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NatioN ENtErtaiNmENt SportS vol. Xvi no. 156 | Pages 12 ` 4/- rni no. nageng/2002/07906 dimaPUr, satUrday, JUne 10, 2017 NSCN (K) chairman CM apprised on indigenous tribe issues Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): Nagaland Tribes Coun- cil (NTC) officials called on the Chief Minister Dr. SS Khaplang no more Shrurhozielie Lezietsu to- day at his office to apprise Our Correspondent day scenario of internal him on the various issues Kohima, June 9 (EMN): conflicts. concerning the indigenous Shangwang Shangyung He said NPMHR will tribes of Nagaland. Khaplang, better known ‘always treasure and cher- The issues include strict as SS Khaplang, the chief ish’ Khaplang’s commit- implementation of Land of the banned Nationalist ment to do what the up- and Revenue (amend- Socialist Council of Naga- coming Naga generation ment) Act, 1978; need to land -Khaplang (NSCN-K) wants as the ‘Naga Na- review the standard pro- group is said to have passed tional movement is for the cedures to establish indig- away Friday evening at wellbeing of future Naga enous inhabitants status as around 7:30 p.m. at the generation who should live per 1977 notification; con- central headquarter of the in dignity and peace.’ cerns of the citizens on the NSCN (K) in Taka, Myan- He prayed that the ongoing political process; mar. He was 77. Almighty God will grant dangers of Nagaland Spe- Khaplang was report- strength and courage to all cial Development Zone Members of Nagaland Tribe Council (NTC), who called on the chief minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, at edly undergoing medical his dear and near ones and (NSDZ) concept. the latter office chamber in Nagaland Civil Secretariat Liezietsu on June 9. treatment for chronic dia- the entire rank and file of NTC officials also betes for the past several the NSCN (K)/GPRN to urged the government to needing the immediate at- ment of its fullest co-oper- appreciated the Chief months. On Friday even- bear the loss in their hour put such issues to proper tention of the government ation to uphold the interest Minister for his patient ing, he was said to have suf- of pain and grief. conclusion and keep the in view of the prevailing of the State on the above hearing and assurance to fered a cardiac arrest after Meanwhile, Naga protective laws in full force situation. NTC has as- issues. give all efforts to address dinner and was rushed to a Mothers’ Association has and other related issues sured the State govern- Meanwhile, NTC has the issues raised by NTC. hospital in Taka where he also termed the demise of breathed his last. Chairman of NSCN(K) SS Khaplang (file photo) Khaplang as a “sad day for While official confir- those who walk for peace.” mation is yet to be made (IM), Khaplang’s NSCN- in need of elderly and ex- Describing his demise as a NPCC petitions ECI RD ‘dirtiest department’ by his outfit about the de- K, which reneged from a perienced wisdom of Naga ‘great loss’ to the efforts of mise, Army sources con- 14 years-long ceasefire in national movement leaders peace across borders, the firmed that Khaplang died March 2015, has been in- to set right the course of the association conveyed its on bye-elections in State, alleges PSAN after suffering a stroke. The volved in series of attacks Naga destiny, which are be- earnest condolences to the Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): Nagaland Pradesh in tandem with some other ing misinterpreted and re- Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): ment jobs are at their whims Myanmar-based Council bereaved family and also to Congress Committee (NPCC), in consultation Public Service Aspirants of and fancies. of Naga Affairs (CNA) has militant groups under the interpreted in the present the leaders of NSCN (K). with AICC legal secretary, submitted a represen- banner of the UNLFW. Nagaland (PSAN) has alleged PSAN resented that such also confirmed of the sepa- tation to Election Commission of India (ECI) the Department of Rural De- mindset runs among most of ratist leader’s death. Following his death, on June 8 drawing the attention of ECI to the speculations are already on velopment (RD) as one of the the politicians of today who Born in April 1940 in SS Khaplang last will provision of Article 151A of the Representation ‘dirtiest departments’ in the run the ‘job bazaar’ in ex- Waktham village, east of as to who would take over of the People Act of 1951 as amended in 1996. the helms of the group. "I have stood under the banner of 'Nagaland for Christ' State which is embroiled in change for votes. PSAN seek Myanmar’s Pangsau Pass, The provision states that bye-election should not Although a few names are with the hope that my people may see both physical numerous backdoor appoint- to know the part/ article of Khaplang hails from Hemi apply if the remainder term is less than one year. being suggested, nothing and spiritual freedom from the oppression of the ruth- ments and rampant corrup- the Constitution of India that Naga tribe of Myanmar less occupiers NPCC Media Cell reasoned that since the tions. provides for unabated, un- and is the youngest of 10 is clear at the moment as NSCN (K) leaders could I have done my part for the freedom of my people term of Nagaland Legislative Assembly is due to PSAN officials were as- ethical, opaque and rampant siblings. He also leads the with the little capacity God has given me. And now, the expire on March 12, 2018, the remainder term tounded by the curt reply of backdoor appointment 'rights' recently formed United not be reached for any comment. younger generations of Nagaland need to continue the is just 8 months away. However, if the bye-elec- the RD minister, CL John, on to the ministers and bureau- Liberation Front of West- legacy left to you like passed down to us by the elders. tion were conducted after the Presidential Elec- backdoor appointment, who crats. ern South East Asia (UN- NPMHR, NMA condole Never weaver nor be carried away with the ideologies tion which may be in the 4th week of the July or reportedly said that “these PSAN also alleged that LFW), an amalgamation In a condolence, secretary of Naga Peoples’ Move- of the aliens that Nagas do not deserve to be a Nation. August 2017 and code of conduct of election were not 'backdoor' appoint- only 4 BDO posts have been of separatist groups formed As a human, I have done many wrongs and forgive come into force by the end of December 2017 for ments but rather 'political' requisitioned to NPSC despite jointly by the United Liber- ment for Human Rights me all my failures in this noble venture of our cherished general election, there will hardly be 4 working appointments which were clear replies on RTI proving ation Front of Assam, the (NPMHR), Neingulo Krome said the sudden freedom. months. Further there may only be one day ses- normal and there was nothing the existence of vacancies NSCN (K), the Kamatapur My sons and daughters, please continue to hold on wrong with it.” ever since CL John took over Liberation Organization, demise of SS Khaplang, sion to fulfil the Constitutional provisions. chairman of the NSCN the torch of our freedom until we reach the promised NPCC stated that bye-election is meaningless PSAN has asked the the department. It said many and the National Demo- land." meaning of ‘backdoor’ ap- have been occupied on 'back- cratic Front of Bodoland. (K), has come as a rude to the opposition parties, adding it is wasteful Translated by Athong Makury pointment if the so-called door' or 'political' contractual Formed in 1988 after a shock at a time when the to engage the people and government. “Forcing President of Council of Naga Affairs, Myanmar political appointments can- basis in contravention to Arti- breakout from the NSCN Naga people are extremely bye-election in violation will render the Consti- tutional provisions meaningless and also create not be termed as 'backdoor' cle 16 of the Constitution of uncomfortable precedence in the nation,” NPCC appointments. While stating India that provides for equal said. that there are thousands of opportunities in the mat- Justifying the aforesaid matter, NPCC del- deserving educated unem- ter of employment to public Night curfew reinforced in border area egate has objected to the bye-elections. Mean- ployed Nagas burning the office(s). Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): Addition- of persons and vehicular traffic in the from the purview of this prohibitory while, it added that Umesh Sinha, Deputy Elec- midnight oil and waiting for a PSAN Media Cell has al District Magistrate of Sivasagar, 5 km belt on Assam side of Sivasagar order. The prohibitory order, which tion Commissioner, has assured to put up the fair chance at employment to asked CL John to either come Assam, has reinforced night curfew district bordering Nagaland. came into force on May 19, will re- matter before the ECI for discussion. However, public offices, PSAN claimed clean and justify his state- from 6 PM to 6 AM thereby prohibit- However, security personnel and main in force for a period of 60 (six- he said there are many instances of bye-elections that there are arrogant politi- ments or apologise to the peo- ing movement of any person, group officials on duty have been exempt ty) days. in the past. cians who think that govern- ple of Nagaland. Fight this summer with frequent intake of water; avoid spice Temshinaro While suggesting the No one wants advice - Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): BEATING SUMMER HEAT public to avoid long expo- only corroboration As the State experiences sure to sun, Dr. Molu said severe heat and humidity face mask should always ~ John Steinbeck for the past three consecu- be used in order to stay tive days in a row with away from dust allergy. Dimapur being worst Commenting on tak- hit, doctors have advised ing bath with hot water Mirror Takes measures to fight the sum- and salt during summer, mer heat. However, the which is practiced by State witnessed relative many, both the doctors comfort following mid- disagreed saying that it night rain in Dimapur and does not give mush ben- continued rain in the State efit as hot water dehy- capital. Other parts of the drates skin and that it ab- State also witnessed slight sorbs moisture from the change of weather with body. relative amount of rain- Dimapur, as always, fall. have been the hottest dis- As explained by Dr. trict of Nagaland. With- Temsu Sashi (Medicine) out doubt, like the rest of of District Hospital, ex- the world because of glob- posure to summer heat al warming, the tempera- causes various ailments EM Images/ Caisii Mao ture this year is believed like cramps in muscles, A girl cool herself as she takes a cool bath on the Dhansari River on a to have soared higher than headache, dizziness etc., hot summer day in Dimapur on June 9. most of the recent years. and sometimes leading And with such tempera- to extreme cases like heat trict Hospital, when asked it leads to sweating caus- ture, normal life of the ing temperature rise in the ~ Arien stroke which may vary about ways to protect the people has been much dis- from person to person. He skin during summer sea- body. turbed. "Sir this tree has been said most common heat son, said that one has to dead since my father's of all are heat exhaustion stay hydrated all through- father's time, kati dibo na or heat syncope which can out the day in order to Following are some healthy measures that can be avoided or practiced as suggested by kineka?" be avoided with less expo- stay away from related sure to sun. problems during such sea- Dr. Temsu Sashi (Medicine) and WEATHER Above all, he said son. Dr. Molu Ozukum (Skin) temperature people under medication He advised the work- should be more careful ing people and students  Frequent intake of water (1 lt/hr when out and as they are more borne to to avoid sun exposure as 1/2 lt/hr when indoors); Drink coconut water as it max: min: heat related illnesses dur- much as one can and that contains all needed electrolytes. KOHIma 30° 18° ing such heat as having applying sunscreen above  Prefer wearing cotton/linen clothes; avoid tight dImapur 36.4° 26.2° regular medicines reduces 30+ SPF both in body and clothes. rF: rH: the amount of water level face should be practiced. KOHIma 9mm 93% in the body. The doctor also recom-  Apply powder; keep skin moisturised. dImapur 11.4mm 92% When asked about the mended people to wash  Eat fruits, healthy food; avoid spicy food, meat. * Rainfall (RF) * Relative humidity (RH) number of patients com- and dry undergarments Temperature in State Capitals ing to the hospital with in the sun as it kill fungus  Do not overexpose in sun; avoid working under Max. min. Max. min. such ailments, Dr. Temsu and bacteria that causes the sun for long; use shade/protection. aizawl 29° 12° itanagar 34° 24° said no heat related pa- various skin irritations.  ° ° ° ° Wear light coloured clothes; avoid dark coloured agartala 36 25 shillong 25 14 tients have come for treat- Dr. Molu also advised garments. gangtok 22° 16° delhi 39° 28° ment so far. spice and meat lovers to guwahati 33° 25° Kolkata 36° 28° Skin specialist Dr. avoid excess intake of dry  People under medication should be more careful. imphal 27° 22° chennai 34° 29° Molu Ozukum of Dis- meat/ fish and spices as EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Saturday, June 10, 2017 2 STATE Kejong inaugurates Phek Vikheho Swu launches ‘Beyond Books’ at Pughoboto Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): Minister politicizing students development books’ is to enlighten minds to a focused towards charting talents for for Roads & Bridges, Y. Vikheho activities. sea of opportunities that awaits all secondary and middle schools Swu launched the ‘Beyond Books’ Joint director H &FW, Dr. Ho- beyond their scholastic academics. with activities like spelling bee, es- District Horticulture office for Aphuyemi A Thuwu-No funded tokhu Chishi, who was the main The objective is to visit all second- say writing, quiz, painting, singing under LADP 2017-18 at the GHS speaker, called upon the students to ary schools in Aphuyemi area to and debate competition etc. damom, kiwi, banana and Pughoboto on June 8. set ambitions and maintain healthy sensitive them to a host of inherent ADC Avelu Ruho, SDO (c) vegetable crops and that Speaking at the launching pro- competitive spirit with one another. unique gifts that each individual has Chonbenthung Ezung and EAC Phek district could also be gramme, the Minister stressed on He also said that Pughoboto has and to contribute to the realization Tiayanger visited different schools declared as the large carda- the need to look forward to positive seen a lot of positive growth in the of dreams and aspiration for the in Pughoboto town on the same mom district in the state. developments in future. He also last few years. betterment of Aphuyemis. It is also day with the message of ‘Beyond N Amos Ao, Head of urged the people to refrain from The main vision of the ‘Beyond to convert various literary activities Books’. Department, Horticulture delivered keynote address and on behalf of the en- gineering wing, presented NBCC School Education Ministry felicitates toppers the technical report of the office. Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): School Alan Gonmei (IAS), Education Ministry of Nagaland Secretary (Horticulture) Baptist Church Council (NBCC) or- welcomed the participants ganised a felicitation programme to from various departments, honour HSLC and HSSLC toppers Deputy Commissioner Phek & DPDB Vice Chairman, Murohu Chotso 2017 of NBCC affiliated schools, addressing the DPDB meeting. institutions and farming community. on June 9 at Platinum Hall, NBCC Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): better service to poor farm- Invocation was pro- Office. Parliamentary Secretary of ers and new technologies nounced by Pastor Phek Three toppers namely Vikuok- Horticulture, Kejong Chang would be disseminated at the Town Baptist Church, Thu- hono Lhousa, Elozüo M Saprü- inaugurated the Office of the right time to the right people. puchiyi while vote of thanks na and Atna I Awomi delivered District Horticulture Officer Guest of honour, DC was proposed by DHO speeches. Phek as chief guest. Phek, Kovi Meyase, said the Phek, Moalemba. The pro- Director of SCERT, Khrietuo In his address, Kejong district had a vast potential gramme was coordinated by Mezhür, exhorted the achievers said the establishment of the for growing horticulture Shri Senti Longchar (DK), and encouraged them to see beyond district office was to provide crops especially, large car- HO Phek. their achievement. Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho, general secretary of NBCC also encouraged the students. Chairman of School Board, Toppers from NBCC affiliated schools with Director of SCERT, Khrietuo Mezhür and Church leaders during the felicitation programme State to observe IDCF from June 12 Keviseto gave away the certificates on Friday. Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): Education, Indian Asso- During the fortnight The program was chaired by Khrievino Sahu while welcome Mechiehol Savi, School Coordina- presented by NBCC male voice. erty and Finance Secretary, NBCC Nagaland, along with the ciation of Pediatric Na- a set of activities will be tor of NBCC and special song was Rev. Yamyap Konyak, Prop- blessed the gathering. rest of the country, will be galand Branch (IAP-NL) implemented in an intensi- address was delivered by Rev. Dr. observing Intensified Diar- and CBOs/ NGO’s like fied manner for prevention rhoea Control Fortnight Naga Mothers Association and control of death due to (IDCF) from the June 12 (NMA) will implement the dehydration caused by Di- Year of Construction Workers begin at Jalukie WEaThER FORECaST iN OThER DiSTRiCTS to 24. activities in the Schools in arrhoea across the country Max Min DP Rh RF The objective is to en- ensuring proper hand wash- which are- intensification of sure high coverage of ORS ing techniques, Anganwadi advocacy activities, aware- WOKha 27.6 17.8 20.2 85 36.8 and Zinc use rates in chil- Centers for ORS depot and ness generation activities dren with diarrhoea pre- identifying children under for diarrhoea management, ZBT 23.5 14.7 18.9 81 15.8 vention & management of five years of age and suffer- strengthening service provi- MON 35.4 23 22.3 90 30 under-five children, with ing from diahorrea through sion for diarrhoea case man- emphasis on the high pri- the anganwadis and the agement, establishing ORS- MELURi ority areas and vulnerable Department also appealed Zinc corners, distribution of TUENSaNG 24 18 20.9 81 2.1 communities. The activ- to the PHED on ensuring ORS and Zinc by ASHA ity is been intensified in clean and safe drinking wa- to household with under- MKG 25 17 21.2 79 19 the country due to the fact ter in Schools, Anganwadi five years of age children PhEK 30.6 18.6 20.9 84 NIL that, Childhood diarrhoeal Centers and Health Units. and awareness generation disease continues to be one This year IDCF ap- activities for sanitation and KiPhiRE 20.4 20.2 19.1 81 NIL of the major killers among proaches are to improved hygiene. National Health SDO(C) Jalukie, T. Lankonsen Tsanglao with the participants at the inaugural programme of YOCW in TSEMiNYU 28.4 19.8 20.9 95 14.2 under five children in many availability and use of ORS Mission has appealed every Jalukie on Friday. states contributing to 11 and Zinc at the community, household having children SEChÜ ZUBZa 29.5 23 22.4 76 1.4 percent of under five deaths facility level strengthening under-five years of age to Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): Year of Construc- be attentive and try to learn maximum during in the country to manage cases of dehydra- avail the services which is tion Workers (YOCW) training programme the week long training. JaLUKiE The Department of tion and enhanced advo- been provided for free dur- began at Jalukie began on June 9 at SDO (C) Altogether, 50 trainees under Peren MaNGKOLEM- 33.4 21.8 24.8 92 41.2 Health & Family Welfare cacy and communication ing the fortnight. One can office premises, Jalukie. district registered their participation in the Ba (H&FW) in convergence on prevention and control also contact the nearest Addressing the participants at the in- ongoing training programme. The inaugural with Allied Department of diarrhea through IEC Health Units or ASHA for augural programme, SDO(C) Jalukie, T. function was chaired by Principal ITI Di- *Dew Point (DP) *Relative Humidity (RH) * Rainfall (RF) of PHED, Social Welfare, campaign. more information. Lankonsen Tsanglao urged the participants to mapur, Er. Inches. Source: Department of Soil & Water Conservation, Nagaland NEwS IN BRIEf District level workshop on IDCF held in Kiphire IMPORTANT NUMBERS Kohima to observe World Day Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): Intensified out in Anganwadi centres. Women Helpline: 181 Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) In view of the IDCF, every health DimApUR (STD CoDe: 03862) against Child Labour Workshop was held in Chief Medical unit under the district has been directed Bethesda Ambulance Service 9615053217, 9615520007 Kohima will be observing World Day against Child Labour, Officer Conference Hall, Kiphire on to set up a Zinc and ORS corner dur- CIHSR 242555, 242533 under the theme “In conflict and disasters, protect children June 9, with Dr. Rebecca, DPO Kiphire ing this period. The objective of the Police Control Room 7085055050 from child labour” on June 12, 11 a.m. at APO Hall Mid- as the resource person. workshop was to smoothly carry out land, Kohima. The programme is being organised by the CMO Kiphire, Dr. C. Tsenthungo the programme in the district. Dimapur District Hospital 232224 Department of Labour in collaboration with Childline Ko- Patton, in his welcome address high- The programme was attended by Diphupar PS 7085055032 hima. The programme for this year will focus on the impact lighted the need to prevent common CMO, Kiphire, programme officers, East PS 7085055030 conflict and disasters on child labour. The occasion will be diseases like diarrhoea by creating medical officers, ASHA co-ordinators, Faith Hospital 248912, 9436004220 marked by various activities such as sticker campaign, dis- awareness to the general public. programme managers, community Fire Station (Chumu) 282777 tribution of IEC materials. There will also be a walk from She informed that IDCF would be mobilizers and IEC personnels. different directions in the town to culminate at APO Con- conducted from June 12 to June 24, for Following the workshop, District Fire Station (Dimapur) 7085378850, 232201 GRPS 7085055031 ference Hall, Kohima, opposite Oking Hospital Kohima. children under 0-5 years fall under the DPO Kiphire, Dr. Rebecca addressing the Task Force meeting on account of target of the beneficiaries. workshop in kiphire. IDCF, Mission Indradhanush and Medziphema PS 7085055033 DC & DEO Zunheboto informs During the drive, the link workers Weekly Iron Folic Supplement was MH (Metro) Hospital 227930/231081 Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer at the village level would cater to the to house visits by the link workers to also held in DC Office, Kiphire. The Mobile Unit Commander 7085055046 (DEO), Zunheboto, T. Roy has informed all stakeholders parents of children below 0-5 years ensure that no child is missed and meeting was chaired by Sedevikho under Zunheboto district that Election Commission of and distribute ORS packet(s) and simultaneously reffer cases to the Khro (DC Kiphire). He requested the Nikos Hospital 248285, 232032 India (ECI) has launched a program ‘Special Drive’ w.e.f. zinc tablets, demonstrate the prepara- nearest health centre and also collect attendees that they aid the medical Niuland PS 7085088035 July 1 to 31. During the programme Booth Level Officers tion of ORS solution and carry out reports of diarrhoeal death. Aware- department in carrying out the pro- Sub-Urban PS 7085055036 (BLOs) will visit door to door for collecting Form-6 from awareness. It will also focus on house ness activities would also be carried gramme to achieve the target. Traffic Control -1 7085088038 left out electors particularly persons in age