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Vol XXIX No. 267
DIMAPUR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.00
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Manmohan-Sitharaman on economy
State of economy deeply worrying: Dr. Singh Sitharaman side-steps Singh’s remarks Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday side-stepped a question on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remarks that the government should put aside “vendetta politics” and reach out to all sane voices to steer the country’s economy out of a “man-made” crisis. On being asked to respond to the former Prime Minister’s remarks, she said, “Is Dr Singh saying that ‘instead of indulging in political vendetta they should consult sane voices?’ Has he said that? All right, thank you, I will take his statement on it. That is my answer.” At a press conference, when a reporter asked if the country is going through a slowdown, Sitharaman said: “The government has been in consultation with a lot of sectors. Because in some sectors, the inventory is piling up… different issues for different sectors and having heard that and having spent some time to see how best we can respond, the first tranche of announcement were made August 23. “Last Friday I made one other set of announce-
NEW DELHI, Sep 1 (PTI): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the state of the economy was “deeply worrying” and urged the government to put aside “vendetta politics” and reach out to sane voices and thinking minds to steer the economy out of this “manmade crisis”. The Congress leader said “all-round mismanagement” by the Modi government was responsible for the slowdown. “The state of the economy today is deeply worrying. The last quarter’s GDP growth rate of 5 pc signals that we are in the midst of a prolonged slowdown. India has the potential to grow at a much faster rate but allround mismanagement by the Modi government has resulted in this slow down,” he said in a statement. Targeting the government, Singh said the country’s youth, farmers and farm workers, entrepreneurs and the marginalised sections deserve better. India cannot afford to continue down this path, he said, adding, “I urge the government to put aside vendetta politics, and reach
out to all sane voices and thinking minds, to steer our economy out of this manmade crisis.” Singh said it is particularly distressing that the manufacturing sector’s growth is tottering at 0.6 pc. “This makes it very clear that our economy has not yet recovered from man-made blunders of demonetisation and a hastily implemented GST,” he said. On government taking Rs 1.76 lakh crore from the RBI reserves, Singh said the resilience of the RBI will be tested after this record transfer to the government. This, he said, “claims that it does not have a plan on what it will do with this windfall”.
Gen Chauhan takes over as GOC-in-C Eastern command
CFD unveils plans for unity among all religious communities of Dimapur
Lt. Gen Anil Chauhan
DIMAPUR, SEP 1 (NPN): Lt. Gen Anil Chauhan Sunday took charge as the GOC-in-C of Eastern Army Command. Prior to his new assignment, Lt. Gen. Anil Chauhan was the Director General of Military Operations at Army Headquarter, New Delhi. He was also the GOC 3 Crops, Nagaland, PRO (Def) Col C Konwer stated.
JSS grateful
DIMAPUR, SEP 1 (NPN): Janjati Shiksha Samiti (JSS), Nagaland has expressed gratitude to the media for the coverage given for the organization’s activities and acknowledged the hard work put in by media houses. In press note, JSS organizing secretary, Pankaj Sinha Sinha said JSS has been engaged in the field of education and other activities. He also clarified that JSS was in no way affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
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“NRC says this Indian is alien and that alien is Indian.” K Y M C
Manmohan Singh (File)
D imap u r , S ep 1 (NPN): With the objective of enhancing unity among Christians of all denominations and also other religious communities in Dimapur, the Christian Forum Dimapur (CFD), has chalked out a plan of action in this regard which was resolved at the August 31 meeting at Bishop’s House Dimapur. CFD in a joint statement issued by its chairman Rev. Moses Murry and secretary Rev. Dr. C.P. Anto informed that its executive has resolved to hold a monthly Christian Fellowship in different churches of Dimapur. The first monthly fellowship prayer will begin on September 3 at the Sumi Baptist Church which will be led by Rev. Moses Murry in collaboration with local church pastors and church members.
The second monthly prayer fellowship will be held on October 1 at the ACRC Burma Camp which will be led by Rev. S. Vitoshe Swu and the third on November 5 at the Holy Cross Church Dimapur, which will be led by Rev. Dr. N. Paphino and the year’s last monthly prayer fellowship will be held on December 3 at the AG Church Dimapur led by Rev. Dr. C.P. Anto. CFD will also organise a seminar for Christian leaders, pastors, Reverends, priests and faithful on October 22 at the Town Baptist Church Dimapur from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rev. Dr. A. Bendangyapang will lead the seminar. According to Christian Forum Dimapur, the main purpose of the seminar is to pray and create awareness among Christians in India and work for unity and
Nirmala Sitharaman (File)
ments. I have also said, I will come back again when the process of consultations is over and we have worked on or we can respond…. So I will be coming back to respond to sectors which have come to us and which want some relief from us…” Concerns of a slowing economy have racked up again as severe slowdown in manufacturing activity in the country pulled India’s GDP growth rate in first quarter (Q1) ended June down to 5 per cent, marking the fourth successive quarter of decline in growth on the trot. From 8 per cent during Q1 of 2018-19 to 5 per cent in this quarter, the GDP has fallen by three per cent in barely a year.
harmony among the people of the country. Also the CFD proposes to hold an interdenominational Christmas carol in Dimapur in 2019. The youth wing of the CFD has been assigned to prepare the budget and go ahead with the programme. The Christmas carol will be held in collaboration with the government and NGOs to bring the youth in one platform for augmenting their spiritual lives. Christian Forum Dimapur also constituted its constitution drafting committee comprising of Rev. Dr. C.P. Anto ,Rev.Dr. P. Dozo and Rev. Moses Murry. The forum also informed that the logo of CFD will also be re-modified for which Rev. Moses Murry was given responsibility.
New MV Act from today: Rs 10,000 fine for drunk driving, jail for violations under law NEW DELHI, SEP 1 (AGENCIES): Violating traffic rules will attract harsher penalty from Sunday as the newly amended Motor Vehicles Act comes into force. According to India Today, driving under the influence of alcohol, not giving way to ambulances or fire brigade will attract a penalty of Rs 10,000 or imprisonment starting September 1. In some cases, an individual violating laws could end up paying the fine and going to jail. The Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, which was approved by President Ram Nath Kovind last month aims at stricter punishment for violation of traffic regulations. Besides, the amended rules include several other stringent measures to increase awareness and road behaviour. Not wearing seat belt, drunk and dangerous driving, over-speeding, jumping red lights, driving without insurance and overloading vehicles will also attract higher penalties. Meanwhile, if twowheeler owners are caught riding without helmets, they will not only have to pay a fine of Rs 1,000 but could have their licences suspended for the next three months. Motive behind stricter rules: The stricter rules have been implemented to imbibe a sense of responsibility among citizens as it could lead to a reduction in the number of traffic rule violations in the country. But the rules are also aimed at increasing accountability. Under the fresh rules, a road contractor can also be penalised for failing to maintain standards pertaining to
Abhijit Sinha along with officials during the launching of EVP, Sunday. (DIPR)
gathering that the effort was to achieve the desired target of 100% electorate with strategies for communication so as to ensure that no voter was left behind. He said this programme was to reach out to all electorate in the State and motivate them to check their electoral details and do necessary correction if any. Additional CEO Moa Aier, who also spoke during the programme, said one could replace or update his or her old passport on the EPIC free of cost, by uploading it through the mobile app or on the electoral website with
scanned identification cards as proof during the Electors’ Verification Programme. He added that one could also delete the enrolment of one’s expired kin from the electoral rolls during this programme online or report about the same to the election office for deletion. A demonstration on how to use the mobile app was also given on the occasion by assistant electoral officer Ketousie. According to the officials, the objectives of the Electors’ Verification Programme are i) to verify an
with stricter rules. Penalties have been increased under the new law to make people more aware of road safety; earlier people would bribe their way after violating rules as the penalties were low compared to the fresh amendment. The law also aims to reduce incidents of untrained people obtaining driving licences (DL) by reducing human interference. Under the fresh rules, the process
of obtaining a DL will be much harder something that would help keep away untrained drivers from roads. It is worth noting that the amended act provides scope for increasing the fine amount by 10 per cent annually. Higher fines, according to authorities, will not only help in increasing awareness but it would keep people aware of traffic rules, which were often broken under the previous set of rules.
CNTC fears exodus of immigrants left out from NRC, issues alert DIMAPUR, SEP 1 (NPN): With the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft having been published in Assam and more than 19 lakh individuals having failed to make it to the list, Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) has expressed apprehension about arrival of these excluded people in the State. In a statement, CNTC urged the State government to take preventive measures immediately because it felt
Electors’ Verification programme launched in Nagaland DIMAPUR, SEP 1 (NPN): Along with the rest of the country, chief electoral officer (CEO) and home commissioner Abhijit Sinha launched the “Electors’ Verification Programme” at Hotel Japfu here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Sinha said the Electors’ Verification Programme was a campaign launched across the country from September 1 to October 15 to sensitise, motivate and mobilise citizens, stakeholders and electors to check one elector’s details in the electoral rolls and do necessary correction, if any, by either visiting the voters facilitation centres (VFCs) or common service centres (CSCs) or through online by visiting Election Commission’s website or downloading a mobile app and uploading a scanned ID card as proof for one’s correct details. CEO also informed the
road design. In fact, enforcement authorities will have to pay twice the penalty for any offence committed. This clearly indicates that the new rules aim to address the issues that go far beyond just on-road traffic violations. With law and order becoming a massive problem on Indian roads, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari is aiming to change India’s reputation
elector’s details and indicate corrections in details, including photograph, if required, and authentication of entry; ii) to obtain details of family members and verifying their entries, removal of entries of shifted and dead electors, enrolment of un-enrolled citizens and obtain details of prospective electors in the family; iii) to obtain contact details/GIS coordinates (with smart phone) to provide better electoral services; iv) to obtain inputs about existing/probable polling stations; v) to improve health of electoral rolls by removal of DSE and errors; and vi) to improve delivery of electoral services. Voters may verify the details through “Voter helpline” mobile app, NVSP portal and by visiting CSCs and VFCs at ERO office, while persons with disability may call voter helpline 1950 seeking facilitation.
that those immigrants, who did not made it into the final NRC list, would try to infiltrate into Nagaland and get a foothold. The council also asked all gaon burahs and chairmen of village and colony councils to remain alert so that these illegal immigrants did not stay in their respective localities, especially in foothill areas along Assam-Nagaland border. Without depending only on
Non-subsidised LPG price up by Rs 15.5 per cylinder New Delhi, Sep 1 (Agencies): The marketpriced or non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) price has been increased once again, oil firms said in a price notification. According to Zeebusiness, this time, the price has been hiked by Rs 15.5. After the implementation of the new order, LPG price in the country would be Rs 590 instead of Rs 574.5. However, the hike is only applicable on nonsubsidised LPG and the consumers will have to pay the same to buy cylinders after exhausting their annual quota of 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg at subsidised rates. Apart from this, kerosene price continues to grow by 25 paise per litre for 26th month in a row.
the authorities, CNTC said every citizen should keep vigil and be responsible. Urging respective local authorities not to issue any documents to non-locals at this juncture, Central Nagaland Tribes Council further demanded strict checking of ILP by the State police at every entry point. Rights and future of the indigenous citizens must be protected by any means, it emphasised.
ENPO’s call to all Naga groups Dimapur, Sep 1 (NPN): Media cell of ENPO has reiterated that the 3rd Naga Tribes Co-ordination meeting held at Hotel Acacia on August 31 has resolved to remain united in the efforts to seek early resolution of the Naga political issue in the entire Naga areas. ENPO president Kekongchim in his address at the August 31 meeting reiterated that it would not be possible to achieve solution until all Naga political groups come together and resolve their differences and place a common agenda before the government of India for a lasting solution. On behalf of all peace loving Nagas, Kekongchim appealed to the negotiators to come together and achieve a final agreement that was acceptable to all groups and in the best interests of the people. All the tribes who attended
the meeting unanimously resolved to remain united in supporting the political talks between the government of India with the Naga political groups for early solution to the Naga political issue. Media cell also said the tribes resolved to participate in the meeting between NSCN(I-M) and NNPGs at the earliest as a gesture of solidarity and to convey this decision in an appeal letter to sit across the table for preparing a common agenda for solution. ENPO also mentioned that it had initiated a peace mission on April 23,2019 with meetings held with all Naga tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur including three joint coordination meetings with Naga tribes where all have expressed their desire for a peaceful and long lasting solution to the Naga political issue. K Y M C
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ICAR hosts workshop on ‘nutrition cultures’
Officials from Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya at the programme. DIMAPUR: ICAR Nagaland centre hosted the three-day long regional workshop on “water, millet, nutrition cultures” for strengthening emotional and cultural bonding with nature from August 26 to 28, organised by Deendayal Research Institute, New Delhi. A press release from
ICAR Nagaland stated that, D J Rajkhowa, joint director, ICAR Nagaland Centre in the inaugural session briefed about the role of ICAR in conservation of indigenous traditional knowledge. Dr. Narendra Prakash, director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH, Umiam, highlighted the different activities undertaken
by ICAR and the importance of farmer’s wisdom and their participation in technology development process. Atul Jain, general secretary, Deendayal Research Institute, New Delhi briefly spoke about the role and activities of Deendayal Research Institute and highlighted the purpose of conducting such programme.
He praised the rich cultural value and diversity of North East region. Dr. Bidyut C. Deka, director, ICARATARI, Zone VII, Umiam highlighted the importance of indigenous knowledge, indigenous crops and vegetables in the context of climate change. Dr. A K Tripathi, director, ICAR-ATARI, Zone
VI, Guwahati highlighted the value of cultural aspect of different communities in agricultural practices. Archana Chitnis, exminister, Women and Child Development, MP, professor B S Somor, notable historian, Dr. Abhijit Mitra, director, ICAR- NRC Mithun, Dr. S V Ngachan former director ICAR Research Complex for NEH, Umiam, delegates from Deendayal Research Institute, New Delhi, Apollo Hospital New Delhi, Indian Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, scientists and researcher from ICAR Nagaland centre and ICAR-NRC Mithun, officials of KVK and official of various line departments participated in the inaugural ceremony. Altogether 120 delegates from different organisations and farmers from Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya participated in the workshop. The programme was organised in collaboration with ICAR Research Complex for NEH, Umiam, Meghalaya, ICAR-ATARI, Zone VII, Umiam, Meghalaya and ICAR-ATARI, Zone VI, Guwahati, Assam.
2nd iHUB talk series at NSC DIMAPUR: Innovation Hub, Nagaland Science Centre (NSC) under department of Science & Technology, Nagaland organised the 2nd iHUB talk series - “The universe and the big bang theory: our evolution” on August 31. A press release from NSC junior mentor Vikuovotuo Zhale stated that, the talk was held with the objective to enhance knowledge and comprePrincipal secretary Horticulture, M.K. Mero, director Horticulture and others hension, incite curiosity with chairman Bade Village after inaugurating the rural market at Bade and to promote creative learning of science & techvillage on August 31. (NP)
nology amongst students in schools and colleges. Keynote address was delivered by Richard Rikhio, senior curator, NSC, DST and talk was delivered by the resource person, Er. Limatoshi Jamir, JE PHED, Nagaland. Science students from classes 11 & 12 accompanied by their teachers from Bethesda Higher Secondary School Dimapur, Government Higher Secondary School Dimapur, Immanuel College Dimapur participated in the programme.
