October 29, 2018

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Vol XXVIII No. 323

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Crucial Naga talks on Oct 31 WC TO MEET RAVI FOR PREPARING SOLUTION BLUEPRINT

Spl. Correspondent NEW DELHI, OCT 28 (NPN): Working Committee (WC) comprising of top leaders of six Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) will be holding a crucial meeting with the Government of India’s interlocutor to the Naga political talks, R.N. Ravi on October 31, 2018 to chart a blueprint for arriving at a solution.

The first official level talks between the Centre through its Interlocutor R.N. Ravi and the Working Committee took place on October 23, 2017. Disclosing this to Nagaland Post, a senior functionary of the Working Committee also revealed that the group’s negotiations are based on the preamble signed with the Government of India’s representative(s) led by R.N. Ravi on November 17, 2017.

To p l e a d e r s o f NNPGs are already in Delhi to attend the crucial meeting including GPRN/ NSCN president Neokpao Konyak, ato kilonser N.

PAC NCD urges Dimapurians to join Oct 31 rally DIMAPUR, OCT 28 (NPN): Public Action Committee (PAC) of Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) has appealed to every Dimapurian to join its proposed public rally at Khermahal police point on October 31 to show solidarity with its demand for stopping multiple collections and save “our people”.

In a press release issued by its convener Vekhosayi Nyekha, PAC said the rally would begin at 10 am and would be peaceful, even as it urged the public to maintain decorum and ensure that no untoward incident takes place.

Urging all participants to dress in their respective traditional attires to show their rich cultural heritage, the committee said seating arrangement would be done on a community-basis, even as it asked them to submit attendance report to PAC secretary Hilo Semp and the Tenyimi Union Dimapur president.

Urging community leaders to take note of this and bring participants, PAC asked them to arrange 20 youth volunteers to supervise their delegates and oversee traffic regulations.

Kitovi Zhimomi and other senior members.

The functionary also disclosed that the contours of the negotiation on October 31 could well be the basis for eventual settlement after obtaining the nod from Parliament.

Among those in the agenda includes proposal for a bicameral house- upper house (Leacy/legislative council) comprising of nominated members and the lower house (Federal/ legislative assembly) comprising of elected members. The two houses will be known as Tatar Hoho, as per the nomenclature in the Naga political lexicon.

Some speculated that the issue of integration was also a high point discussed which the Government of India had time and again, recognised the innate desire of the Nagas but expressed inability to accede since the affected states will first have to also agree.

On this basis, the negotiation involving the Working Committee of the NNPGs with the Govern-

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ment of India also includes proposal for creation of autonomous districts in Naga inhabited areas in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.

When asked whether any of the group had contacted Khango-led NSCN (K), the functionary said there may be likelihood of holding such a meet.

According to the functionary, the Working Committee would not jettison the integration issue, even if it was currently not achievable without the consent of all states, but would continue to support demands of Nagas in other states even including Myanmar.

As per the agreement signed on November 17, 2017 between NNPGs WC and Government of India, the latter “recognized the political and historical rights of the Nagas to self determine their future in consonance with their distinct identity” and both the sides agreed to work out a relationship that “is honourable, inclusive and enduring for peaceful coexistence.”

Tribals fight to protect Governor, CM call for joint their rights, nature: PM efforts to tackle corruption

NEW DELHI, OCT 28 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised tribal communities for saving forests and continuing a tradition of an eco-friendly lifestyle, saying that when it comes to protecting their rights and land, the tribes fight back.

Addressing the 49th episode of his radio programme “Mann Ki Baat”, Modi acknowledged tribal cultures that believes in protecting “environment, trees and tigers”.

“This is a fact that the tribal community believes in very peaceful and harmonious co-existence but, if somebody tries to harm and cause damage to their natural resources, they do not shy away from fighting for their rights,” Modi said.

He said that while countries, including India, were searching for solutions to environment protection, the solutions lies in the “glorious past”, for which understanding the lifestyle of tribal communities is required.

Recalling tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda and his struggle against the

NPF pursuing ‘hypocritical’ politics: NDPP DIMAPUR, OCT 28 (NPN): NDPP has accused NPF and its leaders of pursuing “hypocritical” politics.

In a statement issued by its media & communication committee, the ruling party pointed out that while the opposition party and its legislator Yitachu were claiming not to be a party to the ongoing matter before Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding a complaint filed against it by Zeneisilie Ate Locii, the MLA was commenting as though he was a party to the matter.

NDPP said it was more surprising that Yitachu seemed to be taking it upon himself to follow the matter meticulously while NPF had claimed time and again that it had nothing to do with it. The ruling party further claimed that during the hearing on the matter in ECI office on October 25 and 26, Yitachu was never in the commission’s prem-

ises, let alone attending the hearing. Mentioning that it was highly questionable as to where he was receiving “misguided facts”, NDPP claimed that Yitachu and NPF had exposed the fact that they had a hand in the issue even though they were claiming innocence.

NDPP clarified that ECI heard arguments of both parties and fixed November 15 as the next date of hearing at the petitioner’s request and not NDPP as claimed by Yitachu. Mentioning that Yitachu should be aware how legal matters were handled, NDPP asked him to stop behaving like judge, jury and executioner without even being present at the hearing.

Alleging that leader of opposition TR Zeliang and Yitachu had conveniently decided to station themselves in New Delhi at the same time when the hearing was taking place, NDPP accused

the duo of hobnobbing with Congress leadership.

And according to NDPP, it definitely seemed to be more than a coincidence that they decided to cosy up to Congress at a time when a senior-most Congress leader was a legal counsel for the petitioner. Expressing shock at Yitachu’s move to mix religion with politics by invoking God’s name on the matter, NDPP pointed out that it was one thing to play politics “but bringing in God’s name into politics is nothing short of blasphemy and NDPP will never resort to such kind of politics.”

NDPP alleged that NPF was resorting to desperate strategies with the hope of convincing their own members to stay together.

NDP said the problem was that of its adversaries and that very soon time would reveal the truth because its foundation was based on truth and facts.

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British, Modi said that no wonder India’s foremost freedom fighters were people from tribal community.

“The nation is indebted to the tribal communities for saving country’s the forest land”, he said.

Naming communities from Madhya Pradesh, Rajhsthan, Chattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Maharashtra and others, Modi said tribals know how to lead a sustainable life in consonance and closed coordination with nature.

“Mishmi tribes of Arunachal Pradesh claim their relationship with tigers. In Nagaland tigers are seen as the forest guardians... Warli community in Maharashtra consider tigers as their guests and sign of prosperity…,” he said.

Abysmal internet services plague NU DIMAPUR, OCT 28 (NPN): Nagaland University Students’ Union (L) has expressed strong resentment over the deplorable net connection services provided to Nagaland University (NU), Head Quarters: Lumami by state owned BSNL (Mokokchung circle), which, the union said, was hampering the academic growth of students and disrupting the functioning of the university.

NUSU (L) information & publicity secretary, Suraj Kumar stated that BSNL was “dragging down and pushing” the highest institute of education in the state towards a primitive age.

In spite of constantly apprising officials about the inconveniences caused, the release said that there was no improvement in BSNL services. (Cont’d on p-7)

DIMAPUR, OCT 28 (NPN): Nagaland Governor PB Acharya has called upon people to come together and reaffirm their commitment to promote vigilance concepts, besides rededicating themselves to the cause of fighting corruption.

In a message on the eve of Vigilance Awareness Week, the governor stressed that corruption would not come down unless all stakeholders supported and participated in eradicating it.

He also called for promoting increased transparency, fairness, equity, competitiveness and leveraging of technology in all areas of functioning by the government.

People should be made aware of their rights and responsibilities to ensure that the sanctity of rule of law as mandated by the constitution was preserved, he added. Along with rest of the country, State Vigilance Commission, Nagaland is observing Vigilance Awareness Week from October 29 to November 3 on the theme “Eradicate Corruption Build a New India”.

Likening corruption to loss of purity or integrity, Acharya explained that corruption in governance took different forms like bribery, extortion, blackmail, fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation of public goods, nepotism and cronyism.

He said corruption had progressively increased and was now rampant in the society, besides becoming a way of life. Society itself had accepted and embraced corruption as no one questioned those who live beyond their

means, he pointed out.

According to the governor, corruption had adversely affected the economy and stunted the country’s development. It was depriving people of their constitutional and human rights, besides threatening the economic development, ethical values and justice, and destabilising society, he added.

He said public policies and public resources were largely beneficial to poor people and it was they who suffered most grievously due to corruption.

Calling on State Vigilance Commission, Nagaland, to endeavour to promote transparency, accountability and maintain integrity in public life as an apex anti- corruption institution of the State, Acharya emphasised on bringing investigations into corruption cases to their logical conclusion whereby publi c resources were recovered from corrupt officials to act as a deterrent to others.

Extending his greetings and good wishes for a successful Vigilance Awareness Week, the governor called upon everyone to come together and work untiringly for eradication of corruption in all spheres of life and build a New India of “our dreams.”

CM: Meanwhile, chief minister Neiphiu Rio too has extended his greetings and good wishes for a successful Vigilance Awareness Week.

In a message, Rio asserted that his government was committed to making all-out efforts to implement transparency and good gov-

ernance initiatives in the fight against corruption and taking steps to eradicate corruption. In this regard, he said the PDA government would endeavour to bring out a comprehensive zero tolerance policy towards corruption. Mentioning that the government alone could not make the State corruptionfree, the chief minister said change could be powered by every citizen. He added that anti-corruption efforts could not be successful without active participation of all stakeholders, especially the public at large. It was, therefore, imperative that people should be made aware of the need for their involvement in the process.

According to Rio, corruption was a manifestation of greed of an individual for power, position and wealth.

While enabling provisions, community actions and adequate legislations could all play an important role in eradicating corruption, he said the real big change would happen only when individuals were able to manage their greed. Despite punishments and penal actions delivered quickly, a lot more would be achieved by inspiring the young generation to lead a successful life based on a combination of righteousness and honesty, he asserted. Calling upon all citizens to join and actively participate in the movement to eradicate corruption and build a New India, Rio wished the activities being organised in connection with Vigilance Awareness Week all success. This was stated in a DIPR press release.

Cases against MPs & MLAs: NE has 96, Assam tops list

GUWAHATI, Oct 28 (Agencies): A shocking revelation! As many as 96 people’s representatives from the Northeast, including former MPs and MLAs, have criminal cases pending (Cont’d on p-7) at various stages against them, The Sentinel. What is even more shocking is that Assam tops the list in the region with 45 such cases.

Other States in the region with such pending cases are Arunachal Pradesh with 31 such cases, Tripura with 14 cases, Manipur with five cases and Mizoram with one case. Meghalaya and Nagaland have no such cases pending against any of their people’s representatives.

In 2016 a writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court of India seeking “Now I know why Rahul speedy disposal of criminal beta is so focussed on cases pending against peoRafale jet. Had we struck ple’s representatives, includthe deal, he would be ing former MPs and MLAs, flying on it.” the apex court directed se-

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nior advocate and Amicus Curiae Vijay Hansaria to ensure the exact number of such criminal cases pending for more than a year State wise. It was on October 23, 2018 advocate Hansaria submitted his report to the apex court.

According to the report submitted to the Supreme Court, Assam has 45 criminal cases pending against its present and former MPs and MLAs. According to the report, the apex court has asked States that have less than 65 such cases pending over one year to constitute special courts for speedy disposal of such cases or to try them in regular courts in a fast-track mode.

The report says that Assam does not have any special court as yet, and there is no such court in Tripura as well.

The 14th Finance Commission, on the other hand, did allocate Rs 82.88

crore to Assam for constituting a fast-track court. The Finance Commission did also allocate Rs 16.1 crore to Mizoram, Rs 6.9 crore to Nagaland, Rs 20.7 crore to Tripura and Rs 9.2 crore to Meghalaya for the setting up fast-track courts.

The report says that there are as many as 3,733 criminal cases pending against present and former people’s representatives all over the country, barring Kerala. The apex court, according to the report, is skeptical of the delay in disposing of such cases at all levels – during investigations, trials, framing charges and in some cases due to stay orders issued from high courts.

Though the repor t has stopped short of giving details of criminal cases against people’s representatives in Assam, sources in the State say that when there are cases against ruling party

MPs and MLAs, the police, as often as not, opt to delay the investigation part and submitting charge-sheets to the court.

The Supreme Court said: “…cases relating to ruling party MPs and MLAs, who have charges framed against them for the offences which are specified in Sections 8(1), 8(2), 8(3) of RP Act, trials shall be conducted as speedily and expeditiously as may be possible and in no case later than one year from the date of the framing of charges. In such cases the trial shall be conducted on a day-to-day basis…”

The apex court said the special courts will have to make a calendar for each case and try the cases on a day-to-day basis without adjournment. The special courts have also been asked to send regular reports in such cases to their respective high courts.

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BBBP launched in Tuensang

ZCD extends Langsimngyi greetings DIMAPUR: On the occasion of the Langsimngyi festival, Zeme Council Dimapur (ZCD) Nagaland has extended Langsimngyi greetings to all Zemes of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur.

A press release from ZCD president, Ngauloi and general secretary, Asungbe N. Hau wished that the Langsimngyi festival, which is celebrated every year starting from October 29 to 31, would usher in blessings, happiness, peace and prosperity for all.

The council also expressed hope that the celebration would strengthen the moral foundation of society and steer people away from all divides and destructions.

AR apprehend NSCN (K) cadre

L. Jamithung Lotha flagging off the mini marathon from District Hospital Tuensang on October 27. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: The launching program of Beti Bachao B e t i Pa d h a o ( B B B P ) Scheme for Tuensang district was held at Town Hall, Tuensang on October 27.

DIPR reports that DC Tuensang, L. Jamithung Lotha officially launched the program which will cover all levels starting from the village areas where Village Councils, and NGOs will organize camps and seminars for the

public. He stated that due to female infanticide and discrimination the male population was more than the female population. It is and alarming situation, he said but this scheme endeavors to not only increase the population of girls but also educate them at par with boys He also stated that this was a flagship program launched by the PM of India Narendra Modi

on January 22 in 2015.

CMO Tuensang; principal GHSS; principal St. Johns Higher Secondary School; president ENPO, CKS, CTS, minority group and PWDs; all spoke during the program.

Highlights of the program included Bharat Natyam Dance presented by the Hindu community; Minstrel’s Slot by local artist and Final Podium Stand. The program was

chaired by EAC, Tuensang, Tshelhiu. The welcome address was delivered by SDO (Civil) Tuensang, Ajit Kumar Verma, and “Soul Speak” was shared

by DPO ICDS Tuensang, Hutoi Seems.

Earlier in the program, to mark the occasion a “Run-The-Talk Mini Marathon” for girls was flagged off by the DC from District Hospital Tuensang.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018

news in Brief NASU presidential meet: Niuland Area Students’ Union (NASU) has convened a presidential meeting for November 3, 10 a.m. at the union banker’s residence in Niuland town. The union has requested all the federating unit presidents and general secretaries to attend the meeting without fail. For any queries one can contact +918837342093.

Pork Butchers’ Union meeting: The Pork Butchers’ Union has summoned all pork butchers in Dimapur district to a meeting convened for October 29, 3 pm at Ghorapatti, Lal Singh whole seller farm, to settle the price of pork.

NCSU training program: The Labour Department, Nagaland along with Nagaland Contractors’ and Suppliers Union (NCSU) will be organizing a training program on Nagaland Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board on October 31, 11 a.m at Hotel Japfü Kohima. All the NCSU executive committee, action committee, advisors and also the presidents

and secretaries of the NCSU district units have been requested to attend the same without fail.

NPF Dimapur meeting: A consultative meeting convened by Moatoshi Longkumer, MLA & NPF incharge of Dimapur division will be held on October 30, 11 am at NPF Dimapur Division office. All NPF Dimapur Division office bearers, forntals, 5 A/Cs president along with general secretaries, Dimapur based CECs and COBs members, convenor DAC and Azheto Zhimomi MLA, Dr Kevingulie Khro CEC member, and Pukhavi Yeputho, former candidate 1 Dimapur-I A/C, have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

GHSS Wokha: A parent and guardian (higher secondary section) meeting of GHSS Wokha will be held at the school auditorium hall on October 29, 9:30 am, regarding the forthcoming 75th Jubilee.

All responsible parents and guardians have been requested to attend the meeting.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) apprehended an NSCN (K) cadre “carrying out extortion and tax collection” in New Market area, Dimapur on October 25.

According to a press release from Assam Rifles, Honito Chishi of Dimapur was apprehended with NSCN (K) and NNC (FGN) extortion slips. In addition, a sum of Rs 71,090 and a UHF radio set were seized from his possession.

The individual along with the seized items were handed over to Sub-Urban MGMHSS, Dimapur organized a fancy dress competition for classes Nursery-2 Police Station, Dimapur for on October 27. A variety of costumes were presented by the students. Parents of the students also attended the program. (MGMHSS) further investigation.

