October 13, 2019

Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXIX No. 307

DIMAPUR, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.00

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Naga flag & constitution not compromised: NNPGs

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, OCT 12 (NPN): Working Committee (WC) of Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) has reiterated that it has not compromised with the aspiration of the Naga people on separate Naga national Flag and Constitution adding these were an integral part of the ongoing negotiation.

Highly placed source in the WC of NNPGs informed Nagaland Post that the committee held a marathon meeting with government of India’s Representative and Interlocutor to Naga Peace Talks, R. N. Ravi on Saturday in New Delhi, where it reiterated the desire of Nagas for separate Naga national flag and constitution.

The source said both the negotiating parties arrived at a mutual understanding that since the issue could not be resolved at the present juncture, it would be would be pursued through democratic political process post-solution.

DCCF reacts to DVC claim DIMAPUR, OCT 12 (NPN): Reacting to Diphupar Village Council (DVC)’s claim that Diphupar Communities Chairman Forum (DCCF) was an unrecognized forum, the DCCF Saturday clarified that the forum did not seek any recognition or de-recognition from DVC. In a press release, DCCF convenor Vhimala Medom and secretary Zuchumo Mozhui said the forum was a common platform formed for all communities of Diphupar village for maintaining harmony and coexistence irrespective of tribes.

Stating that the forum was always concerned about the overall development of the village, the signatories said when misappropriation of village fund came to its knowledge, the forum attempted to sort out in consultation with DVC, but failed after argument developed between DCCF and DVC. However, they said the matter was ultimately solved in the presence of DC Dimapur on October 8, 2018. In the light of the above, DCCF has appealed to DVC to focus on development of the village by judiciously using the fund received from the government instead of making unfounded or baseless allegation against DCCF.

This is it!

“Though our villagers are poor, yet they want a big and beautiful church.”

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Keeping in mind the Naga people’s desire and support for early solution the source said the negotiating parties have resolved to conclude the talk at the earliest.

Meanwhile, in a bid for concluding the ongoing peace process and fulfil the three-month timeframe, the government of India’s Representative and Interlocutor to Naga Peace Talks R.N. Ravi has called for a consultative meeting with Primary Stakeholders, church leaders and civil society organisations on October 18, 2:30 p.m. at Japfu Hotel, Kohima.

Reliable sources have confirmed that invitation for the meeting was sent to Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC), Nagaland GB Federation (NGBF), United Naga Council (UNC) and 14 Naga tribes of Nagaland.

It maybe be mentioned that WC of NNPGs through its convenor, N Kitovi Zhimomi, in an exclusive interview to Nagaland Post on October 6, asserted that

the committee was ready to conclude the talk.

NNPGs had also made it clear that the solution to Naga peace talk should not be kept on hold as there was “no problem between Government of India and Nagas of Nagaland”.

Seven g roups of NNPGs which entered the Naga Peace Process at the later part of 2017 signed an agreement with government of India on November 17, 2017, which the former termed as “agreed position” or “preamble”.

Governor of Nagaland, who is also the Interlocutor, is in Delhi held both formal and informal meetings with leaders of NSCN (I-M) and WC of NNPGs leaders within this week. All negotiating parties were likely to hold another round of meeting, separately, next week.

With the three-month time-frame expiring within couple of weeks, government of India and the negotiating parties were keen to iron out issues or loose ends before inking the final agreement.

Fuel prices cut for 3rd day in a row DIMAPUR, OCT 12 (NPN): State-run oil marketing companies decreased prices of petrol and diesel for the third consecutive day Saturday.

Across major cities of the country, petrol prices went down 9-10 paise while diesel prices witnessed a cut of 14-16 paise. In New Delhi, petrol was retailing at Rs 73.32 per litre and diesel became 14 paise cheaper and was selling at Rs 66.46 per litre.

After today revision, petrol price in Dimapur dropped to Rs 71.25 per litre and diesel was being sold at Rs. 64.24 per litre.

In the state capital, a litre of petrol and diesel was retailing at Rs. 71.77 and Rs. 64.71 respectively.

The price of petrol has been reduced by a total Rs. 1.10-1.22 per litre in the four metros so far this month, and the rate of diesel cut by 87-99 paise per litre.

Currently, oil marketing companies such as Indian Oil Corporation - the country’s largest fuel retailer - review the fuel rates every day and any changes are implemented at the fuel pumps at 6 am.

Relief eludes water-logged colony residents Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, OCT 12 (NPNL): Several parts of Dimapur were reeling due to water logging following incessant showers over the past few days, affecting hundreds of people.

Areas such as Namgalong colony, Bank colony, Police colony, Ragailong colony, Chungaizang colony, Bangjak Phom colony etc, were the most affected as water level rose to as high as waist-deep in some areas due to clogged drains.

It was reported that Bangjak Phom colony was worst affected where over 100 households were inundated by rainwater.

Speaking to Nagaland Post, GB of Namgalong colony, Burma Camp ward 5, P Kamei said the water logging caused by clogged drains was a regular occurrence even during short spells of rain. Some of the colony residents expressed dismay that over the past years, no official from Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) visited their area.

When asked if the residents had sought any relief from the NSDMA , they said that instead of the vis-

Residents wade through waist-deep floodwater at Bangjak Phom colony. (Inset) A boy clearing drainage to allow free flow of water at Walford colony. (NP)

iting the areas, the officials told them to apply for relief through the DC’s office.

The relief was to be applied through formatted forms attached with photographic evidences, and to be countersigned by an engineer. The residents claimed that they get around Rs. 3000 per household, that also after almost a year after submitting the filled up forms. Only in certain situa-

tions, the affected would get more than Rs. 3000 from the department said an elderly woman.

When this Reporter visited the site, some of the affected people were sheltered by neighbours while some were compelled to buy food as their kitchens were totally under water.

Meanwhile, DC Dimapur, Kevekha Kevin Zehol visited the flooded areas of

Bangjak Phom colony.

A makeshift camp was also provided for the affected households, where Indian Red Cross, Dimapur district branch donated tarpaulin/tent, essential commodities like potatoes, oil, onions. Rotary Club also donated drinking water, while rice and other essential commodities like dal were provided by district administration.

Modi, Xi resolve to start a new chapter of cooperation Archbishop of Shillong dies in road mishap MAMALLAPURAM, OCT 12 (PTI): India and China on Saturday resolved to start a new chapter of cooperation while prudently managing their differences, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed several key issues, including ways to enhance trade and investment and confidence building measures, during their nearly seven-hour oneon-one talks spread over two days in this ancient coastal town.

The significant outcome of the second Modi-Xi informal summit included setting up of a new high-level mechanism to boost trade and investment, China’s assurance to address India’s concerns in negotiations for the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), security cooperation and additional confidence building measures to maintain peace on border.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping, at Fisherman’s Cove in Kovalam near Mamallapuram. (PTI)

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, addressing a press conference at the end of the summit, said the Kashmir issue was not raised or discussed during the deliberations, but said the Chinese leader briefed Modi about Pakistan Prime Minister

Imran Khan’s visit to Beijing earlier in the week.

“The two leaders had an in-depth exchange of views in a friendly atmosphere on overarching, longterm and strategic issues of global and regional importance,” Gokhale said,

at the end of Xi’s nearly 24-hour visit. A new era of cooperation will start between India and China on Saturday with the “Chennai Connect”, Prime Minister Modi said in his remarks at the delegation level talks after a 90-minute one-onone conversation with Xi in a luxury resort overlooking the Bay of Bengal.

Xi said their “candid”, “heart-to-heart” discussions on bilateral relations were “in-depth” and “good”, noting that maintaining and expanding the Sino-India relations is a firm policy of his government.

“The Wuhan spirit gave a new momentum and trust to our relations. Today, our Chennai Connect will lead to the start of a new era of cooperation between the two countries,” Modi said, referring to outcome arrived at the first informal summit between the two leaders at the Chinese city in April last year.

SHILLONG, OCT 12 (AGENCIES): Archbishop of Shillong Archdiocese, Most Rev Dominic Jala died in a car accident in California, United States of America on October 11 (Indian time) sending shock and gloom across Meghalaya and the Catholic community in the North East region.

The North East Regional Bishops’ Council (NERBC), through a press communiqué, stated that after the Ad Limina visit of the Bishops of North East India in Rome, Rev Dominic Jala had gone to the US to attend a meeting of the ICEL (International Commission for English Liturgy) and to meet some of his friends.

The Catholic Bishops, in a condolence message issued by Rev.John Moolachira, the Archbishop of Guwahati and president of NEIRBC, expressed deep grief at the death of Archbishop of Shillong Archdio-

Dominic Jala

cese Rev. Dominic Jala C o n d o l e n c e s h ave poured in from cross sections of the society including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his tweet, PM Modi expressed anguish over the passing away of Most Rev. Dominic Jala, the Archbishop of Shillong.

“He will be remembered for his impeccable service to society and passion towards Meghalaya’s progress.

May his soul rest in peace,” tweeted the Prime Minister today.

Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma said,

“it is a sad day for our state with the sudden demise of our dear Archbishop, Dominic Jala who passed away in California. He had a close relationship with my family and had always guided me on several issues for the interest of the people. May his soul rest in eternal peace.”

Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio also joined in extending his condolences and tweeted, “Saddened to hear the passing away of Most Rev. Dominic Jala Archbishop of Shillong, Meghalaya. A personality of faith who dedicated his life to the message of the Gospel, his death is a loss to the Church. Condolences to the clergy, religious & laity of the archdiocese of Shillong.”

Officials of the Mary Help of Christians Cathedral informed that as they await the mortal remains of the Acrhbishop to arrive, they will be having a Concelebrated Mass at the Cathedral everyday at 5.30 p.m.

GoI trying backtrack on commitments: NSCN (I-M) CAB: NPF accuses NDPP of shifting blame DIMAPUR, OCT 12 (NPN): NSCN (I-M) has accused the Government of India (GoI) that the latter, after 22 years long intensive negotiations, was now trying to twist and backtrack on their commitments and words so that the hard-earned Framework Agreement is nullified on any pretext.

NSCN (I-M), through its MIP, also expressed surprised that the Government of India was also “trying to hijack the outcome of the talks by using a section of people who are not mandated and do not represent the Naga people and the Naga national issue.”

NSCN (I-M) maintained that any proposed solution that betrays the Naga national issue will be but repetition of the past mistakes.

“We are sure it will

be a great loss for both the two peoples if we miss this finest opportunity. After all, the truth never dies.

No power in history has ever destroyed it,” NSCN (I-M) asserted.

Having realized the reality that the case of the Nagas was political, not that of law and order problem of India, talks between the Government of India and the NSCN (I-M) began resulting in the signing of the cease-fire agreement on 1st August, 1997, MIP stated.

It said Government of India had recognized the unique history and situation of the Nagas in the subsequent talks held on July 11, 2002. This meant that the Nagas were never a part of the Union of India nor that of Burma either by conquest of the two powers or by consent of the Nagas,

NSCN (I-M) stated.

Basing on the recognized unique history and situation of the Nagas, both GoI and NSCN signed the historic Framework Agreement on 3rd of August, 2015.

NSCN (I-M) said that the BJP government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took bold and positive step after having recognized the sovereignty of the Nagas, stating that “in keeping with the universal principle of democracy, sovereignty of the Nagas lies with the Naga people.”

It had also stated that the inclusive durable peaceful ‘co-existence of the two entities’ was based on the principle of ‘sharedsovereignty.

B y i n c l u s ive n e s s, NSCN said it meant- inclusive of all Nagas in all

areas and all aspects of agreed competencies, and it cannot be misconstrued/ interpreted as Union of India.

Further, NSCN (I-M) asserted that the Naga national flag was the symbol of the recognized Naga entity.

“It is the covenant of God with the Naga people and the commitment of the Naga people to God. The Constitution of the Nagas is the book form of the recognized sovereignty and mutually agreed competencies,” NSCN (I-M) stated.

While pointing out that NSCN was deeply committed to the Framework Agreement, and that it will stand by it at all costs in all events, MIP at the same time said it strongly opposed the imposition of one’s will on the other.

DIMAPUR, OCT 12 (NPN): Charging the NDPP of questioning what the then chief minister, TR Zeliang, was doing in 2016 instead of accepting its shortcomings on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), the Naga People’s Front (NPF) Saturday asserted that diverting issues and shifting blame onto others has become the “professional trademark” of NDPP. Seeking to set the record straight, NPF through its press bureau pointed out that the CAB was proposed in the Lok Sabha on July 15, 2016 and referred to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on August 12, 2016 when the present chief minister, Neiphiu Rio, was the Lok Sabha MP from May 2014 to February 2018.

“This fact cannot be

denied by anyone,” NPF added.

NPF has, therefore, questioned how could the blame be shifted to the NPF party today when Rio himself was the lone Lok Sabha MP representing the NPF Party at that point in time? “This is like spitting at one’s own face,” NPF stated. It also questioned what was the purpose of Rio representing the state in the Lok Sabha if not for facilitating such affairs between his people and the parliament?

As MP representing Nagaland, NPF said it was his “bounden duty” to have consulted the state government back home while taking into confidence the voice of the Naga people since CAB was referred to JPC which took over a year.

However, NPF alleged

that Rio failed to do it because he was “ignorant” of what was going on in the Parliament during his tenure.

“Moreover, he was spending sleepless nights master-minding crisis, one after another, to topple the then NPF led DAN Government in the State,” NPF claimed.

Further, pointing out that special provision of Ar ticle-371(G), which came into effect following Mizo Accord and Assam Accord, which gave birth to NRC, safeguard the interest of the indigenous people of Mizoram and Assam, the NPF said that similarly the 16-Point Agreement that led to the birth of Article 371(A) was intended to safeguard the interest of the indigenous people of Nagaland.

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World Hospice & Palliative Care Day in CIHSR

DIMAPUR: Christian Institute of Health Sciences & Research (CIHSR) observed The World Hospice and Palliative Care Day-cum-Palliative care awareness on October 11, as a unified day of action to celebrate and support the palliative care around the world.

A press release from Dr. Nepuni Athikho, HoD, Palliative Care Dept, CIHSR stated that, 12 churches from Chümoukedima area, nursing students and the staff of CIHSR participated in the programme. Dr. Sedevi Angami, director, CIHSR exposed the theme “My Care, My Right” where he stressed about the importance of palliative care and the need for the public to demand for essential palliative care services since the WHO declaration of pain and distressing symptoms a human right.

He also explained that the pain and distressing symptoms associated cancer and other life threatening

CIHSR staff, nursing students and members of 12 churches from Chümoukedima at the programme.

illness can be treated and eased with the concerted efforts of the palliative care team. He also emphasized the importance of raising palliative volunteer through churches, NGOs and the community to harness the full potential of palliative

care benefits as the volunteers bridge the care between the patient and the palliative care team.

Rontu Sangma, Pallium India, NE programme coordinator, Guwahati, briefed the gathering about Pallium India initiatives.

Dr. Shirley T Leivon, radiation oncologist, CIHSR, gave an introduction to the palliative care, the basics principles and palliative care services. Dr. Nepuni Athikho highlighted on the CIHSR palliative care to the people. Spiritual

and social support in palliative care was explored

by Aonuktsung Imchen, chaplain, CIHSR. Dr. ChubatolaAier, principal, CEdge College and Reubella Paulraj, family members of persons who have benefited from the palliative care services shared testimonials.

A group discussion and an exercise on how to carry palliative care forward in the local community was led by the palliative care team. T-shirt with the world hospice and palliative care day and CIHSR was distributed, funded by freewill contribution from patient’s families and Padampukhri Ao Baptist Church. The prizes were distributed to the winners of the CIHSR palliative care logo competition.

Earlier, invocation was given by Bino Peseyie, warden of Noksangchila Hostel, vote of thanks by Dr. Shirley T Leivon and closing prayer offered by pastor Razavolie, Tenyphe 1, Baptist Church.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2019

5 ACCCs of Dimapur and frontals rejoinder to NPCC DIMAPUR: All the 5 ACCCs and frontals held an emergency meeting at district Congress bhavan on October 12, wherein they expressed deep anguish over the statement made by the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) general secretary (Admn) N. Yona Konyak which appeared on local dailies on October 11 and 12 respectively.

A press release from1 Dimapur I A/C working president Lhokiye Chophy, 2 Dimapur II A/C vice president Sedevile Nagi, 3 Dimapur III A/C general secretary Richard, 4 Ghaspani I A/C Zhekhuyi Swu, 5 Ghaspani II A/C president Alex Yepthomi and DYC president Mukhe

Yimchunger stated that, Dimapur District Congress party workers were shocked to learn at how the president of 2 Dimapur II A/C was dragged into the party crisis that cropped up on October 2.

The release stated that, it was immature and irresponsible on the part of N. Yona Konyak general secretary (Admn) NPCC for defaming I. Asang Jamir without any fact findings and evidences accusing the party workers. It further stated that baseless allegation made by the NPCC by dragging I. Asang Jamir on the assault of Nagavito Swu was totally a blunder and misleading.

Subsequently, the dis-

rupting of 150th birth anniversary celebration of Mahatma Gandhi padyatra does not arise as it was never an ill intention nor I. Asang Jamir instigated the party workers as alleged, stated the release.

The signatories also stated that I. Asang Jamir was a humble innocent party loyalist, yet in spite of his selfless service rendered towards the party, the NPCC defaming him is not acceptable. The party workers of DDCC and frontals has therefore resolved and demanded that NPCC should revoke the suspension order and also tender unconditional apology through print media at the earliest.

news in Brief NNC-PB informs on Martyrs Day: NNC (Parent Body) has appealed all concerned and Naga national workers in particular, to prayerfully observe the Naga National Martyrs’ Day on October 18, in remembrance of the Naga martyrs who laid down their lives for freedom of Naga sovereignty.

