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St Joseph’s student drowned in Kohima

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Our CorrespondentKohima, August 26 (EMN): A stu-dent of St Joseph’s College, Jakhama was reportedly drowned on Saturday at the river that runs between Jakhama and Viswema village. The incident took place at around 11 am when the girl, along with eight other friends including four boys, was returning from Dzükou valley, sources informed.

Talking to Eastern Mirror, an assis-tant professor of St Joseph’s College informed that the girl was washed away by the strong current when she and her friends were crossing the river, adding that the rest of her friends could safely cross the river.

The deceased has been identified as Imtiyala Jamir, daughter of Bendang Jamir and Atula Imchen, who hails from Chungtia village under Mokokchung district. She was a 5th semester student of English department who reportedly stays in the main campus at Adoration Girls’ Hostel.

Following the incident, it was re-ported that a good number of students

of SJC and residents of Zhodi colony along with the youth of Jakhama vil-lage and some volunteers of Southern Angami Youth Organisation started the search for the drowned student.

SAYO president Neisizo informed that the body of the girl was found in the afternoon, about hundred feet below the spot where she was swept away. Sources further informed that the victim was hit badly on the head, adding that she had serious injuries below her left eye.

Following the search, the body of the deceased girl was taken to SJC campus, wherein, a short service was held in her honour.

The funeral service was held this evening at 7.30 pm at her residence in Kohima, after which her body was taken to her native village Chungtia, it was in-formed.

It may be recalled that a male stu-dent of SJC also passed away earlier this year in February when he fell down from the top of the hill above the college. This is the second of such tragic incident to strike the college this year.

Our CorrespondentImphal, August 26 (EMN): An orphanage was washed away while more than 10 houses were badly damaged due to fresh flash flood and mud-slide caused by heavy rain-fall in Manipur’s Senapati district bordering Naga-land in the wee hours of Saturday. However there was no report of any hu-man casualty.

Many villagers have been forced to flee to safer places after their houses under Karong and Sena-pati area near riverbanks, were submerged by flood water in the morning while mudslide measur-ing a stretch of more than 80 feet at Makhan Tabio, about 90 km north of Imphal, severely affected normal traffic along the Imphal-Mao sector of the National Highway 2. The vehicular movement which was closed for some hours due to mudslide, was later resumed after road was cleared in the af-ternoon, sources said.

However, fresh land-slide near Makhan area around 7 pm again dis-turbed normal traffic, ac-cording to sources from DC Senapati office.

Many houses at Karong, a small town area on the bank of Barak River, 65 km north of Im-phal, were also submerged due to rise in water level of Barak while 4/5 houses of View Land colony in Senapati district head-quarters, and 7/8 houses at Chakhumei area locat-ed between Maram and Mao have also been badly hit by flood and mudslide respectively, sources said.

According to Robin Raomai of CCM orphan-

Children of flood hit orphanage at Karong in Manipur's Senapa district on way to take shelter at a safer place at Karong, 65 km north of Imphal on Saturday.

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Army jawans conduct a flag march amidst curfew a er their deployment near Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa on Saturday. Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim went violent on Friday a er a court verdict in the rape trial.

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age home, which provides free education to around 120 students till Class VII standard, the flood water washed away their school around 2 am Saturday. The students have evacu-ated to a junior school and a hostel located in

Karong area. The orphan-age home functionaries have requested the author-ities concerned to extend necessary help as they've reportedly lost properties approximately around Rs 25 lakh. A silver-coloured car (MN 05 5157) was also

swept away by the flood.When inquired, dep-

uty commissioner of Senapati district, Athem Muivah informed that the district administra-tion would be providing 112 blankets, 27 rice bags, 60 kg of dal, 30 kg each

Kolkata, August 26 (IANS): A five-member delegation of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) will attend the August 29 all-party meeting convened by the West Ben-gal government on the Darjeeling issue, and raise the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland dur-ing the parleys.

"A five member delegation led by me will attend the meeting and raise the demand for Gorkhaland,"

GJM Joint Secretary Binay Ta-mang told IANS oN Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state Secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra said the party was "in favour of a tripartite meeting "between the hills" parties, state and central gov-ernment to resolve the crisis.

"We hope for a positive out-come of the meeting. The central government and the Bharatiya Ja-

nata Party (BJP) both are prepared to help," BJP state President Dilip Ghosh said.

Normal life has been paralysed in the hills covering large areas in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts following the indefinite shutdown called by the GJM since June 12 on the statehood demand.

The Gorkhaland Movement Co-ordination Committee(GMCC) formed later to broadbase the move-

ment by roping in other parties, has also backed the stir which has greatly impacted the hills' three eco-nomic mainstays -- tea, timber and tourism.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday an-nounced that the state government would hold talks with "all major political parties" on August 29. However, the GMCC would meet on Sunday at Kalimpong.

New Delhi, August 26 (IANS): Making a case for development in the north-eastern region of the country, the NITI Aayog has rec-ommended that physical infrastruc-ture with neighbouring countries should be developed and transit treaties ironed out over the next three years.

In its "Three Year Action Agen-da" released on Thursday, the plan-ning body said that 95 per cent of India's exports to the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar are from regions other than the North-East despite the region being the natural gate-way -- with 98 per cent interna-tional borders -- to the East Asian, South East Asian and South Asian economies.

"A top priority for the next three years is ironing out transit treaties and development of physical infra-structure between the North-East Region and neighbouring coun-tries. We must forge digital con-nectivity, distribution of power and transport links with the latter," the Three Year Action Agenda docu-ment said.

It added that the protocol for inland waterways between Bangla-desh and India should be extended for at least 10 years in 2017 instead of the year-to-year basis "which leads to high level of uncertainty".

The Ministry of External Af-fairs should take this up with Bang-ladesh on high priority, the docu-ment added.

The NITI Aayog said that the North-East Region had approxi-

mately 2,600 km of railway lines, but only two state capitals -- Assam and Tripura -- were connected by rail.

"The road network is charac-terised by low density and poor quality of roads. The 11 airports in the region do not provide interstate connectivity and Kolkata serves as the only hub for the region," it said.

"The inland waterway transpor-tation network, a traditional mode of cheap and fast transportation in the region, has suffered immensely since Independence," it added.

The NITI Aayog said that since the Brahmaputra and Barak riv-ers were pivotal river connectivity routes prior to 1947, the concerned departments should by 2018 com-mission feasibility studies followed with the commencement of dredg-ing and channel stabilisation work for creating around 20 new ports in these rivers.

"Such river port and ancillary facilities would enhance the con-nectivity across the region and bring down the freight movement costs," it said.

To bring all-round development in the region, the NITI Aayog also recommended to the government to implement Centrally Sponsored Schemes for the development of special industries including sericul-ture, floriculture, tea plantations, silk industry and handicraft industry.

"A focus should also be on de-veloping existing and new voca-tional and industrial training insti-tutions in order to develop the skills needed to support the above men-tioned special industries," it said.

Chandigarh, August 26 (IANS): An uneasy calm prevailed on Saturday in Haryana, a day after 31 people died after the rape conviction of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, as the army prepared to get the sect headquarters in Sirsa vacated amid a clamour for the sacking of Chief Min-ister Manohar Lal Khattar for his government's failure to tackle the situation.

At least eight columns of the Army surrounded

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): The ‘press and information cell’ of Naga People’s Front (NPF) par-ty has accused the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) of harbouring “some hidden agendas” against Chief Minister TR Zeliang “with regard to RTI application filed on 6th April 2017” by the latter.

A press release from the ‘press and informa-tion cell’ of NPF party on Saturday also derided the “sheer ignorance” of ACAUT. “Now ACAUT must be aware of the RTI Act (of) 2005 which states that, activist first needs to file with the PIO of the department, then to Ap-pellant Authority and if Appellant Authority also fails, the ACAUT needs to complaint to Chief In-formation Commissioner

(CIC) for final hearing. However, the ACAUT by-passed the CIC and went into the public domain which is a sign of sheer ignorance’s and having some hidden agendas”, it stated.

The ‘pertinent ques-tion’, according to the par-ty publicity cell, should be about who was in charge of the fiancé department of the state government when said RTI was filed. “Why does ACAUT not question the then Chief Minister Dr Shürhozielie, who was in-charge of fi-nance department? The stance of ACAUT to only raise the issue, when TR Zeliang is back as the chief minister is a pathetic and failed attempt to tarnish his image.

“Also coinciding (sic) the statement within the day of the ACAUT rally in

Dimapur is a cheap stunt to garner public sympathy. The hidden political agen-da of ACAUT stands bare for all Nagas to see. If they claim themselves to be a non-political organization, person or persons with vested interests within the ACAUT should be identi-fied and removed from key positions”, it stated.

While claiming that Zeliang was ‘committed to transparency and good governance’, it expressed ‘surprise’ at what it stated as “certain sections of people who do not want to see Zeliang’s government to run smoothly”.

It suggested that “the stooges” were simply at-tempting to “topple TR Zeliang’s government” by accusing him of “all the ills to tarnish his image and create havoc at every given opportunity”.

of sugar and salt besides other essential relief ma-terials as an immediate measure to the orphanage affected by the flood.

“We’re also planning to distribute relief materi-als to the affected villagers besides taking up other necessary steps,” he said.

According to a vil-lage elder, M Thowo, a resident of Church road colony in Senapati, the flood the people of Sena-pati were currently experi-encing was the deadliest in the last three decades.

Manipur’s relief and disaster management de-partment has alerted all the DCs to take necessary steps by activating 24x7 district control rooms "to attend the distress call from public" as the state was likely to witness very heavy rainfall (115.6 to 204.4 mm) in the next 72 hours. Interestingly Sena-pati district had witnessed heavy rainfall (40.8mm) within one hour, accord-ing to Manipur’s environ-ment directorate report.

Besides suffering a huge loss of around Rs 213.71 crore in ‘damage assessment’, Manipur had been witnessing frequent flash flood in the recent months since Cyclone Mora hit the state in May end this year due to vari-ous factors including lack of proper infrastructure on riverbanks, deforesta-tion in the catchment ar-eas etc.

So far it has claimed 19 lives and affected nearly 85,226 hectares of agricul-ture land, 16,968 hectares of fish farms, 19095 hous-es, 421 government infra-structure including 128 schools, 43 bridges and 35 market sheds.

the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Hary-ana's Sirsa town where thousands of sect followers were holed up.

Major General Rajpal Punia, the General Officer Commanding of 33 Divi-sion who visited Sirsa on Saturday, told media that the Army had no immedi-ate plan to enter the Dera campus.

The officer said he would talk to the Dera management and ask them to vacate the campus peace-fully. The death toll went up, with five more deaths reported on Saturday.

The authorities have also ordered security forces to crack down on 36 Dera campuses, known as 'Naam Charcha Ghar', across the state, including the sprawl-ing 800-acre Sirsa head-quarters and get them va-cated. Two Dera premises in Kurukshetra district were sealed on Saturday. \

The 50-year-old flam-boyant spiritual leader, known for his lavish life-style, was convicted on Fri-day in a 2002 case of rape and sexual exploitation. There are apprehensions that more violence may erupt on Monday when the CBI court pronounces its sentence on the self-pro-claimed godman, who is in a Rohtak jail.

The authorities have decided not to bring him

to Panchkula for the sentencing. He will remain in jail in Rohtak where he is reported to be getting VIP treatment in an air-condi-tioned room.

A woman, Honeypreet, whom the Dera website de-scribes as his daughter (not real daughter), was allowed to ac-company him along with bags and suitcases when Ram Ra-him was flown on Friday in a specially arranged helicopter from the police lines complex in Panchkula.

Army units patrolled several places across Haryana and Pun-jab that were affected in the Fri-day mayhem that left nearly 250 sect followers injured.

Flag marches were held by the soldiers on Saturday

morning in 10 places in south-west Punjab's Malwa belt and Panchkula and Sirsa towns. Cur-few continued on Saturday in a few districts of the two states.

Haryana Police also recov-ered an AK 47, five pistols and other weapons from two vehicles that were part of the cavalcade accompanying the Dera chief to court on Friday, while two sedi-tion cases were also registered against followers, including pri-vate security guards.

Two first information reports (FIRs) were registered over an incident of assault on a senior police official when he tried to take the godman into custody after his conviction by a court in Panchkula, Chief Secretary D.S. Dhesi told reporters.

The BJP government in Haryana, led by Chief Minis-ter Manohar Lal Khattar, came under sharp attack from many, amid calls for his sacking, for go-ing soft on the Dera chief, who had openly supported the BJP in the 2014 elections, and his un-ruly followers.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court also slammed the Chief Minister for "protecting and extending political patron-age" to the Dera chief and asked his government to register a case against those who instigated the widespread violence on Friday.

But BJP sources indicated that the top party leadership was in no hurry to take action against Khattar and would like the situa-tion to first "cool down".

Another group of hoax sellers nabbed in Mokokchung

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Fraudsters seen with their counterfeit branded Sony Bravia 32 inches LED television sets in Mokochung on Friday, August 25.

Officials with the winners of district level science seminar at URBC Hall Kuda village.

A student giving chart presenting on wildlife conservation.

Resource persons with the participants during the training programme.

(Retd ) Additional Director of Land Resource, Maotoshi Longkumer with the participants and BJP Kisan Morcha members.

Veswusayi Kezo speaking at the 22nd General Session Cum Fresher’s Day of TSUK on Saturday.

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EAC Zbt notifies on mock exercise NEPEx EAC Zunheboto, Wiridin has informed all members that NSDMA will be conducting a state-wide mega mock exercise NEPEx on August 29 and 30 to test the government preparedness to respond and manage any mega impending disaster. All members of Zunheboto District Disaster Management Authority (ZDDMA) have been requested to participate in the table top exercise to be held on August 29, 11 a.m. at DC’s Conference Hall.

Draft list of polling station for Zbt ACDeputy Commissioner (DC), Zunheboto, T. Roy has informed general public, political parties and all stakeholders that draft list of polling stations under 31 to 36 Assembly Constituencies has been prepared and can be inspected at the office of DC and District Election Office. Suggestions and objections if any should be filed on or before August 30.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Thenyizumi students session cum freshers’ day held

DC Kma notifies on table top exercise

Dimapur conducts district level science seminar

VHC Jalukie conducts health camp

Farmers advised to adopt machineries for better production

Awareness on importance of eco system

Lamhai apex bodies condemn ATMA Chunlikha block conducts training

ACAUT clarifies

WEATHER FORECAST IN OTHER DISTRICTS Max Min DP RH RF

WOKHA 25.2 18.8 20.3 95 2.8

ZBT 23.2 15.7 20.2 93 4.6MON 32.4 24 23.6 92 NILTUENSANG 22.2 18 18.8 93 7.1MKG 27 21.4 22.4 77 NILPHEK - - - - -KIPHIRE 32 22 23.8 97 6.8SECHÜ ZUBZA 28.5 20.5 20.7 98 28LONGLENG 19 17 15.4 90 NILTSEMINYU 26.8 20.8 21.5 98 25.6JALUKIE - - - - -MANGKOLEMBA 31 25 24.6 88 NIL*Dew Point (DP) *Relative Humidity (RH) * Rainfall (RF)Source: Department of Soil & Water Conservation, Nagaland

from one person called Nafis Siddhiri. They also added that they have sold one of the fake TV set in Dimapur before coming to Mokokchung last Thurs-day and stay at Circuit House, Dimapur.