group of 18-21 Traffic Control -2 7085088039 years. On the special campaign dates i.e. on July 8 and 22, BLOs will sit at the polling stations with adequate num- West PS 7085055034 ber of form-6 and Final Electoral Roll 2017 will also be UGC informs institutions on digital modes of payment Women Cell 7085055037 displayed in all designated polling stations. In this regard, Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): The Univer- modes. for replacing them with digital modes so Zion Hospital 231864, 224117, 227337 DEO has asked all citizens left out of electoral roll to be sity Grants Commission (UGC) has 2. For all students’ service in the hostel that implementation can begin from the KoHimA (STD Code: 0370) aware of the special drive and enrol themselves. issued an advisory to all higher edu- and otherwise digital mode should be forthcoming academic year. Bethel Nursing Home 2224202 Aadhar enrolment resumes in Bhandari cational institutions that all monetary used for all transactions. The plan may, inter alia, consists Chiephobozou PS 8575045506 transactions of the educational institu- 3. All Canteens and business establish- (i) points of financial transaction (ii) Officer-in-Charge 8575045516 ADC Bhandari, Nchumben Odyuo has informed general tions may be done using digital modes ments on the campus may be encour- total number of students/vendors and Childline Kohima 1098 public and the government departments of Bhandari of payment (viz online IMPS/BHIM/ aged to use only digital modes for their others in the campus (iii) number of sub-division, that the process of Aadhar enrolment/ Debit Cards/AEPS) under the National receipts and payments. likely transactions per month (iv) total Chiephobozou PS 8575045506 correction and capturing of Bio-matric has resumed and Digital Payments Mission (NDPM) of Secretary of UGC Prof. Dr. Jaspal digital transactions to be achieved in Officer-in-Charge 8575045516 is operational at ADC office Bhandari. Public have been MHRD. S. Sandhu has notified all administrators 2017-18. Fire Stations 2222952 informed to avail the facility by furnishing the follow- UGC has desired on reference of and students in higher educational insti- To achieve this effort, institutions IRCS Ambulance Service 2244350 ing documents: Birth certificate, permanent residence Ministry of Human Resource Develop- tutions, and agencies/vendors running may appoint a Nodal officer in their certificate, Government issued ID card, Voters ID card, Kezocha PS 8575045549 ment (MHRD), Government of India, canteens and other business establish- university so that necessary action can Officer-in-Charge 8575045538 PAN card, Driving license etc. Since people residing as that transaction to digital mode bring ments on the campuses, may be trained be initiated in a time bound manner and far away as Ralan Sub Division, Sanis and Bahgty also transparency and propriety: in using the BHIM app by linking their in the affiliated Colleges. Khuzama PS 8575045505 have been availing the facility, supervisor or operator’s 1. All receipts and payments related to bank accounts with the mobile number/ Institutions were also requested to Officer-in-Charge 8575045515 phone number(8132863495) is made available in order to the functioning of the institutions vis. Aadhaar number. forward monthly report on the above NHAK 2222916 help the public obtain necessary further information or to Student fees, exam fees, vendor pay- The action plan of the above points to UGC through email i.e. usc.ndpm@ North PS 2222222, 8575045501 address their grievances. ments, salary/wage payments etc. shall is to identify all transactions being car- omail.com for compilation and onward Officer-in-Charge 8575045510 Treasury office Zbto informs pensioners be made only through online or digital ried out in cash currently and find ways transmission to the MHRD. Oking Hospital 2290080, 2290146 Police Control Room 100/2244279, 8575045500 Treasury Officer, Zunheboto, Aboto H. Zhimomi has informed all pensioners and officials that the physical South PS 2222111, 8575045502 verification of the pension will commence from June Salesian College welcomes freshers Officer-in-Charge 8575045520 15- 30. All pensioners drawing their pension from Zun- Tseminyu PS 8575045507 heboto Treasury have been asked to be present at the time Officer-in-Charge 8575045517 of verification without fail. Zubza PS 8575045508 Officer-in-Charge 8575045518 th ANCSU to hold 5 Union Assembly moKoKCHUnG (STD Code: 0369) All Nagaland College Students Union (ANCSU) will be Chopper Service 8974151974/ 9615776811 holding its 5th Union Assembly for the tenure 2015-17 on Christian Hospital, Impur 2262214 June 23, 11:30 a.m. at Kohima College, Kohima. All affili- Dr. Imkongliba Hospital 2226216/2226394 ated units and associate colleges have been requested to at- tend the assembly positively with two representatives each. Faith Hospital Ambulance 9436004220, 9856051827 Fire Station 2226225 YKKD mass fast & prayer day Third semester students presenting a song on freshers day. Hope Ambulance Service 8415827895/9856277674 President of Yeza Kughuko Kuqhakulu Dimapur Hotel Metsuben 8014587442/ 2226373 (YKKD), Tovishe Richard Achumi has informed all the Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): Salesian Shepherd Seminary. ing, for learning is a life-long process. IRCS Ambulance Service 09402993002 members of YKKD to observe a mass fast and prayer College of Higher Education (SCHE) In his welcome speech, Principal of Rector and Director of SCHE, Fr. Tom Lifeline Ambulance 9436439707/ 9862447893 day on June 12 from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. in their respective organised fresher’s day cum academic SCHE, Fr. Dr. Policarp Xalxo wished Karthik also exhorted the students to residence. Prayers points: Pray to God to save us from inaugural function on June 9 at Fr. Ber- the first semester students and new grasp all the opportunities and enjoy Mokokchung PS 1 2226241 sudden death, all kinds of accidents and sickness; to ask nick’s Hall, with Dr. Sanjay Chhabra, lecturers an enriching and fruitful years. the college life. Highlights of the pro- Power House 2226221/2226293 God to shower his blessing upon us and to be wise with Principal of Unity College, Dimapur He also presentated the academic re- gramme included prize distribution, Sewak Gate PS 2 2226213 full of God’s knowledge to lead his people; to pray for as chief guest. port of 2016-17 and congratulated Sis- choir-piece, gospel song, comedy, and Traffic Control 9485232691 The programme opened with a ter Rosamystica Mylliemumlong who football friendly match between the servicemen and job seekers and to bless the business- Tuli Police Station 9485232693 men; and to pray for national workers unity and for prayer and lighting of the lamps. A topped in the Philosophy department. freshers and the college team. The pro- early solution. short prayer of invocation was led by Dr. Sanjay encouraged the freshers gramme was co-ordinated by the 3rd Women Cell 9485232692 Fr. 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C M Y K STATE 3 Role of women in impacting sanitation Mangkolemba gets new SBI ATM mission finds a highlight at seminar Our Correspondent has been achieved in Nagaland Terming India’s envisioning of ‘with little or no funds for this Kohima, June 9 (EMN): To sen- wherein 2,11,723 (two lakh elev- a clean India as a ‘lofty goal and mission.’ sitise womenfolk on sanitation en thousand seven hundred and challenging’ Kruse said it is easier The director of the PHED’s and its impact on the health and twenty three) sanitary toilets have said than done, which he said re- WSSO, KG Sumi has asked the environment, the Angamimiapfii been successfully constructed quires behavioural and mindset women leaders to be the ambassa- Mechii Krotho (AMK) has organ- against the target of 2,62,929 (two change of each and every indi- dors of the mission and requested ised a sanitation workshop for its lakh sixty two thousand nine hun- vidual. them to keep their surroundings women leaders this morning at dred and twenty nine). Sanitation, he said, was the clean as much they clean their The SBI’s ATM at Mangkolemba in Mokokchung district being inaugurated. AMK building, Kohima. Quoting an adage ‘Cleanliness indicator of ‘our level of civilisa- home. Gracing the programme as is next to Godliness,’ Sazo main- tion.’ He lamented that the Naga AMK’s Advisor Salhoutuon- Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): Stated to be the the gathering that the ‘much needed ATM the chief guest, Minister PHED, tained that being clean was a sign people were still lagging in this uo Kruse and the vice principal first of State Bank of India’s ATM in Man- would cater to the public of Mangkolemba Chotisiih Sazo said this campaign of spiritual purity and goodness. aspect. of Kohima College, Thinuokhrie- gkolemba sub-division in Mokokching, an town and also the public of the whole of should not be left to the govern- ‘Cleanliness is health and health He observed that although uu Tseikha, as resource persons ATM facility was inaugurated on June 9 in Mangkolemba sub-division.’ He was quot- ment alone but NGOs and civil is wealth,’ he said. north eastern states were com- spoke on the topics of good sani- Mangkolemba town by Additional Deputy ed in the press release as having encour- societies should also gear up to Also addressing the women- paratively much cleaner than tary practices and waste manage- Commissioner (ADC), T Imtiwapang Aier. aged the people present there to make use achieve the target as it is the col- folk, the PHED’s Chief Engineer ‘mainland India,’ Kruse said that ment. Lalkholum Hangsing, assistant general of banking facilities “so that the banking lective effort of each individual. Kevisekho Kruse said the partici- the challenge remains the use of The workshop saw the attend- manager of the Regional Branch office, system in Mangkolemba town would be- While pointing out the govern- pation of women in the campaign toilets and the idea of waste man- ance of women leaders and repre- Mokokchung zone; members of Adhoc come vibrant and active, leading to better ment is India is aiming to achieve will have far-reaching impact in agement. He lamented that there sentatives from all the Angami vil- Town Committee; ward chairmen, Gaon- opportunities in future.” The ATM was in- Open Defecation Free (ODF) by the state in terms of spreading was not much support and inter- lages and areas. The programme boras and Dobashis of Mangkolemba town augurated after a prayer pronounced by Dr. October 2, 2019 at the project cost awareness and by their physical est from the government and the was sponsored by the WSSO, attended the event, a press release informed Akok Amer, pastor of Mangkolemba Town of Rs 1.96 crore, Sazo said 80.52% involvement in the programme. political leaders to the campaign PHED. on Friday. In his speech, the ADC informed Baptist Church, the update stated. C-Edge’s students meet with demographic economics A girl swallowed by a tree: Lotha Naga stories retold Dimapur, June 9 (EMN) :A guest ed by the size of the working popula- manual, menial or other hard physical lecture on the topic “global social eco- tion and the average productivity of work instead of staying unemployed, Staff Reporter The author quoted added. The author Nzan- leased in Delhi on April nomic trends” was delivered today at workers, the press release stated. the press release stated. Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): 19th century political mongi lamented ‘we have 29, 2017 with various a Dimapur college, C-Edge College. Ng broke down for the gathering The lecture ended with an interac- A remarkable new book leader, journalist and ac- no written history of our academicians and schol- A press release from the organisers on the concept of size of working popu- tive session during which students and by Nzanmongi Jasmine tive proponent of Pan- own, we have versions of ars from the University Friday informed that the students and lation to population growth; workers’ faculty members raised questions re- Patton highlights Lotha Africanism movement “A our history as written by of Delhi, Jawaharlal faculty from the Management Studies population and immigration; average lated to the topic as well as to the guest Naga stories. In the people without knowl- others but not one by our- Nehru University (JNU) and Economics department attended productivity of workers to the educa- speaker’s professional experiences. words of renowned Naga edge of their past history, selves’. Delhi, Jamia Millia Isla- the event. tion system; technology and innova- “This guest lecture session is one author Easterine Kire, origin and culture is like Identifying why she mia, Amity and Ambed- According to the updates, the guest tion, capital investment and the mar- of the many sessions that are held the book is a ‘marvellous a tree without roots”. chose to write in English, kar University to name a speaker was Benjamin Ng, stated to ket system, among others. regularly at the college so that the brave book which should Nzamongi identified she remarked it as a way few and also had a dis- be a social entrepreneur from Dallas, Further, he gave detailed referenc- students as well as the faculty will get be used like a pathfinder herself as a facilitator of challenge to establish cussion with the Naga Texas, US. Said to be a former strate- es to the economy of USA, Europe, the international exposure from exter- for other books on oral and not an author be- stories about ‘us’, a ver- Scholars Association gic business consultant from Ernst & China and India. He encouraged the nal resource persons to broaden their narratives’. cause she believed that sion of ‘one kind of his- Delhi. Young, the speaker talked about how students to work hard and get their knowledge and minds,” the update Kire has extolled the the stories she had trans- tory’. About the author: the national economy would be affect- ‘hands dirty’–which means to do stated. book as ‘retaining the lated were of common Nzamongi affirmed Nzanmongi Jasmine flavour of oral story- heritage to all of us from if she had written in Patton-a mother of two telling including Lotha our forefathers. Lotha, the book and daughters is an Assistant words that are culturally Laying emphasis on tale would have stayed Professor, Department of Mokokchung DC’s bungalow gets new log drum untranslatable in theory the two sets-external and limited within the tribe English, Gargi College, Our Correspondent Forest department and the landown- remain here as a heritage,” said Chu- original forms and taking internal impetuses that without creating the al- University of Delhi. She Mokokchung, June 9 (EMN): The ers, Sungratsu Village Council, for their batoshi while saying that the people us back to an age when had escalated her with ternative narrative that is has diverse interests rang- official residence of the deputy com- gesture. PA to DC, Zulunungsang, DB, have embraced Christianity. all animals and insects a book, she pointed out supposed to contest the ing from oral literature missioner of Mokokchung, known as said in his welcome address that the Addressing the gathering, Deputy could talk and streams that Nagas do not have a “established” narrative. and history, translation, ‘DC bungalow,’ today added a novelty log drum replacing the old one was a Commissioner Sushil Kumar Patel could babble and all crea- defined identity and that The author confided that gender studies, women’s to its premises: a log drum crafted by shared effort of the Dobashi members lauded the Mokokchung DB Union tion had the gift of lan- there is no absolute men- she purposefully retained autobiographies to name the Mokokchung DBs Union, and ‘to preserve age old traditions’ and to for the gesture. ‘We should not forget guage.’ ‘A girl swallowed tion or representation Lotha words so that that a few. funded through the Local Area De- ‘expose to the younger generations the our past,’ he said, and encouraged by a tree’ consists of 30 about Nagas in books instead of ‘us’ always She has written chap- velopment Programme for 2016-17. rich heritage of the people.’Some sen- them to ‘preserve and promote our tales. and literature. And, in- learning about others, for ters for the texts of the The log-drum was crafted out of ior DBs explained that during the ‘50s rich culture and traditions.’ Nzanmongi Jasmine stead people have a fixed a change they should also literature-culture special- hollock. It is 25 feet in length and 8-feet when military operations in Nagaland The administrator expressed hope Patton is an assistant notion about who we learn about us. isation, IGNUO 2013. in diameter. It was inaugurated by were at their peak, villages and log- that the log-drum would be one of the professor at Gargi Col- are-such as head hunters, Quoting “I am of the She has also co-authored Sushil Kumar Patel, deputy commis- drums were ‘burned down and today attractions of the DC bungalow for of- lege, University of Delhi. violent, savage to name a opinion that my life be- a book titled “A hand- sioner of the district. The tree for the we can see some surviving log-drums ficials and visitors from other parts of The book was launched f ew. longs to the community, book for academic writ- log drum was donated by the DFO of in few villages only.’ the country and abroad. Ao Senden’s in Dimapur on Friday by “The single story cre- and as long as I live, it is ing and composition” by Mokokchung division from Minkong Also, Chubatoshi, a senior DB, President Imliyanger also spoke dur- retired principal of East- ates stereotypes and the my privilege to do what- Pinnacle Learning 2014 Reserved Forest after taking permis- said that no rituals or sacrificial acts ing the event. He urged the Dobashi ern Theological College problem with stereotypes ever I can” the author and has published papers sion from the Sungratsu Village Coun- were performed in the process of community to initiate activities that at Jorhat, Reverend Dr. is not that they are untrue, Patton concluded her ad- on folklore and oral his- cil. It took 105 days to carve the log- crafting the log drum. “Our objective would expose the younger generation Ezamo Murry, during a but they are incomplete. dress on her book. tory in national and in- drum and cost rupees 1.6 lakh, said is simply to preserve our rich culture to the importance of preserving their programme at the Lotha They make one story be- ‘A girl swallowed by ternational conferences Rongsenyanger, DB. He thanked the and tradition and this log drum will culture. Hoho Ki in Dimapur. come the only story” She a tree’ was earlier re- and journals. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Saturday, June 10, 2017 4 Region 26 probationers summoned over Nobody should compromise professional ethics, says cash-for-job scam in Assam N Biren Singh at media meet Guwahati, June 9 (IANS): As- and are suspected to have been were also subjected to oral exami- sent them to judicial custody. sam Police summoned 26 officers involved in the cash-for-job scam. nations to test their knowledge on The three accused, circle of- of the state civil service and allied Those summoned on Friday different subjects. ficers Bhaskar Jyoti Devasarma, service cadre on Friday to collect included son of a former minister Earlier, the investigating team Bhaskar Dutta and Amit Sarma, specimens of their handwritings in the erstwhile Congress govern- had collected the answer scripts had cracked the APSC-conducted for forensic verification over sus- ment in Assam, a relative of a of 990 candidates of the state civil exam allegedly by bribing its ar- picion that they may have bribed Rajya Sabha MP from Assam service examinations and sent rested chairman Rakesh Kumar to clear the exam. and a relative of a current Union them for verification. Paul. The 26 officers included 13 Minister of State, besides others. Police said so far they have The Assam Police have recent- Assam Civil Service (ACS) cad- The officers were summoned found anomalies in the answer ly taken into custody over 1,200 res, six Assam Police Service to the Special Branch headquar- scripts of 26 candidates and hence answer scripts of candidates who (APS) cadres and the rest be- ters of the Assam Police at Ka- they were summoned on Friday. have cracked the state civil ser- longed to allied services. All the hilipara and asked to write some Last month, Assam police vice examination since 2013. The 26 officers are working on proba- short notes so as to record their had arrested three ACS officers process to send those for forensic tion in different parts of the state handwriting specimens. They in connection with the scam and verification is on. News iN Brief Tribal communities should not Father allegedly sells his children forget their languages: Oram for Rs. 5,000 in Golaghat N Biren Singh addressing the media during a reception that was conducted at the Manipur Press Golaghat (Assam) June 9, (EMN): In yet another Rono Hills (Arunachal The tribal administra- governments. Club in Imphal, Manipur on Friday. shocking incident, a father sold away his two children for Pradesh), Jun 9 (PTI): tion is unique and the tribal “The ministry provides an amount of 5000 rupees in Sarupothar’s Baroghoria Union Minister Jual Oram community in the country funds to the states after due Our Correspondent the media fraternity to put sought support and co- village, Golaghat. The father, identified as Nipen Saikia, today called upon the tribal are going ahead with im- recommendation from the Imphal, June 9 (EMN): the matters before the state operation from the public. with the help of a woman from the same village, sold communities not to forget provement in education central project appraisal Chief Minister N Biren cabinet at the earliest. Regarding constitut- his son Kalki (17) and daughter Rupjyoti (17) to a police their languages and divert and infant mortality rate. committee in consultation Singh speaking at a recep- Observing that nobody ing Special Investigation officer of Dimapur. According to DY365 Bureau reports, from their culture despite However, extra effort is with the state government. tion function by All Ma- should compromise profes- Teams (SITs) to probe mass the incident took place ten days ago, following which the invasion by western cul- needed to reduce the gap The committee also moni- nipur Working Journalists’ sional ethics with anything, recruitments in 15 govern- girl with the help of some Assamese youths ran away ture. in health and education tors implementation of Union (AMWJU) here has Chief Minister stated the ment departments prior to and lodged a complaint at Uriumghat Police Station, Delivering a lecture sectors, he said. such projects,” Oram said. assured that all possible state government would the last state assembly elec- whereas her brother is still working as a domestic help on Re-examining tribal There is no dearth of Responding to queries, assistance will be given to never mind when the media tion, Biren said the present in Dimapur Reportedly, the culprit Nipen Saikia has development in the face of fund for tribal development Oram said that the issue the media fraternity in any brings any irregularity of government has no ill-will three wives and eleven children. He is currently under evolving challenges here, and an amount of Rs 8000 of granting citizenship or endeavour and look into the government activities and enmity against any- Sarupothar police custody stated DY365 Bureau. Oram, the union minister crore was sanctioned for not to Chakma and Ha- their grievances. to light. body but it is simply trying for tribal affairs, said Be- his ministry as the Centre jong refugees in Arunachal Biren said the state gov- He also urged the me- to check whether there was North Eastern Council to cause of westernization is committed to develop Pradesh is a state subject ernment had approved the dia fraternity to join hand any irregularity or violation hold workshop we have forgotten our own 163 tribal districts in the and the Centre would work health insurance scheme with the government in of election model code of unique culture. This is the country, the minister said. as per the recommendation for the journalists of the serving the people of the conduct. Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): North Eastern Council (NEC) area where we need to re- While there are no of the state government. State. Stating that the said state. Maintaining that the Information and Pub- in collaboration with North Eastern Space Application examine, he said. bindings for the ministry He asked the state gov- scheme would be borne by new state government has lic Relations Minister Centre (NESAC) will be organizing a workshop on Oram assured funds to spend in any area for ernment to conduct a study the state government, Biren a commitment to deliver Th Biswajit, Social Wel- the theme “Recalling the Great Shillong Earthquake, from his ministry for pres- tribal development, but on the issue and accord- expressed hope that the transparency to the people, fare Minister Nemcha 12 June 1987” on 12 June at 10.30 A.M. at NEC ervation of tribal languag- proposals should be sent ingly recommend to the scheme would be helpful in Chief Minister said the Kipgen, Parliamentary Auditorium, Nongrim Hills,Shillong. Stakeholders such es in Arunachal. from the respective state Centre. meeting medical expenses media, which is known to Secretary (Home) L Su- as NDMA, SDMA, NDRF, SDRF etc. at National and when media persons suffer be the mirror of society shindro, DIPR Director State level will share and highlight their experience. injury in the line of duty. should be kept clean and Meghachandra Kongbam, Participants will be from State Disaster Management Regarding hiking of untainted. Media Advisor to CM Authority, State Disaster Response Force, State Civil SEC sends guidelines for upcoming KA election journalists’ pension and Stating that the govern- Irengbam Arun, senior Defence & Directorate of Science & Technology and exemption of premium for ment is currently putting journalists, former office officials from various organizations in the field. Our Correspondent trict, no complaints are Card (EPIC) issued by the land allotted for setting all possible effort to check bearers of AMWJU and Diphu, June 9 (EMN): made so far by the model Election Commission up of press housing colony, sales and abuse of tobacco hordes of media persons North Guwahati rape case: Two State Election Commis- code of conduct team, of India (ECI), photo the Chief Minister assured and drugs, Chief Minister attended the programme. sioner (SEC),IAS (Rtd.) zonal officer has been electoral roll, passport, arrested by Gauripur police H.N Bora during his visit appointed and they have driving license, pan card, Guwahati, June 9 (EMN): Two persons accused to Karbi Anglong said visited the polling station service identity card, of abducting and raping a girl in North Guwahati they have almost done the three times and counting pension identity card, on Tuesday was arrested by the Gauripur police on preparation for the forth- training will start from 10 identity cards issued by Two GNLA militants killed, Thursday. DY365 Bureau reports stated the duo arrested coming KAAC election. June onwards.’’ the schools/ college/ from Mandakata has been identified as Sahidul Ali and He stated 2500 per- Regarding Security, university authority in seven injured in encounter Mohidul Ali. The victim who was left unconscious by sonnel were arranged Superintendent of Police, case of schools/ college/ the roadside was later rescued by a police patrolling and appointment will be Dr. G.V Siva Prasad said, university going voters Shallang (Meghalaya), by a special police team The police seized one team late night. The victim later disclosed that she was deputed in every poll- they have done the ar- and bank passbook with June 9 (PTI): Two Garo late last night. Chinese rifle and one abducted and taken to an undisclosed location by the ing station under Diphu rangement of security for photograph. National Liberation Army During the search op- SBML gun from the en- motor cycle borne miscreants who then raped her. and Bokajan sub divi- every polling station for In case the voters (GNLA) militants were eration at about 4 am, the counter site. sion. He said while he ensuing KAAC Election fail to produce any of killed and seven injured in GNLA militants fired at The police believe that Fake notes worth 6 lakh seized was addressing the press 2017, where 70 percent the above photo identity an encounter with police the police team. Nit, as well as senior cadre by police in Guwahati conference held on June security Police personal cards, the presiding of- in West Khasi Hills today, The policemen fired Newak, have been injured Guwahati, June 9 (EMN): In an operation taken out 8 at DC Conference hall, will be provided. ficer may allow voting a senior police officer said. in retaliation and self de- during the encounter by police, fake notes worth 6 lakh have been seized in Diphu. As per the notifica- based on the following Superintendent of Po- fense which lead to the though they managed to Rukmininagar, Guwahati. The police have also arrested The meeting was pre- tion of the Assam State documents land docu- lice G D Kharwanlang death of two GNLA mili- flee owing to the terrain a man, identified as Majibur Rahman, who was in sided by Karbi Anglong Election Commission, ments like land revenue said based on a tip-off tants while another seven and darkness. possession of the bag filled with the fake notes. DY365 Deputy Commissioner the Electors have to pro- or district council tax about the presence of Nit, cadres are said to be in- Police sources further Bureau reported the notes were being smuggled from (DC) Adil Khan. In his duce any of the docu- payment receipt having Khasi Hills ‘commander’ jured in the firing, the said that a massive search Krishnai in an Alto car. Police have also recovered two speech Khan said “till ment for casting their name of the voter or his of the GNLA, a search SP said adding no police operation has been launched mobile phones from him. now the election atmos- votes, documents such as immediate family mem- operation was launched personnel was injured in in search of the injured cad- phere is normal in the dis- Electronic Photo Identity bers and ration card. near the village of Jugisil the encounter. res around the area. ACS-APS officers’ signature verification in Gun manufacturing unit busted, Assam guv felicitates environmentalist Guwahati, June 9 (PTI): Assam give a fresh lease of life to environ- Assam Police Special Branch headquarter Governor Banwarilal Purohit today ment issues. criminals arrested in Manipur felicitated Green Oscar winner and He wished her success in her Dibrugarh, June 9, officers’ have also been of the answer sheets were environmentalist Purnima Devi future endeavours and assured help (EMN): Altogether, 26 called for the inquiry not printed in the Gov- Our Correspondent at Moirang police station and Barman for her role in conservation in her campaign for conservation of ACS-APS officers have DY365 Bureau reports ernment Press and in- Imphal, June 9 (EMN): Three investigation is going on, the of the endangered greater adjutant the greater adjutant stork. remained present in stated. stead were reprinted in personnel of Manipur Rifles state police chief added. stork today. Barman had launched a cam- Assam Police Special If they will be proved the printing press owned (MR) and Indian Reserve Bat- The other two persons are “Her (Barman’s) untiring work paign for conservation of greater ad- Branch headquarter for as guilty, the court will by Rakesh Paul’s brother talion (IRB) have been sus- Khaiginlal Haokip (34) and for the conservation of the species jutant stork, locally called ‘Hargilla’ verification of their sig- announce its punish- Rajesh Paul, who is still pended from their services for Jangkhohao Khongsai (40) augurs well for creating a congenial at Pacharia, Dadara and Singimari natures. Special Judge ment. Dibrugarh police absconding. their involvement in ‘stealing’ both from Churachandpur atmosphere and sensible people villages of Kamrup district for the Court ordered to verify had seized the answer The police took over ammunition from the state district. Haokip is said to be a dedicated to the conservation of protection of the species. their signature on their scripts from the strong 1265 answer sheets before DGP pool arms kote. cadre of the armed group Kuki stork,” Purohit said at the felicitation She was conferred the Whitely APSC examination’s an- room of the APSC office the court being seized The suspended personnel Liberation Army. ceremony at the Raj Bhawan. Awards, also known as the Green swer sheets. last month, and many of from APSC office. These are Simon Gurung (31), a rifle- From their disclosure, Fim- He said Barman’s actions would Oscars, last month in recognition All the signatures have them were suspected to officers had appeared in man of 4th IRB, Fimrothang rothang Hmar and Asem Boi- encourage others to take conserva- of her work to conserve the bird been sent to the forensic be fake. the APSC mains exami- Hmar, rifleman of 1st IRB and ton Singh both riflemen in tion activities more seriously and species. lab along with their an- The markings in some nation and interviewed Asem Boiton Singh, rifleman state force were arrested and swer sheets. Along with answer sheets were done in the year 2014 and ap- of 1st MR. remanded in police custody all the 26 officers, 5 other by Rakesh Paul and some pointed in 2015. Disclosing this to media till June 9 and June 16 respec- here this evening, DGP Ma- tively. Special drive for enrolment of 1st time voters nipur LM Khaute said a de- “It is also ascertained that partmental inquiry has been the ammunition was supplied Agartala, June 9 (PTI): With the He said during the special drive, Organisations protest in Digholi Pukhuri ordered and investigation is by Rifleman Boiton after steal- Tripura assembly elections slated the BLOS will carry adequate going on. Narrating the story, ing from the DGP pool Arms to be held next year, a special en- number of Form-6 so that same Digholi Pukhuri (Assam) than situation of Dima convicted Dima Halam he said a combined team Kote where he was posted,” rolment drive for first time electors can be filled on the spot by the June 9 (EMN): Along Hasao will be disturbed. Daoga-Jewel (DHD-J) re- of Bishnupur district police he added. Regular case has in the age group of 18 to 21 will be un-enrolment voters. In course with Dimasa Woman DY365 Bureau reported bels Niranjan Hojai and and 25 Assam Rifles arrested been registered against him conducted from July 1 to 31, ac- of the process, all citizens will be Society, Dimasa Student that Juwal Garlosa and Juwal Garlosa, the then three persons including Si- for necessary steps at Imphal cording to official sources. eligible to submit forms as usual in Community, around 18 Niranjan Hojai were sen- chief executive member mon Gurung while check- police station. “Prior to launch of special drive, ERO office, through BLOs, on-line other organisations pro- tenced to lifetime impris- of the North Cachar Hills ing a car at Kangvai area, In another incident, a ‘gun the month of June shall be utilised submission at NVSP and by post tested in Digholi Pukhuri onment by special NIA Autonomous Council. Imphal-Churachandpur road. manufacturing unit’ was bust- for preparatory works such as iden- too, he said. “Shifting voters and on Friday, in demand for court on 23 May, 2017 on During investigation, The team recovered 2780 ed and seized various related tification of gaps in the polling sta- duplication in the electoral rolls discharge of Juwal Gar- NC Hill scam. In its first NIA seized more than one rounds of 7.62x39 mm ball items. The team arrested one tions with relatively less enrolment also came in the discussion. The losa and Niranjan Hojai. two cases bearing No. RC crore in cash along with a CTN (AK rifles ammunition) Yangkholet Haokip who runs during the summary revision”, Election Commission will apply The protester demand- 01&02/2009/NIA/DLI, huge cache of arms and from their possession on May the ‘unit’ on June 8 at his Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) technology to identify duplicate ed that if both will not dis- registered a couple of weeks ammunitions in two differ- 30 2017. Langol Game Village Zone-1 Sriram Tarinikant said at a press voters in the electoral ensure error charged soon by the court, after it was set up, the court ent checking. A case has been registered residence. conference here today. free photo electoral rolls”, he said. Villagers, MLAs, against Tawang power projects Itanagar, June 9 (PTI): Inhabit- the two power projects tooth and constituted by the people, signed the heading the movement against the ment, the memorandum said. Ccorporation has already signed the ants of 27 villages in Arunachal nail signed a resolution and submit- 20-page memorandum, the sources power projects. The 3 200 MW Tawang Phase power purchase agreement with four Pradesh’s Tawang district have ve- ted it along with a memorandum to said.. The 11-member committee, I and 4 200 MW Phase II have states to deliver electricity generated hemently opposed the Tawang Chu Chief Minister Pema Khandu on The memorandum said that the which include the two local MLAs, received their environmental clear- from these two projects. Stage I and II power projects and June 5, official sources said here Tawang deputy commissioner, Sang the zilla parishad chairman and ances. Both projects have faced stiff re- demanded that the state government today. Phuntsok had called a public meet- representatives of the Tawang While Tawang Phase II has also sistance since 2011 from the monks immediately wind up operations of The resolution was also report- ing on February 14 this year to dis- monastery and SMRF besides the got conditional forest clearance, of Tawang monastery and local National Hydro Electric Power Cor- edly signed by two MLAs from cuss the hydroprojects. The meeting Rinpoche too attended the meeting. it now requires the consent of the villagers. poration (NHPC) from the border the district Jambey Tashi (BJP) was attended by panchayat leaders, The people rejected the power affected villagers under the Forest During May last year, two peo- district. and Tsering Tashi (Independent). villagers and representatives of Save projects and the committee was Rights Aact to meet a key condition ple including a Buddhist monk were About 80 per cent of the inhab- A monk Thegtse Rinpoche, who Mon Region Federation (SMRF), a asked to communicate the decision of that forest clearance. killed and 10 injured in police firing itants of the 27 villages opposing is the chairman of the committee local activist group which is spear- to the state as well as central govern- National Hydroelectric Power at an anti-dam gathering in Tawang. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Saturday, June 10, 2017 state 5 37th Annual Leo District Sensitisation workshop on substance drug abuse, HIV/AIDS conference held in Dimapur Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): ticipated. Lightway Society, Kalos among people of Pfutsero As a part of sensitisation Program coordinator Society Pfutsero and Kri- and look forward for such workshop on Anti drug of Project Sunrise, Kripa pa Foundation in educat- initiative for the cause of and HIV/AIDS cam- Foundation, Ketho An- ing and creating awareness humanitarian. paign, 9 Assam Rifles gami, spoke on substance under the aegis of HQ 5 abuse on drug, alcohol Sector, IGAR (N), Light- and narcotics, while co- way Society, Kalos So- ordinator of RRTC Kripa ciety Pfutsero and Kripa Foundation, Bendang IMMANUEL COLLEGE Foundation organised a highlighted on the aware- seminar on June 7 as a first NAAC ACCREDITED B+ ness of HIV/AIDS and Lengrijan : Dimapur-797112, P.B. No. 253. phase of the campaign at programme objective was Pfutsero. shared by project director, The workshop focused Lightway Society Vesusa Post Vacancy on awareness on HIV/ Tetseo. Handwritten applications along with relevant AIDS and drug abuse . The Pfutsero Youth A More than 150 people Front and people of Pfut- documents are invited form the intending from Pfutsero including sero appreciated the ini- candidates for the post of Asst. Prof. in VCCs, GBs and youth tiative taken by 9 Assam ZOOLOGY. from various villages par- Rifle in collaboration with Minimum qualification: M. Sc. Zoology (as per UGC Norms) specialization in Bio-Chemistry preferably with NET, SLET, M. Phil. & Ph. D. RCS organises mobile The applications should reach the undersigned on or before 15th June 2017 workshop in Phek Principal. # 03862-248275 Chief guest and guest of honour along with Leo members from different state during its 37th annual conference. Dimapur, June 9 (EMN): of Cooperative Societies, D-4229 E. [email protected] The Office of the Registrar Nukshi ARCS and Marlong Dimapur, June 9 Roman Bordoli, as chief The event was hosted tended by Leo club of of Cooperative Societies, SICS. Highlights of mobili- IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT (EMN): The Solar Tim- guest and Praveen Agar- by Leo club of Dimapur Guwahati, Guwahati Kohima organised mobile zation programme included ber presented” Goonj- wal, International Leo which was held on June 3 girls, Golden Jubilee workshop at Assistant Reg- cancellation, non-function- HEADQUARTER,CHUMUKEDIMA,CAMP:DIMAPUR: NAGALAND the Roar of Leo’s,” the Advisory panelist & and 4, at Leo Park, Lions girls(Tinsukia), Karim- istrar of Cooperative Socie- ing, recovery of loan for Dt. Dimapur the 9th June 17 37th Annual Leo District DCLC as the guest of center, Midland, Dima- ganj cCnturion, Thou- ties, Phek on June 8. The Registered Societies in Phek NOTICE Conference, with District honour for opening cer- pur. bal, Nagaon city and team consisted of Temjen- district and audit, inspection NO.M-348/17/2780-81 Notice is hereby given that Dr. Governor, (Dist. 322D), emony. The event was at- Johrat. mongba, Deputy Registrar of the societies. Lanuchuba Ao-Vrs-Yashikala resident of Padumpukhuri Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 Assam land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below:- The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any & should be submitted to this court in writing on or before NAGALAND UNIVERSITY 08.07.17. SCHEDULED OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder: Dr. Lanuchuba Ao (A Central University established by an Act of Parliament No.35 of 1989) Village/Block No: Padumpukhuri, Patta No: 79 Dag No: 15/485, 38, 21,9, Area: 01.00.13 Sd/- Headquarters: Lumami, Dist: Zunheboto, (Nagaland), Pin Code-798 627 Deputy Commissioner D-4226 Dimapur: Nagaland No.NU-Acad/A-7/2005-2103 Dated: Lumami, the 9th June’ 2017 ADMISSION NOTICE IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT It is hereby notified to all the aspiring students seeking admission to various disciplines of Post-Graduate degree as well as M.Phil. and P.hD. programmes in the Schools HEADQUARTER, CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP: DIMAPUR: NAGALAND of Sciences, Social Sciences & Humanities & Education in the Hqrs: Lumami & Kohima Dt. Dimapur the 9th June’ 17 Association of Gorkha Baptist Churches Nagaland oragnised finance & accountancy training on theme campus, Nagaland University for the Academic Session 2017-18, that the prospectus can NOTICE “Let all things be done decently and in order” on June 9, at Mission Centre. AGBCN expressed gratitude be obtained on payment through the Challan of Rs. 200/- only for General, etc. (Rs. 150/- NO.M-346/17/2776-77 Notice is hereby given that Dr. to the resources persons and churches. only for ST./SC.) from revenue counter of Nagaland University Hqrs: Lumami, Kohima- Lanuchuba Ao-Vrs-Asangla Aier resident of Padumpukhuri Campus Meriema & SET-Dimapur. Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 Assam land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied As per the UGC letter vide No. F.1-12/2015 (CM) Dt. 28.12.2015, Nagaland University for Mutation of land described in the schedule below :- has adopted “Online Admission” from the Academic Session 2017-18. The necessary The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby guidelines, information and others to the effect are available in the Prospectus 2017-18 as invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any well as in the University website www.nagalanduniversity.ac.in. Aspiring candidates who & should be submitted to this court in writing on or before wish to study may apply by availing the “Online Admission” facilities. 08.07.17. SCHEDULED OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Some of the important Dates: Name of Patta Holder : Dr. Lanuchuba Ao Village/Block No: Padumpukhuri, Patta No: 79 Sl. Particulars P.G. Courses M.Phil. & Ph.D. Dag No: 15/485, 38, 21, 9, Area: 00.04.13 No. Sd/- Deputy Commissioner Opening Date of online Application 1 15th June, 2017 20th July, 2017 D-4227 Dimapur: Nagaland Form submission. Last Date of online application Form 2 16th July, 2017 5th August, 2017 submission. IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT Date of declaration of 1st list of 13th (M.Phil) & 16th (Ph.D) HEADQUARTER, CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP: DIMAPUR: NAGALAND 3 21st July, 2017 selected candidates August, 2017 Dt. Dimapur the 9th June’ 17 Dates of Online Admission fee 21st – 27th July, 13th - 23rd (M.Phil) & 16th -31st 4 NOTICE payment for selected candidates. 2017 (Ph.D.) Aug’17 NO.M-347/17/2778-79 Notice is hereby given that Dr. Lanuchuba Ao-Vrs-Dr. Mentila Aier resident of Padumpukhuri The Anaki Phom Theologians held its 4th Theological Fellowship from June 3 and 4 at Anaki Village Phom Note: Merit list shall be prepared as per University rules in the respective Academic Khel. On June 4, the fellowship also observed World Environment Day by planting around 100 saplings. Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule Departments and the short-listed names of the aspiring students will be displayed 50 & 51 Assam land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied on the University website & respective Academic Department Notice Board. for Mutation of land described in the schedule below:- The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby DG-654 Registrar invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any RAINBOW COACHING CENTRE & should be submitted to this court in writing on or before 08.07.17. .ESTD. 2006. Dimapur Nagaland  ”MOTTO: ”Learn to Lead SCHEDULED OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder: Dr. Lanuchuba Ao Village/Block No: Padumpukhuri, Patta No: 79 :Special Coaching Class For Dag No: 15/485, 38,21,9, Area: 01.02.19 Sd/- Deputy Commissioner .)CL-10, CL-12 )Arts & Science D-4228 Dimapur: Nagaland .(With good Hostel for Boys & Girls (Separate building .Classes Monday to Friday in all the subject IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE

D-4222 DIMAPUR NAGALAND For details contact: 03862-248524 (0) 9856857778/ 9862700227 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER NOTICE S/C No. 108/17 Notice inviting claims/objections of other Claimant(s) for issue of succession certificate under part-I of Indian succession Act 1925. NAGALAND, KOHIMA Whereas applicant under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Y. Khumbise Sangtam has been GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND E-mail: [email protected] / Fax- 0370- 2290460 applied by Shri/Smti Bihola Sangtam W/o Lt. Y. Khumbise Sangtam R/o H. No.120 Imkonglenden Dimapur, th Dimapur: Nagaland for possession of DIRECTORATE OF FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES NO. ELE-SVEEP-GEN/19/2017/251 :: Dated : 7 June, 2017 Family Pension Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of ORDER the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this NAGALAND :: KOHIMA court on or before the said day of 10th July 2017. Whereas, Article 326 of the Constitution of India grants Universal Adult Given under the hand and seal of the court on this the 9th June 2017. th NO.FHQ/RO-1/2017-18/ Dated Kohima, the 9 June 2017 Suffrage to every eligible Indian citizen. (G.H. Ramlia) Principal District & Sessions Judge RECRUITMENT NOTICE And whereas, Rule 39 of The Conduct of Elections 1961 directs to D-4225 Dimapur Nagaland In pursuance of No.FHQ/RO-1/2017-18 Dt.25/04/2017, the following candidates as maintain secrecy of vote by electors. shown below are hereby qualified to appear in the Interview for the post of ASO/SI, LF/ And whereas, Section 135A of Representation of the People Act 1951 Regd No: 3954/2017 AFFIDAVIT Date: 9.06.17 ASI, Driver, Fireman and WRO to be held on 10/06/2017 at NAPTC, Chumukedima from FOR NAME CLARIFICATION on ‘Offence of Booth Capturing’ provides- Whoever commits an offence of I, Shri GIDEON THAPA alias GIDEON DHENGA MAGAR, S/o. BENJAMIN THAPA alias 10.00 AM onwards. As briefed on 07/06/2017, all the qualified candidates are directed BHAGWAN SINGH DHENGA MAGAR, previously resident of Mt. View Colony, Purana Bazar, booth capturing shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall Dimapur, Nagaland, India and presently residing at District-Palpa, VDC: Birkot, Ward No. 6, Nepal, do to bring their original documents like, Admit Card, Chest No. educational qualifications/ hereby solemnly declare on oath as under; certificates, additional qualifications, etc for the said interview. Any candidate who fails not be less than one year but which may extend to three years and with fine. 1. That I am a bonafide Nepal citizen. 2. That in my Academic Certificates/ documents my name is entered as GIDEON THAPA and to produce original educational qualifications will not be allowed to appear the said And whereas, open declaration of support in favour of a particular my father's name as BENJAMIN THAPA whereas in my Nepal Citizenship Certificate No.39- 01-73-03153, my name is entered as GIDEON DHENGA MAGAR and my father's name as interview and will render him disqualify for the said post. candidate / political party by a village / ward / khel or community through BHAGWAN SINGH DHENGA MAGAR. 3. And whereas GIDEON THAPA alias GIDEON DHENGA MAGAR, refers to my name and ASO/SI public announcement and even through publication in electronic / print BENJAMIN THAPA alias BHAGWAN SINGH DHENGA MAGAR refers to my father's name or the same and one person only. media etc violates the above provisions. 4. That this affidavit is made to declare our different name and through these presents and 27 31 77 251 272 1053 1084 1808 1841 strength be it known to all concerned for correction/ acceptance/change of my our name as Now, therefore, it is reiterated that if any village or ward or community the said above names refers to my and my father’s name for an Official records/ documents. I verify and take oath and solemnly declare/ affirm that the particulars furnished above by LF/ASI or group of people or media house is found violating or defying the said me are correct and that I have not concealed or misrepresented any facts DEPONENT 9th 502 503 524 547 589 597 1104 1120 1138 provisions in connection with any future elections, appropriate legal action Solemnly sworn and declared before me by the deponent on June, 2017 shall be initiated against the violator (s) in the interest of free, fair, transparent MAGISTRATE/ NOTARY PUBLIC D-4223 Driver Constable election and administering social order. AFFIDAVIT FOR CHANGE IN NAME/DEED POLL/SWORN AFFIDAVIT

(PANKAJ KUMKAR) IAS, KG-1752 912 948 953 Those who failed in the Driving Test are not called for Interview. Regd No: 423-17 Date: 7.6.17 Chief Secretary By this deed I. the undersigned Yana Shaklani (New Name) previously called Fireman to the Government of Nagaland. Yambolumi Lotha (Old Name) resident of C/o. M/s. Panesar Construction H.No.454, Issued by: DIPR Signal Basti, Dist- Dimapur. Nagaland (address) solemnly declare. 1. That for and on behalf of myself and my husband and children and remitter issue, 415 435 436 443 605 645 648 652 664 671 I wholly renounce/relinquish and abandon the use of my former name/surname of GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND Yambolumi Lotha and in place thereof, I do hereby assume from this date the name/ 697 707 714 736 756 761 763 768 792 793 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER surname Yana Shaklani, so that I and my husband and children and remitter issue KOHIMA ::: NAGALAND may hereafter be called, known and distinguished not by my former name/surname 809 817 818 819 827 828 840 841 844 863 but assumed name/surname Yana Shaklani. No. JUDL/SUCC/84/2017-III Dated Kohima, the 8th June, 2017 2. That the purpose of evidencing such my determination declare that I shall at all times 868 884 1425 1428 1453 1475 1477 1528 1607 1610 OBJECTION NOTICE hereafter in all records, deeds and writings and in all proceedings, dealings and transaction, private as well as upon all occasions whatsoever, use and sign the name 1636 1637 1638 1682 1929 1943 1957 1985 2016 2042 Whereas Smti. NUVELU CHAKHESANG W/o LT. RAZOUSICHO of Yana Shaklani as my name/surname in place and in substitution of my former CHAKHESANG, Pensioner resident of Naga Bazar, Kohima has applied name/ surname. 2108 2125 2133 2136 2148 3. That, I expressly authorize and request all persons in general and relatives and friends for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act in particular, at all times hereinafter to designate and address me, my husband and 1925, Part X to draw/withdraw/operate/transfer his/her late husband- children and remitter issue by such assumed name/surname of Yana Shaklani. WRO Pension P.O. No. 111609130 of Treasury, Kohima (North). Bank A/C 4. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my former and adopted name/ surname of Yambolumi Lotha and Yana Shaklani affix my signature and seal, if any 301 308 314 323 335 337 No.20060711107 SBI Main Branch, Kohima. Who expired on 15/05/2017. this 70th day of June 2017. Now therefore, public are hereby asked to file claims/ objection if any Signed sealed and delivered by the above name D.I.G.(F & ES) within 1 (one) month from the date of issue of this notice. Sd/-(T.L.KIUSUMONG TIKHIR) Former Name: Yambolumi Lotha Nagaland, Kohima. Additional Deputy Commissioner CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE Name: Yana Shaklani KG-1754 KG-1753 Kohima: Nagaland DIMAPUR: NAGALAND D-4224 EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Saturday, June 10, 2017 6 The World Has Sinned us to be wiser still lest we be con- above. The tragedy of it was three To overcome sin the Word states we choose to do good. If I am to Ambrose.J.Chakre demned for being fools. When fold- The first was the destruc- “ Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ ask you this: Will you prefer to be God says “do not sin”, we must be tion of the cities, the second the and your ‘No’, ‘No’, anything shouldered by a person who is not my God, I am too committed to God’s command. I destruction of Lot’s wife, while beyond this comes from the evil your husband or will you prefer to ashamed and disgraced Why trust some of you must be think- the third was the destruction of one ( Matthew 5:31 ). This means be shouldered by a person who is to lift up my face to ing “Somehow I will not sin” but I himself and his two daughters be- that we are never to compromise your husband. The other question you, my God, because O will advice you to cut off the first cause of their acts of incest. The with any sin and neither are we is: Will you prefer to be shouldered our sins are higher than our heads Withdrawals word in order to make the second first two instances of destruction to treat holiness with contempt. by Satan and the world or by God. and our guilt has reached to the stronger. Somewhere in the scrip- was because of disobedience; It was because of our sins that we Since we are what the Church is heavens. Ezra 9:6 ture God speaks of gouging out while the third was because of his sinned too much and it is because and since we represent His wife it Every past event reminds us of our eyes and cutting off our hands lukewarm and last minute obe- of God’s love that we can love so is so important for us to be in step From the all that happened in the past and and it is in the truth I declare that dience. (Genesis 18:1-38 ) This much. Let the past be the past and with His passion and desires. Just the situation of the present clearly God wants us to renounce our teaching teaches us of what sins the future the future. as a woman goes to her husband depicts the evils committed in our every sin lest we be condemned and disobedience leads to and it The power that made us is when she marries, we will also be Bank of Dad land by our own people. Some because of our sins. If certain sins will be wiser still to do what ho- the authority which can either united with Christ when we marry will say that the situation is bad and words in you are causing you liness demands of us. Most of us save or condemn us in the end. God. And it is only through holi- because it is bad, while the wiser to sin it will be better for you to had been most unholy in the past Rather than our sins reaching ness that we can see God and it ones will say it is so because of Need to Hurt purge it out lest your whole body but the holiness of Christ can to the heavens, our love for God is only through Christ that we can the time at hand. The increase in go into hell because of it (Matthew demolish every secret sins of the must rise higher in the truth. God be where God is. This has to be wickedness certainly causes raised Nury Vittachi | IANS 5:27-30) (Deuteronomy 25:11). past, creating for us a new future has called us to be His that we embraced and we trust the Word eyebrows in many families and As far as the sins of the world with holiness as our Lover and may be perfected in His holiness. of God to speak to your heart also causes us to think of what we he train was so tightly packed are concerned it is endless and its Husband. In our affair with God With the Holy Spirit as our only even right now. And as the church think. So who are to be blamed for that when I checked my current wickedness are great. (Job 22:5) it is so important for us to hate security it is so important for us writes this for the cause of what the sins committed in our fami- account balance on my phone, The waves of sins are endless and sin completely and love God com- to invest so much in holiness that we are committed to, we expect lies, churches and nations? The the sinners who are plunged into pletely. And the revelation of this we may gain so much in the next the powers of what we love to cap- four people breathed in sharply scripture points out to our hearts. T the ocean will drown with no one is that the sinner who lives in sin life. And it is only when we rise ture the hearts of all the ones who and gave me sympathetic looks. It is what comes out of us which to rescue. and dies without the truth in them higher in holiness, we begin to are truly committed to the cause But then the girl left of me started makes us unclean. As it is written This is what we speak and write will be crushed and destroyed on detest the sins of the world. Since of Christ. We have sinned, the playing Candy Crush and everyone's at- “ For from within, out of men’s in the truth: As it was in the days the last day but for us who lives in the world was predestined to be world has sinned but God calls us tention shifted to her. hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual of Sodom and Gomorrah people God’s love and power will be se- condemned, it will be wiser still and the world to repentance. The With people and cameras every- immorality, theft, murder, adul- were drinking, dancing and were cured, protected and empowered not to be yoked together with the choice to either marry holiness or where, there's no privacy any more. If tery, greed, malice, deceit, lewd- committed to every evil under the in the truth. Since we are in the sins of the world. This is what I perish with un-holiness is up to us. you need to adjust your underpants or ness, envy, slander, arrogance and sun. There was no shame, no re- last days the waves of temptation speak and write in the truth that This is also a wave of the last days unpick a wedgie you have to book a ho- folly. All these evils comes from pentance in their hearts. The sins will be stronger than before but life is all about choices and deci- and we trust the holy churches to tel room. inside and make him ‘unclean’ ( of these people kept rising higher it is for us to stand strong in the sions. It is either we choose to be riser more in holiness still . We Mark 7:21-23 ). The in scripted "I'd like to book a twin-bed no-smok- and higher till they were devoured truth, destroying every sin as we holy or we choose to be unholy; love God, the sinners and holiness truth clearly depicts so many of ing room for 30 seconds, please." by burning coals and sulphur from rise higher and higher in holiness. Its either we choose to do evil or is our mission. our sins and it will be wiser for "Certainly sir. For a security deposit, we will require your credit card, house deeds and firstborn child." But stories of technology and hu- manity can create warm and fuzzy feel- Nagaland's Future Not For Sale ings, I learned from two recent news reports. NNPGs Post Framework Accord of Aug. litical struggle at a later stage and this has nipur, 3. Nagas of Assam and 4. Nagas of Nagaland and making brash and unruly At the end of May, a jam-packed 3, 2015, the people of Nagaland contin- to be acknowledged. Today, Nagas every- Arunachal Pradesh. Without the people's noise in the media, should opt for honest train on the way to a college in New ue to be taken for a ride by NSCN (IM) where must understand that there has been consent and approval, political agreements and frank deliberation with the rest of Na- through its propaganda ministry, promis- a natural evolution of the Indo-Naga po- remain mere papers. gas. The threats and intimidations against York got stuck. Everyone was in a bad ing imaginary political institution while litical issue, fuelled by external forces and Of late the MIP of NSCN (IM) is members of civil societies, tribal hohos mood. One of the passengers was stu- the GOl, time and again made it clear that internal strife. At hand is the GOI making churning out press releases inserting names leaders of Nagaland are unacceptable dent Jerich Alcantara, dressed in uni- breaking up neighboring Indian states to its position clear on the issue of Naga in- of officials from proper Nagaland such as and best avoided in the Interest of all con- versity robes to receive his diploma. "I integrate all Naga inhabited areas was out tegration. The NSCN (IM) leadership, in- Akaho Assumi, Elian Z Lotha, Zeneituo cerned. Tribes of Nagaland are swift and would like to thank you all for coming of question. explicably continue to indulge in unrepent- Angami, Hukavi Yepthomi etc. as authors, spontaneous against perpetrators of inhu- to my graduation," he joked. "It means Naga National Political Groups ant theatrical politics in their nonexistent worshipping the Framework Agreement. man acts and imposition of unacceptable a lot to me." (NNPGs) working Group reaffirm that the land called Nagalim. In all probability these officials are accords. A humane approach could heal The carriage full of strangers aspiration of all Nagas to live under one The church, the tribes and the intellec- honest workers yet their neighbours and much wound. laughed, someone found celebratory political roof remains an undying desire, tuals, have pointed out the perennial flaw acquaintances would testify they are not NNPGs and Nagas of Nagaland are music to play, a diploma was zapped to yet the most essential component of the in the last twenty years of the political equipped to put pen to paper to air their not traitors neither do they question or his phone, and suddenly it was a party. quest, the Integration of Naga areas, not talks between GOI and IM. A single politi- political views in the media. The question threaten the activities of United Naga Someone filmed it for the Internet, of on the anvil, profound sounding political cal group cannot decide the political future is, do NSCN (IM) statement gets more at- Council of (UNC), Naga Women's Un- course, and the result was that his gradu- terminologies cannot silence indigenous of all Nagas. The dangers of impractical tention by inserting names of workers from ion Manipur (NWUM) and various Naga ation was witnessed by millions of peo- tribes of Nagaland. The NNPGs declare political settlements cannot be overlooked. Nagaland? Recently the names of seventy Organisations in Manipur who are doing ple. that civil societies and tribes of Nagaland Consequences have been far reaching in one officials from Nagaland appeared in much to defend the interest of Nagas in Then came a news report on tech- have no hesitation whatsoever in saying the past. The GOI knows too well. the local dailies, pleading Nagas of Na- Manipur. In the same manner Nagaland savvy accountant David Goodwin, who to the GOI that if the question of integra- The Working Group (WG) of Naga galand to accept Framework Agreement. civil societies, Tribes, Hohos will protect used geek know-how to get away with tion issue be outside the purview of GOI- National Political Groups (NNPGs) have Alas, it is not the number of Kilonsers and and defend their interest at all times and the perfect crime 100 times in a row. NSCN (IM) talks, separate acceptable so- met and sought opinions of much of the Tatars hailing from Nagaland. It is prac- so questions of sabotaging NSCN (IM)’s He turned up at a busy, charity- lutions for Nagas living in various Indian civil societies and tribes of Nagaland and tical politics which requires indigenous political dialogue does not arise. administered territories must he pursued recognising the bare truth that the Frame- Nagas of Nagaland to determine their GOl must recognise the political as- minded church in Northern Ireland with without ambiguity. GOI must look into work Accord signed between the GOI and political future basing on historical facts, piration of the people of Nagaland. The his laptop and offered to check the ac- the grievances of Nagas living in other NSCN (IM) on Aug. 3, 2015 does not present status and desire for the future. NNPGs have, in principle, agreed to ex- counts. Since the members donating states and announce political steps for mention the word Manipur or any other Clearly, Nagaland tribe national workers plore and exercise all political options in cash and the needy spending it were their progress and upliftment. The NNPGs state where Nagas inhabit, there is abso- in the NSCN (IM) were utilized as a prop- the interest of mainland Nagas in particu- highly trusting, he found it easy to trans- Working Group, taking the confidence of lutely a clear, definite and unavoidable aganda tool and it is not hard for readers to lar and all Nagas in general, until appro- fer big chunks of money to his own ac- mainland Nagas, must seek a permanent political roadmap on the table requiring sense sinister ploy at work. Who is keeping priate time in future when emotional in- counts. political solution. History cannot be al- political wisdom and decisiveness of the an eye on Nagas based on topography? tegration will ultimately lead to physical After two years stealing charity do- tered, the genesis of Naga struggle has its government of India (GOI) to understand NSCN (IM) top decision-making body, integration of Nagas, fulfilling the vision nations from the church, he'd commit- roots in present Nagaland. It is the cradle. the situation and address the political aspi- overwhelmingly Nagas from Manipur, of the forefathers. ted his 100th crime and felt unstoppable. Our Naga brothers and sisters from Bur- rations of the following: numbering hundreds, instead of playing Issued by: Media Cell, Working Group But then the church had a guest ma, Manipur and elsewhere joined the po- 1. Nagas of Nagaland, 2. Nagas of Ma- childish politics of pasting workers from (WG) NNPGs speaker: A reformed criminal. Everything the man said hit Good- win like a thunderbolt from heaven. Deeply moved, Goodwin spent the Appeal to All People and Organisations to Aid Peace Process: NSCN next few hours creating spreadsheets showing exactly how he had committed fter many years of strug- and Indian Constitution while all NSCN had not backed off nor itics with firmness by the NSCN Nagas, whereas, NTC and CNTC each of his 100 crimes, and then walked gles and sufferings, the the Nagas are in support of the yielded to the dictates and any at- has earned respects from the Govt. are not affiliated to the Naga Hoho to the local police station, where he Nagas of all ages impa- peace process. The NNPGs got tempt to impose their will on us. of India as the NSCN will never which itself is crystal clear evi- opened his laptop and said: "Look what Atiently awaits the final easily carried away by the purport- we have withstood selflessly all compromise the Sovereign rights dence that their sole objective is to I've done." moment to mark the end of politi- ed media reports that, the integra- through these years of struggles. of the Nagas unlike the NNPGs. further divide the Nagas and sabo- That story also produced a warm, cal unrests and disputes with Govt. tion will not have any effect on the This firmness in the leadership In spite of the good gestures tage the historic political process. of India at the earliest. At this point boundary of Manipur. They have with visions to lead the Nagas till of the NSCN/GPRN to come The Nagas must be very cau- fuzzy feeling -- which evaporated when of time, the so called NNPGs have completely lost their will power to the cherished goal had made it pos- forward and strengthen the ongo- tious that, these organizations are I saw the next news report in my inbox. tried to strike emotional chord and fight for the rights of the Nagas and sible for the NSCN to sail through ing peace process, the NNPGS fomenting destructiveness and they Researchers say the amount of invis- brain wash few individuals from Naga Nation. The NNC/FGN had all obstacles and temptations have resorted to instigating further are sounding the alarms to reignite ible, intangible money being spent every present State of Nagaland with- accepted the Indian Constitution reaching a point of hnourable so- fragmentations and divisions of the flames of hatreds and conflicts day (clicking to buy stuff) had overtaken out gauging the fact that, no single at their own volitions while the lution acceptable to both sides. The the Naga Nation. Hence, based amongst the Nagas again. These the amount of actual physical money Naga wants to re-live in the past Khehoi Campers and Reformation NSCN had persevered through the on their tones and actions, the are completely against the wishes being spent every day. Coins and ban- which is marked by bloodsheds and groups had accepted the law of the decades and now the Nagas are on NNPGs have forfeited the right to of the peace loving people and knotes will disappear, pundits say. fighting amongst the Nagas them- land( Indian Constitution) in sign- the verge of having the final settle- talk of the Nagas rights and Nagas should never ever be allowed to This is bad. selves or with the Indian Arm Forc- ing the Cease fire then. And now it ment with India. Nation. Therefore, their own po- befall on the Nagas again instead My main tool for impressing on my es. The entire Naga populations are is reduced to a mere Suspension of The NSCN/GPRN stands for sition should be understood from all efforts should be made to lead children the value of money is the ex- for peaceful political solution and Operations by GOI from this year all the Nagas, be it in Assam, Aru- that perspective. the Nagas towards an era of Politi- treeeeeemely slooooooow way I count to achieve that cherished goal, they on. The NNPGs have gone blur in nachal Pradesh, Nagaland State, Apex Civil organizations like cal settlement, permanent peace, out their pocket money every week, an had mandated the NSCN to seek their politiitcal visions by becom- Manipur or Myanmar. The efforts the United Naga Council are af- marked by generations of employ- expression of agony on my face. Some- an honourable and acceptable Po- ing the active agents of India and of the NNPGs to further divide the filiated with the Naga Hoho, the ments and better economic living times I actually weep blood. litical settlement with Govt. of In- its agents and they had given up Nagas by trying to chalk out only Naga Women Union is affiliated conditions of the common people A quick click on a screen to transfer dia based on the unique history and all hopes on themselves in regard for Nagas of Nagaland is against with Naga Mothers Association, and in a world of our own where cash is not the same. It fails to convey situation of the Nagas. to finding Naga political solution. the Nagas common interests and it All Manipur Naga Students Asso- we can freely exercise our rights. the pain that needs to be associated with The subservient attitude of the The NNPGs are now fully com- is an open treachery against Naga ciation is affiliated with the Naga The NSCN/GPRN once again money moving away from Dad's pocket NNPGs makes them readily ac- mitted in aggressively safeguarding Nation. The NNPGs have exposed Students Federation. Similarly all appeal for coming forward in sup- in any direction. cept with spontaneity the dictates the 16th.State of Indian Union not themselves to the people and to the such Naga organizations in other port of the peace process as the I'm going to do all my financial stuff of their master, the agents of the for the cause of the Naga’s rights world that, they are a mere tool of neighbouring states are also affili- doors are open for all those who Govt. of India. It is vague enough and Naga Nation. the Indian adversaries, the same ated to the highest apex bodies of are honestly concerned and com- on the train from now on. At least I get a that the NNPGs is taking up the If at times, the GOI has some device that divided the Naga na- the Nagas. These are the bona fide mitted towards finding honourable bit of sympathy there. name of Nagas of Nagaland alone opinions which could hurt the in- tion without the consents of the legal organizations contributing solution for the Nagas. (Nury Vittachi can be contacted at after accepting the laws of the land terest and rights of the Nagas, the land owners. The high level of pol- towards the common causes of the Issued by MIP [email protected])

