumbai, though surrounded on all sides by some of the poshest residential and commercial complexes in the country.

In the election year, the Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA) has now floated global tenders for implementing the project with December 28 as last date of submission of bids, according to the CEO of SRA S.V.R. Srinivas and OSD for DRP. Dharavi is located between the Western

Demonetisation, GST cost economy Rs 4.75 lakh cr: Mitra

Railway’s Bandra-Matunga and Central Railway’s SionMatunga stations, comprising residential and business hubs with among the highest population density in the world and a massive turnover in the informal sector.

The Mithi River slices through a portion of it into the Mahim Creek and then onto the Arabian Sea, besides 28 temples, 11 mosques, six churches, 50 banks, 60 government schools, a mobile design museum, several slum tourism outfits, thriving criminal groups, and a tiny dilapidated fort.

The Riwa Fort or Kala Qilla was built during the tenure of the second Governor of Mumbai, Gerald Aungier (1669-1677), ap-

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minister said.

Taking a jibe at the Congress for not declaring its chief ministerial candidate, he dubbed the main opposition party as a “marriage procession without a groom”.

“There is not a single leader in the party who commands popularity among the people,” said the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

On the contrary, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is very popular and dedicated to the welfare of people, especially the poor, for whom he has launched a large number of schemes, he said.

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In an apparent reference to a purported video on Muslim votes featuring MP Congress president Kamal Nath, the senior BJP leader said the Rahul Gandhi-headed party has always indulged in the politics of dividing people.

In the purported video, Nath is allegedly asking a group of Muslims to ensure his party gets 90 per cent of votes in their booths.

Congress leaders are fighting for their existence either in Chhindwara or Guna, the Union home minister maintained.

Chhindwara and Guna are represented in the Lok Sabha by Congress leaders Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia, respectively.

Madhya Pradesh will have a single phase polling on November 28 for its 230-member assembly.

Counting of votes will take place on December 11.

The BJP is seeking a fourth straight term in office in the state, while the Congress is eyeing return to power in its erstwhile bastion after 15 years.

Centre delaying Cong demands EC probe into Dumping garbage aid to flood-hit BJP becoming top TV advertiser may cost citizens Kerala, says CM New Delhi, Nov 23 in Kolkata T h i r u v anan thapuram, Nov 23 (IANS): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday expressed dissatisfaction with the way the Centre has acted to rebuilding the state after it was hit by the worst floods this year.

Ever since monsoon rains began lashing Kerala on May 29, a total of 417 people have died.

The flood fury that lasted till middle of August caused unprecedented destruction and forced more than one million people to take shelter in relief camps.

“We have sought two separate assistance, one for Rs 5,616 crore and another for a special package of Rs 5,000 crore.

All what we have got so far is Rs 600 crore. And during the floods when we asked for excess rice and kerosene, we were asked to pay Rs 266 crore,” said Vijayan.

He said agencies such as the World Bank and the UN have also made an assessment of the damage and it is put at Rs 36,000 crore.

(IANS): With the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data revealing the BJP to be the number one on television in the run-up to Assembly elections, the Congress on Friday demanded that the Election Commission take cognisance of the data and asses the impact of BJP’s advertisement spending on the ongoing polls in five states.

As per the BARC data, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) topped the rankings of advertisers across all TV channels for the week ended November 16, prompting the Congress to question its electoral funding.

“These advertisement spends by the BJP reflect a clear nexus between big businesses and big politicians... This is crony capitalism personified, this is the quintessential ‘suitboot ki sarkar’,” Congress leader Manish Tewari told the media here citing the BARC data.

Flaying the Narendra Modi government for turning electoral funding “far more opaque” through the electoral bond schemes, the Congress demanded

Manish Tewari (File)

that the EC intervene, especially in view of the Assembly polls in the five states -- Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Telangana and Rajasthan -- the results of which will be declared on December 11.

“The EC must summon this BARC data and need to find out how much money India’s top advertiser (BJP) has spent on these advertisements.

“We demand the EC take suo-motu cognisance of the BARC data, translate it into monetary spends and see what is the impact on electoral process.

The EC must take serious cognisance of its impact on the probity transparency and integrity of the electoral process,” said the former Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

Ko l kata , N ov 2 3 (PTI): Citizens may have to shell out a maximum fine of Rs 1 lakh for littering in public places, as the West Bengal Assembly passed a Bill to enhance the penalty for offenders.

The penalty has been raised through an amendment to section 338 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (second amendment) Act which was passed in the Assembly Thursday.

The move comes after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her displeasure after finding out the newly inaugurated Dakshineswar skywalk was stained with betel juice.

The Bill proposed to impose a minimum fine of Rs 5,000 and a maximum penalty of Rs 1 lakh fine on litterbugs. The earlier law stipulated that minimum penalty for dumping garbage was Rs 50 and the maximum fine was Rs 5,000.

It also came on a day, state Urban Development Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim was elected the new mayor of Kolkata after the exit of Sovan Chatterjee, on the directions of Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee.

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M u m ba i , N ov 2 3 (IANS): The Maharashtra Government on Friday invited global tenders for the ambitious Rs 20,000-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) that will hope to transform and beautify what’s infamous as Asia’s largest slum in central parts of Mumbai.

The move comes a month after the state cabinet headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on October 16 cleared plans to create a Special Purpose Vehicle for the project and resettle all existing inhabitants in the same areas.

This will be one of the similar redevelopment efforts undertaken for the region since 1972 including the Slum Improvement Proj-

pointed by the British East India Company. The Riwa Fort was part of the larger Bombay Castle, earmarking the British-controlled norther portion of Bombay in the 17th century and functioned as a watchtower to safeguard the its domain from the Portuguese controlled, and later the Maratha-ruled Salsette Island.

Earlier, a huge swamp with marshy tracts, it was inhabited by a handful of Koli fisherfolk, considered the original inhabitants of Bombay. However, later large parts of it dried up after a small dam was constructed by the British, and the Kolis shifted to the coastal areas where they now reside.

Today, Dharavi is home to an estimated over 60,000 structures, around 70,000 families, mostly migrants from around the country and the demographics of a ‘mini-India’, some 5,000 business establishments, 15,000 single-room or tiny factories churning out textiles to potteries to fabrication to leather good, plastic recycling and garbage segregation, making it a developer’s nightmare. Many of the goods produced here are coveted by the rich and powerful and are exported all over the world.

Singrauli, Nov 23 (PTI): Dubbing the Congress as a “marriage procession without a groom”, Union Home Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh Friday said his party will be voted back to power in Madhya Pradesh for a fourth straight term on the basis of good work done by its government since 2003.

Campaigning for the BJP for the November 28 polls, he accused the Congress of engaging in divisive politics.

Rajnath Singh said there was hardly any development in Madhya Pradesh under the Congress rule, but things changed rapidly after the BJP came to power 15 years ago.

