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VOL. XVI NO. 242 | PAGES 12 ` 4/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 India gets woman defence Long-way down in Longleng town minister in cabinet reshuffle New Delhi, Sep. 3 (IANS): Nir- (India), it's a recognition by the par- BJP man from Kerala to get a place which was taken away from Vijay mala Sitharaman was on Sunday ty which overwhelms me," she said. in the union ministry after party Goel. promoted and appointed as India's In the third reshuffle of the veteran O. Rajagopal who served Goel became MoS without in- Defence Minister in a surprise ministry in three years, Nitin Gad- under Atal Bihari Vajpayee. dependent charge and has been giv- move by Prime Minister Narendra kari, who held Road Transport and Former Mumabi Police chief en portfolios of Parliamentary Af- Modi, who elevated three others to Highways and Shipping, also got Satya Pal Singh got Human Re- fairs and Statistics and Programme the cabinet and brought in nine new the Water Resources, River Devel- source Development, Water Re- Implementation. In addition to faces including four former bureau- opment and Ganga Rejuvenation sources, River Development and sports, he also held Water Resourc- crats in a reshuffle-cum-expansion Ministry that was taken away from Ganga Rejuvenation as Minister es, River Development and Ganga of his ministry based on perform- Uma Bharti, who moved to Drink- of State -- held by Balyan. Both are Rejuvenation. ance. ing Water and Sanitation. Earlier from western Uttar Pradesh. S.S. Ahluwalia has been shift- Power Minister Piyush Goyal, there was speculation that Uma The other five new Ministers of ed from Parliamentary Affairs to also promoted from Minister of Bharti could be dropped. State are Shiv Pratap Shukla (Fi- Drinking Water and Sanitation un- State with independent charge to In all, six ministers resigned nance), Ashwini Choubey (Health der Uma Bharti. the Cabinet, got the railways portfo- ahead of the reshuffle: Kalraj and Family Welfare), Virendra Ku- Giriraj Singh, who was MoS in lio, from which Suresh Prabhu was Mishra (Cabinet), Rajiv Pratap mar (Women and Child Develop- Micro, Small and Medium Entre- On Sunday, at around 10 am, a Bolero car bearing registration number NL O2 C- 0194 lost shifted to Commerce and Industry Rudy and Bandaru Dattatreya ment and Minority Affairs), Anant- prises Ministry, got full charge of control and rolled down at least 300 ft off the road in Longleng town. According to an update that was with Sitharaman. Prabhu (MoS independent charge), Faggan kumar Hegde (Skill Development the ministry after the resignation of received here, the travellers inside the vehicle escaped unhurt. Residents of the town (as could had offered to quit after a major rail Singh Kalaste, Sanjeev Balyan and and Entrepreneurship) and Gajen- Cabinet Minister Kalraj Mishra. be seen in the picture) helped in retrieving the mangled remains of the vehicle. accident in Uttar Pradesh claimed Mahendra Nath Pandey. dra Singh Shekhawat (Agriculture Another MoS who got elevated 23 lives last month. Of the other two ministers pro- and Farmers Welfare). as independent charge was Santosh The promoted ministers and moted were Petroleum and Natural Shukla, a Rajya Sabha member Gangwar, who was shifted from Fi- the new faces were administered Gas Minister Dharmendra Prad- from Uttar Pradesh, has served as nance to Labour and Employment Acharya wishes Onam harmony the oath of office and secrecy by han, who also got Skill Develop- cabinet minister in the state for eight after incumbent Bandaru Dat- Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): Kerala. ing in Nagaland.’ President Ram Nath Kovind at a ment and Entrepreneurship from years and is known for his work in tatreya resigned. The other MoS in Governor PB Acharya has A Raj Bhavan press “May this festival usher 35-minute ceremony at the Rashtra- Rudy. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also rural development, education and Finance, Arjun Ram Meghwal, is extended greetings on the rerelease on Sunday con- in the true spirit of unity, pati Bhavan, attended among others joins the Cabinet, retaining the Mi- prison reforms. now Minister for Parliamentary Af- occasion of Onam, cel- veyed wishes from the gov- harmony and prosperity in by new Vice President M. Venkaiah nority Affairs Ministry. Virendra Kumar is a six-time fairs and Water Resources. ebrated as harvest festival ernor ‘particularly to the the society”, it quoted the Naidu, Modi, BJP President Amit Among the four bureaucrats in- Lok Sabha member from Madhya Culture Minister Mahesh Shar- by people from the state of Malayalee community liv- governor as wishing. Shah, Leader of the Opposition ducted into the government, three Pradesh. Hegde, a Lok Sabha MP ma shed Tourism and got Environ- in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi have been made Ministers of State from Uttara Kannada, is seen as a ment, Forest and Climate Change Azad and family members of the with independent charge: former rabble-rouser, having won five elec- but as MoS under Harsh Vardhan. some new ministers. Home Secretary R.K. Singh, a Lok tions. Assembly elections are due P. Radhakrishnan, Minister of State Outlawed NSCN (K) still Sitharaman became the second Sabha member from Bihar, got in Karnataka early next year and in in Shipping, lost Road Transport woman to head the Defence Min- Power and New and Renewable Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in and Highways and got Finance. istry after Indira Gandhi when she Energy portfolios held by Goyal the later part. Sunday's exercise did not in- hesitant of joining peace talks was Prime Minister. The Defence while former diplomat Hardeep Shekhawat, a first time MP from volve BJP allies Shiv Sena and Ja- Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): faction (NSCN-K) is yet to While reporting that Ministry was with Finance Minister Puri secured Housing and Urban Jodhpur in Rajasthan, is a techno nata Dal-United or new friend AI- Despite numerous calls take a call on joining the the NSCN (K) had ‘unilat- Arun Jaitley. Affairs. savvy progressive farmer seen as a ADMK. from Naga civil groups to peace process.’ The report erally’ withdrawn from a Reacting to her appointment, "Demolition Man" K.J. Al- role model for the rural community. The strength of the Modi min- the banned (by the govern- was filed from Delhi. 14-year old ceasefire with Sithraman said she felt very hum- phons has been made MOS with Modi also utilized the oppor- istry now rose to 76 including the ment of India) NSCN (K) “A cross-section of the Indian government, the bled and she cannot describe her independent charge in Tourism and tunity to change some portfolios. Prime Minister. Twenty-eight are in to engage in peace talks Naga social activists that newspaper also declared recognition in words. Electronics and IT ministries. Puri Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore got the Cabinet, 11 are of the rank of with New Delhi, the armed this newspaper spoke to that ‘unofficial figures’ put "The party and the Prime Min- and Alphons are not MPs and will a promotion when he was given Ministers of State with independ- Naga group is yet to decide also viewed the NSCN the number of Indo-Naga ister have been very supportive. As have to get elected to Parliament in the portfolio of Youth Affairs and ent charge and 37 are Ministers of on ‘joining the peace proc- (K)’s involvement as well casualties at ‘about 50,000’ an ordinary worker from the south six months. Alphons is the second Sports with independence charge State. ess’, according to a report as that of the other fac- even as ‘government figures filed by The Asian Age on tions as very important for say about 3,000’. Sunday. a final solution to one of “While a separate con- A report carried by the the world’s longest run- stitution has been ruled Kohima taxi driver found Charges of misappropriated newspaper on Sunday quot- ning insurgencies. Many out and the last demand is ed “a top (and unidentified) Naga civic organisations understood to have been dead in suspected murder funds fabricated: Ibobi Singh Myanmar-based function- like the Naga Mothers’ As- put in the ‘backburner for Our Correspondent day and told her that he was going ary of the banned NSCN- sociation, Naga Hoho and now,’ the framework for the Kohima, Sep. 3 (EMN): A man to ferry some passengers to Wok- Imphal, Sep. 3 (IANS): Former Singh and others a "political ven- K” as saying so. ““We do the Eastern Nagaland Peo- agreement includes a con- identified as Swüdüve Nakro ha (from Kohima). Manipur Chief Minister Okram detta". receive calls from several ples’ Organisation (ENPO) cept of ‘shared sovereignty’ was found dead on Sunday near After failing to get in touch Ibobi Singh on Sunday termed the "It is very regrettable that the sections asking to return to have been trying to get the and special constitutional Dzüvüzie, between Chiechama with him through his mobile charges against him of misappropri- name of the former chief minister peace saying with our in- NSCN (K) involved in the privileges to safeguard the village and Nachama village junc- number, family members were ating funds as "fabricated". is thus tarnished. It smacks of a po- volvement in the process no talks process. traditional rights of Nagas tion under Kohima district. said to have filed a case at the The Congress leader, who is litical vendetta," party lawmaker N final settlement can be pos- “In August, Nagaland with due recognition of the Chiephobozou Police said South PS Kohima on Saturday in New Delhi, told IANS over the Loken said on Sunday, but added sible, we have however not chief minister TR Zeliang, uniqueness of their history. they got information at around night itself. phone that the charges against him that in course of the investigation, taken any decision so far,” too, had requested that all The Naga insurgency move- 4.10 pm this evening about the It was learnt that on Sun- are fabricated and on returning to the whole truth shall be unearthed. it reported the NSCN (K) “stakeholders” be taken ment — with independence dead body lying below a waiting day, the relatives of the victim Imphal on Monday, he will speak He contended that the BJP-led source as saying. into account before sign- as the main demand — is shed near the said junction below launched a search party till Wok- on the issue after studying the mat- government which assumed power Under a headline that ing of the final agreement. more than six decades old. the state highway. ha for any news of the missing ter. on March 15 has not done anything read ‘NSCN (K) yet to take Since 1999, the NSCN-IM “There is considerable Foul play is suspected as the person and his car (taxi). But it A probe into the financial for the welfare of the people except a call on peace talks’, the and the government have Naga presence in Myan- police informed that the body bore was reported that it was some "scams" in the Manipur Develop- rename the schemes started by the report observed that ‘while been deliberating on a set of mar’s Sagaing Division head injuries, believed to have youth hunters from the nearby vil- ment Society to the tune of Rs 185 Congress government. it is being increasingly felt 33 demands which include which Nagas call East- been caused blunt weapon(s). A lage who found the body. crore was one of the pre-election The misappropriation concerns that any agreement be- demands like a separate of- ern Nagaland. There are case has been registered in Chi- The victim was said to have pledges by the BJP in Manipur and the funds for providing infrastruc- tween the (central) govern- ficial flag, a separate consti- four major outfits of the ephobozou police station and in- recently moved to Kohima after FIRs were lodged on Friday against ture for water sports in the Loktak ment and the Isak-Muivah tution, dual citizenship and Naga insurgents — NSCN vestigation is on. buying a car and registered it as a the former chief minister, three lake. Former chief secretaries O faction of the Nationalist a physical integration of (Isaac-Muivah), NSCN Meanwhile, relatives of the local taxi (NL-01T-9502). former chief secretaries and two of- Nabakishore and PC Lawmkunga Socialist Council of Nagal- all Naga-inhabited areas in (Khaplang), and NSCN victim informed that he was last He was residing in Forest ficials. have clarified that there was no fi- im would not have substan- Assam, Manipur and Aru- (Unification) and NSCN heard from, when he called his colony with his wife and their 5 The Congress termed the reg- nancial irregularity during their ten- tial bearing in ending Naga nachal Pradesh,” the report (Reformation),” the report wife at around 8.30 pm on Satur- children. istration of an FIR against Ibobi ure as chairmen of the Society. insurgency, the Khaplang read. read.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are Nirmala Sitharaman India's first full-time woman Defence minister sent forth. New Delhi, Sep. 3 (PTI): erwise, it is impossible," she In a big promotion, Nir- told reporters. Khalil Gibran mala Sitharaman today Sitharaman said she From economics to defence became the first woman to was just overwhelmed and et to be the first woman to be a full- a love for reading in Sitharaman as well. become a full-time Defence humbled. time Defence Minister in India, Nir- After finishing her graduation in Eco- Mirror Takes Minister of the country as "I am sure, now that I mala Sitharaman's journey in the nomics from Seethaiakshmi Ramaswamy she faced the challenge of S have an extremely compe- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) started as a College in Tiruchirapalli, Sitharaman did speeding up modernisation tent successor in Nirmala spokesperson, and grew in rank soon with a Masters and M.Phil in Economics from of the three forces in her Sitharaman, she will carry her speaking style and debating skills. the premier Jawaharlal Nehru University new role. the road forward," Jaitley On Sunday, Sitharaman became In- (JNU) in Delhi. She then worked in the 58-year-old Sitharaman, said congratulating Sithara- dia's second woman Defence Minister Agricultural Engineers Association, UK a Rajya Sabha member, is man. and the first woman to take charge of this in London, Senior Manager, Research the second woman to take One of the BJP's chief key ministry full time. Then Prime Min- and Analysis with PricewaterhouseCoop- charge of the crucial minis- spokespersons before its as- ister Indira Gandhi had held the Defence ers, also in London and briefly with the try as Indira Gandhi, as the cent to power, Sitharaman portfolio twice - from December 1 to De- BBC World Service. Prime Minister, had also is an alumna of the prestig- cember 21 in 1975, and January 14, 1980 After coming back to India, Sithara- held the portfolio in the sev- ious Jawaharlal Nehru Uni- to January 15, 1982. man served as a Deputy Director of the enties. versity (JNU). "Somebody who has come from a Centre for Public Policy Studies at Hy- Her elevation is seen as As the Defence Min- small town, grown into the party with all derabad. She also started a school in reward for her good work as ister, Sitharaman will face PTI the support of the leadership, and if given Hyderabad, and was a member of the the Commerce Minister. Fi- several challenges, includ- Nirmala Sitharaman signing the register after taking oath as a such responsibility, it just makes you feel National Commission for Women from nance Minister Arun Jaitley ing strengthening of the Cabinet Minister at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. sometimes that cosmic grace is there. Oth- 2003-2005. was handling the Defence combat capabilities of the erwise it is impossible," Sitharaman told In 2008, Sitharaman joined Bhartiya ~ Arien Ministry after Manohar Army, Navy and the Air ambitious "strategic part- menting this initiative. reporters here after taking oath as a Union Janata Party (BJP) and was made a mem- He was asked to resign so he Parrikar quit to become Force due to changing re- nership" model with several Sitharaman also faces Minister. ber of the National Executive and became came to the church today to the Goa's chief minister in gional security matrix and countries like the United the challenge of modern- An economist by education, Sithara- pray for revenge. a national spokesperson of the party in March. geo-political dynamics. States and Russia. ising the defence research man will take charge of the crucial minis- 2010. As a spokesperson of the main op- Sitharaman will now Defence experts feel the Under the new model, organisations and various try at a time when tension continues along position party at that time, Sitharaman, WEATHER be a member of the cru- frequency of incidents of select Indian private firms other defence public sector TEMPERATURE India's borders with Pakistan and China, with her clear command of issues and cial Cabinet Committee on incursions by the Chinese will be roped in to build undertakings. and the government is undertaking major straight approach, came in the limelight Security whose members Army may go up in the military platforms like sub- Parrikar's tenure as the reforms in the ministry and forces, and has soon. Max: Min: include the prime minister, coming months and years marines and fighter jets in Defence Minister saw the KOHIMA 25° 18° ambitious plans to increase defence manu- When the BJP came in power in home minister, external after the Dokalam face-off, India in partnership with clearance of a raft of arms facturing under its flagship 'Make in India' 2014, Sitharaman was inducted into the DIMAPUR 31° 25° affairs minister and the fi- and Sitharaman may face a foreign defence majors. deals, besides simplification RF: RH: policy. ministry, serving as Minister of State for On August 30, the gov- of the acquisition process. KOHIMA 14mm 91% nance minister. challenge in handling such Born in the temple town of Madurai Finance and Corporate Affairs and then ernment had announced He had also pushed for a DIMAPUR 5mm 93% "Somebody who has complex issues. in Tamil Nadu in 1959, Sitharaman has held charge of Commerce and Industry * Rainfall (RF) * Relative humidity (RH) come from a small town, The government has major reforms in the Indian number of stalled acqui- humble roots. Her father worked in the Ministry as Minister of State (Independ- Temperature in State Capitals grown into the party with been focusing on domes- Army to enhance its com- sition projects. However, Railways, and her childhood was spent in ent Charge). Sitharaman is married to Max. Min. Max. Min. all the support of the lead- tic defence production and bat capability which will majority of the military Aizawl 27° 21 ° Itanagar 27° 22° different parts of the state due to her fa- Parakala Prabhakar, an alumnus of Ja- include redeployment of modernisation programmes Agartala 32° 26° Shillong 22° 18° ership, and if given such Sitharaman will have to ther's transferable job. According to those waharlal Nehru University and London ° ° ° ° nearly 57,000 officers and are delayed due to adminis- Gangtok 26 16 Delhi 34 27 responsibility, it just makes carry forward a number of close to the minister, her mother, a home- School of Economics, and the couple has ° ° ° ° other ranks. She will have trative hurdles and various Guwahati 29 24 Kolkata 34 27 you feel sometimes that big-ticket reform initiatives, maker, had love for books, which instilled a daughter. (IANS) Imphal 29° 21° Chennai 35° 25° cosmic grace is there. Oth- including implementing the to play a key role in imple- other reasons. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017 2 STATE NSBSG inducts vice president AR continues with wildlife Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): Principal Director of Edu- cation Department, Smita Sarangi, has been inducted as the vice president of conservation programme the Nagaland State Bharat Scouts and Guides (NSB- SG) Association on August 30 at her office chamber, Directorate of School Edu- cation. S t a t e O r g a n i s i n g Commissioner (Guide), Vimezhonu Paphino, alongwith the State Train- ing Commissioner (Guide), I Amenla Soyah, adminis- tered the induction ceremo- ny in the presence of other State headquarter officials. NSBSG State secretary, Chubanungla, chaired the (L) Assam Rifles personnel and students after the lecture on conservation of Amur Falcon in Kezo town on August 30. (R) Students of GMS, New Chungtia, during the lecture on programme, while the in- Principal Director of Education Department, Smita Sarangi, being conservation of Amur Falcon on August 30. vocation prayer was said by administered pledge at the induction programme on August 30. Zuponi, Deputy Director Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): Troops lecture with active participation. Nagaland at Primary School in Kezo and HIV/AIDS, its repercussion of DoSE. welcomed the new vice gramme concluded with of 44 Assam Rifles has organised The lecture helped in awakening the town on August 30. and ill effects on healthy lifestyle. NSBSG Chief Com- president into the world- a vote of thanks delivered an awareness campaign about the youth towards the need of wildlife An approximate 100 students Students were sensitised to ‘Say No’ missioner, Atuo Mezhür wide brotherhood and sis- by the State Commission- unique migratory bird ‘Amur Fal- conservation and preservation of alongwith teaching staff attended to these evils and make Nagaland Sekhose, delivered a spe- terhood movement. er (Guide) Ms Thejazeü con’ for the students of Government such rare species in the habitat of the lecture cum awareness cam- drug & HIV/AIDS free. cial speech in which he The induction pro- Khruomo. Middle School, New Chungtia Northeast. paign. The lecture highlighted upon In an unrelated programme, village in Mokokchung district on The campaign concluded with the characteristics of the migrant troops of 15 Assam Rifles had August 30. informal interaction with the stu- bird, its long journey to Northeast organised a cleanliness drive at C’ The birds travel between China dents and teaching staff who prom- region and importance of protection Saddle on August 30. and South Africa as part of its migra- ised to spread this awareness in the of Amur Falcon. Altogether 70 children and vil- Gorkhas to celebrate Teachers’ Day tory cycle and have several roosting remote areas of the region. At the end of the lecture, all the lagers participated in the event and Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): 2017 at Gorkha Public Pan- 5 at 4 PM. All the serving sites in Nagaland and Manipur dur- In a related programme, troops participants pledged to conserve the cleaned the area and motivated to Gorkha community in Ko- chayat Complex, Opposite and retired Gorkha teach- ing its migratory journey. of 9 Assam Rifles conducted a lec- migratory birds. spread the awareness amongst other hima has decided to jointly Government Printing Press, ers are invited to attend the Altogether, 145 students along- ture on ‘Amur Falcon’- the migratory The students were also coun- villagers toward Swachh Bharat celebrate the Teachers’ Day Chandmari, on September programme. with the teaching staff attended the bird, and Drug & HIV/AIDS free selled on the social menace of drugs Abhiyan.