Fish value addition training SKKD celebrates 28th Fresher’s Meet

DIMAPUR: Village Adoption Committee (VAC) - 15th Southern Angami II AC in collaboration with the department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, organized a training program on “Value Addition of Fish Products” on October 25, at Kezo Basa under Kohima district. A DIPR report stated that the training was held Hindu Yuva Sanga (HYS) organized a cleanliness drive under Swachh Bharat for women groups/SHGs Abhiyan at K. Sachu Colony, Government Primary School on October 28, with under Gender Budgeting Saptarshee Paul as convenor. The members cleaned the school premises 2017-18 with an aim to help them in entrepreneurand cleared the large weed bushes. (HYS) ship development.

Altogether 22 trainees from all walks of life participated in the hands on

training program. Resource person, Dory Yanthan, district fisheries officer Kohima and her staff taught the trainees on preparing fish products such as fish pickle, fish soup and fish cutlet.

VAC member and office secretary, KMC Zakiekhotuo Kiso expressed gratitude to the Fisheries department for the training and urged the trainees to put the practical knowledge and skills they had gained into practice. The training program concluded with a vote of thanks from Divi Naki, chairman of Kezo Basa.

FAC workshop on oyster mushroom DIMAPUR: Fazl Ali College (FAC) Mokokchung, department of Botany conducted a hands-on workshop on oyster mushroom cultivation as a community extension service on October 27.

A press release from FAC media cell, Dr. Imtiwati Jamir stated that the workshop was conducted under the aegis of Vocationalization of Higher Education under RUSA, MHRD, government of India. The resource person was Noami, HoD Botany FAC. The inaugural program was attended by S. Arenla Officials of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare visiting the stall Longkumer, principal FAC and Dr Imtiwati Jamir, of the department of agriculture, government of Nagaland during the 10th RUSA co-ordinator FAC. The workshop was attended Biofach India-2018 in New Delhi from October 25 to 27 showcasing the by 15 women trainees which included housewives and unemployed youth from within the district. organic products of Nagaland. (DIPR)

Er. Hutovi Yeptho with SKKD office bearers after the union’s 28th Freshers Meet program on October 22.

DIMAPUR: The Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu Delhi (SKKD) celebrated its 28th Fresher’s Meet at Diocesan Community Center Hall, New Delhi on October 22.

A press release from SKKD media cell stated that the speaker for the event was Er. Hutovi Yeptho, chairman, Sumi Community Delhi, who encouraged the students saying “an educated man is a free man, he or she writes his or her own ticket”.

He also reminded the students to create a positive image of themselves in Delhi since they were easily noticeable, and thus rewarded or condemned much more easily compared to the mainlanders “because we look different”. He therefore urged them to channel this physical difference into a positive message, reminding the students to not be carried away by half information easily available in social media.

He also said that people living outside should bring unity and harmony to Naga society and not the other way around.

Earlier, Inotoli K. Ayemi, president, SKKD in her presidential address encouraged the freshers as well as Sumi brothers and sisters residing in Delhi to be bold and courageous even though they were far away from home. She also encouraged them to have faith in SKKD, Sumi Christian Fellowship Delhi and the Sumi community of Delhi as they functioned for the betterment and protection of the Sumis in Delhi.

At the event, Hotoka S. Shohe and Kavitoli Yeptho were crowned Mr. and Miss Freshers respectively. There were special performances by the Extremists band and Ao dance troupe.

Vote of thanks was given by Akivi N Chophi, general secretary, SKKD.

Governor interacts with Naga students in Mangaluru HSD invitational debate competition held

PB Acharya with executive members of Naga Students Forum Mangalore on October 28.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Governor PB Acharya interacted with the executive members of Naga Students Forum Mangalore on October 28 at Circuit House, Kadri Mangaluru.

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release by the PRO to Governor, Acharya, during the interaction, laid stress on the importance of learning Kannada/Tulu and also on teaching Mangaloreans Naga languages. He encouraged the students to

invite or take the Mangloreans to Nagaland and other states in the North East to establish rapport and build unity for the long run.

He spoke briefly on the history of Konkans,

Nagas, Parsis, Jews etc; and encouraged the students to take up journalism to give voice the needs of the people.

He also stated that religion was personal and nobody had the right to impose religion on others. “Christ is not only for Christians but for all” he said. He briefed them on the current situation and realities among Nagas and Christians and stimulated insights from the students.

He added that the objective of education was not only to be educated, become rich and be satisfied but to serve the community, society, state and the country.

Kaini Cecilia thanked the Governor for accepting the request to meet the students in spite of his busy schedule and at short notice.

Executives members Christy Shimray D’souza, Elishan Yanthan, Vizhoto Tetso, Vikuosietuo Tetso, Veine Veronica, Rovikhono, Athisa Irene, Gabriella Shudziiphro,

Kekhrielei Enid, were the executives who met Acharya.

Acharya Attends MIT graduation

Students should learn as many languages as possible to improve the quality of life and profession because language is the basis of knowledge, said Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya while delivering the Graduation Address of the 11th Graduation Day of Moodlakatte Institute of Technology (MIT), Kundapur on October 27.

The Governor also recalled fondly his childhood days spent in Udupi.

Dean Shar nbasava University, Dr. Lingaraj Shastri, in her speech, spoke about the need to bring change in the current education system to adopt new technologies.

MIT chairman, Siddhartha J. Shetty, in his presidential address, said students should keep learning and build up society with their knowledge.

An against the motion debater questions the assertions of one of her opponents during the 3rd Hollotoli Invitational Debate Competition held on October 27.

DIMAPUR: Hollotoli School Dimapur (HSD) organised the 3rd Hollotoli Invitational Debate Competition on October 27, on the topic “Vocational education is more empowering than a college degree.” It was attended by ten schools, including the host school.

A press release by HSD department of English stated that cadet Dinglo Kodak and cadet

Kohang Guing of Sainik School, Punglwa snatched the 1st position. Tongtien Longchar and Avigail N Mozhui of Delhi Public School, Dimapur bagged the 2nd position and Tolinoka A Zhimo and Manaba Aier of Hollotoli School came in 3rd.

Prachi Prashant Sawant of Army Public School, Rangapahar was awarded the Best Interjector.

The panel of judges

included Anjan Behera, assistant professor (English) St. Joseph University, Nagaland; Dr. Yanbeni Kikon, assistant professor (Pol. Sc), ICFAI University, Nagaland; Dr. H. Salome Kinny, assistant professor (Linguistics and Translation Studies) ICFAI University, Nagaland and Dr. Longchanaro Longkumer, assistant professor (English) ICFAI University.

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WEATHER FORECAST October 29

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Cloudy

25 21

Cloudy

22 17

Aizawl

Guwahati Hazy sunshine; not as hot

A couple of morning showers

Imphal

28 19 24 16

Itanagar Hazy sunshine; cooler

26 16

Shillong A shower in the a.m.; cloudy

20 14

A morning t-storm; overcast

23 12

Kohima

Dimapur Mostly cloudy

28 17

Rather cloudy

23 13

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Tuensang Cooler; a passing a.m. shower 16 10 Wokha

Mostly cloudy; cooler

Zunheboto Mostly cloudy

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DC Wokha along with the resources persons, village council and fishermen union members, after the seminar & sensitization on harmful use of explosives for fishing.

DIMAPUR: Sixteen villages under Doyang Hydro-electric Project (DHEP) agreed in principal to ban use of explosives and poisonous substances for fishing at Doyang Reservoir and its surrounding areas. They arrived at this decision at a Seminar & Sensitization on Harmful Use of Explosives for Fishing held on October 27 at NEEPCO recreation hall, organized by the District Administration, Wokha.

A press release by IA, Wokha, Zuben stated that the resolution was adopted by the Village Council

Chairmen and representatives of the affected villages -- Ashaa, Pangti, Sungro, Sunglup, Yonchucho, Yikhum, Englan, Riphyim Old and New, Thillong, Changsu Old and New, Ekhyoyan, Ronren, Meshangphen and Aree Old including the LOU, Fishermen Union, DAWN and various departments.

In his keynote address, Deputy Commissioner, Wokha, Dr Manazir Jeelani Samoon said that the various authorities will strictly follow the laid down regulations to curb and control any illegal

CDD releases annual magazine

H. Tovihoto Ayemi and other delegates at the release of CDD’s annual magazine Ankur, on October 27.

DIMAPUR: Chatteswary Durgabari, Dimapur (CDD) released the 2nd issue of its annual magazine ‘Ankur’ on October 27, at its auditorium.

A press release from CDD secretary Biplap Paul stated that the magazine was released by advisor, department of power, H. Tovihoto Ayemi, as special guest.

In his speech he lauded the organizers for their social activities.

He also sought the

cooperation of the people for all round development of Dimapur and Nagaland.

He asserted that Durga Puja and Christmas were the festivals of unity and wished that people of all religions may live peacefully in Nagaland.

Guest of honour, Dimapur Bangali Samaj (DSS) president KK Paul, in his speech appreciated the humanitarian activities of CDD. He opined that both Nagas and Non Nagas

were living in peace and amity in Nagaland. In his address he also dwelt on inter-community relationships.

CDD secretary Biplab Paul, & joint editor Ankur thanked all the people involved in making the event a success.

The prog ram was chaired by Bibek Paul, and Pradip Paul, president, CDB presided over the meeting. A cultural program was later held after the day’s proceedings.

activities so that indigenous fish species and fish productivity may be preserved.

Stating that concrete solutions could only be brought about if the community cooperates and supports the authorities in the implementation of rules, the DC urged all stakeholders to work together to reach certain resolutions to eradicate harmful practices like use of explosives and chemicals for fishing.

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Samoon, further deliberation will be held to discuss

STO/JAO refresher course in Dimapur DIMAPUR: A three-day refresher course for STO/ JAO was held at Treasuries & Accounts Training Institute (T&ATI) Dimapur from October 24 to 26.

A press release from T&ATI deputy director stated that faculty member M.K Chophi said there was no end to learning and exhorted the trainees to be well equipped with knowledge of accounts and procedures. He said that this would enhance their professional competencies and help them to serve the public better. In this regard, he expressed the importance of undergoing trainings for upgrading and updating one’s knowledge.

Akhala JAO spoke on behalf of the trainees. She expressed her gratitude to the officers of the department as well as the faculty members for their support and guidance.

The course concluded with valedictory function on October 26, where the program was chaired by Temsuinla Aier, deputy director.

how this will affect villages, the community of fisherman and various departments, and where an action plan will be formulated for the benefit of the community.

Re s o u r c e p e r s o n , divisional forest officer, Wokha, Zuthunglo Patton, speaking on the use of explosives for fishing and its impact on the environment, laid stress on the fact that destructive fishing practices destroy fish habitats and they affect the entire aquatic ecosystem.

It also reduces fish stock which consequently causes loss of income for fishermen, loss of biodiversity, decrease in aesthetic value, loss of tourism opportunities, injury/loss of lives and above all, these practices detrimentally affect longevity of the dam.

District fishery officer, Sentinaro, who spoke on the topic ‘Destructive Fishing Practices’ stated that various comprehensive studies over the years showed that the ichthyofauna (fish of a particular region) of the Doyang River system is dwindling due to over exploitation and lack of conservational measures. She pointed out that use of illegal fishing techniques is one of the

main reasons for the depletion of fish germplasm resources of the adjoining rivers and the reservoir.

She also added that explosives destroy the underlying habitat that supports these fish. The re-colonization or recovery time of these damaged habitats is very slow and complete recovery may take several decades.

OC, Sungro, Yanbemo Shitio, spoke on the various laws under the Explosives/Substances Act of 1908 and informed the gathering about the consequences and punishments imposed on defaulters.

District Anglers Wo k h a N a g a l a n d (DAWN), president also shared his experiences and the various initiatives already being taken up by DAWN. A representative of Doyang Fisherman Union, a n d a l s o P D, D R DA Wokha, Thungdeno Mozhui also spoke during the function.

T h e s e m i n a r wa s chaired by SDO (C) Sanis, Ruopfukuotuo Noudi; a welcome address was proposed by HOP, NEEPCO, Doyang, P.B. Das. The program ended with a vote of thanks by SDO (C), Chonpenthung Ezung.

DIMAPUR: An inauguration program of a new building for Primary Health Centre (PHC) Yongnyah & the Golden Jubilee program of the Health Unit which was established in the year 1968, was held on October 27 at Yongnyah village.

The special guest for the inaugural program was Chief Medical Officer, Longleng, Dr. Kongyan Phom. SDO (Civil), Robin K Y M C

was the special guest for the Golden Jubilee program.

They inaugurated the new PHC building monolith and the Golden Jubilee monolith respectively.

Medical Officer, PHC Yongnyah, Dr. K Manen Phom, in his welcome address, stated that the new building was constructed in 2013 under NHM funding on land donated by the Ngonyen Clan of Yongjong and Oman Morung

of Yongnyah village.

Dr. Manen expressed his sincere gratitude to MLA, B Nganlang Phom for constructing the hospital approach road and the hospital compound. He also thanked Yongnyah Village Council for building the hospital kitchen and the external electrification, and EAC Yongnyah, Vitoka Yepthomi for constructing the hospital’s deep burial pit.

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Kongyan, in his speech, thanked the department of Health and Family Welfare for constructing a new building in a remote area for the welfare of the Yongnyah which consists of 11 villages. He lauded the former medical officers who worked and served their time in Yongnyah village.

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DIMAPUR: The Deputy Commissioner Longleng John Tsulise Sangtam has informed to all concerned that damage compensation for two lane construction of the Merangkong–Tamlu–Mon road of SARDP– NE under Longleng district will be electronically transferred into the accounts of beneficiaries after undertakings are signed.

According to DIPR, all the beneficiaries under phase-A, of both package–I (Design chainage 0.00 to 20.00 Km) and package–II (Design chainage 20.00 to 40.00 Km) under Tamlu sub-division of Longleng

district have been directed to submit their respective account numbers to the ADC Tamlu and sign the undertaking within one week.

Those with no bank accounts have been directed to open their savings accounts within a week and submit their details to the Tamlu ADC. It further directed the Bank management of SBI Longleng to facilitate the beneficiaries in opening their saving accounts within the stipulated period.

No cash payments will be made to any beneficiary.

CPO appeals on general session & Chakhesang day

DIMAPUR: In view of the forthcoming Chakhesang Public Organization (CPO) 37th General Session & 5th Chakhesang Day observation scheduled to be held at Chesezu Village on January 9 & 10, 2019, a consultative meeting was held with leaders of Chesezu village on October 27.

According to a press statement issued by the Chakhesang Public Organization general secretary, Mutsivoyi Kotso, the Chakhesang Public Organization has directed all frontal organizations of the community to abstain from organizing any kind of programs during the two proposed days.

In this regard, the CPO has appealed to all frontal organizations and the entire community to render unflinching cooperation towards observation of the session.

MSTK celebrates golden jubilee DIMAPUR: The Mangmetong Senso Telongjem Kohima (MSTK - Kohima Mangmetong Union) held its Golden Jubilee at Regional Centre of Excellence for Music & Performance Arts (RCEMPA), Jotsoma on October 27 under the theme “Beyond the New Horizon”.

A DIPR report stated that Rev. Dr. Imchayanger, speaking on the topic ‘Beyond the New Horizon’ said “Jubilee celebration is the time for us to look back at the past years and see our weaknesses and the past mistakes we have committed and change ourselves with better visions to achieve our dreams and goals in the years ahead of us.”

Calling upon the youth, he said many of them today were unable to achieve their goals, but they should focus on not necessarily being the best but to be their best.

According to Rev. Dr. Imchayanger, parents can provide good homes, clothes, food and daily needs for their children but many have not taught them moral education and spiritual living as many parents themselves fail to lead such

Rev. Dr. Imchayanger releasing the MSTK Golden Jubilee Souvenir during the MSTK Golden Jubilee celebration held at RCEMPA Hall, Jotsoma on October 27. (DIPR)

lives. Learning from their parents’ failures, children follow in their footsteps, he added MLA, Imkong L. Imchen, in his exhortation said that people need to adapt to the changing times. He called attention to the changes of the past 50 years and pointed out that these changes will continue.

Imkong called upon

New PHC inauguration and golden jubilee in Yongnyah

CMO, Dr. Kongyan delivering his speech. SDO(C) Robin inaugurating the Golden Jubilee monolith.

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ciation to the Yongnyah Council and MO, Dr. K. Manen Phom for their active participation and contribution and encouraged the PHC staff to be at station to deliver the best public service. He also requested the public and the neighboring villages to avail of the services provided by the PHC and extend their cooperation.

In the Golden Jubilee program, SDO Civil, Robin, thanked PHC Yongnyah and lauded the ingenuity of the pioneers and former medical officers and staff, adding that the celebration was proof of their hard work and contributions. He encouraged public to not think of the PHC as a government office but to take care of it as their personal property.

Robin also acknowledged the hard work of the committee members.

DVBO (NVBDCP) Longleng, Dr. Manyau Phom, who was the first medical officer of the newly upgraded PHC Yongnyah back in the year 1997, spoke

about the difficulties he faced in the initial years with other fond memories.

Earlier in the program, a moment of silence was observed to honour deceased staff after which a special prayer for them was pronounced by catechist, Holy Cross Church, Peter Phonglang.