GHSK bids farewell to headmaster BMMU Kuhuboto conducts convergence planning for SHGs/VLOs

Outgoing headmaster Ponnachan with staff, elders and leaders of the area.

DIMAPUR: Government High School Kiruphema (GHSK) bid farewell to outgoing headmaster, D Ponnachan (John) on October 11.

A press release from GHSK, stated that outgo-

ing headmaster Ponnachan shared his struggles and challenges faced by school for the upgradation work and acknowledged the selfless contribution of all leaders, elders and staffs of the school. He also thanked

SMC chairman, Kedovitha, for his selfless work. Chairman KFC, Thefungu, chairman, SMC, Kedovitha, senior most retired teacher, K Kuoyie, also shared their happy moments with the retired headmaster.

Excise Dept seizes illegal contraband

The two accused along with the consignment.

DIMAPUR: In a major haul of narcotic drugs, narcotic cell of Excise department, Nagaland, seized a total of 5,800 bottles of codeine cough syrup (LU cough) on October 11 at Excise check gate, Chumuke-

dima at around 1 p.m.

According to deputy commissioner of Excise (NC), S Chanlei Angh, based on suspicion, Excise narcotic cell duty party intercepted one Bolero pick up mini truck with Assam

DIMAPUR: Sensitisation on poverty reduction plan for the FY 2020-21 which is to be presented during the upcoming Gram Panchayat Development Plan by the SHGs was conducted by BMMU Kuhuboto, NSRLM. A press release from NSRL, BMMU Kuhuboto block programme manager Chenton Konyak stated, JE (RD) Tokiho Chophy encouraged the SHGs to come forward and take full benefit of the scheme. He said that through his experience working at RD department, he can strongly advocate that benefits of any

scheme can be received only through the willingness and participation of the beneficiaries.

Chenton Konyak, explained about the role of SHGs in the social and economic development and well being of the village and the society as a whole. Various aspects of the scheme were covered by respective thematic area coordinators in charge.

Earlier, programme was chaired by Zhevi Achumi, area coordinator BMMU Kuhuboto. The participants were VLO leaders, community cadres from all the villages under SHGs and VLOs with NSRLM officials.

RD block Kuhuboto.

registration number, and on frisking, recovered the drugs concealed below packaged drinking water bottles.

In this connection, two accused, namely, Sunny Malakar, 27 years, son of late Swapan Malakar and Tapan Deb, 30 years, son fo Gauvinda Deb, both residents of Bokajan, Assam, were arrested.

On initial interrogation, both accused admitted that they were trafficking drugs from Khakhati, Assam to Kohima and they were booked under relevant sections of the NDPS Act 1985 and forwarded to judi- Sunday School department of Nepali Baptist Church, Chümoukedima, held its ciary for further trial.

Outreach Ministry Programme at Nagaland Zoological Park Dimapur on October 8.

RBCAN organises minister’s seminar in Kohima

DIMAPUR: Rongmei Baptist Church Association Nagaland (RBCAN) organised a healthy minister’s seminar on September 28 at RBC Mhainamtsi with Dr. Wopanthung Ezung from Christian Health Care Ministry (CHCM), Kohima as the resource person.

A press release from RBCAN stated that, speaking during the seminar Dr. Ezung focused on the Biblical principles on how to live a healthy life, at the same time with his vast research and practice he emphasized and encourage on taking

natural herbs and plants that has medicinal benefits. Mathiuthai Gonmei, executive secretary of RBCAN highlighted the need of the hour to have healthy Christian leaders. K. Achung, president of RBCAN in his welcome address also supported that physical and spiritual health should be in balance so that the church today can do more for the kingdom of God. Seminar was attended by church leaders who are in fulltime ministry from all the churches and fellowships of RBCAN.

ATMA conducts various activities for farmers across Nagaland

F a r m e r s a n d AT M A o ff i c i a l s a t t h e t r a i n i n g Participants during the demonstration programme at Participants with resource persons at the farm Farmer participants with ATMA officials and coffee programme.

Satsukba village. school. saplings.

DIMAPUR: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) has been conducting various activities for the welfare of farmers and public across Nagaland.

ATMA Zunheboto: ATMA Zunheboto organized training on “empowering farmers on agripreunership” on October 9 under “Implementation of extension activities through agripreuners (ACABC) at CVO Zunheboto.

A press release from ATMA Zunheboto stated that, Shitovi entrepreuner Agri-clinic Zunheboto discussed the various strategies K Y M C

that the farmers can take up to achieve sustainable agriculture. He also discussed the various steps that farmers can take during the infestation of crops, biological as well as mechanical traps were also pointed out. He further stressed that organic farming will play a key role in bringing better income to the farmers in the near future.

The programme was chaired by Kaiho Achumi ATM Akuhaito block, who also discussed the importance of bio pesticides as a part of training and how the very bio pesticides will reshape, help in achieving

sustainable agriculture in the district.

Prog ramme ended with a feedback and discussion with the farmers. A total of 24 farmer representatives from different blocks attended the programme, followed by distribution of bio pesticides to the farmers.

ATMA Tsurangkong block: ATMA Tsurangkong block, Mokokchung conducted demonstration programme on cultivation practices of cauliflower on October 3 at Satsukba village.

A press release from ATMA Tsurangkong block

stated that, resource person Zulu ATM Tsurangkong block discussed the advantages of following scientific method of cultivation practices. He demonstrated the procedures of site selection, seed bed preparation, time of transplanting, spacing and irrigation. Training on integrated pest management was also conducted at Vikuto village on October 4 where resource person BTM Moanukshi highlighted on IPM which is a broad-based approach that integrates practices for economic control of pests. He advised them for minimum use of insecticide, pesticide etc.

ATMA Tsurangkong block also formed a food security group at Longtho village on October 1, wherein BTM Moanukshi encouraged the famers and highlighted about the work activities. Altogether 10 farmers attended.

ATMA Mangkolemba block: ATMA Mangkolemba block inaugurated farm school on arecanut plantation at Khar village under Mokokchung District on October 4.

A press release from AT M A M a n g k o l e m b a block, stated that resource person ATM, Alemnungla, trained farmers on nurs-

ery management and its benefits on inter cropping with different crops such as coffee, cardamom, banana, black pepper, betel vine and its alternative uses as disposal plates from the dried leaf sheet compose from the leaves.

The programme was lead by BTM, Limawapangla, and altogether 25 farmers attended the training programme.

AT M A K i k r u m a b l o c k : AT M A P h e k , Kikruma block conducted training, demonstration and capacity building programme on September 17 at Phusachodu village with 51

farmers in attendance.

A press release from ATMA Kikr uma block stated that resource persons were Chosevoyi, WDT member LRD Phek; Keduwete-ü Lomi BTM; Nusakho Nyekha ATM; Sedekounuo Kelio ATM and Kewe Rhakho ATM covering various topics on scope of coffee farming, cultivation practices of vegetable crops, nursery management, importance of organic farming.

Cardamom far mer Zahuyi Murao and Kütho SHG were awarded with cash for best performing individual farmer and group

under Kikruma block respectively.

A coffee farm school was also established at Phusachodu village with Kuhukro Chotso appointed as the farm school teacher.

Coffee saplings sponsored under the initiative of Levi Achumi DPO, LRD & PD ATMA Phek were distributed free of cost to all the farmers present alongside distribution of agricultural tools and seeds of various vegetable crops.

A similar kind of programme was also being held at Kikruma village attended by 64 farmers and ATMA officials.

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WEATHER FORECAST October 13

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sun

32 22

Aizawl

Mostly sunny and pleasant

Guwahati Hazy sun

29 18 32 21

Mostly sunny and pleasant

29 17

Itanagar Mostly sunny and pleasant

28 18

Shillong

Partly sunny with a shower

24 13

Kohima

A thunderstorm in the area

23 15

Imphal

Dimapur Sunshine and pleasant Mkg

Mostly sunny and pleasant

29 20 25 16

Tuensang Sunny to partly cloudy

19 11

Mostly sunny and nice

24 18

Wokha

NETHA certified-cum-NSTHA prog KSC EU jubilee celebration underway

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Zunheboto A thunderstorm in spots

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DIMAPUR, OCT 10 (NPN): North East Traditional Healers Association (NETHA) first (Traditional Certified Healers Programme (TCHP) certified-cum-Nagaland State Traditional Healers Association (NSTHA) launching programme was held Saturday, at NECU city campus, anchor building, Burma Camp Dimapur.

Speaking at the programme as special guest Health and Family Welfare, joint director Dr Vikato Kinimi reiterated about the government of Nagaland trying to set up separate Ayush department in the state.

He said that once the set up is declared, even traditional healer will fall under Ayush, Kinimi therefore encouraged the association to have better coordination with Ayush to promote traditional healers.

“We all will die one day but what you can do for others when you are alive is important”, he said.

Kinimi also congratulated the association saying it was another footstep going ahead and furthermore

Dr Vikato Kinimi joint director of H&FW speaking at the launching programme. (NP)

wished them the best and to continue utilise the God gifted talent towards the community in particular and society in general.

Short speech was also delivered by NECU vice chancellor professor D Khathing where he extended his greetings. He briefed about how the university started and how the university have been part of the programme.

He also spoke about the importance of recognizing their skills and talents carrying it in a traditional way towards community service.

He said that such service will also be taken

FSAC-cum-licensing of FBOs held

Food safety officials with frontline workers at District Hospital Kiphire on October 9.

DIMAPUR: Food safety wing under Health and Family Welfare Department, comprising of enforcement wing led by designated food safety officer, Kohima, Peterson Pongen, and analytical wing, led by asstt chemist, Kohima, Kovil Angami, conducted Food Safety Awareness Campaign (FSAC)-cumlicensing and registration of food business operators (FBOs) in Kiphire town on October 9 and 10 with team

members.

A press release from district media officer (NHM), CMO office, Kiphire, Atsali T, stated that the analytical wing demonstrated sample test to ASHAs and school children, for detection of daily used food items which can be tested in their own kitchen.

District programme officer (RCH & UIP), Dr. K. Pewezo Khalo encouraged school children to

apply food safety practices at homes and spread importance of it to the community.

He also appealed to community to remain alert on adulterated food items and to report to authority if any such were detected for appropriate action.

Food safety awareness campaign and demonstration on food item was also conducted with frontline health workers of Kiphire district on the same day.

up by the generation and will help the society. He, therefore encouraged the association to utilize for the betterment of the society.

The programme also announced the newly elected members of NSTHA which will be led by Isato Achumi as president, Hukuto Sema as vice president, Chuba Imkong Chang as general secretary along with eleven other members.

Felicitation was carried out by NETHA president Dr Hesheto Y Chishi where he maintained that the first certification programme started from

Tsonglaknyi festival held in Meriema DIMAPUR: Advisor for Printing and Stationary, H. Haiying said that, “culture and tradition are made by God, not by man and if it is lost, everything is lost.”

According to DIPR report, Haiying said while addressing at the celebration of Tsonglaknyi festival held at IG Stadium Meriema on October 12. Haiying said that Naga culture and tradition are unique, and he urged the gathering to respect other cultures and traditions. He said the festival is a time to forgive and forget, and to let peace and prosperity prevail in the land. He further added that success and progress came through sincerity, humility and hard work.

Programme was chaired by T. Asuthong, treasurer TUK; folk song “O ha ha ha Tsonglak akii” was presented by Kiuti Khia Tsinrechip; significance of Tsonglakni was shared by T.L. Kiusiimong, executive member TUK; a short speech was given by Topan, Tikhir Tribal president (TTC). Vote of thanks was given James Tikhir and president TUK and Khiungakiu S Tikhir.

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Medical students and others during blood donation drive in Kohima on October 11.

KOHIMA: The three-day long 23rd general conference of Nagaland Medical Students’ Association (NMSA) concluded on October 11 at ATI Complex, Kohima held under the theme “Learn to serve humanity.”

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oration with Nagaland State Blood Transfusion Council, Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) and Blood Bank, Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima (NHAK), a press release from NMSA informed.

Medical officer, Blood Bank, NHAK Dr. Apila Sangtam briefed the ac-

count of blood donation drive.

Blood donation instead has many health cons including anti-cancer benefits, maintains healthy heart and liver and good health, she said.

26 voluntary medical students donated blood after a basic health screening.

The programme was followed by a thanksgiving session chaired by Mesano Peseyie which was graced by the speaker Viketuo Chupuo and concluded with the consecration of the new office bearers for tenure 2019-2021.

The new team is being led by Kuveluzo Chizo as president.

Tripura comprising of eight healers last year followed by Assam comprising of 15 members and third in Nagaland comprising of 14 members, totalling to 37 traditional certified healers from the North Eastern state.

He said that the main purpose of forming NETHA was to extend support to activities of PrCB under NECU. The main concern is to revitalize the traditional health knowledge, preserve flora and fauna and environment safety, rendered community service which medical service alone cannot suffice the need of a large country and for the concern for livelihood of the traditional healers.

The programme was chaired by VP Spasterlin Nongremi, invocation was offered by Pesha Khiamngan, welcome address was delivered by NETHA general secretary Pratap Bordoloi, special number was presented by NECU student I/c Sermon Ingti.

Highlights of the programme included awarding of certificate and memento by the special guest.

Benediction prayer was offered by Asang Tim.

Moatoshi along with the organizing members, EU members and others after unveiling the jubilee monolith. (NP)

Correspondent KO H I M A , O C T 1 2 (NPN): Evangelical Union Kohima Science college (Autonomous) Jotsoma golden jubilee with the theme “Jubilation to His faithfulness” got underway at auditorium Kohima Science College Jotsoma on Saturday.

State secretary, Union of Evangelical students of India (UESI) –Nagaland Moatoshi Imsong speaking on the inaugural service urged the gathering to celebrate jubilee in the way God wanted and in His will.

He reminded that the jubilee celebration was a time of forgiveness and reverting back to God as the

truth and rightful owner of “our” lives. Based on jubilee theme, Imsong said jubilee should be celebrated with joy for what the Lord has done.

Zonal secretary UESINE zone Lanu Tzudir in his address encouraged the students to face the challenges in life with Christ and live a life worthy to be called as children of God. He recalled that Kohima Science College has produced many responsible citizens, who are assets of the state.

Principal Kohima Science College Jotsoma Dr. Lily Sema and Oponlumi Humtsoe also addressed the gathering.

Earlier, jubilee monolith was unveiled by state

secretary UESI–Nagaland Moatoshi Imsong, while Bokato Hesso led the dedication and unveiling of the monolith.

Inaugural service was led by president EU KSCJ Mongshai T.M, Bible reading by Akuozüvi Kajiri, invocation prayer by Rev. John Kamei, welcome address by Er. Khoto Zetsuvi, special songs were presented by jubilee choir and Calvary Baptist Church Phezhu Jotsoma, while vote of thanks was proposed by Lithrongla Sangtam.

On Sunday morning at 10 a.m and evening service at 4 p.m, former general secretary Asia pacific Baptist Federation Rev. Bonny Resu will speak the Word of Christ.

NAPO ‘C’ general meeting held at Zhadima village

NAPO ‘C’ officer bearers along with the guest speaker at Zhadima village.

DIMAPUR: Nor ther n Angami Public Organisation, group ‘C’ (NAPO ‘C’) held its general meeting at Zhadima village on October 10, with Neiketouzo Kengurüse, PS to chief minister, as guest speaker.

A press release from NAPO ‘C’ stated that, the speaker urged the people to

solemnly support the leaders through thick or thin as leaders were chosen on the volition of the people. He also challenged the leaders to work for the people without any bias and bigotry or by giving preference to any privileged personage, as a leader was assigned to work for everyone and not

Healing and revival crusade held at LBP Samzuiram

Students of Nagaland University Kohima campus awareness rally

DIMAPUR: Healing and revival crusade was conducted by Liangmai Baptist Phumling (LBP) Samziuram, Jalukie Peren district under the theme “Revive us again” Psalm 85: 6 from October 8 to 11.

A press release from Koinonia media ministry stated that, speakers were Rev Zotuo Kiewhuo, senior pastor and Rokopra Mekro, asst pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church along with with 21 councillors.

The last service was led by Paramthonang, youth director, invocation

by Chongbi, councillor, offertory prayer by Athuibo, deacon. The praise and worship was led by Amos, Kaizinping, Mathiulungsi and team. Special praises were presented by Liwangliu, Kijuthiuliu Mataina, Neilhou Sopfünuo and Ato Nienu. People were healed from physical ailments and spiritual sicknesses. An octogenarian was healed from paralysis and many more gave their life to Jesus Christ.

The revival programme also held seminars for youth and church leaders in two separate sessions.

for any particular group or individual.

T h e m e e t i n g wa s chaired by NAPO ‘C’ vice president Khriekeyieo Miario, while president Viletuo Pienyü delivered the keynote address.

President of Northern Angami Public Organisation (NAPO) Neiyalie

Pfüsenuo and NAPO ‘C’ advisor Rüguovi Khro exhorted the gathering. A new team of office bearers was inducted during the meeting which will be led

by Zasebeizolie Rülho as president and Neilalhoulie Soliezuo as general secretary along with eleven others.

“Reduce single use plastic and ban (by 2022)”.

The rally was successful with cooperation from the students of Nagaland University, Kohima campus who has a common vision to create plastic free state.

Students with plastic free activist Ramana Reddy at the rally.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland University Kohima Campus went on an awareness rally from Nagaland University Kohima campus, Meriema to destination Razhü Point from High School Junction spreading the message of banning plastic use and replacing it with paper bags or biodegradable bags targeting Friday Market with the theme “Friday

for Future” on October 11.

