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VOL. XVII NO. 65 | PAGES 12 ` 4/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018 Rio appointed as CM after Zeliang concedes defeat Kohima Bureau the floor of the House on or priority had been and will the government has to come into account in all political society, NPF party, national and successor Neiphiu Rio, Kohima, Mar. 6 (EMN): Gov- before Mar. 16. remain for solution to Naga from the Election Commis- processes including those of and regional leaders and the who will be taking over the ernor PB Acharya on Tue. political issue. He said though sion, after that, it is for the development and peace in media for having extended top post, and the new gov- appointed Nationalist Dem- TR Zeliang resigns settlement to the issue could chief minister to recommend Nagaland,” Zeliang asserted. cooperation during his ten- ernment to be formed under ocratic Progressive Party A day after the Bharatiya not be achieved during his to the governor to dissolve With that in view, he said ure as chief minister. He also him. (NDPP) leader, Neiphiu Rio Janata Party (BJP) ruled out tenure, his ministry had done the house. Thereafter, the for- he had proposed to the BJP thanked the electorate of as the chief minister of Na- the possibility of renewing its its best. He also acknowl- mation of new government leadership: Prime Minister Nagaland who have given a Governor dissolves 12th NLA galand under clause (1) of 15-year-old alliance with the edged all the organisations question comes,” Zeliang Narendra Modi and BJP presi- ‘massive mandate in favour Governor PB Acharya has Article 164 of the Constitution Naga People’s Front (NPF), for their cooperation towards said. He said he was yet to dent Amit Shah in separate of NPF’ making it the sin- dissolved the 12th Nagaland of India. chief minister TR Zeliang has bring settlement to the dec- know if the notification has communications on Mar. 3, gle largest party in the 13th Legislative Assembly on Mar. In a letter addressed to resigned. ades long political problem. come from the ECI to dissolve to “know the stand of BJP”. house with 27 seats. 6 after receiving the notifi- Rio, the governor acknowl- The BJP had made it clear “Only settlement can bring the 12th house and therefore, However, in the light of He assured that the NPF cation for constituting the edged receiving of support that it would stick with its about permanent peace in demanding his resignation the BJP announcing that it legislature will extend full 13th Nagaland Legislative letters in Rio’s favour from pre-poll ally NDPP to form a Nagaland,” he stated. was premature. was officially severing ties support to the new govern- Assembly from the Election legislators of BJP, JD (U) and new coalition government in Talking about the recently He also went on to explain with NPF on Mar.5 and after ment wherever the action Commission of India. an independent MLA besides Nagaland on Mar. 5. Zeliang held election, Zeliang ex- that he staked claim to form confirming the position of the of the government is in the A press release from PRO NDPP legislators. submitted his resignation pressed dismay that ‘people the next government as NPF JD (U) and NPP who took a larger interest of the Naga Raj Bhavan today informed The governor has pro- along with those of his coun- got aggressive’ right after the emerged as the single largest u-turn on the pre-poll agree- people besides playing a con- that the notification with posed to administer the oath cil of ministers to Governor declaration of the results say- political party, and also the ment with NPF, Zeliang said structive role of opposition in the list of the newly elected of office and secrecy to the PB Acharya on Tue. afternoon ing he was refusing to resign. party’s pre-poll agreement he decided to step down with ‘furthering the overall cause members to the 60-member new Council of Ministers on and the latter has accepted “Nobody has demanded with the JD (U) and NPP. his council of ministers. of the Nagas’. assembly was submitted to Mar. 8 at 11.30 am in Khouch- the same. my resignation till today. The “The fact that the elector- He thanked his cabinet “I did my best as chief the governor by officials from iezie ground, Kohima. Addressing a press con- 12th Nagaland Legislative As- ate in Nagaland have giv- colleagues, all the elected minister and I will do my best the Election Commission and Acharya has also asked ference after stepping down, sembly tenure will expire on en 27 seats to the NPF is a members, officers of the as opposition leader,” Zeliang the Chief Electoral Officer Rio to prove his majority on Zeliang said his efforts and 14th March.... dissolution of factor that has to be taken state, church leaders, civil stated. He congratulated rival Nagaland. BJP legislators endorse Rio’s leadership Rio elected leader of NDPP legislature party Kohima Bureau president Ato Yepthomi, also sub- democracy vibrant,” Acharya said. Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): every possible effort to round development and rule of law and remove Kohima, Mar. 6 (EMN): Just a day mitted its letter of support to Rio’s On the decades-long Naga po- The Nationalist Demo- bring about an early so- lasting peace’. VIP culture”. after the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership. Though only L Khumo litical issue, the governor said that cratic Progressive Par- lution that is honourable, It expressed appre- It also congratulat- (BJP) put an end to the 15-year- was present during the meeting there will be a solution within six ty (NDPP) has elected inclusive and acceptable ciation to the voters, ed the ‘Election Com- old alliance with the Naga People’s with the governor, it was informed months after government forma- Neiphiu Rio as the lead- to the people. Prime Minister Narendra mission, including the Front (NPF), the elected BJP legis- that the other NPP elected repre- tion. er of NDPP legislature It appealed ‘all sec- Modi, the BJP and all administration, police lators of the 13th house of Naga- sentative has also given consent to Patton hints at deputy CM's role party. The decision was tions of the people to the members of NDPP. and law enforcing agen- land Legislative Assembly (NLA) stick to the party’s decision. It is likely that the BJP legis- taken during the NDPP leave the bitter experi- “...endorsed the stand cies for successful con- met Governor PB Acharya at Raj However for the NPP, the gov- lature party leader Y Patton will legislature party’s first ences of the elections be- of the party that it will duct of the general elec- Bhavan on Mar. 6 and submitted ernor informed that he will con- become the deputy chief minister meeting held in Kohima hind and come together bring positive change, tions while appreciating their letter of support to Neiphiu sider it as official only when the of the 13th house of the Nagaland on Mar. 5. under a spirit of unity provide good govern- the positive role of the Rio’s leadership. party submits its letter signed by Legislative Assembly. A press release from and oneness in the great- ance, transparent admin- church, tribal hohos, civil The delegation was led by BJP the national president Conrad Though this will be known in the party on Tue. stated er interest of the citizens istration and redraw a societies, mass based Legislature Party leader, Y Patton, Sangma. a day or two, Patton himself has that the resolution of of Nagaland so that all new roadmap of progres- organisations, NGOs and accompanied by Union Health Stating that TR Zeliang should hinted the possibility of taking Indo-Naga political is- sections can collectively sive development for a the citizens of the state Minister JP Nadda and party’s be graceful enough to resign as the chair of deputy CM. This he sue was its top agenda. It work towards achieving resurgent Nagaland. The for strengthening the general secretary Arun Singh, who the chief minister of Nagaland, he said while talking to a section of resolved to play the role our common endeavours party will promote meri- foundations of democ- are here as central observers for expressed hope that the NPF will media persons at Raj Bhavan after of facilitator and make of economic growth, all tocracy, ensure justice, racy’. the party. play the role of a strong opposi- submitting their (BJP) letter of Similarly, the National People’s tion in the 13th NLA. “Opposition support to the Governor on Rio’s Party (NPP), led by its state unit has greater role to play to make leadership. Biplab Kumar NPF takes 6th Tening AC result to court Deb set to be Kohima Bureau to ‘wrong tabulation’. On reviewing the Kohima, Mar. 6 (EMN): The Naga People’s tabulation, rival NDPP candidate Namri Front (NPF) has gone to court to register Nchang was found to have polled 168 Tripura CM objection to the election result of 6th Ten- votes more than the NPF candidate and Agartala, Mar. 6 (PTI): ing assembly constituency seat in Peren the former was declared the winner. Tripura BJP president district. “They declared NR Zeliang as elected and newly-elected MLA This was disclosed by outgoing chief member and they handed over the elec- Biplab Kumar Deb was minister TR Zeliang on Tue. while ad- tion certificate to him, and it was also t o d a y u n a n i m o u s l y dressing a press conference.Zeliang said placed in the website also- that means elected leader of the BJP the Naga people have elected 27 NPF the RO should not entertain any kind of legislature party in the legislators. When pointed out that the complaints after giving away the election state, Union minister Ni- number for NPF was reduced to 26 after certificate. I don’t know on what ground tin Gadkari announced. recounting in Tening assembly constitu- they have recounted the votes and found Deb, whose name ency (AC), Zeliang stated NPF still has 27 loopholes,” Zeliang said. He stated that was proposed by party elected legislators and only the Election what happened was “totally wrong” as MLA Sudip Roy Burman Commission of India (ECI) can decide per the RPA. He said any complaint after in the meeting, will be the matter. declaration of election should be taken the new chief minister The result in stated constituency was to court in the form of election petition. of Tripura, Gadkari said. reversed by the Returning Officer (RO) “RO reopening and recounting after is- BJP's poll ally, the Indig- after a recounting was necessitated. NR suing the certificate is totally wrong,” enous People's Front of Zeliang (NPF) was declared the winner he added. Tripura, has demanded initially, but ‘clerical error’ in the tabula- The NPF, he said, has now taken the that the chief minister tion was said to have been detected and matter to court against the RO and until be from the tribal com- a review was conducted. The ECI later di- the court gives a verdict, the party will munity. rected to cancel the declaration of wrong count its elected members as 27. Official- Gadkari, deputed as result issued in favour of NR Zeliang due ly, the ECI figure says NPF number is 26. observer by BJP presi- dent Amit Shah, said BJP MLA Jishnu Debbarma will be the deputy chief minister. Deb will stake Conrad Sangma takes claim to form govern- ment in the state before Governor Tathagata Roy. oath as Meghalaya CM No MLA of the IPFT was Shillong, Mar. 6 (PTI): present in the meeting. National People's Party The IPFT had yester- president Conrad Sang- day threatened not to ma was today sworn in join the government if as Meghalaya chief min- the party was not given ister by Governor Ganga "respectable positions" Prasad here. The gover- in the ministry. It would nor also administered the support the government oath of office to 11 minis- from outside if its con- ters at the Raj Bhavan. ditions were not met, it Union Home Minister said. Rajnath Singh, BJP presi- dent Amit Shah, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren WEATHER Singh and BJP nation- TEMPERATURE al spokesperson Nalin Kohli were present at the Max: Min: swearing-in ceremony. KOHIMA 24° 09° Sangma is currently a DIMAPUR 26° 13° Lok Sabha MP from Tura RF: RH: constituency. KOHIMA 1mm 94% The NPP president DIMAPUR NIL 78% had met the governor on * Rainfall (RF) * Relative humidity (RH) Sunday and staked claim Temperature in State Capitals to form the government PTI Max. Min. Max. Min. with the support of 34 National People's Party (NPP) president Conrad K Sangma takes oath Aizawl 28° 11° Itanagar 24° 12° MLAs in the 60-member as Meghalaya Chief Minister during swearing-in ceremony on Mar. 6. Agartala 34° 14° Shillong 22° 06° assembly. the United Democrat- of the Hill State People's Gangtok 23° 08° Delhi 31° 15° Sangma claimed he ic Party (UDP), four of Democratic Party (HSP- Guwahati 30° 14° Kolkata 34° 18° had the support of 19 the People's Democratic DP) and the BJP and an Imphal 28° 06° Chennai 33° 21° MLAs of the NPP, six of Front (PDF), two each Independent. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 2 STATE Chumoukedima youth issue prohibitive Traditional ‘Lagori’ game order within its jurisdiction Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): the society president nalized according to the The Chumoukedima Vil- and general secretary standing resolution of the introduced at Livingstone school lage Youth Society (CVYS) advised public to desist society, it informed. has strictly banned all from igniting jungle burn- CVYS also informed kinds of hunting and fish- ing wild fires; picnicking that youth volunteers ing within its village juris- without permission from will keep regular vigil to diction with immediate the youth office; collect- prevent any miscreants effect. ing firewood and fodder and anti-socials from dis- It has cautioned that feeds; and unauthorised turbing the peaceful at- violators will be penal- door to door business, mosphere in the village ised with upto INR 1 lakh scrap business. jurisdiction, as such, have depending on the severity Any person or party advised people to avoid of the violation and dam- violating the prohibi- loitering around in the ages. tive order shall be solely village vicinity after 8 pm A press release from responsible and be pe- without genuine reasons.

Sandeep Gurav with school management authorities and student during the launching of Lagori game at LFHSS on March 6. DC Longleng encourages Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): LFHSS, Andrew Ahoto the basic knowledge of stan-Santracon, Sri Lanka- ashtra, India on 8th and For the first time in the gave a brief outline about Lagori as a game and also Lagori, Saudi Arabia and 9th July 2013 whereas the history of Nagaland, one the history, significance gave an on-field demon- Iran-Haft Sang. 2nd International Lagori scientific method of farming of the most ancient and and benefits of the Lagori. stration of the game. The Lagori Associa- Series was held at Raigad traditional game ‘Lagori,’ He thanked the president A press release ex- tion was formed in 2010 with India, Uganda, Chad seven stones game was of ALFI for introducing plained that the Lagori by Santosh Pralhad Gurav Republic, North Sudan introduced at Livingstone such a health benefiting game is popularly known as its founding president. and Kenya as the partici- Foundation Higher Sec- game in the state. as the seven stones game is Since then there have pating countries. ondary School (LFHSS), The chairman encour- a traditional game played been two International Some of the benefits of Dimapur on March 6 by aged the students to take in almost all the states of Lagori Events. The 1st In- the games are – it enhanc- the Sandeep Gurav, Presi- up such physical games India and in more than 30 ternational Lagori Cham- es team coordination, in- dent of Amateur Lagori and shy away from vir- countries of the world. It is pionship was conducted creases concentration, Federation of India (ALFI) tual games on the mobiles known by different names at Bhutan from 2nd to sharpens one’s eyesight, which is affiliated to the and computers which in other countries viz. in 4th June 2013 in which 9 improves stamina, mo- Asian & International have adverse effects on India-Lagori, in Canada- Countries participated. tor skills and alertness. Lagori Federation (AILF). the health. Teelo, in Pakistan- Pitho Following the success of Moreover the game can be A press release from the A workshop on the or Pittu, in Bhutan and the Championship, the Ist played by anyone between John Tsulise Sangtam addressing the SAC meeting at DC’s conference hall in Longleng on March 6. schools informed on game of Lagori was also Uganda- Seven Stones, Triangular International the age of 6 years to 60 Tuesday. conducted for students in Nepal- Seven Tilo, in Lagori Series was played years and it can be played Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): The 5th Scien- for their good work. He expect more Speaking on the oc- and teachers on the day by Turkey- Seven Tiles, Bang- among India, Uganda and anywhere with nominal tific Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting participation from the farmers and Agri casion, the chairman of Gurav, where he imparted ladesh-Sat Chara, Afghani- Afghanistan at Mahar- financial requirement. of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) Longleng & Allied department to improve agri- was held at the conference hall of the culture for livelihood and added that Deputy Commissioner office March 6 income of farmers cannot be double as with Deputy Commissioner, Longleng envisaged by the Prime Minister Moti Stakeholders urged to take initiative in forest fire management John Tsulise Sangtam as the chief guest. without participation and coordination Exhorting the farmers and lauding of farmers and departments. Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): Forest the team KVK Longleng, DC asserted In order to promote double income fire awareness campaign was that with change of time and climatic of farmers, he urged the team KVK to conducted at Forest Range of- condition of nature, the scientists and re- train the farmers properly with latest fice Jalukie, on March 5, with searchers have been putting an effort to technology and to adopt integrated participation of stakeholders replace the traditional method of farm- farming system for large scale produc- from 25 villages from Jalukie Val- ing with new scientific method suitable tion and to focus on agriculture with ley. Updates from the organisers to farmers to promote our livelihood and different aspects. informed about the campaign boost rural economy. For this reason, DC He asserted that SAC meeting was a on Tuesday. appealed to farmers to constantly up- platform created for farmers where they The divisional forest officer date their skills for wider knowledge on can clarify their doubts and discuss their of Peren district, Dr. Sentitula modern system of farming to promote problems with the KVK scientist and find highlighted the importance their income. solution to the farming problems. He of fire and also how forest fire Sangtam advised the farmers to further informed that construction of causes imbalances in nature and attend trainings, seminars and demon- new KVK office for Longleng have been endangers biodiversity by reduc- strations programmes imparted by the approved by the department. ing faunal and floral wealth. Dr. Kenei Miachieo and Forest officials with participants during the awareness campaign at Jalukie. departments and avail the opportunity Dr. Azeze Seyie, scientist (Spe- Environmental causes are provided by the KVK and push forward cies, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic largely related to climatic condi- methods of forest management ers and Gaonboras will act as councils in forest management, for healthy production. Plants), ICAR Research Complex for NEH tions such as temperature, wind which he said can be intentional foresters and all in unison will he encouraged the villages to KVK scientists and researchers were Region Nagaland Centre, Medziphema speed and direction, level of or unintentional. control the spread of forest fire have community reserves which also urged to provide high yielding deeds in her speech lauded the team KVK for moisture in soil and atmosphere Fires are a major cause of and at the end of season they will act as banks of natural re- suitable to soil and climatic condition of their success stories and achievement and duration of dry spells, she forest degradation and have should be able to report to the sources in the days to come. He the region with market avenue so that towards development of farmers. said. Other natural causes are wide ranging adverse ecological, Divisional Forest Office their also advised them to go for forest the hard earn labours and production of Seyie informed that research was the friction of bamboos sway- economic and social impacts, success stories. plantation. farmers do not go in vain. done based on the reports of the SMS ing due to high wind velocity he said. The chief guest for the cam- The chief guest further DC also called for that mass par- and scientist from different fields. She and rolling stones that result in The chairman of Old Jalukie paign, Conservator of Forests stressed on ill effects of logging ticipation of farmers and Agri and Al- felt more participation and consolidate sparks setting off fires in highly village, Hainkieng in his speech (STC) Dr. Kenei Miachieo high- and hunting in their jurisdiction. lied sectors in future and also stressed efforts of the Agri and Allied department inflammable leaf litter on the as villagers voices on forest lighted about the general forest Presentation was followed by on amicable relationship between the to do more research and find solution to forest floor, she added. fire, challenged to chairmen management and encouraged an analytical deliberation where farmers and the department concern for farming problems. The officer explained that and GBs present that from the stakeholders to initiate and the villagers actively shared their maximum benefit to the farmers. Farmers were also appealed to dis- human related causes result this year the village chairmen protect the forest. willingness to protect and con- Dr. DJ Rajkowa, Joint Director ICAD, seminate information, skills and knowl- from human activity as well as will act as forest ranger offic- Briefing the role of village serve the Forest. Nagaland Centre informed the farmers edge learned from the resource persons that the department have been trying back to their community for mass aware- their best effort to provide best service ness and healthy production. NEWS IN BRIEF to the farmers since its inception in Presentation of Progress Report St. Xavier students clued-up Dept. heads emergency meeting the district. He said that the farmers of (2017-18) and action plan was proposed An emergency meeting of administrative heads of Longleng have been responding faith- by Dr. Manoj Kumar, SMS (Agronomy) department (AHoDs) and heads of departments (HoDs) has fully and they have been exposed to dif- and Dr. KL Meena senior scientist and on employability skills been convened on March 7 at 12 noon at the Secretariat’s ferent parts of the nation and awarded head respectively. conference hall. All AHoDs and HoDs have been informed to attend the meeting as per a circular issued by the chief secretary. Wokha’s DPDB meet on March 13 Refresher training for malaria The vice chairman of District Planning Development Board (DPDB) Wokha, Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon has informed officials conducted in Kohima that the monthly board meeting will be held on March 13 at deputy commissioner’s conference hall in Wokha. All members have been requested to attend the meeting positively. Institutions asked to collect sports goods All government higher secondary school principals and high school headmasters are informed to collect the sports goods from the Directorate office, Physical Education Section (ground floor room no. 4) during office hour, from March 10 to April 10. Official deal and signature of the head of institute will be required to release the sports goods, it infromed. DoSE informs institutions Following the direction from the Ministry of Human Workshop being held at St. Xavier College in Jalukie on March 6. Resources Development to support for nation-wide polio vaccination campaign on March 11, the Directorate of Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): With an aim The first day session focused on self School Education has directed all head of institutions (both to explain whether an ‘employability branding skill, career goal setting and government and private) in the state to make special efforts skills development intervention pro- execution skill, and time management for wide publicity at school through school children for gramme enhances the employability skill. Participants were guided with a spreading the news to mobilize families and children to Dr. Avino Metha addressing the trainees. skills of under graduate students,’ the workbook to exercise their learning’s enable them immunize all children under five year of age North East Institute of Social Science and motivate their participation level. for polio vaccination on that day. Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): the trainees about the blood slides / RDT taken and Research (NEISSR) conducted a The second day topics included ANTA Kohima calls general meeting The National Vector launching of malaria and treatment being pro- Borne Disease Control elimination in the state vided to patients as well. three- day workshop on “Enhancing adaptability and collaboration skill, All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA) Kohima Hq. has Programme (NVBDCP) and informed that their She also stressed on employability skills among the student ability to influence skill and decision convened a general meeting on March 17 at D Block conducted one day re- active participation and the importance of sensi- youth” at St. Xavier College Jalukie from making while on the third day dwelt Panchayat Hall in Kohima. The meeting has been called to fresher training for as- hard work is required to tizing the community on Feb. 8 to 10. A press release from the in- on communication and digital com- discuss on issues and plights of drivers/owners and other sistant malaria inspector, achieve the goal. facilities available in the stitute informed about the programme. munication technology skills. matters related to association. For the stated reason, the senior malaria inspector, Metha advised them government health units. During the workshop, participants The participants shared that skills unit president has requested all drivers and owners to attend malaria inspector and to maintain a list of vil- Tr a i n e e s w i l l b e were enlightened with eight different learned during the workshop has en- the meeting positively. employability skill - self branding skill, hance their employability skills and surveillance inspector on lages under their respec- trained on roles and re- career goal setting and execution skill, has helped them to build up their Dimapur DC informs requisitioned March 6 at the Directo- tive districts and also sponsibility of AMO, SMI, time management skill, communica- career and change their attitude to- vehicle owners rate of Health and Family prepare a list of hard to MI and SI, RDK test / tion skill, decision making skill, adapt- wards life. Welfare, Kohima. reach areas, urban slums microscopy quality as- ability and collaboration skill, ability to The three days workshop pro- The district election officer of Dimapur, Sushil Kumar A total of 79 trainees and others which will surance in malaria diag- influence skill and digital communica- gramme came to a close with speeches Patel has informed all the owners of autorickshaws / light will be trained from 11 aid them in undertaking nosis, treatment /new tion technology skill. from participants and facilitator. vehicles / tata mobiles (pick-up) of Dimapur district that districts in three batches their supervision activi- drug schedule and ini- Principal of St. Xavier College, Dr. Other highlights of the programme were requisitioned for use during the conduct of election from March 6 to 8. ties effectively. She also tiatives, monitoring and Fr. Francis welcomed the facilitators included pledge to apply the learning’s to collect their vehicle documents from the office of deputy The state programme requested them to work supervision format, role from NEISSR and encouraged the in everyday life so as to enhance their commissioner’s office during office hours. Autorickshaws officer of NVBDCP, Dr. in co-ordination with the of IEC / BCC activities of students to cooperate and learn maxi- knowledge and skills and become com- and tata mobiles (pick-up) are asked to collect the same on Avino Metha, in her key- field workers under them NVBDCP, recording and mum from the programme. petent and employable. March 8 while light motor vehicles on March 9. note address reminded and to supervise malaria reporting formats. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Wednesday, March 7, 2018

C M Y K STATE 3 15 new members made it to the state assembly NGOs conduct workshop on TB Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): the case of a PLHIV and and treatment. Kohima Bureau while Rekha Rose Dukru of Inde- with 6307 votes won the seat by securing 10548 votes, while Ra- Alleging lukewarm ap- drug users as a result of Under the given situa- Kohima, Mar. 6 (EMN): Out of pendent polled 338 votes, She- a 793 margin against NPF’s Nuk- mongo Lotha of JDU secured proach in working with their immune suppres- tion, he stated that people the total 195 candidates, the 13th zota Lohe of INC polled 326 votes lutoshi, while Mangyang Lima 7556 votes and Y Renbomo Kikon the vulnerable commu- sion. continue to die in spite Nagaland Legislative Assembly and NDPP’s Kupota Khesoh with of NDPP could garner only 914 of NPF could garner only 471 nities by the state’s RN- He called upon the of curable medicines be- general election 2018 witnessed 6196 votes lost their mark. votes. votes. TCP programme, Access participants to work in ing available. In conclu- a surge of eighty fresh candidates Meanwhile Kudecho Khamo Independent candidate from Naowang Konyak of INC with to Rights and Knowledge close collaboration with sion, he highlighted on in which fifteen managed to of NDPP from Chozuba with Angetyongpang constituency 67, T Hatpha Wangnao of JDU (ARK) and Kripa Founda- the state’s implement- some of the side effects make an entry into the political 10490 votes was defeated by NPF Tongpang Ozukum defeated with 4169 and Y Wangto Kon- tion undertook the task to ing department. He also of TB medications and arena. old timer Chotisuh Sazo by a Alemtemshi Jamir of NDPP and yak of NPP with 4595 votes from conduct a one-day “com- urged the participants to also encouraged people The first-timer winners were margin of 942 votes. Ngangshi K Ao of NPF by poll- 41-Tizit all lost to old timer P Pai- munity consultation and strengthen the concerted on treatment to complete Moatoshi Longkumer (NPF) of In Meluri AC, Z Nyusietho Ny- ing 4607 votes. For Mokokchung wang Konyak of the BJP. treatment literacy on TB” efforts made by the NGOs their treatment, without Dimapur 2, Kezhienyi Khalo uthe of NDPP with 7854 votes lost town AC, newcomer Metsubo In 43-Tapi, N Aphoa Konyak at the Kripa Foundation and the vulnerable com- which the TB condition (NPF) of 17-Chizami, Keneizha- to NPF candidate Yitachu with a Jamir of NDPP with 2964 votes of JDU with 3047 votes, Wan- project office, D Block in munities towards elimi- becomes more compli- ko Nakhro (NPF) of 8-Western slight margin of 74 votes, while won the seat by 1004 margin glem of NPP with 549 votes, and Kohima, on March 6 on nating TB in the state. cated to be diagnosed and Angami, Zale Neikha (NDPP) of another first timer M Hopeson against C Apok Jamir of NPF, Ngampai Konyak of INC with 230 the theme “Engaging the He also gave a brief treated. 15-Southern Angami-2, Imnatiba Snock of NPP got only 619 votes. while the Independent candidate votes and H Chingshak Konyak communities toward TB presentation on the types While expressing Longkumer (NPP) of 22-Arka- In Kohima district under Dr. Temsuwati Longkumer got of NPP with 1725 votes both from response.” of TB, such as LTBI, Regu- happiness on the pro- kong, Tongpang Ozukum (Ind) 8-Western Angami AC, Keneizha- only 526 votes and Rongsenshilu 44-Phomching failed to make Speaking at the pro- lar TB, MDRTB, its cause gramme, Abou Mere, di- of 24-Angetyongpang, Metsubo ko Nakhro of NPF won the seat of INC got 129 votes. their mark. gramme, ARK president and signs and symptoms. rector of Kripa Founda- Jamir (NDPP) of 27-Mokokchung by a margin of 694 votes against In Koridang AC, first timer C Er. C Kawang Konyak of BJP Ketho Angami lamented Renbo, from ARK tion, has stressed on the town, Temjen Imna Along (BJP) his opponent and first timer Ke- Lima Imchen of NDPP got only with 2907 votes and Chingkai about the lack of proper Foundation, deliber- need to empower and of 30-Alongtaki, Kazheto Kinimi visekho Kruse of NDPP polling 749 votes and NPF’s Imkong L Konyak of NPP with 268 votes diagnostic and treatment ated on the diagnosis engage the community. (BJP) of 31-Akuluto A/C, Dr. Kaito 5822 votes. Imchen got 7525 votes against T from 45-Tehok both lost to CL facility for TB patients in and treatment aspect He urged the participants Jakhalu (NPF) of 33-Suruhuto, K Newcomer Dr. Tseilhoutuo Chalukumba Ao of NPP securing John of NPF, while Awan Konyak the state. Mentioning that of the different types of to equip themselves Tokugha Sukhalu (NDPP) of 35 Rhutso of NPF) from 9 Kohima 7397 votes. Another first timer of NDPP with 5231 votes from only a proper diagnosis TB starting from pulmo- with the knowledge and Zunheboto, Mhathung Yanthan town with 10233 votes lost to Temjen Imna Along of BJP with 47-Aboi and BP Henveih Phom will lead to the right treat- nary TB to XDRTB. The continue working on (NDPP) of 39-Sanis, Muthingny- NDPP’s Dr. Niekiesalie Nicky Kire 5981 votes won the seat by 86 of NPP with 40 votes, P Moigam ment, he has insisted em- resource person stated TB, HIV/AIDS, and viral uba Sangtam (NPF) of 52-Long- by 2372 margin. margin against NPF’s Dr. Ben- Phom of AAP with 47 votes, In- powering the community that treatment will be Hepatitis C. He also called khim-Chare, Toshi Wungtung For 14-Southern Angami-1, jongliba Aier (5895 votes) from dependent candidate W Ching- with the knowledge of TB based on the type of TB upon the group- compris- (NDPP) of 58-Shamator-Ches- newcomers Khrielezo Bio of Alongtaki AC. kam with 3162 votes from in order to eradicate TB in infection with different ing of drug users, PLHIV, sore, and V Kashiho (BJP) of NPF and Nagakul Tase of INC New entrant from 6-Tening 49-Tamlu and W Chingmak the country. duration and regimes for PLHCV, and his project 59-Seyochung-Kiphire assembly with 1366 votes and 337 respec- AC Namduadi Raangkau Zeliang Chang of NPF with 3860 votes, I “It is time for the vul- different forms of TB. He staff- to prepare them- constituency. tively lost their seat whereas Zale of NPF) with 6850 votes lost to Noksenlemba of INC with 1008 nerable community to also put special empha- selves on the subject mat- First-timer from Dimapur-II Neikha of NDPP from 15-South- Namri Nchang of NDPP by a votes and Dr. K Mangyangpula start addressing these sise on LTBI, which is ter as TB and Hepatitis Moatoshi Longkumer of NDPP, ern Angami-II with 7563 votes margin of 168 votes. Chang of NPP with 725 votes, all advocacy issues, and that mostly common in PL- programmes might come who polled 21942 votes, defeated defeated NPF’s Kropol Vistu In 31-Akuluto AC, Kazheto Ki- from 51-Noksen met the same people should no more HIV and for which IPT in a bigger and more ag- Supulebten of NPF by a margin of (6792 votes) by 771 votes. nimi of BJP with 4844 votes won fate of failure. die of an infection which has to be initiated for a gressive manner, whereby 6939 votes, while Dr. Amos Long- For Tseminyu AC, new can- by a margin of 735 votes against On the other hand, Muthing- is curable,” stated Ketho. period of 6 months as per the state government will kumer of AAP) could garner only didates namely Loguseng Semp K Khekaho Assumi of NPF, while nyuba Sangtam of NPF from 52 Giving an overview of the RNTCP’s initiative. need the support of the 1211 votes and Wedie-u Kronu of NPF polled 6871 votes and in 33-Suruhuto another new en- Longkhim-Chare won by secur- the TB background, he He however men- NGOs and CBOs. (NPP) from Dimapur-III polled Thapimo Semy of JDU with 105 trant Dr. Kaito Jakhalu of NPF ing 9316 votes defeating old tim- mentioned that it can in- tioned that Nagaland do He concluded by only 483 votes. failed to make their mark, while was defeated by his opponent. ers Imtilemba Sangtam of the fect anyone who has been not have proper infra- lauding the programme Under Ghaspani-1, first timer R Khing of NDPP with 7925 votes While K Tokugha Sukhalu of BJP and T Cholongse Sangtam of in close contact to a per- structure and machiner- initiatives undertaken by and Independent candidate Z won the seat against NPP’s Levi NDPP from 35-Zunheboto won NPP. son with active TB case, ies thereby resulting in ARK and Kripa Founda- Kasheto Yeptho, polling 20796 Rengma (7062 votes) by 863 by a margin of 2548, Hukiye N T Mongko Chang of NDPP but more prominently in lack of proper diagnosis tion as partners. votes, was defeated by BJP’s N votes. Tissica of NPF from 34-Aghunato from 53-Tuensang Sadar-I with Jacob Zhimomi by a 2595 mar- First timers from Pughoboto and Zheito Chophy of NPF from 6828 lost to Toyang Chang of gin, while a new candidate Akavi AC, Dr. Sukhato A Sema of BJP) 36-Satakha both lost by a margin NPP, while H Zungkum Chang N Zhimomi of AAP polled 6233 with 6188 votes and Kheyihe Zhi- of 1416 and 2543 votes respec- of NCP from 54-Tuensang Sadar AR seizes illegal arms in Longleng votes, and Nagavito Sumi of INC momi of Independent with only tively. with 4405 votes and K Khaming Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): polled 1497 voters. 56 votes lost to Y Vikheho Swu of New entrants from 37-Tyui of JDU from 56-Noklak with only Mokokchung battalion Dr. Kevingulie Khro of NPF NPF, who won by a margin of 70 namely Dr. RR Thunchamo 449 votes lost to old timers. of the Assam Rifles has with 6023 votes and KK Sema votes. Ezung of NCP with 585, Chobat- Meanwhile first timer from arrested one person of INC with 5653 votes from New entrant from Tuli, James hung Odyuo of JDU with 187, 58-Samator-Chessore, Toshi in possession of illegal Ghaspani-II were both defeat- Imtikumba Yaden of NDPP with and Y Mhonbemo Humtsoe of Wungtung of NDPP defeated R arms and ammunition ed by Zhaleo Rio of NDPP with 2792 votes, Lipokmar Tzudir JDU from 38-Wokha with 8555 Tohanba of NPF by a margin of in Longleng town on 10939 votes. of LJP with 2350 votes, Lep- and E Thungjamo Ezung of 307, while V Kashiho of BJP from March 5. Kezhienyi Khalo of NPF from zungchiba Jamir of INC) with 279 INC with 164 and Myinthungo 59-Seyochung-Kiphire defeated The accused has Chizami with 6563 votes defeat- votes and L Temjen Jamir of JDU) Mozhui of JDU with 1997 both C Kipili Sangtam of NPF by a been identified as Lun- ed BJP’s Kevechutso Doulu by with 2979 votes all lost to Amen- from 40-Bhandari l o s t margin of 1162 votes. gak Phom (49), son of a margin of 403 margins. Other ba Yaden of NPF. their seats to the old timers. T Torechu of the NPF de- Phutai Phom ansd resi- candidates namely Kewepelo In Arkakong AC, first timer Mhathung Yanthan of NDPP feated all the first timers from dent of Sakchi village Tsuhah of INC polled 471 votes, Imnatiba Longkumer of NPP from 39 Sanis won the seat by 60-Pungro-Kiphire. in LOngleng district. The recoveries included one point 22 mm pistol Kohima police issues traffic Doctors condemn vandalism with magazine, one live Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): The Na- authority instead of committing rounds point 22 am- galand In-Service Doctors’ As- such high handedness, NIDA munition, one mobile regulation for swearing-in ceremony sociation (NIDA) has expressed has urged upon the concerned phone and five identity Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): In view of ferrying public and party workers displeasure in which the mob district administration and the cards. the swearing-in ceremony of the coming from the northern side had vandalised the Primary police to nab the culprits at the The accused along newly elected members to the 13th will be diverted to IG Stadium after Health Centre (PHC) in Aku- earliest and take appropriate ac- with recovered items Nagaland Legislative Assembly dropping the delegates at Razhu luto and the Community Health tion so that such incidence do has handed over to Po- scheduled on March 8 at Kohima Point, while buses ferrying public Centre (CHC) in Jalukie besides not reoccur against any govern- lice Station Longleng for local ground (Khouchiezie) at 11 and party workers coming from causing physical and mental ment servants in future. further investigation, a.m., the Kohima police has issued the Southern and Western side will Assam Rifles statement harassment to the doctors and Jalukie youth flay negligence traffic regulations for that day. be diverted to KMC Parking (Sci- staff in CHC Jalukie. stated. The accused along with the illegal arms and ammunition in Longleng. Additional superintendent of ence College Road) after dropping In a joint press release, NIDA of CHC staff police and PRO, Watichuchang the delegates at TCP Gate. vice president, Dr. MC Longai, Jalukie Town Youth Organisation Jamir, informed that all vehicles The stretch from Razhu Point and the general secretary, Dr. (JTYO) has strongly condemned with car pass “A” (Red) for VVIPs to Main Gate AR Helipad has been Imotemsu, stated that the de- the dereliction of duty by doc- NSCN (IM) denies involvement will enter the venue and be parked declared ‘Reserve’ parking zone partment has been receiving tors and nursing staff of CHC in at the north basketball court, while for single lane parking of owner similar mistreatments in recent Jalukie town leading to the death all vehicles with car pass “B” (Blue) driven light vehicles attending the time which cannot be termed as of one person on March 5. in encounter with security forces for legislators/ chief secretary and programme. justice by any sane person. The youth organisation, in a Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): ed that such an inflam- hard to maintain peace director general of police will en- It stated that no parking of ve- Stating that as doctors or joint press release issued by its NSCN (IM) has denied matory charge by the in the region by keeping ter the venue and be parked at the hicles would be allowed between medical staff, they have been president Adabe Rao and the its involvement in the 13th Sikh Light Infantry law and order as their designated parking towards south- the stretches from Box Cutting to treating patients with their best general secretary Adi Haihing, alleged encounter be- was highly immature highest priority. ern gallery. Naga Hospital via War Cemetery/ abilities despite of so many con- have attributed death to the der- tween the 13th Sikh and questionable as it Stating that the in- All vehicles with car pass “C” TCP gate. straints, NIDA said they expects eliction and negligence of doc- Light Infantry which came at a time when the volvement of NSCN in (Green) for AHODs will be parked The above regulations would due regards instead of harass- tors and nursing staff. took place on March 5 in Nagas and GOI are very the attack on the Indian at the designated parking from be enforced from 8 a.m. till the ment. The youth organisation has Noney district under Ze- close from finding a so- Army was out of ques- Post Office to Y-Junction, while completion of the programme The association has con- appealed to the law enforcing liangrong region which lution. tion, the NSCN has de- vehicles with car pass “D” (Yellow) on March 8. In order to ensure demned the barbaric action authority to take necessary ac- claimed the life of one NSCN also stated that manded ownership from for HODs will be parked at the des- smooth traffic management, pub- committed to the health cen- tion and deliver justice to the be- Indian army personnel. the region authorities the militant group re- ignated parking at Old MLA Hos- lic are requested to cooperation tres and the medical staff and reaved family at the earliest. The NSCN (IM), in a press and all the law enforc- sponsible for the attack tel and vehicles with car pass “E” with the traffic police and volun- demanded appropriate action organisation has also warned release issued by its MIP, ing agencies are striving on the Indian Army. (Black) for NGOs/ public leaders teers on duty. against the perpetrators at the the CHC staff to take the matter has strongly refuted the and party workers will be parked However, no car passes were is- earliest. seriously and avoid any such un- baseless allegation lev- at the designated parking from sued or parking spaces designated Also stating that any com- toward incident again in future elled against the NSCN Phoolbari to LIC Office. for media personnel covering the plain against its members should and to perform their duty with without properly ascer- It also informed that all buses event. be addressed to the concerned diligence. taining the facts. It stat- GRATITUDE Chetheba citizens appeal to restore power Kohima, Mar. 6 (EMN): promise to replace the Citizens of Chetheba in transformer was yet to see Phek district have been the light of the day. reeling under darkness Medeo claimed that due to sudden break- the repaired transformer, down of power trans- which was bought on No- Benign Electorates, former in recent months. vember 17, 2017, broke With all sincerity, I express my heartfelt gratitude to With no sign of any visible down again on February all my fellow electorates for the wonderful support all progress, Chetheba citi- 26, 2018. throughout the electioneering. It is your prayer, faith, trust zens have appealed the Stating that the main- state government and the tenance expenses for the and valuable vote that has made it possible for me to rise concerned department to repair of the transformer above all odds. The credit of this victory belongs to you restore power supply to was borne by well-wishers all. Indeed, I am immensely humbled by your kind gesture the area. and the community, the and deed. Stating this in a press vice chairman has urged Today, as your Elected Candidate (MLA), I stand on release, vice chairman the department to look behalf of you all with dignity, vigour and enthusiasm. of Chetheba town com- into the matter and re- With a journey that has just begun, I look forward to your mittee, Mezahu Medeo, place the transformer with valuable advice to foster peace and unity, be an agent of a new one at the earliest. said the damaged trans- change and initiate all-round development in Naga society. former 33KV was repaired Chetheba citizens four times in a span of 10 have been experiencing In line with NDPP’s Party ‘Motto’ (‘Facta Non Verba’ months. He lamented that the power outage since ‘Deeds not Words’), I make this pledge that I shall serve damaged transformer February 26. The most af- you with utmost dignity. was not replaced despite fected sections were the Er. ZALE NEIKHA repeated appeals made HSLC students who are NDPP Candidate (Elected) to the concerned depart- preparing for their exami-