Short speeches were delivered by DTO Longleng, Dr Lanuchuba; Dr Imnameren Phom DPO (RCH/UIP), 1st employee of Yongnyah health unit, Shothai Phom; VC’s of Yongnyah, Tangha, Yongam, Nyang, Yongshei and Ngonyen Clan (Land donors). Yongnyah Hongnyu Students Union and NCRC Youth presented special numbers.

Chair persons for the program were ASHA coordinator, Yongnyah Block, Nungai and GNM Yongnyah, Mopen. The program was attended by CMO staff of Longleng, PHC Yongnyah staff, staff from Tamlu PHC, and well wishers from neighboring villages.

everyone to change their vision, determination, and goals to bring about a change to society and community.

Others who spoke on the occasion were M. Nangshi Jamir, the first president of MSTK; Goan Bura Village Council Mangmetong, Tekanungsang Longchar; president Kohima Ao Union, Chiden Yaden; and Er. Imsuyanger.

A Golden Jubilee Souvenir was also released by Rev. Dr. Imchayanger on the occasion. The program was chaired by Dr. Longri Jamir, the welcome address was proposed by president, MSTK Kohima, N. Tali Imchen and vote of thanks by convenor of the Jubilee Planning Committee, Dr. Imtiwabang Pongener. A special song was presented

by Imnalemla Jamir.

Organizations support PAC rally

DIMAPUR: The Zeliang People Organisation, Dimapur (ZPOD), in a press release by its press secretary, Paukizonne Meriam stated that it extends its support to the Public Action Committee (PAC), Naga Council in regard to its upcoming public rally against multiple taxation, lease syndicate system and illegal collections by different organizations.

The rally is to be held on October 31 at Khermahal Junction from 10 am to 12 pm. The release further requested Zeliang denizens of Dimapur to attend the proposed rally in their tra-

ditional attire.

South Nagas Union of Nagaland State (SNUNS) has also requested positive participation of all its federating tribe units living in Dimapur -- Aimol, Anal, Kom, Kairem,Koireng, Chiru, Chothe, Lamkang, Liangmei, Maring, Monsang, Moyon, Mao, Maram, Maring, Poumai, Rongmei, Tangkhul, Thangal, Tarao, Zemei, Kuki, in maximum numbers in respective traditional attire. SNUNs president Joe Ngamkhuchung, in a press release, has asked all to reach the venue at 9:30 am.

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Probe surrender of HNLC militant leader: Mukul Correspondent

SHILLONG, OCT 28: Leader of Opposition in the Meghalaya Assembly, Mukul Sangma Sunday asked the ruling NPP government and investigating agencies to probe on the surrender of the most wanted Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) leader, Cheristarfield Thangkhiew, the general secretary of the banned HNLC, who surrendered on October 18 after he entered India from Bangladesh following several rounds of discussions between his family members and the Deputy CM. The secessionist leader, however, said that he “no regrets” for the killings that the HNLC had committed since he knew what he was doing. “Who has authorised to talk to them (HNLC) it has to be found out whether it was a politician who has been talking to them all these years and they become a facilitator. The law is very clear and nobody has the luxury of having that freedom to talk to any member of the banned outfit. The government and the investigating authorities should find out and we (opposition Congress) will

NRC coordinator seeks omission of five documents

GUWAHATI, Oct 28 (Agencies): The National Register of Citizen (NRC) state coordinator Prateek Hajela on Saturday made a power point presentation before the Supreme Court to explain the logic behind the omission of the five documents of the NRC, The Shillong Times reported.

Hajela reiterated his stand in the court during the presentation that the five documents which were earlier accepted as proof of citizenship for Assam residents cannot be used anymore.

The five documents Hajela has been demanding to exclude from the NRC are names in the NRC of 1951, names in electoral rolls up to March 24, 1971, citizenship certificate and refugee registration certificate, certified copies of pre-1971 electoral rolls, particularly those issued by the state of Tripura and ration cards issued prior to March 24, 1971, which is the cut-off date fixed by the Assam Accord for detection and deportation of illegal migrants from the state.

press for that,” Sangma told journalists.

“We have to find out also whether Tynsong (Deputy Chief Minister) was talking regularly earlier and that after the formation of the government they happily bringing them and making them surrender and talking big. Whether he was in talk with this guy (HNLC general Secretary) the whole year. May be they have used him during the last election.

We should find out,” he added.

Noting that Political department is the only authority to deal with such militancy and terrorist outfits, the former Chief Minister said, “Let me be very clear, these issues are being taken up by political department and not by Home (Police). We have to follow the system so that nobody can misuse it or otherwise you cannot rule out nexus any politician from taking advantage of his own position. In the past, there has been a debate on politicocriminal nexus.”

On Thangkhiew’s allegation that the then Congress government did not show interest with HNLC’s offer for peace talks despite telephonic conversation

with Roshan Warjri, who was the Home Minister then, Sangma said, “Our stand was very clear. We maintained with consistency that all members of militants and terrorist organizations be it the GNLA or HNLC to take advantage of the government’s offer to surrender and assimilate themselves to the national mainstream.”

However, he said that the HNLC wants a “special treatment” which the government cannot afford to do so. Asked if Thangkhiew should face trial for the crimes committed by the HNLC, the former Chief Minister said, “You may withdraw or surrender but the stand of the government the earlier crimes will not be pardon. The law of the land will prevail and that is same for all. Even for the members of the NGOs we have not drop in respect of murder and other things.

How can the government say that even for murder we will pardon. You have to understand what is the background and the state that has gone through the turmoil, agony and pain because of militancy and terrorist organisations. We don’t fear any individual but we fear the law.”

Pro-talk ULFA leader Hazarika grilled by Assam Police Guwahati, Oct 28 (Agencies): Panbazar Police interrogated pro-talk United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leader Mrinal Hazarika at the Panbazar Police Station on Sunday over his provocative statement on October 24, Northeast Now reported.

Police and crime branch of the Assam Police jointly interrogated him for around two and half an hour.

Panbazar Police had registered a suo moto case (No 728/2018) under sections 120 (b), 295 (a) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on October 27 and issued a notice on the same day to Mrinal Hazarika to appear in the police station for interrogation on Sunday.

Arjun Talukdar is the investigative officer of the case.

It may be mentioned that Hazarika on October 24 threatened the Bengali people of the state, who have supported implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, that they would face ‘mass killing’

like situation.

Talking to media person after interrogation at Panbazar Police Station on Sunday, Hazarika said, “I have admitted before police that I made such statement on October 24 during a meeting in Guwahati. But, I must say that people of the state are going to face a critical time if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is passed by the parliament.”

Hazarika also said, “I was summoned for my statement and I appeared here today. But, why the police have not registered any case against BJP MLA Shiladitya Dev who has made several controversial and provocative statements. Law should be equal for all.”

Talking about Shiladitya Dev’s statement that he would resign from MLA seat if the government does not take any action against ULFA, Hazarika said, “Shiladitya is a Bangladeshi and how come a Bangladeshi know about ULFA and the history of Assam.”Hazarika also claimed that the land (Assam) is still safe only because of ULFA.

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Tripura BJP Leader arrested for political conspiracy

AGARTALA, OCT 28 (AGENCIES): Tripura police have arrested a 37year-old BJP leader under the National Security Act (NSA) for his alleged involvement with organised crime Keshab Sarkar, a BJP leader from Jirania in West Tripura, who engages in contract work, was sent to Bishalgarh Central Jail after his arrest, Indian Express reported.

“Keshab Sarkar was detained and booked under the National Security Act. The District Magistrate issued an order based on his records and history.

The detainee was sent to Bishalgarh Central Jail,” the newspaper quoted West Tripura SP Ajit Pratap Singh as saying.

West Tripura District Magistrate Sandeep Namdeo Mahatme, who ordered Sarkar’s detention under NSA, explained that the Act has a broad spectrum and a detainee doesn’t necessarily have to be involved with antinational crimes.

“There were detailed reports on the detainee from the police, where it is said that Keshab Sarkar was involved with organised crime. He was detained on that basis and produced before the state NSA Board.

The NSA Board had its last

MDA meet on common candidate today

SHILLONG, Oct 28 (Agencies): A crucial meeting of the coordination committee of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) to deliberate on having a ‘common candidate’ for Shillong and Tura Parliamentary seats is scheduled for Monday, The Shillong Times reported.

The meeting is scheduled to be held at 5 pm. A Cabinet meeting is scheduled for the same day before the allies’ meet.

The MDA partners’ meeting gains significance in the wake of the differences among allies over common candidates.

The UDP had recently hinted that the coalition could become unstable if the coalition partners do not have a consensus on common candidates.

At the same time, the UDP had indirectly put a condition that the party, being one of the major allies, should be given an opportunity to contest from Shillong while the NPP should contest from Tura.

British Council, Arunachal Pradesh govt sign MoU

From left to right: Tawang MLA Tsering Tsahi, British-Council India director Alan Gemmell, chief minister Pema Khandu and director Dr Tayek Talom. (Damien Lepcha)

Itanagar, Oct 28 (PTI): The British Council and the Arunachal Pradesh government Sunday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen educational and cultural cooperation between the state and the United Kingdom.

The MoU was signed

by British Council director Alan Gemmell and Arunachal Pradesh Higher and Technical Education director Dr Tayek Talom in presence of Chief Minister Pema Khandu at Tawang in the sidelines of the Tawang

Festival.

The MoU celebrates the British Councils 70th anniversary in India and seeks to strengthen the relationship for the next 70 years. As a result of the MoU, 50 faculty members from government higher education institutions of the state would be trained by the British Council every year, starting in December 2018, official sources said.

Of the 50 faculty members, 30 would be from government colleges, 10 from government polytechnic institutes, 8 from central

institutions established in the state and 2 from officers of the higher education administration.

Further, 50 students of higher and technical education institutes would be trained annually by the British Council in English language skills.

The MoU would also work towards improving English communication of the state’s civil servants, developing capacity-building initiatives in the state, supporting improvements in the teaching of mathematics and science, capacity-build-

ing programmes for faculty and senior administrators of higher education institutions and seek to increase student and academic mobility, for the state.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said, “The MoU with British Council will enhance the opportunities for young people in education and culture from Arunachal Pradesh, connecting them to international expertise and ideas.

“I am grateful for the British Councils initiative here in the state and across the Northeast.”

The British Council director said the MoU supports the vision of the chief minister in enhancing human resource capacity building in higher education and subsequently in school education.

The British Council has had a long association with the North Eastern region.

I t r e c e n t ly s i g n e d an MoU with the North Eastern Council (NEC) to strengthen educational and cultural cooperation in all eight states of the region.

hearing on October 25,” the DM said. BJP MLA Sushanta Choudhury has slammed the decision to charge Sarkar with NSA. “Keshab is a businessman and an anti-Left soldier for long. He has been close to me since my NSUI days. I had several talks with the CM, who is also the Home Minister. I also spoke to the chief secretary and home secretary,” Choudhury said.

The MLA said he had learnt that Sarkar was produced before the NSA Board two days back. “I am told by unofficial sources that NSA Board has failed to take a call and they have referred again to the state government for decision.

If the government wanted to release him, it could have long back,” the MLA said.

Sarkar’s 60-year-old mother Sandhyarani Sarkar is still in dark why his son was arrested under the stringent act.

“They came in a black bus full of central forces late on October 9 night.

There were two other smaller vehicles. Someone called my son out of the home and they instantly arrested him. I asked them why he was being arrested.

Nobody told us anything and whisked him away,” she said.

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Entrepreneurship holds key to NE progress: Conrad S H I L LO N G, O ct 2 8 (Agencies): Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said development of entrepreneurship was indispensable for the progress of North East and the nation as a whole, The Shillong Times reported.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting at Youth Leaders Connect (YLC) on Sunday, Sangma said entrepreneurship fellowship which was started by YLC last year would be continued.

He pointed to starting incubation centers which could be funded by the Government of India and for the state governments to partner and create an environment for entrepreneurs to come in. The meeting also pitched for promotion of local products. The YLC will write to concerned officials and ministries about the use of local products made in North East.

“We have more than 120 entrepreneurs from the entire North East. We have discussed and shared ideas and also plan to move forward,” he said.

Sangma pointed that entrepreneurship had been the major areas of focus and entrepreneurship was important for the North East and the nation as whole to move it forward.

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KMSS to lead Statewide protest from Nov 5 against Citizenship Bill GUWAHATI, Oct 28 (Agencies): Spectre of a long phase agitation looms large on Assam with Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) announcing that over 60 organisations will be intensifying their protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, with a state-wide protest from November 5, The Shillong Times reported.

“On November 3, the representatives of 60 organisations will meet to discuss our future course.

We will discuss out strategies and plan accordingly to take forward our fight to safeguard the Axomiya jaati,”said the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi.

“We will also distrib-

ute around 30 lakh leaflets across the state to expose the Bharatiya Janata party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on October 30,” he added.

The groups will meet at the Sudmerson Hall of Cotton University here on November 4.

“Writers, artists, intellectuals and senior citizens will also be part of the meeting. We will seek valuable suggestions from people coming from all walks of life. On November 5, we will launch our protest. We won’t allow the passing the Bill,” said Gogoi.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was introduced in the Lok Sabha to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955.

Thailand Princess, US Ambassador to visit Imphal

Officials of Manipur State Cooperative Bank Limited MSCB donating Rs 5 lakh for upcoming Sangai Festival to CM N Biren Singh on Sunday.

IMPHAL, Oct 28: Thailand Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster and chief ministers of Sagaing and Mandalay region of Myanmar will visit Imphal during the upcoming Manipur Sangai Festival slated for November 21.

Confirming the visit

of the foreign dignitaries, chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said Thailand Princess Maha and US Ambassador to India will be visiting the state for the first in the history of Manipur.

Thailand Princess will arrive at Imphal on November 27 and stay for the night before returning to Thailand the next day.

She will grace the evening

Ghy connected to 3 destinations with direct flights

BJP spokesperson Kohli rubbishes Mizoram chief minister’s allegation

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Guwahati, Oct 28 (PTI): In a bid to improve air connectivity and promote tourism in the North East, Guwahati was connected to three destinations with direct flights from Sunday.

The direct flights linked the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport here with Pakyong in Sikkim, Bhubaneswar in Odisha and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) statement said.

SpiceJet’s flight SG3325 from Pakyong arrived at Guwahati at 12.20 pm and the return flight SG3326 took off from Guwahati at 12.40 pm, it added.

A ceremony was held at the airport here and the passengers were greeted, the statement said.

The flight time between Guwahati and Pakyong is one hour, it said.

Similarly, Indigo’s flight 6E-726 arrived at 8.15 am from Bhubaneswar and the return flight 6E-731 left for Bhubaneswar at 1.50 pm, the AAI statement said.

A I Z AW L , O C T 2 8 (AGENCIES): BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli on Saturday rubbished Lal Thanhawla’s allegation that the BJP is piling up money for its anticipated horse trading after the Mizoram elections saying that Lal Thanhawla is afraid of the rise of BJP in Mizoram, North East Now reported.

Talking to mediapersons at Bharatiya Janata Party’s office in Aizawl the son of the former Mizoram governor AR Kohli, Nalin Kohli said Lal Thanhawla has been dictating his testimony of the Congress’ impending downfall.

“Look at your roads; it’s the testimony of the Congress government’s failure. Mizoram roads look like a mud track and not roads,” Nalin Kohli said.

“The Congress government’s failure in the administration of the state

function of the festival as chief guest on the same day of her arrival, an official source from the state tourism department, the host of the festival said.

During her stay in the state capital, the Princess will most probably visit Kangla fort and Loktak Lake. Every year Manipur celebrates the “Manipur Sangai Festival” from November 21 to 30.

The festival is named after the state animal, Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur.

The celebration of the festival started from 2010 and has grown over the years into a big platform for Manipur to showcase its rich tradition and culture to the world and with the objective of promoting the state as a world class tourism destination.

In the ever expanding the scope of the festival, this year, Manipur government will hold the festival at three venues - Keibul Lamjao, Imphal (Hapta Kangjeibung and Lamboikhongnangkhong) and Mao (Senapati district).

Meanwhile, Manipur State Cooperative Bank Limited (MSCB) donated a sum of Rs 5 lakh for the upcoming annual Manipur Sangai Festival.

The managing director of MSCB A Subash Singh along with other officials handed over the cheque to chief minister N Biren Singh in the presence of director of tourism W Ibohal Singh at chief minister’s secretariat today.

of Mizoram has put Lal Thanhawla in a desperate condition, fear psychosis is hitting him,” Kohli added.

Nalin Kohli is one of the official spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is also the convenor of the BJP’s national media cell and an advocate at the Supreme Court of India.

Reacting to the question whether the BJP would abide by the Mizoram NGO Coordination Committee plea to all the political parties not to field Chakma candidates in the coming polls, Nalin Kohli said that the decision over the Chakmas would be decided by the central committee, adding that the saffron party would not do anything that is not in sync with the framework of the constitution of India.

Kohli, vehemently denied the alleged BJP’s atrocities on the Christian communities in India,

saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party believed in equality of race, religion and in no way stood against any particular religion.

“The Bharatiya Janata Party has put local customs, eating habits and religion to be decided by the people,” Kohli said.

Reacting to the recent alleged vandalisation of a Christian Church in Cachar district, Kohli said he would intimate the party leadership of Assam to look into the matter.

