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VOL. XVI NO. 306 | PAGES 12 ` 4/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017 Jury still out on note ban: Some hail, others wail New Delhi, Nov. 8 (IANS): Ex- so hard that I had to go without profit since then? Those who actly a year ago, Prime Minister cash for many days. come with Rs 2,000 notes are Narendra Modi dramatically "I was left with no cash in an scoffed at." NPCC observes black day in Kohima scrapped high value currency altogether different state. I feel it Many stated that the decline notes in a decision that jolted the is very important to ensure that in business was an issue just for Our Correspondent wrong policies in adopting religious di- are these people? They are the poor economy and divided opinions policies or initiative like these are a couple of months and that their Kohima, Nov. 8 (EMN): Joining its vide. This, he stated, brought down the ones- students and farmers. Can Modi on a major policy like never be- implemented in the same way as business revived soon. counterparts across the country, the country’s economy in such a manner and Jaitley be considered wise men? fore. While the jury is still out on they are intentioned," she said. Days after demonetisation, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Commit- that it lost international markets and is They are capable of robbing the poor. the note ban, which cost India Chandigarh-based Kamaljeet the government said it was also tee (NPCC) today organised a ‘Black now confined to doing business within India’s voters should throw them to the two per cent GDP, the mass of Kaur, who works in a BPO (Busi- aimed at giving impetus to digital Day for Demonetisation’, marking the itself mostly. Exports and imports mar- Bay of Bengal!” Therie stated. people remain divided on what it ness Process Outsourcing) centre, transaction and make the econo- passage of one year since the decision kets have shrunk and they were now He alleged that BJP is one of the achieved. said it was not possible to gauge my less dependent on cash. of the BJP-led central government to almost at their lowest ebbs, he stated. greatest corrupted parties and if there Many people IANS spoke to the intention of the government E-transactions picked up. But demonetise the currency notes and He took a dig on Prime Minister are any black money, it would be with across the country continue to behind the move. whether it sustained with the how it has affected the common people Narendra Modi and Finance Minister BJP and RSS. support Modi's decision to ban "Modi said it was to curb same momentum in the months nationwide. Arun Jaitley for having doubled the “Some of our friends still believe Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes to black money, corruption and ter- to come is arguable. Terming the recent demonetisation prices of cooking gas (LPG), petrol, that if we are not close to the central curb black money and counter- ror. But have we achieved any- A good number of people as ‘Modi-made India’s economy dis- diesel while they have dropped in the govt, we will not be benefitted in devel- feit currency that helps sponsor thing on that front? If yes, can said they were making card pay- aster’, NPCC president K Therie did international markets. Questioning opment activities. This is what the BJP terrorism. But, equally, others say you tell me what and how?" she ments but had stopped using e- not waste any courtesy and claimed why Modi and Jaitley failed to bring preaches and what the 60 MLAs of the measure was needless and said. wallets for many reasons. it had affected every citizen of the down the prices of these goods, he the state believe. Have they (Nagaland hazardous. Suren Swain, an agri-prod- "I continue to make card country, more adversely distressing pointed out that neighbouring nations government) received any special plan Several people complained ucts shopkeeper in Odisha, said payments wherever cards are ac- the poorer sections of the society such like Bangladesh, Pakistan or Myanmar or non-plan assistance after three and the initiative was not well thought he lost much of his business in cepted, otherwise I use cash... no as farmers and students. He alleged were paying at the most Rs.32 for pet- half years? No, they have not been able of given the hardships people the aftermath of the note ban. particular change after demoneti- that the central government has been rol and about Rs.20 for diesel. to even receive whatever has been sanc- endured in the aftermath of the "Can you really expect small sation. Paytm and similar mobile promising development activities but Adding to this, Therie stated that tioned or budgeted. And they continue decision, with some 100 deaths traders in rural areas to switch applications are very rare," said the ground reality after demonetisa- people were again imposed with a to say we need to be close with the BJP attributed to demonetisation. over to digital transactions? That Gaytri Kapur, an Indraprastha tion was that, it had not been able to “designless GST (Goods and Services government at the centre- at the cost of "I support demonetisation too overnight? It spelt doom." University student in Delhi. pay even 35-40% of funds for central- Tax)”, making them pay ‘double tax’ our people, at the cost of our faith, at but it was not a well-planned ini- Many traders in Delhi and R.C. Bisht, a vegetable and ly sponsored schemes such as RHM, through GST by way of paying tax for the cost of our history!” the PCC presi- tiative," Pallavi Singh, a teacher other states said they felt the grocey vendor in Shahberi Mar- SSA, MGNREGA etc. He said most of material, then pay again for the fin- dent stated. in Delhi's Uttam Nagar, told brunt of the surprise move that ket near Ghaziabad, said using e- the schemes have lapsed and whatever ished/manufactured product. He further concluded that Mo- IANS. still hanuts them. Most com- wallets was expensive and much small amount was sanctioned, were In Nagaland, he said people were di’s assessment of curbing terrorism She said the government plained about the decline in busi- of his money was stuck with mo- looted by the government. “Farmers, made to pay multiple taxes both legal with demonetisation was foolish. He could have done enough not to nesses. bile wallet owners. entrepreneurs, business community, in- and illegal- GST, state government claimed that the nation does not trust let people, especially small busi- Said Praful Sarkar, a shop- "It is not foolproof. One day dustries have collapsed. And to further taxes, underground taxes etc. but the Modi anymore, and even his own col- nessmen, suffer. "I don't know keeper in east Delhi: "I am not a girl bought chocolates from me destroy the economy of the nation, state government is unable to do any- leagues do not trust him anymore. how. But people did suffer during sure whether it is because of the worth Rs 360 and said she could ‘designless GST’ was imposed at vari- thing towards this, he asserted the He stated that it is time for leaders the cash crunch." demonetisation or anything else, Paytm but I never received the ous levels of percentage of tax, confus- MLAs were unfit to represent the peo- to make the people realise that BJP’s Amit Gupta, a wholesale but our sales have gone down by payment because of some stupid ing the nation and the business com- ple ‘when they cannot protect life and policy of ‘religion divide’ has divided dealer in east Delhi, called the 30 to 40 per cent. It is not like botch up. I don't rely on it since munity even more, he stated. property of their own subjects’. and pushed Nagas from mainland In- note ban "a good move since what it used to be earlier." then." Therie asserted that now, econo- “Without understanding ABC of dia. all the money -- black or white Manoj Sharma, who deals in Aditya Reddy, a retailer in my experts have summed up the poli- the GST, they have passed GST in as- On the occasion, the NPCC also -- came in the open and got ac- aluminium foil in the capital, said Andhra Pradesh, said he still cies of the government of the day to sembly, not knowing the impact of de- resolved to urge the All India Con- counted for". that "things have indeed taken a used non-cash modes of pay- the country’s GDP falling down to monetisation,” he said. gress Committee (AICC) to move for For Hiya, a freelance compere hit" -- maybe due to demonetisa- ments like cheques but e-wallets 3.7%, amounting to more than Rs.44- Therie also remarked that the Modi the joint parliamentary committee to based in west Delhi, demonetisa- tion or because of the tendency was not used all that much. He 45,00,000 cr. Also lashing out at the government promised zero-balance ac- probe into demonetization and corrup- tion was nothing but "havoc". of customers to buy online. said the application didn't al- BJP-led central government for infla- count but later proudly announced that tion; that GST should be completely "It was a very poorly ex- Manoj Rawat, a retailer in low transactions above a certain tion on the rates of essential commodi- it had collected Rs.235 crore as penal- reviewed; investigate corruption in ecuted plan. The intention may Shimla, told IANS: "We are suf- amount. "We are charged for ties, he said price rise could not be con- ties from SBI account holders for not corporate loan waiver; and inflation on have been good but then it hit us fering losses. Who has seen any such transactions." trolled because of the government’s maintaining minimum balance. “Who petroleum products, cooking gas etc. Linking Aadhaar No job big or small; only dedication is big, says Rio Dimapur, Nov. 08 (EMN): The senior political Another suggestion Rio with insurance policies Member of the Lok Sabha leader also made personal offered was that drivers in Neiphiu Rio has said that observations from his expe- Nagaland—government, mandatory – Irdai economic empowerment is rience about work cultures commercial, and private— New Delhi, Nov. 8 (PTI): ulatory and Development not dependent on the type in various countries around to unite on a single plat- Regulator Irdai today said Authority (Irdai) said. of job ‘big’ or ‘small.’ The the world. Rio told the gath- form. As a single entity, linkage of the unique iden- The government in former chief minister of ering that there were many he said, they can then for- tity number Aadhaar with June had notified the Pre- Nagaland implied that the drivers there above the age mulate a ‘code of ethics’ insurance policies is man- vention of Money Laun- ‘lack’ of work culture can of 60 years who not only according to the nature of datory and asked insurers dering (Maintenance of be corrected by endeavour- drove taxis but also ran their vocational category. to comply with the statu- Records) Second Amend- ing in any profession. travel agencies. Some work President of the ANG- tory norms. ment Rules, 2017 making Rio was addressing at as tour guides to augment DA Neivisietuo Rino also "The Authority clari- Aaadhar and PAN/Form event on Nov. 8 that marked their earnings, he said. Gov- addressed the event. He fies that, linkage of Aad- 60 mandatory for availing the inauguration of an of- ernment drivers can follow said that the association haar number to Insurance financial services includ- fice of the All Nagaland such examples after their re- was formed in 1967 by an Policies is mandatory ing insurance and also for Government Drivers’ As- tirement to remain econom- initiative of the late JB Jas- under the Prevention of linking the existing poli- sociation (ANGDA) at Ko- ically empowered, he said. okie. The group was initial- Money-laundering (Main- cies with the same. hima town. Also, he exhorted the ly known as the ‘Nagaland tenance of Records) Sec- In a communication to The Member of Parlia- drivers to maintain disci- Drivers’ Union,’ it was in- ond Amendment Rules, all life and general insur- ment was said to have point- pline, sincerity, and ‘sobri- formed. It was only in 1982 2017," the Insurance Reg- ance companies, Irdai said ed to the apparent ‘lack’ of ety’ at all times—it will en- that, the union became the the rules have "statutory work culture in the Naga dear them to whoever they ANGDA following an in- society: there is no job too are ‘attached to’ and work crease in the number of gov- force" and as such they Neiphiu Rio cutting the ceremonial ribbon at the inauguration of the ANGDA’s office at Themezie, at have to implement them big or too small to take up, for during the course of ernment drivers and private Many a trip he said during his address. Kohima town on Nov. 8. their service. taxi drivers. continues long after without awaiting further movement in time and instructions. space have ceased. Commenting on the communication, MD and ~ John Steinbeck Modi, Prince Charles CEO of ICICI Lombard Class 11 student arrested for killing Pradhuman Bhargav Dasgupta said it is a progressive and logi- New Delhi, Nov. 8 (IANS): ple" revealed that he had and "wanted to have exami- weeks after the Class 2 boy discuss India-Britain ties Mirror Takes cal step towards creating A 16-year-old student of carried a knife inside the nation and parent-teacher was found with his throat New Delhi, Nov. 8 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendr Modi a unified platform for fi- Ryan International School school campus on the day meeting postponed". Prad- slit in a school bathroom. met Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, and held wide ranging nancial services and at the in Gurugram who wanted of the crime and used it to human, 7, was his random The accused will now discussions on India-Britain ties. same time promote the exams and a scheduled kill his junior school mate. target. be produced before the Ju- Prince Charles, accompanied by his wife, the Duchess government's digitisation meeting between teachers "The weapon used in The parents of the de- venile Justice Board, where of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, arrived here earlier agenda. and parents delayed is the the commission of crime is tained student were kept the court is expected to on Wednesday on a two-day visit to India in the final leg of "While there may be prime accused in the mur- decide whether he is to be their 10-day four-nation tour that also took them to Singa- some short term chal- der of Class 2 student Prad- treated as a major or a mi- pore, Malaysia and Brunei. lenges to overcome, we see human Thakur, the CBI RYAN SCHOOL MURDER nor as per the Juvenile Jus- Bilateral trade between India and Britain stands at significant long term ben- said on Wednesday. tice (Care and Protection of $12.19 billion. India is the third largest investor in Britain efits in terms of preventing CBI spokesperson Ab- Children) Act, 2015. and the second largest international job creator there, while frauds and streamlining hishek Dayal said the Class a knife which was recovered informed throughout the in- The Haryana Police had Britain is the third largest inward investor in India, with a the KYC process," he said. 11 student was detained initially by police in Guru- vestigation, said the spokes- earlier claimed that Pradhu- cumulative equity investment of $24.37 billion for the pe- There are 24 life insur- on Tuesday night after "in- gram (Haryana). It is now person for the Central Bu- man was killed by school riod April 2000-June 2017 ance companies and 33 spection of the crime spot, with us," Dayal told report- reau of Investigation. bus conductor Ashok Ku- The Indian diaspora in Britain is one of the largest eth- general insurers (including scrutiny of CCTV footage, ers here. The CBI took over the mar inside the toilet as the nic minority communities in the country, with the 2011 standalone health insurers) call records, statements and He said the detained case on September 22 from boy resisted a bid to sodo- census recording approximately 1.5 million people of Indi- operating in the country. questioning of several peo- student was weak in studies Haryana Police, nearly two mise him. an origin equating to almost 1.8 percent of the population. ~ Arien I'm all in for clean election but the union has already selected me so what can I do.... The concept of Survival Nagaland is vast — Yhome WEATHER Staff Reporter to migrants who have entered the state self-centred. On this line, the bureau- The commissioner also reported prospered a lot in many ways benefit- TEMPERATURE Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): The first illegally. “There is a suspicion in our crat exhorted the Survival Nagaland that the area of concern with regard to ing mainly the economy of the district state level consultative meet on Surviv- mind linking every issue with illegal im- members’ to be responsible enough to illegal immigrant was the rampant is- where 80% of the district market is al Nagaland a social reformative move- migrant and it is not proper to random- understand the criticality and adverse suance of papers and documentation owned locally with circulation of cash Max: Min: ment was held on Wednesday, Nov. 8 ly use [the term] illegal immigrants. effects of the random use of the term through ‘some sources’ which are pro- within the district”, asserted AKM KOHIMA 25° 11° at Lotha Hoho Ki in Dimapur. Any act of irresponsibility will have its illegal immigrants will have in the so- cured by the illegal immigrants easily. president Imkong Wati . DIMAPUR 29° 15° The Deputy Commissioner Di- adverse effects”, underlined Yhome. ciety. Legal advisor of Survival Naga- The student organisation president RF: RH: mapur Kesonyu Yhome, acknowl- He exhorted when people come The existence of Illegal immigrants land Leonard Aier in his speech was reminded the gathering that Survival NIL 70% KOHIMA edged that the reason he was partici- together there is a necessity to protect in our mindset is because of our own critical that the state civil societies are Mokokchung was conceptualised tak- DIMAPUR NIL 91% pating in the day’s programme was ourselves and also interact with the community's failures and the imple- not given due importance by the state ing into consideration three major fac- * Rainfall (RF) * Relative humidity (RH) Temperature in State Capitals because the concept of Survival Naga- other community so that there is sen- mentation of Inner Line Permit (ILP) government and declared that ‘we are tors- economic factor, anti-social ele- Max. Min. Max. Min. land itself is "serious business". The sitisation. will be successful only when the com- in a failed society where civil societies ments, and the rise in influx of illegal Aizawl 27° 12° Itanagar 26° 12° concept, he reiterated is vast and there Yhome while lamenting over the munity supports and cooperate. It nec- and the state government are at logger- immigrants. The vision, he expounded Agartala 30° 16° Shillong 22° 06° are lots of positivity if the concept is scenario in the state pointed out that essary for the implementing agencies heads’. was to safeguard the unique culture, Gangtok 23° 09° Delhi 30° 16° used positively. the Naga community bring in people to coordinate and work together for “Survival Mokokchung which was land and Naga identity from being Guwahati 29° 15° Kolkata 31° 18° The DC pointed out that all issues to get things done which indicates that the concept of Survival Nagaland, con- initiated by Ao Kaketshir Müngdang forcefully consumed and dominated by Imphal 27° 11° Chennai 31° 24° cannot be created as an issue pertaining Nagas are irresponsible and highly veyed Yhome. (AKM) in 2007 has progressed and the immigrants. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017 2 State Violence has no place in fast DC Phek issues prohibition order on Amur Falcon hunting Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): during their sojourn along tection) Act, 1972, added changing world – Pangnyu The Deputy Commissioner the Tizu River. Any person the order. The DC also Phek Kovi Meyase has is- found killing/hunting or apprised that India, as a sued an order on illegality in possession of these birds signatory to the Conven- and prohibition of hunt- will be liable for strict ac- tion on Migratory Species One more village added in Nagaland ing/killing or possessing of tion as lay down by law, (CMS), is duty bound to Amur Falcon. stated the order. prevent the massacre, pro- In an order, the DC has Hunting or killing of vide safe passage, as well as informed all concerned the aforementioned birds draw up appropriate action to shun from hunting or is a contravention to Sched- plans for the long term con- killing of migratory birds ule-IV of the Wildlife (Pro- servation of the bird. JSU, JTYO condemn attempted rape of minor Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): condemned such attempt, Youth Organization (JTYO) The Jalukie Students’ Un- when everyone is striving has strongly condemned the ion (JSU) has expressed to live in a peaceful environ- alleged attempted rape of 10 resentment and condemned ment free from any social year old minor girl at Jalukie the heinous act of Yihamo evil and immorality, the by Yihamo Lotha (45yrs), Lotha (45 yrs) of Yikhum release stated. son of Chanchamo Lotha, village, presently residing The union urged the law of Yikhum Village under at Samziuram village, who enforcing authority to award Wokha district and presently reportedly attempted to rape highest punishment as per residing at Samziuram vil- a minor girl on Nov. 7. the law enshrined and re- lage ‘B’ Block under Peren A condemnation note quested all right thinking district. from JSU president, Haizin citizen to condemn such act. The JTYO urged the Mpom and general secre- It also appealed not to allow law enforcing agency to tary, Pehiato Hingleu stated any bail to the accused. take stern action as per law. that the accused lured the Further, JSU demanded The youth organisation also victim to a corner in the vi- the government to compen- appealed organisations to cinity of Administrative Rest sate the victim and provide condemn such inhuman House in Jalukie. necessary assistance. act happening in the Naga The JSU vehemently JTYO: The Jalukie Town society.