“Till 2003 there were no roads and power rarely came in the state. After the BJP came to power, development took place at a rapid place,” he said, addressing a poll rally at Tiyara in Singrauli district.

“And the BJP on the basis of its good governance this time will hit a four (win a fourth straight term),” the Union home

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People are manifestly happier in countries where personal freedoms are guaranteed and democracy is secured.”

“Regardless of economic conditions, citizens are happy in a climate of peace,” Mukherjee said.

Referring to the statistics, he said: If these statistics are anything to go by, we appear to be caught in a ‘rising economy, receding happiness’ syndrome. Our growth paradigm calls for an urgent look.”

Paying tributes to Guru Nanak Dev on his 549th birth anniversary, Mukherjee said given the times we are living in, it is important to recall his message of “peace and oneness”. He also recalled what Chanakya said that “In the happiness of the people lies the happiness of the king” and the Rig Veda saying that we must live in one assembly, speak in one voice, with our minds in accord.

ties for smooth pilgrimage in the wake of the recent Supreme Court judgement.

The footfalls at the Sabarimala temple, which had witnessed protests against the state government’s decision to implement the top court verdict allowing entry of women of menstrual age into the shrine, picked up on Friday. The police said the temple, which was opened on November 16 for the over-two-month-long pilgrimage season, witnessed comparatively more crowd than on other days.

“We are yet to collate the details,” an official at Pamaba police control room told PTI. Coming out in support of SP Yatish Chandra, Vijayan said the police officer was explaining the “peculiar situation of Sabarimala” to the union minister. The Bharatiya Janata Party and right-wing activists observed a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, stopping Kerala State Road Transport buses plying through the district, protesting the alleged misbehaviour of the officer.

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New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS): Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday expressed concern over rising intolerance and violation of human rights, coupled with a widening gulf between the rich and poor with top one per cent rich pocketing the lion’s share of country’s wealth.

He was speaking at the inauguration of the two-day national conference on “Towards Peace, Harmony and Happiness: Transition to Transformation”, organised by Pranab Mukherjee Foundation along with the Centre for Research for Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID).

“The land which gave the world the concept of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and the civilisational ethos of tolerance, acceptance and forgiveness, is now in news for rising levels of intolerance, manifestations of rage and infringement of human rights,” Mukher-

SABARIMALA/THIRUVA N A T H A P UR A M , NOV 23 (PTI): The Sabarimala shrine witnessed a steady flow of devotees Friday, even as Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan came out in support of a senior IPS officer who was allegedly embroiled in a spat with Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan two days ago. Backing Superintendent of Police Yatish Chandra, who has been facing backlash from rightwing activists for allegedly insulting Radhakrishnan, Vijayan alleged the Sangh Parivar was “attacking sincere officers to demoralise them.”

Amid the stand-off over entry of women of menstrual age into the Lord Ayyappa temple, the State government informed the High Court that two days could be set apart for women pilgrims of all ages to offer prayers at the shrine. The suggestion was made when the court was hearing a petition moved by four young women devotees seeking protection for women of all age groups to offer prayers at the shrine besides facili-

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As per the report, the recent decline in oil prices might compress the current account deficit (CAD) by around USD 5-6 billion from “our estimates of USD 78 billion in current fiscal”.

“This will imply CAD settling down at 2.6 per cent of GDP (previously 2.8 per cent of GDP),” it added.

Additionally, if crude oil averages USD 65 and the rupee stays at 70 against the dollar, then petrol and diesel prices could fall further on an average by Rs 4 or more.

This implies that diesel prices could head well below Rs 70 per litre and petrol well below Rs 75.

SBI expects inflation to hit 2.7-2.8 per cent in the next couple of months.

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Total GST collections come at Rs 6.78 lakh crore as compared with the 201819 Budget Estimate of Rs 7.44 lakh crore, including SGST and IGST. “If we exclude SGST and proceeds of IGST contributed to states, the GST collection of the Centre comes to Rs 3.46 lakh crore (47 per cent of BE),” the report said.

However, it added that customs collections may overshoot the budgeted amount (Rs 1.12 lakh crore)

by Rs 14,000 crore.

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Innes, head of trading for Asia Pacific at Oanda said his base case forecast is for Bitcoin to trade between $3 500 and $6 500 in the short term, with the potential to fall to $2 500 by January.

The largest cryptocurrency retreated 4.4% to $4 237 at 11:31 in Hong Kong, according to Bloomberg composite pricing. Rivals Ether, Ripple and Litecoin all declined at least 4.8%.

The market value of all cryptocurrencies tracked by CoinMarketCap.com sank to $138 billion, down from about $835 billion at the market peak in January.

New Delhi, Nov 23 (Agencies): Indirect tax collections are likely to fall short by Rs 90,000 crore in the current fiscal on account of subdued GST mop-up and excise duty cut on petroleum products, an SBI research report said Thursday.

According to the Budget Estimate, the government proposed to mop up Rs 7.4 lakh crore from the goods and services tax (GST) and Rs 2.6 lakh crore from Union excise duties.

Excise duty was subsumed under GST, except on petroleum items and liquor & alcoholic products used for human consumption.

“We expect a shortfall of around Rs 90,000 crore in GST and excise collections, out of which Rs 10,500 crore is on account of the

country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan said various stakeholders are being consulted on formulation of the policy and setting up of the council.

“I hope to reach a logical outcome very soon,” he said.

The secretar y also asked the industry for self regulation, so that rules and regulations could not be violated.

Further, he said the industry needs to look at innovative ideas to exploit

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New Delhi, Nov 23 (Agencies): The great cryptocurrency crash of 2018 is heading for its worst week yet. Bitcoin sank toward $4000 and most of its peers tumbled on Friday, extending the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index’s weekly decline to 25%. That’s the worst five-day stretch since crypto-mania peaked in early January.

After an epic rally last year that exceeded many of history’s most notorious bubbles, cryptocurrencies have become mired in a nearly $700bn rout that shows few signs of abating.

Many of the concerns that sparked the 2018 slump - including increased regulatory scrutiny, community infighting and exchange snafus - have only intensified this week. Even after losses

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“I have again taken up the issue with the finance ministry and we will make sure that the industry is not starved of necessary finances,” he added.

The gems and jewelery sector, especially the diamond industry, is facing credit crunch as banks have tightened their hands following the Rs 14,000-crore Nirav Modi scam in Punjab National Bank.

The minister also stated that the government would soon come out with a gold policy and set up a domestic gold council to promote the growth of the sector.

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the unlimited plan. Therefore, everybody who goes up the chain is an upside, even within the non-unlimited, because now he or she is paying a rupee in the Rs 35 a month package, so that is an upside versus those who were not paying us even a rupee, unless many of them choose instead to go to unlimited package which is also very good for us because then there is an Arpu that increases there,” FE Bureau reported.