Kohli also rubbished the recent opinion polls made by some national media organisations favouring the Congress to form government in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan saying that the ground reality speaks in different volumes.

“Opinion polls can be made, it is not the result of the elections. The Congress won ten by-polls in 10 states, that’s not victory,” Kohli added.

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Kejriwal questions PM Modi on Rafale deal

Jaipur, Oct 28 (PTI): Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged corruption in the multi-crore Rafale jet deal with France, saying he should not fear a CBI probe if he is honest.

Referring to the Union government’s mid-night decision to send CBI chief Alok Verma on indefinite leave last week, Kejriwal claimed Verma was “suspended” as Modi feared he was to register an FIR in connection with the deal and launch an investigation.

“It is a Rs 36,000-crore fighter aircraft scam. An honest CBI chief was removed at 3 am as he wanted to lodge FIR against the prime minister the next morning. The prime minister should not be afraid of a CBI probe, if he is honest,” Kejriwal said at a public meeting in Jaipur in poll-bound Rajasthan.

His supporters chanted that Modi is a “thief ”.

Verma was sent on leave after a feud erupted between him and his deputy, Special Director Rakesh Asthana, with the government saying the decision

Arvind Kejriwal (File) was taken to protect institutional integrity of the agency. The government has also repeatedly denied allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal.

Referring to himself, Kejriwal said the people of New Delhi can proudly say that their chief minister is honest. Can they say the prime minister is “honest”, he asked the crowd.

“The CBI conducted raid at my residence. I cooperated with the sleuths, offered them tea and sweets.

All they found were four mufflers. People of the New Delhi can proudly say their chief minister is honest,” he said.

Kejriwal asked the people whether they have got quality education, better healthcare, free water and cheaper electricity under

Amid #MeToo, experts stress on victim rights awareness Sonipat, Oct 28 (IANS): As the #MeToo movement is exposing abuse of power by some men and also revealing the vulnerabilities of victims, experts have emphasised on the need for creating greater awareness about the rights of victims in the country.

“We have always come across criticism that we don’t have mannerisms which show concerns for the victims because the law only tries to pursue trial against the accused, but the interest of the victim is neglected,” Chaman Lal, former Director General of Police and former Special Rapporteur, National Human Rights Commission, said at an international conference on victim assistance at the O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) here.

The two-day conference, held over the weekend, was organised by the Centre for Victimology and Psychological Studies (CVPS) of the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS).

“Victimology and victim rights are things of recent origin in our country. This conference is an excellent platform to discuss these issues and how to work towards finding a solution,” the former DGP said after inaugurating the conference.

Chaman Lal (File) The conference deliberated on multiple issues around victim assistance: Victims’ rights and the criminal justice system; violence within the family; sex, gender and sexuality; role of NGOs; violence against women and children; media and cyber victimisation; human trafficking and victimisation of immigrants.

“The awareness of victimology in academia has to grow -- many fields deal with similar individual and institutional phenomena,” said Professor C. Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, JGU. In today’s world, ridden with violence and offence, victimology not only becomes a potent tool to educate citizens about behaviours that place them at risk of becoming victims, but also helps those working in criminal justice, law enforcement and mental health better assist victims, the experts said.

the rule of the BJP or the Congress, whom they have voted to power in Rajasthan alternately in recent elections.

Making a case for his AAP, he suggested to the people that they should vote for the party, like the people of Delhi have done, and dislodge both BJP and Congress from governance in Rajasthan.

“We do not vote to make any party win, but to defeat the other. BJP and Congress had done a setting in New Delhi to loot people but the people threw both the national parties out of power and it can happen in Rajasthan as well,” Kejriwal said. He claimed the AAP government in Delhi has done what the two national parties could not do in 70 years.

The success rate of Delhi government-run schools was 10 per cent better than private schools, people get free medicines, treatment, water under government schemes and cheaper electricity, he said.

Talking about farm distress, he criticised Centre’s crop loan insurance scheme, saying it was meant to benefit insurance firms and not farmers.

JNU to launch community radio station New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI): People residing close to the JNU campus here might soon get the opportunity to be on air with the university all set to launch a community radio station as part of its “social responsibility”.

The community radio will cater to residents of areas such as Ber Sarai, Munirka, Kishangarh, Hauz Khas Village, Vasant Vihar cluster areas and Mahipalpur, Chairperson, Special Centre for Disaster Research (SCDR), Professor Amita Singh, told PTI. “We are also trying to work out (a plan) so that we can reach Chhattarpur,” she said. The SCDR at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will ink an agreement with the Indian Institute of Mass Communication to start the community radio service.

“We will get grandmothers to talk about things.

There will be discussions with local ward councillors, residents of the area to know the issues,” Singh said, adding the project is part of the “university’s social responsibility”.

The service will not only alert people about environment-related issues in their areas but also talk about the local issues.

national SC to begin Ayodhya title suit hearing from today New Delhi, Oct 28 (AGENCIES): Supreme Court is likely to hear Monday a batch of pleas challenging the Allahabad high court’s 2010 verdict by which the disputed land on the Ram JanmabhoomiBabri Masjid area in Ayodhya was divided into three parts.

A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K M Joseph would hear the appeals filed in the matter.

On September 27, the apex court had declined to refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgment that a mosque was not integral to Islam which had arisen during the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute.

In a majority verdict of 2:1, a three-judge bench headed by then chief justice Dipak Misra had said the civil suit has to be decided on the basis of evidence and the previous verdict has no relevance to this issue.

Justice Ashok Bhushan, who had penned the judgment for himself and the Chief Justice of India, had said it has to find out the context in which the fivejudge bench had delivered the 1994 verdict.

Former Delhi CM Khurana dies aged 82 New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS): Former Delhi Chief Minister and BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana, who passed away on Saturday here at his residence at age 82, was on Sunday cremated here on Sunday.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, BJP leader L.K. Advani and Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Vijay Goel were among those present at the cremation at Nigam Bodh Ghat.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Lt Governor Anil Baijal and thousands of BJP workers also paid homage to Khurana, who was also a Governor of Rajasthan and a Union Minister.

Khurana’s body was kept at the Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party office on Pandit Pant Marg for people to pay their last respects before his cremation.

Tributes poured in from leaders of several parties.

President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted that Khurana contributed immensely to public life and particularly to the well-being of the national capital and its people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Khurana for his work towards rehabilitating refugees from the 1947 partition and called him an “able administrator”.

“Khuranaji will al-

Shashi Tharoor (File) personality cult did not go down well with many in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

“There is an extraordinarily striking metaphor expressed by an unnamed RSS source to journalist Vinod Jose of ‘The Caravan’, who expressed their frustration with their inability to curb Modi,” said Tharoor in his speech at the literary festival.

The remark by the

RSS source depicted the “complex” dynamics that exist between the “Hindutva movement and the Moditva expression of it”, Tharoor added.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad condemned Tharoor’s remarks and said the Congress leader had disrespected Lord Shiva.

“Shashi Tharoor, who is accused in a murder case, has attempted to disrespect Lord Shiva. I seek a reply from Rahul Gandhi who claims himself to be a ‘bhakt’ (devotee) of Lord Shiva on this horrific denunciation of Hindu gods by a Congress MP. Rahul Gandhi must apologize to all Hindus,” Prasad said in a tweet.

Responding to Prasad, Tharoor said that his comment quoting an unnamed RSS source on Modi had

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pays tribute to former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana, at Delhi BJP office in New Delhi, Sunday, Oct 28, 2018.

Khurana passed away due to old age-related complications. (PTI) ways be remembered for the manner in which he strengthened the BJP in Delhi. He made unwavering efforts towards serving the post-partition refugees in Delhi.”

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley remembered Khurana’s underground work during Emergency.

The Delhi government on Sunday declared a twoday state mourning as a mark of tribute to Khurana.

“We all are deeply saddened to hear the demise of veteran leader and former CM of Delhi Khuranaji.

As a mark of respect to the departed soul, state mourning shall be observed by the Delhi government for two

days,” Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted.

Baijal and Kejriwal also expressed condolences.

“Extremely saddened to learn about the demise...

He will be remembered by all for his contribution to the development of Delhi,” Baijal wrote.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said: “Saddened at the passing away of Khuranaji.”

Born on October 15, 1936, Khurana was Chief Minister of Delhi from 1993 to 1996.

He resigned amid controversy vis-a-vis a hawala scandal. Khurana also served as Parliamentary Af-

fairs and Tourism Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. He was suffering from a chest infection and fever from the last few days.

“He was feeling breathless since Saturday morning,” his son Harish Khurana said.

Khurana was appointed the Rajasthan Governor in January 2004 but resigned from the post and joined active politics in October that year.

The four-time MP also headed the BJP’s Delhi unit and was a former national Vice President of the party.

4 highly-trained snipers active in Kashmir: Officials Srinagar, Oct 28 (PTI): Sniper attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists has emerged as a new source of worry for security agencies in Kashmir Valley with three personnel having been killed since midSeptember, prompting the law enforcement agencies to re-calibrate their strategy to thwart such strikes by the Pakistan-based group, officials said.

The first such attack took place at Newa in Pulwama on September 18 when a CRPF personnel was injured. Security officials thought it to be a one-off strike till the recent spate of sniper attacks that claimed the lives of a Sashastra Seema Bal jawan and an Army personnel in Tral, and a CISF jawan in Nowgam.

Based on intelligence inputs, security agencies believe that at least two separate ‘buddy’ groups of the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) comprising two terrorists each have entered Kashmir Valley in early September and have entrenched themselves in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district with the help of some overground supporters of the outfit.

These terrorists, according to the officials, have been thoroughly trained by Pakistan’s ex-

ternal snooping agency ISI for carrying out sniper attacks in Kashmir Valley and have been armed with M-4 carbines, used by the US-led allied forces in Afghanistan.

There is a possibility that these weapons may be part of the arms and ammunition captured by the Talibans, with whom the JeM cadre were fighting the allied forces in Afghanistan, security officials in the state said. However, they said that the weapon was also being used by the special forces of Pakistan Army.

In all the instances of sniper attacks, the terrorists used a nearby hillock to carry out strikes on a security force campus when unsuspecting jawans were using their mobile phones to talk to their family or friends.

“These attacks have been precise, even while targeting a personnel inside a sentry post as he uses his mobile phone.

They pick up the light of the mobile phone to carry out the attack on jawans,” said one of the officials.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has reacted to the rising cases of sniper attacks. “We’ve dealt with snipers on the border/LoC regularly and

Tharoor likens Modi to scorpion, sparks row Bengaluru, Oct 28 (IANS): Quoting an unnamed RSS member, Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor on Sunday likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a scorpion seated on a Shivling.

The comment sparked a sharp reaction from the BJP, prompting the MP to give a detailed explanation hours later.

“Modi is like a scorpion sitting on a Shivling. You cannot remove him with your hand and you cannot hit it with a ‘chappal’ (slippers) either,” said Tharoor at a literary event, recalling what an RSS member had told a journalist in 2012.

Participating in the Bengaluru Literary Festival, Tharoor referred to the metaphor in the context of his latest book, “The Paradoxical Prime Minister”, and alleged that Modi’s

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been in public domain for six years.

“This comment (not by me) has been in the public domain for six years. R.S. Prasad making an issue of a six-year-old quote shows how little new the BJP has to offer the nation,” tweeted Tharoor.

Clarifying, Tharoor said he had cited in his book the context in which it (metaphor) was used.

“In view of the unseemly demonisation of an out-of-context remark today involving a scorpion metaphor, my book #TheParadoxicalPrimeMinister cites and footnotes in this article -- please see the last paragraph of this article,” tweeted Tharoor, sharing the link to “The Caravan” ar ticle in 2012, which quotes an RSS leader using the scorpion metaphor to describe Modi.

have SOPs to deal with those but never in the hinterland. This will force a rethink of all manner of security and protection procedures.”

The M-4 carbine is mounted with a telescope and the terrorists are using night vision devices to locate their potential targets, the officials said.

The weapon can fire at its target up to 500-600 metres with precision.

The security agencies, including army, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir

police, have already issued fresh guidelines to their jawans and officers located in camps in the militancyhit areas.

Maintaining a silence over the change in tactics, the officials said that more combing operations would be carried out around the security camps.

They said that Jaish cadres were likely to carry out more such attacks in the future, but added that some modules had been identified and these cases were likely to be cracked

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soon.

The security agencies had been observing that while pushing the terrorists into Kashmir Valley from the Line of Control (LoC), ISI meticulously planned to send in Jaish-eMohammed cadre along.

Those terrorists were armed with the best possible arsenal including bullets with steel core – with the capability to pierce a static bullet proof bunker used during counterterrorism operations, the officials said.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 322 Dimapur, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018

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Cycle of laments

ublic will be waiting to see how the state government responds to the issues which the public rally in Dimapur on October 31 in Dimapur, would be raising since these issues continue to impact the life and economy of the people in various ways.

The October 31 rally will perhaps be one among a dozen held in recent past on the same issues and the anniversary of the fifth anniversary of the massive rally turn-out at Clock Tower Junction. Despite all the publicity and assertions by the government to act, it still remains to be seen if anyone can bell the cat. Extortions and illegal collections also exist in other states in some form or the other but it has not taken such a form of “the right to impose tax” and even then, the amount is not high. In addition to these activities which the business organizations have highlighted and even resorted to shut down; there are other forms of various taxes being imposed such on - business firms/shops, construction/supply tax works, license ,entry tax, vehicle transport tax, goods tax ranging from all goods, clothing, building materials etc., godown tax, forest royalty tax on, sand/stone chips/bamboo, livestock tax per head on entry, livestock tax on meat products, house/property tax, work permit tax, construction tax, sanitary tax and so on. Even if suppose, a single or at the most two entities or authorities are imposing such a large number of taxes sometimes multiple times on the same product or item, it would have been a totally different matter. However when those involved number over a dozen ‘authorities’ including civic body and numerous unions; one can only imagine the fate of the end-consumers. The business people may have to cough out the unimaginable and humongous demands which are bad enough. However, the worst is these never ending demands come with numerous calls at any time and with threats of dire consequences. Only those who are able to withstand daily demands with threats are able to continue; probably because they have no other choice. What has befallen the state today that even transporters refuse to enter Nagaland but dump the goods at Guwahati. Those who having some connection with people in Dimapur, are operating from Khatkhati at nearby Karbi Anglong; where anther breed of tax imposers or extortionists are also picking up the trade. Another issue besides, the never ending taxations or extortions imposed is the fact that business in Dimapur has been completely strangulated by another form of monopolistic control through syndicates. This monopolistic hegemony means that no one can take up wholesale or retail business of any brand(s) except through dealers appointed by the syndicate, involved with that particular product(s). This is also in matters of even taking up various construction or supply works under various government or public sector undertakings. Towns located along national or state highways used to have thriving business in small food restaurants or sales of local products but when transport buses and trucks, especially from Manipur have opted for the longer route from Silchar-Jiribam and Imphal, the number has drastically come down to almost a trickle. This has had a devastating effect on those involved in such small enterprises. It is time to resolve the matter and it is the bounden duty of the mandated government to deliver its pledge to the people. The environment has also put off many potential investors from outside. The government is therefore bounden to act on the demands of its people and ensure that the future remains safe and secure.

DailyDevotion Justification by Faith If when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. —Romans 5:10 I am not saved by believing— I simply realize I am saved by believing. And it is not repentance that saves me— repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus. The danger here is putting the emphasis on the effect, instead of on the cause. Is it my obedience, consecration, and dedication that make me right with God? It is never that! I am made right with God because, prior to all of that, Christ died. When I turn to God and by belief accept what God reveals, the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ instantly places me into a right relationship with God. And as a result of the supernatural miracle of God’s grace I stand justified, not because I am sorry for my sin, or because I have repented, but because of what Jesus has done. The Spirit of God brings justification with a shattering, radiant light, and I know that I am saved, even though I don’t know how it was accomplished.

The salvation that comes from God is not based on human logic, but on the sacrificial death of Jesus.

We can be born again solely because of the atonement of our Lord. Sinful men and women can be changed into new creations, not through their repentance or their belief, but through the wonderful work of God in Christ Jesus which preceded all of our experience (see 2 Corinthians 5:17-19). The unconquerable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself. We do not have to accomplish these things ourselves— they have been accomplished through the atonement of the Cross of Christ. The supernatural becomes natural to us through the miracle of God, and there is the realization of what Jesus Christ has already done— “It is finished!” (John 19:30).

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018

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lmost 81,000 Indians earned over Rs 1 crore a year, screams Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Is there really anything to cheer about?

The other side of it is that the number of nonsalaried taxpayers has increased but it is the salaried, who bear the tax brunt. The figures also are upbeat on 15.7 percent rise in tax collection. But it conceals the rise in refunds.

Upto October 20, 2018, direct tax collections for 2017-18 was estimated at Rs 4.9 crore against Rs 4.2 crore a year back.

The number of refunds almost doubled to two crore and amount increased from about Rs 70,000 a year to Rs 1.1 lakh crore. It means the tax collection cost has increased. That stymies individual expenses and hurts growth.

Each refund has an administrative, compilation and transaction cost. By simple logic as the number of refunds doubled, all these costs have also. It also means the tax department is overstaffed and needs to reduce its flab. The tax administration cost is higher than the cost of refunds.