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news in Brief USLP extends Mongmong greetings: United Sangtam Likhum Pumji (USLP) has extended greetings to all Sangtams on the occasion of Mongmong festival. USLP expressed hope that Mongmong, the festival of harvest, will usher unity, progress among Sangtams, while also igniting spirit of brotherhood, blessings and goodwill. LHD executive meeting: Lotha Hoho Dimapur (LHD) has convened an executive meeting with the colony representatives on September 7 at 9 am at Lotha Hoho-Ki, to discuss on matter relating to the forthcoming Lotha Tokhu Emong festival 2019 and to constitute search committee for selecting a new team of office bearers 2020-2023. All members have been requested to attend the meeting positively. APO executive council meeting: Angami Public Organisation (APO) has convened an executive council meeting on September 5 at 10 a.m at APO hall, Kohima. All APO office bearers, executive council members from NAPO, WAPO, SAPO, CPO, AMK, AYO, ASU, ASA and AGOK have been requested to attend the meeting positively. ANACEFSA emergency meeting: All Nagaland Agriculture Casual Employees Field Staff Association (ANACEFSA) has convened an emergency meeting on September 7 at 10 a.m at the residence of Heto Sumi Purana Bazaar Dimapur. All the casual employees have been requested to contact Heto I Sumi at 8413993101. KSU emergency federal assembly: Khiamniungan Students’ Union (KSU) has convened its emergency federal assembly on September 4, 10 a.m at KTC hall, Noklak HQ. KSU has invited all federating units to attend the same. President/general secretary and executive chairman are mandatory to attend the federal assembly positively. FCK 8th edition of Nagaland Spelling Bee: Fountain Club Kohima (FCK) in partnership with State Council for Educational Research & Training will be organising the 8th edition of Nagaland Spelling Bee Championship 2019 at Capital Convention Centre, Kohima on October 3 and 4. Three students, classes VI to IX from each school will be eligible for the compeition. Forms can be downloaded from the club. website www.fountainclub.in and can be mailed to fountainclubkma@gmail.com. Further information can be contacted at 9436650173/8787532074/9436604982.
KUM’s intervention for release of Indian citizen Dimapur: Konyak UnionMyanmar (KUM) has stated that it was instrumental in having one Chetan, who was released by NSCN(K) after being held captive when he strayed inside Konyak area in Myanmar. KUM president S.A.Khotai and general secretar y K.Honwang stated that Chetan arrived Chen Loiye village within Konyak area in Myanmar after straying beyond Longwa village on August 24. KUM said Chetan went to the area without the knowledge of any one nor had any connection
with any of the people in the area. He was caught by NSCN(K) for violation of unlawful intrusion without any valid identity. KUM said it was a dangerous situation and it intervened and requested NSCN(K) to release Chetan. KUM said also saved Chetan from facing consequences of illegal trespass as per ‘revolutionary law’ in order to maintain peace in the area though he(chetan) had strayed into another territory without any genuine permit of reasons. KUM said that after four days, it took Chetan
to Longwa to the house of the Angh where he was later handed over to Konyak Union India. KUM also appealed to all Indian citizens to acknowledge the efforts of the KUM in securing the safe release of Chetan and that those from Eastern Konyak Naga area to be aware. KUM said the eastern Konyaks of Myanmar also appreciate the NSCN government for heeding to the plea of Eastern Konyak Union Myanmar by handing over Chetan to EKUM president without harm and on humanitarian grounds.
ATMAs conduct various activities across Nagaland
Akuluto block
Wazeho block
Zunheboto block
Wakching block
Phomching block
Aboi block
Chen block
Tizit block
DIMAPUR: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Nagaland has been conducting various activities from farmers across the state so as to uplift and develop the farming sector. Akuluto block: ATMA Zunheboto Akuluto block conducted one day training on soil and moisture conservation on August 23 at Shichimi village. At the training, ATM Kerilhoulie rulu spoke on the topic soil and moisture conservation. An interactive session was also held with the farmers after the training. Wa z e h o b l o c k : ATMA Phek, Wazeho block conducted trainings and demonstration on AuK Y M C
gust 28 at Zhipu village. At the training, ATM, Sinilo conducted demonstration on mulching and low cost production of vermicompost. Demonstration on nursery seed bed preparation of cabbage was given by ATM Wazeho block, Vitsono. The participants were also trained on integrated pest management in maize by resource person, BTM Wazeho block, Sanchibeni Humtsoe, who advised the farmers to go for cultural and mechanical control and to ensure regular surveillance and monitoring of pest. Zunheboto block: ATMA Zunheboto Suruhuto block conducted training and demonstra-
tion programme on August 28 at Phuye New. An integrated farm school was inaugurated by BTT convenor, Qhenito Yeptho, where Khekiho H Yeptho was appointed as the farm school teacher. On August 29 at Phuye Old village, demonstration on preparation and application of bordeaux mixture was given by ATM, Kanat. A demonstration on improved cultivation method to increase the yield of Broccoli was given by Livika on August 30 at Yehemi village while ATM, Moanenla gave a demonstration on year long vegetables production under low cost poly tunnel. Meanwhile, ATMA
Zunheboto block also inaugurated cattle farm school of Hevishe Sema on August 31 at at Hekiyi Village. Mon block: ATMA Mon Block conducted training programmes on August 19-20 at Goching village and Chi village respectively. The resource persons were ATMs – Manlen Longcha, Khriezelhou Seyie and Shampa Konyak. Training on “post harvest management of ginger” through storage by clayed bamboo walled structure and on “fallow land management using dhaincha (green manuring)” were imparted. Wa k c h i n g b l o c k : ATMA Mon Wakching block conducted various training and demonstra-
tion programmes from August 20 to 23. A two day training and demonstration was conducted at Shiyong village where “demo on application of Bio NPK and micronutrients” was done for seed treatment, seedling treatment and soil application. Training on sustainable promotion of Non timber forest product (NTFP) and demonstration on preparation of compost pit at farm level were also conducted. The resource persons were ATM, Langnyei Angh and ATM, Weeniyie Yanlen. Training and demonstration was also conducted on August 22-23 at Tanhai village under the themes, “green manuring”, “appli-
cation of lime in orchard” and “value addition of king chilli”. Resource persons were ATM, Langnyei Angh, ATM, Jaitok Phom and BTM, Roseline Pusa. Phomching block: ATMA Mon Phomching block conducted demonstration on August 21 at Tangnyu village with Dr. Pangdun Konyak as resource person. He explained the importance of cleaning and disinfection of pig sty. Importance of regular de-worming pigs was also explained and demonstrated. Aboi block: ATMA Mon Aboi block conducted training on post harvest management of ginger on August 21 at Langmeang village with ATM Aboi,
Wanshom Konyak as the resource person. Various applicable techniques to enhance the productivity and shelf life of ginger, value addition methods of ginger, demonstration on the preparation of ginger candy and various health benefits of ginger were explained to the trainees by the resource person. Chen block: ATMA Mon Chen block conducted training on “fallow land management using dhaincha” on August 21 at Chenwetnyu village with ATM Chen, Youngba Konyak as the resource person. The resource person highlighted the insecurity and challenges facing the farmers due to loss of fer-
tility of arable land and encouraged the farmers for sustainable agriculture using green manuring. Tizit block: ATMA Mon, Tizit Block on August 22 organised training and demonstration at Sangsa Village with ATMs – Nchumthung Murry and Lensanok Tzuwar as resource persons. Training on cultivation practices of cabbage and cauliflower was imparted where the resource person spoke on scientific approaches in cultivation of winter vegetables including technique nursery raising, soil sterilization, optimum time of sowing, line transplantation, after care and integrated method of pest and disease control. K Y M C
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Niketu Iralu speaking in the celebration on Sunday. (NP) Correspondent
KOHIMA, SEP 1 (NPN): Khonoma Rüffüno Nagaland (KNR) celebrated its 75th anniversary at Terhuotsiese, Khonoma on Sunday, which was attended by thousands of bonafide Khonoma citizens. On the occasion, A.Z. Phizo Park was inaugurated at Nikri-ü ba with a dedicatory prayer offered by Rev. Tsolie Chase and unveiling of monolith by peace activist, Niketu Iralu. Niketu Iralu speaking on the occasion, expressed hope that the Rüffüno has gathered to discuss ways on where it can live differently. He urged the village to move forward in their preservation of eco-system by suggesting ways for re-
forestation. He reiterated that Naga history was different and that people should know the history properly by meeting frequently. Iralu maintained that Naga story was natural and strong, but lamented that the true spirit founded by the forefathers has been lost. Cautioning that if this process continues, the outcome will never be good, and for which he urged the gathering to not take things lightly and impressed on the need to share the stories truthfully. “Our stories are our identities”, he said. President KRN, Nisavi Hieme expressed happiness to witness large gathering and thanked them for the presence. He also said that the newly inaugurated Phizo’s
DGC organises national seminar
Participants during the national seminar held at DGC.
DIMAPUR: Research Committee of Dimapur G ove r n m e n t C o l l e ge (DGC), in collaboration with Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC), organized two-day national seminar on “Urban Solid Waste Management: Challenges and Issues” at the conference hall of DGC on August 30 and 31. A press release from publicity and media cell, DGC, A Sentiyula, stated that resource persons and participants from various parts of the country and
state gathered to deliberate on various sub topics related to the theme. Spread over four technical sessions, 18 papers were presented various dimensions of problem of urban solid waste management, discussed findings and proposed various solutions which can serve as useful intellectual resource for policy makers, leaders and social workers in process of formulating action plans. Three important consensus principles regarding
solid waste management which emerged from the seminar were reduction of waste (RW), segregation of waste (SW) and conversion of waste (CW). Apart from governmental initiatives and work done by NGOs, role of individuals and the community in tackling this problem was emphasized. In the inaugural programme, key note address was delivered by chief conservator of forest, Nagaland, Supongnukshi.
Park, was not just for the people of Khonoma but for the whole Naga. The day also witnessed distribution of awards to those who have achieved in different fields. KRN recipients include: Neiphreno Iralu, HSLC topper, Nikesa Sakhrie-Gold Medalist (Archery), Vizobilie Punyü- Power Lifter (Gold Medalist), Chathavi VuprüPianist, while the senior citizens award include: Nyielongu-ü Liegise, Abi Yalie and Kuolacalie Seyie. Earlier in the programme, the KRN souvenir was released by Christine Iralu. The service was led by Ravolhuto Whiso, convenor, KNR 75 years celebration, while the elderly blessings was said by Kovor Kuotsu and blowing of horn by Vipiehu Chücha.
Consultative meeting on NAAC accreditation DIMAPUR: Sao Chang College (SCC), Tuensang organised a consultative meeting with the civil societies including churches of Tuensang town to sensitise on the importance for early NAAC accreditation for the college. A press release from SCC Tuensang convenor media cell stated that, during the meeting, the IQAC co-ordinator, Dr. L. J. Neken Jamir, highlighted on the ongoing preparation for NAAC assessment. NAAC assessment has now become mandatory for all higher educational institutions so as to impart quality higher education. IQAC committee requested the Tuensang based civil societies for their co-operation and support towards the college. Accordingly, the civil societies assured of their support for the welfare of the college and students. Sao Chang College has activated all of its various activities preparing for the NAAC assessment.
Students exhibit science projects
Judges evaluating the projects during the exhibition.
DIMAPUR: Mount Mary Higher Secondary School (MMHSS), Chümoukedima organised a science exhibition on August 31, with special invitee Ngulkholal Kongsai, scientist-A, BHNS India. A press release from MMHSS exhibition committee, Lamtinneng Haokip stated that, in his speech, K Y M C
Kongsai encouraged the students to explore more in the field of science as there were many untouched field. The students showcased static and working models which were developed by the students and mentored by class 12 Science students. The objective of the exhibition was to
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ignite the essence of science by involving the students. The exhibition witnessed participation of 42 teams of 82 students which included students from classes 10 to 12 and more than 400 visitors from seven schools in Chümoukedima. The exhibits were evaluated by a panel of distinguished judges drawn from the field
of science. Other dignitaries present in the exhibition were Dr. M Chuba Ao, chairman, C. Teeya, MD, C. Nungshimongla, principal MMHSS, Gavin, headmaster, Gabriel High School, Chümoukedima, Dr. T.K. Jana, principal, MMC, teachers from different sections and parents.
NVSP-EVP launched in Tuensang DIMAPUR: National Voters Services Portal (NVSP) - Electoral Verification Programme (EVP) was launched at DC conference hall Tuensang on September 1. A press release from AEO office stated that, Renben Mozhui assistant election officer (AEO) Tuensang introduced the details of the programme. The objectives of the NVSP will enable in searching names on the E-roll, tracking application status, request duplication EPIC, to know ERO/BLO details, to know AC/PC and privilege Service for registered users. AEO also trained the BLOs on how to go for the registrations, deletion, transfer and to register in the NVSP portal. DC Tuensang, Mohammed Ali Shihab read out the election commission message to the members. He said that underdevelopment of the district has direct relation to the election processes so any anomalies should be rectified, whereby political parties will find no room to purchase the bogus votes in favour of the candidates. This will help in electing the genuine leader so that developmental works progressed.
Cleanliness drive at Dzükuo valley
Peace Channel, Rovers & Rangers of DBCK at Dzükou valley.
DIMAPUR: Dzükou Valley has been declared as “Plastic Free Zone” by Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) on June 5, and as a follow-up initiative, Peace Channel (PC) and Rovers & Rangers of Don Bosco College Kohima (DBCK), as a part of their yearly programme, on August 31 carried out cleanliness drive at the valley.
A press release from DBCK stated that, the day long programme started with a mass prayer at Viswema- Dzükou trekking point, where collection of wastes and garbage was carried out till Dzükou Valley. The collected wastes were disposed at Base Camp Dzükou and Viswema Point respectively. Viphreseno Yhokha, asstt. prof., coordinator of
Peace Channel DBCK and Tsutshoweü, asstt. prof., coordinator of Rovers and Rangers, DBCK led the cleanliness drive. Nagaland Association for Adventure Mountaineering and Education (NAAME) members also joined the team for the good cause. Cleanliness programme for the day was officially endorsed by SAYO.
Awareness for Anganwadi, ASHA workers on BBBP
Officials with participants during the awareness programme in Phek on August 31.
KOHIMA: An awareness programme for anganwadi workers and ASHAs under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) organised by district administration and district level centre for women, Mahila Shakti Kendra Phek, in collaboration with department of Social Welfare and Health & Family Welfare was held on August 31 at Phek DC conference hall.
AH&VS holds orientation for farmers DIMAPUR: Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services (AH&VS) department conducted a combined block level orientation programme on training and capacity building under “National Livestock Mission 2018-19” for Kohima and Secü-Zubza block, with progressive farmers of piggery, poultry and dairy at CVO conference hall on August 30. A press release from VAS vety dispensary Chiephobozou, Dr. Vikuolie Mezhatsu stated that, resource persons, Dr. Yawing Konyak deliberated on “importance of backyard farming for socio-economic upliftment and self employment”. Dr. Vinoto Ayemi briefed the farmers on “housing of livestock and poultry birds with emphasis on proper site selection” and Dr. Vilie Medoze on the “importance of AI technology in dairy and piggery in Nagaland”. CVO Kohima, Dr. Joseph M. Angami exhorted the farmers to take up livestock farming seriously by proper planning and setting a target. Earlier, the programme was chaired by Dr. Elizabeth Yhome, VS, Vety. Hospital.
EAC HQ, Phek, Imliakum Sanglir in his keynote address highlighted the important role of anganwadi workers and ASHAs at the grass root levels. CDPO, Phek, Meshusayi Tetseo spoke on the “Role of anganwadi workers” and highlighted the different available services under ICDS programme. DPO (UIP/RCH) Dr. Kolhitso Khalo spoke
on the “Role of ASHA workers” and stressed on the big responsibilities of ASHAs which determines the health of the community. SDO (Civil) HQ. Phek T.Lemlila Sangtam spoke on gender sex ratio under BBBP perspective. Further she also mentioned the roles of anganwadi workers and ASHA workers which determine the suc-
cessful implementation of BBBP scheme. District coordinator, DLCW MSK Phek, Avikuotho Ngouri chaired the programme. 80 participants took part and the target group included anganwadi workers and ASHAs from Phek sadar and Khuza circle villages. IEC materials were distributed to the participants.
Immanuel College holds PTA meeting
PTA members during the meeting on August 31.