The ARPU that the telecom companies get from the users is Rs 10. If the minimum recharge each month remains the same, Bharti’s monthly revenue from them is Rs 100 crore. It hopes that if even half remain on the network and move to the new minimum Rs 35 a month plan, the revenue accruing from them will be Rs 175 crore a month.

New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI): Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday said he has taken up with the finance ministry the issue concerning credit to the gems and jewellery sector to ensure adequate availability of funds for them.

Prabhu also said the ministries are looking at the industry’s demand of cutting import duty on gold to 4 percent from the current 10 percent.

The industr y also wants a reduction in the duty on diamond to 2.5 percent from 7.5 percent.

“This is one of the important issues...for the industry that is export-oriented... If you have import duties, the working capital gets blocked up. So, we are already working on that.

“At the same time, the Ministry of Finance has a responsibility to curtail CAD (current account deficit), therefore they are also trying to find out how we can keep the imports under control. So, we have to balance both together,” the minister told reporters here.

On financing issues of the sector, Prabhu said meetings were held with bankers to address the matter as the genuine needs of the industry should be

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According to a quote given Bharti Airtel CEO and managing director (India & South Asia) Gopal Vittal to Financial Express, “We have about 330 million customers in wireless, but if you look at the pattern of consumption across the base you will find that there is a very large number of customers, some of whom we acquired from Telenor and some that we have ourselves, about 100 million customers with very low levels of Arpu. So, these Arpus are sort of low double-digit.”

Vodafone Idea CEO Balesh Sharma said, “It was a substantial number that were using it either only for incoming or had got Arpus below that of the average or that of unlimited customers.

The Arpu of non-unlimited is about a fourth of the Arpu of the customers who take

New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI): Bank credit rose 14.88 per cent to Rs 91.11 lakh crore in the fortnight ended November 9, while deposits grew by 9.13 per cent to Rs 118.25 lakh crore, according to the RBI data.

In the year-ago fortnight, bank advances stood at Rs 79.31 lakh crore, while deposits at Rs 108.35 lakh crore. In the previous fortnight ended October 26, 2018, credit had grown by 14.57 per cent to Rs 90.37 lakh crore, while deposits rose by 9.01 per cent to Rs 117.71 lakh crore.

In September this year, non-food credit rose by 11.3 per cent, as against an increase of 6.1 per cent in same month last year.

Bank loans to the services sector expanded by 24 per cent, compared with 7 per cent in September 2017. Personal loans rose by 15.1 per cent in the month, against 16.8 per cent last year.

Advances to agriculture and allied activities grew by 5.8 per cent, same rate as in September 2017.

Credit to industry rose by 2.3 per cent in September 2018, against a contraction of 0.4 per cent in September 2017.

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New Delhi, Nov 23 (Agencies): Telecom companies, Vodafone Idea and Airtel, have decided to terminate the connections of users with low ARPU (average realisation per user).

According to the companies, the users who spend less than Rs 35 a month over recharges, stand to lose their connections. This includes almost 250 million subscribers of 2G network.

The Vodafone Idea users, who fall under Rs 35 recharge bracket, are approximately around 150 million. While Bharti Airtel on the other hand has about 100 million users below Rs 35 a month bracket. Bharti has come out with seven pan-India plan beginning at Rs 35. Vodafone has also come out with five plans where also the lowest recharge is Rs 35 a month.

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32 killed in Pakistan market blast

Peshawar, Nov 23 (PTI): At least 32 people, including three PakistaniSikhs, were killed and more than 40 others injured on Friday when a suicide bomber triggered a powerful bomb blast at a busy market outside a religious seminary in the country’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.

According to initial investigation, an improvised explosive device was planted in a bike that was used for transporting vegetables to the popular Friday Market (Juma Bazar) near an imambargah, a Shia religious place, in Orakzai tribal district’s Kalaya area, bordering Afghanistan.

“This is a Friday bazaar, where hundreds of people had gathered for groceries,” Deputy Commissioner Khalid Iqbal said.

“The ground is then used for Friday prayers as well,” he added.

At least 32 people were killed while more than 40 others injured, Dawn news quoted district administration officials as saying.

“Three Sikh traders and three children were also among the dead in the Orakzai blast,” Iqbal told PTI. The minority Sikh community in the area was

Paramedics transport a victim after Friday’s suicide bombing. (Basit Shah / AFP)

previously displaced by the Taliban that controlled the region prior to the military operation in 2010, Samaa TV reported.

Officials said that most of the victims were minority Shia Muslims, who in the past were also targeted in the area. “Three children were among those killed. The remote-controlled bomb was attached to a motorcycle,” officials said.

“I was buying vegetables at a distance from bomb

site,” Karam Khan, who accompanied an injured person to the hospital in Kohat, said.

“There was a huge explosion and I woke up with blood splashed all over the place and there were body parts everywhere,” he said about the gory scene.

The area has been cordoned off and investigation into the incident is under way. An emergency has been declared in the region’s hospitals to handle the situ-

ation.

The explosion in lower Orakzai is the second terror attack in Pakistan on Friday.

Earlier this morning, an attack targeting the Chinese consulate in Karachi’s Clifton area was foiled by security forces. Four people, including two security personnel and two civilians were killed in the attack.

Three terrorists were also gunned down.

Prime Minister Imran Khan strongly condemned

the terrorist attack in Orakzai tribal area and said: “My prayers go to the victims & their families”.

“Let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind that we will crush the terrorists, whatever it takes,” he said in a tweet.

Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari blamed the US failure in Afghanistan for the attack and warned Pakistan to be prepared for more such incidents.

She condemned the horrific terror attack.

“As the US fails in Afghanistan, Pakistan should be prepared for fallout and we must ensure greater security for our tribal areas especially protection of our people,” she tweeted.

No group claimed responsibility of the attack so far but the Taliban militants often carry out such attacks.

“Our enemies are not happy with peace in the province,” provincial Chief Minister Mehmood Khan said while condemning the attack. In 2011, 30 people including 10 cops, were killed and over 50 injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden van into the building of the Communication and Works Department.

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Terror attack on Chinese consulate in Karachi foiled; seven killed Karachi, Nov 23 (PTI): Three heavily-armed suicide bombers on Friday stormed the Chinese consulate in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi, killing four people including two policemen before being shot dead by security forces which foiled the daring attack in the high-security zone, authorities said.

The attack was claimed by the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) which said it would not tolerate “any Chinese military expansionist endeavours on Baloch soil”.

The consulate, located in the posh Clifton area, came under attack early morning.

Three suspected suicide bombers were killed before they were able to enter the facility as forces successfully foiled the attack, Karachi Police Chief Amir Shaikh said.

Nine hand grenades, Kalashnikov bullets, magazines and explosives were recovered from the possession of the terrorists, Geo news quoted police officials as saying.

“Food supplies and medicines were also recovered from their possession,” officials said.

Pakistani security personnel arrive at the Chinese Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday. (AP/PTI)

“We have received two dead bodies of policemen and an injured Chinese security guard who is under treatment,” said Seemi Jamali, the executive director at Jinnah Hospital.