Advisor DUDA & NEPED S Pangnyu Phom with administrative officers, village leaders and host of dignitaries at the inaugural function of Monkhong village in Longleng on Tuesday, ENCSU agitation: appeals November 7. Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): properly to meet the basic he urged the gathering to Robin, congratulated the come address, VCC Bh- Violence has no place in the amenities and to progress. emulate good deeds of Bh- village leaders for establish- umnyu E Ongba Phom for mass participation fast changing world, said the To this he also called on the umnyu. ment of the new village. conveyed greetings, Pas- Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): The Eastern of action, the ENCSU will not held any Advisor DUDA & NEPED government officers to cater He encouraged the new- He assured that the district tor DBC invoked God’s Nagaland College Students’ Union (ENC- responsible. S Pangnyu Phom, while as- the requirements of the vil- ly inaugurated village to administration would pro- blessing, YB Angam Phom SU) has appealed all the Naga students ENSU (BCK) extends support serting that the strength of a lage, the DPRO Longleng maintain their old cultural vide all possible assistance proposed vote of thanks irrespective of jurisdiction and affiliation The Eastern Nagaland Students’ community lies on unity of report stated. and traditional values of for development of the vil- and Women Pastor BBC to wear black badge starting from Nov. Union (ENSU) Baptist College Kohima its people. Pangnyu advised the respecting their parental lage. He also urged the de- Chumla pronounced ben- 9 as a sign of resentment to the Govern- (BCK) unanimously extended their sup- Let’s shun all forms of people of the village to build village, and maintain peace velopmental departments ediction. ment of Nagaland and Higher Education port to ENCSU for ongoing phase-wise past differences prevailing cordial relation with Gov- and tranquillity with their to assist the village for in- Special songs were pre- Department for failure to deliver justice to agitation against the failure of department among the community, join ernment officials. He also neighbours. frastructure development, sented by Bhumnyu CYE the students’ community. of Higher Education for the release of hands and reconcile to build reminded that the elected Appealing people’s sup- which is essential for other and Mongkhong youth A press release from ENCSU vice pres- scholarship in full amount. a vibrant community, said government alone cannot port to his leadership, he developments to take place. while cultural dance was ident Akum Lims and general secretary In a press release from ENSU (BCK) Pangnyu. fulfil the demands of the apprised of the recognition Former minister, N Met- performed by Yongpheng Wangnei C Jessuhu has requested the col- president Shomwang Wangnao and vice Addressing a massive people without the assist- of six new villages that were pongPhom; president PPC, Morung Bhumnyu and lege authorities to extend cooperation and president Akumse K Sangtam stated “de- gathering of village func- ance from government of- recognized in the district, P Chingan Phom; head GB Choichemla Dungkhao solidarity during the period of protest. laying in disbursement of scholarship is the tionaries at the inaugural ficers. attributing the same to the Bhumnyu, N Nampei; and village. The ENCSU also asked the govern- fault of state government authority by not function of the newly recog- Lauding Bhumnyu vil- support of the people, the VCC Dungkhao, Y Mulim Representatives from ment and the department to address the producing utilisation certificate on time to nised village; Mongkhong lage for donating their land report stated. Phom also delivered short various Phom villages and matter immediately before the situation the central ministry” village on Nov. 7, Pangnyu for development of the dis- Speaking on behalf of speeches. neighbouring villages of become “unhealthy.” The union further urged the concerned maintained that the vil- trict, including the lone the district administration Chairman AMVC, C Konyaks attended the pro- Further, the union warned that if any authority not to test the patient of the stu- lage needs to be nurtured Yingli College Pangnyu, SDO (Civil) Longleng, D Asum Phom delivered wel- gramme. untoward situation arises during the course dents and deprived of students’ rights. WEAthER fORECAst in OthER DistRiCts Dimapur to Merit students receive Bhattacharjee award Funeral service Max Min DP Rh Rf of Longkumer WOKhA 21.6 13.2 12.3 62 NIL a brighter India of tomorrow. The funeral service of observe NLSA Day Prof. Imsen Ao, Retd. Prin- Bendangtoshi Longkumer will ZBt 21.7 16.3 20 96 NIL Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): Along with cipal of Dimapur Government be held on Nov. 9, 1 p.m. at College, recalled his associa- his residence at 80-Duncan, MOn the rest of the states in India and other 27.4 14.4 12.8 84 NIL districts in Nagaland, the Dimapur Dis- tion with Bhattacharjee and Tajen Ao Road (Circular tuEnsAnG 19.2 15.2 18.8 93 NIL trict Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) his relation with Vizol Angami, Road), Dimapur. will be observing the 23rd National Legal Jasokie, Chalie Kevichusa and MKG 23.4 17.2 19.3 82 NIL Service Authority (NLSA) Day, from Nov. other stalwarts of Nagaland. He also drew a pan picture of PhEK 23.2 10 12.3 84 NIL 9 to 18th under the banner “Connecting One body found to serve”. various humanitarian activities Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): Po- KiPhiRE 23.2 9 12.9 96 NIL The ten day campaign aimed for mak- of him. lice on Tuesday afternoon found ing public aware about various functions President Dimapur Bangali a body of a male, probably non sEChÜ ZuBZA 23.5 13.5 16.5 68 NIL and activities of Legal Services Authorities Samaj KK Paul and founder Naga, in one of the abandoned headmaster PVHSS LC Das LOnGLEnG - - - - - and availability of free legal services, so that barrack of the old military site in weaker and marginalised sections of society also spoke on the occasion. Walford area. tsEMinYu 24 16.2 12.8 55 NIL are made aware, approachable and service Chief Organiser MBF Monoj Police sources informed that is delivered to them, the release informed. Bhattacharjee delivered intro- spot inquest found an injury JALuKiE One of the toppers receiving the Manik Bhattacharjee Award at Pranab Jubilee 23 11 18.8 91 NIL DDLSA will be carrying out cam- Auditoriumon November 7. ductory speech. mark on right eye and right tem- MAnGKOLEMBA 28.2 18.6 19.1 73 NIL paigns on various activities like putting up On the occasion, one of ple suspected to be inflicted by a of hoardings in public places, awareness Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): The niversary. the business magnets, social blunt object. The cause of death *Dew Point (DP) *Relative Humidity (RH) * Rainfall (RF) camps in rural and remote areas and in Manik Bhattacharjee Foun- ACP Dimapur, Vishal workers and senior citizens of is suspected to be due to physical dation (MBF), Dimapur or- Chauhan, the chief guest of Dimapur, Janaki Lal Agarwal Source: Department of Soil & Water Conservation, Nagaland prisons etc. injury on head. DDLSA has informed that under the ganised a felicitation cum the programme paid homage to was also felicitated. Bhattach- Police informed that the NALSA motto “Access to justice for all” Manik Bhattacharjee Award Bhattacharjee and lauded the arjee’s award was conferred deceased is about 5’2” in height, has provided free legal assistance to more ceremony to the HSSLC and activities of MBF. He analysed to the topper of HSLC-2017 has fair complexion, and aged than 200 people in a span of one year. HSLC toppers -2017 on Nov. the perspective of the present Deepa Mishra; HSSLC science between 25-35 years. The body News iN Brief Ninety four cases have been taken up by 7 at Pranab Jubilee Audito- age and made a clarion call to topper, Piklu Paul; commerce is yet to be identified has been panel lawyers of DDLSA from January, rium in commemoration with the young generation to rise Rajdeep Nath and Arts, Elozuo shifted to the morgue at district DMC directs business establishments 2017 till date. Bhattacharjee’s 83rd birth an- and be the agents of change for M Sapruna. hospital for post mortem. In view of the forthcoming festive season, the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) administrator Moa Sangtam has directed all the shop keepers/commercial building owners under DMC jurisdiction to white-wash/paint walls, shutters, doors with white and blue colours. Gov. and others condole with Longkumer’s family Shopkeepers are also informed to decorate and illuminate Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): The PB solace and comfort to the family be difficult to fill.” the Almighty God showers his ANIEF said Longkumer was an their respective shops/ buildings with decorative lights of Acharya has expressed grieve at members in this time of grief. The association paid respect grace and solace upon the be- upright and a dedicated officer low energy consumption by Nov. 30. Workshops and the demise of Bendangtoshi Long- Morung Express: The Morung to the departed soul. At this hour reaved family and also the de- who served the state government industries are also asked to keep their respective shops kumer, managing director, NIDC Express extended their since con- of grief and sorrow, the NIGOA parted soul to rest in peace. in various capacities over the open on all Sundays after the service w.e.f. Nov. 15 to & OSD, Industries & Commerce dolences to Editor Nagaland Page prayed that the Almighty grant Therie: The Nagaland Pradesh years. His performance during Jan. 1, 2018. on Nov. 7 at Delhi. T Monalisa Changkija, whose solace and strength to the family Congress Council (NPCC) presi- his last assignment as OSD to the In a condolence message ad- husband Bendangtoshi Longkum- to bear the irreparable loss and dent K Therie has expressed shock department of Industries & Com- EAC Phek informs AEROs dressed to his wife, Monalisa er, managing director of NIDC & eternal peace to the departed and sadness to learn about the merce was commendable, the EAC and Assistant Electoral Officer, Phek, Selemla S Changkija, the governor stated OSD, Industries & Commerce, soul. demise Bendangtoshi Longkumer, message added. Sangtam in has directed Assistant Electoral Registration that Longkumer served the Gov- passed away on Nov. 7. Industries & Commerce: The managing director, NIDC and The ANIEF said in his de- Officer of Phek, Pfütsero, Chizami, Chozuba and Meluri ernment of Nagaland with dedi- “We are saddened by your officers and staff of the Depart- OSD, Industries & Commerce. mise, the people of Nagaland have to conduct ECI national quiz at their respective levels. cation and was a fair and efficient sudden profound loss, and our ment of Industries and Commerce “Being a sincere, dedicated lost a great soul and the vacuum The order was issued corresponding to the Chief Electoral bureaucrat. prayers are with you and your are shocked and saddened to and efficient officer, Late Ben- created by his death shall be dif- Officer’s direction to conduct ECI National Quiz targeting Governor expressed that his family during this time of grief. hear the demise of Bendangtoshi dang has contributed immensely ficult to fill. the age group of 14-17 years (Class IX- XII) within Nov. 1 contributions, sacrifices and serv- May your family find comfort Longkumer, “an outstanding and to the development of the state The federation conveyed its to 10. ice to the people for the develop- knowing that he is at peace,” the dedicated officer,” OSD to the and to the uplift of society. It is deepest condolences to near and ment of the state will be remem- condolence message conveyed. Govt. of Nagaland, Industries & indeed sad that God chose to call dear ones of the bereaved family. TGS, COLA coordination meeting bered by all. His demise is a great NIGOA: The Nagaland Indus- Commerce Department, Kohima him home when he had so much It also prayed that Almighty God The final coordination meeting of TGSU, COLA in loss to the people of Nagaland, the tries & Commerce Gazetted Offic- and MD, NIDC Ltd on Nov. 7 at more to contribute to not only his grant them solace and strength to preparation for the 39th RSU General Conference has message added. ers’ Association (NIGOA) while New Delhi after a brief illness . department but also to the state bear the loss and eternal peace to been convened on Nov. 11, 10:30 a.m. at Tesophenyu Further, governor conveyed expressing shocked and sorrow His presence in the administra- and society,” the condolence mes- the departed soul. at the union speaker residence. All steering and sub- his heartfelt condolences to the conveyed heartfelt condolences tive department of the Industries sage stated. Tovihoto Ayemi: Parliamen- committee, TGSU executives, village chairmen, VDB bereaved family members and on demise of Bendangtoshi Long- & Commerce was really remark- Therie expressed that in his de- tary Secretary of Irrigation & secretaries, head GBs, pastors and catechists are prayed to the Almighty to grant kumer, managing director and able who acted as bridge between mise, the state’s bureaucracy has Flood Control, Tovihoto Ayemi requested to attend the meet. strength and solace to overcome OSD, Industries & Commerce. the department of Industries & lost a tall figure and the people will is deeply shocked and saddened grief. “The fraternity fondly called Commerce and the government be deprived of his expertise. by the demise of Bendangtoshi BJP 33 Suruhuto meeting DIPR: The Department of Infor- him, “Sir Ben”, whose contribu- making it easy access towards All rank and files of the NPCC Longkumer, OSD to the Govt. of The BJP 33 Suruhuto has convened a meeting on Nov. 24, mation & Public Relations (DIPR) tion to the department as well as taking workable decisions at gov- along with Therie conveyed deep- Nagaland and MD, NIDC Ltd. 10 a.m. at Suruhuto town. All the executive members, has condoled and expressed grief the society is enormous. We found ernment level for implementation est condolences to the bereaved Ayemi in a message said Kissan Morcha Mahila, youth and members are informed over the untimely demise of Ben- him, humble, cheerful disposition, of department related schemes family and offered prayer that the “Longumer was a very strong yet to attend the meeting positively. dangtoshi Longkumer, managing energetic and down to earth in and projects being announced by Almighty God gives strength and humble person, always focused director, NIDC and OSD, Indus- his approach to all. His dedicated the concerned ministries, stated a comfort. and determined in his duties. A SMCS Kohima general meeting tries & Commerce Department works and deeds shall be imprint- condolence message from Direc- ANIEF: The All Nagaland In- leader and mentor to many of his dustrial Entrepreneurs Federation Star Multitipurpose Co-operative Society (SMCS) Kohima, on Nov. 7. ed in book of our department’s tor of Industries & Commerce I colleagues and all those around (ANIEF) expressed its profound general secretary K Agunuo pienyü has informed all the In a message, the DIPR said history,” the condolence message Bendangliba. him. He was a huge asset to the sorrow at the sudden passing away shareholders of the SMCS, that a general meeting will Longkumer who is the husband stated. The departed lamented that Govt. of Nagaland and the vac- of Bendangtoshi Longkumer on be held on Nov. 11, 11 a.m. at the society office. All the of the Editor Nagaland Page Mo- The NIGOA said the passing his demise has created a vacuum cum created by his absence will Nov. 7 at New Delhi after a brief members are requested to attend the meeting along with nalisa Changkija, was a dedicated away of “towering and guid- which may be difficult to fill up. be very hard to fill.” He offered illness. their Share Holders Certificate. and an efficient government of- ing personality we have lost im- At this hour of grief and sor- prayer for the departed soul to rest ficer. The department prayed for mensely and the void created shall row, the department prayed that In a condolence note, the in peace. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017

C M Y K STATE 3 GHS Chetheba announces sop for students Young people have higher risk of cancer Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): In a startling to tobacco in this region was much lower education. He said it is im- revelation, an alarming 8% percentage than in other regions since young people portant to have a healthy of young people between the age of 15- as young as 15 years of age starts using balance between the stu- 19 years have pre-cancerous lesions while tobacco products. dents, teachers and parents majority of young people starts smoking Dr. Praveen, Birur, Lead Specialist as well. or start using tobacco products during of Biocon Foundation and Professor of He also encouraged their teens. Dental School Bangalore, urged to tar- the teachers to dedicate The disclosure was made following get schools and stop early tobacco hab- themselves in their profes- an oral cancer screening campaign which its. He also stated that innovative health sion so that they can get was carried out in Diphupar area as a technologies should be developed so that job satisfaction and con- case study by the Christian Institute of even low skilled health workers can oper- tentment in life. Health Research and Science (CIHSR) ate them. GHS Chetheba, for- in partnership with Biocon Foundation, Dr. Tetseo, Nodal Officer of NTCP, merly known as Govern- Bangalore, in commemoration of World Dimapur, also reiterated the high preva- ment Primary School was Cancer Day. The oral cancer screening lence of tobacco users in the society espe- established at Chesezu was carried out among 3783 public and cially among young people. He appreci- village in 1945 with an 3300 students comprising 16 schools and ated the efforts of CIHSR and Biocon in enrolment of 45 students, 9 colleges in Diphupar area. bringing such quality data and also stated which was later shifted to Making a detailed power point pres- that the data will strengthen the convic- Chetheba in 1952 under entation on the case study report at Chief tion that tobacco is a real problem in the the nomenclature of GPS Medical Officer’s office on November 7, society. Rajya Sabha MP KG Kenye and MLA Chotisüh Sazo along with others during the 42nd anniversary of GHS in Chetheba on November 8. Chetheba taking into con- Dr. Roshan, CIHSR consultant, stated Dr. K Vikato Kinimi, Chief Medical sideration the greater inter- that younger people are beginning to suf- Officer, also suggested that a good strat- Our Correspondent the root of education’ held service to God and man quer as a tribe and urged est of the public. fer from cancer. As per report, more than egy was to be made jointly by the depart- Kohima, Nov. 8 (EMN): at local ground on Novem- who nurture and groom a them not to lose hope and It was learned that the 190 shops still sell tobacco products even ment in collaboration with CIHSR and In commemoration of its ber 8, Rajya Sabha MP, KG child to face the challenges interest in their studies. school closed down for a though the area had been declared a To- other stakeholders to combat the menace. 42nd anniversary and her- Kenye said education is the in life, he urged the teach- He also unveiled the decade due to the activities bacco-Free Zone. The report also showed The programme was chaired by Dr. alding the golden jubilee, only field that separates hu- ers to dedicate themselves monolith marking the an- of insurgency at that point high percentage of alcohol consumption Atsung from CIHSR. He further in- Government High School man from animals, shifting with more efficiency and niversary of the school and of time. Despite the odds, among the students than in general pub- formed that similar screening campaign (GHS) in Chetheba has human to a different situa- sincerity. the 5 KWP Solar Power struggles and obstacles, lic. would be carried out in Dhansiripar in announced free admission tion and qualifying men to Also emphasising on Plant under the MNRE the pioneers re-established Dr. Roshan informed that the case the near future. Representatives from Na- and free textbooks for stu- a modern day citizens. the importance of one’s JNNSM Scheme in the the school and upgrade to study was conducted via private inter- galand Dental Association, North East dents of Class VI and VII, ‘Without education, culture, Kenye maintained school premises. Class X standard in 1969, views and the data securely and confi- Institute of Social Sciences, Dimapur, admission fee of Rs 600 human will be just another that ‘the only proof of our The school also wit- which was subsequently dentially uploaded on a mobile app. Dr. and staff under CMO Dimapur attended only for Classes VIII, IX species of animals,’ he said. being as a Naga is in our nessed the launching of taken over by the govern- Roshan also lamented that initiation age the programme. and X, and free books to Describing the edu- culture.’ He encouraged biometric attendance inau- ment in 1975. Class VIII students for the cators as ‘preachers and searching for one’s origi- gurated by ADC Chozuba, At present, the school next academic year 2018. teachers’ who shape and nality, which lies in the Japheth Woch. has 20 teaching staff and This was announced by the mould the character of a humble villages. Also addressing the 17 non-teaching staff. The KTBL observes World Sunday School headmaster GHSC, Etson- child for tomorrow, Kenye Challenging the stu- gathering as the guest of school pledge to continue Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): moulding up their chil- chaired by Hopila, Sun- goyi Medeo. said, these two are an es- dents to be sincere and hour, MLA Chotisüh Sazo to stand committed to en- Along with the rest of dren as family is the best day school teacher, while Gracing the 42nd anni- sential component of any dedicated in their studies, maintained that it is not sure development of each other churches, Christian institute for the children Liopi, president BYE, versary of GHS Chetheba human being. Stating that he pointed out that there only the teachers alone student so that excellence Education Department to learn. invoked God’s blessing. on the theme ‘Strengthen education and educator is are many frontiers to con- to improve the quality of in academics follow suit. (CED) of Kiphire Town Various items like Tsolenmong, deacon, Baptist Lithro (KTBL) Bible memory, children pronounced an offer- celebrated the World choir, choreography, tory prayer and a special Sunday School Day cum dance etc, were per- number was jointly pre- NStCB Mokokchung holds business meet NNC/FGN Rengma graduation on November formed by the children. sented by the CED teach- 5 at KTBL on the theme Throngsela spoke on ers and graduation stu- Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): “Grow with Christ” with behalf of the graduation To commemorate the dents. Setsiba, associate pastor students, while Chopong- golden jubilee year, Na- region affirms on territory Altogether 32 stu- as the main speaker. kyu, pastor, conducted galand State Co-operative Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): invalidated the legitimacy dents graduated from the Speaking on the occa- a special prayer and Bank (NStCB), Mokokc- NNC/FGN Rengma re- of the GOI election in school, which was handed sion, the pastor encour- Lilongla, CED secretary, hung Branch, organised gion has reaffirmed its Nagalim as forceful sub- over to the youth depart- aged the parents to know awarded the certificates. a business meet on No- stand on the Rengma jugation and derogatory ment by the pastor along their responsibilities in The programme was vember 4 in the presence Naga region territory as to its national health. with all their particulars. of Sachin Jaiswal, ADC framed in the NNC/FGN The Rengma Region Mokokchung and DRLC yehzabo Part-I Article 7 appealed to all the Naga chairman of Mokokchung and not to cede an iota of people in general to be district; Bendangnukshi, land to anyone. wary of the Indian gov- GRATITUDE Board of Director; Alang- The resolution to this ernment’s political car- la Tonger, DRC Mokokc- effect was taken in its nage against the Nagas. It hung; and Amarjit, DDM meeting on November urged the Naga people to NABARD. 3 at Tseminyu town. It forsake the fallacy of In- Speaking on the occa- stated that the Rengma dia’s social, political and sion, the Branch Manager Naga region territory economic blunder against shared on the history of was framed in the NNC/ the Nagas and embrace the bank which has grown FGN Yehzabo Part-1 the true spirit of nation- Sachin Jaiswal, ADC Mokokchung, speaking at the business meet to be the second largest organised by NStCB, Mokokchung branch, on November 4. Article 7, where the Brit- alism beneath the sacred banking network in the ish Government (UK) emblem of God’s given K.G. Kenye Dr. Chotisüh Sazo State having 21 branches. same zeal in order to im- formance and expressed in consultation with the six headed trinity stars He also shared on the prove the economic status hope that the bank would Rengma Naga and the and the symbol of peace The Govt. High School, Chetheba extends gratitude to the following persons and adoption of three golden of the community. make another record prof- Ahom (Assam) people (rainbow) flag within the organisation for free will donation to the successful programme of the GHS Chetheba villages by each branch Alangla Tonger, it of Rs 16 crore during demarcated the Rengma NNC/FGN Yehzabo as 42nd Anniversary celebration which was held on 8th November 2017. and added that the bank is Deputy Register of Co- 2017-18. Naga territory on April prophesized to the Nagas 1. Mr. K.G. Kenye, Hon'ble M.P (Rajya Sabha) GOI. and Secretary General, NPF, ever ready to facilitate for operative Society, Mokok- Sachin Jaiswal, Ad- 18, 1841, and declared to through His words- Math- Nagaland as the Chief Guest. any development of the the world. ew 22: 37-40 and John chung, has highlighted on ditional Deputy Commis- 2. Dr. Chotisüh Sazo, Hon'ble MLA, Govt. of Nagaland as the Guest of Honour. community through loans the coordination between sioner, Mokokchung, while The house also re- 13:12-15. and advances where some the department and the assuring support to the solved not to tolerate any The release was 3. Mr. Japheth Woch. Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Chozuba, GON. loans may even be provid- bank since time immemo- bank through any adminis- outsiders/foreigners med- jointly appended by the 4. Mrs. Thejakhrieno, SDO (Civil) GON. ed on subsidy. rial. She hoped that both trative hands, cited success dling in the affairs of its region president Ronga 5. Phüsachodumi Village Council. territory as demarcated Kent, Midan peyu Te- He also stated that would continue to serve examples of Tripura in the 6. Govt. Higher Secondary School, Chozuba. NSTCB is providing .50% in 1841 nor cede an iota gibu Khing, and leacy

the people. She added that field of pineapples. He en- KG-2132 7. All the participants. higher interest in term de- the department is ready couraged the gathering to of its land to any whatso- hoho speaker K Yhun- posit compared to other to give any support to the venture into such area as ever. The Region further senlo Kent. Organising Committee. G.H.S. Chetheba. banks and also 5% on sav- bank even in days to come. that Nagaland has more ing bank account. M Bendangnukshi potential than Tripura. He Amarjit, DDM NAB- Longkumer, Board of Di- has proposed promoting ARD, congratulated the rector, shared on how the exports on pineapple, ba- AGBCNPF pastors’ bank on attaining 50 glo- bank has grown from loss nana and kiwi. rious years in service to to a record profit of Rs The VDB secretary of the community. Lauding 8 crore during 2016-17. Mokokchung village also conference concludes the efforts of cooperative He acknowledged how shared the success story Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): Gurung; and chairman bank, he encouraged the the DAP had come to under the model village The 8th pastors’ confer- AGBCNPF were the main bank to continue with the strengthen the bank per- scheme. ence of the Association speakers. of Gorkha Baptist Church Exhortation and greet- Nagaland Pastors Fellow- ings were extended by ship (AGBCNPF) was chairman of Mon Town GRATITUDE NSF demands priority for indigenous candidates held at Gorkha Baptist Baptist Pastors’ Union pas- Church (GBC), Mon town, tor Yongricham Sangtam, Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): Naga Stu- secretary, S Shilukaba Longchar, stated from October 27 to 29 on SDO Civil (retired) Shing- dents’ Federation (NSF) has demanded that the forthcoming departmental ex- the theme “Be the leader wang, and Konyak Union selection of indigenous inhabitant appli- amination on the criteria for having B.Ed you were meant to be.” president Manlip. cants of the State on priority basis and qualification should not be made man- Founder Director Meanwhile, AGBC- to consider accommodating other appli- datory. of Four Comers Initia- NPF secretary Ps Suraj cants should there be any vacancy aris- The federation warned not to leave tive, West Bengal, Rev. Dutraj has appreciated ing after accommodating the indigenous any stone unturned to ensure that its de- Reynold Carey; Execu- GBC Mon and all the inhabitants. mands are fulfilled in the larger interest of tive Secretary KBBB Rev. speakers and well-wishers K.G. Kenye Dr. Chotisüh Sazo In a representation State education the aspiring candidates and to give all the Chemyuh; Executive Sec- for the support rendered minister, the Federation vice president, applicants a fair chance to appear for the retary AGBCN Santabir towards the success of the The Govt. High School, Chetheba extends gratitude to the following persons and Boveio Poukai Duo, and the information examination. Rai; and pastor Shyam conference. organisation for free will donation to the successful programme of the GHS Chetheba 42nd Anniversary celebration which was held on 8th November 2017. 1. Mr. K.G. Kenye, Hon'ble M.P (Rajya Sabha) GOI. and Secretary General, NPF, Nagaland as the Chief Guest. NPAW reaches out to suffering Nagas in Myanmar 2. Dr. Chotisüh Sazo, Hon'ble MLA, Govt. of Nagaland as the Guest of Honour. 3. Mr. Japheth Woch. Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Chozuba, GON. Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): Mission’ was undertaken in Naga Political Analysis true spirit of oneness and 4. Mrs. Thejakhrieno, SDO (Civil) GON. Wing (NPAW)- a social unity and to promote peace 5. Phüsachodumi Village Council. networking sites of What- and friendly relationship 6. Govt. Higher Secondary School, Chozuba. sApp/ Facebook forum amongst the Nagas irrespec- KG-2132 comprising of Naga intel- 7. All the participants. tive of artificial boundaries. Organising Committee. G.H.S. Chetheba. lectuals and public leaders The amount donated to the from different walk of life civilian victims was con- in collaboration with Na- tributed from the NPAW galim Times and South- WhatsApp/ Facebook Fo- ern Nagalim Facebook rum and Nagalim Times Forum, has handed over and Southern Nagalim Fa- Rs 1,10,000 to the famine cebook Forum and other stricken Nagas in Myan- church associations. mar, It mentioned that more NPAW handed over than 100 Naga villages in relief to the representa- Myanmar were affected tives of Naga Yoya, the with the outbreak of fam- apex Naga body in My- ine last year and the vic- anmar, which undertook NPAW officials along with Naga Yoya representatives in the borders areas of Eastern Nagas in Myanmar. tims are still struggling to an “Outreach Mission” rebuild their lives. In this for the civilian victims of izen journalist), Naogang The NPAW Outreach Yoya, wherein the latter regard, NPAW has ap- famine stricken Nagas in Tangshang (Spring of Mission team began its highlighted untold prob- pealed to the Government Myanmar. The Outreach Hope Ministry), and C At- journey from Kohima on lems faced by the Nagas in of India and Government Mission delegates included saba Sangtam (president November 1. The team in- Myanmar. of Myanmar to give atten- Panii Peter (social activist), Newspaper Association of teracted with some of the The team press release tion for economic develop- KG-2131 Longeryanger Imchen (cit- India Nagaland State). representatives of Naga stated that the ‘Outreach ment in the region. KG-2131