A press release from NU Kohima campus information and publicity secretary, A Lothungbeni Ovung stated that, the rally was taken out with plastic free activist Gade Ramana Reddy, Guntur Cyclist who had travelled 4500 km in just 25 days covering 9 states under “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” and K Y M C

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Bandh supporters blocking road as indefinite bandh in Moreh town commenced on Saturday. (NP)

Correspondent IMPHAL, Oct 12: An indefinite bandh imposed against frequent bomb blasts has severely hit normal life in Manipur town at the Indo-Myanmar on Saturday.

Bomb blasts rocked the border town on October 5, 8 and 11 (Friday). There were no human casualty in all the blasts but it left the residents of Moreh town panicked despite heavy presence of both Central and state security forces.

Angered by Friday night’s blast despite tightened security measure in place, Kuki based civil

society organisations imposed an indefinite bandh in the border town which commenced from Friday night.

Owing to the bandh, cross border trade activities was brought to a grinding halt and the town wore a deserted look with no vehicle on the road and only few pedestrians.

Shops and business establishments, educational, financial institutions, government offices remained close for the day.

All vehicles originating from Imphal were forced to halt at various places along the NH-102 (Imphal-Moreh

section) before reaching Moreh. No vehicle left the town for Imphal for the day.

Bandh supporters came out onto the streets and enforced the bandh by lighting fire, piling stones and stretching logs on the roads within the town and highways leading to the town.

No untoward incident related with the bandh was reported for the day, police said.

On the other hand, Kuki National Organisation (KNO), the umbrella body of several armed Kuki based groups under suspension of

HYCP seeks 1951 as cut-off date for NRC

Members of Hindu Yuva Chatra speaking to the press

S I L C H A R , O CT 1 2 (AGENCIES): More than one month after the release of final NRC list, the Hindu Yuva Chatra Parishad (HYCP) has demanded the NRC to have 1951 as the cut-off date to detect foreigners instead March 24, 1971, reports Northeast Now news.

“The agitation to drive away illegal foreigners spanning six years which left 855

Assam youths dead, and loss of property unaccounted till date, did not serve the purpose, as the Assam Accord zeroed upon March 24, 1971 as the cut off year, instead of 1951,” HYCP president Balen Baishya told Northeast Now in Silchar on Saturday.

“The accord, which fixed 1971 as the cut off date, has only given a golden chance to the illegal immi-

grants to reside in Assam and settle peacefully. Nowhere in India have we seen movement for expulsion of foreigners, nor anyone has sacrificed their life for this cause,” Baishya added.

He said the Assam Accord is not a boon rather a bane for Assam.

“In all the states of India other than Assam, the cut off year for detection of foreigner is 1951. This accord cannot be a ‘blessing’ rather a ‘curse’,” said Baishya.

On being asked on the HYCP’s stand on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Baishya reiterated, “The CAB comes later, we are demanding right now to scrap the cut off year as 1971 and instead incorporate 1951 in conformity with rest of the country.”

operation with Centre and state government strongly condemned the series of blasts in the border town.

“Peace in Moreh is essential not only for normal life to continue but also to maintain an atmosphere conducive for the ongoing tripartite talks among government of India, government of Manipur and the Kukis,” KNO said, in the statement condemning the blast series.

It added that Moreh is a border town where traders from various communities engaged in business and is the source of livelihood for many daily wage earners trying to eke out a living.

The KNO sees the periodical setting of bombs as hands of elements trying to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the town and urged the residents of the town to cooperate with the KNO in the efforts to prevent further blasts and maintain peace in the town.

Finally, KNO, in the statement, urged any person or organisation responsible for the blasts to come forward and state the reason(s) for the action.

NSCN (I-M) condoles DIMAPUR, OCT 12: The Government of the Pe o p l e ’s Re p u b l i c o f Nagalim (GPRN) stated that it is grieved by the untimely demise of (L) Pengmayong A Khaiyar, Deputy Kilonser, GPRN from Longpi village under Wung Tangkhul Region (WTR) on October 12, 2019.

A press release issued by MIP stated that Pengmayong A Khaiyar enrolled in the Naga national service in 1986.

He left behind his wife and son. He served Naga nation with unwavering national spirit until his demise.

The release stated the void created by his demise would be difficult to fill in, adding that “for his selfless contribution to the Naga national cause, his name shall be recorded in the pages of Naga history and his sacrifices ever be cherished by all. “ The Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim also conveys its deep condolences to the bereaved family members and pray to the Almighty God to grant his soul eternal peace and rest.

3 Bangladeshi security personnel held, released later

Agartala, Oct 12 (IANS): The Border Security Force (BSF) handed over three jawans of Bangladesh’s elite Rapid Action battalion (RAB) and two women of that country to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after they trespassed into the Indian territory, a BSF official said on Saturday.

The official said that as a goodwill gesture in view of the Co-ordinated Border Management Plan between India and Bangladesh, the BSF after a flag meeting handed over the two women and three personnel of intelligence wing of 11th battalion RAB to BGB. “The RAB personnel along with two Bangladeshi women illegally entered into the Indian territory in

Sonamura (western Tripura) on Thursday night to detain an Indian and a Bangladeshi drug smuggler. Indian Villagers captured all the five intruders and handed them over to BSF,” the official said.

During physical search of the three RAB personnel, the BSF jawans recovered a loaded pistol, seven mobile phone sets, Bangladeshi currencies of Taka 1,52,412, two hand cuffs and identity cards.

The official also said that the BSF would lodge a strong protest with BGB soon about the illegal intrusion.

The northeastern state of Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh in all three sides and shares 856 km borders with that country.

Assam mob attack: 9 held for theft, search on for assaulters Hailakandi (Assam), Oct 12 (PTI): The police on Saturday arrested nine people in connection with the alleged theft of a buffalo, which led to an incident of mob attack in Hailakandi district of South Assam on Friday.

Hailakandi Superintendent of Police Pabindra Kumar Nath said the nine were apprehended on the charge of theft and they have been remanded to judicial custody.

A mob had assaulted six of these nine and later a

group of securitymen who reached the spot to rescue them.

A search operation has been launched in the area to apprehend the attackers and six people have so far been picked up for interrogation, Nath said.

Nine persons including a police constable of neighbouring Cachar district had gone to Laskarbazar weekly cattle market area on Friday.

Three of them allegedly fled after taking away a buffalo from the market

and the remaining six were searching the animal, police sources said adding that local people suspected the six to be child-lifters and beat them up.

A team of 12 police and CRPF personnel who had gone to the spot, around 13 kilometres from Hailakandi town, to rescue the six people were also beaten up by the mob.

A suo motu case has also been filed by the police on the violence after the security personnel, including Officers-in-Charge of Haila-

Sonowal opens Kaziranga Park for tourists Guwahati, Oct 12 (IANS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday opened the Kaziranga National Park for the visitors for this season.

Sonowal ceremoniously put the Bagori and Kohora Range of the park open for the tourists at functions held at Bagori and Mihimukh on Saturday and said that it is a matter of great pride and prestige that Kazirnaga National Park has earned its name in the 17 most iconic centres of the country.

Speaking at a function organised at Bagori (Western Part) Range of the Kaziranga National Park, the Chief Minister said that State government has taken multifarious steps for beautification, conservation and development of the park.

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cleanliness of Kaziranga National Park, Sonowal said that all households, restaurants, hotels, resorts must keep their peripheral areas clean to make Kaziranga more beautiful and serene.

“For protecting and preserving the rich bio-diversity of the Kaziranga, a 32 km long flyover will be constructed. He also said that for the protection of bio-diversity and other natural resources of Kaziranga, Manas, Orang, Pabitara, Dibru Saikhowa, State government has already taken several measures,” he said.

Stating that the arrival

of l.80 lakh visitors to the park last year, Sonowal called for a concerted effort of raising the turnout to at least 1 core in the last 10 years. He, therefore, urged upon all concerned to attract attention of the tourists to the beauty and uniqueness of the park.

Sonowal also said that because of the unified efforts of the local people, forest personnel, and security personnel, rhino poaching has come down manifold and he attributed this development to the synergy between civil, police and forest administrations of the five districts.

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kandi and Algapur police stations were injured in the attack, the SP said.

The mob also set ablaze the vehicle in which the nine had gone to the village and also damaged the fourwheeler of a Deputy Superintendent of Police-ranked officer, the sources said.

Four security personnel were admitted to Silchar Medical College and Hospital and Hailakandi Sadar police station OC Hemanta Kumar Das was shifted to a Guwahati hospital on Saturday, the sources said.

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Will oppose altering Manipur’s territorial boundary: UCM Correspondent IMPHAL, OCT 11: Claiming that the Government of India could agree to the formation of territorial council or extension of 6th schedule of Indian Constitution to conclude the decades-old peace talk with the NSCN (I-M), the United Committee Manipur (UCM) on Saturday reiterated its firm stand against any community-based administrative division in Manipur.

Addressing a press conference, UCM president Sunil Karam announced that the apex body was against creation of territorial council or extension of 6th schedule of Indian Constitution in Manipur.

He said that UCM has been closely monitoring the development of the peace talks, which could conclude at any time later or sooner.

UCM president cautioned that if the Centre attempted to form the territorial council or extend 6th schedule forcibly, then UCM and the people of Manipur would fight tooth and nail to protect the territorial integrity of Manipur.

He reiterated that UCM had many occasions announced its strong objection to the any kind of agreement that would alter the territorial boundary of Manipur or hurting the interest of Manipur.

Karam reiterated

UCM’s firm stand that if any point related with Manipur included while entering the peace agreement, Centre must consult with all the stakeholders.

He said that no solution can be brought about without prior consultation with the stakeholders.

UMC president said if the stakeholders were to be bypassed; the government of India must know that people of Manipur were always ready to sacrifice their lives for protection of territorial integrity of the state.

“We the people are ready to fight any challenges to the territorial integrity of Manipur. UCM will fight against any political party or son of the soil who challenge the integrity of Manipur,” Karam affirmed.

Asking the people to prepare for facing any eventuality when challenges come up against the territorial integrity of Manipur, UMC president maintained that time has come for the state government to declare its stand to the public at the earliest.

He insisted that all the sitting 60 legislators of the state must declare their stand on it.

In the light of the developing situation, he said it would be better for the Manipur government to go together with the people as it would be more effective to pressurise the Centre.

UCM general secretary Kh Athouba said that UCM would always welcome any peace initiative of the government of India.

However, any peace initiative related with Manipur must be consulted with the people and stakeholders first.

He insisted prime minister and union home minister to translate into action the assurance they had given to the leaders of CSOs during a meeting at New Delhi in December 2017.

He claimed that during the meeting, the prime minister and the union home minister had given an assurance to hold prior consultation with all stakeholders if any matter related with Manipur included in the peace negotiation.

The general secretary also cautioned that if India government goes against the wishes of the people of the state, UCM would be compelled to review the Manipur-India political relationship right from the signing of the merger agreement.

It may be mentioned that the then kingdom of Manipur was merged to Indian Union after signing a merger agreement on September 21, 1949.

Athouba added that India has no right to interfere into the territorial integrity of Manipur if the merger agreement was closely studied.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER DIRECTORATE OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS KOHIMA: NAGALAND

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Dated: 12th Oct 2019

In continuation to the Tender EE/MAD/HIGH-MAST/ZBT dated: 9th Oct 2019, the following CORRIGENDUM/ADDENDUM has been made to the Information for Bid (IFB) at Sl. No 1 & 17 which should be read as below Ref Existing Provision Corrections The Executive Engineer, Directorate of This clause is to be read as “The Municipal Affairs, Kohima, Nagaland Executive Engineer, Directorate of for and on behalf of the Governor of Municipal Affairs, Kohima, Nagaland Nagaland invites item rate for the work for and on behalf of the Governor of Sl. detailed in the table from eligible and Nagaland invites item rate for the work No. 1 approved Contractors, Under a single detailed in the table from eligible Firm Firm registered with both Nagaland having completed similar nature of PWD & Nagaland Chief Electrical work not below Rs. 40 Lakhs as a single Inspectorate work in the last 3 (three) years” This clause is to be read as “Only eligible Sl. Only single Firms registered with both and approved Firm having completed No. PWD Nagaland & Chief Electrical similar nature of work not below Rs. 17 Inspectorate can Bid. 40 Lakhs as a single work in the last 3 (three) years” All other Terms and Conditions shall remain unchanged Executive Engineer Directorate of Municipal Affairs Kohima, Nagaland DC-1469

BEFORE THE MARRIAGE OFFICER DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

Marriage Regd No.........../ 20

Dated Dimapur, the 11/10/2019

NOTICE OF INTENDED MARRIAGE

I, Marriage Officer, Dimapur, Nagaland hereby give notice Under Section 15 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, that a petition of intended marriage has been filed by Mr. Abdul Ali aged about 18 years, S/o Shri Tamijur Rahmaul resident of Chumukedima AND Miss Sultana Begum aged about 18 years, D/o Shri Safer Uddin, resident of Chumukedima before me on 30th day of September 2019 and whereas 10th Nov' 2019 has been fixed for solemnizing their Marriage. Objections, if any are to be furnished on or before the aforementioned fixed date.

ADDL. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CUM MARRIAGE OFFICER DIMAPUR : NAGALAND DP-7576 GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MOKOKCHUNG :: NAGALAND Phone No. 0369-2226231, Fax No. 0369, e-mail-dcmkg-ngl@nic.co.in.

NO.JUD-17/2019/160 Dated, Mokokchung the 16th Aug 2019

NOTICE

Whereas Shri Sashikumzuk, S/o Late Chujangpala, Village Longkong has applied for a Succession/Legal Heir Certificate under part of the Indian Succession Act of 1925.

And whereas it appear that Smti. Late Chujangpala of Longkong Village deceased has Sons or Daughter/Wife/Husband/Brother/Sister to inherit his/ her properties.

And that the Deputy Commissioner is of the opinion that the said application as Shri Sashikumzuk of Longkong Village should be entertained in respect of both the moveable inmoveable of the deceased unless there is any claimant for.

It is hereby notified for issuing general information that if any one has any objection for issuing Legal Heir Certificate may submit objection within one month from the date of issue of this notice otherwise the court will determine for issue of aforesaid certificate in absence of such objection.

Rajesh Soundararajan, IAS Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung : Nagaland DP-7568

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‘No political angle in Murshidabad murders’

Ko l k ata , O c t 1 2 (IANS): The police on Friday detained two persons and ruled out any political angle in the killings of three members of a family in Murshidabad district’s Jiaganj, saying “it seems to be a case of personal enmity.”

Three members of a family -- Bandhuprakash Pal, his wife Beauty and their eight-year old son Angan -- were found murdered in their residence in Jiaganj on Tuesday.

Following the murders, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) had claimed that Bandhuprakash regularly attended Milan, a weekly programme of the RSS, for the past few months.

“We have not arrested anyone till now. We had detained four persons, but freed two of them after interrogation. We are questioning the other two,” Murshidabad Superintendent of Police (SP) Mukesh Kumar told mediapersons.

Asked about the police findings, he said: “We are getting some financial dealings and are working on that.

Once we are confirmed, we will let you know.”

In a series of tweets, the state police said that

Bandhuprakash Pal with his wife Beauty and son Angan

investigation into the triple murder case started “just after the incident”.

“Prima facie it seems to be a case of personal enmity and it has nothing to do with politics,” the police said in another tweet.

“Two persons have been detained and are being examined. The probe has found that the deceased person was also working as an agent of some insurance and chain companies and was in a serious financial crisis.

“His family members have denied affiliation with any political group. A diary note found suggests serious differences in the family,” the police said.

Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state police has been asked to get associated with the investigation.

Snatchers target PM Modi’s niece, flee with Rs 50k New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS): Forget common people, even Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relatives are not safe in the national capital and the situation becomes all the more alarming when such incidents take place in VIP areas. Two snatchers on Saturday snatched the purse of a woman who is purportedly a niece of the Prime Minister, the police said.

Damyanti Ben Modi came to Delhi from Amritsar on Saturday morning.

She took an auto-rickshaw to reach the Civil Lines area in North Delhi. At around 7 a.m. she reached Gujarati Samaj Bhawan.

While she was getting off from the three-wheeler two miscreants suddenly appeared on a scooty and swooped at her, said Delhi Police spokesperson Anil Mittal.

While talking to the media the woman said that she is relative of the Prime Minister.

The victim told IANS:

“I came to Delhi from Amritsar with family and was going to Gujarati Samaj Bhawan. As soon as the auto-rickshaw reached the gate of the Bhawan two men swooped at me. They were riding on a scooty.”

“Before I could understand anything they fled with my purse that contained more than Rs 50,000 cash, two mobile phones and some important documents,” she said.

Damyanti Ben added: “I had to take a flight to Ahmedabad on Saturday evening and the tickets were in that purse. Now, I don’t know how it would be managed. It was a bad experience to visit Delhi.”

North District Deputy Commissioner of Police Monika Bhardwaj did not reply to queries from IANS. The Civil Lines area has the residences of Lt. Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in its vicinity while the Delhi Assembly is also situated nearby.

Noted filmmaker Aparna Sen has described the incident as “shame” for the people of the state, asking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

The incident has also triggered slugfest between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and the ruling Trinamool Congress.

While the Governor on Thursday condemned the incident as “dastardly and barbaric”, the ruling Trinamool gave a strong counter alleging that Dhankhar was “transgressing his constitutional jurisdiction.”

The Governor in a strong statement said the incident has “shocked the conscience” on account of its enormity and it was “reflective of intolerance and worrisome law and order situation” in the state.

“Why such canards are being spread about an incident in Murshidabad?