Two civilians, a father and his son were also killed, officials said.

The Sindh government and the Pakistan Army confirmed that three terrorists were killed in the operation.

The heavily-guarded E-Street neighbourhood, which is considered a red zone, is home to a number of upscale restaurants, diplomatic missions and schools.

The Bilawal House of Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is also in the area.

Schools and eateries have been locked down until a clearance operation is concluded.

Residents said they first heard firing and explosions around 9.30 AM (local time).

“The terrorists first attacked the checkpost outside the consulate and detonated a hand grenade in the area,” Shaikh said.

Shaikh said the attackers had parked their vehicle at some distance from the consulate before moving towards it.

Wickremesinghe wins control of Iran warns US bases, aircraft ‘More division’ if Brexit deal fails: May key panel in Lankan parliament carriers in missile range

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(HETOVI AWOMI) General Secretary Dimapur Surumi Community

OFFICE OF THE AOYIM LANUR TELONGJEM Aoyim, Dimapur : Nagaland ESTD :2017

NOTICE If any individual/group collecting tax within the jurisdiction of Aoyim Village without the knowledge of the Aoyim Village Council, hence forth the Aoyim Village Youth Organization shall not entertain such activities and shall take necessary action against individual/group.

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been lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal.

The sanctions cover Iran’s shipping, financial and energy sectors. They are the second batch the administration has re-imposed since Trump withdrew from the landmark accord in May. The 2015 deal, which was forged by former President Barack Obama, gave Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, which many believed it was using to develop atomic weapons. Trump repeatedly denounced the agreement as the “worst ever” negotiated by the United States and said it gave Iran too much in return for too little.

Just before the latest round of sanctions was imposed on Iran, President Trump tweeted a “Game of Thrones”-inspired meme.

“Sanctions are coming. November 5,” it read, playing on the hit show’s famous “Winter is coming” phrase.

Theresa May (File)

dismissed calls for a second vote with an option to keep Britain in the EU, but then refused to say whether her deal was preferable to remaining in the bloc.

Instead, she said Britain could build a “better future” for itself outside the European Union.

She repeated her position on British sovereignty over Gibraltar -- a contentious issue with Spain that in recent days has threatened to upend the EU summit on Sunday.

“We’re very clear, as

the UK, that when we negotiate on these matters... we do so on behalf of the whole UK family including Gibraltar,” she said.

May’s spokeswoman told reporters earlier on Friday: “We’ve negotiated very openly and constructively with the EU in matters relating to Gibraltar and worked closely with Spain.

“The withdrawal agreement isn’t being re-opened.

We will work with the government of Gibraltar and Spain on our future relationship,” she said.

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DIPHUPAR SUMI KIPHIMI KUQHAKULU th 4 Mile Diphupar, Nagaland Motto : "Live for value"

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Dated Kohima, the 23 November, 2018 rd

PUBLIC NOTICE The Naga Club regrets to inform the public that there were two ugly occasions where the NSF and the Naga Club nearly got into physical confrontations at the time of installation of the Centenary Monolith at the Naga Club site. After several attempts for amicable settlement by some prominent citizens of Kohima, the third attempt to install the Monolith turned out to endanger lives, as the NSF has issued severe threats and mobilised our own children to fight against us. As the Naga Club Centenary is to celebrate the legacy of unity, we as an elderly and responsible organisation do not want to stain our Naga Club Monolith and the celebration but only fulfil the sacred duty.

The last attempt to make amicable settlement with the NSF was made by some Senior Citizens on 21.11.18 at Hotel De Oriental, Kohima who brought out a public declaration which says (quote) “the Naga Club with the present erection of monolith is required to undertake all future developments taking the Naga public, especially the NSF, a major stakeholder, into confidence always” (unquote) is unfortunately flimsy for the simple reason that NSF members being our children they are always part and parcel of the Naga Club. It may further be pertinent to point out that neither the Monolith nor the Club’s plot is the property of NSF nor Naga Club is a subordinate body of NSF so as to require the consent or approval of the NSF. After thorough deliberation on the matter, the Naga Club with the view to avoid unnecessary confrontation and further repercussions has decided to erect the Monolith at the “Naga National Cemetery,” Jotsoma, a site proposed in memory of Zasibito Nagi, the 1st martyr of Naga Political movement, which shall also be the resting place of all Naga martyrs who gave their lives to the cause of “Leave us alone to determine for ourselves” as laid down by the pioneers of the Naga Club in 1929. The centenary celebration shall be now held at Centenary Ground, Baptist Church Jotsoma, Nagaland on Thursday November 29, 2018 at 11:00 am.

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The DSKK (Diphupar Sumi Students' Union), Sincerely, proudly and heartily extends its congratulations to the following individuals : i) Mr. Pitovi Achumi, for being elected the President of Diphupar Naga Students' Union. ii) Mr. Ghuzui Shohe, Jt. Dir. Rtd., for being elected the Chairman of Diphupar Village Council. iii) Mr. Himato Yeptho, former President of DSKK, for being elected the President of Central Naga Students' Association.

The Union wishes them abundant blessings from our Almighty God. Bolivi Chishi President

Kawoto Achumi Gen. Secretary

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Dimapur Surumi Community warmly felicitates Shri. Akai Sumi, S/o Late Pukhavi and Ihotoli Aye for qualifying LDCE (Limited Departmental Competitive Exam 2017) on being promoted and posted to Assistant Commandant CRPF, Jaipur Rajasthan. The community takes immense pride in your achievement and prays to the Almighty to grant you wisdom and good health as you venture out to serve humanity.

Washington, Nov 23 (Agencies): Iran has said that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf are within range of its missiles, according to a report.

Citing the Tasnim news agency, Reuters reports that the comments were made Wednesday by an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander. “They are within our reach and we can hit them if they (Americans) make a move,” said Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guards’ airspace division.

The commander said that the missiles have improved precision and could hit the Kandahar base in Afghanistan, Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar and Al Dhafra base in the UAE. The comments come amid mounting tension between the U.S. and Iran. The Trump administration recently restored sanctions on Iran that had

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ALL WARD UNION MOKOKCHUNG (AWUM)

WORD OF GRATITUDE The AWUM through this column would like to express gratitude to Shri Metsubo Jamir, Honourable Minister Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, Govt. of Nagaland for providing a generous amount for refreshment to each ward on the occasion of Pre X’mas Mass Social work at Mokokchung Town. It was a maiden offer towards the AWUM by a Legislature and this gesture will go in the record of AWUM. The AWUM assures our cooperation in the days to come and prays for his well being.

R. Ayim Longkumer President

Lanumeren Secretary

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K a b u l , N ov 2 3 (Agencies): An explosion ripped through a mosque inside an Afghan army base in the country’s volatile eastern Khost province as Friday prayers were drawing to a close, killing 27 soldiers and wounding 57, the military said.