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Agartala, Mar. 6 (IANS): Minister. at six govt. buildings in Manipur Bharatiya Janata Party The BJP and the IPFT (BJP) leader Biplab Kumar swept the February 18 Deb will assume office on polls, winning 43 of the 59 Friday as the 11th Chief seats for which elections Minister of Tripura, where were held. the BJP voted out the Left The BJP secured 35 Front after 25 years, in the seats in the 60-member February 18 polls. Assembly and the IPFT, a Union Minister Nitin tribal-based party, eight. Gadkari earlier on Tues- The Communist Party of day announced here that India-Marxist (CPI-M) got Tripura BJP President Deb 16 seats while the Con- will be the new Chief Min- gress drew a blank. ister while the party’s tribal After 25 years of Left leader Jishnu Debbarma rule, a non-Left govern- will be the Deputy Chief ment would assume office Minister. on Friday. Earlier, the newly- After the erstwhile elected MLAs of the BJP princely state Tripura and its ally -- Indigenous merged with the Union People’s Front of Tripura of India in 1949, succes- (IPFT) -- met here in the sive Congress government presence of central ob- PTI ruled the northeastern servers Gadkari and Union Senior BJP leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari congratulates Jishnu Devvarman after he was selected state until 1978, when Tribal Affairs Minister Jual as Tripura’s Deputy Chief Minister in a party meeting, in Agartala on Tuesday. Also seen is Tripura BJP the CPI(M)-dominated President and Chief Minister-designate Biplab Deb. EM Images Oram and elected Deb as Left Front took over the Nongthombam Biren Singh with others during the inauguration of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Power leader of the party’s Legis- He said Prime Minister The Tripura ministry ministry would be dis- power for 10 years (1978- Plants at Imphal on Tue. Mar. 6. lature Party. Narendra Modi, BJP Presi- can have a maximum of 12 cussed with BJP’s Tripura 1988) under the Chief After the announce- dent Amit Shah and sev- members. election in-charge and Ministership of Nripen Our Correspondent Regarding the introduction of Heli- ment, Deb, accompanied eral central ministers and IPFT president Naren- Assam Minister Himanta Chakraborty -- the fa- Imphal, Mar. 6 (EMN): Manipur Chief copter services in Manipur, he said the by other BJP leaders, met leaders would be invited dra Chandra Debbarma, Biswa Sarma on Wednes- ther figure of Communist Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh on Union Home Ministry is expected to issue Governor Tathagata Roy at to attend the event. who accompanied Deb day. movement in Tripura. Tue. expressed the need to have unity a formal order by this weekend. the Raj Bhavan and staked “We will give good to the Raj Bhavan, said The IPFT had earlier The Congress fought among all the North East states to com- Expressing concern over scarcity of claim to form the govern- governance in Tripura,” the number of his par- demanded that a tribal the just-concluded polls municate each other (on different issues). water in the hills, he said necessary steps ment. Deb, 48, a RSS volunteer- ty’s members in the new leader should be the Chief alone and drew a blank. Be it with Assam, Meghalaya, Aru- including introduction of rain water After an hour-long turned-BJP leader, told the nachal Pradesh or the neighbouring Na- harvesting schemes and large scale tree meeting with Roy, the media. galand, we need have to a breakthrough. plantation campaign would be launched Chief Minister-designate BJP’s permanent “Pra- BJP scored ideological victory in Tripura — Modi To have a cohesive atmosphere, we need by April. told reporters: “The Gov- bhari” (central observer) human approach, friendship and respect, On the state government’s cam- New Delhi, Mar. 6 (IANS): meeting here. The BJP and its ally In- ernor has appointed me in Tripura Sunil Deodhar, Biren said. paign against drugs, he added so far the Prime Minister Narendra Dismissing the efforts digenous People’s Front of the Chief Minister. The another architect in the Similarly in Manipur too, the gap and state agencies have destroyed Illegal Modi on Tuesday termed made by some critics to Tripura got over two-thirds swearing-in-ceremony of BJP’s electoral success mistrust among the people are disap- poppy plantation in areas covering the BJP’s performance play down the Tripura ver- majority in the Left bas- the BJP ministry will take in Tripura, along with pearing with the support of the people more than 1000 acres in the state. To in Tripura an “ideologi- dict by calling it a small tion in Assembly elections place at the Assam Rifles Deputy Chief Minister- and their development oriented ap- address this issue, the government is cal victory” and said the state, Modi laid stress on last week. ground on Friday at 12 designate Debbarma and proach. planning to provide alternative liveli- message should be spread the significance of the win, Modi also said that noon.” BJP MLA Ratan Lal Nath Biren who flew back from Shillong af- hood means by giving soft loans etc, he across the country. according to informed party’s performance in Deb refused to disclose among others accom- ter attending the swearing in ceremony of added. Besides three women’s markets He was addressing sources. Tripura, along with Naga- the size of the ministry and panied Deb during his new ministry in Meghalaya, was speaking in Jiribam,Churachandpur and Ukhrul a Bharatiya Janata Party “This is a historic vic- land and Meghalaya, had the IPFT’s representation meeting with the Gov- at the formal inauguration of Grid Con- would be inaugurated within this month. (BJP) Parliamentary Party tory,” he said. energised the party. in it. ernor. nected Rooftop Solar Power Plants (400 In his presidential address, power kW) at six government buildings here on minister Th Biswajit Singh said Renew- Tue. Mar. 6. able Energy mission is one of the impor- Manipur CM The six government buildings are City tant initiatives by Prime Minister Naren- Youth from Manipur undertake exposure trip Convention Centre (100kW), National dra Modi. He assured that there would be ful eco-tourism sites in Assam Sports Academy (100kW), Inter State no shortage of power in the State in the such as Kaziranga National inaugurates Bus Terminus (100kW), Secured Office coming years. Park at Kaziranga and Hool- Complex (25kW), Manipur State Film De- Encouraging the people to install longapar Gibbon Sanctuary in velopment Society (25kW) and Manipur rooftop solar panels/system at their Jorhat during their exposure hostels in Imphal State Kala Academy (50kW). homes and local clubs, he said that programme. He said the government is targeting to people’s support and encouragement is Our Correspondent electrify the remaining un-electrified vil- needed to bring development in the state. The four state forest of- Imphal, Mar. 6 (EMN): Manipur chief min- ficials, who accompanied the lages (numbering around 50) in Manipur Currently the power supply scenario in ister N Biren Singh on Mar. 5 inaugurated by the end of this month (March), adding the state is said to be manageable after team included divisional for- the girls and boys hostels of 150 capacity est officer of Noney district, more than 250 villages have already been the introduction of pre-paid power sup- each at Khuman Lampak in Imphal and electrified. ply since 2012. Napoleon Rongmei, and the Imphal Planetarium at Manipur Science range officer of Tamenglong, Centre, Takyelpat, in Imphal West. Kh Hitler. Speaking on the occasion, Biren said The main idea of organis- that each individual/ people should ing the exposure trip was to become a ‘model’ for bringing positive HPC (D) delegation arrives for peace give eco-tourism training to change in the state and make a better the interested educated youth Manipur. On the occasion, Biren also parleys with Mizoram government of the district in order to pro- informed that the President of India mote eco-tourism in the state, Ramnath Kovind has declared Manipur as Aizawl, Mar. 6 (PTI): A egation would be headed The outfit had split sources said. The trip, which “Sports capital of India.” delegation of the Ma- by Lalrinmawia Ralte, the into two factions - the is scheduled to conclude on Biren has also stressed on the need to nipur-based Hmar Peo- political advisor to the Mi- bigger one headed by H March 8, was organised and maintain quality at the National Sports ple’s Convention (Demo- zoram chief minister. He Zosangbera and the other sponsored by Western Forest University for producing good sportsper- cratic) arrived here today would be accompanied by by Sanate. Division, Tamenglong district. sons in the state. for peace parleys with the ruling Congress legislator Sanate was recently It may be mentioned here He also informed that the Prime Min- Mizoram government to- John Siamkunga and as- arrested by the Assam Po- that Tamenglong district locat- ister Narendra Modi would be visiting the morrow, a senior police sisted by a team of home lice for alleged murder EM Images ed on the western part of Ma- K Angami flagging off the exposure trip Sanjanthong in Imphal on Mon. Mar. 5. state for the inauguration of the 105th officer said. department officials. of Norbar Sanate, the fi- nipur and borders with Assam’s Indian Science Congress to be held at The 11-member del- T h e H P C ( D ) w a s nance secretary of the Our Correspondent Sanjanthong in Imphal in the Cachar district and Nagaland’s Imphal on March 16. Prime Minister was egation was headed by the formed by Lalhmingth- Zosangbera faction and Imphal, Mar. 6 (EMN): A presence of the chief conser- Peren district is widely known likely to lay foundation stone for National HPC(D) working chair- anga Sinate after the HPC had been in judicial cus- group of educated youth from vator of forest-Territorial (II), for its picturesque locations Sports University in the state, he added. man Lalthangliana Hmar, cadres laid down arms tody till date. Tamenglong and Noney dis- Manipur S Dhananjoy Singh and its rich flora and fauna. He also mentioned that the Union home he said. after the accord inked with The efforts made by tricts of Manipur left Imphal and the Divisional Forest Of- In the recent past, a village minister Rajnath Singh would also be visit- Tomorrow ’s talks the Mizoram government. the state government to on Monday for an exposure ficer Tamenglong Huri Gol- called Phalong also known as ing the state to attend the first anniversary would be the first political It continued to demand rein in the Sanate faction trip to Assam to explore eco- mei. Bhalok in the district, which celebration which falls on March 15. The level talks of the peace par- a separate autonomous failed as the Assam-based tourism activities. The 40 educated youth has the largest dense forest Union home minister would inaugurate ley which began on August district council under the group demanded sepa- The principal chief con- including five media persons cover area, has been declared the Integrated Check Post located at 10, 2016, additional secre- sixth schedule of the Con- rate autonomous district servator of forest, Manipur, K based in Tamenglong and as Amur Falcon village con- Moreh. The government has already iden- tary to the department of stitution for the Hmar council and tripartite talks Angami flagged off the expo- Noney districts along with sidering the commendable tified about 116 projects/schemes to be home Lalbiakzama said. community in the north involving the centre which sure trip from the state forest four state forest department wildlife conservation activities inaugurated on the occasion of ‘Inaugura- Lalbiakzama said that eastern part of the state was rejected outright by department head office at officials will visit the success- of the village. tion Fortnight’ in the state. the state government del- adjoining Manipur. the Mizoram government. Lenin statue in Tripura razed, post-poll violence continues Agartala, Mar. 6 (IANS): CPI-M Tripura secre- Pradesh Vice-President The post-poll violence in tary Bijan Dhar on Mon- Subal Bhowmik said ac- Swamy defends pulling down of ‘terrorist’ Lenin’s statue Tripura continued for the day night alleged around cording to the reports from fourth day on Tuesday 514 CPI-M supporters different district party ber also said that the stat- even as the administra- were injured in attacks by units, there have been 49 ue was “not broken” and tion, the Bharatiya Janata rival BJP-IPFT (Indigenous incidents of attacks on BJP the BJP will send it to the Party (BJP) and Commu- People’s Front of Tripura) workers and supporters by office of the communist nist Party of India-Marxist party workers in more CPI-M cadres during the party (CPI-M). (CPI-M) urged everyone to than 200 places across past 48 hours injuring 17 Speaking on the same maintain peace. Tripura since Saturday, party men, who are now issue, Minister of State for According to a leader after the declaration of the being treated in different Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir of Communist Party of poll results. government hospitals. told a news channel that India-Marxist (CPI-M), “Arsoning, attacks He warned all that law he considered Indian lead- the 11.5-feet fibre statue and loot were carried out would take its own course ers like Mahatma Gandhi of Vladimir Lenin was in around 1,539 houses. against the attackers ir- and Jan Sangh founder brought down with a bull- PTI Remains of the five-feet-tall statue of Lenin which was allegedly Many rubber gardens and respective of party affili- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya dozer by the BJP activists demolished by a pay-loader at Belonia in South Tripura district on small vehicles, hundreds of ations. PTI as his idols, and not some on Monday evening. Monday afternoon and was thrown at the nearby jungle. small shops, were forcibly Meanwhile, following Rajya Sabha MP’s Subramanian Swamy speaks to media at Parliament “foreign leadership”. “The BJP supporters, occupied, ransacked or reports of clashes between House during second phase of Budget Session in New Delhi on Tuesday. “However, there is no chanting “Bharat Mata Ki day about BJP and IPFT statues of leaders iconic to burned at around 500 plac- the workers of the BJP place for violence in de- Jai”, knocked down the workers attacking CPI-M other parties demolished es,” Dhar told the media. and the CPI-M in differ- New Delhi, Mar. 6 (PTI): stall Lenin’s statue inside mocracy,” said Ahir. statue of Lenin near a gov- members and supporters or defiled in the past in “We urge the adminis- ent parts of the state, the BJP leader Subramanian their party headquarters A statue of Lenin was ernment college in Belo- and demolishing their var- the state. tration and the BJP party district administration in Swamy today defended and “worship” him, if they pulled down by some peo- nia,” CPI-M leader Hari- ious assets,” Das added. A media report said leadership to take ade- several districts promul- pulling down of a statue want. ple with an excavator ma- pada Das told the media Tripura Governor Tath- Home Minister Rajnath quate measures to stop gated prohibitory orders of communist icon Lenin “Lenin was a foreigner. chine at Belonia in South on Tuesday. agata Roy on Tuesday, in Singh on Tuesday spoke to these post-poll violence and deployed additional in Tripura, saying the late He was, in a way, a terror- Tripura district, yesterday, He said the statue was a tweet said: “What one the Governor and Tripura immediately,” said Dhar, security forces to foil the Russian leader was “a ter- ist because the number with the CPI-M holding BJP set up a year ago in Belo- democratically elected Police chief Akhil Kumar also a CPI-M central com- post-poll violence. rorist” and questioned if of people he killed there workers responsible for it. nia, South Tripura’s district government can do anoth- Shukla, requesting them mittee member. West Tripura district the statue of such a person (in Russia) after imposing The BJP last week de- headquarters, around 90 er democratically elected to take steps to control Accusing the CPI-M police chief Abhijit Saptar- could be installed in India. dictatorship there. And throned the CPI-M in the km from Agartala. government can undo. the violence in the north- for “deliberately provok- shi said police have arrest- Speaking to reporters (you) want statue of such assembly elections held in “We are getting huge And vice versa.” eastern state, ahead of the ing and indulging in vio- ed some people in Mandai outside the Parliament, a person erected in our the state, ruled by a front number of reports from Roy is believed to have swearing-in-ceremony of lence and attacks on BJP in western Tripura for in- Swamy also suggested country?,” Swamy asked. led by the Left party for different districts on Tues- referred to instances of the new BJP government. supporters”, BJP Tripura dulging in violence. communist leaders to in- The Rajya Sabha mem- over two decades. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 BUSINESS 5 State-run banks THE NAGALAND STATE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. ADMISSION 1. 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Conference Hall of the Engineering-in-Chief, Department of Power, Nagaland on Multi Year Tariff for determination 81,683 crore, including 2018 to be conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on 6th of Tariff for FY 2018-‘19 as notified by the Power Department, Nagaland on th16 Feb., 2018 in 3 leading daily Local May, 2018. Newspapers inviting suggestions / objections from the general public latest by 26th Feb., 2018. Rs 20,339 crore by the Public hearing on the above proposals shall be as per schedule given below: State Bank of India, Jait- Reconditioning of worn out 1 in This Notice is issued in Public Interest. Date Venue for Public Hearing Time and Category ley said. 12 / 1 in 8.5 X-ing body & (Dr. R.G. Bambal) During the ongoing Switches 17th March., 2018 Power Department’s 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM E-Tender Notice No.: 48-ENGG- Secretary, VCI (Addl. Charge) Conference Hall, A.G. -For all consumers – focus on fiscal, up to September, RNY-2017-18. E-tenders are invit- DAVP 01201/11/0016/1718 Colony, Kohima domestic, commercial, 2017, the amount writ- agricultural consumers. ed for the following work. Tender 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM ten off by PSBs was Rs No.1; Brief Description of Item: -For all consumers – focus on 28,781 crore, he added. Reconditioning of worn out 1 in 12/1 Industrial consumers. in 8.5 X-ing body & Switches under NAGALAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Sd/- W. Y. YANTHAN As per the Reserve the jurisdiction of Sr. DEN/I/RNY. Issued by DIPR Secretary, Bank of India (RBI) Tender Value : ` 33,58,311.80/-; KOHIMA Nagaland Electricity Regulatory Earnest Money : ` 67,170/-; Date Commission (NERC), Kohima. NO.NPSC/CON-35/2009 Dated Kohima, the 6th March, 2018 KG-2357 and time of closing of E-tender : 13.00 hrs. of 06-04-2018. 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ZALE NEIKHA, NDPP on being elected to the 13th 15873 15877 15884 15894 15900 15937 15939 15957 15964 15981 Nagaland Legislative Assembly from 15 Southern 15993 16006 16007 16037 16046 16047 16049 16058 16086 16089 16126 16132 16145 16157 16191 16199 16201 16202 16224 16249 Angami- II Constituency. I hope that he will deliver 16257 16277 16312 16313 16319 16321 16332 16335 16357 16370 justice and valuable service to the people of the con- 16386 16387 16388 16402 16440 16445 16452 16456 16498 16504 16520 16536 16551 16565 16566 16572 16573 16575 16590 16605 cerned constituency in particular and the Nagaland 16615 16623 16628 16641 16644 16650 16651 16663 16667 16692 state in general. 16706 16718 16721 16722 16726 16745 16764 16780 16786 16790 I also express my gratitude to all the electorates 16815 16818 16829 20058 20090 20115 20131 20133 20147 20157 20189 20193 20266 20274 20277 20293 20320 20327 20338 20356 who reposed their trust and hope on me during the 20364 20404 20439 20446 20448 20512 20522 20591 20592 20596 election. The valuable contribution of every elector- 20611 20636 20677 20683 20756 20795 20803 20831 20843 20866 ate towards the upliftment and upholding the princi- 20884 20906 20972 20977 20993 21010 21013 21053 21089 21099 21117 21189 21208 21226 21278 21281 21290 21341 21347 21357 ples of NPF party is highly appreciated. Though it is 21412 21433 21486 21539 21556 21689 21692 21719 21760 21795 impossible for me to reach out to each and everyone 21818 21819 21825 21864 21893 21935 21947 21962 21964 21999 22001 22004 22014 22022 22023 22040 22044 22048 22049 22066 of you in person, I would like to especially mention 22073 22088 22110 22119 22127 22131 22179 22216 22227 22245 and thank the prayer groups and party workers and 22254 22255 22299 22341 22364 22405 22423 22455 22466 22470 also the well wishers who helped me personally and 22478 22506 22526 22533 22546 22552 22554 22557 22589 22639 22665 22717 22724 22746 22779 22808 22812 22858 22884 22912 materially. 22924 22942 22950 22991 22994 23059 23087 23151 23180 23195 23206 23269 23271 23272 23285 23286 23294 23315 23405 23420 May God bless. 23423 23452 23488 23489 23492 23504 23514 23553 23578 23582 Er. KROPOL VITSU 23589 23593 23599 23659 23767 23773 23783 23807 23822 23828 NPF Candidate 23834 23883 23885 23945 23953 23972 23996 24016 24055 24097 15- SA-II A/C 24123 24131 24166 24194 24211 24219 24235 24267 24292 24317 K-1588 24349 24360 24410 24431 24432 24444 24466 24490 24500 24502 24542 24546 24567 24572 24573 24634 24646 24677 24680 24690 24764 24770 24775 30072 30073 30130 30229 30231 30249 30273 Regd.No: 517 AFFIDAVIT Date: 21/01/18 30296 30335 30348 30358 30450 30490 30514 40003 40052 40056 (Rectification/Correction Name) 40062 40072 40084 40092 40097 40115 40116 40117 40125 40146 I, NOLENGOL NEIKHA alias NOLENGOL ANGAMI and NOLENGOL, 40150 40174 40194 40198 40210 40212 40222 40244 40275 40278 S/o, D/o, W/o, Shri/Late VIHOSA NEIKHA of Khuzama villager district 40280 40294 40296 40313 40315 40316 40344 50025 50031 50032 Kohima, Nagaland, presently residing at H/No. 053 Middle Midland 50040 50041 50151 50161 50166 Colony Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows: Note: That I am a bonafide citizen of India. 1. Written examination for Mains is scheduled to be held from 8th to 10th May 2018. That in some of the documents my name has recorded as NOLENGOL NEIKHA and in some documents my name has recorded as NOLENGOL 2. Candidates can download the Admission Certificate for the Main examination by ANGAMI and in some documents including Service Records, recorded submitting the Transaction ID of their online application form at https://www.npsc. as NOLENGOL hence, the stated name represents the same person in from 1st May 2018 onwards. having single identity i.e. myself. 3. Candidates must bring a printout of the Admission Certificate to the examination That henceforth I herewith rectified the same and declares that my cor- rect name is NOLENGOL NEIKHA for all official references. hall without which they shall not be allowed to write the examination. That the above statements made are true to the best of my knowledge 4. Candidates requiring assistance can call up the NPSC helpdesk number 8259977429 and no material facts has been concealed herein, (10:30 AM to 3:00 PM) on working days. st And I signed this affidavit before the competent authority on 21 Feb 5. Marks-List of the Preliminary Examination can be accessed in the Commission’s web- 2018 at Kohima, Nagaland, site at www.npsc.co.in DEPONENT (KHRUPI SOTHU) Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent above mentioned named Secretary, on this day Kohima Nagaland. Nagaland Public Service Commission, Magistrate/Notary Public Kohima K-1587 KG-2359 6 The World Needs Evolutionary EastErn Mirror Transformation, Not Economic Nationalism DIMAPUR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018 Now, consider the world economy. Amit Kapoor |IANS China was the obvious target of the move, considering the fact that it is the he developing wave of econom- world’s largest steel exporter and has Start Early ic nationalism across the world been widely accused of dumping cheap has reached disconcerting lev- ontinuing with the periods of uncertainties steel in global markets. However, China els. President Donald Trump’s that loomed large for almost the whole part has been reducing its overcapacity in the recentT move to raise tariffs on import of the previous tenure of the Nagaland Leg- steel sector due to ecological and eco- of steel and aluminium into the US sig- islative Assembly, the last two days after the nomic reasons -- shutting down about Ccounting of votes was the grand finale of all the uncer- nalled the pinnacle of the global shift to- 50 million tonnes of its production in wards protectionism. tainties. Rumour mills abounded in social media and 2017. To put things in perspective, the To be fair, the US is the least protec- messaging platforms, and every citizen had became a US imported less than a million tonnes tionist large economy in the world and political pundit overnight. The winning candidates of of steel last year. Therefore, US tariffs singling it out might seem hypocritical, the People’s Democratic Alliance partners as well as would hardly affect the US economy. especially by more protectionist nations. the Naga People’s Front were all huddled up in differ- Instead, Trump will end up hurting However, the point remains that there ent hotels in the state capital. Signs of implosion was his closest global allies in Canada, South simply exists no economic logic behind Korea, Japan and the EU. The three quite certain by the second day as intense lobbying the move. There are no economic gains countries will be affected on account was reported to have been done with probable cases to be made, even by the US, through of being the largest suppliers of steel to of horse-trading too. The curtains fell only with the higher tariffs. Moreover, the costs for the the US, while the EU fears that exports arrival of the BJP leader from Assam, Himanta Biswa US and the world far outweigh the ben- meant for the US would now be diverted Sarma and announcing the official severing of ties be- efits that can be had from them. to Europe and affect local producers. tween the BJP and the NPF. This somehow finally was Take the US economy. The tariffs This might force retaliatory tariffs from a confirmation that the NDPP-BJP alliance along with have been imposed to pander to the countries around the world and, in an the support of the JDU, the Independents and prob- sentiments of Americans who have been unlikely eventuality, could also result in ably the NPP will be forming the next government. led to believe that their jobs are being a full-blown trade war. As mentioned earlier in this same column the first taken away by cheap labour in emerg- Even if no trade wars ensue, the eco- ing economies. However, the immediate India has also shown a growing pro- tive edge. Such inward-looking policies and the foremost need for the state now is healing. The nomics of protectionism does not hold impact of raised tariffs would be a rise in clivity towards protectionism, most have not helped in the past and they are elections were announced late and politicking was de- water in an already globalised world. steel and aluminium prices in the US as recently in the Union Budget that in- not expected to do so now. layed but it however did not dampen the fervour. Al- First, international commerce is now firms cannot expand capacity overnight. creased customs duty in more than 10 The perception that globalisation is