We feel that to cover up the infighting of the BJP, the office of the Governor is being used. The Governor is transgressing his constitutional jurisdiction by making such comments,” said Trinamool heavyweight and state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee.

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Goa CM slams green activists for mining industry shutdown

Pramod Sawant (File)

Panaji, Oct 12 (IANS): Slamming environmentalists for repeatedly blocking development projects in the coastal state, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday, squarely blamed the shutdown of Goa’s mining industry on green activists.

“There are attempts to put obstacles before several projects. Goa’s most important industry - mining, has been shut down because of environmentalists. We do not know what is to be done with iron ore, which is in excess here, but we still have to import it,” Sawant said during a public interaction organised by a media platform in Mumbai.

The Chief Minister is currently in Maharashtra to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the state assembly elections.

Sawant also said, that it was unfortunate that iron ore had to be imported from other countries, when the raw material was lying idle in Goa itself, but could not

be extracted, because of the ban on iron ore extraction imposed by the Supreme Court last year.

“This is unfortunate. It (iron ore) is right here, but it cannot be used. It has to be imported from Australia.

In my own constituency there is a pig iron plant, the iron ore required for it is imported from Australia by Vedanta (Resources). The iron ore is lying right alongside the plant in form of a dump, but they cannot use it,” Sawant said.

The Supreme Court had banned all mining in 88 mining leases from March 2018, while also directing the state government to reissue mining leases.

The is the second time in less than a decade that all mining in the state has come to a standstill. It was first banned in 2012, following the revelation of Rs 35,000 crore illegal mining scam which was unearthed by the Justice M. B. Shah Commission appointed by the state government.

Slamming local environmentalists for obstructing development projects, Sawant also said at the event, that green activists had created roadblocks vis a vis two major projects in Goa, namely the construction of a major bridge near Panaji and the upcoming Mopa International Airport.

Congress smells rat in Jolly case surfacing during by-polls Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 12 (IANS): The Congress party in Kerala on Saturday expressed doubts in the manner in which the shocking family murder trail involving 47-year old Jolly which is going on now, is to divert the real issues of poor governance, as five crucial assembly by-elections is to take place on October 21.

Speaking to the media, State Congress president Mullapally Ramachandran said that he has now come to understand the breakthrough in this case came three months back, but the authorities waited till now, so as to divert attention from the real election issues like governance.

“I know for a fact that the present breakthrough in this case came three months back and this was purposely delayed and they have brought it up now, so the real election issues won’t be discussed. I would say the Home Minister (Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

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holds the home portfolio) is responsible for this and this is a ploy as this news would get maximum play and the real election issues won’t be discussed,” said Ramachandran.

“Elections mean real issues should be discussed and with this news taking centre stage, the real issues are not discussed. This Left government has nothing to discuss and they know that and hence brings in issues like this on the sly. While I say this, I will fully appreciate the police probe team for making the arrests and doing a good job,” added Ramachandran.

Ramachandran said the Pala seat was won by the Left without discussing any real issues and they are trying to do the same for the upcoming by-elections too.

Meanwhile, the social media is also getting trolls, some of which blames the traditional rival political fronts in Kerala, for not able to do a proper probe job, when the first murder took place and the subsequent police probes.While the supporters of the Left blames the Congress led UDF governments for not doing a clean job, the supporters of the UDF states, the entire case was messed up by the Left.

Mobile phones to ring again in Kashmir from Monday

There is still no official word on restoration of internet facility which continues to remain suspended since August 5.

Srinagar, Oct 12 (IANS): Lifting the communication clamp down in Kashmir, authorities on Saturday said mobile phone services would be restored on Monday forenoon.

Mobile phone services and internet facilities were suspended in Kashmir on August 5 following the abrogation of the Article 370.

Although mobile phone services were available in Jammu and Ladakh region of the state during this period, it continued to remain suspended in the valley since August 5.

Speaking to media in Srinagar, spokesman of the state government Rohit Kansal said, “Following improvement in the overall situation in the valley it has been decided to allow postpaid mobile phone services

from Monday forenoon.”

There is, however, no official word on restoration of internet facility which continues to remain suspended since August 5.

Sources said, it had initially been decided to allow mobile phone connectivity only on BSNL post paid cell phones, but keeping in view the fact that not many locals have post paid BSNL mobile phones it was decided to restore services on all post paid mobile phones operated by different service providers.

The restoration of mobile phone services will address the demands of all sections of the local society who had been seeking lifting of communication clampdown in Kashmir.

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50 arrested after clashes in Bihar

Lt Gen Gupta assumes command of White Knight Corps

Jahanabad (Bihar), Oct 12 (IANS): The district police have beefed up security arrangements here following a major clash between two groups during Durga idol immersion on Thursday, that claimed the life of one person and landed 50 persons in jail, police said on Saturday.

Jahanabad Superintendent of Police Manish Kumar told IANS, “The situation deteriorated on Friday, but has improved on Saturday. So far more than 50 people have been arrested from both the sides.

Raids are being conducted to arrest the other persons involved in the rioting.”

Markets and Internet services remained shut on Saturday as well. Kumar said the Internet service will not be restored until the situation becomes normal.

Three youths who were involved in the clash, shot dead Vishnu Kumar on Friday in Jafarganj locality of the city, after which the city was on the boil and stone pelting incidents took place in many areas.

sionals, students, business community and the common man to carry on daily activities of life with ease.

Locals connected with the tourist industry have been demanding restoration of mobile phones so that they can ensure bookings and contact clients who intend to visit the valley. Officials have already withdrawn the advisory they had issued in August asking tourists not to visit the valley.

“After withdrawing the adverse tourist advisory the need for restoration of mobile phones was absolutely necessary.

“These will help us remain in touch with tourists who intend to visit Kashmir in autumn and winter”, said a hotelier in Srinagar.

Lt. Gen. Harsha Gupta (R) has assumed command of the White Knight Corps from Lt. Gen. Paramjit Singh Sangha

Jammu, Oct 12 (IANS): Lieutenant General Harsha Gupta has been appointed as the new Commander of the White Knight Corps -- the XVI Corps -- of the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

He took over from Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh Sangha, who relinquished the post with a traditional wreathlaying ceremony at the Nagrota Military Station.

Soon after assuming charge, Lt Gen Gupta, who belongs to the Sikh Light Infantry, asked officers and troops to remain combat ready on order to thwart the enemy’s designs by main-

taining synergy between the Army, the civil administration and the para-military forces.

Lt Gen Sangha, who had taken command of the Corps on October 11, 2018, conveyed his appreciation to all ranks for their professionalism and steadfast dedication to duty. He also thanked the civil administration for its excellent synergy with the armed forces.

The White Knight Corps, a part of the Northern Command of the Indian Army, was raised in June 1972 and is headquartered at the Nagrota Cantonment in Jammu district.

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS): Appealing to the people not to misuse the Right to Information (RTI), Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that the Centre was working to minimise the use of the Act which could be achieved by putting maximum information in public domains.

The Home Minister made the announcement at the 14th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission.

“The gover nment’s motive is that there should be minimum RTI applications. And, it would be possible only when the people get the information before

they need it,” Shah said.

Shah said that the government has taken various steps to put out maximum information to the public to reduce the need for filing an RTI. He, however, said that the RTI was very necessary to bridge the gap between the people and the government.

Informing about an alternate technology to get information without filing RTI applications, Shah said that a dashboard system for various schemes has been introduced by the Narendra Modi-led government to facilitate people in getting information online.

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With the use of the system in various schemes, Shah said that the technology has even enabled the poorest of beneficiaries in order to receive information about the schemes being provided to them.

“We are now two steps ahead of the RTI with the dashboard system,” he said.

The Home Minister also noted that instances of misuing the Act has been very low and that around 2.5 crore RTI applications have been dealt with successfully since 2005.

Shah declared that India was the “first among all countries in the world” which has provided information to the grass-root level with the help of the Central Information Commission at state level and with the contribution of over 5 lakh officers.

Accepting that the RTI was a good attempt to establish a corruption-free good governance, Shah said that the Act controls the rights and also ensures justice to the people.

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Heal thyself

n the health sector, as per statistics of the National Health Profile 2016, published by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Nagaland had the seventh-highest per capita health expenditure (Rs 1,707) and fifth-highest health expenditure as a percentage of gross state domestic product (2.23%) among all states in 2013-14. Nagaland is also a recipient of generous central funds, yet when it comes to providing health care service, the state fares poorly in comparison with other north eastern states. An earlier report by the National Family Health Survey 2016 highlighted the dismal state of maternal and child healthcare in Nagaland. A ranking of the North eastern states on key maternal and child health and healthcare indicators invariably placed Nagaland at the bottom of the list. Nagaland seems to have scored quite well on the number of SC, PHC and CHC established. However, availability of healthcare equipments, medicines and proper infrastructures of the district hospitals tell an altogether different story.

Qualitative public health care deliveries are grossly missing in the PHCs and CHCs with acute lack of doctors, specialist and other required technicians.

In institutional delivery(2016) Mizoram tops the list , followed by Sikkim, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam then Nagaland. Even in Full Immunisation programme(2016) Sikkim tops the list followed by Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland at the bottom of the list. When it comes to cancer, while the Northeast India recorded the highest prevalence of 16 forms of cancer in both male and female, Nagaland figures among the top of the list. Hundreds of cancer patients from Nagaland are compelled to travel to nearby Assam or Meghalaya for treatment and have to incur huge expenditure not to talk about care and attention. This whenthe state is supposed to be getting enough funds for health services. This sorry state had been in some way addressed when a MoU was signed between the Health & Family Welfare department and Tata Trusts from Mumbai, for a partnership to set up the Nagaland Cancer Care Foundation(NCCF). According to official sources, the collaboration will build on the public healthcare system to make cancer care accessible and affordable.

However, till date there has been little heard about the activities of the NCCF. The problem that plagues the health services in the state was blamed on the use of more than 90% of the funds for payment of salaries.

Only a small amount of the state health expenditure was available for service delivery. Many doctors themselves are certainly unhappy with the state of affairs and some have even complained or written about how the department was wilfully neglecting the health care system. According to one doctor, the state has one of the worst performing health service system as shown by service indicators such as –anti natal care coverage, full immunisation coverage, hospital births etc. It was reported that some hospitals in some districts do not even have a single functional X-ray machine, not to talk of Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) ,Positron Emission Tomography (PET) or Computerised Tomography(CT) scans. Opening more centres, procurement of equipments or fixtures do not necessarily translate into providing quality health care. Thousands of poor and needy patients continue to languish owing as they cannot afford treatment outside and it is unfortunate that their plight continues to be ignored.

DailyDevotion Getting into God’s Stride

Enoch walked with God… —Genesis 5:24 The true test of a person’s spiritual life and character is not what he does in the extraordinary moments of life, but what he does during the ordinary times when there is nothing tremendous or exciting happening. A person’s worth is revealed in his attitude toward the ordinary things of life when he is not under the spotlight (see John 1:35-37 and John 3:30). It is painful work to get in step with God and to keep pace with Him— it means getting your second wind spiritually. In learning to walk with God, there is always the difficulty of getting into His stride, but once we have done so, the only characteristic that exhibits itself is the very life of God Himself. The individual person is merged into a personal oneness with God, and God’s stride and His power alone are exhibited.

It is difficult to get into stride with God, because as soon as we start walking with Him we find that His pace has surpassed us before we have even taken three steps. He has different ways of doing things, and we have to be trained and disciplined in His ways. It was said of Jesus— “He will not fail nor be discouraged…” (Isaiah 42:4) because He never worked from His own individual standpoint, but always worked from the standpoint of His Father.

And we must learn to do the same. Spiritual truth is learned through the atmosphere that surrounds us, not through intellectual reasoning. It is God’s Spirit that changes the atmosphere of our way of looking at things, and then things begin to be possible which before were impossible. Getting into God’s stride means nothing less than oneness with Him. It takes a long time to get there, but keep at it. Don’t give up because the pain is intense right now— get on with it, and before long you will find that you have a new vision and a new purpose.

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The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. ~ Richard M. Nixon

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Post-mortem

GoI must present clear roadmap to sign and conclude talks

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he Government of India’s (GoI) announcement of a ‘3-month deadline’ to conclude the Indo-Naga peace talks, if true, is now at its end stage with only a few weeks remaining.

There is however a wide disconnect between what has been talked about— honorable and acceptable solution—and the ground reality, especially the way the proposed peace accord will be signed and implemented by the Government of India and the Naga Political Groups.

While some Naga elders have voiced out their concern on the proposed competencies, which is part of the peace agreement being worked out, The Naga Rising stands on the premise that this is also the time for our elders, intellectuals, tribe hohos and civil society take the onus on themselves and provide innovative ideas as to how to address the differences between the two Naga sides—the NSCN (IM) on the one hand and the Working Committee of the 7 NNPGs, especially when we are in the final stage for the talks to conclude, going on for 22 years with the NSCN (IM) and the last two years with the 7 NNPGs. The key question is the need for bringing all Naga National Groups as part of the peace process and address differences that exist among them It may also be added

that the mandate for political negotiation with the Government of India rests essentially with the Naga National Groups. This is a position that no Naga has questioned in the past and will not today.

The Naga Rising had written to the Prime Minister earlier through the Governor’s office with the proposal to appoint a Group of Naga Interlocutors who could mediate between the warring groups and help in facilitating convergence and conclusion of the talks.

Till date there has been no response from the Interlocutor to the idea of a Naga group playing the role of uniting the divergent Naga groups, although the Interlocutor has on record expressed concern over the prevailing division among the Nagas. Nevertheless, we continue to repose faith in the Interlocutor to take appropriate measures and to respond to the present situation when there are parallel talks going on.

Now therefore The Naga Rising wish to bring to light some of our concerns in the lead up to the October 31 supposed deadline and other related matters of public interest.

Recently it was officially notified in an order issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has been allocated the issue of Naga talks. Likewise, it was reported that the

Union Home Ministry has “rejected the demand of a separate flag and constitution for Nagaland”.

Here, two things need to be made clear to the Naga public by the Government of India. First is the nature of role being played by the Union Home Ministry, especially at this stage of the peace process when it is common knowledge that the present talks under the Narendra Modi government is under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister. So, where does the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) fit in?

Also, what is the exact role of present Interlocutor RN Ravi, also the Governor of Nagaland since with the latest PMO order, it is the NSA who has been allocated to handle the Naga talks. Will the Interlocutor now report to the NSA and not to the Prime Minister directly? Is Delhi going to downgrade the Naga case from a political one to a law and order issue?

The Naga Rising would like to state that the Indo-Naga peace talks cannot be held hostage to the security and military establishment and that the political leadership in the Government must intervene and take lead in resolving the Naga issue.

The political commitment and assurances as expressed through recognition of the ‘uniqueness of Naga history and situation’ and the ‘historical and po-

litical rights of the Nagas to self- determine their future in consonant with their distinct identity’, these must be honoured.

The other point that needs clarification is the reported deadline of October 31. On the contrary, some reports suggest that the ongoing peace talks is planned to be concluded by ‘the end of this year’.

As recently as September 19, the ruling party’s (BJP) National General Secretary Ram Madhav did not mention the October 31 deadline but only gave a general time frame to conclude the Naga issue by ‘the end of this year’.

Is the reported ‘deadline’ therefore an attempt to force a solution? Will the solution within the ‘deadline’ be inclusive? If not the GoI will be contravening its own position that there is only one peace process and the Naga issue cannot be fragmented. Such a counter move will sow the seed of another cycle of violence and hostility.

While expressing the above concerns on the immediate challenges facing us, The Naga Rising wish to put on record our position that was conveyed to the Naga leadership during a close door interaction with the Emissary to the 7 NNPGs on September 19 and the public consultation meeting with the NSCN (IM) top leadership on September 21. The following points and concern were

communicated to the Naga Political groups: --We stand for conclusion of the present peace talks as the Naga public is desirous of an early solution --We seek for convergence of the parallel negotiations taking place and a peaceful atmosphere to prevail both in the run-up to the signing of the agreement and thereafter.

In our earlier statements The Naga Rising had appealed to both the Government of India and the Naga negotiators to explore the full range of possibilities towards a peaceful agreement by exhibiting upmost flexibility and accommodation. Furthermore, India and the Nagas must look to understand each other’s needs and aspirations as the only way forward towards an honourable solution.

The Naga Rising also reiterates its earlier position taken that any solution must be mutual and agreed by both sides and it cannot be forced upon the other.

Conclusion: The Naga Rising demands that the Government of India must come out with an open and clear-cut direction on how it intends to sign and conclude the present negotiations against the backdrop of what it has already stated that “there is only one peace process... and eventually there will be only one agreement as we cannot fragment the Naga issue.”

After stating the Government of India’s position on the general contours of a possible agreement, including the 3-month time frame that was disclosed by the Interlocutor himself, RN Ravi, who is also the Governor of Nagaland, has remained silent on the future course of the peace process.

However we must give him the benefit of doubt with the hope that a clear roadmap is presented to conclude the talks along with some form of power and responsibility sharing arrangement among the Naga Political Groups.

This will ensure a smooth and peaceful transfer of power and competencies based on the political arrangement being worked out.

The Prime Minister’s message to the international community at UN General Assembly on September 27 was “Harmony and Peace.”

We hope the Prime Minister has the same message for the Nagas in finding a solution to the Indo-Naga peace talks.

The Naga Rising: Along Longkumer, Vitho Zao, Hukavi T. Yeputhomi, Amai Chingkhu, Tsukti Longkumer, Moie Bonny Konyak, Ngukato K. Tsuipu, Mar Longkumer, Joel Naga, Khriezodilhou Yhome

Northeast’s quagmire of armed extremism and obtuse development

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n the annals of independent India’s history, 3 August 2015 will be engraved in bold as the date signifies the signing of the Naga peace accord between Narendra Modi-led central government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN I-M) in a bid to bring an end to six decades of bloody violence and insurgency in Nagaland which wreaked havoc in the entire Northeastern region.