WEATHER FoRECAST iN oTHER DiSTRiCTS Bosco Club of SCHE visits district jail Book translated in Sangtam Max Min DP RH RF ing items. WoKHA - - - - - Mhonbeni Patton, the language released jail chaplain, welcomed ZBT 23.3 18.4 20.4 90 11.2 the college contingent and MoN 31 22.4 22.9 93 29 began the programme with a prayer. The moments of TuENSANG 22.2 19 19.4 89 47.1 prayer that followed in- MKG - - - - - vited the participants to re- alise that they are children PHEK 24.6 19 22 90 9.8 of God no matter of what has happened in their lives. KiPHiRE 25 21 22.8 89 1 Sharing the word of SECHÜ ZuBZA 26 20.5 22.6 86 1.4 God, Probin Kullu exhort- ed all to sense the divine in LoNGLENG - - - - - Hotongse Sangtam (centre) during the releasing of the book ‘Naga everything and highlighted TSEMiNYu 25.6 21 20.8 82 6.2 the urgency of righting Yangthsathsaba Chidüm’ on September 1. wrongs in the society with Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): A the Britishers, American JALuKiE 27 13 24.6 92 NIL firm determination and book titled ‘Naga Yangth- missionaries and Indians. MANGKoLEMBA 30.2 23.6 23.8 75 11.2 great courage. sathsaba Chidüm,’ which is With permission, the book The inmates were en- an adaptation and transla- was translated by Rev. T *Dew Point (DP) *Relative Humidity (RH) * Rainfall (RF) tertained by the students tion in Sangtam language Tsipise into Sangtam lan- Source: Department of Soil & Water Conservation, Nagaland Bosco Club of SCHE delegation with the officials of Dimapur District Jail after the programme on through their lively dance, from a book published by guage and sponsored and September 2. action songs and a choral Er. Kibangwar Jamir was published by N Hotongse piece. formally released by Dr. Sangtam, president of IMPORTANT NUMBERS Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): September 2. inmates of the district jail The programme ended NT Manen Sangtam, chair- UNDP. The book was pub- With the intention of shar- A contingent of 17 lasting for an hour and with a motivational clip man of Sangtam Literature lished for the benefit of Women Helpline: 181 ing values and spreading students under the coor- half at the jail hall. The which invited the viewers Board, on September 1. the people, especially the DimApUR (STD CoDe: 03862) joys of life, Bosco Club of dination of Br. Dominic programme comprised of to realise their identity as The book narrates about younger generation of the Bethesda Ambulance Service 9615053217, 9615520007 Salesian College of Higher Ralte, Assistant Profes- prayer service, sharing the human beings and to con- events encountering the community to enable them CIHSR 242555, 242533 Education (SCHE) visited sor, conducted a value word of God, inspirational sider their fellow human Nagas since 1918 with the know the events/ history of Dimapur District Jail on based programme for the video clips and entertain- beings in their daily living. three great nations namely its people. 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Zion Hospital 231864, 224117, 227337 demonstration on Kholar cultivation in Henbenji village. R e s o u r c e p e r s o n KoHimA (STD Code: 0370) Hainenle Tep, ATM, ex- Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): highlighted on the benefits plained and demonstrated Bethel Nursing Home 2224202 ATMA Kohima under and prospects of kholar cul- on step by step method of Chiephobozou PS 8575045506 Tseminyu Block has organ- tivation in Nagaland and cultivation from nursery bed Officer-in-Charge 8575045516 ised a demonstration pro- demonstrated the package to field and highlighted the Childline Kohima 1098 gramme on Kholar cultiva- and practices of kholar cul- economic benefits. Fishery Chiephobozou PS 8575045506 tion in Henbenji village on tivation. Farm School was also inau- Officer-in-Charge 8575045516 August 31with Kevineituo The programme was gurated with a farm school Fire Stations 2222952 Bier, ATM, ATMA, as the chaired by Keluongulie teacher Ruokuo Babo. The Members of Kidima Catholic Juniors’ Association led by Franciscan Sisters of Saint Mary of the Angels resource person. Tseikha, AFA, while the participants actively took (FSMA) along with Rev. Fr. Salew Peter, parish priest, during gospel tour to Christ The King Church, IRCS Ambulance Service 2244350 The resource person invocation was said by part in the discussion. Kohima, on September 3. Kezocha PS 8575045549 Officer-in-Charge 8575045538 Khuzama PS 8575045505 Officer-in-Charge 8575045515 KVK organises programme on ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi’ NHAK 2222916 varieties of crops including quality jhum fields. She appealed the ex- North PS 2222222, 8575045501 Officer-in-Charge 8575045510 planting materials, value addition tension workers, researchers and in locally available resources etc. other government departments Oking Hospital 2290080, 2290146 Prof. A Makar, Dean of SAS- to come together and reach the Police Control Room 100/2244279, 8575045500 RD (NU), Medziphema, stressed unreached ones in order to double South PS 2222111, 8575045502 on the need to adopt seven point the income of farmers. Officer-in-Charge 8575045520 strategies for doubling the farmer’s AC Biswas, AGM, NABARD, Tseminyu PS 8575045507 income by 2022 namely (1) Focus- asked the farmers to avail the dif- Officer-in-Charge 8575045517 ing on irrigation with adequate ferent schemes for their benefit. 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She sion activities of the centre such as farming system. sive farmer of Seithikima A vil- Traffic Control 9485232691 as the chief guest. also asked the farmers to adopt rain water harvesting for resource Dr. I Amenla, Director of lage, recipient of Pandit Deen Sankalp Se- Siddhi (determi- organic farming for better pricing conservation and judicious use SAMETI and Principal IETC, Dayal Antodaya Krishi Puruskar Tuli Police Station 9485232693 nation to attainment) is a new ini- of their commodities. of water for vegetable cultivation Medziphema, highlighted that (Zonal) was felicitated on the oc- Women Cell 9485232692 tiative launched on the occasion Sharing her experiences, she during winter, use of high yielding cultivation in Nagaland is still in casion. Woodland Nursing Home 2226263 EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017

C M Y K STATE 3 Kohima KVK hosts pledge Sangtamtilla village celebrates Mungmung Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): Sangtamtilla village in Di- mapur on Saturday cele- to building ‘new India’ brated the premier festival to bring revolution in the of the Sangtam communi- farming sector of doubling ty, Mungmung festival, at farmers income by year the local ground. Former 2022 and wish the Kendra chairman of Thahekhu a grand success,’ the press Village Council KK Yep- release stated of his speech. thomi was the chief guest Also, Kenyuseng of the programme, a press Tep, the president of the release from the organisers Rengma Hoho, who was stated on SUnday. the guest of honour, en- Addressing the gath- couraged the gathering to ering, the chief guest re- “come together and work minded about how found- hand in hand for the bet- ers of Thahekhu village, terment of society for a present Sangtamtilla vil- brighter tomorrow.” lage and other neighbour- Imtisenla, scientist at ing areas lived in the true Kohima KVK spoke about spirit of brotherhood and the significance of the communal harmony. He pointed out that the same KK Yepthomi addressing the gathering at Sangtamtilla during the celebration of Mungmung festival programme. The “new In- on Saturday. dia Manthan pledge” was degree of harmony was less visible these days and ADC of Tseminyu Theodore Yanthan addressing the programme. administered by Khekali lage to join hands with er has settled in Sangam- Head GB of Thahekhu Sema, also a scientist at called for all concerned neighbouring villages and tilla village whether during village Hukiye Yepthomi Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): “seven-points strategies,” ‘He spoke on the chal- Kohima KVK, the press to revive the friendship march ahead towards its inception or even in re- called upon members of A “Sankalp Se Siddhi,” according to a press release lenges of farming and release stated. which the founder fathers progress, development cent times, all are equally Sangtamtilla to remember or ‘new India movement,’ from the Kohima KVK on encouraged the farmers The participants were had established and carry and unity along with the responsible to work for the the pioneers of the village was held at the Krishi Vi- Sunday. including the young par- stated to have included forward their legacy. rest of the society. “Let us common interest of the and beseech their blessings. gyan Kendra in Kohima. The additional deputy ticipants to become a suc- village leaders, farmers; Also, KK Yepthomi work together to take for- village, he added. Head GB of Tsi- The event saw a pledge to commissioner of Tsem- cessful agripreneur (sic). youths; bankers and mem- said Naga people have al- ward our community with Yepthomi said he ac- throngse village also ex- ‘building a new India by inyu Theodore Yanthan He further emphasized the bers of nongovernmental ways upheld their festivals God at the forefront and cepted the invitation to horted the gathering while doubling farmers’ income was the chief guest of the initiative taken by the cen- organizations and govern- as an important part of progress jointly in the field grace the occasion in or- Yolise spoke about the sig- by year 2022 based on event, the updates stated. tral government of India ment officials. their culture and tradition of education, develop- der to contribute in a small nificance of Mungmung and added that such oc- ment and all other positive way to revive the earlier at- festival. casion should not be con- aspects,” he urged. mosphere of oneness. The festival was fined only on merry mak- Yepthomi, however, “Let us all maintain marked by presentation Chakhesang, Sumi hohos ‘settle’ case of assault ing but to foster friendship cautioned against work- neighbourly relations not of various cultural items and oneness. ing for personal gain in the only for today but uphold the by Adhoka Group, Atang- Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): Cha- that they had ‘initiated a settlement.’ of their members and to reconcile The chief guest chal- guise of community inter- same spirit of brotherhood in pi Group and other indi- khesang and Sumi organisations On September 1, the two called for in the spirit of brotherhood and lenged Sangtamtilla vil- est. Irrespective of whoev- our daily lives,” he urged. viduals. in Dimapur have informed to have a ‘sitting’ at the Western Chakhe- friendship, the press release stated. helped settle a case of what was sang Hoho hall with both the parties “The two hohos consented with stated to be an assault that report- where said Pothita gave a brief state- both the parties and came to an am- edly took place on March 3. ment that led to the assault upon him icable end. Henceforth, all the FIR Salesian College hosts singing competition The Western Chakhesang Hoho by one Hokuto Zhimomi on March / case and resentments in relating and Western Sumi Hoho issued a 3, the press release stated. to this issue shall be withdrawn with Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): The competition had beth asst. director of Nov- Fr. Tom Karthik, the press release on Sunday offering up- ‘Mr. Hokuto admitted that he immediate effect. Representative A music event dubbed the two categories of perform- ices of UFS, the organis- director of the college, dates. had committed a physical assault of Yoruba Village Council and the ‘Bosco Sing out 2017’ was ance: English and Hindi. ers stated. was the chief guest for the The press release was appended on Mr Pothita. He also admitted convenor of Western Sumi Hoho held on September 3 in the “In the English section The winners of the event, the organisers stat- by Vekhosayi Nyekha, president of that he had used demeaning words judiciary board spoke on (sic) the campus of the Salesian around 12 participants English category were ed. “He underscored the the Western Chakhesang Hoho, and upon former chief minister the late meeting,” the update stated further. College of Higher Educa- took part and in the Hindi Samaguri who came first; need to be motivated,” the Vikato K Achumi, general secretary Vamuzo for which he sincerely The hohos have expressed ‘grati- tion in Dimapur. section, five participants Zeliangrong second, and press release stated. Also, of the Western Sumi Hoho. apologized and expressed his high- tude to both the parties for tender- Around 350 youths took part,” the organiser Hilda Youth centre com- Fr. Christudoss, the youth The case was stated to be ‘in est respect for the departed leader,’ ing apology and forgiving each from in and around Di- stated. ing third. director, encouraged the connection to the Mr. Pothita Va- the press release stated. other in the name of Almighty God mapur participated in the The judges for the In the Hindi catego- students to be “a vision- muzo assault’s case, March 3 inci- The Western Sumi Hoho “seek and to reconcile in the true spirit event, a press release from event were TR Gaan, a ry, Lahorijan came first; ary, with trust and enthu- dent,’ the press release stated. to forgive for the assault commit- of brotherhood and friendship,’ the the organisers stated on Gospel artist; Sr. Emelda, Khatkhatti and Singrijan siasm in one self and in The two organisations informed ted upon” Pothita Vamuzo by one press release added. Sunday. superior of LFS; Sr. Eliza- second. the goal to be achieved.” Wokha youths debate whether clean election possible

Wokha, Sep. 3 (EMN): Wokha Town Bap- tist Church’s youth fellowship organised on September 2 a debate competition on the topic “Is clean election possible in Naga- land?” at the church in Wokha. Arhoni Jungio from Blue Hill Fellow- ship emerged the winner of the competition; Rosy of PWD/GA, CC bagged the 2nd po- sition; Bideno Humtsoe of Tsumang Youth Fellowship won the 3rd prize from the com- petition. Earlier in the program, Y Chumbethung Murry, youth director of WTBC highlighted the rules of the competition. Thirty compet- itors participated in the debate competition. All participants came forward having the vision to support and bring change to the Naga society through the Clean Election School boys swing during a break at a school in Dimapur on Wednesday, August 30. (Photo: Caisii Mao) campaign initiated by the Nagaland Baptist Church Council. Glimpses from the debating event. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017 4 REGION Sikkim CM Chamling prtecting Kidnapped infant rescued; 18 year old arrested

Our Correspondent Bimal Gurung: Goutam Deb Diphu, Sep. 3 (EMN): One teenage girl identified Kolkata/Darjeeling, Sep. 3 by the Sikkim Police and allowed your jurisdiction. Kindly render government supporting GJM’s as Pinky Debnath (18), (IANS): West Bengal Tourism to flee. It was unfortunate. We necessary police assistance during demand for separate state of a resident of Lumding Minister Goutam Deb on Saturday strongly condemn this. West raid under your jurisdiction to Gokhaland and in view of that wa s a p p r e h e n d e d a t accused Sikkim Chief Minister Bengal government will take steps apprehend Bimal Gurung, Prakash resolutions were taken twice in the Diphu railway station for Pawan Kumar Chamling of according to the Constitution,” Gurung, DK Pradhan and Sikkim Assembly earlier,” he said. kidnapping and selling a six “patronising and protecting” Deb said. others...,” Prasad said in the letter, Deb also reminded Bengal is the and half month’s old infant Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) The Trinamool Congress a copy of which is with IANS. lifeline of Sikkim and it protects the under Diphu police station chief Bimal Gurung, who was leader’s comments come a day after However, Sikkim Police has said small Himalayan state. on Saturday. “allowed to flee” when Bengal West Bengal Police arrested at least its Bengal counterparts “did not The West Bengal Police’s CID Luckily, the infant Police went to the neighbouring nine GJM leaders during a raid in produce any documents” which led on Friday issued look out notices parent’s could trace Pinky state to arrest him. south Sikkim’s Namchi on Friday them to “prevent the arrests”. against three GJM leaders, including Debnath while she was “Sikkim Chief Minister where the party had held its central “It’s not that we did not help Gurung, as tension mounted in the returning towards Diphu Pawan Kumar Chamling has been committee meeting during the day. them... they did not produce any northern West Bengal hills following railway station after selling patronising and giving protection West Bengal CID’s Special documents, neither did they have a rift within the Morcha leadership the baby for Rs. 1000 to to Bimal Gurung. Yesterday (on Superintendent of Police, North, arrest warrants nor any FIR copy. over temporary withdrawal of the one Nomita Das, a barren Friday), Bengal Police went there Ajay Prasad on Thursday had A case was registered against indefinite shutdown in the region. woman and a resident of Pinky Debnath to arrest a person (Gurung) who sought police assistance for the Bengal Police,” said an official from At its central committee meeting Panbari area in Diphu. was accused of unlawful activities proposed raid at Namchi to South Namchi police station. in Sikkim on Friday, the GJM A c c o r d i n g t o t h e the infant then followed the Source informed that under the Unlawful Activities Sikkim’s Superindent of police. Meanwhile, Deb charged expelled its Joint Secretary Binay statement of the infant kidnapper and was caught the teenage girl who was (Prevention) Act. Bengal Police “There is credible source Chamling with interfering in Tamang and senior party leader parents, their baby was at Diphu railway station caught was later handed had given prior intimation to the of information and input that Bengal’s internal matter on a Anit Thapa, accusing them of kidnapped from Dimapur immediately the after the over to Diphu RPF and a Sikkim Police. several accused wanted....who are previous occasion too. “Chamling conspiring to derail the Gorkhaland Railway Station while they infant was handed over to case has been registered in “Instead, Gurung was cordoned absconding, are available under had sent letter to the Central movement. were asleep. The parent’s of the woman. this connection. Three human traffickers arrested in Manipur Imphal, Sep. 3 (IANS): Three human Churachandur district’s promise of Rs 90,000 each more once traffickers, including two women, Superintendent of Police Rakesh they return from Moreh. were arrested early on Friday in Balwal said: “We had received They had assured the parents that Manipur when they were transporting information that some women would their daughters would be employed in three tribal women to Thailand, police be taken towards the border. Two Thailand. said. women sub-inspectors of the anti- Officials said this is not the first The arrests have exposed the human trafficking unit laid multiple case and that many girls from the flourishing international human traps.” northeastern states have been lured to trafficking trade in the northeast, the “We have learnt that the women foreign countries for flesh trade. police said. were to be handed over to foreign Some years ago, three girls in The rescued women, hailing from agents at Moreh from where they Manipur told reporters that they were poor families in Churachandpur would be taken to Thailand. They taken to Singapore but managed to district, are aged between 19 and 27 were to be sold as sex workers,” return by collecting money from some years. Balwal said. Human traffickers pay helpful tourists. The women traffickers, Esther money and tell the poor parents in the They said: “There are many Lalpianmoi and Lalngalomi, both northeastern states that their daughters other girls from northeast who could 32, were arrested along with driver would be given lucrative jobs in foreign not escape from the clutches of the Lunkhosat Haokip (31) at 2.30 a.m. countries. But they were forced into traffickers.” when they were taking the women flesh trade, he said. Some women traffickers were towards Moreh, the town on the The traffickers told the police that also nabbed earlier while transporting border with Myanmar. The three are they had paid Rs 10,000 each to the girls to Chennai. However, till date no PTI National Disaster Response Force team evacuate flood-hit people after a heavy rainfall in Agartala on Sunday. in police custody. parents of the three women with the women trafficker has been convicted. ‘Green Corridor’ provided to ailing infant from Assam Ukhrul fans treated to free music Guwahati, Sep. 3 (ANI): ‘Green baby. of further treatment of the ailing Corridor’ was provided for hitch- The infant child, Snigdharaag child as the family has been free passage of an ambulance Bhuyan, had been suffering from rendered virtually penniless after carrying a critically ill four-month- acute pneumonia and was under bearing the cost of the treatment old boy from a city nursing home ventilation in the nursing home. for their child who was admitted in Guwahati on Sunday. He was rushed to the capital in the ICU. The infant was taken to for advanced treatment. The Chief Minister’s office Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi On request of the hospital has instructed the Resident International Airport for authorities and the parents, Commissioner of Assam to transshipment into an air Kamrup Metropolitan District facilitate ‘Green Corridor’ to ambulance to Sir Ganga Ram Administration (KMDA) and the the child in the state capital too Hospital in Delhi. state police facilitated a ‘Green without any hitch. Police Commissioner Hiren Corridor’ along the entire stretch In a similar episode, Prime Nath accompanied the ambulance from hospital to airport, which Minister Narendra Modi also from the hospital to the airport was about 30 km. facilitated ‘Green Corridor’ to where an air ambulance was The Assam Government has an ailing child from Dibrugarh, brought from outside to take the decided to bear the expenditures Assam few months back.

Ukhrul, Sep. 3 (EMN): Enthusiastic popular numbers amid the cheering crowd event is aimed at promoting the local HPC(D) faction’s peace talks with Mizoram govt fizzle out music aficionados in Ukhrul town were who were enthralled by Guru’s unique music industry by bringing together all Aizawl, Sep. 3 (PTI): The and tripatite talks by inclusion Sanate was the founder treated to a free musical extravaganza strumming of his acrostic guitar. Tangkhul singers under the forum, which proposed peace talks between of a senior official from the president of the HPC (D) when on Saturday which featured a legion of Other popular singers Kingsword, was recently floated for the purpose. Mizoram government and a Centre,” he said. the outfit went underground, established local singers and budding Ashang Khapai, Wungramphy, Somatai, Former chairman ADC Ukhrul Dr. faction of Hmar People’s The state government soon after the surrender of HPC talents. Zan, Nimchuiwor & Amung, Tonreimung, Yaronsho Ngalung lauded the initiative Convention (Democratic) rejected the conditions as its cadres following the agreement The free musical extravaganza came as Thotchui, Thotreiso and others took to the of the forum as a common platform for all did not materialise as the stance was that there should be inked with Mizoram government an added bonus of first Tangkhul singers’ stage in turn and rendered their popular local singers and urged the public to extend state government rejected the no conditions for holding talks, in July 1994. get-together organised by the Tangkhul numbers. support and cooperation to the forum as conditions put forward by it, a he said. He was ousted as president Music Forum (TMF-Ensouling the tune) At the finale of the extravagant musical well as local singers. senior state government official The talks were to be held in by the Zosangbera faction in collaboration with ASA Sound, Rilo night, renowned singers Oshim SW “This way, we can collectively help said. August end. after he signed Suspension Enterprises and Kumrah Printers at the and Nimshimphy set the mood for the develop local music industry in the “The HPC(D) faction led by Peace parleys with the major of Operation (SoO) with the Multipurpose Hall, Mini Secretariat evening with the foot tapping melody titled district, where industries are are scarce Lalhmingthanga Sanate set pre- faction led by H Zosangbera Manipur government along which was celebrated under the theme ‘Ngathorwui Zingran’ which literally had and development of industries is the need conditions like establishment of would soon resume and the next with the Kuki militant groups ‘Amalgamation’, stated a press note. the whole audience rising to their feet and of the time” stated Ngalung. an autonomous district council round of talks was likely to be allegedly without consulting Commencing the proceedings of the swinging their hands to the tune. One major significant highlight of under the sixth schedule of the last official level talks as it other leaders including the musical night, well-known Tangkhul TMF president Nobert Khayi the evening was that different budding the Constitution in the Hmar would be elevated to the political outfit’s “Army Chief ” Lalropuia singers Guru Rewben Mashangva and acknowledged the public support to the crooners were given a platform to community concentrated area level, he said. Famhoite. Thangmeiso Shanglai delivered their musical extravaganza, adding that the introduce their talents.