though the scale of violence might have been lesser driven by knowledge flows that are not So, the cost of goods that use these prod- sectors. However, the same arguments a zero-sum game needs to be dropped as compared to some years, there were many horrify- affected by tariffs. Second, manufac- ucts as inputs will rise and be passed on hold true for India as well. In fact, in as it has repeatedly been seen that ing cases with loss of lives. It might have been one of turing is dependent on global supply to the consumers. In turn, if they decide 2016 India raised tariffs on imported open borders have been beneficial for the most acrimonious political campaigns is the state. chains, which Trump means to attack. to reduce their consumption due to ris- steel to protect domestic producers most stakeholders. A better strategy Along with the big divide created by the use of religion, However, in economist Richard Bald- ing prices, jobs will be lost in the process. against cheap Chinese imports. How- would be to improve social security of the divide on various other lines among the people win’s words, imposing tariffs is like Moreover, according to the US Bu- ever, manufacturing firms using steel workers exposed to risk in open mar- were quite prominent across the state. The division building a wall in the middle of the fac- reau of Labour Statistics, the number inputs lost their export markets and had kets, as the Nordic countries have suc- on lines of gender was also prominent thereby not a tory floor that only decreases efficiency of Americans employed in sectors that to lay off workers. cessfully done. The political mood of of production and benefits no market. single candidate, out of the five women candidates, consume steel and aluminium far out- More importantly, India cannot hope restoration of past glory needs to be Finally, the era when countries were returned successful. Some villages literally relived the number those that are directly em- for a manufacturing revolution that de- dropped. The times call for evolution- building on the foundation of manu- pass as there were reports of divisions being created ployed in those sectors. The costs borne fined the economic success stories of ary transformation. facturing jobs is nearing its end. As au- based on age-old village rivalries. In some case even by Americans due to a rise in inflation East Asia and even China. Quite a sig- (Amit Kapoor is Chair, Institute tomation and robotics make rapid ad- lines were drawn according to the peer groups in the would, therefore, far outweigh any gains nificant proportion of blue-collar jobs for Competitiveness, India. He can vancements, the nature of work is fast village. Divisions are always created and shrewdly uti- that the people employed in the indus- will be lost to automation and modern be contacted at Amit.Kapoor@ changing and the protectionists that lised during elections. tries concerned would make. So, rais- emerging economies have to adapt to competitiveness.in and tweets @ promise the return to past glory of the In such a scenario, the biggest responsibility of the ing tariffs of these sectors is either ill- these conditions. Countries that choose kautiliya. Chirag Yadav, senior 20th-century factory floors are selling new government is to bring reconciliation and heal- thought-out or no more than a political to close themselves off to foreign com- researcher at the Institute has nothing but snake oil. ing among the people. Along with it the ruling alli- gimmick to appease the voter base. petition are bound to lose their innova- contributed to the article) ance should start implementing their manifestos as the policies for development is similar for all the par- READERS’ VIEWS & REVIEWS ties. A result oriented government is the only solution MIRROR that will bring peace among the people else there are enough cases of sour grapes that might just turn into a bigger movement stifling the government. To Catch a Wild Pig (A Parable of an Enslaved Society) n old high school friend of mine You continue until you have all four they now find the fence as a part of age and sacrifice to accept and admit who is now working as a psy- sides of the fence up with a gate in the the cycle of their present life. When we it. Without changing our mindset but chiatrist abroad in one of a top last side. The pigs who are used to the become accustomed and engrossed wanting to change our lifestyle is what DAILY European university had sent free corn, starts to come through the to the things which are now thrown to is making us become like those pigs meA a wonderful piece called “Catching gate to eat; you slam the gate on them us in our everyday life we become un- that are trapped inside the fence now. the Wild Pigs”. For those of you who and catch the whole herd. Suddenly able to move out of our comfort zones. We blame governments, civil societies, have never heard this parable (and I the wild pigs have lost their freedom. Today, every stakeholder in our Naga church, NGOs, the society but aren’t all hadn’t until sometime back), here it is: They run around and around inside the Society, yes everyone, which includes these we ourselves? Don’t all these exist PATH A chemistry professor at a large col- fence, but they are caught. Soon they go both you and me too, all of us carry a because you and me are there? When lege had some exchange students in back to eating the free corn. They are so resemblance to this parable of the wild we blame all these we are only blaming the class. One day while the class was used to it that they have forgotten how pigs ,about the free corn and the fence ourselves because you and me compris- in the lab the Professor noticed one to forage in the woods for themselves, which has surrounded us from all the es of all these. Wanting to change but Goodbye for Now young man (an exchange student) who so they accept their captivity forever. four sides. not ready to shed our old ways of think- kept rubbing his back, and stretching I found this an extremely fascinating Unless we unite and bring down the ing, ideas and habits will never enable as if his back hurt. The professor asked and interesting parable and one I can fence together with all our might, we us to come out of the fence which has the young man what was the matter. totally endorse today for our society. For can never free from the confines of the entrapped us. It is like those entrapped The student told him he had a bullet we must guard carefully not to fall into fence and we are going to remain in cap- pigs creating their filth where they are lodged in his back. He had been shot the trap of being so dependent on the tivity of our own attitudes and egos that enjoying their free corns. Denial means while fighting communists in his na- government for every developmental divides us forever. Some may want to we are afraid to accept the truth about tive country who were trying to over- and financial support, the illegal immi- go back into the woods and enjoy their ourselves. In order to jump farther we throw his country’s government and grants for all kinds of work and the easy freedom but some wants to keep on en- need to move more backwards so we install a new communist government. –money we get from devious means joying the free corn and that is going to can gain more force and momentum In the midst of his story he looked at that we lose our sense of responsibility be the ultimate end of not only those and consolidate our foothold and thus the professor and asked a strange ques- or morality for our lives and even worse, pigs enjoying the free corns but as well break down the fences that have been tion. He asked, ‘Do you know how to the very spark of life. But we should be as for other fellow pigs who wants to be put around us. There are no free throw- catch wild pigs?’ The professor thought able to stand on our own feet using the free again. Yes, we are all like these wild away meals without some ulterior mo- it was a joke and asked for the punch very essence of our forefathers by work- pigs inside the fence being fed with the tive of the thrower most of the time. line. The young man said this was no ing and eating by ourselves. Imbibing free corn thrown to them. Think over it. What seems to be dearest to us at the joke. ‘You catch wild pigs by finding a the work culture, and yes the dignity of It is a complete reflection of our Naga moment for our short term glories will suitable place in the woods and throw labour. society today no matter how much we be giving us the most distressing out- the corns on the ground. The pigs find Here, the pigs represents us (our deny in accepting ourselves of what we comes later. It’s time for introspection BIBLE READ: 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13–18 it and begin to come every day to eat Naga Society today, to be precise), the truly are. If we have the true courage to during the most adverse moments.Dis- the free corn. When they are used to free corn represents money, incentives accept ourselves of what we are, then tancing ourselves from the hard truth THOUGHT FOR TODAY: coming every day, you put up a fence and other luxurious things we have be- only we will be able to come out of the and the reality around us will only make You do not grieve like the rest of mankind, down on one side of the place where come accustomed to and the fence rep- fence which has enslaved us .But when us move around in the same old dirt in- who have no hope. they are used to coming. When they get resents the entrapment of our inflated we are not ready to admit and accept side the fence. We all are like those wild ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:13 used to the fence, they begin to eat the egos, misplaced passions, vested inter- the reality, the elusive change will nev- pigs today and all of us are enjoying the corn again and you put up another side ests and the short-sighted enticements er take place no matter how much we free corn inside the fence. This is our y granddaughter Allyssa and I have a regular of the fence. They get used to that and which has enslaved us from where we think or talk about it. It does not only Naga society today. Don’t deny it. routine we go through when we say goodbye. start s to eat again. cannot get out. For most of the pigs, take a strong will, but some real cour- Jonah Achumi MWe wrap our arms around each other and be- gin to loudly wail with dramatic sobs for about twenty seconds. Then we step back and casually say, “See ya,” and turn away. Despite our silly practice, we al- Tripura Left the Left ways expect that we will see each other again—soon. he Tripura election results have come as a of Nandigram and Singur, there was no forewarning in contracts who stayed loyal to him and denying those But sometimes the pain of separation from those rude shock to the Left Front, particularly to Tripura. Consequently, the suddenness of the debacle who refused to bow to him. we care about can be difficult. When the apostle Paul the CPM. More than two-decade-old Left rule in Tripura is more astounding. It was appalling that old men and women in their said farewell to the elders from Ephesus, “They all came to an end after a catastrophic battle be- What went wrong then? The Left in Tripura has 80s and 90s had to carry rubber tree twigs on their tweenT two opposing ideologies – communism and re- failed to feel the pulse of the people, a symptom of a backs and walk miles of hilly roads to the market to wept as they embraced him . . . . What grieved them ligious nationalism. 3rd March was the day when the greater malaise that has afflicted the India’s commu- earn no more than Re 1 out of Rs 108 for which a kil- most was [Paul’s] statement that they would never rusted hammer and sickle was consigned to the dust- nist parties for the past many decades. ogram of wood sells. They had resigned to their fate see his face again” (Acts 20:37–38). bin of history. After its biggest humiliation at the hands Several Indian newspapers have reported that with the belief that this was how life was supposed to The deepest sorrow, however, comes when we of two year old BJP in Tripura, question arises- Is CPM Tripura is one of the Indian states suffering most with be until the BJP arrived. are parted by death and say goodbye for the last time heading towards a complete whitewash in India? Not burgeoning unemployment rate. Tripura has an un- Corruption: Though former CM was projected as in this life. That separation seems unthinkable. We only the party has become anaemic under lacklustre employment magnitude of 19.7% according to rel- honest leader but many scams under his regime.No- mourn. We weep. How can we face the heartbreak of leadership of Prakash Karat & Co, but also losing its evant sources. BJP leaders blamed the leftist political table are Teachers recruitment scam( 10,323 teachers never again embracing the ones we have loved? important in the national front. To be absolutely frank parties frequently for their failure to reduce unem- recruitment was declared as unconstitutional), ROSE with the state of affairs, CPM has become a minority ployment in Tripura. VALLEY CHIT FUND SCAM,BISHALGARH BLOCK Still . . . we do not grieve like those who have no player where they have their sting in Kerala and demo- Sarkar’s popularity or honesty, however, could not hope. Paul writes of a future reunion for those who SCAM etc.A few of his cabinet ministers were being tivated supporters in West Bengal and Tripura. hide occasional cases of corruption, faulty implemen- interrogated by CBI. “believe that Jesus died and rose again” (1 Thessa- tation of grassroots programmes, the weakening of More of CPM’s defeat than BJP’s win’ Recruitment Scam: About 10,000 teachers were re- lonians 4:13–18). He declares: “The Lord himself will the Left’s organisational structure, and some of the The defeat of the CPM in Tripura is possibly an event cruited without TET exam. While opposition alleged Left leaders choosing not to be so die-hard honest as come down from heaven, with a loud command, with of greater historical significance than the BJP’s sweep that they were selected on the basis of party loyalty , their chief minister. the voice of the archangel,” and those who have died, of the state because it marks the most important point CPIM claimed that they were giving jobs to the poor The people of Tripura have had enough of glorifi- along with those who are still alive, will be united with in the demise of the Left as a parliamentary political and unprivileged ( not necessarily to the most eligi- cation of poverty, which is the wont of communists. force. With the disastrous results in Tripura on Friday, ble). Their recruitment was held illegal by Supreme our Lord. What a reunion! While keeping them mesmerised by his austere man- that’s precisely what the party has been reduced to. court and they were going to be kicked out of their And—best of all—we will be forever with Jesus. ners, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar deprived the State A national party (undivided), which was the princi- jobs. BJP (which is made up of the leaders who were That’s an eternal hope. of a semblance of development. Different parts of pal Opposition in the first ever Lok Sabha, has now against their recruitment) showed sympathies to the province stay poorly connected via land routes been pushed to a tiny land that accounts for hardly those illegally recruited teachers while CPIM turned Thank You, Lord, for the assurance that this world by means of pothole-ridden or dug-out roads. There three percent of the country’s population. Unlike in their back on them ultimately. This led to their chang- is not all we have but that a blessed eternity awaits has been no such thing as industry in Tripura. Sarkar West Bengal, where the defeat in 2009 and later in ing of party loyalties. all who trust in You. exploited the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Em- 2011 came after years of agitation on the twin issues Mithilesh Kumar Sinha ployment Guarantee Act by rewarding those with the At death, God’s people don’t say “goodbye,” but “we’ll see you later.” The contents of articles in this page do not necessarily reflect the Editorial view or policy of the paper. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 7 May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favour? The Politics of Prognosis value of their children’s lives. cancer. With dread, you ask Joel Michael Reynolds | Aeon Disability communities know the fateful question: ‘How this all too well. The idea that long do I have to live?’ Eight hen I was three about the future depends, disability implies disadvan- months, comes the reply. ‘Just years old, I was in part, on what we think is tage is regrettably widespread, eight months?’ Yes, says your told that my worth knowing – and what we as loose talk about ‘tragedy’ doctor – abdominal mesothe- brother Jason think is worth knowing de- and ‘struggle’ suggests. A lioma has a median mortality Whad a 95 per cent chance of pends, in turn, on what we be- of eight months. Most would wealth of research suggests dying before he was one. He lieve the future already holds. that doctors routinely mis- start planning how to squeeze was born with cerebral pal- Take the case of infants judge the quality of life that as much as possible from the sy, muscular dystrophy and with Trisomy 13 or 18. Also people with disabilities enjoy. days left. But not so for the other conditions that made called Patau syndrome and If one judges such a life not evolutionary biologist and the doctors believe he’d have Edwards syndrome, these ge- worth living – as even Socra- historian of science Steven Jay a dramatically shortened life netic conditions are produced tes ignominiously suggested Gould, who set out to deter- expectancy. Year after year, by the presence of additional – there’s no point fighting for mine how this probability was my brother outlived this fate- chromosomes beyond the treatment or questioning the calculated and what it really ful prediction – but its spec- typical 23 pairs found in hu- conditions that generate the meant, as he writes in ‘The tre haunted my family and man cells. Thirty years ago, chances of success. Probabil- Median Isn’t the Message’ spurred us on in the search for doctors were taught that these ity, far from being neutral, can (1985). knowledge about Jason’s diag- chromosomes resulted in ‘le- directly contribute to injus- By digging deep into tech- noses. thal congenital anomalies’, tice. nical research, he realised the All humans naturally de- according to the paediatrician Medicine has long traded data was ‘right-skewed’ – he sire knowledge, as Aristotle and bioethicist John Lantos, in prognostic data, but recent should live more than eight proclaims in the opening line in an editorial for The Jour- decades have seen dramatic months. His prognosis, for Detail from The Doctor (1891) by Luke Fides. Photo courtesy Wikipedia of the Metaphysics. In our nal of the American Medical advances in how we can pre- example, was partly deter- ability. Say your young child described as cases of inflicted disease? Fifteen? Twenty-one? present age, one is tempted Association in 2016. As a con- dict and manage the physiol- mined by his race – or rather, is exhibiting abnormal physi- oughts – akin to the idea of in- Forty? There are no easy an- to add, especially about our sequence, the tacit clinical ogy of the body. Yet the more by structural racism, which ological symptoms. You agree flicted insight, where partici- swers and no way out of this health and the health of our consensus was that life-sus- one knows about the future, affects how long you’ll live, to whole-genome sequencing pation in a psychological ex- dilemma once you’re in it. loved ones. From Fitbits to taining therapies were futile, the more one feels accounta- your susceptibility to disease, to try and pinpoint the cause. periment causes you to learn In Beyond Good and Evil WebMD to 23andMe, we which became a self-fulfilling ble to it. Amid the excitement and the type and quality of When you meet with your something about yourself (1886), Friedrich Nietzsche commune, conspire and con- prophecy. But online videos about new medical technolo- care you will receive. But his genetic counsellor to receive you’d rather not know. In the declared: ‘without a constant duct our lives in a thicket of of happy four- and five-year- gies and discoveries, it’s easy doctors didn’t include the fact the results, she asks: ‘Do you case of genome sequencing, falsification of the world diagnostic and prognostic old children with these condi- to miss those things that are that being white was part of want to know information if you decline the informa- through numbers, people bioinformation. But, as phi- tions proved doctors wrong in harder to control: the values, his prognostic probabilities. that might affect your child tion and something happens could not live’. Perhaps. But losophers from Aristotle to the minds of many new par- responsibilities and obliga- Nor did they look at his sta- when she becomes an adult?’ down the road, how will you some pay a far higher price Zhuangzi have insisted, infor- ents, who began to demand tions that build and organise tus as a salaried, white-collar Bear in mind that this data deal with knowing you could for the false confidence that mation is meaningless until it treatment. Disbelief in the human worlds. Assessing the professor. Indeed, because it is not related to your child’s have mitigated it? Do you probability provides. My is interpreted – and interpre- odds led to a change in the ac- future is not a neutral exer- reliably tracks wealth and in- current problem – it’s about owe it not just to your child, family and I were grateful for tation is always a fraught and tual prognosis. cise in measurement and come, even zip code is a bet- unknowns in her future. Per- but also to society, to find out every day we got to spend messy business. In other words, if a con- quantification, but something ter predictor of health than haps it will reveal she is at risk what you can? But if you ac- with Jason. But there were Jason’s ‘95 per cent’ wasn’t dition is thought to result in that’s saturated by relations of genetic code. Race and class for Huntington’s disease and cept the burden of knowledge, others who took his ‘95 per just an indifferent number. a low chance of survival, it power and value. It therefore are always part of the politics likely to face an early death. how will that affect the way cent chance’ to be a sign that My brother’s life is evidence of translates into less care for the requires both humility and of probability, because they Perhaps it portends a condi- you raise your child? When he shouldn’t have lived. In a the politics of probability: the person with it. Invoking prob- skepticism when the weight of shape what is possible for dif- tion far milder, or it amounts and in what way will you tell world hostile to disabled lives, life-defining feedback loop abilities can create a fatal cycle numbers falls upon a life. ferent people. to nothing at all. How should her? How old is old enough to the politics of probability is that exists between our val- that shapes how people un- Imagine that you’ve just Whole-genome sequenc- you respond? Do you even learn you might suffer an ear- too often deadly. Jason beat ues and the information that derstand the range of options been diagnosed with a rare ing offers another disturbing want to know? ly death or will soon be living the odds, but I wish they were shapes them. What we know at their disposal, and even the and severe form of stomach lesson in the politics of prob- Such dilemmas have been with some kind of illness or in more people’s favour. Ancient Starlight Trapped in Cosmic Gas Arctic Permafrost May Unleash Offers Clues About Universe’s Firstborn Suns Carbon Within Decades — NASA ermafrost in the coldest The finding that the colder earliest stars also absorbed some of in the part of the spectrum corre- the EDGES result holds up, then the northern Arctic -- for- region would transition sooner Sandhya Ramesh | thewire.in the photons of the CMB radiation, sponding to the cosmic dawn. primordial hydrogen could have lost merly thought to be at than the warmer one came as a along with photons from the early After 12 years of searching, the some of its heat to dark matter. Ergo, least temporarily shielded surprise, according to Parazoo. … and with that, dark matter is not stars, and became more thermally EDGES team reported last week that dark matter can exchange energy Pfrom global warming by its ex- The researchers used data on far behind. energised. These hydrogen atoms they had finally found their quarry: a with ‘normal’ matter, which in turn treme environment -- could thaw soil temperatures in Alaska and Some 380,000 years after the Big radiate the absorbed energy back star born barely 180 million years old means it can also transform into enough to become a permanent Siberia and a numerical model Bang birthed the known universe, into the universe in the radio part of after the Big Bang. normal