DIMAPUR: Immanuel College (IC) organised a parent-teacher association (PTA) meeting for degree students (2019-2020) at the college conference hall on August 31. A press release from IC media cell convenor, Akutu Poireng stated that, the objective of the meeting was to maintain a better understanding and good relationship between the parents and the teaching faculty, to communicate to the parents the areas their children are excelling and to share academic progress and growth based on classroom observation. T h e m e e t i n g wa s chaired by Temjen Longkumer, assistant professor of Education, invocation by Lipok, asst prof of Zool-
ogy, welcome address was president, Inaho as general delivered by Th Sharatchan- secretary along with five dra Singh principal, IC, others. wherein he stressed on the importance of an effective parent-teacher partnership for the students’ holistic development. Speech on behalf of the parents was given by Sashimenla SJ’s hostel warden and speech on behalf of the teachers was delivered by Temjenzungla HoD History followed by an interactive session. Vote of thanks was given by Natty Chang (convener PTA), HoD English and benediction by Mhabemo, asst prof of economics. New office bearers of Immanuel College PTA for the session 2019-2021 is led by Th. Sharatchandra Singh, principal IC as K Y M C
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Student death case: Mnp CM effigy burnt ahead of strike
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IMPHAL, Sep 1: Protestors on Sunday burnt the effigy of Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh and principal of Standard Robarth Higher Secondary School Ph Landhoni allegedly after the government failed to address the demands of the JAC against the alleged killing of N Babysana Chanu, a class-VII by staying at the hostel of Standard Robarth Higher Secondary School, Canchipur (Imphal)who was found hanging in her hostel dormitory on July 18 last. With reek of foul-play and later something fishy in the police investigation, the JAC with the active supports of various student bodies and pressure groups has been demanding a fair investigation by handing over the case to CBI. With the agitation continuing unabated, police have arrested some officials of the private school including its founder cum principal Ph Landhoni and leaders and members of the JAC. So far police have arrested 18 members of the JAC including its convenor and co-convenor on the charge of spearheading the agitation that caused distur-
Protestors burning effigy of Manipur CM on Sunday ahead of the commencment of 48-hour general strike demanding justice for Babysana. bances in the maintenance of law and order in the state. As the police launched a fresh crackdown against the JAC members as well as family members of the deceased student including her parents, a palpable tension was brewing in Thangmeiband area, the epicentre of the series of protest. The police conducted a fresh crackdown following the announcement of a 48-hour general strike in the state from 6am on Monday. The JAC called for gen-
eral strike alleging that the state government befooled the people, particularly the JAC by saying that the case has been handed over to CBI, alleging that the case has not been handed over to CBI as revealed by the chief minister in the house of the recently concluded monsoon session of the state Assembly. The JAC set September 1 as deadline to translate into work the assurance given by the chief minister regarding handing over the case to CBI. The JAC is also de-
manding release of its leaders and members arrested by the police and currently in the judicial custody immediately and without any condition. Ahead of the proposed general strike, a group of protestors today burnt the effigies of chief minister and Ph Landhoni, founder cum principal of the Standard Roberth Higher Secondary School, Canchipur at Thangmeiband Sinam Leikai where local residents staged a demonstration demanding justice for the deceased student.
The protestors shouted various slogans against the government and asked whether the leaders of the incumbent government were in the hands of some powerful influential persons. Talking to reporters after burning the effigies, a woman JAC member demanded that police must stop searching for the JAC members and family members of the deceased student immediately. She said if government think that crackdown against the JAC members and harassing family members of Babysana would able to supress the movement of the people, then it will be an immature of the government. She cautioned that the state government will not be able to supress the people’s movement by spreading false propaganda against the JAC leaders and members. She claimed that following repeated visits by the police and fearing further atrocities from them, parents and other members of the deceased Babysana have left their house to hide themselves and avoid harassment meted out by them (police). “The house is under lock, we don’t know where
the family members had gone. We believed that they left home due to police harassment,” she said. She warned that intense agitation will be followed if the state government fails to address the demands of the JAC even after the proposed 48-hour general strike. JAC will go ahead with the proposed 48-hour statewide general strike, she said and appealed to the people to extend fullest cooperation to make the general strike a success. On August 28, the JAC had set September 1 deadline to the government to fulfil its demand while threatening it would impose the 48-hour on the next day. If the state government fails to fulfil the demands of the JAC on or before September 1, the JAC will go ahead with the proposed general strike, JAC had threatened in a press statement issued on August 28. The press release signed by the convenor in-charge of the JAC, L Gyaneshwari stated that the JAC had demanded immediate release of its members, who are in police custody, as well as for the chief minister to head to Delhi and hand over the case to the CBI.
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Doctor killed in Assam tea garden following worker’s death Jorhat (Assam), Sep 1 (PTI): An elderly doctor of a tea estate in Assam’s Jorhat district has succumbed to his injuries allegedly inflicted by garden workers following the death of one of their colleagues who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in the plantation, officials said. The incident occurred at Teok tea estate on Saturday. “The garden doctor, 73-year-old Dr Deben Dutta was assaulted following the death of one Somra Majhi who was undergoing treatment at the estate’s hospital,” a statement by Jorhat district Deputy Commissioner Roshni Aparanji Korati said. Korati said tea garden workers had gheraoed the hospital and Dr Dutta had to be rescued by
the police. He was shifted to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment, she said. A magisterial enquiry has been ordered and Additional Deputy Commissioner Subhan Gowalla has been asked to submit a report in seven days, she added. The deputy commission said follow-up action into the incident has been initiated and situation is under control. Meanwhile, Assam Valley Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA) has condemned the incident. “Mindless and murderous assault perpetrated on the Medical Officer of Teok Tea Estate while he was on duty in the Estate Hospital,” it said.
Manipur CM launches Poshan Maah in the state NRC: Gogoi wonders how excluded
Manipur Cm launching Poshan Maah in Imphal on Sunday. (NP) Correspondent
IMPHAL, Sep 1: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday launched Poshan Maah (National Nutritional Month), 2019 at a function held at Tribal Research Institute (TRI), Imphal. Addressing the occasion, Singh said, “We must serve the people with sincer-
ity, dedication and honesty and think for the common good rather than for personal benefits.” He stated that various schemes and measures have been taken up by the state government to eradicate poverty in the state. Stating that the government has introduced many welfare schemes, he said that
there was the need to constantly monitor whether the people were getting the benefits of the welfare schemes at the grassroots. He urged people of the state to avail the benefits of the schemes initiated by the government so far. The chief minister termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “legendary Prime Minis-
ter” of India while claiming that he has introduced many welfare schemes with human touch. “No other leader or Prime Minister has done so much as he is doing for the country,” he claimed. Under his leadership, a revolution has been brought in every sector in this country, he said, and added that “we should follow his footsteps to bring positive change in the state.” On the occasion, the chief minister announced that a district level monitoring committees and block level monitoring committees would be formed to keep vigil on the activities of the Anganwadi centres across the state. Concerned DCs, DSOs, officials of health department will constitute the committees, he added. Regarding the current rainfall deficit in the state, the chief minister said that
the state cabinet after consultations with MLAs and officials of various departments has declared the state as drought affected. All preventive and precautionary measures have been taken up to cope with the situation, he added. He maintained that the government was planning to provide alternative crops to the farmers of the state. During the function, the chief minister handed over the appointment letter to a visually handicapped woman (Khangembam Bijaya) who has been appointed graduate teacher at Government Ideal Blind School, Takyel. State agriculture minister V Hangkhanlian was among the other dignitaries who attended the function which officials of state social welfare department, Anganwadi and ASHA workers participated.
NRC: People now want government action on the ‘excluded’ Guwahati, Sep 1 (IANS): A day after publication of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), people in Assam came out on Sunday with different opinions regarding the historical document, which the state has realised 34 years after the signing of the Assam Accord. While some people wanted the government at the state and the Centre to complete the process for identification of the illegal foreigners as soon as possible and arrange for their deportation, others called for humane considering of the cases of excluded persons. Although the final NRC pub-
lished on August 31 excluded a total of 19,06,657 people from the document, yet these people would neither be detained nor termed as foreigners. The excluded people have been given 120 days time to approach the Foreigners’ Tribunals, and subsequently the higher courts, to establish their Indian citizenship. The final NRC has included a total of 3,11,21,004 persons, who have been found eligible on the basis of their documents. “We are not happy over the figure of illegal foreigners in Assam. There are more who have made it to the NRC. However, now since we have the statistics through
a legal process, the government must soon end the formalities to confirm their identity and take steps to deport them,” said Rajen Baruah, a senior citizen. “The government is trying to do politics over the NRC. However, the NRC is above party politics. We have got the NRC after a long and tiring process. It is not 100 per cent correct, yet we have come closer to a number. It is not good to complain about such a process,” said noted intellectual Hiren Gohain. Gohain also appealed everyone to consider the cases of excluded people with humanity. “There is no question
of granting citizenship to these people who have failed to prove their citizenship but we have sympathy for them. The government must consider their case with sympathy and humanity and must find out a solution for them,” he said. Educationist Udayaditya Bharali also welcomed the NRC and said that there may have been some problems as it was a massive exercise. “This NRC has at least given a clear stand to the people of Assam on illegal foreigners,” Bharali said, while appealing to everyone to abstain from activities that might threaten the peace of the state.
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Drought-like situation declared in Manipur
run speculative stories and spread rumours regarding the NRC. “We have full faith in the government and the state is totally peaceful now,” he said. Referring to the NRC, the Pakistan prime minister on Saturday said the Modi goverment’s “ethnic cleansing of Muslims should send alarm bells ringing across the world”. Owaisi said with the publication of final NRC, the “so-called myth of illegal migrants has been busted”. “Many people in Assam have told me that the parents’ names are included, but names of their children are excluded,” Owaisi had said.
Imphal, Sep 1 (PTI): The cabinet of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has declared a drought-like situation in the state owing to scant rain that have led to crop failures in over 70 blocks of the state, a government release said. The decision was taken on Saturday to seek relief from the Centre, the statement by N Geoffrey, secretary to the chief minister, said. “Rain deficit this year has affected crops in over 70 blocks of the state. Villages that have witnessed crop failures ranging between 33 per cent and more than 50 per cent have been categorised as moderately and severely affected,” it said.
Guwahati, Sep 1 (PTI): An apex body of 21 indigenous Muslim organisations in Assam on Sunday slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for his comments on NRC saying he has no locus standi on the issue and they have been living in the state peacefully for generations. Sayed Muminul Aowal, president of the apex body of indigenous Muslim organisations, also asked Hyderabad MP and president of AIMIM Asaduddin Owaisi not to try to incite the people of Assam with wrong information on the issue of National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was published on Saturday. “Imran Khan has no
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locus standi in Assam. Khan has no right to speak on Assam. He should keep his mouth shut. We are living in Assam for generations peacefully with our Hindu brothers,” he said in a statement. Aowal also asked all people living outside the state and media not to
people could move Foreigners Tribunal
Guwahati, Sep 1 (PTI): Senior Congres leader of Assam Tarun Gogoi on Sunday asked how the government asked the 19.07 lakh people left out of the final NRC list to move the Foreigners Tribunals for inclusion of their names as they have not been declared foreigners. After 19.07 lakh people did not find their names in the final National Register of Citizens published on Saturday, the Assam government asked them to appeal to the Foreigners Tribunals and said the administration would provide legal support to the Indian citizens who were left out. In places of the Foreigners Tribunals, Gogoi called for setting up an appellate body headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to hear the cases of those excluded in the NRC. State Congress president Ripun Bora said those left out can move the Foreigners Tribunal in 120 days but the Centre must clarify from who will issue the speaking order in this case and from when the period of 120 days would start. “Foreigners Tribunals are for declaring people foreigners and they would make appeals there. So why should the excluded people go to the Foreigners Tribunals on their own? They have not been declared foreigners by the government,” Gogoi told a press conference. Gogoi was the chief minister
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of Assam when the NRC updation process began in the state in 2015. He referred to the announcement of the government that those excluded from the NRC list will be able to move the Foreigners Tribunal to get themelves included, and as long as one’s plea remains sub-judice, the person cannot be treated as a foreigner. “It’s going to be harassment for the people. It will be a long drawn process, moving from one court to another, to get themselves included in the NRC. If they are not satisfied with the Tribunal’s verdict, they have to go to the high court and then the Supreme Court”, the Congress leader said. To avoid this lengthy process, he demanded that the Centre set up an appellate authority for hearing the applications of the people
excluded from the NRC which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam. “The appellate has to be headed by a retired Supreme Court judge for giving justice to the people,” he said. The former chief minister described the NRC as a “waste paper” and said it was so since the complete draft was published in June 2018 leaving out 40 lakh people. He accused the ruling BJP at the Centre and the state of not wanting to solve the illegal foreigners issue in Assam, saying the party would become issue-less in that case. They are giving protection to foreigners, he alleged. “During his 2014 election campaign, Narendra Modi had accused me of laying the red carpet to illegal foreigners in Assam. Now, the BJP is in power and failed to uphold their responsibility of preparing an error-free NRC,” he said. Claiming that the BJP has no clear view on the NRC, the Congress leader said neither Union Home Minister Amit Shah nor Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the NRC is erroneous, while the BJP Assm unit president Ranjit Dass said the party does not accept it.
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CALL NOTICE To, Shri Imtisunep, Office Peon (U/S) The Nagaland State Cooperative Bank Ltd. Camp: Tuli Branch Whereas you have failed to report at your headquarter on your suspension vide Office Order No. NSCB/HQ/Estt/ Pers-507/2007-1072 dated 24.06.2019 without any prior information and permission from the competent authority till date. And whereas you have also failed to submit your joining report at the Headquarter. The said, Shri Imtisunep, Office Peon (U/S) is hereby directed to report at the Headquarter, NStCB Ltd. Tuli Branch within 7 (seven) days from the publication of this notice failing which he will be declared as "left" without further notice.
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UPA government. He served as the Governor of both the Telegu states even after Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated until mid-July this year when the state got a new Governor -- Odisha BJP leader Biswa Bhushan Harichandan. Soundararajan, a doctor by profession, is the daughter of former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President Kumari Anandan and niece of Congress MP from Kanniyakumari, H. Vasanthakumar. Though she belongs to a traditionally Congress-leaning family, Soundararajan was attracted by the BJP ideology and has been working full-time for the the saffron party. She served the Tamil Nadu state BJP unit in various capacities from 1999.
Lt Gen Mukund Naravane takes charge as vice chief of Army
N ew D elhi , S ep 1 (IANS): Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh, who is going to complete his fiveyear tenure on September 3, will face criminal charges in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case before a Uttar Pradesh court. On April 19, 2017, the Supreme Court had revived criminal charges against various leaders in the case but granted immunity to Kalyan Singh as he was the Governor of Rajasthan. However, the top court had said the charges would be framed against the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister when he will complete his tenure as the Governor. “Kalyan Singh, being the Governor of Rajasthan, is entitled to immunity under Article 361 of the Constitution as long as he remains Governor of Rajasthan. The court of Sessions will frame charges and move against him as soon as he ceases to be Governor,” the Apex Court had said in 2017. Kalyan Singh took charge as Rajasthan Governor on September 4, 2014. The apex court had in 2017 revived the conspiracy charges against senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani, M.M.
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Joshi, Uma Bharti and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case. On April 19, 2017, it had ordered the trial court to conduct day-to-day hearings and conclude the trial in the case within two years. On July 19 this year, the top court asked the Uttar Pradesh government to find ways to extend tenure of special judge hearing the case and directed that the judgement should be delivered in nine months. The Special Judge hearing the case was scheduled to retire on September 30 this year. A frenzied Hindu mob razed the 16th century Babri mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. When this happened, Advani, Joshi and other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were present at the spot.