KG-2131 EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017 4 REGION India’s international Cherry Blossom 14 Assam officers held for involvement in cash-for-jobs scam G u w a h a t i , N o v. 8 had secured jobs through The police had last (IANS): Assam Police bribery would be spared. ye a r a r r e s t e d A P S C Festival begins in Meghalaya on Wednesday arrested “Our government has Chairman Rakesh Kumar Shillong, Nov. 8 (IANS): The a few years, Meghalaya can get yet successful start in putting Shillong last year, “we have decided 14 officers recruited by adopted a zero tolerance Paul and members of the second India international Cherry international recognition with the Meghalaya onto the global tourist to go bigger this year”. the Assam Public Service policy against corruption Commission, including Blossom Festival started here on active participation of government map. The Shillong cherry blossom Commission (APSC) for and the fight against Samedur Rahman and Wednesday, even as the pink and departments and stakeholders,” The IBSD, a national institute festival is also unique in the sense their alleged involvement in corruption will continue,” Basanta Kumar Doley, and white cherry blossoms are yet to said state Forests & Environment under Central government’s that, while in other countries, the a cash-for-jobs scam amid he said. three other officials of the bloom. Minister Clement Marak. Department of Biotechnology, cherry trees flower in March-June, indications that another “We had recovered the Commission who allegedly A botanist ascribed the late Noting that Meghalaya is the said the festival would not only here, they blossom in November. 11 officers will be arrested fake answer scripts of some took money for selecting blooming due to climate change first in the world to celebrate bring socio-economic development “Though the festival is being soon. candidates from the APSC candidates for the state besides Meghalaya receiving autumn Cherry Blossom Festival in the region, but also promote held from November 8 to 11, the The 14 officers included office last year. In June this services. prolonged rainfall this year, though based on local cherry trees which peace, prosperity and sustainable flowering will last for two weeks,” those from Assam Police year, we summoned 25 of The breakthrough in the flowers in the high-altitude bloom uniquely in the state, development, which are the United Sahoo said. Service (APS), Assam Civil the officers selected by the the cash-for-jobs scam took Upper Shillong and Laitkor area Marak, while inaugurating the Nations’ sustainable development Around 5,000 cherry blossom Service (ACS) and allied APSC for matching their place last year after a police have started blooming. event, said it will further the goals. trees have been planted on both services posted in various handwriting with the fake team in Dibrugarh led by “Cherry blossoms take time government’s commitment to Though the cherry blossom sides of the road leading up to districts. They were picked answer scripts. Additional Superintendent to bloom in low-lying areas but promote tourism by showcasing actually originated in the Himalayas, Shillong from Umiam side, at the up from different locations “The arrests were made of Police S.S. Panesar blooming first started in high the state’s rich cultural and natural it, however, did not get popularised famous Ward’s Lake, New Shillong early on Wednesday, the after the forensic laboratory arrested an engineer of altitude areas due to sunlight,” the resources. in the Himalayan nations like and Mawphlang. police said. matched their handwriting the Town and Country botanist said. “By celebrating cherry blossoms, India, Nepal and Bhutan. “Our target is to plant 20,000 C h i e f M i n i s t e r with the fake answer Planning Department Nonetheless, the four-day we are celebrating nature and However, IBSD Director so that by the time Meghalaya Sarbananda Sonowal scripts,” said Director while accepting a bribe of festival is attracting tourists as it is therefore it is our moral obligation Dinabandhu Sahoo said that unlike celebrates the 50th anniversary commended the police for General of Police Mukesh Rs 10 lakh. showcasing Meghalaya’s traditional to preserve this rich biodiversity,” cherry blossom festivals in other of its creation in 2022, Shillong the “achievement against Sahay. “So far we have The BJP-led Assam arts, culture and cuisine to the he said. countries which are borrowed from will become a pink city unlike the corruption” and said arrested 14 and 11 more are government came to power naturalists and tourists. Marak also appreciated the Japan, where the festival is most traditional pink city that we know none of the officers who likely to be arrested soon.” last year. “Cherry Blossom Festivals partnership with Institute of popular, “our festival is unique and as Jaipur,” Sahoo said. celebrated in Japan, US, Bioresources and Sustainable we are organising the festival with During the day, Marak also Switzerland and (South) Korea Development (IBSD) for our own ideas”. released the special cover of the have established intercontinental joint conceptualisation and He said that after holding India’s 2nd India International Cherry KADCC conducts rally against note ban friendship. We are hopeful that in implementation of this humble first ever cherry blossom festival in Blossom Festival Postage Stamp. Diphu, Nov. 8 (EMN): The Karbi Anglong Klengdun Ingti , former, Executive Member, District Congress Committee (KADCC) KAAC, Ashok Teron and Assam Pradesh organised ‘Black day’ rally against Congress Committee, Secretary Aminor On target demonetisation on its anniversary that was Rashid Chaudhury, Karbi Anglong District announced a year ago by Prime Minister Mahila Congress committee, President Narendra Modi. Kasang Terangpi. To mark the protest against the Modi Right after the procession, a short skit Government the Congress workers including against Demonetisation and GST which Mahila Congress workers took out rally in was enacted at the Congress office where Diphu market. workers of Karbi Anglong District Mahila The procession was taken and led by Congress Committee (KADMCC) and the Member of Parliament (MP) Birensingh members of National Students Union of Engti and former MLA Bidyasing Engleng, India (NSUI) also participated. Cong. looted country since Independence—Rijiju Itanagar, Nov. 8 (PTI): H e s a i d , t h e that whatever works could Launching a scathing demonetisation policy not be done in the last 71 attack on the Congress, of the NDA would be years in the state, the BJP Union Minister Kiren remembered in the history government would do. Rijiju today alleged that of Indian economy and “As a representative the party is “synonymous the country has moved from Ar unachal I am with corruption” and has on to a much cleaner, in Delhi to raise your “looted” the country since transparent and honest problems. No need to take PTI Independence without financial system. tension till I am there and Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu during inauguration of the much awaited Divisional Commissioner (West) headquarters at Yachuli in Lower Subansiri district on Tuesday. thinking for the people. Criticising the Congress all your problems will be A d d r e s s i n g a for observing the day as resolved,” he emphatically programme at Ganga Black Day , Rijiju said said and assured that Tali Market here to mark that the party was nervous in Kurung Kumey district the first anniversary of post demonetisation and of the state would be Tripura: Six axed TMC MLAs seek demonetisation policy of making dramas out of no connected by road within HC quashes the Modi government, the issues. 2019. Minister of State for Home “The NDA government State BJP President Meghalaya panel’s recognition as BJP legislators said, “The tradition of the will spare no body engaged Tapir Gao speaking on Congress since 1947 was in corruption and soon the occasion said that Agartala, Nov. 8 (IANS): Three House. In response, I wrote a letter October 15, 1949, the ‘C’ category to win election through there will be lot of action Modi took the decision order summoning months after six axed Trinamool to him asking him to submit letter state under the North Eastern Areas money power and after against them,” the minister of demonetisation in the Congress (TMC) MLAs joined the by the six legislators individually or (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 -- along getting elected the leaders said. interest of the country and Golf Club secy Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the collectively, saying that they have with Manipur and Meghalaya -- on use to loot public money.” Rijiju said, during the the people. lawmakers on Wednesday urged shifted their allegiance from TMC January 21, 1972 became a full- R i j i j u s a i d “ T h e Congress regime in the “Congress is observing New Delhi, Nov. 7 (PTI): The the Tripura Assembly Speaker to to BJP,” the Speaker added. fledged state with a 60-member demonetisation policy country, there was “no the day as Black Day Delhi High Court today quashed recognise them as BJP legislators. Led by Sudip Roy Barman, five assembly. o f P r i m e M i n i s t e r coordination” between because most of the black the order of the Meghalaya Tripura Assembly Speaker lawmakers -- Ashish Kumar Saha, The six TMC legislators had Narendra Modi has put the government and the money in the country are in State Commission for Women Ramendra Chandra Debnath, Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, Biswa in June last year resigned from the a halt in corruption and people. But after NDA the possession of Congress summoning the Delhi Golf Club however, refused to “officially” Bandhu Sen, Pranjit Singh Roy Congress and joined the TMC to the Congress leaders are came to power, Modi leaders,” he alleged adding, secretary over a tribal woman recognise them as BJP MLAs due to and Dilip Sarkar -- accompanied protest the Congress’s electoral spending sleepless nights reduced the gap to a large d e m o n e t i s a t i o n h a d being asked to leave the dining “lack of time before the November by hundreds of former Trinamool alliance with the Left for the 2016 since November 8 last year extent. improved the economy room as her traditional Khasi attire 13 assembly session”. Congress leaders and workers West Bengal Assembly elections. for the black money they Referring to Arunachal of the country to a large looked like a “maid’s uniform” to “I have received a letter signed joined the BJP on August 7. The six They, along with rebel Congress posses.” Pradesh, Rijiju claimed extent. staffers. by six MLAs requesting me to legislators, according to the Speaker, legislator Ratanlal Nath, voted for Justice Vibhu Bakhru also recognise them as BJP legislators are still recognised as legislators of the BJP-led National Democratic held that the Meghalaya Women’s in the House. I have told them that the West Bengal Chief Minister Alliance’s nominee Ram Nath Commission has no jurisdiction to due to lack of time before the next Mamata Banerjee-led TMC. Kovind in the presidential election summon the secretary of the Delhi assembly session (beginning on Veteran tribal leader Hrangkhawl on July 17. A BJP leader said B’desh hands over five terrorists to India Golf Club. November 13), it is not possible to said that after being accorded Himanta Biswa Sarma, a former Silchar, Nov. 8 (IANS): Five terrorists they are not militants,” the police official “ T h e s t a t e w o m e n complete the formalities to officially recognition by the Speaker, the BJP Congress Minister who joined the belonging to Manipur and Nagaland-based said. commission’s order summoning recognise them as BJP MLAs,” would be the main opposition group BJP before Assam elections and extremist outfits were handed over to The Assam Police would soon hand the petitioner is quashed,” the Debnath told IANS. in the 60-member assembly. is now Convenor of the BJP-led Assam Police by Bangladeshi police after over the five to the Manipur and Nagaland bench said. He said the six MLAs also The CPI-M-led Left Front has North East Democratic Alliance, they completed their 13 year jail term in that Police. Of the five, four are belonging to The high court had on July requested that Diba Chandra 51 members and the Congress only facilitated the TMC legislators’ country, a police official here said. Manipur’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) 13 stayed the state commission’s Hrangkhawl, one of the six members three members in the House. entry into the party. “Bangladesh police handed over the while the remaining one’s identity was not order summoning the secretary. of the Legislative Assembly, be “We believe that the Speaker “Ratanlal Nath will also join the five militants to Assam Police through the yet known. The commission had directed recognised as leader of the BJP would complete the formalities BJP soon,” a BJP leader told IANS Sutarkandi border (in Karimganj district of Bangladesh had earlier handed over the secretary of the club to appear legislator group. very soon,” said Hrangkhawl, on the condition of anonymity. Assam) yesterday (Tuesday). Now these several top northeast India militants to in person before it on July 14. “The ensuing session is likely to former Tripura Congress President. The Congress has already militants are being interrogated by Assam the Indian authorities including banned Challenging the commission’s be two- or three-day session and it After the recognition of the six served notice to Nath for anti-party Police and intelligence officials,” said United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) order, the club, in its plea argued would probably be the last session legislators as BJP members, the activities and meeting BJP leaders, Karimganj police chief Gaurav Upadhyay. leaders Anup Chetia (2015) and Arabinda by senior advocate Dayan of the outgoing assembly before the Tripura Assembly will get its first including party chief Amit Shah. He said that the Bangladesh police told Rajkhowa (2009) and outlawed All Tripura Krishnan, had said that the February (2018) assembly elections,” BJP members since the northeastern According to party sources, he is the Assam police that the five were arrested Tiger Force (ATTF) supremo Ranjit commission in Meghalaya did not the Speaker added. state got a legislative body -- a 32- likely to be expelled soon. at Kulaura border in Bangladesh’s Sylhet Debbarma. have jurisdiction to issue such a “Earlier on September 20, I got member Territorial Council 60 years However, Nath has been evading district with some explosives in 2004 and Four Indian Northeastern states - direction on an incident which had a letter from state BJP President ago in 1957. queries about joining the BJP though were since in a jail there. Tripura (856 km), Meghalaya (443 km), happened outside the state. Biplab Kumar Deb to recognise the After the princely state Tripura’s he has met many of its state and “The guerillas, all aged around 40, Mizoram (318 km) and Assam (263 km)- The commission acted upon six MLAs as BJP legislators in the merger into the Indian Union on central leaders in recent months. however, told the police interrogators that share a border with Bangladesh. a complaint made by Tailin Lyngdoh, a governess, who accused the club and its members of allowing racial profiling of people, which was tantamount DeMo: Concurrent events held by BJP and opposition parties to racial discrimination of tribal Our Correspondent their jobs besides losing people, a punishable offence. Imphal, Nov. 8 (EMN): The approximately around Rs 5 On June 25, staffers of the Opposition political parties lac. cr. in printing new notes Delhi Golf Club had asked in Manipur demanded due to demonetisation in the Lyngdoh, an invited guest, to the fulfilment of the BJP country. leave a dining room because her government’s promise that The political parties traditional Khasi attire ‘jainsem’ every Indian will get Rs. 15 that participate were the looked like a “maid’s uniform”. lacs. in their bank account Indian National Congress; Lyngdoh, along with her during the protest rally Nationalist Congress Party; employer Nivedita Borthakur that was launched against Manipur units of Aam Aadmi Sondhi, had deposed before the demonetisation and GST in Party;All India Forward commission. Imphal on Wednesday. Block;Bharatiya Samata The chairperson of the MSCW The political parties had Party;Communist Party of said the Prime Minister’s Office also dubbed the day as a India; Communist Party of and the the National Commission ‘Black day’ later conducted Marxist; All India Trinamool for Women had taken note of a public meeting after the Congress; Janata Dal-Secular; the incident, and the National rally. and Revolutionary Secular Commission for Schedule Tribes “All political parties come Party. and the National Commission together to bring a change The BJP on the other hand, for Human Rights had also been as people are suffering a lot conducted a press conference petitioned. due to demonization and as part of the observance of Borthakur had said Lyngdoh GST,” said former Chief the day as anti-black money Leaders of ten opposition parties taking out in a protest rally against demonitisation in Imphal on wednesday. was part of the nine other guests Minister and opposition day at the BJP Manipur at the club but she was singled out leader Ibobi while addressing unit office, Chief Minister lot of changes in Manipur too. said. Reacting to the opposition region.” because of the ‘jainsem’ she was the meeting. Nongthombam Biren Singh Many non-registered firms “Even the number of parties particularly the Congress O n N ove m b e r 8 l a s t wearing. “So time has come to said that demonetisation is are registered, non-tax payers beggars has been reduced while party’s protest, he said, year, the BJP government at Justice (retired) Mukul Mudgal teach a lesson to the BJP not against the public but become tax-payer, free gas number of electrified villages “They are trying to mislead the Centre had banned the will head a committee, set up by government.” against the black marketers connection were given to the have been increased from 63 people in connection with the currency notes of Rs. 500 and the club, to look into the matter. Ibobi also claimed that to bring a change. needy ones, housing schemes lacs. to 90 lacs. in the country,” upcoming elections in some Rs 1000 denomination then in 5 million people have lost “As a result, we’ve seen given to the houseless,” Biren he added. states including those in the NE circulation. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017 STATE 5 Axis Bank launches Digi-Prayas in Kohima Modern College B.Voc students Our Correspondent but there are also issues Kohima, Nov. 8 (EMN): beyond profit,” Toy said Digi-Prayas, a financial lit- maintaining that banks also eracy programme initiated should take into account the by Axis Bank, was officially social responsibilities and complete one-month internship launched by Additional expand their services to the Chief Secretary, Temjen unbanked areas. Dimapur, Nov 8. (EMN): that the interns will now Toy at Hotel Vivor on No- Earlier, the circle head The 1st Semester (2nd have a better career options vember 8. of North East Circle, Axis batch) students of B.Voc with formal education and Digi-Prayas is under- Bank, Biplabi Patnaik stated in Retail Management & practical training through taken by Axis Bank with the that Axis Bank was the first IT of Modern College has the course. objective to impart financial to embark on this initiative. successfully completed one B.Voc course introduced literacy to over 80,000 peo- “Due to lack of finan- month internship which by UGC is a full-fledged 3 ple across the country. This cial literacy, many people was held from October 3 to year degree programme for initiative also aims to help falls prey to money lenders,” 31 as a part of the academic 12th pass out students in any people to be financially lit- Patnaik said while he also programme. Altogether 14 stream. The course is practi- erate, digitally aware and be stressed the need for every students were placed at vari- cal oriented as it involves EM Images active on various modes of Additional Chief Secretary, Temjen Toy, speaking at the launching citizen to have a separate ous prominent stores and 60% practical and 40% digital banking. programme of Digi-Prayas at Hotel Vivor on November 8. bank account. show rooms in town namely theoretical. All practical Here in Nagaland, 20 Out of the 20 adopted Gravity and E-Central un- components will end with villages have been selected Sangtamtila, Pihekhu, Ch- in the State which do not villages, Patnaik informed der Tribal Group, Bambusa, project report. Every semes- for the financial literacy edema, Rüsoma, Kughato have access to banking fa- that seven are from Ko- Lozi Hyundai and Adidas. ter passed out student will programme, while the and Zukihe. cilities, he urged the Axis hima, adding that the bank YouthNet which is the get a certificate from RASCI adoption of the selected The additional chief Bank officials to take the (Axis Bank) aims to have educational partner assisted (Retailers Association Skill villages was officially an- secretary, in his address, initiative to reach out to larger interaction with these in building linkages with Council of India), Mumbai, nounced by the chief guest stated that less than 60% those areas which are yet to twenty villages. the stores. The new interns which is recognised all over Temjen Toy. of the population in the avail banking facilities. “It’s not only financial were initially given orienta- India and abroad. T h e v i l l a g e s a r e country does have access to “What is the use of fi- inclusion, but we aim to tions on various aspect of Altogether there are 6 Diphupar B, Ikishe, Seithek- banking. He therefore, laud- nancial literacy when there make them (villagers) digi- the retail world, work ethics semesters. Students will ema A, Sovima, Wokha ed Axis Bank for embarking are no banks in their areas,” talised too,” Patnaik added. and discipline by respective study a particular job role at village, Longsa, Khensa, on the mission to literate Toy said making a reference The launching pro- human resource persons. all levels during the course Mekhuli, Nerhema, Chi- the people, particularly the of those unbanked blocks/ gramme was also attended In the course of the pro- B.Voc students of Modern College during internship at Bambusa which starts from Sales As- ephobozou, Tsiesema Basa, rural areas. sectors. by other Axis Bank officials gramme, the interns were Express. sociate in 1st Semester and Tsiesema Bawe, Meriema, Further stating that “Of course, opening a and leaders from all the exposed to dealing with as Store Manager at the Kacharigaon (Phevima), there are around 30 blocks bank is a business venture, villages. customers, cash handling, Retail sector is becom- well as in India as a whole, 6th Semester. On comple- stock counting and visual ing one of the most grow- resulting in employment tion of the course, degree is merchandising. ing sector in the State as opportunities. It is expected awarded. MTYO to hold youth parliament on Nov. 11 Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): Medz- is aimed at guiding students for their Kuotsu, and the assistant general iphema Town Youth Organisation future career as well as to disseminate secretary, Thejangukho Yalietsu, have (MTYO) has announced to organise information on various schemes for requested all interested candidates Clarification on hostel at Tenyiphe a one-day youth parliament for the the youth. The organisation has antici- to contact the ward/ colony youth Dimapur, Nov 8 (EMN): On the National Highways & Infrastructure students and youth of Medziphema pated greater participation of studentsNational presidents Highways in order & Infrastructure to select 10-15 controversy surrounding the upcom- town on November 11 at Medziphema especially from Classes X and above.NationalDevelopmentvalued Highways participants Corporation & Infrastructure each Limitedfor the said NationalDevelopment Highways Corporation & Infrastructure Limited ing girls’ hostel at Tenyiphe village, Town Hall at 10 a.m. The summit The organisation president, AsazoNationalDevelopment (Aconference. Govt. Highways of IndiaCorporation & Undertaking) Infrastructure Limited the concerned contractor identified Development(A Govt. of IndiaCorporation Undertaking) Limited Development(A Govt. of IndiaCorporation Undertaking) Limited as Tepuvito Angami today clarified National(A Govt. Highways of India & Undertaking) Infrastructure that the hostel in question is located in (A Govt. of India Undertaking) NationalDevelopment Highways Corporation & Infrastructure Limited Tenyiphe-I, C Khel. AFFIDAVIT National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited National Highways & Infrastructure NationalDevelopmentDevelopment(A Govt. Highways Corporation of IndiaCorporation & Undertaking) Limited Infrastructure Limited As summoned by the three village I, Miss Langthsapila Sangtam National(Ministry Highways of &Road Infrastructure Transport &DevelopmentDevelopment Highways, GovtCorporation Corporationof India) Limited Limited National(Ministry Highways of &Road GeneralInfrastructure Transport Manager &Development Highways, (Projects)(A Govt. GovtCorporation of Indiaof India) Undertaking) Limited councils, the contractor met the chair- D/o Mrs. Tsisela Sangtam National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (Ministry ofBranch RoadGeneral TransportOffice Manager- Dimapur & Highways, (Projects)(A, NagalandGovt. Govt of Indiaof India) Undertaking) man and secretary of Tenyiphe-I and resident of Nagarjan, Dimapur, (Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt of India) BehindBranchGeneral City Office Tower Manager- Dimapur Building, (Projects), NagalandNST Colony apprised them of the upcoming hostel Nagaland declare through an National HighwaysBehind & GeneralInfrastructure City Tower Manager Building, Development (Projects) NST Colony Corporation Limited (MinistryBehind ofBranch Email:Road City TransportOffice [email protected] Tower- Dimapur Building, & Highways,, NagalandNST Colony Govt of India) in Tenyiphe-I, C-Khel. To substanti- National HighwaysBranch Email:& Infrastructure Office [email protected] Dimapur Development, Nagaland Corporation Limited Affidavit No.7934/17, Dated National HighwaysBehind Email:& GeneralInfrastructure CityTelephone: [email protected] Tower Manager Building,03862 Development (Projects)-248537 NST Colony Corporation Limited ate his claim, the contractor had also Behind CityTelephone: Tower Building,03862-248537 NST Colony 06.11.2017 that my name Y. (Ministry ofBranch Email:RoadTelephone: TransportOffice [email protected] Dimapur03862 & Highways,-248537, Nagaland Govt of India) Email:General [email protected] Manager (Projects) produced photographic evidence of Langthspila Sangtam (used in BehindGeneral CityTelephone: Tower Manager Building,03862 (Projects)-248537 NST Colony the up-coming hostel. BranchTelephone: Office - Dimapur03862-248537, Nagaland some official documents) and Quotation Notice for HiringEmail: of [email protected] Vehicle on Monthly Basis for NHIDCL, Site Meanwhile, he has appreciate the Quotation Notice for BehindHiring CityTelephone: of TowerVehicle Building,03862 on- 248537Monthly NST Colony Basis for NHIDCL, Site Langthsapila Sangtam are QuotationOffice –NoticeMokokchung, for HiringEmail: Nagaland of [email protected] Vehicle- Mahindra on Monthly Bolero Basis or for Equivalent NHIDCL,–Site three village councils of Tenyiphe-I, QuotationOffice –NoticeMokokchung, for Hiring NagalandTelephone: of Vehicle-03862Mahindra on- rd248537Monthly Bolero Basis or for Equivalent NHIDCL,–Site same and one person i.e. me. QuotationOffice –NoticeMokokchung, for Hiring (AWD/4X4)Nagaland of Vehicle- Mahindra –on3 rdMonthlyCall .Bolero Basis or for Equivalent NHIDCL,–Site Tenyiphe-II and Virazanma villages Office – Mokokchung, Nagaland- Mahindrard Bolero or Equivalent – D-4788 (AWD/4X4) – 3 Call. for enquiring on the authenticity of the QuotationOffice –NoticeMokokchung, for Hiring Nagaland of Vehicle- Mahindra on rdMonthly Bolero Basis or for Equivalent NHIDCL,–Site Bid Security : Rs. 10,(AWD/4X4) 000/- – 3rd Call. Pictorial evidence of the upcoming girls’ hostel in Tenyiphe-I, C Khel, as produced by the upcoming girls hostel at Tenyiphe and Bid Quotation SecurityOffice –Notice Mokokchung, for : Hiring Rs. 10, (AWD/4X4)Nagaland of 000/ Vehi- cle- Mahindra –on3 MonthlyCall .Bolero Basis or for Equivalent NHIDCL,–Site concerned contractor. supported by NPRAAF. CostBid Security Officeof Bid Document – Mokokchung, : Rs. 10,500/ (AWD/4X4)Nagaland 000/- - - Mahindra – 3rd Call .Bolero or Equivalent – CostBid Security Officeof Bid Document – Mokokchung, : Rs. 10,500/ Nagaland 000/- - - Mahindrard Bolero or Equivalent – BidTime Cost Security of Period Bid Document : TwoRs. 10,500/(AWD/4X4) Years 000/- - – 3rd Call. TimeCost of Period Bid Document : TwoRs. 500/(AWD/4X4) Years- – 3 Call. 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NOTICE INVITATING OTHER CLAIMENTS TO REPRESENTATION TO intending15:00 Hours bidders. by Evaluation Committee constituted for this purpose in the presence of 13.undersigned5:00 The Hours duly upto filled by 12:00 E valu quotation ationHours C inonommittee sealed15/11/2017 envelope constituted and quotationshall for be this will submitted purpose be opened in in theon the 15/11 office presence/201 of 7 the ofat Otoli Yeptho read the Euphoria provides a COME FORWARD (SECTION 375 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) intending15:00 Hours bidders. by Evaluation Committee constituted for this purpose in the presence of scripture, while Fr. Al- platform for the students intendingundersigned15:00 Hours bidders. upto by 12:00 Evalu ationHours Conommittee 15/11/2017 constituted and quotation for this will purpose be opened in on the 15/11 presence/2017 ofat In the court of Smti- SARA S. JAMIR intendingMode of applyingbidders. : exandra said the prayer to showcase their talents. Mode15:00 of Hours applying by E: valuation Committee constituted for this purpose in the presence of Additional Deputy Commissioner Dimapur Nagaland Mode1. Online of applying@ www.nhidcl.com: in the tender section. for the ceremony and It also provides a platform 1.Modeintending Online of applying@bidders. www.nhidcl.com: in the tender section. Fr. Rector welcomed the for the students to feel the Whereas application under succession Act 1925 for grant Mode2.1. OfflineOnline of applying @through www.nhidcl.com branch: officein, Dimapurthe tender. section. 2.1. OfflineOnline @through www.nhidcl.com branch officein, Dimapurthe tender. section. gathering. There was also sense of participation; a of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late MEDOPFE 1.2. OnlineOffline @through www.nhidcl.com branch officein, Dimapurthe tender. section. 2.Mode1. OfflineOnline of applying @through www.nhidcl.com branch: For officefurtherin, Dimapurthedetails tender please. section visit. – www.nhidcl.com hoisting of the college joy of achievement; and ANGAMI Deseased, has been filed by Smti MHONBENI 2. Offline through branchFor officefurther, Dimapurdetails please. visit – www.nhidcl.com 2.1. OfflineOnline @through www.nhidcl.com branchFor officefurtherin, Dimapurthedetails tender please. section visit. – www.nhidcl.com flag which was performed a sense of responsibility relation wife R/o DIPHUPAR ‘A’ KHEL DIMAPUR to draw DG-691 2.NOTE:Offline Any through changes branch Foror amendment officefurther, Dimapurdetails to thisplease. notice visit will – www.nhidcl.com be posted on the above website only. by the chief guest. The for their future endeavour. his/her Family Pension, Bank Acct, landed property etc, who NOTE: Any changes or amendment to this notice will be posted on the above website only. BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE,For further details please visit –BUILDINGwww.nhidcl.com THE NATION flag hoisting ceremony The first day being expire on 05.9.17. NOTE:BUILDING Any changes INFRASTRUCTURE, or amendment to this notice will BUILDING be posted on the THE above NATION website only. 3x15NOTE:BUDGILDING Any-691 changes INFRASTRUCTURE, or amendment to this notice will BUILDING be posted on the THE above NATION website only. was followed by oath tak- sports day was reserved Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the 3x15BUDGILDING-691 INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING THE NATION 3x15NOTE:BUDGILDING Any-691 changes INFRASTRUCTURE, or amendment to this notice will BUILDING be posted on the THE above NATION website only. ing ceremony which was for various athletic events. administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if he/ 3x15 DG-691 administered by the con- Cultural day will be ob- she so desires appear in this court within 30 days, on the said 3x15BUDGILDING-691 INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING THE NATION venor of the Euphoria served on November 9, day of 07/12/17. 3x15 DG-691 Aveo Sekhamo. while November 10 is the Given under hand and seal of the court this 06 day of 11/17. Ajano and Khriebe- western day and Novem- Sd/- ituo, defending Euphoria ber 11 will be an exhibi- Addl. Deputy Commissioner marathon race champi- tion day. Dimapur Nagaland D-4789