The blast may have been set off by a suicide bomber or a remotely detonated bomb but nothing was officially confirmed and details were sketchy.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion.

It was the latest in a relentless, near-daily onslaughts in Afghanistan, where the Taliban regularly target Afghan military and police forces throughout the country.

which ended without an agreement over the composition of the committee, he had decided to grant five members each to the UPFA and the UNF. The committee would comprise 12 members, he said. Senior UPFA member Dinesh Gunawardena slammed the speaker’s conduct as biased. “I urge you to recognise us as the government and give us the majority in the select committee,” he demanded despite not having a majority in Parliament. “We have precedents that even during the minority governments in the past the government had been given majority in the select committee,” he claimed.

Lakshman Kiriella on behalf of the ousted government said that Speaker Jayasuriya has declared the members based on two previous votes that there was no government and the purported government does

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not exist.

Wimal Weerawansa, another Sirisena backer, threatened that if Speaker Jayasuriya was not recognising the government, they would not recognise Mr Jayasuriya as Speaker.

“We will leave the chamber allowing you to conduct a meeting of the United National Party,” Mr Weerawansa threatened and led President Sirisena’s side out of the chamber.

Mr Jayasuriya then followed the constitutional procedure and went ahead to take a vote on his decision on the select committee composition, after a vote was moved by JVP’s Vijitha Herath.

The proposal was adopted with 121 votes for and nothing against. The members of the UNF, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the Tamil National Alliance voted in favour.

Sri Lanka is witnessing a political crisis since President Sirisena abruptly sacked Prime Minister Wickremesinghe on October 26.

President Sirisena later dissolved Parliament, almost 20 months before its term was to end, and ordered snap election. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court stepped in and overturned President Sirisena’s abrupt decision to dissolve Parliament and halted the preparations for snap polls.

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CO LO M B O, N ov 2 3 (PTI): Ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe’s alliance Friday won control of a powerful panel in Parliament, dealing a major blow to President Maithripala Sirisena and his prime ministerial appointee Mahinda Rajapaksa.

President Sirisena’s party members walked out of Parliament, which resumed its session today after being adjourned on Monday, protesting against Speaker Karu Jayasuriya’s move to appoint five members of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) which is led by the President.

The Speaker named five members from the United National Front (UNF) of ousted prime minister Wickeremesinghe, and one each from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). This is in continuation of the political unrest plaguing the country since October 26. Both Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mahinda Rajapaksa claim to be the prime ministers. Mr Wickremesinghe says his dismissal is invalid because he still holds a majority in the 225-member Parliament.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, at the start of the session, announced that following a meeting of all party leaders

L o n d o n, N ov 2 3 (Agencies): Britain faces “more division and more uncertainty” if a draft Brexit deal falls through, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday as she sought to win over sceptical Britons ahead of an EU summit this weekend.

According to AFP, in a call-in show on BBC radio, May also refused to say whether or not she would resign if the British parliament eventually voted down the divorce agreement and outline on future ties.

“This isn’t about me...

I am focused on ensuring we get this deal,” she said, adding that she would be touring Britain to explain the agreement “to people up and down the country”.

“If this deal does not go through we are back at square one. What we end up with is more division and more uncertainty,” she said. May, who voted to stay in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, also

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Keanu Reeves has a role in Toy Story 4 Salman goes cycling with Rijiju in Arunachal S peaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Allen, who voices Buzz Lightyear in the movie franchise, hinted Reeves has a part similar to his own.

“Keanu Reeves has got a great part. Even he said, gentle wonderful guy that he is, ‘this sounds too much like Buzz Lightyear’ and his character does have an edge to that.”

Allen said the fourth instalment was “deep and moving”.

But he did not reveal any more details about Reeves’ character, other than to say it is smaller than Buzz Lightyear.

Last week the first trailer for Toy Story 4 was released which revealed a new character Forky, a spork which has been turned into a toy as a craft project.

Forky is voiced by comedian Tony Hale, who has appeared in hit

Keanu Reeves

comedies Arrested Development and Veep.

The film is directed

by Josh Cooley and sees the toys end up on a road trip alongside old and new friends. Allen said the film’s last scene was very emotional.

“Hanks said it best of course, he always says stuff best - but the last scene of that movie, I couldn’t even get through it. and I thought there

were pages after it.

“I read it and I had to turn around from looking at it in the studio, it was so emotional.”

He compared it with the classic final scene of Gone With the Wind.

“It’s a ‘Scarlett, I don’t give a damn moment’,” he said.

Toy Story 4 is scheduled to be released in the UK on 21 June 2019.

(BBC)

(L-R) Pema Khadu, Salman Khan and Kiren Rijiju.

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ollywood superstar Salman Khan went cycling with Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju in Arunachal Pradesh to promote an adventure festival here.

Rijiju on Friday posted a string of photographs and captioned it: “Hearty congratulations to the winners of Dalmia MTB Arunachal Hornbill’s Flight 2018 Cycling Race.

Hats off to the para-cyclists, women cyclists and the local participants who competed with some of the top cyclists of the world.”

Salman was attending the concluding ceremony of Dalmia MTB Arunachal Hornbill’s Flight 2018 and the beginning of Adventure at Mechuka in Arunchal’s West Siang District. The “Dabangg” star donated Rs 22 lakh for the event.

The 52-year-old star on Thursday promised to shoot for his upcoming film in the scenic state.

Mechuka is about 29 km from India-China border and around 500 km from Arunachal’s capital Itanagar.

(IANS)

D&G: China shopping sites pull products

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olce & Gabbana products have been pulled from Chinese e-commerce sites as the backlash against a controversial ad campaign grows.

The firm posted videos this week showing a Chinese model struggling to eat pasta and pizza with chopsticks.

The campaign was accused of trivialising Chinese culture and promoting unflattering stereotypes.

The controversy risks alienating Dolce & Gabbana from one of the world’s biggest luxury markets.

Local celebrities have called for a boycott of the brand.

The brand crisis deepened when messages allegedly written by co-founder Stefano Gabbana, which included offensive comments about Chinese people, went viral.

The firm apologised for any offence but said it and Gabbana’s Instagram accounts had been hacked.

It offered a fresh apology

on Friday. The South China Mor ning Post published a video showing Gabbana and co-founder Domenico Dolce appealing for their “misunderstanding of Chinese culture” to be forgiven.

The Italian firm cancelled its fashion show in Shanghai earlier this week.

But the backlash has continued as retailers in China retreated from the brand.

On Friday, Dolce & Gabbana products were not available in China on major e-commerce sites Taobao and JD.com, as well as smaller platforms Kaola and Secoo.

Alina Ma, associate director of research at market insights firm Mintel, said the advert left Chinese consumers confused and appeared to show the company did not understand them.

“They want a brand that knows them, that makes them feel that they are important,” Ma said.

(BBC)

Chris Martin is praying for a Take That audition

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ita Ora may have one number one album to her name but Take That have seven.