matter (and thus radiation) source of carbon to the atmos- that calculates changes in carbon the first atoms formed. These were the spectrum. “We have not seen any direct through the exchange of such en- phere in a few decades, warns a emissions as plants grow and per- mostly of hydrogen and helium, However, radio-frequency waves evidence for the first generation of ergy. In sum: we can hope to detect NASA-led study. mafrost thaws in response to cli- which went on to fill all of space. are also emitted by other sources. stars yet, so this [finding] will hope- particles of dark matter one day. This will happen in this cen- mate change. Then, about 200 million years later, Humans use this part of the spec- fully lead to studies of the deep his- Of course, given the extraordi- tury, with the peak transition oc- They assessed when the Arctic the first stars were born. This was the trum for communication. The Milky tory of the universe, when it was very nariness of the EDGES result, it has curring in 40 to 60 years, said the will transition to a carbon source ‘cosmic dawn’. Way galaxy itself has various sources young,” Abhijeet Borkar, a postdoc- been met with some skepticism as study. instead of the carbon-neutral These stars would have been of radio, ranging from noise emit- toral researcher at the astronomy well. For example, while the team Permafrost is soil that has re- area it is today -- with some proc- surrounded by so much hydrogen ted by the Sun and Jupiter to the institute of the Czech Academy of has said their instruments were cali- mained frozen for years or cen- esses removing about as much that all their light would have been very first detected radio signal from Sciences, Prague, told The Wire. brated accurately, astrophysicists turies under topsoil. It contains carbon from the atmosphere as absorbed by the gas. Unlike some space, the supermassive black hole Taking a dark turn think it me be worthwhile to look carbon-rich organic material, other processes emit. stars we see today, whose light has at the centre of our galaxy, as well as again. such as leaves, that froze without They divided the Arctic into The EDGES result also offered a traveled for billions of years to us, we other dense rotating objects, ionis- One way to confirm the EDGES decaying, NASA said in a state- two regions of equal size, a colder surprise: the signal they’d recorded can’t find the ancient stars at all even ing gas, etc. result is to replicate it. There are sev- ment on Tuesday. northern region and a warmer, was more than twice as strong as if we looked. But because all their Further, the universe’s expansion eral instruments that can do this. As rising Arctic air tempera- more southerly belt encircling the what they were expecting. In other starlight was trapped by the abun- also stretches out the hydrogen’s ra- The Hydrogen Epoch of Reionisa- tures cause permafrost to thaw, northern region. words, the hydrogen was colder dant hydrogen, the key is to study dio waves over time, making them tion Array in South Africa has been the organic material decompos- There is far more permafrost than it should have been, losing heat the gas instead. blend into the background and looking for this signal. The Giant es and releases its carbon to the in the northern region than in the to something else around it that was This isn’t straightforward. How harder to detect. Metrewave Radio Telescope operat- atmosphere in the form of the southern one. even cooler. do we look for hydrogen from the So we need instruments power- ed by the National Centre for Radio greenhouse gases carbon dioxide Over the course of the model The only thing that could’ve been cosmic dawn, from ~13.5 billion ful and sensitive enough to pierce Astrophysics, Pune, has attempted and methane. simulations, northern permafrost cooler than the hydrogen over 13 bil- years ago? through this cackle of emissions and to make these observations in the The researchers calculated lost about five times more carbon lion years ago was dark matter. pick up on the weak primordial hy- past and is planning more in the fu- that as thawing continues, by the per century than southern per- Ancient secrets This elusive form of matter is drogen. And this is what a group of ture, according to the Astronomical year 2300, total carbon emissions mafrost. The answer lies with yet another relic called ‘dark’ because it doesn’t inter- five astronomers from the US and Society of India. The Low-Frequency from the coldest northern Arctic The southern region transi- from the past: the cosmic microwave act with electromagnetic radiation Chile did. Array in the Netherlands is also ca- will be 10 times as much as all hu- tioned more slowly in the model background (CMB). – a.k.a. light; it interacts with other They set up an array of three ra- pable of detecting this signal. man-produced fossil fuel emis- simulations, Parazoo said, be- The Big Bang suffused the uni- matter only through gravity. dio telescopes, called Experiment to The Raman Research Institute, sions in 2016. cause plant growth increased verse with electromagnetic radia- Although it hasn’t been directly Detect the Global Epoch of Reioni- Bengaluru, has been studying the Warmer, more southerly per- much faster than expected in tion. It has persisted to this day and detected yet, many astrophysicists sation Signature (EDGES), in a re- signal, its evolution and how best as- mafrost regions will not become a the south. Plants remove carbon currently fills the universe. The space believe it must exist to explain why mote region of the Western Austral- trophysicists can get a fix on it. “If it carbon source until the end of the dioxide from the air during pho- between the stars might seem emp- stars at the outer rims of galaxies ian desert. The telescopes were the comes out to be a true detection, it 22nd century, even though they tosynthesis, so increased plant ty to our naked eyes but is actually are going around the galactic centre size of coffee tables and had been will be fantastic,” Borkar said. are thawing now, said the study growth means less carbon in the abuzz with particles and energy, in faster than they should be. Without calibrated specifically to observe hy- Until then, we’ll hang on to the led by scientist Nicholas Parazoo atmosphere. the form of dust, gases and radiation dark matter, these galaxies haven’t drogen rich in absorbed microwave champagne. of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labora- According to the model, as the of various frequencies. The CMB is a been found to contain the amount radiation. This hydrogen’s past can (Sandhya Ramesh is a science tory in Pasadena, California. southern Arctic grows warmer, in- part of this mess; its presence can be of normal matter necessary to hold be understood by studying all the writer with a focus on astronomy, That is because other chang- creased photosynthesis will bal- picked up as a faint signal by micro- the stars in their giant orbits. electromagnetic energy its atoms earth science and all cool things ing Arctic processes will counter ance increased permafrost emis- wave antennae. We’ve never observed dark mat- absorb, called the absorption spec- space. She tweets about them at @ the effect of thawing soil in these sions until the late 2100s. The hydrogen surrounding the ter interact with hydrogen gas. But if trum. And it has a unique pattern sandygrains.) regions. Source: IANS

Today’s ASTRO-PREDICTION ARIES (MAR 21 - APR 19): A selfish attitude CANCER (JUN 22 - JUL 22): Your sixth LIBRA (SEP 23 - OCT 22): Be careful of ad- CAPRICORN (DEC 22 - JAN 19): Your sen- on your part won’t be tolerated today, regard- sense is right on target, Cancer, so trust vertising yourself as someone who is so sual nature is heightened, Capricorn, and less of the circumstances, Aries. Don’t make your instincts today. You’re likely to con- strong and mentally competent that you’re you’ll find yourself engaged in tender mo- it worse for yourself by pretending that you nect with someone in a wonderful part- capable of handling everything, Libra. Take ments and languid peacefulness in the don’t notice others’ hurt feelings. People are likely to be nership that will help you foster the very plan you note that the strongest mule on the trail usually ends company of others. Soothe your soul by letting yourself extra sensitive today, so be careful about trying to im- want to develop now. Stay close to those things that up carrying the most weight. Your emotions are more slip into situations that give you the emotional free- pose your will on someone who really wants nothing resonate strongly with your morals. The answer is in sensitive than you may think, and certainly more than dom to do or say whatever comes to mind. Life should more than an ear to talk to and a shoulder to cry on. front of you; you don’t have to search too far afield in you demonstrate to others. Be honest about the way be like a love poem written by a great master. Accept order to find it. you feel and not just the way you think. the good energy that comes your way. TAURUS (APR 20 - MAY 20): You could find the hardest person to face is you, Taurus. You LEO (JUL 23 - AUG 22): Take a break from SCORPIO (OCT 23 - NOV 21): Things should AQUARIUS (JAN 20 - FEB 18): Allow your ea- tend toward introspection, and you may find your routine, Leo. You might feel like flow well for you today with very little effort on ger and restless nature to express itself in ways yourself shrinking into self-recrimination. you’re leading an army into battle as you your part, Scorpio. Take note that if any quarrel other than through the spoken word, Aquari- You could analyze the important people in your life strive for new adventures and conquer arises, it’s an indication that the person you’re us. Show someone that you care through your and yet fail to address the one you really need to look new realms. Make sure you take a bit of time out arguing with isn’t necessarily the right person to deal with gentle touch or a big bear hug. Hold on a little bit more at – you. As you continually strive for perfection, give today to stop and let your troops rest. You deserve or confide in. Emotional issues are likely to be the hard- tightly than you might normally. There’s an unspoken yourself proper credit. Do something nice for yourself a little rest yourself. Use this moment of stillness to est ones to overcome, but this shouldn’t be a problem for understanding that comes when you communicate today. form your plan of attack so you’re sure about how you. You have the ability to work through these like a pro. through nothing but pure silence. Work on developing to proceed. this kind of connection with those closest to you. GEMINI (MAY 21 - JUN 21): Take advantage SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 - DEC 21): This is of the creative energy in the air today, Gemini. VIRGO (AUG 23 - SEP 22): The key for you meant to be a nice, relaxing day, so treat it as PISCES (FEB 19 - MAR 20): This is a terrific Keep your hands moving and your imagina- is to minimize your daily drama as much as such, Sagittarius. There’s no need for you to day for you, Pisces. You should find that your tion flowing toward something fun and artis- possible, Virgo. You may not realize how much plan any great strategy at this time. Try to take relationships, especially with men, go excep- tic. If you begin to doubt your work, you may fall down you cripple yourself by the way you exagger- it easy and not indulge in any unnecessary stress. This tionally well. Your tender and extremely sen- a spiral of creative blockage. Don’t get into the habit ate every aspect of your life. Try not to give so much of is your time to enjoy the moment. Don’t tax your mind sitive nature is finally being recognized as the treasure of constantly judging the quality or outcome of your your attention to things that really don’t matter much. by overanalyzing everything that comes your way. Go chest it is. There are many times in which this type of work. Give yourself free rein to open up and explore Petty jealousy and gossip about other people’s lives are with the flow and have a great time regardless of what personality is seen as weak, yet today is one of those whatever comes to mind. especially irrelevant in your world. you end up doing. times in which you’re given the full credit you deserve.

The contents of articles on this page do not necessarily reflect the Editoral view or policy of the paper EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 8 NATION Karti not a terrorist, says lawyer Mamata cries ‘Delhi Chalo’, says target Red Fort Kolkata, Mar. 6 (IANS): “Bengal will not take “They have started a as CBI seeks further remand West Bengal Chief Minis- anything for themselves new conspiracy recently. New Delhi, Mar. 6 (IANS): remand. was no reason for him to ter Mamata Banerjee on but they will stand by They are giving money Karti Chidambaram “is The CBI had in the flee as the case is 10-year- Monday gave out slogan everyone. They will take to some people and ask- not a terrorist” that he last hearing of the case old. “There is no chance of “Delhi Chalo” and vowed everyone along and fight. ing them to throw meat cannot be questioned told the court that Karti tampering with the docu- to imprint her party’s They will show what Ben- in temples and mosques. without taking him in Chidambaram was to be ments. The extension of footsteps in the national gal can do, no one else This is a conspiracy, a de- custody, his lawyer told a confronted with Muk- police custody application capital, but claimed that can,” she claimed amid liberate attempt to inflict court on Tuesday after the erjea who has allegedly by the CBI does not have they would not look for massive cheers from the a communal riot by the CBI sought his remand for claimed that he demand- any grounds.” any benefits other than crowd. In a veiled attack BJP-RSS,” Banerjee said nine more days to inter- ed $1 million from her He argued that the CBI betterment of the country. on the Centre’s ruling par- during an administrative rogate him and get a con- and that she had paid has not produced even a She also accused the ty BJP, the Trinamool Con- meeting in Jhargram. fession in the INX Media him the bribe. single evidence to prove Bharatiya Janata Party gress supremo accused “They are doing this to money laundering case. The bribe was alleged- that there has been an (BJP) and the Rashtriya them of trying to buy off set off a riot between the A Special Court hear- ly demanded to facilitate a attempt to tamper with Swayamsevak Sangh the poor people by giv- two communities. I am ing the case reserved the clearance from the Foreign evidence. (RSS) of trying to trigger ing out cash and dividing sure they would try the order till 4.30 p.m. after Investment Promotion “Karti is not a terror- a communal riot in the people along communal same trick during Ram Karti Chidambaram’s law- PTI Board (FIPB) for INX Me- ist with a bomb that he state by throwing meat in lines. Navami. I do not need to yer Abhishek Singhvi op- Karti Chidambaram reacts before his supporters as he leaves Patiala dia when P. Chidambaram cannot be interrogated religious places, and an- “Being poor and com- see who is Hindu and who posed the CBI plea, saying House Courts after appearing in INX case, in New Delhi on Tuesday. was the Union Finance without keeping him in nounced cash reward of ing from a poor family is is Muslim. I am in favour his client was cooperating Minister. custody.” Rs 1,000 or jobs to people not a crime but if some- of everyone. An offender in the investigation. Additional Solicitor to remain silent. But when Singhvi, also a Con- He said the CBI’s ap- who catch such offenders. one tries to buy off the is an offender.” One of the lawyers for General Tushar Mehta, relevant questions are gress leader, questioned plication for further re- “Bengal does not want poor men by giving mon- Banerjee said she has the agency told the court who is arguing the case asked, he should answer if Mukherjea’s statement mand didn’t include any anything but the better- ey, that is a crime. When instructed the inspectors that it had “prima facie for the CBI, alleged that them.” was even admissible in reason why the agency ment of the country. Our someone tries to bring in-charge in all police sta- material” pointing to Karti Karti Chidambaram had Singhvi told the court the court. “The law of evi- was seeking extension target is the Red Fort in people on their side by tions to be alert. Chidambaram’s wrong- been tampering with evi- that the accused had al- dence and Article 21 of the of Karti Chidambaram’s Delhi. Let’s go to Delhi. We triggering communal riot, “We have seen this doing and that “there is dences in the case and ready spent five days in Constitution prevent such custody. believe in Netaji Subhas that is a crime,” she said. happening in two places a need for his custodial “if the court extends the the agency’s custody and statements to be admis- He told reporters later Chandra Bose’s slogan - Charging the BJP-RSS in the North 24 Parganas interrogation” as his previ- custody, then I will get a was confronted with In- sible in the court of law.” that extension of remand ‘Delhi Chalo’. So Bengal with trying to trigger a district in quick succes- ous custody was only for confession” from him. drani Mukerjea, a former He dismissed the CBI was not automatic, rou- will win over the country, communal riot by secretly sion. Some BJP-RSS ac- four days. H e s a i d K a r t i media executive jailed in a contention that Karti tine or casual. “It has to ac- win over the world in fu- throwing meat in religious tivists were arrested in The CBI submitted Chidambaram had re- murder case and a witness Chidambaram was not count for every day, every ture,” Banerjee said in a places, she urged the po- the incident in Habra. documents in the court fused to share his phone in the money laundering cooperating. “A custody hour and every minute of public meeting here. lice to form community That’s why I am taking which it said were related password with his inter- case, in Mumbai for only is given only for if there the accused in its custody.” She said Bengal would development commit- their name. If Trinamool to foreign transactions in rogators which “is also 25 minutes. is a (fear of) fleeing away, The court allowed Karti stand by everyone in the tees in every locality to Congress activists had the INX Media case involv- a proof” that he was not He contended that the tampering with evidence Chidambaram to meet his fight against the Centre catch the offenders and been arrested, I would ing Karti Chidambaram, cooperating. agency had not submit- and non-cooperation.” father and mother Nalini but would not demand to engage local people in have mentioned them as the son of Congress leader “I agree that Karti ted a single reason why He said his client re- for 10 minutes in the court any benefit for them- keeping an eye on such well,” said the Trinamool P. Chidambaram. Chidambaram has a right it wants extension of the turned to India and there room. selves. incidents. Congress supremo. Yechury criticises BJP-RSS for Rahul joins protest for Ayodhya row: Sri Sri renews appeal to pulling down of Lenin’s statue special status to Andhra New Delhi, Mar. 6 (IANS): Congress AIMPLB to consider out of court settlement Kolkata, Mar. 6 (PTI): about 110 km from state ernor Tathagata Roy’s President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday Bengaluru, Mar. 6 (PTI): nity in particular,” he said. CPI(M) general secre- capital Agartala, in the tweet on the matter as made a dramatic appearance at a Art of Living founder Sri Ravi Shankar said the tary Sitaram Yechury wake of the announce- ‘’unfortunate’’. protest here by MPs from Andhra Sri Ravi Shankar today re- best solution would be an today criticised the BJP- ment of the state As- ‘’This shows how Pradesh and backed their demand newed his appeal to the out-of-court settlement, in RSS for the pulling down sembly poll results, in constitutional posts are for special category status to the All India Muslim Personal which the Muslim bodies of a statue of commu- which the Left Front being undermined,’’ he state and the Centre’s promised Law Board (AIMPLB) to come forward and gift one nist icon Vladimir Lenin was drubbed by the BJP- said. special package following the state’s consider an out-of-court acre of land to the Hindus, in Tripura and urged the IPFT combine. Reacting to the pull- division. settlement to the Ram Jan- who, in turn, would gift five democratic and secular The CPI(M) held ing down of the Lenin At the venue, the Congress Presi- mabhoomi row, saying he acres of land nearby to the forces of the country to BJP workers responsi- statue, Roy had tweeted, dent said: “I am confident that if we feared a “large-scale” com- Muslims to build a bigger come together against ble for the pulling down ‘’What one democrati- stand together, we will convince the munal flare up if the case mosque. the ‘’fascist onslaught’’ of the fibre-glass statue cally elected govern- government and (Prime Minister) was settled by a court or He also told the AIM- of the saffron regime. that was installed a few ment can do another Narendra Modi that what is due through legislation. PLB leaders that Islam He said the CPI(M) months ago. democratically elected to the people of Andhra Pradesh In an open letter to permitted the shifting of would discuss all the op- Criticising the inci- government can undo. should be given to them, at once.” the AIMPLB members, the mosque to another tions in the upcoming dent, Yechury alleged And vice versa.’’ Gandhi said if his party comes he said going through the location and that cleric party Congress, while that the BJP-RSS was Yechury alleged that to power in 2019, the first thing his court was a loss for both Maulana Salman Nadvi deciding on its political- unleashing ‘’unprec- 514 CPI(M) activists government will do is give special Hindus and Muslims and and many other Muslim tactical line for taking on edented violence’’ and were assaulted, 1,539 category status to Andhra. an out-of-court settle- scholars had endorsed it. the BJP. arson across Tripura in houses of party activists “We are with the people of And- ment would be a “win- Ravi Shankar, however, Without mention- the aftermath of their were attacked and 196 hra. Our stance has been very very win situation” for both the said, “Muslims are not sur- ing the Congress party, victory in the Assembly houses set afire since clear. We are for special category communities. PTI rendering this land to the Yechury underlined the election. the announcement of status of Andhra,” Gandhi said while “I urge the leaders of Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar hugs Ittehad-E-Millat people who demolished need for the broadest ‘’Such attacks clearly the poll results in Tripu- sharing the stage with leaders from both faiths to take this ac- Council’s Tauqir Raza in Bareilly on Tuesday. the Babri Masjid or to a possible platform of the demonstrate that the ra. different parties. tion seriously. Otherwise, particular organisation. Left and democratic RSS and the BJP rely He also claimed that Members from the Telugu De- we are pushing our country ble situations -- the court utilised to build the temple “On the contrary, they forces in the country to mainly on unleash- 134 CPI(M) offices were sam Party (TDP), YSR Congress, to the brink of a civil war,” giving away the land to and Parliament passing a are gifting it to the people counter the BJP-RSS. ing political violence attacked and looted, 64 Left parties and the Congress were said Ravi Shankar, who has the Muslims, awarding legislation. of India. They must keep Yesterday, the stat- as means to advance party offices set ablaze present at the protest. been making persistent the land to the Hindus, “In all the four options, this in their minds and ue of Lenin was pulled their inherent anti- and at least 90 offices of The TDP is an ally of the rul- mediation efforts, meeting upholding the Allahabad either through the court or spirit. It is only reconcilia- down by some peo- democratic and fascist different mass organi- ing Bharatiya Janata Party and has Muslim and Hindu lead- High Court order that says through the government, tion and an expression of ple with an excavator agenda,’’ he said. sations were occupied been upset over the central govern- ers, to find a solution to the there should be a mosque the result will be devastat- their broad- mindedness, machine at Belonia in Yechury also de- allegedly by the sup- ment’s failure to grant the special dispute. built on one acre whilst ing for the nation in general benevolence, magnanim- South Tripura district, scribed Tripura Gov- porters of the BJP. package. He gave four possi- the remaining 60 acres be and the Muslim commu- ity and goodwill.” PNB scam: Senior Axis Bank officials appear before SFIO Parliament disrupted as Congress, government sparring intensifies New Delhi, Mar. 6 (IANS): Speaker Sumitra Ma- demanded discussion un- through its adjournment Mumbai, Mar. 6 (PTI): Sen- largest private sector The Opposition continued hajan adjourned the House der rules that entail voting. notice and other opposi- ior officials from Axis Bank lender, does not have any to force adjournments of as she was not able to pro- He said the party wants tion parties were on board today appeared before the direct exposure to Gitan- the Lok Sabha and Rajya ceed with the Question discussion on financial de- on the issue.” Serious Fraud Investiga- jali, while it was among the Sabha for the second day Hour. fault of crores of rupees in Rajya Sabha Chairman tion Office (SFIO), which several banks whose over- on Tuesday over the Rs When the house met various nationalised banks M. Venkaiah Naidu first has started seeking details seas branches had loaned 12,600 crore Punjab Na- at noon amidst similar which resulted in the loot adjourned the House till from lenders with exposure money to PNB based on tional Bank (PNB) fraud scenes, Kumar said the dis- of public money. 