But why did Modi gave first priority to Nagaland just 15 months after storming to power in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections when several other extremist groups were active in the region and other parts of the country?

Well, there is a reason why the Naga armed extremism movement is often called the “mother of all insurgencies” in the country.

And the Modi regime very well knew that resolving the Naga issue will have a cascading effect on similar movements in the region and may provide a template to the Centre for peace talks with other groups.

In the late 1950s when the Naga revolution took a bloody turn, it inspired several other revolutionary groups to take up arms

with an aim to compel the government to cede to their demands.

Prominent among them were Manipur's United National Liberation Front (UNLF) formed in 1964, Assam's United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) which came into being in 1979 and the Bodo Security Force rechristened the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) which was formed in 1986.

Due to years of violence, the fruits of development have alluded the entire region with no major infrastructural progress being made in the last two decades.

A region’s development to a great extent hinges on the socioeconomic parameters enacted by the local government as well as the support that an investor gets from the people, which if appropriate can act as a catalyst for progress.

In the current scenario, while the rate of development in majority of Indian states is on par with several European economies, the Northeastern states continue to lag behind due to their social and ethnic constraints like extremists preventing the inflow of business investments.

Though, the situation has improved to a great extent when

compared to late 1980s when insurgency was at its peak, creating the ideal environment to attract investments is still a distant dream for the Northeastern states despite initiating several special initiatives to woo investors.

In fact, states like Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh which are not only relatively younger states but are also affected by Maoist violence have robust economic and social parameters as compared to the Northeastern states.

Having country’s one fourth forest cover and tributaries of the mighty Mansarovar, the region, especially Arunachal Pradesh, has a huge potential for hydro projects.

Ironically, the last decade has witnessed the cancellation of numerous proposed hydro projects including Doimukh 80 MW, Gangri 144 MW and Jmeri' 144 MW. Due to the abysmal situation, in 2018 the Arunachal Pradesh government terminated over 115 small and medium sized power projects. In fact, the Asian Development Bank had invested over a USD 1 billion in collaboration with the Union government to develop infrastructure in the

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Bank (AIIB) has been unable to attract any investments for the Northeastern region.

Further complicating matters, the perception of outsiders towards the Northeastern region has not changed much in the decades that have passed while the insurgents have continued to pulverize the existing projects.

The issue of social problems and militancy blocking development in India’s Northeast has been acknowledged by the government’s nodal ministry for the region – Development of North East Region (DONER).

(To be concluded) Rupesh Dutta (Senior journalist, Delhi)

Reader’s Post

Four lane road construction for who?

Sir,

Much has been said and read in the local papers about the 4 lane road construction between purana bazaar to Chumukedima and Dimapur to Kohima. These two roads will be the first 4 lane roads in Nagaland and many of us are euphoric about these final outcome of these roads once they are completed. But when we pass through these under-construction roads, we cannot help but question ourselves who the contractors are. The contractors doesn't seem to bother or are least bothered about public convenience while executing their works. Are these roads not being constructed for the public/people?

I happened to go to Shillong while Guwahati to Shillong 4 lane leaders has exposed themselves hzabo, Kaka should not confused road construction was underway. Here, the existing road was not for not knowing the root of himself as if National Socialist damaged and vehicles were allowed to ply on it untill a new one Naga history that begins with Council of Nagalim(NSCN)is was constructed in it's place. It makes me wonder whether the terms God given flag. They have sur- demanding Naga flag and conrendered Naga flag so easily for stitution from India. These two and conditions are same to all the contractors while awarding works fear of being reprimanded by symbols are inherent parts of by National Highway and Infrastructure Development corporation the person they are talking to in the unique history of the Nagas Limited (NHIDCL) or varies from state to state. The concerned the name of Indo-Naga political as accepted by Government of department responsible for overseeing the road construction should solution. These same Naga lead- India. And thus, we are simply also pull up their sleeves when the quality of roads are compromised. ers are those who once signed a saying to acknowledge that India It is seen that many roads are in pitiable condition even before they joint statement that goes like this- honour Naga’s right to continue are completed. The present Government also doesn't seem to bother “Having reconciled on the basis using our own flag and constitu- at all. It is learned that the completion period is almost approaching or over, but the semblance of 4 lane road is still not visible at all. of historical and political rights, tion.

Naga history without bias Are the contractors contemplating to abandon the project or is the the top Naga leaders have agreed clearly shows that Naga National Government planning to extend the completion period indefinitely? that Nagas are one. Therefore, in pursuance of this agreement, Council (NNC) gave a good The Government can intervene by having a review meeting with the following signatories have beginning to Naga history by tak- NHIDCL and the contractors periodically and it has at its disposal, resolved in principle to work ing the right decision at the right the power to blacklist the contractors if the terms and conditions towards the formation of one time to save the Naga nation. laid down in the contracts are flouted. But their stoic silence makes Naga National Government”. But, somewhere in the history me wonder whether they have had their share of the cake (famous Today, these same leaders have down the line they committed percentage prevailing in Nagaland) thereby, having their hands tied forgotten Naga historical and blunder to lose their relevance to by some few crores rupees. Unlike other parts of the country, Nagas political rights as reflected in the carry forward the Naga political seems least bothered about the infrastructure and development acmanner they handled Naga flag burden. It is, therefore, unbecom- tivities going on around us as though it doesn't concern them at all ing of Kaka DIralu to lecture on and the Government and contractors seems to be taking advantage and Yehzabo.

Whereas we appreciate Kaka Naga political history that is no of this. I feel it is high time the public and NGOs raise our voices when we are taken for a ride against our interests.

DIralu for pointing out the fool- longer in NNC domain.

Issued by MIP Kalivi Awomi kalyawomijimo@gmail.com Duncan Basti, Dimapur ish proposition on drafting Yeor letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

NSCN (I-M) rejoinder to ‘On the question of a Naga flag and a Naga Yehzabo’

propos Kaka DIralu’s write up “On the question of a Naga flag and a Naga Yehzabo” as appeared in local media dated 12th October, 2019.

Naga flag and Yehzabo are the two symbols that has guided the Naga political struggle throughout. It is also an accepted fact that no nations existed without these symbols. Unfortunately, there are fools among the Naga leaders as mentioned

by Kaka D Iralu, who proposed drafting Naga Yehzabo at this stage of Naga history. And these are the same foolish Naga leaders who are talking with the Government of India (GOI) in the name of finding Indo-Naga political solution. But, these are the same leaders being used by the GOI as flexible tools, and who are coaxed to concentrate on economic packages.

On the question of Naga flag, these same foolish Naga Reader’s note: Articles

region including reconstruction of National Highways and public welfare projects.

However, the situation remains grim with many of the road projects including the Trans Highway in Arunachal Pradesh and Dimapur-Kohima bypass either being delayed and missing their deadlines leading to cost escalation and in some cases, the construction companies getting black listed due to their inability to complete projects due to disruptions.

Adding to the woes is China’s ambitious ‘One Belt One Road’ is progressing at a fast pace while India despite being an 8 per cent stake holder in the China-led Asia Infrastructure Investment

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6 S/C scholars expelled for writing to PM

any political agenda. We have questioned if the Election Commission of India has given the rights to the MGIHU to initiate such suo-moto action against the students for the alleged violation of poll codes,” Sawant told IANS.

Demanding strong action against the varsity officials, he said this is a serious offence by the university where free exchange of thoughts and freedom of expression are expected to to be encouraged, but it is “very disturbing” that the

Rahul to start poll campaign from Haryana on Oct 14 New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will kick-off the party’s first poll campaign from Haryana’s Nuh district on October 14.

With the Congress engaged in a bitter battle with the BJP, the state’s hinterland is poised to witness an intense electoral contest as it goes to the polls on October 21. The counting of votes will take place on October 24.

The Congress party released it’s election manifesto on Friday with a slew of promises. It has promised 33 per cent job quota for women in the governRahul Gandhi (File) ment sector, cash incentives Besides this, the par- the menace of mob lynchto educated jobless youth apart from farm loan waiver ty has also promised in ings, to drastically cut elecwithin 24 hours of coming its manifesto to bring in a tricity bills and to counter strong legislation to check pollution caused by stubble to power.

peatedly exceeded its (their) mandate. This is condemnable & unheard of,” tweeted the KPCC. Expressing condolences, the KPCC said in another tweet that “Ramesh was allegedly harassed & hounded to commit suicide by (the) I-T dept, which is unleashing a tax terrorism on the common man.

“The I-T dept in cahoots with @BJP4India have a one-point agenda, which is to target opposition leaders & harass innocent people,” said the party.

Tax sleuths raided the properties of Parameshwara for the alleged tax evasion by Siddhartha group of education institutions owned by him and his family at Tumkuru and Nelamangala in Bengaluru Rural district.

Ramesh’s death occurred a day after the I-T department said in a statement from New Delhi on Friday night that Rs 4.22 crore in unaccounted cash was found during the raids on Parameshwara and Jalappa since October 10.

“Rs 89 lakh was also found in the house of the main trustee,” said the department in the statement, without taking Paremeshwara’s name.

According to I-T Commissioner Surabhi Ahluwalia, the total undisclosed income detected (during the search and seizure operation) so far is around Rs 100 crore.

Police personnel inspect the site of the blast after a grenade was allegedly hurled by suspected militants at Hari Singh High Street, in Srinagar, Saturday. (PTI)

Srinagar, Oct 12 (IANS): At least 11 civilians were injured on Saturday when militants hurled a grenade at a crowded market in summer capital Srinagar.

Police said militants hurled a grenade at the Hari Singh High Street in Srinagar when vendors were

selling goods and the market was crowded with shoppers.

“At least 11 civilians have been injured in this grenade explosion. All the injured have been shifted to hospital and the area has been cordoned off for searches,” police said.

Ex-AAP leader Alka Lamba joins Congress

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS): After a month of quitting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), former Chandni Chowk MLA Alka Lamba on Saturday joined the Congress in the presence of state in-charge, P.C. Chacko.

She met Chacko along with supporters and took primary membership of the party.

Lamba tweeted that she has taken receipt of Rs 5 and officially became a Congress member.

Lamba had met interim party President Sonia gandhi on Thursday.

Lamba quit the AAP on September 6 and had announced that she would join the Congress in the presence of Sonia Gandhi at her residence.

A former Delhi University President, Lamba had served in the Congress for 20 years before she quit the grand old party and joined the AAP and won the 2015 Assembly elections from Chandni Chowk.

On September 19, Lamba was disqualified from the Delhi Assembly by Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on the grounds of defection.

She was scheduled to join the party on Friday but later she later said that the joining has shifted to Saturday.

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Bengaluru, Oct 12 (IANS): Karnataka Congress leader G. Parameshwara’s personal assistant N.S. Ramesh committed suicide allegedly due to “tax raids” on his boss, a party official said on Saturday.

“Ramesh, 38, was found hanging by a tree branch in the Bengaluru University campus earlier in the day. He was under pressure after the Income-Tax sleuths quizzed him in connection with the tax raids on Parameshwara since Thursday,” party spokesman Ravi Gowda told IANS here.

A security guard of the university in the city’s southwest suburb spotted Ramesh’s body hanging on the tree and alerted the local police. Ramesh, who hails from Ramanagaram town, about 40 kms southwest of Bengaluru on the state highway towards Mysuru, leaves behind his parents, wife and a son.

Condemning the raids on Parameshwara and another veteran party leader R.L. Jalappa, the party’s state unit KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) tweeted that the “I-T dept (department) claims second victim in (the) state after (V.G.) Siddharth”.

“Harassment from @ BJP4India controlled I-T dept has claimed life of Ramesh. In its rush to pester (the) opposition, they (I-T officials) have surpassed all levels of humanity and re-

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Asserting that if the adage ‘Facta Non Verba’- motto of the NDPP Party- was any indication to the “utter failure” of the NDPP-led government during the last almost 2 years, NPF said the better suited Latin phrase would be just the opposite‘Verba Non Facta”. “This is because of the fact that the NDPP led Government till date has been ‘all words and no deeds’,” NPF alleged.

Opposition NPF said that effective governance was based on how government conduct public affairs and manage public resources. However, it said that the approach of NDPP-led government was “unfortunately” built on ‘words and not deeds’ and the end result, it claimed was “in full public display for all to see.”

NPF also stated that when NDPP preach of ‘Development for all, together with all’ it must understand that governance and development also meant the right and the means to examine the process of decision making and the responsibility of being able to provide details of actions taken. NPF said it was also about being able to explain, clarify and account for the action of the government of the day.

However, the opposition party said the NDPP, on the contrary, has been avoiding its queries both inside and outside the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, except for “political rhetoric which the NDPP Party has no dearth of.”

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On the patter n of neighbouring Punjab where the Congress rules, the party has announced to provide free electricity to farmers with holdings up to two acres.

In its manifesto, the Congress has promised to give Rs 12,000 per acre to farmers for crop failure and drought. The party will also give 50 per cent tax rebate on house tax for women-owned properties.

State Congress President Kumari Selja has said that the party has promised to give students an annual scholarship of Rs 12,000 from Class 1 to 10, and Rs 15,000 for students from Class 11 to 12, from the Scheduled Castes and extremely Backward Classes.

Dharamsala, Oct 12 (IANS): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, here on Saturday, decided to talk about national issues to seek vote in the Dharamsala Assembly by-election for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Seeking vote for BJP candidate Vishal Neharia, he said under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the world had acknowledged India as a superpower.

He praised Modi for historic decisions, like removal of Article 370, which was the root cause of spread of terrorism and anti-national activities in J&K. It would start an era of peace, progress and prosperity in J&K, he added.

Slamming the Congress, Thakur said the party was divided on abolition of Article 370 and couldn’t digest development in the country and the state under the BJP. The double engine had accelerated the pace of development, which was making the Congress leaders confused as they had nothing to say against the government, the Chief Minister said.

Pachhad in the Sirmaur district will also witness vote on October 21. The votes will be counted on October 24.

(From p-1) It also said that Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland have Inner Line Permit (ILP) while Meghalaya has Entry and Exit points. However, NPF said that despite all those proviso and measures, many leaders from the North East states including Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma, Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga and Manipur chief minister Biren Singh, protested against CAB. It said three Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leaders even resigned as state ministers over CAB. The opposition party, however, said that state chief minister, Neiphiu Rio, despite all the hue and cry, “stubbornly refused to budge from his naïve belief ” that Nagaland was protected from CAB under Article-371(A) and ILP. “Does this imply that his counterparts in other NE States were raising alarms out of a non-issue or was it Neiphiu Rio who rather failed to understand the reality?” NPF queried.

If the state really meant to uphold Article 371(A), NPF said the state should raise its voice before any contentious Bill was passed so that exemption of the Bill could be incorporated in the said Bill. Alleging that NDPP had “no dignity” as a political party, NPF advised NDPP to either stick to its motto or to avoid the same altogether in order to avoid further humiliation.

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“It must be noted that these students neither represent any particular (political) party nor are furthering

government-run institution has chosen to taken the law in its hand.

Despite repeated attempts by IANS, the top university authorities in Wardha including Vice-Chancellor Rajneesh Shukla, the varsity spokesperson and officials at its branches in Allabahad and Kolkata were not available for comments.

The stunned students informed mediapersons on Friday that they had written to the Prime Minister on current and general issues like mob lynching incidents, targeting of depressed sections, the proposed sale of public sector undertakings like the railways and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, the problems in various banks, and others.

The six expelled scholars are: Chandan Saroj, Rajnish Ambedkar, Pankaj Wela (SCs) and Neeraj Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Yadav and Vaibhav Pimpalkar (OBCs).

Saroj told IANS that the university found these letters objectionable and have expelled them for taking part “without permission” in a nationwide programme when liberals and civil society members had protested the slapping of sedition charges against 49 celebrities who had written to the Prime Minister.

The MGIHU letter has been signed by the Acting Registrar Rajeshwar Singh.

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The expulsions of these scholars for an indefinite period, ironically, took place in the the central university named after the Father of the Nation, in Wardha, which is considered his ‘karma-bhoomi’ and witnessed grand celebrations on his 150th birth anniversary last week.

The Maharashtra Congress has taken strong umbrage over the MGIHU step against the students who hail from Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Castes as it would affect their educational careers.

“Their crime was that they were writing letters to the PM with a desire to bring to his notice the social problems currently faced by our society. The action also indicates partisan approach by the university because only six backward students were chosen for taking action against,” Congress General

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China and the US held a new round of high-level consultations in Washington to address their differences on outstanding economic and trade issues on October 10-11.

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its negative impact on GST revenue as it is primarily a tax on consumption,” another source said. It may be noted that even during the period May-August 2019, when the GST revenues witnessed a less-than-expected growth of 5 per cent, the tax on domestic inter and intra-State supplies has seen a growth of 9 per cent which has been pulled down by a decline in growth at the rate of (-) 4 per cent in GST on imports.

Meanwhile, a tweet by Kerala’s Finance Minister Thomas Isaaac has not gone well with the Centre and also with some of the States. On

tax related matter on nonGST items) in the GST Council, States are equal partners in administration of the tax. If fact, due to the micro level presence and reach of the tax officers of the State Government, States have a greater role in ensuring proper compliance in GST. This may range from educating taxpayers in ensuring compliance to routine checks like checking e-Way bills and follow up for return filing, right up to undertaking coercive action like conducting searches and seizures.

“In all these activities, States share an equal responsibility along with the Centre and most of the States are making all the efforts to ensure compliance within their jurisdiction,” a source said.