Upon close observa-tion in the presence of representatives from the electronic dealers’ commu-nity, it was found that the ‘branded’ television sets were fake and the origi-nal prize starts from Rs. 26,000 above. However, those fraudsters were sell-ing the electronic appli-ances starting from Rs. 15,000 onwards without warranty or guarantee.

It may be mentioned that recently some cus-tomers have knocked the MCCI office along with the sellers to settle the busi-ness after being duped for purchasing Samsung LED television sets and were solved amicably between the two parties. This in re-gard, the MCCI has issued public advisory to remain vigilant and ensure that they buy such items from genuine registered sellers only.

aged the students to extend a hand in order to make the fruit counted as an asset and cherished by the society.

“We can’t change yester-day but what we do today can shape our tomorrow,” Kezo added.

Lamenting that people are forgetting to value their culture and dialect, he called

on the members to take pride of the name Thenyi-zumi for that is where their roots are.

“We exist by our roots and it is recognized by oth-ers how well we are rooted to the ground from where we are bought up,” Kezo said.

Informing the gathering

Our CorrespondentMokokchung, August 26 (EMN): Recently after detecting some individu-als with dubious identity, duping people by sell-ing counterfeit electron-ics and home appliances in Mokokchung, another group of fraudsters were caught carrying out door-to-door sales of counter-feit LED TV sets around Mokokchung localities on Friday.

The fraudsters were presented in front of the

Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) to intervene and verification of the products. The fraud-sters have been identified as Sonu, Mohammad Nafis, Nasim Ahmad, all from Uttar Pradesh and presently residing at Di-brugarh in Assam. The driver, MD Nijammuddin is Manipur according to their documents.

The fraudsters were ap-prehended by locals when they were on their daily routine hoodwinking cus-

tomers into purchasing fake branded Sony Bra-via 32 inches LED televi-sion sets. Fraudsters were brought for verification at MCCI Chamber where sellers revealed that the products are counterfeits.

The sellers were trav-e l l ing in a Van (MN O1X7174) carrying Naga-land Inner Line Permit is-sued from Dimapur. They admitted that they received 10 sets of counterfeit LED TV in Dimapur Railway station courier from Delhi

that the history and origin of the village are yet to re-search properly, he called upon the new generation to undertake thorough re-search on the history and culture before all the source of reliable account is lost.

VDB secretary of Theny-izumi , Thepukrayi Nienu, in his short address said the students should not only aim at getting good marks but also try to find a way to earn their livelihood. He urged the students to learn good habits and values for the uplift of the society.

During the program, successful students of HSLC and HSSLC examination 2017 were also felicitated.

The new TSUK ex-ecutive members for the tenure 2017-18 were also announced. The team will be led by Veduto Theyo as president and Nukedu Dawhuo as vice-president.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): ACAUT Media Cell has clarified that the public resolution No. 2, action to be taken is addressed to the Gov-ernment of Nagaland (GoN) and not as ren-dered (GoI).

Dimapur, August 25 (EMN): Deputy Commissioner Ko-hima Rajesh Soundararajan in a circular informed all the members that there will be a table top exercise on August 29, 11 a.m. in Deputy Commissioner Conference Hall, Ko-hima with regard to the Nagaland Emergency preparedness Exercise (NEPEXs). DC also requested all the concerned members to attend the programme without fail. The follow-ing members have been asked to attend the meeting.

Sr. Superintendent of police Kohima, Administrator KMC Kohima, Project Director DRDA Kohima, Chief Medical Officer Kohima, Assistant Developmen Com-missioner Planning Kohima, Sr. North Treasury Officer Kohima, Regional Transport Officer Kohimsa, District Ag-riculture Officer Kohima, Divisional Manager NST Kohima, District Commandant HG & CD & Sub inspetor HG & CD Kohima, Assistant Election Officer Kohima, Sub Divisional police Officer North Kohima, Assistant General manager NST Kohima, Block Development Officer Kohima, District Welfare Officer Kohima, Assistant Director Supply Kohima, Executive Engineer power Kohima, Assistant information Officer NIC Kohima, Automobile Engineer NST Kohima, Land Record and Survey Officer Kohima, Assistant Public Relations Officer (APRO ) Kohima, OC Wireless Kohima, OC (South ) Fire & Emergency Service Kohima, Inspector DEF Kohima.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): Dimapur district conducted district level sci-ence seminar on “Swachh Bharat: Role of science & technology promises and challenges,” on August 21 at URBC Hall Kuda village.

The programme was chaired by Limayangla Tzudir, headmistress while Khetonisema, headmis-tress invoked God’s bless-ing and introductory was delivered by SuneplaImti, senior HA, DEO. The pro-gramme concluded with

vote of thanks proposed by R Amongla Jamir, Deputy District Education Offic-er.

Winners of the contest were Anushka Bhatter-jee and Rachel Tzudir of Class-10, St. Paul Higher Secondary School.

Dimapur, August 25 (EMN): The Old Jalukie village Health Committee (VHC) under National Health Project (NHP) or-ganised a medical camp on August 25, at old Jalukie sector C under Peren district.

During the camp, the resource persons Dr. Ramheigumbe and Dr. Lungkeuding disseminated the awareness to the people on sanitation and hygienic living. They also emphasised on spiritual and physical healing and also encouraged to maintain immunization records, awareness on drinking good quality water etc.

The program was ended with an inter-active session, and for which

The program was chaired by Izi kenn, VDB secretary; pastor Zieroying invoked God’s blessing; welcome address was delivered by Gaugong GB; Dituing pro-posed vote of thanks; and benediction was pronounced by Inrangruing, GB Old Jalukie village.

The medical team extended free medi-cal checked- up to more than 40 patients, and also provided free medicines to ASHA workers.

take up farming in a mod-ern and innovative mode for better production and performance. He also asked them to uproot all corrup-tions from grassroots level in each and every village

which will bring develop-ment and prosperity in State.

Further, he reminded the vision of Prime Minis-ter, Narendra Modi for new India, based on high earn-

ing in agri-production.Resource person, Ran-

jit Kr. Singhvi, secretary of Kisan Morcha BJP Na-galand and proprietor of Agri-tech, highlighted the machines that could be

used by farmers to saving time and reduce produc-tion cost in large scale.

Vote of thanks was pro-posed by Kisan Morcha BJP vice president, Bend-angrenla Imsong.

The programme was chaired by Khehoto Sema V/P Kisan Morcha State unit and welcome address was give by Lima Longchar president Kisan Morcha BJP Nagaland.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): The 5 Assam Rif les under the aegis of Headquarters IGAR (North) organised a lec-ture on wildlife conserva-tion: Amur falcon for the students of Assam Rifles

School, Zunheboto on August 22.

The aim of the lec-ture was to make students aware of wildlife and its importance of eco system. The lecture featured the migratory bird, Amur Fal-

con. Students were encour-aged to assist in conserving the bird in Nagaland.

The troops also con-ducted the same pro-gramme at Jawahar Na-vodaya Vidyalaya, Chare town on August 19.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): The apex bod-ies of four villages of Lamhai have vehemently condemned the life threatening of Kelei Zeliang, secretary to Chief Minister of Nagaland and Ru-ral Development on August 21.

In a comdemnation note, Suamdiyang, secre-tary of All Lamhai Joint Council and K. Adin, vice president of Lamhai Lui, stated that such coward act is unacceptable in a society.

“Hand in glove with the unknown boss to the victim family members and implicating under duress to tender apology without any rhymes or reason to unknown boss was uncalled for and unbecoming the Christian state,” the press release stated.

Threatening to kill the dedicated Naga officer in the capital city of Nagaland tarnish the good image of our Christian culture, it added.

Lamhai apex bodies called upon all Nagas to come forward in condemning such act. It further appealed to all law enforcing authority to book the culprits under the most stringent provision of the law.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): ATMA Kohima, Chunlikha block conducted one day training and dem-onstration on preparation on making of chilli pickle and tapping of pine resin on August 23 at Kandinyu and Nsunyu village.

BTM Kekhriesiel ie trained the participants on making of chilli pickle and also highlighted the impor-tance of food preservation and marketing strategies for small business start up.

ATM Chenobu Seb gave demonstration on tapping of pine resin in a sustainable way without harming the growth of the pine tree. He also high-

Ko h i m a , A u g u s t 2 5 (EMN): The Thenyizumi Students’ Union Kohima (TSUK) held its 22nd Gen-eral Session Cum Fresher’s Day, on Saturday at LCS Building Kohima, with Un-der Secretary, department of Home, Veswusayi Kezo, as guest speaker.

Exhorting the students, Veswusayi Kezo said suc-cess and excellence are the same sides of a coin but comes with a lot of spins and turns laced with a huge effort, and reminded that education can be bought but knowledge can only be gained.

Kezo asked the students to take pride in their achieve-ments but also let the society enjoy the fruit, stating that a tree that bears bountiful fruits bends its branches yet ‘we don’t cut down the tree or the branches because it is bent’. He, therefore, encour-

Dimapur, August 25 (EMN): The BJP Kisan Morcha Nagaland organ-ised seminar cum work-shop on farm mechanisa-tion for farmers on Aug. 23 at Hotel Saramati con-ference hall, with (Retd )Additional Director of Land Resource, Maotoshi Longkumer as chief guest.

Pointing out that al-most all the entire pop-ulation of the State is engaged in agriculture, Longkumer lamented that Nagas are failing to utilise the production as per re-quirements and therefore becoming dependent on other’s source.

He maintained that farmers of State should changed their mindset and

lighted ways of using the pine resin for making varnishes,

glue, turpentine, and its high market demand.

A total of 18 participants attended the programme.

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Youth told to develop skill for self-employment Chumukedima area owes Rs 31 crore to power dept

YTC renews demand for separate district

NPF Mkg division supports Rio, Zeliang

AYO plans environment protection initiative

Resource person demonstrating on detergent powder making during the skill development seminar conducted by ANCSU on August 26.

Power minister C Kipili Sangtam unveiling the plaque of the new office building of electrical division, Chumukedima, on August 26.

NPF Mokokchung division officials along with frontal wings and representatives from ten constituencies after the first general meeting at NPF division office complex, Mokokchung, on August 26.

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cooperatives such as self help groups, the youth can gain exposure of coopera-tives, acquire a self-manag-ing character and also realise and learn to utilise their crea-tive potential, productivity and development.

However, he emphasised that this cannot be achieved through theoretical teaching in the school curriculum alone but through group activities, where cooperation is practiced by participa-tion. He also explained that there are two broad types of cooperatives for young people namely community-based youth cooperatives and institutionalised youth cooperatives.

Sharing his view that al-most every student, after at-taining education will try for white collar job but only few will succeed and the rest will be left as ‘educated unem-ployed,’ the official stressed on the need for the youth to realise and develop early the skill of self-entrepreneurship and self-employment.

He also revealed that there are about 8000 coop-erative societies registered in Nagaland but most of them

were non-functional due to lack of education among members. Towards this end, he said educated youth can put to use their knowledge for proper functioning of such societies.

“It is high time for you to change the concept and scenario…. Don’t try to just become an employee but try to become an employer,” Bumo challenged the par-ticipants.

Earl ier in the pro-gramme, ANCSU president Temjennungsang Jamir de-livered the keynote address, while the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) vice presi-dent Boveio Poukai Duo delivered greetings and in-troduction on skill develop-ment was made by NCUI project officer Ketholenuo Soleho.

During the second ses-sion, practical on how to make mixed pickle, deter-gent washing powder and cleaning gel were demon-strated. The demonstration was made by Ketholenuo Soleho, Ketosenu Kintso and Hetoni Kinimi. All the participants were awarded certificates of participation.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): Yimchunger Trib-al Council (YTC) on Au-gust 25 called on the chief minister, TR Zeliang, at his office chamber in Civil Secretariat to remind him of the memorandum sub-

mitted to the State govern-ment last year for creation of separate district for the Yimchunger tribe.

The Council highlight-ed on the extreme back-wardness of their areas and the plights of the people,

who have been displaced to various places due to last tribal conflicts.

Expressing confidence on the leadership of TR Zeliang, the Council fer-vently appealed to the chief minister to look into their

demand for creation of a separate district before the State general elections.

YTC on behalf of 1.5 lakh population assured full support to TR Zeliang.

Meanwhile, the chief minister informed the

Council to wait for the report to be placed before his table which will then go for cabinet’s decision. The meeting also discussed on the support of local MLAs, and NOC from villages in adjoining areas.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): The Angami Youth Organization (AYO) has planned to organise a massive environmental preservation and pro-tection initiative and also disaster management training programme involving youth of all four regions in 98 Angami villages. In this regard, a 15-member team of AYO met the chief minister, TR Zeliang, at his of-fice chamber in Civil Secretariat on August 25 and appealed for financial

assistance under Special Development Fund (SDF). The team also submitted an estimate budget of Rs 54 lakhs for the programme.

According to AYO president, Neinguvoto Krose, some vital areas of concern include preservation and protection of fragile bio-diversity; prohibition of jungle burning; total blanket ban on use of air gun and sale of pellets; advisory to stone crushers, quarries, car wash and vehicle repair

workshops to maintain maximum dis-tance from main highway and roads; preparatory lessons on disaster man-agement and its implementation.

Further, AYO also appealed to the chief minister for allotment of plot of land opposite Ao Church Kohima to construct its office.

In this regard, the chief minister wrote to Deputy Commissioner, Ko-hima, to verify the spot and submit a report to the government.

in Chumukedima. He said the government

is concentrating on power sector development so that there can be room for devel-opment of industrial sector.

Affirming that the de-partment has decided to go forward in a stringent approach against defaulters, Sangtam requested the of-ficials of the department to play their part in initiating the reformation process so that the people including those in the remote corner of the State enjoy good quality power supply.

Engineer-in-Chief Er. G Chishi, while stating that the aim of the department is to earn more revenues, requested the concerned authority and government to look into offices which are in a deplorable condition by allotting funds so that the department can do the necessary work.

Commissioner and secretary of Power and IT&C, KD Vizo, said pow-er department is one of the most neglected depart-ments though the depart-ment is considered as a major department. Even the budget allocation to the department is less in terms of work executed lamented Vizo.

Asserting that there is massive power tapping in the State power sector because of which the State revenue is pulled down, Vizo appealed to the public to desist such practices.

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~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ~

We, the family of Late Ngutsonyü Nakhro wish to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our sad loss.

We o�er our heartfelt thanks to the relatives, friends, neighbours and well wishers who supported us morally, physically, �nancially and spiritually during his prolonged illness till his demise.

A special word of thanks to Baptist Church Jotsoma, Calvary Baptist Church Phezhü Jotsoma and Union Baptist Church Kohima for their prayer and support. The Doctors and sta� of Bethel Medical Centre Kohima for providing the best medical care during his many visits to the Centre.