11.30 a.m. and asked the to the firms promoted by the fraudulent LoUs. with differences cropping cussion of the irregularities Later, talking to report- party leaders to meet him Nirav Modi and Mehul ICICI Bank is the lead up between the govern- in banking sector had been ers, Kharge said that the in his chamber. Choksi with regard to the banker in the consortium ment and the Congress in listed in the business of the wording of the motion However, the meeting over Rs 12,000-crore PNB of 31 banks which have a the lower house over the day following notice given under Rule 193 was not did not seem to be fruit- scam. collective exposure of over rule under which the issue by Congress members and the same as given in their ful as the opposition MPs A team from Axis Bank, Rs 6,800 crore to Gitanjali should be discussed as also the Finance Minister will notice. He said the party were on their feet. Naidu led by deputy managing Gems. It does not have any the wording of the motion. reply to the debate. would give another notice expressed his displeasure director V Srinivasan and exposure to companies Outside the house, Par- The motion under Rule of adjournment motion. at the conduct of the MPs executives from the trade linked with Modi. liamentary Affairs Min- 193 read: “A discussion on Kharge said if the gov- and again adjourned the and transactions depart- It is alleged that Choksi ister H.N. Ananth Kumar alleged systemic irregulari- ernment wanted to discuss House till 2 p.m. ment, went to the SFIO’s and Modi got letters of un- accused the Congress of ties in banking sector over the past irregularities in Tuesday was the sec- office here, after the in- PTI dertakings (LoUs) and for- running away from de- the years and its impact on banks, it should do it sepa- ond day of the second vestigating agency called DMD Axis Bank V Srinivasan leaves after appearing before Serious eign letters of credit (FLCs) bate on the issue as there Indian economy.” rately. He said the party was half of the Budget session, them to help in the probe, Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) officials in connection with PNB of Rs 12,636 crore issued in were “skeletons in the cup- However, Congress raising “recent occurrenc- which will conclude on sources said. scam in Mumbai on Tuesday. favour of foreign branches board” of the UPA regime. leader Mallikarjun Kharge es of public importance” April 6. The officials were in the of Indian banks based on office for over two hours The SFIO, which is un- ment Directorate as well as fraudulent claims. and are understood to have der the corporate affairs the SFIO are probing the In case of default, the been asked about their ministry, has written to over Rs 12,000-crore scam. bank issuing the LoU has Lokpal selection panel to appoint eminent jurist — Centre business with firms like each of the over-30 banks It is alleged that firms to pay the liability to the New Delhi, Mar. 6 (IANS): The cen- Training Department Secretary will workable” that it (court) should refuse Choksi’s Gitanjali Gems which have either loaned colluded with officials at credit giving bank along tral government on Tuesday in- file an affidavit indicating the steps its enforcement, notwithstanding and also Modi, as per money to the scam-tainted a city branch of state-run with accruing interest. formed the Supreme Court that the taken and proposed to be taken. that the Lokpal Act had come into sources. SFIO is under- firms or extended any serv- PNB to clear letters of un- The ICICI Bank scrip selection committee for the appoint- The court adjourned the mat- force by a January 16, 2014 notifica- stood to have also called ices, sources said. dertakings without proper shed 2.64 per cent to close ment of the Lokpal met on March 1 ter for April 17 to see what further tion. officials from other banks A slew of agencies, in- diligence, resulting in the at Rs 295.10 a piece on BSE, and decided to fill the vacancy of the progress is made on the appointment The other hurdle it cited related including ICICI Bank, they cluding the CBI and minis- scam. while Axis Bank lost 1.31 eminent jurist before taking further of the Lokpal. to the tenure of the eminent jurist to said. terial arms like the Enforce- Axis Bank, the third per cent to Rs 516.80. steps. Pointing to the pace at which the be appointed by the selection com- Attorney General K.K. Venugopal process leading to the appointment mittee. told Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice of the Lokpal was moving, counsel Referring to the provisions of the R. Banumathi that he did not inquire Prashant Bhushan said the Lokpal Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, and Time to make Karnataka Congress-free — Yogi about the time frame under which it Act was passed nearly four years ago the amendments the government Mangaluru (Karnataka), Mar. 6 BJP leaders from the state have Twenty-two of the 29 states in the would be done. and the court judgment came nearly wanted to bring about, the judgment (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister been holding the four-day rally in country had chosen Prime Minister The position has become vacant a year ago and yet nothing seems to had said that Sub-Section (2) of Sec- Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday appealed coastal districts of Udupi, Dakshina Narendra Modi’s path of develop- due to the passing away of well- be happening. tion 4 of the Lokpal Act says that the to the people of Karnataka to make Kannada and Uttara Kannada since ment by voting for the BJP and its known jurist P.P. Rao. An NGO had moved the con- appointment of the Chairperson or the state “Congress-free” by voting Saturday, campaigning for “people’s allies, he said. This was Adityanath’s The court was also informed that tempt plea after the government a Member of the Lokpal will not be- like the northeast for the BJP in the safety” after the alleged murders of third visit to the poll-bound southern Congress leader in the Lok Sabha did not act on the April 27, 2017 come invalid merely because of the ensuing legislative assembly poll. party workers in Karnataka. state after his first visit to Hubballi on Mallikarjun Kharge was invited to judgment of the top court, holding reason of any vacancy in the selection “We have recently witnessed Accusing the Congress govern- December 21 last year and then to the selection committee as a “special that the “(Lokpal) Act, as it stands committee. in northeast, Tripura in particular, ment in the state of playing with Bengaluru on January 7, when he ad- invitee” but declined to attend the today, is an eminently workable Justice Gogoi said: “We also do not where people chose the BJP and the lives of farmers by not waiving dressed party rallies during the visits. meeting taking exception to status as piece of legislation and there is no see any legal disability in a truncated have made the states Congress-free. off their entire loans and failing The legislative assembly poll in a “special invitee”. justification to keep the enforce- selection committee to constitute Karnataka, too, should make the to provide drought relief in time, the state is due in April-May. In pursuance to a February 23 ment of the Act under suspension a search committee for preparing a state Congress-free,” Adityanath said Adityanath asserted that his govern- The BJP, which came to power in direction of the court, an affidavit giv- till the amendments, as proposed, panel of persons for consideration for addressing “Jana Suraksha Yatre” (a ment had waived off Rs 36,000 crore the state for the first time on its own ing the details of the March 1 meeting are carried out”. appointment as the Chairperson and journey for people’s protection) rally loans of 86 lakh farmers across Uttar after the 2008 assembly election, lost was filed on Monday. The court’s observation had come Members of the Lokpal” and recom- in this port city, about 380 km west of Pradesh after coming to power in to the Congress in the 2013 assembly The top court by its February 23 while addressing a question whether mending the same to the President Bengaluru. July 2017. poll following a split in its state unit. order had said that the Personnel & the Lokpal law, as it existed, is so “un- for appointment. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 WORLD 9 Kim Jong-un wants to ‘write Macron urges Putin to ensure Syria fully respects truce deal must be able to reach all new history’ with S.Korea populations in need un- Seoul, Mar. 6 (IANS): North efforts of our nation to be time South Korean officials hindered and without fur- Korean leader Kim Jong- proud of in the world.” have visited the building, ther delays. un has said that he wants It was not clear what a according to Seoul’s presi- Earlier on Monday, to “vigorously advance” “satisfactory agreement” dential office. many aid trucks entered relations with South Korea, meant and despite a stand- Kim’s younger sister the rebel-held Douma telling a visiting delega- ing invitation for South Ko- and close advisor Kim district in the Eastern tion from Seoul he hoped rean President Moon Jae-in Yo-jong also attended the Ghouta countryside, east to “write a new history of to visit Pyongyang, no date meal, which lasted more of the Syrian capital. It national reunification”, has been set. than four hours. was the first relief ship- Pyongyang state-media The South Korean del- A photo of the North ment to reach the hotspot reported on Tuesday. egation’s visit follows two Korean leader posing with area since the UN Security Kim made the com- months of easing tensions five members of the South Council adopted a resolu- ments during a two-day with North Korea and is Korean delegation was Emmanuel Macron tion to achieve a 30-day trip by the delegation led the first of its kind since splashed across the front humanitarian ceasefire in by Chung Eui-yong, the President Moon’s liberal page of the Rodong Shin- Paris, Mar. 6 (IANS): According to the Syria on February 24. head of the South’s national PTI government was sworn in mun, the official newspa- French President Em- French presidency office The Security Coun- security office, reports the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, shakes hands with last year. per of the ruling Workers’ manuel Macron on Mon- Elysee, Macron called on cil’s resolution came after Guardian. The officials South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong after Chung day urged his Russian Putin in a phone conver- one of the deadliest of- gave Kim the letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in The officials delivered a Party. are the most senior South Pyongyang, North Korea. letter from Moon and Kim Meanwhile, a South Ko- counterpart Vladimir sation to “take real and fensives of Syrian conflict Koreans to meet Kim since issued orders for “practical rean government spokes- Putin to ensure Syria full concrete measures” so killed hundreds in Eastern he came to power in 2011 and activating the versatile fied that it is our consistent steps” to be taken, KCNA person said the visit that respects implementation that the Syrian govern- Ghouta where forces loyal after the death of his father. dialogue, contact, coop- and principled stand and said without giving details. ends on Tuesday had not of the ceasefire accord in ment accepts the imple- to Syrian President Bashar “He ... made an ex- eration and exchange,” his firm will to vigorously Kim and his wife also disappointed, while a press Eastern Ghouta and allow mentation of the UN Se- al-Assad launched their change of in-depth views Pyongyang’s official Ko- advance the north-south personally hosted a dinner conference by the high- “without further delay” curity Council Resolution most intense shelling to on the issues for easing rean Central News Agency relations and write a new for the group on Monday level delegation is expected access to humanitarian 2401, Xinhua reported. eliminate Al Qaeda linked the acute military tensions (KCNA) reported. history of national reuni- night at the Workers’ par- upon its arrival in the Seoul aid in the rebel-held en- Macron stressed that groups in the last main on the Korean Peninsula “He repeatedly clari- fication by the concerted ty headquarters, the first at 6 p.m., reports Efe news. clave. humanitarian convoys rebel-held zone Russia: No information on ex-intelligence officer collapse in UK Haley accuses UN, other countries of bullying Israel London, Mar. 6 (IANS): The Kremlin Col. Skripal was jailed for 13 years injuries -- but still they were inves- Washington, Mar. 6 (PTI): Yemen. There are probably on Tuesday said it has “no informa- by Russia in 2006. He was convicted tigating whether a crime had been US envoy Nikki Haley has 10 major problems facing tion” about what could have led to of passing the identities of Russian committed. Meanwhile, the police accused the UN of “bul- the middle east and Israel a former Colonel in Russian military intelligence agents working under- closed the nearby Zizzi restaurant “as lying” Israel, saying she doesn t have anything to do intelligence -- convicted of spying for cover in Europe to the UK’s Secret a precaution” following the incident, will not tolerate a situation with any of them,” she said. Britain -- collapsing in Salisbury. Intelligence Service, MI6. the BBC reported. where the world body of Defending the decision But Moscow said it was willing to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Temporary Assistant Chief Con- 198 countries spend half of President Donald Trump co-operate in the police investiga- spokesman Dmitry Peskov told jour- stable Craig Holden said: “They are their time attacking the to recognise Jerusalem as tion, the Russian media reported. nalists that “Moscow was prepared currently being treated for suspected Jewish nation. the Israeli capital, she said The British police were trying to to help with the investigation”, Tass exposure to an unknown substance. Referring to her Indian- America did not make Je- identify what substance rendered news agency reported. “The focus is on trying to estab- American heritage and rusalem as Israeli Capital, Sergei Skripal, 66 -- who was granted “We see this tragic situation but lish what has caused these people to some of the bitter experi- it was, is and always will be refuge in the UK in 2010 under a “spy we don’t have information on what become critically ill.” ences she endured while Israel’s capital. swap” -- and a 33-year-old woman could have led to this, what he was He said the police’s “major inci- growing in her home town “What President Trump critically ill in hospital. engaged in,” he said. dent” response was not a counter- in South Carolina, Haley did, to his great credit, was The pair were were found un- Wiltshire Police said the pair, terrorism investigation, but that said she has zero patience recognise a reality that conscious on a bench at a shopping found at The Maltings shopping multiple agencies were involved and for bullying. American presidents had centre on Sunday. centre in Salisbury, had no visible police were keeping an “open mind”. When I grew up, we denied for too long, she Nikki Haley were the only Indian family said. in a small southern town We will not tolerate a to get away with it. That just Trump recognised Jeru- SKorean prosecutors in South Carolina. On the situation that a world body doesn’t sit well with me, salem as Israel s capital in Sri Lanka to declare Emergency whole it was a great friend- of 198 countries can spend Haley said in her address December and announced summon ex-president ly community. But that half their time attacking to the powerful American that the US embassy would after communal clashes didn’t mean every day was one country: Israel. What Israel Public Affairs Com- move to the city in May, Lee Myung-bak in great. My parents were im- used to be a monthly Is- mittee (AIPAC). shortly after Israel s 70th Colombo, Mar. 6 (IANS): migrants. My father wore rael bashing session now at The UN spends more anniversary. Sri Lankan President bribery probe a turban, my mother wore least has more balance. But than half of its time singling The decision caused Maithripala Sirisena on sari. There were times that we’re never going to put out one country. We will uproar in the Arab world Seoul, Mar. 6 (PTI/AFP): Tuesday decided to de- we got bullied, the US am- up with bullying,” she said not stand for it any longer,” and led Palestinian lead- South Korean prosecu- clare a 10-day state of bassador to the UN said. amidst a standing ovation Haley said as she reiterated ers to reject a US role in tors today summoned Emergency after com- I stood up to bullying from the audience. the pledge of the Trump mediating a resolution to former president Lee My- munal clashes erupted in then, and I will stand up to She alleged that in the administration for its com- the decades old Israeli- ung-bak for questioning Kandy district. bullying Israel at the UN, UN and throughout the mitment to the Israeli. Palestinian conflict. as a criminal suspect in a Minister of National said 46-year-old Haley, the UN agencies, Israel does If we want to talk about Trump yesterday said bribery scandal, a report Dialogue Mano Gane- first Indian-American to get bullied. security in the Middle East he might even the visit Je- said. shan told Xinhua news serve on a Cabinet rank “It gets bullied because we should talk about Iran rusalem in May this year “We need to inves- agency that the decision position in any presidential the countries that don’t like or Syria or Hezbollah, Ha- to open the new American tigate former president had been taken following administration in the US. Israel are used to being able mas, ISIS, the famine in Embassy there. a special cabinet meeting Lee to find the truth (in held on Tuesday morn- the scandal) in a trans- PTI parent and effective ing. Sri Lanka’s army soldiers remove the debris of a vandalizes building in manner,” Yonhap news Ganeshan said the Digana, a suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka, March 6, 2018. Trump might attend inauguration of state of Emergency would agency quoted an un- give Sirisena the power to violence to hit the island 41-year-old man suc- named Seoul prosecutor deploy the armed forces country. cumbed to injuries at a as saying. new American embassy in Jerusalem across the country. T h e g ov e r n m e n t hospital after being at- Allegations of cor- Washington, Mar. 6 (PTI): US Presi- wouldn’t be doing it quickly like Others talked about it. You did it. Earlier on Tuesday, the strongly condemned the tacked by a group of people ruption involving the dent Donald Trump has indicated that. But we’re going to have it built So I want to thank you on behalf of police reimposed curfew violence and vowed to take over an incident involving 76-year-old’s relatives that he might attend the inaugura- very quickly and very inexpensively, the people of Israel, he said. in parts of the district after stern action against the two vehicles on February and aides during his tion of the new American embassy he said. If I had to say what is our great- mobs took to the streets perpetrators. 22. 2008-2013 presidential in Jerusalem as he reaffirmed his Trump reaffirmed the great est challenge in the Middle East on Monday night burning Clashes first erupted According to the police, term have mounted in country’s support to Israel’s secu- friendship between the US and to both our countries, to our Arab houses and businesses in in the city’s Digana area 24 people have been ar- recent weeks. rity during his talks with embattled Israel, and the commitment of the neighbours, it’s encapsulated in one the latest spate of racial on Sunday night after a rested so far. Seoul prosecutors Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- US to Israel s security. word: Iran. have been investigating yahu. Trump underscored his goal Iran has not given up its nuclear multiple cases of bribery Trump recognised Jerusalem of countering Iran s “malign influ- ambitions. It came out of this nu- Nepal, Pakistan agree to revitalise Saarc process amounting to millions of as Israel s capital in December and ence”, the White House said after clear deal emboldened, enriched. It dollars, with the net clos- Kathmandu, Mar. 6 (IANS): Nepal and Pa- vigorate the South Asian Association for announced that the US embassy Trump met Netanyahu. is practising aggression everywhere, ing in around the former kistan on Tuesday agreed to revitalise the Regional Cooperation (Saarc) as an impor- would move to the city in May, Welcoming Netanyahu to his including on our own borders. Iran leader. Saarc process for “greater peace, security tant regional organisation. The Pakistani shortly after Israel s 70th anniver- Oval Office, Trump said the rela- must be stopped. That is our com- His successor Park and prosperity in the region” during talks leader said that “issues of the countries in sary. tionship between the two countries mon challenge, Netanyahu said. Geun-Hye was ousted that visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Sha- the region should not affect the activities of The decision caused uproar in is at its best. We have, I would say, Meanwhile, Netanyahu re- last year over a massive hid Khaqan Abbasi held with the Hima- Saarc and its performance”. the Arab world and led Palestinian probably the best relationships mained embroiled in controversy corruption scandal that layan nation’s leadership. The Pakistani leader sought to host the leaders to reject a US role in mediat- right now with Israel that we ever back home where he is facing cor- emerged in 2016. Abbasi on Tuesday met Nepal Presi- 19th Saarc Summit of the regional group- ing a resolution to the decades old had. I think we’re as close now as, ruption charges. The verdict in her trial dent Bidya Devi Bhandari and addressed ing and asked Nepal to create a “favour- Israeli-Palestinian conflict. maybe, ever before, he said. Hours before his meeting with on charges of bribery and a programme at the Saarc Secretariat here. able environment” for the same. After the Trump said he might visit Jeru- Netanyahu also praised Trump, Trump, it was confirmed that an abuse of power is due He also held a meeting with CPN (Maoist attack, India unilaterally suspended its salem in May this year to open the saying that his move to recognise ex-aide of the Israeli prime minister next month, with pros- Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal participation from the summit. Several new American Embassy there. Jerusalem as the Israeli capital agreed to become a state witness in ecutors demanding 30 “Prachanda” in the morning. member states rallied behind India’s posi- We’re looking at it. We’ll have it would be remembered throughout a corruption probe that has imper- years in jail. Bhandari and Abbasi hoped to rein- tion. built very quickly. A lot of people the ages. iled his premiership. ‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Myanmar’s Rohingya continues — UN Taliban key commander BRICS mechanism gains Yangon, Mar. 6 (PTi/AFP): My- Rohingya in Bangladesh’s crowded returns are of course impossible buildings, wells and vegetation. among four killed in stronger influence — Russia anmar is continuing its “ethnic refugee camps. under current conditions.” Myanmar’s military has denied cleansing” of the Rohingya with “The nature of the violence has Myanmar’s military has largely committing any abuses outside Afghanistan Moscow, Mar. 6 (IANS): South Africa joined the a “campaign of terror and forced changed from the frenzied blood- closed off northern Rakhine state one incident in the Rakhine village Mazar-e-Sharif (Afghanistan), The BRICS mechanism bloc to make it BRICS. starvation” in Rakhine state, a UN letting and mass rape of last year to journalists, diplomats and most of Inn Din, where it said security Mar. 6 (IANS): Four militants, has an increasing in- The BRICS made de- human rights envoy said today, six to a lower intensity campaign of aid organisations outside of brief forces assisted with the killing of 10 including a Taliban key com- ternational influence cisions that usually had months after a military