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to the GST revenues. Passenger vehicles saw over 31 per cent decline in August.

Even in September, sales of passenger vehicles registered a decline of 14-56 per cent. Another factor for low collection was widespread rainfall during August in various parts of the country, according to an official. This includes major economic centres such as Mumbai, where economic activity was disrupted as well as movement of goods impacted for a significant number of days.

“Overall cyclical economic slowdown during the recent months has also had

Wednesday, Issac tweeted: “Record low GST collection is not only a reflection of economic slowdown but also the mess in GST administration. What compliance can you expect when even first annual return is yet to be filed? And also rates have been continuously slashed to less than revenue neutral levels.”

In a response to the tweet, Sushil Kumar Modi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, said low GST collection is not because of slashing of rates but cyclical slowdown in auto and some other sectors. “Most rate cuts were in 2018 but from November 18 to March 19 growth of revenue was 14 per cent. Kerala party to every rate cut,” he said.

Sources here said since both Centre and States have pooled their sovereignty related with indirect taxation (barring Customs and Central Excise Duty/Sales

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NEW DELHI, OCT 12 (AGENCIES): The Centre has blamed the cyclical slowdown in sectors such as automobile and widespread rainfall during August for the low Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in September.

It has also denied the allegations made by Kerala’s Finance Minister Thomas Isaaac on GST compliance.

GST collections in September were Rs. 91,916 crore, which was the lowest after Rs. 85,962 crore collected in February 2018. Since GST is a destination-based tax, the current downtrend in consumption is said to have impacted collections. The mop-up is also below the Budget Estimate of about Rs. 1-lakh crore.

According to sources, lower revenue in September can be attributed to the cyclical slowdown in certain key sectors such as automobile, which is a major contributor

and conversion of bank branches/offices/Non Administratively Independent Offices (NAIOs)/Customer Service Points (CSPs) online through CISBI portal,” the RBI said.

“After the initial submission of information on CISBI portal, a onetime confirmation stating that Correct and updated Bank-level information has been submitted on CISB’ shall be sent by banks to the concerned Regional Office of Department of Co-operative Bank Supervision within one month of issuance of this circular.”

On September 26, the Reserve Bank had placed a withdrawal limit of Rs 10,000 per six months on all deposits held at the bank. This was subsequently increased the withdrawal limits to Rs 25,000 after opposition from the depositors.

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These banks have been given a period of a month to notify the regulators of the extent of compliance.

Under the new system, all cooperative banks are required to submit their information in a single proforma online on the CISBI portal, as compared with the earlier system of submitting separate documents with information about daily business activity at the bank through e-mail, according to the RBI notification.

“All cooperative banks should submit immediately and in any case not later than one week, the information relating to opening, closure, merger, shifting

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MUMBAI, OCT 12 (IANS): The Reserve Bank of India on Friday has changed the daily reporting system at cooperative banks after the collapse of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank following the unearthing of over Rs 4,000 crore fraud there.

In a circular addressed to chief executives of all cooperative banks, the RBI has asked them to replace the existing system of email-based reporting at the branches to a web-based central system. This will make use of RBI’s Central Information System for Banking Infrastructure (CISBI) which is an online portal that presently allots Basic Statistical Return (BSR) code to branches and offices of all banks.

These instructions are being issued in supercession of all the instructions issued on the subject so far, it said, “Consistent with the needs of branch licensing and financial inclusion policies as well as the need for requisite coverage of additional dimensions/ features, a new reporting system -- Central Informa-

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MUMBAI, OCT 12 (IANS): Indian banks’ credit growth rate, for the first time this fiscal, slowed to single digit at 8.8 per cent to Rs 97.71 lakh crore during the fortnight to September 27, according to the Reserve Bank of India supplementary data.

During the same period, deposits climbed 9.4 per cent.

Outstanding loans rose Rs 596.53 trillion ($8.40 billion) from a fortnight earlier to Rs 97.71 trillion as on September 27.

Non-food credit gained Rs 64.30 billion to Rs 97.11 trillion, while food credit fell Rs 46.51 billion to Rs 600.85 billion while bank deposits grew Rs 1.83 trillion to Rs 129.07 rupees in the two weeks ended September 27.

fairs will be meeting a deputy governor of RBI soon to look into the “shortcomings” of the functioning of multi-state cooperative banks and see if any amendments can be made to the laws, she had said.

“They will discuss legislative steps needed to prevent such incidents from happening and empower the regulator better,” she had said.

The government will bring in a legislation to this effect in the winter session of Parliament, she had said.

vironment in energy and utilities. In general, there is (volatility) that the financial services companies are looking at but now there is enough demand,” he said.

For the second quarter, Infosys’ revenue grew 3.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter in constant currency terms to $3.21 billion, marginally missing street expectations.

Net profits grew 6.2 per cent sequentially to $572 million.

In rupee terms, Infosys reported drop in net profits by 1.8 per cent to ?4,037croreover thecorresponding quarter last year while revenue grew10 per cent to ?22,649 crore.

The company’s operating margin expanded 120 basis points to 21.7 per cent, returning to its targeted band of 21-23 per cent.

In contrast, TCS’ margin slipped to 24 per cent in the quarter to September, under its targeted band of 26-28 per cent.

The Tata Group company has attributed softened numbers to lower growth in its North American business and a dip in revenue from banking and financial services.

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70 per cent of its Rs 9,000 crore in advances.

Earlier this week during a media interaction, she had said, ‘’Finance Ministry may have nothing to do with it (PMC bank matter) directly because RBI is the regulator. But from my side, I’ve asked the secretaries of my ministry to work with Rural Development Ministry and the Urban Development Ministry to study in detail as to what is happening”.

Secretaries from the department of financial services and economic af-

BENGALURU, OCT 12 (AGENCIES): InfosysNSE 4.05 % beat expectations with a boost in profits while snagging a record $2.8 billion in large deals in the second quarter of the financial year as it outperformed larger rival Tata Consultancy Services in revenue growth, setting the stage for doubledigit expansion for India’s second-largest software exporter and once industry bellwether.

The Bengaluru-based company said it expects revenue growth in FY20 to be between 9 per cent and 10 per cent aided by strong business from the US market in the second quarter. Its revenue grew 3.3 per cent sequentially, double that of TCS’ 1.6 per cent.

“Six of our large seven segments are all showing double-digit growth,” said Salil Parekh, chief executive officer, Infosys.

“The deal pipeline remains strong and that continues to give confidence,” he said, while addressing media at the company headquarters on Friday.

“We see good demand and extremely strong en-

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NEW DELHI, OCT 12 (AGENCIES): Assuring account holders of troubled Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank of support, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that she has spoken to the RBI governor, who assured that customers’ concerns will be taken on top priority.

The bank was put under “directions” by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last month due to weak financial health, wherein the central bank has capped the deposit withdrawals at Rs 25,000.

“Spoken to governor @RBI on the #PMCBank matter. He assured me that clients & their concerns will be kept on top priority.

I wish to reiterate that @ FinMinIndia will ensure that customers concerns are comprehensively addressed. We understand the justified worries of the customers,” she said in a tweet. PMC is in bad health allegedly due to its exposure to near-bankrupt realty player HDIL, to which it has loaned over

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Ankara, Oct 12 (IANS): The Turkish government on Saturday denied that its Army had launched attacks on US special forces deployed in Northeastern Syria, as it was earlier claimed by the Pentagon.

“Attacking US forces is out of the question.

There’s the necessary coordination between our forces and the Americans,” Turkey’s Defence Minister, Hulusi Akar, said at a press conference held at the military central command in Sanliurfa, about 50 m from the Turkish-Syrian border.

Pentagon sources told Efe news on Friday night that Turkish artillery fire had landed near the US base near the Syrian border city of Kobane.

Turkey aims to carve out a so-called safe zone that will extend about 32 km into northern Syria, stretching from the Euphrates River to the Iraqi border.

The Turkish Army and allied factions of the Free Syrian Army, armed militias opposed to Presi-

Local residents look on as a convoy of Turkish forces’ trucks transporting tanks is driven on a road towards the border with Syria in Sanliurfa province, Saturday. (AP/PTI)

dent Bashar Al Assad, began the incursion into northern Syria on Wednesday in an operation dubbed “Peace Spring”.

They are fighting against the YPG, which controls most of the region of northern Syria.

The YPG, officially the People’s Protection Units, is the largest Kurdish militia in the region and was Washington’s key ally in the fight against the

Islamic State terror organization.

Ankara considers YPG a terrorist organization indistinguishable from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish militant group fighting against the Turkish state in eastern Turkey.

Tu r k e y ’s D e f e n s e Ministry said in a statement that the incident on Friday was “self-defence” as its troops had been tar-

geted by mortars fired by YPG fighters located near a US observation post.

Those mortars allegedly hit Turkish city of Suruc, which is facing Kobane on the other side of the border.

In a statement earlier on Friday, the US Department of Defence said: “US troops in the vicinity of Kobani came under artillery fire from Turkish positions at approximately 9 p.m.

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Iran hails efforts to mediate with Saudis T e h r a n, O c t 1 2 (IANS): Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Tehran welcomed efforts by intermediaries to arrange mediation talks with Saudi Arabia, including those by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan who is due to arrive here on Saturday.

“We’ve always been open to discussing anything with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is our neighbor.

We’re going to be here together permanently,” Press TV quoted Zarif as saying in an interview with Turkey’s TRT World.

“We don’t have any choice but to talk to each other, and we have been open to talking to Saudi Arabia either directly or through intermediaries,” he said.

“We’ve never rejected any intermediary... We’ve always been open to mediation, and we’ve always been open to direct talks with our Saudi neighbours,” Zarif added when asked about Khan’s visit to Tehran.

Khan will embark on an official visit to Iran and Saudi Arabia as part of Is-

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lamabad’s efforts to defuse increasing tensions in the Middle East.

Khan would first travel to Iran where he will have a night stay. His meeting with President Hassan Rouhani has been scheduled for Sunday. He will later in the day go to Riyadh for meetings with the Saudi leadership, according to Pakistan’s Dawn news.

In his interview with TRT, Zarif emphasized that Saudi Arabia needs to start good relations with its neighbors if it wants to be secure.

“Buying weapons will not buy you security. If Saudi Arabia wants to be secure, the best way is to end the war in Yemen, to

start good relations with its neighbours and the neighbourhood, and not to trust the US,” Press TV quoted Zarif as saying in the TRT World interview.

He also referred to a peace plan, officially called Hormuz Peace Endeavour (HOPE), proposed by Rouhani during his recent speech at the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), saying the initiative calls on “all eight countries in the Persian Gulf region to join in an attempt to bring peace through dialogue”.

“We hope it can be discussed and further enriched by our neighbours,” he added.

The mediation initiative is being taken at the request of Saudi Arabia.

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman had during Khan’s last visit to Saudi Arabia asked him to help defuse tensions with Iran as Riyadh wanted to avoid war. Tensions have been brewing between Tehran and Riyadh since the September 14 drone attacks on a Saudi oil facility and a processing plant.

Zambia to host India-Southern Africa Summit L u sa k a , O c t 1 2 (IANS): Zambia will host the India-Southern Africa Regional Conclave Summit aimed at bolstering economic ties between India and Africa, a senior government official said on Friday.

According to Christopher Yaluma, minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, the two-day summit starting on Monday has attracted 221 companies who have already confirmed participation. He told reporters at a press briefing that the summit will help Zambia acquire knowledge on how big economies like India manage to grow.

He said Zambian President Edgar Lungu will officially open the summit where Zambia will play host on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), he said.

He underscored that India held similar meetings in Uganda in 2017, with Nigeria having done the same in 2018.

Venice presents plan to tackle climate change Japan braces for powerful typhoon Hagibis

Authorities warn that mass tourism and its environmental impact have also become a challenge for the city, a cradle of history dating back more 1,500 years.

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Tokyo, Oct 12 (IANS): Japan is bracing for super typhoon Hagibis, considered one of the most powerful storms in the Pacific this season, as it is expected to make landfall in the country main island of Honshu later in the day.

The storm is already battering Chiba prefecture where violent gusts have torn roofs off homes and left some residents with injuries, reports public broadcaster NHK. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) offi-

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Father, we've been searching for you in your chair, in your bed...

We've been looking at the plate and the cup where you eat and drink...

We've been trying to find you walking in the streets...

We've been trying to get a glance of your eyes with a smile....

We've been longing to hear your voice...

We've been hoping to hold your hands...

And today as one year passes without your physical presence, we miss you even more...

The emptiness that was left behind can never be filled....

A year ago today we didn't lose you alone but a part of us have gone along with you...

It's a painful journey ahead yet again but to know that your love, your goodness and your blessings was, is and will always light our ways enables us to survive every single moment...

We love you and miss you each passing day of our lives!!!

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2nd DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Shri KHETOVI CHOPHI K. Hetoi Village. Niu-Land

Even though your presence is sadly missed, your immense guidance & knowledge throughout has stayed to lead us along our life's journey. Your memories will always be in our hearts.

13.10.2018 – 13.10.2019 Times go by and you are no more with us, but our hearts are filled with your sweet memories which can never be erased.

Loving Family.

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and landslides.

The Japanese government has convened an emergency meeting to take preventive measures and has asked citizens in central, south and west Japan to remain vigilant over the weekend, Efe news reported.

Japan’s two largest airlines, ANA and JAL, have cancelled almost all domestic flights scheduled to or from the two Tokyo airports (Haneda and Narita) and some of the connections between Osaka and Chubu.

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cials have classified typhoon Hagibis as “very strong”.

The storm is moving northwards over the Pacific towards Honshu.

Hagibis could be on par with a typhoon that killed more than 1,200 people in the Kanto and Izu regions in 1958.

The agency has issued an emergency warning for landslides in Tokyo and Izu, Shizuoka prefecture.

It’s forecasting torrential rain through Saturday with a severe risk of floods

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02.11.1981 – 09.10.2019 Through this column we, the bereaved family of LATE IMLISUNEP AIER extend our sincere gratitude to each and every one who had supported us during our darkest moment through prayer, morally, financially, materially and physically in any way at the sudden sad demise.

Your love and kindness had supported us a lot.

Though we have nothing to repay you back, but the good Lord bless you abundantly.

Loving Parents, Brother, Sisters & Relatives.

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Born in 1951 - Died on 8-10-19 We the bereaved family and relatives would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the following individuals/group at the sudden demise of LT. Nrichen Ngullie.

1. Honourable Dy. C.M, Y. Patton 2. Mr & Mrs Lidemo Yanthan 3. SDPO/O.C all Rank and files of Nagaland Police, Bhandari P.S 4. Commandant all Rank and File of 7th NAP 5. Commandant / Coy Commander 28th AR C.Coy Personnel Bhandari 6. Bhandari Town Public 7. Niroyoe Ekhung Wokha Town 8. S.P Office Wokha 9. Baptist Church Niroyo 10. A.G Church Niroyo 11. Niroyo Village Council and Friends DP-7588

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Washington, Oct 12 (IANS): A US federal court has issued a temporary injunction against President Donald Trump’s administration’s rule that would deny permanent residency to immigrants deemed likely to depend on public welfare. Judge George Daniels of the US District Court in the Southern District of New York wrote in a 14-page opinion on Friday that immigrants who would potentially be affected by the White House’s “public charge” rule could suffer “irreparable harm” if the regulation went into effect October 15 as scheduled, reports Xinhua news agency.

“The balance of equities and the interests of justice favor issuance of a preliminary injunction,” Daniels wrote.

Under the so-called “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds” rule put forward by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on August 14, the US will disqualify legal immigrants from obtaining permanent resident status, commonly known as green cards, if they use, or are considered dependent upon, public-assistance programmes such as food stamps, housing assistance and Medicaid.

The DHS rule “changes the definitions for public charge and public benefits, and changes the standard that DHS uses”.

ones who hurt it those who spend only one day,” Luigi Brugnaro, Venice’s Mayor told Efe in an interview.

The conservative politician took part in the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen, where he unveiled his plan to protect the Italian city from the effects of global warming.

His medium and longterm roadmap includes poli-

increased recycling. However, many visitors were not aware of the existence of this service.

Venice and its lagoon were declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1987, but two years ago the UN organization warned the Italian city that it should take steps before 2021 to avoid being included in his “blacklist”.

The next meeting of the UN committee to monitor the progress will be held in China in 2020.

Venice goes on alert when a high tide reaches 80 cm. If sea-levels were to rise by 110 cm, more than 10 per cent of the pedestrian area of the historic centre would be flooded.

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levels, Efe news reported on Saturday.

However, authorities warn that mass tourism and its environmental impact have also become a challenge for the city, a cradle of history dating back more 1,500 years.

“Anyone has to visit Venice with respect. You have to go for a few days, to be impregnated with it. The

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Copenhagen, Oct 12 (IANS): In a bid to save its heritage, the Italian city of Venice has presented a plan to tackle the effects of climate change, calling for responsible tourism at this years C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen.

For years, Venice has been facing its toughest challenge ever: the risk of flooding due to rising sea

cies affecting not only the huge cruise ships that enter Venice daily but also the 25 million people that visit the city every year.

“No one should have negative thoughts about tourists. They are curious people who want to see a place like Venice and it is fair that they can do it. We only have to establish simple rules,” Brugnaro said.

From January 2020, visitors who spend less than 24 hours in Venice will have to pay a tourist tax of 10 euros to offset cleaning and maintenance costs.

Brugnaro also plans to regulate tourist rentals through platforms such as Airbnb. In Venice, door-todoor garbage collecting has

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2019

Brilliante, Nagaland Piano Fest from Oct 29 Autumn Flea Market commence in Dmu B rillante, the second Nagaland Piano Festival is poised to captivate music lovers, pianists in particular from October 29 to 31 at RCEMPA, Jotsoma.