OFFICE OF THE IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT KOHIMA SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT LTD HEADQUARTER CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP: DIMAPUR: NAGALAND KOHIMA, NAGALAND Dt. Dimapur the 8th Nov’17 NOTICE CIN NO U93090NL2017SGC013423 No. M.-640/17/11988-89 Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti N. Niza Angami -Vrs- Mongko Yanchu NO.KSCDL/ Estt-01/2017 Dated Kohima the 8th Nov 2017 resident of 7th Mile Model Village Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 Assam Land Advertisement 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 Kohima Smart City Development Limited invites application for invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any filling up the post of the following under Contractual Basis & should be submitted to this court in writing on or before 08.12.17. 1. Chief Financial Officer - 1 post SCHEDULED OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder: N. Niza Angami 2. Company Secretary - 1 post Village/Block No: 7th Mile Village, Patta No: 14 Dag No: 02, Area: 00B-04K-03Ls Sd/- The Education Qualification & Experience required for the above Deputy Commissioner two posts respectively are: D-4790 Dimapur: Nagaland 1. MBA (Finance) full time from a recognised University with working experience of not less than 10 years as CFO in a Company IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT HEADQUARTER CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP: DIMAPUR: NAGALAND 2. Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India Dt. Dimapur the 8th Nov’17 (CS) NOTICE The application can be addressed to the Office of the CEO, Kohima No. M.-641/17/11986-87 Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti Imsen Ao -Vrs- Aoyangla Jamir Smart City Development Limited, Municipal Affairs Department, New resident of Firing Range Town/Village in the District of Secretariat Complex along with complete self attested educational Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 Assam Land Revenue qualification certificates and experience certificates. Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below:- The last date of submission of application will be 17th November, The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any 2017. & should be submitted to this court in writing on or before The shortlisted candidates will be intimated via email/phone. 08.12.17. SCHEDULED OF LAND AND BOUNDARY

Name of Patta Holder: Imsen Ao K-1436 Chief Executive Officer Village/Block No: 05, Patta No: 556 Kohima Smart City Development Ltd. Dag No: 636, Area: 00B-02K-15Ls Sd/- Deputy Commissioner KG-2137 Kohima, Nagaland. D-4791 Dimapur: Nagaland 6 The Great Saramati Peak Adventure f you’re curious about the area, beautiful village, we’ll find that people we’ll just admire in awe with our drop a gulp of water into our throat. Un- location or height of this great there are generous and kind. They will jaws. For lovers of plants and flowers, til that, we need not worry about our EastErn Mirror peak it is simply a Google away also make us feel that the peak is just this is the right place to go; as we wit- thirst. We shall be occasionally wel- from your finger, but if you seem a few easy jumps away, but do not fall ness the varieties of flora arrayed in dif- comed with soothing streams, flowing DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017 I to be curious about what it is like to be for that part. For some lucky persons, ferent colours, we simply stay amazed directly from the heart of the peak, really experiencing the journey to this we get to hear a golden advice from at its beautiful arrangements by nature. as fresh as the nature can offer. From peak, here is a little sneak into the ad- people that if we become apprehen- As for the trees, we’ll find them ar- up there the moon appears closer as Appreciate More venturous expedition of the peak. The sive during the climb, ‘be a man and ranged in such a way as though some- though you can softly poke it with just journey begins not from the bottom of fall back, it’s not a shame to give up if one has purposely fixed them with ac- little inclination. As we gradually ap- the peak but the challenge starts from we can’t.’ The best place to hold up be- curate measurement. The air up there proach the top of the peak, our lost the place where you start your journey. fore the set off will be at the Thanamir seems more refreshing and the tone strength will seem to reappear; and as Than Cricket For some people who wishes to travel Guest House, located just at the foot of our skin will seem to appear fairer; we behold the beauty at the top, we get an India ever become a sporting nation? It is not the untraveled parts of Nagaland and of the Peak. As we start off, we’ll get even the sense of smell seems clearer bewitched by the charm of the scene. difficult to answer this question, as we live in a haven’t got the chance to do so, this to have lots of mixed emotions: Initial and this I can assume by the fact that We tend to forget all those tedious will be a good opportunity as we get steps are very exciting; the following the faulty air mistakenly released from climb, the thirst, the fear and the pains. country where real talents are often being ignored. to cross many villages which we hard- climbs for half an hour are tolerable. my base seems to linger on unusually The captivating picture from the top CThis is why achievements of sportspersons like Ki- ly hear of. It’ll be a shame to explore It’s when an hour or so passes that we strong for quite a long time. In some is just so enthralling and words alone dambi Srikanth are hardly noticed. People fumble to name the whole world while not admiring start to remember the golden advice- part of the climb, between rocks, look cannot justify the beauty of this Great the country that India beat to lift the Asia Cup in hockey. the beauty located in our own garden. “Be a man and fall back if you can’t”. around for colourful blooms of flow- Saramati Peak. The elation of not giv- Mary Kom had to share her award with two others. Rather As we travel, surprisingly we will find Ironically, albeit we know that it’s a ers emerging just from the face of the ing up: the sustenance of that determi- what everyone knows is who Indian Cricket captain Virat that most part of the road appears to peak and we’re supposed to climb up- rocks, appearing beyond the stretch nation; the ability of overcoming fear; Kohli is dating now or Hardik Pandya’s fondness for night be better than those laid in our capi- hill yet we sure will keep hoping that of our hands, which will remind you the persistence of continuing even life. Thus it is no wonder that Virat Kohli earns more than tal, except for few glitches in some part there is somewhere, behind the visible of that beautiful girl from your school when the feet seem to not co-operate; Lionel Messi in terms of salary and endorsement. The very where we got to ply through vehicles turns, a plain trajection, and that hope who best friends you and you remain all these feelings together give you a habit of Indian people of ignoring all other sports apart that can sustain rough terrain, and that never dies. Besides adventure if we’re so close yet still she remains out of sense of satisfaction and a pride. This was when I fell in love with Maruti hoping for some physical transforma- your reach. At certain patches, we land journey bears not only a physical chal- from Cricket stands as a major stumbling block in way of the Gypsy. For those of us who had expe- tion than I can assure that it is a short- into fairytale-like zones: the fungus in lenge but in major part it plays games achieving sporting excellence. rienced the bosti life during childhood cut to fitness. Contradictorily, in the varied colours carpets the area and the with our mind. Anyone wishing to Before entering further in to the argument let us make it and migrated to these present sophis- mean time if you’re wishing to loosen roots of the trees seem to position itself venture out into this adventure, make clear that it is not an attempt to discredit the game of Crick- ticated cities for better life, and para- up some layers over your belly, I can for our passage on cliffs, and different sure that you exercise your mind along et. Cricket is a nice game, which people in parts of the globe doxically living a pathetic life, some promise that I witnessed those kinds batches of thick plants lay fenced to with the body. The going down from like much and play. Cricket is popular in countries like Eng- might get a tinge of nostalgic feeling as of persons going back with the same hold us from falling to the other side. the top is no lesser difficult than climb- land, Australia, South Africa, and New Zeeland, Sri Lanka we pass through those villages. It pulls layers of thick folded skin; you’ll only Besides these beautiful pictures, to ing to the top. If at any instance we and in Indian sub-continent. These days few other countries us back to those moments; reminding add muscles to your thighs and calves. get to the great peak, we have to pass feel like we have missed out something like Ireland, Holland have also started playing cricket. With us of how we all started from dust even So we got to continue with our routine through few other challenging mounts on our way up, this will be another the introduction of limited over games, already popular howsoever we pretend to have landed workout even after returning from the and cliffs from the edge and at certain precious chance to capture the missed from the moon. climb if we wish to see good result of parts, from the top of those mounts; scenes. By mentioning about getting Cricket has become more popular. Though not many coun- The great Saramati peak is not only that climb. and here the passage is so narrow that a down don’t be lost in imagining that tries play Cricket like Football, yet Cricket generates a lot the big deal but the course of journey From the foot of the peak it nor- slight wrong move can land you to the it’s all slant slide down; to exagger- of revenue like Tennis at present. A major portion of that there will allow us to catch a glimpse mally will take five to Six hours walk next country (Myanmar); and as you ate, we can’t make out if we’re getting revenue comes from India. So as long as people will continue of many unpolluted scenery which till the base camp and then another steadily cross these portion, you start down or climbing up. At the end, we to love Cricket, the game will be undoubtedly regarded as the we wish would remain the same with- three to four hours to reach the peak to imagine which generation curse has all know that whatever goes up must major sport in India, irrespective of the fact that the game is out human touch. But I warn that all from the base camp, and that is only if befallen you. Anyway, the better side come down, and if we come back in not an Olympic sport. these scenes can be captured only if we we are fit enough. As we breathlessly of this challenge is the opportunity to one piece, which of course we will, we The question we must ask ourselves in this context is would not snore away to glory during climb the uphill, don’t forget to pause overcome the fear, and with every step all will have different sides of beautiful whether to ignore Olympic sports or not. If the answer is the traverse. Before setting off for the and look back at the beauty of the scen- we take we are able to conquer the bat- stories to tell. If this is not achieve- no, it means that deliberately we are ignoring the efforts of peak we get to see Thanamir Village, ery, you’ll surely feel the magic touch tle inside us. ment than what is? the only place in Nagaland, popular of the nature’s beauty and such beauty From the base till five hours of other sportspersons. We all know that road to the top is al- Zakato Chishi for apple produce. Complementing the one cannot express through words; walk, we will realise the value of even Officers’ Hill, Kohima ways challenging. Especially in sports there is no shortcut to success. We may be fond of Cricket. But we must keep it in mind that like a cricketer, Kidambi Srikanth or Mery Kom too had also worked hard to achieve notable success. Scientists Find Way to Stop Midnight Snacks May Like the cricketers, their success stories are also written in blood, sweat, dedication and hard work. For example, Sri- kanth, who has won three Badminton Super Series titles Cancer Cells From Using Glucose Up Heart Risk, Diabetes in 2017, not long ago suffered a career threatening injury. cientists have identified a way to and took up much less glucose. re you in the habit of late Buijs added. Many thought that was the end of the shuttler’s career. But restrict the ability of cancer cells Further experiments showed that night snacking? Beware, as The researchers studied rats who with sheer determination, Srikanth has made a spectacular to consume glucose for energy, blocking CDK8 activity leads to a lower people with this habit have were subjected to a challenge. They come back. Same is the story of Mary Kom and almost all Sthus paving the way for develop- rate of glucose use. a higher risk of developing were fed during the beginning of rest other sportspersons in the country. They all fought hard to ing a potential new therapy for the deadly “Because of this role of CDK8 in A various heart diseases and diabetes, phase (day) and the beginning of ac- curb a niche for themselves. At times, they were definitely disease. glycolysis (the process of consuming says a new research. tive phase (night). down, but clearly not out. They came back strongly. There is The study, published in the jour- glucose), I reasoned that the cells with Late night eating habits disrupt The results showed that after nothing wrong in treating Virat Kohli as role model. But at nal Cell Reports, showed that the gene impaired CDK8 activity should be more the working of the body’s biological feeding the rats at the beginning of the same time, we should not be ignorant about the sacrifices CDK8 plays a critical role in allowing susceptible to drugs that block glycolysis,” clock. It is out-of-sync with the 24- their rest period, the level of blood made by numerous other sportspersons of the country, for cancer cells to use glucose as an energy said Matthew Galbraith from University hour cycle, resulting in high blood- fat spiked more drastically than source. of Colorado Cancer Center in the US. whom the Tri-Colour flies at the top in international sport- fat levels and heart problems, the when fed during the beginning of Over-expression of the gene CDK8 is Sure enough, treating cancer cells researchers found. their active phase. ing events. With little encouragement from us, it is certain linked to the development of many can- with drugs that block both CDK8 and “The fact that we can ignore our The research, published in the that they will make the country proud. More we encourage cers including colorectal cancer, melano- glycolysis slowed their growth more ef- biological clock is important for sur- journal Experimental Physiology, them, more we will nearer to our goal of becoming a sport- ma, and breast cancer. fectively than either approach alone. vival; we can decide to sleep during revealed no change in the blood fat ing nation. Although a number of drugs aimed at “These are very exciting discoveries,” the day when we are extremely tired levels when the researchers removed blocking CDK8 activity are currently be- Joaquin Espinosa from University of or we run away from danger at night,” the part of the rat’s brain that con- ing developed, it is not yet clear how ef- Colorado added. said Ruud Buijs, Professor at the Uni- trols the 24-hour cycle. fective they are at treating various cancers. “Combining drugs that block CDK8 versity of Mexico in Mexico City. It was evident that the presence When the researchers used a sophis- activity with those that block glycolysis “However, doing this frequently -- of blood fat in high levels not only ticated chemical genetics approach to may enable specific targeting of cancer with shift work, jet lag, or staying up affected the metabolism rate but DAILY specifically switch off CDK8 activity in cells without harmful effects on normal late at night -- will harm our health also increased the chance of various colorectal cancer cells, they saw that the cells,” Espinosa said. in the long-term, especially when we heart diseases and diabetes. cells failed to activate glycolysis genes Source: IANS eat at times when we should sleep,” Source: IANS PATH Demonetisation’s Short-Term Costs Were High, Long-Term Benefit Doubtful 15.28 lakh crore out of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore in cir- pact” of demonetisation and the Goods and Services Aparajita Gupta | IANS culation on November 8, 2016. The calculation does Tax (GST) for the expected slowdown, projecting a A Good Ending growth of 6.7 per cent in 2017 and 7.4 per cent in 2018 hen Raghuram Rajan, former governor not take into account the money changed by people -- 0.5 and 0.3 percentage points less, respectively, than of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), cau- in Nepal, where it’s legal tender, or old notes held by earlier projections. tioned the government against demon- many non-resident Indians who could not exchange it Ghosh said that the steps on demonetisation, tak- etisation, saying short-term economic within the deadline. W “Indian demonetisation was remarkable, because en together, “generated a perfect recipe for slowdown costs would outweigh long-term benefits, he was not in the economy. In fact the slowdown is likely to be trying to be prophetic. But a year after Prime Minister unlike many countries that faced major economic and much sharper than estimated because the quick GDP Narendra Modi made that fateful announcement in a political problems after even less drastic measures, this estimates are based on formal economic activity, and nationwide broadcast on the evening of November 8, passed off peacefully as most Indians accepted the the adverse impact on informal activities have not re- it would seem Rajan’s words had actually become so. (wrong) argument that this would end corruption,” Ja- ally been taken into account”. As economists and analysts, corporate honchos yati Ghosh, Economics Professor at JNU, told IANS. Ranen Banerjee, Partner & Leader, Public Finance and statisticians struggle to gauge the beneficial “The initial reasons the government had advanced and Economics, at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) impact of demonetisation, many of the objectives for this move, of reducing terrorism and eliminating feels the country was already cooling down when the claimed by the government have fallen by the wayside. both black money and corruption, were rapidly aban- note ban came in, and it would take some time to eval- New claims and afterthoughts on the note ban by sen- doned for other supposed goals, which are also yet to uate its impact on the macro economy. “About three ior politicians in power have remained unconvincing. be met. There was no planning before unleashing such to four quarters prior to demonetisation growth rates Demonetisation has raised more questions than it has a big decision,” she added. were already on a sliding path. It could well be that the answered. The difficulty in making a cost-benefit analysis is economy was cooling down and the trend has contin- The Prime Minister, in banning 1,000 and 500-ru- that the move was not purely economic, given the fact ued. Attributing the slowdown solely on demonetisa- pee notes -- or 86 per cent of total currency in circula- that the currency issuer -- the RBI -- had no role in the tion is not possible as we do not have sufficient data tion -- had indicated that the decision would help re- decision, as testified by Rajan. points,” Banerjee told IANS. move black money from the system, rein in terrorism Demonetisation comes across more as a measure Economist Dipankar Dasgupta, former professor and take fake currency out of circulation. Have these of political economy which may appear, on the face of economics at the Indian Statistical Institute, said objectives been met? of it, to have paid immediate political dividend to the BIBLE READ: REVELATION 22:1–5 that although GDP in India is not calculated in a very “Demonetisation was an utter failure. Theoreti- Prime Minister and his party in the Uttar Pradesh elec- comprehensive manner, the trend growth rate contin- THOUGHT FOR TODAY: cally it was known it cannot be successful. It could not tions this year. But the medium-to long-term picture ued to be “pretty robust”. However, despite the claim The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, remove black money, but in turn it has damaged the would take a while to clear up, though short-term im- by the government of ending corruption through de- white economy and growth,” Arun Kumar, former pact has already taken its toll on growth. and his servants will serve him. They will see his face. monetisation, “day-to-day bribes are still being taken professor of economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru Uni- At the end of May, the Central Statistics Office an- through cash”, Dasgupta told IANS. ~ Revelation 22:3–4 versity (JNU) told IANS. nounced that the GDP during the fourth quarter end- The objectives of dealing a blow to militancy and The benefits of the decision are yet to percolate to ing in March this year, fell sharply to 6.1 per cent from s the lights dimmed and we prepared to watch Apollo 13, my curbing fake money too seems not to have been met, the economy, but the disruption as well as pain that it seven per cent in the previous quarter, while growth friend said under his breath, “Shame they all died.” I watched for the year as a whole was also expected to decline as can be seen in Jammu and Kashmir, where, ironi- caused to hundreds of millions was very real, whose correspondingly. India’s GDP during the past fiscal cally, more incidents of militancy have been seen after the movie about the 1970 spaceflight with apprehension, wait- lingering effects are seen to this day and, which, at grew at 7.1 per cent -- at a rate lower than the eight demonetisation. “Logistics like shelter, passage and ing for tragedy to strike, and only near the closing credits did that time, had shaken the country to its core, touching IA realize I’d been duped. I hadn’t known or remembered the end of the per cent achieved in 2015-16. In terms of gross value cash are mostly routed through over-ground workers nearly every citizen and visitor. added, which excludes taxes but includes subsidies, and sympathisers of militants and those who could ar- true story—that although the astronauts faced many hardships, they The overnight serpentine queues for weeks in front the growth came in even lower at 5.6 percent over range high value notes in the previous system are do- made it home alive. of banks, the loss of over a hundred lives in the ef- 2015-16. ing so at present as well”, a senior intelligence officer In Christ, we can know the end of the story—that we too will make fort to withdraw one’s own money or change it, and “Demonetisation is a textbook example of what told IANS in Srinagar on condition of anonymity. it home alive. By that I mean we will live forever with our heavenly the desperate desire to ensure that cash in hand did happens when you remove liquidity that is the basis Similarly, about fake currency, officials said the Father, as we see in the book of Revelation. The Lord will create a not turn to ash took its toll across the country. Was it of transactions. The immediate result was that people notes carried by militants from across the border were “new heaven and a new earth” as He makes all things new (21:1, 5). worth it? didn’t have money even for small transactions. This sophisticated copies and those who made them earlier In the new city, the Lord God will welcome His people to live with Him, “The government made the elementary mistake had a strong negative multiplier effect, most evident in could easily make fakes of the new currencies. of believing that black money is kept in cash. Black without fear and without the night. We have hope in knowing the end the informal sector,” Ghosh said. Perhaps there has been some beneficial fallout on wealth can be transacted by non-cash means as well,” of the story. “Cash is the means of transaction in the unorgan- the digital economy. Industry stakeholders feel that said Kumar, who is now Chair-Professor with the In- What difference does this make? It can transform times of ex- ised sector, which contributes 45 per cent to the GDP. though the note-ban drive gave the necessary impetus stitute of Social Sciences. “Only three per cent of In- treme difficulty, such as when people face the loss of a loved one or The unorganised sector got hit by 60-80 per cent,” to citizens to start adopting online payment platforms, dians generate substantial black money. But for this, even their own death. Though we recoil at the thought of dying, yet Kumar said, adding that the country went through a a lot needs to be done by both the government and the the other 97 per cent had to face the consequences of we can embrace the joy of the promise of eternity. We long for the city negative rate of growth in November-December 2016. industry to make it a success. demonetisation.” where no longer will there be any curse, where we’ll live forever by In October, the International Monetary Fund said But was the country-wide upheaval worth it to After months of vacillating, and being less than God’s light (22:5). in its latest World Economic Outlook that India’s eco- make people adopt more digital transactions? No jury honest with citizens, RBI data in August 2017 said that nomic growth for 2017 and 2018 would be slower than would need to deliberate for long on such a question. Lord Jesus Christ, give me unfailing hope, that I might rest in Your 99 per cent of the banned currency in high denomina- earlier projections. The report cited the “lingering im- promises and welcome Your life eternal. tion notes had returned to the banking system -- Rs (Aparajita Gupta can be contacted at [email protected])