N ew D elhi , S ep 1 (IANS): Slamming the commentaries in foreign media about the National Register of Citizens (NRC) as “incorrect”, India on Sunday said that NRC is a “statutory, transparent, legal process” mandated by the Supreme Court and a “non-discriminatory process, which leaves no room for bias and injustice.” In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said the NRC application form does not ask for the religion of the applicant and it is “not an executive-driven process”. “The process is being monitored by the Supreme Court directly and the government is acting in accordance with the directives issued by the court,” the statement by MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. Giving the background, the statement said that the NRC stems from the Assam Accord of 1985 “with the
promise to take care of the interests of the citizens of Assam.” “NRC aims to give effect to the Assam Accord signed in 1985 between the Government of India, state government of Assam, the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and the All Assam Gan Sangram Parishad (AAGSP),” the statement said, adding: “The apex court mandated the government to deliver on the commitment in 2013, which led to the process of updating the National Register of Citizens in Assam in 2015.” It said the apex court had itself set the deadlines for all steps that have been taken so far. “NRC is a fair process based on scientific methods. Inclusion in the NRC is a unique process, as it is based on ‘application’ rather than ‘house to house enumeration.’ It means that any person in Assam could have
sought to be included in the list on the basis of having documentation to prove lineage from an entitled person, i.e. a person who was a resident of Assam as on March 24, 1971.” It described the NRC process as a “non-discriminatory process, which leaves no room for bias and injustice.” “As can be seen from the application form for data entry in NRC, there was no column in the application asking for the religion of the applicant,” the statement said, dismissing claims by the foreign media, especially Pakistani and western media, trying to drum up a campaign that the NRC process is targeted at Muslims. It said that “anyone excluded from the list at this stage has a right to file an appeal within 120 days of receiving a notification of exclusion to the designated Tribunal.
1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BELOVED FATHER
LT. THEPFUNEIZO RÜLHO 02/09/2018
“We are never apart because the precious memories of you will never die” Your perpetual love and care as a dear father for us. Your invaluable sacrifices to the Naga Nation. Your immense contribution to the people as a true leader and a good sportsmanship. “Gone but never forgotten” K-2383
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ed a Rashtriya Rifles Battalion in Jammu and Kashmir and an infantry brigade on the eastern front. He was also part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka and had served as India’s defence attached at the Indian Embassy in Myanmar for three years. Lt Gen Naravane is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy. He was commissioned into the 7th battalion, the Sikh Light Infantry Regiment in June 1980. “He brings with him an enormous amount of experience in serving in the most challenging areas,” the Army said in a release.
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1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BELOVED MOTHER LATE VIZETUO-Ü BELHO “I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”.
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Date of Birth : 01.07.1948 Date of Death : 26.08.2019 Words are inadequate to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, churches, friends, neighbours, relatives, well wishers, Panacea Nursing Home, Wokha and Philimi Welfare, far and near who stood by us physically, financially, morally and spiritually during the prolonged illness and ultimate demise of our beloved Late Y. Kihovi Sema on 26th August, 2019. May our Almighty God bless you all abundantly and your good deeds shall ever remain in our hearts. Loving wife, children, in-laws and grand children
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NEW DELHI , SEP 1 (PTI): Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Sunday assumed charge as vice chief of the 1.3 million-strong Army. Lt Gen Naravane will be in contention for the Army chief ’s post as he will be the senior-most commander when incumbent Gen Bipin Rawat retires on December 31, official sources said. Lt Gen Naravane succeeds Lt Gen D Anbu who retired from service on Saturday. Before taking charge as vice chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Naravane was heading the Eastern Command of the Army which takes care of India’s nearly 4,000km border with China. In his 37 years of service, Lt Gen Naravane has served in numerous command and staff appointments in peace, field and highly active counter-insurgency environments in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. He has also command-
Soundararajan was made the president of the unit in 2014. Kalraj Mishra, who was the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has now been appointed as Governor of Rajasthan, where he replaces incumbent Kalyan Singh. The senior BJP leader was earlier given the charge of the Himachal Pradesh Governor replacing Acharya Devvrat. Bandaru Dattatreya replaces Mishra in Himachal Pradesh. Besides, BJP leaders from Uttarakhand Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed the new Governor of Maharashtra, replacing Vidyasagar Rao. The appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. After being appointed as the new Kerala Governor, Khan said: “It is an opportunity to serve. Fortunate to be born in a country like India which is so vast and rich in diversity. It is a great opportunity for me to know this part of India, which forms boundary of India and is called God’s own country.”
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N ew D elhi , S ep 1 (IANS): In a reshuffle on Sunday, President Ram Nath Kovind announced the appointment of five new Governors in the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Telangana. Prominent Muslim face and former Congress leader Arif Mohammed Khan has been appointed the new Kerala Governor, replacing P. Sathasivam. Khan had earlier quit the Rajiv Gandhi government over the Shah Bano case and has been cited many times by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in triple talaq debates. He has also supported the Centre on its Article 370 move. The 68-year-old former Cabinet Minister hails from Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan has been appointed as the Governor of Telangana, replacing E.S.L. Narasimhan. A former Director of the Intelligence Bureau, Narasimhan was appointed as the Governor of the undivided Andhra Pradesh in January 2010 by the then
02 September 2018 Atsa, Your life was a blessing Your memory a treasure You are loved beyond words And missed beyond measure. Loving children, grand-children and great-grand children
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Windfalls don’t make economy
Nagaland Post Vol. XXIX NO. 267 Dimapur, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
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lmost two million people are desperately unhappy that they have not made the final cut as bona fide Indian citizens into Assam’s National Register of Citizens(NRC), while many others felt too few had been rejected. Over 19 lakh people’s claims have been rejected out of the total of 40.7 lakh who had earlier found their names missing in last year’s NRC draft.One of the stated aims of the exercise is to separate citizens from undocumented migrants, or anyone who cannot prove that they or their ancestors lived in the country before midnight on March 24, 1971, or the eve of the Bangladesh War. The Assam NRC is being watched very closely by other neighbouring north eastern states who fear that those excluded might seek refuge in their states. The apprehension is not unfounded since most of the illegal migrants suspected to be from Bangladesh, enter various states through Assam, which has become the spring board. Within days of the release of the draft NRC, Meghalaya’s influential student body, the Khasi Students’ Union, set up “check gates” at several places along the state’s border with Assam. Its stated aim: to prevent the “mass influx” of the people who had failed to make it to the draft NRC. Also the Mizo Zirlai Pawl, the apex student body in Mizoram, set up check gates and kept “round-the-clock” vigil for alleged illegal migrants from Assam. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union also launched “Operation Clean Drive” looking for undocumented migrants in the wake of the NRC draft. In Manipur, too, an influential civil society group started checking for citizenship papers of people from Assam. Earlier, the indigenous Twipuris had petitioned the Supreme Court in October 2018 asking for an NRC to protect the state’s tribal minority from illegal “influx”. The court sent a notice to the Centre and Election Commission, seeking their response. The concern over illegal migrants from Assam suspected to be Bangladeshis had also led several organisations in Nagaland to demand Inner Line Permit regulation(BEFR) to Dimapur district. As a sequel the state government committee recommended preparation of Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland(RIIN) to count its indigenous inhabitants. The NRC in Assam, is therefore considered to be a major challenge for these states in tackling the influx of illegal migrants. Once the NRC is complete, these states can also begin the process of deportation of illegal migrants who have crossed over from Assam. The NRC in Assam has fuelled intense sentiments among the people of the state and the difference in views clearly suggest that either way, the efforts would be damned either way. The low percentage of exclusion of those living along the Indo-Bangladesh border has only given rise to the suspicion that the NRC is flawed. AIMIM chief Assaduddin Owaisi jabbed BJP by saying that the NRC proved that the fear of influx by Muslims from Bangladesh was unfounded. On the other hand, Assam finance minister and BJP legislator Himanta Biswa Sarma had expressed dissatisfaction with the NRC. He said that many Indian citizens who migrated from Bangladeshi prior to 1971 have not been included because authorities refused to accept their refugee certificate. It would seem that the Assam NRC will be as contentious and a long drawn out affair, that will only add to the delay, much to the dismay of the north eastern states.
DailyDevotion Destined To Be Holy
…it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy." —1 Peter 1:16 We must continually remind ourselves of the purpose of life. We are not destined to happiness, nor to health, but to holiness. Today we have far too many desires and interests, and our lives are being consumed and wasted by them. Many of them may be right, noble, and good, and may later be fulfilled, but in the meantime God must cause their importance to us to decrease. The only thing that truly matters is whether a person will accept the God who will make him holy. At all costs, a person must have the right relationship with God. Do I believe I need to be holy? Do I believe that God can come into me and make me holy? If through your preaching you convince me that I am unholy, I then resent your preaching. The preaching of the gospel awakens an intense resentment because it is designed to reveal my unholiness, but it also awakens an intense yearning and desire within me. God has only one intended destiny for mankind— holiness. His only goal is to produce saints. God is not some eternal blessing-machine for people to use, and He did not come to save us out of pity— He came to save us because He created us to be holy. Atonement through the Cross of Christ means that God can put me back into perfect oneness with Himself through the death of Jesus Christ, without a trace of anything coming between us any longer. Never tolerate, because of sympathy for yourself or for others, any practice that is not in keeping with a holy God. Holiness means absolute purity of your walk before God, the words coming from your mouth, and every thought in your mind— placing every detail of your life under the scrutiny of God Himself. Holiness is not simply what God gives me, but what God has given me that is being exhibited in my life.
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Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. ~ Charles Kettering
Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
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ome coincidences, some windfall, reworking fiscal package and falling growth rate mark the economic developments. The transfer of Rs 1.76 lakh crore by RBI to the government to fill similar gap in the revised estimates in the budget for 2018-19 and the Economic Survey has come as a coincidence or surprise. The budget estimated total earning of Rs 17.3 lakh crore and the Survey Rs 15.6 lakh crore. Nobody explained the reasons for the difference in the two documents. However, a generous RBI fills that up. This is amid announcement of a package, actually correction, by Finance Minister N Sitharaman, spread across a variety of sectors. She scrapped an angel tax on start ups, set up an organisation to boost loan support for housing and infrastructure, roll back surcharge on the earnings of foreign portfolio investors (FPI) and domestic stock market players and drop a harsh provision that could have sent company executives to jail for failing to meet corporate social responsibility targets. The corrective steps try to restore confidence
among investors. Most of them were pulling money out of the country after July 5 budget. The steps are undoing a wrong done. However, it is to be seen whether this boosts growth. Moody’s almost simultaneously on August 23 cut India’s growth forecast for 2019 by 60 basis points to 6.2 percent and predicts a similar fall for 2020. The CSO on the same day reduced growth rate to 5 percent compared to 8 percent in same period the previous year. It is the slowest growth in 25 quarters or over six years due to sharp fall in manufacturing and sluggish agricultural growth. In March, growth rate had slipped to 5.8 percent was a five-year low. If farm growth does not improve, despite huge cash transfers, it can have serious implications. On August 8, the RBI had pegged the growth at 5.8 to 6.6 percent in the April-September period or first half of the year. The FM’s step to boost the automobile sector though not unwelcome is a bit misplaced. The sector itself is responsible for the present mess. It lobbied for junking of new 10-year-old cars expecting a boost in sales. The
results were contrary as the secondary market of used cars collapsed and those having old cars preferred not to buy new ones. Job losses and uncertainty looming, even the supposed cash rich IT sector staff are keeping themselves away from the market. Voices are being raised against the government for lifting ban on official purchases of cars while the people reel under impractical laws of impounding their vehicles. The decision may see outgo of government funds but may have little benefit to the auto sector. The government should h ave d o n e away w i t h Shivaji the 10-yearjunking law to boost the industry. Another folly has been to cut bank interest rates. It helps none but the large defaulters, replica of an incentive policy of 2008 that dumped banks with huge NPAs. Interest rates in an economy that is seeing more price rises should move up to attract investments. Recapitalizing banks with people’s money repeatedly is expensive. The FM should have done away with taxes on deposits.
Strong savings regime is needed to steer the economy. The opposite is being done. The transfer of Rs 1.76 lakh crore, 28 lakh crore already done before, from the contingency fund empowers the government to go on a spending spree. It, however, severely impacts provisioning if the banks collapse. Of course, simultaneously some of the banks are being merged to create larger entities. This overlooks the fact that RBI monitoring itself is not that strong. It took eight years to detect wrong provisioning in the second largest bank, Punjab National Bank Sarkar (PNB). T h e PNB has been continuously posting losses. A year ago it lost Rs 13417 crore and it lost another Rs 4750 crore in last fiscal. Its gross NPA reduced marginally to Rs 78,473 crore in 2018-19 from Rs 86,620 crore a year before. IT suffered Rs 14,000 crore loss in the Nirav Modi fraud and another Rs 900 crore in the Jet fiasco. The restructuring is touted to be more for window dressing. Market-based economies thrive on hope and belief of profit. The Narendra Modi government in
times of negative sentiment is increasing its expenses to boost hope. But this stimulus has a limit. The 2008 stimulus virtually ruined the economy. Modi is trying to salvage the 2008 mistake as well as trying to boost the present. The government has taken an extreme step for salvaging the economy by drawing on RBI reserves. It is a gamble. If it can turn the table, the gamble pays. T h e r e a r e a lw ay s chances it may not. It needs to look for an alternative. It has to loosen its fist. As it is a desperate situation, the government tightened its fists, raised taxes, even income tax to an unprecedented high of 42 percent. It calls for salaried class to pay more in taxes pandering them to be more national. Businesses are told give leeway. The GST despite conceptually acceptable has become draconian in its implementation “so that there is neither a default nor it creates black”. This has unleashed a rein of fear. In real terms, many new businesses are collapsing as penalties are more severe than the fault. What the government is realizing is not important. In the process it is killing the
golden goose. No business, most of which is informal in this country, can suffer the rigour or rules. Unfortunately that is happening. High taxes, high-handed approaches, falling farm sector, contracting rural economy and pressurising systems are building road blocks to progress. The west has been following this model for long and itself is collapsing. India blindly followed it and is virtually witnessing a collapse. Europeans want to come out of the clutches of dishonest banking. Indians are being forced into it. Every sector, auto, real estate having more unsold homes, agriculture and a mere 1.4 percent growth in tax collection is pulling the economy down. Yes, Indian economy needs free operation and has to break the shackles. Whatever the rationale of drawing on reserves, it will not help unless the business is allowed the freedom to flow. The bizmen and all citizens need to see trust of the official system in them. They are honest citizens but are branded by unprofessional official system. If Prime Minister Modi restores that trust more than half the battle can be won.