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Affirmatives 39. Venerate 61. Consume food EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017 BUSINESS 5 NEWS IN BRIEF Air India Now Offers 50% Discount Late payment fees waived for delayed GST returns filing On Tickets For Students, Army New Delhi, Sep. 3 (PTI): The late filing of returns and payment due post reconciliation as per government has waived late pay- of taxes. GSTR-1, the additional amount Personnel And Senior Citizens ment fees for delayed filing of The Central Board of Excise of tax can be paid by debiting the GST returns and allowed busi- and Customs (CBEC) also provid- electronic cash or credit ledger. nesses to correct errors in the ed for correction of erroneous de- However, interest on delayed initial form while submitting final tails furnished in form GSTR-3B. payment of return will be levied returns by September 5. Now, businesses who intend to on the amount of tax that was Businesses were required to make changes or amend the initial due. Besides, the government has file the maiden Goods and Serv- return (GSTR 3B) can do so at exempted businesses which have ices Tax (GST) returns for July the time of filing final returns in not filed GSTR-3B but will file and pay taxes by August 25 by forms GSTR-1 or GSTR-2, as the final GST returns in GSTR-1, filing GSTR 3B. The final returns case may be. GSTR-2 and GSTR-3 from pay- for sales for July are to be filed by “This will get reflected in ment of late fees. September 5 and returns for pur- the revised output tax liability or Interest would, however, be chases by September 10. eligible ITC (input tax credit), as levied for delayed payment of tax. In a circular, the finance min- the case may be, of the registered Of the 59.57 lakh businesses istry said late fee for all taxpayers person. The details furnished in that should file return for July, as who could not file GSTR 3B for form GSTR-1 and GSTR-2 will many as 38.38 lakh taxpayers ac- July has been waived, but not the be auto-populated and reflected counting for 64.42 per cent of the interest on late payment of dues. made on or before the due date, ledger, but will not be liable to pay in the returns in form GSTR-3 total businesses registered in July As per the CGST and SGST the registered person shall be liable any late fee,” the CBEC said. for that particular month,” the had filed their GST returns. Acts, an interest at the rate of 18 for payment of interest on delayed The GST law provided for a CBEC said. Taxes worth Rs 92,283 crore In order to attract more and more passengers, Air India per cent will be levied for delayed payment of tax starting from nominal fee of Rs 100 per day on In cases where the taxes paid were collected in July from just has announced an attractive discount of 50 percent for its payment of tax. August 26, till the date of debit in Central GST and an equivalent as per the initial return filed in 64.42 per cent of the total taxpayer selected categories of flyers with effect from September. “Since the payment was not the electronic cash and/or credit amount on State GST in case of GSTR-3B is less than the amount base. The airline took to Twitter to announce the special offer for students, army personnel and senior citizens. However, the state-run airline said that the offer is being subjected to “availability of seats”. It may take ATMs three months Global cues, rupee movement to drive Though Air India didn’t specify the last day of the scheme but it clarified that it would offer discounts only on the basic fare on domestic sector economy class. To to dispense Rs 200 notes Indian equity markets (Market Outlook) avail the offer, passengers have to purchase tickets at least New Delhi, Sep. 3 (IANS): While the RBI General Manager (Services), NCR Corpora- seven days prior to the date of travel. launched the 200-rupee note a week ago, tion said. Mumbai, Sep. 3 (IANS): guidance, earnings per share Provisional figures from Besides the discount on tickets, the flyers also get an it may take up to three months for ATMs K. Srinivas, Managing Director and Global cues, along with the and subsequently impact the stock exchanges showed offer to carry 25 kgs of free check-in baggage. Students to start dispensing the new denomination CEO of BTI Payments, an RBI-licensed government’s measures to their scrip prices.” that FIIs sold stocks worth aged between 12 to 26 who study in India can avail currency as it will involve a huge exercise of firm that operates cash dispensers not owned revive growth and tackle However, on a week- Rs 2,352.07 crore, while the scheme. The student also should be enrolled for a recalibration. and managed by banks, said, “Recalibration the non-performing assets ly basis, the Indian rupee DIIs (domestic institution- full-time course for a minimum time span of a year at a Some banks have even asked the ATM will begin as and when we receive adequate (NPAs) issue are expected closed flat at 64.02-03 to a al investors) bought scrips recognized Central or state educational board. For army companies to begin testing the new note for quantity of Rs 200 notes. We are looking to to determine the way for- US dollar. worth Rs 3,399.8 crore dur- personnel, the airline said the discount is also applicable recalibration of the machines, though they roll this out as quickly as possible.” ward for the Indian equity According to Hariprasad ing the week ended Septem- to the members of the family of active army personnel. have not got supplies of the new currency. He said that the industry was expecting markets during the upcom- M.P., Senior Vice President ber 1. Only last year, the banks were involved in Rs 200 notes to be available over a period of ing week. and Head Treasury at Cen- On technical levels, the recalibration of ATM machines after the time across various geographies. Besides, the rupee’s trum Direct, last week saw NSE Nifty is expected to Google’s Search app on iOS demonetisation of high-value currency notes “The recalibration can be done progres- movement against the US the US dollar-Indian rupee make upward movement gets a Twitter-like feature in November. sively as and when the new denomination dollar and the direction of pair moving in a narrow towards 10,070 points. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did issue a note starts to become available. Unlike the foreign funds flow will also range (63.90 to 64.20) with “Technically, Nifty, Google’s search app on iOS has now got a Twitter- statement saying that the supply of the new last time around (during demonetisation), have a major bearing on an appreciation bias for the having closed above 9,952 like “Trending Searches” feature that will show users Rs 200 notes would soon be ramped up, but when we had to recalibrate all machines in the trajectory of the equity Indian rupee. points, looks set for some searches that are trending when they tap into the box has not given any time-frame by which it will one go,” Srinivas added. indices. “Resolution in the Dok- more up-move towards to start a search -- as also provide answers to queries. be available in adequate numbers. The ATM companies said that they were “Equity markets are lam standoff with China 10,030-10,070 points next The App Store added the new feature, called “What’s ATM manufacturing companies said expecting to receive official communication expected to remain range- and the general posi- week,” Deepak Jasani, Head New”, that also provides “Instant Answers” as a user that they have not received any directive from on recalibration of ATMs soon. However, e- bound next week and driven tive trend in the -- Retail Research, HDFC types his query -- and even before he presses the search the RBI regarding the recalibration of ATMs mails to RBI in this regard did not elicit any mostly by stock-specific ac- markets helped Securities, told IANS. button, TechCrunch reported. When this feature was for the new Rs 200 note. They disclosed that reply, they said. tion. However, investors the rupee gain “ We a k n e s s c o u l d rolled out last year on Android, people had complained some banks have at an informal level have “The production of these (Rs 200) notes will take cues from global c o m p a r e d emerge if the support of that they found it annoying and distracting, especially as asked them to start testing of the new note, is being ramped up by the currency printing developments, especially to the pre- 9,851 points is bro- the content returned was not what they were personally since it is of a different size. presses and over time, as more notes are the geo-political situation,” v i o u s ken.” interested in. A few months later, Google updated and It is yet to be seen whether all the 2.25 printed, it will be distributed across the coun- Devendra Nevgi, Chief Ex- Last week, included an opt-out setting in the Google Search app. lakh ATM machines across India would be try through the banking channels and will be ecutive of Zyfin Advisors, key equity in- The same feature has also been included in iOS app recalibrated for dispensing the new note. available for public in adequate quantity,” the told IANS. dices gained version. Ravi B Goyal, Chairman and Managing RBI had said in a statement. “On the domes- around one Director, AGS Transact Technologies Lim- Currently, Rs 200 notes are available only tic front, reform per cent each China’s Transsion picks ited, which claims to have an installed base through select RBI offices and some banks. d e v e l o p - on hopes of of 60,000 ATMs, told IANS, “The process While State Bank of India and Punjab m e n t s a rate cut 80 percent stake in Spice JV of recalibration will begin once we receive National Bank are reported to have received over the b y t h e Chinese communications firm Transsion Holding has the directive from the RBI. The size of the the new Rs 200 notes, Eknath Baliga, Man- NPA is- Reser ve picked up 80 per cent stake in Spice Mobile as it aims to new notes is different from the existing ones ger, KYC-Antimoney Laundering Cell, sues and Bank of garner a larger marketshare in the fiercely competitive and so, once we receive the new notes, we Corporation Bank, Mangalore, told IANS g r o w t h I n d i a , Indian mobile handset market. will have to understand its dimensions and that none of its branches across the country concerns after the subdued week,” Hariprasad said. c o u p l e d GDP numbers will be eyed. “The appreciation of the with short-covering and “The brand Spice mobile was transfered to a special accordingly reconfigure the ATM cassettes. had received the Rs 200 notes so far. Nevertheless, domestic flows Euro against the US dollar healthy auto sales and man- purpose vehicle (SPV). In the joint venture company, Next, we will have to check if the supply of The Rs 200 note is currently being print- are expected to continue de- also helped strengthen the ufacturing data. Transsion holds 80 per cent stake while the Modis of the notes is good enough to run the cassettes at ed only by RBI presses. Security Printing and spite negative macros.” Indian rupee. The pair is Consequently, the Spice Group holds the rest 20 per cent,” a senior official full capacity.” Minting Corporation of India (SPMCIL) Apart from global cues, expected to again trade in a 30-scrip Sensitive Index told PTI who did not want to be quoted. “The entire process of recalibration can sources told IANS that the company has not be completed within 90 days without affect- received any indent so far for the printing of Indian currency’s movement narrow range in the coming (Sensex) of the BSE surged However, Transsion has no plan to buy out the ing the regular functionality of ATMs to a Rs 200 notes. India’s two currency presses against the US dollar would week .” by 296.17 points or 0.94 per remaining stake of the SPV. With this deal, Transsion is large extent. In fact, the ATMs will continue are owned by RBI and two by SPMCIL, be keenly watched by inves- Another major factor cent to 31,892.23 points. handling manufacturing, sourcing and marketing Spice to be fully operational during recalibration which is a government-owned company. tors, as earnings of export- for the Indian equity mar- Similarly, the Nifty50 brand phones in India and will continue to supply Rs 100, Rs 500 How the ATM recalibration happens: oriented sectors like IT and kets will be the direction of the National Stock Ex- Transsion has adopted a multi-brand strategy in India and Rs 2,000 denominations,” he said. Usually, an ATM holds four cassettes -- pharma might be impacted of foreign funds flow given change (NSE) made gains. positioning each brand for each segment of the huge Among the other companies operating in three of which can continue to be used for Rs due to a strengthening rupee. the pull-back in foreign in- It closed at 9,974.40 points, Indian handset market. the sector are NCR Corporation, which has 100, Rs 500, Rs 2,000, and the fourth cassette “On year-to-date basis, stitutional investors’ (FIIs) up 117.35 points or 1.19 per “We want to reposition Spice in the mid category over 1,08,000 machines, and BTI Payments, can be used for the new Rs 200 notes. On an the Indian rupee has ap- investment. cent. segment of both feature and smartphones to compete which has 4,500 cash dispensers. average, each cassette has a capacity to hold preciated by 7.2 per cent. Figures from the Na- with established brands catering to these segments (Rs NCR Corporation said that while some 2,000-2,500 notes depending upon the qual- This will benefit the import tional Securities Depository 800-Rs 9000) including Samsung, Nokia and Micromax,” banks have reached out to them to start test- ity of cash issued by banks. However, there segment and lower inflation. Ltd revealed that foreign the official said. Spice was among the top three highest ing of the new note, they were yet to receive are many ATMs that only have either two or However export-oriented portfolio investors (FPIs) LOST NOTICE selling handset brand even a few years back and had the supply to begin the process. three cassettes. sectors like software, phar- divested equities worth Rs Name - K. Ahovi Ayemi strong brand recall. “Banks have started getting in touch with The number of slots in the ATM can be maceuticals, automobiles 14,706.68 crore, or $2.29 Lost – Marksheet, and textiles will suffer,” Ani- billion, during the month of “We are offering one year replacement warranty us for testing the same. They will let us know configured as per the bank’s preference. The Roll No. 17402, against standard 100 days of other brands,” he said. which machines they wish to configure for banks decide which denomination needs to ndya Banerjee, Deputy Vice August, whereas during Au- Transsion began its Indian journey with Itel, a mass Rs 200, which will require physical visits to be configured in a machine on the basis of President for Currency and gust 28-September 1, FPIs Redg. No. 9028, market feature phone. It also has Techno -- its offline ATMs. However, the new notes are still to the customer profile in the area where the Interest Rates with Kotak invested in equities worth Class – XII, Year 1990 smartphone brand and online brand Infinix. be provided to us by the respective banks so ATM is located and the number of transac- Securities, told IANS. Rs 300.12 crore, or $46.99 Dimapur Govt. College that the testing can begin,” Anand Garollu, tions on that machine. “This will impact their million. Under NEHU GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND I-T dept to focus on e-assessment DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION NAGALAND: KOHIMA to cut down on human interface NO.HED/SCHO-1/2016/ Dated, Kohima 30th Aug. 2017 NOTIFICATION TO ALL BENEFICIARIES OF POST MATRIC New Delhi, Sep. 3 (PTI): The In- utilise data effectively such that the SCHOLARHIP FOR ST STUDENTS AND INSTITUTIONS come Tax Department will focus on target for collection of Personal widening of tax base and maximise Income Tax should not only be met 1. The Online applications for all three Schemes i.e. Post Matric Scholarship, State Merit Scholarship and NEC stipend & Book Grant for the academic session 2017-18 will be live (active) from 11th e-assessment to cut down on human but also be exceeded,” it added. st interface, according to an official With regard to redressal of Sept. to 31 Oct. 2017 vide State Portal www.nagaland.gov.in statement. grievances, the CBDT said 85 per 2. Aadhaar number has been made mandatory for all Centrally Sponsored Schemes as per the Also, efforts will be made by cent of grievances have been dis- latest direction from Ministry, therefore, Aadhaar will be compulsory for Post Matric and NEC Scholarships. the Central Board of Direct Taxes posed of online through the e- 3. Students should use their own personal valid Bank account number while filling up the online (CBDT) to exceed the income tax nivaran portal. applications. collection target set for current fi- “There was an emphasis on 4. The schools, colleges and Universities within the State are to retain the hard copies of Post Matric nancial year by use of big-data ana- redressal of grievances for both Scholarship submitted by the students for record in case of query from the Directorate or Ministry. lytics, said the statement after the CBDT and CBEC,” the statement 5. The hard copies of both State Merit and NEC are to be sent to the Directorate on or before 30th end of the two-day annual retreat said. Nov. 2017 (in bulk for institutions within Nagaland) of central and state government tax It said that special focus should 6. Naga indigenous students studying outside the state may send their hard copies along with the officers. be given to popularise the Operation required annexure via Speed Post or hand Post. The conference also discussed Clean Money portal such that an 7. As per the Scholarship guidelines, a student is entitled to only one Scholarship therefore, the strategies for widening of tax base, environment of voluntary compli- Computer Assistants should make sure that students applied for only one scheme. with special focus on verification of ance can be created. 8. The Computer assistants should cross check the online application with the hard copies submitted data collected during demonetisa- The indirect tax wing - Central by the students to ensure that all the required valid documents are enclosed as per the guidelines. tion and SFT (statement of financial Board of Excise and Customs - dis- 9. In case of detection of duplication/ dual applications at the institution level, consultation may be transactions). cussed issues relating to ease of do- made with the concerned student to opt for his/her choice of scheme. “The CBDT aims to add a size- ing business, litigation management 10. Repeaters application should not be forwarded/ verified by the institutions as per the scholarship able number of new taxpayers in the Adhia said that revenue was a cross to achieve the twin objectives of among others. guidelines. current fiscal,” an official statement “There was also a Sunshine ses- 11. In case of detection of duplication/ dual applications at the State/ Ministry level, the concerned sectoral subject and required coor- substantially reducing the number institution shall be held responsible for breach of guidelines. said. dination between both the CBDT of appeals and the disputed demand sion to highlight a formation’s initia- Prime Minister Narendra tive in improving taxpayer services 12. NEC has added some new courses besides the existing courses, Students who wish to avail the and CBEC. before CIT (appeals), it said. same may kindly check the guidelines of NEC in the portal. Modi, while inaugurating the Ra- He encouraged that officers of “The focus is to dispose of 70 or individual initiative outside of the 13. For Research Scholars who intended to avail State Research Scholarship may kindly collect the jaswa Gyan Sangam yesterday, both CBDT and CBEC to share best per cent of smaller appeals and 30 regular area of responsibility,” the Research Scholarship forms from the Directorate as per the date mentioned above. had nudged tax officials to use data practices with each other regularly. per cent of high demand appeals statement said. 14. All the institutions are requested to download the Annexure IV given in the portal meant for the analytics to track undeclared wealth The CBDT said that in the including 100 per cent of appeals Besides, Adhia underlined the institutions and send both hard & soft copies (CD) to the Directorate of Higher Education. and fix clear targets for improving conference “it was decided that involving disputed demand of Rs 50 importance of increasing efforts to (Format to be used within Nagaland only) tax administration by 2022. assessing officers be encouraged to crore and above,” the CBDT said. garner revenue in light of the data 15. Issuance of hostel forms for hostellers will be started only in the month of October. Further He asked taxmen to clear pen- maximise e-assessment in a phased Strategies for revenue max- that is available post demonetisa- information for collection of hostel forms for District wise shall be notified later. dency of cases and create an en- tion. manner and to ensure that work be imisation were discussed at length DIRECTOR vironment that instills confidence completed online so that there is especially since the CBDT has been He also stressed that genuine among honest taxpayers and up- grievances of taxpayers should be HIGHER EDUCATION complete transparency”. tasked to collect revenue of Rs 9.80 NAGALAND :: KOHIMA roots corruption. As a step towards effective liti- lakh crore in the present fiscal. disposed of on priority and taxpay- Issued by DIPR Revenue Secretary Hasmukh gation management, CBDT aims “The officers were urged to ers should be treated with courtesy. KG-1965 6