aldo is the cartoonish star of “Where’s Waldo,” a now-classic best-selling children’s book BiBle Read: Acts 8:26–40 series. Waldo hides himself in the crowded scenes on each page, inviting children to find Wwhere he’s hiding. Parents around the world love the moments of sweet discovery when ThoughT foR Today: their children’s faces signal they’ve found Waldo. They also enjoy the occasions when they’re in- the [Ethiopian] asked Philip, “tell me, please, who is the vited to help find him. prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” Shortly after Stephen, a deacon in the early church, was stoned to death for proclaiming Christ A ld O ~ Acts 8:34 (see Acts 7), widespread persecution broke out against Christians, causing many to flee Jerusalem. Another deacon, Philip, followed these fleeing Christians into Samaria, where he proclaimed Christ and it was well received (8:6). While there, the Holy Spirit sent Philip on a special mission to “the desert road.” It must have seemed a strange request given the fruit his preaching was producing in Samaria itself. Imagine Philip’s joy, then, when he met and helped the Ethiopian court official find

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D may know Him more fully. Like a parent witnessing the joy of discovery in their child’s eyes and like Philip helping the Ethiopian find Jesus, it can be exhilarating for us to witness the moment of discovery in those around us. As we go through our days, may we be prepared to share Christ as P the Spirit leads us, whether they are people we know well or those we meet even just once. g W Fi N di g The biggest work a Christian can do is to find his friend and introduce him to Jesus Christ. The contents of articles in this page do not necessarily reflect the Editorial view or policy of the paper. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Saturday, June 10, 2017 7 every Great and Visionary Leader deserves a second chance nyone who has the zeal to lead his ecution of works requires quite comfortable dimmed of his late father vision to a pristine the office as well as in the society and also, condition, let us give our visionary leader a people with great visions and capa- times. Especially, during the time of political glory and to lead us in all fronts. He is as able not forgetting to mention about his material second chance in order to initiate schemes ble of doing an all round develop- turmoil of our current NPF led DAN state as like his father and a visionary leader of our wealth with God gifted blessings. But he has and projects from the centre as he had been Ament, deserves a second chance. government, we had witnessed often chang- time who is committed to serve his people the zeal, desire and vision for his people, and I always trying his best efforts to initiate, reno- As we all know Rome was not built in a day. ing of top leadership like changing of chame- unflinchingly. His interest in politics is not think it is still not accomplished for him to va- vate and execute it. Similarly, to develop a nation with prosper- leon colours on and off, and hence changing because of his love for fame, money, prestige cate his chair. Therefore, we should give him A person is not fit in all the areas to sat- ity and advancement, it needs more time and of portfolios was very common. So it is not or by pressure from political groups but solely a second chance unconditionally. Not bother- isfy the people thus, everyone has shortcom- space for any leader to initiate and implement possible to quench the thirst of the people at because of his volition and for his love and ing with this appeal, no doubt he had done so ings and it doesn’t mean that once you were it. I believe second chance is stronger than a right time. passion to serve the people. many developmental activities in his constitu- denied, you oppose to it. It is not a compul- secrets. One can let secrets go but a second A leader ‘comes and goes’ but when un- Since we live in a democracy where free- ency. One such commendable work is the in- sion on the part of an enthusiast leader who chance? We don’t let that pass by. Everybody der whose leadership had done a commend- dom of expression and speech is maintained stallation of bore well in Lirmen village along has the desire to lead the people. Let us give a deserves a second chance, but not for the able works is remembered and the legacy left and so, we have the freedom to choose any- with some number of other villages too. Prior second chance to whom we consider can lead same mistakes. Second chance is given when by them continuous to the succeeding gen- one by ourselves who can lead us and whom to this, the villagers used to go to deep jungle us with passion and honesty. Let us choose you have been hurt, betrayed, or disappointed erations and follow their footsteps as a role we think capable of handling our problems. to fetch water even at night time for their daily wisely who can lead us towards an all round by someone you care about. Yet forgiveness is model. One such imminent personality was Hence, I fully exercise my rights and fully en- needs and hence, they had suffered lot due to development. Instead of dissecting for anoth- the most important tool that is fundamental late J.N Aier, the father of Dr.N.Benjongliba dorse my current leader Dr. N Benjongliba acute shortage of water. Besides this, the con- er political propaganda, let us stay firm and to human relationships. Giving up on leaders Aier , the current parliamentary secretary Aier for the reason best known to me. I’m not struction of Lirmen Senso road connecting steadfast and wait for their stint task to fulfil because they have let you down, be it politi- from 30th Alongtaki Constituency. When an adversaries to his political rival neither po- Lirmen and Tsuremmen, construction of link us with more initiatives, and above all for an cians or favourite personalities. Leadership is their fellow people were still at dark side, J.N liticizing through my article for my personal roads, construction of community buildings, all round development. Changing of capable the capacity to translate vision into reality. Aier to his credit did so many commendable, interest and publicity nor Am I a hardcore construction of new buildings and extensions leadership who is yearning for development Sometimes we go against our dynamic applaudable and memorable works particu- politician, but as a layman’s view, I’m pen- and upgradation of schools etc were some of and who is yet to accomplish his dreams leaders because of some misunderstanding larly in the field of education and he is one ning down this write up firmly to what I feel his works which is credited to our dynamic could be too disastrous for us. With our econ- but, it is solely when we lack credibility and of the harbingers in the field of education from my heart, seen by my eyes and heard leader. Hats off and salute to our tall and omy been fragile with outside sanction and positivity. Human wants are unlimited and among the Aos. He worked tirelessly and self- from my ears. Despite having so many false charismatic leader for such initiatives. support; whatever the policies, projects and therefore, out of want for more and more, lessly for the betterment and advancement allegations from every corner, yet he is as cool I went to my village twice last year for implementations in our constituency for the we go on astray against our leader leading of the people despite facing so many odds as no chilling freeze and handles it through a seminar and a free medical camp, there I past five years by our leader will go in vain. to allegations against our leader which is un- and shortcomings. Had he been alive with us his soft political will, wit and wisdom. In really saw the differences of what was before Changing of leadership now will only put palatable in truest sense. A good and vibrant then, we will enjoy his blessings with an all reality check, he is dedicated, kind hearted, and current status of my village. From the mistrust and backwardness and will definitely leadership is one who not only led, explores round development in our land but unfortu- great statesman, good orator, and straight top to the grassroots level the sanction pat- mislead the innocent public for another five but inspires the followers and therefore, I be- nately and unlucky for us, a true dynamic and forward, understand the needs of the people tern was done wisely pleasing all the people years. Hence, let us give a clarion call to our lieve that more time and space is important dedicated leader like him is no more with us and always keen and ready to serve the peo- living in the village. NREGAS, IAY, BPL, leader to be chosen for another five years to be for every visionary leader for the good poli- and he passed away to Heavenly abode. ple. He doesn’t only think for himself but for LADF etc were rightly implemented. But more pragmatic and put our trust again for an cies, works and programmes and more time A person like him needs today in our so- everyone and for the cause of the people and frankly, I was little disappointed of the road all round developmental activities in our con- should be given to them. For instance, if some ciety to lead the people from apathy with am- rightly he is standing above us as a deserving condition otherwise, there was no obstacle to stituency to whom we consider as a deserv- programmes cannot be covered and imple- bition, despair with determination and back- leader of our time. pin point critically. This bad road condition ing leader. Let us work together for the bet- mented within the stipulated time i.e. in the wardness with full advancement. Although Had his motive in his life been only low is not to be blamed to our leader but attribut- terment of today and enjoy the blessings of context of our current MLA’S with their ten- he is gone, we have still repose our faith to profile thinking then he would rather sit down ed from the lack of financial assistance from tomorrow. Hope for the best and yet to come. ure for only five years, whatever the policies our truest and ablest leader Dr. N Benjongliba peacefully on his retirement chair because, he the centre and shortage of money in state Yarangchang imchen and implementation of the programs for ex- Aier who has the zeal to carry the torch un- was holding such a respectable position in coffer. So, in order to rectify this bad road Lirmen village Child Marriages - Especially of Girls - Rise in Urban India, Decline in Rural aged 10-20 were married before the increased more than five times in Ma- across Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal clined across all but one -- Banswara from the ground to see what is hap- Vipul Vivek | IANS legal ages of 18 and 21, respectively, harashtra’s northeastern Bhandara Pradesh, Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Gu- -- of Rajasthan’s 13 districts figuring pening in a particular district/local- than any other state, but there was a district, as did the marriage of un- jarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karna- in the ranking. ity,” the study said. nderage marriages, espe- decline in child marriage in all but derage boys in all 16 districts. In taka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, The urban districts included in The study listed a multiplicity of cially of girls, are rising in one of its 13 districts figuring in the Bhandara, the marriage of underage Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. the top 70 reported 25.8 per cent of factors, also pointed out by previous urban India and declining ranking, the study said. boys rose 21 times over the decade to Of the seven Rajasthan districts child marriages in 2011. One of every research, which include the percep- Uin rural India, according “The most concerning news was 2011. among the top 20 nationally by inci- five girls between ages 10 and 17 in tion that girls are ready for marriage to a new analysis of census data, but the rising incidence of marriage be- In Rajasthan, among all Indian dence of girls married between 10 and urban areas was married in 2011, ac- after menarche (the first menstrual while the immediate reasons are not fore the legal age among girls in ur- states, more girls (8.3 per cent of 17 years in Census 2011, the southern cording to the study. period), poverty, lack of education, clear, patriarchy and the continuing ban areas between Census 2001 and those aged 10 to 17) and boys (8.6 per district of Bhilwara tops overall, with While Gujarat had the highest caste, birth order and family size (if hold of tradition are implicated. 2011,” said Young Lives India Direc- cent of those aged 10 to 20) married 37 per cent of its girls aged 10 to 17 number of districts (7) among boys there are older brothers and a sister, In Maharashtra, India’s third- tor Renu Singh. before legal age. married, as well as among rural dis- aged 10 to 20 married in the top 20 the girl is less likely to be married richest state (by per capita income), No new marriages below the age India has 70 districts that report tricts, with 40 per cent of girls aged urban districts, Bengal had the most young), patriarchy, and cultural gen- 16 districts figure in a national rank- of 10 were reported in census 2011. a “high incidence” of underage mar- 10-17 years married. (6) among girls in 2011. der discrimination against girls in ing of top 20 districts reporting a rise On average, fewer children were mar- riages spread across 13 states, which Among boys married underage, The study pointed out that there matters of education, employment, in underage marriages over a decade ried nationally over the decade to account for 21 per cent of the coun- Rajasthan fared the worst, with nine are “immense variations” in trends sexuality and sexual behaviour. to 2011, according to the study by the 2011, while the proportion of boys try’s child marriages, said the study. of its districts among the top 20. among girls and boys getting mar- (In arrangement with IndiaSpend. National Commission for Protection married before 21 fell to 2.54 per cent While 21.1 per cent of child mar- Bhilwara again reported the high- ried before their legal ages across the org, a data-driven, non-profit, public of Child Rights (NCPCR) and Young from 9.64 per cent, among girls it it riage among girls nationwide could est incidence of underage marriage country, and its secondary analysis of interest journalism platform, with Lives India, the local chapter of a UK was down marginally to 2.44 per cent be attributed to these 70 districts, 22.5 among boys aged 10 to 20, with 20.2 census data was not enough to reveal whom Vipul Vivek is an analyst. government-funded agency. from 2.51 per cent, for girls married per cent of child marriage among per cent married in 2011. the causes behind these trends. The views expressed are those of In Rajasthan, the ninth-poorest before 18. boys was reported from these districts However, over the decade to “In order to understand these IndiaSpend. Feedback at respond@ state, more girls aged 10-17 and boys Underage marriages among girls in 2011. These districts were spread 2011, the rate of child marriage de- trends, we need to gather evidence indiaspend.org) How Plagues Really Work to 2007 by reports of the H5N1 or bird flu troduced into the human species. It seemed ing cows, pigs and chickens in farmyards Adaptation to a new host is a precise and Wendy orent | Aeon virus etched the prospect of a cross-species to make sense: the parasite that kills its host and even within households for thousands delicate business. To be a human-adapted Andromeda strain in the Western mind. is a dead parasite since, without the host, of years. Pandemics arise out of more than germ means having the ability to infect hu- The next pandemic will erupt, not from The fear seems confirmed by historical the germ has no way to survive and spread. mere contact between human beings and man cells, to overcome human immunity, the jungle, but from the disease factories of memory: after all, plagues have killed a lot According to this argument, new germs that animals: from an evolutionary point of view, and to manipulate the human host into shed- hospitals, refugee camps and cities of people, and deadly diseases litter history erupt into our species will be potential trig- there is a missing step between animal patho- ding the germ. he latest epidemic to terrify the like black confetti. The Antonine Plague, at- gers for pandemics, while germs that have gen and human pandemic that’s been almost A pathogen must force its new human Western world is Ebola, a virus tributed to measles or smallpox in the year a long history in a host species will have completely overlooked in these terrifying but host to act as a germ dispensary system: that has killed hundreds in Africa 165 CE, killed the Roman Emperor Marcus evolved to be relatively benign. entirely speculative ideas. sneezing, coughing, spewing germ-laden in 2014 alone. No wonder there was Aurelius and millions of his subjects. The Many health experts take the notion According to the evolutionary epidemiol- particles in the air, or passing them through T Justinian Plague, caused by the deadly bac- further, contending that any coming plague ogist Paul W Ewald of the University of Lou- diarrhoea. To make us sneeze, a cold or flu vi- so much worry when two infected health care workers from the United States were terial pathogen Yersinia pestis, spread from will come from human intrusion into the isville, the most dangerous infectious diseases rus somehow piggybacks on our evolved ten- transported home from Liberia for treatment North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea natural world. One risk, they suggest, comes are almost always not animal diseases freshly dency to sneeze and cough to rid ourselves of – why bring this plague to the US, exposing to Constantinople and other cities along the when hungry people in Africa and elsewhere broken into the human species, but diseases irritants, whether that’s pollen or virus. Sneez- the rest of the country as well? But the truth Mediterranean. By 542, infected rats and forge deep into forests and jungles to hunt adapted to humanity over time: smallpox, ing out virus might help you reduce your vi- is that Ebola, murderous though it is, doesn’t fleas had carried the infection as far north as ‘bushmeat’ – rodents, rabbits, monkeys, apes malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, typhus, yellow ral load and recover more quickly, but it also have what it takes to produce a pandemic, a Rennes in France and into the heart of Ger- – with exposure to dangerous pathogens the fever, polio. In order to adapt to the human ensures that your co-workers go home with a worldwide outbreak of infectious disease. It many. Millions died. unhappy result. Those pathogens move si- species, a germ needs to cycle among people dose of what ails you. A virus that does not spreads only through intimate contact with Then there was the Black Death of 1348- lently among wild animals, but can also ex- – from person to person to person. In each cause symptoms is much less likely to trans- infected body fluids; to avoid Ebola, just re- 50, also caused by Yersinia pestis, but this plode with terrifying ferocity among people iteration, the strains best adapted to transmis- mit. On the other hand, if you are flattened frain from touching sweat, blood or the bod- time spread by human fleas and from human when humans venture where they shouldn’t. sion will be the ones that spread. So natural immediately, the pathogen could be too viru- ies of the sick or dead. lung to human lung, through the air. The According to the same line of thought, an- selection will push circulating strains towards lent, immobilising you so thoroughly that you Yet no logic can quell our pandemic plague spread along the Silk Road to what is other proposed risk would result when birds more and more effective transmission, and can’t get out to spread the disease. (Ebola is a paranoia, which first infected the zeitgeist now Afghanistan, India, Persia, Constanti- spread a new pandemic strain to chickens in therefore towards increasing adaptation to standout example here.) with the publication of Laurie Garrett’s The nople, and thence across the Mediterranean factory farms and, ultimately, to us. human hosts. This process necessarily takes But once they evolve the knack for hu- Coming Plague (1994) and Richard Pres- to Italy and the rest of Europe, killing tens But there’s something in these scenarios place among people. man-to-human transmission, these same kill- ton’s Hot Zone (1995). These books sug- of millions worldwide. Of all the past pan- that’s not entirely logical. There is nothing A pathogen must force its new human host er pathogens can cause devastating human gested that human incursion into rainforests demics, the 1918 influenza (also known as new in the intimate contact between animals to act as a germ dispensary system: sneezing, disease. The usual suspects are well-known: and jungles would stir deadly viruses in wait; the Spanish flu) is now considered the über- and people. Our hominid ancestors lived on coughing, spewing germ-laden particles in the smallpox, which survives in the external en- perturb nature and she nails you in the end. threat, the rod by which all other pandem- wildlife before we ever evolved into Homo air vironment; cholera, which spreads in water; By the late 1990s, we were deep into the ics are measured. It killed 40 million people sapiens: that’s why anthropologists call them malaria, carried by insects; and Staphylococ- That is why the idea that highly patho- biological weapons scare, pumping billions around the globe. hunter-gatherers, a term that still applies to cus aureus, spread by unwitting hospital at- genic animal viruses such as H5N1 bird flu of dollars in worldwide government fund- It was the great Australian virologist some modern peoples, including bushmeat tendants and known today in deadliest, most cycling among chickens, for example, can ing to fight evil, lab-made disease. As if this Frank Macfarlane Burnet who argued that hunters in West Africa. After domesticating antibiotic-resistant form as MRSA. suddenly mutate into a lethal, transmissible weren’t enough, the panic caused from 2004 the deadliest diseases were those newly in- animals, we lived close beside them, keep- To be continued... human virus makes little evolutionary sense.