The effective taxpayer increased, at least notionally

because all filers of returns do not pay taxes, from 6.47 crore to 8.27 crore, says finance minister Aurn Jaitley. In the last two years revenue collected made the government richer by Rs 90,000 crore, Rs 45,000 crore a year.

The spend towards tax collection at Rs 1.1 lakh crore more in 2018-19 is 4.32 percent of the total government spending. The cost has increased by 35.75 percent.

So more the government earns more it loses too.

A NIPFP study by Arindam Das Gupta in 2000-01 found that compliance cost is high. The cost borne by taxpayers is 6.8 percent of gross income or 49 percent of personal income tax collections. If third party compliance costs, like those of employers and banks, are added, this rises to 56 percent of taxes collected.

The third party costs of deducting tax at source (TDS) amounted to 11.8 percent. It is borne by the employers. The third party costs constitute 53 percent of total collections and 60 percent non-company income taxes 1999-2000, says Das Gupta quoting CAG report 2001. The cost exceeds sometimes even tax paid, says Das Gupta.

High tax revenue a myth I-T abolition can save 56 p.c compliance cost, other spends: NIPFP An important reason for the “low compliance costs” of salaried employees is because their employers bear the costs of assessing and form 16A. In simple terms it increases business expenses.

All government departments are spending enormously on this count. So whatever the government Shivaji is earning, it is losing on the implementation of an irrational procedure.

The aim of TDS itself is questionable. It is irrational because the government is realizing a tax that is not due to it before the end of a financial year. It is also not paying any interest on TDS. How can a tax be deducted even before one utilizes his earnings? The worse is it deprives an earner of his right to spend and contribute to the growth of the economy.

On an average over four months wages are locked up in TDS or simply put it is never paid.

The TDS is locking up huge direct and indirect finances that could have been utilized for produc-

tive purposes and enrich the economy. This loss has to be quantified. In other words, if TDS is abolished, the government and all other employers would save huge compliance cost that would add to growth.

Das Gupta found that bribe quantum is high especially for non-salary earners but was not Sarkar less for salaried earners either.

Even now despite online filing it has not been eliminated. There are allegations that post-demonetisation harassment has increased. It has now even engulfed rural and semiurban areas.

Then there is the commercial cost to the banks. As per Das Gupta commercial costs to the banks is at 11 percent. The banks however say they spend double that amount or 22 percent. The banks thus are subsidizing government expenses. Or the bank depositors are bearing the cost by arbitrary reduction of interest rates on deposits and increases in fees and other charges.

This is retrograde. The

direct taxes are leading to indirect levying of charges on the same taxpayer. Apart, by forcing banks to subsist government expenses it is adding to NPAs indirectly.

Banks are public entities not government bodies.

The government is only a managing authority and has no right over the deposits or earnings of the banks.

Should it have unfettered rights to tinker with its functioning or deny the actual charges?

The estimates, as per the NIPFP study, of compliance costs are high by international standards equaling at the median 130 percent of taxes paid. With the rising numbers of taxpayers it can only estimated to have increased.

It means the rationale of income tax itself is doubtful, if not retrograde.

Apart there is little to rejoice at the number of crorepati taxpayers. Most of them after paying over 33 percent IT lose a sizeable sum and do not remain crorepatis.

The tax rates are constant. It does not take into account the inflation, which has risen by over 60 percent since 2010. Asking someone with low income of less than Rs 3 crore to part with 33 percent of his in-

come is itself questionable.

Even the Economic Survey 2017 found that majority of the new taxpayers is at the threshold level of around Rs 2.7 lakh. The cost of filing and keeping records is more.

Should not we link I-T to price index? If inflation increases, the benefit should be given to the taxpayer.

That further questions the rationale of having such tax.

The 2001 study is clear on bribes. It says that bribes remain an integral part of the tax system whether for the salaried or non-salaried.

On silly issues, the I-T appellate is flooded with cases.

The irrationality of refusal is there even where the norms are appropriate and clear.

Many interest subventions are denied on virtually no ground.

It takes 15 years of toil to be settled by the appellate because the department finds it convenient in not accepting the plea that the date of allotment, an established norm, should be adhered to for such decisions. It is not done to “settle” it. It does not need an elaboration.

So if I-T is abolished, the government and society saves more and free it of apprehensions and can spur the economy.

Post-mortem Government on backfoot in CBI affair Booker-like evening for Indian literati; the hypocrisy

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t cannot but be politically embarrassing for the Narendra Modi government that the decision to send two squabbling Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials on leave by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), presumably at the government’s behest, has barely passed muster in the Supreme Court.

The court may not have reinstated the director, Alok Verma, and the special director, Rakesh Asthana, but it has requested a retired Supreme Court judge, A.K. Patnaik, to monitor the CVC’s probe into the allegations against Verma which led to his removal.

The centre and the CVC have also been asked to file their response to Verma’s petition on the steps taken against him.

Any presumption on the government’s part, therefore, that its intervention in the CBI in what has been called by its critics as a midnight coup will mean that it will be back to business in the organisation under a new director, M. Nageswara Rao, has been belied.

Far from being defused, the controversy has only been put on the back burner with the court virtually assuming the role of governing the premier investigative agency with Rao being told not to take any policy decisions.

For any government, the loss of control over a major institution is tantamount to a loss of face. It is also a godsend to the opposition. Till now, the latter had been groping for an issue with which to attack the government in the run-up to the assembly elections in five states.

But, now, even more than the Rafael aircraft deal which is being used by the Congress to accuse the government of crony capitalism, l’affaire CBI will give the party a handy stick with which to beat the ruling dispensation.

The latter, too, and also the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will be worried about the impact of the court case on the middle class. If it transpires that there is a grain of truth in the charge that the root of the infighting at the top of the organisation was the foisting of what has been called the ruling party’s blue-eyed boy, Asthana, in the CBI, then the reaction of the volatile middle class cannot be favourable.

This influential group may be willing to bide its time before the promises of vikas are fulfilled. But any suggestion that the government was undermining the autonomy of a generally well-regarded institution by playing favourites with the officials can have politically damaging consequences.

As it is, the CBI had been called a “caged parrot” by the Supreme Court when it was described as the “Congress Bureau of Investigation” when Manmohan Reader’s note: Articles

Singh was the prime minister. The expectation was that the outfit would be put back on its feet by the new dispensation so that it would be able to retain its reputation for integrity and efficiency. But the latest turn of events suggests that the more things change, the more they remain the same.

One reason why the CBI had become the last resort for all controversial cases was the steady deterioration in the impartiality and competence of the police, which had long become a plaything in the hands of politicians where bending the rules were concerned.

If the CBI is also seen to be going down the same path, the government will have to share a great deal of the blame. The chances of this happening are high considering that the Supreme Court will deal with a petition by a non-government organisation on a probe into the allegations of corruption against Asthana and other CBI officials.

It cannot be a matter of solace to the government that the Supreme Court is increasingly assuming the role of an arbiter in areas where the government and the legislature should have had the final say such as determining the rights of homosexuals or the entry of women into temples.

If the government is in retreat in these matters, the reason apparently is that it is unable to evolve a consensus among all the parties about the right step not only because of the varying opinions among them, but also because it is unwilling to adopt a bold approach of the kind which the judiciary is doing.

Since the government seems to prefer to opt for the soft option of leaving a controversial matter to the judges, it cannot afford to carp against judicial activism, as it occasionally does, or advise the judiciary not to be guided by “five-star” activists, as the prime minister once did. The CBI affair is a reaffirmation, therefore, of the need for the judiciary to set things right because of the inadequacies of the first two “estates” - the government and the legislature.

In the CBI’s case, the Supreme Court had no option but to step in because the aggrieved officials approached it for redressal. But, in general, the gradual widening of the judiciary’s ambit will be welcomed because of its growing reputation for taking sensible decisions as nearly all the recent instances have shown.

In contrast, the government has been seen to be either hesitant, as on decriminalising homosexuality and upholding the right to privacy, or obscurantist as in the case of women entering a temple which bars those who are between 10 and 50 years old.

(IANS) Amulya Ganguli

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he Whos Who of Indian literary circles assembled at a five-star hotel here earlier this week to attend the announcement of the winner of the inaugural edition of the JCB Prize for Literature -- conceptualised on the lines of the Man Booker Prize -- at a specially curated dinner. It was a saga steeped in hypocrisy.

This correspondent confirmed his presence at the last moment and was allotted a seat. Next to me was a Public Relations executive from Britain, who had flown in to explore ties with the prize, seeking to establish opportunities for the shortlisted books -- Perumal Murugan’s “Poonachi or The Story of a Black Goat”; Shubhangi Swarup’s “Latitudes of Longing”; “Amitabha Bagchi’s “Half The Night Is Gone”; Anuradha Roy’s “All The Lives We Never Lived”; and Benyamin’s “Jasmine Days” -- in the UK. Or so he said.

Fortunately for me, he had attended the Booker Prize dinner, which is touted globally for its extravagance and the luminaries who attend it year after year. “But even

by Booker standards, this is too grand,” he said, adding that nobody in the UK would spend this kind money on such an event.

On seeing the name inscribed on the table card of the person to my left, I realised we had exchanged several emails and had engaged in conversations over telephone but never met in person.

He was earlier a publicist and was now writing for a leading website.

I introduced myself -- and we laughed at the coincidence of finding ourselves next to each other.

The lady sitting across me was a known face too -- a regular on the festival circuit -- and looked at me curiously. I could sense that she wanted to initiate a conversation but just then a well-dressed man in an extravagant outfit, walked up to the stage to begin the evening’s proceedings.

He was the British Indian novelist and essayist Rana Dasgupta, the Literary Director of the prize. He welcomed the audience, introduced the prize and left everyone in suspense, saying the prize would be announced when the main course was served.

Most people in attendance

had not known who he was before the announcement of this prize, but he was surely the one in limelight and journalists seeking to interview him had a tough time as requests were not entertained.

Dasgupta had his own company to keep, and was surrounded by bigwigs for most of the evening.

Back at the table, the lady sitting across me, finally said: “Have we met before?” I reminded her that I had interviewed her on the sidelines of the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa two years ago -- and that we had just been introduced by, let’s call him “the man of books”, before the doors of the hall were opened for the evening, about half an hour ago.

How could she forget so fast?

Let’s rewind. The time stated on the invitation was 7.30 p.m. and proceedings began a little after 9.

The period in between was when wine did all the talking and informal networking ruled the roost.

Debutante Shubhangi Swarup walked around graciously in the company of a reader or two; her proud publisher, Udayan Mitra of HarperCollins, waxed eloquently on publishing her; Poulomi Chatterjee, Editor-in-Chief of Hachette India represented Anuradha Roy, who could not make it to the evening due to a prior commitment; and several other literary heavyweights graced the evening.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant could be seen interacting with Lord Bamford, Chairman of JCB, ensuring that he was well in the camera frames. Writer Perumal Murugan, on the other hand, seemed out-of-place. So were several others, but they didn’t show it. Murugan’s dicomfiture was evident.

So what were the top notch of Indian literary circles discussing over wine? That the #MeToo movement has derailed many, that there is a need to separate art and the artist, that literary festivals could not, and should not, single out people on the basis of mere allegations, and that such a glamorous event was long awaited for Indian writing. Ironically, most of these very same personalities have an altogether different outlook on social media and when on stage.

Just as the main course ar-

rived, the winner was announced -- Benyamin for “Jasmine Days”.

My phone buzzed with twitter notifications almost instantly while I hurriedly emailed a brief report to the newsroom. When I looked up, the crowd was gone, but the food was not. Hardly had anybody finished their meal, drinks had done all the talking all evening.

There is nothing wrong with cocktail evenings, but the suggestion these define the Indian literary space is absurd; and yet they have become synonymous with almost every literary gathering of our times. A literary prize like the JCB should first look at the vast magnitude of Indian writing arising under acute circumstances -- in poverty, stress and in unfavourable conditions. One can well bet that the amount spent on the publicity of the Prize exceeded the amount paid to the winner. Turn towards the Sahitya Akademi awardees and the futility of the concept will be evident.

All of this may have been because the Prize is a mere excuse, and not the actual goal. The goal, it seems, is brand building -- and that was exactly what was achieved on that glittery evening in the National Capital. If it was not so, the conceptualisation of the Prize must have been a lot different than what it was.

The Man Booker Prize is not an ideal formula to imitate, particularly in the Indian context that is so full of diversity and comprising mostly ignored writers (barring the privileged few, who hover from one festival to another). The JCB Prize did not break this mould, instead it once again underlined the biggest problem for a majority of writers in India -- that just a handful rule the roost through a strange monopoly of literary agents, publishers, festival organisers as well as major awards. The JCB Prize for Literature is a new member of the same gang.

And lastly, did the Prize boycott Penguin Random House India, or did the publisher boycott the prize? No one will say a word, (for now) but something fishy surely happened within.

(IANS) Saket Suman

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DMK, Tamil parties unhappy NSG military operations post headless with Rajapaksa’s appointment

NSG has been functioning without a regular military operations commander for the past six months. (File).

able for the working of the NSG, that remains in combat readiness roundthe-clock, they said.

“The IG Operations is the man who analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the counter-terror and counter-hijack teams in consultation with the force commander based at the NSG garrison in Manesar.

“He is responsible for the on-ground planning and execution of operations when the commandos are deployed for a task,” a senior official privy to NSG

Congress slams Modi, Raman Singh govts over naxal violence

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GUWAHATI, OCT 28 (IANS): Organisations such as the All Assam Students Union and the Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha have opposed the Centre’s move to authorise 16 Collectors across seven North Eastern states to register as Indian citizens, minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Alleging that the BJP-led government in Assam is deceiving the people, the AASU on Sunday asked the state and the Centre to make their stand clear over the issue. The organisations are opposing the Foreigners (Amendment) Order, 2015, Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 2015 and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

“We are going to start an agitation if the Centre goes ahead with its decision to appoint the Collectors in the seven states.

The order is contrary to the provision of the Constitution,” said AASU President Dipanka Nath and General Secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi.

The Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha condemned the order and said it is politically motivated.

“Moreover the connection isn’t available daily” it lamented, “it’ll be there for a day or two and unavailable for 3-4 days at a stretch”. NUSU (L) also pointed out that the slow net speed problem was also brought to the attention of BSNL officials but no positive developments were seen.

According to the union, this problem not only affects the headquarters at Lumami but also the campus at Medziphema (SASRD) since the connection goes from

The committee further asked those joining the rally to park their vehicles at DDSC ground, NST garage, Neingulie Memorial School campus and adjoining areas.

Announcing that all business establishments would remain closed till 12 noon that day as per a decision taken jointly by DCCI, BAN and PAC NCD, the committee, however, added that educational institutions would remain open.

It also advised those wishing to travel for emergency reasons to start early in order to avoid traffic congestion.

Stating that there would be a briefing of the volunteers at NCD office at 10 a.m. on October 30, PAC urged respective volunteer leaders to contact it for necessary information.

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man rights abuse by Lankan soldiers against Tamil civilians in the country’s north and northeast.

Rajapaksa has denied rights abuse under his watch. “At this juncture, Rajapaksa, facing international criticism for his handling of the civil war is back in the saddle as PM. The Indian Government should carefully watch these mysterious developments and ensure the security of lakhs of native Tamils in Sri Lanka as well as the Tamil Nadu fishermen who are often at the receiving end of the SL Navy,” Stalin said in a statement. He also suspected China’s hand in the Rajapaksa’s return from

political oblivion. MDMK general secretary Vaiko also said Rajapaksa’s return to power is a big threat to the Tamils in Sri Lanka.

“During his tenure as president, lakhs of Tamils were massacred during the civil war. Sri Lankan President Sirisena who pretended to an associate of Tamils has showed his true colours,” he said in a statement.

Vaiko also said that China has been successful in ‘resurrecting’ Rajapaksa.

For Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S Ramadoss, the elevation of Rajapaksa as Sri Lankan PM is a dangerous development for India.

“Rajapaksa’s entry into the government is a big threat for India. For this, we have to blame only our vulnerable external affairs strategies,” he said in a statement to the media.

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol Thirumavalavan also faulted the Centre’s Sri Lankan policy and said this is a wakeup call for New Delhi as Rajapaksa has been very close to China in the past, disregarding Indian interests in the region.

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Bengaluru, Oct 28 (PTI): Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah Sunday hit out at the BJP for predicting that the JDS-Congress government would fall and warned it against indulging in ‘Operation Lotus’ again, saying the saffron party was already in a state of “coma” due to its past deeds.

Siddaramaiah is the head of the CongressJD(S) coalition co-ordination committee.

‘Operation Lotus’ is a reference to the BJP allegedly luring several opposition MLAs to defect to ensure stability of its thengovernment headed by B S Yeddyurappa in 2008.

“Yeddyurappa (now state BJP chief) has once again made a statement that the government would fall. Already due to several rounds of operations, the lotus (BJP symbol) in Karnataka is in coma.

Now once again don’t try your hands into the wrong adventure of Operation Lotus,” he said in a tweet.

The Congress leader asserted that the BJP would remain as an opposition party in the state.