EastErn Mirror Dimapur, mONDay, SEpTEmBEr 4, 2017 Disasters: Time to fill gaps Enjoying Power: A Lesson From a agaland has had her share of natural disasters- earth- quakes, landslides, flash floods etc.- in the past. And each disaster continues to frustrate the government and Nthe community. The question now is, how prepared are Legendary Indian King’s Throne we to face these disasters, and how well can we recover from them. A few days ago, the Nagaland State Disaster Management Au- Battisi” as it is more popularly known, which is King Bhoj and his courtiers, on a hunt, pass thority had initiated and carried out a state-wide mega mock drill, Vikas Datta | iaNS the work being referred to here. by the fields of a Brahmin, sitting on a small Nagaland Emergency Preparedness Exercise (NEPEx), simulating How this work -- composed in Sanskrit some- mound to oversee his ripening crops, and he in- an earthquake measuring 8.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale. The ulers of men, be it in a system autocratic time in the 11th century CE or later, since its cen- vites them to come and take their fill. But as they idea behind the mock drill, it was said, was to generate awareness or democratic, soon begin to believe in tral figure is Raja Bhoj (r. 1010-55) of the Parma- enter and he comes down to meet them, he com- among the communities and different agencies on how to estab- their “divine right” of leadership and ra dynasty in the Malwa region -- has come down plains they are spoiling the harvest. As they leave lish mechanism for effective response to any disaster, particularly Rthat they outstrip their predecessors -- to us is a tale in itself. Involved were scores of and he returns to the mound, he calls them back with Nagaland being a state that is vulnerable to different natural some of whom are sought to be brushed out. This unknown authors who translated it into various and the same process repeats itself. calamities including earthquakes as it lies on the Seismic Zone V. sentiment is not alien to our country and our time, Indian languages, Emperor Akbar who ordered Bhoj suspects there is something in the Following the mock exercise, top officials of the state were re- despite the lessons from one of the most abiding it be rendered into Persian, and then Lallu Lal mound, orders it dug, comes across the throne, ported to have pointed out a shortfall in the communications sys- and popular works of our cultural tradition. and Kazim Ali who translated it into Hindi in the which has thirty-two statuettes of angels carved tem, lack in equipments in district hospitals down to PHCs of basic This work is fantastical, but seeks to anchor early 19th century. into it, and has it brought to his palace. But emergency equipments, manpower in the State Disaster Response itself in recorded history while using the memory Finally, it was American Sanskrit scholar whenever he ascends, one of the statuettes comes Force (SDRF), no records in departments on available resources, of a fabled monarch, whom scholars still struggle Franklin Edgerton in the early 20th century who to life and asks him if he can match Vikramadi- identification and maintenance of alternative routes (roads) and so to identify, or ascertain if he ever existed, or is a produced a definitive edition as well as the first tya’s sterling qualities, each illustrated by a tale on. Adding to these, a top bureaucrat was said to have expressed representation of an ideal ruler. (and for long, the only) English translation. He about him, interspersed with some key advice concern that there is only one functional siren in the state capital But historical or not, we find here that his worked on the 33 versions available, including about life. in the PHQ, and when it sounded during the mock drill, nobody record is so exemplary and so celebrated that, four major ones, while 14 manuscripts being sent These range from the “ordinary” in which he in the Secretariat Complex heard it. The official had rightly under- centuries later, a powerful king, who comes to him from Bombay were lost as they were be- manages to convince some deity to grant some scored the need to install sirens at strategic locations, taking into across his throne, is not allowed to ascend it un- ing carried across the Atlantic on the Titanic! He boon to someone who has been long propitiating consideration the mountainous positioning of our towns. less he proves to be equal in courage, wisdom, finished his work in 1917 and it was published by them without success, or offers himself as a sac- The most surprising reaction from a government department generosity and ability. Our legendary monarch Harvard University in 1926. rifice to obtain what someone desires -- to some to the mega mock drill was the report from the Food & Civil Sup- is none other than Vikramaditya, whom Indian But while the provenance and textual varia- more fantastic, involving a visit to the underworld plies department. The department was reported to have relayed diplomat and classicist A.N.D. Haksar terms as tions of the “Singhasan...” are interesting in their or to the Sun’s domains, or coming across the In- that due to the National Food Security Act, ‘not much elbow-room representing “a great and good king whose reign own (and can be found in the introduction of dian form of the Graces. One of the most interest- was there to spare food items’. It is understood that what happened was a golden age of righteousness, peace and Haksar’s “Simhasana Dvatrimsika/Thirty-Two ing is the king’s encounter with a gambler. on August 30 was just a mock drill, but will the department issue a prosperity” -- a perception “which has persisted Tales of The Throne of Vikramaditya” (Penguin, The cycle continues till all 32 tell their stories similar response in the face of an actual disaster? We hope not. It in popular memory for at least a thousand years”. 1998), let us look at its content. about Vikramaditya and reveal their true nature. would be uncalled for otherwise, and inhuman. And his name still lives on in the traditional Like the “Baital Pachisi”, it begins with how So does Bhoj, when we find what he does with On the strengthening of the SDRF manpower, while it is Hindu calendar system, its newest aircraft car- Vikramaditya succeeded his brother Bhartrihari the throne. agreed that all the districts of the state must be covered and more rier, in the calligraphed copy of the Constitution to the throne of Ujjayini as the latter renounced If we could get these traditional, timeless re- manpower needs to be added to the existing ones, the real question (along with Ashoka and Akbar), and above all, in the world in disgust after the sordid affair of the pository of our folklore to be considered more is, are the existing SDRF units well equipped? lore and legend. fruit bestowing immortality he had presented his than just stories, we would be in a better state. From what could be gathered during the recent flood situation Out of hundreds of stories about the “Sun of wife -- and where it ended up. It devotes another and even during the collapse of 4th Mile bridge in Dimapur, the Valour” (as his name means), the best-known are chapter to his glory, his eventual death and the (Vikas Datta is an Associate Editor at IANS. The search and rescue team from the SDRF are practically ill-equipped, the cycles collected in the “Baital Pachisi” and hiding away of his throne, before coming to the views expressed are personal. He can be contacted as they were seen going neck-deep into the raging waters without the “Simhasana Dvatrimsika”, or the “Singhasan story in earnest. at [email protected] ) any safety gear. That the state has trained SDRF personnel and they are in position in eight districts is a big step forward, but if they are poorly equipped, who would guarantee their perform- ance and their safety? NSDMA officials themselves admit that the SDRF is their ‘hands and legs’ but in the face of a real big disaster, if the latter is not well equipped, who will save them, and the peo- ple? Just because they are trained does not mean they are miracle Is the NSCN (IM) Afraid? workers. They still need gears and tools to execute their work. pontificate about your sacrifices, but your ‘national interest’ to mock these Currently 3 districts without the SDRF – Longleng, Kiphire Joel Naga Can the IM guarantee a time-frame for and Peren, as there is no district Home Guards & Civil Defence cannot see the sacrifices of others and I unions? Not only are you hypocrites, but settlement of the Naga issue? Is it pos- stand with him. ungrateful as well. Your ‘national sins’ sible for Th. Muivah, the leader himself, established in those districts yet. Yes, the SDRF is manned by the ray, Fast, Threaten. Pray, Fast, You accuse us of perfidy, having will run into thousands of pages if the to sit down with Nagas, Young and Old, Home Guards & Civil Defence, the generally perceived underdogs PREY. Pray, Fast, Spew Ven- accepted Honorarium in lakhs from ‘sins’ are brought before a Court of Law, and explain his present position or pre- of the uniformed personnel. om. Rev. SeksimKasar, of the the government. Remember, the HPC but do Pray and Fast hard that the GoI dicament if any? At the end, the ques- During the state level debriefing after the NEPEx, state offi- Council of Nagalim Church- cials were also said to have stressed on the need for more training P was constituted to investigate the syn- should wipe your slate clean to allow tion before everyone of us is; If the IM is es (CNC) of the NSCN (IM) has the dicate system and all the extortions in you to begin your life afresh. not able to settle the Naga issue- an issue and sensitization to strengthen Community First Responders as it world’s toughest job. To begin with, the Nagaland started by you, the IM, un- Corruption and the unresolved Naga it thinks it’s only qualified to handle like has been proven time and again that the communities are the first NSCN-IM will go to any extend to mis- der the garb of national TAX. We were political problem are two sides of the the way some organizational presidents to respond in any situation involving disasters or accidents. Spot lead , including carefully ‘planting’ news paid what was rightfully due to us for 6 same coin. Unless, the Naga issue is re- cling on to their chairs- how should Na- on! Public awareness as well as participation in such mock exer- in the Times of India, that, it is fasting months of our service. But what about solved, corruption cannot be tackled be- gas judge the IM? Does the IM have an cises for sensitization is very much necessary. There is a need for for its ‘sins’ thereby giving the impres- the NSCN (IM)? Why don’t you tell the cause the politicians, the bureaucrats and answer to all these? No, it doesn’t and for every citizen to feel equally responsible to be aware and keep their sion that it has asked forgiveness from Naga people who your bed-fellows are? all the ‘national workers’ are involved the first time in its existence, the NSCN homes, towns and villages safe. the Naga people and received one. And Have you ever confessed during your in the enterprise to loot the state. Even (IM) is unsure of itself. Simply put, it Natural disasters cannot be predicted, therefore, the best ap- so it goes…Pray, Fast, deceive. It is in- ‘national prayer’ days, before the God otherwise, the urgency to settle the Naga cannot answer itself and it is AFRAID. proach to face any eventuality is to build a disaster resilient society. teresting that the MIP, NSCN (IM) has you love to prostrate, that a certain PDS issue once and for all is paramount, It hasn’t helped that in the last 20 years, Eastern Mirror has reported that the findings in NEPEx is simi- taken the moral high ground accusing kingpin or the fuel adulteration kingpins through an inclusive solution, and this the IM has at best indulged in rhetoric, lar to the 2014 mega mock exercise which was carried out in the Khekiye K. Sema, IAS (Retd) of incit- are your bosom buddies as well? That means bringing all the warring factions one after the other, and at worst, decep- state as part of the North East multi-state preparedness campaign ing civil war and shooting from the you’re also directly involved in siphon- onboard. So, is it a NATIONAL crime tion, so the question of going back to of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in ACAUT’s shoulder. No, the retired gov- ing of rice, kerosene or sugar meant for to demand an INCLUSIVE SOLU- the people does not arise (the deception replication of a possible Magnitude 8.7 Shillong 1897 earthquake. ernment servant shot from his own hip your own people? Shouldn’t it prick TION? Is it ANTI-NAGA to demand of pride). Maybe finding scapegoats in The NDMA observers had then pointed out that the few gaps that and it’s the IM, which will possibly bring your conscience that there’re no bridges peace and security of life? Can the IM Khekiye K. Sema and the ACAUT is the need to be reviewed by the state were the communications systems, destruction and mayhem, not Khekiye or roads or government buildings in Na- define what ANTI-NAGA is in the first better option…. logistics and resource management system, and that the Incident K. Sema, not the ACAUT. My bosom galand which haven’t fallen prey to your place since according to it, the ACAUT, Last, but not the least, the great Response System (IRS) needed to be put into more practice and friend Khekiye K. Sema has been sim- greed? You mock at the Garage Union, Thepfulhouvi Solo, Khekiye K. Sema, NSCN (IM) should desist from throw- public awareness programmes needed to be strengthened. ply expressing the sentiment of the Naga Thela Union, DCCI, Autorickshaw Un- etc., are all anti-Nagas? Hint: Probably ing the name ‘Joel Rengma’ around as The onus now lies on the state government as to how it will people, that, the IM should NOT con- ion, etc., for supporting the ACAUT. you have to first define what NAGA is in if I’m another of their ‘rubber stamps.’ equip itself on the lessons learnt from these exercises. clude the Naga Talks without the other You’re a pharisaic lot! Should I tell you order to explain the ANTI of IT. I see no reason why they should forci- NNPGs, period. He has only pointed not to mock the hand that feeds you? What is the IM Afraid Of? Instead bly place ‘Rengma’ after my name when out your hypocrisy- you, who, fast and When the IM forcibly taxes and receives of accusing Khekiye K. Sema of inciting I have never used this surname at any pray but cannot reconcile with your fel- Rs. 35, 000, 00/- (thirty-five lakhs) per civil war, can the IM guarantee the Naga point in my life unless the intent is to in- low factional leaders; you, who rant and DAILY year from the Garage Union, is it in people that there’ll be no retributions? sult or belittle my heritage. Six Signs Your Nation is Becoming Like Sodom and Gomorrah PATH Here are Six signs that a nation is becoming like or District / Constituency /village , almost assuring tion is becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah and we is already like Sodom and Gomorrah. their re-election. Also,the way some Government all know what happened to them. Sign 1. Compromising With Sin : departments do business is deplorable, outsourcing Sign 6. No Fear of God Jops just to make a little bit more Profit, leaving un- The Bible says long before Sodom and Gomorrah employed skilled, experienced and merit candidates When a person or nation does not afraid God, they Stepping into Strength have Zero chance of Having biblical Wisdom.,, Be- were going to be destroyed by fire that ‘’ the men of behind . Some business intentionally take losses for Sodom were wicked,great sinners against the Lord ‘’ certain things just to reduce their TAXES . Some in- cause the very beginning of wisdom is the fear of Lord BiBLe ReaD: 1 ChroniCles 16:11–18, 28–36 Gen 13:13. But since the Land was well watered, lot dividuals even burnEd down their ware house and .proverb 9:10 . What seems right to us is often contrary chose to plant his family near to Sodom. What hap- Buildings in order to collect on Insurances and build to the will and Word of God, But when any nation ThouGhT foR ToDaY: pened was Lot started compromising ,and instead a Newer better one. no longer fears God, then that Nation is headed for Devote yourselves to prayer, being of avoiding sinful city/state of Sodom. ‘’ Lot settled When these kinds of businesses and Political God’s judgement.... just as surely as Sodom and Go- morrah had. The fear that the Bible speaks about is not watchful and thankful. among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as practices Prevail in any Nation, then that or any na- far as Sodom ‘’ Gen 13:12 or right next to it. Before tion is becoming like Soddom and Gomorrah. fear of being stuck dead or of God being angry at you. ~ Colossians 4:2 you know it, Lot was sitting at the City gate,where The fear of God is a Deep, Holy, Abiding respected the cities leaders and business men met .Gen:10:1 Sign 4. What’s Good is Evil and Reverence for God and his Word.Here is why it’s a “Will we see any snakes?” Lot was compromising with sin and if not for the When the Two Angeles came to rescue LOT,they good thing to fear God : “the fear of the Lord is instruc- Allan, a young boy in our neighborhood, asked that question as Two Angeles taking him by force ,he and his whole wanted to spend the night in the Town Square( Gen tion in Wisdom “ proverb. 15:33 and “The fear of the :19:2) but Lot knew it was too dangerous, “the men Lord Leads to Life and whoever has it rests satisfied :he we started on a hike by the river near our home. family would have died in the coming fire. Sign 2. Declining Morality. of the city, the men of Soddom and Gommorrah will not be visited by Harm “ proverb : 19:23. When a “We never have before,” I answered, “but we might! So let’s both young and old,all the people to the last man, Nation no longer fears God,, they had better fear God ask God to keep us safe.” We paused, prayed together, and kept If you look at T.V show just 10 or 20 years ago, You sourrrounded the house” (Gen.19:4) and these men even More, utility fear his Holy Righteous Wrath. can notice that people were a lot more courteous, walking. Angrily cried out” where are the men who came to Conclusion there is hardly any Profanity, and there is even less you tonight?? Gen.19:5 ...which clearly means they Several minutes later my wife, Cari, suddenly took a quick step -sexually explicit images. Now , go back another 10 Our society today puts up with some much more backward, narrowly avoiding a poisonous copperhead partially wanted to have Homosexual relationship with the or 20 years. How has society changed since ‘’ Andy men ( who were actually Angeles ). But Lot told Violence, Filthy Language, and Nudity, that if our coiled on the path ahead. We waited as the snake left the trail, giving Griffiths ‘’ life 8n MayBerry ??? What was Andy them No..!!!!. The men didn’t take no for an answer Great Grandparent or Grandparents could see it, it a wide berth. Then we paused and thanked God nothing had hap- Mayberry society like ..when you compare it today and so they pressed hard against the man, Lot and they’d probably throw up. It would make them Sick pened. I believe that through Allan’s question, God had prepared us ??? Is it better or as you might suspect, growing more drew near to break the door down. Gen: 19:9. to their Stomach. Today , many nations compromise for the encounter, and our prayer was part of His providential care. wickedgeree everyday?? Like the frog in the ‘‘pot’’ What used to be called evil is called good,and with Sin,this causes Morality to slide downward, and this Corruption eneeds the business and Politi- Our brush with danger that evening brings to mind the impor- Our Nation doesn’t seem to notice that Evil is grow- what used to be good is now Evil. When this hap- ing day by day and the heat keeps going up while the cal spheres, until everyone thinks Evil is okay and tance of David’s words: “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek pens (and I believe it has ) ..the nation is becoming frog sits happily in the water, not knowing it’s soon very much like Sodom and Gomorrah. what is good is now Evil. Thesee are clear signs that his face always” (1 Chron. 16:11). This advice was part of a psalm going to be Soup. Is it any wonder that so many of a nation is headed towards the same fade as Sodom celebrating the return of the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem. It re- our children are addicted to Pornography ?? Immoral Sign 5. Sexual Immorality and Gommorrah .Remember dear readers ...these counts God’s faithfulness to His people in their struggles throughout activities?? .Pray for our nation to Repent And Trust There is a Bible reference that indicates what so- nations were wipe from Off the face of the Earth... history, reminding them to always praise Him and “cry out” to Him in Christ ,before we too follow the ways of Soddom ciety can become like over time. It says that they Forever. (v. 35). and Gomorrah, which today has no longer exist. forgot how to BLUSH,,meaning they so FlaunTed Lastly...A simple but Relevant questions to Our Sign 3.Corrupt Leadership their Sexuality that they had no SHAME and where parents, political leaders, church leaders, national What does it mean to “seek [God’s] face”? It means we turn our not embarrassed about anything anymore. It’s as if freedom fighters ,top bureaucracies and general pub- hearts toward Him in even the most mundane moments. Sometimes Since Soddom and Gomorrah were such Evil na- anything goes these days,, Sex sells but the pay day lic...Are You Witnessing the above Six Signs in our our prayers are answered differently than our asking, but God is tions, You would expect that their business practices is horrific. For those who are involved in Sexual Nation??? faithful come what may. Our Good Shepherd will direct our paths as well. It is very possible that their Political leaders immorality, including the unmarried and those in- God bless Nagaland. and keeps us in His mercy, strength, and love. May we declare our would have been Bribed by special interest groups. It volved in Sex outside of marriage (adultery), God’s Renthungo C Humtsoe probably a lot like it is today in many of the political dependence on Him. gives no assurance that they are going to be saved Assistant professor St. Joseph’s college spheres ...in passing legislation through Congress, .When a Nation grows so Evil that SEX is brazenly Jakhama, kohima. inserting “Pork Belly” pet project. Just for their own posted and advertisEd, , then that’s a sign that Na- [email protected] Prayer imparts the power to walk and not faint. Oswald Chambers The contents of articles in this page do not necessarily reflect the Editorial view or policy of the paper. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017 7 India’s Plan for Bank Mergers Ignores History and International Consensus more compelling when they are systemically that size should not be linked to risky behav- and function more smoothly if they are be- economies of scale. Sampad patnaik | thewire.in important banks (SIBs). An SIB is a financial iour, which they cite as an independent vari- ing controlled by one strong management The last part of the paragraph warrants entity whose collapse can seriously threaten able. They also cite the role of rating agen- team.” scrutiny. If the worldwide consensus has bese banks are generally un- the stability of the national economy. The cies that will flag risky behaviour of banks This kind of reasoning is basically argu- stated undesirability of big banks, two im- healthy for the economy. But the State Bank of India (SBI) has been already with lower ratings, thereby monitoring risk. ing in favour of monopoly by the service pro- portant questions follow. Which institution government is happily fattening denoted as an SIB by the Reserve Bank of However, as per the IMF, size is absolutely vider, a decision which is not in consumers’ would invest in an already risky structure? If Obanks thinking they are becoming India. Increasing the size of SBI is a poor linked with risk – size insulates entities from interest. If two entities servicing the same an institution invests anyway, what guaran- “stronger” in the process. banking policy. Earlier in 2017, SBI has disciplinary action by the government and if set of people merge, then they naturally lose tees have been given for it to recover money The Union cabinet’s decision to merge- merged operations of five of its associate any organization realises there is no down- the incentive to compete with one another. should things go wrong? and-consolidate India’s public sector banks banks and BharatiyaMahila Bank signaling side to risk, it is prone to indulge in it. Secondly, as a merged entity they become (PSUs) is in direct opposition to the post- a determined push towards consolidation Secondly, rating agencies can no longer be even more difficult to discipline in case of Bleaker future 2008-crisis consensus that big banks are a in the sector, following the bad loans crisis. trusted for effective vigilance of institutional predatory behaviour. And lastly, if the risky The government’s poor ideas on bank- systemic risk to their national economies. In The merger has reduced the number of state- behaviour. Their disastrous record in the run behaviour of the merged entity backfires, ing reform do not stop at consolidation and the US and the UK, political campaigns have controlled banks to 21 from 26. up to the 2008 financial crisis is well known then it is difficult to let them self-destruct bloated structures. The government is going been run advocating break-up of big banks. The principal advisor to the finance min- in international banking circles. Some of the because they are the only player in the mar- out of its way to promote risky behaviour by The term ‘too important to fail’ (TITF) istry, SanjeevSanyal, has reportedly said that world’s most respected rating agencies had ket. Hence, bailouts using taxpayer money also aiming to diversify holding patterns in is increasingly used in mainstream media the government is seeking ways to reduce the assigned AA ratings to American banks days follow – a chain which clearly demonstrates bank shares. Finance minister ArunJaitley coverage of the global economy. In 2014, number of existing public sector banks to a before the latter collapsed. The reasons, given that when special interests make mistakes, has been quoted saying, “… we have an- the International Monetary Fund (IMF) range between ten and 15. He has said con- for this failure of the rating agencies, range society bails them out – but when ordinary nounced a policy that government holdings published a paper listing all the risks associ- solidation will not be taken too far so that the from incompetence to collusion. individuals find themselves in the same posi- [in banks] to be brought down to 52%.” ated with big banks, a study explicitly link- numbers of PSUs come down to four or five, tion, the invisible hand of the market metes This intent if implemented, will also ma- ing bigger size with riskier behaviour, forced lest the new banks become TITF. However, Media propaganda in favour of bank out visible punishments. nipulate ownership patterns in a way that in- government subsidies and even weakening Sanyal has not clarified the basis on which consolidation centivises risky behavior. A diverse holding of national sovereignty. After multiple inves- he has calculated that four-five are TITF and There are a number of other weak rea- The same article goes on to argue pattern of bank ownership actually creates tigations into the 2008 US economic crisis, not ten-15. sons supporting big banks, which are re- The mergers are also expected to reduce the free rider problem. This scenario implies leading bankers across the world have now He has also not clarified how exactly a peated by sections of the media eschewing the pressure on the government to secure that when multiple entities hold ownership said banks stay nimble and serve the econo- bank becomes ‘stronger’ when it is bigger, critical examination. For example, a Quartz capital for PSBs. State-owned lenders may in an institution, every individual owner has my better when small in size. and how exactly size solves the problems of article quoted the following statement from need Rs1.8 lakh crore of capital infusion limited agency in controlling risky behaviour One of the most dangerous outcomes bad loans. Under the Indradhanush plan, an auditor without verifying the veracity by FY19, it has been estimated. Of this, Rs of the management. By divesting their stake, of bank consolidation is the embedded in- the bigger banks will be recapitalised by the of the claim or even deconstructing what it 70,000 crore will be pumped in by their larg- governments insulate themselves from criti- centives in favour of risky behaviour. Once government. So if it actually recapitalisation meant. est shareholder, the government. The onus cism of mismanaging major public institu- banks get to the TITF stage, they realise that helping banks become stronger, then why “Consolidation will help by marrying to raise the balance is with the banks them- tions. Every major shareholder blames ‘the they