Post-mortem
Brief sketch on arrest and unjust trial of Haipou Jadonang (A humble tribute to Haipou Jadonang on his 88th death anniversary on 29th August 2019)
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aipou Jadonang was arrested second time on 19th February, 1931 at Cachar district while he and his followers were on pilgrimaged tour to Phuvon Hill before his final revolt against the British Empire. A police officer of the Lakhipur Police station named Imtiaz Ali in a disguised civilian plain-cloth requested him to come to his house to do some medicines for his ailing wife. Initially, Jadonang was not willing to go there because in the previous night he had a dream in which God told him that he would not eat the crops of the next harvest. He took the seriousness of the omen. Gaidinlu who had a premonition also forewarned him not to accept the request. However, on the compassionate ground for the ailing wife, he accepted the request and went there. Jadonang, accompanied by Takhanang (the host of the house) and his friends took a local ferry from Binakandi and crossed the Barak River. As soon as they landed at Lkahipur Bazaar near the police station, a large number of policemen and armed personnels who had been already positioned there encircled them and arrested him. It was a pre-planned stratagem and trap to arrest Jadonang. Jadonang was kept under the custody of the Lakhipur Police Station. Jadonang was arrested under Section 108 C.P.C for sedition, waging war against the British government. Immediately after the arrest, a bold young Gaidinlu acting as a newly married young woman with a young friend as herhusband went to the police station;met him and fed him with packed of rice and chicken curry and encouraged him to remain firm for the objective which they had stood for. Just after the conversation, Gaidinlu and all other persons of the pilgrims hurriedly dispersed from Binakandi for their respective destinations. The Deputy Commissioner of Cachar, Mr C.Gimson informed the Political Agent in Manipur, Mr J.C. Higgins that Jadonang had been arrested and told him to extradite and to receive him at Jirighat. The D.C. of Cachar rejected bail application of Jadonang on the ground that Jadonang was a subject of Manipur, not of Assam. (Due to paucity of space, the actual lengthy report is omitted here). Having received the official report of the arrest of Jadonang, the Political Agent in Manipur J.C. Higgins dispatched in advance a column of Assam Rifles as a precautionary measure to protect Tamenglong headquarters from possible uprising of the people; and the DC of Naga Hills also sent a detachment of Assam Rifles to
Henima (Tenning) of Naga Hills, Assam to prevent further escalation of the Jadonang movement. On February 24, 1931, Higgins himself also set out from Imphal by taking a column of Assam Rifles led by one British Major and a Gorkha officer with 190 coolies, marched from the Manipur-Cachar bridle path via Bishenpur, passed through a number of Rongmei villages on the way. They reached Kambiron on March 1, 1931. There, they destroyed Jadonang’s temple and shot down a python curling on the top of the temple and burnt them down to ashes.In thatvery spot, the “Union Jack” (British Flag) was hoisted on a tall bamboo pole to display a British might and a sign ofannexation of the territory.Then Higgins and his party proceeded further from Kambiron (Tamenglong) to Cachar to extradite Jadonang from Assam and to bring him to Manipur state. On March 8, 1931, Higgins took over Jadonang from the Cachar authorities and returned to Manipur displaying the captured rebel leader, Jadonang in chain passing through many Rongmei villages; from Taosem range to Kalanaga range; from Oinamlong village to Longkao village (Gaidinlu’s village). From Longkao they proceeded through Wairangba, Lukhambi, Kangchupand down to the Imphal valley with bare foot, wearing only a wrapper at his waist as kilt; both hands were tied behind, and was dragged along the Khwairamband Bazaar (Paona Bazaar) of capital Imphal. Women in the Bazaar looked upon him penitently. Jadonang was lodged in the Imphal jail for trial. He was charge-sheeted under Criminal Case No.10 of 1931. Higgins and his troop marched 200 km on foot all through from Cachar to Imphal. While Higgins and the government were not in comfortable situation to establish the case of sedition and rebellion against Jadonang, a report of murder case of Kambiron came in. This had a god-sent opportunity for the government to embroil and implicate Jadonang in the new case instead of trying him for sedition. The new case was about the missing of four Manipuri betel-leaf traders previous year (1930). It had been reported that the missing traders were killed at Kambiron Bungalow. More than 50 suspects were arrested on the case from several villages. The murder of the four betelleaf traders was occurred in March 1930. The traders came to Kambiron Rest house in the evening when the village was having “genna” during Ring-
Ngai festival. They were told not to stay at Kambiron that day as the village was under ‘genna’ (taboo-day) and no fire could be made on the night. But the traders defying the custom of the village started making fire for cooking at late night and then a mob came down and killed them in the dark night. However, Jadonang was not present on the day. He was in Gaidinlu’s father’s house at Nungkao Village for a quite long time as a priest guiding the ceremony of Ahongyum (ornamented house) of Gaidinlu’s father. He denied several times of his involvement in the later trials, but administration and Judge had already determined to implicate in murder case. In the Chief Secretary, Government of Assam’s report to the Government of India Delhi, on 16th May 1931 writes the following: “If he (Jadonang) is acquitted in the murder case, the question of his internment as a State prisoner under Regulation III of 1818 will be considered”. That means they had already made up their mind to put Jadonang for transportation of life forsedition against the British Empire, in case murder case against him failed. In any case, Jadonang had to be finished off! Starting from June 4, the whole trial was completed in 10 days and the judgment was pronounced on June 13, 1931. Legal defence was denied. Jadonang’s several pleas were rejected. The confused judgement of Higgins (the judge) wrote that “the murder took place on a dark night, it is not possible to ascertain from the evidence whether Jadonang and certain of the other murderers caused death of any individual”. This shows the Judge was not sure of the true identity of the persons involved in the death of traders. It was an act of mob in the dark night. Some of the accused arrested had already admitted and pleaded guilty of murder. But Mr Higgins was not satisfied until Jadonang too was implicated and killed. Finally, Government of Assam by a telegram dated 18th August 1931 condemned Jadonang for death sentence. It was British policy that every revolutionary or rebel against the British colonial power was to be convicted as a murderer. Bir Tikendrajit and Thangal of Manipur were hanged as murderers; Khudiram Basu, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Raj Guru, Surya Sen, and many others were convicted as murderers and hanged. Likewise, Jadonang’s hang was earlier fixed for 19 August
1931, but due to the Appeal of Jadonang pending with the Governor-General of India; it was postponed toanother day. When the Governor-General rejected the appeal on August 18, the Political Agent in Manipur rescheduled the hang of 19 August to29 August, 1931 at 6 A.M on Saturday. To exhibit the execution in full public view, the gallows was constructed outside the Imphal jail compound; the scaffold was built in between two mango trees. Jadonang’s hands were tied behind his back bending the hands at the elbows, putting both the hands parallel across his back and bound together to smoke as a token of respect. On that fateful day, people were gathering from the early morning hour to wit-
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ness the hang. A ring of armed personnels were in kneeling position encircling the gallows, pointing their guns towards Jadonang. Another outer ring of armed personnels surrounded the gallows standing with guns facing towards the public.The hang was delayed by about two hours from the scheduled time of 6 O’clock to 8 A.M.The cloud was gloomy, the unsung hero, Haipou Jadonang was hanged helplessly at the hands of British. Oh, hapless Jadonang! Though his hang occurred 88 years ago, his martyrdom is still remembered by his countrymen. His death in the pages of history will never be removed forever. Thumbs Up! Long live! R. Kamei
Tree plantation is a must
mportance of tree plantation should be discussed to save our earth from destruction and the lives surviving on it. In this growing industrial and technological era, pollution has become a major problem. Many animals and birds are facing the threat of extinction due to the lack of their natural habitat. Green trees and plants are life savers as they inhale all the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and exhale oxygen when they prepare their food using photosynthesis. This process has actually kept the balance of different gas compositions in our atmosphere so that nothing will exceed its natural rate. Increased use of technologies and combustion fuels have considerably increased the carbon content of our surrounding air. But the lack of green trees, who absorbs such carbon gas has caused a massive problem
of increased carbon rate in the air. This increase has also negatively affected the oxygen rate we breathe that is exhaled by the tree as well. Trees and forest are the home for many bird and animal species, and cutting down them means, their habitat is being destroyed. Many birds have already been extinct due to the same reason and animals too. By planting more trees and building new forests we are saving many species that are dependent on such lifestyles that include tree as a home and their fruits, leaves, etc., as their food. This will maintain the biodiversity in our world and the harmony of life. Cutting down trees for unavoidable reasons should be compensated by planting more ones in suitable places and taking care of them. (The WisdomPost & Sophia)
Reader’s Post
Sir,
Focus on elderly people
The son and mother duo who had recently visited Nagaland on a scooter on their pan India pilgrimage has really caught my attention. It is true that when parents become old many are left neglected especially in the rural areas where they have to fend for themselves. In urban areas, old aged parents are still living in their homes and some lucky ones are taken good care of by their children. In some sad cases, parents have to shoulder the responsibilities of taking care of their many grandchildren as their sons or daughters have no jobs to sustain themselves. Many elderly parents have to deal with substance abusive children as well. Our society needs to focus on these issues deeply. Meren Jamir, Kohima Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.
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Konar canal fiasco; 4 engineers suspended
Ranchi, Sep 1 (IANS): Four engineers have been suspended for the breach in the embankment of the Konar Irrigation Project in Jharkhand, which collapsed within 24 hours of its inauguration, a report said on Sunday. The Water Resources department had formed a three-member committee to probe the cause of the damage. The report submitted to the department said “the incident was caused due to closure of escape regulator due to which the pressure of water increased and the weaker part of the canal washed away”. It took 42 years to build the Konar irrigation project, while it collapsed within 24 hours of its inauguration. It was meant to provide water to 85 villages across Giridih, Hazaribagh and Bokaro districts of Jharkhand. The state administration, in its initial probe report, had blamed rodents for the breach. The irrigation project in Giridih district was dedicated to the people by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on August 28. Within 24 hours of
Konar canal (File) its inauguration, a major breach developed in the canal, causing extensive flooding in several villages. “The initial probe suspected ‘rat holes’ causing damage to the canal,” said the government statement released on August 30. A three-member probe committee headed by Chief Engineer Sanaullah visited the spot, inquired into the incident and submitted its report. The committee found that 600 meters below the damaged site, there was a escape channel which was kept open to ensure normal flow of water, but it was closed perhaps through some mischief or some other unknown reason. According to the report, a 28-30 meter area of
the canal was damaged and crops spread over 10-15 acres of land got submerged. In 1978, the then Governor of undivided Bihar, Jaggananth Kaushal, had laid the foundation stone of the project, but due to several reasons, including the indifference of successive governments, the project got delayed. The cost of the project also escalated from Rs 12 crore in 1978 to Rs 2,500 crore. In 2003, the then Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda once again laid the foundation for the canal, but work moved at snail’s pace. In 2012, a tender was again floated for the project, which was bagged by a Mumbai-based company.
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Digvijaya accuses BJP of spying for ISI, clarifies after row
139 militants neutralized by Army in Jammu and Kashmir till August
Bhopal, Sep 1 (IANS): Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh on Sunday denied accusing the BJP of spying for the ISI in return for money, even as TV channels ran recordings of his Friday’s statement made in this regard. “Some TV channels are saying that I have accused the BJP of spying for Pakistan’s ISI in return for money. This is totally false and baseless,” Singh tweeted. In his subsequent tweet, he clarified: “Madhya Pradesh police have arrested some functionaries of the Bajrang Dal and a person belonging to the BJP IT Cell on charge of spying for the ISI. This is the charge I made and I stand by it. Why don’t the TV channels question the BJP on this.” Singh’s clarification came after there was furore over the charges he made against the BJP. During a visit to Gwalior and Bhind on Friday, Singh told reporters: “Bajrang Dal (the youth wing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad) and Bharatiya Janata Party are taking money from the ISI. Attention should be paid to this.” “Non-Muslims are spying for Pakistan’s ISI more than Muslims. This should
be understood,” he added giving a communal dimension to his claim. For mer Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan was quick to rubbish Singh’s remark. “Digvijaya Singh deliberately raises such kind of issues. He and his leaders speak the language of Pakistan. His credibility is gone so I don’t take his statements seriously. The whole country is aware of the patriotism of the BJP and the RSS. We don’t need a certificate from Digvijaya Singh,” wrote on Twitter. Though Chouhan alleged that the Congress leader makes controversial statements to get publicity, Singh’s remarks were made in the backdrop of some recent events in Madhya Pradesh. The BJP in Madhya Pradesh has been under fire from the Opposition since last Wednesday, when five persons were arrested in Satna district in a terrorfunding racket managed by ISI operatives based in Pakistan. One of those arrested is a Bajrang Dal leader called Balram Singh. The five arrested were found to have communicated with their handlers using an app which does not keep any record of the messages it sends, police said.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS): As many as 139 militants have been neutralised by the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir in the first eight months of this year, defence sources said on Saturday. The number includes terrorists killed in skirmishes along the Line of Control (LoC), as well as in various encounters with the Army within the hinterland of the state. The figures provided by the Army were recorded from the period January 1 till August 29. During the same period, the Army has lost as many as 26 personnel belonging to various ranks in terrorist-initiated incidents across the valley. The highest number of fatalities (8) suffered by the Army in any single month during the first eight months of the calendar year was in February. “Five militants have been neutralized by the Army in the month of August while one was captured during an operation. The month of May was the most eventful as far as military engagements against terrorists is concerned,” said a senior Army official. In the month of May alone, the Army had gunned down 27 militants which is
As many as 222 ceasefire violations have been recorded along the LoC after August 5 when the Parliament withdrew special category status to Jammu and Kashmir
the highest number for any calendar month in the year 2019. The highest number of terrorist-initiated incidents (22) had also been recorded in this month in Jammu and Kashmir. The total number of terrorist-initiated incidents across Jammu and Kashmir from January to August have been recorded at 87. In the last week of July, an attempted Border Action Team (BAT) operation by the Special Services Group commandoes of Pakistan had also been successfully averted by the Indian Army. More than four BAT commandoes had been gunned down by Army personnel while they were attempting to infiltrate the LoC. “Pakistan has upped its ante to infiltrate militants into India this year. There have been renewed attempts
at infiltration by Pakistan particularly after abrogation of Article 370. This is evident from the number of ceasefire violations by Pakistan this year,” said the official. As many as 222 ceasefire violations have been recorded along the LoC after August 5 when the Parliament withdrew special category status to Jammu and Kashmir by reading down Article 370 of the Constitution and further divided the state into two union territories. The highest number of ceasefire violations (296) was recorded in the month of July this calendar year. It was also the month during which, incidentally, Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump had met in Washington DC.
Robots turn teachers in Bengaluru school Shah lashes out at Cong for its Art 370 posture phy, History and Physics to Classes 7-9. As per the Collaborative Learning Model (CLM), the man-machine team, comprising a teacher, students and the robot, collaborate in the classroom to deliver a lesson. The teacher collaborates with the robot and brings out the key concepts, relevance and application of the lesson being taught,” said Rao, who also heads the project. Rao and his 17-member team have designed and built the three robots in-house from light-weight 3D-printed materials with imported smart servo motors. These robots emulate human-like gestures while delivering the lessons in the classroom. “It has taken our team nearly two years to design
Condolences for late N Theyo even before he became involved in politics and regarded him as a friend and brother. Dr. Neinu also stated that Theyo lived a life of honesty and integrity even after becoming a minister and in his demise, not
Silvasa, Sep 1 (IANS): BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday once again lashed out at the Congress for its opposition to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at an event at Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Shah said the Congress has given up on “parampara” (tradition) of rising above party politics when it comes to national interest. “They went and stood with those who chanted ‘Bharat tere tukde honge, Insha Allah, Insha Allah’.
Amit Shah (File) They questioned our forces when they launched attack against Pakistan... Now they are objecting to Article 370 being axed,” thundered Shah.
Shah referred to the surgical strike by the Indian Army and the Balakot attack by the IAF, authenticity of both of which were questioned by the grand old party. He also referred to Rahul Gandhi standing with the JNU students who allegedly chanted anti-India slogans. Shah reminded how the BJP had supported Indira Gandhi’s move to free Bangladesh from Pakistan, suggesting that the Bharatiya Janata Party rises above party politics when it comes to national interest.
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The team consists of teachers in the respective subjects - programmers, content developers, graphic designers and hardware engineers who built the mobile robots, weighing 45 kgs each. Though the team did not rope-in any manufacturer to make the robots, it sourced hardware and software components from the best players in the industry to assemble them in-house at a cost of Rs eight lakh
each. “The response of students to a robot teaching them is positive and encouraging. They feel the collaboration between a human teacher and a robot enhances learning. It makes the human teacher focus on the child and personalise learning,” Indus Trust Chief Executive Lt. General (retd) Arjun Ray told IANS. Touted as the first-ofits-kind, the school plans to scale the pilot project to roll out more robots for other classes and more subjects in future. The school is also in the process of applying for an international patent to protect the IP (intellectual property) of its Eagle 2.0 version humanoid robot.
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D I M APU R : WC o f NNPGs has mour ned the demise of N Theyo, former minister on August 29, stating that Nagas in particular and Chakhesang tribe in general, have lost a politically conscious leader. WC NNPGs in a condolence note through its media cell described late Theyo as a straightforward Naga leader, a courageous man known for speaking from the heart and a man of few words but undoubtedly a born leader. It expressed gratitude for his elderly advice and suggestion in the ongoing political talks with GOI. WC NNPGs further stated that his faith in Jesus Christ and Naga political right was unshakable and he was among the first few brave members to convert into Christianity from his village, Thinyizumi, Phek district. A torchbearer to contemporaries and younger generations, his legacy will live on. While stating that he has left a void in Naga society which will be hard to fill, the WC conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that Almighty Lord grant eternal solace to the departed leader. Dr. Vekusa Nienu, USA: Dr. Vekusa Nienu from USA has expressed sorrow at the sudden demise of N. Theyo. Dr. Nienu said that he had known late him
and develop these robots with software, hardware and AI to make them teaching assistants and allowing the human teacher to be more relevant in the classroom so that they can focus on the child and not the subject alone,” he added.