Today they’ve released Odyssey; a collection of their hits re-worked to mark their upcoming 30th anniversary, with a few new tracks thrown in for good measure.

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dream to join the boy/manband for years.

“I’m waiting to hear from my favourite boyband of all time, Take That, and they never call me and I’m never gonna give up.”

He added: “Each night I pray that you’ll want me in your band

someday.”

See what he’s done there?

Pray...

Check out the new piano ballad version of the 1993 track below, complete with retro video.

The lads will head out on tour next year, so Chris will want to keep April and May free in his diary.

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Aus, India match called off due to rain

Kante signs Chelsea deal until 2023

L o n d o n, N ov 2 3 (Agencies): Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has signed a new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge, the Premier League club announced on Friday.

Kante, signed from Leicester in 2016, has been an ever-present in the league for Maurizio Sarri’s side this season. Kante said, “I’m happy to extend my time with Chelsea. It has been two beautiful years and I wish for more to come.

Since I came, I completely improved as a player, challenged myself and got some awards I never thought about.” Kante, whose new deal will keep him at Chelsea until 2023, signed a five-year contract when he joined the club in 2016 for a fee reported to be around £30 million ($38.5 million).

spilled a difficult diving catch behind the wickets with D’Arcy Short (14) getting a life on 7. Two balls later, Chris Lynn (13), on nought, should have been caught at fine leg, only for Jasprit Bumrah (1-20) to spill it over the rope and for a six.

Ahmed did strike in the fourth over and pegged Australia back as Lynn was caught in the deep going for another big one. Two overs later, he bowled Short and India’s missed chances

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School education department, the overall champions of the sports week with their trophy and special invitees during the closing ceremony.

D im a p u r , N ov 2 3 (NPN): Education department emerged as the overall champions of 4th Dimapur district inter departmental sports week.

Commissioner of Police Dimapur, Limasunep Jamir (IPS) who graced the closing ceremony as the special guest congratulated all the winners and the par-

at times and work tirelessly to see through different situations. Therefore, he felt that the sports week was a good break for the employees.

Later the special guest handed over the overall championship trophy to the Education department and overall runners up trophy to the Youth Resources and Sports department.

1st Death Anniversary

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

of our beloved Lt. Ngongo Mhashan J. Patton It’s been a year since you left for Heaven. Life goes on but, being without you is the hardest part.

Your life was a blessing, your memories a treasure.

Dear Ngongo, you are always loved, never forgotten & forever missed.

Loving Dad & all your loved ones.

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Participants of Salesian College of Higher Education sports meet on Friday.

D im a p u r , N ov 2 3 (NPN): The five day long annual sports meet of Salesian College of Higher Education (SCHE) concluded on Friday.

Green house emerged as overall champions of the annual meet. Blue house secured the first runners up

while Red house and Yellow house came third and fourth respectively. Events like football, basket ball, volleyball, pillow fight, long jump, high jump, running races, fancy dress, declamation, extempore and mega dances competitions were conducted during the

meet. At the valedictory function, Fr. V. A. Thomas, Director of SCHE underscored the importance of giving the very best and the value of unity to achieve anything.

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A heartfelt thanks to everyone, who stood by us during the prolonged illness and demise of our beloved Mother Late Rapo Jami, who left us on 16/11/2018 to be forever with the Lord.

May the Lord Almighty repay in kind to each and every soul who shouldered the sorrow with us, in our moment of sadness.

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Loving, Sons, Daughter Grand Children & Family Members

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE

The Shena Old Union Dimapur Area (SOUDA) in deep sorrow and agony mourns over the demise of Late Ghoikhü Kits who passed away on 17th Nov. 2018 from Zion Hospital Dimapur.

Late Ghoikhü Kits was highly respected; who in his many roles served as the Chairman SOUDA (1991-97, 2004-2007), Founder and President of All Nagaland Private Bus Union, (1988- till date), (DMC) Dimapur Municipal Council Member (2004-2009), Council Chairman of United Colony, Ward No.-20 (01/04/2016- till date).

The Shena Old Union Dimapur Area (SOUDA) is mindful that no words or deeds offered can ever truly erase the pain of loss and the union prays to grant strength and solace to the bereaved families and also prays for the departed soul to rest in peace.

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Loving Wife, Children & Relatives.

Born in 1944 – Died on 24/11/2016

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved

Lt. MUSHOSING SANGTAM

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15th November, 2018 Your loving presence, prayers, thoughtfulness and kind words has brought solace to our family during the most difficult moments of sickness and loss of our beloved father, Late S. Imdongjungba Lemtur (Mopungchuket).

Words are inadequate to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual for your prayer, sympathy and generous support in cash and in kind. We extend our thanks and profound appreciation to relatives, friends, neighbors, churches and all well-wishers for being with us sharing our sorrows. May the God Almighty bless you all abundantly.

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ticipants. Appreciating the district administration and the organisers for holding such event, he remarked it as a good concept which creates a sense of competitiveness and a spirit of oneness. While stating that employees posted at Dimapur district are the privileged lot, Jamir maintained that they have to work the extra mile

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D im a p u r , N ov 2 3 (NPN): Dimapur District Table Tennis Association (DDTTA) has convened a general meeting on November 26 at 2 pm at the Multipurpose Stadium to discuss important matters about the association.

Therefore, all office bearers and registered members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

on Sunday.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-20) and Khaleel Ahmed (2-39) shared four wickets to rock the Australian toporder and reduce them to 41-4 at one stage.

Kumar then str uck with his second delivery, dismissing Aaron Finch (0) caught behind.

But there were hiccups.

The swing bowler should have had at least a couple of more wickets, but was twice unlucky in the third over.

First, Rishabh Pant

D im a p u r , N ov 2 3 (NPN): Chakhesang Baptist Church Ministers’ Hill, Kohima (CBCMHK) Men Fellowship 2018 sports meet got underway Friday at Jakhama local ground.

Rev. Zapovil Sophie, Senior Pastor, Jakhama Baptist Church (JBC) offered the dedicatory prayer and declared the sports meet open.

In group A, Lerie Sector Church defeated Chandmari-PWD-Town Area 2-0, Lower Forest defeated Jail-Para Medical 5-0, Lerie Sector Church and Old Minister’s HillPoterlane played a goalless draw, and Old Ministers’ Hill-Poterlane defeated Lower Forest 2-1.

In group B, AG Colony defeated Supply-PR Hill-Officers’ Hill 1-0, New Ministers’ Hill-Aradura defeated and Agri-Electrical played a 1-1 draw, and Upper Forest-Science College defeated Supply-PR HillOfficers’ Hill 1-0.

Meanwhile, Day 2 will witness both the football competition and tug of war.

Dimapur district inter departmental sports

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DDTTA general meeting on Nov 26

Australia’s Glenn Maxwell bats during the Twenty20 international cricket match between India and Australia in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday. (AP/PTI)

didn’t cost them too much.