Today’s AsTro-predicTion Aries MAr 21 - Apr 19: Your self-esteem CAnCer Jun 22 - Jul 22: There are power- librA sep 23 - oCT 22: You need to learn CApriCorn DeC 22 - JAn 19: You may should be strong these days, Aries, helping you ful forces operating now, Cancer. Whether you an important lesson in follow-through, Libra. feel like you’re on a road to adventure and ex- build more confidence in yourself every day. realize it or not, you have tremendous control As you strive for perfection, you may get the cited about the frontiers you’re encountering, There may be a glitch in the action today, how- over the direction of these energies. Take con- feeling that nothing is ever fully completed. Capricorn. Unfortunately, it seems that not ev- ever, as someone with an extreme perspective on things trol of the situation instead of letting someone else do Try not to be so hard on yourself. The work you’ve eryone is as excited about this path as you are. Blows to suddenly steps into the picture. Your emotions may sud- it for you. You will find that other people are more mal- finished so far is more than likely much better than your ego are apt to hit hard, but try not to let this deter denly swing from one end of the spectrum to the other. leable than usual, making them quite willing to move what most people could ever accomplish. Put the final you. This is more than likely a result of other people’s Do your best to stay calm. forward in whatever direction you point them. touches on whatever you’re doing and move on. jealousy of your incredible strength and bravery. TAurus Apr 20 - MAy 20: A ray of sunshine is likely leo Jul 23 - AuG 22: If conflict arises in sCorpio oCT 23 - noV 21: Be careful about AquArius JAn 20 - Feb 18: There’s a tre- to shine on you, Taurus. Things may have been your world, Leo, you must keep in mind that being driven so strongly that you fail to take mendously sensitive side to your personality cloudy lately, making it harder for you to main- there is no one else to blame except you. Keep- into consideration the changing environment, that’s tender and extremely vulnerable, Aquar- tain a positive disposition. Today’s news will be ing your sights set on one goal is useful as you Scorpio. Things have probably changed quite a ius. Be careful about putting too much of your- uplifting, and you will likely be reminded of all concentrate all your energy toward that one thing. At the bit since you first set out on this mission. You may have self out there now. By opening yourself up so much, the good times in store for you. Others may feel a bit of same time, you may be losing perspective on what’s go- packed for sunshine and suddenly it looks like rain. Put you’re inviting in trouble. Others might not be that aware stress, but you should be able to see through this and ap- ing on around you. Make sure you continue to be a team away your sunglasses and take out your umbrella. It’s of how sensitive you are. Those with strong, boisterous preciate the benefits of the situation. player by keeping an eye out for the people in the wings. important that you adapt to unexpected change. spirits are likely to be abrasive, so protect your emotions. GeMini MAy 21 - Jun 21: Recent hesita- VirGo AuG 23 - sep 22: Life may seem sAGiTTArius noV 22 - DeC 21: You pisCes Feb 19 - MAr 20: You may be in a tion on your part may have suddenly put you like a great train ride, Virgo. You have your may be hit with some extreme circumstances difficult position, Pisces, as a critical part of a in a bind, Gemini. It may feel like you’ve own little compartment that you’re striving to that cause you to feel uneasy about continu- pending decision. Your first reaction may be reached gridlock and your choices are limited. keep comfortable and neat. The company you ing along your path, Sagittarius. Use this jolt to throw up your hands and leave the decision You can no longer get a solid handle on things. Instead keep is important, as is your proximity to the food car. as a reminder that nothing is set in stone. An element to someone else. Making a choice is too tough, so you of trying to make a move now, you may have to wait Be careful that you don’t get so wrapped up in your of the unexpected can always creep up on you. Deep find that you’d rather not have to make it at all. Unfor- until the dust settles and you can see clearly again. Let own little world that you neglect to pay heed to where down, you probably had a feeling that this difficult tunately, it looks like everyone else has the same idea. the situation release before you add any more friction. the train is headed. situation was bound to happen eventually. Deep down, you have an opinion that needs to be heard.

The contents of articles on this page do not necessarily reflect the Editoral view or policy of the paper EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Saturday, June 10, 2017 8 nation Madhya Pradesh farmers’ unrest SC upholds PAN-Aadhaar linking but stays operation partially New Delhi, June 9 (PTI): and the Aadhaar Act. the Constitution bench. While opposing the The Supreme Court to- It said that PAN card However, the bench government’s move, the day upheld the validity of without Aadhaar number asked the government to petitioners, including CPI the law making Aadhaar would not be treated invalid take appropriate steps to leader Binoy Viswam, have CM to fast indefinitely for restoration of peace mandatory for allotment of till the Constitution bench ensure there was no leakage contended before the bench PAN and filing of Income decides the larger issue of of data from the Aadhaar that the Centre cannot “be- Bhopal, June 9 (IANS): Expressing distress, we have gone to their houses Tax(IT) returns but exempt- Right to Privacy. scheme as apprehensions little” the apex court’s 2015 grief over the escalating farmers’ agi- to find solutions, give compensation ed those without it for now The bench said that pre- have been expressed that order holding the unique tation, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh and distribute insurance claims. The until the larger privacy issue vious transactions won’t be there was a possibility of the identification number as Chouhan on Friday said he will sit on farmers are being given loans at no is decided. affected or nullified with data being compromised. voluntary. an indefinite fast in Dussehra Maidan interest rates. But those who are In effect, those who pos- partial stay on the new law “The government to They had argued here until peace is restored. spreading violence in the name of sess an Aadhaar card must till privacy issue linked to take proper and appropriate that government should Talking to reporters at his official protests will be dealt with,” he added. link it to their Permanent Aadhaar is decided. steps and the scheme in this not have enacted section residence, Chouhan said: “The state Asserting that he is ready for Account Number(PAN) Further, the bench also regard has to be devised at 139AA in the Act to make government is working for the farm- talks with the common man, Chou- card and those who have clarified that there would the earliest till confidence Aadhaar mandatory for ers and in the past days, many im- han said that he will sit in BHEL’s enrolled and not yet got be no retrospective imple- among the citizens that the PAN as the apex court’s portant decisions have been taken to Dussehra Maidan from 11 a.m. on their Aadhaar card are also mentation of the provision data would not be leaked,” five-judge bench order was benefit them. Due to the abundance Saturday, fasting indefinitely for res- exempted from mandatory to invalidate the PAN for the bench said. clear that Aadhaar was vol- in onion yield, the government is buy- toration of peace and will also run linkage and the penalising non-compliance of unique The bench rejected the untary and not mandatory. ing it at Rs 8 per kg while toor and his government from the ground. invalidation of their PANs identification number under contention that since the However, Attorney moong daal (pulses) will be bought at The Chief Minister also request- if they don t link it. the Aadhaar scheme. apex court has been passing General Mukul Rohatgi PTI agreed upon rates. Moreover, a com- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh ed the protestors to come and talk The apex court while While reading the op- orders time and again on had contended that Aad- mission has also been set up to look Chouhan addressing a press conference on with him in person, saying that he upholding the validity of erative portion of the judge- the issue of Aadhaar, gov- haar was made mandatory into the costs.” farmers issue at his residence in Bhopal on is open to discussions to solve the a fresh provision in the In- ment, the bench said, “we ernment should not have for allotment of PAN to “Whenever the farmers were in Friday. problem at hand. come Tax (IT) law making are of the opinion that till come out with a provision weed out fake cards which Aadhaar compulsory for Article 21 (concerning right in the IT law to make UID- were used for terror financ- allotment of PAN and fil- to privacy) of the Constitu- AI mandatory for the pur- ing and circulation of black ing of IT returns imposed tion is decided by the Con- pose of allotment of PAN money. Prez concerned over quality of education in Indian varsities a partial stay on it till its stitution bench, a partial and linking it with the ITR. Rohatgi had said that New Delhi, June 9 (PTI): were already in the top 200, system for eighteen hun- sity rankings,” he said. constitution bench decides stay is required (on section “We have rejected this with the implementation of President Pranab Mukher- and the latest entrant IIT dred years beginning sixth The president said he the right to privacy issue 139 AA of IT Act).” (argument). We have also Aadhaar, the government jee today expressed con- Bombay securing ranks in century BC. always believed that the connected with it. Upholding the valid- rejected that it violates Ar- had saved over Rs 50,000 cern over the quality of the coveted top 200 and “Scholars from round standards of Indian univer- Section 139AA of the ity of Section 139AA of ticle 19 (1) (g) and Article crore on various schemes to education in institutes IISc Bangalore being now the globe flocked to these sities was higher than what Income Tax Act provides the IT Act subject to the 14 of the Constitution,” the benefit the poor as well as of higher learning even ranked 6th globally for cita- centres of learning in search these rankings suggested. for mandatory quoting of outcome of the batch of bench said. pension schemes. as he expressed happiness tions per faculty. of knowledge. A reverse “Perhaps, it was the lack Aadhaar or enrolment ID petitions before its Con- The court had on May The Centre had also over better global rankings While in terms of in- scenario exists today. Many of importance given to the of Aadhaar application stitution bench which is 4 reserved the verdict on told the court that fake PAN achieved by few such Indian frastructure there has been meritorious Indian students rankings process that stood form for filing of income examining if Aadhaar a batch of petitions chal- cards were being used to institutions. considerable expansion in pursue their higher studies in the way of our institu- tax returns and making ap- scheme infringes on the lenging section 139AA of “divert funds” to shell com- The president made the higher education sector, from foreign universities. tions being projected the plication for allotment of Right to Privacy and if the I-T Act, which was in- panies. these comments while re- the president said, qual- “Our higher learning way they should be. PAN with effect from July there is threat of data leak- troduced through the latest The Supreme Court had ceiving the 2018 edition of ity of education in many institutions are capable of “A high rank can boost 1 this year. age, the bench said PAN budget and the Finance Act, observed that it was yet to the QS World University institutes remains a matter producing world-class schol- the morale of the academic A bench comprising Jus- holders already having 2017. be “tested” whether Aad- Rankings compiled by the of concern. ars but lose them to foreign and student communities, tices A K Sikri and Ashok Aadhaar have to link both. The Centre had earlier haar violated protection Education Promotion So- “In ancient times, we universities,” he said express- open greater avenues of Bhushan, which upheld the The bench clarified that said that the programme of of life and personal liberty ciety of India (EPSI), at had renowned seats of ing concern at the trend. growth and placement for legislative competence of it has not touched upon the PAN had become suspect granted under Article 21 of Rashtrapati Bhavan. higher learning - Nalanda, “During my visits to students, help attract the best the Parliament in enacting issue of Right to Privacy as it could be faked, while the Constitution, which was Mukherjee said he was Takshashila, Vikramashila, the universities, I have been faculty from across the world the law to this effect, said and other aspects that the Aadhaar was a “secure and pending hearing for an au- happy to find that three In- Valabhi, Somapura and sharing my concerns about and provide a benchmark for there was no conflict be- Aadhaar scheme also af- robust” system by which thoritative pronouncement dian institutions IIT Delhi Odantapuri that dominated the performance of Indian continuous quality enhance- tween the impugned provi- fects the human dignity the identity of an individual by a five-judge Constitution and IISc Bangalore, which the world higher education institutions in world univer- ment,” Mukherjee said. sion of the Income Tax Act which has to be decided by could not be faked. Bench. Cong MP P Govardhan Reddy dies in Kullu Never touched black money: Prannoy Roy News iN Brief Six militants killed as Army foils New Delhi, June 9 (PTI): His body was later tak- New Delhi, June 9 (IANS): charges openly and trans- in the battle for media free- Congress leader and Rajya en to Hyderabad. NDTV founder Prannoy parently and called for a dom. 5th infiltration bid in 3 days Sabha member from Tel- The cremation will take Roy on Friday said the CBI time-bound inquiry. Calling the CBI raids an Srinagar, June 9 (PTI): The Army today killed six angana Palvai Govardhan place at his hometown, case against him was “ridic- Amid protest by jour- attempt by the government Reddy died today after militants near the Line of Control (LoC) as it foiled Idikuda, in Nalgonda dis- ulous and a concocted set nalists, NDTV had said the to exert “overt pressure” on fifth infiltration bid from Pakistan into Kashmir in three suffering a cardiac arrest trict tomorrow. of facts” and asserted that CBI had “stepped up the the media, he said ‘boycott’ near Kullu in Himachal days, raising to 12 the total number of infiltrators gunned Prime Minister Naren- he and his wife Radhika concerted harassment of of ministers was essential down during this period. The six militants were killed Pradesh. dra Modi who is in As- Roy “never touched black NDTV and its promoters to fight for freedom of the He was 80. in Uri sector during a counter-infiltration operation tana, Kazakhstan, for the money and never bribed based on the same old end- press as it was wrong to as- launched yesterday after the troops detected movement Family sources said Shanghai Cooperation Or- even a single person” in less false accusations” and sume one could buy peace Reddy, who was accom- of ultras trying to sneak into the valley, an Army official ganisation (SCO) summit, their lives. the raid was “a blatant po- with the government by said. With this operation, the total number of infiltrating panied by his wife, was condoled his death. He was speaking at a litical attack on the freedom publishing ministers’ arti- to have attended a Par- Palvai Govardhan Reddy militants killed over the last three days in various sectors Congress President So- protest meet organised at of the press”. cles or running their inter- has gone up to 12. liamentary Committee nia Gandhi remembered the Press Club of India Roy said journalists views on TV. meeting in Kullu when he Sabha in 2012, was a mem- him as a respected leader. which was attended by a should stand up to all pres- He recalled that when suffered a cardiac arrest at ber of several committees. She said Reddy committed number of senior journalists sures. the Rajiv Gandhi govern- Couple shot dead in a failed the Bhuntar airport on the He is survived by his his life to the people and including Kuldip Nayar, S. He also said the peti- ment brought the defama- robbery bid in Punjab outskirts of the Himachal wife, two sons and a daugh- the Congress Party at a Nihal Singh, Arun Shou- tioner in the case, Sanjay tion bill, journalists decided town. ter. young age and left behind rie, H.K. Dua, Shekhar Dutt, was being used as a to ask every minister at Ludhiana, June 9 (PTI): In a robbery bid gone awry, He was rushed to a lo- Reddy’s body was an “admirable” legacy. Gupta, Om Thanvi and Raj tool. press conferences whether three unidentified men fatally shot a financer and his cal hospital where he was brought from Kullu to Telangana Chief Min- Chengappa as well as noted Renowned journalist they supported the legisla- wife at their house in Durgi locality here today, police declared brought dead. Delhi. A large number of ister K Chandrashekhar constitutional expert Fali S. and former Union Minister tion. If the answer was ‘yes’ said. Two of the miscreants barged into the couple’s He had taken an early leaders -- among them Vice Rao expressed shock over Nariman. Arun Shourie urged jour- or supportive of the bill, the (Sunil Gupta, 49, and Neelam Gupta, 45) house, while morning flight to Kullu President M Hamid An- the death and conveyed his Roy vowed to fight the nalists to boycott ministers reporters would walk out. the other waited downstairs with a motorcycle, they said. from Delhi. sari, former Prime Minis- condolences to members of Upon hearing the gunshots, a crowd gathered outside A five-time MLA in ter Manmohan Singh and the bereaved family. the house. “One of the accused, in an attempt to flee Andhra Pradesh before party vice president Rahul Several leaders cutting the crowd, jumped from the first floor and got his legs the bifurcation of the state, Gandhi -- paid homage to across party lines expressed Self-defence training programme fractured,” he said. “People caught hold of him while Reddy, elected to the Rajya him at his Delhi residence. grief over Reddy’s death. his accomplices managed to escape on the bike,” the DCP said. Court orders juvenile to clean Govt will solve Kashmir issue: Rajnath school premises, teach students Jaipur, June 9 (PTI): Home taking people in confi- and provoking the youth in Sheikhpura (Bihar), June 9 (PTI): A juvenile court Minister Rajnath Singh dence,” Singh said at a pro- Kashmir and giving them today ordered a teenager to clean school premises and today exuded confidence gramme here. stones (for pelting on the teach dalit students for three months to atone for using a that the Centre will be able “Pakistan is creating Indian forces) and such proxy to write his matriculation examination two years to find a solution to the unrest in Kashmir and people are playing with ago. The incident had come to light after a fake examinee Kashmir as he accused Pa- wants to divide the nation. their future. was caught by invigilators for writing examination for the kistan of creating unrest in Terrorists infiltrated into Singh said that insur- teenager, he said. While the fake examinee was arrested the Valley. India from Pakistan and gency in the northeast and for writing examination for another student and his case He said that certain attacked on our soldiers Maoism has reduced during was being heard by a local court, the teenager too was people are misleading and but our Army gave befitting the NDA government’s rule. detained and lodged in a remand home, Khan said. provoking the youth of reply by carrying out strike “The Centre has a Kashmir. on terrorists (across LoC),” strong government and “Our government will he said. under the leadership of Man booked for allegedly raping solve the Kashmir issue. The Union minister said Prime Minister Narendra PTI woman, minor daughter in Gurgaon Our government wants a that there are certain ele- Modi, India has emerged School girls and women learn martial arts techniques at the closing ceremony of a self-defence train- permanent solution while ments who are misleading as a strong nation,” he said. ing programme for women and children under an empowerment scheme, in New Delhi on Friday. Gurgaon , June 9 (PTI): A Delhi resident has been booked for allegedly raping a 35-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter, Gurgaon Police said today. The woman told police she met the accused, a resident Sporadic violence in Bengal hills amid shutdown, army stages flag march of Amar Colony in Delhi, at a Gurgaon market a few months ago. The woman, who is a widow also told that Darjeeling, June 9 (IANS): over their demand for a has declared today’s shut- claimed government offices over the next few days, the accused raped her several The Army staged flag separate state of Gorkha- down as illegal. Whoever functioned normally and times and filmed the act. Ashish later raped her 15-year- marches in Kalimpong, land, GJM activists set fire takes part in the shutdown recorded very high attend- old daughter and filmed the crime similarly to the Darjeeling and Kurseong to the under-construction will face strict legal action,” ance. “The attendance was woman, Mr Sehgal said. towns on Friday, as spo- Industrial Training Institute she said as she moved 99 per cent in Kalimpong radic violence was reported at Mungpoo in Kurseong around town to oversee ar- and Darjeeling towns, 98 in the northern West Bengal sub-division of Darjeeling rangements to help stranded per cent in Kurseong and Will probe if political science paper hills during a 12-hour shut- district. tourists in Darjeeling. 100 per cent in Mirik sub- leak was deliberate: Bengal Minister down called by the Gorkha The GJM supporters She claimed normalcy divisional office,” she said. Janmukti Morcha (GJM). were also seen picketing on has been restored in the In Kolkata, Governor Kolkata, June 9 (PTI): West Bengal education minister The shutdown, begin- the National Highways and hills, but said the violence K.N. Tripathi said he is “yet Partha Chatterjee today said that the government would ning at 6 a.m., badly hit other roads across the hills was premeditated. to receive any official com- examine if the leak of political science question paper vehicular communication, and stopping the few jeeps “Now I can say the area munication” over the situa- was deliberately done as an act of conspiracy or was as private buses, jeeps and and cars that plied with the is calm, hills are at peace, tion in Darjeeling, while the due to negligence. Confirming the leak of the political small cars kept off the roads tourists. A car was damaged everyone is fine. On Thurs- the state opposition parties science question paper at a degree college yesterday, and toy train services were at Kurseong and tourists day, they (GJM) wreaked yet again lambasted the affiliated to the Calcutta University, Mr Chatterjee cancelled due to security were forced to get down PTI havoc for an hour or two Banerjee government for said that the government was keeping a watch on the Tourists stranded following violent clashes between police and GJM all of a sudden. They had the flare-up in the hills. situation. reasons, much to the dis- from their vehicles at Teesta supporters in Darjeeling on Friday after the agitation against Mama- may of the 45,000 tourists Valley under Runglee-Run- ta Banerjee’s decision to teach Bengali in schools in the hills turned stockpiled arms, bombs, Echoing him, the state who had been stranded on gliot block and Kalimpong. violent. guns and indulged in stone- Congress president Adhir Prez Pranab launches ‘Selfie Thursday in the violence- “Since Thursday night, pelting using large stone Chowdhury accused Baner- with Daughter’ app hit hills. 