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Bengaluru, Sep 1 (IANS): Disruptive technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are making their way into classrooms as humanoid robots to teach students and interact with them as teachers do, at a school in Bengaluru. “Our robots impart lessons daily in five subjects to about 300 students in Classes 7-9 in four sections by turns. They also interact with them and respond to questions in the subjects,” Indus International School’s Chief Design Officer, Vignesh Rao, told IANS here. Though the 5 foot 7 inch robots, dressed in formal female attire, do not replace real teachers, they complement them in teaching lessons in the subjects
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New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS): The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Sunday said that in a record number of Income Tax Returns (ITR) e-filings in a single day, a total of 49,29,121 ITRs were filed on Saturday, the last day for filing returns for 20192020. “The Income Tax department has made history with a quantum jump in the e-filing of Income-Tax Returns (ITRs) with an all time high record of 49 lakh 29 thousand and 121 ITRs
filed in a single day on 31st August 2019,” a CBDT statement said. “This has perhaps created a history as the tax administration nowhere in the world has achieved such huge online e-filing ITRs in a single day and that too so smoothly; with the IT department actively interacting with taxpayers on social media to help them resolve their grievances and e-filing related queries and getting accolades in return,” it added.
The CBDT said that setting a new record in efiling on August 31, 2019, the peak filing rate per second was at 196 ITRs and peak filing rate per minute was at 7,447 ITRs, while the peak filing rate per hour was at 3,87,571 ITRs. The Information Security team of the IT department, meanwhile, thwarted over 2,205 malicious attacks on the website aimed at disrupting services in the peak period, it said.
Automobile manufacturers report sharp decline in August sales New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI): Major automobile manufacturers including Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and Honda on Sunday reported a high double-digit decline in their sales in August as the Indian auto sector continued to reel under one of the worst slowdowns in its history. While Maruti reported a 33 per cent drop in August sales at 1,06,413 units, sale of passenger vehicles by Tata Motors fell 58 per cent during the month under review. Similarly, Honda Cars India and Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) sales dropped 51 per cent and 21 per cent, respectively. Commenting on the
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ment on the backdrop of the recent slowdown in sales. “One of the suggestion was the reduction of GST rate for the automobile sector, that of course... will have to go to the (GST) council, but otherwise I have been addressing issues related to BS-IV, inventory...,” she added. The council is
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New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI): Eight of the 10 most valued domestic companies together added Rs.77,222.53 crore in market valuation last week, propelled by sharp gains in HDFC twins and ITC. While Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Bank, HUL, HDFC, Infosys, ITC, ICICI Bank, SBI were on the gainers side, RIL and Kotak Mahindra Bank suffered losses in their market capitalisation (m-cap) for the week ended Friday. HDFC’s m-cap zoomed Rs.21,657.69 crore to Rs.3,73,860.41 crore,
Chennai, Sep 1 (IANS): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that the GST Council will take the final call on reducing the tax rate on motor vehicles. Speaking to reporters here, she said that the government is addressing the issues of the automotive seg-
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likely to meet in Goa on September 20. Sitharaman said that the sector was facing problems due to several factors, including transition from BS-IV to BS-VI emission norms and prospective buyers were delaying their decision. To help revive the auto sector, the Minister on August 23 had announced the government departments would be allowed to buy new vehicles, automobiles purchased till March 31, 2020 would avail the benefit of additional depreciation of 15 per cent, with total depreciation up to 30 per cent, and BS-IV vehicles bought till March 31, 2020 would remain operational for their entire registration period.
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indirect taxes. “There is a slowdown in the economy. Various sectors including automobile and FMCG are going through worst phase due to subdued consumption. This has reflected in the latest number of the GST,” AMRG and Associates senior partner Rajat Mohan said. However, the government has, on many occasions, said it will meet indirect tax collection target set in the Budget. For 2019-20, the government proposes to collect Rs 6.10 lakh crore from CGST and Rs 1.01 lakh crore as compensation cess. The IGST balance has been pegged at Rs 50,000 crore. The CGST collection in 2018-19 was Rs 4.25 lakh crore, while compensation cess was over Rs 97,000 crore.
India’s largest lender State Bank of India are RuPay cards, he said. “There are class of customers who want RuPay card. There are those nationalistic people who say ‘give us only Rupay cards’ So I am very upbeat,” he said. The company may issue both RuPay as well as Visa/Mastercard to its customers, specially who travel abroad, Prasad said. As of now, RuPay cards are accepted only in few countries, including Singapore and Bhutan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched the card in UAE. RuPay has also tied-up with international players like Discover, Japan Credit Bureau and China Union Pay to enhance its international acceptance. Prasad further said that SBI Card has rolled out its chatbot ‘ILA’ (Interactive Live Assistant) on its mobile app to further enhance consumer experience. ILA has 40 plus innovative features making SBI Card one of the first in the industry to offer a complete suite of self-service functionalities increasing convenience for the customers, he said. “Since its release, SBI Card’s chatbot has successfully resolved over 14 million queries with over 97 per cent accuracy,” he added.
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lakh. As per the statement, Rs 27,955 crore has been released to states as GST compensation for June-July 2019. “The government has settled Rs 23,165 crore to CGST and Rs 16,623 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement”. “The total revenue earned by central government and state governments after regular settlement in the month of August 2019 is Rs 40,898 crore for CGST and Rs 40,862 crore for the SGST,” it said. Gross GST collections during April-August stood at Rs 5,14,378 crore, up from Rs 4,83,538 crore in the corresponding period of the last fiscal. This shows a growth of 6.3 per cent during the five months of the current fiscal. The GST, which was introduced two years ago, has subsumed most of the
New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI): SBI Card will soon launch RuPay credit cards, a development which will give a boost to the homegrown payment network in the fast growing segment. Presently, the credit card segment is dominated by the US-based payment gateways like Visa and Mastercard. RuPay is the first-ofits-kind domestic debit and credit card payment network of India developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems. “We will be (launching RuPay based credit card) soon. There is a last agreement that is left out at the end of NPCI level. I think NPCI is going to send it any day and we will be launching some products,” SBI Card MD and CEO Hardayal Prasad said in an interview to PTI. Expressing confidence that RuPay credit card will be launched in this fiscal only, Prasad said, “It’s just a matter of time. The Rupay will become very popular and will be used in India aggressively. I have no doubts on it“. He said that there is a big “nationalistic segment” which is insisting on RuPay cards. About one-third of the cards being issued by
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New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI): In an apparent sign of economic slowdown, India’s GST collections in August dropped to Rs 98,202 crore from over Rs 1.02 lakh crore in the previous month, the finance ministry said on Sunday. However, total Goods and Services Tax (GST) mop-up for August this year was 4.5 per cent higher than the Rs 93,960 crore collected in the same month last year. This is the second time during this year that the revenue collection from the GST slipped below the Rs 1 lakh crore mark. First, it happened in June when the collection was Rs 99,939 crore. However, it was Rs 1.02 lakh crore in July. Central GST collections stood at Rs 17,733 crore, State GST Rs 24,239 crore, and Integrated GST Rs 48,958 crore (including Rs 24,818 crore collected on imports) during August this year, a statement said. It further said that cess collection stood at Rs 7,273 crore (including Rs 841 crore collected on imports). The number of GSTR 3B Returns (summary of self-assessed return) filed for the month of July up to end-August totalled 75.80
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9 killed in Philippine air ambulance crash Manila, Sep 1 (AFP): Nine people were killed when an air-ambulance plane crashed at a resort area near the Philippine capital on Sunday, sparking a fierce blaze and sending terrified locals fleeing, authorities said. Dramatic video on social media showed emergency vehicles rushing toward a building engulfed in roaring flames in Calamba City as authorities urged crowds to move away for their own safety. After dousing the blaze, rescuers found nine bodies in the smoking ruins -- believed to be those aboard the King Air 350 light aircraft. “No one will survive this crash. We assume that all confirmed passengers of this plane are dead,” local emergency official Jeffrey Rodriguez. Police said two people on the ground were injured in the crash, but have not reported any fatalities from those who were in the resort area when the plane went down.
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decision. I think it’s totally wrong,” Johnson told ‘The Sunday Times’. “I just say to everybody in the country, including everyone in Parliament, the fundamental choice is this. Are you going to side with Jeremy Corbyn and those who want to cancel the referendum; are you going to side with those who want to scrub the democratic verdict of the people and plunge this country into chaos? Or are you going to side with those of us who want to get on, deliver on the mandate of the people and focus with absolute, laser-like precision on the domestic agenda. That’s the choice,” he said. The UK is set to leave the European Union (EU),
with or without an agreement in place, by October 31 after the June 2016 referendum in favour of Brexit. However, the EU has remained firm on what it believes is a non-negotiable insurance policy against a post-Brexit hard border between EU member-country Ireland and UK territory Northern Ireland. “The one thing that could undermine the UK’s ability to negotiate would be Brussels thinking there’s some chance that the referendum could be cancelled and that Brexit could be blocked,” Johnson said, in a warning to MPs finalising legislation to block a no-deal chaotic Brexit. “The people who claim to be campaigning against no deal are making no deal more likely. That’s the problem,” he claimed. And, the EU’s lead Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier once again categorically rejected Johnson’s demands for the Irish backstop to be scrapped. Writing in ‘The Sunday Telegraph’, Barnier said, “On the EU side, we had intense discussions with EU member states on the need
No talks until restrictions in Kashmir lifted: Qureshi I sl a m a ba d, S e p 1 (IANS): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that there will be no talks with India until restrictions in Kashmir was suspended, a media report said on Sunday. In an exclusive interview with BBC Urdu on Saturday, the Minister said Pakistan had no objection to holding bilateral talks with India and that it would also welcome mediation by a third party, Dawn news reported. He said the talks could take place if India lifted the restrictions in Kashmir which were imposed ahead of New Delhi’s move to revoke Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. But Qureshi added that he did not see a favourable atmosphere for negotiations from the Indian side. Ruling out war, the Foreign Minister stressed that Pakistan has never adopted an aggressive policy and always prioritised peace. “(A war) will cause loss of people and the world will
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be affected by it, so war is not an option,” he told BBC Urdu. Tensions have escalated between India and Pakistan ever since New Delhi on August 5 revoked Article 370 of its Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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New US tariffs hit China; Beijing too imposes duties
The United States and China escalated their trade dispute on Sunday with the introduction of new tariffs on each other’s goods.
Wa shi n g to n / B e i jing, Sep 1 (IANS): The US on Sunday imposed fresh tariffs on $112 billion worth of Chinese imported goods, while Beijing also levied duties between 5-10 per cent on $75 billion American products, marking a sharp escalation of the bruising trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The developments took place on the same day that Chinese state broadcaster CGTN reported that negotiating teams from both countries were planning to meet in early September in the US to try to reach a mutuallysatisfactory agreement to end the ongoing trade war, reports Efe news.
to guarantee the integrity of the EU’s single market, while keeping that border fully open. “In this sense, the backstop is the maximum amount of flexibility that the EU can offer to a nonmember state.” Meanwhile, thousands of protesters took to the streets over the weekend for coordinated “Stop the Coup” demonstrations against the Parliament suspension confirmed earlier in the week. Protests were held in more than 30 towns and cities across the UK, including Edinburgh, Belfast, Cambridge, Exeter, Nottingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. Parts of central London were brought to a standstill, as people chanted: “Boris Johnson, shame on you”. They also staged a sitdown protest on the roads around Trafalgar Square, before marching to Buckingham Palace shouting: “Whose democracy? Our democracy.” A small group of counter-protesters, marching in support of Johnson, went head to head with the anti-Brexit demonstrators in London.
However, China’s Ministry of Commerce lamented that the new round of tariffs levied by the US was not the best climate for trade negotiations. The latest American tariffs on Chinese goods come into force at 12.01 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR). On August 23, US President Donald Trump announced that from September 1 onwards, he would raise tariffs from 10 per cent to 15 per cent on a substantial portion of Chinese imports in response to levies by China on American goods. Trump also announced another increase in tariffs
that is set to come into effect next month. Sunday’s move is the first phase of Trump’s latest plan to place 15 per cent duties on $300 billion of Chinese imports by the end of the year. The USTR has not however clarified the value of goods due to be hit with the first round. Products to be targeted range from meat and cheese to pens and musical instruments. The 15 per cent rate supersedes the 10 per cent originally planned and was announced last week as tensions between the two sides escalated. In retaliation, China imposed a 5 per cent levy on crude oil, along with measures targeting $75 billion of US goods. The measures included extra tariffs of 5 per cent and 10 per cent on nearly 1,717 targeted products. The second round of tariffs slated to be imposed from December 15, includes clothing, footwear and technology like phones and computers, reports the BBC. In addition, the Trump administration plans to raise the rates on existing duties from 25 per cent to 30 per cent on October 1.
current conditions in Kashmir, terming it “unacceptable”, a media report said on Sunday. While addressing the Islamic Society of North America on Saturday, the Vermont Senator said the US government must ensure the implementation of international laws and should press for a peaceful resolution through the UN, The Express Tribune reported. The senator said “crackdown in the name of ‘security’ (in Kashmir) is also denying the Kashmiri people access to medical care”. He also condemned the increasing hate crimes against the Muslim community in the US, calling it “domestic terrorism”. “We must speak out when we have a president and an administration who believes that Islam hates us,” he said. Last week, Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar also urged Indian authorities to respect human rights and to de-escalate the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Kashmir Valley.
German president asks Poland forgiveness for Nazi ‘tyranny’ in WW-II
Kabul, Sep 1 (IANS): A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and injured five others on Saturday in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, where intense fighting pitting Taliban militants against Afghanistan’s security forces over the past 20 hours have left nearly 60 insurgents dead. Among those wounded in the suicide blast was the police chief of Kunduz province, Manzor Stanekzai, Efe news reported. The incident occurred at around 6 pm when Stanekzai was talking to a group of reporters in the central part of Kunduz city about the security situation, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Marwa Amini told EFE. “Ten people died and five others were wounded in the explosion,” she said, without identifying the victims. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, which occurred as pro-government forces and the Taliban were fighting on Kunduz’s outskirts for control of that provincial capital.
Warsaw, Sep 1 (IANS): German President FrankWalter Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland’s forgiveness for Nazi “tyranny”, 80 years on from the start of World War Two. Steinmeier and other world leaders are in Poland to commemorate the outbreak of the conflict, the BBC reported. Earlier on Sunday, a ceremony was held in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first German bombs fell. At dawn on September 1, 1939, the German Luftwaffe (air force) bombarded Wielun, a town with no military significance. Thousands of people are estimated to have died in the bombings, designed to sow terror among the civilian population. Steinmeier condemned the “desire to annihilate” that led to the attack. “I bow my head before the Polish victims of Germany’s tyranny. And I ask forgiveness,” Steinmeier said, speaking in German and Polish. Steinmeier spoke
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alongside his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, who denounced Nazi Germany’s attack on Poland as “an act of barbarity”. A t t h e c e r e m o n y, which began shortly after 4 a.m., a minute’s silence was observed in memory of the victims. “Wielun was to show what kind of war it would be, that it would be a total
war, a war without rules, a destructive war,”Duda said. Poland suffered some of the worst losses of World War Two: about six million of its citizens were killed, the BBC reported. Eighty years on, Poland is still demanding compensation from Germany for the death and destruction inflicted.
5 killed, 21 shot at in US state of Texas: Police Houston, Sep 1 (PTI): At least five persons were killed and 21 injured in the US state of Texas as a shooter targeted random people after being pulled over by traffic officials on Saturday, police said. The incident happened in the area of Odessa and nearby Midland and police said the gunman was shot dead at the Cinergy movie theatre after a chase. However, police did not identify the shooter by his name. The man, who was in his 30s, opened fire around 3 pm (local time) after he was pulled over. He shot at the trooper who stopped him and began shooting people at random, local media quoted Chief Michael Gerke of the Odessa Police Department as saying. The shooter eventually ditched his car, hijacked a US Postal Service vehicle and continued to open fire, he said. Two law enforcement officers were injured. There were at least five deceased and 21 injured in the shooting, Gerke said.
Authorities cordon off a part of the sidewalk in the 5100 block of E. 42nd Street in Odessa, Texas on Saturday.