will be bailed out by respective govern- not recapitalise existing banks without merg- two banks that have similar structures and selves. The merged, stronger, and competi- board’ excluding its own involvement, and ments even if their risks backfire. The case ing them? are chasing the same goal. The banks will tive entities will, thus, be better placed to at- when the music stops taxpayers find them- for bailing a reckless bank becomes even Proponents of bank consolidation argue be able to better channelise the resources tract funds lead to operational efficiency and selves holding the bag they must now fill. What’s Causing So Many Changes to India’s Monsoons? the spatial variability of monsoon rainfall since the 1950s. ficult. A rich vein of long-term data yields great insights Niña. Then there’s the warming and cooling of the Indian Raghu Murtugudde | IANS During the monsoon season, there are usually ran- but also raises new questions and poses serious chal- and Atlantic oceans -- the Indian Ocean Dipole and the dom “break periods” when there is hardly any rainfall. lenges to climate models old and new. However, now we Atlantic Niño. All these play a role in the monsoon, but it or the third year in a row, the monsoon season These periods are associated with systems moving north- do know that rainfall extremes during the monsoon are is not always clear which affects what, and how. has produced floods in the northwest and the wards from the equatorial region. unrelated to local warming. Despite these changes and the decreasing trend, rain- northeast, while south India has suffered from a All available data and models-blended-with-data We also know that the long-term trends we are wit- fall at the end of most seasons remains within 10 per cent Frainfall deficit. Rainfall extremes have increased (known as re-analysis) indicate that global warming is nessing -- decreasing mean rainfall, increasing spatial of the long period average (LPA). But with the variations threefold over the last few years and now extend over all shortening the length of the “active periods” when it variability of rainfall, and a three-fold rise in rainfall ex- across space increasing, that means little to farmers de- of central India -- from Gujarat to Odisha. does rain, while lengthening the break periods. They also tremes -- are associated with a weakening monsoon wind pendent on rain-fed agriculture. Some regions such as The floods of 2017 are quite consistent with this pat- indicate that climate change is decreasing the extremes circulation and a decrease in the number of monsoon de- northern Karnataka and central Maharashtra have re- tern; the moisture derives from the northern Arabian Sea in the active periods while increasing them in the break pressions from the Bay of Bengal, which are historically cently had rainfall deficits of close to 50 per cent. and not from depressions in the Bay of Bengal as one periods. responsible for about half the monsoon rainfall. The monsoon’s “vicissitudes” have clearly increased would usually expect. So, almost everything about the monsoon is chang- So, if there are fewer monsoon depressions in the Bay now, and made the work of scientists more difficult. But Considering the total rainfall over the entire mon- ing -- rainfall intensity, duration, frequency and spatial of Bengal, what is driving these rainfall extremes? A new there is a silver lining. We now know that non-local in- soon season from June to September, an early monsoon distribution. paper I co-authored with Roxy Mathew Koll of the In- fluences are more important; it is easier to track them tends to bring bountiful rainfall whereas better-than-av- We cannot be entirely sure if all this is in response to dian Institute of Tropical Meteorology finds that warm- and improve our forecasting to the point where authori- erage rainfall is rarely seen when they are delayed. global warming -- in which case it could be permanent ing of the land in northwest India and Pakistan creates a ties have sufficient time to act before a flood or a storm. The onset of the monsoon has been delayed almost and accelerate -- or if the monsoon system will revert to a pressure force that drives strong near-surface winds from And since total rainfall has remained within 10 per every year since 1976, when there was a regime shift in cli- more “normal” state. We need many more years of data the northern Arabian Sea to central India and brings cent of the LPA, large water reservoirs are unnecessary. mate around the world -- from a weak to a strong El Niño and re-analysis to be sure. enough moisture to more than compensate for the weak- The real large-scale plan should be about capturing the period. Since this time, monsoons have also been ending The key question right now is whether the shorter ening monsoon circulation and the decreasing monsoon rains, either by rainwater harvesting or agro-forestry. sooner -- almost a week from the end of September; so the rainy season could lead to increased monsoon extremes, depressions from the Bay of Bengal. length of the rainy season has been compressed. or whether global warming is causing shifts in the dura- Other factors influencing the monsoon -- which brings (In arrangement with thethirdpole.net . Views expressed This is in addition to the approximately 10 per cent tion, intensity and frequency of rainfall. more than 80 per cent of the annual rainfall to South Asia are those of thethirdpole.net . Feedback at information@ decrease in all-India monsoon rainfall, and an increase in Analysing the South Asian monsoon has been dif- -- include the impact of El Niño and its counterpart La thethirdpole.net ) Mumbai Floods: What Happens When Cities Sacrifice Ecology For Development Sleep Problems May Cause ADHD mangrove’s complex root systems and the the committee overseeing the plan, wa- ack of regular cir- HariniNagendra | The Conversation branching architecture of trees acted as a ter expert MadhavChitale spoke publicly cadian sleep may s the storm that was hurri- natural barrier to reduce the force of water about the lack of progress in implement- be behind attention cane Harvey deluged the areas flow. But now, they are built over. Garbage ing its recommendations. He said that the deficit hyperactivity spread everywhere clogs the waterways. city lacked basic topographic data which L around Houston, Texas, large disorder (ADHD), which af- parts of northern India, Nepal Most channels and waterways that con- were essential to build pathways for rain- fects around 75 per cent of A nect water bodies have been built over too, water flow – which could have prevented children and adults, accord- and Bangladesh also experienced heavy rains. resulting preventing streams from easily flooding in subsequent rains. In recent ing to a new study. And the city of Mumbai was hit by reaching the sea – forcing it to spread out years, climate scientists, urban specialists ADHD, which is associ- another major flooding espisode. Several into the low lying areas of the city, adding and civic society groups warned repeat- ated with many sleep-related people have died in the city, many in the to the severe flooding. edly that Mumbai was heading for another disorders, including restless- collapse of a four-storey building that is Mumbai’s extensive wetlands and mud- heavy flood. A combination of the greater leg syndrome, sleep apnea, believed to have been weakened by the flats, which had connected parts of the city likelihood of high rainfall events because circadian rhythm disturbance rains. since the early 19th century, have disap- of climate change, and an even more inad- and delayed sleep phase syn- peared. Their presence would retain the equately prepared city, created a situation drome, was until now thought overcrowded cities rain water and soak it into the ground, re- ripe for a disaster in the making. These to be separate issues. Such loss of life in urban areas is often charging the wells and ground water table. warnings came true this monsoon season. “There is extensive re- blamed on India’s overcrowding. Cities Today, with nothing but concrete all Mumbai’s planners know that climate search showing that people timing of meals. rhythm, Kooij explained. are growing at unprecedented rates. From around, the city’s land surface does not change is leading to increased likelihood with ADHD also tend to ex- “If you review the evi- Researchers are working a population of 2.86 million in 1950, allow water to soak into it. In especially of extreme rainfall, and that restoration hibit sleep problems,” said dence, it looks more and more to confirm this physical-men- Mumbai is now home to more than 21 intense periods of rain, the devastation is of the city’s wetland, river and floodplain Sandra Kooij, Associate Pro- like ADHD and sleeplessness tal relationship by finding bi- million people, and is expected to have al- extreme – at least 5000 people are believed networks is central to flood control. Yet fessor at VU University Medi- are two sides of the same omarkers such as Vitamin D most 28 million by 2030. to have perished in the infamous floods of the rush to develop construction projec- cal Centre in Netherlands. physiological and mental levels, blood glucose, cortisol Built along the coastline on a series of 2005, and the economic damage was es- tions in the city has often disregarded However, “based on ex- coin,” Kooij said. levels, 24 hour blood pres- islands, the city is surrounded by water: timated at 30 billion rupees (US$690m). these factors. Money cannot replace na- isting evidence, it looks very In 75 per cent of ADHD sure and heart rate variabil- in mudflats, lakes, creeks, rivers, and the The need for introspection ture in cities. A careful reading of Indian much like ADHD and circa- patients, the physiological ity, which may help “to treat ever-present coastline. urban history shows that cities have his- dian problems are intertwined sleep phase -- where people some ADHD by non-phar- After the 2005 floods, a committee consti- Given the astronomical land prices in torically grown with nature providing a in the majority of patients”, show the physiological signs macological methods, such tuted by the government investigated the many parts of Mumbai, and the extreme support system. When this system is erod- Kooij added. associated with sleep such as changing light or sleep pat- reasons for the devastation, concluding scarcity of land, it is no surprise that Mum- ed – as is seen in so many Indian cities According to the findings as changes in the level of the terns and prevent the negative that there was an urgent need to restore bai has sacrificed its ecology for develop- today, including in Delhi, Bangalore and proposed at the 30th ECNP sleep hormone melatonin impact of chronic sleep loss Mumbai’s wetlands and water systems. ment. Real estate projects, industry, and Chennai – the very survival of the city is Congress in Paris, the asso- and changes in sleep-related on health”, Kooij said. In 2007, the municipality formulated state infrastructure (railways, roads and the placed in question. ciation is because the day and movement -- is delayed by 1.5 “We don’t say that all the Greater Mumbai Action Plan, which city’s airport) have built over, and choked, The story of Mumbai today is a reflec- night rhythm is disturbed, hours. ADHD problems are associ- among other efforts had a major focus on the city’s water networks at various strate- tion of the ills that plague many Indian the timing of several physi- Many sufferers benefit ated with these circadian pat- the restoration of the city’s main river, the gic points. Every monsoon, the city floods. cities – and those in other parts of the cal processes is disturbed, not from taking melatonin in the terns, but it looks increasingly Mithi, which had become little more than Mudflats, wetlands, floodplains, world as well, such as Miami and Hou- only of sleep, but also of tem- evening or bright light ther- likely that this is an important a sewage channel in parts. mangroves and wooded vegetation once ston. In a wetter future, it is clearer than perature, movement patterns, apy in the morning, which element,” Kooij noted. slowed down the flow of storm water. The Yet around the same time, the chair of ever that cities need ecology to grow. can help reset the circadian Source: IANS

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Aries (MAr 21 - Apr 19): You may need CAnCer (Jun 22 - Jul 22): You may feel librA (sep 23 - oCT 22): Getting along CApriCorn (DeC 22 - JAn 19): Don’t act to deal with disapproval today, Aries. This will insecure about your appearance today, Can- with others may prove challenging today, Li- impulsively today, Capricorn. It can be easy to likely come from someone you see as a supe- cer. This can be a vicious cycle, and the end bra. The planetary aspects can have you iso- confuse this with spontaneity, but one has more rior or authority figure, perhaps a parent or result is almost always negative. Rather than lating yourself. You might feel impatient and thought in it than the other. Look before you teacher. While it’s important to listen, if what they have picking yourself to pieces, find ways to accept your easily annoyed. If this is so, stay solo if you can. If you leap! Think everything through from decisions to projects to say involves your personal life and how you live it, looks. Whether it’s your weight, age, or anything else, can’t, you’ll need to curb a tendency to be argumenta- to contracts. Read the fine print more than once. When it it’s no one’s concern but yours. No matter what you do, if you can’t accept yourself as you are, you’ll always tive or confrontational. Exercise patience and bite your comes to relationships, avoid trusting too quickly. Don’t set someone will disapprove of something! find something wrong no matter how many changes tongue if that’s what it takes. Avoid conflict. yourself up for hurt by being gullible. you make. TAurus (Apr 20 - MAy 20): Taking time sCorpio (oCT 23 - noV 21): Don’t AquArius (JAn 20 - Feb 18): Is it time alone is essential for everyone, Taurus, but rec- leo (Jul 23 - AuG 22): Jealousy might be surprised if you’re a little weepy today, to take a more drastic approach to solving a ognize when you’re isolating yourself to the rear its head today, Leo. The key to coping Scorpio. The day’s planetary influences problem, Aquarius? If you’ve made several point where it’s unhealthy. If you ask why you’re with it is to understand why you feel insecure. could enhance your sensitivity to every- attempts to resolve your trouble to no avail, taking this time and answer because you’re avoiding some- If you’re jealous of a partner, why is this? Is thing, including your feelings. Let yourself cry if you it might be something to consider. As long as drastic thing or someone, you need to reconsider. Things will only trust an issue? If this comes up at work, is it because you need to - it can be cleansing. Try not to wallow too doesn’t equate with destructive, you may find it works to build and get worse under these conditions. You begin to don’t feel recognized for your contributions? Examine much, as things will look better tomorrow. Take good try something more aggressive. Be careful. Think things work things out by facing whatever it is that’s upsetting you. the cause of jealousy. It’s almost always a symptom of a care of yourself today. through first. Run any ideas past a trusted friend. deeper problem. GeMini (MAy 21 - Jun 21): Watch out for sAGiTTArius (noV 22 - DeC 21): Obses- pisCes (Feb 19 - MAr 20): Tap into your cre- the green-eyed monster today, Gemini. It can VirGo (AuG 23 - sep 22): Arts and crafts sive thinking may be something you need to look ativity to unblock your emotions today, Pisces. rear up before you even say the word “jealou- may hold your interest today, Virgo. Even if you at today, Sagittarius. Common areas for such be- This can be a more powerful tool than you real- sy” if you’re not on your guard. Many situa- lean more toward sports, an artistic streak likely haviors are in the pursuit of money, power, suc- ize. Creativity is a big part of you - almost as big tions that cause this feeling are born of insecurity. If you runs pretty strong in you. Creating can be richly cess, and romance. There’s a fine line between determina- as communication. Your emotions are linked to these, and aren’t secure in your job, relationship, or family, and feel satisfying, both in the process and in the finished prod- tion and obsession. If you fixate on the same thing day after all are interacting beneath the surface. If one is blocked, threatened by someone else, it’s time to take a look at the uct. Allow yourself the opportunity to explore this part day, it may be time to talk with someone about it. An expert the key to releasing it is to focus on the other two. Express reason. Look for answers rather than lash out. of you. The day’s energy will lend much to your abilities. can help you see what you don’t want to see. yourself through creativity and talking to someone close.

The contents of articles on this page do not necessarily reflect the Editoral view or policy of the paper EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017 8 nation Cabinet reshuffle done with eye on 2019 Lok Sabha polls New Delhi, Sep. 3 (IANS): The keen to ensure that benefits of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore The induction of Kannan- Union Cabinet’s reshuffle and its various skill initiatives reach (retd), a silver medallist shooter thanam, elevation of Nirmala expansion on Sunday saw eleva- the people adequately before in the Athens Olympics. Sitharaman as Defence Minis- Will look at combat role for women tion of those seen as performing the next General Elections. The government is also ter, and appointment of Anant while sending out a political In its election manifesto, making efforts to improve In- Kumar Hegde as Minister of message on BJP’s intention to the Bharatiya Janata Party had dia’s rankings in ease of doing State for Skill Development is with open mind: Sitharaman expand its footprint in south and talked of preparing the world’s business. The Labour Ministry being seen as a signal of the eastern India with an eye to the largest workforce and devel- has seen a change with Santosh BJP reaching out to south India et to take charge as India’s News 18 news channel. 2019 Lok Sabha elections. oping India as a knowledge Kumar Gangwar replacing where the party is relatively Sfirst, full-fledged woman De- Asked if her selection as De- It also sought to keep caste powerhouse. Bandaru Dattatreya. weak. fence Minister, Nirmala Sithara- fence Minister broke a glass ceil- and community balance in vari- Pradhan is also the key BJP Former Home Secretary The party had earlier cho- man on Sunday said she would ing, she said: “Yes. Absolutely.” ous election-bound states. face in Odisha where the party Raj Kumar Singh, who has sen Venkaiah Naidu, who hails look into the matter fo giving “I think the Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra is seeking to improve on its been given independent charge from Andhra Pradesh, as its combat role to women with an has always supported women but Modi made the changes as performance in 2019 and then of the power portfolio, is ex- vice presidential candidate. open mind and not as a matter today I think he has sent a very his government seeks to fulfil throw out the Biju Janata Dal pected to continue the work Hegde hails from Karna- of patronage. big message. Everything Indian its ambitious agenda, includ- from power in the next assem- done by his predecessor Piyush taka which will go to the polls Asked if she would look into women were waiting for.. it is for ing Housing for All, doubling bly polls. Goyal. in the first half of next year and the case of combat roles in the us to work through and perform farmers income by 2022, and a Piyush Goyal has been Singh has also been allo- the BJP hopes to form govern- armed forces, she said: “This is (to achieve it). Clean India by 2019. The gov- given the weighty portfolio of cated new and renewable en- ment in the state. the matter where I definitely look “I am overwhelmed. I under- ernment also intends to raise railways after Suresh Prabhu ergy and has the onerous task With Kannanthanam, the into all the things before me with stand the impact of the decision. PTI open mind that open mind which It is a huge responsibility. I just Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the India’s renewable energy capac- offered to quit following several of meeting India’s ambitious Modi government has repre- media at her residence in New Delhi ity to 175 Gigawatt by 2022. accidents in the recent past. targets of developing renewable sentation now from Kerala and is required for this matter and not have no words in which I can after taking oath as a Union Minister The expansion and reshuf- Water resources, river de- energy. also from the Christian com- patronage”. convey my gratitude to the Prime on Sunday. fle took place with less than two velopment and Ganga reju- “I think during his brief term, Minister, the party and to my sen- Housing and urban devel- munity. to all the countries which look up years left for the next General venation have gone to Nitin (Arun) Jaitley ji has taken lot of ior colleagues that they thought opment portfolio, in which The BJP has big ambitions to India or even look at India say- Elections in 2019 and the op- Gadkari, who is seen as a leader calls in lot of matters... I also I am good enough for the role,” decisions and performance in Kerala and wants to form ing what is happening to women position repeatedly questioning who delivers on targets. want to see the files (on women in she added. impact the vast urban middle government there in the next in India,” she added. the government’s performance Modi has been laying thrust combat roles) where they stand... Sitharaman also said it sent class, has been assigned to elections. In past, late Prime Minis- in some critical areas, including of efficiency of water use in Earlier when I was member of out a message to the world. experienced former diplomat The expansion and induc- ter Indira Gandhi had held the economic growth and creation agriculture and expanding the National Commission for Wom- “Imagine, the Cabinet Com- Hardeep Singh Puri. tion saw the BJP leadership portfolio of defence twice - from of jobs. country’s irrigation potential. en, these matters for woman em- mittee on Security having two The ministry has a criti- picking up members of the December 1 to December 21 in The reshuffle saw Dhar- Despite efforts by the BJP-led powerment and true empower- women... Decisions on security- cal role to effectively manage ministerial team from diverse 1975, and January 14, 1980 to mendra Pradhan, Piyush Goy- government, the country’s first ment of women were discussed,” related matters being taken at par India’s growing urbanisation communities and states. January 15, 1982. al, Nirmala Sitharaman, and river-linking project between and in achieving goals such as Gajendra Singh Shekha- she said in an interview to CNN with men... This is a big message Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi being Ken and Betwa rivers has not Housing for All by 2022 and wat belongs to Rajasthan and elevated to Cabinet rank appar- been unveiled so far. Clean India. hails from the Rajput commu- ently based on their respective The impact of work on Puri will take forward the nity, Satya Pal Singh hails from performance as Ministers of rejuvenating Ganga is directly work done by M. Venkaiah the Jat community in Uttar Woman as Defence minister sends global message: Jaitley State (Independent Charge). linked to Modi’s own Varanasi Naidu before he was chosen Pradesh, Virendra Kumar hails inance Minister Arun Jaitley Jaitley, who had held charge of CCS have established their com- While Sitharaman has got parliamentary constituency. to contest the vice presidential from Madhya Pradesh and Fon Sunday hailed appoint- Defence after Manohar Parrikar petence, both are recognised as the weighty portfolio of de- In its manifesto, the BJP poll. He is the third member belongs to Dalit community, ment of Union Minister Nirma- left the post to become Goa ladies with substance, who have fence, Pradhan has got skill had promised to ensure the from the Sikh community in the Ahswini Kumar Choubey and la Sitharaman as the country’s Chief Minister earlier this year. earned a front-line position for development in addition to cleanliness, purity and uninter- NDA government. Shiv Pratap Shukla belong to first, full-fledged Defence Min- Noting that the Cabinet themselves.” petroleum and natural gas he rupted flow of the Ganga on Former bureaucrat K.J. Brahmin community and hail ister, saying it sends “a message Committee on Security would Asked if women in combat was handling. priority. Alphons Kannanthanam has from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, globally”. now have two women ministers, maybe a reality with a woman Modi has laid a lot of thrust With the government keen been given independent charge respectively. “It is great for the country, with Sitharaman joining Ex- as Defence Minister, Jaitley on skilling youth, who consti- to improve the country’s global of tourism, a sector that has im- Madhya Pradesh and Ra- not just for the women. it also ternal Affairs Minister Sushma quipped: “That was one area in tute a large proportion of the standing in sports, the portfolio mense potential to create jobs jasthan will go to polls by the sends a message globally,” said Swaraj, he said: “Both ladies in which I wasn’t able to do much.” population. The government is has now been given to Col and boost revenues. end of 2018. Modi reaches China to attend BRICS Summit Plea in HC against India ‘deplores’ Protests over Dalit girl’s withdrawal of order on N. Korea’s nuke test death; DMK vows to New Delhi, Sep. 3 (IANS): India on continue fight against NEET appointment of teachers Sunday said it “deplores” the nuclear test conducted by the North Korea, Chennai, Sep. 3 (PTI): Protests continued for New Delhi, Sep. 3 (PTI): Jurist said in its petition. which has once again violated its the second day today here over the death of a A plea has been moved in The plea, filed through international commitments on de-nu- Dalit medical aspirant and a petitioner in the the Delhi High Court seek- advocate Ashok Agarwal, clearisation of the Korean peninsula. Supreme Court against the National Entrance- ing stay on the order of the said that after a high court It also called upon North Korea to cum-Eligibility Test (NEET). Delhi Subordinate Services order of April 11, 2017, “refrain” from actions which disturb Activists of a pro-Tamil outfit, ‘May 17 Selection Board (DSSSB) the DSSSB issued vacancy peace and stability in the region “and Movement’ were detained when they attempted withdrawing a notice on ap- notice on August 7, 2017 beyond”. to lay siege to the BJP’s state headquarters here, pointment of 8,914 school inviting applications from “India deplores the nuclear test police said. The protesters raised slogans against teachers. candidates for 8,914 teach- conducted by the DPRK (Democratic the Central and state governments over the sui- The petition said that ing posts in the Directo- People’s Republic of Korea)this morn- cide of 17-year-old Anitha from Ariyalur, daugh- the DSSSB order was il- rate of Education of the ing,” said a statement by the External ter of a daily wage earner who allegedly hanged legal and contemptuous in Delhi government and for Affairs Ministry. herself at her house in Ariyalur district on Sept 1 PTI nature. 