To those who helped in any way, your contribution made our loss more bearable. As it would be impossible for us to thank each one of you individually, please accept our deepest gratitude through this acknowledgement. May God bless you all abundantly.

Mrs. Lhoutso-u Nakhro & family.K-1298

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are strong spiritually, they could become leaders of their destiny,” he said.

Towards this, the official highlighted that cooperatives

are an alternative to involve the youth in the socio-eco-nomic development of the country. He explained that through involvement in pre-

Staff Reporter Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): Chumukedima area which constituted about 7000 power consumers has an outstanding due of Rs 31.5 crore over the years, while 136 consumers are not making use of the internet services despite introduction of online bill payment.

This statistic was pre-sented by the Chief Engi-neer (D&R) Department of Power, Er. G Chishi, at the inauguration programme of office building of electrical division, Chumukedima, on Saturday. The office building of electrical division, Chu-mukedima, was inaugurated by the power minister, C Kipili Sangtam.

Stating that Dimapur

district is the highest power consumer in the State, Ki-pili urged the consumers to know of power and bill economy by limiting power consumption.

While suggesting on urgent need to reform the State’s power sector in order to enable a steady supply of power across the State, Sang-tam expressed contentment over the department offi-cials’ venturing into bringing change in this sector for the benefit of the people.

Sangtam, while pointing out Dimapur and Chumuke-dima as the two important commercial zones for the State power department, requested the department of-ficials to right away start the power reformation process

Our CorrespondentMokokchung, August 26 (EMN): The Naga People’s Front (NPF) Mokokchung division comprising all frontal wings along with legislators from ten constituencies has resolved to extend unwavering support to the leadership of its party president and Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio, and the State chief minister, TR Zeliang.

The resolution to this effect was taken during its first general meet-ing under the leadership of its newly elected president, Rongsenmongba Jamir in the party’s office premises on August 26. Leaders from frontal wings and representatives from all ten

constituencies of the district attended the meeting.

The division also resolved to des-ignate NPF Mokokchung division interim president, Rongsenmongba, and the general secretary (Admin), Bendangnukshi, as full-fledged presi-dent and general secretary (Admin-istration) and endorsed unflinching support to their leadership.

The house also appreciated the resolution adopted by CEC members and Central office passed on July 28 appealing the negotiating parties to expedite the peace process with “more zeal” to bring an “amicable and honourable solution to the Naga

political problem at the earliest.”The meeting house also resolved

to entrust the 10 Ao legislators to initiate and appeal the State govern-ment to observe the oldest law college namely Mokokchung Law College into a Government Law Institute.

Earlier, Rongsenmongba Jamir, president NPF Mokokchung divi-sion, delivered the welcome ad-dressed, while R Lepden, former MLA and NPF vice president central, and I Yanger, general secretary, spoke at the programme. Invocation was offered by Rev. Luin Jamir, while P Imsu, vice president, proposed the vote of thanks.

Our CorrespondentKohima, August 26 (EMN): All Nagaland College Stu-dents’ Union (ANCSU) on Saturday organised a semi-nar on skill development highlighting the potentials of empowerment of youth through cooperatives. The event, held at ‘Molu Ki’ in Kohima was sponsored by the State department of Cooperation.

Addressing the gather-ing during the inaugural session, Additional RCS Nagaland, B Bumo Khia-mniungan, pointed out that the educational and social systems often alienate the youth from decision mak-ing processes though they formulate the majority of labour force, while govern-ment support for develop-ment of the youth in provid-ing resources in different jobs is also marginal. Therefore, he observed, the valuable human resource in youth gets wasted in the absence of sufficient direction.

“A holistic approach to youth development is es-sential as the youth have strong emotional life and material needs. When they

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4 REGIONEASTERN MIRROR | Dimapur,Sunday, August 27, 2017

Landslides triggered in Manipur

improves in Assam & WB

State level pineapple festival inaugurated in Churachandpur

NPP urges people not to worry over Tibetan rehab policy

Elephant dies of electrocution in Jorhat

Literary fever grips Thimphu as Mountain Echoes enters 2nd day

Eviction drive to remove encroachers from Amchang wildlife sanctuary

Develop infra between North East, neighbouring countries: NITI Aayog

New Delhi, August 26 (PTI): The flood situation in Assam improved as 2.03 lakh people is six districts were affected by the deluge against yesterday’s 2.67 lakh flood-hit people in seven districts. However, one more death was reported in the state taking the toll in the latest wave of flood to 73. In total, 156 people have died in this year’s flood-related incidents in the state.

The waters of only the Dhansiri river was flowing above the danger mark at Numaligarh in Golaghat. According to a report by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) Dhemaji, Barpeta, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon and Jorhat are still flood-hit.

Currently, 408 villages are under water and more than 31,000 hectares

of crop areas are inundated, the ASDMA said, adding authorities are running 94 relief camps in three districts, where 24,785 people have taken shelter.

In West Bengal, the overall flood situation in its six northern districts of Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Malda, improved as water levels of major rivers receded and there was no heavy rainfall. With flood waters receding, bus services have resumed in many parts of the affected districts.

As there was no report of any fresh death since yesterday, the toll remained at 90, an official of the state disaster management department, adding the situation in some areas of Malda district, however, still remained

a matter of concern. Landslides triggered by incessant

rains snapped road links in Manipur and Mizoram. Almost 80-feet stretch of Imphal-Dimapur National Highway 39 at Makhan area in Senapati district of Manipur was damaged by a landslide stranding trucks bringing essential commodities from Nagaland and those heading towards Assam.

Also torrential rains caused flash floods in several parts of Imphal town and other low-lying areas.

At least seven buildings collapsed in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, and nearby villages due to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains since Thursday. Many places of the state were cut off due to road blocks caused by landslides.

Our CorrespondentImphal, August 26 (EMN): The 10th State Level Pineapple Festival was held at Khousabung Village, D C C H e a d q u a r t e r s , Churachandpur today with Art & Culture Minister L. Jayanta Kumar Singh as the chief guest. Addressing the morning session of the inaugural function Singh said the state was rich in

resources of different kind. He expressed tha t

organising such festivals with competitive spirit will enhance the performance of the farmers at different levels. Co- operation and mutual understanding sho u l d be d eve l o pe d among the farmers in order to enable them to choose their suitable activities, he added.

Singh urged them to produce large scale of pineapple which may lead to expansion of trade. Regarding the preservation of horticulture products, he maintained that the Government was planning to set up cold storage facilities at different places where there is necessity of such facilities.

S t a t i n g a b o u t t h e

marketing of products, he said that farmers need to increase the production comparatively so that different companies and firms will be approaching for marketing of their products.

The Min i s t e r a l so distributed cash prizes to the pineapple farmers who secure first, second and third positions respectively.

Itanagar, August 26 (PTI): The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the National People s Party (NPP) today urged the people not to worry over the implementation of the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy 2014. The policy will not make any impact on the socio-economic development and change the

state s demography. Rather we should stand together to extend our solidarity for the cause of the Tibetans who are fighting for genuine autonomous region within the People s Republic of China, the party said in a statement.

T h e p a r t y i n a n emergency meeting chaired

by state unit president Gicho Kabak, who is also the President of Tibet Support Group o f Ar unacha l Pradesh, appreciate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju for adopting the Tibetan refugee rehabilitation Policy on humanitarian ground.

T h e p a r t y f u r t h e r appreciated the decision of the state cabinet to implement the policy in the state. In order to streamline the process of facilities to be given to the Tibetan refugees, the Centre had formalized the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy 2014 and accordingly directed the Arunachal

Pradesh government to implement the same, he said.

The party s spokesman said that the Centre had directed the state government to implement the welfare schemes for the Tibetan refugees and further directed the state governments to extend a 20-year land lease agreement.

Jorhat, August 25 (PTI): An elephant was killed after it touched a high voltage power line inside Katonibari Tea Estate near Mariani Army Cantonment in Jorhat district of upper Assam today a senior Forest department official said.

The elephant was part of a herd of pachyderms which had come out from Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary last

night. It got electrocuted after coming in contact with a 11,000 watt high voltage power line passing through the tea estate owned by Assam Tea Corporation Ltd, said Divisional Forest Officer, Jorhat, Sapon Saikia here.

The elephant was thrown to a distance of 200 metres and fell into into a deep gorge after it touched the

high voltage power line, Saikia said. An elephant corridor passes through the tea estate and generally the jumbos do not go towards the power line side after a similar accident happened a couple of years back, the DFO said.

The 27.8 sq km Gibbon Wildlife sanctuary is the home to over 50 wild elephants and other endangered species such as hoolock gibbon.

G u w a h a t i , A u g u s t 25 (PTI): An eviction drive was car r ied out in Amchang Wild l i fe Sanctuary in Guwahati today to free the illegally occupied forest area.

Altogether 300 houses were d i smant led and families were asked to leave the illegally occupied forest area during the operation conducted by the Forest de pa r tm en t w i th the

support of Kamrup (Metro) District Administration, police, health department, Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL), a government release said.

The eviction drive was carried out on the direction of Gauhati High Court. Two teams conducted eviction drive at Botaghuli and two other teams carried out the drive at Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary behind

Veter inar y Col lege at Khanapara here.

Deputy Commissioner K a m r u p ( M ) D r M Angamuthu briefed the teams before the operation not to damage/destroy or burn any belongings of the encroachers and also directed the police to use minimum force for the eviction operation.

G u w a h a t i Commissioner of Police

H i r e n N a t h , J o i n t Commissioner of Police Diganta Baruah and Chief Conservator of Forest Hara Prasad were also present during the briefing.

The operation included more than 500 pol ice and forest personnel , elephants, cranes, wage labourers with tool kits, to make Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary encroachment free, the release said.

Thimphu, August 26 (IANS): It is the second day of the Mountain Echoes Literary Festival and a literary spell has gripped this Bhutanese capital as heavyweight writers engage in discussions and share their perspective on a range of issues.

A wa r m S a t u r d ay morning saw Thimphu come alive in its full spirits as the festival kicked-off quite early. Young students could be spotted on the streets handing out pamphlets of the festival, the only event of its kind in this small Himalayan country. This annual gathering, according to Bhutan’s Queen Mother, has greatly impacted the young minds of Thimphu and is eagerly awaited by the local people.

In a veranda, right next to the Royal University of Bhutan auditorium, students from the Royal Academy of Performing Arts enthralled the audience with a spectacular dance performance. No, there is no loud thumping and hip-hop; instead it was a traditional Bhutanese performance, soaked in silence, mediation and prayer. This simple yet refreshing performance k i c k e d - o f f t h e d ay ’s programme but there was an anticipation of another kind among the younger Bhutanese audience.

Ju s t a s t h e d a n c e performance ended, the audience rushed inside the auditorium to attend one of the most anticipated sessions of this year’s p r o g r a m m e. I t w a s

“Inglorious Empire,” where Indian MP and writer Shashi Tharoor continued his relentless attack on the legacy of the British Raj.

A regular face at most literary events in India and abroad, Tharoor has presented the same arguments at a number of venues and there was nothing new that he had to offer. But the audience was different and it was the first time that Tharoor was speaking in Bhutan. He also faced some interesting as well as tough questions. A young student asked him about the “historical amnesia” about Sikkim’s inclusion in India while another student questioned him on “the big brother a t t i t u d e ” t h a t I n d i a sometimes has towards its

neighbours. With wit and a dash of sarcasm, Tharoor’s same old responses were welcomed with thunderous app lause by the new audience here.

Markus Zusak, the force behind the internationally acclaimed novel “The Book Thief ”, earlier unravelled the thought processes that help create unconventional characters, stories within stories and best-selling books. In conversation with author Linda Leaming, he led the audiences through his journey as a writer and what inspires him every day.

There are several other interesting sessions during the day but one that is most anticipated is the launch of the “India’s Indira” book by the Queen Mother, who will be in conversation

with Shashi Tharoor. And then finally, it’s going to be a treat for Bhutanese readers as India’s most-loved author, Ruskin Bond, will address the last session of the day.

T i t l e d “ T a l e s o f Mounta in Roads,” i t is Bond’s first address in Bhutan and the students here are already queuing up the small book shop at the venue to chose from at least a dozen different titles of his that are for sale. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Eastern Himalayas, the Mountain Echoes Literary festival is an initiative of the India-Bhutan Foundation, in association with India’s leading literary consultancy, S i ya h i . T h e f e s t i va l concludes on Sunday evening.

New Delhi, August 26 (IANS): Making a case for development in the north-eastern region of the country, the NITI Aayog has recommended that physical infrastructure with neighbouring countries should be developed and transit treaties ironed out over the next three years.

In i ts “Three Year Action Agenda” released on Thursday, the planning body said that 95 per cent of India’s exports to the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar are from regions other than the North-East despite the region being the natural gateway -- with 98 per cent international borders -- to the East Asian, South East Asian and South Asian economies.

“A top priority for the next three years is ironing out transit treaties and development of physical infrastructure between the North-East Region and neighbouring countries. We must forge digital connectivity, distribution of power and transport links with the latter,” the Three Year Action Agenda

document said.It added that the protocol

for in land waterways between Bangladesh and India should be extended for at least 10 years in 2017 instead of the year-to-year basis “which leads to high level of uncertainty”.

T h e M i n i s t r y o f External Affairs should take this up with Bangladesh on high priority, the document added.

The NITI Aayog said that the North-East Region had approximately 2,600 km of railway lines, but only two state capitals -- Assam and Tripura -- were connected by rail. “The road network is characterised by low density and poor quality of roads.

The 11 air por ts in the region do not provide interstate connectivity and Kolkata serves as the only hub for the region,” it said.

“The inland waterway transportation network, a traditional mode of cheap and fast transportation in the region, has suffered i m m e n s e l y s i n c e Independence,” it added.

The NITI Aayog said that since the Brahmaputra

and Barak rivers were pivotal river connectivity routes prior to 1947, the concerned departments should by 2018 commission feasibility studies followed with the commencement of dredging and channel stabil isation work for creating around 20 new ports in these rivers.

“Such river port and ancillary facilities would enhance the connectivity across the region and bring down the freight movement costs,” it said.

To br ing al l - round d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e region, the NITI Aayog a l s o r e c o m m e n d e d to the gover nment to i m p l e m e n t C e n t r a l ly Sponsored Schemes for the development of special i n d u s t r i e s i n c l u d i n g sericulture, floriculture, tea plantations, silk industry and handicraft industry.

“A focus should also be on developing existing a n d n e w vo c a t i o n a l and industrial training in s t i tu t ions in o rde r to deve lop the sk i l l s needed to support the above mentioned special industries,” it said.

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Kamrup district administra on conduc ng a joint drive with the department of forests to demolish illegal construc ons at Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary, Batagoli in Guwaha on Friday.

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SUD0KU 1416Every Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically. Enter numbers into the blank spaces so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.

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5STATEEASTERN MIRROR | Dimapur, Sunday, August 27, 2017

EM ImagesPresident NPCC, K Therie, releasing the CSUD constitution during its 28th fresher’s day cum social gathering in Town Hall Dimapur on August 26.