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had claimed that the note ban exercise has effectively neutralised naxal and terror threats.

He said the figures available suggest otherwise as more security personnel and civilians were killed in naxal violence after note ban.

Raman Singh, he said, too had echoed similar sentiments. “But facts state otherwise,” he said.

Singhvi claimed that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir had worsened and demonetisation did not help in any way to contain terror strikes.

“Security personnel

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New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI): The Congress Sunday charged the Modi dispensation at the Centre and the Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh for failing to contain naxal violence, saying the chief minister has forfeited his right to continue in power.

No immediate reaction was available from the Prime Minister’s Office on the allegations levelled by Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi at a press conference here.

Terming demonetisation as a “brain child” of Narendra Modi, Singhvi said the prime minister

have become fodder to infirm policies of the two governments ... The coward Raman Singh government has forfeited its right to be in power in the state...

“People will also reject the Modi dispensation in the next elections,” the Congress leader said.

He claimed that the various schemes launched by the previous UPA government for naxal-affected and backward districts were discontinued by the present government at the Centre just because they were implemented by a Congressled dispensation.

He said while Home Minister Rajnath Singh can travel to Rajasthan for a political programme and the prime minister could visit Japan, they could not go to Chhattisgarh following the naxal attack in Bijapur district which left four CRPF men dead.

Chhattisgarh will go for polls in two phases on November 12 and November 20.

operations said.

This is the reason that the IG Operations is brought from the military as both the fighting units of the NSG-51 SAG and 52 SAG are manned by officers and jawans from the Special Forces and infantry of the Indian Army and it requires a special bonding and coordination between the two to ensure seamless, precise and successful operational results.

NSG DG Sudeep Lakhtakia told PTI that while it is important to

C h e nna i , O c t 2 8 ( AG E N CIE S ) : D M K president MK Stalin on Saturday led a chorus of opposition political parties in Tamil Nadu voicing concern at the overnight ‘mysterious’ changes in Sri Lanka with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s swearing-in as the Prime Minister which they claimed poses a major threat to Tamils in the island who had been subjugated.

They also said that New Delhi should keep an eye on the developments in the souther n neighbourhood in view of Rajapaksa’s proximity to the Chinese.

Stalin claimed that the unprecedented development in the neighbouring country has sent shockwaves through lakhs of minority ethnic Tamils still fighting for legitimate rights in Sri Lanka.

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vice, is the top commander of the force.

The sources said as no new Maj Gen rank-officer has been posted to the NSG till now, hence another IG of the force (IPS officer) is holding the post in an additional capacity.

They said the nonavailability of suitable officers from the Army has been the primary reason that the post is vacant.

While some officers prefer getting promoted in their cadre, in some cases they were not found suit-

have a full-time IG (Operations) he had “complete faith” in the capabilities of his Deputy IG (Operations) and Force Commander (a Brigadier-rank officer) in keeping a 24x7 readiness of the commandos.

“We are hopeful that a full-time IG (Operations) will join the NSG soon. Till then, my DIG and Force Commander are rendering the task and they are very capable officers,” he told the news agency.

Sources in the Union home ministry said a meeting was recently held with the Ministry of Defence and the Army on the subject and the name of a Maj Gen is expected to be finalised soon.

The posting and taking over of a new IG (Operations), however, is expected to take another 1-2 months, which could be the longest time when this NSG post remained headless due to non-availability of the officer.

In 2012, a similar situation occurred for about six months when there was no regular operations head in the ‘black cat’ commandos force.

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New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI): India’s elite counter-terror force NSG has been functioning without a regular military operations commander for the past six months, posing serious questions on the effectiveness of its combat readiness and planning in case of an impending contingency.

The special force has recently asked the Ministry of Home Affairs, under which it functions, to intervene and get an officer from the Army on board soon.

The post of Inspector General (Operations) is held by a Major Generalrank officer on deputation from the Army, which, sources told PTI, has been vacant since April after incumbent Maj Gen Shashank Mishra moved to his cadre on promotion.

In the NSG hierarchy, the counter-terror and counter-hijack commando units are placed under the overall command of IG (Operations), a post based in the NSG headquarters in Delhi.

The NSG Director General (DG), an officer from the Indian Police Ser-

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talling over Rs 32,000 crore.

However, experts believe in withdrawal of funds in October has shaken the market.

So far this year, FPIs have pulled out a total of Rs 97,000 crore from the capital markets. This includes over Rs 37,000 crore from equities and close to Rs 60,000 crore from the debt markets.

According to Rahul Mishra, AVP (Derivatives), Emkay Global Financial Services, macro issues like liquidity crunch created post IL&FS default, Indian currency move and volatility in crude oil price have kept the investors at bay.

“The continued selling pressure from FPI is need to be looked from the angle of what is happening globally.

From the Indian context the current issues faced by the NBFC (non banking finance company) is not helping either,” R Sreesankar Cohead equities at Prabhudas Lilladher.

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS): Emphasising on the need for 5G connectivity, Union Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said it is imperative for the government to deploy the 5G network in the country as soon as possible. Speaking at the concluding day of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2018 here, he said the government sees 2020 as the timeline for the deployment of 5G network in India.

“5G is definitely the future of digital communications and deploying it as soon as possible is imperative for this government,” Sinha said. “The significance of 5G for India cannot be overlooked... It would help us leapfrog infrastructure

IBC instilling fear in defaulters: Jaitley

New Delhi, Oct 28 (Agencies): Potential loan defaulters have started paying up as the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has instilled the fear of losing their businesses if they cross the red line, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday.

“Banks won’t chase you (loan defaulters) any more; you will have to chase banks,” Jaitley said at the three-year-old IDFC Bank’s anniversary in the capital.

To a question why the government did not create much awareness among businesses about the IBC legislation, Jaitley said that was because vested interests would have engineered opposition to the new law.

Lauding the amendment in the IBC law to include Section 29A, he said the provision effectively barred willful defaulters of regaining control of their businesses.

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“Potential defaulters are begging, borrowing and stealing, and paying back. That’s why banks have started getting money even outside the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) system,” he added.

Separately, Jaitley said regulators should have to take into consideration the feedback of stakeholders on important policy decisions.

“May you sur vive your regulations,” Jaitley quipped when IDFC Bank CEO Rajiv Lall posed a

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Jaitley did not elaborate though.

Creditors have recovered Rs 49,783 crore, or almost 56% of their admitted claims, from 32 stressed companies where insolvency resolution plans were approved by the NCLT by the end of June, showed data compiled by the insolvency regulator.

Despite the average 44% haircut that the creditors in general had to take in these cases, analysts said the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has performed much better than the earlier system where the recovery process was strenuous and yielded too little.

Indeed, after decades of promoters having had the upper hand and armtwisted lenders, bankers are in a more commanding position.

The latest case involving Essar Steel is an example of that trend.

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New Delhi, Oct 28 (Agencies): Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) raised Rs 1,281 crore through initial share-sales in the April-September period of the current fiscal.

Funds raised through IPOs were meant for business expansion plans, working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes, according to offer documents.

A total of 74 companies got listed with initial public offers (IPOs) worth Rs 1,281 crore in the first six months of the ongoing fiscal, compared to 58 firms which tapped the IPO route to garner Rs 656 crore in the same period last financial year, as per the data provided by merchant bankers.

These companies are listed on SME platforms of BSE and NSE. The companies which got listed, during the period under review, are from sectors such as manufacturing, textiles, engineering, agriculture, chemicals, food processing, media and entertainment, construction and finance and investments.

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New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI): The all-powerful GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has met 30 times and taken 918 decisions related to laws, rules and rates for the new tax regime within a span of just over two years, the Finance Ministry said Sunday.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, which comprises state finance ministers and Union Minister of State in charge of Revenue as members, was set up on September 15, 2016, as the country’s first ‘federal institution’.

“Till date, GST Council has taken 918 decisions related to GST laws, rules, rates, compensation, taxation threshold etc. More than 96 per cent of the decisions have already been implemented through 294 notifications issued by the Central Government,” the ministry said in a statement. The remaining decisions are under various stages of implementation.

Almost equal number of corresponding notifications have been issued by each state, it added.

The working of GST Council has ushered in a

new phase of cooperative federalism where the Central and state governments work together to take collective decisions on all issues relating to indirect tax regime of the country, it said. Besides, tax officers of the Centre and states met ahead of the GST Council meetings to enable the council members to fully discuss the issues under consideration.

The Council has held discussions in a “harmonious and collaborative spirit” in the 30 meetings that have taken place so far, it added.

The detailed agenda notes for the 30 GST Council meetings ran into 4,730 pages, while the minutes of the meetings ran into 1,394 pages, the statement said.

After 17 tumultuous years, a nationwide GST was rolled out at the stroke of the midnight hour on July 1, 2017, overhauling India’s convoluted indirect taxation system.

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In the ranking of top10 firms, TCS stood at number one position followed by RIL, HDFC Bank, ITC, HUL, HDFC, Infosys, State Bank of India (SBI), Kotak Mahindra Bank and ICICI Bank.

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The latest outflow is higher than Rs 21,000 crore net withdrawals seen in entire September. Prior to that, overseas investors had invested a net sum of Rs 7,400 crore in the capital markets (both equity and debt) in July-August.

According to the latest depository data, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold equities to the tune of Rs 24,186 crore during October 1-26 and bonds worth Rs 11,407crore, taking the total to Rs 35,593 crore.

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continuing to grant these export-contingent subsidies and even expanded the scope and scale of the subsidies.

India had stated that it was disappointed that the US chose to move forward with a request for a panel, as it believed bilateral consultations held on April 11 were constructive.

During the consultations, India provided a detailed understanding of the schemes implemented under its Foreign Trade Policy by answering all the questions raised by the US. India has also said that the schemes identified by the US do not violate India’s WTO obligations and are in conformity with all the elements of the agreement.

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New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI): The World Trade Organisation’s dispute settlement body has set up a panel to examine the US complaint against certain export-subsidy measures

by India as both the sides failed to resolve the issue at consultation level, an official said.

In March, the US dragged India to the global trade body’s dispute settlement mechanism over export subsidies, saying that these incentives were harming the American companies.

“The process of composition of dispute panel is over. The working procedure and the time table for the panel proceedings has been circulated,” the official added.

The US has requested for the establishment of a dispute panel to examine the allegations on India’s export incentive measures.

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challenges and bridge the digital divide.” He noted that technology must be used to eliminate the gender divide and the urban-rural divide among other disparities to ensure that no citizen is left behind in this transformative experience.

He also launched 250 mobile applications developed by start-ups. “The sheer volume and quality of what I see here are amazing.

Who knows, we may right now be releasing the WhatsApp and Google Maps of tomorrow,” Sinha said while launching the apps.

Talking of the recently launched National Digital Communications Policy 2018, the Minister said: “In NDCP 2018, we have tried to address the regulatory and licensing framework as well as put a larger emphasis on futuristic technology such as the 5G and IoT (Internet of Things).” Among the companies which participated in the second edition of the event were global and local majors including Samsung, Intel, Nokia, Accenture, Facebook, Reliance Jio, Airtel, and BSNL.

Mumbai, Oct 28 (PTI): Eight of the ten most valued Indian firms suffered a combined loss of Rs1,35,162.15 crore in market capitalisation last week with benchmark BSE Sensex diving around 3%.

TCS, RIL and Infosys took a severe beating in market valuation while only two bluechips, HDFC and ICICI Bank, managed to record gains in market capitalisation (m-cap) for the week ended Friday.

HDFC Bank, ITC, HUL, SBI and Kotak Mahindra Bank closed the week with losses in their valuation.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country’s most valuable firm, took a hit of Rs44,071.8 crore during the week in m-cap which was Rs6,75,279.15 crore at close on Friday.

RIL’s valuation tumbled Rs36,097.6 crore to Rs6,62,180.42 crore and that of Infosys nosedived Rs21,447.9 crore to Rs2,76,737.95 crore.

ITC’s m-cap slumped Rs9,549.33 crore to Rs3,43,592.12 crore and that of SBI plummet-

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11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Police and medical personnel gather on the side of Tree of Life Congregation.

(Inset) Suspected attacker Robert Bowers.

WASHINGTON, OCT 28 (PTI): A heavily-armed white man, spewing antiSemitic threats, stormed a prominent synagogue and massacred 11 worshippers in the US city of Pittsburgh, in the deadliest attack on Jews in the history of America.

The shooter, identified as 46-year-old Robert Bowers, armed with an assault rifle and three handguns, surrendered after he was injured during an exchange of fire with the police at ‘Tree of Life’ Congregation Synagogue at Squirell Hill in Pittsburgh, where a

large number of people had gathered for a baby naming ceremony.

Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said that 11 people were killed and six others injured including four policemen.

He added that there were no children among fatalities or injured.

Bowers was in fair condition Saturday evening with multiple gunshot wounds, officials said. It is believed he was shot by police.

Tree of Life is located in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighbourhood, which is

known as the heart of the local Jewish community.

Bowers, whose social media account reflected his hatred against the Jews, was charged with 29 counts of federal crimes of violence and firearms offenses, federal prosecutors said.

The charges include 11 counts of obstruction of exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death; and 11 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder during a crime of violence.

B owe r s f r e q u e n t ly wrote on the social network Gab, where he made

a specific threat against Jews hours before allegedly conducting Saturday’s attack.

In the post, Bowers said that the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, a humanitarian aid non-profit group that provides assistance to refugees, brought immigrants to the United States to do violence against others.

“Screw your optics, I’m going in,” he wrote.

The FBI is investigating this as a “hate crime”.

Before opening fire, Bowers reportedly yelled, “All Jews must die!”

B owe r s f r e q u e n t ly posted about the “migrant caravan,” a group of several thousand refugees walking to the US-Mexico border from Honduras to seek asylum.

Preventing refugees in the caravan from entering the US has been a major talking point among both right-wing commentators

and President Trump, who has spoken about it in recent pre-midterm election stump speeches.

FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Bob Jones said the investigation was in its early stages and there was no knowledge if the shooter was known to the law enforcement till this date.

“Gunman targeted (people) because of their faith. At this time, we believe that he was acting alone,” he said.

Describing the mass shooting as an “anti-semitic act”, President Donald Trump called for death penalty for such shooters.

“This wicked act of mass murder is pure evil, hard to believe, and frankly something that is unimaginable. Our nation and the world are shocked and stunned by the grief. This was an anti-semitic act,” he said.

The ages of the 11 victims ranged from 54 to 97.

They are: Joyce Feinberg, 75 Richard Gottfried, 65 Rose Mallinger, 97 Jerry Rabinowitz, 66 Cecil Rosenthal, 59 David Rosenthal, 54, brother of Cecil Bernice Simon, 84 Sylvan Simon, 86, husband of Bernice Daniel Stein, 71 Melvin Wax, 88 Irving Younger, 69

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One dead in Sri Lanka shooting as political crisis escalates

C o lo m b o, O ct 2 8 (Agencies/PTI): Sri Lanka police said one person died and two others were injured on Sunday when shots were fired in Colombo, as a constitutional crisis sparked by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s shock sacking turned violent, News 18 reported.

Bodyguards for Petroleum Minister Arjuna Ranatunga fired live rounds at a mob loyal to President Maithripala Sirisena after the group tried to take the cabinet member hostage, police said. It was the first report of serious violence since Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe on Friday and installed former strongman

Mahinda Rajapakse as the new prime minister, triggering political chaos.

On Sunday, Wickremesinghe resisted moves to evict him from his official residence, defiantly summoning allies for a crisis meeting as a thousand supporters stood guard.

Wickremesinghe, who says his shock dismissal on Friday was illegal, ignored a deadline to vacate the colonial-era residence, even as his controversial successor sought blessings at a prominent temple ahead of naming a new cabinet.

Officials said police will now seek a court order to evict Wickremesinghe, 69, threatening to escalate the standoff as neighbours

and Western nations asked all sides to exercise restraint and respect the constitution.

Wickremesinghe’s security and official cars were withdrawn by President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday, as the ousted prime minister demanded an emergency session to prove he still commanded a majority in parliament.

Instead, Sirisena shut parliament for nearly three weeks to forestall any challenge against his appointment of former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister.

Loyalists to Rajapaksa, whose decade-long rule was marked by grave allegations of rights abuses and growing authoritarianism, still control the headquarters of two state-run television channels.

Meanwhile, Rajapaksa travelled to a highly venerated Buddhist temple in the central district of Kandy to seek blessings from monks before naming a cabinet.

Rajapaksa’s aides said he was likely to name a few cabinet ministers later Sunday and begin work on Monday.

He is yet to make a formal statement or address the nation since being elevated to the new post.

The political crises in Sri Lanka took an ugly turn on Sunday when bodyguards of Petroleum Minister Arjuna Ranatunga, a loyalist of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, fired live rounds at the supporters of the new premier Mahinda Rajapaksa, leaving one person dead.

One person succumbed to his injuries and two others were hospitalised in the shooting incident and a security personnel was arrested at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) premises in Dematagoda following a tense situation on Sunday, police said.

The incident took place when the cricketer-turnedpolitician visited the CPC office, with several Ceylon Petroleum Corporation

workers objecting to his presence at the office.

When Ranatunga entered the building the supporters of the new prime minister Rajapaksa took exception to him visiting the office and shouted slogans.