5,906 teaching posts in the “It is a matter of deep concern that reportedly upset over not getting an MBBS seat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by the Indian community, on his arriva in Xiamen, China DPRK has once again acted in viola- on Sunday to attend the 9th BRICS Summit 2017. It submitted that in a three municipal corporation Security has been beefed up at the BJP office here. 2001 order, the court had di- schools here. tion of its international commitments Pro-Dalit Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Xiamen (China), Sep. 3 and Chinese Ambassador Besides, Modi is ex- rected the DSSSB to ensure It alleged that the which goes against the objective of (VCK) also staged protests here and scores of its (IANS): Indian Prime Min- to India Luo Zhaohui were pected to meet Presidents zero vacancy of teachers in DSSSB, without informing the de-nuclearization of the Korean volunteers were detained. ister Narendra Modi arrived there to receive Modi, who Vladimir Putin of Russia Delhi government schools or seeking permission from peninsula, which has been endorsed Opposition DMK also targeted BJP and the here on Sunday to attend reached Xiamen on a rainy and Michael Temer of Bra- on the commencement of the court, had on August by DPRK itself. ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, faulting both the 9th BRICS Summit in evening. zil. Also attending the event each academic year. 24, 2017 “abruptly with- “We call upon DPRK to refrain for failing to ensure at least one year exemption the Chinese southeastern Modi arrived at the will be South African Presi- The petition will be drawn the advertisement in from such actions which adversely im- for the state from NEET. city Xiamen. He is set to Wyndham Grand hotel dent Jacob Zuma. taken up for hearing by the regard to the vacancies of pact peace and stability in the region DMK Working President M K Stalin, who meet Chinese President Xi where some 50 locals were The Indian leader will court tomorrow, according teaching posts. and beyond,” it said, adding India is late last night paid tributes to Anitha at her na- Jinping on the sidelines of present to welcome him. address the BRICS leaders’ the court’s cause list. “The respondents have also concerned about proliferation tive village shortly ahead of the cremation, said the three-day event. This will be the second dialogue with ‘BRICS Busi- “Unfortunately, the di- been deliberately and for of nuclear and missile technologies his party had donated Rs 10 lakh to her family. Their meeting will be bilateral meeting between ness Council’ meeting. rections have never been some political motives de- “which has adversely impacted India’s NEET had affected social justice in Tamil keenly watched after the the two leaders this year. He will take part in complied with resulting in laying recruitment of regu- national security”. Nadu, Stalin, Leader of Opposition in the state resolution of the Doklam The last one took place dur- an event of the ‘Emerging accumulation of vacan- lar teachers to the detriment North Korea on Sunday said that Assembly, claimed and assured his party will take border row, which pitted the ing the Shanghai Coopera- Markets and Developing cies of teaching posts since of the interest of as many as in what could be the most powerful the fight against NEET forward. armies of the two countries tion Organization Summit. Countries’ Dialogue’ on 2011. No attempt has been 23 lakh students studying in detonation, it successfully conducted The BJP lashed out against those doing “bru- against each other for over They met informally at Tuesday morning. made by the DSSSB for last schools run by the Govern- a test of a hydrogen bomb that can tal politics” over the teen’s suicide. BJP state Pres- two months. the G20 Summit in Germa- After the BRICS Sum- several years to fill up the ment of Delhi and three be loaded onto a intercontinental ident Tamilisai Sounderrajan also took objection China’s Assistant For- ny in July amid the Doklam mit, Modi will travel to posts and provide regular municipal corporations,” ballistic missile, its state-media media to the “insult” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi eign Minister Kong Xuanyu crisis. Myanmar. teachers,” an NGO Social the plea said. reported. over the issue. Swine flu death toll Organ donation: Step- Two GJM leaders arrested amid intensified police vigil in Darjeeling Darjeeling, Sep. 3 (IANS): Two He will be produced before court to- The impasse continued as GJM lead- parents, step-siblings to be Gorkha Janamuti Morcha (GJM) morrow,” said Superintendent of Police ership revoked party convener Binay in Odisha rises to 36 leaders were arrested on Sunday on Avaru Rabindranath. Tamang’s announcement to withdraw Bhubaneswar, Sep. 3 for examination to Region- the charges of spreading violence and Police was on the lookout for the shutdown for 12 days and expelled (IANS): With the death of al Medical Research Centre defined as ‘near relative’ unrest in the northern West Bengal hills Thapa since his alleged involvement him from the party. another person on Sunday, (RMRC) here on Sunday, and Dooars region, police said. in an incident of arson and attack on The pro-shutdown activists took the swine flu death toll in only one tested positive for Amid intensified search opera- police during a GJM rally in the area out rallies at various parts of the hills New Delhi, Sep. 3 (PTI): or granddaughter were Odisha rose to 36. the deadly virus. tion by police in the Darjeeling hills on July 30. including Darjeeling, Mirik and Ka- In a move that is likely included in the definition According to a health With this new case, the since a lookout notice was issued on Meanwhile, Sarita Chettri, a leader limpong during the day. The picketing to benefit those await- of ‘near relatives’. official, one person in- total number of H1N1- September 1 for three top GJM leaders of GJM’s women wing was arrested by the morcha supporters has also been ing organ donation, the The draft amendment fected with H1N1 virus infected persons in the including party Chief Bimal Gurung, from Darjeeling district’s Kurseong. increased. government is planning observes that the 2011 and undergoing treatment state increased to 346, he police on Sunday arrested Rohit Thapa, According to district police sources, Police said they have registered a to include step-parents, expansion of definition of at SCB Medical College added. GJM’s organising secretary in the the leader of GJM Nari Morcha was case under Unlawful Activities (Preven- step-siblings and extended ‘near relatives’ has not led and Hospitals in Cuttack, The Health Depart- Dooars region, from the Alipurduar arrested on Sunday afternoon from tion) Act in Friday night’s blast in Six family members in the to any significant increase succumbed on Sunday. ment has asked hospitals district. a secret location where she has been Mile police outpost in Darjeeling. definition of ‘near rela- in the availability of living The official said that to create isolated wards to “Rohit Thapa, a senior GJM leader hiding. The situation in the hills of Dar- The outpost in Darjeeling’s Rangli tives’. donors “as grandparents while 19 swabs were sent treat the swine flu patients. has been arrested from Alipurduar jeeling and adjoining area remained Rangliot area was wrecked in the blast The health ministry are either too old to do- district’s Jaigaon, near the West Bengal- tense as the GJM sponsored indefinite the on Friday, but no one sustained has put out a circular for nate or can’t donate due Bhutan border, on Sunday afternoon. shutdown saw its 81st day on Sunday. injuries as it was empty at that time. amendment in the Hu- to some adverse medical man Organs and Tissues condition”. Dera follower hangs himself Transplantation Act 1994, “And grandchildren as amended in 2011, to are usually too young to Seeking bank employees’ personal info exempted under RTI: SC in Ambala Central Jail widen the definition of donate organs,” the draft ‘near relatives’. amendment reads. New Delhi, Sep. 3 (PTI): court verdict, a bench com- such information to him. closed under the provisions Ambala (Har), Sep. 3 Abhishek Jorwal said. It has sought com- “Thus, the demand for The Supreme Court has prising Justices R K Agraw- He had in August 2006 of the Act and had no nexus (PTI): A Dera Sacha Sauda Ram Rahim was later ments from the public till organs outweighs their held that seeking informa- al and A M Sapre said the made an application to the with any public interest. follower, arrested in con- sentenced to 20 years in September 25. supply,” it adds. tion about individual bank information sought by a public information officer The man had thereafter nection with the violence prison by the special CBI According to a senior As per the circular, the employees which were per- man, who was working as (PIO) of the bank under the filed an appeal before the in Panchkula on August court. health ministry official, ministry has been receiv- sonal in nature and devoid a clerical staff in the bank, RTI Act and sought informa- chief public information of- 25, allegedly hung himself A f t e r h i s a r r e s t , expanding the defini- ing a number of grievanc- of any public interest, was was “personal in nature” tion regarding transfers and ficer who also dismissed it. in the toilet of the Ambala Ravinder was lodged in tion of the term would es concerning the Trans- exempted under the Right and exempted from being postings of the entire clerical Later, he moved the CIC Central Jail, the police said. the Ambala jail on judicial increase the availability plantation of Human to Information (RTI) Act. disclosed under section 8(j) staff from January 2002 to which in February 2007 The deceased was iden- remand. of living donors in the Organs and Tissues Act, The court made the ob- of the RTI Act. July 2006 in all the branches. asked the bank to furnish the tified as Ravinder (28), a An inmate found him country. 1994, of which majority servation while allowing an It said neither the man He had also asked for information sought by him. resident of Sarsawa in Uttar hanging in the jail’s toilet Initially, spouses, sons, are requests for organs appeal filed by Canara Bank had “disclosed any public information regarding per- Aggrieved by the order, Pradesh. and informed the authori- daughters, fathers, moth- due to non-availability challenging an order of the interest much less larger sonal details of individual the bank approached the The Dera follower was ties. His body was shifted ers, brothers and sisters of ‘near relative’ donors Kerala High Court directing public interest involved in employees like date of join- high court which dismissed arrested on August 25 in to the local civil hospital for were defined as ‘near rela- or blood group mismatch it to provide information seeking such information ing, designation and promo- its plea while affirming the Panchkula where violence post mortem examination. tives’ and could legally with the near relative. under the Right to Infor- of the individual employee” tion earned. order of the CIC. broke out after the convic- Jorwal said deceased’s donate organs. The ministry has is- mation (RTI) Act about nor any finding was record- The bank’s PIO had ex- The top court allowed tion of the sect’s chief Gur- relatives had been informed. T h e g o v e r n m e n t sued an email id amend- transfers and postings of ed by Central Information pressed his inability to fur- the appeal filed by the bank meet Ram Rahim Singh Meanwhile, jail authori- a m e n d e d t h e A c t i n [email protected], its entire clerical staff from Commission (CIC) and the nish details sought by him while setting aside the or- in rape cases, Ambala’s ties have ordered a probe 2011 when grandfather, where suggestions can be January 2002 to July 2006. high court regarding any on the ground that it was ders of the high court and Superintendent of Police, into the incident. grandmother, grandson sent. Relying on an 2013 apex public interest in supplying protected from being dis- the CIC. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017 WORLD 9 th News IN BrIef North Korea conducts 6 nuclear test; H-bomb 13 terror suspects arrested in Pak Islamabad, Sep. 3 (IANS): Thirteen terror suspects Foreign Minister Taro Kono said. Pacific island territory of Guam. year involved what Pyongyang were arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province following “It is absolutely unacceptable if It flew a Hwasong-12 over claimed was a sophisticated hydro- a security operation, police said. According to an Inter- North Korea did force another northern Japan last week, the first gen bomb; the second it said was Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement on Saturday, nuclear test, and we must protest such overflight by a missile capa- its most powerful atomic detona- the first operation was carried out in Lahore where six strongly,” Prime Minister Shinzo ble of carrying nukes, in a launch tion ever. suspects were apprehended, reports Xinhua news agency. Abe said. Kim described as a “meaningful It is almost impossible to inde- The suspects were residing in the city without legal The USGS and China’s earth- prelude” to containing Guam, the pendently confirm North Korean documents, the statement said, adding that a huge cache quake administration detected a home of major US military facili- statements about its highly secret of arms and explosives were also recovered. In another second tremor in North Korea ties, and more ballistic missile tests weapons programme. operation, the seven other suspects were arrested in Dera minutes after the first, describing targeting the Pacific. North Korea is thought to Ghazi Khan. it as a cave-in or collapse. South It may be difficult for outside have a growing arsenal of nuclear Korea’s weather agency, however, experts to confirm that the nuclear bombs and has spent decades try- said no second quake occurred. device detonated today was an H- ing to perfect a multistage, long- 150 killed in clashes between IS North Korea conducted two bomb. State media reported that range missile to eventually carry and Syrian troops nuclear tests last year, the last the test left no trace of radioactive smaller versions of those bombs. Damascus, Sep. 3 (IANS): Fierce clashes between the nearly a year ago, on the September material. The White House said Presi- Islamic State and pro-regime forces in central Syria have 9 anniversary of the nation’s found- The US and its allies attempt to dent Donald Trump spoke with left over 150 fighters dead, local media cited a monitor ing. It has since maintained a torrid detect blast material to gauge North Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of source as saying on Sunday. A report by Britain-based pace in weapons tests, including its Korea’s progress, but Pyongyang Japan regarding “ongoing efforts Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 120 first two intercontinental ballistic has become better at containing it to maximize pressure on North IS fighters “were killed in clashes in and around the town missiles test in July. as its nuclear program has evolved. Korea.” The statement did not of Uqayribat in the eastern Hama countryside, along Last month, North Korea fired To back up its claims to nuclear say whether the conversation came with at least 35 regime troops and loyalist militiamen”, a potentially nuclear- capable mid- mastery, such tests are vital. The before or after the North’s latest Xinhua news agency reported. The town is the jihadist

AP/PTI range missile over northern Japan. first of its two atomic tests last claim. group’s last bastion in the central province apart from a This image made from undated video of a news bulletin aired by North Korea’s KRT Earlier today, photos released handful of small villages. on Sept. 3, 2017, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un holds the Presidium of the Politi- by the North Korean govern- cal Bureau of the Central Committee. North Korean state television said on Sunday, ment showed Kim talking with N Korea nuclear test ‘absolutely Three ISS astronauts land in Sept. 3, 2017, the country has successfully conducted a test of a hydrogen bomb his lieutenants as he observed a that is meant to be loaded onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. Independent silver, peanut-shaped device that Kazakhstan journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this photo. was apparently the purported unacceptable’: Japan PM Astana, Sep. 3 (IANS): A Soyuz capsule carrying three thermonuclear weapon destined International Space Station crew members has safely Seoul, Sep. 3 (PTI/AP): North Seoul’s weather agency and the for an ICBM. Tokyo, Sep. 3 (PTI/AFP): Japan’s test against North Korea and con- landed on time in Kazakhstan on Sunday, according Korea said it set off a hydrogen Joint Chiefs of Staff said an artifi- What appeared to be the nose prime minister slammed North demns it in the strongest words,” to NASA. Russian Fyodor Yurchijin and Americans bomb today in its sixth nuclear test, cial 5.7 magnitude quake occurred cone of a missile could also be Korea’s nuclear test today as “ab- Abe said. Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, members of 52nd which judging by the earthquake at 12:29 p.m. local time, in Kilju, seen near the alleged bomb in one solutely unacceptable” and said its The explosion came just hours expedition to the ISS, landed at 7.21 a.m., near a remote it set off appeared to be its most northern Hamgyong province, picture, which could not be inde- nuclear and missile programmes after Pyongyang claimed to have area in Dzhezkazgan, reports Efe news. Minutes after powerful explosion yet. the site where North Korea has pendently verified and was taken now pose a “more grave and ur- developed a hydrogen bomb that the spacecraft landed, the three astronauts underwent South Korea’s weather agency conducted nuclear tests in the past. without outside journalists present. gent” threat to his country. could be loaded onto a long-range routine medical check-ups. The record-breaking estimated the nuclear blast yield of Seoul officials revised their Another photo showed a diagram “The fact that North Korea missile, and after Abe held tel- Whitson on Saturday completed a total of 665 days in the presumed test was between 50 earlier estimate of 5.6 magnitude on the wall behind Kim of a bomb forced through a nuclear test this ephone talks with US President space during her career, more than any other American and 60 kilotons, or five to six times quake. The US Geological Survey mounted inside a cone. time is absolutely unacceptable Donald Trump on the North’s astronaut. Fischer and Yurchikhin both spent 136 days stronger than North Korea’s fifth called the first quake an explosion State media said Kim visited to our country,” Prime Minister weapons programmes. aboard the ISS. test in September 2016. That would with a magnitude 6.3. the Nuclear Weapons Institute and Shinzo Abe said in a statement. “The government confirms mark a significant step forward The US State Department inspected a “homemade” H-bomb The North described the test of that North Korea conducted a in the North’s quest for a viable had no immediate reaction. South with “super explosive power” that what it called a hydrogen bomb as nuclear test after examining infor- 35 Egyptian pilgrims die during nuclear missile capable of striking Korea’s presidential office said “is adjustable from tens (of) kiloton a “perfect success”. mation from the weather agency Haj pilgrimage anywhere in the United States. it will hold a National Security to hundreds (of) kiloton.” “North Korea’s nuclear and and other information,” Japanese Riyadh, Sep. 3 (IANS): Thirty-five Egyptian pilgrims On North Korean television, a Council meeting chaired by Presi- North Korea’s nuclear and missile development programme Foreign Minister Taro Kono told died during the annual Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia’s newsreader called the test a “com- dent Moon Jae-in. South Korea’s missile programme has made huge is a threat that is more grave and reporters. Mecca. The news was confirmed on Saturday by the plete success” and said the “two- military said it has strengthened strides since Kim rose to power urgent to the safety of our country Defence Minister Itsunori On- head of Egypt’s Medical Haj Mission Ahmed el Ansary stage thermonuclear weapon” had its monitoring and readiness while following his father’s death in late and has entered a new stage,” Abe odera said the ministry has begun who said that the ages of the dead pilgrims varied “unprecedented” strength. Hours mulling a variety of possible re- 2011. The North followed its two said. flying “sniffer” planes capable of between 60 and 85 years, reports Xinhua news agency. earlier, Pyongyang claimed its sponses that could be executed in tests of Hwasong-14 ICBMs by “It is significantly hurting re- detecting radioactive fallout. The deaths were mainly due to stress and old age. leader had inspected a hydrogen collaboration with the US. threatening in August to launch a gional and international peace and “We’ll do our best to collect The pilgrimage started on August 31, with more than bomb meant for a new interconti- Japan confirmed that North salvo of its Hwasong-12 intermedi- stability.” information,” he said, according to two million pilgrims, including 1.8 million foreigners, nental ballistic missile. Korea conducted a nuclear test, ate range missiles toward the US “Our country lodge a strict pro- public broadcaster NHK. expected to participate. Haj is the most important ritual among Muslims in the world. US seizes control of Russia’s SFO Xi kicks off BRICS summit: Ask 19 students die in Nepal floods Kathmandu, Sep. 3 (PTI): At least 19 students have died in the widespread flooding in Nepal, officials said Consulate; annexes in NY, DC members to shelve differences today.According to a spokesperson of the Ministry of Education, the students died over the past few weeks and and South Africa - is a grouping of the five Washington, Sep. 3 (PTI): taining them. were mostly from the southern districts, including the The US had made sepa- emerging economies. The BRICS summit The US seized control of “Entry or access to the worst-hit Chitwan and Makwanpur. Nearly 500 school rate arrangements to end brings together the leaders of these five Russia’s Consulate in San properties will be granted buildings have been damaged due to the monsoon- existing residential uses countries. Francisco and its two an- only with permission of triggered floods and landslides, officials said, adding that will allow families Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sched- nexes in New York and the Department of State, the damage in Jhapa and Sunsari districts were yet to sufficient time to pack out uled to arrive in Xiamen later today. Bra- Washington DC today af- which will secure and be assessed. The ministry said that most of the people and move. zilian President Michel Temer, his South ter confirming that Mos- maintain the facilities in affected by the flooding have been taking shelter in the “Accusations made by African counterpart Jacob Zuma and Rus- cow had complied with the keeping with its responsi- schools. Some 38 schools in Saptari district have incurred the Russian government, sian counterpart Vladimir Putin would also Trump administration’s bilities. No Russian dip- losses