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Resource person from NIELIT Extension Centre, Chuchuyimlang, along with Season Star Club officials and others at Mangkusong School Hall on August 26.

Residents of Notun Bosti are seen during the general social work on August 26.

67.50 55.46Applicable for Kohima

from 6 a.m. on August 27

PETROL DIESELNPF Ghaspani-II clarifies news report

Governor welcomes medical centre in Settsu

DLSU observes fresher’s social

F&CS Mokokchung informs beneficiaries

Notun Bosti residents repair colony road

Season Star Club conducts seminar

Students urged to conserve culture

Staff Reporter Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): Chakhesang Stu-dents’ Union Dimapur (CSUD) commemorated its 28th fresher’s day cum social gathering on the

theme “Education for self-reliance’ with president of Nagaland Pradesh Con-gress Committee (NPCC), K Therie, as the guest speaker at Town Hall Di-mapur on Saturday.

AFFIDAVITRegistration no 1670/17 Date 18/8/17I, Mr. Weku Goyiepra Kenye son of Late Goyiepra Kenye, presently residing at House No. 184/E, F-Khel, Diphupar Village Dimapur — 797115 ,Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and state as follows:-

1. That, I am a citizen of India and resident of above stated place. 2. That my correct name is Weku Goyiepra Kenye but in some of my

documents my name is written as Weku, W.G Kenye and Weku G.Kenye , which needs to be corrected as Weku Goyiepra Kenye.

3. That the correct name of my father is Goyiepra Kenye but in some of my documents my father's name is entered as Goyiepa which needs to be corrected as Goyiepra Kenye.

4. That Weku, W.G Kenye, Weku G.Kenye and Weku Goyiepra Kenye refers to my name and of one and same person and Goyiepa and Goyiepra Kenye refers to the name of my said and of one and same person only.

5. That henceforth I shall be known as Weku Goyiepra Kenye and my said father shall be known as Goyiepra Kenye for all purposes and intents.

6. That the contents of this affidavit are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing is concealed thereof.

DEPONENT

R.S. PASWANJudicial Magistrate /Notary Public

Dimapur: Nagaland

Sworn before me on this the 18th Day of August 2017 at Dimapur, Nagaland.

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IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT: NAGALAND

Dt. Dimapur the 23.0817

NOTICENO: REV-1/90-D/9626 / Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti I. Chubala resident of Dimapur who has applied for issue of mortgage clearance concerning to Patta No. 512 Dag No.839 measuring an Area 00-03-10 located at Block No/village Padumpukhuri, Mouza No.03 which has been mortgage in the SBI Bank.Claims & objection if any on the aforesaid land may be submitted in written in the Court of the undersigned on or before 30.08.17.

Sd/- Deputy Commissioner

Dimapur: Nagaland

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICTHEADQUARTER CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP: DIMAPUR: NAGALAND

Dt. Dimapur the 23.08.17

NOTICENo. M.-521/17/9627 Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti Dr. T. Lima Jamir -Vrs- Felix Yepthomi resident of Dimapur Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 Assam land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below:-The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any & should be submitted to this court in writing on or before 23.09.17. SCHEDULED OF LAND AND BOUNDARYName of Patta Holder: Dr. T. Lima JamirVillage/Block No: 03, Patta No: 1647Dag No: 417/1947, Area: 00-01-01 Sd/-

Deputy CommissionerDimapur: NagalandD-4534

PSYCHIATRIST FOR CONSULTATION Renowned Psychiatrist from Guwahati, DR. MRIDULA SHYAM MD Psychiatry (Specialised in Adolescent & Childhood Psychiatry and experienced in Neuropsychiatry) will be available for consultation on 2nd September, 2017 (Saturday).

MEDINEEDS

Patients requiring consultation may contact the Pharmacy for Registration. 03862 - 237085/ 9774609303Opposite Synergy Systems, Circular Road, Dimapur

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This corrigendum is issued to clarify that I have inadvertently entered the name of D’café located at Jail Colony which should be read as The Radiant Restaurant (West Road Mall) Jail Colony. Error is regretted.

(KUKHOTO VENYO)Vice-PresidentJCYO Kohima

CORRINGENDUM

K-1299

CANCELLATION / SHORT TERMINATION OF TRAIN SERVICES

(A) CANCELLATION: (1) 12042 New Jalpaiguri - Howrah cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-

2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (2) 12235 Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani cancelled on 31-08-2017. (3) 12423 Dibrugarh Town-New Delhi Rajdhani

cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017 & 30-08-2017 . (4) 12435 Dibrugarh Town-New Delhi Rajdhani cancelled on 28-08-2017. (5) 12344 New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah Darjeeling Mail cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (6) 12346 Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017 (7) 12364 Haldibari-Kolkata Intercity cancelled on 30-08-2017. (8) 12378 New Alipurduar-Sealdah Padatik cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (9) 12407 New Jalpaiguri-Amritsar Karmabhoomi cancelled on 30-08-2017. (10) 12501 Guwahati-New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti cancelled on 30-08-2017. (11) 12504 Kamakhya-Bengaluru Humsafar

cancelled on 29-08-2017. (12) 12505 Guwahati-Anandvihar Northeast cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (13) 12510 Guwahati-Bengaluru Cantt. cancelled on 28-08-2017 & 29-08-2017. (14) 12514 Guwahati-Secunderabad

cancelled on 31-08-2017. (15) 12516 Guwahati-Thiruvananthapuram Central SF cancelled on 30-08-2017. (16) 12518 Guwahati-Kolkata Garib Rath

cancelled on 30-08-2017. (17) 12520 Guwahati-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus cancelled on 31-08-2017. (18) 12523 New Jalpaiguri-New Delhi

cancelled on 29-08-2017. (19) 12526 Dibrugarh-Kolkata cancelled on 29-08-2017. (20) 12552 Kamakhya-Yesvantpur AC cancelled on 30-08-2017. (21) 13142 New Alipurduar-Sealdah Teesta Torsa

cancelled on 28-08-2017. 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (22) 13148 New Coochbehar-Sealdah Uttar Banga cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017, 31-08-2017 & 01-09-2017. (23) 13281 New Tinsukia-Rajendra Nagar cancelled on 28-08-2017. (24) 14019 Agartala-Anandvihar Tripura Sinduri

cancelled on 31-08-2017. (25) 14055 Dibrugarh-Delhi Brahmaputra Mail cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (26) 15463/15464 Balurghat-Siliguri Intercity cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (27) 15483 Alipurduar-Delhi Mahananda cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (28) 15601 Silchar-New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti

cancelled on 28-08-2017. (29) 15620 Kamakhya-Gaya cancelled on 28-08-2017. (30) 15621 Kamakhya-Anandvihar cancelled on 31-08-2017. (31) 15632 Guwahati-Barmer cancelled on 31-08-2017. (32) 15644 Kamakhya-Puri cancelled on 31-08-2017. (33) 15646 Guwahati- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus cancelled on 30-08-2017. (34) 15648 Guwahati- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus

cancelled on 29-08-2017. (35) 15651 Guwahati- Jammu Tawi Lohit cancelled on 28-08-2017. (36) 15653 Guwahati- Jammu Tawi Amarnath cancelled on 30-08-2017. (37) 15655 Kamakhya-Katra

cancelled on 03-09-2017. (38) 15660 Agartala-Sealdah Kanchanjungha cancelled on 29-08-2017. (39) 25658 Silchar-Sealdah Kanchanjungha

cancelled on 28-08-2017 & 30-08-2017. (40) 15662 Kamakhya-Ranchi cancelled on 29-08-2017. (41) 15715 Kishanganj-Ajmer cancelled on 29-08-2017. (42) 15719/15720 Katihar-Siliguri-Katihar Intercity cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (43) 15723 New Jalpaiguri-Sitamarhi cancelled on 30-08-2017. (44) 15903 Dibrugarh-Chandigarh cancelled on 28-08-2017. (45) 15909 Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Junction Avadh Assam cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-

2017 & 30-08-2017. (46) 15933 Dibrugarh-Amritsar cancelled on 29-08-2017. (47) 15942 Dibrugarh-

Jhajha cancelled on 31-08-2017. (48) 15960 Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (49) 19602 New Jalpaiguri-Udaipur City cancelled on 28-08-2017. (50) 19710 Kamakhya-Jaipur cancelled on 31-08-2017. (51) 22310 New Jalpaiguri-Howrah AC

cancelled on 30-08-2017. (52) 22411 Naharlagun-New Delhi AC cancelled on 29-08-2017. (53) 23141/23142 Rani Nagar Jalpaiguri Jn.-Haldibari-Rani Nagar Jalpaiguri Jn. Link cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (54) 82506 Kamakhya-Pune Suvidha cancelled on 28-08-2017 (55) 07150 Guwahati-Secunderabad Special cancelled on 28-08-2017. (56) 05447/05448 New Coochbehar-Dinhata-New Coochbehar Passenger Special cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (57) 55708 Katihar-Radhikapur Passenger cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (58) 55707 Radhikapur-Katihar Passenger cancelled on 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017, 31-08-2017 & 01-09-2017. (59) 75708 Siliguri- Radhikapur DEMU train cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (60) 75707 Radhikapur-Siliguri DEMU

cancelled on 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017, 31-08-2017 & 01-09-2017. (61) 75720 Siliguri- Malda Court DEMU

cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (62) 75719 Malda Court-Siliguri DEMU cancelled on 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017, 31-08-2017 & 01-09-2017. (63) 55711/55712 New Jalpaiguri- Malda Town -New Jalpaiguri

cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (64) 55715/55716 Siliguri-Katihar-Siliguri

cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (65) 55743 Katihar-Jogbani

cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (66) 55744 Jogbani-Katihar cancelled on 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017, 31-08-2017 & 01-09-2017. (67) 55763/55756 Katihar-Jogbani-Katihar cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (68) 55717/55718 Katihar-Telta-Katihar cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (69) 55731 Katihar-Barsoi jn. cancelled on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (70) 55732 Barsoi jn.-Katihar cancelled on 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017, 31-08-2017 & 01-09-2017.(B) SHORT TERMINATION AND ORIGINATION OF TRAINS: (1) 12488 (Anandvihar-Jogbani)

28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017 short terminated Forbesganj 12487

29-08-2017, 30-08-2017, 31-08-2017 & 01-09-2017 originate Forbesganj partially cancelled

Forbesganj Jogbani. (2) 13159 (Kolkata-Jogbani) 28-08-2017 & 30-08-2017

short terminated Forbesganj 13160 (Jogbani-Kolkata) 29-08-2017 & 31-08-2017

originate Forbesganj partially cancelled Forbesganj Jogbani. (3) 13248 & 13246 (Rajendra

Nagar Terminal-Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri) Capital 13247/13245 (Guwahati-

New Jalpaiguri- Rajendra Nagar Terminal) short originate Katihar partially cancelled Katihar-

Guwahati - New Jalpaiguri on 28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (4) 55733/55734, 55735/55736, 55739/55740, 55741/55742, 55755/55764 (Katihar-Jogbani) passenger train

short terminated/short originate Bathnaha partially cancelled Bathnaha Jogbani on

28-08-2017, 29-08-2017, 30-08-2017 & 31-08-2017. (5) 15635 (Okha-Guwahati) 25-08-2017

short terminated Katihar 15636 (Guwahati-Okha) 28-08-2017

partially cancelled Katihar Guwahati. (6) 15667 (Gandhidham-Kamakhya)

26-08-2017 short terminated Katihar 15668 (Kamakhya-Gandhidham)30-08-2017 partially cancelled Katihar Kamakhya.

General Manager (Operations), MaligaonNORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY

Addressing the Chakhe-sang students community, Therie advocated on retain-ing the culture and custom of the community saying the image of Chakhesang community so far-has been considerably accepted by the people because of the culture, custom and tradi-tion inherited by them.

“There is confident and trust for the Chakhesang community and we need to uphold it not because we need it but because it is essential for future genera-tion,” said Therie.

Therie said education without ability to earn has no meaning.

President of Western Chakhesang Hoho (WCH) Vekhosayi Nyekha urged upon the youngsters to put in extra effort to be suc-cessful. He said there are around 400 officers among the Chakhesang communi-ty. Nyekha also encouraged the student community to learn mother tongue.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): Naga People’s Front (NPF) 5 Ghaspani-II Assembly Constituency has reposed confidence on the leadership of its party president Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu and reaffirmed to stand and remain faithful soldiers.

The NPF 5 Ghaspani – II A/C stated this in response to news report allegedly by some vested interests to gain political mileage, wherein it stated all the five assembly constitu-encies of NPF Dimapur division have joined and supported the ‘illegal group’

led by Neiphiu Rio and TR Zeliang.

Stating that it does not know or concern about the other A/Cs, the con-stituency said it has absolute confidence on the leader-ship of the party president Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu. It also expressed confidence that the courts will deliver justice in their favour.

While reiterating to re-main firm in their stand as faithful soldiers, it said “we have not faltered or wavered in our resolute stand of NPF behind the leader-ship of Dr. Shürhozielie till date.” It added that the

present tussle was only of leadership crisis and not the party in general.

A joint press release is-sued by its president Ke-dokhotuo Seyie, general secretary M Alen Singson, CEC member Vilasielie Na-khro, women wing president Neisiehuno Rino, youth wing president Visakholie Kuotsu and farmers’ wing president Lhouzo Sachu have expressed displeasure on what it termed as “stub-born attitude/ mis-adven-ture” of its representative who it described has con-tinuously erred and is yet to mend his truant ways.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): Dimapur Lotha Students’ Union (DLSU) held its 32nd fresher’s meet cum 3rd academic excel-lency award at Lotha Hoho Ki on Saturday.

Hundreds of students from various colleges in Dimapur clad in their tra-ditional attires attended the programme held in two sessions.

On the occasion, a spe-cial dedicatory prayer for the students including the freshers was conducted by the pastor of Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur (LBCD), Rev. Zanao Mozhui.

The first session was graced by retired Addi-tional Director of Land Re-source and Mission Direc-tor Bio Resource Mission, Moatoshi Longkumer, as the chief patron and social entrepreneur Ringo Odyuo as guest of honour.

In his speech, Moatoshi reminded the students to have the burning desire

to learn saying that aca-demic excellence required good skills, discipline and hard work. He urged the students to play their own part before seeking support of the parents, teachers and the community.

Reminding the students that there is no substitute to hard work, he called upon the learning community to seek academic excellence and not to be contended with what they are. He further encouraged the stu-dents to take decision what they want to become in life.

Guest of honour, Ringo said Naga youth are second to none and have the talent to excel in the every field. He urged the students, who are the leader of tomor-row, to take the lead and bring about changes in the society.

“We all are leaders, so be prepared from now to face the challenges,” he added.

Our CorrespondentMokokchung, August 26 (EMN): To commemo-rate its golden jubilee cel-ebration, the Season Star Club of Ungma organised a seminar on digital pay-ment/ cashless transactions with resources persons from NIELIT Extension Centre, Chuchuyimlang, at Man-gkusong School Hall on August 26.