26 small and large buses have been deployed -- three istration are coordinating pieces. Police was injured jee of unnecessarily provok- But with Chief Min- have transported trapped in Darjeeling, two in Kalim- with each other and the and even women were beat- ing different communities New Delhi, June 9 (PTI): President Pranab Mukherjee ister Mamata Banerjee tourists to various points pong and one in Kurseong. situation is under control en up. Despite all odds, our of the hills and destroy- today launched ‘Selfie with Daughter’, a mobile personally monitoring the in the state and a majority Each column comprises of the civil administration,” police showed restraint,” ing their “bond of brother- application aimed at raising awareness about female situation by camping in the to Kolkata. At the moment 43 personnel. Three com- the spokesperson said. Banerjee told the media hood” by creating seperate foeticide and sex selection. President Mukherjee asked tourist town of Darjeeling, we can’t say how many are panies of Central Reserve Banerjee, who has here. developmental boards. people to take photographs with their daughters and the state government ran still stranded but their safety Police Force have also been stayed put in the hills in The shutdown badly In a scathing attack, state upload them on the app to make the campaign a success. additional fleet of buses to remains our priority,” state pressed into service. view of the volatile situa- affected normal life, as pri- BJP president Dilip Ghosh The aim of the campaign is to motivate society to feel bring down the visitors to Tourism Minister Gautam “The Army carried out tion, termed the shutdown vate offices, commercial said: “Didi (as Banerjee is proud to be parents of a girl child, which will result in the plains from various hill Deb told IANS. flag marches in Kalimpong, as “illegal” and warned of establishments and educa- known) had gone to Darjeel- improving child sex ratio. The president expressed hope pockets. A Defence Ministry Darjeeling and Kurseong “strict legal action” against tional institutions remained ing to provoke the people of that this would eventually help in dealing with problems A day after they clashed spokesperson said in Kolk- today (Friday). The Army, those taking part in it. closed. the hills. Now she is getting arising out of gender imbalance. with police in Darjeeling ata that six Army columns CRPF and the civil admin- “The state government However, Banerjee paid back in her own coin.” EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Saturday, June 10, 2017 world 9 May fails in election gamble as voters throw hung parliament as leader after the elections am very proud of the results polls later this year under the results, which she called that are coming in and the Fixed Term Parliament Act, “dreadful” and a “disaster”. vote for hope. The Prime if two- thirds of MPs vote May to form minority govt after election debacle Labour’s Corbyn, 68, Minister called the election for it and lose confidence urged the prime minister “to because she wanted a man- in a government that is not go” and said he was “ready date and the mandate is that strong enough. to serve the country” as she has lost seats,” he said The last hung Parlia- May, 60, has lost in her gam- after his win from his seat ment result in the UK was in ble to call a snap election. at Islington North in north 2010, when David Cameron But May dismissed any London. took over as PM and formed intention of resigning. Labour picked up 29 a Conservative- led coalition According to a Downing seats and the Tories were with the Liberal Democrats. Street statement, May was on course to lose 13 seats. This time there is move headed to the Buckingham The Scottish National Party towards a minority gov- Palace to meet Queen Eliza- (SNP) were down by 22, ernment, which means the beth II to say her party can losing seats to the Tories, governing party would be form the government with Labour and Lib Dems, in unable to pass laws and leg- the support of 10 Demo- a major setback for Scot- islation without the votes of cratic Unionist Party (DUP) tish First Minister Nicola other parties that are not part MPs in the House of Com- Sturgeon. of the government. mons. The turnout in the elec- It has been expected that The election had been tion is estimated at around AP/PTI a minority Conservative gov- classified as a “Brexit elec- 68.7 per cent up 2 per cent ernment could probably rely Britain’s Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks after he retained his seat in Islington, London, Friday, June 9, 2017. tion” and the result is being on the last general election. on the votes of the DUP’s 10 AP/PTI seen as giving hope to the The Conservatives have MPs from Northern Ireland British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the press in Downing street, London, Friday, June 9, 2017 48 per cent who had voted won 44 per cent of the vote, and talks between the two as her husband Philip looks on. London, June 9 (PTI): UK neither party anywhere close to remain in the EU in the Labour 41 per cent, the Lib- parties are already under- Prime Minister Theresa to the 326 seats required for June 2016 referendum and a eral Democrats 8 per cent, way. London, June 9 (IANS): Resisting calls for stiff competition to the Tories by garnering May today failed spectacu- an overall majority. rejection of May’s so-called UKIP 2 per cent and the A minority Labour-led her resignation, Prime Minister Theresa May 261 seats, a gain of 29, while the Conserva- larly in her gamble to call The shock defeat for “hard Brexit” stance. Greens 2 per cent. government has a much less on Friday vowed to form a minority govern- tives lost 12 seats. Corbyn urged the Prime early election to boost her Conservatives - despited EU’s chief negotiator, The tally for the remain- solid backing as it would ment with the support of a Northern Ireland Minister to quit, saying he was “ready to position during Brexit nego- pre-poll projections of a Michel Barnier, indicated ing parties stands as 35 MPs have to rely on some MPs party after a hung Parliament deprived her serve” himself. Liberal Democrat leader tiations as voters robbed her comfortable majority - is Brexit talks now be delayed for SNP, Liberal Democrats from the smaller parties. The Conservative Party of its parliamentary Tim Farron said May “should be ashamed” of the parliamentary major- seen by the British media as from the date set for its start. have 12 MPs, up four from SNP could come into play majority. and should resign “if she has an ounce of ity, prompting calls for her a “humiliation” for May to Barnier tweeted the talks last time, and others at 13 and their position has been After Thursday’s general election, the self respect”. immediate resignation. continue in her position. should begin only when the MPs. that they will not support a Conservatives failed to secure the 326 seats Speaking at the Labour headquarters, Though May’s Conserv- May in April had chosen UK is “ready”. Among some of the Conservative government. needed to form a majority government and Corbyn said: “I think it’s pretty clear who ative Party emerged as the to call the election three Conceding to her dashed heavyweight losses of the The Lib Dems had also will now seek to stay in power with the infor- won this election... There isn’t a parliamen- single largest party on a sen- years ahead of the schedule hopes of a landslide win, night include that of former ruled out any coalition deals, mal backing of the right-wing Democratic tary majority for anybody at the present time. sational election night, the to try to strengthen her hand May said: “My resolve is Liberal Democrat leader having suffered in the previ- Unionist Party (DUP). The party that has lost is the Conservative impressive show by Labour in talks with the European the same that as it has been. Nick Clegg losing his Shef- ous Tory-led coalition of The 318 seats won by Tories, plus the Party, the arguments it put forward in this Party led by Jeremy Corbyn Union to pull Britain out of Whatever the results, the field Hallam stronghold to 2010. DUP’s 10 seats, gives May the majority she election have lost.” sent the British politics into the single market. Conservative party will re- the Labour party, while fel- In any scenario, any new needs in the House of Commons. But critics European Council President Donald turmoil, putting May in a The result threw the UK main the party of stability.” low party colleague Vince government is unlikely to be warned of political instability. Tusk, however, congratulated May. complex situation ahead of in a political turmoil amid “At this time, the country Cable who had lost his seat very stable, increasing the Speaking outside Downing Street after He called on negotiations to be conduct- the Brexit talks scheduled to increasing terror-related in- needs a period of stability,” in a shock result in 2015 has prospect of another general meeting the Queen, May said she intended ed in “the best possible spirit” that causes the start on June 19. cidents. and “it will be incumbent regained his Twickenham election within months. to form a government which could “provide “least disruptive outcome for our citizens” The results - a sort of May won her Maid- on us that we provide that seat. The party wanting to certainty and lead Britain forward at this following Brexit. turnaround in fortunes for enhead seat in south-east period of stability,” she said. The final poll result form a government needs critical time for our country”. London newspapers said May’s gamble both major parties - have England with 37,780 votes, Corbyn, beaming with means that a deal has to to see if it can assemble the Referring to the “strong relationship” she in calling a snap election had backfired. thrown that timetable into nonetheless May faced pres- hope, claimed on Twitter be done by any party who votes it needs to get its pro- had with the DUP, May said the new govern- The London Times headline read: doubt. sure to resign after losing her that the Labour party had wants to form a government gramme of proposed new ment would “guide the country through the “May’s election nightmare”. The Daily Mail With results declared parliamentary majority she “changed the face of British and the Conservatives have laws passed in the Queen’s crucial Brexit talks” that begin in 10 days. screamed: “Gamble That Backfired.” for nearly all of the 650 had before the election. politics”. the first chance as the single Speech which marks the “We will be able to work together in the The Conservative setback was only seats, Conservatives won Conservative MP Anna “Politics has changed largest party. opening of Parliament, interests of the whole UK... Now lets get to matched by the Scottish Nationalist Party’s 318 while the opposition Soubry publicly questioned and this is people saying they But there is also a chance scheduled for June 19. work.” (SNP) loss of 21 seats. It finished with 35 Labour secured 261, leaving whether May should remain have had quite enough... I the UK could go back to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party gave a seats. Donald Trump calls Comey Ela Gandhi honoured for lifetime activism in S Africa Johannesburg, June 9 (PTI): Ma- the adjacent Freedom Park to watch Explaining how her grandfather a tourist attraction to remember the hatma Gandhi’s granddaughter 90-year-old Dhaniram Moolchund Mahatma Gandhi had formulated resistance to the apartheid. ‘leaker’, claims vindication Ela Gandhi has been honoured planting the first tree to honour the the Satyagraha theory of peaceful During his tenure in South “I hope you can see for lifetime activism at the 70th protesters. resistance during his stay in South Africa from 1922 to 1929, Sastri your way clear to letting anniversary of the 1946 ‘Indian Thousands of men and women Africa at the turn of the century, convinced the local Indian com- this go, to letting Flynn Passive Resistance Campaign’ in had defied the government and po- 76-year- old Ela said it was the first munity that their future lay in en- go. He is a good guy. South Africa. lice intervention in 1947 to protest mass struggle against minority suring education for their children, I hope you can let this The event held in Durban was against the apartheid government’s white oppression led by Gandhi leading to the opening of the col- go,” Trump allegedly told celebrated with a special tree-plant- ‘Ghetto Bill’ by staying in the park. in 1913. lege in October 1929 by Governor Comey when the two were ing ceremony at the Freedom Park, The Bill was designed to prevent She said the Passive Resistance General of South Africa Alexander alone. a memorial to honour those who Indians from buying land or prop- Campaign was the first mass action Cambridge. Michael Flynn, the sacrificed their lives to win freedom. erty from other race groups as part in the country and used the same Cambridge described the con- former Director of the De- Over 70 of the oldest alumni of the implementation of the draco- principles of Satyagraha after that. struction of Sastri College with fence Intelligence Agency, of Sastri College, named after nian separate developmental polices Chairman of the alumni body community funds as “a fine exam- was a prominent member its founder, the first agent for the of uprooting people and forcibly of Sastri College Habi Singh said ple of personal effort by individuals of Trump’s campaign and government of India to South resettling them in townships which they would work with the local for the good of the community”, ac- was later appointed Na- Africa Srinivasa Sastri, gathered at were segregated by race. municipality to make Freedom Park cording to the website SA History. tional Security Adviser, despite warnings by then- acting Attorney General Sally Yates that Flynn was IS claims killing compromised by the Rus- AP/PTI sians. of Chinese pair Donald Trump Flynn is currently the Washington, June 9 on May 9. subject of an FBI inves- (IANS): US President It later emerged that tigation. He was fired by in Pakistan Trump 24 days after the Donald Trump on Fri- Comey had kept a written Islamabad, June 9 (PTI): day attacked former FBI account of his exchanges inauguration for mislead- ing Pence and failing to The Islamic State terror Director James Comey with Trump in which there group has claimed respon- after he testified before a seemed to be evidence that disclose the nature and content of his contacts sibility for the killing of two congressional panel on al- the president attempted to Chinese nationals, including leged Russian meddling in exert pressure on him. with Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak. a woman, who were abduct- the 2016 US presidential The Committee was ed by armed gunmen from election. interested to hear details Democratic Party of- ficials lambasted Trump’s Pakistan’s restive northwest In a Friday morning of whether Trump had Balochistan province re- tweet, Trump accused pressed Comey to halt an actions, which some said could amount to obstruc- cently. Comey of leaking privi- investigation the Federal The Chinese pair was leged information as well Bureau of Investigation tion of justice. Senator Kamala Harris studying Urdu language as spreading lies and false had launched into his cam- at a local teaching center statements in his testimo- paign’s possible coordina- criticised Trump’s alleged demand for a personal in the provincial capital of ny, while at the same time tion with Russia. Quetta when it was forcibly claiming vindication. According to Comey’s loyalty pledge, adding that Comey only owed an oath kidnapped by unknown gun- “Despite so many false memos, Trump told him men last month. statements and lies, to- during a private dinner at to the Constitution; she stopped short of describ- Islamic State on its tal and complete vindica- the White House on Jan. ‘Amaq News Agency’ up- tion... and WOW, Comey 27 that he needed and ing it as obstruction. Meanwhile, Speaker of loaded a statement in Arabic is a leaker!” Trump said expected the director’s yesterday, saying it had killed on Twitter. loyalty. the House Paul Ryan (Wis- consin) said that Trump’s the two abducted Chinese This was Trump’s first Comey replied he nationals. reaction to Comey’s high- could only promise Trump actions were a result of him being politically inex- The Pakistani officials ly-anticipated testimony “honesty.” AP/PTI are yet to comment on the on Thursday before the On February 14, fol- perienced. In this June 8, 2017 photo, Rohaina Salic, second from right, waits to board their vehicle with family and relatives at the provincial government Following Comey’s ISIS’ confirmation, which US Senate’s Select Intel- lowing a counter-terrorism headquarters in Marawi city, southern Philippines. It was during a lull in the fighting that Salic first heard it, the bellow of a distant voice telling came a day after army ligence Committee, Efe briefing in the Oval Of- testimony, Trump’s per- civilians trapped in the war-shaken city of Marawi they could finally emerge from their homes. It‚Äôs unclear how many people remain trapped sonal lawyer, Marc Ka- in Marawi. Authorities have put the figure this week at anywhere from 100 to 2,000. claimed that it had carried news reported. fice with top officials and out an operation against Comey was invited to aides, including Attorney sowitz, said that the Presi- dent “never, in form or ISIS in Balochistan. answer questions from the General Jefferson Ses- At least 12 ISIS militants panel after Trump sud- sions and Vice President substance, directed or sug- gested that Comey stop were killed in a three-day op- denly fired him from his Michael Pence, Trump eration at the start of June in post, seven years before asked everybody except investigating anyone,” in- China ‘gravely concerned’ over cluding Flynn. the mountains of Mastung his term was set to expire, Comey to leave the room. district of Balochistan. Earlier, local media had killing of nationals in Pakistan reported that the operation Beijing, June 9 (IANS): have been trying to rescue about its multi-billion dol- “I think this incident has was launched after intel- 29 killed in two suicide attacks in Iraq China on Friday said it was the two kidnapped hostages lar economic corridor be- no connection with the Belt ligence reports suggested “gravely concerned” about over the past days,” Hua ing hit. and Road Initiative (BRI) or that the militants were hid- Baghdad, June 9 (IANS): At least 29 At least 21 were injured and several the killing of two Chinese said. The $46 billion project, the Shanghai Cooperation ing there with the abducted people were killed and dozens wounded shops, stalls and nearby cars were dam- citizens in Pakistan’s restive A Chinese man and a which connects China’s Organisation (SCO) meet- Chinese nationals. in two suicide attacks in Karbala and aged in the second bombing. Balochistan. woman, who taught Man- Xinjiang province with Pa- ing,” she said. China is developing the Babylon regions of Iraq on Friday, of- The Islamic State terror group claimed “According to initial darin in Balochistan, were kistan’s Gwadar port, is The incident comes at strategically located Gwadar ficials said. the attacks in a statement on its Amaq information from the Paki- kidnapped from Jinnah the “flagship” project of a time when Chinese Presi- port in Balochistan, which Nine people were killed when a suicide website and said the operations were stani side, the two Chinese in Quetta last month. The Beijing’s Belt and Road dent Xi Jinping and Prime many experts say is aimed at bomber blew up a belt of explosives at an aimed against Shia groups in Karbala and citizens kidnapped may Islamic State terror group Initiative. Minister Nawaz Sharif are having a military presence. entrance to a parking lot in the Shia city Musayyib. have already unfortunately has reportedly owned up “We strongly condemn attending the Shanghai Pakistan has been grap- of Karbala, 110 km south of Baghdad, Efe The attack came as Iraqi security been killed,” Chinese For- responsibility for killing the all forms of terrorism and Cooperation Organisation pling with Islamist and na- news reported. forces, backed by the anti-IS international eign Ministry spokesperson two Chinese nationals. support Pakistan in its fight meeting. tionalist insurgencies in Ba- A few hours later, 20 people were killed coalition, were simultaneously conducting Hua Chunying said. However, Beijing said (against terrorism) and for China has in the past lochistan since 2004, with in the second suicide attack on a market in a major offensive to dislodge IS militants “We have taken note of that it stands by Pakistan peace and tranquillity in expressed concern over the hundreds of soldiers and the city of Musayyib, also located south from their remaining redoubt in the west- relevant reports and we ex- in the fight against terror the region and beyond,” safety and security of its militants killed in the fight- of the capital, the Interior Ministry said. ern side of Mosul. press our grave concern. We and sought to dispel fears Hua said. citizens in Pakistan. ing. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Saturday, June 10, 2017 Miranda Kerr returns to runway after marriage upermodel Miranda Kerr, who diamonds, while her engagement ring married Snapchat co-founder Evan featured a diamond in a platinum setting. SSpiegel on May 27, returned to Kerr and Spiegel announced their en- Mirror the fashion runway here and flaunted gagement in July 2016 and got married at 10 her wedding ring for the first time. Kerr, his Brentwood, Los Angeles, home. She 34, posed for photographs backstage at was previously married to actor Orlando the Moschino Resort Collection show Bloom with whom she shares 6-year-old ENTERTAINMENT at Milk Studios on Thursday night, son Flynn. She and Bloom separated in reports dailymail.co.uk. The wedding 2013 and their divorce was finalised later ring appeared to be platinum inlaid with that year. (IANS) Sacred songs a vocal I watched Dangal: Chinese President Xi tells Modi hinese by the real-life story of President Xi wrestler Mahavir Singh Jinping today Phogat, who went against recital in Wokha told Prime a patriarchal society to Minister train his daughters to be- NarendraC Modi that he come champion wrestlers. watched Aamir Khan- Aamir Khan had starrer sports drama Bol- recently said he hoped the lywood film Dangal and film would be loved in liked it. China but never dreamt Dangal, which was of such a spectacular released in China on May success. 5, has broken several “I always believe that records in the Chinese language is not a barrier movie industry and raked when it comes to creative up over Rs 1,100 crore. endeavours and its success It became only the in China has proved that,” 33rd film in China to Aamir had said.

