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VOL. XVII NO. 21 | PAGES 12 ` 4/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 President disqualifies 20 AAP MLAs Want solution to ‘insurgency’ Party says it will approach the court to oppose ‘unconstitutional, unethical and biased decision’ New Delhi, Jan. 21 (IANS): In a big blow to Delhi's issue before elections – Naga Hoho ruling AAP, President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday New Delhi, Jan. 21 (PTI): NSCN-IM. The Naga Hoho presi- people a Naga peace accord began shortly after the approved the Election Com- The Naga Hoho, an apex "All tribals, civil society, dent said the home minister was more important than country's independence. mission's recommenda- Naga tribal body, today ob- political leaders have come told them the Centre would elections and therefore, it The insurgent group's tion to disqualify 20 of its jected to the holding of together and said in once continue its peace initia- had become imperative to key demand to integrate MLAs in the office of profit elections in Nagaland next voice that they want a solu- tive in Nagaland, and asked defer polls for peace and the Naga- inhabited areas of case. While the BJP hailed month before the issue of tion to the Naga issue be- them to cooperate in the tranquillity. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam the move, the AAP said it insurgency in the state is fore elections," Naga Hoho election process. Expectations for a last- and Manipur has already would approach the courts resolved and indicated that president Chuba Ozukum "The home minister ing peace have soared in been rejected by the central against it. it may ask political parties told PTI here. said the central government insurgency-hit Nagaland government. The Congress, howev- to boycott the polls. The 60-member Naga- is committed to finding a after the Centre and the President Ram Nath Ko- er, accused the BJP and A delegation of the land Assembly will go to political solution," he said. National Socialist Council vind had in November 2017 the Election Commission Naga Hoho, which has been polls on February 27. Ozukum said the Naga of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) said Nagaland was at the for delaying the disquali- camping in the national Asked about their Hoho would take a final entered a framework agree- threshold of making history fication to help AAP get its capital for the last few days, course of action, Ozukum decision on its stand after ment in 2015. as the final agreement on nominees elected to the met several central lead- said: "We will be compelled consultations with political The NSCN-IM has been the issue would be arrived Rajya Sabha. ers, including Home Min- to ask candidates not to leaders and other civil soci- engaging in peace talks at shortly. Following the Presi- ister Rajnath Singh and contest the polls." ety groups. with the Centre's inter- Nagaland Governor PB dent's approval, the Union voiced their opposition to "At any cost, we do not Earlier this month, the locutor since 1997, when Acharya had on September Law and Justice Ministry the polls before a peace want polls. The people of Naga Hoho had conveyed it announced a ceasefire 19 said the vexed Naga issue issued a notification saying pact between the Centre Nagaland want solution not to Prime Minister Naren- agreement after a bloody would be resolved within that the President has held and the Naga rebel group elections," he said. dra Modi that for the Naga insurgency movement that the next few months. that the 20 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly stand disqualified under 15 (1) (a) of the Government of Jacob Zhimomi Former Congress leader National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act. PTI These 20 MLAs are Alka AAP leader Alka Lamba at a party meeting. Lamba is one of the 20 resigns from NLA Lamba, Adarsh Shastri, San- AAP MLAs who have been disqualified from the Delhi Assembly. Chishi makes eye at BJP jeev Jha, Rajesh Gupta, Kai- Kohima Bureau MLA Jacob Zhimomi resigns lash Gehlot, Vijendra Garg, comed the approval, saying Constitution is supreme Kohima, Jan. 21 (EMN): from the Assembly! All set to Praveen Kumar, Sharad the decision had contrib- and is the law of the land With the countdown to join @BJPNagaland,” Kikon Kumar, Madan Lal Khu- uted to the protection of and has been protected the general elections in tweeted. fiya, Shiv Charan Goyal, democratic values. by our judiciary time and Nagaland set in motion, While sources close to Sarita Singh, Naresh Yadav, "With his speedy de- again," said party supremo new developments in the Zhimomi confirmed his Rajesh Rishi, Anil Kumar, cision, the President has Arvind Kejriwal. state’s political scene con- resignation as MLA and Som Dutt, Avtar Singh, Su- made a major contribution He said that his party tinue to emerge. On Sun., the decision to join BJP, the khvir Singh Dala, Manoj towards protecting demo- got 67 seats in the 70-mem- it was learned that N Jacob move has come as a sur- Kumar, Nitin Tyagi and Jar- cratic values. ber Delhi assembly by Zhimomi, an independent prise to many as Zhimomi nail Singh. "People of Delhi feel God's grace because after member of the twelfth Na- had stood firm with the The Election Commis- that these AAP MLAs must three years, 20 of his party's galand Legislative Assembly Naga People’s Front (NPF) sion on Friday recommend- return all financial benefits MLAs were going to be de- (NLA) from 5th Ghaspani-I supremo Dr. Shürhozelie ed disqualification of the they have taken after the clared disqualified. assembly constituency has Liezietsu during the NPF's 20 AAP MLAs for holding date on which a circular Kejriwal's media advi- resigned from the assembly. internal tussle for power office of profit as Parlia- on their appointment and sor Nagendar Sharma said In a letter addressed to which started from July EM Images mentary Secretaries, giving facilities was issued," said "Modi government's ap- the NLA's speaker, dated 2017 and till the end of the Former Chief Minister KL Chishi with his supporters at Dimapur on Jan. 21. its opinion to the President state party chief Manoj Ti- pointed EC's" order was Jan. 20, Zhimomi discreetly year. It was during this pe- on a complaint by advocate wari. silent on MLAs not being yet tersely informed of his riod that the NPF had an- Eastern Mirror Desk had ‘made false promises’ since 2008 to Prashant Patel, a member Congress Delhi chief given an opportunity to be decision to resign from the nounced its decision to Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): Former chief bring solution to the Naga talks within six of the Hindu Legal Cell, in Ajay Maken said that if the heard. twelfth house. sever ties with the BJP. minister of Nagaland KL Chishi who re- months. June 2015, who petitioned decision of disqualifica- "What was their pecu- The Bharatiya Janata Zhimomi’s resignation signed from the Nagaland Pradesh Con- There is ‘unreasonable’ corruption in then President Pranab tion had come earlier, the niary gain and there is no Party's (BJP) MLA and co- from the assembly is the gress Committee (NPCC) and Indian Na- the present government and the worst Mukherjee against the ap- AAP could not have been mention of latest Supreme convener of the BJP elec- third this month with Y tional Congress (INC) on Jan.20 said that five years in the history of Nagaland have pointments. able to get its candidates Court 2014 judgment on tion campaign for Naga- Patton from Tiyi assembly the decision was “hard and extreme” after been produced by the current govern- The application by Patel elected to the Rajya Sabha, office of profit" land Mmhonlumo Kikon constituency in Wokha dis- being in the party for more than a decade. ment, Chishi claimed. He accused the said 21 AAP MLAs, includ- and alleged a deal between "Mark my words: This took to social media on Sun. trict resigning on Jan. 9, and The politician told a press conference state's government of draining the state ing Jarnail Singh (Rajouri the AAP and the BJP, which non-opinion by puppet evening announcing Zhi- Vikho-o Yhoshü, MLA from on Sun. that his resignation was caused by exchequer, robbing funds meant for the Garden) who resigned to explained why the disquali- EC and considered order momi’s resignation from the southern Angami-I as- ‘trust deficit in spite of repeated submis- people and development, and ridiculed ‘it contest the Punjab Assem- fication was delayed by over of President will lead to the NLA and that the lat- sembly constituency putting sion and advice to the appropriate author- is a shameful thing for our state legislators bly polls last year, were a month. The AAP said that humiliation of institutions, ter was ‘all set’ to join BJP. down his papers on Jan. 20. ity of INC for the last over one year.’ to go to Kaziranga for their selfish needs.’ appointed Parliamentary it will now approach the like in Uttarakhand and “Winds of change in #Naga- The NLA, a house of 60, now The veteran politician, who intends Chishi went on to disclose that the Secretaries to Ministers in High Court against this "ex- Arunachal cases," he said. land politics! Independent stands with 56 members. to contest from the 32nd Atoizu assembly 'INC had its own infighting…everyone the Delhi government in tremely unconstitutional, "For Modi government constituency, refused to name the party he considers themselves as an important violation of the law and unethical and biased deci- nothing matters -- not even would be joining except that it will ‘defi- person.’ For two and half years the in- Constitution. sion of the EC". dignity of President -- when nitely be a national party.’ To a query if he cumbent president has been leading the The Bharatiya Janata "If required we will go he decides to hit below the Om Prakash Rawat appointed still covets the chief minister’s seat, Chishi Congress without any single legislator, Party (BJP) state unit wel- to the Supreme Court. The belt as always," he added. replied “Ambitions never die.” Chishi remarked. Chishi went on to say, “With much “The Naga people want solution as new chief election commissioner regret I say that INC has no mind to bring expressed and elections cannot be hold New Delhi, Jan. 21 (PTI): retires on Monday, the law settlement for Naga political issue with Na- back unless it is by unconstitutional means Election Commissioner ministry said. gas and India. Only a national party with or force. Election is essence of democracy DRFCB seeks early completion Om Prakash Rawat was on The government also daring determination like the Bharatiya and it has to be held,” Chishi said. Sunday appointed the next appointed former Finance Janata Party (BJP) can bring final solution Recalling how the Congress claimed of bridge over Dhansiri chief election commission- Secretary Ashok Lawasa an and I would rather suggest that it is only power in 1998 by filing nominations even er succeeding AK Joti who election commissioner. BJP who has the guts to initiate and finalise as the Naga people ‘solution not election,’ Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): The Dhansiri The DRFCB issued a statement on Sun. The appointment of the the solution between the government of Chishi pointed out that even as the Con- River Flood Control Board (DRFCB) has stating that the department had turned a election commissioner was India and people of Nagaland”. gress managed to win 59 seats then, they appealed to the department of Urban De- deaf ear to similar appeals made by several made as a vacancy would According to him, there was no point bore the consequences in 2003 elections as velopment to construct ‘the suspension organisations. Love dies only when have arisen in the three- in remaining with the Congress ‘who has a their number was reduced to 21. bridge at Dhansiri River (Purana Bazaar) “The board also request to the depart- growth stops. member poll panel after the dream that cannot be fulfilled.’ Chishi as- “I had to take this extreme painful step immediately’ before the arrival of summer, ment of Urban Development to give a retirement of Joti on Mon- serted that a ‘resource-less regional party’ as I had no alternative option but to quit in the interest of “5,000 to 10,000 students reason as to why the construction work ~ Pearl S. Buck day. Sunil Arora is the other can never promote the ethos of Nagas, for several reasons, some of them are not and public (sic) who ply by foot through have been suspended or stopped at the election commissioner. while reminding that the regional party very important,” Chishi said. the narrow passage every day.” Dhansiri River?” it read. Mirror Takes Taliban attack on Afghan hotel ends after 13 hours; 18 dead Kabul, Jan. 21 (AP/PTI): Ukrainian citizen in a brief hotel as the fighting raged, In the northern Balkh A Taliban assault on the statement on Twitter, with- and the sound of explosions province, insurgents burst Intercontinental Hotel in out providing further de- could be heard throughout into a home where sev- Afghanistan's capital killed tails. the standoff. Live TV foot- eral members of a local at least 18 people, including Afghan officials did not age showed people trying pro-government militia 14 foreigners, and pinned identify the foreigner killed to escape through windows were gathered late Satur- security forces down for in the attack. on the upper stories. day, leading them outside more than 13 hours before Ten other people, in- Capt. Tom Gresback, and killing 18 of them, said the last attacker was killed cluding six from the secu- spokesman for NATO-led Gen. Abdul Razeq Qaderi, today, with the casualty toll rity forces, were reported forces, said in a statement the deputy provincial po- expected to rise. wounded and more than that Afghan forces were lice chief. Among those The heavily-guarded 150 people, including 41 leading the response ef- killed was a tribal leader luxury hotel is popular foreigners, were rescued forts. He said that accord- who served as the local among foreigners and from the hotel, Danish said. ing to initial reports, no police commander, he said. Afghan officials. Interior The Taliban claimed the foreign troops were hurt in In the western Farah Ministry spokesman Najib attack, which began around the attack. province, a roadside bomb ~ Arien Danish said the 18 killed 9 PM yesterday, saying five Neighboring Pakistan killed a deputy provincial No no not scholarship, ... I said included 14 foreigners and gunmen armed with sui- condemned the "brutal ter- police chief and wound- come for Solution Not Election a telecommunications offi- cide vests targeted foreign- rorist attack" and called for ed four other police early protest...eshhhhh. cial from the western Farah ers and Afghan officials. AP/PTI greater cooperation against Sunday, according to Gen. province who was attend- Taliban spokesman Za- A U.S. forces' vehicle arrives as smoke rises from the Intercontinental Hotel after an attack in Kabul, militants. Mahruf Folad, the provin- WEATHER ing a conference. bihullah Mujahid said the Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. Afghanistan and Paki- cial police chief. TEMPERATURE "11 of the 14 foreign- insurgents initially planned stan routinely accuse each The Taliban claimed ers killed were employees to attack the hotel Thursday said a private firm assumed Two attackers were killed the reception, when I the other of failing to combat both attacks. Max: Min: of KamAir, a private Af- night but postponed the responsibility for secur- by Special Forces on the 6th elevator door opened, I saw extremists along their long In the western Herat KOHIMA 19° 07° ghan airline," said Dan- assault because there was ing the hotel around three floor of the hotel. two-armed suicide bomb- and porous border. province, a roadside bomb DIMAPUR 25° 14° ish. KamAir also put out a wedding underway and weeks ago. "We need to complete ers. People were escaping Afghan forces have struck a vehicle carrying 13 RF: RH: an announcement saying they wanted to avoid civil- The ministry says it is our investigation, but our and the attackers were fir- struggled to combat the civilians, killing all but one KOHIMA Nil 83% some of their flights were ian casualties. investigating how the at- initial reports show that the ing at them." Taliban since the US and of them, said Abdul Ahad DIMAPUR Nil 90% disrupted because of the The attack unfolded tackers managed to enter attackers were moved in to Afghan security officials NATO formally concluded Walizada, a spokesman * Rainfall (RF) * Relative humidity (RH) the building. the hotel," said Danish. confirmed that 34 provin- Temperature in State Capitals attack. almost six years after Tali- their combat mission at for the provincial police Ukraine says one of its ban insurgents launched a During a press confer- Mumtaz Ahmad, a pro- cial officials were gathered the end of 2014. They have chief. No one immediately Max. Min. Max. Min. Aizawl 23° 08° Itanagar 23° 10° citizens was killed in the similar assault on the prop- ence, Danish said that early vincial telecommunica- at the hotel to participate also had to contend with claimed the attack, but Agartala 26° 10° Shillong 19° 07° attack. Vasyl Kyrylych, a erty, which is not part of the investigations show that six tion employee for Helmand in a conference organized a growing Islamic State af- Walizada blamed Taliban Gangtok 20° 06° Delhi 24° 07° spokesman for the Ukrain- Intercontinental chain of insurgents entered the ho- province who survivor the by the Telecommunication filiate that has carried out a insurgents, who often plant Guwahati 25° 12° Kolkata 24° 10° ian Foreign Ministry, an- worldwide hotels. tel from the northern side attack said "I was on my Ministry. number of massive attacks roadside bombs to target Imphal 24° 08° Chennai 30° 20° nounced the death of the The Interior Ministry and stormed its kitchen. way from my room toward A fire broke out at the in recent years. Afghan security forces. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, January 22, 2018 2 STATE Purana Bazaar: Date for rice Cyclists rally for fuel conservation distribution rescheduled Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): As a Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): 22. All card holders of the 10 to 11 a.m.; New Colony part of a month-long ‘oil and gas Head GB of Purana Bazaar area are asked to collect from 11 a.m. to 12 noon; conservation awareness cam- has informed all ration the grain from the council’s Mt. View from 12 noon to 1 paign’ by the name ‘Saksham card holders of that dis- hall accordingly. p.m.; Middle colony from 1 2018,’ a cycle rally was organised tribution of PHH rice has Model colony from 7 to to 2 p.m. and; High School by the Indian Oil Corporation been rescheduled to Jan. 10 a.m.; Jorapukhri from from 2 to 3 p.m. Ltd. on Jan. 21 in Dimapur. Up- dates from the organisers of the event on Sun. infromed about the event. LBA’s annual meeting concludes The rally was flagged off by Dr. Vikheto, deputy director Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): The 34th Li- During the meet, the association re- (veterinary), and member of the angmai Baptist Association (LBA) annual solved that LBA will strengthen church Nagaland Bamboo Mission. meeting which commenced from Jan. 19 members spiritually and physically. It also About 70 cyclists took part in concluded on Sat. at Liangmai Baptist unanimously agreed that Toulazoma Fel- the rally which began from the Church in Dimapur. A press release from lowship Dimapur will be upgraded to the IOCL depot at Kevijau colony organizers on Sun. informed. full-fledged church under LBA. and culminated at the Dhob- inalla traffic point, the press release stated. WEATHER FORECAST IN OTHER DISTRICTS The Petroleum Conser- NSCN/GPRN vation Research Association Max Min DP RH RF (PCRA) under the aegis of the WOKHA 15.4 9.2 7.8 72 NIL Ministry of Petroleum and Nat- mourns ural Gas (MOPNG) observes Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): ZBT - - - - - the fuel conservation program The NSCN/GPRN mourned every year from Jan. 16 to the the untimely demise of MON 22 11.4 10.2 86 NIL 15th of Feb., to spread the mes- ‘Lieutenant’ Khamjailung TUENSANG 15 11.2 5.3 59 NIL sage of conservation through a Gabriel Kamei, Army No. number of activities, the organ- AX-40152, son of Albert MKG 14.2 8.4 10.3 82 NIL Citizens seen participating in a cycle rally being held for fuel conservation awareness in Dimapur on Sunday. isers informed. Kamei from Luangchum / Awangkhul village of Zeli- PHEK 16.6 8 9.8 98 NIL angrong region of the Gen- KIPHIRE 19 8.6 10.9 93 NIL eral Head Quarters (GHQ), MCMC Naga Army. SECHÜ ZUBZA 18 10 11.1 77 NIL Livestock management training He succumbed to his instated for injury at the Senapati dis- LONGLENG - - - - - trict hospital after he met TSEMINYU 24 13 13.7 70 NIL and vaccination camp at Kiphire with an accident while in Kiphire district the line duty on Jan. 18, the JALUKIE 24 7 10 100 NIL Resource person for the MIP said. technical session, Dr. Ekont- Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): In pursu- Kamie was enrolled for MANGKOLEMBA 24.4 16 15.3 78 NIL ance of the Chief Electoral Officer, hung Ngullie talked on various the national service on *Dew Point (DP) *Relative Humidity (RH) * Rainfall (RF) management techniques in- Nagaland, Kiphire district-level Oct. 1 2005. He remained volved in successful livestock Media Certification and Monitoring loyal and dedicated to the Source: Department of Soil & Water Conservation, Nagaland production. Committee (MCMC) was instated national service till his de- Emphasizing on the im- for the forth coming 13th Nagaland mise, it stated. portance of vaccination, Legislative Assembly Election. Up- The MIP said his con- IMPORTANT NUMBERS Ngullie encouraged the par- dates from DPRO on Sat. stated. tribution to the national ticipants to ensure timely and Deputy Commissioner and Dis- cause shall ever be cher- WOMEN HELPLINE: 181 regular vaccination of their trict Election Officer Mohammed ished. animals as a preventive meas- Ali Shihab, as chairman; SDO(C) “In paying homage to DIMAPUR (STD CODE: 03862) and ARO Meyazung Jamir, EAC ures against diseases. the departed officer and in Bethesda Ambulance Service 9615053217, 9615520007 Senior scientist and head Longmatra Sangpangchang Long- recognition of his service i/c KVK, Kiphire, N Khum- kumer, DIO Deepak Kumar, and rendered to the nation, CIHSR 242555, 242533 demo Ezung highlighted ac- Journalist Tsipise Antony as mem- the office of the Adjutant tivities of the KVK. He also re- bers and DPRO N Yapan Konyak as General, GHQ, Naga Army Police Control Room 7085055050 quested for their cooperation members secretary. bestowed upon him post- Dimapur District Hospital 232224 for successful conduct of all The MCMC would be scruti- humously the rank of Cap- the programmes by the KVK. nizing and verifying all advertise- tain,” the message read. Diphupar PS 7085055032 ments by individuals contesting Around 200 farmers were T h e N S C N / G P R N East PS 7085055030 Dr. Ekonthung Ngullie speaking during the training camp at the Lotha Baptist Church in benefitted from the pro- candidates of political party, beside shared pain and grief with Kiphire. gramme. Also 70 dogs includ- discharging the functions of cer- the bereaved family mem- Faith Hospital 248912, 9436004220 ing poultry were vaccinated. tification of advertisements and bers and extended its deep- Fire Station (Chumu) 282777 Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): Krishi Vigy- Kiphire town in collaboration with Free consultation and checking of paid news, would also est sympathy and heartfelt an Kendra of Kiphire ICAR for NEH Chief Veterinary Office, Kiphire on medicines were provided to assist in enforcement of Media condolence to the near and Fire Station (Dimapur) 7085378850, 232201 region conducted two days training Jan. 16 and the 17th. Updates from the participants including dis- related regulations under the Rep- dear ones. It also prayed for and free vaccination and animal organisers on Sat. informed about tribution of mineral mixture resentation of People Act as per the the departed soul to rest in GRPS 7085055031 health camp at Tethuyo village and the