The seminar is part of the year-long celebration of Season Star Club Ungma on attaining 50 years an-niversary. The grand cel-ebration of the jubilee has been planned in December 2017.

R e s o u r c e p e r s o n Temjenngangtet Jamir, a teaching faculty of NIELIT, asserted that digital pay-ment/ cashless transaction is an instant and conven-ient way to make payments which do not involve hard cash. He said digital pay-ments save people from long queues at ATMs and banks to deposit or withdraw cash, adding it is “easy to use, safe and secure.”

He further demonstrat-

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): Assistant Director of Food & Civil Supplies, Mokokc-hung, has informed all PHH and AAY ration card holders to submit Aadhaar Number along with their family members as proof of identity to the department so as to complete the possess of Aadhaar linking with ration cards.

It stated that a photocopy of bank pass-book of the head of family should to be

submitted.Ration card holders are asked to collect a

format from the office of the Assistant Direc-tor of Food & Civil Supplies, Mokokchung, and submit the same after duly filling up the form at the earliest.

It also informed that the Department will not hold responsible in case of any beneficiaries being deleted for not adhering the directive.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): Notun Bosti Coun-cil Dimapur (NBCD) on August 26 organised a gen-eral social work with the contributions of the colony residents to repair the dam-aged road which has been neglected for more than a decade.

The social work to repair damaged road and filling up potholes has become a normal practises of the colony, stated a press note from the NBCD chairman E Jon Ezung and the secretary Kavito Ayemi.

The road repairing work was conducted from the Notun Bosti main junction to LRC junction.

Providing a copy of a memorandum addressed to the district administration with request to look into the matter on incomplete road from Neisatuo Colony to Notun Bosti Circular road dated July 5, 2016, the coun-cil maintained that the RTI filed by ACAUT Nagaland sought information on five major roads in and around Dimapur city for which the amount of Rs. 37,73 lakh was sanctioned from the office of the Executive En-gineer (R&B) Dimapur divi-sion for three main junction-Khermahal police point to Neisatuo colony to Notun Bosti circular road.

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): State Gov-ernor, PB Acharya, has appreciated the Dr. Sungtiakum Jamir for his initiative to set up a medical centre in Settsu village in Mokokchung district by the Anava Founda-tion, an NGO registered in Nagaland which is a sister society of Anava Foundation, Switzerland.

In a letter to Dr. Sungtiakum Jamir, the Governor has applauded Dr. Sungtiakum Jamir and his wife Nadia Jamir for their initiative to provide quality healthcare serv-ices and education. It was reported that the medical centre will provide gynecological, obstetrical, surgical and general medicine services.

In the letter, the Governor also high-

lighted that healthcare is the right to every individual. “Rural healthcare is one of the biggest challenges faced by India. With more than 70 percent population living in rural areas and low level of health facilities, mortality rates due to diseases are on a high,” he stated.

Also citing that good healthcare facilities are rare in rural areas, the Governor voiced that there is a dire need for new practices and procedures to ensure that quality and timely healthcare reaches the deprived corners of the villages.

He hoped that Anava Hospital will pro-vide quality and affordable healthcare servic-es to the needy people in the State and further urged to strengthen the Naga society.

ed on internet banking us-ing mobile application such as UPI, wallet (e-wallet), SMS and USSD and serv-ices made available in the apps in real time.

Another resource per-son Daniel Meren, Joint Director of NIELIT, Chu-chuyimlang, shared some critical security tips to avoid

from fraud risk in internet banking. The Joint Director also informed the people to verify the domain name dis-played on the site to avoid spoof websites, adding the bank would never ask you to verify your account infor-mation through an e-mail.

He informed the people not to reveal/share bank-

ing information or online banking/ payment card user-ids and passwords to any third party and not to access internet banking or make online payments us-ing debit card from shared or unprotected computers in public places such as cyber cafes.

Chubanungba Jamir de-

livered the welcome speech, while Temjenyapang Pon-gen, Tatar, offered exhorta-tion and Takotong Long-kumer, convener of jubilee planning committee, deliv-ered the vote of thanks.

The seminar was at-tended by more than 80 people from different walks of life.

“The work order was issued in December 2015 which has to be completed within three months from the date of issue of work order. But the work was done only within Kherma-hal police point to Neisatuo Colony and the road from Neisatuo colony to Notun Bosti circular road was left out without being repaired,” stated the memorandum ap-pended by the council mem-

ber and Gaon Buras.Meanwhile, NBCD has

acknowledged the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) for providing JCB and road roller for the colony social work.

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Yarangchang Imchen

EASTERN MIRROR | Dimapur, Sunday, August 27, 2017

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When Shri. Narendra Modi said his government mantra is to reform, perform and

transform I was really impressed with his mantra slogan. Indeed, this kind of mantra is really meant and suitable for our current stagnated Naga society and the government should also focus on reforming, performing and transform-ing our society. I’m referring exclusive-ly to our current trend of shaky society despite so many shortcomings existing in politico-economic-religious-cultural mess up in Nagas way of life. When all the chain of corruption is checked, everything is possible to change from sick society to a transparent and pros-perous society. The recent exposure by ACAUT relating to fund misman-agement in terms of crores of rupees by the concerned department is really heart breaking moment that every right thinking Nagas denizen must voice out and lend out unflinching support in order to make our state into ‘corrupt free state’. We must work cohesively by supporting such organisation like ACAUT who are trying to change our suffering society into vibrant state. In short, ACAUT is a Messiah to us to fight against corruptions.

Famous words coined by Ja A. Ja-hannes says “Unless we learn to know ourselves, we run the danger of de-

stroying ourselves.” We always blame the society but we are the society who is blaming ourselves. Concomitantly, we blame the Government being cor-rupt but it is us blaming ourselves be-cause we ourselves had created the VIP culture and the middle men culture in our society leaving ourselves entailing in utter state of dooming society. The term ‘democracy’ is equally important to us to know and Abraham Lincoln said-Democracy means “The govern-ment of the people, by the people and for the people”. Since our government is a system of democratic set up we have every right to protest democrati-cally for the good of our society. Cur-rent corruption in our society is not all of a sudden but this poisonous corrup-tion had root cause from before and has been succeeding by our successors from our predecessors and the venom is inflicting everywhere. In this frantic state of affairs the general public shall be compel to nurture and nourish al-ready dying state and ACAUT is spear-heading the movement to eradicate corruptions. Hence before it’s too late the government should stitch carefully the torn part of our state. As the say-ing goes- ‘A stitch in time saves nine’. The policies and programs by the gov-ernment and equally the role played by the government are very important in transforming the state into prosperous society. But one thing for pretty sure

that we cannot always depend and blame on government only but it is our bound duty and every naga intellect must participate in a positive way by reforming, performing and transform-ing our society. For instant there are so many places in the world that devel-oped from backward state into vibrant city- states without government sanc-tion and support.

Humans have desires, wants and greed to achieve something in one’s lifetime otherwise without this prin-ciple he/she could be a miser who chooses to remain idle without visions, dreams, versions, goals and aims in one’s lifetime on earth. Now the point is who wouldn’t want to be a powerful and respected person in the society. Of course everybody wanted to be but it has certain limitation in our life. This is the reason why Alexander the Great on his deathbed as a last wish had said that when he died he want his hands to be let loose, hanging outside the coffin for all to see. It means when he died he want his hands to swing in the wind, so that people understand that we come to this world empty handed and we leave this world empty handed after the most precious treasure of all is exhausted. Concomitantly, when we die, we too will go empty handed leaving out all the precious jewels, diamonds, gold, silvers and crores of rupees leaving everything on earth as we cannot take

anything beyond death. Therefore the principle of resisting obsessions which is unethical and threat to our existence should mend and check instantly by reinventing our mindset towards trans-formation and vitally embarking upon new avenues for a better manifestation of our society.

Our current political, social, eco-nomic and educational system is at the worst and stood at too lowliness. Politi-cally, we have been witnessing political turmoil in our state with bloodless coup d’ e‘dat for a three consecutive chief ministerial post in one term from the rul-ing NPF party. For the first time we have two NPF president both sides claiming to be real and legitimate ruler. Now the law and the constitution of the party will decide accordingly as we all believe in the law and the constitution. Again, the ugliest chapter of election are vote rigging, vote bank politics, proxy vot-ing, rampant prevalent of proxy voters name, booth capturing politics are some practices prevailing in our land. Socially, the government policy of reservation for backward tribes in government job is for the sake of giving equal opportunity and representation to the deprived section in our society in governmental affairs. I’m not against any tribal’s or such reserva-tions but one day this may lead them to ‘spoon feeding culture’ unable to com-pete with the rest of the world. Let us set a motto that we as a naga family by

blood “everyone is equal before God and everyone can do and perform well”. Instead of using the words ‘backward tribes’ better use the word ‘economically weaker section’ because the word back-ward is too harsh and alien for us and it’s clearly a sign of dividing the society. Our society is clearly divided on tribal’s line and area wise such as eastern na-gas, tenyiemia family and the recently formed CNTC comprised of Ao, Sumi and Lotha. Economically, our state’s coffer is empty and the state’s excheq-uer is running fully in deficits for some years. Being a dependent economy state and with less economic activities and si-phoning of money meant for public, the culture of executing the work seasonally especially renovation of black topping of roads during hornbill festival time only is not appreciable. Like other met-ropolitan cities such as Mumbai, Delhi etc. even a tiny potholes or craters were used to renovate overnight in order to avoid facing trouble by the commuters or traffic congestion. Our economy is also looting away because we don’t en-courage working with dignity of labour and lack of Naga entrepreneurs in our own land is a vivid consequences of our economy/wealth been draining away. Educationally, the government school is giving poor percentage of result an-nually despite hugely spending on sal-ary by the government. The education system needs urgent revamp in order to

produce excellent performance in the future.

Our land is moving towards doom-ing state of affairs whereby nepotism and high handedness is clearly preva-lent with everything manipulated by the elite section of the people. The high lev-el contractors, technocrats, bureaucrats and the powerful ministers constitute the first class citizens and they are the one to take first privilege in every angle. If the trend continues like this in our land then there can be a great possibility of starting a popular proletariat move-ment to stand for the poor, exploits, unreached and underprivileged. Our society is vividly dividing in the line of rich versus poor; rich are becoming richer and poor becoming poorer. This is the outcome of unequal participation in state affairs unable to repent the old system and firmly manipulated by the stronger elite section in Naga society.

It is an imperative need of our Naga brothers and sisters to come out from the comfort zone/ backstage and stand truthfully in front of sick society and voice out for changes as an embod-iment of our life by reforming the out-dated system, method and concept and explore out for new system which is compatible and adaptable to Nagas. At the same time we must perform harder to where and what we have reformed for in order to transform our society into vibrant society.

After careful observation, I am compelled to con-clude that we have so far failed to see the realities and tragedies confronting our ideal for National-ism. Firstly, Nagas ought to study the root causes

of such maladies afflicting Naga Nationalism in order to push for reformation or reorganize the present ineffective and un-suitable system. In addition, we are also uncertain of our fu-ture political settlements and we are still lacking behind other communities in regards to other important matters of econo-my and law, but these questions shall be dealt later.

Now on the question of Realities and Tragedies affecting Naga Nationalism: From its advent, the Nagas, under Zapu Phizo’s leadership, decided to fight for separate Naga Nation. Naga Nationalism had and has been a driving force in devel-oping and shaping Naga history till today. However, Nagas had failed to think and live up to the standards laid down under the principles of Nationalism due to the absence of its binding and Supreme Naga Constitution given by the Nagas to the Nagas to govern the Nagas. Even in the existence of constitution, we cannot deny that the old habits, customs, and spirit of the different Naga tribes will easily surpass the con-stitution. Here for better understanding, a comparative study on the impact of Constitution on Indian Nationalism after India’s independence is necessary. Indian Nationalism would not have survived all the internal and external crises since the establishment of an Independent India in the absence of its Supreme Indian Constitution governing, guiding, and pro-tecting its citizens. I present the example of Indian Constitu-tion because in Indian National Politics, no Indian citizen, irrespective of his community status, had tried to put himself above the constitution. Whereas, in Naga politics, any Naga can violate any existing constitution and push forward his or his tribal agendas. This is one of the reasons why small Naga populaces have so many parallel governments creating more chaos. I compare Naga Nationalism with Indian Nationalism since Naga Nation as an independent country had been in ex-istence since 14th August 1947, and yet have failed to present a Supreme Naga Constitution to govern the Nagas in the lines of Indian Constitution governing the Indians and progressing as a Nation. India is India because of the supremacy of the Constitution of India. And I like to remind that Indian Nation have only one Government, i.e. the Union Government of India, because of the supremacy of the Constitutional Law of India alone and not because of the supremacy of the Indian citizen nor the supremacy of any Indian community/tribes. Furthermore, Indians have agreed to be governed by the con-stitution of India alone. And no Indian political party can de-stroy the basic structure of Indian constitution. Whereas in Naga nation, it is exactly the opposite; here, the supremacy lies in the hands of a single man and his tribe. He can violate any, except his own tribe’s, constitution or law; he can cre-ate his own party/faction and govern his country like a dicta-tor. In the mean time, the mass, governed by Nagaland State government under the Indian Constitution, jabber about de-mocracy as if we were solely responsible for developing demo-cratic values and principles and how we love following demo-cratic form of government including the democratic electoral system, the multi-party system, the freedom of speech and expression, etc. At the end, the legitimacy of the Nagaland State politics is questionable, with unstable government ad-ministering the state due to politicians lacking any leadership aptitudes and concern for the citizens they claim to represent. No wonder, Nagaland the poorest state in India.

Generally speaking, Nagas hate criticism and favour only

praises, but if the world’s top Anthropologist, Sociologist, Psychologist, and Political Scientists make a survey on find-ing the rate of stupidity of world communities, the winner will be the Naga Community (World Stupidest Community). We have come to face present critical situation due to our limited knowledge in the discipline of law, politics, economics, and diplomacy coupled with our unwillingness to change policies even when they are not suitable and practical in reality. Af-ter all, in this highly advanced and technologically globalized world, village and tribal thoughts alone cannot guarantee good governance. But this is not the end yet and Nagas can do better.

Now let us examine some of the primary factors inhibiting Naga Nationalism and find effective ways to alleviate them:

1. Naga national movement soon turned into a Multi-Factional Movement, thanks to habits, custom and spirit of the Naga Tribes, within two decades after it commencement. This, in turn, blocked the Nagas from drafting supreme Naga Constitution to control and guide the movement. Even the peoples’ intellectual capacity and situations at that time did now allow Nagas to establish such supreme and binding Con-stitution. However, the flip side of it was that it inevitable put the Naga nationalism behind individual tribe’s interests (i.e. Tribalism) and with it the era of darkness begun. The irony is that even the present Nagas do not care much on supremacy of constitution preferring promote individual tribe’s interests.