In a press conference held on October 11 at Kindred Kohima, the organising team informed that there will be a convergence of local, national and international pianists playing classics, jazz and other contemporary forms of piano music.

The inaugural function will be held on October 29, at 2 p.m. where the opening act will be done with 100 Pianos overture, in which over 100 pianists will be coming together to play Beethoven’s- Ode to Joy. This will consist of players from all levels starting from young learners (Age 4) to teachers, band keyboardists, celebrated professionals, guest artists and competitors from the state and other parts of India and the performance will be a combined community effort (institutions, organisations, churches etc)

Brilliante team at Kindred Kohima on October 11. (NP)

to celebrate together the gift of music, the love of the keys and an expression of praise to God. The organisers had mentioned 100 pianists; however, they are still inviting and welcoming pianists of all age who are interested to join.

On October 30, workshop will be held on classical piano masterclass,

intro to Jazz piano and improvisation, hymn arrangement basic, piano maintenance, focused interactions, demos, piano playing techniques and practice habits etc followed by “Sapphire Skies” piano concert at 5 p.m. which will be featured by amazing classical artists such as Natalia Kapynova and Jazz soloist Aman Mahajan.

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scar-winning actress Jane Fonda, 81, was arrested during a climate change protest in Washington, D.C. The actress and activist was arrested from the US Capitol on Friday, reports variety.com.

“Today, the United States Capitol Police arrested 16 individuals for unlawfully demonstrating on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol,” said Capitol Police communications director Eva Malecki.

She added that all were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding. `Several videos emerged on social media of the “Grace and Frankie” star being taken into custody in handcuffs on Friday afternoon.

The protest was associated with the actress’ Fire Drill Fridays campaign, in which Fonda vowed to protest every Friday through the end of the year on Capitol Hill “to demand that action by our political

leaders be taken to address the climate emergency we are in”.

“I will be on the Capitol every Friday, rain or shine, inspired and emboldened by the incredible movement our youth have created,” Fonda said on the campaign’s site.

“I can no longer stand by and let our elected officials ignore -- and even worse -- empower the industries that are destroying our planet for profit,” she added.

The actress recently told the Washington Post that she moved to D.C. so that she could be more active in urging for action against climate change, telling the publication, “We’re going to engage in civil disobedience and we’re going to get arrested every Friday”.

(IANS)

More exciting and wonderful activities will be held including a feature of the piano competition. This edition will be the addition of audience choice in the senior category. It was also informed that the audience will now be able to vote live their choice from among the competitors.

‘Brilliante’ is an Italian word which means ‘Bril-

liant and Shiny’. The group aims to promote the local pianists to come out and shine with the main objectives to create a platform for local pianists to hone their skills, interact with fellow musicians, and get exposure to new ideas and develop a deeper understanding of piano studies, genres and performance.

Pianists (of all skill levels) are invited to join this fun, unique and exciting performance. Scores or chord charts will be provided for all performers according to their abilities. One can reach out to 9089567025 to get registered.

Brillante event team is led by Khyochano TCK in collaboration with TAFMA, NPTA, imagi.nation, Music Academy Kohima , Furtados and media partner Nagaland Post. They had also mentioned that few pre bought tickets by some Good Samaritan are available for public who cannot afford to buy tickets. Tickets will be available at D. Cafe, Planet Earth Cafe, Kindred, COZ, Ozone.

(Correspondent)

Autumn flea market organized at A1 power play, adjacent to Chekiye gate. (NP)

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stall have been set up at the Autumn Flea Market which is the first of its kind organised on Saturday at A1 Power Play, adjacent to Chekiye gate, third mile Dimapur.

The flea comprises of various stalls displaying accessories, clothes, shoes, decorative items. There are varieties of local delicacy, junks as well as mouth watering pastries, cakes and

muffins baked by local bakers. The flea also has a separate kid’s section area.

It’s a flea for friends, families, fashionistas and food lovers to have a good time, enjoying and buying items at discounted rates.

Speaking to this reporter about the market, proprietor, Akika G Kiba and event organizer, Ilivili Pito stated that the main purpose of the event is to promote local businesses

as well as budding entrepreneurs in the state.

The flea also looks forward in creating awareness on environment by making the event as minimal use of plastic. The organizer also looks forward for more participation of citizens taking part in the event encouraging the entrepreneurs.

The event starts from 2 a.m.to 9 p.m. and it will culminate on October 13.

(Staff Reporter)

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two-day first ever Arju Autumn Fest Tuli 2019, heldfrom October 10 successfully concluded on Friday. The Fest is a concept and creation of Director of Community Educational Centre Society (CECS), Subonenba Longkumer, organized under the banner Arju Autumn Fest CECS. The purpose of the Arju festival is to give a platform for the local talents, and to encourage them to perform and take pride in participation and push them to the next level.

Advisor Task Force for Music and Arts (TaFMA), Theja Meru, who graced the final night of the event emphasized on the importance of promoting music and art in Nagaland and the effort put up by the state government to tap the talents of youth and artists in Nagaland and promoting them. The state government through TaFMa continues

The Paradigm Shift and others after winning the battle of the band contest.

to promote and expose artists in near and abroad.

Meru congratulated the event organizers and visitors and wished for more success of the Arju Autumn Fest Tuli in the years ahead.

The activity of the Arju Autumn Fest was an amalgamation of sports and music and traditional sports. Volley ball competition was the main sport

that was played where various youth clubs; local and from afar came to compete.

Traditional sports included bamboo pole climbing, traditional go-karting, log cutting, winnowing, bamboo mat weaving, catapult shooting and spinning top, spear throwing, pig chasing, and firewood carrying and fire making were the few among them. Recreational

boating, zip lining, ATV rides were the popular ones among them.

Besides these outdoor games, indoors like VR (Virtual Reality), carom and dart throwing and various recreational games were opened at different stalls.

The aroma from the live kitchen and the variety of foods in the stall also added taste to the fest from the

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fresh bakes to the grills, cold to hot beverages, traditional cuisine to fast food.

At the night music carnival, 7 bands came to battle to be crowned champion in the battle of bands, each bands performed 2 set of rounds, the preliminary round and the final round.

The band presented 5 songs in total 2 of which were in a preliminary round: an original and a cover and in the final round 3 songs were performed.

The Paradigm from Dimapur won the Battle of Bands and walked away with a cash prize and a record deal with Media 24 Studio.

To give an extra taste of fun Raffle draw for Royal Enfield was drawn towards the end of the function on the final night.

The Ar ju Autumn Fest concluded on a high spirit attracting around 2000 visitors during the two days event.

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“Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”

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he grand finale of “Nagaland Choir Olympics” under the aegis of Task Force for Music and Arts (TaFMA) ia all set to take place on October 23 at RCEMPA, Jotsoma at 5 p.m.

TaFMA has conducted auditions in all the districts with event partners from the districts. From the district auditions, 10 best choirs i.e. one each from each district have been selected.

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kong Choir, Wokha-Bridge of the Gap Chamber Choir, Mokokchung -Ongmesang, Zunheboto- ZTSBC Youth Choir, Peren- Cantamus Choir, Kohima- Harmonic Voices, Tuensang- Yimchunger Baptist Church Choir, Phek-The Canticles.

For the grand finale, there will be two rounds of performances. In each round, choirs will present one song each.

Director, Aroha Choir, Shillong, Pauline Warjri will be the chief judge for the event.

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The best choir will receive a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh along with a trophy.

The first and second runner up will get Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 25,000 respectively.

Meanwhile, on October 24, another audition

for all the 10 participating choirs will be held to select a choir for Nagaland, and efforts will be made to participate in the world choir games scheduled to be held in Belgium next year.

The event is being

managed by Musicians Guild, Nagaland.

TaFMA advisor, Theja Meru stated “Choral music is a big part of our DNA and heritage, and the event is being organized to acknowledge and

promote choral music at a professional level, which we believe will enable and prepare our singers to participate in national and international platforms in future, ” (Correspondent)

On this amazing milestone, we celebrate your life and everything that you have accomplished! Always cheerful and ever smiling, you’ve loved us, cared for us and never stopped praying for us as long as we can remember.

Today as we honour your 90th birthday, may the light of the Lord shine upon you and grant you happiness on this birthday.

Happy Birthday to the most incredible and inspirational woman we have the privilege to call our mother and grandmother driven by faith and love of Christ on this day and everyday.

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India take huge lead despite gritty fight from SA NSF Trophy: Darhü brace send

Jadeja’s (1/81) tight bowling, was laudable.

After a point the two senior spinners looked a touch frustrated and Maharaj scored some useful runs against them and then against the second new ball.

It was a top notch effort from two individuals, for whom batting is not their primary skill.

Maharaj hit 12 boundaries even as he looked in pain while rubbing his shoulder. He was finally out, caught at leg slip by Rohit Sharma off Ashwin but after a satisfying day in office.

The highlights of the morning session was however Mohammed Shami’s hostile first spell and an acrobatic catch from Wriddhiman Saha while the afternoon session was all about relentless pressure created

by Ashwin and Jadeja.

South Africa’s most experienced pair of skipper Faf du Plessis (64) and Quinton de Kock (31) tried to resurrect the innings with a quick stand of 75 runs but Ashwin removed the latter before lunch to make matters worse for the visitors.

Shami (2/44) bowled with a lot of fire, sticking to

hard lengths during the session while Umesh Yadav’s (3/37) third wicket of the innings primarily belongs to Saha, who once again proved why he is rated as the best in the world.

On a pitch where Indian batsmen looked at ease, it was an every moment struggle for the Proteas batsmen.

Shami was getting the semi new-ball to dart back in after pitching while Yadav was primarily bowling outswingers.

Nightwatchman Anrich Nortje (4) was uncomfortable from the start with

Menuosetuo Yiese wins Dapfhütsumia wrestling heat 2019 DIMAPUR, OCT 12: Menuosetuo Yiese emerged as the champion of the Dapfhütsumia wrestling heat 2019 organised by Dapfhütsumia Youth Organisation held at Dafphütsumia ground, Kohima village on October 12.

Standing at 5:10 feet tall and weighing 118 kgs, the 20 year old Menuosetuo Yiese overcame Kevisalie Kire in the final to take the title, the champions Yiese walked home with cash prize of Rs. The winners along with the organising committee at 20,000 sponsored by Pusolieba Society, D Khel, while Kohima on Saturday.

runners-up Kire received Rs.15000 sponsored by Amity Club, D Khel.

Seyiekhrietuo Yiese and Mengukhrietuo Kire stood in third and fourth position respectively. They received Rs. 10,000 sponsored by Vilie Peli, D Khel and fourth position with Rs. 7000 sponsored by Neikesa Peli, D Khel.

Earlier, D Khel council vice chairmen, Keneizezo Yiese shared greeting, wrestling Secreatry DYO, Kelhouvakhrie Kire administered the oath taking.

30th All Nagaland Tennis Championship 2019 concludes Dimapur: The 30th All Nagaland Tennis Championship 2019 concluded on Saturday at Chavino Memorial Tennis Complex, Kuda Village, Dimapur. 32 players competed in various categories for juniors and seniors.

The results are as follows: Boys U-12: Winner - Mesavi Nakhro Runner-up - Rükravor Nagi Boys U-18:

Winner - Vizhasier Nakhro Runner-up - Thejavor Jordan Mepfuo Men’s Singles: Winner - Thejaser Khate Runner-up - Zhaputso Khate Men’s Doubles: Wi n n e r s - V i k h o z o lie Khate and Zhaputso Khate Runners up - Thejaser Khate and Vizhasier NaWinners along with trophies and certificates. khro.

Nagaland women’s senior team for T20 trophy 2019-20

Nagaland women cricket teams along with officials.

Dimapur: The Nagaland Cricket Association has declared the Women’s senior cricket team list for T20 Trophy for the season 2019-20. The plate group matches will start from October 15 in Mumbai.

Fixture: 1. Nagaland Vs Tripura - 15/10/2019 2. Nagaland Vs Hyderabad- 17/10/2019 3. Nagaland Vs Mumbai - 18/10/2019 4. Nagaland Vs Karnataka - 20/10/2019 5. Nagaland Vs Pondicherry - 21/10/2019 6. Nagaland Vs Baroda- 23/10/2019 Team Members: Merensola, Sentilemla Imsong, Elina Muru, Sariba, Ledanfi Kips, Limatola Ao, Sheetal, Pankul, Karishma, Rakhi, Rupsena, Trishna Nair.

Guest players: Vaincy Chaudhary, Nazma, Madhumonti Bhattacharya Coach- V Cheluvaraj S&C trainer-cum-manager - Sujit S Rane Physio- Wangshila Jamir K Y M C

Nagaland thrash Arunachal at Vijay Merchant Trophy DIMAPUR: Nagaland won by an innings and 321 runs against Arunachal Pradesh at the ongoing Vijay Merchant Trophy 2019-20 in Dimapur on Saturday.

DAY-2 (October 12) NAGALAND 1st Innings: 422 All Out in 92.5 Overs Yugandhar- 148 runs Rohan- 71 runs Yash- 63 runs Gyanesh- 4 wickets Tanmay Gupta- 2 wickets Roshan- 2 wickets Arunachal Pradesh 1st Innings: 29 All Out in 23.1 Overs Tanmay Gupta- 8 runs Demton Panggeng- 7 runs Rohan- 6 wickets Yash- 1 wicket Neizekho Rupreo- 1 wicket Arunachal Pradesh 2nd Innings: 72 All Out in 27.3 Overs Biswajeet- 16 runs Manas - 14 runs Neizekho Rupreo- 7 wickets Rohan- 3 wickets

PRESS NOTE This is for information to all the PMEGP applicants both for Kiphire & Pungro interview Venues of the office of the District Industries Centre (DIC), and Nagaland Khadi & Village Industries Board (NKVIB) under Kiphire District during the year 2019-20 that the selection interview for PMEGP applicants of the above mentioned offices will be conducted by the District Level Task Force Committee (DLTFC) on the date, time & venue as given below.

Office Date Time Venue 1. DIC & NKVIB 22/10/19 10:30 AM ADC Office Chamber, Pungro 2. DIC & NKVIB 23/10/19 10:30 AM DC Office Chamber, Kiphire Therefore, all the eligible applicants are informed to appear in the interview respectively along with his/her original documents without fail.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Dimapur Sungratsu Students' Union and Jubilee Committee would like to sincerely thank each and everyone who attended our Golden Jubilee Celebration on 08-10-19.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the speaker Shri.

Sentiwapang Aier, Deputy Commissioner, Peren : Nagaland and all the participants, parents, individuals, unions and well wishers who joined us, supported and assisted us and celebrated with us in person and in spirit. We thank you for making our Golden Jubilee celebration a memorable event.

May God continue to bless us all.

President Dimapur Sungratsu Students' Union

Convenor Jubilee Committee

Medziphema team to semis

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KO H I M A , O C T 1 2 (NPN): Darhü struck twice as MTYO Medziphema outclassed Naga Hospital Colony Youth Organisation 3-0 in the third quarterfinal match of the 20th NSF Martyr’s Memorial Trophy 2019 to book their semi-final berth here at Khuochiezie, Kohima local ground on Saturday.

In the match, MTYO’s striker Darhü open the scoring in the 8th minute, and went on to scored his second goal in the 71st minute.

Fo r m e r C h u r c h i l l Brothers SC midfielder, Visalie Mezhü got his name in the score sheet scoring through a stunning long range kick in the 85th minute to helped the team win over Naga-Hospital Colony Youth Organisation 3-0.

Darhü with his brace has now scored seven goals so far for Medziphema team.

While two key players of Naga Hospital Colony team could not make it at the starting of the match due to their academic exams. Viluto Achumi came in the 24th minute, while their talisman Gideon Leo only came in the 87th minute as they failed to make

Players of MTYO Medziphema (White) and NHCYO in action during the third quarter-final match at Kohima local ground on Saturday. (NP)

much impression ending the saga in the tournament.

Neithovilie Chalieu, the goalkeeper for Shillong Lajong FC also made his debut in the tournament for Medziphema team. He did manage to keep a clean sheet in his first match as the opponent team failed to register a single shot on target easing off the pressure for the goalkeeper to make any saves in the match.

Wi t h t h e v i c t o r y, MTYO Medziphema will take on Centurion FC Kohima village on October 16 at 1:30 p.m.

Nino Iralu Secretary (Judicial) Justice, Law Department was the match patron for the third quarterfinal.

Monday’s Match 4rd quarter final: Viswemi FC Vs Unity FC @1:30 p.m.

Day 3 of 27th Loyem Memorial Trophy

Nyenshen FC (green jersey) and DEF Tuensang (Red with Blue)

DIMAPUR: The 4th and 5th match of the 27th Loyem Memorial Trophy 2019 was played on October 12 at Tuensang.

In the first match of the day, (i.e. 4th match) Skipper Young FC take off with Hügel Hiflers (Jr).

Skipper Young FC won the match by a soli-

darity goal came from the boot of Thungpang Mongko jersey no 7 at 55 minutes.

Thungti Takum jersey No. 14 of Hügel Hifliers (Jr) and Chumong jersey No 5 of Skipper Young FC was awarded yellow card for unsporting conduct.

The second match

(i.e. 5th match) was played between Nyenshen FC and DEF Tuensang, where Nyenshen FC won the match by 5 goals.

Rithsho Mero jersey No. 14 score four goals at 21 minutes, 31 minutes, 34 minutes and 39 minutes and Aloumei Jersey No 9 at 57 minutes.