The longer boundaries further aided India as Bumrah had Marcus Stoinis (4) caught in the deep in the seventh over to put the hosts under more pressure.

Glenn Maxwell (19) and Ben McDermott (32 not out) added 21 runs for the fifth wicket to stem the rot, but Krunal Pandya (1-26) struck to remove dangerman Maxwell.

The spinner found some grip and a hint of turn as Maxwell was bowled in the 11th over.

Kuldeep Yadav (1-23) too made his presence felt, chipping in with Alex Carey’s (4) dismissal, sending the prominently Indian crowd into raptures.

Australia somehow managed to cross the 100mark in the 16th over, thanks to a 27-run partnership between Nathan Coulter-Nile (18) and McDermott.

Coulter-Nile hit two sixes and a four during his nine-ball stay. McDermott held one end together and put on 31 runs off 20 balls with Andrew Tye (12 not out), providing a little impetus to the innings before rain halted proceedings.

CBCMHK men’s sports meet underway

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Melbourne, Nov 23 (PTI): The second T2O International between India and Australia was called off due to intermittent rain on Friday, undoing the visitors’ good work with the ball and denying them an opportunity to level the three-match series.

India were naturally disappointed at not getting a go at the target which was revised thrice due to rain.

Australia had scored 132 for seven in 19 overs when the first spell of rain arrived at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

India’s target was initially revised to 137 runs in 19 overs before more rain made it 90 runs from 11 overs and then 46 from five overs. Nearly 90 minutes were lost due to the fickle weather before the game was eventually called off at 10.02 pm local time.

Rain playing hide and seek was not just frustrating for the players but also for the 60,000 plus crowd gathered at the iconic venue.

With the match not producing a result, India now can only level the series in the final game in Sydney

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018

We, the bereaved family members of Late Horiba (Chungtor) express our heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals, organisations, communities, churches, neighbours, well wishers & friends, who shared our sorrow through your unceasing prayers, physical, financial and material help, during his brief illness and sudden demise on 14/11/2018 at Tuensang Town.

Though we are unable to thank Born on 13/03/1952 – Died on 14/11/2018 each & every one of you, it is our humble prayer to our Almighty God to bless all of you abundantly.

Special thanks goes to : 1. Sangtam Baptist Church/Women Ministry/ Prayer Group and BYE of Tuensang Town, Kohima Town, Chungtor village & Jail Colony Fellowship Tuensang.

2. Sangtam Union Tuensang Town.

3. Kiphire Dist. Sangtam Union Tuensang.

4. Tuensang Village Pilashi Citizen.

5. Chungtor Village Union & Women Society of Tuensang Town & Longkhim Town.

7. Doctors & Nurses of Kohima Clinic Kohima.

8. Contractors & Suppliers Union Tuensang Dist.

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Loving wife, children, grandchildren, in-laws & relatives

24-11-2017

A year has passed since you left us for your eternal home. We still love and remember you dearly in your hearts.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Late I. Atemla Walling (Alongtaki)

9th February 1947 – 12th November 2018 We the bereaved family members of Late I. Atemla Walling humbly convey our heartfelt gratitude to all individuals, neighbours, friends, churches, union, organization, and all well wishers who stood with us in prayer, physically, morally, mentally, financially and materially during the prolonged illness and at the demise of our beloved mother on 12th November, 2018.

We truly regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually and personally but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Sonia in final; Simranjeet settles for bronze New Delhi, Nov 23 (Agencies): Sonia Chahal’s dream debut at the Women’s World Boxing Championship continued as she stormed in the 57kg final on Friday with a dominating victory over North Korea’s Jo Son Hwa at the KD Jadhav Hall in New Delhi.

Sonia defeated Jo Son 5:0 with a unanimous verdict from all the judges to join Mary Kom in the final of the event and assure India of at least one more silver medal.

Earlier, Mary Kom assured India of at least a silver by entering the 48kg final with a 5:0 win over North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi. Later in the day, Simranjeet Kaur had to settle for a bronze after a split decision loss to China’s Dou Dan in the 64kg semifinals.

Simranjeet lost 4:1 to Dou despite being the aggressor for most part of the match. Simranjeet landed

India’s Sonia Chahal (in blue) is declared winner against North Korea’s Jo Son Hwa in women’s feather-weight (54-57 kg) category semifinal match on Friday. (PTI)

some real blows on her Chinese opponent throughout the first and third round of the bout.

The second round was a bit low with none of the boxers being able to breach through each other’s defences.

However, eventually

the judges ruled in favour of Dou and Simranjeet’s fantastic tournament came to an end.

Sonia started off on the backfoot with Jo Son take lead in the early seconds but she more than made up for a slow start with an impressive last 15

seconds of the first round of three minutes.

Sonia’s nimble footwork, reach and her hefty left hand came to her aid as she landed sharp punches on her North Korean opponent.

North Korea has put up an excellent display in

Kohima volleyball tournament final today

Winter Cricket Challenge from Dec 19

The match between Kenozou Youth Organisation (blue) and Unified Sporting Club Kiruphema in progress on Friday. (NP)

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Ko h i m a , N ov 2 3 (NPN): The grand finale of the 6th Kohima District Open Volleyball Tournament (Men & Women) will be held on Saturday at 1:00 pm at Kohima local ground. The tournament is being organised by Kohima District Volleyball Association (KDVA).

In Friday’s quarter final matches, Kiruphema Youth Organisation de-

feated Khwiino Spikers, Khonoma by 3-2 sets while Kenuozou Youth Organisation overpowered Unified Sporting Club, Kiruphema in three straight sets in men’s category.

Neichazou Volleyball Club, Mima defeated Zenith Club, Kezo Town by 3-1 sets while Phesama Youth Organisation registered victory over Nerhema Youth Organisation by 3-1 sets.

Phesama Youth Or-

ganisation will face Kenuozou Youth Organisation in the first semi final on Saturday at 9:00 am. Kiruphema Youth Organisation will face Neichazou Volleyball Club in the second finals.

Meanwhile, the 9th and 10th league match in women’s category will start from 9:00 am.

Col. Debraj Bhattacharya, Commandant 3rd Assam Rifles will grace the closing ceremony as special guest.

D i m ap u r , N ov 2 3 (NPN): The 23rd edition of Winter Cricket Challenge, organised by Senior Noble Klan, will begin from December 19 at local ground, Wokha.

In this years’ edition, the tournament will be played on a first round group league matches to a final countdown knock out from second round. Each team will be allowed to have only 3 out stationed players (outside the state players) in order to encourage and give more space and opportunity to young local talents. The tournament shall carry a total booty of Rs.1.3 lakh along with a running trophy and certificate.

Registration form can be obtained from NK Enterprise, Opposite SBI, Wokha, Nagaland. Registration shall be opened from December 1 till December 15. For further queries, interested clubs and teams can contact 7005617279, 7005775828 or 9436428049.

the World Championship this year and so did Jo Son so far but on Friday, Sonia outsmarted her opponent in the later stages of the bout.