Initially it was suspected that two people were involved in the shooting and police had said they were believed to be driving around separately in a gold/white-coloured Toyota vehicle and a stolen US Postal Service van. In a Facebook post, the Midland Police Department said: “There is no active shooter at this time. All agencies are investigating reports of possible suspects.” During the shooting,
authorities urged public to get off the road “and use extreme caution”. President Donald Trump said he has been briefed about the incident by Attorney General William Barr. “FBI and Law Enforcement is fully engaged,” he tweeted. Texas Governor Greg Abbott described the incident as a “senseless and cowardly attack”. “The state of Texas and the Department of Public Safety are work-
ing closely with local law enforcement to provide resources as needed and deliver justice for this heinous attack,” he said in a statement. “I thank the first responders who have acted swiftly and admirably under pressure, and I want to remind all Texans that we will not allow the Lone Star State to be overrun by hatred and violence. We will unite, as Texans always do, to respond to this tragedy,” he added.
Iran’s Rouhani warns Macron of looming nuclear step Tehran, Sep 1 (AFP): President Hassan Rouhani spoke with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, warning him Iran would take the next step in reducing its nuclear commitments unless Europe lives up to its own undertakings. Tensions have spiked in the Gulf since May last year when President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers -- known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The escalation has seen ships attacked, drones downed and tankers seized in the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for around a third of the world’s seaborne oil. At the height of the crisis, Trump ordered strikes against Iran on June 21 before cancelling them at the last minute. Macron has been leading efforts to de-escalate the situation, and expressed hopes at a G7 meeting last week of bringing Rouhani and Trump together for a meeting. But Rouhani has played down the likelihood of that happening unless the United States first lifts crippling sanctions that it has slapped on Iran since pulling out of the deal. “If Europe cannot
operationalise its commitments, Iran will take its third step to reduce its JCPOA commitments,” Rouhani told Macron on Saturday in a phone call, quoted by the government website. However, “this step, just like the other ones, will be reversible,” he added. “Unfortunately after
this unilateral move by the US, European countries did not take concrete measures to implement their commitments. “The contents of JCPOA are unchangeable and all parties must be committed to its contents,” he said. Rouhani said Iran had two priorities: for all parties
APPRECIATION Seyochung Area Students Union (SASU) would like to extend its sincere appreciation to Kiphire- Tuensang District Sumi Students' Union (KTDSSU) for taking all the trouble in assisting us within SASU jurisdiction to inspect SDEO Office, Soil Office and Primary Health Centre of Seyochung Town from 18-22nd August 2019. SASU felt that this type of inspection would definitely bear positive result. Curbing the dishonest Officers and employees at various Department within its jurisdiction would undoubtly accommodate development and better service to the public. SASU further encourage more organisations to conduct inspection in its jurisdiction to curb corruption. Hence, SASU would highly appreciate any organisation to intimate its Office prior to its intended perusal plans for collective efforts for the cause of corruption free society. The intention of SASU here is to follow a policy of peaceful co-existence based on the concept of mutual trust and respect among student’s organisations. (K. Chumseli Anar) President SASU
(Litingse Sangtam) Executive Chairman, SASU
to the JCPOA to fully implement their obligations and “securing the safety of all free maritime transportation in all waterways including the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz”. In a statement from his office, Macron stressed the importance of “the current dynamic to create the con-
ditions for a de-escalation through dialogue and building a durable solution in the region”. A French diplomatic source said it was important, after recent discussions between Paris and Tehran, to establish that Rouhani was “still ready to negotiate. And that is the case”.
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With immense pride and honour, we the New Akuk Students' Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Zubenthung L. Kithan, S/o Mr. C. Longssa Kithan for his successful completion of MBBS, MD (Pediatrics) from RML Hospital, New Delhi and presently serving as a Pediatrician in Nikos Hospital & Research Centre Dimapur. The Union further wish him the very best in all his future endeavours and pray that Almighty God grant him good health. Nonghothung Patton Lumjamo Kithan President, NASU General Secretary, NASU
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London, Sep 1 (PTI): Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday issued a stark warning to rebels within his own Conservative Party to fall in line with his Brexit plans or risk a government led by Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. The war ning came amid reports of secret government plans to de-select Tory MPs who vote against Johnson in order to block a no-deal Brexit, as Opposition MPs plan urgent legislation to be tabled when the UK Parliament resumes after its summer recess next Tuesday. The urgency follows Johnson’s announcement to suspend Parliament from the week of September 9 until October 14, depriving MPs of crucial sitting days in which to scrutinise Brexit plans and triggering street protests by thousands across the UK on Saturday against what has been branded a “coup” by the British Prime Minister. “Jeremy Corbyn has made a historic decision to turn his party into the antidemocratic, referendumcancelling party. That’s his
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Swachh Bharat: Temsutula Imsong wins big at Devi Awards
Union minister Smirti Irani with Temsutula Imsong and other award winners.
S Sachin Jaiswal, DC Phek, along with the participants.
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hek District Task Forc e for Music and Arts (TaFMA) Open House event partner with vibrant entertainment held its initial launching ceremony at Phek with deputy commissioner Phek, Sachin Jaiswal as chief host on August 31. Speaking on the occasion, Sachin Jaiswal complimented the vibrant entertainment team of Phek district event partner with TaFMA Nagaland for
organising such a platform to showcase the talents of all ages. He stated that TaFMA is an initiative of the government and the concept of TaFMA was to unearth the different local talents at the grass root level and to provide platforms to different genres of artist from the outmost place. He also encouraged all the event participants to clutch the opportunity with great zeal which will give huge potential to excel and nurture their
Event partners during the launching programme.
talents. Some few cash incentives were awarded to all the contestants who had participated in the event. Programme was chaired by Neizote Venuh asst. managing director of vibrant entertainment, invocation prayer by associate pastor Nusakho Chiero PTBC, keynote address by managing director of vibrant entertainment Nuyi Hoshi and welcome note was given by Kedupa Venuh programme coordinator of
vibrant entertainment. Meanwhile, TaFMA Open House, Longleng was also launched on August 30 at Anghya Resto. B Pauloi Phom president of team Anghya Resto, event partner thanked TaFMA for the collaboration and briefed about the “Open House” concept as providing platform to show cast the unexplored young talents. Call of blessings was pronounced by Lipom Phom asst. youth pastor and
Akup Buchem president, NEU! Naga Foundation for the Arts stressed about the importance of Arts in his inspiration speech. Chief host John Tsulesi DC, Longleng lauded the initiatives of TaFMA and encouraged the talented youths of any performing arts to take the platform created for them and launched the Open House, Longleng. Mesmerising solo, duet and dance performances were also showcased.
ocial worker and Swachh Bharat activist, Temsutula Imsong, known for her initiative to clean up the Ganga ghats of kashi was among eight persons awarded the prestigious 'Devi Awards' for their contribution in their respective fields. The 17th edition of the Devi Awards was held in Kolkata on Saturday, where Union minister for Textiles, Smirti Irani gave away the prestigious awards. The Awards is a recognition initiated by The Sunday Standard and The New Indian Express to honour working women who bring innovation and dynamism in their respective fields. Three sisters from Mizoram — Laldinsangi, Lalsangzeli and Lalrinpuii
— were also awarded the Devi Awards for their contribution in transforming women’s fashion. Many women entrepreneurs, activists, political activists, artists, innovators and educationists have been honoured in the 6 years since its inception. Taking to Twitter, Temsutula Imsong tweeted: “It was indeed heartening to be at the @Devi_Awards event #Kolkata. THANK YOU feels too less to convey my gratitude and the responsibility that I feel upon receiving it. This is a recognition for every person who is devoting himself or herself for the cause of #SwachhBharat.” Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio also took to Twitter saying “Congratula-
tions @temsutulaimsong on receiving @Devi_Awards from @smritiirani, Hon'ble Union Minister of Textiles and Women & Child Development. You deserve the award that celebrates unique achievements of working women who display innovation & dynamism. #Nagaland is proud of you.” Other recipients were acclaimed exponent of Indian classical dance Alokananda Roy, social entrepreneur and environmentalist Ekta Jaju, filmmaker Pritha Chakraborty, sustainable fashion influencer Sujata Chatterjee, entrepreneur and fashion visionary Madhu Neotia, educator and social entrepreneur Parmita Sarma, and lifestyle entrepreneur Ritu Agarwal.
English literary competition held in Sainik School
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ith an objective to broaden the horizon of the cadets and improve their self confidence, verbal and written expression, and communicative skill in English, the school organised
'GoT' creators discuss infamous coffee cup gaffe
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ameof Thrones" creators, David Benioff and DB Weiss, have ended their months long silence over the coffee cup gaffe in the fourth episode of the show's final season. "The Last of the Starks", the fourth chapter of the show's eighth season, created stir on social media after eagle eyed fans spotted a takeaway coffee cup placed on Daenerys Targaryen's table during a celebratory scene when the heroes gathered to celebrate their victory at the Battle of Winter fell. HBO initially participated in the online banter over the gaffe but after that, it swiftly removed the cup from the episode. Talking to Japan's Star Channel, Benioff made light of the incident and said, "It's like in Persian rugs it's tradition that you make a little mistake when making the rug, because only God can do anything perfect, so for us I guess that just was our (mistake)." To this, Weiss added, "That's why I put the coffee cup there. It was a conscious, concerted statement of our imperfection." Turning a tad bit serious, Benioff said the whole team was concentrating on Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) and therefore they did not notice the cup. (PTI) K Y M C
inter house literary competition which had concluded on August 30. As part of the event, various activities and competitions such as calligraphy, essay writing, story writing, extempore speech and de-
bate were conducted. The debate competition on the topic, “Is USChina trade war an opportunity for India to project itself as a global market?” marked the culmination of the English literary week wherein the principal Gp Capt Prasun Basu attended the event as chief guest. He presented prizes and trophy to the winning cadets of different houses. Patkai House emerged victorious in the competition. Chief guest addressed the cadets and emphasised on the importance of developing the ability to give an extempore on any given topic especially current affairs.
FELICITATION The Pastoral team, Deacon Board, and believers of East Dimapur Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Purana Bazar would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Nitoshe Zhimo S/o Late Kiqhezu Zhimo of Zükihe village on being conferred the “Doctor of Ministry” ( D . M i n ) o n t h e To p i c “Towards fulfilling ‘Great Commission’: Analytical study on mission work in Chitwan and Nawalparasi Districts in Nepal by Sümi Baptist Church, Kohima”. Under the guidance of Rev. Dr. Phuveyi Dozo from Hindustan Bible Institute and College, Chennai (Accredited to ATA). It is indeed a product of your passionate work and zeal for the blistering accomplishment. We wish you blessing and success as you continue to serve the Lord. DP-6636
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The Changki Longkumer Kidong congratulates Dr. Ningsangrenla Longkumer, D/o Shri. Imrongtemsu Longkumer & Smti. Akumla Aonok on getting her Ph.D/ Doctorate degree in Psychology from Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong on her thesis “Practices and Perspectives of Mental Health in Nagaland”. This is not just a degree, It is one of the sweetest fruit that anyone in the field of education gets after years and years of strenuous work. Perseverance is that key that has landed you to such a remarkable position of attaining one of the biggest laurels of your life in a most sublime manner! We wish you all the love and success in life ahead! Well done! Changki Longkumer Kidong DP-6623 K Y M C
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Barcelona held to surprise draw by Osasuna Bundesliga: Bayern fire
Barcelona’s Anssumane Fati celebrates scoring their first goal with team mates during a La Liga match against Osasuna.
Pa m p lo na , S e p 1 (Agencies): Sixteenyear-old Ansu Fati became Barcelona’s youngest ever La Liga goalscorer on Saturday but could not prevent his side stumbling to a surprise 2-2 draw at promoted Osasuna which left the champions with only four points after three games. R o b e r t o To r r e s ’ thumping volley gave Osasuna the lead in the seventh minute to send the boisterous El Sadar crowd into a frenzy and Barca struggled to cope with the home side
in a first half in which they failed to have a single shot at goal. Barca were still without all-time top scorer Lionel Messi and fellow forwards Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele due to injury and coach Ernesto Valverde was left with little choice but to turn to Fati at the start of the second period. The teenager had become Barca’s secondyoungest ever player in last week’s 5-2 win at Real Betis and he needed only six
minutes to get off the mark, rising to head home a cross from fellow academy graduate Carles Perez. Perez also provided the pass which led to Arthur Melo giving Barca the lead in the 64th minute by brushing off two defenders inside the area before delivering a superb strike into the bottom corner. But even when they were in front, Barca looked far from comfortable against an Osasuna side renowned for their physical prowess and who are un-
beaten at El Sadar in league games since April 2018. Forward Brandon should have equalised for the hosts when he was unmarked in the area and got his head on a cross but missed the target, while substitute Juan Villar was thwarted by Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen a minute after coming on. Osasuna finally found their way back into the game when Gerard Pique was penalised for blocking a cross with his hand and
Torres showed nerves of steal to send Ter Stegen the wrong way from the spot to level in the 81st minute. “They pressed us really hard and we struggled to keep hold of the ball. With their fans behind them they barely let us breathe and we couldn’t control the game,” Barca midfielder Sergi Roberto told reporters. “We leave here feeling very angry but all we can do is think about the next game now. We know there are some stadiums like this one where you get put under a lot of pressure and if you aren’t completely focused you pay a big price.” Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate praised his side’s energetic performance, saying his players “showed real courage and got their reward”. It is the second consecutive away game which Barca failed to win after losing 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao two weeks ago, while Osasuna have picked up more points than the champions, recording two draws and a victory on their return to Spain’s top flight. “There’s still a long way to go, we’ve only had three games and this is only the start of the season but we’ve been sent a clear message that we cannot afford to relax,” added Roberto.
six past hapless Mainz
BERLIN, Sep 1 (Agencies): David Alaba scored a superb free-kick as Benjamin Pavard and Ivan Perisic opened their Bayern Munich accounts in a 6-1 Bundesliga win over Mainz. Mainz was thrashed 6-0 in the corresponding fixture last season, and although Jean-Paul Boetius’ sixth-minute header put it ahead at Allianz Arena, it was again dismantled. Bayern was in a ruthless mood, and after Perisic atoned for a poor miss by teeing up Pavard’s equaliser, Alaba’s pinpoint strike put Niko Kovac’s side in control. Perisic marked his full debut with a powerful header shortly after the restart, with Kingsley Coman then prodding in from a corner. In-form Robert Lewandowski got in on the act with 12 minutes remaining, with substitute Alphonso Davies then adding further gloss to an emphatic victory. Bayern started well, but it was the visitor which took the lead when Boetius nodded home from Ronael Pierre-Gabriel’s cross. Perisic could have grabbed an equaliser, only to slice into the side netting when one-on-one with Florian Muller, who then made an exceptional save to prevent Danny Latza scoring an own goal.
Players of Bayern Munich and Mainz fight for the ball during their Bundesliga match.
Muller should have done better with Bayern’s leveller a minute later, but he misjudged Pavard’s volley. Bayern hit the front on the stroke of half-time - Alaba giving Muller no chance with a sublime freekick which curled into the top-right corner. Thiago Alcantara squandered a great chance to double Bayern’s advantage, but Perisic made no such mistake nine minutes after the restart. Muller got a hand to the Croatian’s thumping header but only pushed it up onto the underside of the crossbar, unable to prevent it crossing the line, and Bayern had its fourth when Coman met Joshua Kimmich’s delivery. Lewandowksi bundled in from close range soon af-
ter, with the rout completed when Davies tapped into an empty net. All of Bayern’s five Bundesliga goals heading into Saturday’s contest had been scored by Lewandowski, but the champion’s back-up brigade came to the fore this time around. With Perisic and Coman in particular helping themselves to confidenceboosting goals, it suggests Bayern should not have to be overly reliant on Lewandowski this term, especially once Philippe Coutinho - who put in a tidy performance on his full debut - gets firing. RB Leipzig has made a flying start to the season, and it is up next for Bayern following the international break. Mainz, meanwhile, hosts Hertha.
Juventus edge past Napoli in Serie A
Juventus’ Gonzalo Higuain in action during their Serie A match against Napoli.