crackdown terror and forced starvation that chaperoned trips. unarmed Rohingya. mander Mullah Janat Gul, were which will benefit the an influence beyond sparked a mass exodus of the Mus- seems to be designed to drive the It has justified the crackdown Rights groups say that is the tip killed by security forces in Af- whole world, Russian the grouping countries lim minority. remaining Rohingya from their as an effort to root out Rohingya of the iceberg from a force with a ghanistan’s Balkh province on Foreign Minister Sergei and affected interna- Some 700,000 Rohingya have homes and into Bangladesh,” he militants who attacked border po- grim history of abuses around the Tuesday, the police said. Lavrov said ahead of his tional political and fled over the border to Bangladesh said in a statement, adding that lice posts in August, killing about a country and open hostility towards “The government forces, African tour. economic platforms, since violence erupted in August, new arrivals are travelling from in- dozen people. the Rohingya. acting upon intelligence reports, The BRICS sum- which helped forge a taking with them horrifying testi- terior Rakhine towns further from But the UN, rights groups and In a Facebook post on Tues- targeted a hideout of Taliban mits, ministerial meet- fairer, more democratic mony of murder, rape and arson by the border. many Western powers have ac- day, deputy army chief Soe Win rebels in Dawlatabad district, ings and forums have and multipolar world, soldiers and vigilante mobs. His statement also said it was cused the army of using the coun- reiterated the military’s stance that killing the notorious command- attracted great atten- Lavrov said, Xinhua re- While the majority of those ref- “inconceivable” that any Rohingya terinsurgency as a pretext to expel the “Rohingya” are not a genuine er along with three of his men on tion from media and ported. ugees fled Myanmar last year, Ro- would be able to return to My- a minority that has faced brutal ethnic group in Myanmar -- a view the spot,” a police official told experts worldwide, La- The top Russian hingya continue to stream across anmar in the near future, despite discrimination for decades. shared by many in the Buddhist Xinhua news agency. vrov said in a recent in- diplomat hailed the the border by the hundreds every Myanmar’s pledges to start taking Doctors Without Borders majority, where there is broad sup- Janat Gul’s death could prove terview with Hommes BRICS mechanism as week. back some refugees. (MSF) has estimated that at least port for the army campaign. a major setback to the Taliban d’Afrique magazine a model of multilateral “The ethnic cleansing of Ro- “The Government of Myan- 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the Myanmar’s civilian govern- insurgents in Dawlatabad and which was posted on and collective coopera- hingya from Myanmar continues. mar is busy telling the world that first month of the crackdown ment, led by former democracy adjoining areas, said the official. the foreign ministry’s tion on international I don’t think we can draw any other it is ready to receive Rohingya alone. activist Aung San Suu Kyi, lacks Security forces launched website Monday. affairs. conclusion from what I have seen returnees, while at the same time Hundreds of Rohingya villages control over the military but has operations in Dawlatabad dis- The concept BRIC Lavrov on Monday and heard in Cox’s Bazar,” UN As- its forces are continuing to drive were torched, and recent satellite been battered by rights groups for trict on Monday and the strikes was coined in 2001 and began his African tour sistant Secretary-General for Hu- them into Bangladesh,” Gilmour imagery showed at least 55 vil- failing to speak in the Rohingya’s would last until the area gets it turned into a formal to Angola, Namibia, man Rights Andrew Gilmour said said. lages have since been completely defence or tamp surging Islamo- cleansed of insurgents, the of- cooperation framework Mozambique, Zimba- after speaking to newly-arrived “Safe, dignified and sustainable bulldozed, removing all traces of phobia. ficial said. in 2006. Four years later, bwe and Ethiopia. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 I want to make music – Idris Elba Actor Idris Elba, who loves DJing, says at some point, he Mirror would like to make music. “I do DJing and I love DJing but 10 at some point, I do want to make music. But I guess I’m a bit shy and nervous. I think that’s a very British thing and we just don’t do that, it will happen but it’s just a case of when,” Elba told dailystar.co.uk. He said he also helped pick the music for his ENTERTAINMENT new crime film “Yardie”. Elba added: “I was involved in the music for that, not making it, but involved in it and that was great!” I’m totally indisciplined, says Aamir Khan ctor Aamir Khan, “The only reason I am about their survival... Like if have long-term plans. It’s always Man who stole often known as Bolly- disciplined is because my work a deer is walking in Forest, he about what I am to do right wood’s Mr Perfection- requires me to be so. Otherwise, would be judgmental towards now.” ist, says he is “totally I am not disciplined. I know it’s a tiger thinking ‘He will eat me’, “I have also realised that no indisciplined” in real very hard for people to imagine whereas we are judgmental on matter what I am doing right life,A but his work brings out the that... But this is the fact and so many levels all now, my entire focus is on that McDormand’s discipline in him. people who are close to me the time.” one thing -- whether it is eating, The actor-producer on know that and they know how Aamir meeting somebody, watching Monday launched his friend and indisciplined I am. The only also said a film, shooting a film or a filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani’s pi- thing is work that pulls me back he rarely discussion with someone. lot wife-turned-author Manjeet to track and makes me do what I thinks Whatever I am doing at Oscar arrested Hirani’s book titled “How To Be have to do.” beyond time, I am fully into that. Human” here. Aamir, who was the voice the “Nothing else his year’s best actress Oscar trophy was missing. The book talks about how of Pluto the dog in Bollywood present. distracts me from that. winner Frances McDor- Terrence “Terry” Bryant Jr, 47, people can learn from animals film “Dil Dhadakne Do”, admits “I So, for me it comes mand’s trophy was briefly was arrested late on Sunday night for around them. In the book, there’s a lot people can learn live naturally. I don’t think of stolen at the official after- the alleged crime, and booked early Manjeet has mentioned how from pets. in the the future. Sometimes I party, following which Monday morning. He was charged her pet dog Buddy Hirani is very “It’s so true that actually we now and multitask when I need to, Ta man suspected of stealing it was with grand theft and police set a disciplined when it comes to his can learn so much not only from I never but I don’t enjoy that,” arrested. bail of $20,000, according to the Los diet. our own pets but from animals he added. The “Three Billboards Outside Angeles Police Department, reported On discipline in his own life, around us because they are re- IANS Ebbing, Missouri” actress was at the ABC News. Aamir told the media: “Actually, ally less judgmental than we are. party getting her Oscar engraved. The police said in a statement: I am not disciplined at all. I am “We are very judgmental on But later, the 60-year-old realised the “The incident occurred as Bryant totally indisciplined. The only many things and for many rea- was exiting The Governors Ball. He thing that gets me to be disci- sons which you don’t need was photographed holding an Oscar. plined is my work so if I was not to be. Whereas, an animal The photographer did not recognize an actor and not in this field, I is also judgmental but Bryant as a recipient from the awards would have been most indisci- on a very few things. show and believed he was in posses- plined person. They are judgmental sion of a trophy which did not belong to him. “The photographer followed Bryant and without any resistance Pharrell Williams from Bryant took the Oscar from him. Rohit Roy to host digital game Security at the event was notified and detained Bryant. The Oscar visits elephant care was returned to the recipi- show backed by Shilpa Shetty ent.” According to guardian. ctress-entrepreneur Shilpa “suitably nervous”. centre in India com, the suspect even Shetty Kundra is set to launch Rohit’s family members, brother rammy Award-winning American musi- boasted about the Oscar a digital game show titled Ronit and wife Manasi Joshi Roy, among cian Pharrell Williams on Tuesday paid a on Facebook. “iQ Trivia Live”, which will be several of his celebrity friends, including visit to rescued elephants at a care centre “Sup babies, look, hosted by actor Rohit Roy. Sonu Sood, Vikram Bhatt, Aalim Hakim, run by animal welfare organisation Wild- my team got this to- A“Super excited to Samir Soni, Sanjay life SOS in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura. night. Who wants to tell announce our first Gupta, Raj Kundra, GHe visited the Elephant Conservation and Care me congratulations?” live digital game show Vatsal Sheth, Akriti Centre after taking a look at Agra’s majestic Taj Mahal. Bryant, dressed in a ‘iQ Trivia Live’ hosted Kakar and Shriya Williams interacted with the Wildlife SOS team of tuxedo, said in a video by none other than Saran, wished him elephant care staff posted on Facebook. Rohit Roy. Download luck for the show. and veterinarians “This is mine. We got the application now, The official to understand the it tonight, baby!” answer 12 questions page of the show threats that Asian After McDormand was reunited correctly and win describes it as “a live elephants face in with her trophy, the Academy of cash prizes!” Rohit is trivia game show India while extend- Motion Picture Arts and Sciences excited about the col- where you compete ing his support to expressed relief. laboration. against all of India elephant protection “Best Actress winner Frances He tweeted: to win real money.” and conservation in McDormand and her Oscar were “Woohoo! Here it The game show is India. happily reunited after a brief separa- is then! Thrilled to launching on March This was tion at last night’s Governors Ball. The announce my first 12. followed by an alleged thief was quickly apprehend- digital game show ‘iQ Shilpa had also interactive session ed by a photographer and members Trivia Live’ starts March 12, 9pm Down- earlier produced the small screen live with the elephant of our fast-acting Academy and load the app now. Answer 12 questions game show titled “Aunty Boli Lagao Boli: veterinarians and security teams,” read a statement. correctly and win lakhs!” Sabse Kam Sabse Anokhi”. elephant caretakers IANS He said he is “terribly excited” and IANS who shared insights about the organi- sation’s elephant protection efforts. Rick Ross recovering at Rescued from Sridevi’s daughter illegal captivity and circuses where they home after hospitalisation were ill-treated and Janhvi turns 21 usic mogul Rick Ross is reportedly recovering at his Miami subjected to cruelty, home after a health scare landed him in a Florida hospi- the elephants are s Janhvi Kapoor, the elder daughter of veteran tal. The 42-year-old hip hop mogul was discharged early now living a life of actress Sridevi whose sudden demise in Dubai last Monday morning following a four-day hospitalisation. freedom under the month left her family and fans in shock and dis- Ross was found “unresponsive” in his Miami mansion. care and treatment of expert veterinarians. belief, turned 21 on Tuesday. Her cousin Sonam AccordingM to a Davie Police Department report obtained by the People Williams said: “Congratulations Wildlife SOS and Kapoor called her the “strongest girl”. magazine and first published by The Blast, someone at the Miami man- good luck for the universal work that you do here and A“To one of the strongest girls I know, who became a sion belonging to Ross, called 911 at 3:34 a.m. for emergency medical the effect you have on anyone who sees this.” woman today. Happy birthday Jannu. Janhvi Kapoor, 21st support saying a person matching Ross’ description was “breathing The “Happy” singer came to India last week on his birthday,” Sonam captioned a smiling image of Janhvi, heavy” and “slobbing out the mouth.” Ross has had a history of seizures, maiden visit to the country. He also experienced the who is her uncle Boney Kapoor’s daughter. suffering two within six hours of each other in 2011. festival of colours Holi in Mumbai. Manish Malhotra, whose creations have been PTI IANS flaunted by Janhvi on multiple occasions and who was also one of Sridevi’s favourite designers, also shared a cherished photograph with the mother-daughter duo. TICKET RATES “Happy Birthday my dearest Janhvi Kapoor. May HILL STAR God bless you with happiness, love, peace and just Silver Rs. 80, Gold Rs. 150 everything,” Malhotra wrote. Platinum Rs. 320 Janhvi is slated to make her Bollywood debut with Movie Schedule “Dhadak”, produced by Karan Johar. It is a launchpad Sridevi was most excited about. The late actress had told IANS last year that she was confident that her daughter is ready to take on the challenges that the industry will throw at her. But as fate would have it, Sridevi won’t be by Janhvi’s side when “Dhadak” releases in July. Nevertheless, as Janhvi put in an emotional note on Instagram last week, she is feeling a “gnawing hollow- ness” within her. The elder of Sridevi and Boney’s two daughters, Janhvi opened up only after a week of grappling with the news of her mother’s demise due to accidental drowning in a Dubai hotel’s bathtub on February 24. “On my birthday, the only thing I ask of all of you is that you love your parents. Cherish them and devote yourself to making them feel that love. They 11 am, 2 pm, 8 pm: Pari (Hindi ) have made you. And I ask that you remember my mother fondly, pray for her soul to rest in peace,” she wrote. Now as Janhvi steps into films with “Dhadak”, she has said she is only going to work towards making her mother “proud”. “Every morning, all that I would do was (wake up) with the hope that one day you’d be as proud of me as I was of you. But I promise I’ll wake up eve- ry day with the same thought. Because you’re here and I can feel you.” 5 pm: Death Wish (Eng ) 2D IANS EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 SPORTS 11 Manu Bhaker strikes two gold Dimitrov and Cilic to play at Queen’s medals at shooting World Cup Guadalajara (Mexico), val totaled 476.1 in the Mar. 6 (IANS): Young final. It was India’s third woman pistol shooter gold medal here.A Manu Bhaker contributed In total, India has sev- two gold medals for India en medals and is now on in the ISSF World Cup top of the medal tally in here. this World Cup. Manu, 16, not only Germany’s Sandra and won the 10m Air Pistol Christian Reitz fired 475.2 gold medal but also part- to take the silver medal, nered Om Prakash Mi- while France’s Celine and tharval for the 10m Air Florian Fouquet got 415.1 Pistol mixed team gold on to finish third. Monday. India also bagged a In the individual event, bronze in the 10m Air Grigor Dimitrov and Marin Cilic the Indian debutant shot Rifle mixed team event, a total of 237.5 to prevail with Mehuli Ghosh and London, Mar. 6 (Reuters): Bulgar- there’s so much history at the event over home favourite Ale- Deepak Kumar finishing ian Grigor Dimitrov will revive happy and grass is one of the best times of the jandra Zavala Vazquez, with a total of 435.1. memories of London when he warms year,” Dimitrov said. who finished second with Chinese pair of Xu up for Wimbledon at the Queen’s Club “Now that I have the 02 title, I am a total of 237.1. Hong and Chen Keduo set tournament in June. motivated to do even better at Queen’s Frenchwoman Celine up a world record score of The world number four will be and Wimbledon this year.” Goberville finished third 502 to clinch the yellow joined by fellow former Queen’s cham- Cilic lost in the Queen’s final last with a score of 217.0. metal. pion Marin Cilic who has also con- year to Feliciano Lopez and in the Manu’s teammate Ya- Romania’s Coman firmed he will sharpen his grasscourt Wimbledon final to Roger Federer. He shaswini Singh Deswal Laura-Georgeta and game on the west London lawns. again fell one victory short at this year’s signed the best World Cup Moldoveanu Alin George Dimitrov, who won the ATP World Australian Open, losing to Federer in a placement of her career, settled for the bronze Tour Finals in London in November, five-set final. scoring 196.1 points and medal with a total score the biggest title of his career, won the World number two Rafa Nadal has finishing fourth in her first of 498.4. Queen’s crown in 2014 and went to also confirmed he will play at Queen’s final appearance. PTI India’s Ravi Kumar and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals. and Britain’s Andy Murray, recovering In the mixed team Pistol shooters Manu Bhaker (R) and Om Prakash Mitharval pose with their medals after winning the Apruvi Chendela got 348.9 “The Queen’s Club Championships from hip surgery, could also play in the event, Manu and Mithar- 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Gold at ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara at Mexico on Tue. Mar. 6. to finish fourth. is one of my favourite tournaments, tournament he has won five times. Vettel fastest early as F1 tests resume, McLaren struggles New Zealand’s Taylor expected Montmelo (Spain), Mar. the day at the track just 6 (AP): Ferrari driver Se- outside Barcelona. to be fit for fourth England ODI bastian Vettel was fastest The car had to be while McLaren struggled pushed back into the ga- Wellington, Mar. 6 (Re- with reliability issues as rage for repairs. uters): New Zealand’s the final week of Formula ‘’We suffered a power troubled middle order is One preseason testing be- shutdown during Stoff’s likely to be boosted by gan Tuesday at the Circuit last run, meaning we lost the return of Ross Taylor de Catalunya-Barcelona. data,’’ McLaren said. ‘’The from a quadriceps injury Vettel had the fastest team are investigating, for the crucial fourth one- time in the morning ses- but we’ll be back out as day international against sion with a lap of 1 min- soon as we can.’’ England in Dunedin on ute, 20.396 seconds, two He made it back just Wednesday. tenths faster than Valtteri before the lunch break Taylor, who appeared to hurt himself while div- Bottas of Mercedes. Max but managed only seven Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands steers his car during a Formula One pre-season testing Verstappen was close be- laps. session in Montmelo, outside Barcelona, Spain on Tue. Mar. 6. ing to avoid a run out in hind with his Red Bull. McLaren is debuting the second game at Mount Vettel and Bottas ran the Renault engine this Monday on a ‘’filming The other red flag in the conditions expected Maunganui, missed the the most laps among the season after three dismal day.’’ Practice is restricted the morning session came during the season. third game in Wellington, 10 drivers who were on seasons with Honda. The in F1 but teams are al- after Sergio Perez spun his Defending champion which England won by the track with 86 each, team got off to a good lowed to take their cars Force India. Lewis Hamilton had the four runs to take a 2-1 lead one more than Verstap- start in last week’s tests, to the track for a few brief The first four days of fastest time last week with in the five-match series. pen. with Vandoorne finishing periods for marketing and testing were hampered Mercedes. The 33-year-old said Stoffel Vandoorne with the third-fastest time commercial purposes. by bad weather and cold Teams will test until he had been hit several stopped his Renault-pow- overall. McLaren also struggled temperatures in Barce- Friday. times by the ball while bat- ered McLaren on the front Vandoorne’s team- in the first week of testing lona, keeping teams from The season begins ting, which prevented him straight about an hour mate, two-time world last week as Alonso lost a making quality runs on a with the Australian Grand from turning fast enough Ross Taylor into the session, prompt- champion Fernando rear wheel and was forced track that lacked enough Prix in Melbourne on after some superb field- ing the first red flag of Alonso, ran a few laps on off the track. grip and didn’t reproduce March 25. ing by David Willey cut off Auckland batsman with 63 not out in Mount his chances of running a Mark Chapman, who was Maunganui then was un- quick single. an injury replacement for luckily run out for 41 in “Should be fine for Williamson and then Tay- Wellington as he and Wil- Iniesta injury leaves Barcelona looking for new hero against Chelsea tomorrow. It’s nice to be lor, scored one in the sec- liamson looked well set to ready to play,” he told re- ond game and then threw win the game after New Barcelona, Mar. 6 (Reuters): Bar- in the final, becoming the first this season, Iniesta’s absence is a Gomes came on as a substi- porters in Dunedin ahead his wicket away for eight in Zealand lost five for 23 in celona’s Champions League tie Spanish side to complete a treble, setback for the hosts. tute for Iniesta during the win over of the game at Univer- Wellington. the middle stages. against Chelsea is poised on a having won La Liga and the King’s In La Liga, Barcelona’s record Atletico but was whistled by some sity Oval. “I’ve had mas- Henry Nicholls has Taylor, however, said knife edge but the Catalans will Cup. signing Philippe Coutinho can fill Barcelona fans during another sages on it, acupuncture, scored a total of one run his side were well aware of have to cope without their inspi- However, it was Iniesta’s stop- in for the 33-year-old playmaker disappointing display. stretching and swimming. in three matches, while their issues and were still rational captain Andres Iniesta, page time goal in London that but the Brazilian is cup-tied in the Denis has the most similar “I got hit during the Tom Latham, who helped in the series if they were the man who has pedigree when stood out as many fans’ highlight Champions League after joining style to the captain but has not game in Hamilton, then Taylor to New Zealand’s sensible about how they it comes to beating the Blues. of the campaign. from Liverpool in January. played for Barca since their 1-0 hit on the same spot in three-wicket victory in batted at University Oval. Barring what the Spanish me- The captain also helped That leaves Valverde King’s Cup defeat by Espanyol on training twice. The leg was the first game in Hamil- “It’s no use going out dia have called a “miracle recov- salvage a 1-1 with a tough de- Jan. 17, while Ousmane Dembele saying it had had enough ton with 79, scored just 22 there helter-skelter, then ery”, the hamstring injury Iniesta draw for Bar- cision to make, is a forward and his inclusion then Willey got me.” and a golden duck in the falling for spit and playing suffered on Sunday in Barcelona’s celona in last over which of would see the formation change His return would be a next two matches. Colin catch up the whole time,” 1-0 La Liga win over Atletico Ma- month’s first leg, Paulinho, Andre from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3. timely boost for the side. de Grandhomme has had Taylor said. drid will keep him out of the last when he teed up Lionel Gomes, Denis Suarez or Even without Iniesta, Barce- Apart from Taylor’s scores of two, 38 and three. “All the players know 16 second leg on March 14. Messi to equalise, in one of the few Ousmane Dembele steps in for lona are favourites to progress, century in the first game Mitchell Santner, bat- their roles, hopefully I can The Barcelona skipper scored chances Ernesto Valverde’s side Iniesta. given Chelsea’s struggles to keep and Kane Williamson’s ting at number eight, has take it deep and then the a dramatic 93rd minute goal at mustered. None of the options have up with the top four in the Premier 112 not out in the third, been the only player in power players do their job Stamford Bridge in 2009 against Although the odds are against convinced. Paulinho started the League. But, Messi aside, the vet- New Zealand’s middle or- New Zealand’s middle or- at the end. Chelsea in the semi-finals to send Antonio Conte’s stuttering Chel- season well but since Christmas eran is the most essential compo- der and all-rounders have der to score consistently. “We’re still in the series his side through on away goals. sea in the second leg at Camp has looked jaded and was widely nent in setting the team’s style and struggled to produce con- He belted 45 not out and hopefully we can level Pep Guardiola’s men went on Nou, where Barcelona are unbeat- criticised for a poor performance pace. Barcelona may need a new sistently during the series. in Hamilton, top scored it up tomorrow.” to beat Manchester United 2-0 en in all three major competitions in the first leg. hero to step up.