programme. and vitamins. existing guidelines, it informed. eternal peace. Medziphema PS 7085055033 MH (Metro) Hospital 227930/231081 Doyang affected NPF’s 4th Ghaspani Change of Guard Mobile Unit Commander 7085055046 Nikos Hospital 248285, 232032 villages elect party workers join BJP Niuland PS 7085088035 Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): All rank and file of the Sub-Urban PS 7085055036 Naga People’s Front (NPF) of 4th Ghaspani-1 as- chief for union sembly constituency have tendered resignation Traffic Control -1 7085088038 Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): Out of 17 land from all party responsibilities and from active/ Traffic Control -2 7085088039 affected villages, 14 villages represented primary members of the party. This was informed by council chairman / head GB along by the constituency president Vitoho Zhimomi and West PS 7085055034 with their respective executive members general secretary Vinson Kikon on Sun. of LOU/DHEP, Doyang have elected In the interest of the constituency in particular Women Cell 7085055037 Rhanbemo Odyuo of New Riphyim village and the state in general, the party workers have Zion Hospital 231864, 224117, 227337 as the president of LOU/DHEP for the tendered their resignation, a press release stated. tenure 2018-2023. The constituency has “resolved to join the BJP KOHIMA (STD Code: 0370) The election was conducted on Jan. along with our young and dynamic leader Jacob Bethel Nursing Home 2224202 16 at NRC hall, Doyang in Wokha. This Zhimomi to further strengthen the leadership of was informed in a press release issued to Shri. Narendra Modi Ji Hon’ble Prime Minister with Chiephobozou PS 8575045506 media on Sat. immediate effect,” it stated. Officer-in-Charge 8575045516 As per the LOU / DHEP constitution / Seen here are outgoing president of the All Sumi Students’ Union (SKK) and newly-instated guidelines the house nominated Pichamo office bearers of the group for the tenure 2018-20, during the handing-over programme. Childline Kohima 1098 Yanthan, former gen. secy. of LOU / DHEP The new team is led by Atokiho Sumi as president and Hutoshe Kits as general secretary. Doyang as election commissioner and Pughoboto election Outgoing president Ninoto Awomi has congratulated and exhorted the new team to uphold Chiephobozou PS 8575045506 Yankhorao kithan of yikhum village as the office of the union with faith and dedication. Officer-in-Charge 8575045516 member secretary. During the meet, the house resolved teams meet Fire Stations 2222952 Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): A meeting of all election “any individual(s) trying to create any IRCS Ambulance Service 2244350 unwanted situation nor trying to convene teams under Pughoboto was held at the DB Cus- Churches colony elects council members for a meeting for the formation of LOU / tomary Court of Pughoboto on Jan. 20 Kezocha PS 8575045549 During the meeting, SDO (C) Pughoboto Tiay- Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): Churches a period of five years term. DHEP NEEPCO Ltd. will be held the sole Officer-in-Charge 8575045538 responsibilities in solving the long pend- anger explained the Model Code of Conduct for Colony has nominated new Goan The newly instated chairperson ing issues regarding the 17 land affected assembly ejection 2018 and asked members to be Bura (GB) and elected new council in a press release informed that other Khuzama PS 8575045505 villages of LOU / DHEP which is of more available in station 24x 7 and report to the official chairperson and secretary on Jan. 20 members to the council will be se- Officer-in-Charge 8575045515 then a decade back.” in-charge. at its general meeting, a press release lected / nominated basing on equal The house appealed to all the land SDPO Vekhrolo briefed the static surveillance from chairperson on Sun. informed. representation within a period of one NHAK 2222916 affected villages to co-operate in order to team and flying squad to follow the MCC rules. The members present at the meet- week. solve the pending issues and to bring all He also informed that so far two check points ing unanimously nominated N Ghos- For any queries in this regard, North PS 2222222, 8575045501 round development for the villages and have been set up, one at Tsaphimi and the other hito Achumi as the GB of the colony, one has been asked to contact chair- Officer-in-Charge 8575045510 at Kashanyu junction, which will have CCTV and and elected Kuholy Chishi as chair- person and secretary through +91 Lothas in particular and for the Nagas in Oking Hospital 2290080, 2290146 general. web casting facility. person and Paul Vitsu as secretary for 9774007719 and +91 9856871855. Police Control Room 100/2244279, 8575045500 South PS 2222111, 8575045502 Officer-in-Charge 8575045520 BJP 2nd phase booth-level training culminates Tseminyu PS 8575045507 Officer-in-Charge 8575045517 Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): The Nagaland unit of the Zubza PS 8575045508 Bharatiya Janata Party Officer-in-Charge 8575045518 (BJP) 2nd phase booth- level workers training pro- MOKOKCHUNG (STD Code: 0369) gramme was concluded Chopper Service 8974151974/ 9615776811 on Jan. 18 at 31st assembly constituency Akuluto of Christian Hospital, Impur 2262214 Zunheboto district. The Dr. Imkongliba Hospital 2226216/2226394 party Media Cell informed about the programme on Faith Hospital Ambulance 9436004220, 9856051827 Sat. The attendees of booth- Fire Station 2226225 level workers at said meet- Hope Ambulance Service 8415827895/9856277674 ing were 280 and with local committee and ‘mandal’ Hotel Metsuben 8014587442/ 2226373 workers, the total s attend- IRCS Ambulance Service 09402993002 ees were more than 350. Nagaland state BJP leaders and booth-level party workers of Akuluto during the bopoth-level training on Jan. 19 at the town hall of Akuluto in Zunheboto district. Addressing the gather- Lifeline Ambulance 9436439707/ 9862447893 ing, training convener, K and the nation with devel- a party with differences ligion rather it believes in government. kum clarified the miscon- Mokokchung PS 1 2226241 James Vizo said that BJP’s opment agendas, he said. as it is cadre based and is positive secularism. It aims For Nagaland state, he ceptions towards the party, basic philosophy is ‘in- Vizo recalled the Prime expected to maintain dis- for corruption-free with said the ‘party intends to on the line of anti-Chris- Power House 2226221/2226293 tegral humanism’ and is Minister Narendra Modi’s cipline with dedication and total development and per- achieve maximum benefits tian, minority and com- committed to nationalism statement “We will not al- loyalty in the system,” the forming system, he added and for which party work- munal. He said all these Sewak Gate PS 2 2226213 and national integration low to dilution or devia- convenor asserted. BJP Media Cell Yang- ers need to work harder get are political propagandas Traffic Control 9485232691 and believes in value based tion from commitment to State BJP secretary, hose Sangtam apprised into the system so changes by their rivals to tarnish the politics. development and good Lima Onen Chang echoed party workers on vari- will become reality and the ‘good image of the party Tuli Police Station 9485232693 For the BJP workers, it governance,” a press re- that BJP is committed to ous flagship programmes deserving people will bear as our opponents does Women Cell 9485232692 is a political platform to lease stated. development agendas and launched during three the fruits.’ not have any other talking serve the people, the state “Unlike others, BJP is has nothing to do with re- years regime under Modi’s Legal convener H Ma- points.’ Woodland Nursing Home 2226263 EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, January 22, 2018

C M Y K STATE 3 Chakhesang church warns against Western Chakhesang Hoho celebrates jubilee Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): The Western Chakhesang Hoho on Sat. celebrated its golden jubilee at Seluophe heretic influence, ‘secular’ traps village in Dimapur. Mem- ber of the Rajya Sabha KG Kenye; advisor to Public Christians advised not to practice Yoga Health Engineering depart- ment N Jacob Zhimomi, and legislator Neiba Kronu were the ‘guest speakers’ of the event, a press release from the organisers in- formed on Sun. During the event, the press release stated, “Kenye harp” on honesty, hard work and unity of the com- munity and to live in peace- ful coexistence with fellow Nagas and other commu- nities. He challenged the community to contribute A glimpse of an event forming part of the Western Chakhesang Hoho’s golden jubilee celebrations at to the Naga society in eve- Seluophe village in Dimapur on Sat. ry field ‘for overall human progress and peace,’ the leader Rev Bulechu Koza, informed that ‘thousands the event included musi- press release stated. the updates stated. of citizens of western cal performances from lo- Also, KG Kenye un- The event was conduct- Chakhesang area, invitees cal singers including Jano veiled the jubilee’s com- ed with the theme ‘peaceful from other tribal units and Nyekha and Veswuzo be- memorative monolith after co-existence,’ the updates well wishers’ attended the sides folk songs performed it was dedicated by church stated. The press release event. Other highlights of by various groups. Bengali students’ office inaugurated Kidnapping: NSCN

Chakhesang church leaders at a recent event. The Chakhesang Baptist church has warned against subtly-working ideologies which, in both ‘secular’ guise and overt dogmatic heretical teachings—including the Hindu “health” discipline Yoga—are said to be slowly corroding the refutes ‘phony sanctity of the Christian faith.

Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): in Christ” (Col 2:2), the particularly in issues such certain emerging secular allegation’ of police The Chakhesang Bap- church said to fully recog- as homosexuality and ideologies and religious Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): The NSCN/GPRN tist church has warned nize its practical implica- Yoga practices. forces subtly attacking has refuted the police’s report about cadres of against subtly-working tions and relevance for the “Whereas we are fully Christian faith and prac- the armed faction kidnapping a businessman in ideologies which, in both church and society today. aware of certain heretical tices and depriving of our Dimapur. A note from Khekuto Jakhalu, “joint ‘secular’ guise and overt Based on it, the organisa- teachings and elements rights and privileges,’ the secretary” of the NSCN/GPRN, on Sun. stated dogmatic heretical teach- tion has resolved to com- particularly relating to the church stated in resolu- that it was “very painful that police personnel got ings—including the Hindu mitting to a number of prevalent issues of homo- tion. involved themselves in daylight robbery and gives “health” discipline Yoga— faith principles. sexuality and Yoga prac- “Therefore, we resolve security to cheaters of public people.” are slowly corroding the On the unity of the tices which poses a great to pray and fight against Jakhalu ‘undoubtedly stated’ that the “phony sanctity of the Christian church: The churches said threat to the sanctity of the all these exploitative and allegation” in the local media on Sun. Jan. 21 faith. to recognise and acknowl- church,” the press release oppressive forces and about the kidnapping of one Subash Kumar Jain The community’s edge that their strength stated. ideologies that are found was “totally unsubstantiated, unjustified and er- church has assured its re- and unity are centred “Therefore, we resolve inimical and detrimental roneously leveled against me and my boys.” The solve to fight against such around Lord Jesus Christ, to call upon all the believ- to our Christian faith and NSCN functionary claimed that “the boys” were ideological forays by he- and one faith, one baptism ers and churches to up- practices and further re- “sent by me to call Subash only for enquiry since retical elements. and one God who is the hold the Biblical sanctions solved to urge upon all the there were complaints from public.” The 67th general coun- father of all ( Eph 4:4-6). of Christian marriage; we believers to be deeply root- “As per the complaint received by the crime cil of the Chakhesang The church took note also urge every Christian ed in the Word of God.” cell, I, Khekuto Jakhalu, the joint secretary called Baptist Church Council of ‘certain heretical teach- believer to refrain from On ‘clean’ election, the on one Subash Kumar Jain, proprietor of Amar (CBCC) was held at the ings and forces’ that cre- practicing Yoga which are organisation stated that it Agency, garment shop at MP Road for inquiry organisation’s mission ate division in the body of not compatible with Chris- recognizes and upholds and left him after a while. When detailed enquiry centre at T Chikri in Pfut- faith. ‘Whereas we are ful- tian values, faith and prac- the democratic rights of was made, one Subash willingly revealed that he sero. The event was hosted ly aware of certain hereti- tices.” the people to have good had misappropriated the price tag (MRP) by sell- by the Baptist Theological cal teachings and forces of The organisation ap- governance and their right ing goods at Rs. 100 which he was supposed to sell College, during Jan. 19-21 the day which creates divi- pealed also to the authori- to adult franchise as God’s Former member of the Dimapur Municipal Council Lipok Pongen inaugurating at Rs. 70 as per company’s rate (MRP),” the note with the theme “knitted sions and disunity within ties not to impose Yoga given birthright. the office of the Dimapur Bengali Students’ Union at the Millennium Market claimed. together in Christ,” a press the church. Therefore, we on students. ‘ In this con- “Therefore, in view in Dimapur. The note had further to say: “But to our ut- release from the organisers reaffirm our commitment nection, we also appeal all of the forthcoming state ter surprise it was discovered that the FIR was informed on Sun. and endeavour to keep concerned authority not general election, we re- Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): An betterment of the society,” the lodged in support of Subash by one Rongsen, ASI, 514 delegates repre- up the unity of the spirit to impose yoga practices solve to commit ourselves office for the Dimapur Ben- updates said. East Police Station, Dimapur. It also came to the senting all the churches and further resolved to to our Naga students so to consciously and faith- gali Students’ Union (DBSU) The DBSU’s advisor Bish- knowledge of our official after thorough enquiry with the organisation par- remain “Knitted together as not to hurt the religious fully exercise our franchise has been inaugurated. Former nu Bhattacharjee, who was that all these fraud, cheating and daylight robbery ticipated in the annual in Christ” under the ban- sentiments of Christian and further rededicate member of the Dimapur Mu- stated to have spoken during has been carried out under the shelter and protec- meeting, it was informed. ner of Chakhesang Baptist community as well as to ourselves to sensitize, ad- nicipal Council Lipok Pon- the program, called the event tion of one Ronsen, ASI, East Police Station, Di- During the event the Church Council with the uphold the religious free- vocate, promote and prac- gen inaugurated the office at ‘a historic and red letter day for mapur for he was handsomely paid on monthly organisation adopted a sole purpose of advancing dom envisaged in the con- tice Clean Election in ac- the Millennium Market in the union and Bengali commu- basis.” number of resolutions. the Kingdom of God and stitution,’ the organisation cordance with the NBCC Dimapur, updates on Sun. in- nity in the state.’ He encour- The note suggested that the police “can re- A resolution and com- fulfilling the great com- stated. Clean Election Guide- formed. aged the students to continue check the CCTV footage whether one Subash was mitment the church lead- mission of our Lord Jesus On Christian faith and lines.” “Congratulating the un- working for the uplift of the dragged into the said car to ascertain if he was kid- ers made based on the Christ.’ practices, the organisation The organisation has ion for establishing an office, union and the community, the napped or he willingly accommodated himself to relevance of the word of On the sanctity of the warned against secular expressed deep apprecia- Pongen said that the union updates informed . the car as he was formally called for enquiry.” Jesus Christ on the church church: The organisation and religious forces that tion to the organisations has done much to unite the Formed in February 2016, Anyone can also get it confirmed from Sub- and society. Focussing on noted what the press state- are ‘subtly’ attacking the and individuals whose students of the Bengali com- the office is the first one for the ash’s wife, the NSCN’s note added, whether he the theme of the annual ment termed ‘heretical Christian faith. ‘Whereas contribution made the munity and acknowledged the two-year old union, it was in- was kidnapped or was called for enquiry. meeting “Knitted together teachings’ and elements we are fully aware of the event a success. union’s effort to work for the formed. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, January 22,2018 4 REGION Two minors killed in Manipur blast CPI-M leader dies, body to be Our Correspondent village is located about 80 police sources from Noney Imphal, Jan 21 (EMN):Two km south east of Imphal. district said when contacted minor boys were killed while Local sources said that over phone. three others including two one of the deceased boys The deceased minor minor girls sustained in- died at the spot while anoth- boys have been identified donated to Tripura medical college jury when a hand grenade er succumbed to the injuries as Jangdai Kamei (9) son Agartala/Kolkata, Jan. 21 (IANS): as per his wish, will be donated to Das was one of the speakers on the Tripura Left Front in 2006 and exploded in a hill village in on way to RIMS hospital in of (L) L Kamei and Silas Veteran CPI-M leader Khagen Das, the Medical College and Hospital day two of the central committee served in that capacity till his death. Manipur on Sun. Imphal for medical aid. The Kamei (5) son of Kh Kamei convenor of the Tripura’s ruling on Monday,” CPI-M Tripura State session on Saturday. He was also a senior member of the The incident happened other three injured children of Subunglong village. Left Front and a former Lok Sabha Secretary Bijan Dhar told reporters. Expressing shock and grief, the party’s Tripura State Secretariat. reportedly after the children including two minor girls are The three other injured and Rajya Sabha member, died in “As a mark of respect to the CPI-M decided to fly its flag at half A CPI-M Politburo statement found a live hand grenade undergoing treatment at the minors are Gaillianshui Kolkata following cardiac arrest on leader -- who joined the CPI-M in mast as a “homage to this fighter for said that Das had migrated from from a place near the house hospital. Gonmei (5) son of Kak- Sunday, party sources said. 1968 - the party flag will fly at half the cause of the working people”. erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bang- of an ex-pastor at Sabun- A police complaint has inthai; Zaojianthuliu Kamei Das, 80, a former Tripura min- mast for two days and all party pro- Das was a Rajya Sabha mem- ladesh) to Kolkata and did his glong (Leisok) village, about been registered with the (2) daughter of Gaijaini Ka- ister, leaves behind his wife and grammes remain suspended during ber from 1998 to 2002, when he schooling and college in Kolkata. 8km east of Khoupum po- Khoupum police station mei; and Guillianei Kamei two daughters. His body was taken this period. was elected to the Lok Sabha from After completing his postgraduation lice station in Manipur’s and investigation is going (4) daughter of Gairihpou to Tripura capital Agartala in the “The announcement of names Tripura West. He retained the seat from Calcutta University he worked Noney district at around on to find out the details of Kamei of the same village evening. It would be donated to the of party candidates for the Febru- in 2004 and 2009. briefly at the Kolkata Port Trust. 9.30 am, sources said. The the incident in the village, in Noney district. government-run Gobinda Ballav ary 18 Tripura Assembly elections When the CPI-M led Left Front “Later on, he shifted to Agar- Panth Medical College and Hospital would be done on Tuesday instead government first came to power in tala in the 1960s and worked as a in Agartala on Monday. of Monday, as announced earlier.” Tripura in 1978, Das was a two- schoolteacher. It was during his in- rd Hundreds of Communist Party Das was in Kolkata to attend the term (1978 to 1988) legislator in the volvement with the schoolteachers’ 33 Diphu pastorate annual of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders three-day (January 19-21) Central Tripura Assembly from Majlishpur movement that he was attracted to and workers accompanied Das’s Committee meeting of the CPI-M and served as the Health, Statistics the party,” it added. body from the airport to the Tripu- when he complained of chest pain and Revenue Minister in the state The statement said that Das was conference culminates ra assembly, party offices and his early Sunday at the Tripura Bhavan, from 1983 to 1988. the founder-Secretary of the Demo- residence at Ramnagar on the city where he was put up. A postgraduate from Calcutta cratic Youth Federation in Tripura. outskirts. “He expired within 10 minutes University, he was the Political He was elected to the CPI-M State “Das’s body will be kept on at 3.35 a.m. before he was taken to Secretary to then Tripura Chief Secretariat in 1994 and to the Cen- Sunday at the party office for people a nearby private hospital,” a party Minister Dasaratha Deb from 1993 tral Committee at its 18th Congress to pay their last respects. The body, leader said. to 1998. He was elected convenor of in 2005. Hindutva unifying force for Tripura: Class XII exams India’s diversity— Bhagwat rescheduled for assembly Agartala, Jan. 21 (PTI): mence on March 8 in Guwahati, Jan. 21 (IANS): sevaks at the Veterinary Col- Referring to Pakistan, The Tripura Board of view of the upcoming RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat lege grounds in Khanpara Bhagwat said that after parti- Secondary Education elections,” TBSE presi- on Sunday said that Hin- area here. tion “India has forgotten its (TBSE) has rescheduled dent Mihir Kanti Deb dutva is one thing that has “Hindutva accepts all enmity with Pakistan after Class XII examinations told reporters here to- united Indians despite so schools of thoughts and ac- August 15, 1947, but Paki- to avoid a clash with day. Our Correspondent sustain and develop their personal life. Let much diversity and differ- cepts everyone that comes to stan is yet to forget its enmity the ensuing assembly The schedule for Diphu, Jan. 21: The three-day 33rd Diphu us welcome the grace of God with our heart ences in the country, and its fold,” the RSS chief said. with India,” he said. elections. Class X exams remains pastorate annual conference which was as grace cannot be found anywhere except that the greatness of Hin- “There is a need to awak- “The RSS’s strength is The state goes to unchanged. conducted at the Presbyterian church of through Jesus Christ,” the reverend told the dutva lies in the fact that en the people and it is not the not in showing its strength polls on February 18 “The Class X exams Borlangpher concluded on Sun. Jan. 21. The congregation. it accepts and respects all responsibility of one person or to scare anyone but it is and the results for the will begin on March 6, event was conducted with the theme “but A program to mark the institution of diversity. alone. Each individual liv- for strengthening society for sixty constituencies will as scheduled earlier,” rejoice in as much as you participate in the newly-elected church deacons from various He was addressing ‘Lu- ing in this country must take the betterment of everyone. be declared on March 3. he said. sufferings