Sonia had read Jo Son’s style of play and footwork in the first round itself and played her counter attacking game to perfection to win the bout hands down.

Sonia said that she got her aggressive mode in the final round of the bout and that was beneficial for her.

“It was a tough bout. I knew I had to play counter like I usually do but last round, I got aggressive and that paid dividends,” Sonia said after the match.

Sonia looked confident about the final and said she will fight for a gold medal tomorrow.

“I am all prepared for the final. I will fight and get gold.” Sonia will be up against Germany’s Wahner Ornella Gabriele in the final on Saturday, who defeated Netherland’s Betrian Jemyma 5:0.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018

ISL: NE Utd beat Kerala 2-1

Players of NorthEast United FC and Kerala Blasters during their match on Friday.

Guwahati, Nov 23 (Agencies): Late goals from Bartholomew Ogbeche (90+3’) and Juan Mascia (90+6’) helped NorthEast United edge past Kerala Blasters 2-1 in a thrilling game in Guwahati.

Eelco Schattorie’s team have moved to the third spot on the table with 14 points.

M atej Popla tnik opened the scoring in the 73rd minute but Sandesh Jhingan clashed into the back of Juan Mascia in injury time and the visitors were punished with a penalty. Bartholomew Ogbeche stepped up and converted from 12 yards to equalise late into added time.

The Highlanders were

gifted no less than half a dozen corners in the first thirty minutes but none of them produced a goal.

On the other front, NorthEast United were constantly tested by the pair of Halicharan Narzary and Seiminlen Doungel.

The duo created most of the Blasters’ chances with Narzary even hitting the near post in the 37th minute.

Doungel had a chance to finish off from the rebound but hit it over the bar.

An unmarked Matej Poplatnik managed to head the ball in from substitute Zakeer Mundampara’s corner kick to break the deadlock against the run of play.

Federico Gallego was at his brilliant best as he kept the Blasters defenders on his toes. But it was Mascia who changed the complexion of the game.

Sandesh Jhingan brought down Mascia inside the box in the first minute of stoppage time.

Ogbeche made no mistake from the spot as his powerful attempt was too much for Dheeraj.

Two minutes later, Kadam’s cross was met

by Borges who managed to hold off his marker and feed the ball to Mascia. The 24-year-old volleyed a shot into the net to score the winner and bring the Guwahati crowd to their feet.

Ranji Trophy: Meghalaya beat Nagaland by 6 wickets Shillong, Nov 23 (Agencies): Meghalaya have consolidated their position in second place after a thumping six-wicket win over Nagaland on the final day of their Ranji Trophy 2018-19 Plate Group Round Three match at the MCA Cricket Ground, Shillong on Friday.

Resuming their penultimate day at 332/8 in their second innings, with a lead of 49 runs, Nagalanad added another 39 to end their

innings at 371. Left-arm spinner Aditya Singhania, who snapped three wickets on Thursday, had his name written on both the scalps.

He first trapped debutant Jalal Uddin for a duck and then saw the back of Abrar Kazi, who scored a valiant 164 off 208.

H o w e v e r, d e s p i t e Kazi’s clinical knock, Nagaland were able to post a meagre 88-run target. For Meghalaya, Singhania was the pick of the bowlers with

five wickets in his 29.2 overs going for 52 runs. Singhania registered a fifer in just his third match.

In reply, left-arm pacer Pawan Suyal and off-spinner Tahmeed Rahman had Meghalaya reduced to 12/3 in five overs. Opener Raj Biswa was the first to go after he was trapped leg-before off Suyal in the first over. Captain JJ Lamara was then casted by Rahman for three in the fourth over.

Suyal returned to send

Tarique Siddique, who edged one behind, for 1.

Yogesh Nagar and Puneet Bisht then steadied the innings before Tahmeed had Nagar (29) caught by Imliwati. Bisht and Gurinder Singh ensured Meghalaya suffered no more casualties as they helped the home side to their second win of the season.

In the next match, Nagaland will play against Manipur at Dimapur from December 6 to 9.

India crash out of women’s World T20

Amy Jones scored 53 runs for England and hit the winning runs at the end of the game.

North Sound, Nov 23 (IANS): India crashed out of the ICC women’s World T20 after going down to England by 8 wickets in the second semi-final at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here on Friday.

In what turned out as a golden opportunity to avenge their ICC 50-over World Cup final loss to England, India were handicapped by a lower order batting collapse that saw them being bundled out for a meagre 112 after opting to bat.

In the summit clash, No.2 ranked England will face traditional rivals World No.1 Australia, who outclassed defending champi-

ons and hosts West Indies by 71 runs in the other semifinal of the day.

On a pitch that demanded technique and patience, England’s chase of 113 got off to a tricky start with the opening duo of Danielle Wyatt (8) and Tammy Beaumont (1) departing early, thanks to Deepti Sharma and Radha Yadav.

England could soon have lost their third wicket in the form of top scorer Natalie Sciver (54 not out off 43 balls; 4X5) had Poonam Yadav not dropped her at midwicket off Anuja Patil when the right-hander was on two.

Even after that Har-

manpreet Kaur’s ploy of continuing with the slower bowlers for the first 10 overs gave the English duo of Sciver and stumper Amy Ellen Jones (51 not out off 42; 4X3, 6X1), the license to adjust accordingly.

The right-handed pair came all guns blazing, with Amy taking the attack to the opposition with her aggressive stroke play before Natalie matched her shot for shot to first bring up their respective fifties, and take England to their fourth World Cup final with 17 balls to spare. Earlier, India’s ploy to leave out the veteran Mithali Raj on a pitch that demanded techinique and

patience, backfired as the the women in blue squandered a brisk start before losing their last eight wickets for mere 23 runs to fold for a meagre total.

Smriti Mandhana (34 off 23; 4X5, 6X1) top scored for India, getting the team to a quick 43-run start with stumper Taniya Bhatia (11) before young Jemimah Rodrigues came up with a runa-ball 26 to solidify things.

At 89/3 in the 14th over, the platform was set for skipper Harmanpreet (16 off 20; 6X1) to launch the attack for another massive total but unfortunately the Indian innings got derailed from there on.

India kept losing wickets in heaps with the next seven batters falling like nine pins and even failing to reach the double digits.For the English women, skipper Heather Knight was the pick of the bowlers, returning 3/9 while Kirstie Gordon and Sophie Ecclestone contributed well by taking two wickets each.

Brief Scores: India 112 (Smriti Mandhana 34, Jemimah Rodrigues 26; Heather Knight 3/9, Kirstie Gordon 2/20, Sophie Ecclestone 2/22) lose to England 116/2 (Natalie Sciver 54 not out, Amy Ellen Jones 51 not out; Radha Yadav 1/20) by 8 wickets.

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