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C M Y K 12 SPORTS Late Matic strike gives United Pacquiao eyes next fight in Malaysia in May or June win in five-goal Palace thriller Manila, Mar. 6 (AFP): Phil- ippine boxing idol Manny safety zone. Pacquiao said his next Rasping drive opponent would be either When Townsend struck world champion Lucas the opening goal it was Matthysse or Danny Gar- the first time Palace had cia in Malaysia in May or led United in the Premier June, after rejecting an League and the home fans undercard offer to face could hardly believe their Mike Alvarado. eyes when their Dutch Pacquiao told ABS- international Van Aanholt CBN television in an in- beat De Gea at his near terview aired Tuesday that post with a rasping drive. his camp had narrowed However, Palace’s sec- the choices down to ond goal stung United World Boxing Association into life and they were welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, who has won world titles in an unprecedented soon back in the match Matthysse, of Argentina, eight weight divisions, is also a senator in the Philippines when Valencia clipped a or the American former cross to the far post where WBA super-welterweight date with Ukraine's World at 59 wins, seven losses Smalling was lurking on and World Boxing Coun- Boxing Organization su- and two draws, and is now his own to direct a header cil welterweight champ perfeatherweight cham- in the twilight of his career. back across Hennessey’s Garcia, who was unbeaten pion Vasyl Lomachenko The Filipino south- goal into the far corner. until last year. during a break from his paw retired briefly in 2016 The game was then "Definitely, Malaysia is senatorial duties. but made a comeback to an absorbing end-to-end where we will fight. If not Asked why he would retake his WBO title from battle as both sides at- May, this coming June, fight in Malaysia, Pac- Jessie Vargas just months tacked but United found maybe third week of June, quiao said "because those later. He has not scored a the equaliser when San- so the preparation will not in Malaysia appealed to knockout win in the past AP/PTI chez’s shot was deflected conflict with my work," also have a fight there". eight years. Manchester United's Nemanja Matic, foreground celebrates after scoring a goal with teammate Chris Smalling during the English Premier onto the bar and came said Pacquiao, who is also Pacquiao is a national In January, Pacquiao League soccer match against Crystal Palace at the Selhurst Park in London on Mon. Mar. 5. back for Lukaku who a senator. Last week Pac- hero in the Philippines but rejected calls to retire for managed to find some quiao, 39, rejected an offer there have been growing good, adding he did not London, Mar. 6 (Reuters): frey Schlupp took a quick the points when his vol- have turned it around. Ev- space inside the area and to fight on the undercard questions about whether believe his recent losses Manchester United’s free kick after a foul on ley from 25 metres curled ery point matters and it’s fired home. of the Jeff Horn-Terence the ageing boxer can still tarnished his record. Nemanja Matic volleyed Benteke and left back Pat- away from diving keeper so important to win games The game was still on Crawford fight in the US command the mammoth He parlayed his sport- a stunning added-time rick van Aanholt raced at Wayne Hennessey into the like this.” a knife edge but United in April. paydays that his fights ing fame to get elected to winner as they fought back goal before firing past De top corner to put United United’s win put them started to pile on the pres- Pacquiao, who has used to earn. the influential Senate in from two goals down to Gea to put Palace in the back into second spot on nine points ahead of fifth- sure and the almost inevi- won world titles in an un- He lost his WBO wel- 2016 and has had to juggle beat Crystal Palace 3-2 at driving seat. 62 points, 16 behind Man- placed champions Chel- table breakthrough came precedented eight weight terweight title to the Aus- his training and matches Selhurst Park and climbed United pulled chester City, and left Pal- sea in the battle for the top when the ball fell to the divisions, previously said tralian Horn last year to with his legislative sched- to second place in the Pre- a goal back seven ace in the relegation zone. four which brings a place visitors’ Serbia midfielder he was eyeing an April leave his record standing ule. mier League on Monday. minutes later when “It was a nice in next season’s Champi- Matic who instinctively Palace, who have never t h e u n m a r k e d goal,” said Ma- ons League group stage. struck a superb shot into beaten United in the Pre- C h r i s Sm a l l i n g tic. “I am happy for It a l s o t o o k Jo s e the top corner. mier League, took the lead headed in the team, not Mourinho’s team back It was the first time Angami students' Nousi Rüzhü concludes after 11 minutes when An- A n t o n i o b e c a u s e I above Liverpool, who are United had come from dros Townsend ran onto Valencia’s scored but two points behind before two goals down to win Christian Benteke’s square c r o s s a n d b e c a u s e the pair clash at Old Traf- a Premier League game ball and struck a left-foot equalised in we won and ford on Saturday, with Tot- since December 2013 shot that deflected off Vic- the 76th when Alexis San- picked up the three points. tenham Hotspur a further while Palace, who have tor Lindelof past goalkeep- chez’s effort came back off We showed character af- two points behind. failed to beat United in er David de Gea. the bar and Romelu Lu- ter going 2-0 down and With nine games left, 18 Premier League meet- The hosts went 2-0 in kaku turned two defend- they had the crowd behind Palace are third from bot- ings, had never lost in the front three minutes into ers to fire home. them. tom with 27 points but competition with at least a the second half when Jef- Matic then snatched “We are delighted to only a point outside the two-goal lead. Federer prepares to defend title at Indian Wells Saudi Arabia offers to fund Los Angeles, Mar. 6 (IANS): Swiss World No.1 new Iraq football stadium Roger Federer is getting Naga style wrestling champion with others at the D Khel ground in Kohima. ready to defend his title at Baghdad, Mar. 6 (AFP): Saudi Arabia has offered to fund the BNP Paribas Open in a new football stadium in Iraq, as FIFA prepares to de- Dimapur, Mar. 6 (EMN): The two-day Champion. Indian Wells, California, cide whether to lift its ban on Iraq hosting competitive Nousi Rüzhü 2018 jointly hosted by Anga- In men’s football final, St Joseph's col- where the field is notable international matches. mi Students' Union of St.Joseph's College lege emerged as the champion while Ko- for the absences of Spain's The offer came in a telephone call between King Salman and Kohima Science College concluded hima Science College as the runners up. Rafael Nadal, Switzer- and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday eve- at D Khel ground, Kohima on Mar. 3. St Joseph's college Jakhama also won land's Stanislas Wawrinka, ning, the prime minister's office said. T.S Angami, retired Director New and the men's basketball final with Kohima France's Jo-Wilfried Tson- It provided no further details about the cost of the sta- Renewable Energy was the chief guest College as the runners-up. ga and France's Richard dium or where it might be located. on the opening day and Keviletuo Yiese, For men's volleyball, St Joseph College Gasquet. son prematurely, but he played in a tournament in It follows an international friendly between the two President Angami Gazetted Officer's As- was adjudged as the champion and Ko- The 36-year-old Fe- has made a phenomenal 14 months, won the 2017 countries in Iraq's third city Basra on February 28, their sociation Kohima Village was guest of hima Science College as the runners-up derer, who has won the comeback since January Australian Open while first on Iraqi soil in 40 years. honour at the concluding day. In arm wrestling for men, Dietho- event in the California 2017. He won the Austra- pregnant. The king described the game, which Iraq won 4-1 in Angami Students' Union from the setuo Rio (KCK) was the winner and Viwe desert five times, is de- lian Open and Wimble- The 36-year-old Wil- front of a capacity 60,000 crowd, as a "success", Abadi's four colleges namely - St.Joseph's College Kere (KSC) came second. For women's fending 1,000 ranking don last year and then liams lost an exhibition office said. It was watched by Asian Football Confedera- (SJC) Jakhama, Kohima College Kohima arm wrestling final, Mhashevinu Kennao points in the Coachella extended his record haul match to Latvia's Jelena tion head Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa who said "the (KCK), Don Bosco College (DBS) and (KSC) was the winner and runner-up by Valley, where he defeated of Grand Slam titles to 20 Ostapenko, the French time has come" to end the three-decade ban on Iraq Kohima Science College (KSC) Jotsoma Cynthia Sekhose (SJC). Wawrinka in last year's by successfully defending Open champion, on De- hosting competitive international matches. took part in the tournament. Meanwhile in Naga style wrestling, championship match 6-4, his Australian Open title cember 30. FIFA is due to decide on March 16. The country has Various disciplines such as football, Khrietsonyü Whuorie (SJC) emerged as 7-5, REPORTS eFE. in January. Among the other play- not played full internationals on home turf since its 1990 volleyball, basketball, arm wrestling and the champion after taking down 2nd Federer, who has won The main threat to Fe- ers in the draw at Indian invasion of Kuwait. The ban, covering all but domestic Naga wrestling were conducted during position Rokovito Lese (KSC) while the a record 20 Grand Slam derer at Indian Wells is Wells are World No. 1 Si- matches, stayed in place after the US-led invasion of the two-day tournament. St. Joseph's 3rd and 4th position went to Niseto Zhale titles, will hang on to the expected to be Serbia's mona Halep, of Romania; 2003 toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. College Jakhama emerged as the overall (KCK) and Diethosetuo Rio (KCK). No.1 spot in the ATP rank- Novak Djokovic, who is defending champion Ele- ings if he makes it to the returning to action after na Vesnina, of Russia; Rus- semifinals at Indian Wells. undergoing elbow surgery. sian star Maria Sharapova; If Federer falters at the Djokovic, whose rank- Denmark's Caroline Woz- year's first Masters 1000 ing has fallen to No. 13 niacki, who won the Aus- Beleaguered Brazilians sick of fuss over Neymar's toe event, Nadal will retake and is also a five-time BNP tralian Open; and Spain's Belo Horizonte (Brazil), on staff and all kinds of ated on or treated. But the top spot in the rank- Paribas Open champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, the Mar. 6 (AFP): News crews equipment, even beds. since that guy has mon- ings on March 19 despite was defeated by South reigning Wimbledon from around the world The pale pink paint is ey, he can do it," said de Winners of the cross country race being out of action with a Korea's Hyeon Chung in champion. may have flocked to peeling. Several windows Oliveira. hip injury. the round of 16 at the Aus- Indian Wells is offer- cover Neymar's foot op- are broken. Among the Neymar Federer's return to the tralian Open, the Serb's ing a bonus of $1 million eration but some Brazil- "We need more beds fans who turned out Sat- No.1 spot came amid one first tournament since this year to the player ians would rather see the in the neo-natal emer- urday at the Mater Dei of the most remarkable Wimbledon. who wins both the singles spotlight on the country's gency room. Sometimes hospital was a man in a runs of his career. On the women's side, and doubles titles, a feat woes. patients have to sleep on wheelchair named Sand- T h e S w i s s s t a r all eyes will be on Ameri- achieved by just six play- No-one here doubts cots," said Dr. Klaus Mo- erson. dropped out of the top can Serena Williams, who ers: Roscoe Tanner, Boris the talent of the 26-year- rales on Facebook the day He carried a sign that 15 in the rankings when a is returning to competi- Becker, Jim Courier, Lind- old star of the Brazilian of Neymar's surgery on a read: "I broke my heel knee injury forced him to tion after giving birth. say Davenport (twice) and national team and Paris broken metatarsal. Neymar and knee. I need your shut down his 2016 sea- Williams, who has not Vera Zvonareva. Saint-Germain. But peo- "Fifty meters from support and that of your ple are sick of seeing him here in the Mater Dei mates will sorely miss him 12 percent. medical team." treated like a pampered hospital, Neymar will un- when they take on Real "For us it is hard to Neymar began rehab rich kid. dergo surgery on a toe," Madrid in the Champions see a public figure abroad Sunday at his 10-million- ICC hands Pune curator six-month suspension The sport's most ex- Morales wrote. "Helicop- League on Tuesday. such as Neymar while we dollar home on the coast Mumbai, Mar. 6 (Reuters): The Inter- they shared with us,” Alex Marshall, the pensive player ever un- ters are flying over the But no-one was cov- here are suffering because near Rio. national Cricket Council (ICC) has ICC’s general manager, anti-corruption, derwent surgery Saturday area non-stop and the ering the problems that of so many things, such as His neighbors include handed a six-month suspension to an said in a statement. at Mater Dei hospital in news media focus only many Brazilians face, said violence, muggings every celebrites and politicians Indian groundsman for failing to report “I am satisfied that Salgaonkar has the southeastern city of on this, while our patients Priscila Silveira, a 28-year- day, a terrible public edu- accused of corruption. a corrupt approach during a one-day no case to answer on the broad al- Belo Horizonte. here must wait hours to old government employ- cation system, besides all This does not help his international against New Zealand legations of corruption made by The private, ultra- be treated," said Morales. ee in Belo Horizonte. the problems with cor- popularity, although the in October. India Today.” modern facility's tinted The situation was dis- "The public health ruption," said Aderaldo player caters to younger India Today television showed Salgaonkar was suspended windows make it look graceful, he added. system is in a state of cri- Pulquerio, 47, a mainte- fans on social media, Pandurang Salgaonkar telling by the Maharashtra Cricket As- more like an office build- Glamor and affection sis and we have major nance worker. always with a touch of their undercover reporters, who sociation (MCA) ahead of the ing. The roof boasts a Dozens of camera crews crime problems that do The same gripes are glamor and controversy. were posing as bookmakers, he one-dayer between India and chopper pad, which Ney- staked out spots for hours not get the attention they heard in Rio de Janeiro, On Friday, the day be- could manipulate the Pune New Zealand in Pune but mar used when he was outside the Mater Dei deserve in the news me- where Geraldo de Olivei- fore his surgery, Neymar pitch and share information the match went ahead af- released from the hospital hospital while Neymar dia," she said. ra, a 62-year-old taxi driv- published on Instagram about the playing surface in ter the ICC match referee on Sunday. was inside -- the fate of Brazil has one of the er, could not disguise his a photo in which he is violation of the ICC’s anti- cleared the pitch. Across the street is a Brazil team at this year's world's highest homicide anger. seen giving his girlfriend corruption code. The groundsman has decrepit maternity hospi- World Cup finals could rates, and after two years "It is minor surgery on Bruna Marquezine, an “We have carried out an extensive accepted his offence and his ban will be tal called Odete Valadares. rest on him making a full of recession that is just a toe. If that happened to actress, a passionate kiss investigation based on the allegations backdated to Oct. 25 when he was sus- Like most state-run hos- recovery. now beginning to ease, the rest of us, we would as she sits on him in a made by India Today and the material pended by the local host MCA. pitals in Brazil, it is short And Neymar's team- the jobless rate is almost not manage to be oper- wheelchair.

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Students of LFHSS with Andrew Ahoto and Sandeep Gurav during the introduction of Lagori game on Tue. Mar. 6