Turin, Sep 1 (Agencies): Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly scored an injury-time own goal to hand Juventus a 4-3 Serie A victory in Turin on Saturday after the visitors had fought back from three goals down. Goals from Danilo, Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo gave the Italian champions a 3-0 lead with less than half an hour remaining. Napoli refused to give up as Kostas Manolas and Hirving Lozano scored within two minutes of each
other before Giovanni Di Lorenzo completed a stunning comeback. But Koulibaly volleyed a free kick into his own net in stoppage time to hand Juve an early advantage in the Serie A title race and leave Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti ruing a missed opportunity. Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri was denied a reunion with his former club as he sat in a different section of the stadium to aid his recovery from pneumonia, but he would have been pleased with his team’s performance in the first half.
Substitute Danilo needed just 26 seconds to score after replacing the injured Mattia De Sciglio, finishing off a flowing counter-attack led by Douglas Costa. Within three minutes Higuain made it 2-0 after he fired into the top corner to mark his third goal in six league games against his former employers, before Sami Khedira curled a shot off the cross bar. Ancelotti reacted at the break by introducing Mario Rui and debutant Hirving Lozano, but the game appeared to be over
as a contest just after the hour mark when Ronaldo opened his account for the season with a well-taken finish. The match turned on its head in the space of three minutes when Manolas pulled one back with a header before substitute Lozano converted Piotr Zielinski’s cross to reduce the deficit to one goal with more than 20 minutes remaining. Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret produced an outstanding save to tip a Costa strike onto the bar but the momentum was with the visitors and Di Lorenzo got in front of Juventus debutant Matthijs De Ligt to bundle in from a free kick and complete the comeback. But the game was lost in heartbreaking fashion when Koulibaly diverted Miralem Pjanic’s free kick into his own net in the 92nd minute. “You can concede goals, but not three in 16 minutes,” said Juventus assistant manager Giovanni Martusciello, standing in for Sarri. Juventus face a trip to Fiorentina next after the international break, while Napoli host Sampdoria. K-2384
Nagaland Badminton C’ship from Sep 3 Kohima, Sep 1 (NPN): The Yonex Sunrise 43rd Inter District & State Open Badminton Championship 2019 will be held from September 3 to 6. The championship will be hosted by Zunheboto District Badminton Association.
Nagaland Badminton Association (NBA) hony secretary, Seyievizo has informed that all the selected players will proceed to Gangtok, Sikkim to represent the State in the North East Zone Inter State and Open Badminton Championship.
Dybala staying with Juventus Turin, Sep 1 (Agencies): Paulo Dybala will not leave Juventus before the close of the European deadline, according to the club’s sporting director Fabio Paratici. The Serie A champions had been open to letting the Argentina striker leave this summer, but were keen to secure a replacement before sanctioning a sale. Manchester United and Tottenham both ended their interest in Dybala prior to the close of the Premier League window due to his wage demands and excessive requests from his agent. Dybala made his first appearance of the season on Saturday in Juve’s 4-3 victory over Napoli and Paratici now expects the 25-year-old to remain at the club. “We can absolutely rule out Dybala leaving this summer. We can exclude that as a possibility,” said Paratici. “This is a club that leaves a good impression, as often players want to come back when they have left, most recently Gigi Buffon and Leonardo Bonucci. There are people who brought a great deal to the club, not just to the team or what happened on the field,” added Paratici. K Y M C
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Liverpool beat Burnley to stay perfect
Liverpool player celebrate after scoring a goal during their EPL match against Burnley.
London, Sep 1 (Agencies): Premier League leaders Liverpool set a new club record of 13 straight top flight wins with a 3-0 victory at Burnley on Saturday, maintaining their two-point advantage over champions Manchester City. With four wins out of four to start the season, Juergen Klopp’s side head into the international break in buoyant mood after another convincing display from the European champions. “The players pretty much played the perfect game. I really liked the game and it was really
deserved. It’s our most deserved win of the season - the boys played a sensational game,” said Klopp. Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino found the target after an own goal from Chris Wood had ended Burnley’s early resistance. The only sour note was the sight of Mane ranting on the bench, shortly after being substituted, two minutes after Mohamed Salah had attempted a solo effort rather than pass to the Senegalese striker. Klopp played down the incident, saying the matter had been resolved in the dressing room and it
is unlikely the German will allow such a situation to impact a side which has gone 21 Premier League matches unbeaten and looks well set to mount a bid for their first league title since 1990. Burnley had started brightly, with forward Wood forcing an early save out of Adrian, Liverpool got ahead in the 33rd minute, albeit in fortunate fashion. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s attempted cross from deep on the right hit the back of Wood and looped over Burnley keeper Nick Pope into the far corner. If Sean Dyche’s side felt luck was against them
with the opener they had only themselves to blame when they handed Liverpool a second goal four minutes later. Burnley skipper Ben Mee passed straight to Roberto Firmino, who burst forward and then slipped the ball left to Mane, who finished with precision into the bottom corner. The two quick goals demoralised Burnley, who never looked a threat from then on, with Liverpool content to nullify them and wait for their chance for a third. That eventually came in the 80th minute, with Firmino wrapping up the win, driving past Pope after good work from Salah, who skipped past two challenges before setting up the Brazilian. “We were brilliant, there were so many 50-50 situations because of the long balls but we played early balls in behind as well. In moments we played really, really good football. Everything was there,” said Klopp. Liverpool’s previous record run was set between April and October 1990, when the team was managed by Kenny Dalglish. Match Result Everton 3 - 2 Wolves
DFL from September 3 Staff Reporter
DIMAPUR, SEP 1 (NPN): The second edition of Dimapur Football League (DFL), organised by Naga United Football Club (NUFC), will kick off on September 3 at DDSC Stadium, Dimapur. The organisers said that 12 teams from Dimapur will be competing for the trophy. Three matches will be played daily starting from 3 pm to 9 pm. The objective of organising the league is to promote young talented players and also provide a platforms. The opening ceremony on September 3 will be held at 3 pm with advisor for Youth Resources & Sports, Er. Zale Neikha as the chief guest. The brand ambassador of the DLF is former Miss Dimapur 2015 Zehovire Avi Kechü. The champions of the tournament will receive a cash prize of Rs. 3.50 lakh while the runners-up will receive Rs. 1.50 lakh and the second-runners-up will get Rs. 75 thousand. The league organisers will also tie up with Nagaland Football Academy and give scholarship tp deserving candidates. NUFC has, therefore, appealed all citizens to extend support and motivate the upcoming players.
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Binny joins Nagaland for Ranji Trophy Bengaluru, Sep 1 (Agencies): India allrounder Stuart Binny has shifted his base from Karnataka to Nagaland for the upcoming Ranji Trophy. The fast-bowling allrounder has already obtained a no-objection certificate from Karnataka to pledge his allegiance to Nagaland. Apart from Binny, Nagaland have also roped in Yogesh Takawale and Shrikant Mundhe as they look to make a mark in the country. Nagaland are one of the least experienced teams in the country at the moment. They competed in domestic cricket for the first time last after the BCCI named them as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season. The first season did not go too badly for them as they finished the 2018–19 tournament seventh in the table, with two wins from their eight matches. Nagaland will now be hoping to build on that promising maiden season. With the likes of Binny, Takawale and Mundhe in their ranks, they have a chance to do well this time around. All three out-stationed players are really
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experienced and could help Nagaland reach newer heights. “We have finalised three players for the senior team. Stuart Binny, Yogesh Takawale and Shrikant Mundhe from Maharashtra. We had requested him to play for us and we got him,” P. Bendang Jamir, selector and vice-president of Nagaland Cricket Association (NCA) was quoted as saying by Sportstar. Meanwhile, Binny is expected to join Nagaland’s pre-season camp at the Sovima Cricket Ground in Dimapur by September 10. NCA joint secretary A. Rahman revealed that Stuart Binny was very excited as soon as the development started taking place. Rahman said that the team-management wanted to rope in an experienced campaigner and sounded
happy with the new arrivals. “We wanted a big name to come down and mentor the boys so that they can learn from someone. Binny was excited right from the word go,” he said. “When we had released the outstation players from last season, we wanted to have somebody with experience. Along with that, we have a good balance in wicketkeeper-batsman Takawale and medium-pacer Mundhe. We have also groomed our local players Imliwati Lemtur, Tahmeed Rahman, Sedezhalie Rupreo,” he added. Nagaland is also blessed to have a local player in another Bengalurubased cricketer, Rongsen Jonathan, who was born in Mokokchung. The 32-yearold led Bengaluru Blasters in the 2019 edition of Karnataka Premier League.
Govt final authority on CWG boycott call Bumrah finishes with 6/27 as India bowl out WI for 117
New Delhi, Sep 1 (Agencies): Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju said that the final call to boycott 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be taken by the government. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently urged the government to boycott CWG 2022 in Birmingham for dropping shooting from the event. “We should keep in mind that one decision of ours does not hurt the medal prospects of our athletes,” Rijiju said. “They should not suffer because of our boycott call. We need to take their interest into account,” he further added. “So, the government will take a wise decision and the call
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(whether to boycott or not) will absolutely be taken by the government at an appropriate time,” Rijiju further added. He further made it clear that the IOA can’t decide regarding the boycott on its own. “When the IOA presi-
dent and Boxing Federation of India (BFI) chief met me recently, I categorically told them the boycott decision can’t be taken right now. That’s a big decision,” said Rijiju. “I told them that before the government decides, it’s important for the IOA to meet Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president (Louise Martin) and make him know our stand that this decision will not serve the country’s interest,” Rijiju said. “Based on whatever decision the Games’ organising committee will take, the government will then decide,” said Rijiju. “But boycotting the games at this stage is not an option,” he asserted.
Kingston, Sep 1 (PTI): India decided against enforcing the follow-on after bowling out West Indies for 117, despite gaining a massive 299-run lead on day three of the second and final Test here on Sunday. West Indies, resuming the day at a dismal 87 for seven, batted for 14.1 overs before getting all out in 47.1 overs. India, who made 416 in their first innings, were 16 for one at lunch with Kemar Roach removing Mayank Agarwal (4) in the fifth over. K L Rahul (6 not out off 29 balls) and Cheteshwar Pujara (5 not out off 10 balls), both eyeing a big score, were batting at the break. Lead pacer Roach (17 off 31), like in the se-
ries opener, impressed with the bat when the specialist batsmen surrendered to a rampaging Bumrah (6/26) who could not add to his overnight wicket tally after becoming the third Indian to take a Test hat-trick. Jahmar Hamilton (5 off 59) tested the patience of the Indian bowlers before Ishant Sharma got rid of him for his sole wicket of the innings. The first to be dismissed on day three was Rahkeem Cornwall (14 off 31) who could not deal with a well directed bouncer from Mohammad Shami, spooning a simple catch to Ajinkya Rahane. West Indies did well to last a little more than an hour in the morning session after showing no ap-
Naomi Osaka cruise past Gauff at US Open ond, audible groans went around Ashe when Gauff ’s double fault brought up 0-30, and a second handed another break to Osaka. Three break points in the next game briefly raised hopes of a revival, but they were quickly snuffed out by Osaka’s booming groundstrokes. It was all over when a Gauff forehand went long, and Osaka rushed to console the tearful teenager as she tumbled out of her debut US Open in the third round. Gauff was persuaded by her opponent to stay for the courtside interview,
and said, “She told me I did amazing.” “She said would I do the interview, I said ‘no I’m going to cry’, but she encouraged me to do it. It was amazing, I’m going to learn a lot from this match. She’s been so sweet to me.” Osaka took it upon herself to speak to Gauff in the locker room earlier in the week. But she said, “I don’t think I’m a mentor.” She added, “I think this is the most focused I’ve been since the Australian Open. It was super fun. The energy was crazy, even if it really wasn’t for me.”
Nadal advances to 4th round
Naomi Osaka, of Japan, speaks with Coco Gauff after winning the third round of US Open in New York.
N e w Yo r k , S e p 1 (Agencies): Defending champion Naomi Osaka dominated rising star Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-0 to reach the last 16 of the US Open. Gauff, the 15-year-old who became a household name for her exploits at Wimbledon earlier this year, was making her first
appearance on court in the Arthur Ashe Stadium. But 21-year-old Osaka, back at the scene of her dramatic triumph against Serena Williams 12 months ago, handled the occasion far better. A Gauff double fault in her first service game gave her opponent a break
and set the tone for a display peppered with too many unforced errors. A pair of aces eventually saw the younger player hold, and she then broke back before further breaks of serve were exchanged, Osaka finally holding to take the set. At the start of the sec-
Spanish ace Rafael Nadal advanced to the US Open’s fourth round after an effortless victory over South Korean Hyeon Chung by 6-3, 6-4 and 6-2. Nadal, who has won the tournament on three occasions and is the second seed this year, was in good physical form after a walkover in the second round at the Flushing Meadows here on Saturday as his opponent, Thanasi Kokkinakis, forfeited due to a shoulder injury, Efe news reports. Chung, on the other hand, was still reeling from a tough five-set duel against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco that lasted over three hours and 20 minutes. In Saturday’s face-off, Nadal won the first set in 41 minutes. The 23-year-old Korean player, world No. 170 in the ATP rankings, improved his play during the second set, though the Spaniard ended up snagging it as well aided by Chung’s many unforced errors, which reached a total of 37 throughout the match. Chung, who stopped playing between February and July due to a back injury, was overwhelmed in the third set by Nadal’s powerful serves and surgical precision. Nadal is next set to face Croat Marin Cilic.
Jasprit Bumrah celebrates with team-mates after taking a wicket.
plication with the bat on day two when Bumrah wreaked havoc. With a huge lead in the bag, India were expected to enforce the follow-on but Virat Kohli decided against
it, allowing some rest to his bowlers. Roach provided an early breakthrough to the West Indies by trapping Agarwal in front with a sharp incoming delivery.
Brief scores: India: 416 all out (Hanuma Vihari 111, Virat Kohli 76; Jason Holder 5/77) vs West Indies 117 all out (Shimron Hetmyer 34, Jason Holder 18; Jasprit Bumrah 6/27)
Shooter Yashaswini books Olympic berth Rio de Janerio, Sep 1 (PTI): Yashaswini Singh Deswal stunned former Olympic and world champion Olena Kostevych of Ukraine to secured India’s ninth Olympic quota in shooting after she fired her way to the women’s 10m air pistol gold in the ISSF World Cup here on Saturday. The 22-year-old former junior world champion recorded a score of 236.7 in the eight-women final of the season’s fourth World Cup for pistol and rifle shooters. World no.1 Kostevych claimed the silver with 234.8, while Serbia’s Jasmina Milavonovic bagged the bronze with 215.7. Yashaswini, a student of Economics, had also the topped the qualifications by a mile, aggregating a score of 582. Playing her fifth senior World Cup and only her second final, Yashaswini led from the first shot, but for the 15th when she fell just 0.1 behind. She, however, regained her lead on the 16th shot of the 24-shot final. The Indian though fumbled in between, like during the 21st shot when she scored a 9.7 as against Kostevych’s 10.9. But she roared back in style immediately with a 10.5 to stay clear of the race. Her two final shots where in the 9s, but importantly both were higher
Yashaswini Singh Deswal
than those of her Ukranian opponent to emerge as the champion. Among other Indian competitors in the event, Annu Raj Singh shot 572 for a 21st place finish while Shweta Singh finished 31st with a score of 568 in the qualifying. Earlier in the day Kajal Saini of India delivered a hugely improved performance in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) by finishing 22nd with a qualifying round score of 1167. Former world champion in prone, Tejaswini Sawant finished 47th with a score of 1156. In the men’s 25m
Rapid Fire Pistol, Adarsh Singh and Anish Bhanwala shot 291 out of 300 in the first precision round to be in 13th and 14th spots respectively. Anhad Jawanda, the third Indian in the fray, shot 281 to be in 48th spot. The trio will comeback for the final Rapid Fire round on Sunday to try and make it among the top six finalists. The Indians also continued to do well in the non-competition Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) section. Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh finished 1-2 in the women’s 10m Air Pistol, shooting scores of 580 and 577 respectively.
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