God promises His people a good end to the story. The contents of articles in this page do not necessarily reflect the Editorial view or policy of the paper. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017 7 On Marie Curie’s Birth Anniversary, Let’s Question the Social Evils She Battled as at the young age of 11, Marie lost both her Krakow University that she acquiesced. The accident just two years after Nandita Jayaraj | thewire.in mother and her eldest sister to tuberculosis two were married in 1895 in a simple non-reli- their second daughter was born, arie Curie should not only be and typhus respectively. gious service. As popularly recounted Marie’s Marie was grief-struck. The celebrated for her scientific Though she finished school at 15 with a bridal dress served as her lab outfit for several University of Paris offered her achievements, but also the te- gold medal, she was unable to pursue higher years after. Pierre’s faculty position making nacity, persistence, strength and studies in regular institutions because women The couple had a child and continued Marie the first female professor M were forbidden to do so. So, she and her sister with their studies on radioactivity. Sad- there. By 1910, she had suc- the humanity she espoused throughout her turbulent life. joined the underground “Flying University” ly, the dangers of radioactivity were not cessfully isolated radium for the There is one version of Marie Curie’s which had been formed to educate Polish known at the time so their work was done first time. In spite of her path- legacy that we all are familiar with the first youngsters, especially women for whom le- in highly unsafe environments. Marie and breaking science, Marie was woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person gal options were sparse. Marie and her sister Pierre published all their work, well aware constantly dogged by xenopho- to win it twice and the only one to win it in made an agreement to support each other in of the need to do this promptly. But her em- bic attitudes. Being born outside two different sciences (Physics and Chemis- their studies. To fulfill her end of the deal, she phasis on this may have been more prompt- France, there were false rumours try). We all know that along with her husband worked as a tutor and a governess with a fam- ed by the desire to disseminate her findings that she was Jewish and she was Pierre, with whom she shared the first prize, ily in Warsaw. than for fame or money. This disinterest in denied entry into the French Marie introduced and shaped the concept Giroud’s biography also delves into a love personal profits was made clear by Marie’s Academy of Sciences. Curie, of radioactivity in the late 19th century and affair between Marie and the son of her em- decision not to patent the processes that she however, went on with her work, early 20th century. Some of us are aware that ployers. The family vehemently opposed this discovered. seemingly unperturbed. Photo courtesy Wikipedia Marie was born and brought up in Poland but union on class grounds (Maria was too poor “The price of radium is very high since However, society’s scorn moved to France when she was 24 and spent and they were landed) and the separation is it is found in minerals in very small quan- reached the hilt the next year and a kidney problem. She spent most of the the rest of her life there. And, of course, we said to have taken a heavy toll on both the lov- tities, and the profits of its manufacture when the news of her affair with a fellow next year out of the public eye. all lament her tragic demise when she failed ers. In letters, she called some of these days have been great, as this substance is used to physicist colleague who was married spread. But Marie wasn’t done yet. She was de- to recover from a rare deadly disease brought “the cruellest of her life”. Marie’s estranged cure a number of diseases. So it is a fortune Though it was he who was a husband and she termined to get the Radium Institute, which about by exposure to radioactivity. lover Casimir Zorawski would go on to be- which we have sacrificed in renouncing the a single widow, it was Marie’s reputation that she’d founded, up and running. When World Thanks to this, we’ve all constructed a come a well-known mathematician who in exploitation of our discovery, a fortune that became mired by scandal. Newspapers called War began, Marie contributed along with the somewhat sanitised image of the scientist’s his old age is said to have often been found could, after us, have gone to our children. her a foreign Jewish home-wrecker and the help of her daughter Irene (who would later legacy. Marie Curie is today a symbol – a gazing at a statue of Marie erected at a square But what is even more to be considered is widow who had tarnished the good name of win a Nobel Prize herself) by setting up radio- proof of gender equality, of a great scientific in Warsaw. the objective of our many friends, who have her deceased husband. Mobs gathered at her logical centres on the battlefields. As the di- partnership and of undying dedication to Marie’s sister invited her to Paris where argued, not without reason, that if we had home and scared her young daughters. The rector of the Red Cross’s Radiology Service, science. In doing this, we remain ignorant of she now lived with her husband, but Marie guaranteed our rights, we could have had abuse was so frightful that the family had to she set up hundreds of radiological units and her reality, which was a constant battle with was unable to accept this offer for another the financial means of founding a satisfac- take refuge in the homes of friends. mobile radiological vehicles just in the first the demons of disease, death, poverty, class, two years when she finally saved up enough tory Institute of Radium, without experi- Amidst all of this, Marie won her second year of the war. xenophobia and a severely gender-divided for university tuition. She studied in the day encing any of the difficulties that have been Nobel Prize. Appallingly, she was reportedly After Marie’s death in 1934 from radia- society. and tutored in the evenings to afford a liveli- such a handicap to both of us, and are still asked to excuse herself from the Nobel Prize tion exposure, her belongings – clothes, cook- In 1867 when Maria Sklodowska was hood. In three years, Marie managed to earn a handicap to me. Yet, I still believe that we award ceremony in Sweden by the Swed- books, furniture, everything, were kept away born, Poland was in the middle of political two degrees at the University of Paris. Finally, have done right.” – Marie Curie (National ish Academy of Sciences. According to this as they were and continue to be radioactive. turmoil. It was ruled by the Russian Em- at 27, Marie could begin her scientific career. Bureau of Standards 1921) article in Independent, it was “so that the Her lab notebooks and papers from the 1890s pire. It didn’t help that Marie’s father, being She was introduced to Pierre Curie by a phys- A lesser known fact about Marie and adulteress should not shake hands with the are still stored in lead boxes in the National a Polish patriot, found it difficult to hold on icist friend who thought Pierre would be able her famous Nobel Prize was that if not for Swedish king”. To this, Marie responded: Library of France. Even her coffin was lined to jobs that were often managed by Russian to lend Marie some lab space. Unwittingly, the protest of one Nobel Committee mem- “The prize has been awarded for the discov- with an inch-thick layer of lead. supervisors. This put the family in a lot of fi- this physicist friend Józef Wierusz-Kowalski ber who was an advocate of women’s rights, ery of radium and polonium. I believe that On this birth anniversary of Marie Curie, nancial difficulties. Notes and letters written became arguably the greatest wingman in sci- Marie may not have won at all in 1903. The there is no connection between my scientific let’s celebrate not only her fantastic scientific at the time reveal Marie to be a very bright entific history. original nomination named only Pierre and work and the facts of private life. I cannot achievements, but also the tenacity, persist- child, though troubled. In a revealing biog- Marie and Pierre got along perfectly. In- Henri Becquerel (who was the third awardee). accept … that the appreciation of the value ence, strength and, above all, the humanity raphy by Francoise Giraud, Marie is said to terestingly, Marie did not say yes to Pierre’s How many worthy women scientists who did of scientific work should be influenced by she espoused throughout her turbulent life. have been “ill obsessed with death and appar- proposal of marriage the first time around. not have this stroke of luck have gone ignored libel and slander concerning private life.” Let us also not fail to question the societal ently frightened at times of the woman with- She wanted to go back to Poland. It was only before and since remains an open question. This nasty phase took a toll on Marie men- evils Marie bore the brunt of, many of whose in”. Perhaps it’s no wonder she was disturbed, when she failed to get a job back home in When her husband was killed in a road tally and she was hospitalised for depression remnants lurk in our midst even today. The Small Business Myth

Small businesses enjoy an iconic status in modern capitalism, but what do they really contribute to the economy?

Waterhouse tention to small business increased as well. In 1970, eight local communities – also influence how some scholars de- Benjamin C | Aeon American universities offered courses on starting a new fine small businesses. To make things more complicated, mall business is the hero of modern capitalism. business; by 1980, 137 did. Whole magazines devoted to ‘small business’ covers a diverse range of business func- Prevention and Control Owners of small firms are the virtuous strivers, the entrepreneurship emerged. ‘After years of neglect, those tions, counting everyone from the small-town dry cleaner job creators and the plucky entrepreneurs who drive who start and manage their own businesses are viewed as to the wealthy software start-up. We know small business the economy. ‘Small businesses make a huge con- popular heroes,’ one commentator raved. the way US Supreme Court Justice Potter Steward knew Measures For Dengue S A key moment in the modern myth-making around pornography: when we see it. tribution to national prosperity and supporting Australian engue is a viral disease caused by Aedes jobs,’ states the Labor Party in Australia. And you would small business came in 1978. That’s when MIT economist Historically, however, ‘small business’ did not exist in Mosquito which bites in day time only. It struggle to find a political party in any Western democracy David Birch published claims – which he repeated in tes- any meaningful sense until the advent of ‘Big Business’ in breeds in any type of man-made contain- that disagrees. A British government official made the (un- timony before Congress – that small firms had account- the late 19th century. Before the emergence of large, verti- ers or water storage container even small ed for 80 per cent of all new employment opportunities cally integrated, and diversified corporations, ‘small busi- D verifiable) claim that firms with fewer than five employees quantity of water like cooler, tyres, overhead tanks, made 95 per cent of radical innovations. Even amid the between 1968 and 1976. Critics quickly pointed out that ness’ was simultaneously everywhere and nowhere, and drums, jar, buckets, flower vase, flower pot saucers, divisive politics of the United States, as the satirist John Birch’s findings were quite wrong, largely because he de- no one spoke on its behalf. Steel, oil, sugar, and cigarette refrigerator drip pans, bamboo stumps, tree holes Oliver recently noted, everyone seems to agree that ‘small fined firm size according to how many employees worked producers emerged as the first Big Businesses, and in 1890 and many more places where rain water collects or is business is the backbone of the economy’. In a world of in- in a given location (like a branch office, factory, or store), the Sherman Act inaugurated American anti-trust policy stored. Eggs of mosquito can live for more than one ternational conglomerates and global capital, the proverbial not how many the firm employed altogether. In fact, most to protect smaller competitors from their monopolistic year. They do not breed in large water bodies like fish- Main Street proprietors get a lot of love. job creation, in the 1970s and today, comes from a small practices. eries, ponds, sewages etc. Therefore, follow the given For all the enthusiasm, a central puzzle remains: what, number of very fast-growing firms, while most small firms Big corporations, with big research grants from big instructions. really, is the role of small business in the economy? Is either fail (killing jobs) or remain small. government agencies, worked with big universities to looking out for small business a progressive goal? Surely, Birch later admitted that the 80 per cent figure was a bring you modern life 1. All water storage containers should be cov- the public fascination with upstarts, bootstrappers, and in- ‘silly number’, but the claims took firm root in popular The real boom in small business political conscious- ered. novators reflects ideals of independence, improvement, mythology and political rhetoric by the 1980s. ‘Small busi- ness came in the early 20th century, with the rise of the 2. Remove/destroy all disposable, unused ma- and a better tomorrow. Yet history reveals another story: nesses create eight out of every 10 new jobs,’ said Richard chain store model. Rooted in the anti-trust tradition, the terials lying around the houses like old tyres, a distinct and powerful small business mythology at the Lesher, president of the largest pro-business lobbying or- anti-chain movement championed small retailers who broken pots, crockery etc. heart of modern political life. Beginning in the late 1970s, ganisation, the US Chamber of Commerce. faced destructive competition from mail-order houses and 3. Dry all water storage utensils, coolers, flow- adulation of small business acquired a new and impor- Small business is among the most powerful symbols of department stores. er vases, fridge trays, flower pot saucers etc tant role in modern capitalist countries. In particular, the modern capitalism. Small business owners are frequently In the United States, the representative Wright Patman at least once a week. Reaganite and Thatcherite movements turned to celebrat- described as virtuous, self-reliant, and independent – the stepped up as the face of the anti-chain movement. Patman 4. Fill up ditches and other unwanted water ing small business as a stalking horse to advance the very same characteristics Thomas Jefferson ascribed to free was a doughy, balding populist and segregationist Demo- collection sites around the houses. kind of economy that handicapped upstarts and small farmers in pre-industrial society, or that Max Weber used cratic congressman from rural Texas. First elected to Con- 5. Put insecticides, petrol, and kerosene oil in independent proprietors, and privileged big national and to explain the Protestant work ethic which, he argued, gress in 1928, the son of tenant farmers made his name as cooler, AC trays etc which cannot be emp- multinational corporations. undergirded industrial capitalism in the late 19th century. an avid defender of small companies – the ‘common man’ tied or cleaned. Although love for small business may seem like a Just as important, small business, by virtue of its limited – against the predations of eastern bankers, industrialists, 6. Wear clothes that cover the whole body in timeless feature of capitalism, the widespread belief that scale and scope, avoids the moral baggage often attributed and chain stores. In 1935, Patman pushed legislation that day time. small entrepreneurs hold the keys to economic revival to Big Business – bureaucracy, market manipulation, and limited the discounts large retailers could offer. Hailed as 7. Use mosquito repellent lotion/creams etc is relatively recent. Across the wealthy world, starting good-old-boy networking, for example. the ‘Magna Carta for small business’, the Robinson-Pat- 8. If pregnant women and children need rest around 1980, small business emerged from the shadows Like many powerful symbols, small business is notori- man Act (Senate Majority Leader Joseph Robinson (D- during the day time, they should sleep under of ‘Big Business’, with newfound political, intellectual, ously hard to define. When creating the Small Business AR) was the co-sponsor) became law. President Franklin mosquito nets. and cultural clout. In the United States, President Jimmy Administration (SBA) in 1953, the US government offi- Roosevelt worried that the law would hamper economic Carter, cast himself as the first ‘small business owner’ in cially defined one as ‘independently owned and operated recovery, but signed it anyway in a gesture toward the pop- and … not dominant in its field of operation’. Today, to ularity of the cause. Patman defended the measure for its If every household follow the instructions routinely the White House since Harry Truman. Carter promised during the transmission season, the mosquito breeding qualify for an SBA loan, US manufacturers must have commitment to ‘fairness’ – by making the same discounts to help small businesses by rolling back government reg- areas will be destroyed and will stop the cycle of trans- available to all buyers (whether at a chain store or a small ulations. Small business lobbyists also became more ac- fewer than 500 employees, and non-manufacturers must mission in the locality. have annual receipts below $7.5 million (although the grocer), the law struck a blow against concentrated wealth tive. The National Federation of Independent Business National Vector Borne Disease Control Program and privilege while still preserving the consumer cost ad- (NFIB), founded in the 1940s as a mail-order survey com- government reserves the right to make exceptions). More Chief Medical Officer’s Office, Dimapur pany, reinvented itself in the 1980s as an influential lob- qualitative traits – like the absence of managerial hierar- vantages that mass distribution had created. bying group on behalf of small businesses. Intellectual at- chies, less formalised labour relations, and closer ties to To be continued... (Issued in public interest)