of Christ. (1 Peter 4:16).” churches under the Diphu pastorate and mis- itporiya Hindu Samavesh’, the responsibility to awaken Don’t just remain a specta- Official sources have This year, around The conference began with a Holy Com- sionary elders also was conducted. dubbed as one of the largest their fellow countrymen for tor, a sympathiser; learn said the entire election 27,000 candidates will munion led by pastor in charge Rev. Arjones In the afternoon session public worship conclaves ever organised by the sake of a better India,” to come down and learn process is likely to con- be appearing for Class Phangcho. In his address the reverend said service deacon Rolinson Ronghang, the the Rashtriya Swayamse- Bhagwat said. the Sangh culture. Mothers tinue till March 5. XII examinations and that Grace is found only in Jesus Christ who theme’s speaker, said that if one lacks faith, vak Sangh in the Northeast “If one loses his links and sisters need to send “The Class XII ex- nearly 55,000 students led his life for the people of the world and they will not be able to reach their heavenly states, which was attended with Hindutva, he is bound their sons to RSS shakhas aminations, which were will sit for Class X ex- that one can’t measure the depth and width place. Faith is very important for every indi- by over 50,000 people, in- to lose his links with India,” and teach them our vision,” scheduled to begin on aminations, Deb add- of God’s grace. vidual and ‘if we lack faith we are nothing,’ cluding over 35,000 swayam- he said. Bhagwat said. March 5, will now com- ed. ‘Everyone requires the grace of God to Pastor Ronghang said. Three north-eastern states Manipur celebrates Statehood Day Our Correspondent Imphal, Jan. 21 (EMN): celebrate 46th foundation day A parade by 59 contingents Agartala/Imphal/Shillong, Jan. 21 including unemployment, would be Modi greets states and other events marked the (IANS): The three north-eastern states resolved,” he added. Prime Minister Narendra Modi 47th Statehood Day celebra- of Tripura, Manipur, and Meghalaya In Imphal, Governor Najma Hep- on Sunday wished the people of the tions in Manipur at the 1st on Sunday celebrated their 46th Foun- tulla wished the people on the occasion. Northeastern states of Manipur, Battalion Manipur Rifles dation Day with various programmes In her message, the Governor said: Meghalaya and Tripura on their state- parade ground on Sun. and events. “Manipur attained statehood on Janu- hood day and hoped they continue to Chief Minister N Biren Prime Minister Narendra Modi ary 21, 1972 after it became a member achieve heights in all-round develop- Singh, along with legislators wished the people of the three states state of the Indian Union. “Statehood ment. and top officers of the state on the occasion and said he hoped they Day is always remembered by the peo- “On their Statehood Day, my attended the colourful event. will continue to achieve new heights in ple with pride and happiness, a joyous greetings to the wonderful people of Speaking during the oc- all-round development. In view of the occasion to celebrate and walk along- Manipur. May Manipur continue to casion, Chief Minister Biren next month’s Assembly elections in side other states in taking the country scale new heights of growth in the said that the government Tripura and Meghalaya, the statehood forward. times to come,” Modi said in a series had taken serious note of the day celebrations in these two states “It is also a day for introspection of tweet. In his another tweet, Modi twin blasts which occurred were low-key. as to what we have achieved so far said: Greetings to my sisters and broth- near M-Sector on Kanglapat In Tripura, the main function was and evolve a strategy to move forward ers of Meghalaya on their Statehood road on January 15, 2018. held at the Rabindra Satabarshiki for a secure tomorrow. Our state has Day,” Modi said in a series of tweet. I He said that the matter had Bhavan where Chief Secretary Sanjeev progressed as a result of our collective will always cherish the affection of the already been placed before Ranjan, renowned academician Mihir efforts and we have come a long way people of Meghalaya. the Union Home Minister Deb and Information and Cultural Af- since the day of our statehood.” The states’ natural beauty is en- Shri Rajnath Singh. especially of government Stating that the present ing development. The chief fairs Department Secretary M.L. Dey The statehood day celebrations in chanting. I Pray for good health and Greeting the people on officials who are involved government had kept its minister said that the state’s spoke about the state’s success in the Meghalaya involved a series of events, wellbeing of the people of Meghalaya.” the occasion, he said that in development works. He doors open to all the or- government had not only set past 45 years. including sports meets. He also greeted Tripura on the State- Prime Minister Narendra urged the public not to criti- ganisations for dialogue, the up an anti-corruption police Deb, also President of the Tripura The erstwhile princely states of hood Day and said: “Best wishes to the Modi, Union ministers and cise on community and reli- chief minister urged them station and an anti-corrup- Board of Secondary Education, said Tripura and Manipur were merged people of Tripura on their Statehood chief ministers of different gion lines which he said may not to clamp any strikes tion cell but also opened a that as the state was already power into Indian Union in October 1949 and Day. Tripura is blessed with glorious states had also sent warm incite enmity among differ- without highlighting their grievances redress cell. surplus, this must be utilised for in- became full-fledged states on January history and industrious youngsters, wishes to the people of Ma- ent communities. Further, grievances to the govern- The anti-corruption cell dustrialisation and generation of more 21, 1972. whose aspirations we are committed nipur. the chief minister appealed ment first. at the CM’s Secretariat has employment. Meghalaya was part of Assam to fulfilling.” Under the North-Eastern On a note of advice for to the political parties not to Also, Singh said running received more than 500 com- “The northeastern states have huge before becoming a full-fledged state Areas (Re-organisation) Act. 1971, Ma- people, the chief minister engage in politics by provok- the government in a trans- plaints, he said adding that opportunities in developing tourism. under the North Eastern Region (Re- nipur, Meghalaya and Tripura attained urged against harassment ing hatred and dividing the parent and responsible man- action had been initiated for Through tourism, numerous problems, Organisation) Act, 1971. statehood on January 21, 1972. or kidnapping for ransom people. ner is essential to accelerat- 165 cases so far.

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Mercedes- options open for domestic product) to malnutrition world’s under-nourished children. per cent of pregnant women aged “For instance, millets are three and the trend can be reversed by The paper quoted data from the between 15-49 years are anaemic.” to five times more nutritious than Benz launches focusing “on production diversity as National Family Health Survey-4 Commenting upon the finding, rice and wheat in terms of proteins, India’s first HPCL deal – ONGC well as food fortification at a macro which showed that close to 60 per Assocham’s Secretary General D.S. minerals and vitamins. They are cost level”, a research paper revealed on cent of children aged between 6 and Rawat said the government needs effective crops as well; yet consid- BSVI fuel- New Delhi, Jan. 21 (IANS): “We have internal re- Sunday. 59 months are anaemic. to pursue policies which “focus on ered as poor people’s crop while rice Oil and gas explorer ONGC sources available with us According to a joint paper pub- “It is only about 10 per cent of removing health and social inequi- and wheat are preferred over them,” compliant on Sunday said that “all which is around Rs 13,000 lished by industry body Assocham the country’s total children who ties. Programmes and policies that the paper noted. vehicle options” including internal crore. We also have large and consultancy firm EY, nearly are receiving adequate diet,” the aim to address the nutrition burden “Millets are rich in Vitamin B, accruals and short-term shareholding in IOC (In- four per cent of the GDP is lost due research report said. present a double-win situation”. calcium, iron, potassium, magne- borrowing are available dianOil) and GAIL and we to different forms of malnutrition “The women and girl child, for On the remedy-front, the paper sium, zinc and are gluten-free. They to fund its acquisition of can also borrow,” Shanker and that “women and children de- whom the NDA Government has said that in order to cater to the large are suitable for people with gluten HPCL. said. serve a better deal in expenditure launched flagship programmes, unmet needs of micro-nutrients, “it allergies or those with high blood “We have various op- He pointed out that the outlay”. are no better in terms of their daily is imperative to focus on production sugar levels.” tions available with us to acquisition is a “perfect fit” fund this deal,” Shashi for ONGC as it will protect Shanker, Chairman and the oil and gas explorer Managing Director of against the volatility in BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED Late date of GSTR3B filing for (A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE) A u t o m o b i l e m a j o r ONGC, told a press briefing crude oil prices. Mercedes-Benz India here, a day after the central “Whenever crude oil OFFICE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER TELECOM DISTRICT launched the first BSVI government entered into prices go up -- the bottom- December extended till January 22 NAGALAND SSA : DIMAPUR (Bharat Stage VI emission an agreement with the oil lines and the toplines -- of New Delhi, Jan. 21 (PTI): The revenue “The last date for filing return in PRESS NOTIFICATION and gas explorer for strate- companies like ONGC im- norms) fuel compliant department today said the last date for FORM GSTR-3B for the month of De- GMTD BSNL NAGALAND SSA DIMAPUR invites on behalf of Bharat -- S 350d -- “Made in In- gic sale of its equity share- prove and that of refiners GSTR-3B return filing for December has cember, 2017 has been extended by two Sanchar Nigam Ltd. , e-tenders from eligible contractors FOR HIRING OF dia” vehicle. The launch holding in HPCL. like HPCL get impacted,” been extended by two days to January 22. days to 22nd January, 2018,” the Central VEHICLES FOR FIELD, HQs & TRANSMISSION DUTIES OF GMTD “There is an option of Shanker said when asked comes two years ahead GSTR-3B is a simple return form intro- Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) said NAGALAND SSA. For details please visit our website://http://www.ne2. internal accruals... another about the synergies that bsnl.co.in & www.tenderwizard.com/BSNLKOL. E/Cost: Rs. 1,16,99,289/-, of the government man- duced by the CBEC after the roll out of the in a tweet. option is of short-term bor- the acquisition is expected goods and services tax (GST) from July 1. The CBEC has already notified the EMD: Rs. 2,33,986/- The last date & time of online submission of BID: dated deadline of April 12.02.2018, 15:00 hrs rowing and liquid assets... to bring. It is meant to capture details of outward date for filing of return for the months of AGM(Admn) 2020 for switching to new We will exercise the most “... And when crude oil O/o GMTD, BSNL emission norms. and inward supplies. January, February and March. It is man- beneficial option available prices fall -- then the GRMs The deadline to file the return for De- Dimapur797112 The central govern- datory for all entities registered for the 03862-228470 with us.” (gross refining margins) cember in Form GSTR-3B was January 20. GST to file Form GSTR-3B. ment in October 2016 According to Shanker, of refiners -- like HPCL [email protected] DG-718 had decided to skip one acquisition of the Central improve and the bottom- stage and migrate to BS- government’s 51 per cent lines and the toplines of VI directly from BS-IV stake in HPCL worth over companies like ONGC get from April 2020, in order Rs 36,900 crore can also be impacted. 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EastErn Mirror DIMAPUR, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 Liberty in the Name of Contemporary Uncanny: Modern- Art is Not Unlimited Day Mysteries that Defy Solution nything depicting society in bad light or hurt- ing the sentiments of the people cannot be he human brain can exhibit a curious duality. Bramwell and Keeling also contend that part of the tolerated in the name of Art. Distortion of Vikas Datta | IANS On the one hand, we generally prefer to un- mysteries may owe to the dazzling inventions that seem Ahistory is not permissible. But at the same derstand everything that we face and know the inescapable part of our lives in this day and age. “While time, we cannot leave it to handful of people to decide Treasons for what happens, and on the other, we ancient mysteries used to take root and grow organi- what Art is and is not? This is the practice followed relish the mysterious, the inexplicable and the uncanny. cally, passed through generations through storytelling, worldwide. Barring the dark days of Emergency, Indi- And there is a lot of it beyond the fervent desires of the now we are globally connected. Far from debunking the an people have always enjoyed the freedom of speech. most imaginative. unknown, the Internet has become a breeding ground People of this great country have always fought bravely Gone are the days we were content with trying to for new enigmas. Technology gives mystery renewed whenever an attack was made on free expressions of ide- find out if the Loch Ness monster actually existed (or in strength; stories escalate quickly.” as and thoughts. It has been proved beyond doubt that other places, Big Foot or the Abominable Snowman), And they give some telling -- and disturbing -- ex- Indians consider freedom as the greatest gift of civilisa- or aliens regularly visited us, or whether a shadowy car- amples, especially of an Internet-created ghoul which tion. So it is painful to see when some of our own do not tel actually runs the world. In the contemporary era, started claiming real-life victims. realise the gains of free expressions. The more one tries there are many other strange, weird and spooky myster- The 40 stories, dealing with mysteries, both natu- to be reasonable with them they become more adamant ies we are unable to solve despite all our technological ral and man-made, are divided into seven sections. and aggressive. Thus the manner in which fringe or- development. “Strange Fruit” includes such oddities as people and ganisations like Karni Sena showing disrespect towards “Nowadays, many of us feel nostalgic for a more places that don’t exist but are featured in reliable guide- Supreme Court’s judgement on the nationwide release innocent age when we pored over compendiums of ‘the books -- and why. “Ghosts in the Machine” takes up film Padmawat, signals a great threat to the law of the unexplained’... Their ‘endless search for answers’ im- the stories of the monster that jumped from Photoshop land. More worrying is the silence of our rulers. Be- mersed us in fantastical tales of prophesy and atmos- into our nightmares, Satoshi Nakamoto of Bitcoin yond doubt those organisations, who dare to challenge pheric oddities, and blurry photos of Nessie, Big Foot fame, and the personal classified ad that inspired a cult the verdict of the Supreme Court should be banned and and flying saucers. horror film. its leaders should be jailed. But our rulers are not inter- “But while a lack of credible proof in our digital “Are We Not Human?” tells of the strange wor- ested either in banning these organisations or to put its age casts doubt over such stories, the universe is as mys- ship of the British Queen’s consort, “Strange Sounds leaders behind bars. The rulers should keep it in mind terious to us now as it was for our predecessors,” say and Spooky Transmissions” has stories of ghost radios, that they are in power to up held the rule of law. Not to Bramwell, a radio presenter and author, and Keeling, a strange humming, the world’s worst orchestra, as well appease any particular section of the populace. Clearly, journalist-cum-author, in this book -- their second after as singing sand dunes, and “Supernature” deals with it is not the film, but the opposition to it is more danger- “The Odditorium”, featuring some “tricksters, eccen- ball lighting (remember Tintin’s “The Seven Crystal ous to India’s age-old social fabric than anything else. trics, deviants and inventors whose obsessions changed Balls”), celestial phenomenon that has -- and could Quite strangely, all these are happening after the Cen- the world”. again -- cripple our vaunted communication networks, sor Board cleared the film with certain cuts and even “Over the next 240 pages, we’ve curated 40 truly and a “Bermuda Triangle” in space. changing its name from Padmawati to Padmawat. The compelling mysteries, oddities and remarkable tales But “Mind Games” is among the best, specially the maker of the film as a law abiding citizen of the coun- for the digital age -- from the modern-day powers of expositions on “Operation Mindfuck”, “Roko’s Basil- try has followed all the instructions given by the Censor IANS placebo to Hikikomori, which sees a million Japanese isk” and the men who scared themselves to death, while Board. Yet, the makers are at the receiving end. On the A book chronicling 40 natural and man-made mysteries and youngsters withdrawing from human contact,” they the collection ends with “the really creepy stuff” about other hand, those who think themselves above the law oddities of the modern, hi-tech world say. the detached feet’s landfall and the girl’s mysterious dis- are calling the shots. Such people gained more strength These mysteries also range from the shadowy inven- appearance. as couple of states notwithstanding the clearance of Title: The Mysterium: Unexplained and tor of Bitcoin to the shoes -- with human feet inside -- Like the authors’ previous work, this book, written the Censor Board, banned the film in their respective Extraordinary Stories for a Post-Nessie Generation; washing up on a part of Canada’s Pacific coast. There in a dryly witty and non-judgmental manner, informs states even before its release on the pretext of law and Author: David Bramwell & Jo Keeling; are the cats that can predict human death and those that and, above all, intrigues with the strangeness of our order situation. The rationale behind the decision can Publisher: Brewers/Hachette India; led political parties to the creepy CCTV footage of a world, which only seems certain to increase. be questioned. How can one raise the question of law Pages: 256; Price: Rs 699 Canadian girl before she went missing. (Vikas Datta can be contacted at [email protected]) and order even before the film is released? The Censor board has clearly found nothing objectionable in film. This is why it allowed the film to be released. So the best possible way to avoid any controversy was to allow the film to be released and take measures to maintain law and order after knowing the response of the audi- This Blind Facebook Employee is Developing Tech For Sightless ence. Unfortunately, the state governments, which are opposing the release of the film, did not explore this blind Facebook employee chine-based solution adds a lot more At Facebook, he works on features guages on Facebook on the web, iOS path. To be precise, those state governments meekly is developing a technology value than a human-based solution ever to help people with disabilities use the and Android. surrendered before fringe elements without realising that will use Artificial Intel- could,” CNBC quoted King as saying platform, like adding captions to videos “The things people post most fre- that a weak ruler has no right to rule. Either he or she ligence (AI) to verbalise the late on Saturday. or coming up with ways to navigate the quently kind of has a limited vocabu- will have to leave the throne voluntarily or the people A content of an image or video and en- King, who was born with a degener- site using only audio cues. lary associated with it,” the Facebook will bring him down. So as per the Supreme Court di- able the visually impaired to “see” and ative eye disease called retinitis pigmen- “Anybody who has any kind of dis- engineer said. rectives film Padmawat should be released all over the determine appropriate content for peo- tosa, lost his vision by the time he got his ability can benefit from Facebook. They “It makes it possible for us to have country as scheduled and further steps should be taken ple and advertisers. degree and started working at IBM with can develop beneficial connections and one of those situations where if you can weighing on the opinion of the masses which should be Facebook engineer Matt King is the tech giant’s accessibility projects. understand their disability doesn’t have tackle 20 per cent of the solution, it tack- free from pride and prejudice. leading a project that is making solu- He worked on a screen reader to to define them, to limit them,” King les 80 per cent of the problem. It’s get- tions for visually impaired people on help visually impaired people “see” said. ting that last 20 per cent which is a lot of the platform that could eventually be what is on their screens either through One of his main projects is “auto- work, but we’re getting there,” he said. used to identify images and videos that audio cues or a braille device. IBM mated alt-text,” which describes audi- In December 2017, Facebook violate Facebook’s terms of use or that eventually developed the first screen bly what is in Facebook images. pushed an automatic alt-text update DAILY advertisers want to avoid. reader for a graphical interface. When automated alt-text was that used facial recognition to help vis- “More than two billion photos are He worked with the accessibility launched in April 2016, it was only ually impaired people find out who is shared across Facebook every single team till Facebook hired him from IBM available in five languages on the iOS in photos. PATH day. That’s a situation where a ma- in 2015. app. Today it is available in over 29 lan- Source: IANS This Electronic ‘Skin’ Can Let You Control Appliances From Distance team of physicists of virtual and physical objects. tual world but also even influ- are sensors which provide peo- functionality. It’s in the Attitude has developed a “Our electronic skin traces ence objects there,” he added. ple with a “sixth sense” for This could open up poten- sensor-driven elec- the movement of a hand, for Using this technique, the magnetic fields. tial applications in the security A tronic “skin” that example, by changing its posi- researchers managed to con- “To manipulate virtual ob- industry as well. can enable people to manipu- tion with respect to the exter- trol a virtual light bulb on a jects, current systems essen- “Buttons or control panels late everyday objects or control nal magnetic field of a perma- computer screen in a touchless tially capture a moving body in rooms which cannot be en- appliances both in the physical nent magnet,” explained lead way. by optical means,” said Denys tered in hazardous situations, world and in Augmented or author Canon Bermudez of At first glance, the shiny Makarov of the Institute of for example, could be operated Virtual Reality with mere ges- German Helmholtz-Zentrum little gold elements look like a Ion Beam Physics and Materi- by remote control via the sen- tures. Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). modern tattoo. als Research at HZDR. sors,” the researchers noted in Just by interacting with “This not only means that But on this extremely thin, The sensors can also with- a paper appeared in the journal magnetic fields, the device en- we can digitise its rotations almost invisible foil that sticks stand bending, folding and Science Advances. ables a touchless manipulation and translate them to the vir- to the palm of the hand, there stretching without losing their Source: IANS Four Tough Actions That Would Help Fight the Global Plastic Crisis bottles, stopping using plastic drinking After they have been collected these bility to be built in at the design stage, Christine Cole | The Conversation straws and taking reusable bags to the separated materials become secondary while incentivising the maximum use of BIBLE READ: JAMES 1:1–12 supermarket. raw materials, which are only truly re- recycled content. Regulations could tax he environmental impact of THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Here are a few suggestions: cycled when they are actually made into or ban the use of non-recyclable prod- plastic is finally receiving the something else. Local authorities collect ucts or those that use particularly diffi- Consider it pure joy . . . whenever you attention it deserves. This is Recycle quality – not just quantity the materials that can be reprocessed cult materials, and they could ban some partly down to the BBC’s Blue face trials of many kinds. T Recycling targets tend to focus on quan- into something else. single use plastic products (France has Planet II highlighting the problem of If the infrastructure to sort certain already done this). A 25p charge has re- ~ James 1:2 ocean plastics. But it’s also because the tity, but the quality of materials col- lected is just as important. Recycling items or materials does not exist locally cently been suggested to control the use Chinese government has recently im- (as with some crisp packets, polystyrene of non-recycleable or hard to recycle posed quality restrictions on the import “quality” refers to how clean and well egina drove home from work discouraged and tired. sorted individual materials are. Poorly take away boxes or coffee cups) it is only coffee cups in the UK, which may reflect The day had started with tragic news in a text mes- of recyclable materials, in an attempt to sensible for those items not to be collect- the success the 5p carrier bag charge had address domestic concerns over pollu- sorted materials are referred to as “con- Rsage from a friend, then spiraled downward in meet- taminated”, and it is this that China will ed. So stop collecting things for the sake in reducing the number of single use tion and public health. ings with co-workers who refused to work with any of her no longer accept. (If you want to avoid of it, put in place the facilities to deal plastic bags used by shoppers. ideas. As Regina was talking to the Lord, she thought it best Beijing’s move in effect closes down with a wider range of materials or ban Pringles containers and Lucozade the export of recyclable plastics, paper contaminating your recycling collection, to put the stress of the day aside and made a surprise visit check out these top tips). the difficult to recycle materials. bottles have recently been highlighted with flowers to an elderly friend at a care center. Her spirits and other materials from the world’s as problems. The combination of mul- richest countries. The UK, rest of Eu- If the UK improved the quality of the Boost demand for recycled plastic lifted as Maria shared how good the Lord was to her. She tiple materials used to make them mean rope, US, Australia and others have for material collected for recycling, it could Countries like the UK need to develop said, “I have my own bed and a chair, three meals a day, still be sent to China. This would require they are difficult to recycle without spe- a long time been dependent on China their own demand for recycled material. cialist techniques not available in most and help from the nurses here. And occasionally God sends to take the poor quality materials that a nationwide collection system for mate- This means supporting manufacturers to a cardinal to my window just because He knows I love them rials suitable to be used again (recycled). UK processing plants. Black plastic they collect and do not have the infra- develop technology that can use it where used for ready meal containers is also and He loves me.” structure or capacity to use themselves. This may take the form of reworked possible. Attitude. Perspective. As the saying goes, “Life is 10 per- household collections, comprehensive difficult to recycle and creates the kind Until more recycling plants are built to Alternatively, the government could of contamination problems the Chinese cent what happens to us and 90 percent how we react to deal with it domestically, the UK faces a collections from business premises, or impose mandatory recycled content for it.” The people James wrote to were scattered because of a revival of the “deposit and return” are trying to avoid. Why is this mate- build-up of plastic waste. various plastic products. Coca Cola, for rial still being used if it is recognised persecution, and he asked them to consider their perspec- Other countries in Asia will contin- schemes that once covered glass bottles instance, recently announced that by and today could also include plastic bot- to be a problem and there are economic tive about difficulties. He challenged them with these words: ue to accept some of the lower quality 2020 its bottles will contain 50% recy- alternatives? “Consider it pure joy . . . whenever you face trials of many materials, but this is a temporary fix at tles, drinks cans or coffee cups. cled material. This is a step in the right Stop collecting stuff for the sake of it Let’s take advantage of the current kinds” (James 1:2). best. Sending plastic to India, Vietnam direction, but why only 50%? If this mood. While there is a public focus on We are each on our own journey of learning to trust God or Cambodia instead of China may limit Recycling collections from households target was increased the sheer scale of plastics, people should learn more about with hard circumstances. The kind of joy-filled perspective the amount that has to be stored, placed are often criticised for being inconsistent production means there would be a huge their purchasing decisions and recycling James talked about comes as we learn to see that God can in landfill or burnt in the UK, but it does and confusing. It is important to remem- impact. actions. On a larger scale, it is at times use struggles to produce maturity in our faith. nothing to reduce the overall amount of ber that local authorities do not them- Producers must be held responsible of crisis or failure that policy makers plastic. selves “recycle”. They collect waste and, Lord, please change my attitude about hard times. Bring Increase producer responsibility for the become open to new ideas, or old ones We cannot simply rely on the actions separately, materials like glass bottles or recycled. This is one such failure which about joy, perseverance, and maturity in me. of concerned individuals. What’s need- plastic products they place on the UK cardboard boxes which are suitable for market. Existing arrangements could be offers a real opportunity to wake up and ed goes beyond reusing plastic water recycling. improve our environmental impact. God can bring times of growth out of our reformed so that they encourage recycla- times of heartache. The contents of articles in this page do not necessarily reflect the Editorial view or policy of the paper. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, January 22, 2018 7 From #MeToo to #HerToo: A Feminist Review of 2017 networking sites flooded with #Me- storm, Raya Sarkar, a 24-year-old of class, caste and gender, and intel- Sumati Thusoo | thewire.in Toos, as women increasingly came law student from the University of lectual acumen that is not always ca- out and recollected traumatic inci- California at Davis came up with a pable of self-reflection? Also, given n India and around the world, dents of being sexually harassed. purportedly crowdsourced list of as that intellectual guidance can instil 2017 was a tumultuous year for The campaign started by Hollywood many as 58 academics from top in- in those who guide, a sense of lim- feminism. A look at the water- I actress Alyssa Milano on Twitter stitutions as sexual harassers in her itless power and entitlement which shed moments: was a clarion call of sorts to victims/ Facebook post on October 24. This then translates into control and pos- The year 2017 has been a tumul- survivors of sexual harassment and post was followed by a statement session, how might students hold tuous one for feminism and femi- aimed to give people a sense of the issued by veteran Indian feminists such authority to account?”. nists in India. The year saw a lot of magnitude of problem of violence such as Nivedita Menon, Kavita While the battle in public dis- women in media (and elsewhere) against women. #MeToo brought Krishnan, Vrinda Grover on Ka- course raged on, another set of bat- facing and overcoming state-sanc- together 1.7 million voices from 85 fila who asked for the withdrawal of tles were being waged inside the tioned prudishness, internet trolls, countries and the trend continues to this initiative. They urged victims to courtroom which were to pose sig- and the seedy underbelly of femi- grow. make use of the grievance redressal nificant future influence on the dis- nism in India that seeks to control However, alongside praise came mechanisms available in their insti- course around the rights of women. any discourse around women’s is- critique of cultural appropriation. tutions and to abide by the principles The Delhi high court in the Mah- sues – academic or otherwise. This The original campaign was start- of natural justice. mood Farooqi Judgement, reaf- article seeks to provide an overview ed nearly a decade ago by Tarana After Raya Sarkar’s list came out, firmed the old stereotype of “ladki of the watershed moments of the Burke, a black activist as a grassroot there was yet another list under the ki na mein bhi haan hoti hai”, while year in terms of their impact on the movement to to provide “empower- name of Malati Kumari, an account acquitting a person charged with feminist discourse. ment through empathy” to survivors that claimed to have been created by rape. The court made some imper- At home, Alankrita Srivastava of sexual abuse, assault, exploita- survivors of sexual harassment in tinent observations including that a 15 was not considered rape if the confined to courtrooms. fought to get her movie on female tion, and harassment in underprivi- academia and activist-circles. The feeble “no” may mean a “yes”. girl was married to the perpetrator. We also saw feminism and sexual desires screened despite fac- leged communities who typically survivors involved in the creation of The Supreme Court in Shayara The Supreme Court in the case of various facets of it enter into pub- ing hassles byCentral Board of don’t have access to rape crisis cen- the post chose to remain anonymous Bano case came to the rescue of Independent Thought has decided lic discourse and take over social Film Certification (CBFC), even as tres or counsellors. While Burke isn’t and insisted on protecting their Muslim women when it emphati- to read down the exception in the media, with new faces emerging, journalist Faye D’Souza shut down upset to see people taking her idea, identity. Similar to Sarkar’s list, this cally struck down the practise of definition of rape in the IPC with who challenged the old guard of a Maulana who asked her to show commentators argued that conversa- second list carried names of several triple talaq (instant divorce under the provisions of POCSO Act. The feminist ideology. Not only did the up at her workplace in her under- tions surrounding sexual harassment social activists and academics ac- Sunni Islamic jurisprudence) as be- exception provided in the IPC stated word ‘Feminism’ become Merri- wear while she was parenthetically of women in wake of the Weinstein cusing them of sexual harassment. ing oppressive and discriminatory that if a girl above 15 is married then am-Webster Dictionary’s word of moderating a panel on trolling of allegations have largely centred These survivors purportedly in- towards women. This judgment has sexual intercourse with her by her the year, but movements like #Me- female celebrities. Similarly, Dangal around stories shared by famous cluded students from Dalit-Bahujan now been followed by a triple talaq husband will not amount to rape has Too saw increasing participation actress Fatima Sana Shaikh was cas- white women. background and others from small Bill which seeks to punish men who been read down in light of the Pro- from women in the feminist move- tigated online for uploading a photo towns/villages/marginalised com- attempt to use this method which tection of Children from Sexual Of- ment from different walks of life in swimwear during Ramadan and At home munities studying in prestigious uni- was just passed by the Lok Sabha. fences Act (POCSO Act) act which who had faced sexual harassment. actress Priyanka Chopra was trolled When the movement started pick- versities. The passing of the Bill has drawn categorically states that age of con- This decentralisation of feminist for showing off her legs in front of ing up in India, there was a similar Unlike the first list by Raya reactions both for and against, with sent is 18 years and any sexual con- ideas coupled with the desire of the the prime minister. critique which stated that the move- Sarkar, the second list fizzled out a key counter-argument contend- tact with a person lower that 18 is an public to take ownership of them This tirade of abuse was not lim- ment left out women living in rural without creating much uproar. How- ing that it could have been covered offence. bodes well for the future of femi- ited to actresses but also extended as well as urban areas who did not ever, both these lists were critical in under Section 498 A of Indian Pe- 2017 has seen ideas of body au- nism in India. to sportspersons like Mithali Raj, live digitally mediated lives. Other starting a new discourse of sexual nal Code (IPC) that punishes cru- tonomy, consent, and safe spaces Only time will tell what 2018 the captain of the Indian Women’s critique put forth that such move- harassment in academia. Feminist elty towards wife. Such criticism, take centre stage not only in the holds, but it is certain that the peo- Cricket Team who was slut shamed ments excluded the LGBTIQ com- author V Geetha articulates the pow- however, seems shortsighted as the courtrooms and news channels but ple of the country will no longer be for wearing inappropriate clothes. munity, arguing that limiting the er dynamics in academia beautifully proposed Bill also covers custody also our own drawing rooms. Many mute spectators. The feminist dis- While none of these women took action call to “women” implied by saying, of child and maintenance which legal precedents were set that move course has evolved and now incor- this shaming lying down and gave leaving out trans, male, and non-bi- “Would it not be more useful to would limit multiple proceedings towards recognising women’s rights porates not only the idea of #MeToo befitting replies to trollers, people nary survivors of sexual harassment. ask questions of the nature of intel- being undertaken by the affected and their autonomy, that ignited but #HerToo as well. like Kangana Ranaut went a step Mental health concerns were raised, lectual life in universities, on mentor- woman. novel discourses. The constant en- (Sumati Thusoo is Research Au- further and made a parody video to wherein the performative nature of ship, and what young people experi- Another landmark judgement gagement of the general public (and thor at the Department of Sociology call out the rampant sexism and mi- campaign was said to be triggering ence, when they confront dazzling came in the form of striking down particularly women) with these is- at Monk Prayogshala and Consultant sogyny in Hindi film industry. (and potentially harmful) for the vic- scholarship combined with ques- the exception in the rape law re- sues shifts may have sparked the (Research) at the Centre for Police Abroad, the Harvey Weinstein tims of sexual violence. tionable ethics, brilliant minds that garding age of consent for women, realisation that the battle against Studies and Public Security (CPSPS) scandal in Hollywood saw social In the midst of this social media are insensitive to the lived realities wherein intercourse with a girl above archaic mindsets needn’t be solely at Tata Institute of Social Sciences.) If There’s a Fire Down Below, Do You See a Firehawk Up Above? Not until now. Although they may not they perch somewhere safe and tuck into tory. Even in northern Australia, the behaviour Janaki Lenin | thewire.in roast their meals, a few Australian raptors it. Sometimes, they even pick up barbecued Dick Eussen, a firefighter and one of isn’t consistent. Eussen reports that of 25 kites seem to set the undergrowth alight to flush prey. Being airborne, they don’t have to wor- the authors, saw a kite start a fire across a hawking for prey, only two attempted to pick Humans might not be the out their prey. ry about getting singed as they move with the Queensland road by dropping a smoking up sticks. One inept bird repeatedly dropped only species on the planet The Aboriginal peoples of Australia set fire front. stick on inflammable grass. He says he put the stick before it could carry it farther. fire to the landscape at the end of long dry But can these raptors make the leap from out seven fires ignited by raptors in Northern Another firefighter and coauthor, Nathan manipulating fires to get what seasons, when wild food resources were hard exploiting an already raging fire to creating Territory. Fergusson, observed such events at least a they want. to find. Burnt plants and grasses put out new one? One firefighter said that a few birds man- dozen times in his career. He says that out of growth attracting herbivores like kangaroos. In his autobiographical book (retold by aged to set a small valley ablaze. Another re- hundreds of kites, only a few picked up flam- ome say the one thing that distin- When animals gather in numbers, hunting Douglas Lockwood) I, the Aboriginal, pub- ported that raptors worked together to kindle ing sticks, and he now anticipates this avian guishes humans from animals is the them becomes easier. Burning also induced lished in 1962, Phillip Waipuldanya Roberts a fire across a river, which got out of hand and behaviour in managing fires. use of fire. The title of evolution- edible plants to grow. Aboriginal communi- describes seeing a bird pick up and carry a partly burnt down a cattle station. Workers “At present, we have scattered anecdotal Sary biologist Richard Wrangham’s ties use fire so extensively that ecologists call flaming stick with its talons from a fire front, of at least one cattle station kill raptors with reports of similar behaviour from a number book Catching Fire: How Cooking Made it ‘fire-stick farming’. only to drop it on unburnt dry grass half a shotguns to protect livestock and property. of locations [around the world] and are keen Us Human captures the kernel of that idea Every year, 30 to 50% of northern Aus- mile away. Roberts went on to suggest his When they first heard these stories, many to pursue and expand upon those reports and – wielding fire made us who we are. Run- tralia burns. Dry savannahs, especially with people may have learned to flush out prey non-Aboriginals said they had dismissed to hear of new reports,” Gosford told The ning big brains requires turbo power, and raw their piles of inflammable material, are tin- with fire from the birds. This behaviour in- them but came to believe them when they Wire. meat doesn’t provide enough energy to run derboxes that go up in flames annually. trigued Robert Gosford, an Australian orni- saw the behaviour for themselves. Some While the currency of ecological studies these supercomputers. Cooking the plentiful Wildfires attract some birds like black thologist interested in traditional knowledge. cursed the birds’ ability to rekindle fires that is data, sociological studies build upon narra- starchy tubers released brain development kites. Scores of insects, reptiles and rodents He collated published records and put out the had been stamped out, complicating their tives such as these. No one has so far record- from calorific restraints. Such manipulation escaping from the conflagration are easy word for eyewitness accounts of similar bird task. ed this incendiary avian behaviour on video. of fire is a skill no other animal has shown. pickings. Once the birds snatch a morsel, behaviour. “It’s a wonderful story,” says Suhel Quad- Even if the researchers get photographic evi- Such stories are familiar to the Aborigi- er, an ornithologist at the Nature Conserva- dence of raptors starting fires, proving intent nal communities living in Western Australia, tion Foundation, Mysuru. “Something one is another issue. Northern Territory, and Queensland that hopes is true, since it’s so fabulous. The eye- “The question is, are the firehawks ‘se- they enact as part of their religious ceremo- witness accounts are compelling, but there lectively’ picking up smouldering/burning nies. The emblem of an Aboriginal land are surprisingly few, given the frequency of sticks (i.e., over other items on the ground) management organisation is one such bird. fires in the region, plus the number of people and then ‘selectively’ dropping them on un- The researchers narrowed down a dozen out there trying to manage the fires.” burnt and combustible vegetation away from ranchers, firefighters and two academics One reason why this behaviour isn’t well- the fire (i.e., over other places they could have who claimed to have seen birds igniting fires. recorded is perhaps because northern Aus- dropped them),” says Quader. “Personally, I They then followed up by asking open-ended tralia is sparsely populated. Firefighters work think it’s quite likely the birds are intention- questions. In all, they list 20 instances from long hours putting out a blaze and don’t have ally spreading fire – but in terms of evidential a 2,400-kilometre stretch of northern Aus- time to watch birds. rigour, we’re not quite there yet. This requires tralia, where raptors carried a smouldering However, raptors flock to fires through- many more observations, possibly even a stick and dropped it elsewhere. The birds, out the world. Large numbers of black kites clever (although difficult) experiment.” which Aboriginal peoples call firehawks, are wheel around the wildfires of Asia and Af- The authors say their research raises of three species: the black kite (Milvus mi- rica, yet there are no tales of this fascinating questions about the history and evolution of grans), the whistling kite (Haliastur sphenu- behaviour. Nor do other raptors like buzzards fire in the Australian savannahs. rus) and the brown falcon (Falco berigora). that hunt at fire fronts seem to have figured Gosford and his colleagues also plan to Anthropologist Kim Akerman described out how to start a fire. Or people haven’t no- pursue another line of investigation. They’ve how a black kite created a new fire about 15 ticed them, or nobody asked communities recorded, but not published, accounts nar- to 20 feet away from a blaze in Kimberley, about it. rated by Aboriginal people of raptors tak- Western Australia. This 1977 event wasn’t a Perhaps the northern Australian popula- ing sticks from domestic cooking fires while one-off; he saw the same action repeat itself tion alone has the cultural tradition of using camping. “We will also seek to gather further in 1980. Anthropological linguist Denise An- fire-sticks. This is not unusual since differ- accounts and observations about the connec- gelo not only heard these tales from Aborigi- ent populations of chimpanzees use specific tions between Australian Aboriginal indig- Kites hunting along a fire front. Credit: Dick Eussen nal peoples but also witnessed the behaviour techniques of fishing ants. Some have figured enous ecological knowledge and traditional on several occasions in the Northern Terri- out how to sponge water using moss. cultural practices,” says Gosford.