of Rs 20 million while 26 schools in Dhanusha including that US offi- attend the summit. order to vacate them within lomats are being expelled have suffered losses to property worth Rs 6.6 million due cials threatened to break In his speech broadly focusing on en- two days, officials said. from the US in connection to the natural disaster. down doors in the relevant hancing cooperation between the BRICS The Trump administra- with these closures,” the properties or that the FBI members, Xi said, “construction of a tall tion had asked Russia to official said. is clearing the premises, building starts with foundation. We have laid US to prepare new draft sanctions close down its three dip- According to the offi- are untrue,” the official the foundation and put in place the frame- lomatic complexes, which cial, Russian Embassy per- on NKorea: Treasury chief added. work for BRICS cooperation.” was mainly in retaliation sonnel, together with the Last month, Russia Outlining BRICS cooperation in the last Washington, Sep 3 (PTI/AFP): The US Treasury for Moscow’s decision State Department officials, forced the cut in US diplo- 10 years, he said treating each other as equals Department will prepare a package of sanctions that would last month to reduce the walked through three prop- matic staff earlier this year and seeking common ground while shelving “cut off North Korea economically” following the isolated number of American diplo- erties in San Francisco, in retaliation for American differences is important part of cooperation. regime’s latest nuclear test, the department chief said today. matic personnel by several New York and Washing- sanctions. The US had to “I’m going to draft a sanctions package and send it to the AP/PTI “In terms of BRICS cooperation, deci- hundreds. ton, DC that the Russian reduce its diplomatic staff Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the sions are made through consultation not by president for his strong consideration so anybody (who) “The Department of government was required by 755 people. opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum one country. We respect each other s model wants to do trade or business with them will be prevented State can confirm that the to close. at the Xiamen International Conference and Ex- Moscow ordered the of development, accommodate each other s from doing trade or business with us,” Treasury Secretary Russian government com- “These inspections hibition Center in Xiamen in southeastern China’s US to cut its diplomatic concern and work to enhance strategic com- Steven Mnuchin said on “Fox News Sunday.” “We will plied with the order to va- were carried out to secure Fujian Province, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. and technical staff in Rus- munication and mutual trust,” he told about work with our allies. We will work with China cate its Consulate and two and protect the facilities sia by more than half to 1000 delegates from different countries. annexes,” a senior State and to confirm the Russian Xiamen (China), Sep. 3 (PTI) Chinese Pres- 455 people, after Congress “Given difference in national conditions, Department official said. government had vacated ident Xi Jinping today asked BRICS mem- 20 militants killed in Somalia overwhelmingly approved history and cultures, it is only natural we The official said Russia the premises. The United bers to shelve their differences and accom- new sanctions against Rus- may have some differences in pursuing our military base attack will no longer be permit- States is fully adhering to modate each other’s concerns by enhancing sia. cooperation,” he said. Mogadishu, Sep. 3 (IANS): At least 20 Al-Shabaab ted to use these facilities the Vienna Convention, mutual trust and strategic communication, The sanctions were im- “However with strong faith in coopera- militants were killed and several others injured early on for diplomatic or consular US law, and bilateral agree- as he opened the 9th annual summit of the posed in response to Rus- tion and enhancing collaboration the BRICS Sunday when the insurgents raided a military base on the purposes and the state de- ments in these actions as five member emerging economies here. sian meddling in the 2016 countries can achieve steady progress in our outskirts of Somalia’s coastal city of Kismayo. Brigadier- partment will control all ac- well as in its demands for The opening ceremony of the three-day presidential election and to cooperation,” he added. General Ismail Sahardid of the Somalia National Army cess to the three buildings, Russia to draw down those BRICS summit started with BRICS Business punish Russia further for its The summit comes days after India and (SNA) confirmed the attack at Buulo Guduud, some 30 km along with the responsibil- diplomatic properties,” the Council in this southeastern city in China’s 2014 annexation of Crimea China last week ended a 73-day standoff in north of Kismayo at dawn which caused casualties on both ity for securing and main- official said. from Ukraine. Fujian province amid a downpour triggered by typhoon Mawar which had caused wide- Dokalam by withdrawing troops from the sides, Xinhua news agency reported. “Terrorists attacked spread disruption to the summit prepara- area. The two sides were locked in a face- our base in Buulo Guduud with suicide car bomb attacks, tions and the city’s traffic. The typhoon also off after Indian troops stopped the Chinese then fighting erupted causing casualties on both sides. caused considerable disruption to the flights. People’s Liberation Army from building a We resisted the militants and killed 20 fighters during the Over 2,000 IS militants killed in Iraq’s Tal Afar BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China road in the area. operation, we are in control of the base now,” Sahardid said. Baghdad, Sep. 3 (IANS): national coalition aircraft, area consists of 47 villages The Iraqi forces killed over Yarallah said. scattered around the city 2,000 Islamic State (IS) Yarallah also said that and its three towns. militants and more than 50 the Iraqi forces sustained The majority of the No evidence Trump Tower was wiretapped: Justice Department suicide bombers during a 115 mar tyrs and 679 population in the Tal Afar Washington, Sep. 3 (IANS): no records related to wiretaps Tower just before the vic- American Oversight said along with the FBI, it does major offensive to free Tal wounded during the 12-day area are Sunni and Shiite The US Justice Department as described by the March 4, tory. Nothing found. This is in a statement following the “not confirm or deny the ex- Afar area in west of Mosul, battles to liberate Tal Afar Turkomans, in addition said in a court filing that it 2017, tweets,” the department’s McCarthyism!” “How low Justice Department’s mo- istence” of any other records officials said. and its surrounding areas, to the Kurds and other has no evidence to support motion said on Saturday. has President Obama gone tion: “The FBI and Depart- that are responsive to the “The IS total casualties including the towns of Ma- minorities. President Donald Trump’s The motion came in re- to tap my phones during the ment of Justice have now group’s request, which was in the blitzkrieg during the halabiyah and Ayadhiyah. On Thursday, Iraqi assertion in March that his sponse to a Freedom of very sacred election proc- sided with former Direc- broader than the alleged period from August 20 to “Those who take a look Prime Minister Haider al- predecessor Barack Obama, Information Act lawsuit by ess,” Trump also tweeted. tor Comey and confirmed wiretaps of Trump Tower. 31 were more than 2,000 at this figure (Iraqi forces Abadi declared full lib- wiretapped the phones in a group pushing for govern- “This is Nixon/Watergate.” in writing that President The disclosure of the terrorists and over 50 sui- casualties) will realize that eration of the city of Tal Trump Tower before last ment transparency, Ameri- Former FBI Director Trump lied when he tweeted existence or non-existence cide bombers, along with fierce battles took place in Afar and surrounding areas year’s presidential election. can Oversight, reports CNN. James Comey told the Con- the former President Obama of other responsive records destroying and detonating Tal Afar area,” Yarallah from the extremist IS mili- “Both FBI (Federal Bu- On March 4, Trump gress in March there was no ‘wiretapped’ him at Trump “would cause harm to na- of 77 car bombs, 71 boo- said. tants. reau of Investigation) and the tweeted: “Terrible! Just evidence to support the con- Tower,” reports CNN. tional security” and is there- by-trapped buildings and The troops evacuated a “I declare to you that NSD (National Security Divi- found out that Obama had tention that Trump Tower The Justice Department fore exempted under the law, 990 roadside bombs,” Lt. total of 40,758 people from Tal Afar has joined the lib- sion) confirm that they have my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump had been wiretapped. also said in the motion that the motion said. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah the city of Tal Afar and erated Mosul and returned from the Joint Operations surrounding areas before to the homeland,” Abadi Command (JOC) said at a and during the offensive, said in a statement issued televised press conference 18,822 before August 20 by his office. on Saturday, Xinhua news and 21,936 others during “The joy of victory has ‘Upgraded China-Nepal border point to boost trade, tourism’ agency reported. the 12-day offensive, Yaral- been completed and the Kathmandu, Sep. 3 (IANS): Trade pani-Khasa border crossing since chairman of Nepal Chapter of Pa- president of Nepal-China Chamber More than 40,000 Ira- lah said. entire province of Nineveh and tourism between Nepal and the deadly April 2015 earthquake, cific Asia Travel Association, told of Commerce and Industry, told qi fighters from the Iraqi The Tal Afar area is has become in the hands of China would be boosted after the Rasuwagadi-Kerung is the only Xinhua. While China is expected Xinhua. army, federal police and about 3,206 sq. km, which our heroic forces,” Abadi Rasuwagadi-Kerung border cross- operating trade point between the to expand its railway network to According to the traders, im- its commandos known as consists of the city of Tal said. ing was upgraded into an interna- two countries. Rasuwagadi-Kerung within the proved connectivity through the Rapid Response forces and Afar and three towns: Zum- The Prime Minister tional border point, according to “We are very much exited from next few years, Nepal has also border point will contribute to- Counter-Terrorism Serv- mar, which is under control also vowed to defeat IS the Himalayan country’s business the Chinese decision (to upgrade planned to develop a railway from wards China’s Belt and Road Ini- ice (CTS) forces, in addi- of the Kurdish security group all over Iraq, saying leaders. Following the upgrading, the border point) because we can Kathmandu to Rasuwagadi. tiative. Nepal and China signed a tion to ten brigades of the forces, Mahalabiyah and “wherever you (IS mili- the border has been opened for in- now sell combined tourism pack- “I hope both countries will Memorandum of Understanding paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Ayadhiyah, which were tants) are, we are coming ternational visitors, reports Xinhua age of Nepal and the Tibet Autono- prioritize infrastructure building on bilateral cooperation under the fighters, participated in the freed from IS militants dur- for liberation, and you have news agency. mous Region of China to the inter- in the border point following the framework of the Belt and Road offensive, which was sup- ing the offensive. no choice but to die or sur- Following the closure of Tato- national visitors,” Suman Pandey, upgrading,” Rajesh Kaji Shrestha, Initiative in May. ported by Iraqi and inter- The whole Tal Afar render”. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017 Amitabh Bachchan scores 29 million Twitter followers Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has crossed a fan following of 29 million on Twitter. Mirror The 74-year-old star expressed his gratitude to his followers as he continues to be the most 10 followed Indian actor on the microblogging site. “There was a time when only one (per- son) had seen my tweet. Today it’s 29 million. I’m grateful,” wrote Bachchan. The “Pink” actor is ahead of Shah Rukh Khan (27.6 million), Salman Khan (25.1 mil- lion), Aamir Khan (21.8 million), Deepika Padukone (20 million) and Priyanka Chopra ENTERTAINMENT (18.9 million). Bachchan had joined Twitter in 2010. He will next be seen in “Thugs of Hindostan” and “102 Not Out”. (PTI) Was disturbed in the initial phase of my career: Arjun Rampal Gauri Khan string of flops right disturbed,” Arjun tells PTI. Arjun says, things changed because they want to dilute it, after his debut “Every time I was walking with “new breed of filmmakers” glamorise the person. That’s not movie was not how out of those films, I wasn’t feeling such as Farhan Akhtar, who cast my sensibility,” he says. Arjun Rampal anything. The movie got over, it him in the remake version of Arjun, who has also pro- collaborates imagined his Bolly- released, it didn’t work, then we “Don” which turned to be a boon duced the film, says it depicts the Awood journey to be and the actor tried to better the same thing in for his career. “real story” of India, one which says he was very “disturbed” by another film,” he adds. “When I worked with Farhan is seldom shown in commercial the phase as he was not enjoying The actor says he is happy in ‘Don’, I thought here is a guy movies. with Ralph his work. that he did not achieve success with great sensibility. It was re- “This is a story of India. He made his debut in Rajiv for performances which were not freshing. Even Farah Khan has a When we watch our films Rai’s “Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohab- upto the mark. different sensibility. Her rhythm is (referring to commercial films), bat” in 2001 and box office duds “Initially in my career, I have different and as an actor, one has everything is beautiful, functional, Lauren like “Deewaanapan”, “Dil Hai done films where I have tried to to sense the rhythm of directors people wear designer clothes. I’ve Tumhaara”, “Tehzeeb”, “Dil Ka do something different. When and work accordingly.” been a part of those films but in ntrepre- Charcoal Rishta” followed. you try something, it’s an experi- Arjun is currently awaiting the last eight-nine years, I haven’t neur and Project. She “When you come into the in- ment. If it doesn’t work, it’s called the release of his latest “Daddy”, done anything like that. Not superstar has launched dustry, you don’t know the place, a mistake. If it works, it’s a super in which he will essay the role of because I have anything against Shah Rukh her brand new there are so many people advising success. gangster-turned- politician Arun them, but I was not getting any- Khan’s interior store in here, you to do this, do that. That time “I am glad what was not Gawli. “It is a commercial film, thing out of it. Ewife Gauri has col- named Design Cell. everyone was doing stories with good acting didn’t work. If it had but not a diluted fantasy gangster Directed by Ashim Ahlu- laborated with Earlier this year, Gau- a love triangle, or love rectangle worked, imagine how scary that drama. We took the rights. No walia, “Daddy” is scheduled to the inter- ri designed the nursery for element. That phase started to would’ve been? I would’ve got one has done that before (refer- release on September 8. national filmmaker Karan Johar’s change slowly but I was very caught up in that (zone).” ring to taking rights from Gawli) PTI label Ralph twins -- Roohi and Yash. Lauren. IANS Gauri on Saturday took to Twitter and shared Brad Pitt, Jolie ‘consciously re-coupling’ a photograph of herself sitting in front of a store, ormer star couple Brad drink, drugs and a mid-air alterca- who helped them cut through the which she designed in Pitt and Angelina Jolie are tion between Pitt and their teenage acrimony and recrimination. collaboration with the “consciously re-coupling” son Maddox -- which resulted in Their conclusion was that they team of the label. after intense rehab and brief investigations by the FBI and still loved each other and wanted to “Collaborated spiritual counselling, social services -- the rift in their try again. with the Ralph Lauren claimsF biographer Ian Halperin. relationship seemed as final as it According to dailymail.co.uk, team on the design of this Seven weeks ago, the actors were was sudden. they are working to “consciously re- fantastic space. Best wishes spotted outside a modest three-bed- But the “tough love” meeting couple” and have undergone inten- seetu for the launch,” she room house on the flats of Beverly arranged by the couple’s divorce sive rehab and spiritual counselling captioned the image. Hills. The pair stood face-to-face for negotiator gave them a chance to sessions in an effort to start anew. Gauri is also the co- the first time in 10 months. talk in the presence of a “referee” IANS owner of the production “Brad took the first step forward. house and distribution Then they collapsed into each company Red Chillies other’s arms,” said Halperin, reports Entertainment along dailymail.co.uk. with her husband The stars went inside the home Shah Rukh. of a friend for an emotional conver- In 2012, she sation. launched her own “There were a lot of tears,” line of furniture in Halperin said. partnership with “Nothing was left on the table. Roshan’s home They had it out, right there and then store in this very modest house. In that -- The moment they decided to make a fresh start. It was a ‘come to Jesus meeting’ that marked the beginning of a new phase in their relationship,” said the biographer. When the couple split last September amid toxic allegations of George Clooney jokes about becoming US President ctor-filmmaker stars in the film, interjected: “Can George Cloon- I just say that I’d like anybody ey joked about to be the next President of the becoming US United States. Right away, President by please!” Asaying it “sounds like fun”. Clooney, whose father ran “Would I like to be the for the Congress in 2004, has next president? Oh, that been asked that question earlier sounds like fun,” he said too. And in the past his answer during the Venice Film Fes- has been a more clear-cut “no”. tival press conference for his “Who would ever want to dark comedy “Suburbicon”, live like that?” Clooney said in reports variety.com. 2015, putting a freeze on the At which point notion that he’d go into actor Matt politics. Damon, “I’m who friends with a lot of those guys and I just think it’s hell!” IANS Madonna announces she’s moved to Portugal merican singer Madonna has an- nounced that she’s TickeT raTes Hill Star is thrilled to announce its valued HILL STAR Silver Rs. 80 HillStarCinema fans that the hall is now made a move to Gold Rs. 150 live at BookMyShowIN You can now BUY Movie Schedule Platinum Rs. 320 the city of Lisbon, tickets online! Portugal.A The “Material girl” hitmaker shared the news on Instagram, reports eonline.com. Posting a photo of a kitchen filled with a plethora of baskets hanging from the ceiling, Ma- donna, who hails from Detroit, Michigan, wrote on her Insta- gram: “I used to be a basket case, but now I live in Lisbon!” According to the Guard- ian, the 59-year-old has bought a house in Lisbon and her son 10 am, 12.30 pm, 3 pm, 8 pm: Badshaaho (Hindi) David has joined the Benfica Football Team Youth Academy. The singer also posted on her social media that the move was in- spiring her to work on new music. Sharing an image of a paint- ing, she wrote: “The energy of Portugal is so inspiring. I feel very creative and alive here and I look forward to working on my film ‘Loved’ and making new music! This will be the next chapter in my book!” 5.30 pm: Shubh Mangal Shavdhan (Hindi) IANS EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017 SportS 11 Nadal, Federer move on at US Asian World Cup qualifying goes down to the wire Hong Kong, Sep. 3 (Reu- ensure an automatic place hope. Russia. ters): Seven Asian nations should Saudi Arabia defeat But they would need a A win over Iran, who re- will discover their World the Samurai Blue in Jed- big win over Iraq plus heavy main unbeaten in this phase Cup fate on Tuesday as the dah. defeats for both Australia of qualifying, would be a Open, Fognini kicked out race to Russia 2018 draws “There’s no more im- and Saudi Arabia to claim stunning achievement by a to a climax. portant game that I can third and a route through side that has been forced to New York, Sept. 3 (PTI/ With Iran and Japan recall over the last 10 years the playoffs. play all their home games AFP): Rafael Nadal and having already booked their since we’ve been in Asia for Group A, meanwhile, away due to the civil war Roger Federer edged closer places at next year’s finals, qualification,” Australia’s has a four-way tussle for the at home. to a US Open semi-final Australia, Saudi Arabia, stand-in captain Mark Mil- two remaining spots that But Iran coach Carlos blockbuster as controversial the United Arab Emirates, ligan said of the Thailand could lead to the World Queiroz has stressed his Italian Fabio Fognini was South Korea, Syria, Uz- game in comments on Foot- Cup. team will not ease up de- kicked out for a vile, mi- bekistan and China all jostle ball Federation Australia’s Second placed South spite having already quali- sogynistic tirade at a female for the remaining tickets. website (footballaustralia. Korea can qualify directly fied for a fifth World Cup umpire. The top two teams from com.au), for an eighth successive appearance. Nadal, 31, saw off Ar- both Asian groups qualify Australia are third in World Cup appearance with “To think that these gentine lucky loser Leon- directly, with the third- Group B and trail Saudi a win over fourth-placed players are going to make it ardo Mayer 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, placed sides to battle each Arabia on goal difference, Uzbekistan in Tashkent. easy against Syria is to not 6-1, 6-4, taking his record other for the right to enter meaning wins for both A defeat, however, know them, their profes- over the world number 59 an intercontinental play- teams could see the Saudis could be catastrophic for sionalism, character and from Buenos Aires to 4-0. off against a side from the seal their spot in Russia and the South Koreans if third- pride serving the Iranian He will face Ukraine’s CONCACAF region. Ange Postecoglou’s team placed Syria can upset Iran nation,” said Queiroz. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Australia’s fate contin- head into the playoffs. away. On the fringes are Mar- against whom he is 6-2, ues to rest in the hands The United Arab Emir- That could put Syria, cello Lippi’s China, who for a place in the quarter- of the Japanese. The Soc- ates, currently fourth in the who are ahead of Uz- could yet steal a place in the finals. ceroos take on Thailand in group following their win bekistan on goal difference, playoffs if they beat Qatar Five-time champion Fe- Melbourne knowing vic- over the Saudis on Tuesday, in second place and grant away and both Uzbekistan derer brushed aside 31st tory may not be enough to also retain a mathematical them automatic passage to and Syria lose. seed Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 to take his career record against the Spaniard, playing a 63rd successive Grand Slam, to 13-0. Deepika makes first round exit in World Cup Final Next up for Federer is Rome, Sep. 3 (PTI): Four- wan, who had eliminated Philipp Kohlschreiber, who time silver medallist Deepika Deepika in the Olympics he leads 11-0. Kumari was beaten by Tan pre-quarterfinal last year, Nadal had dropped the Ya-ting in straight sets to make started off with two perfect first set of his second-round an embarrassing first round 10s to take the Indian by match against Japan’s Taro exit from the Archery World surprise in the first set. Daniel before winning in Cup Final here today. Ya-ting shot 10-9-10 to four. The former World No.1 set an early momentum, Saturday was almost a Deepika looked a pale shadow while Deepika was a slow- carbon copy with the 15- of her former self against the starter with 8-9-10 and nev- time major winner unable AP/PTI Rio Olympics nemesis from er really overcame from the to convert any of six points Roger Federer, of Switzerland, reacts after defeating Feliciano Lopez, of Spain, during the U.S. Open ten- Chinese Taipei, who put up a first set jitters. in the opener. nis tournament in New York on Saturday. superlative display to seal the The Olympic bronze But the match turned in match 6-0 at the Stadio dei medallist shot a sensational Kohlschreiber, the Ger- male umpire Louise Engzell many forehand winners the 10-minute seventh game Marmi here. 30 out of 30 in the second man 33rd seed, eliminated during his first-round loss to down the line. That’s what of the second set when, on Deepika was the lone In- set, to which Deepika (25) Australia’s John Millman Stefano Travaglia. I did. I may not have got his 14th break point of the dian to have made the cut to had no answer to. 