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The contents of articles on this page do not necessarily reflect the Editoral view or policy of the paper EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017 8 NATION Nun rape case: Bangladeshi man gets imprisonment till death Prince Charles Kolkata, Nov. 8 (PTI): A Kolkata rape. Nazrul, who was also convicted While convicting the six men, court today sentenced a Bangla- The judge sentenced all six for assaulting a woman and sexual the court had yesterday termed the deshi man to imprisonment till convicts, including Nazrul, to 10 harassment, was sentenced to five incident as a matter of shame in death for raping a septuagenarian years rigorous imprisonment (RI) years and three years consecutive a state where Sister Nivedita and arrives on India visit nun during a dacoity at a convent in for criminal conspiracy to commit RI on the two counts and a fine Mother Teresa had worked for the West Bengal’s Ranaghat town two dacoity at the convent. of Rs 5,000 for each of the two people. years back, an incident that shocked They were fined Rs 10,000 charges. They had ransacked the prayer the conscience of the nation. each, which if unpaid would entail Judge Sinha directed that all hall and other places in the convent Additional Sessions Judge another two-and-half years simple the sentences awarded to each of for more than three hours on the Kumkum Sinha Nazrul Islam had imprisonment for the conspiracy. the six convicts would run concur- night of March 14, 2015 and de- yesterday convicted all the six ac- The court also sentenced five rently. camped with cash from the safe of cused -- Nazrul Islam, Milan Ku- of the six convicts, except Gopal The court said that half of the the convent. mar Sarkar, Ohidul Islam, Mohd Sarkar, to 10 years RI for commit- fine amount collected would go to One accused is absconding. Selim Sheikh, Khaledar Rahman ting dacoity at the convent and a the victim and if she refuses to ac- The trial was shifted from a and Gopal Sarkar on different fine of Rs 20,000 each, which if un- cept the sum, the amount would be court in Ranaghat to the Kolkata charges over the rape of the nun paid would entail another two-and given to the convent. sessions court in May 2016 by the and dacoity at the Jesus and Mary half-years simple imprisonment. While Nazrul Islam, Milan Calcutta High Court on a petition Convent in Ranaghat town of Na- Gopal Sarkar was sentenced to Kumar Sarkar, Ohidul Islam and by the nun. dia district bordering Bangladesh seven years RI for giving shelter to Khaledar Rahman are Bangladesh The nun, who had relocated on March 14, 2015. the five other criminals and fined nationals, Mohd Selim Sheikh to Delhi following the incident, Though the prosecution had Rs 10,000. If the fine remains claimed before the court that he is had sought transfer of the case to accused all the six men of gang unpaid, he will have to undergo from Mumbai. Gopal Sarkar, who Kolkata stating that she feared for rape, the charge was not established another two- and half-years simple provided shelter to the others, is a her safety as the accused allegedly and only Nazrul was convicted of imprisonment. resident of Nadia district. had strong links in Ranaghat. NIA custody for nine held A year on, demonetised for Kashmir terror funding notes find way into temples PTI New Delhi, Nov. 8 and arrested nine persons Bhubaneswar, Nov. 8 ple in Bhubaneswar. The gannath Temple Adminis- Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on their arrival at Air Force Station Palam (IANS): A court here on on Jai Singh Road near in New Delhi on Wednesday. (IANS): A year after de- deadline for exchange of tration (SJTA). Wednesday sent nine per- Connaught Place in its monetisation, scrapped demonetised notes expired “We had urged the New Delhi, Nov. 8 (IANS): issues, including that of Britain is the third larg- sons, arrested on charges ongoing probe into the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on December 30 last year. Reserve Bank of India to Prince Charles, the Prince the Commonwealth Heads est inward investor in In- of funding terror in Jammu Jammu and Kashmir ter- continue to find their way Now, the temple trus- request the Finance Min- of Wales, accompanied by of Government Meeting dia, with a cumulative eq- and Kashmir, to NIA cus- ror funding case. into donation boxes at tees are worried about how istry for exchange of the his wife, the Duchess of (CHOGM) which will uity investment of $24.37 tody till November 21. Those held were some temples in Odisha. to encash the devalued banned notes. However, the Cornwall, Camilla Parker- take place in April 2018 in billion for the period April During in-camera pro- Pradeep Chauhan, 47, Unable to dump their denominations. RBI expressed its inability Bowles, arrived here on the UK. 2000-June 2017 ceedings, District Judge Bhagwan Singh, 54, Vin- old currency notes, devotees “We have received saying that the rule is ap- Wednesday on a two-day Ahead of the royal The Indian diaspora in Poonam Bamba allowed od Shreedhar Shetty, 47, are dropping the demon- about Rs 18 lakh in demon- plicable for all.” He said visit to India at the final leg couple’s arrival, External UK is one of the largest the National Investigation Shahnawaz Mir, 45, Deep- etised notes in donation etised notes as offerings,” the Managing Committee of their 10-day four-nation Affairs Ministry spokes- ethnic minority communi- Agency to quiz the accused ak Toprani, 60, Majid You- boxes at Jagannath Temple said Pradeep Kumar Das, would decide on the fate of tour that also took them to person Raveesh Kumar ties in the country, with after the agency sought suf Sofi, 27, Ejajul Hassan, in Puri and Lingaraja Tem- administrator of Shree Ja- the banned notes. Singapore, Malaysia and said climate change, Sus- the 2011 census recording their custody to unearth 38, Umar Mushtaq Dar, Brunei. tainable Development approximately 1.5 million the entire conspiracy. 27, and Jaswinder Singh, “Their Royal High- Goals (SDGs), economic people of Indian origin The NIA said it want- 53. Three of them hail nesses Prince of Wales cooperation, and other equating to almost 1.8 per- ed to probe the involve- from Jammu and Kashmir, and the Duchess of Corn- bilateral issues would also cent of the population and ment of others, including two from Delhi, two from Rahul turning Congress into wall arrive,” the British come up for discussion. contributing 6 per cent of bank officials trying to Mumbai and one each High Commission in India Bilateral trade between the country’s GDP. help them convert the de- from Uttar Pradesh and tweeted. India and Britain stands This will be Prince monetised notes into legal Nagpur. ‘Indian Fake News Congress’: BJP The Prince is sched- at $12.19 billion. India is Charles’s ninth visit to In- currency. With these arrests, the uled to meet Prime Min- the third largest investor dia. He had earlier visited The NIA on Tuesday total number of arrests New Delhi, Nov. 8 (PTI): “Some fake photograph Congress leader whose The BJP today sought to ister Narendra Modi on in Britain and the second India in 1975, 1980, 1991, seized nearly Rs 36.5 crore in the terror funding has of his has been used by Ra- premises were raided by embarrass Rahul Gandhi, Wednesday evening and largest international job 1992, 2002, 2006, 2010 in demonetised currency reached 19. hul Gandhi to criticise (de- government agencies later, saying the ex-serviceman discuss a wide range of creator in that country. and 2013. monetisation). Nand Lal the minister claimed. whose photograph he has been a distinguished The BJP and the Con- has tweeted to pan de- soldier of the Army. He gress have been sparring News IN BrIef monetisation has publicly has retired. He has pub- over the note ban issue supported note ban, and licly supported Narendra with the opposition party International passenger detained Advani turns 90, celebrates with claimed that he is turning Modi and demonetisation. today observing ‘black Indian National Congress It is completely unfair,” day’ on the anniversary of for gold smuggling into “Indian Fake News the BJP leader said. the demonetisation deci- Panaji, Nov. 8 (PTI): Customs officials today seized gold visually challenged children Congress”. “This is the level of sion. In a counter-move, worth Rs 33 lakh from an international passenger on Terming demonetisa- Rahul Gandhi. He is deter- the BJP is marking it as his arrival at the Dabolim airport in Goa from Jeddah. A tion a “tragedy”, Gandhi, mined to make Indian Na- ‘anti-blackmoney day’. Customs department spokesman said the international whose party is today ob- tional Congress the Indian Former Prime Minister passenger, travelling by an Oman Air flight, was found serving ‘black day’ on the Fake News Congress. Manmohan Singh had yes- to be carrying 1,240 gms of gold worth Rs 33 lakh. The anniversary of the deci- At least, he must stop terday termed demonetisa- seizure was made during the wee hours and the pas- sion, tweeted a last year’s insulting soldiers for his tion as “organised loot” senger, whose identity was not disclosed, has been de- photograph of Nand Lal nefarious design,” he and “legalised plunder”. tained for attempting to smuggle gold, he said. He was in which the septuagenar- said. Hitting back, Prasad carrying the precious metal in the “stroller bag metal ian former army soldier The minister also took had said the former prime frame”, the spokesman said, adding the passenger had appeared anguished as he a dig at Gandhi over his minister “seemed to be arrived from Jeddah via Muscat. stood in a queue to with- criticism of Gujarat’s “his- reading scripts written by draw currency after the toric” development under someone else, just like EC defers hearing on JD(U) symbol note ban. the BJP and his tweet of Congress vice president dispute until Nov 13 Union minister Ravi his dog ‘Pidi’. Rahul Gandhi”. Shankar Prasad said it Prasad alleged that it Criticising Singh, De- New Delhi, Nov. 7 (PTI): The Election Commission (EC) was “unfair” on Gandhi’s was not the first time that fence Minister Nirmala today heard the Janata Dal (United) dispute for elec- part to use the photo of a the the Congress had tried Sitharaman today alleged tion symbol between factions led by Nitish Kumar and former soldier for his “ne- to mislead the people. The that the former prime min- Sharad Yadav and posted the matter for next hearing farious design” and cited party highlighted the pain ister looked away when on November 13. Javed Raza, a general secretary with Lal’s remarks made in an of a “poor man” in a queue “organised plunder” kept the Yadav faction, said Supreme Court lawyer and interview favouring the in Karnataka and that per- happening during the UPA Congress leader Kapil Sibal argued their case before the PTI note ban decision. son turned out to be a rich rule. full bench of the commission. However, JD(U) general Senior BJP leader L K Advani being greeted by Home Minister Rajnath Singh on his 90th birthday, in New secretary Sanjay Jha said an overwhelming number of Delhi on Wednesday. the party’s elected leaders and members in the na- tional council have supported Kumar, the Bihar chief New Delhi, Nov. 8 (PTI): Advani Ji. I pray that he is deputy prime minister. minister. The rift in the JD(U) had widened this August, BJP veteran L K Advani blessed with good health Advani invited visu- Two persons detained for when Yadav claimed that the “original party” was with today celebrated his 90th and a long life.” ally-impaired children as him and termed Kumar’s joining hands with the BJP as birthday with visually chal- “Advani Ji is a politi- his “special guests” to cel- “betrayal of the people’s mandate” in Bihar. lenged children, even as a cal stalwart, a leader who ebrate his birthday with at killing a man on a moving bus host of top party ministers has distinguished himself his residence. Berhampur (Odisha), Nov. 7 (PTI): Police After some time, they came near to him and Coming soon! Airport at greeted him at his residence through hard work and The BJP veteran, who today detained two persons in connection fired in the close range and got down from here. dedication towards our turned 90, personally fed with the killing of a man on a bus near Aska the bus and fled. Lakshadweep’s Minicoy Island Vi c e P r e s i d e n t M nation,” he said in another delicacies to the children in Ganjam district. Polai was rushed to the community New Delhi, Nov. 8 (PTI): The Island Development Agen- Venkaiah Naidu and former early morning tweet. and ate with them in the The deceased was identified as Chandra health centre (CHC) at Aska and then shifted cy (IDA) decided today to develop an airport at Minicoy prime minister Manmohan While Home Minister front lawns of his resi- Polai (40) of Pakalapalli village. He is also to MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Island to boost tourism and promote tuna fishing indus- Singh also personally greet- Rajnath Singh was the first dence. the husband of Babita Polai, the ruling BJD here where he succumbed his injuries, police try for improving livelihoods in Lakshadweep. The IDA ed Advani. one to arrive at Advani’s The 90 kids from the councillor in Aska Notified Aarea Council- said Preliminary investigation reveals that was set up on June 1 this year, following Prime Minister Prime Minister Naren- Prithviraj road residence, Lodhi road blind school lor (NAC). Polai, who also had a foreign liquor shop at Narendra Modi’s review meeting for the holistic devel- dra Modi wished Advani many other union minis- were later presented with Police said at least two persons had Aska was killed due to dispute over liquor opment of islands. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Twitter saying, “Birth- ters visited him during the school bags by the BJP boarded a Berhampur bound bus at Khada- trade, said inspector-in charge, Aska police chaired the second meeting of the IDA here today. It day greetings to respected day and greeted the former veteran. bhaga in which Polai was also travelling. station, Baleswar Gidhi. was noted that site development potential reports have clearly mapped and delineated environmentally- sensitive zones in the project islands, and considering the unique maritime and territorial bio-diversity of the islands, enhanced connectivity has been recommended Pollution beyond ‘severe’ at all locations in Delhi, getting worse as one of the key priorities, according to a press release N e w D e l h i , N o v. 8 to the national standards, “strong leadership” to issued by the home ministry. (IANS): As Delhi-NCR and 25 micrograms per tackle the situation. continues to breathe toxins cubic meter as per the in- A c c o r d i n g t o t h e Stalin scotches speculation on for the second day in row, ternational standards. Centre for Science and DMK tying up with BJP the major pollutants across The regions sharing Environment (CSE), the all the monitoring stations common ‘beyond severe’ bus ridership had overall Madurai, Nov. 8 (IANS): Scotching speculation that in the region crossed the range for PM2.5 and 10 dropped by as much as 34 DMK was getting close to BJP, M.K. Stalin on Wednesday ‘severe’ level by Wednes- includes all the ten moni- per cent. said the “dream” of some people of such a possibility day evening. toring stations of SAFAR “The range of actions cannot be realised and warned the Modi government The data collected from -- Dhirpur, Pitampura and recommended and directed that DMK will not be cowed down by any threats in its the central government’s Delhi University (North by the Environment Pollu- opposition to the Centre on demonetisation and other ‘System of Air Quality Campus) in north Delhi; tion (Prevention and Con- issues. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling and Weather Forecasting Pusa and Lodhi Road in trol) Authority (EPCA) on on his ailing father and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi in And Research (SAFAR)’ Central Delhi; Ayanagar Tuesday is targeted at do- Chennai on Monday was a “humanitarian” gesture and showed the PM 2.5 and and Mathura Road in ing just that, and it is now nothing more than that. PM10 (particles with di- South Delhi, Indira Gan- up to the political leader- ameter less than 2.5 and dhi International Airport; ship of Delhi and NCR to Two minors boys drown near 10mm) were beyond ‘se- Noida in Uttar Pradesh and take their implementation school; principal suspended in UP vere’, which is more than Gurugram in Haryana. forward,” Sunita Narain, CSE director general and Gonda (UP), Nov. 8 (PTI): The principal and a teacher 500 units. According to SAFAR, While the data varied EPCA member, said. of a government primary school were suspended after both PM2.5 and PM10 are PTI at stations in the morning expected to be ‘severe-plus’ Vehicles plying at a road in smog, in New Delhi on Wednesday morning. The Supreme Court- two children drowned in a pond in Saijapul village, an and noon with highest on Thursday, November 9 appointed EPCA on Tues- official said today. Surendra (6) and Arvind (8) drowned PM2.5 recorded over 900 as well. 6 p.m. University (north campus) mittee (DPCC) failed to day made several recom- in a pond near the school on November 6 when they units at R.K Puram in Meanwhile, the Central The top polluting re- and Noida, which recorded provide data on Wednes- mendations including four had gone to relieve themselves as the toilet was not in south Delhi and 726 units Pollution Control Board gions in Delhi-NCR where at 500 or “severe-plus”. day. times hike in parking fee a working condition and their supervision was unsatis- in central Delhi, after 5 (CPCB) at 6 p.m., fixed the PM2.5 had been be- The AQI and PM val- Meanwhile, urging and closing down all the factory, Basic Siksha Adhikari (BSA) Santosh Kumar Dev p.m. the effluents were re- the average Air Quality In- yond-severe since 11 p.m. ues at Anand Vihar in to immediately augment construction activities and Pandey said. Principal Surendra Kumar and assistant corded as beyond “severe” dex (AQI) of Delhi at 492 on Tuesday, November West Delhi, one of the public transport and stop trucks mobility in Delhi. teacher Priyanka Yadav of the school are responsible at all the stations. -- close to ‘severe-plus’, 7 till 6 p.m. on Wednes- most polluted regions of stubble burning in neigh- However, according to prima facie for the incident, he said. Both of them have The safe limit for while the average PM2.5 day, include Lodhi Road, Delhi, could however not bouring states, the green officials “inefficient en- been suspended, he added. PM2.5 is 60 micrograms of 15 active monitoring Mathura Road, Ayanagar, be retrieved as the Delhi organisations called for forcement” is causing the per cubic meter according stations was 491 units by Punjabi Bagh, Pusa, Delhi Pollution Control Com- “bold decisions” and problem. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017 World 9 Trump arrives in China for World Court Judge Dalveer Bhandari running for re-election United Nations, Nov. 8 are campaigning for their China and Japan. wide ranging talks with Xi (IANS): World Court Judge candidates. He was elected to suc- Dalveer Bhandari of India The Indian Mission to ceed Awn Shawkat Al-Kha- Beijing, Nov. 8 (PTI): US na’s close ally North Korea is running for re-election the UN held a reception for sawneh of Jordan and he President Donald Trump to give up the nuclear and on Thursday when the UN him last month to meet the defeated a candidate from arrived here today to hold missile programme which General Assembly and the delegates who will be voting the Philippines. Therefore, wide ranging talks with his has become a major threat Security Council will hold in the election. he will essentially be fac- Chinese counterpart Xi Jin- to the US. separate ballots to elect five Besides Bhandari, Presi- ing Salam who is also from ping on a host of issues, in- Trump yesterday said judges. dent of the court Ronny the region. While Bhandari cluding ramping up pressure Xi had been “very helpful” Bhandari was elected Abraham of France, Vice also received nominations on North Korea to abandon in dealing with the threat to the Hague-based Inter- President, Abdulqawi from Australia, Bangladesh, its nuclear programme and posed by nuclear-armed national Court of Justice in Ahmed Yusuf of Somalia, Colombia and Israel, Salam trade frictions between the North Korea. 2012 to complete the remain- and Antonio Augusto Can- was nominated only by Leb- two most powerful econo- The two leaders will also der of the term of a retiring cado Trindade of Brazil and anon and France. mies. discuss major issues of com- judge. He is now running Christopher Greenwood of Bhandari, who is from Both countries are also mon concern, Zheng said, for a full nine-year term and Britain, whose terms end Rajasthan, has been a Su- expected to sign trade deals noting that the meeting is of is facing Nawaf Salam of this year, are running for preme Court judge and the worth billions of dollars dur- great significance to Sino- Lebanon for the judgeship re-election,. The court does Chief Justice of the Bombay ing Trump’s three-day visit. US relations and to peace, representing Asia. not officially have regional High Court. China is pulling out all stability and prosperity in There are seven candi- quotas but its statutes also In June, Neeru Chadha the stops to give a “state visit- the Asia-Pacific region and dates for the five judgeships say that the judges should was elected to International plus” reception to Trump on the world. PTI up for election this year. The represent the “main forms of Tribunal for the Law of the his maiden visit. President Donald Trump, second left, first lady Melania Trump, left, Chinese President Xi Jinping, second Also expected to figure five candidates who each civilization” and the “prin- Sea (ITLOS) based in Ham- Chinese officials pro- right, and his wife Peng Liyuan, right, stand together as they tour the Forbidden City, Wednesday, Nov. 8, in Trump-Xi discussion is get a majority of the votes cipal legal systems of the burg, Germany. jected the visit as a defining 2017, in Beijing, China. Trump is on a five country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, the US’ new South Asia in both the Assembly and world” and this has in prac- In elections to yet an- moment in China-US ties as Vietnam and the Philippines. policy which is piling pres- the Council will assume tice given rise to a regional other international legal it is taking place in the “new sure on Pakistan, China’s office next February. The distribution system. post, Aniruddha Rajput era” of Xi, who commenced ing yesterday. tions. seven hours together in April all-weather ally, to dismantle permanent members of the Bhandari is represent- was elected by the UN Gen- his second tenure less than The visit is of great sig- Branstad also said a at the US president’s Mar-a- terror safe havens. Council cannot veto a can- ing a swathe of Asia from eral Assembly to the Interna- a fortnight ago as the most nificance in pushing forward number of memorandums Lago estate in the US state China is also apprehen- didate. The governments the Middle East to the Far tional Law Commission last powerful leader of China the steady development of of understanding are ex- of Florida where the two sive about the US trying to of all the seven candidates East along with judges from November. after Mao Zedong. Sino-US relations in the pected to be signed dur- leaders worked out a 100- work out a quadrilateral Trump s programme new era and promoting the ing Trump’s visit, covering day plan to boost economic with India, Japan and Aus- here will start with tea with prosperity of not only the manufacturing, energy and cooperation. tralia. GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND his Chinese counterpart Xi. Asia-Pacific region but also other sectors. After a deal to reopen Japan has proposed the DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION Later the two leaders will the world, she said. Trump’s visit marks the the Chinese markets to the four countries to work out visit China’s iconic Forbid- Terry Branstad, US am- first by a head of state to US for beef in July, Ameri- a new Silk Road plan to NAGALAND : KOHIMA den City, adjacent to the bassador to China, said that China after last month’s can beef is back on China’s counter China’s ambitious NOTIFICATION Dt. Kohima, the 8 th Nov. 2017. Tiananmen Square followed the meeting between the two once-in-a-five year Congress menu. China says the action and multi-billion dollar Belt NO. DTE/ ESTT- NP-13/ 2017 : Applications are hereby invited from local candidates for filling up by a private dinner. presidents will be helpful in of the ruling Communist plan has produced some and Road Initiative. of LDA-Cum-Computer Asstt. in the scale pay of ` 5200-20200/- Gr. Pay ` 1900/- only under the Trump will be given resolving “thorny issues”. Party of China, which con- tangible results. The US has been accus- establishment given below :- “There is a lot of excite- ferred a second five-year Ahead of his visit, an extended ceremonial ing China of violating inter- Sl. No. Name of Post No. of Post Place of posting welcome at the Great Hall ment and feelings that this term for Xi. Trump has said the massive national rules and norms by 1 LDA cum Computer Assistant 1 Government Polytechnic, Tsunazho, Phek of the People tomorrow could be very historic and “The visit will be different trade deficit in bilateral trade laying claims on the disputed 2 LDA cum Computer Assistant 1 Government Polytechnic, Seithekema, Dimapur followed by bilateral talks significant for the Trump-Xi from routine arrangements is a shame, and has been South and East China seas. 3 LDA cum Computer Assistant 1 Government Polytechnic, Sedem, Tuensang with Xi. Later Trump would meeting here,” he said. and there will be surprises,” putting pressure on China China claims sovereign- Minimum required qualification for the post is Graduate with Diploma in Computer Application. also take part in a business “I think the chemistry Ni Feng, deputy director of to open the Chinese markets ty on almost all of the South Maximum age limit is as per the Govt. existing norms. event followed by joint me- between the two leaders is the Chinese Academy of more for US products and China Sea (SCS) which is Last date of submission of application with all necessary Educational qualification addressed to dia event. good, and that bodes well. If Social Sciences’ Institute of firms. disputed by Vietnam, the the Director, Technical Education is 18th Nov. 2017, during office hours. Short listed Candidates may be Trump is also scheduled the two leaders can get along American Studies said. US goods and services Philippines, Malaysia, Bru- called for interview. well and work out some of to meet Chinese Premier Li Many Chinese are con- trade with China totalled to nei and Taiwan. Incomplete documents shall be summarily rejected. (ER. ARJUN SINGH) the differences, hopefully cerned about the future of bi- an estimated USD 648.2 bil- Keqiang and attend a recep- China has also laid Issued by DIPR Director. KG-2134 tion followed by state dinner that can help the rest of us lateral ties, and how the two lion in 2016 in which China claims on the Senkaku is- and cultural performance. to work things out well,” he countries will interact over had a lion’s share with about lands under the control of The visit will provide added. the North Korea s nuclear USD 478.9 billion exports. Japan in East China Sea and GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND opportunities for President Since Trump took office and missile programme, The US exports to China resorted to aggressive patrols DIRECTORATE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT Xi and Trump to exchange in January, the two leaders An Gang, a senior research stood at USD 169.3 bil- in the last two years. in-depth views on issues that have maintained close con- fellow at the Pangoal Insti- lion, according to US trade The US calls the domi- NAGALAND::KOHIMA. concern both sides, Foreign tact. They already have had tution, a Beijing-based think figures. nance of China over the SCS No.UD/ESTT-11/ 2015/ Dated Kohima, the th Nov.’2017 Ministry spokeswoman Hua two face-to- face meetings tank, said. Trump is also putting a threat to national interest NOTIFICATION Chunying told a media brief- and eight phone conversa- Xi and Trump spent over pressure on Xi to press Chi- in freedom of navigation. In continuation to this office letter of even number dated 16/10/17 and on the basis of the Written examination mark, Practical exam and Viva voce, the following candidates are provisionally selected on merit basis for 2(two) posts of Draughtsman Gd- II. Syria joins Paris climate The provisionally selected candidates may treat this as the offer letter and confirm their 50 killed, injured in fresh acceptance within 10 (ten) days from the date of issue of this office Notification. Draughtsman Gd- II (General category): Draughtsman Gd- II (B. T Konyak category): agreement, US stands alone Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen 1. Shri. Kekhrie Lhousa (Selected) 1. Smti. Min-e Nekong (Selected) Washington, Nov. 8 (IANS): Syria has announced it will Sanaa, Nov. 8 (IANS): At least 50 people, injuring other two dozens, although the coa- 2. Shri. T Chanthungo Ovung (waiting list) 2. Shri. P Shangkam Konyak (waiting list) join the Paris climate agreement, leaving the US as the only including civilians, were killed and injured lition said the hotel and marketplace were In case the provisionally selected candidates fail to confirm their acceptance within the stipulated country in the world which has not signed on to the land- in fresh Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on a military targets because there were gather- time, the posts shall be offered to the next in merit. No claim whatsoever will be entertained thereafter. mark deal. village in Yemen’s northwest province of ings of Houthi fighters there. The office reserved the right to cancel the result of any candidate if irregularity is detected in Syrian officials announced their intention to ratify the Hajjah on Tuesday, a provincial security of- Saudi led a military coalition of 10 coun- any manner. Sd/- accord at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in ficial and medics said. tries and intervened in Yemen’s civil war (KEN KEDITSU) Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday, CNN reported. The airstrikes targeted Harran village, in March 2015 to back the internationally Director, Urban Development