cross a whopping col- PTI/AP Jaishankar said both lection of one billion Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Modi and Xi also deliber- yuan (USD 147 million). Astana, Kazakhstan on Friday. ated on enhancing cul- It continues to play in tural cooperation between over 7,000 screens across it, Foreign Secretary S the Shanghai Coopera- Dangal has also be- the two countries. Xi also China. Jaishankar said after the tion Organisation (SCO), come the first top-grossing talked about upcoming Xi said Dangal is talks between the two where India and Pakistan non- Hollywood film in Yoga Day celebrations in doing well in China leaders on the sidelines today became full mem- China. China. and he himself watched of the annual summit of bers of the grouping. The film is inspired PTI Melissa McCarthy to ‘The Mummy’: Mummy, play Santa Claus’s wife ctress Margie Claus, reports please take me home Melissa Mc- aceshowbiz.com. Carthy has Besides directing, Film: “The Mummy”; multi-instrumentalist performing together in Dimapur and been roped Falcone will co-write the Director: Alex Kurtzman; Mhathung Odyuo and an Wokha district. in to star “Margie Claus” script Cast: Tom Cruise, Sofia accomplished pianist Noel Mhathung Odyuo (Baritone), Noel inA the upcoming family with Damon Jones. He Boutella and Annabelle De La Rosa have been De La Rosa (collaborating artist) featur- musical “Margie Claus”. will also produce the Wallis practicing and performing ing Frederick Odyuo (boy soprano) will Directed by Mc- musical with McCarthy f you are a fan of everA since they met for their one com- be performing will be performing on Carthy’s husband Ben through their On the Day Tom Cruise, who mon love- Music. And this time the June 10 at AG Church Wokha town and Falcone, “Margie banner. is incidentally the duo with dynamic male soprano Fred- on June 11 at Wokha Village Baptist Claus” will mark Mc- “Margie Claus” has biggest star of this erick Odyuo, a young musician who is Church. The entry for the Sacred Songs- Carthy’s musical debut been slated for release on planet even now, or currently a student of Carewell School a vocal recital is Free. Ithe “Mummy” franchise, and will feature her as November 15, 2019. Dimapur studying in Class 6 will be EMN Santa Claus’s sweet wife IANS you would know what to expect from this film. And it is certainly not the languorous luminosity of blown matinee idol who he was trapped in a desert Pierce Brosnan, Freida Pinto to be felicitated at Maui film fest Ritesh Batra’s “The Sense doesn’t quite understand cavity and attacked by ‘a Of An Ending”. Nor for how to combat the forces adinosaur’ which turned ndia-born US-based and artist, will receive the “Slumdog Millionaire” -- that matter, the vacuous that take control of his life. out be a man dressed in a actress Freida Pinto, Pathfinder Award for his will receive the Shining Star brazen ‘bimboism’ of It’s a one-note perform- fake animal suit. actor Pierce Brosnan “eclectic choices and char- Award, presented to a film “Baywatch”. ance in a fun-note film. Well, ha ha to that. and American actress- ismatic performances”. The artist who “dares to dream The truth about “The Not to be taken seriously, And ho ho to Tom Cruise’s singer Connie Britton award will be presented on big and delivers charismatic Mummy” lies somewhere certainly not for its politics. scary-only-if-you-believe- Ihave joined Karen Gillan June 23. performances”. in-between “Captain Fan- Cruise and his entertaining in-fairytale which slams a among the honourees of the This is the second time Four-time Emmy tastic” and “Baywatch”. It partner-in-crime Jake John- tenner in terms of tempo upcoming 18th edition of Brosnan is being honoured nominee Britton will be intellectualizes the cheap son play antique thieves and tension. The chase the Maui Film Festival. by the Maui Film Festival, felicitated with the Naviga- horror tricks of the Egyp- who run into a scam far scenes are excellent. The event is to be held making him the only person tor Award for carving a tian tombs erupting into beyond their control. Cruise’s two female at the Wailea Resort in the festival has honoured path of distinction in the a banshee of terror, but In the beginning, they co-stars are a sturdy, if Maui from June 21-25, twice. In 2008, he got the entertainment industry. The only to the point where are rescued from their somewhat shallow study in reports variety.com. Maverick Award for his award will be given during the ghouls sucking the life roguish shenanigans in Iraq contrasts. While Annabelle Brosnan, a two-time activism in protecting the the festival’s opening night out of their victims do not by American mercenary Wallis is the proper almost Golden Globe Award Earth. before a screening of her appear to be anything more soldiers in a crackdown asexual academician, nominee, producer, envi- On June 22, Pinto film “Beatriz at Dinner”. than a grotesque manifesta- that can given the Pentagon and the fascinating Sofia ronmentalist, philanthropist -- who shot to fame with IANS tion of evil. nightmare for weeks. Boutella is the yummy For more, try hiero- The one-line plot Mummy reborn to finish glyphics. stretches into two hours her unfinished mating busi- Many parts of “The of frenetic fun filled with ness with Cruise. Oscar-winning musician A R Rahman to perform in UK Mummy”, with the evil self-deprecatory humour You really can’t take usic maestro A being amongst you and perform- Market. Javed Ali. creatures rushing at striking and a tongue-in-cheek this re-b(h)oot seriously. R Rahman is all ing with my entire team,” wrote The attacks came after the The show has been organised speed for their victims’ reverence for the “Mum- It’s meant to be fun, pacey, set to perform Rahman. suicide bombing in Manches- by the Grammy-winning com- mouth for a suck truck, my” franchise which has exhilarating and finally gra- in the UK on The composer will perform ter at the end of singer Ariana poser and BTOS Productions. resemble the zombie ‘B’ over the years acquired tuitous. Director Kurtzman July 8. in the “Netru Indru Nalai” Grande’s concert on May 22. Mid July, Rahman will also movies from Hollywood the sustained silliness of a preserves an even pace that MThe 50-year-old Oscar-win- concert at Wembley’s The SSE Apart from Rahman, the perform at 2017 IIFA Awards, with outstanding special childish prank played on flags only with the entry of ning musician took to Facebook Arena in London, which was show will also see performances to be held in New York, marking affects to raise the bar. unsuspecting adults -- the the Russell Crowe char- to share the news with his fans. rocked by the twin terror at- by singers such as Benny Dayal, his 25 years in the film industry Cruise, looking 30 at kind that a Dubai television acter. “Friends and music lovers tacks on June 3 that took place Neeti Mohan, Haricharan, at the event. 50, still conveys the cha- channel played on Shah But that’s another story. in the UK, looking forward to at London Bridge and Borough Jonita Gandhi, Ranjit Barot and PTI risma and agility of a full- Rukh Khan recently where IANS

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1 pm, 5.30 pm: The Mummy 3 pm: Wonder Woman EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Saturday, June 10, 2017 sports 11 Simona Halep keeps calm Ronaldo is not a selfish player, says Benzema ahead of French Open final derstand each other well on the pitch. He Paris, June 9 (IANS): Just star gave herself a perfect wants to have the ball but it's very difficult a win away from her maid- gift to celebrate her 20th to get it when he runs with it. en Grand Slam trophy birthday after eliminating "He's not selfish on the pitch but if he and world No. 1 position, the No. 30 seed Timea has the ball he always wants to go for goal. Romanian tennis player Bacsinszky. And suddenly, he'll set me up to score," Simona Halep wants to The recording-break- he added. keep a cool head against ing victory earned Ostap- Ronaldo, a four-time Ballon d'Or win- the history-making Lat- enko nationwide attention ner, finished atop the Champions League vian underdog Jelena Os- back home, even from the scoring charts in the campaign, having tapenko. President of Latvia. netted 10 times from the quarter-final Halep will face As she revealed, the stage on. 20-year-old Ostapenko in President gave her mother Meanwhile, Sergio Asensio expressed the women’s singles final a phone call. “That means his desire to stay at Real after experiencing of the French Open here a lot already,” she said. Karim Benzema a superb season at the Bernabeu, despite on Saturday, reports Xin- “I’m already in the fi- only starting 11 games. hua news agency. nal. Simona is a great play- Madrid, June 9 (IANS): France and Real "My intention is to stay at Real Ma- “Of course, it’s going er. In the match against Madrid forward Karim Benzema has said drid and to earn a lot of minutes. My goal to be a great thing if I her, I need to stay aggres- Real Madrid football star Cristiano Ron- is to be a starter at Real Madrid. There can win tomorrow, but I sive and to play my game. aldo is not a selfish player. were moments when I didn't play, but I would like not to think too It’s going to be a tough Ronaldo has been time and again wanted to make the most of any chances much, as it will put more match and I have to be questioned for not passing the ball enough the coach afforded me and I finished up in pressure,” said the No. 3 ready for it,” commented and instead taking a swipe at the goal good form," Asensio told reporters here at seed Halep at the pre-game Ostapenko. himself. a press conference on Thursday. conference on Friday. The Romanian But Benzema, who along with Ronal- "I wasn't used to not playing. Yet I “It’s tough to know Romania’s Simona Halep returns the ball to Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova during their semifinal tennis match shrugged off huge pres- do successfully defended the Champions worked hard to make the most of the op- what to expect against Os- at the Roland Garros 2017 French Open on June 8, 2017 in Paris. sure to stand on the other League crown in a 4-1 final win against portunities I got and I was able to finish tapenko. She’s hitting balls side of net against the un- Juventus in Cardiff, said whenever he the season well. This is something for very strong,” said Halep. has nothing to lose. I’m WTA world rankings with final. derdog. “I always say that I hears Ronaldo's name he just has admira- them and the club. I hope that they both “But I will focus more going there and I will be a crucial head-to-head However, her next op- play well with the pressure, tion for the Portuguese. Ronaldo scored remain as they're great players and have on myself. I’m not focus- ready,” she added. win against the second- ponent Ostapenko was but now I don’t need it.” twice in the final. helped me a lot throughout the season. ing on her too much. I just After top seed An- seeded Karolina Pliskova also on an unbelievable “I just take it like a big "I have no words. When I hear his "With the national team I want to nail want to do my game, be gelique Kerber’s first- in Thursday’s semi-final. run at Roland Garros this day, a big match. Definite- name, I just have a gesture of admira- down my place in the squad and with Real focused and move well.” round exit, Halep grasped The Romanian could ac- year as the first Latvian to ly I’m ready for it, because tion," Benzema told a Spanish website Madrid I will try to get more minutes, “I know that she can the chance to replace the complish the mission if reach a Grand Slam final. I won many matches until AS. more important minutes, and continue play her best tennis. She German to move atop she uppered in Saturday’s The Latvian promising now,” Halep said. "He's an extraordinary person. We un- winning titles," he added. Barcelona's Turkish star Arda Win against Kyrgyzstan will boost our chances: Chhetri Mumbai, June 9 (PTI): India's star "We can only take good points striker Sunil Chhetri says a win going into the match against Kyrgyz Turan quits international football against Kyrgyz Republic in the up- Republic. We don't have to be cocky about winning seven games in a row, Ankara, June 9 (IANS): Turkey's ships in France last year, where the coming match on June 13 will boost but aim to maintain our winning national team captain and Barcelona player was criticised by media and the team's chances of qualifying for streak," the first-ever Indian to play in star Arda Turan has announced his fans for his poor performance. the 2019 Asian Cup. an Europa Cup match said. retirement from international football Turan reportedly launched an Under coach Stephen Constan- Chhetri heaped praise on fellow after he allegedly abused a journalist angry rant at Mese, calling him tine, India are in the middle of a forward Jeje Lalpekhlua, who re- on the Turkish team's plane. "shameless" and insulting him be- seven-match winning streak. ceived the AIFF Player of the Year The 30-year-old Barcelona mid- fore accusing him of writing "lies", "We desperately want to win Award. fielder was reported to have verbally according to witnesses, who sub- against Kyrgyz Republic at home "Jeje is the best player in the coun- and physically abused Bilal Mese from sequently talked to TV channels, as they are the favourites and three try right now. He has been outstand- the local daily Milliyet on a flight fol- and they also claimed that Turan points against them will boost our ing for the country and whenever he lowing a friendly against Macedonia choked the journalist and had to be chances to qualify for the AFC Asian plays we find ourselves in a comfort- in Skopje on Monday, reports Xinhua restrained by his teammates. Cup 2019," said Chhetri on the side- able position. He is going to take us news agency. Turan, who is one of the most lines of the AIFF Awards Night. places." Turan was immediately kicked admired sportsmen of the country, India's last victory was a 2-0 The Mizo striker has been a boon out of a training camp in Slovenia added that he felt "no remorse" defeat of Nepal in an international Sunil Chhetri for both club and country and even by coach Fatih Terim with whom he Arda Turan and was "quite calm". friendly. found the net against Nepal. is already on bad terms and quit the "I really love my country. I The entire national team had at 100, has made the team more "My target right now is to win the national team hours later. "I have done wrong while wearing really love my flag. I have always come together to be a part of the first- determined. match against Kyrgyz Republic and On the plane, he allegedly had the jersey of my (national) team and I said if that's what you want, I ever AIFF awards night on Thursday. But Chhetri wasn't willing to read boost our effort to qualify for the AFC to be restrained by teammates as he am ending my career with the national will retire," he added at the press "Kyrgyz Republic is a big hurdle much into it. Asian Cup," Jeje stated. grabbed the journalist by the throat, team," he added. conference. for us but we are confident to qualify "Rankings are important to some "I contribute my performance to swearing at him. Turan, who has played 96 times for On Tuesday, Hurriyet pub- for the AFC Asian Cup in 2019 and extent as there are a lot of variables at my hard work off the pitch and it is "I think the time has come," Turan Turkey since 2006, reportedly approached lished the first interview with the with the winning momentum that we play. But it is imperative for us to keep very important for me as well to keep said during a press conference boycot- the journalist before take-off about a story angry player where he, once again, have, adds to it. winning matches like we did against scoring and help my team in whatever ted by Turkish journalists in solidarity he had published on the bonuses the team seemed remorseless. "I made an "When you win everybody is Myanmar, Puetro Rico and Nepal. way possible." of their colleague. received during the European Champion- honourable mistake," he said. happy. Winning changes things. As a player you never worry about It is very important for teams to FIFA rankings, you put your head Meanwhile, Debjit Majumdar, keep winning. We hope to put our down and do the work." Udanta Singh, Nishu Kumar, Shub- best foot forward," Chhetri, who Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who was hasish Bose and Lalruatthara have won the Hero of the Hero I-League won the award for special recognition been released from the camp. BCCI CAC buys more time to decide on India coach Award, added. added: "Rankings do matter but as a The team will be travelling to The recent rise in the FIFA rank- player our job is to concentrate on the Bengaluru on June 10 for the match London, June 9 (IANS): The Cricket revert to the BCCI, at an appropriate ure comes to an end with the ongoing pitch and give it our best." against Kyrgyz Republic. Advisory Committee (CAC) of the time," the statement read. eight-nation tournament in England ing, which sees Constantine's men Board of Control for Cricket in India, According to media reports, the and Wales. comprising Sourav Ganguly, Sachin CAC has decided to retain incumbent The process of inviting applications Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman, met here Anil Kumble for the post but the deci- for a new face at the helm of Indian and discussed the selection of the head sion will now be ratified in a June 26 cricket came after reports of a rift be- Akshit lone Indian at international mountain biking event coach for the Indian team. Special General Meeting (SGM) in tween skipper Virat Kohli and Kumble. Shimla, June 9 (IANS): week. sections, mountain ranges said. According to a BCCI statement, the Mumbai. But Kohli had denied any such tiff, Teenager Akshit Gaur is At 17, Gaur is set and tea gardens of Sri "The prospect does trio had a nearly two-hour discussion Acting BCCI President C.K. Khan- saying: "There are differences of opinion the lone Indian among to become the youngest Lanka. make me a little nervous on Thursday night on the issue of new na, after consultation with senior mem- in every walk of life". the likes of veterans Cory contestant in the cross- Gaur looked optimis- as this is my first interna- coach's appointment but then informed bers like Rajeev Shukla, wrote a letter to The board's decision to advertise for Wallace from Canada, country marathon style tic before the event and tional race. At the same BCCI CEO Rahul Johri that they would Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary request- the post prompted former India opener Yuki Ikeda from Japan four-stage race, covering has followed strict train- time, I am very confident need more time. ing him to defer the coach recruitment Virender Sehwag, ex-India pacer Dodda and Nepali Ajay Pandit a distance of close to 300 ing sessions. about my training. I have "The Cricket Advisory Committee process till the SGM. Ganesh, Afghanistan coach Lalchand Chettri to take part in an km over four days. "For a 17-year-old, it is followed a strict training (CAC) of the BCCI met today and Ahead of the ICC Champions Rajput, Richard Pybus and Tom Moody international mountain The riders will need much like a dream come regime which has given discussed the process with regard to the Trophy, the national cricket board had to throw their hats into the ring while biking event -- Rumble in to climb an altitude of true to be at the starting me the right shape and selection of the head coach of the Indian invited applications for the post of the Kumble will have the advantage of a the Jungle MTB -- being close to 8,000 metres in line of a race with riders stamina for this race," he team and it was decided by the CAC to head coach as Kumble's one-year ten- direct entry in the process. held in Sri Lanka next four days over off-road like Cory Wallace," he added.

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C M Y K 12 SportS No action from FIFA over Saudi minute's silence snub angling Festival Berne, June 9 (Reuters): The governing body Saudi Arabia's national of Saudi football later is- team will face no sanction sued a statement saying from FIFA for failing to re- it "deeply" regretted the spect a minute's silence for incident. the victims of the London "The players did not attacks before the start of intend any disrespect to the a World Cup qualifier in memories of the victims Australia, soccer's global or to cause upset to their governing body said on families, friends or any Friday. individual affected by the The Saudi Arabia atrocity," it added. Football Federation earlier "The Saudi Arabian "unreservedly" apologised Football Federation con- for the incident, which a demns all acts of terror- former Australian govern- ism and extremism and ment minister said showed extends its sincerest con- "a disgraceful lack of re- dolences to the families of spect" for the victims of the all the victims and to the London attack. government and people of "After reviewing the the United Kingdom." match report and images Prime Minister Turn- of the said match, we can The Australian team stand together as they observe a minute's silence for victims of the London attacks, bull said on Friday that he confirm that there are no in which two Australians died. had not seen video of the grounds to take discipli- incident but thought eve- nary action in relation to of the match at Adelaide Saudi culture and they terrorism" claimed one rybody should condemn the matter you mention," Oval late on Thursday. would move to their side victim, while an Austral- "terrorism". FIFA said in a statement. The Australia team of the field and respect ian schoolgirl was one of "The whole world, the Eight people were duly lined up in the centre our custom whilst taking more than a dozen killed in whole free world, is united killed and 50 injured after circle and linked arms but their own positions on the a Baghdad car bomb blast in condemnation of that three Islamist militants all bar one of the Saudi field." last week. terrorist attack and ter- drove into pedestrians on players dispersed around The incident prompt- Anthony Albanese, a rorism generally," he told London Bridge last Satur- the pitch and continued to ed a social media storm, front bench spokesman reporters in Tasmania. day, then attacked revellers jog and stretch. coming as it did at a time for the opposition Labor Australia won the nearby with knives. Two of "Both the AFC and the when Australians were still Party, said the incident was match 3-2 to move level on the dead were Australian. Saudi team agreed that the mourning victims of recent "bloody disgraceful". 16 points in Group B with Football Federation minute of silence could be attacks. "There is no excuse the second-placed Saudis Australia (FFA) said it had held," an FFA spokesman In addition to the Aus- here. This isn't about cul- and leaders Japan, who "sought agreement" from said. tralians who died in Lon- ture, this is about a lack have a game in hand, with the Saudis and the Asian "The FFA was further don, a deadly siege in Mel- of respect," he told Chan- two rounds to play. An angler lands a catch during the week-long Angling Festival organised by a group, the Meyilenden Football Confederation to Valley Fishery Welfare Society, in collaboration with the Anglers’ Association of Mokokchung at advised by Saudi team bourne on Tuesday that nel 9. The top two teams win Nanüng Dam Lake, at Mongsenyimti village in Mokokchung district on Friday, June 9. The angling hold the minute's silence to officials that this tradition Prime Minister Malcolm "I'm so angry about a place at the World Cup event started on June 5. It will culminate on June 10. honour the victims ahead was not in keeping with Turnbull called "an act of this." finals in Russia next year. Medical XI tops table after win Morning PreMier League Kohima, June 9 (EMN): Medical XI defeated Morning FC 3-2 at Kohima local ground on Friday morning and moved to top of the Morning Premier League points table. With the win, Medical XI leads the standings for the first time since the opening rounds with 31 points of the Morning Premier League table and two points ahead of Power Comm FC and All Blacks after the match ended in a draw on Monday morning. Morning FC remained in 8th place with 15 points. During the match, Dikwa of Morning FC scored the first goal in the 11th minute. Medical pulled back three goals in the 11th minute with Kekrie scoring a brace in 20th and 28th minute assisted by Bubu and Vinyu and Theja made it 3-1 in the 31st minute for Medical XI to lead the scoreline in the first half. Morning FC found the lifeline when Shirep scored a late goal in the 85th minute but Medical XI managed to hold on till the end of the match for a win. Wawrinka stuns Murray in French Open semi-finals

Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka celebrates after beating Britain's Andy Murray in their French Open semi-final on June 9. Paris, June 9 (AFP): Stan Wawrinka became the oldest French Open finalist in 44 years on Friday with an epic 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 win over world number one Andy Murray. The 2015 champion will face either nine-time winner Rafael Nadal or Dominic Thiem for the title after aveng- ing his loss to Murray at the same stage in Paris last year. US Open champion Wawrinka, 32, triumphed in a pulsating four hour 34 minute battle of shotmaking and endurance and will target a fourth Slam title on Sunday. MotoGP star Max Biaggi suffers injuries in 'serious' accident

Max Biaggi is a former two-time world Superbike champion. Rome, June 9 (AFP): Ital- Sport, the former two-time ian motorcycling star Max world Superbike champion Biaggi was flown to hospital suffered chest injuries and is on Friday after suffering in- undergoing a series of tests juries in a "serious" accident at the San Camillo di Roma at the Sagittario race circuit hospital. south of Rome, according The report added that to reports. Biaggi is conscious. Biaggi was racing along- The incident comes less side two riders from the team than a fortnight after the of which he is the manager death of American Super- when the accident occurred bike star Nicky Hayden from on Friday morning. injuries suffered while train- According to a website ing on a road racing bike in report by Gazzetta dello Italy.

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