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. Fognini and compatriot another chance,” said the encounter, Nadal finally the World Cup Final draw Continuing her impres- Austrian sixth seed Simone Bolelli had reached 25-year-old, who will next smashed through. of eight by virtue of her two sive form, Ya-ting shot 28 in Dominic Thiem defeated the third round of the men’s face Jennifer Brady of the “It was tough. It took 14 quarterfinal finishes in the the third set and blew away France’s Adrian Mannarino doubles but tournament United States. break points -- that’s not a four World Cups this year. any chance of the Indian’s 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to make the last organizers axed him from Brady has just seven Deepika Kumari good figure. But I was there The archer from Tai- bid for a fifth final. mentally and fought a lot 16 for the third time in four the event. wins on the tour this year, at the right moments,” said years. Fognini, the world but all have come at the Nadal under the Arthur Thiem next faces 2009 number 26, was also fined Slams. Ashe roof as rain fell out- champion Juan Martin del 24,000. Had she lost on Satur- side. Potro of Argentina, who - Pliskova saves match day, Pliskova would also Bengaluru FC rope in Spanish winger Eduardo Federer had needed put out Spain’s Roberto point - have been guaranteed to Bengaluru, Sep. 3 (IANS): Spanish side Real Zaragoza, back-to-back five-setters to Bautista Agut 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. Women’s top seed Karo- lose her world number one Bengaluru FC completed their shared his excitement ahead of defeat Frances Tiafoe and Russia’s Andrey Rublev lina Pliskova saved a match ranking to either Wimble- quota of foreign signings and his first overseas stint, “I’m very Mikhail Youzhny in his first became the second teenager point to defeat China’s don champion Garbine finalised their squad for the excited for joining the club. two rounds. in the last 16 when he beat Zhang Shuai, hanging on Muguruza or Elina Svi- upcoming season with the addi- “From the first time, I liked However, on Saturday, Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur to her world number one tolina. tion of Spanish winger Eduardo the idea of playing for Ben- he swept past Lopez to 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6- 4. spot in the process. Ukraine fourth seed Svi- ‘Edu’ Garcia Martin, the south- galuru’s team in the Indian reach the fourth round for Rublev, just 19, faces Top seed Pliskova, tolina stayed in contention ern football club announced on Super League. Football in India the 16th time. Belgian ninth seed David the runner-up in 2016, tri- with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Saturday. is growing a lot and it’s an im- “I’m very happy to get Goffin, who progressed umphed 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 but Shelby Rogers of the United Having penned a one-year portant challenge for me. I hope through. It’s a great feel- when 2016 semi-finalist was forced to save a match States. Russia’s Daria Ka- deal, Edu becomes the eighth I can help the club to reach the ing to play out here,” said Gael Monfils retired with a point in the 10th game of satkina reached the last 16 overseas player and the fifth objectives for the season. I can’t Federer. right knee injury. the second set and recover of a major for the first time Spaniard in the squad for Ben- wait to start!” “I struggled in the Meanwhile, Fognini from a break down in the by seeing off French Open galuru’s maiden season in the Born in Zaragoza, Edu first two rounds but to- was kicked out of the tour- decider. champion Jelena Ostap- Indian Super League (ISL). joined his home side Real night I played a very clean nament for making foul- “I was match point down enko, the 12th seed, 6-3, Head Coach Albert Roca Zaragoza’s youth setup in 2002, match.” mouthed comments to fe- and I thought I haven’t tried 6-2. welcomed his fellow country- aged 12. He progressed through man to the Blues’ fold and the ranks at the club before said, “Edu is an exciting young making his debut with the re- winger. His versatility down the serves during the 2009-10 cam- Pacquiao wants Horn rematch in the Philippines flank will provide us with great paign, in Tercera Division. Eduardo ‘Edu’ Garcia Martin Manila, Sep. 3 (AFP): an opponent in eight years options in terms of personnel as In 2012, Edu joined CD gain promotion to Segunda Division B, before add- Manny Pacquiao said on and briefly quit boxing last well as our game plan.” Ebro before moving to fellow ing a further eight in his second season. Sunday he was still wanted year to pursue his long-held “He will be a great addition league team SD Ejea the fol- The winger then sealed a return to Real Zarago- a rematch with Jeff Horn political ambitions and was to our squad and fits in well lowing season. In July 2014, za in at the start of the 2016-17 season and made 27 after the Filipino boxing elected senator. with our philosophy.” he returned to Ebro and scored appearances for the Los Maños helping them finish hero pulled out of their But he quickly made a Twenty-seven-year-old Edu, career-best 16 goals during his 16th with 50 points in the Segunda Division. scheduled bout in Australia successful comeback against who joins Bengaluru from first season, helping his team later his year. Jessie Vargas in November, Queensland’s premier, saying he still felt like a whose state government youngster. was the financial backer Pacquiao has defied AIBA chief Ching Kuo Wo to visit India of a November 12 fight, calls to retire for good, in- Hamburg, Sep. 3 (IANS): Ajay Singh said in a state- capability to host such proving the domestic set- announced on Friday that cluding from his family and International Boxing As- ment on Sunday. mega events in the coun- up but has also enhanced Pacquiao “cannot return to celebrated American trainer sociation (AIBA) Presi- India had already re- try. India’s image internation- the ring” due to other com- Freddie Roach. Pacquiao dent Ching Kuo Wo has ceived a much-needed “I am sure that this ally. mitments. dismissed funding concerns promised to witness the shot in the arm with the campaign will go a long “Boxers acknowledge “It will not push through about hosting the multi- Women’s Youth World arrival of the 2021 edition way in realising Assam that there has been tre- there in Australia. But we Manny Pacquiao million dollar fight in the Boxing Championship to of the World Champion- Chief Minister Sarba- mendous progress already are bringing the fight here in Philippines. be held in Guwahati in ships to New Delhi. nanda Sonowal’s vision with as many as eight the Philippines,” Pacquiao ter losing his World Boxing visions, had demanded a “We have lots of friends November. “I would personally of making Guwahati the members qualifying to said on radio station DZBB, Organization welterweight review of the bout but the who are supporting us in- “This is a huge boost like to thank Mr. Kuo Wo sports capital of India and adding negotiations were title to the 29-year-old on WBO declared Horn the cluding our tourism (de- for us. This shows that for accepting our invita- hosting the rich and cul- represent the country in ongoing. points Horn in a major up- clear winner after a panel of partment). The president is the world fraternity has tion. tural heritage of Assam,” the World Championships “This will be good for set in Brisbane on July 2. judges re-scored the fight. giving his all-out support,” accepted us back into the This will enhance the Ajay Singh said. and three of them even our country’s tourism.” Pacquiao, who has won Now in the twilight of a Pacquiao said referring to fold. Championship and we “Over the last eight making it to the quarter- Pacquiao, 38, had ini- world titles in an unprec- 22-year professional career, his political ally Rodrigo We can only go higher will take this opportunity months, BFI has carefully finals,” the BFI President tially called for a rematch af- edented eight weight di- Pacquiao has not stopped Duterte. from here,” BFI President to showcase to AIBA our worked at not only im- added. Windfall for BCCI expected on Wrestler barred from Asian Games gets Rs 25 lac in damages New Delhi, Sep. 3 (PTI): WFI culpable, Additional and humiliation” to him Punjab, even though it was under the supervision of Decorated wrestler Satish District Judge Surinder by not only “mindlessly for Satish Kumar of West the Sports Authority of IPL media rights auction day Kumar has been awarded S Rathi also directed the deboarding” him for no Bengal”. India and since his sample Rs 25 lakh as compensation Centre to conduct a probe fault of his but also stuck All this showed that the did not test positive, noth- Mumbai, Sep. 3 (IANS): holders. Middle East, Africa re- by a Delhi court for being against all officials involved to their “absurd and wrong WFI officials were “sleep- ing adverse was informed The Board of Control for A total of 24 bidders gions, and the rest of the wrongly restrained from including those from the stand that it was he who ing with open eyes” as to to him. Cricket in India (BCCI) is bought the bid document, world. The rights will be taking part in the 2002 14th WFI for nearly spoiling was tested positive”. whether the positive dope However, on September expecting a windfall from including Facebook, Ama- awarded to the highest bid- Asian Games in South Ko- Kumar’s career. The court, in its 30- test pertained to Satish 26, 2000 when he visited the Indian Premier League zon, Twitter, Yahoo, Reli- der in each category. rea under the mistaken im- The court directed the page judgement, said, “... Kumar of West Bengal or Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (IPL) media rights auc- ance Jio, Star India, Sony Previously, the BCCI, pression that he had taken government to ensure that the work culture at WFI is Satish Kumar of Punjab, for going to the airport, he tion, which gets underway Pictures, Discovery, Sky, which owns the IPL, had performance-enhancing such incidents are never found to be grossly wanting the court said. was told that he could not here on Monday with top British Telecom, and ESPN sold the rights only for three drugs. repeated and no other sport- in taking care of the careers “They (WFI) should go to Busan on account companies from across the Digital Media, according categories: India television While directing the sperson goes through the of budding wrestlers who have exercised due diligence of positive report in dope globe participating. to a ESPNcricinfo report. rights, India digital rights Wrestling Federation of humiliation which he has toil hard for the nation and and care because other than test. He was deboarded, The IPL media rights In 2008, when the and rest of the world. India (WFI) to pay the com- undergone. take pride in wearing the the initial name ‘Satish Ku- while the rest of the team auction, segregated into IPL started, roughly six The 18 eligible compa- pensation, the court made a Kumar, a Punjab native, Indian flag. mar’, there is nothing com- members left for Busan that two categories -- broadcast companies purchased the nies which bought bid doc- scathing remark saying the was selected by WFI for “Sportspersons of the mon between the two wres- evening itself. and digital (internet and bid document for the first uments last year before the way sportspersons are treat- the 14th Asian Games at calibre of Kumar are al- tlers. The plaintiff (Kumar) However, upon inquiry, mobile) rights -- is expected rights cycle. process was stalled were: ed by the federations led by Busan in South Korea, but ready rare in India and the is 97 kg category, whereas Kumar found that he was to yield to the BCCL an All were television enti- Star India, Amazon Seller non-sporting bosses “speaks was wrongly stopped from way they are treated by fed- the other Satish Kumar was wrongly stopped from going estimated earning of over ties and, eventually, only Services, Followon Interac- volumes” on why India is boarding the flight with erations led by non-sporting 57 kg category wrestler,” the to Busan and it was a case 20,000 crore through the two qualified for the bid tive Media, Taj TV India, still struggling for medals in other athletes as he was con- bosses speaks volumes on court said. of mistaken identity. traditional bidding proc- -- the Sony-World Sports Sony Pictures Networks, global competitions. fused with another wrestler why India is still struggling According to the com- The petition had sought ess. Group alliance and Nim- Times Internet, Supersport Kumar, employed with of same name who hailed for medals in Olympics and plaint, on August 25, 2000, Rs 30 lakh in damages, BCCI Chief Executive bus. International, Reliance the CISF, had brought lau- from West Bengal. Asiads.” Kumar was selected by WFI alleging that the “false im- Officer (CEO) Rahul Johri On Monday, as many Jio Digital, Gulf DTH rels for the country includ- The West Bengal wres- It said “it is clear that to be part of the Indian con- plication did not only hurt has said that the revenue as seven rights will be open FZ LLC, GroupM Media, ing winning gold medals in tler was then banned for two WFI messed up the whole tingent for the Asian Games his feelings but also feelings generation from the up- for bidding. For the Indian beIN, Econet Media, SKY the 2006 Commonwealth years after testing positive in issue and concluded that during September-October of his family and relatives coming IPL media rights market, bids are divided UK, ESPN Digital Media, Games in Melbourne and the dope test. the letter issued by Man- 2002. and it lowered his moral auction could be “historic”, into television and digital; BTG Legal Services, BT the World Police Games in The court said the sports mohan Singh for Indian In September 2002, he, and esteem in the eyes of considering the huge inter- then there will be separate PLC, Twitter, Facebook Los Angeles. body had “defamed and Olympic Association (IOA) along with other wrestlers, acquaintances and well est shown by various stake- bids for the US, Europe, Inc. Besides holding the caused immense trauma pertains to Satish Kumar of was subjected to dope test wishers”. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, September 4, 2017

C M Y K 12 SportS Lewis Hamilton goes top after Italian GP win to reclaim fourth from his fellow-Finn on lap two and then passed Stroll and French rookie Estaban Ocon to secure second place behind his Mercedes Nagaland U-16 and U-19 state team at the selection trials that began at Nagaland Cricket Stadium on Sunday, September 3. The team-mate. selection trials will continue till Tuesday, September 5. By lap 14, having run within 10 seconds of the lead as he climbed to third, Vettel was more than 12 seconds behind as Fer- Inter-school arm Penalty shootout at Jalukie rari encouraged their men Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): The champions and run- to find more pace. Rai- wrestling concludes The Jalukie 'B' Youth Or- ners up will walk away kkonen, in sixth, com- ganisation through its pres- with a cash prize of Rs. plained of problems with ident Jacob informed in a 15000/- and Rs. 7000/- the rear end of his car. press note that they will be along with citations while Hamilton continued conducting the 1st Edition the best keeper and best to set the pace and had a Penalty Shoot-out at Jaluk- shooter will each receive a moment on lap 20 when he ie 'B' Football ground on cash prize of Rs. 500/- and skimmed across the edge September 29 and 30, 2017. citations. AP/PTI of a gravel trap at the sec- The last date of registration For further information, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, center, winner of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix, ond chicane. He remained is September 28, 2017. one contact: 9862263313. celebrates with second placed Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland, left, and third placed Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, at the Monza racetrack, Italy on Sunday. 4.5 seconds ahead of Bot- tas with Vettel third and Ricciardo, having started Monza (Italy), Sep. 3 became the first driver to seeing these people gives 16th closing fast in fourth. Penalty shootout at Phek on Sept 23 (AFP): Lewis Hamilton score back-to-back victo- us a lot of hope. We have Vettel, who had re- Dimapur, Sep. 3 (EMN): for the winners will be Rs. took over as leader of the ries this year. It was Mer- a strong car and will have a ported he was "struggling The Template Club Phek 30000/-, Rs. 20000/-, Rs. drivers' world champion- cede's third one-two this strong end to the season." with the rear now", was 22 will be organising a penalty 10000/-, Rs. 5000/-, for ship for the first time this year and the team's 39th Australian Daniel Ric- seconds away from Ham- shootout on September 23, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. year on Sunday when he overall. ciardo, who started 16th ilton by half-distance with 2017 at Phek town local Quarter finalist will be claimed a lights-to-flag Hamilton now has 238 after incurring grid penal- little prospect of catching ground with Kovi Meyase, awarded Rs. 2000/- each. victory as Mercedes domi- points ahead of Vettel on ties, came home fourth for him or Bottas. For the Deputy Commissioner Entry fee is fixed at Rs. nated the Italian Grand 235 and Bottas on 197 Red Bull ahead of Finn tifosi, it was an unfolding Phek as the chief guest and 1500 and the last date of Prix. while in the constructors Kimi Raikkonen in the nightmare scenario and a EM Images Dzesebeinuo, district sports form submission is Sep- The 32-year-old Briton, championship Mercedes second Ferrari. master-class by Mercedes State Education Minister Th Radheshyam posing with the winners officer as the guest of hon- tember 20. seeking his fourth world lead with 435 to Ferrari - Hamilton slick off at their own Temple of during the closing function of inter school arm wrestling meet in our respectively, informed For further information one title, made a perfect start on 373. pole - Speed. Hamilton finally Imphal on Sunday. a press note. The prizes can contact 9612392621. from his record 69th pole "I am so happy and the Hamilton made a good pitted for softs after 32 position to lead his Mer- Our Correspondent and Khongjom Standard team did a great job and start from his record 69th laps in 2.5 seconds, pass- cedes team-mate Finn Imphal, Sep. 3 (EMN): English School was ad- Mercedes power is defi- pole position and fend- ing the lead to Bottas who Valtteri Bottas home for Ram Lal Paul Higher Sec- judged the runner-up with nitely better than Ferrari ed off Canadian teenage followed suit immediately his sixth win this year, his power," said Hamilton, ondary School emerged as 26 points. Djokovic becomes rookie Lance Stroll, who in 2.2. It was synchronised third at Monza and the the team champion with 63 The event was or- who was booed by a large started second for Wil- perfection from the Silver 59th of his career. points in the boy’s catego- ganised by The Manipur partisan crowd. liams after nine drivers Arrows with 18 laps re- Hamilton now leads Bottas also praised ry in the 2nd Inter School Arm Wrestling Associa- father of baby girl were handed grid penal- maining. Arm Wrestling Meet, 2017 tion from September 1– 3 four-time champion Sebas- Mercede's teamwork. "The Belgrade, Sep. 3 (AFP): ties, to take control on the Hamilton, who had which concluded at Kak- and it was participated by tian Vettel by three points car was so strong and it Twelve-time Grand Slam run to the first chicane. gone five seconds clear, wa Community Hall here nearly 280 students from after the German finished was amazing how quick champion Novak Djokovic Behind him, Raikkonen reported he "lost a bit of on Sunday. 35 different schools of the third, 36 seconds adrift, we were and it was a pure and his wife Jelena have began well and he passed power" on lap 43. His lead Azad English School state. State education min- in his Ferrari in front of joy to drive. A perfect re- become parents of a baby Bottas into the second slipped to 3.6 seconds bagged the second posi- ister Th Radheshyam and a big home crowd on the sult! No drama," he said. girl, local media reported chicane while Dutchman ahead of Bottas, both Mer- tion with 38 points. In former firebrand opposi- weekend of the Italian Vettel added: "It was on Sunday. Max Verstappen, from cedes men running with the girl’s category, Sacred tion leader O Joy attended team's 70th anniversary entertaining, quite good Jelena gave birth on Sat- 13th, was up to eighth on their engines on reduced Heart Higher Secondary the closing cum prize dis- celebrations. fun. We just didn't have urday evening and their the opening lap. power as they cruised School claimed the team tribution ceremony on Having won in Belgium the pace of the leading two second child will be named Bottas bounced back home. champion with 34 points Sunday. last Sunday, Hamilton also drivers, but going around Tara, Blic newspaper report- ed on its online edition. The couple have a two- year-old son Stefan. -- has been a shadow of his India beat Sri Lanka Anindith shines at national racing tourney The 30-year-old Djok- former self. Coimbatore, Sep. 3 (IANS): On a battle with 56 points in his kitty, a neat His main contender Vishnu Pras- ovic announced in July he Since winning the day of upsets, Hyderabad's Anindith 17 points ahead of the field. ad, the leader after the second round, would miss the rest of the French Open last year to by six wickets; win Reddy opened up a sizeable lead in the Mizoram's Lalhruaizela fell behind made up for a disastrous Saturday season with an elbow in- complete the career Grand Euro JK 17 while T.S. Diljith scored a his state mate Lalnunsanga early in the that saw him fail to finish in both the jury. Slam, he has failed to claim grand double in the LGB Formula 4 race; he simply failed to find a way races. The Serb retired from another major title. in the 20th JK Tyre FMSCI National past him or the unbeaten Sri Lankan, He too collected 18 points, com- his Wimbledon quarter-fi- He crashed out of the series 5-0 Racing Championship 2017 here on Jaden Gunawardena thereafter. ing second in the day's first race and nal against Tomas Berdych Australian Open in the sec- Sunday. Lalhruaizela was still left smiling winning the second. But he is lagging in July because of the prob- ond round and the French Championship leaders Joseph though as he had already booked his behind by 14 points and will need a lem, from which is suffering Open in the last eight. Mathew (Suzuki Gixxer Cup) and all-expenses paid trip to Spain for the near miracle to topple Reddy. for a year-and-a-half. Djokovic said in July Lalhruaizela (Red Bull Road to Rook- prestigious Road to MotoGP quali- The LGB Formula 4 category Between mid-January he would need a couple of ies Cup), however, suffered their first fiers in October. He collected a grand was equally exciting, with Diljith of 2015 and June 2016, Djok- months without the racket defeats in three rounds. But they still total of 56 points while Lalnunsanga Dark Don Racing proving to be a ovic won 17 of his 22 finals but that surgery was "not managed to hang on to their positions had 46 points. class apart. He took full advantage of played in 24 tournaments. an option". on the leaderboard. The day's show was, however, sto- the reverse grid that came into play It seemed nothing could With Andre Agassi con- Chennai's Joseph was upstaged by len by Anindith Reddy. He performed on Sunday to win both the races. interrupt his dominance of tinuing as his coach while Aizawl's Malsawmdawngliana and in his usual emphatic manner, adding He started from pole in the first race world tennis. he recovers, Djokovic now Ahmedabad's Sachin Chaudhary to 18 points to his 15 from Saturday. That 1 and fought hard to clinch victory. But for months the Ser- intends to be ready to start take the third position. He is still com- took him to 96 points before the grand He was dominant in the second, not bian national hero -- now the new season at the begin- fortably ahead in the championship finale at the BIC in November. allowing anybody a chance to spoil fourth in the world rankings ning of 2018.

PTI India's Virat Kohli celebrates his century against SriLanka during the fifth ODI match in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday.

Colombo, Sep. 3 (AFP): the opportunity to salvage Virat Kohli hit his second some pride, folding up for century in a row as India a below-par 238 in 49.4 thrashed Sri Lanka by six overs after paceman Bhu- wickets in the fifth one-day vneshwar Kumar grabbed a international Sunday to in- career-best 5-42. flict a humiliating 5-0 series The Indians had a shaky defeat on the beleaguered start but Kohli anchored hosts. the innings with a 99-run Kohli smashed nine partnership with Manish fours in his unbeaten 110- Pandey (36) for the third run knock to help the visi- wicket. tors achieve the target of He also put on 109 runs 239 with 21 balls to spare at with Kedar Jadhav who the R. Premadasa stadium scored a fine 63. in Colombo. Kohli, 28, looked in sub- The series win came lime form, hitting Milinda after India swept the preced- Siriwardana for three fours ing three-Test rubber 3-0, in an over to bring up his capping their domination half-century. of the home side which has The right-hander went been beset by injury and on to complete his 30th selection woes. ODI century, equalling This was India's second former Australian captain 5-0 whitewash in an away Ricky Ponting's tally. ODI series with Kohli's Only Indian batting men having blanked Zim- great Sachin Tendulkar has babwe in 2013. scored more centuries in the Sri Lanka squandered 50-over game with 49 tons.

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