When they were not allowed to move out, shots were fired which injured three persons. Unconfirmed reports said that two of Ranatunga’s security personnel have been arrested.

Ranatunga is a sup-

porter of Wickremesinghe who was sacked by Sirisena.

Wickremesinghe holds his sacking was illegal and unconstitutional.

Sri Lanka is facing a political crisis after President Sirisena sacked prime minister Wickremesinghe on Friday, and appointed former strongman Rajapaksa as the new prime minister.

A new caretaker government is expected to be sworn in on Monday.

Supporters of Sri Lanka’s newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa are pushed by members of the Special Task Force and police in Colombo on Sunday. (Reuters)

Higgins re-elected Irish President 48-hour transport strike PM was sacked over assassination plot: Sirisena

for a second term, won with 822,566 votes.

Londonderry businessman Peter Casey took significantly more votes than the final opinion polls of the campaign had predicted. His final tally was 342,727.

Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ni Riada got 93,987 votes - 6.4% of the total votes

cripples Bangladesh

Dhaka, Oct 28 (IANS): A 48-hour nationwide strike in Bangladesh called by transport workers demanding amendments to the “Road Transport Act 2018” threw normal life out of gear across the country on Sunday.

No buses plied in capital Dhaka, leaving hundreds of thousands stranded, reports Xinhua news agency.

However, rickshaws, autos and private cars were seen on the city roads.

On Saturday night, workers announced they would suspend transport operations for two days beginning from Sunday morning.

The Road Transport

Hafiz Saeed could be Pakistan’s PM: Study

Hafiz Saeed’s JuD was recently taken off the list of banned terrorist organisations. (File)

New Delhi, Oct 28 (Agencies): In a scathing report published by the Oxford University and the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG), Pakistan has been placed at the top of the list of countries that pose a threat to “humanity” and “global peace”, India Today reported.

Besides this, the report says that there is a possibility that UN-designated terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Haifz Saeed could become the country’s prime minister in near future.

Painting a grave picture in a post-2020 scenario, the report titled ‘Humanity at Risk-Global Terror Threat Indicant’ says, “Extremist and religious political parties in Pakistan [are] become increasingly popular. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is able to build its party infrastructure and contest the federal elections success-

fully in alliance with other extremist groups and active unofficial support from the military. Pakistan [could] then elect Hafiz Saeed as the head of government.”

The report adds that by mid 2020s, Pakistan could have substantial number of legislators elected with the help of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) and Jaish-i-Mohammed.

This comes days after Hafiz Saeed’s JuD was taken off the banned list of terror organisations by Pakistan.

One of the significant factors that make it difficult to counter these terror outfits, according to the Oxford report, is the support they get from the state and their intelligence agencies.

“The most significant factor influencing the future of Jihadi groups would be the support they get from states, intelligence agencies and criminal networks. The birth of Al-Qaida was in

Pakistan and then Pakistan influenced Afghanistan.

Osama Bin Laden had a safe haven in a huge compound near the Pakistani military establishment in Abbottabad.”

The report has highlighted the state sponsorship of terrorism in Pakistan which makes it three times more a terror risk to humanity than war-torn Syria.

“Pakistan is responsible for three times the terror risk to humanity than Syria poses, or more than five times the risk that Libya poses, and seven times the risk that Iraq poses,” says the report.

It also highlights that Pakistan-based terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Afghan Taliban are the biggest threats to world peace.

“If we look at the most dangerous terrorist groups, based on hard facts and statistics, we find that Pakistan

hosts or aids a majority of them. Also, there are a significant number of groups based in Afghanistan which operate with the support of Pakistan,” the report says.

‘Global Terror Threat Indicant’ (GTTI) concludes that LeT and JeM are greater threats to humanity than the Islamic State/Daesh.

“If we follow trendlines rather than headlines, we find that Lashkar-e-Taiba, Taliban, Jaish-e-Mohammed are much greater risk to humanity than ISIS or Daesh at this stage. Indeed, even Al-Nusrah Front and Al-Shabaab are greater threat than Daesh. Nevertheless, greater attention is focused on Daesh than the groups that can threaten humanity on a large scale,” the report says.

Meanwhile, highly placed sources told India Today TV that South Block has taken note of the findings of the report.

“It basically reflects the ground reality, especially in interior Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Balochistan area. The recent removal of Hafiz Saeed from the banned list, the dastardly attack in Kandahar and kidnapping of Iranian personnel show the existence of terrorists operating from Pakistani soil with tactical and financial support from state agencies,” said a source. The 87-page report was based on an analysis of over 200 terror groups throughout the world. It says that only one-fourth of these organisations are motivated by their ideology.

Act 2018 was passed last month with provisions for stringent punishment to traffic offenders.

The Act, which awaits presidential approval before it officially becomes a law, stipulates that traffic offenders will risk being sentenced up to five years or fined 500,000 Bangladeshi taka ($5,910) or both.

The country’s existing transport law entitled the maximum penalty of three years behind bars with the provision of bail. The move comes in the wake of countrywide student protests after two students died and nine others were injured after they were run over by a bus in July.

GRATITUDE

The Border Area Colony (Pani Khetti Area, Borlingri), Duncan Bosti would like to express our profound gratitude and appreciation to the Eastern Nagaland People's Union Dimapur (ENPUD) led by its President Shri. M.C. Ongbou Chang for rendering their yeomen services towards the general welfare of our colony public by repairing a stretch of our road with concrete (RCC) at Lane No-3, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur. In return we have nothing to give back but only wish that Almighty God bless them more in all their initiatives and future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/C. Bendangmeren Inaho Yepthomi Chairman, Bor-lingri-I Chairman, Border Area Colony

FELICITATION With immense pride and honour, the Leshemi Students Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to the following individuals for their achievement and bringing laurels to the community 1. Mr. Wetsho Lasushe, S/o Mr. Nguchinyi Lasushe for securing the post of EAC through NPSC 2018 2. Mr. Weku Zhiemi, NCS, EAC promotion to SDO (C) The Union wishes them more success and blessings in all their future endeavours.

President LSU Gen. Secretary LSU (WEZHODE SARAH) (KUTSHO LOSOU)

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polled.

“I am not sorry that we had an election - I think it was wrong for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to sit on the sidelines,” Ms McDonald told the BBC’s Sunday Politics programme.

“We decided to challenge in the election - the other parties didn’t.”

She added: “I think my leadership would have rightly been called into question if I fell in line with Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar.

“Of course I’m disappointed. I would have liked a better showing for Liadh [Ni Riada]but that was not to be. “You learn from every contest. You learn from every encounter that you have with the electorate and we’ll certainly learn from this.”

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Dublin, oct 28 (Agencies): Michael D Higgins has been re-elected as Irish president after receiving 56% of the country’s election vote, BBC reported.

Businessman Peter Casey came second with 23.1%, while none of the other four candidates polled more than 10%.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said she was “disappointed”, but felt it was wrong for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to “sit on the sidelines” in the election.

Voters also supported the proposal to remove blasphemy as an offence from the Constitution, with 64.85% voting yes.

Mr Higgins, the first incumbent in 50 years to face a challenge in his bid

24TH ND TROPHY

The 24 Lt. Nyamo Lotha and Lt. Daniel Lotha Memorial cum Lotha Tokhu Emong Trophy is all set and ready to kickstart on the 31st of October, at State Stadium, Dimapur. The opening ceremony will be graced by our Chief Patron Mr. O. Elhibemo Yanthan, General Manager, Nagaland State Transport. The prestigious trophy has received enormous support throughout its history. And, it has only grown from strength to strength, since.

Altogether 16 teams are fighting for this title. So follow your favourite team throughout the 24th ND Trophy. Here are the fixtures.

31ST OCTOBER LCFC VS NUNGYING VILLAGE DMP DTFC VS LENLEM FC 1ST NOVEMBER PANGTI YOUTH FC VS SENJUM FC OKOTSO UNITED FC VS BURMA CAMP LSC MORUNG BOYS VS MERAPANI AVENGERS FC 2ND NOVEMBER RILAN VS EKYO YAN FC AKOK UNITED SC VS CHAMPANG SC YAMHON AREA FC VS FUGU FC th

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“For the Nation”

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) expresses our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Smti. Imyapangla, BDO for gracing the 3rd Padmashree W Nokdenlemba Open Volleyball Trophy 2018 as Chief Patron of the Opening Ceremony and also N Bendang Jamir, President NDPP Mokokchung Division and Mr & Mrs Allen Imchen, Senior Inspector, F&CS, Mkg as the Match Patrons of the Semifinal matches.

Our Special Thanks goes to Shri.Kuzholuzo Nienu, Hon’ble MLA, Govt of Nagaland for his presence as the Chief patron of the Closing Ceremony and also sponsoring all the Cash Prizes of the Tournament.

The AKM also takes this Privilege to thank the following groups and individuals .

1. Dr. Maongwati, IAS, C&S, Govt. of Nagaland 2. Shri. Imtisusang, Director, Sericulture 3. Shri. Limawati, Director, IPR 4. Smti. Sentirenla, Add.Director, F&CS 5. Er. Aroba Walling (E.E) 6. Er. Imsenkaba (E.E) 7. Shri. Changmonge 8. Shri. Tarep Imchen, Commissioner Excise 9. Shri. Kazubokba, BDO 10. Longsa Sporting Club, Mokokchung 11. Namchie Phom, BDO 12. Shri. W Rongsen LKR, J.E 13. Shri. Tinu Lkr, J.E 14. Shri. Imliyanger Longsa 15. Er. Pangjungkala Lcr, SDO, PWD(NH), MKG. 16. Ongpangkong Petrol Pump (RBC&A) 17. Shri. Lipokmeren Longsa 18. Watsü mungdang 19. Mokokchung District Badminton Association 20. Mr. & Mrs. T Lima, A/P Mkg Village 21. Mr. & Mrs. Bendanngmeren Pongen, Dilong ward 22. Mr. & Mrs. S Bendang Aier, Former President, AKM 23. Mr. Imlanger Jamir, Former Vice President, AKM. 24. Asetkong Kaketshir Telongjem Mungdang 25. MDFA 26. Mr. & Mrs. N Akok Lkr, Former President, AKM 27. National Power System Dimapur 28. Aonglenden A/C NPF 29. Mr. & Mrs. Meysanger 30. Longkum Students Union, Mokokchung 31. Mr. Toshi Kichu, PA to Minister, Urban Development and Municipal Affairs 32. Mokokchung Press Club 33. Imkongmar, Chungtia 34. Tongpangyanger, J.E, NH 35. Participating teams 36. Mokokchung District Volleyball Association 37. Rev. P Chuba, A/P MTBA 38. Medical team 39. 44th Assam Rifles 40. DPRO, Mokokchung 41. Administration and Police Dept. Mkg Your contribution and support has led to the successful completion of the 3rd Padmashree W Nokdenlemba Open Volleyball Trophy 2018.

The AKM also takes the opportunity to thank one and all who has helped us in all the ways possible and has put immense effort towards the success of the tournament.

The AKM wishes the best in all your future endeavours.

Sd/Sunepwabang Moameren Pongen Convenor Sports Secretary Padmashree W Nokdenlemba Open Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) Volleyball Trophy MKC-276

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Ting Tings Release New Eric Clapton leads holiday albums chart Johnny Depp booted from TheAlbum ‘The Black Light’ ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ he was by no means a movie star and a lot of people thought we were crazy for casting him at the time.

“Because he wasn’t a proven commodity; you know, a big movie star. And we were making a big movie and we were putting this quirky, independent actor in the middle of it and people thought we were crazy.

The fact that it worked is a miracle.

“They were certainly nervous watching the rushes everyday but when it all came together, something just clicked and it was magic and connected with audiences. I’m proud to be a part of it.”

Yesterday, it was revealed that Disney has reportedly met with Deadpool‘s writing duo Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to pen the script for a reboot and are in “early talks” following their success with the superhero franchise.

(FoxNews)

1 on the Holiday Albums chart, which ranks the most popular seasonal efforts of the week. The Holiday Albums list is published weekly from mid-October through early January each season.

(Billboard)

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It’s been four years since the English rockpop duo The Ting Tings released their album Super Critical. Their newest project, The Black Light, was released Friday (Oct. 26) and is now available on all streaming services.

The album totals eight songs and includes the previously released singles “Estranged” and “Blacklight.” The duo wrote and

recorded the album over a two-year period in both Spain and Los Angeles.

They were set to tour in 2015 until lead singer/ guitarist Katie White announced a hand injury that would prevent her from performing, and thus the U.S. tour was canceled.

“The Black Light” has a noticeably darker sound than their upbeat pop hits like “That’s Not My Name” and “Shut Up and Let Me Go.” It still has the punchy vocals and beats characteristic of The Ting Tings sound, especially evident in the synth-heavy “Basement,” “A & E” and “Word for This.”

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n the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 27), the A Star Is Born soundtrack tallied a second week at No. 1, earning 143,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 18 (down 38 percent from its bow of 231,000 units), according to Nielsen Music. Of its second-week sum, 86,000 were in album sales (down 47 percent).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums based on their overall consumption. That overall unit figure combines pure album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

— Eric Clapton, Happy

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ohnny Depp has been axed from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise.

The 55-year-old has played Jack Sparrow in the films for the past 15 years, but he will reportedly no longer be part of the films as Disney Studios plan a reboot.

Scriptwriter Stuart Beattie appeared to confirm the news on DailyMail TV and revealed they will be reworking the entire franchise.

Speaking about his exit, Stuart said: “I think

he’s had a great run. Obviously, he’s made that character his own and it’s become the character he’s most famous for now.

“And kids a l l ove r t h e world love him as that character so I think it’s been great for him, it’s been great for us, so I’m just very, very happy about it.”

He added: “I think Jack Sparrow will be his legacy.

It’s the only character he’s played five times, it’s the character he dresses up in to visit children in hospitals, it’s what he’ll be remembered for.

“Before Jack Sparrow came along, [Depp] was considered this kind of quirky, independent actor that made these really cool little Tim Burton films but

Xmas – No. 168 — The rock legend is getting the Christmas season started early, as his first holiday effort, Happy Xmas, debuts at No. 168. The set earned 6,000 units, of which nearly all of that sum was in album sales.

The title also debuts at No.

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Snapchat to run out of steam as user growth stalls: Report Snapchat lost nearly 2 million daily active users in the third quarter this year and now has 186 million daily users.

“Snapchat could run

out of money well before it’s projected to break even in 2020 or 2021,” TechCrunch reported on Sunday, quoting market research firm MoffetNathanson. Snapchat’s

daily active users number shrank 1.5 per cent to 188 million in the second quarter of 2018, down from 191 million in the first quarter this year.

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ith just $1.4 billion in its kitty at the end of third quarter results, the already struggling multimedia messaging platform Snapchat could even lose $1.5 billion in 2019, analysts have predicted.

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Chelsea beat Burnley 4-0

Morata scored a much-needed goal in his Chelsea career to give the Blues the lead in the 22nd minute at Turf Moor.

L o n do n , O c t 2 8 (Agencies): Chelsea returned to within two points of Premier League leaders Liverpool with a commanding 4-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor. Alvaro Morata’s first-half strike was followed by fine long-range efforts from Ross Barkley and Willian after the break before Ruben Loftus-Cheek completed his productive week with a late goal to ensure Maurizio Sarri became the first Chelsea manager to go unbeaten in his first 10 Premier League games.

Morata might have had a hat-trick in the opening 45 minutes, but was denied by two excellent Joe Hart saves, while Willian also hit a post in an eye-catching away performance by the Londoners, who were without the injured Eden Hazard. Burnley rarely threatened after a bright opening 10 minutes

which saw the returning Robbie Brady volley just wide and they remain on nine points, just three clear of the relegation zone.

Chelsea looked set for a tough day in the Lancashire sunshine as Burnley snapped into tackles and pegged back their visitors, but Sarri’s side warmed to their task and after Hart had leapt to tip Morata’s instinctive header wide, Willian then bent a shot onto the post.

Moments later Chelsea were ahead, as N’Golo Kante fed Barkley, the England man’s super touch releasing Morata (22) into the box and his cool finish left Hart with no chance for his fourth goal of the season.

James Tarkowski then headed over from eight yards as Burnley sought an immediate response, but it was Chelsea who continued to dominate despite losing

Pedro to injury on 30 minutes - the Spaniard replaced

by Loftus-Cheek.

Hart was then forced into a second superb save charging out to deny Morata after Jorginho’s exquisite chip had beaten the offside trap - but he could do nothing about Barkley’s 25-yard strike - the midfielder driving forwards and drilling home with his left foot on 57 minutes. Willian added a third five minutes later, cutting inside and bending a shot past Hart into the corner, although it looked to take a nick off a defender’s knee on the way through.

And Chelsea saw the game out in style - with Hart making his third world-class save to tip Olivier Giroud’s header onto the post before Loftus-Cheek added to his Europa League hat-trick with a bundled finish in added time.

Nagaland beat Sikkim in Vijay Merchant U-16 Trophy D IMAPUR , O CT 2 8 (NPN): In the second match of the ongoing Vijay Merchant (U-16) threeday match being played from October 21-23 at Bhubaneshwar, Nagaland defeated Sikkim by an inning and 45 runs. Earlier, in the first match, Nagaland defeated Arunachal Pradesh at Bongaigaon in Assam.