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PRESS NOTE

LOTHA PUBLIC ORGANISATION CLARIFIES TO 13 TRIBES OF NAGALAND.

Lotha Public Organisation has reminded the 13 tribes of Nagaland, who have been vigorously voicing out to support and unite for early political solution for Nagas of Nagaland, to obviate and exclude the Lotha community from the preview of the group as the present Lotha Hoho led by Er. Mhondamo Ovung's team is un-mandated, unapproved, unrecognised and selfstyled organisation and not as Lotha tribe consensus.

The Lotha Public Organisation asserted that, any Lotha representatives who are on board of the solution campaign for Nagas of Nagaland are representing and participating in their own personal and individual interest with a motive of whims and fancies and not for Lotha public interest. Therefore, the Lotha Public Organisation sincerely appeals and urges upon the 13 tribes of Nagaland to obviate and exclude the Lotha tribe from the solution campaign of Nagas of Nagaland so as to avoid further confusion and potential obstruction.

The Lotha Public Organisation clearly stands that, any Lotha individual or group who contribute and display their representation on behalf of Lotha community will not be acceptable and it will be termed as treason.

LPO maintains that, while respecting the nomenclature of Lotha Hoho, the LPO apprised the 13 tribes not to misuse the name of Lotha Hoho in future instead it will be wise and appropriate to use it as Er. Mhondamo Ovung's team.

LPO puts on record that, ever since the Kyong Hoho was dislodged by the so called Lotha Hoho in the year 2014, the so called Lotha Hoho did not convene or conduct even a single general Lotha public meeting pertaining to the kitchen issue of Lotha; till today there was no finance report and secretary report reading that has been produced before the Lotha general public for consumption, neither have they discussed any agendas about the pros and cons of Naga Political Movement. Perhaps, the whimsical attitude of the Lotha Hoho has been projected and displayed to the general Lotha public and functioning its organisation at the expense of innocent Lotha public with autocratic and repressive attitude under the initiative of few Lotha vested intellectuals who are just seeking for corny privileges.

Further, the LPO appeals to the Govt. of India to primarily focus only with the Naga people's mandate so as to concede to the NSCN core demand for Separate Naga National Flag and Constitution (YEZHABO) in the ambit of the current negotiations of the protracted IndoNaga political solution. LPO is confident that, the Govt. of India will respect and adhere to the Framework Agreement which was signed on 3rd August 2015, and the demands of the NSCN on behalf of Naga people which will display a clear message and manifestation of pride and identity to the Nagas.

LPO presume that, the GOI will understand and listen to the core issue and respect the Philosophy of A.Z PHIZO which he rightly summarized as : "NAGAS ARE ONE WHEREVER WE ARE AND THE NAGAS ARE FOR ALL." Therefore, basing on A.Z PHIZO's quote, LPO urges all Naga people to remain firm and united and respect the ideology of our great Naga patriotic leader and play a proactive role at this crucial hour of discussion and negotiation for equitable and logical solution.

(SULANTHUNG HUMTSOE) Chairman Lotha Public Organization

(ZAREMO KIKON) General Secretary Lotha Public Organization

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Indian cricket team players celebrate the dismissal of Keshav Maharaj during the day 3 of second India-South Africa cricket test match in Pune, Saturday. (PTI)

Virat Kohli setting an attacking field that included four slips and a gully.

Shami got deliveries to rear up from the length and one such delivery was awkwardly fended by Nortje and skipper Kohli at fourth slip took a smart catch diving to his right.

Theunis de Bruyn (30) hit a couple of cover drives but it was a moment of inspiration from Saha that brought about his end.

Trying an expansive drive off Yadav, De Bruyn’s hard flash was flying towards first slip and an aerial Saha plucked out of thin air, leaving South Africa tottering at 53 for five.

However Du Plessis and De Kock batted positively, punishing the loose balls and didn’t look in much trouble like the earlier batsmen. Du Plessis had 10 hits to the fence including one maximum while De Kock hit seven boundaries.

It was Ashwin, who removed De Kock with a classical off-break that pitched on the middle and the southpaw was squared up and beaten trying to play for the turn with bails clipped.

In the post lunch session, spinners took control as Senuran Muthsamy (7) shouldered arms to delivery from Jadeja that turned back sharply and he was adjudged leg-before.

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PUNE, OCT 12 (PTI): Tailenders Keshav Maharaj and Vernon Philander set an example of gutsy batsmanship as South Africa fought hard against a quality attack but could not stop India from taking a massive 326-run lead on the third day of the second Test here.

While a total of 275 in 105.4 overs is far from India’s mammoth first innings total of 601, the 119-run ninth wicket stand between Philander (44 not out) and an injured Maharaj (72) showed what the top-order could have done had they shown some stomach for fight.

The duo ducked the bouncers, defended doggedly and attacked the loose deliveries as the Indian bowling attack suddenly lacked answers during the final session of the third day, which certainly belonged to the Proteas.

Coming together at 152 for eight, PhilanderMaharaj pair not only had a century- plus stand but more importantly consumed 43.1 overs, taking away a lot of second innings overs from India.

The pitch has shown no considerable signs of wear and tear over three days but nothing can be taken away from Philander, whose, defensive technique against Ravichandran Ashwin (4/69) and Ravindra

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Manju enters final; Kom sign off with bronze Late N-D memorial trophy from Oct 28

Six-time champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) in action against Turkey’s Busenaz Cakiroglu during the World Women’s Boxing Championships in Ulan-Ude, Russia, Saturday. (PTI)

ULAN-UDE (RUSSIA), OCT 12 (PTI): Debutant Manju Rani (48kg) advanced to the final but sixtime champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) settled for a bronze medal in the World Women’s Boxing Championships here on Saturday.

Sixth-seeded Rani d e f e a t e d T h a i l a n d ’s

Chuthamat Raksat 4-1 in her semifinal bout. She will take on second-seeded Russian Ekaterina Paltceva in the summit clash on Sunday.

But the seasoned Mary Kom and another debutant Jamuna Boro (54kg) settled for bronze medals after semifinal losses.

Mary Kom, seeded third, lost 1-4 to second seed Cakiroglu, who is the reigning European Championships and European Games gold-medallist.

Boro went down 0-5 to top seed and former Asian Games bronze-medallist Huang Hsiao-Wen of Chinese Taipei. The Indian

contingent sought a review of the decision in Mary Kom’s bout but the appeal was turned down by the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) technical committee. The rules mandate that the decision has to be either 3-2 or 3-1 for an appeal to be even accepted for consideration.

“I am very disappointed with the decision. I think I fought much better and did not deserve to lose but I will try to ensure that this setback helps me achieve bigger things,” Mary Kom told PTI. Rani, who hails from Haryana and made the national camp only this year, put up a gutsy show against the more muscular Raksat.

Relying on counter-attacks in the first two rounds, the Strandja Memorial silvermedallist went on the offensive in the final three minutes.

She rattled the Thai with her ferocious combination punches, piercing through her shell guard with forceful straight punches.

Mary Kom also fought a tactically sound bout but was edged out by the Turk in a split verdict.

Both the boxers seemed hesitant to make the first move in the opening round but Mary Kom had the edge in counter-attacks as Cakiroglu struggled to

make her height advantage count.

The second round followed a similar pattern as far as the tactics went and although it was close, the judges ruled in the Turk’s favour in a split call.

In the final three minutes, both the boxers upped the ante but Cakiroglu got the judges’ nod.

“Mary fought exceptionally well and should have won the bout. We are still quite stunned that the decision did not go in her favour,” India’s assistant coach and Mary Kom’s trainer Chhote Lal Yadav told PTI. Despite this loss, it was a stupendous campaign for the 36-year-old Mary Kom and added to her long list of accomplishments. This bronze is her first world medal in the 51kg category.

Besides six world titles, Mary Kom’s incredible career is also studded with an Olympic bronze medal (2012), five Asian titles, gold medals at the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games, besides numerous other international top finishes.

Later in the day, last edition’s bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) will face China’s Yang Liu, who took down top seed Chen Nien-Chin.

DLSU, committee members and Tsenthungo Lotha at Lotha Hoho Ki on Saturday. (NP) Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, OCT 12 (NPN): The 25th edition of late Nyamo and late Daniel Running Trophy organized by Dimapur Lotha Students Union will commence from October 28 at State Stadium Dimapur.

This year the prize money has been enhanced, where the champions will receive Rs. One lakh and runners-up will receive Rs. 70,000. Individual prizes such as best player (player of the tournament), best defender, highest scorer, best goal keeper and young emerging player, and best discipline team will also be awarded.

Addressing press conference at Lotha Hoho Ki

Dimapur on Saturday, the organizer of the tournament stated that this year the trophy will be played under the theme, “reminiscing pioneers”.

It may be noted that the tournament was started in 1994, since then it has become an annual event and the standard of the game has been increased.

This year also, Lotha players from all over the district including players from national level will be taking part.

The organizer is also expecting more teams in this year edition.

Meanwhile, Tsenthungo Lotha speaking on behalf of the family member of late Nyamo Lotha has thanked the DLSU for

organizing the tournament successfully every year.

He said that the trophy has been contributed to the upcoming young footballers and leaders of the Lotha.

“For us this trophy is like a forum for the upcoming footballers and leaders”, he added.

Meanwhile, according to the organizer, forms will be available at N. Grocery Shop (near Lotha Hoho Ki) from October 14 on payment of Rs. 6000 as entry fee. The last date of submission is October 24 and fixture will be drawn on October 25. Further information can be contacted at 9774281721 (sports secretary) and 8974589662 (DLSU president).

Hockey India names 22 for senior women Czechs upset England to end 10-year run in qualifiers

Representational image of Indian Hockey senior women.

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS): Hockey India on Saturday named 22 players for the senior women’s national coaching camp which begins on Sunday at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar ahead of next month’s FIH Olympic Qualifiers.

The camp will focus on preparing for the crucial Olympic Qualifiers where the hosts will play two matches against the USA on November 1 and 2. The best of two matches will determine the team that qualifies for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

During their recent tour of England, the Indian women’s team led by Rani won their first match against Great Britain 2-1,

while it drew three matches (1-1; 0-0; 2-2) and lost a match (1-3) to the home team.

“It was a good tour because we got to play a strong team like Great Britain and we did well against the pressure Great Britain created in each match. The one week break before the team reports for camp, I believe will give them enough time to recover mentally and physically and they will return fresh for the camp in Bhubaneswar,” said chief coach Sjoerd Marijne.

“There is a lot of excitement among the players to compete in Bhubaneswar which has truly become a hockey destination for world events. During

Schweinsteiger to start retired life as TV analyst BERLIN, OCT 12 (IANS): Former Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger will work with public broadcaster ARD after retiring from football this week. “I’m looking forward to my new job as the ARD Sportschau TV soccer expert,” Schweinsteiger tweeted on Friday.

It is reported that Schweinsteiger would be an analyst for live matches broadcasted by ARD lasting to the 2022 FIFA World Cup scheduled to be held in Qatar.

On Tuesday, Schweinsteiger announced his retirement. In a statement that he released on his social media handles, the 35-year-old said that he will be finishing his career at the end of this season of the Major League Soccer, in which he plays for the Chicago Fire. Schweinsteiger played for German giants Bayern Munich for most of his career, making his senior debut at the age of 18 in 2002 after progressing through the ranks in the club. He went on to make exactly 500 appear-

Bastian Schweinsteiger

ances for Bayern, winning eight Bundesliga titles, seven DFB-Pokal, a Champions League, a FIFA Club World Cup and a UEFA Super Cup title. He then joined Manchester United where he won the FA Cup in 2016.

In 2017, he moved to the US where he has played for the Chicago Fire since.

Schweinsteiger was an integral part of the team that won the 2014 World Cup. He made his international debut in 2004 and earned over 121 caps. He captained the team from 2014 till his international retirement in 2016.

the camp, it is important for the team to get used to the pitch and we are also looking at playing practice matches amongst ourselves which we have requested should be open for public to come and watch. It will not only boost our confidence but it will also help us prepare better,” Marijne added.

Players: Savita, Rajini Etimarpu, Deep Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, Salima Tete, Gurjit Kaur, Udita, Nikki Pradhan, Nisha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Lilima Minz, Neha Goyal, Namita Toppo, Sonika, Rani, Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiami, Navjot Kaur, Sharmila Devi, Jyoti, Vandana Katariya.

PRAGUE, OCT 12 (AGENCIES): England suffered their first tournament qualifying defeat for 10 years when they lost 2-1 away to the Czech Republic in their Euro 2020 qualifying Group A clash on Friday.

It was a fully deserved win for the Czechs. They played with verve and determination against a sluggish England who delivered their worst performance since Gareth Southgate took over as manager.

The defeat ended England’s decade-long unbeaten run in European Championship and World Cup qualifiers going back to a 1-0 loss to Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk exactly 10 years ago.

S o u t h g a t e ’s s i d e lacked precision in their passing, fluency in their movement and solidity at the back and the coach was clearly not happy with the display.

“I think we have had a lot of credit over the last couple of years and tonight we did not do enough. Our performance was not good enough, it’s as simple as that. The goals we conceded were typical of the

England’s Harry Kane looks dejected after the match. (Reuters)

chances we gave away,” he said.

“Collectively we have to accept there were not enough good performances. We conceded too many poor chances and we gave the ball away too many times,” added Southgate.

Substitute Zdenek Ondrasek grabbed the winner five minutes from time when he confidently fired past keeper Jordan Pick-

ford after Lukas Masopust burst down the right and picked him out.

It was a special moment for the burly Ondrasek who was making his national team debut at the age of 30 having enjoyed a recent run of scoring form for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.

Harry Kane had put England ahead with a penalty in the fifth minute

after Raheem Sterling was brought down by Masopust.

But the Czechs drew level four minutes later when Jakub Brabec turned the ball home at the back post after the ball fell to him when Ondrey Celustka beat Michael Keane to a corner.

The home side looked sharper and hungrier, with Vladimir Darida excellent

and influential in midfield, while England’s shape never looked right.

The midfield, featuring two holding midfielders in Jordan Henderson and Declan Rice, was unable to get a grip on the game with the result that wingers Sterling and Jadon Sancho received little service.

Pickford did well to tip over a dangerous dipping shot from Masopust on the hour but chances were rare until Ondrasek popped up inside the area to end England’s unbeaten qualifying run.

The result means the Czechs join group leaders England on 12 points with four wins, although they have played one game more.

England face Bulgaria in Sofia on Monday and Kane said they would need to improve.

“It’s a bit of a wake-up call but we’re in a good position. There’s still stuff to work on for sure. We gave the ball away too cheaply and we’ll have to go away and look at it. There’s no need to panic and we’ll go again on Monday.”

Group A’s other game between Montenegro and Bulgaria ended goalless.

Eliud Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon barrier V I E N NA , O C T 1 2 (AGENCIES): Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday became the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours, blowing through the barrier by nearly 20 seconds in a special event in Vienna.

With thousands cheering him on, Kipchoge completed the 26.2-mile challenge in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds.

As he crossed the finish line, the 34-year-old pounded his palms on his chest and smiled brightly.

He threw his arms around his wife, who was waiting for him at the end, then let a throng of supporters hoist him into the air.

“I’m the happiest man,” said Kipchoge, a Kenyan flag draped over his shoulders. “No human is limited. You can do it.”

Despite being the fastest marathon ever recorded, Kipchoge’s time won’t count as an official

world record because the run didn’t take place in an open event. The challenge, backed by the British chemical company Ineos, was held on a closed 6-mile course in a park in the Austrian capital, and Kipchoge was aided in the run by more than three-dozen pacemakers who rotated in and out several at a time throughout the race.

But the milestone in athletic achievement, long considered impossible, reverberated around the world Saturday morning.

In Eldoret, Kenya, where Kipchoge lives with his wife and three children, a massive crowd danced and cheered in the street in celebration of their hometown hero’s accomplishment.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta congratulated Kipchoge in a statement posted to Twitter. “You’ve done it, you’ve made history and made Kenya proud while at it,” Kenyatta said.

“Your win today, will in-

Eliud Kipchoge, the marathon world record holder, on Saturday broke through a temporal barrier that many had deemed untouchable a few years ago.

spire tens of future generations to dream big and to aspire for greatness.”

In Vienna, four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome told the Guardian: “It’s phenomenal, it’s fantastic, it’s just incredible to watch him — it looks like he’s not even breathing. He’s just gliding over the road. It’s fantastic to be here, and be part of

this atmosphere.”

“HISTORY... LEGEND,” tweeted British soccer legend Rio Ferdinand.

Kipchoge set an official marathon world record in Berlin in 2018, completing the race in 2 hours, 1 minute and 39 seconds.

That record still stands.

This is his second attempt to break the twohour mark. His first came

in 2017 in a closed run in Monza, Italy, but he fell short by 26 seconds.

As his run Saturday unfolded, Kipchoge appeared poised to shatter the barrier, clocking an even pace kilometer by kilometer. With six kilometers to go, he was still 10 seconds inside his target time, the BBC reported.

As Kipchoge entered

his last few hundred meters, the pacemakers dropped off and Kipchoge started flashing thumbs-up to the crowd.

In crossing the twohour threshold, Kipchoge joins the ranks of British runner Roger Bannister, who made history in 1954 when he became the first person to run a mile in less than 4 minutes — an achievement which, like Kipchoge’s, was once viewed as unattainable.

“It has taken 65 years for a human to make history in sport after Roger Bannister made history in 1954,” Kipchoge said at the finish line. “I’m expecting more of the athletes in all of the world to run under two hours after today.”

“We can make this world a beautiful world and a peaceful world,” Kipchoge added, according to the BBC. “My wife and three children, I am happy for them to come and witness history.”

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