“This is the very last country that actually announced, which is located about 30 km south of bat- recognized government of exiled President Issued by DIPR Nagaland, Kohima KG-2132 so everyone has joined and the US is now so isolated,” said tlefronts of Medi desert and Haradh border Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi against Iranian- Safa Al Jayoussi, Executive Director of IndyAct, an environ- crossing near the southern Saudi borders, allied Shiite Houthis, who stormed the mental organisation based in Lebanon that works with Arab Xinhua reported. capital Sanaa and controlled much of the GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND countries on climate change. Medics said coalition war planes con- country’s north. DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION Syria’s Deputy Minister of Local Administration and tinued flying over the area and hindered the The coalition has yet defeated the Yem- NAGALAND :KOHIMA Environment M. Wadah Katmawi said that developed rescue operations. Many of the victims were eni rebels despite thousands of Saudi-led countries “in their capacity as the primary contributors to women and children, the official told Xinhua airstrikes against Houthis. PRESS RELEASE Kohima, dated the th Nov. 2017 climate change, should live up to their legal and humanitar- by phone on condition of anonymity. The The war has killed more than 10,000 NO.ED/EXAM/GT/M&S/2017-18 :: As per the Department's Advertisement No.NL/ ian responsibility” by offering technical and financial support exact number of the deaths is still not im- Yemenis, mostly civilians, and displaced SE-2/2017 dated 20th Oct. 2017, it is to notify to all concerned intending candidates from 6(six) backward to developing countries to help battle climate change. mediately clear. more than 3 million others, according to tribes of ENPO area that the written examination for recruitment of Graduate Teacher (Maths & Science) The Syria People’s Assembly voted to approve ratifica- This is the latest in a series of airstrikes by UN agencies. will be held on 11 November 2017 at the Dr. Neilhouzhu Kire GHSS Seikhazou Kohima from 10:00 am to tion of the agreement last month, according to the country’s the coalition since the war began more than The war has led Yemen to the world’s 3:00 Pm in two sessions. state-run media outlet SANA. Roua Shurbaji, a spokes- two and a half years. most humanitarian catastrophe with less After scrutiny of documents, the following applicants who had applied for GT (Maths & Science) woman at the Syrian mission to the United Nations, said the Last week, the coalition airstrikes hit a than one million Yemenis hit by a deadly posts are hereby rejected due non- fulfillment of eligibility criteria: hotel and popular marketplace in the nearby cholera outbreak and pushed the poor Arab country’s decision was part of an effort “to be effective in all 9006, 9043, 9047, 9048, 9055, 9074, 9026, 9081, 9083, 9086, 9089, 9095, 9099, 9101, 9109, 9117, international areas including climate change”. province of Saada, killing 29 civilians and country into the brink of mass famine. 9124, 9125, 9135, 9139, 9141, 9144, 9146, 9152, 9153, 9156, 9159, 9160, 9161, 9163, 9164, 9165, “We will get there,” Shurbaji was quoted as saying by the 9166, 9167, 9171, 9172, 9173, 9174, 9175, 9177, 9179, 9181, 9182, 9183, 9184, 9186, 9187, 9188, New York Times. “We are in the process of becoming part of 9189, 9190, 9169, 9005, 9145, 9155. the agreement. We will have our commitments and targets.” For others, the acknowledgement slip may be treated as Admit Card. Syria, plunged in a civil war, was not present at the 2015 Iraqi PM warns Europe, regional (SMITASARANGI) IAS Principal Director negotiations for the climate agreement, which is dedicated Issued by DIPR KG-2133 to lowering emissions and strengthening countries’ abilities to deal with the effects of climate change. countries of terrorist threat GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND Nearly 200 countries signed on the pact at the time. Nica- Baghdad, Nov. 8 (IANS): As for the fighting against 80 km east of al-Qaim, and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider the IS militant group, Abadi, are preparing to storm the OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ragua was the only other hold-out, based on criticisms that it PFUTSERO:NAGALAND was “insufficient” in addressing climate change. al-Abadi on Tuesday warned who is also the Commander- city and to clear the nearby No.Jud-4/SC/2014/537 Dated Pfro, the 31st oct’2017 Europe and regional coun- in-Chief of Iraqi forces, said vast rural areas and desert However, the Central American country recently an- NOTICE nounced its intent to join the agreement. In late October, tries of a serious terrorist that he ordered the Iraqi in north of the Euphrates threat, asserting that the forces “to fight back their River. Whereas VECUTALU W/o LT. VECUSO MEDEO Medical Attendant of Pholami Village has applied for issue of Nicaraguan Vice President and First Lady Rosario Murillo Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act 1925 to draw the family pension and A/C No 11842634507 said the nation had submitted a “document of adhesion” Iraqi forces will continue attacks on Iraqi areas even if Abadi said “any force belonging to LT. VECUSO MEDEO Medical Attendant of Village, who expired 20.07.2017. to the UN to join the pact. Paula Caballero, Director of the fighting the Islamic State they come from the Syrian targets the Iraqi forces will Therefore, notice is hereby issued inviting any claims and objections from the public pertaining to the above climate change programme at the World Resources Institute, even if they attack from territory.” Abadi’s comment not be safe in Iraq,” con- mentioned property and the same to be submitted to the office of the Additional Deputy Commissioner Pfutsero, said: “With Syria’s decision, the relentless commitment of neighbouring Syria. came after he raised the Iraqi firming that “the federal will within a period of 30 days from issue of this notice. In the event of this office not receiving any claims and “I warn of a serious ter- flag on Husaibah border reach to everyone all of the objections within the stipulated time, Succession Certificate will be issued to the applicant as prayed for. the global community to deliver on Paris is more evident Sd/- than ever. “The US’ stark isolation should give (US Presi- rorist threat, Europe and the crossing with Syria on Sun- country.” Additional Deputy Commissioner dent Donald) Trump reason to reconsider his ill-advised an- countries of the region are day, just two days after he His comments came as a K-1435 Pfutsero nouncement and join the rest of the world in tackling climate not safe from it,” Abadi said announced the full liberation warning to the Kurdish forc- change.” in a televised press confer- of the city of al-Qaim near es not to clash with the Iraqi GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND Trump announced in June that the US would withdraw ence after his weekly cabinet the border with Syria from forces or open fire on the OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER from the climate accord, a process that will be complete in meeting without giving fur- the extremist IS militants. federal troops in the disputed KOHIMA ::: NAGALAND ther details about the threat The troops also are tak- areas claimed by Baghdad No. JUDL/SUCC/88/2017-VI Dated Kohima, the 2nd Nov, 2017 2020. He is not invited “for the time being” to the climate OBJECTION NOTICE change summit being hosted in December in Paris, the Elysee or who is behind it, XInhua ing positions outside the re- and the semi-autonomous Palace press office told CNN. reported. maining city of Rawa, about region of Kurdistan. Whereas Smti. NEIPEU KAPFO W/O LT. DIKHROLO MERO, Pensioner resident of Paramedical Colony, Kohima has applied for issue of Succession Certi cate under the Indian Succession Act 1925, Part X to draw/withdraw/operate/transfer his/her Late husband-Pension P.O. US church gunman searched for survivors to execute No.111711860 of Treasury, Kohima (North).Bank A/C No.10530575970 SBI Main Branch Kohima. Who expired on 10/10/2017. Washington, Nov. 8 (IANS): Devin shelter under the pews. The surviving couple, who live to sleep because the screams of the Now therefore, public are hereby asked to le claims/objection if any Kelley, the gunman who killed 26 Kelley’s first targets were the less than three minutes by car from children before they died kept run- within 1 (one) month from the date of issue of this notice. Sd/-(T.L.KIUSUMONG TIKHIR) persons inside a US church in Texas, teenagers who were recording the the church, both said that the killer ning through his head all night long. Additional Deputy Commissioner went through the pews (church church service, as is done each Sun- was especially “savage” with the “The daughter of the pastor KG-2135 Kohima: Nagaland benches) looking for survivors to day, and then he turned his semi- children in the congregation, whom asked me for help and I told her execute, a media report said. automatic rifle on the musicians, he fired upon at point-blank range. to keep silent, but the murderer GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND A Spanish couple, who survived according to Solis, who was shot in In some cases, the children’s discovered that she was alive and OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER the rampage on Sunday, told Efe the shoulder during the 16-minute mothers “tried to defend their kids killed her,” he said. The dead ranged KOHIMA ::: NAGALAND No. JUDL/SUCC/88/2017-VI Dated Kohima, the 2nd Nov, 2017 news on Tuesday. carnage. by putting themselves in front” and from under two-years-old to 77, with OBJECTION NOTICE Roxana Solis and Joaquin Rami- “After feeling the shot, I played begging for mercy, but Kelley did not the local Holcombe family being rez were two of the approximately dead. I tried to be as quiet as possible waver and gunned down the mothers especially hard-hit and losing eight Whereas Smti. LENO NAKHRO M/O LT. KEVILKIELIE NAKHRO, P/ 20 survivors - most of them gravely so that the shooter thought that I, too, as well. Ramirez was able to get out members in the massacre. Teacher, Jotsoma, Dte. of School Education N/L Kohima resident of Jotsoma Village, Kohima has applied for issue of Succession Certi cate wounded - in the shooting at the had died,” the woman said. of the church after crawling to the Kelley - who had a history of under the Indian Succession Act 1925, Part X to draw/withdraw/ First Baptist Church in Sutherland Texas Department of Public door and exiting when the attacker mental disorders and domestic abuse operate/transfer his/her Late son-G.P.F, GIS, Gratuity, leave encashment, Springs. The couple were in one of Safety official Freeman Martin had his back turned. - was dressed in black and wearing a Pension & other service bene ts entitled. Bank A/C No.20094459125 SBI the first aisles of the church when said on Monday that investigators After running a few yards, he bullet-proof vest when he attacked Sc. College Branch, Jotsoma. Who expired on 06/09/2017. the 26-year-old gunman entered and recovered hundreds of shell casings immediately called 911 and reported the church in the heretofore quiet Now therefore, public are hereby asked to le claims/objection Sd/-(T.L.KIUSUMONG TIKHIR) opened fire on the panic-stricken from the scene along with 15 empty the attack. He said that since the at- town some 45 km southeast of San if any within 1 (one) month from the date of issue of this notice. Additional Deputy Commissioner congregation, many of who sought 30-round ammunition clips. tack on Sunday he has not been able Antonio. KG-2136 Kohima: Nagaland EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017 Farah Khan shared Bollywood knowledege with Weinstein Choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan says she shared knowledge about Mirror Hindi filmdom with Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who has been 10 accused of sexual misconduct. Farah on Wednesday shared the image on Twitter, and said that she gave some “Bollywood gyaan (knowledge)” to Weinstein from the shoot of “Main Hoon Na”, which was largely shot in Darjeeling. “Found this! Throwback of all throwbacks! Me giving ENTERTAINMENT Bollywood gyaan (knowledge) to Harvey Weinstein! Before the s**t hit the fan. ‘Main Hoon Na’ shoot,” Farah captioned the image. Police report against Ed Westwick over rape claims Shakira ctress Kristina Cohen stagram to Cohen’s claims of rape, Despite wanting to leave, has filed a police report posting a statement that read: “I do Cohen said she was encouraged to following claims that she not know this woman. I have never stay for another 20 minutes by Har- was raped by actor Ed forced myself in any manner, on ling “to smooth everything over” Westwick in his home any woman. I certainly have never while Westwick suggested she nap dragged Athree years ago. committed rape.” in a guest bedroom. She filed the report at Los Ange- Westwick was responding to “I was woken up abruptly by Ed les Police Department’s Hollywood Cohen’s allegations that she posted on top of me, his fingers entering precinct, reports hollywoodreport- on Facebook on Monday. my body. I told him to stop, but he er.com. The incident allegedly occurred was strong. I fought him off as hard into A copy of the report, which was in 2014 at Westwick’s home in the as I could but he grabbed my face shared with the media outlet, states Hollywood Hills, where Cohen was in his hands, shaking me, telling me that police are investigating the invited by a producer named Kaine he wanted to f**k me,” Cohen said, claim that “suspect forced victim to Harling, a man Cohen had briefly adding: “I was paralyzed, terrified. have sexual intercourse inside his dated in 2013. I couldn’t speak, I could no longer Paradise residence three years ago”. The evening took a turn, she move. He held me down and raped The move comes just hours claimed, when “Ed suggested ‘we me.” Papers row after Westwick responded on In- should all f**k’.” IANS inger Shakira has been Tatum told wife he dragged into the Para- Five make it through at Miss dise Papers row after it was stripper on first date was revealed that she transferred 30 million ctor Channing Spounds in musical rights to an Tatum did not Nagaland 2017 final audition offshore firm in Malta. hide his past Shakira is the latest from his wife and celebrity revealed to have actress Jenna used tax havens abroad ADewan Tatum on their first after 1.34 million papers date. He told her that he were leaked to the German was earlier a stripper before press, reports dailymail.co.uk. getting into showbiz. Shakira’s company Malta The 37-year-old actor, Tournesol Limited is based on the who married Jenna in 2009, Mediterranean island of Malta, says his partner “needed to known for its tax incentives. know” the truth. On papers, Shakira is listed as a “I think it was one of Bahamas resident, despite her living in the very first like dinners ask less questions then Barcelona with her footballer boyfriend we ever had together. I guys do. Guys want to know Gerard Pique. don’t know. I’m not shy everything about it like Her lawyer stressed that the activity was about it. She was just like, what, how much, when, legal and in accordance with laws. ‘What?’ She needed to were you naked?” he said. Shakira’s lawyer Ezequiel Camerini told Span- know just like everybody,” Channing’s comments ish website El Confidential: “The Maltese company Channing told etonline. come just days after he Tournesol Limited fulfills all legal requirements to com. revealed that his father had operate as such. All of the corresponding informa- Jenna, 36, wasn’t both- been unaware of his brief tion relative to this entity is public and transpar- ered by the revelation, and foray into stripping, and ent.” the “Magic Mike” star says only discovered the news There are 714 Indian entities and individuals it has been his male friends after the star’s first appear- having financial holdings abroad, according to the who have asked the most ance on “The Ellen DeGe- Indian Express news daily. questions. neres Show” in 2010. IANS “Weirdly enough, girls IANS

The five selected contestants of Miss Nagaland 2017 final audition posing for the lens at The Eastgate Pahlaj Nihalani’s ‘Julie Oprah Winfrey says sex scandal is Hotel, Kohima. ive girls were selected in the Miss Miss Nagaland 2017. 2’ to finally release Nagaland 2017 final audition According to a press release by the a ‘seminal’ moment for Hollywood held today at The Eastgate Hotel, Beauty and Aesthetics Society of Nagaland fees. But what Pachisia Kohima with Miss Nagaland 2016, (BASN), the five selected girls will be joined has taken away is our faith prah Winfrey hopes the Hol- ‘Entertainment Tonight’, the director Vilokali Zhimomi as the guest by the district winners for the final event. in people from our own lywood sex scandal proves to explained: “I think we need to take the Fjudge. The district runners up will also go through fraternity. Pachisia knows be a “seminal” moment for the spotlight and turn it away from what these The selected girls Pewe-u Tunyi, Sangli- another audition to held by BASN on No- what producers have to go movie industry. very foul, misguided, sexist, misogynistic, tola M Chang, Marina Kiho, Kimiyetoly Swu vember 20 in order to secure the entry for through when their films The 63-year-old star has rapist, peadophiles have done and turn it and Mhasinu Puyo were selected as semi the finale to be held on December 8. are stalled legally or other- been appalled by the stream of allegations O to the people who have been harmed. And finalist for the annual state beauty pageant EMN wise at the last moment,” made against several influential figures turn that pain to beauty. said Nihalani. within the film business over recent weeks, “I think art is a way to do that, and “He still went ahead but the media mogul believes the scandal so many of the women who have been and filed a bogus case could help to shine a light on the broader affected by it are artists. I encourage, and against our film claim- issues and, ultimately, prove to be a turning bolster, and support women to find ways ing ‘Julie 2’ infringed on point for Hollywood. to turn that pain into beauty. I believe we the copyrights of the film She said: “I’m not happy that it hap- will. We’ve always done that, so it’ll happen ‘Julie’ which Pachisia had pened the way that it did, but this moment, again.” produced in 2004. We kept I feel a seminal moment. It’s a really power- femalefirst.co.uk shouting and vowing that ful time for everybody to get woke. ‘Julie 2’ had nothing to “Not just about sexual harassment do with the film that he but about the way you view some- had produced,” added the body who has less power than former CBFC chief. you do. This is really a question Now, “Julie 2” is finally about power and the misuse rotic thriller “Ju- freed of legal obstacles and and abuse of power. lie 2”, which was ready for release. “So I think it’s a time for caught in a legal “We had to postpone those of us who do hold some battle, will now the release thrice. We are to come together and to see release on No- now releasing on Novem- what we can do to further vemberE 24, says producer ber 24. But we want action this moment that’s actually Pahlaj Nihalani, who is livid taken against all litigants happening.” over the financial losses he who try to stop a film’s Oprah’s sentiment has and his director Deepak release at the last minute. been echoed by ‘Selma’ Shivdasani had to suffer This is done only to make director Ava DuVernay, who due to the copyright case quick money or to gain hopes that the victims of lodged against their film by instant publicity,” he said. abuse can turn their pain “into producer N.R. Pachisia. “Julie 2” now comes beauty”. Nihalani and his against Kapil Sharma- And Ava is confident that director had to cough up a starrer “Firangi”. Nihalani is ultimately what will hap- compensatory amount to isn’t perturbed. “Kapil has pen, because women be able to release the film. the laughs.’Julie 2’ has the have “always done “What we gave him was oomph.” that”. even less than the lawyer’s IANS Speaking to