Scores Nagaland: 1st innings-255 runs all out (Arjun-110 runs, Yash50 runs) For Sikkim, Zakir took 6 wickets, Tarun and Sunil 2 wickets each.

Sikkim (1st innings): 82 all out in 52.1 overs (Zakir-40 runs, Adiv-19 runs) For Nagaland, Odilem-

Liverpool tally exceptional: Klopp

Vinales wins Australian MotoGP

Phillip Island, Oct 28 (IANS): Spanish rider Maverick Vinales on Sunday secured his first title of the season after he emerged victorious at the Australian MotoGP while his compatriot Marc Marquez crashed out of the race.

Ending Yamaha’s 25race losing streak, the 23year-old Spaniard clocked 40 minutes, 51.081 seconds, ahead of Italy’s Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso respectively. “I needed that win, we needed that win, Yamaha needed it,” Vinales said after his victory.

Marquez, who secured his fifth career MotoGP title after he triumphed at the Japanese GP, crashed out of the race at Phillip Island following his collision with Frenchman Johann Zarco.

This is the third time Marquez has crashed out at the Australian GP after 2016 and 2014.

Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo in action during a Serie A match against Empoli.

Leonardo Bonucci as he attempted to charge down the attempt, but the referee opted against punishing the Italy defender after reviewing the incident on video.

Empoli goalkeeper

Dimapur, Oct 28 (Agencies): Natak FC continued their winning streak with a 3 – 0 win over CASE FC in the first match of Week 6 of the ongoing CASE Premier League at 1ST NAP Ground, Chumukedima.

The league toppers got off to the best possible start when Neibu’s shot on the turn was blocked by CASE goalie Jaimeren, however Rohit reacted quickly to find the rebound and scored from close range giving his team the lead. In the 23rd minute, the Nataks doubled their lead as Neibu’s pacy legs dribbled past two defenders and slammed the ball from inside the six-yard box.

CASE FC started off brightly in the second half, however the Natak defense proved too strong for them to penetrate. Natak FC had another decent opportunity.

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Though you smile is gone forever And your hand we cannot touch We have so many memories Your memory is our keepsake With which we’ll never part God has you in his keeping We have you in our hearts.

You are missed beyond measure.

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player Sanjit fell perfectly to Pokhotso, who struggled to keep the ball down – his left-footed shot going over the crossbar. After a few chances for either side, it was Rohit who killed the game with a close-range effort after latching on to a deep cross from Supong.

Defending champs Trinity Sporting blanked Nizams FC 4 – 0 to find a berth in the top three.

Although the Nizams started strong gaining ball possession most of the time, a misunderstanding between Nizams goalie Temsumeren and left back defender Shem opened a chance for Trinity winger Gigin to take advantage of the melee to score the opening goal for his team. The defending

champs scored another within minutes, this time through Viseyie. The Nizams almost hit back as a dashing Aloto outran his marker, however he struggled to connect the volley and the ball was safely collected by goalie Aning.

As the match entered the second half, misfortune struck the Nizams’ side as a penalty was awarded for a handball. Viseyie stepped up to take the penalty doubling his scoring tally. In similar fashion, another penalty was awarded to the winning side, however Nizams custodian Temsumeren made an acrobatic dive to deny Trinity striker Atokito’s spot kick.

Atokito redeemed himself for his miss earlier as he unleashed a sensational goal which rocketed into the back

Acknowledgement

Loving wife, children & relatives.

Born on: 16.01.1976 Died on: 24.10.2018 With deep gratitude and appreciation, we would like to convey our sincere gratitude to all the individuals, organizations, churches, friends and well wishers who stood by us with prayers, material support, financial and physical assistance at the demise of our beloved Late Arentemjen on 24th of October 2018.

Though we are unable to neither reach out and thank all of you individually nor repay your good deeds extended towards our family, it is our sincere and humble prayer that our God Almighty bless you all abundantly.

Loving mother, brother, sisters, daughter and family members.

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of the net just before the referee blew the final whistle.

Meanwhile, Sporting Union earned three points to go second place in the table after they beat Joga Bonito 3 – 1. The match began with Sporting Union taking control of possession but could not convert any of it, leading to a goalless first half.

In the second half, Union found the first goal through the boots of Aonungshi. Joga Bonito went looking for the equalizer but

were caught on the break and Akum scored a lovely goal through a wonderful strike, giving the keeper no chance to save. Despite being two goals down, Joga Bonito continued to fight and were rewarded with a goal from Dr.Lurong.

As Joga Bonito continued to press for the equalizer, they were caught on the break and Akum struck a beautiful shot from outside the six-yard box sealing the game 3 - 1.

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1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved

LT. B. TEKAMAYANG Born on : 04.08.1956 Died on : 29.10.2017 In memories frame we shall keep you forever because you were the best.

Dearest Daddy, how we long for you.

Dearest, Daddy You are always in our hearts never forgotten. With silent tears we always remember you.

As long as life and memory last, we will always remember and love you.

No one will ever understand the silent heartaches, only those who have lost can tell of the grief that's borne in silence.

Happy 1 (One) year Anniversary with God in Heaven Daddy.

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OF OUR BELOVED APO LATE PUSAHU TETSEO th 29 October

(30th April 1924 – 29th October 2017) Days will turn to weeks and weeks to months and months to years but you will always be fondly remembered and cherished.

Loving wife, children an all your dear ones.

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29th October

Our hearts still ache with sadness, And many tears still flow What it meant to lose you, No one will never know We hold you close within our hearts And there you’ll remain To walk with us throughout our lives Until we meet again

Ivan Provedel pulled off two spectacular saves in quick succession to thwart Alex Sandro and Miralem Pjanic early in the second half, as Juventus saw their unbeaten record come un-

der threat.

Provedel flung himself in front of a firmly-hit effort by Sandro from close range, and then sprang acrobatically to his right to touch a Pjanic drive onto the crossbar as Empoli failed to clear after the initial attack.

But Juve hit back when Paulo Dybala pinched the ball off a dallying Ismael Bennacer in the Empoli box, drawing a penalty as the Algeria midfielder proceeded to bundle over the Argentine.

Ronaldo sent Provedel the wrong way from the spot to score for the third league game running and bring Juve level on 54 minutes.

After last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Genoa, Ronaldo completed a much more successful week for Juve as he unleashed an unstoppable shot into the top left corner 20 minutes from time.

CPL: Natak continue lead; Trinity blank Nizams

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Milan, Oct 28 (Agencies): Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice, including a thunderous 25-yard drive, as Italian champions Juventus surged seven points clear in Serie A on Saturday following a battling 2-1 victory at Empoli.

Empoli, without a win since the opening weekend of the season, grabbed a 28th-minute lead at the Stadio Carlo Castellani as Francesco Caputo curled home following a lungbusting run by Afriyie Acquah.

But Juventus turned to their 100-million-euro man Ronaldo in the second half, as the Portugal forward equalised from the spot before blasting home a magnificent second to secure a ninth win in 10 Serie A matches for Massimiliano Allegri’s team.

After Caputo’s opener, the hosts appealed for a penalty when Miha Zajc’s shot glanced the arm of

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L o n do n , O c t 2 8 (Agencies): Jurgen Klopp labelled Liverpool’s tally of 26 points from their opening 10 Premier League games as “exceptional” after the 4-1 win over Cardiff.

The return of 26 points re presents Liver pool’s joint-best start to a Premier League season - also 26 after 10 games in 2008/09 - and Klopp could not hide his delight with how things have gone so far. “The start [to the game] was really good, exactly like it should be,” Klopp told Sky Sports. “ We p l aye d g o o d football and moved them around. We lost the game a little bit, but we played on Wednesday and then again Saturday- which is always a bit difficult. The boys are really disappointed with the goal we conceded...But they did not get back in the game. We are really happy - 26 points after 10 games is exceptional - so we are really happy.”

ba took 5 wickets, Ranjen-4 wickets.

Sikkim (2nd innings)128 all out in 57.1 overs (Zakir-28 runs, Vivek-23 runs and Tarun-18 runs) For Nagaland, Ezaz took 2 wickets while Ranjen and Yash took 3 wickets each. Nagaland will next play against Mizoram at Golaghat (Assam).

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The day God took you home there was not a single day that went without you in our minds. You will always be in our hearts because in there you are still alive. Your influence still guides us and we still feel you are near.

What we shared and your memories will never die. It will linger within our hearts, bringing strength and comfort while we are apart and wishing that we will all meet someday in our heavenly home.

Your loving wife and family members.

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Mummy, Things we feel most deeply are hardest things to say, Dearest Mummy we love you in a very special way.

If we could have one lifetime wish, one dream that could come true, we'd pray to God with all our heart, for yesterday with you.

We know you are listening from the heavens above. There's nothing that we value more than your love.

No matter where we are or what we are doing.

Your memories will always keep us smiling.... ... Missing you Always ...

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018

First North East Olympic Games concludes Elina Svitolina wins WTA Finals Manipur emerges overall team champions with 159 medals

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IMPHAL, Oct 28: The first North East Olympic Games, the biggest sporting event of Northeast region came to a close on Sunday.

Manipur emerged as the overall team champions while Assam and Arunachal Pradesh bagged the second and third position respectively. Nagaland finished the games in fourth position.

Manipur secured 159 medals including 80 gold, 48 silver and 31 bronze medals while Assam bagged 140 medals including 46 gold, 53 silver and 41 bronze medals and Arunachal Pradesh ended up with 76 medals including 18 gold, 20 silver and 38 bronze medals.

Nagaland bagged 38 medals with five gold, six silver and 27 bronze.

Athletes from eight states of North East participated and competed in 12 different sporting disciplines during the five day event.

The closing function held at the main stadium of Khuman Lampak Sports Complex was marked by distribution of trophies to the winning teams of the

India’s campaign at French Open BWF World ends Paris, Oct 28 (Agencies): Commonwealth Games silver medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Sen suffered a straight-game loss to world No. 1 pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in the semifinals of the French Open BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament on Saturday.

World No 25 pair of Satwiksairaj and Chirag put a gallant fight in the second game but couldn’t stop the two-time All England Champions from Indonesia, going down 12-21 24-26 in a 42-minute match.

The Indian duo had a 0-4 head-to-head record against Marcus and Kevin who have dominated international badminton, winning nine titles last year and claiming six crowns this season.

Satwik and Chirag’s loss brought an end to India’s challenge in the tournament P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth had lost their quarterfinals matches on Friday night.

Athletes from Assam along with deputy chief minister of Manipur, Y Joykumar Singh and others during the closing function of 1st North East Olympic Games on Sunday.

Games.

Deputy chief minister Y Joykumar Singh, state education minister Th Radheshyam Singh who is also the chairman of the Organising Committee of 1st North East Olympic Games and state revenue minister Karam Shyam distributed trophies to the winning teams.

Addressing the closing ceremony, the deputy

chief minister said, organising the Games will definitely help to build up friendship and maintain cordial relationship among the northeastern states.

He said, “We have a unique history of commonness in terms of culture, tradition, food habits and way of life and that is why states are called as sisters.”

To a certain extent,

Manipur may be the power house of sports but other states in the Northeast are also coming up in the field, said the deputy chief minister. “Therefore, sporting disciplines that our players can hone their talents and skills successfully should be identified so that they can be groomed upto the international level,” he said.

He also appealed the

coaches and managers in the region to train the young players in the suitable sporting disciplines so that they can compete and bring laurels even in the international arena.

Education minister Th Radheshyam Singh said that the 1st North East Olympic Games was a historic event in the sport history of the region.

He said, “It will be perfect ground for the promising sports persons in the region.”

To maintain the legacy of competitiveness among the north eastern states, Olympic associations across the region should unite and work together to fulfill the aspirations of the sportspersons in the region, he added.

State revenue minister Karam Shyam said that such event will help unite people of the north eastern region. “Unity through sports can be achieved if the Games continue in the years to come,” he added.

Athletes, officials and sports loving people from across the region participated in the closing ceremony.

The second edition of North East Olympic Games will be held in Arunachal Pradesh in 2019.

SINGAPORE, oct 28: An unwavering Elina Svitolina claimed the biggest title of her career with a gritty comeback victory against Sloane Stephens at the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore.

The Ukrainian once again dug deep to triumph 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in two hours and 23 minutes on Sunday (Oct 28). She is the first player to go through the WTA Finals undefeated since Serena Williams in 2013.

Svitolina has been in brilliant, aggressive form in Singapore, beating defending champion Caroline Wozniacki, Czech players Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova at the group stage, and Kiki Bertens in the semi-finals.

Having started slowly in the semi-finals, it was Stephens who made the running early and she broke Svitolina to love in the second game.

It was a matchup of similar styles between the athletic counterpunchers and lengthy rallies punctuated the contest.

Svitolina looked sluggish after playing the two longest matches in the tournament against Wozniacki and Bertens in the semi-finals.

She saved three break points in the sixth game but was unable to convert two chances of her own

Elina Svitolina kisses the trophy after winning the WTA Finals tournament in Singapore.

in Stephens’ next service game.

Stephens’ blistering forehand dictated, as she ran away with the first set.

A more aggressive Svitolina went for her shots and clawed back into the contest. Even though she still struggled on serve, Svitolina attacked on return and broke twice to wear down a suddenly passive Stephens.

Svitolina fittingly forced a decider in a tournament which has had a record-setting amount of three-set matches.

The 24-year-old’s momentum continued as she produced an astounding run down winner to break Stephens in the second game.

But Stephens wouldn’t roll over as she attacked Svitolina’s serve and broke in the fifth game.

The twists continued as Svitolina hit back immediately and stormed home as a wayward backhand from Stephens sparked jubilation from the number six seed.

Svitolina could rise three spots to world number four on the rankings after her triumph and she has now won nine straight finals.

It ended the tournament’s five-year run in Singapore with the seasonfinale moving to Shenzhen.

Earlier, Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic played a masterclass to upset world number one Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the doubles decider.

The world number three held the edge throughout to triumph 6-4, 7-5 in 84 minutes.

Chalei Club lift Khuniho memorial trophy

Champion and runner-up teams of Khuniho Memorial Under-17 Football tournament with the organisers and others.

Dimapur, Oct 28 (NPN): The 2nd Khuniho Memorial Under-17 Football tournament, organized by 111 BN BSF, was held at Satakha town public ground from October 21-26.

Chalei Club, Satakha emerged as champions after defeating Hoishe Village Young Boys via tie-breaker. The champion team received a cash prize of Rs.15,000 with trophy while and the runners-up received Rs. 10,000.

In individual awards, Anguvito of Chalei Club was adjudged as the best

goal keeper while Velango of Hoishe Village Young Boys Team was named the best player of the tournament. Both the players received Rs. 2500 each.

Sh. KiusumongTikhir, ADC Satakha, graced the occasion as the guest of honour. In his short speech, the guest of honour congratulated the 111 Bn BSF for organizing the tournament in the sub division and for providing a platform for the youngsters of the region.

He also encouraged the youth to shun from all the bad habits and influ-

ences of the society and concentrate and progress in the game of football.

Sh. HuskaSema, Deputy Commandant 111 Bn BSF, delivered the vote of thanks.

The tournament was held in memory of the martyrs of the force who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty at CI post Laniye, when the post came under severe attack by underground groups on September 1, 1989.

Altogether 6 teams participated in the tournament.

KPC annual sports day held

Winners of different events and senior members of KPC.

Dimapur, Oct 28 (NPN): The Kohima Press Club organized its annual sports day on October 27 at the Indoor Badminton, Kohima.

Altogether, 30 members participated in the event. Before the games commenced, the participants observed a minute of silence as a tribute to Xavier Rutsa who passed away in June while serving as the president of the press club.

The KPC has also expressed gratitude to all who contributed towards the successful conduct of the sports day.

The club also extends appreciation to advisor for Youth Resources and Sports, Zale

Neikha and Information and Public Relations director Limawati Ao for gracing Results: Badminton (Men’s Singles) 1st- Neidilhoutuo Sechü 2nd- Mezhülhouvilie Marcus Badminton (Women’s Singles) 1st- Alice Yhoshü 2nd- Emilo K Konyak Badminton (Mixed Doubles) 1st- Esuihangle and Neidilhoutuo Sechü 2nd- Alice Yhoshü and Zhovezo Resü TT (Men’s Singles) 1st- Neidilhoutuo Sechü 2nd- Rajat Limbu TT (Women’s Singles) 1st- Esuihangle 2nd- Alice Yhoshü Chess (Men)

the event and encouraging the club’s engagement in sports activities.

1st- Duosanyü Keditsu 2nd- Neidilhoutuo Sechü Chess (Women) 1st- Emilo K Konyak 2nd- Esuihangle Carrom (Men) 1st- Narain B Sagar 2nd- Jembu Carrom (Women) 1st- Esuihangle 2nd- Alice Yhoshü Ludo (Open) 1st- Narain B Sagar 2nd- Atono Tsükru 3rd- Emilo K Konyak Chinese Checkers (Open) 1st- Esuihangle 2nd- Ng. Solomon Sha 3rd- Neidilhoutuo Sechü

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