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The contents of articles on this page do not necessarily reflect the Editoral view or policy of the paper EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, January 22, 2018 8 NATION India has shown it won’t hesitate Delhi fire: Police arrest factory to cross border — Rajnath and killed the militants,” Singh said at a public owner; 11 bodies identified meeting here. New Delhi, Jan. 21 (IANS): Kejriwal on Sunday ordered “India’s image in the The bodies of 11 out of 17 a thorough probe into the world has become that of persons who died in a major tragedy and announced an a strong nation and we fire on Saturday evening in a ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to have given a strong mes- factory here have been iden- the next of the kin of the sage to the world that we tified and the establishment’s deceased. can attack our enemies owner arrested, police said He said it will be probed not only on our soil, but on Sunday. how licence was given to the also in their territory,” Out of victims in the fire establishment and who gave he said. in Bawana area, the bodies it and also how the incident Singh said India wants of 11 - nine women and two happened. to maintain a friendly re- men, Deputy Commissioner Delhi Bharatiya Janata lationship with its neigh- of Police Rajneesh Gupta Party (BJP) leader Manoj bour. said. Tiwari also announced a “But Pakistan is not Those deceased were compensation of Rs 50,000 mending its ways,” he identified as Baby Devi, 40, each to the victims of the says. Afshana, 35, Sonam, 23, incident. Singh said that under Reeta, 18, Madeena, 55, Ra- Gupta said the fire in the leadership of Prime jjo, 65, Sukhda, 42, Khusna, Bawana Industrial Area Minister Narendra Modi, 47, Soni, 21, Suraj, 20 and was reported to the Police Rajnath Singh the country’s economy Ravi Kant, 18. Control Room around 6.20 is moving ahead at a fast Gupta also said that a fo- PTI p.m., following which 10 fire Lucknow, Jan. 21 (PTI): diers and injuring four pace. rensic team reached the spot Forensic experts leave after collecting samples from the fire-crackers factory, where 17 persons died in tenders rushed to the spot. Union Home Minister Ra- others along the LoC in “..and now even the to investigate the reason for a massive blaze at Bawana, in New Delhi on Sunday. The blaze was doused after jnath Singh today said In- Jammu and Kashmir’s global economists and ex- the blast, while the owner of three hours. dia has shown it can attack Poonch district. perts accept this,” he said. the plastic factory which was der sections for negligent Explosives Act, he said. Delhi Industries and T h e v i c t i m s we r e its enemies not only on its “A few months ago, Pa- Singh was addressing also used as a warehouse conduct with respect to “Jain runs the factory Urban Development Min- trapped in the basement and soil, but also in a foreign kistan, in an act of coward- the meeting of ‘Bharatiya for fire crackers has been fire or combustible mat- which he had taken on rent isterSatyendar Jain told the first and second floors territory, if need be. ice, attacked and martyred Railway Maal Godaam arrested. ter, for culpable homicide since January 1 this year,” reporters that a probe com- when the fire spread from Singh’s remarks came 17 of our jawans. Shramik Sangh’ here to- Manoj Jain was taken not amounting to murder, said Gupta, also said add- mittee has been formed the basement to the floors almost a week after the Prime Minister Naren- day. into custody on Saturday causing hurt by act en- ing that as per an injured and strict action will be above, the officer said. Indian Army carried out dra Modi consulted all of He said he would take night after a brief inter- dangering life or personal labourer, the packing of the taken after the report is He said seven of the de- a “retaliatory action” us on this serious issue, up the issues and problems rogation as police filed safety of others under the crackers was being done in submitted. ceased were women aged against Pakistani troops, and the Indian Army en- of the railway labourers an FIR against him un- Indian Penal Code and the the factory. Chief Minister Arvind between 20 and 35 years. killing seven of their sol- tered the Pakistani area with higher authorities. CPI-M Central Committee says ‘no’ God gave us 67 seats knowing this NEWS IN BRIEF day was coming, says Kejriwal Six relief camps set-up for dis- to electoral pact with Congress placed in Rajouri — J-K govt N ew D e l h i , Ja n . 2 1 He said the party will Jammu, Jan. 21 (PTI): In the wake of unabated cease- Kolkata, Jan. 21 (IANS): The CPI- Congress, Yechury said: “The amend- its “fondness for neo-liberal and pro- (IANS): Delhi Chief Min- now approach the High fire violation by Pakistan, the Jammu and Kashmir M’s Central Committee on Sunday ed form of the Politburo draft has been capitalist policies”. ister Arvind Kejriwal on Court against this “ex- government has set-up six relief camps to provide shel- ruled out, by majority vote, any “un- adopted by the central committee.. .As On the other hand, Yechury and Sunday said AAP got 67 tremely unconstitutional, ter to border dwellers, a government official said today. derstanding or electoral alliance” with per the draft, there would be no under- his supporters - which include an over- seats in the 70-member unethical and biased deci- “District administration in Rajouri has made necessary the Congress in its draft political resolu- standing or electoral alliance with the whelming majority of the members Delhi assembly by God’s sion of the EC”. arrangements for establishment of relief camps in case tion, with General Secretary Sitaram Congress. from West Bengal - advocate a soft line grace because after three “If required we will go of any escalation leading to likely evacuation from Yechury said the final decision will be “Since 2002, we have always said and a possible electoral tie-up with the years, 20 of his party’s to the Supreme Court. The border areas. taken in the party Congress slated to be there is no electoral front or alliance Congress to defeat the BJP. MLAs were going to be Constitution is supreme “Six relief camps are already functional and provided held in Hyderabad in April. with the Congress, because it repre- The powerful Kerala and Tripura declared disqualified. and is the law of the land with all basic amenities,” an official spokesman said. Iterating that the party’s main task sents the interest of the Indian ruling lobbies have sided with Karat on the “I have always said and has been protected Deputy Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and was to defeat the BJP government at classes.” issue. that it was God’s grace. He by our Judiciary time and other teams led by senior officers conducted an exten- the centre and its policies, which have Reminded that the CPI-M-led Left The Karat and Yechury groups also knew that after three again.” sive tour in affected areas, including Nowshera, Sun- carried out “unprecedent ed assaults” front had forged an electoral under- have been slogging it out in various years these people would Following Kovind’s ap- derbani, Doongi, Rajouri and Manjakote. They held and imposed “unprecedented burden” standing with the Congress in West party fora on the need for getting closer declare 20 of our MLAs proval, the Union Law and a interaction with public informing them about rescue on India and its people, Yechury said Bengal during last year’s assembly to the Congress. disqualified. Justice Ministry issued a and evacuation plan as well as availability of relief the electoral tactics would be decided polls, Yechury said “electoral tactics After the two parties formed a tacti- That’s why he gave us notification saying that the camps in the region, he said. by the states at the time of polls. are electoral tactics” but the political cal alliance in Bengal last year, the CPI- 67 seats out of 70 in the President has held that the In order to meet the “threat” from resolutions taken here would determine M Politburo - dominated by pro-Karat Delhi Assembly polls,” he 20 members of Delhi Leg- Rajasthan asks Karni Sena to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the the party’s political or tactical lines for leaders - had censured the state party said, in a statement on the islative Assembly stand Central Committee - which concluded the next three years based on the final unit saying it was “not in consonance Aam Aadmi Party’s Twit- disqualified under 15 (1) jointly move SC its three-day session on Sunday - called decision by the party Congress. with the Central Committee decision”. ter handle. (a) of the Government of Jaipur, Jan. 21 (IANS): The Rajasthan government on for mobilising “all secular democratic He said the amended draft, formu- Yechury dodged questions about His remarks came af- National Capital Territory Sunday said it has invited the Rajput Karni Sena and forces”. lated through three meetings of the Po- differences in the party Central Com- ter President Ram Nath of Delhi (GNCTD) act. Rajput associations to be a party in its review petition “As per the draft political resolu- litburo and the Central Committee, will mittee, the placing of two politi- Kovind approved Elec- The Election Commis- in the Supreme Court against its order allowing the tion which was adopted by the Central be placed before the party Congress. cal resolutions at the meeting, and tion Commission’s recom- sion had on Friday rec- release of film “Padmaavat”. Home Minister Gulab Committee with a 55-33 vote, appropri- “Two months ahead of the Con- whether he was considering resigning mendation to disqualify ommended disqualifica- Chand Kataria told IANS that the invitation was given ate electoral tactics will be undertaken, gress, the draft will be released to the from the post after repeated defeats 20 AAP MLAs on the tion of 20 AAP MLAs for to “strengthen the case” against the Hindi movie which which will ensure maximum pooling of party rank and file. That will be done in of his line. charges of holding ‘office holding office of profit as critics say distorts Rajput history. Lokendra Singh Kalvi, popular votes against the BJP. mid February. All units and members “The point is what happens inter- of profit’. Parliamentary Secretaries, the founder of Rajput Karni Sena, told IANS that he “How that will be done, when have the right to submit amendments nally I can’t tell you. I came here as “They (BJP-led Cen- giving its opinion to the was excited over the new development. He quoted Ka- elections come, at that time depending to the draft resolution. All amendments General Secretary, as the party told tre) have tremendously President on a complaint taria as saying that “we should all cooperate with each on the concrete situation state to state, will be placed at party Congress,” he me to get back to you as its General victimised us by imposing by advocate Prashant Pa- other in court to strengthen our case”. But the protests we will take a call. But the line that the said. Secretary.” fake cases on our MLAs. tel, a member of the Hindu against the movie will continue, Kalvi said. party will follow, is the line that will be Party insiders said the Central However, his repeated assertions They conducted CBI raids Legal Cell, in June 2015, defined by the highest forum, the party Committee resolution marked yet an- about the party Congress being the on me and didn’t get any- who petitioned then Presi- Dacoit caught and maimed by Congress, on the basis of which things other victory of former party General highest forum and about the electoral thing and today they de- dent Pranab Mukherjee will be worked out.” Secretary Prakash Karat and his loyal- tie-ups to be decided at the time of clared 20 of our MLAs alleging the appointments Jharkhand villagers dies To a specific query on whether the ists, who are strongly opposed to any polls, left no one in doubt about his line disqualified,” Kejriwal were illegal and in viola- Ranchi, Jan. 21 (IANS): Villagers caught a dacoit dur- party would enter into a tie-up with the truck with the Congress because of of thinking. said in another tweet. tion of the Constitution. ing a raid by a gang of criminals in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, beat him up brutally and chopped off his hand, police said on Sunday. The dacoit died at a hospital on Sunday morning. Police said the dacoits had barged Protests against bus fare hike Chidambaram hits out at ‘anti- into two houses in Ekdawaria village on Saturday night and looted jewellery and other belongings worth over Rs 7 lakh. Villagers learnt of the dacoity and gathered spreads to several parts of TN consumer’ Centre over fuel prices in large numbers, carrying traditional weapons. The Chennai, Jan. 21 (PT): Protests against government of being ‘sadistic’ and giving New Delhi, Jan. 21 (PTI): Absolutely anti-consumer,” Expressing concern of criminals fled the village but one of them was caught. the recent bus fare hike announced by a ‘thunderbolt’ to the people. PMK and Former finance minister the former finance minister overshooting the fiscal-deficit He was beaten up and one of his hands was chopped Tamil Nadu government spread across DMK have announced protest demon- P Chidambaram today tweeted. target, Chidambaram said: off by the irate villagers. He was later admitted by police the state today, with members of the public strations on January 25 and 27 against the termed the Modi govern- Chidambaram accused “Govt cuts borrowing by Rs to a hospital. and some political parties staging demon- hike, while CPI(M) has said they would ment “anti-consumer” over the government of squan- 30,000 crore, but ONGC will strations at various cities. stage protest demonstration on January 22. record-high fuel prices and dering the windfall gains, borrow Rs 30,000 crore to pay Lawyer kills another in brawl over Protest demonstrations were held by The TMC said today said it would asked the government to reaped through “massive tax- govt for HPCL shares. It has clients;says police CPI (M) and CPI in suburban Madurai stage demonstrations across Tamil Nadu bring them under the ambit ation” on petrol and diesel, in the same effect.” and Thanjavur. In several bus routes, pas- on January 29 against the hike, as well of GST to provide relief to “wasteful expenditure”. State-owned Oil and Kanpur, Jan. 21 (PTI): A heated row over luring cli- sengers entered into arguments with con- as for other issues. Chief Minister K consumers. He wondered why the Natural Gas Corporation ents turned fatal as a lawyer was allegedly shot dead by ductors, who had a tough time convincing Palaniswamy said yesterday that the hike In a series of tweets, the BJP was not providing relief yesterday announced acqui- another in full public view in the congested Gwaltoli them about the new fare structure. was effected with “anguish,” which was Congress leader also criticised to consumers by bringing sition of government’s entire area, police said. The shootout triggered panic among Near Ullundurpet in Villupuram dis- inevitable due to a host of factors which the Centre over ONGC’s ac- these two petroleum products 51.11 per cent stake in oil locals and passers-by who ran to safer places or shut trict, passengers of a local bus refused to includes increase in the cost of fuel, and quisition of the government’s under GST. refiner HPCL for Rs 36,915 their doors. According to police officials, even as buy tickets as per the new fare structure and maintenance. stake in HPCL, saying it will Diesel prices have touched crore, paying a premium of people ran helter skelter, some mustered courage and halted the bus, following which officials Echoing his view, Transport Minister have an impact on the fiscal a record high of Rs 61.74 per over 10 per cent. nabbed the alleged attacker, Mohit (32), and his wife, intervened to pacify them. M R Vijayabaskar had at a public meet- deficit. litre and petrol prices have Analysts and the market and handed them over to the police. The two were, The bus fare hike has drawn flak from ing at Karur sought an apology from the “Petrol and diesel prices crossed Rs 71.18 per litre in will add Rs 30,000 crore to however, thrashed before being handed over, they said. political parties, including the main op- people for the hike, saying it was due to have hit the roof. Govt contin- Delhi as international oil rates the fiscal deficit, he added in Mohit was later admitted at Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) position DMK, which has accused the inevitable reasons ues to squeeze the consumers. continue to rally. another tweet. hospital following his critical condition. The victim identified as Sunil Sharma (36), and was behind bars in a murder case and got bail just a couple of months back, a senior police official said. Senior Superintend- AAP announces ‘Delhi bandh’ ent of Police (Kanpur), Akhilesh Kumar Meena, said, Haryana is India’s ‘rape state,’ “Mohit and Sunil had a tiff over luring clients of each other on slashed fees. They entered into a scuffle after on Jan. 23 to protest sealing drive which Mohit asked his wife to get her licenced double CM’s attitude shocking — Congress New Delhi, Jan. 21 (PTI): The stituencies will join traders unions barrel gun with which he shot Sunil in the head”. A New Delhi, Jan. 21 (IANS): serious action against the culprits go on to become a professional Aam Aadmi Party will hold a day- to raise the voice against these issues case under relevant section will be slapped against Terming Haryana the ‘Rape State of such rapes is more involved or and strengthen the family. long bandh on January 23 in Delhi on January 23,” he said. Mohit who already has some cases pending against of India’, the Congress on Sun- focused more on making political Today if a girl of 15 is raped to protest against the ongoing seal- The party also announced that him, the SSP said. day said that it was shocking that statements and (playing a) blame and killed, can any parent be com- ing drive by the BJP-ruled civic bod- its Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs the attitude of Chief Minister game.” pensated with a onetime compen- ies and the Centre’s move to allow along with other stakeholders will 2 men thrown from moving train Manohar Lal Khattar and his A delegation of senior leaders sation of Rs 4 lakh?” Dev asked. 100 per cent FDI in retail. take part in a march to the Parlia- government was more on shifting including former Chief Minister She also demanded Prime Speaking to reporters after the ment on January 29 over the issue. by miscreants; one dies blame instead of acting against Bhupinder Singh Hooda had also Minister Narendra Modi address party’s Delhi State Conference, sen- Rai slammed the Congress gov- Chapra, Jan. 21 (PTI): A man was killed and his cousin the culprits. met the state Governor to seek the issue in his monthly radio talk. ior AAP leader Gopal Rai said the ernment for initiating 49 per cent injured after they were allegedly thrown off a running “It is shocking to see that instant action against the culprits, Senior party leader Kumari BJP-ruled civic bodies were trying FDI in retail which was followed train after being robbed of cash and valuables in Bihar’s every single day when we open and also demanded that instead Selja, who was also present, to snatch employment opportunities by the BJP who spiked it up to 100 Saran district, the railway police said today. They were newspaper or see TV, one feels of one time compensation, the sought Khattar quit. from people in the name of sealing per cent. returning to their native village Barakurwa in Madhep- that Haryana is looking like the Haryana government should give “We want that Chief Minister business establishments. Asked about the Bawana fire ura district from Ludhiana in Punjab when the incident �Rape Capital’, the a permanent government job to to resign on moral grounds... “A large sum of money was col- incident, Rai said only an investiga- occurred on board the Amritsar-Dibrugarh Express last �Rape State of India’,” one of the victim’s family. This is a complete incompetent lected under conversion and parking tion would reveal who was respon- night, Station House Officer (SHO), GRP (Chapra), Congress spokesperson Sushmita “We visited the very poor government. Despite all such cas- charges. The traders have neither sible for it. Suman Kumar Singh, said. The accused snatched cash Dev told media persons here. family in Kurukshetra.....the fa- es happening regularly if the CM received anything in return nor do “MCD issues licences in some and two bags from them before throwing them off the “What is more appalling .... ther and the mother of the young does not resign himself, he should they have any information about cases and Delhi government also is- train, he said. The SHO said police found the body at is the attitude of the Chief Min- victim who was kidnapped and be dismissed and President’s Rule the money collected,” Rai said, de- sues licences. Only the investigation Majhanpura village while his cousin was found injured ister of Haryana Khattar ji who brutally raped and left to die. She be implemented,” said Selja, also manding that the centre stop levying will reveal who is responible for the at a place about one kilometre away. The deceased was clearly rather than concentrat- was a young mind and just scored terming a “complete failure” the these charges until the information incident.” identified as Sanjiv Kumar (22) and the injured as Amit ing on preventing such heinous 95 per cent in her school and her state’s ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ is made public. “A detailed probe by labour Kumar, Singh said, adding that the latter was battling crimes against women and taking parents had a dream that she will campaign. “Our party cadres in all 70 con- department has also been initiated”. for life at the Chapra Sadar Hospital. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, January 22, 2018 WORLD 9 Kadovar Island’s volcano ash plumes US lawmakers in bid to end shutdown stalemate Washington, Jan. 21 tion. a stop-gap motion to keep (PTI/AFP): US lawmak- Democrats have ac- the government open for ers will launch a last-ditch cused Republicans of poi- four more weeks while a bid today to end a budget soning chances of a deal final arrangement is dis- impasse before hundreds of and pandering to Trump’s cussed. And Republicans thousands of federal work- populist base by refusing failed to win enough Dem- ers are forced to start the to fund a program that pro- ocratic support to bring it work week at home with tects 700,000 “Dreamers” to a vote. no pay. -- undocumented immi- Congress reconvened The impact of the grants who arrived as chil- for a rare Saturday session, shutdown that began at dren -- from deportation. where leaders of both sides midnight Friday has been Trump, in return, has were meant to hammer out largely limited so far, clos- said Democrats are “far their differences to prevent ing sites like New York’s more concerned with Il- the shutdown from stretch- Statue of Liberty, but the legal Immigrants than they ing into Monday. Instead, effect will be acute if the are with our great Military they traded accusations stalemate runs into Mon- or Safety at our dangerous of responsibility for the day. Southern Border.” shutdown. Republicans and Dem- The shutdown’s effects Schumer said trying ocrats have traded bitter meanwhile are set to in- to negotiate with Trump recriminations over who tensify. “was like negotiating with is to blame for the failure Essential federal servic- Jell-O.” to pass a stop-gap funding es and military activity are “It’s impossible to ne- measure by a January 20 continuing, but even active gotiate with a constantly deadline, a year to the day duty troops will not be paid moving target,” he said. since Donald Trump took until a deal is reached to “President Trump is so office as US president. reopen the US government. mercurial it’s been impos- H i g h l i g h t i n g t h e There have been four sible to get him to agree to deep political polariza- government shutdowns anything.” tion, crowds estimated to since 1990. In the last one Meanwhile, McCon- number in the hundreds in 2013, more than 800,000 nell said Schumer “took the AP/PTI of thousands took to the government workers were extraordinary step” of pre- In this photo provided by Brenton-James Glover, ash plumes rise from the volcano on Kadovar Island, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. The island streets of major US cities volcano erupted again Sunday, sending plumes of steam and ash into the air. Thousands of people have been evacuated from islands surrounding Kadovar Island off the South put on temporary leave. venting the legislation from Pacific nation’s north coast since the volcano there began erupting on Jan. 5. Saturday to march against “We’re just in a hold- passing and thus “plunging the president and his poli- ing pattern. We just have the country into this totally cies. to wait and see. It’s scary,” avoidable mess.” Top Senate Republican Noelle Joll, a 50-year-old Republicans have a ten- Mitch McConnell on Sat- furloughed US govern- uous one-seat majority in Pak SC orders police to arrest Zainab’s killer within 72 hours urday set a key vote for a ment employee, told AFP the Senate, and on Friday funding measure for 1:00 in Washington. needed to lure some Demo- Lahore, Jan. 21 (PTI): The Su- in Kasur since 2015 appeared be- a heap of garbage near the Shahbaz million people will have to be con- am (0600 GMT) Mon- A deal had appeared crats to their side to get a 60 preme Court of Pakistan today gave fore the Supreme Court bench and Khan Road. ducted if the investigations continue day, with both houses of likely on Friday afternoon, vote supermajority to bring a 72-hour deadline to the Punjab pleaded for justice. Autopsy report had confirmed in this way,” Nisar said. Congress set to reconvene when Trump -- who has the motion forward. They police chief to arrest the culprit be- “An unspeakable crime has been that the girl was subjected to rape, No headway has been made Sunday. touted himself as a master fell ten votes short. hind the brutal rape and murder of committed against an innocent girl,” torture and was then strangled to in the case since the girl’s body “I assure you we will negotiator -- seemed to be The measure brought a seven- year-old girl that has sparked Nisar said and ordered the Inspector death. was found, despite the Counter- have the vote at 1:00 am close to an agreement with to Congress would have national outrage. General of Police to arrest the culprit The horrific incident triggered Terrorism Department, Intelligence on Monday, unless there is Democratic Senate minor- extended federal funding Police in Pakistan’s Punjab prov- in the case within 72 hours. public outrage throughout the coun- Bureau, Special Branch and Punjab a desire to have it sooner,” ity leader Chuck Schumer until February 16 and reau- ince have failed to nab the killer of Zainab had gone missing while try with people demanding justice Forensic Science Agency being he said in a statement. on protecting Dreamers. thorized for six years a Zainab, whose body was found in going for tuition near her house in for the child. tasked with investigating the case. At the heart of the dis- But no such compro- health insurance program a garbage heap on on January 9, Kasur city, some 50 kilometres from The girl’s murder was the 12th According to the initial investi- pute is the thorny issue of mise was in the language for poor children -- a long- despite carrying out DNA test of 800 Lahore, on January 5. such incident reported in Kasur gation, the perpetrator of is a serial undocumented immigra- that reached Congress for time Democratic objective. suspects in over two weeks. Her parents had been in Saudi district in a year. killer who may have been involved Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Arabia to perform Umrah and she A police officer told the Chief in some six or seven such incidents Saqib Nisar held the hearing of had been living with her maternal Justice that the DNA tests of 800 in Kasur. the case at the Lahore registry and aunt. suspects had been conducted. Kasur had made headlines in admonished the police officers for After her abduction, the footage “The police are pursuing a one- 2015 when it was revealed that a UNSC sanctions monitoring their failure to arrest the killer of the showed her walking with a stranger track investigation and must widen gang of paedophiles was busted for victim. near Peerowala Road. Police failed the scope of the probe beyond sim- running a child sex ring in the city. The parents of the eight girls to trace her abductor and on Janu- ply using DNA testing to track down Last year 4,139 incidents of child team to visit Pak this week who have been raped and murdered ary 9 her body was recovered from the culprits. The DNA tests of 21 abuse took place in the province. Islamabad, Jan. 21 (PTI): Amid mount- with Lashkar-e- Taiba, which is a desig- ing global pressure on Pakistan to act nated foreign terror organisation.” News IN BrIef against Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz “We believe that he should be prosecut- UN chief warns against hatred on Saeed and entities linked to him, a UN ed to the fullest extent of the law,” Nauert 18 pro-government militiamen Security Council team will visit the country had said. killed in Afghanistan this week for an assessment of Islamabad’s Saeed, the chief of the Jamaat-ud-Da- commemorating day of Holocaust victims compliance with the world body’s sanctions wah (JuD), was released from house arrest Kabul, Jan. 21 (IANS): At least 18 pro-government regime. in Pakistan in November. New York, Jan. 21 (IANS): citizens and former political Their followers, and the militiamen were killed following a Taliban ambush in The two-day visit of the UN Security The JuD is believed to be the front or- UN Secretary-General An- leaders,” he said. “And we “likes” they receive on so- Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh, officials said Council’s sanctions monitoring team will ganisation for the LeT which is responsible tonio Guterres has warned see example after example cial media, number in the on Sunday. The incident occurred in village Bozboy begin on Thursday. for carrying out the Mumbai attack that against all forms of hate of the rise of the neo-Nazi tens of thousands, he said. in Sholgra district on Saturday night when Taliban “The monitoring team of the UNSC killed 166 people. It has been declared as a at a ceremony marking the threat,” he warned. “Sixty thousand people militants stormed a security checkpoint, resulting in a 1267 Sanctions Committee will be here on foreign terrorist organisation by the US in International Day of Com- Guterres said that “all marched recently in one clash that left 18 members of the Local Uprising Groups January 25 and 26,” a senior Pakistani of- June 2014. memoration in Memory of of us today have a special country in support of the dead, an official told Xinhua news agency. The Taliban ficial was quoted as saying by Dawn. “The terms of reference of the monitor- the Victims of the Holo- obligation. An obligation continent’s far right move- has claimed responsibility. Its spokesman Zabihullah The UN monitoring team’s visit is tak- ing team for Pakistan visit are not publicly caust. to never lose sight of what ments, with placards read- Mujahid tweeted that a Taliban sympathizer was among ing place amid increasing pressure on Paki- known, but as per its general mandate it In his remarks delivered went wrong and how it hap- ing ‘White Europe’ and the militia and he facilitated the attack. He said a Taliban stan from the US and India with respect to assists the 1267 Committee in keeping an at Park East Synagogue in pened.” ‘Clean Blood,’” he con- fighter was killed and another wounded in the clash. the inadequate implementation of the sanc- eye on the freezing of the financial assets New York o Saturday, the He also called upon the tinued. According to the tions on Saeed and entities linked to him. UN chief said that “as I international community to UN chief, the neo-Nazi of listed persons and entities and checking However, Pakistani officials, insist that Roadside bomb kills 12 in scan the global landscape “be ever vigilant in the face group called “Combat 18” provision of training and other material to the trip is a routine visit. today, I am sorry to say of persistent anti-Semitism has re-emerged, including them and their travel,” the paper said. Afghanistan Saeed was listed under UN Secu- that the state of our world and other forms of hate in through a concert in a Eu- The UNSC monitoring team intimates Kabul, Jan. 21 (IANS): At least 12 civilians were rity Council Resolution 1267 in December is messy. And the state of our time.” ropean country attended instances of non- compliance to the com- killed after a roadside bomb struck a civilian vehicle in 2008. hate is high,” Xinhua news Guterres told the gath- by thousands. “A recent far mittee through its reports. At the same time Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Sunday, police On Friday, the US State Department agency reported. ering that anti-hate organi- right march, called ‘Revolt it also advises and assists member states on said. “The militants planted a mine on a road in Gulran said it has told clearly to Islamabad that “Neo-Nazi threat is zations are now tracking Against the Traitors’ by implementation of the regime. district. The device struck a civilian vehicle at around Saeed is a “terrorist” and should be pros- growing,” he noted. hundreds of pro-Nazi and the participants, sought to Pakistan has remained under the Finan- noon, killing 12 innocent civilians and injuring one,” a ecuted to the fullest extent of the law, react- “Almost 80 years after other such groups. march near a synagogue on cial Action Task Force scanner over allega- police spokesman told Xinhua news agency. ing strongly to Pakistan Prime Minister the fall of the Nazi regime, “With just a little re- Yom Kippur, the holiest day tions by the US and India about the UNSC Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s remarks that there its symbols, mindsets and search, we were able to on the Jewish calendar.” sanctions not being fully implemented, the was no case against the Mumbai attack Russia, US discuss Syria after language are very much quickly identify 65 groups “Last year, hundreds of paper said. mastermind. with us,” said Guterres. in 25 countries. These are neo-Nazis gathered to mark The US Department of the Treasury Turkish offensive State Department spokesperson Heath- “Some still seek to deny located not just in Europe the 30th anniversary of the has designated Saeed as a Specially Desig- er Nauert said: “He is listed by the UNSC Moscow, Jan. 21 (IANS): Russian Foreign Minister or diminish the fact of the and North America but in death of Rudolf Hess, one nated Global Terrorist, and the US, since 1267, the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Holocaust. Others down- every region of the world,” of Hitler’s leading associ- 2012, has offered a USD 10 million reward for targeted sanctions due to his affiliation discussed ensuring stability in northern Syria by phone play the complicity of their he said. ates,” he warned. for information that brings Saeed to justice. Saturday, after Turkey started bombing Kurdish forces in Afrin in northern Syria.The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday said Lavrov and Tillerson also discussed promoting a peaceful settlement of the Syrian conflict under the auspices of the United Nations, which Women’s March in US on first anniv. of Trump admin. should be facilitated by the Syrian National Dialogue New York, Jan. 21 (IANS): migration and health care focus on the “PowerToThe- Congress to be held in Russia’s city of Sochi with broad A year after millions of reform the Trump admin- Polls” campaign and will participation, Xinhua reported. people turned out for the istration has promoted and feature Planned Parenthood Women’s March and took demanded equal rights for and Black Lives Matter rep- Iraq condemns German woman to to the streets en masse to women, immigrants and resentatives on Sunday to protest President Trump’s members of the LGBT boost voter registration and death for belonging to IS inauguration, demonstra- community, and were political mobilization. Baghdad, Jan. 21 (PTI/AFP): An Iraqi court said today tors gathered in cities across shouting feminist slogans Other prominent cities it had condemned to death by hanging a German woman the US, galvanised by their against sexual assaults. where thousands of people of Moroccan origin after finding her guilty of belonging disdain for Trump and his In New York, was Leslie, took to the streets on Sat- to the Islamic State jihadist group. She was sentenced administration’s policies. a woman who, like many urday were Washington, for providing “logistical support and helping the terrorist The one in New York others, was wearing the Denver, San Francisco and group to carry out crimes,” said court spokesman was expected to be one of same pink cap she wore in Los Angeles, the latter with Abdel Settar Bayraqdar. “The accused admitted during the largest, with some 85,000 the first marchas a “symbol more notoriety because it interrogations that she left Germany for Syria then Iraq demonstrators registering for of a new wave of feminism”. concentrates much of the to join IS with her two daughters, who married members the event on the Internet, “It’s an important year national film industry. of the terrorist organisation,” he said. In September 2017, although the organisation because we can vote to re- Actresses such as Viola the same court sentenced to death by hanging a Russian noted that the actual figure claim the House and Senate Davis, Natalie Portman and man who was captured in Iraq’s second city Mosul and ends up being higher. Ac- and deny power to the presi- Eva Longoria took the mi- found guilty of fighting for IS. cording to the mayor’s office, dent,” she told Efe, referring crophone to extol women’s in 2017 it was 400,000, Efe to the midterm elections to empowerment and allude to news agency reported on be held in November. the Hollywood harassment Two US Army pilots killed in Sunday. The Women’s March scandals uncovered in recent Early in the morning, organization, which focused months, which have sparked helicopter crash AP/PTI Los Angeles, Jan. 21 (IANS): Two US Army pilots were people were already on the last year on Washington feminist movements and move to join the rally west House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif, background center right, DC, because of its proxim- social denunciation such as killed in a helicopter crash in the California desert during and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., right, participate in the Women’s March walk to the White House in a routine training exercise, the media reported. Both the of Central Park, which was Washington, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. On the anniversary of President Donald Trump‚Äôs inauguration, ity to the Capitol, and when MeToo or Time’s Up. pilot and the co-pilot were killed on Saturday and the well attended and overflow- people participating in rallies and marches in the U.S. and around the world Saturday denounced his views 500,000 people attended, on On Saturday and Sun- cause “is currently under investigation,” Lt. Col. Jason ing with “energy, empower- on immigration, abortion, LGBT rights, women’s rights and more. Saturday sought to turn the day, there are hundreds S. Brown, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon, was ment and unity”, New York- protests into political action, of global women’s rights quoted ny the Fox News as saying. The crashed AH-64 ers Lisa and Merely told Efe the participants chanted one On his Twitter account, for all Women to March” encouraging women to run marches and events planned Apache gunship was attached to the Army’s 4th Infantry after the march. of their slogans, dedicated Trump seemed to ignore and noting that the United for public office and to exer- in the capitals of countries Division based out of Fort Carson, Colorado, the report With widespread criti- to the president on the an- the general sentiment of States has the “lowest female cise their right to vote. such as Argentina, Kenya, said. It was flying to the National Training Centre at Fort cism of the policies of the niversary of his arrival at the the demonstrations and unemployment in 18 years.” In Las Vegas, the capital China, Canada, Australia Irwin in California, 240 km northeast of Los Angeles, for Trump Administration White House “Welcome to wrote that it was a “Beau- Despite this, the vast of Nevada, which turned to and Rome, but also in sec- a regular training rotation. dominating the marches this your first year, why the hell tiful weather all over our majority of protesters were Democratic candidate Hil- ondary cities and at the local Saturday across the country, are you still here?”. great country, a perfect day dissatisfied with the im- lary Clinton, the march will level. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, January 22, 2018 When you believe in your work, world believes too — Irrfan Acclaimed star Irrfan Khan is ecstatic he was named the Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) for the movie “Hindi Medium” at the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards and said that the world believes in the work if the actor believes in it too. “’Hindi Medium’ is very close to my Mirror heart and I wish to keep telling stories like these for the audience. When you believe in your work, the world also believes with you. It 10 is good to know that the stories you believe in is what the audiences is also looking for. It’s time for change and I am glad there is acceptance to this change,” Irrfan said in a statement. The actor also tweeted that ENTERTAINMENT the journey of “Hindi Medium” has been testament to celebration of a story that is “told from the heart, of good content and most of all the want and sincerity to inculcate and encourage change”. (IANS) The Shape of Water wins biggest Women’s March 2018 accolade at Producers Guild Awards Natalie Portman feared being of Producers Guild’s Visionary objectified by men from young age Award. The ‘Selma’ helmer admit- ted she was delighted with the recognition. She tweeted: “This is so lovely and unexpected. I love producing. Almost as much as directing. So you know that’s a lot! My thanks to @ProducersGuild for this encour- aging recognition. (sic)” DuVernay’s emergence in the movie industry was hailed as one of the “great developments of the past several years”. Producers Guild Awards chairs Donald De Line and Amy Pascal said in a statement: “The emergence of Ava DuVernay as a producer and filmmaker has been one of the great developments of the past several years. he fantasy romance’s how it was hard to win-over audi- Out’, ‘Dunkirk’, ‘The Post’, ‘Call “Whether in scripted features, director Guillermo del ences with a flick that has a cleaner Me By Your Name’, ‘I, Tonya’, television or documentaries, her Toro was unable to col- [Sally Hawkins] and an amphibian ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Molly’s unique voice, skill and passion lect the accolade at the man [Doug Jones] as the main Game’. ‘Coco’ won Outstanding have inspired countless audi- he ‘Black Swan’ revealed she was once Graham, Kate Beckinsale, 29th Annual ceremony characters. Producer of Animated Theatrical ences throughout our country and star - who made lured onto a private jet by a Angelina Jolie and Cara Theld at the Beverly Hilton hotel He quipped: “When your Motion Pictures and ‘Jane’, which around the world.” her movie Hollywood producer hop- Delevigne, all claim to have in Los Angeles, due to caring for romantic leads are a cleaning lady sees the real-life scientist Jane The 45-year-old director fol- debut aged just ing to sleep with her. been the target of unwant- his ailing father in Mexico, but the and a fish, it’s a tough sell.” Goodall open up about her life and lows in the footsteps of the likes of 12 in action The ‘Thor’ star said ed advances. movie’s co-producer, J. Miles Dale, The heartwarming feature beat work, received the equivalent in the Brad Pitt, Megan Ellison, Laura Tmovie ‘ Leon’ - joined fel- she felt “lucky” not to Portman commented: was there and made a short speech off stiff competition from the likes Documentary category. Ziskin, and Jeff Skoll in winning low female actresses Eva have been assaulted, “I think my first reaction after being handed the statuette. of ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebb- It was previously revealed that the accolade. Longoria, Reese Wither- after the spate of sexual when I heard everybody The filmmaker joked about ing’, Missouri’, ‘Lady Bird’, ‘Get Ava DuVernay was the recipient Femalefirst.co.uk spoon, Scarlett Johansson, harassment allegations that coming out was, ‘Wow, I’m Whoopi Goldberg and have emerged in the film so lucky that I haven’t had more, at the Women’s industry. this.’ March in Los Angeles on She recalled: “I was “And then, on reflec- Ed Sheeran engaged to girlfriend Saturday (20.01.18), to op- like, yeah, why wouldn’t I tion, I was like, ‘OK, I Nicolas Cage supports pose US President Donald accept a flight on a private definitely have never been Trump, and spoke candidly plane with a big group of assaulted. But I’ve had dis- about how critics would people? And I showed up crimination or harassment Time’s Up movement comment on her “bud- and it was just the two of on almost everything I’ve ctor Nicolas Cage has work with a female director - one ding breasts”, and how she us and then one bed was ever worked on in some spoken out in sup- of the best movies I ever made was feared men “objectifying” made on the plane.” way. I went from thinking port of the #MeToo ‘Valley Girl’ and I just did a picture her body from a young age. But fortunately for the I don’t have a story to, ‘Oh movement and said called ‘Inconceivable’ with Maria Speaking on a podium 36-year-old actress her wait, I have 100 stories.’ that “talent and Pulera and there was a strong about her own experi- wishes were respected by “I think a lot of people are Acreativity needs to be heard and female cast,” Cage, 54, told people. ences following the wave the unnamed producer. having these reckonings supported and cherished”. com. of sexual misconduct She continued: “Noth- with ourselves of things “Every opportunity I get to “I realize that the talent and cases sparked following ing happened. I was not we just took as part of the creativity needs to be heard and the disgracing of producer assaulted. I said, ‘This process.” supported and cherished,” he Harvey Weinstein, she doesn’t make me feel The ‘Jackie’ star be- said on the sidelines of the 2018 shared: “A countdown was comfortable,’ and that was lieves the Weinstein scan- Sundance Film Festival in Park started on my local radio respected. “That was super dal will change Hollywood City, Utah. ritish singer-songwriter dating until he invited her to Taylor show to my 18th birthday, not OK. That was really forever and for the better. Cage, who stars in the Ed Sheeran has an- Swift’s Fourth of July party in euphemistically the date unacceptable and manipu- She said: “There are action-thriller “Mandy” - which nounced his engage- 2015. His engagement comes after that I would be legal to lative. I was scared.” so many things that we premiered at the fest - shared his ment with his longtime a roller-coaster year. sleep with. More than 50 women took for granted as part of thoughts after Sundance Institute girlfriend Cherry His album “÷” (“Divide”) “Movie reviewers have accused Weinstein our world. A lot of things founder Robert Redford discussed Seaborn.B -- which also brought him to India talked about my budding of sexual harassment and that we just kind of put up the effects of movement on Thurs- He made the announcement -- was the most popular album on breasts in reviews. I under- assault abuse and a string with for reasons of maybe day. via social media on Saturday streaming services for 2017, ac- stood very quickly, even as of other Hollywood stars just being numb to it. But “Change is inevitable. I’m morning, reports CNN. cording to Nielsen data. a 13-year-old, that if I were have become the centre of if you spent all your time pretty encouraged right now. What “Got myself a fiancé just before However, his appearance on to express myself sexually I allegations of taking advan- reporting what was going it’s doing is bringing more opportu- new year. We are very happy and the popular TV drama “Game of would feel unsafe and that tage of their fame to harass on, that’s all you would nities for women… Women are in love, and our cats are chuffed as Thrones” was not welcomed by men would feel entitled to others. do as it’s so pervasive. going to have a stronger voice… I well,” Sheeran wrote on Instagram. many fans, leading Sheeran to tem- discuss and objectify my Stars including And yeah, it gets so built think the role of men right now is Last year, Sheeran had revealed porarily delete his Twitter account body to my great discom- Gwyneth Paltrow, Uma into the power struggles in to listen,” Redford said. he has known Seaborn since they amid the criticism. fort.” Thurman, Ashley Judd, every industry.” IANS were children but they did not start IANS Portman previously Lupita Nyong’o, Heather Femalefirst.co.uk Irrfan, ‘Bareilly ki Barfi’ win Rachel big at Filmfare Awards 2017 Weisz wants ollywood star Irrfan for its writer-director Amit V Khan took home Masurkar. the best actor trophy Critics choice for best actor superhero for his realistic and (female) went to teenage star effective portrayal of Zaira Wasim for “Secret Super- aB middle-class father in “Hindi star”. The film also earned an Medium”, while romantic-com- award in the best supporting ac- role edy “Bareilly ki Barfi” earned tor (female) category for Meher other top two honours, includ- Vij, who played Zaira’s mother. ctress Rachel Weisz ing the best director award Actor-filmmaker Konkona wants to star in a movie for Ashwiny Iyer at the 63rd Sensharma bagged the best like “Wonder Woman” Filmfare Awards. debut director for “A Death in and says the superhero The second award for the Gunj”. The suspense drama film was her favourite “Bareilly ki Barfi” came for also won in the best costume Afilm of 2017. Rajkummar Rao in the best and best cinematography Weisz, 47, was blown away by supporting actor category. Held categories. Patty Jenkins’ film which featured last evening here, the prestigious “Jagga Jasoos” also won in Gal Gadot in the lead role and would award ceremony gave away the the category of best choreogra- love to work on something similar. best actor (female) award to phy for Vijay Ganguly and Ruel However, she insists it isn’t the type Vidya Balan for her heartwarm- Dausan Varindani for the song of film she could make happen her- ing performance of a housewife- “Galti se mistake”. self, reports femalefirst.co.uk. turned-radio jockey in “Tum- The best playback singer “I’m totally open to doing the hari Sulu”. (female) went to debutante big movies. Maybe I was more in the It was not only Irrfan but Meghna Mishra for the song mood for smaller, more character- even “Hindi Medium” won in “Nachdi Phira” (‘Secret Super- driven movies, but now I’m quite highest category - taking home star’), while singing sensation in the mood for a... But I just can’t the best film award. The dram- Arijit Singh received the best make it happen. Someone has to edy, which marked the debut of playback singer (male) award offer it to me,” she told Empire director Saket Choudhary, was for “Roke na ruke naina” from magazine. hit with the masses and the crit- “Badrinath Ki Dulhania”. “And I can’t produce one of ics, and became one of the first Veteran music composer those. I wouldn’t know how to do successes of Bollywood in 2017, Bappi Lahiri and actor Mala that,” Weisz added. TickeT raTes which until then suffered a dry Sinha were honoured with the Asked if she’d like a movie like Silver Rs. 80, Gold Rs. 150 Platinum Rs. 320 spell at the box office. lifetime achievement award. “Wonder Woman”, she said: “Yeah, HILL STAR Movie Schedule Much like the last year, the Ayushmann Khurrana-star- definitely. It was good to see that a award ceremony also more or rer “Shubh Mangal Saavdhan” movie with a female character at less belonged to Rajkummar. earned writer Hitesh Kewalya the centre can make tons of money. He won the best actor (crit- the award for best dialogue. We’re not some weird outlier group. ics) award for his hard-hitting Critically-acclaimed drama We’re half the planet!” performance in survival drama “Mukti Bhawan” got Shubhash- The “Mercy” star, who is mar- “Trapped”. The film also won ish Bhutiani the trophy for best ried to actor Daniel Craig and has in technical categories - best screenplay. son Henry, 11, with former partner editing and best sound design. Superstar Salman Khan’s Darren Aronofsky, says “Wonder His “Newton”, which was blockbuster “Tiger Zinda Hai” Woman” was the first time she had selected as India’s official entry received the best action award. “really enjoyed” an action movie for the upcoming Oscars in the Arjun Rampal’s “Daddy” won because the titular character and her best foreign film category, also in the category of best produc- alter ego Diana Prince resonated received two honours - best film tion design. with her. (critics) and best original story PTI IANS 12 pm 8 pm Vodka diaries 2 pm: Tiger Zinda Hai 5 pm: Jumanji (Eng) EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, January 22, 2018 SCIENCE AND TECH 11 ‘Potentially hazardous asteroid’ Less than 10% of Gmail users enable two-factor authentication—Google to safely fly past earth on Feb. 4 San Francisco, Jan. 21 (IANS): Despite verification, requires using a second step- the growth of sophisticated cyber threats often a single-use key or password-along Washington, Jan. 21 dicate that asteroid 2002 globally, Google has said that less than with the account password to verify a user’s (IANS): An intermediate- AJ129 has no chance -- 10 per cent of active Gmail users have identity and allow them into their account. sized asteroid, categorised zero -- of colliding with enabled two-factor authentication making With Google, the second step can come as a “potentially hazard- earth on February 4 or the remaining 90 per cent more vulnerable in the form of a text message, a phone pop- ous asteroid”, will make a any time over the next 100 to cyber attacks. up, through a Google Authenticator app or close approach to earth on years,” Chodas added. According to Google engineers, com- from a number of printed single-use codes. February 4, but has zero The asteroid’s velocity promised passwords are the top way Google first rolled out its two-factor chances of colliding with at the time of closest ap- hackers gain access to accounts and all authentication feature back in 2011, yet us- our planet in over the next proach, 76,000 mph (34 users -- especially those in the enterprises ers have failed to adopt the safety measure 100 years, NASA said in a km per second), is higher -- should implement two-factor authentica- in large numbers. The feature adds a few statement. than the majority of near- tion immediately. seconds to the login time but is claimed to Discovered in January earth objects during an “Further, only 12 per cent be the best option to stay away from 2002, the asteroid 2002 earth flyby. of Ameri- c a n s u s e a cyber attacks. AJ129 is somewhere be- The high flyby velocity password M i l k a tween 0.3 miles (0.5 km) is a result of the asteroid’s manager said that and 0.75 miles (1.2 km) orbit, which approaches to protect Google across. very close to the Sun -- 11 their ac- did not The asteroid will be no million miles (18 million c o u n t s,” m a k e closer than 10 times the km), the statement said. U S - b a s e d two-factor distance between earth For representation only The asteroid 2002 news website Techrepublic quoted Google a u - thentication mandatory and the moon (about 2.6 AJ129 will make a close engineer Grzegorz Milka as saying in a for all users due to usability. million miles, or 4.2 mil- ing this asteroid for over Paul Chodas, Manager of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, approach to earth on Feb- presentation at the Usenix Enigma 2018 “It’s about how many people would we lion km). 14 years and know its or- NASA’s Center for Near- in California. ruary 4, 2018 at 4.30 p.m. security conference in California late on drive out if we force them to use additional “We have been track- bit very accurately,” said Earth Object Studies at the “Our calculations in- EST. Saturday. security,” he was quoted as saying. Two-factor authentication is one of the Google has made a number of other ef- most effective ways to protect online ac- forts to improve security for its users. counts given that compromised passwords In January 2017, the company an- Smartphones help researchers decode rare cosmic particles are the top way attackers gain access to nounced new layers of enterprise-grade accounts. security controls for “G Suite” to give users Moscow, Jan. 21 (IANS): T h e s m a r t p h o n e process a video stream,” said In the enterprise, if a hacker can break more control and visibility over sensitive Smartphone cameras are scanned megapixel images Andrei Ustyuzhanin, head into the email of even one employee, it gives information. now helping Russian re- at a speed of 5-15 frames of LAMBDA at HSE. them not only access to company data but In October last year, it rolled out the searchers analyse rare ultra- per second and sent the nec- “A special feature makes also ammunition for future phishing at- “Advanced Protection Programme” that high energy cosmic rays essary information to the it possible to use the algo- tacks -- making it even more important for offers better defenses against phishing, acci- (UHECR). server. rithm on something as firms to ensure all employees have enabled dental data sharing and fraudulent account According to a team Scientists expect signals simple as a mobile phone, two-factor authentication and gone through access for executives and professionals in from the Laboratory of from the interaction of cos- meaning that they can now cybersecurity training. fields where confidential information is Methods for Big Data Anal- mic rays to occur in less than analyze responses to cosmic The feature, which Google calls 2-step shared online. ysis (LAMBDA) at the Na- 1 of the 500 image frames. rays,” Ustyuzhanin added. tional Research University Owing to the fact that Researchers hope that, Higher School of Econom- millions of phones will po- if the project is successful, ics, mobile phone cameras tentially participate in the the information obtained use technology similar to experiment, a problem arises will enable astrophysicists Scientists demonstrate how that in particle detectors. Mobile phone cameras from interference and ran- in separating those images around the world to clarify The UHECR emanate use technology similar to dom noise. on which “muon” tracks are where ultra-high energy cos- from supernovae and black that in particle detectors and As part of the experi- recorded, from all the others. mic rays come from, and to create low-cost solar cells holes and, upon interacting hence they are able to detect ment, volunteers were asked “A trigger algorithm is to develop theories around with air particles, form cas- EAS, the team noted. to install the application on required to eliminate back- their properties. cades of secondary particles The particles interact their smartphones and leave ground data. We created a The results were present- with lower energy. with the CMOS camera the phone, with the camera neural network for for the ed at the 22nd International These are known as “Ex- and leave traces of weakly facing down, overnight, so detection of ‘muon’ signals, Conference on Computing tended Atmospheric Show- activated pixels, which can that normal light doesn’t which can be used on any in High Energy and Nuclear ers” (EAS). be difficult to distinguish fall on it. mobile phone fast enough to Physics recently. Super blue moon on Jan. NASA’s small nuclear reactor 31 will mark last of trilogy to power a habitat on Mars For those living in Washington, Jan. 21 (IANS): To provide safe and plentiful energy for future robotic and human missions for Mars and North America, Alaska, New York, Jan. 21 (IANS): The team used optical cells can be significantly en- or Hawaii, the eclipse will beyond, NASA is conducting experiments on Kilopower -- a small nuclear reactor that can generate a reliable power A team of scientists at Stan- modelling and electrical hanced by nanostructuring be visible before sunrise on ford University, including a simulations to show that a and this reduces the thick- January 31. supply. This pioneering space fission power system could provide researcher of Indian origin, thin-film crystalline silicon ness of silicon required,” However, for those in has shown how nanotech- solar cell with a 2D nano- said Dr Basu Mallick. the Middle East, Asia, east- up to 10 kilowatts of electrical power -- enough to run two average households -- continuously for at least 10 years, the nology can be used to create structure generated three “This is important be- ern Russia, Australia and crystalline silicon (c-Si) thin- times as much photo current cause it helps countries be New Zealand, the “super US space agency said in a statement on Friday. Four Kilopower units would provide enough power to es- film solar cells that are more as an unstructured cell of the competitive against import- blue blood moon” can be efficient at capturing solar same thickness. ed cells and paves the way seen during moonrise in the tablish an outpost. “We want a power source that can handle extreme environments. Kilopower opens up the full surface energy. This is because the na- for new solar applications morning on the 31st. The discovery can re- no-structured surface traps such as flexible or transpar- If you miss the January of Mars, including the northern latitudes where water may reside,” said Lee Mason, NASA’s Principal Technologist for duce the cost of solar energy incoming light more effec- ent cells,” she added. 31 lunar eclipse, you’ll have production globally, they tively causing it to spend The discovery reveals a to wait almost another year power and energy storage. On the Moon, Kilopower could be deployed to help search for resources in permanently noted. more time within the silicon simple method to improve for the next opportunity in Dr Shrestha Basu Mal- material. the efficiency of all silicon North America. So, “set shadowed craters, Mason added. When astronauts someday Washington, Jan. 21 as a “blue moon”, which venture to the Moon, Mars and other destinations, one of the lick, working with her advi- The longer the light solar cells. your alarm early and go out sors Dr Mark Brongersma spends inside the solar cell The work was published (IANS): For those who happens every two and a and take a look”, Johnston first and most important resources they will need is power. missed the full moon treat half years, on average. A reliable and efficient power system will be essential for and Dr Peter Peumans, de- - the greater its chance of in the journal Optics Express said. veloped a new method of getting absorbed. and has garnered close to on January 1, a rare celestial The super blue moon “I have always been fas- day-to-day necessities, such as lighting, water and oxygen, treat awaits you on January will pass through earth’s and for mission objectives, like running experiments and producing a cheaper and “Light absorption in 200 citations including mul- cinated by the night sky. more efficient solar cell. crystalline silicon solar tiple book chapters. 31, marking the last in a shadow to give viewers in Most of what we can see producing fuel for the long journey home. trilogy of supermoons. The the right location a total without a telescope are Fission power can provide abundant energy anywhere. first happened on Decem- lunar eclipse. points of light, but the On Mars, the Sun’s power varies widely throughout the ber 3, 2017, NASA said in While the moon is in the moon is close enough that seasons, and periodic dust storms can last for months. a report. earth’s shadow it will take we can see it and the fea- On the Moon, the cold lunar night lingers for 14 days. 11,000-yr old baby tomb found in China A supermoon is a full on a reddish tint, known as tures on it, and notice what The prototype power system was designed and developed Beijing, Jan. 21 (IANS): Archaeologists in two years old, according to the provincial moon at its closest point a “blood moon”, Gordon changes and what stays the by NASA’s Glenn Research Center in collaboration with China’s Guizhou province have confirmed institute of cultural relics and archaeology. to the Earth on its orbit -- Johnston, programme ex- same each night,” he stated. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the Los Alamos known as perigee. ecutive and lunar blogger that a tomb dating back to 11,000 years The cave, believed to have been used by December’s full moon, National Laboratory. NASA Glenn shipped the prototype The January 31 full at NASA Headquarters in power system from Cleveland to the Nevada National Secu- contains the remains of a toddler. humans as early as the late Paleolithic Age, traditionally known as the moon is special for three Washington, NASA said in rity Site (NNSS) in late September. The tomb is located in a cave in was found in March 2016. The tomb was reasons: it’s the third in a se- a statement. “cold moon”, marked the The team at the NNSS recently began tests on the reac- Yankong village. Researchers are working found in July 2017. ries of “supermoons”, and It will feature a total first and only supermoon tor core. According to Marc Gibson, the Kilopower lead to determine whether it is the oldest known Researchers found a large number of about 14 per cent brighter lunar eclipse, with total- of 2017. engineer, the team will connect the power system to the core tomb in the province, Xinhua news agency stone implements from the Paleolithic and than usual. It’s also the ity viewable from western It appeared about seven and begin end-to-end checkouts this month. reported. Neolithic ages as well as bone objects and second full moon of the North America across the per cent larger and 15 per The experiments should conclude with a full-power test DNA studies identified the remains con- tools for hunting, said Zhang Xinglong, As- month, commonly known Pacific to Eastern Asia. cent brighter. lasting approximately 28 hours in late March, NASA said. tained in the tomb to be from a child under sociate Researcher with the institute. Lonely black hole hiding in Decoded: How Zika virus impairs foetal development N e w Yo r k , Ja n . 2 1 conditions. children to be born with US Centers for Disease giant star cluster identified (IANS): The Zika virus “The role of a placenta microencephaly -- a birth Control and Prevention London, Jan. 21 (IANS): Astronomers have discovered a disrupts oxygen supply is to protect and provide defect where a baby’s head (CDC), out of the 250 star in a massive globular cluster that appears to be orbiting to a pregnant woman’s nutrition to a growing is smaller than expected, pregnant women who had an inactive and invisible black hole about four times the mass placenta, leading to im- baby for optimum health,” and other malformations, confirmed Zika infection of the Sun. pairment in foetal devel- said Antonio Frias, an scientists have struggled in 2016, 24 - or about 1 in Using European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) MUSE opment and also increases obstetrician and gynecolo- to explain how the virus 10 of them - had a foetus instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile, the as- the newborns susceptibil- gist at Oregon Health and affects a baby as it grows or baby with Zika-related tronomers observed that the star is in the cluster NGC 3201 ity to additional infections, Science University. in the womb. birth defects. situated in the southern constellation of Vela (The Sails). scientists have found. A “It’s concerning how In May 2016, World Zika infection during From its observed properties the star was determined to Zika virus outbreak in much damage the Zika vi- Health Organization stat- pregnancy can cause seri- be about 0.8 times the mass of our Sun, and the mass of its Brazil in 2015 had led to rus can do to a placenta,” ed that Zika virus infec- ous damage to the brain mysterious counterpart was calculated at around 4.36 times widespread concern after Frias added. tion during pregnancy is a and microcephaly in de- the Sun’s mass. rising incidents of micro- In a study, published in cause of congenital brain veloping foetuses. It also Astronomers discovered that one of the stars in a global cephaly were noticed in the journal Nature Com- abnormalities, including can lead to congenital cluster is being flung backwards and forwards at speeds of children born to mothers munications, the team de- microcephaly and that Zika syndrome in babies, several hundred thousand kilometres per hour, with the pat- infected with the virus. scribed how Zika virus Zika virus is a trigger of a pattern of birth defects tern repeating every 167 days. The findings showed infection in five pregnant Guillain-Barre syndrome that includes brain abnor- “It was orbiting something that was completely invisible, that Zika virus induces rhesus monkeys caused -- a rare disorder where malities, vision problems, which had a mass more than four times the Sun -- this could high levels of inflamma- placental tissues to become a non-invasive, in vivo determined that the Zika immune system attacks hearing loss, and problems only be a black hole! The first one found in a globular cluster tion in the blood vessels thickened and inflamed. MRI technique to evaluate virus can readily pass from the nerves. moving limbs. by directly observing its gravitational pull,” lead author Ben- of the uterus and dam- As a result, the re- oxygen levels inside the mother to baby and re- As of July 2016, Brazil Babies may also appear jamin Giesers from the Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen ages placental villi, the searchers saw less oxygen placenta and oxygen flow main in the baby long- had reported the highest healthy at birth but have in Germany, said in a statement. branch-like growths that being transported across between mother and baby. term, leading to a chronic number of microcephaly underlying brain defects or This important discovery impacts on our understanding help transfer oxygen and the placenta and to the They found that in infection in the uterus. and/or central nervous other Zika-related health of the formation of these star clusters, black holes, and the nutrients from maternal baby. monkeys that were infect- Zika virus disease is system (CNS) malforma- problems. By better under- origins of gravitational wave events, the researchers said. blood to the fetus. Decreased oxygen lev- ed with Zika early in their caused by a virus transmit- tion cases potentially as- standing how both mother Globular star clusters are huge spheres of tens of thou- This damage may dis- els in a placenta can impair pregnancies, the rate of ted primarily by the Aedes sociated with Zika virus and child become infected sands of stars that orbit most galaxies. They are among the rupt oxygen transport to foetal development and oxygen transport through mosquito. infection in the world, with and affected by the oldest known stellar systems in the Universe and date back the foetus, which can re- ultimately the health of a the placenta decreased While the vir us is with 1,709 such cases, ac- Zika virus, researchers can to near the beginning of galaxy growth and evolution. More strict its growth and lead baby after it is born. about 10-fold. widely known for a re- cording to data. determine how to prevent than 150 are currently known to belong to the Milky Way. to stillbirth, among other The researchers used The researchers also cent outbreak that caused A c c o r d i n g t o t h e its infection and disease. EastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Monday, January 22, 2018

C M Y K 12 SPORTS Relieved Rafa survives test Kenya polo team win polo tourney in Manipur as Dimitrov ousts Kyrgios Melbour ne, Jan. 21 "I think you can tell my (AFP): Rafael Nadal bat- confidence is pretty good tled through a huge test to at the moment." make his 10th Australian Her easy passage sets Open quarter-final Sunday up a last-eight clash with as Grigor Dimitrov ousted gritty Spaniard Suarez Na- Nick Kyrgios to join him varro, who battled back and Caroline Wozniacki from a set and 4-1 down to kicked into full gear. shatter the hopes of 32nd On an overcast and seed Anett Kontaviet. muggy day at Melbourne The Estonian had been EM Images Park, the Spanish world bubbling with confidence Dr Najma Heptulla with the Kenya polo team at the Mapal Kangjeibung in Manipur on Sun. number one was up against after despatching French his most dangerous oppo- Open champion Jelena Our Correspondent Speaking as the chief drastic changes since then nent yet in pocket-rocket Ostapenko in the third Imphal, Jan. 21 (EMN): guest, Governor Dr. Najma and the game is now played Diego Schwartzman, one round, but nerves got the Kenya polo team defeated Heptulla said, she consid- under the IPA rules. of the smallest men on better of her. USA by 5-4 goals in the ered it her good fortune to The polo pony of Ma- tour. The Spaniard, who has final match to lift the 3rd be a part of the Women’s nipur, a recognised breed The Argentine 24th made the quarter-finals Manipur Statehood Day Polo Tournament and what of India, though small, seed endeared with his in Melbourne twice be- Women’s Polo Tourna- is undoubtedly exhilarating is sturdy and agile. These astonishingly powerful fore, most recently in 2016, ment organised by the All and awe inspiring is that the ponies are even now, liter- groundstrokes before credited her fightback with Manipur Polo Association game is being played at Ma- ally semi-wild and there Nadal prevailed 6-3, 6-7 a conscious decision to be and sponsored by Depart- pal Kangjeibung which is is tremendous pressure on (4/7), 6-3, 6-3 in almost AP/PTI more aggressive. ment of Tourism, Govern- considered the oldest living them as the traditional graz- four hours on Rod Laver Spain's Rafael Nadal makes a backhand return to Argentina's Diego Schwartzman during their fourth "My team all the time ment of Manipur at Mapal polo ground in the world. ing ground has shrunk. Arena. round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia on Sun. they say (to) me, play ag- Kangjeibung, the oldest She further said that Renewed efforts need to It kept alive his push gressive, play aggressive. polo ground in the world Manipur is well-known as be made to save this breed for a 17th Grand Slam title 100th at a Grand Slam. Playing Nick is always acki turned on the style in That's I think what I did," in Imphal on Sunday. The the birthplace of the game from extinction. I hope this and also ensured he will "I have played great tricky," said the Bulgarian, her match to take another said Suarez Navarro, one closing ceremony was at- of polo. It had its origin tournament will help in remain number one when tennis from the first round as he targets bettering the step towards a maiden of the few who still uses a tended by the Governor of in the traditional Mani- highlighting this issue and the new rankings come out against tough opponents semi-finals he made last Grand Slam title. one-handed backhand. Manipur Dr Najma Hep- puri Polo – ‘Sagol Kangjei’ lead to a more concerted after the tournament. and now I am really look- year. The assured Wozni- Looking ahead to tulla, President, All Mani- and the game has evolved effort to save the animal. "It was a great battle," ing to the next match, it "It was one acki, a semi-finalist in 2011 Wozniacki, she added: pur Polo Association Dr from the traditional to the The Polo tournament said Nadal, who is chasing will be definitely be a big who has never quite lived "I know how she plays. I K Saratchandra Singh and modern form of Polo over which began on Jan. 17 was his second Melbourne title challenge," he said of up to the hype know how tough she is. It Chairman,Tourism Corpo- the years. Polo or Sagol participated by six teams after beating Roger Federer the Nadal clash. in the majors, will be a really interesting ration of Manipur Ltd. Dr Kangjei as played in Mani- including USA, Australia, in the 2009 final. Ordinarily Nad- annihilated match." Sapam Ranjan as the chief pur those days had its own Kenya, Indian Polo As- "Of course, I feel little al, as the top seed, would of those matches 19th-seeded Magdalena The 37th-ranked Elise guest, president and guest rules known as Kangjeirol. sociation and two team bit tired, but I was able have top billing on Rod you had to take any oppor- Rybarikova 6-3, 6-0 in her Mertens also made the of honour. These rules have undergone representing Manipur. to keep fighting until the Laver in the evening, but tunity that you got." most impressive perfor- last eight, becoming the end." not with local star Kyrgios His reward is a show- mance to date. first Belgian since Kim He will play sixth seed in action. down with Briton Kyle "She really mixes up Clijsters in 2012 to get so Silver for Nagaland sub-junior Sepaktakraw team Marin Cilic for a place in The maturing Austra- Edmund, who reached his the pace, I just tried to calm far in Australia. the semi-finals after the lian 22-year-old pushed first Grand Slam quarter- down, get my returns in She posted a straight- Croat beat Spanish 10th world number three Dimi- final with a 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, and wait for the opportu- sets win over Croat Petra seed Pablo Correna Busta trov close in a hugely en- 6-2, 6-3 win over Italy's nities to attack," she said Martic and will now play 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/0), tertaining four setter before Andreas Seppi. after crushing the Slovak, either fourth seed Elina 7-6 (7/3). succumbing 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 Play aggressive who made the semi-finals Svitolina or Czech quali- The win was Cilic's (7/4), 4-6, 7-6 (7/4). World number two Wozni- at Wimbledon last year. fier Denisa Allertova. Jos Buttler's hundred hands England ODI series victory Sydney, Jan. 21 (Reuters): was clipping the leg stump 113 in their unbroken part- England’s Jos Buttler and the on-field decision nership, with 102 of those struck a belligerent unbeat- was upheld. runs coming in the last 10 en 100 to set up a 16-run Australia captain Steve overs. Buttler smashed six win over Australia in the Smith and Mitchell Marsh fours and four sixes in his third one-day international were going along nicely in knock and was ably sup- The Nagaland Sepaktakraw sub-junior team won the silver medal in the 20th Sub-Junior National on Sunday, as the touring a fourth-wicket stand of ported by Woakes, who Sepaktakraw Championship which was held at Kurnool (A.P) from Jan. 16 till the 20th. On their way to side took an unassailable 68 before the former was scored 53 in 36 balls. the finals Nagaland boy’s Regu team got runners up in their pool after beating Manipur through a tie 3-0 lead in the five-match given out caught behind Australia’s first-choice break. In the quarter-final, the boys beat Delhi also through a tie break. In the finals, Nagaland boys lost series. off fast bowler Mark Wood quicks Pat Cummins and to pool champion Tamil Nadu through a tie breaker. The right-handed bats- with wicketkeeper Buttler Josh Hazlewood returned man produced late fire- clinging on to a low, one- to side in four changes and works to complete his fifth handed grab. the bowling kept England ODI hundred on the last The umpires went to in check for a consider- Nagaland U-23 trash Sikkim by 201 runs ball of England’s innings, the television room to able period before Buttler helping them reach an check the catch but there and Woakes began their unlikely 302-6 in their 50 was no conclusive evidence assault. overs after Australia won to rule it out, much to the “I thought the way we AP/PTI disappointment of Smith the toss and put them in. England's Jos Butler jumps in front of Australia's Tim Paine, right, bowled the first 45 overs The hosts, who won to celebrate making 100 runs against Australia during their one day and the Sydney crowd. was pretty good and obvi- the Ashes series 4-0, lost international cricket match in Sydney on Sun. Wood was England’s ously Jos played excep- wickets at crucial junctures best bowler with 2-46 in his tionally well and Woakes in reply and fell short in his shoulders and ... played Aaron Finch continued 10 overs while Rashid also played well at the end,” their chase, reaching 286 anchor in one way, until his strong run with the bat dismissed Marsh for 55 for Smith said. for six in their 50 overs. the last five or six overs.” with a 62 in 53 balls after his second wicket for the “I don’t think we ”So proud of the guys Australian all-rounder back-to-back centuries in touring side, who lost Liam bowled as well as we could today,“ England captain Marcus Stoinis scored 56 the first two ODIs but the Plunkett to a left hamstring have. We bowled in areas Eoin Morgan said at the in 43 balls and added 74 in opener’s dismissal in the injury when the paceman they could hit and you presentation. ”I thought a sixth-wicket stand with 21st over to leg-spinner was in his second over. don’t do that to a quality Jos was probably the differ- wicketkeeper Tim Paine, Adil Rashid severely ham- Earlier, Buttler and player like Jos. I thought ence in the sides, certainly who made 31 in 35 balls, to pered the hosts’ progress. Chris Woakes propped up we were probably chasing with the bat. “He paced his give the hosts hope of vic- Finch reviewed the England’s innings after 30 too many.” innings to perfection. He tory, but the target proved umpire’s lbw decision but they had been reduced to The Adelaide Oval will Team Nagaland with support staff took the responsibility on beyond their reach. replays showed the ball 189 for six. The duo added host the fourth ODI on Fri. Dimapur, Jan. 21 (EMN): In the first U-14, U-16, U-19 and now U-23 and has match of the BCCI U-23 one day matches been an asset for the association. tourney for the North east and Bihar Zone Scores: Axelsen, Ratchanok claim singles Man City breezes past being played at Patna in Bihar, Nagaland Nagaland - 279 for four wickets in 38 defeated Sikkim by 201 runs. overs.. Nagaland lost the toss in a match which Sedezalie - 124 n.o, Puchu - 65 ,Hemant Newcastle in EPL was reduced to 38 overs a side due to bad – 30 and Ravi 26 runs. titles at Malaysia Masters Manchester, Jan. 21 bounced back in style after weather and was put in to bat. For Sikkim Rhonak, Saptula, Afzar and (IANS): Manchester City its first loss of the Premier Nagaland opening pair of Sedezalie Sandeep took one wicket each. of both Lin Dan and Lee bounced back in style after League season, handily Rupreo (124 n.o) and Puchu Deb (65 runs) Sikkim - 78 runs all out Chong Wei receded. its first loss of the Eng- defeating Newcastle United gave a good opening partnership of 112 Yogesh - 12, Akash – 11 and Prasant "I played well this week, lish Premier League (EPL) 3-1 Saturday thanks to a runs. 11 runs. but I want to play better in season, handily defeating hat-trick by Sergio "Kun" Tahmeed ripped off the Sikkim batting For Nagaland, Tahmeed took four the All England," he said, Newcastle Agüero. line up by an excellent exhibition of spin wickets, Nagaho two, Nadeem two and one adding All England is his United 3-1 Less than bowling. wicket each for Ravi and Imlikaba. biggest goal. S a t u r d a y a week after a It may be mentioned that Nagaland will next play against Megha- Former world champi- thanks to 4-3 away loss Sedezalie,Puchu and Tahmeed has been laya at Urja stadium, Patna and Meghalaya on and fifth seeded Ratcha- a hat-trick to Liverpool, regularly representing various Nagaland on Jan. 23. nok edged world No.1 Tai b y S e r - the Citizens Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei gio "Kun" g o t o n t h e 21-16, 14-21, 24-22 in an Agüero. board in the hour and five minutes. L e s s first half at Ozil records highest assists in EPL since 2013 In the men's doubles than a week City of Man- final, the Rio Olympic silver after a 4-3 chester Sta- medal-winning MAlaysian away loss to d i u m w h e n Viktor Axelsen of Denmark poses during the awarding ceremony pair Goh V Shem and Tan after the men's singles final match against Kenta Nishimoto of Japan Liverpool, the Citizens got Agüero got just enough of at Malaysia Masters 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Jan. 21. Wee Kiong fell to Indo- on the board in the first his head on a cross from nesians Fajar Alfian and half at City of Manchester Kevin De Bruyne to beat Sibu (Malaysia), Jan. 21 Dan, Chen Long and Ma- Muhammad Rian Ardian- Stadium when Agüero got the Newcastle goalkeeper. (IANS): Reigning world laysia's Lee Chong Wei be- to, who won 14-21, 24-22, just enough of his head The Argentine in- champion Viktor Axelsen ing eliminated early, Kenta 21-13 in 58 minutes. Den- on a cross from Kevin De creased the hosts lead with of Denmark and Thailand's denied Axelsen an easy win, mark's women's doubles Bruyne to beat the Newcas- a penalty just under 20 min- Ratchanok Intanon claimed winning the second set by pair of Kamilla Rytter Juhl tle goalkeeper, reports Efe. utes into the second half. the men's and women's sin- saving two match points, re- and Christinna Pedersen The Argentine in- After Jacob Murphy gles titles at the Malaysia ports Xinhua news agency. defeated the pair of Chen creased the hosts lead with pulled one back for New- Masters badminton tourna- But Axelsen managed to Qingchen and Jia Yifan a penalty just under 20 min- castle in the 67th minute, ment here on Sunday. maintain his lead in the third 22-20, 21-18 in 44 minutes. utes into the second half. Agüero notched his third Mesut Özil Axelsen got the better of set and won the game. The mixed doubles title After Jacob Murphy goal on a play set up by a Japanese Kenta Nishimoto However, Axelsen, who went to Hong Kong's Tang pulled one back for New- run from midfield by Leroy London, Jan. 21 (IANS): Arsenal play- Hotspur attacking midfielder Christian with a 21-13, 21-23, 21-18 has stayed as World No. 1 Chun Man and Tse Ying castle in the 67th minute, Sane. maker Mesut Özil recorded the highest Eriksen who has assisted 44 times. victory in an hour and 12 since last September, evaded Suet, who overcame China's Agüero notched his third Also on Matchday 24, number of assists by any individual Manchester City forward David Silva minutes to bag his first title the question when he was newly formed pair of Zheng goal on a play set up by a Arsenal got four goals in a footballer in the English Premier League (42), Chelsea playmaker Cesc Fabregas in 2018. asked at the press conference Siwei and Huang Yaqiong run from midfield by Leroy span of just 16 minutes in a (EPL) since the 2013-14 seasons. (41) and Manchester City's Kevin De In a tournament with whether he thinks his time 19-21, 22-20, 21-18 in 52 Sane. 4-1 rout of Crystal Palace The German international has 48 as- Bruyne (37) are in the third, fourth and surprises with China's Lin has come as the dominance minutes. M a n c h e s t e r C i t y Sat. sists to his name followed by Tottenham fifth spot respectively.

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