2. To prevent further damage to Naga Nation, Supreme Naga Constitution must be established; thus making a clear cut line between a federal and unitary structure. Observing the past and present political system and the damages incurred to Nagas, I prefer pushing for strong centralized Pro- Naga Government that by-pass the tribal system altogether. The present federal political system, with no centralized authority over all the tribes, only promotes more animosity where bigger federal units or tribes dictate and harass smaller unit in any subject matter. Of course, this is not to forget that even within a single tribe, the bigger villages have been harassing smaller villages. Keeping all these in mind, it is of little wonder that Naga Nation has ceased to exist in spirit and in letter. Remind-ing again that, Nagas are not politically, educationally, and economically advance enough to benefit by following federal system in its conventional sense and multi-party system of other western countries. If we are serious about Naga Nation, we must study, both from the past and present, the root causes of all our internal conflicts, and seek to reform our destructive system and concentrate on economic advancements. All the present infighting among the Nagas is the failure on our part to make a good use out of federal structure. When we do not really know how to follow a system and progress by following such a system, we need to rethink and question its viability with regards to our society.

3. Supreme Naga Constitution must define the unam-biguous meaning of Naga Nationality and its highest goals. By now we ought to realize the difference between national-ity, ethnicity, and tribes/sub-tribes. Naga individuals called themselves ‘a Nationalist,’ but they fail to see its true mean-ing. How can one consider oneself as a nationalist, yet live, think, act, and identify primarily as a member of his tribe, not as Naga? We can no longer continue to flirts between a Naga Nationalist and individual Naga tribe. It is not wrong to say that Naga Individuals consider their tribe as an entity above a Nation since every tribal body functions as a Nation, govern-ing the actions and behaviors of its tribesmen where its deci-sions are final and binding. Such unfortunate practices illus-

trate the presence of numerous tiny nations within an already tiny and fragmented Naga Nation. The longer period Nagas refuse to reforms this backward practice and promote Naga citizenship, Naga Nation will continue to remain a theory, not reality. Again, we consider ourselves first as citizens of our tribe. In other words, our first and absolute loyalty belongs to our tribe, thereby relegating Naga Nation as secondary. Yet, we dream and naively talk of Naga Nation without seeing the reality and fail to reforms our political and social system. Another sad reality is that, Naga tribes are suspicious of each other. The wrong mixtures of nationality, ethnicity, tribe, and clan have jeopardized the Naga cause.

Under the Supreme Naga Constitution, any Naga tribe can preserve its tribe’s identity even in the absence of classi-fication and recognition on the basis of majority or minority. The Supreme Naga Constitution solely focuses on the devel-opment and protection of its citizens based on the concept of Naga Citizenship alone and not on the basis of tribes. With-out such Constitution, tribalism will sink deep in the psyche of the Nagas that will ultimately destroy Naga Nation. Since any Naga tribe never hesitates to withdraw its membership, support, or cooperation from any apex bodies when its Tribe’s interests are not met, it only exacerbates the fragmentation of the Nagas as a community with its own “unique history.” If such practices go unchecked, Naga Nation will soon become a myth. Moreover, presenting a question, has any state thus far attempted to secede from the Union of India? Such at-tempts will attract serious offence of Sedition covered by IPC Section 124 A.

4. It’s now or never for us to put Naga Nationality above our individual tribe identity and work together as a Naga, and not as this or that tribes. We cannot afford to play regional politics with Nagas. Rest of India do play regional politics, but India can survive because of the supremacy of the Indian Constitution, which is aided by its powerful insti-tutions, such as an Independent Judiciary, population, patri-otic citizens, education, media, industries, religion, and, most importantly, a strong standing Army. Whereas, we have no constitution; this allows tribes to do anything as they wish. If Nagas cannot compromise on our tribe’s identity or interest, we cannot expect anything positive results.

5. In order to acquire practical knowledge on gov-ernance and its economic policy, we must diligently study Japanese model, Singaporean Model and political system of other multi-ethnic countries to advance and develop Naga’s interests. For instance, Japan has numerous Japanese clans, but they do not classify nor recognize such clans/tribe identi-ties. This safeguards and promotes Japanese National inter-ests. What is Naga National interest? In this matter, individual tribe’s interests cannot be regarded as Naga National interests; ironically, individual tribe/clan interests have surpassed Naga National interest again and again.Uncertain Political Settlement: I write on this uncertain political settlement not to hurt senti-ments of any Naga political groups, but to appeal to all Nagas that it is high time to seek a new beginning and move out of this stagnant era by accepting the realities that confronts us. We must always keep in mind that other Northeastern states with its varied ethnic groups are keenly waiting and observing Naga political issues. Naga political leaders cannot be swept away by regional politics, egoism, and tribe centric politics at these critical times. One wrong decision will haunt the Naga population for ages to come.

Coming back to the question on uncertain political settle-

ment: Will the Union Government give Nagas total Independ-ence, to live as an Independent nation, or offer two country one-system formula, free from interference in Domestic but not on foreign policy, or grant the status of an autonomous state, where funding, foreign affairs remain under the control of the Union Government. Now, Nagas has to be contended with any definition of sovereignty to save the remnants of what remains of Naga Nation. We already know this, but still failed to admit that the terms of settlement lie in the gener-osity of the Union Government of India. Though the word generosity may sound politically incorrect, Nagas are not in a condition, then and now, to attain whatever we demand; rather it is whatever GOI is willing to concede. Though we may believe the respective parties entered into the negotiation as equal, we are not equal in the first place, neither now nor will be in the next thousand years. So we must take whatever is put on the table.

Failing now will not guarantee that we will win tomor-row, for we may not remain tomorrow thanks to our political blindness aided by the ingredients of narrow mindedness, in spite of College Degrees, family environment, unwillingness to change our destructive tribal attitudes, individualism, and partiality leading to tribalism and inter-tribe conflicts. It is not important whether the readers agree or not with what has been said, but what’s important is that, this is a factual reality.Lack of Economic policy and Just Laws:Since the advent of Naga National movement, Nagas never had solid economic policy nor did the prevailing societal conditions allow for it. NPGs had no sustainable economic policy of their own even after the signing of ceasefire agree-ment, forcing them to resorts to unabated taxation which in turns forced the youths to lose faith on theory and practicali-ties of Naga Nation, including the Naga Political groups. The then poor economic conditions of the Nagas led almost all the schooled and college educated youths to quickly jump in to Indian government service for survival. In this matter, Na-gas can also learned from Indian Nationalist leader Subash Chandra Bose, who after clearing highly sought Indian Civil Service Exam did not join the prestigious Indian Civil Service on the ground that he is Indian and chose to fight British oc-cupation of India. He stood his ground as he was a man of principle at the same time from a rich family background. In Naga ethics then and now, youths want to be an IAS officer, so the blaring question that faces us is that where is our Na-tion now? Even those Nagas who joined Indian civil service speaks on Naga National movement and on being a Naga, but the fact is, he forfeits his right to comment on Naga Na-tionalism once he joins the Indian civil service. These sad de-velopment accompanied with its own ironies were the result of the absence of economic policy of the Naga Nation and its movement. Almost all the shortcomings in Naga National Movement were due to absence of Common Law system to regulate the behavior of the whole Nagas. Even now it is ap-parent that Nagas do not bother to seek and follow the advice of “Economists” and “Experts in Law” in order to seek a new beginning with novel ideas. No Nation can survive without Just Laws and effective Economic Policies.

Having partly accomplished the task of pointing out the shortcomings in our past and contemporary history, I con-clude by stating that, in the face of realities and tragedies con-fronting Naga Nationalism, the old cherished idea of a Naga Nation has so far managed to survive, but for how long?

Pakinrichapbo (Advocate)Dimapur, Nagaland

Hailing from Kigwema Village, but with very few idiosyncrasies or peculiar traits, behaviours and at-titude of his native people, since

he was educated and brought up under the influence of the Catholic Church and its people, thoroughly moulded and shaped as a humble, simple and genial person.

As an officer, mostly out of his home state Nagaland and returned at a later stage of his career, he was appreciated and ad-mired by one and all for his humble life, read-

iness to treat and help all people equally and ever with a broad radiant smiling demeanour.

A rare soul of true education, civility and service. Gone off too early, but leaves behind an incredible legacy for young generation to emulate.Your call-name was Vibale (Goodness Personified).I bid you adieu. Vivolieluo… Goodbye, Vibale. Dr. Dietho-o

South CornerAG Road, Kohima.

Scripture text: Psalm 67:7 May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.

This verse corresponds to the priestly bless-ing given in Numbers 6:24, 25, “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gra-cious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.” The Psalmist offers the same blessings to the believers so that the world will fear God. The purpose of God’s blessing and provision in believers lives points

to the ultimate giver of every good gifts. It is not man taking the credit for making himself rich. The source of every good thing comes from above. We are to seek the blessings of God so that the blessings of God can flow through us to people around us.

Every enjoyment, pleasures, fulfilment and joy comes from the One who holds the universe in his power. He directs every season of the year and the land produces its abundant harvest. It is God’s blessing that leads a person to honour and fear Him. The purpose of God giving us good things is not solely for selfish enjoyment

but that it may be redirected towards displaying the majesty and power of His generosity. God does not bless us so that we could accumulate more and more for our selfish ends. No! God blesses us so that we share those blessings to people around us and in doing so, people will stand in awe of God’s power and deeds.

Prayer: Lord, enlarge our hands to give more. Empower us to succeed and prosper so that we become a channel of your blessings to others for your name and glory, amen.

Vebu Khamo Seoul Christian University

An Imperative Need to Reform, Perform and Transform Our Society

Realities and Tragedies Confronting Naga Nationalism

Good People Are Called Before Their Time: A Tribute to Dominic (Vibale) Yazokie

May God Bless You!

God seeks His beloved children.

Every Saturday our family lines the edges of the racecourse to cheer on my daughter as she runs

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daughter.

Thank You, Lord, for seeking me while I was lost and returning me home to You through Jesus Christ.

Earnestly SearchingBIBLE READ: ISAIAH 62:1–12THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

You will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.

~ Isaiah 62:12

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EASTERN MIRROR | Dimapur, Sunday, August 27, 2017

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Mark Rowlands | Aeon

Today’s ASTRO-PREDICTION

ARIES (MAR 21 - APR 19): Today you might feel an overwhelming physical attraction to a new person even if you’re already involved, Aries. Also, an unusual stroke of luck could

bring some extra money your way. It could be an unex-pected bonus, a sale of some kind, or a gift. The tempta-tion to spend it all at once could arise. If you don’t need the money for routine expenses, go for it! You deserve a reward.

TAURUS (APR 20 - MAY 20): An unexpect-ed invitation to a social event could put you in touch with unusual, fascinating people, Tau-rus. Some of them may be involved in profes-

sions that interest you. Some may become your friends and others might prove to be valuable business contacts. New opportunities could come your way as a result. Whatever invitations come your way, don’t turn them down. You might miss something wonderful.

GEMINI (MAY 21 - JUN 21): Have you been thinking about adopting a pet? Even if you haven’t, a lovely little dog or cat could come into your life now and show signs of wanting

to stay with you, Gemini. Don’t let mundane consider-ations get in your way. An animal could bring a lot of joy into your life now. Your health should continue to thrive, though your energy might come and go in spurts.

CANCER (JUN 22 - JUL 22): A friend could propose that you participate in a new project together. This may be something you’ve never done before, Cancer, and

you’re likely to have doubts. If you have any interest at all, don’t let your doubts get in your way. What-ever your friend offers may involve the investment of a lot of time, but all signs say that in the end it will be worth it.

LEO (JUL 23 - AUG 22): A sudden feeling of love for your home could catapult you into redecorating, Leo. News could come your way of sudden good fortune involving a family

member. This is likely to affect the entire family in some way, so while you’re happy for your relative, be glad for yourself, too. Don’t be surprised if you feel a touch of envy. You’re human, after all.

VIRGO (AUG 23 - SEP 22): New channels of communication may open up for you to-day. A female author whose work you enjoy could release a new book, Virgo. You could

meet some new neighbors who share your interests or you could come into contact with like-minded people online. This promises to open new territory for you re-garding your intellectual and social lives. Your mind is going to be working overtime!

LIBRA (SEP 23 - OCT 22): Your adventurous side could show itself, Libra. You might have a talent for an activity you never considered before, such as rafting, flying, mountain climb-

ing, or skydiving! Or it could be a less risky pastime that’s still new to you. This is a good time to tackle new projects of any kind. Just make sure you know all the ins and outs before getting started.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 - NOV 21): Lucky you! An unexpected break could come your way that gets you started in just the direction you’ve wanted to follow. This could involve

love, career aspirations, or simply a new way of living that you’ve been longing to experience. Friends might play a major role in this process. Move ahead cautious-ly, but move ahead. Breaks like this don’t come very often!

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 - DEC 21): Your imagination is always fertile, but today it’s espe-cially productive, perhaps surprisingly so, Sag-ittarius. You could come up with ideas for all

kinds of new projects. Friends could want to work with you, and they should have a lot to contribute. Make sure you write down some of your ideas so you can go back to them later. You won’t be able to get everything done today!

CAPRICORN (DEC 22 - JAN 19): A goal that you and some friends have been try-ing to reach may take a sudden turn and show signs of manifesting sooner than

you expected. This could be a real break for you and you might be baffled as to how to make the most of it. Don’t worry about that now. Celebrate with your friends. Within a few days you’ll be in the frame of mind to move ahead!

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 - FEB 18): Acknowl-edgement for work well done could come your way, Aquarius, as those around you suddenly seem to see you in a new light. In some cases,

a touch of fame could result. This could pertain either to your career, personal life, or both. Either way, it boosts your enthusiasm and self-esteem, which should enable you to continue pushing ahead. Enjoy your fame and then aim higher!

PISCES (FEB 19 - MAR 20): Your desire to advance your education and learn new skills could be promoted by a sudden event that points you in the right direction, Pisces. You

could start training an artistic talent or learn to use new technology or find out about the latest advances in scien-tific knowledge. Your mind is sharp and curiosity high. The opportunity to learn will appear.

When I became a father for the first time, at the ripe old age of 44, various historical con-tingencies saw to it that my

nascent son would be sharing his home with two senescent canines. There was Nina, an endearing though occasionally ferocious German shepherd/Malamute cross. And there was Tess, a wolf-dog mix who, though gentle, had some rather highly developed predatory instincts. So, I was a little con-cerned about how the co-sharing arrange-ments were going to work. As things turned out, I needn’t have worried.

During the year or so that their old lives overlapped with that of my son, I was al-ternately touched, shocked, amazed, and dumbfounded by the kindness and patience they exhibited towards him. They would follow him from room to room, everywhere he went in the house, and lie down next to him while he slept. Crawled on, dribbled on, kicked, elbowed and kneed: these oc-currences were all treated with a resigned fatalism. The fingers in the eye they re-ceived on a daily basis would be shrugged off with an almost Zen-like calm. In many respects, they were better parents than me. If my son so much as squeaked during the night, I would instantly feel two cold noses pressed in my face: get up, you negligent fa-ther — your son needs you.