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From cabaret to Asked about her message for ghazals -- she has sung songs like the young generation, she said: “A “Jhumka gira re”, “Dum maro dum”, person is responsible for his own “Chura liya”, “Mehbooba mehboo- success. The one who works hard ba”, “Mera kuch saaman”, “Dil cheez day and night and keeps doing his kya hai” to “Prem mein tohre”. work, he will always be successful. From Zeenat Aman to Urmila And for your school, the message Matondkar and Rekha to Vidya Ba- that I have is, I haven’t studied lan -- Bhosle has lent her voice for much and today when I go abroad, actresses of different generations when I go to America or London, I The legendary singer added: “I use of educating women, they said over six decades and has managed really regret after listening to their really wish that I had studied more women are supposed to do simple to stay relevant by adapting to new songs, I feel bad that I can’t get that but back in those times, in my gen- household chores, deliver babies, styles and singing techniques. accent.” eration, 80 years back, there was no why make her study. IANS 11 am, 2 pm: Ittefaq 5 pm 8 pm: Thor (Hindi) Ragnarok (Eng 3D) EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Thursday, November 9, 2017 SPORTS 11 We were not good enough in Casillas wins 2017 Golden Foot award Monaco, Nov. 8 (IANS): Veteran Spanish interna- tional goalkeeper Iker Casil- the deciders, says Williamson las was awarded the 2017 Golden Foot award at the Thiruvananthapuram, made changes to their top Hotel de Paris here. Nov. 8 (PTI): New Zealand and middle orders. The 36-year-old won the captain Kane Williamson “But we certainly know award which is in recogni- said though his team played in some conditions, how ef- tion of the long-standing well in the ODI and T20 fective they can be and we achievements of the player series and put up a good saw Colin de Grandhomme in terms of both skills and fight but were not good throughout the IPL bowl personality. Expressing his enough in both the deciding exceptionally well for Kol- happiness on winning the rubbers. kata Knight Riders. It is a award, the FC Porto goal- “In both of them (decid- balancing act on different keeper on Tuesday tweet- ers), we were very good, surfaces. The batting unit ed: “Very happy with the just not quite good enough. has a really nice balance #GoldenFoot2017. Thank Both of them came down to it but it is just trying to you for all the support.” to the last couple of balls adapt, read the game the Forwards Lionel Messi, and when that is the case best you can and seeing our Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis it’s such small margins. On bowlers adapt well.” Suarez were among the oth- a whole as a group we’re Williamson was all ers who were nominated trying to constantly im- praise for the ground staff along side Casillas for the Iker Casillas was crowned the winner of the Golden Foot after beating prove and we saw that in at the Greenfield Stadium 2017 Golden Foot award. the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. this series,” Williamson in Thiruvananthapuram told reporters after the rain- Kane Williamson and said their efforts made shortened game here last the game possible. night. competitive cricket. For a game was outstanding. The to operate. “It is great to come here. Exhibition baseball event held in Mumbai “As a group, we are try- lot of games to come out bowlers, the spinners in “So, the guys coming It is a brilliant stadium by Mumbai, Nov. 8 (IANS): “We plan to encourage that organises local, na- ing to constantly improve to the last 2-3 balls makes particular, were very good. out were essentially play- any standards in the world, In an effort to popularise the sport amongst young tional, and international and get better. We have seen for good watching but just Collectively the guys went ing death in terms of their amazing stadium and yeah baseball in India, Pegasus players so that they can tournaments while provid- that throughout the series a shame to be on the wrong about their business really batting from ball one. So a lot of credit goes to the Sports in association with hone their game and go ing coaching and access to but there’s still a long way side,” he said. well. The batting unit has it was more to do with the groundstaff. You couldn’t Grand Slam Baseball organ- ahead to play at the Inter- equipment in private and to go to where we want to The New Zealand skip- a really nice balance to it,” surface and what we wanted expect a perfect pitch with ised a school level exhibi- national level. Our aim is public schools in order to be. But we are showing very per praised his players and Williamson said. to finish with today but it’s so much weather around tion event here. to create at least one player develop the game at the good signs,” he said. said Colin Munro and the He said the shortened something different because with moisture and there was Some of the top schools from India, who can play youth level. The stylish right-handed bowlers, especially the spin- game made it difficult when you don’t experience it too some in the surface and it and colleges of the city in- at Major League Baseball Grand Slam Baseball batsman said it was a tough ners did a great job through- it came to planning but much, you get 20 overs each made it challenging. cluding Podar International and inspire others in the has already set up India’s series and the two teams out the series. Munro was there was a need to think on and this is something dif- “It was still a good game School, Don Bosco High country,” Sahni said. first professional size base- played good competitive one of the gains of the series one’s feet.. ferent. of cricket even though it School, Rajhans Vidyalaya Tripathi said: “Baseball ball stadium in New Delhi. cricket but was disappoint- as he hit 75 off 62 balls in “Naturally, when it gets You have to think on was only eight overs each and others took part in the is played in many parts of Now, Pegasus and Grand ing to lose it at the finish. the ODI decider at Kanpur shortened to eight overs, your feet,” he said. to get any cricket at all was event which took place here the country and it always Slam Baseball together are “Such a fine line, espe- and hammered a ton in Ra- you can sort of plan prior He admitted that the really good effort. Was a on Tuesday evening. amazed me why a city like striving to develop the game cially in white ball cricket. jkot to set up the Kiwis win to going out with eight overs fifth bowler was an issue tricky surface. I knew it was The evening saw the Mumbai has not yet taken in Mumbai. The initiative We saw that in the entire in the second T20. and only having to bowl they were dealing with and going to be tough and we presence of Pegasus Sports to it. You have a bat-and- is an attempt to bring the series and it was a really “There were some key four bowlers. It kind of also said players were trying got very close just shame managing director Shlok ball culture and mentality, sports closer to the hearts of tough series where both contributions throughout. means that you are not too to adapt to their roles in the we couldn’t cross the line,” Tripathi and Raunaq Sahni so baseball seems a natu- young Indians by targeting teams played really good Colin Munro in the second fluid in how you are going team after New Zealand he said. along with Dr. Aneel Kashi ral fit. Our objective is to school and college students. Murarka , Ankur Nayyar, groom players who can then The plan is to introduce the Nakul Khanna , Namit compete at the professional sport as part of the curricu- Khanna, DJ Sheizwood, and international level.” lum activities and organise Federer to face Zverev Spain’s World Cup jersey sparks controversy Prashant Sharma, Mitaali Grand Slam Baseball intercollegiate baseball tour- Nag and Shweta Khanduri. Madrid, Nov. 8 (AP): Spain’s jersey for the the courage and the fury of our national is a grassroots initiative naments to boost the game. World Cup has sparked controversy after team, with graphics of red, yellow and blue in ATP Tour Finals being linked to the Republican flag of the diamonds which represent the best qualities 1930s. The jersey has the colors red, yellow of this team: Speed, energy and its renowned and blue. Some say that from afar the blue style of play,” the company said in a state- Liverpool FC legends to visit India appears to have the same purple tone of the ment on Tuesday. Federation officials also Mumbai, Nov. 8 (IANS): English football The roadshow will feature a range of Republican flag used from 1931-39. said that there was no intended link to the club Liverpool FC legends Sami Hyypiä, activities that will engage fans of all ages The flag is still used by those who oppose Republican flag. The jersey is a throwback Robbie Fowler, Luis Garcia and Vladimir and provide exciting opportunities to meet the Spanish monarch. Apparel maker Adi- to the one used by Spain at the 1994 World Smicer will visit the High Street Phoenix former LFC players. das said there were no political implications Cup, with a side pattern mixing the three here for a three-day event from December Last season, the fan experience visited in the jersey, and the design was agreed upon colors. 8 to 10. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and with the Spanish Football Federation a long Its main color remains red. The shorts The event will be held to engage the club Shanghai meeting thousands of fans along time ago. “The current design represents will be blue and the socks black. directly with LFC fans in India. the way.

London, Nov. 8 (Reuters): first time and hopefully not Six-times champion Roger my last,” Zverev said in Mi- Every one of my medals is a story of struggle—Mary Kom Federer was paired in the lan where he took part in same group as German an exhibition match at the New Delhi, Nov. 8 (PTI): interview. in a matter of days. But you suits me,” she added, refer- debutant Alexander Zverev Next Gen Finals, having Every medal is a story of Besides being an active can’t walk away from your ring to the switch she made for next week’s ATP Tour dropped out to concentrate struggle, says the indomi- and top-level boxer, the 35- responsibilities and commit- from 51kg to 48kg category Finals when the draw was on London. table M C Mary Kom, who year-old is a sitting Rajya ments,” she explained. at the fag end of last year. made in host city London on “I will try to prepare my- considers her fifth Asian Sabha MP, whose atten- Nearly two decades as a “I don’t have the bur- Wednesday. self as well as I can and try Championship gold medal dance in the house has never boxer and Mary Kom still re- den of putting on weight. World number one Ra- to win many matches there.” special as it came despite the been brought into question, mains a force to reckon with This weight (48kg) is natural fael Nadal, who is hoping to He is one of three first- many roles she has had to a government observer for despite the fact that women’s for my body. This category, recover from a knee injury timers with Dimitrov fi- play outside the ring in the boxing in the country and a boxing is now an Olympic in fact, works best for me. to play in the season-ending nally qualifying after being past one year. “very busy” mother to her sport, which has widened Some of the boxers I faced showpiece, heads the other long-predicted to become a Mary Kom, a five- three sons. the competition pool. Even here (in Vietnam) have com- group and will face Belgian regular member of the men’s time world champion and Add to this, she is also at the Asian Champion- peted against me in 51kg David Goffin, Bulgarian elite. Sock is the first Ameri- Olympic bronze- medallist, involved in the running of ships, Mary Kom was hardly category. It felt nice to beat debutant Grigor Dimitrov can to qualify since Mardy scripted history today by her academy in Imphal, pushed by her opponents, them, a huge morale-booster becoming the first boxer to along with her husband On- who seemed reluctant to be for me,” she elaborated. and Austrian Dominic Fish did so in 2011. PTI Thiem. Goffin has qualified for claim five gold medals at ler Kom. MC Mary Kom scripted history by becoming the first boxer to claim on the offensive against her. Her next target is the Also in the Pete Sampras the first time also, although the continental meet in the “I have been an active five gold medals at the continental meet. “They are already so Gold Coast Commonwealth group with Federer is Croa- last year he played a match Vietnamese city of Ho Chi MP, I am attending Parlia- scared of me, my five world Games and when asked how tian Marin Cilic, the man he as an alternate. The draw, Minh. ment regularly and despite sometimes,” she added. the 2014 Asian Games. titles and reputation are also she has managed to keep beat in this year’s Wimble- which took place on BBC “This medal is very that I trained hard for this The diminutive Mani- The pace of her life is helping in some way. They the motivation level in tact, don final, and American Radio, was delayed because special to me just like all championship. Since I am a puri has been the face of sometimes hard to keep up seem scared of touching me. Mary Kom said, “I don’t Jack Sock who crept into the Boris Becker, who Nadal’s other medals I have won government observer, I have women’s boxing not just in with, admits Mary Kom but It can actually get quite frus- know how I do it, I can tournament after winning group is named after, was because it has its own story to be present at meetings India but all over the world, throwing in the towel is not trating but I have to keep my only thank god. One reason the Paris Masters. Zverev, held up by traffic on his way of struggles. related to the running of the earning the nickname ‘Mag- an option for her. calm, whether the opponent that I can think of is that I 20, has taken men’s tennis by to the studio. Every medal I have won sport as well. I hope people nificent Mary’ from the In- “After this (the Asian is scared or rough and tough. don’t have any major fitness storm this year, rocketing up Several big names are is a story of a difficult strug- realise how tough it is,” she ternational Boxing Associa- Championships), I have to I have to adjust, control and issues. to number three in the world missing this year through gle. I am hoping this medal, said. tion (AIBA) back in 2010. travel to Lausanne for an handle immediately in a “I have a very fit body rankings after winning five injury including 2016 win- which has come after I be- “I have been juggling so She was last year hon- IOC athletes forum. And I matter of seconds,” she said. and have never faced any titles, including two Masters ner Andy Murray, four-times came an MP, will enhance many roles. I am a mother oured with the AIBA Leg- hate journeys now. The trav- “The competition has major injury problems. So 1000 events. London winner Novak my reputation even further. too, I have three sons to take ends’ award for her long and elling wears me down, it is certainly improved but I yes, the secret to my success “It’s an honour to play Djokovic and Stan Wawrin- I hope my stature grows,” care of. I don’t even know sparkling career, which also actually quite horrible to go have responded well to it is my fit body,” she signed there in London, it’s my ka. Mary Kom told PTI in an how I manage to pull it off includes a gold medal at the from one airport to another because this weight category off.

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C M Y K 12 SPORTS Mary Kom wins gold CM felicitates Naga wrestlers at Asian Boxing C'ship The Korean tried to stay in the fight, packing a few of her own. But Mary had clearly done better. In the second round, Mary eased up a little, pre- ferring to be a little cautious. She used her defensive abili- ties to the optimum and at- tacked only on the counter in this round. This strategy also worked, taking her just one step away from the gold. The Korean grew des- perate in the final round and came out swinging, almost recklessly. But Mary

PTI was ready for that too. She Pugilist MC Mary Kom at the award ceremony after winning the fifth Asian Boxing Championship title in used her reflexes well to slip EM Images Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on Wednesday. in her jabs and hooks, while connecting her punches too. TR Zeliang and Neiphiu Rio with the Nagaland contingent which took part at the 5th AIMAG at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The photograph was taken during the meeting at CM’s office chamber, Kohima on Nov. 8. Ho Chi Minh City, Nov. 8 category. has put in place, ensuring It was enough to put her on (IANS): Star Indian boxer "I am really happy the that best facilities were giv- top of the podium. M.C. Mary Kom defeated way this championship has en during the month-long Another Indian final- Our Correspondent could not win medals, yet, were part of the Indian will be competing in belt Hyang Mi Kim of North panned out. I would like to camp and all the exposure ist Sonia Lather suffered Kohima, Nov. 8 (EMN): even to participate at a contingent which took part wrestling during the tourna- Korea in the women's 48kg dedicate this victory to all trips for the team. Also, I am a heartbreak as she went Chief Minister TR Zeliang world event is a big step for- in the 5th AIMAG where ment, it was informed. category to clinch gold at the those who have supported thankful to BFI President down to China's Yin Jun- has congratulated Naga ward,” Zeliang said while a total of 65 countries took The NWA further in- Asian Boxing Champion- me even though the world Mr. Ajay Singh especially hua in the final of the 57kg wrestler Keduovilie Zumu he further lauded the NWA part in the tournament. formed that Naga wres- ship here on Wednesday. had written me off. I would for showing faith in me," she category to settle for the of Tuophema village for officials for their efforts and During the meeting, the tlers would be representing The Olympic bronze like to thank my coach- added. Mary Kom got off to silver. It was overall a great winning a bronze medal leadership. NWA president briefed the the country in the Asian medallist got the better of ing staff who worked hard a brilliant start, launching a campaign for the Indian at the 5th Asian Indoor During the meeting, CM about the 5th AIMAG Games scheduled to be held her opponent in a unani- with me over the last few blistering attack right from contingent as seven of their & Martial Arts Games Zeliang also told the NWA and also on the success in the later part of 2018 at mous 5-0 verdict in the final months," Mary said after the word go. She landed boxers will return home (AIMAG), held at Ash- officials to promote wres- story of the Naga wrestlers. Jakarta, Indonesia. to win her fifth gold at the her victory. most of her punches which with medals including one gabat, Turkmenistan from tling to other parts of the It was informed that three Further, the NWA also Asian Boxing Champion- "A special word for the put her ahead in the opening gold, one silver and five Sep. 19 to 23. State. At present, only three Naga wrestlers went down highlighted to the CM on ship and first in the 48 kg professional setup that BFI round itself. bronzes. The chief minister, tribes including Angami, in the quarters, while two the forthcoming Interna- during his meeting with Chakhesang and Zeliang were defeated in the round tional Hornbill Wrestling a delegation of the Naga- are affiliated units under of last four. Championship which will land Wrestling Association NWA. The NWA president take place during the Horn- India thrash Turkmenistan at AFC U-19 Qualifiers (NWA), lauded all the six Zeliang also encour- also thanked the CM for bill festival. It was informed Dammam (Saudi Arabia), Naorem had waltzed into Turkmenistan rarely play, Anwar Ali's thumping Naga wrestlers who took aged the wrestlers to give providing the financial as- that wrestlers from Karna- Nov. 8 (IANS): The Indian the opposition box, only threatened the Indian cit- header off a Sanjeev Stalin part at the 5th AIMAG, their best in the effort to sistance in making it pos- taka and Maharashtra have team ended their campaign for him to lose possession adel, but when they did corner went inches over the and particularly Zumu for reach the top, while he also sible for the NWA to take confirmed their participa- at the AFC U-19 Champi- in a jungle of Turkmenistan through set-piece scenarios crossbar. bringing laurels to the State stressed the need for more part at the 5th AIMAG tion in the tournament. onship Qualifiers football legs. the Indian defence dealt Dheeraj was called into by winning a medal at an participation in tourna- tournament. Sharing about the suc- tournament with a 3-0 win In the 13th minute, Ra- with it easily. However with action in the 72nd minute international event. ments outside the State and Khatsü also informed cess stories and also on the over Turkmenistan in the him Ali's rasping shot from nothing to show for their and the custodian proved Mention be made that at higher levels. the CM about the Senior scope of Naga wrestling, last match of Group D at inside the box was easily domination in the first half, his mettle as he kept Turk- Zumu won a bronze medal The 5th AIMAG at National Wrestling Cham- the NWA requested the the Prince Mohammad bin saved by the Turkmenistan both teams went into the menistan from scoring af- in the 90 kg category of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan pionship which is sched- State government to look Fahad Stadium here on custodian, after the Turk- tunnel on level pegging as ter Anwar Ali had lost his Kazakh Kuresh style of was the first event ever uled to take place from into the welfare of wres- Wednesday. menistan defence line took the scoreline read 0-0. marking player. In the 74th belt wrestling. Other Naga where Naga wrestlers rep- November 15 - 18 at Indore, tlers who win medals at the Skipper Amarjit Singh's the sting out of it, as India T h e d o m i n a t i o n minute, India took the lead wrestlers who took part resented the country, and Madhya Pradesh. national and international 74th minute strike, Ab- continued to press for an seemed to continue in the after Amarjit Singh blasted in the championship were proudly, the team returned Three Naga wrestlers events. Meanwhile, the hishek Halder's 80th minute early lead. Seven minutes second half as well, when the ball home to make the Vechita Khesoh, Visevo with a medal. including Vechita Khesoh, NWA president, on behalf tap-in from inside the box later, Ali was at it again, in the 51st minute Boris scoreline read 1-0. Zashümo, Surhoneyi Soho, The six Naga wrestlers, Venuzo Dawhuo and of the association, has as- and Edmund's late 92nd however this time as well Singh perhaps had the best In the 80th minute, Venuzo Dawhuo and Men- led by NWA president Ruokuovotuo Khawakh- sured to render their best in minute goal proved to be his shot was saved by the chance to put India ahead. Abhishek Halder doubled uosetuo Yiese. Neivikuolie Khatsü and rie, led by NWA technical promoting Naga wrestling the difference between the opposition custodian. After playing a one-two India's lead after he tapped “Though all of them general secretary Vekhozo, secretary Visakhoto Krose, to other districts of state. two sides in a match largely With India continuing with Abhishek Halder, Bo- the ball into an empty net dominated by the Indian to dominate proceedings, ris was clear onto goal but following an accurate cross colts. the defence line mopped could only shoot wide of from the right flank. The It was all India in the up Turkmenistan's counter- the framework. Indian colts held off stern first half of the match as attacks, providing freedom In the 58th minute how- Turkmenistan attacks in the young colts, all fired up, to the Indian midfield to go ever, the Indian defence was the dying moments of the dominated possession in forward. In the 26th minute, caught napping and Turk- match, creating goal scor- the final third and created Amarjit set up Nongdamba menistan almost took the ing chances in counter-at- goal scoring chances at will. Naorem, but Naorem's shot lead had the shot not rattled tacks with Edmund's 92nd As early as the sec- from outside the box went the crossbar. Two minutes minute strike finally paying ond minute, Nongdamba inches wide of the goal. later on the other end of off to complete the rout. Manipur CM congratulates Mary Kom Our Correspondent Mary Kom, who will of Manipur and the na- “Mary Kom has made Imphal, Nov. 8 (EMN): be turning 35 on Nov. 25, tion,” said Biren Singh in the state and the whole Manipur Chief Minis- won the gold medal in the a congratulatory message country proud again with ter Nongthombam Biren Asian Boxing Champion- issued tonight. “Manipur another stellar performance Singh has congratulated ships in the Light Flyweight is proud of her accomplish- at the world stage,” says star boxer and Member of (48kg) category, defeating ments.” Minister Biswajit. Rajya Sabha, Chungneijang DPR Korea’s Kim Hyang State’s Information and This is Mary Kom’s Mary Kom Hmangte, better Mi in the final bout 5-0 by Public Relations Minister sixth medal in the Asian known as Mary Kom on unanimous decision. Thongam Biswajit Singh Women’s Boxing Cham- her winning another gold “I am extremely happy also extended congratula- pionships and fifth gold DP-229 medal at the Asian Boxing that the champion pugi- tions to the boxing stalwart medal, having won four Championship at Ho Chi list has once again won and MP for winning fifth gold medals and one silver Minh City in Vietnam on accolades for herself and gold medal in Asian boxing medal in previous editions Wednesday. brought laurels for the state championship. of the tournament. CLASSIC CUP Barak FC, St Joseph’s College and Kohima Eagles SC enter pre quarters Our Correspondent Kohima, Nov. 8 (EMN): Barak FC survived a scare as they edged past Kohima College via tie-breaker to advance to the pre-quarters of the ongoing Classic Cup soccer tournament here at Kohima local ground on November 8. The exciting match headed for tie-breaker as both the teams were in a 2-2 draw till the end of the stipulated time. In the end, Barak FC had the last laugh as they emerged EM Images victorious in the penal- Players of Barak FC (White) and Kohima College in action at the Kohima local ground on Wednesday, ty shoot-out by 4 goals Nov. 8. against 1. Had Barak FC lost the match, they will match, but Kohima Col- round of last 16. Petevizo was the star need to blame themselves lege were given a crucial Pelevikho opened the of the match as he scored for maintaining compla- lifeline when Vilhoube- account of SJC very early two early goals and placed cency in the second half. ituo found the back of the into the game when he his team in the driving The Peren team was keeper’s net. scored within 26th seconds seat. Petevizo scored in placed in a comfortable Moving into the final becoming the fastest goal the second minute and position till the interval minutes, much to the ju- of the tournament so far, doubled the lead in the 7th with 2-0, however, Kohi- bilation of his team mates while Tamthing doubled minute, while Kimiyito ma College players fought and supporters, Vilhoube- the lead when he scored in Assumi netted the third determinedly to come ituo again delivered when the 8th minute. in the 30th minute. Upper back into the game. he scored the equalizer. Tamthing went on to Bayavü fought back to stay Barak took the first In the penalty, Kohima score his second and the in the game, but they could lead when Elminhao College spot kickers disap- team’s third in the 28th just score a consolation scored in the 19th minute, pointed the crowd as only minute to end the match goal through Kethosilie in followed by another quick one of them could success- 3-0. Playing the second the 40th minute. goal by the same player in fully covert the spot kick. match, Kohima Eagles Thursday’s matches the 21st minute. Earlier in the first SC also cruised into the Turaco FC vs Naga Jag- Entering the second match, St Joseph’s College pre-quarters with their vic- uars FC at 1 pm half, Barak seemed to humbled Renegades 3-0 tory against Upper Bayavü Tyrants FC vs Ethereal have taken control of the to make it through to the FC 3-1. FC at 2.30 pm DP-230

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