Kindness and patience seem to have a clear moral dimension. They are forms of what we might call ‘concern’ — emotional states that have as their focus the wellbeing of another — and concern for the welfare of others lies at the heart of morality. If Nina and Tess were concerned for the wel-fare of my son then, perhaps, they were act-ing morally: their behaviour had, at least in part, a moral motivation. And so, in those foggy, sleepless nights of early fatherhood, a puzzle was born inside of me, one that has been gnawing away at me ever since. If there is one thing on which most philoso-phers and scientists have always been in agreement it is the subject of human mor-al exceptionalism: humans, and humans alone, are capable of acting morally. Yet, this didn’t seem to tally with the way I came to think of Nina and Tess.

Binti Jua lifted the unconscious boy, gently cradled him in her arms, and growled warnings at other gorillas

that tried to get closeThe first question is whether I was cor-

rect to describe the behaviour of Nina and Tess in this way, as moral behaviour. ‘An-thropomorphism’ is the misguided attri-bution of human-like qualities to animals. Perhaps describing Nina and Tess’s be-haviour in moral terms was simply an an-thropomorphic delusion. Of course, if I’m guilty of anthropomorphism, then so too are myriad other animal owners. Such an owner might describe their dog as ‘friend-ly’, ‘playful’, ‘gentle’, ‘trustworthy’, or ‘loyal’ — a ‘good’ dog. On the other hand, the ‘bad’ dog — the one they try to avoid at the park — is bad because he is ‘mean’, ‘aggressive’, ‘vicious’, ‘unpredictable’, a ‘bully’, and so on. Nor are these seemingly moral descriptions entirely useless. On the contrary, it is a valuable skill to be able to assess these descriptions when an unfamil-iar dog is bearing down on you in the street. If I’m guilty of anthropomorphism, so too, it seems, are many others.

Many scientists (and more than a few philosophers) would have no hesitation in accusing perhaps several billion people of such delusional anthropomorphism. A growing number of animal scientists, how-ever, are going over to the dark side, and at least flirting with the idea that animals can act morally. In his book Primates and Phi-losophers (2006), the Dutch primatologist Frans de Waal has argued that animals are at least capable of proto-moral behaviour: they possess the rudiments of morality even if they are not moral beings in precisely the way that we are. This was, in fact, Charles Darwin’s view, as developed in The Descent of Man. In a similar vein, the American bi-ologist Marc Bekoff has being arguing for years that animals can act morally, and his book Wild Justice (2009) provides a useful summary of the evidence for this claim. Perhaps scientists such as Darwin, de Waal

and Bekoff are also guilty of anthropomor-phism? The evidence, however, would sug-gest otherwise.

Eleanor, the matriarch of her family, is dying. She is unable to stand, so Grace at-tempts to help her, lifting and pushing her back to her feet. She tries to get Eleanor to walk, nudging her along gently. But Elean-or stumbles, and falls again. Grace appears very distressed, and shrieks loudly. She persists in trying to get Eleanor back to her feet, to no avail. Grace stays by the fallen figure of Eleanor for another hour, while night falls.

If the figures that played out this grim tableau were human, we might have little hesitation in explaining what was going on in moral terms. Grace, we might say, was motivated by her sympathy for Eleanor’s plight. However, neither Grace nor Elean-or is human. Eleanor is the matriarch of a family of elephants, one that the British zo-ologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton and his col-leagues have come to call the ‘First Ladies’ family. Grace is a younger, unrelated, mem-ber of another family, the ‘Virtues Family’.

Grace is not unusual among elephants. Take another series of events: a young fe-male elephant suffered from a withered leg, and could put little weight upon it. A young male from another herd charged the crip-pled female. A large female elephant chased him away and then, revealingly, returned to the young female and gently touched her withered leg with her trunk. Joyce Poole, the ethologist and elephant conservation-ist who described this event, concluded that the adult female was showing empathy.

Binti Jua, a gorilla residing at Brook-field Zoo in Illinois, had her 15 minutes of fame in 1996 when she came to the aid of a three-year-old boy who had climbed on to the wall of the gorilla enclosure and fallen five metres onto the concrete floor below. Binti Jua lifted the unconscious boy, gently cradled him in her arms, and growled warn-ings at other gorillas that tried to get close. Then, while her own infant clung to her back, she carried the boy to the zoo staff waiting at an access gate. De Waal relates a similar story of Kuni, a female bonobo chimpanzee at Twycross Zoo in England. One day, Kuni encountered a starling that had been stunned during some misadven-ture. Fearing that she might injure the bird, Kuni’s keeper urged her to let it go. Kuni, however, picked up the starling with one hand, and climbed to the top of the high-est tree in her enclosure, wrapping her legs around the trunk so that she had both hands free to hold the bird. She then care-fully unfolded its wings and spread them wide open. She threw the bird as hard as she could towards the barrier of the enclo-sure. Unfortunately, it didn’t wake up, and landed on the bank of the enclosure’s moat. While her rescue attempt didn’t succeed, Kuni certainly seemed to act with good intentions, and tried to make amends by guarding the vulnerable, unconscious bird from a curious juvenile for quite some time.

These examples merely scratch the sur-face of the evidence for apparently moral behaviour in animals. Much of it has been around for a long time but it has languished unrecognised. As long ago as 1959, the ex-perimental psychologist Russell Church, now professor at Brown University, Rhode Island, demonstrated that rats wouldn’t push a lever that delivered food if doing so caused other rats to receive an electric shock. Likewise, in 1964, Stanley Wechkin and colleagues at the Northwestern Univer-sity in Chicago demonstrated that hungry rhesus monkeys refused to pull a chain that delivered them food if doing so gave a pain-ful shock to another monkey. One monkey persisted in this refusal for 12 days.

This, however, is my favourite (delu-sional dog owner that I am, perhaps): a dog had been hit by a car and lay uncon-scious on a busy motorway in Chile. The dog’s canine companion, at enormous risk to its own life, weaved in and out of traffic, and eventually managed to drag the uncon-scious dog to the side of the road. I cringed my way through the video on YouTube, a site which is rapidly becoming the biggest single repository of evidence for apparently moral behavior in animals.

While the evidence of apparently moral behaviour in animals is no longer in dispute — and cannot be restricted to mere anthro-pomorphic outpourings — how to interpret

this evidence still is. Most scientists and philosophers are still sceptical of the idea that there is ‘real’ or ‘genuine’ morality at work here. This scepticism comes in two forms, one associated with scientists, the other with philosophers.

Underlying scientific opposition is what has become known as Lloyd Morgan’s Can-on, after the 19th-century British ethologist Conwy Lloyd Morgan. The basic idea is reasonable: when we explain animal be-haviour, we should not postulate any more than we absolutely have to. In other words, we should not explain the behaviour of ani-mals in complex, moral terms when anoth-er — non-moral — explanation is available. But are there other, non-moral, explana-tions for the sorts of cases described above?

In some cases, the alternative, non-moral explanations can be almost endear-ingly desperate. In the case of Binti Jua who rescued the boy, some argued that since she had been hand-raised by zoo staff, who had taught her mothering skills by us-ing a stuffed toy as a pretend baby, she was simply doing what she had been trained to do, believing that the unconscious boy was another stuffed toy. Yet this explanation, resting as it does on the assumption that a gorilla is incapable of distinguishing a boy from a stuffed toy (something a dog can do with a 100 per cent success rate) is astonish-ingly, and one suspects wilfully, naïve.

In other cases, alternative, non-moral explanations appear more plausible. In the case of Russell Church’s rat experiment, for example, a rat’s failure to push the food bar might be explained not in terms of moral concern for its fellow rat but as an aversion to the noise made by a rat when it receives an electric shock. Indeed, this ‘aversive stimulus’ explanation is supported by the fact that white noise will have a similar af-fect on mice — they will refuse to push the food bar if doing so results in a loud blast of white noise.

It might seem as if this is a purely sci-entific issue. Either an animal is motivated by a moral emotion — sympathy, kindness, malice, etc — or it is motivated by some-thing else. However, philosophical assump-tions, and confusions, can also intrude. First, the ‘aversive stimulus’ explanation does not necessarily rule out a moral ex-planation. Sometimes, the basis of aver-sion will be a feeling of sympathy. I find the cries of my children unpleasant — I have an aversion to those cries. But this is precisely an expression of my concern for them and not something separate. Con-sider, for example, a (probably apocryphal) tale concerning Abraham Lincoln. Seeing some young birds that had fallen from their nest and were in distress, Lincoln stopped to help them back into the nest and reunite them with their mother. On being praised for his charity, Lincoln replied: ‘I wouldn’t have been able to sleep tonight if I had been thinking of those poor birds.’

Lincoln was certainly ‘averse’ to the dis-tress of the birds, but this aversion cannot be separated from his sympathy for them. If he didn’t care about the plight of the birds, then their distress would not have troubled his sleep. Lincoln’s aversion to their distress and his sympathy are, in this case, inextrica-bly bound together: sympathy is the basis of his ‘aversion’.

Secondly, the ‘aversive stimulus’ ex-planation can often seem curiously misdi-rected. After all, what explains an animal’s behaviour is not simply whether it finds a situation aversive: it’s how it responds to this aversion that is crucial. The apparently heroic Chilean dog in the YouTube video might well have found the sight of his com-panion lying prone on the road unpleasant or ‘aversive’. But there are various ways of escaping an aversive stimulus — walking away is the simplest. The fact that the dog didn’t walk away, but instead risked its life to save the other is, surely, significant.

Did the apparently heroic dog think to itself: ‘I am inclined to drag my companion to safety. Is this an inclination I should act upon or one that I should resist?’

Perhaps Lloyd Morgan’s Canon itself is wrong. We might think of the Canon as akin to a game with a set of arbitrary rules: don’t give animals anything more than you absolutely have to. Assume only the bare minimum of cognitive abilities required to explain their behaviour. Ditto emotional sensibilities. Moral emotions — kindness,

sympathy? Certainly don’t give them those unless there is no other choice. We know that we have cognitive and emotional ca-pacities aplenty, and we know that we can, and often do, act for moral reasons. But don’t assume other animals are like us un-less there is no other option.

Here, courtesy of de Waal, is another possible game. We know that animals are like us in many ways — in terms of their evolution, their genetic structure, the struc-ture of their brains, and their behaviour. Given these known similarities, when we see animals behaving in ways that seem to be similar to the ways we behave, then do not assume a difference in motivation un-less there is some evidence that supports this difference. When a chimpanzee gives what appears to be a consoling hug to its fellow who has just received a savage beat-ing from the alpha male then, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the working hy-pothesis should be that the chimpanzee is motivated by the same sorts of emotions as a human would be in the same sort of situ-ation. If, in the human case, we take this to be an expression of sympathy, then we should assume the same for the ape unless there is positive evidence to suppose other-wise.

Many scientists assume that the Lloyd Morgan Canon is the only one in town, and few express any fondness for de Waal’s al-ternative. But it’s not clear that Lloyd Mor-gan’s game has any more legitimacy than de Waal’s. On the contrary, the Lloyd Mor-gan position seems to make sense only if we assume there is a drastic discontinuity between humans and other animals — an assumption that is becoming increasingly difficult to defend.

The scepticism of philosophers towards the idea that animals can behave morally is subtly different from that of scientists. Scientists question whether there is enough evidence to support the claim that animals can be motivated by emotions such as kind-ness or compassion, or by negative coun-terparts such as malice or cruelty. Philoso-phers argue that, even if animals were to be motivated by these sorts of states, this is still not moral motivation. When they occur in animals, these states are not moral ones. For example, compassion, when it occurs in an animal, is not the same sort of thing as compassion when it occurs in a human. When it occurs in an animal, compassion has no moral status, and so even if the ani-mal acts through compassion, it is still not acting morally.

In a nutshell, this is the philosopher’s worry: moral action seems to imply moral responsibility. If I act morally, then I am, it seems, morally responsible for what I do. But do we really want to hold animals re-sponsible for what they do? During the me-dieval era, it was not uncommon for courts of law to try (and often execute) animals for perceived indiscretions. I assume that no one wants to go back to those days, and underlying this reluctance is the thought that, whatever else is true of animals, they are not really responsible for what they do. But this seems to imply that they cannot act morally.

Consider a principle associated with the philosopher Immanuel Kant: ought implies can. It doesn’t make sense to sup-pose that I ought to do something if I am incapable of doing it. Nor does it make sense to say I shouldn’t do something if I can’t help doing it. To say that you ought (or ought not) to do something is to imply that you have a say in the matter — that you are capable of choosing what it is you are going to do (or capable of refraining from whatever it is you are tempted to do). Moral motivations seem to imply that you have this ability. A morally good motiva-tion is one that you ought to endorse or act upon. A morally bad motivation is one that you ought to resist. So animals can’t act morally, it seems, unless they are capa-ble of deciding how they are going to act, and so are responsible for what they do — and then, it seems, we are back to medieval animal trials.

Most philosophers have been united in their reasons for thinking that animals can-not be responsible for what they do. To be responsible requires an ability that animals do not have — the ability to scrutinise their motivations critically. To be responsible, animals must be able to think the following

sorts of thought: I am inclined to do this; is this an inclination I should embrace or re-ject? Did the apparently heroic dog think to itself: ‘I am inclined to drag my companion to safety. Is this an inclination I should act upon or one that I should resist?’ According to philosophers, it is not simply that the dog didn’t engage in this sort of scrutiny of its motivation. What is crucial is that it can-not do this — it does not have the ability to scrutinise its motivations.

Of course, human beings often act un-reflectively, too — dashing into burning buildings to save babies, and so on, with-out a thought to the consequences. But the difference, philosophers say, is that we can scrutinise our motivations even if, in particular cases, we don’t. This is why phi-losophers have almost universally rejected the idea that animals can act morally: they assume that animals cannot perform this same self-scrutiny.

Despite its widespread acceptance, I think this is incorrect. In the first place it is not clear that the requirement to criti-cally scrutinise our actions is at all crucial to our own moral behaviour. Simply put, say I am inclined to help a dog I see lying unconscious in the middle of a busy road. Do I have control over this inclination? Ac-cording to the standard philosophical view, I have control over it as long as I am ca-pable of critically scrutinising it — of ask-ing myself whether I should act upon this inclination or resist it. But recent work in psychology suggests that my responses can be skewed by environmental influences of which I am unaware and over which I have no control. We have a problem of regress here: the ability to engage in critical scru-tiny of my motivations will give me con-trol over them only if I have control over the critical scrutiny. Where does this end? We began with the problem of explaining my control over my motivations, but have merely substituted for this another problem: the problem of explaining my control over my critical scrutiny. We haven’t explained control at all, merely pushed the problem back a step.

The traditional philosophers’ way of understanding the ‘ought’ of moral motiva-tion in terms of rational control is question-able. There is another way of understanding morality that does not rest on this assump-tion. It is, for example, possible to do things that we ‘ought’ to do, even in the absence of critical scrutiny or rationalisation about alternative courses of action – acting pru-dently to ensure a long and healthy life, say, or caring for another being. This opens up a new way of thinking about the moral ca-pacities of animals. Animals can, in fact, act morally even if they are not responsible for what they do. They can be motivated by the desire to do good (and also bad) things even if they are not responsible for their ac-tions. A dog can be motivated by the desire to rescue his companion, and rescuing his companion is a good thing. But this does not imply that the dog is responsible for what it does. This allows us to make sense of the growing body of evidence that sup-ports the idea that animals can act morally without returning us to the horrors of ani-mals on trial.

The crux of this issue has as much to do with humans as it does with animals. When humans act morally, what is it we are do-ing? Traditionally, the philosopher’s answer has been an intellectualist one: acting mor-ally requires the ability to think about what we are doing, to evaluate our reasons in the light of moral principles. But there is an-other tradition, associated with the philoso-pher David Hume and developed later by Charles Darwin, that understands morality as a far more basic part of our nature — a part of us that is as much animal as it is in-tellectual. On this ‘sentimentalist’ account of morality, our natural sentiments — the empathy and sympathy we have for those around us — are basic components of our biological nature. Our morality is rooted in our biology rather than our intellect.

If this is true, then the reasons for think-ing that animals cannot act morally dissolve before our eyes. What is left is a new un-derstanding of what we are doing when we act morally and, to that extent, the sorts of beings we are. Those beings are, perhaps, just a little more biological and a little less intellectual, a little more animal and a little less spiritual, than we once thought.

The Kindness of Beasts

8 NATIONEASTERN MIRROR | Dimapur, Sunday, August 27, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi during a meeting with top officials to review the flood situation in the state, in Purnea on Saturday.

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Nuns cutting cake to celebrate Mother Teresa’s 107th birth anniversary in a unit of Missionaries of Charity of Santiniketan in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Saturday.

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NEWS IN BRIEFCM Chouhan dons teacher’s roleBhopal, August 26 (PTI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today became teacher for a day and taught mathematics. The chief minister visited the government middle school on the campus of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology here as part of a day-long mass teaching program, ‘Mil Banchey Madhya Pradesh’ (Let’s read together, Madhya Pradesh), organised by his government. Apart from giving maths lessons, he also spoke about importance of protecting the environment, said a government official who accompanied him. The initiative was aimed at promoting ‘community involvement’ in schools and in overall development of students, Rajay Shiksha Kendra Media Adviser Amitabh Anuragi said.

Met forecasts heavy rains in Uttarakhand in next 48 hoursDehradun, August 26 (IANS): The Met department on Saturday forecast heavy rains in many parts of Uttarakhand in the next 48 hours to Monday morning. While there was scanty rainfall in the hill state on Friday, the weatherman has predicted heavy rains in the next two days. Following this alert, the district administration has been asked to be vigilant and to ensure that people are relocated to safer places in areas adjacent to the rivers. Heavy rains are expected in the next two days in Pithoragarh, Munsyari and Dharchula. Kali river is in spate and inching closer to the danger mark in Dharchula.

Heavy rains in Lucknow, neighbouring areasLucknow, August 26 (IANS): The Uttar Pradesh capital and many adjoining areas woke up to heavy rains on Saturday, bringing some respite from the humid weather. The Met Office said that rains would continue with higher intensity at some places till Sunday morning.While heavy rains over the weekend rung in good news for the people irked by the humid weather, the rains brought more trouble for several districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh where floods have ravaged many places and marooned thousands in villages. The rivers in this region are in spate. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been visiting many flood-hit areas over the past one week and has taken steamer rides to reach to the marooned villages to distribute relief materials.

Constable shoots himself in T’gana Hyderabad, August 26 (IANS): A police constable, who was undergoing treatment for depression, on Saturday shot himself with his gun in Telangana’s Karimnagar town, police said. D. Chandraiah, who was serving in the Armed Reserve (AR) unit of Karimnagar Police Commissionerate, shot himself, Police Commissioner V.B. Kamalasan Reddy said. The constable, who came to the police headquarters in the morning, collected his gun from the arms unit and left on a two-wheeler. After covering some distance, he parked the bike and shot himself. He died on the spot. The police officer said the reason for the suicide would be known only after an investigation.

Two rusticated from hostel, 11 fined for ragging at KGMULucknow, August 26 (IANS): Two medical students have been rusticated from the hostel and 11 others fined for ragging their juniors at the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) here, officials said on Saturday. The proctorial board initiated action after the 2017 batch MBBS students submitted evidence to prove they were threatened and abused on the phone by two seniors - Anurag Agarwal and Abhijeet Gupta. The students were told to wear white trousers, long aprons, black shoes and red socks. They were also asked to bow whenever they saw a senior approaching them. The students told this to their parents who then petitioned senior doctors at the varsity. Charged with harassing, intimidating, threatening and abusing juniors, the two students have also been barred from entering the hostel premises.

Policeman commits suicide; 2 cops sent to police linesNew Delhi, August 26 (PTI): The station house officer and an assistant sub-inspector at Jaitpur police station here have been sent to district lines for allegedly harassing a colleague who later committed suicide, police said today. Devendra Singh (55), an assistant sub-inspector attached to Jaitpur police station, was on emergency duty and had got a service revolver issued for work around 6 pm on August 22. He went to an isolated place on the banks of Yamuna near Kalindi Kunj bridge in south east Delhi and shot himself dead between 6:30 pm to 8 pm that day, a police official said. Though the police suspected domestic trouble initially, the victim’s family members met senior officers at police headquarters and submitted a copy of the suicide note left behind by Singh at his home. In the note, Singh alleged that he was being harassed by the SHO of Jaitpur police station and an assistant sub-inspector.

3 killed in lightening strike in UPBanda (UP), August 26 (PTI): Three persons, in as many incidents of lightening strike, have been killed in the district, police said today. Lightening struck 28-year-old Sunil Yadav of Samsuddinpur village when he was working in his fields yesterday, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Baberu Om Prakash said. Buddhi Vilas (40) of Parsauli village and Bablu (19) of Jamu village in the district were killed after being struck by lightening, he said, adding that bodies have been sent for post mortem.

Man sent to 7 yrs in jail for raping minorBahraich (UP) August 26 (PTI): A man has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a court here for raping a minor girl three years ago. Additional District Judge Lal Bahadur (2nd) held Pramod Yadav guilty and also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him yesterday, government counsel Sant Pratap Singh said today. Yadav had raped the minor, a resident of Revalia village under Huzoorpur police station area of the district, when she had gone to attend to nature’s call in March 2014, he said.

UP: 3 girls die after slipping into flood watersGorakhpur, August 26 (PTI): Three minor girls today died after they slipped into flood waters when they had gone to relieve themselves in Ranapar village in the Jhangaha area here, police said. Suhani (10), Reeti (11) and Nikki (12) had gone to relieve themselves in the morning and they suddenly slipped and fell into flood waters. Their bodies were fished out by an NDRF team, police said, adding that they were taken to a primary health centre where the doctors declared them as brought dead, police said.

PM makes aerial survey of flood-hit Bihar; announces Rs 500 cr

BSF kills 3 Pakistan Rangers men in Jammu

India needs to put national resources for defence preparedness: Jaitley

ED arrests Moin Qureshi in money laundering caseSix security men, two militants killed in Pulwama suicide attack

Mother Teresa’s 107th birth anniv. celebrated

Amid Arab diplomatic crisis, Qatar assures of Indians’ safety

Purnea (Bihar), August 26 (PTI): Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi today made an aerial survey of flood-hit areas of Bihar and announced Rs 500 crore as immediate relief for the state besides Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of those who died in the deluge.

He also said a central team would be sent to the state soon to assess the dam-age caused by the floods, the PMO said.

He asked the insurance companies to send their personnel urgently to as-sess the damage to crops so that farmers could get early relief.

The decisions came after the prime minister held a meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Su-shil Kumar Modi here and senior officials of the state government, following his aerial survey.

The meeting was held at Chunapur Airport of Air Force from where the PM later flew back to Delhi.

Srinagar/New Delhi, Au-gust 26 (IANS): Three Pa-kistan Rangers personnel were killed on Saturday in retaliatory firing by Border Security Force (BSF) troop-ers on the International Border in Jammu district, an official said.

The Pakistan Rangers exploded six mortar shells in Dewra village in Rajouri district’s Sunderbani town, the BSF said.

“Pakistan Rangers to-

day (Saturday) exploded four 51 mm mortar shells and two 81 and 82 mm mortars in Dewra village. The BSF retaliated strongly during cross-border firing and shot dead at least three Pakistan Rangers,” a BSF statement said.

The Pakistan Rangers also started unprovoked cross-border firing in Parg-wal area of Jammu region on Saturday afternoon, with the BSF engaged in a befit-

ting retaliation, the state-ment said.

On Friday, the Paki-stan side had fired at a BSF trooper while he was standing and drinking wa-ter at a border outpost at Budhwar in RS Pura sec-tor in Jammu frontier, the statement said.

It said that the bullet got lodged above the BSF trooper’s ear. “He was oper-ated upon last night and his condition is stable now.”

Bengaluru, August 26 (IANS): Union Minister of Defence, Finance and Corpo-rate Affairs Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that India “needs to put all its national resources behind defence preparedness”.

“In the present geo-political situation, India is located sensitively. Preparedness is something that India cannot compromise on,” the Defence Minister noted.

Remarking that India has “always been heavily dependent” on the rest of the world for buying its defence equipment and tech-nology, Jaitley said it is now growing into a defence manufacturing hub.

“We are now evolving into a major

manufacturing hub not only for our own requirements but also for supplying to other countries in the world,” Jaitley said.

India needs to “graduate” in the field of defence from a “buyer into a manufac-turer”, the minister said.

During his visit here, Jaitley had launched the production of HAL designed 5.8 tonne category LCH and dedicated HAL’s design upgrade programme of Hawk-i, an indigenously designed Hawk aircraft, to the nation.

He had also inaugurated the radar test facility and training centre at the Bharat Electronics Limited unit in Bengaluru.

Sr inagar, Augus t 26 (IANS): Eight people, in-cluding six security men and two militants, were killed on Saturday in a gunfight between holed up militants and the security forces inside the district police lines complex in Pulwama.

Police said firing inside the district police lines complex had stopped and searches were being con-ducted inside the complex.

The six security men killed in the operation against the militants in-cluded two policemen, two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers and two Special Police Of-ficers (SPOs) of the state police, they said.

“After the two mili-tants were killed, firing in-side the complex stopped,” police said.

Earlier, all families of police personnel were safely evacuated from the family quarters inside the

complex.Police said there was

no hostage situation at any time during the operation against the militants, who had managed to enter the police lines after hurling grenades and using heavy volume of automatic gun-fire around 3.40 a.m on Saturday.

The Jaish-e-Muham-mad (JeM) has owned re-sponsibility for the attack.

A JeM spokesman, identifying himself as Has-san Shah, phoned a local news agency to own re-sponsibility for the attack.

The Army, state po-lice and the CRPF jointly carried out the operation to flush out the holed up militants.

A building inside the complex was set ablaze. Fire tenders were called in to douse the fire.

The authorities have suspended internet serv-ices in Pulwama district as a precautionary measure.

Kolkata, August 26 (PTI): Special masses and prayers were today held to mark the 107th birth anniversary of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, better known as Mother Teresa.

Candles were lit at her grave at Mother House here, the global headquar-ters of the Missionaries of Charity (MoC), established by her in 1950.

Her grave was decorat-ed with flowers as the sisters led by the MoC Superior General Sister Prema and other eminent persons sang hymns, read from the Bible and recalled her celebrated life.

Sunita Kumar, who was close to Mother Teresa, also attended the programme and placed wreath on her grave.

“We always feel her presence. She is with us all the time, in all the works for the people,” she told PTI.

A large number of peo-ple, including school chil-dren and residents of the various homes run by the MoC, congregated at the Mother House, which wore a festive look.

New Delhi, August 26 (PTI): Con-troversial meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in con-nection with money laundering probe against him and others.

The ED officials said Qureshi was arrested late last night here after he was called for questioning in the case.

The meat exporter has been ar-rested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and would be produced before a court today, they said, alleging that he was not cooperating in the probe.

Qureshi has been questioned mul-tiple times in the past by the agency which is probing him after it registered two FIRs under the PMLA.

In the latest FIR against him this year, former CBI Director A P Singh has also been named.

Qureshi has been arrested in this case, they said.

The earlier PMLA case against Qureshi was booked by the ED in 2015, based on an Income Tax pros-ecution complaint.

The ED, in a statement, said that its probe has revealed facts which “consti-tute omission and commission of cer-tain acts on the part of certain public servants holding high positions in the public office in collusion with Qureshi, thereby huge amount of illegal money

was found to have been transacted”.The records collected by the ED

from the Income Tax (I-T) Depart-ment, in the form of BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) messages, has “revealed that Qureshi has taken huge amount of money from different persons for obtaining undue favours from public servants after exercising his personal influence”, it said.

BBM messages exchanged between Qureshi and the accused persons in-volved in other criminal cases and also the persons who wanted to seek undue favours from the other investigating agencies of government by getting them off the hook, the statement said.

There were also BBM exchanges between Qureshi and former CBI chief Singh, which are being probed both by the ED and the CBI as part of their separate criminal investigations.

In this way, the ED said, Qureshi “obtained huge amount of money and it was obtained in the name of government servants/political persons holding public office and the said pub-lic servants illegally either obtained the money for themselves or through their kin.”

The agency said an analysis of the BBM messages retrieved from mobile phones of Qureshi and his associates revealed that hawala operators were also used to transfer bribe money

(belonging to government officials) to foreign locations like Paris and the UK.

“Qureshi has extorted crores of rupees from a businessman from Hy-derabad in lieu of the help provided. He was found involved in hawala trans-actions through Delhi-based hawala operators,” the statement said.

Through them, the agency alleged, the money was transferred to Dubai and then to Paris, London, the US, Hong Kong, Italy and Switzerland.

It said the agency had also seized “huge amount” of unaccounted cash after it conducted raids in this case in the past at a hawala operator operating in the national capital.

The meat exporter is facing sepa-rate probes by the I-T Department and the CBI for alleged tax evasion, money laundering and corruption among others.

The I-T Department is probing Qureshi under the new Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and As-sets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 as probe led it to few foreign assets owned or held by the meat exporter and his family in an alleged illegal manner as they were not declared or reported to Indian tax authorities.

The case emerged after the tax department first carried out searches against Qureshi and his firm in Febru-ary, 2014.

New Delhi, August 26 (IANS): Amid a diplomatic standoff be-tween Qatar and four Arab na-tions, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdul-rahman Al-Thani on Saturday assured India of the safety of the large Indian community in the Gulf nation.

“The visiting Qatari Minister called on Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi to hand over a letter from the Emir of Qatar,” the Ex-ternal Affairs Ministry said in a statement.

“He separately met with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval,” it stated.

According to the statement, Sheikh Mohamed assured India about “the continued safety, wel-fare and well-being of the Indian community and briefed the Indian side about new labour laws in

Qatar which favour expatriate workers”.

Earlier in the day, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that the issue of Indian workers’ welfare came up for discussion in a meeting between External Affairs Minis-ter Sushma Swaraj and Sheikh Mohamed.

There are around 630,000 ex-patriate Indians in Qatar, many of whom are blue collar workers in that country’s construction sector.

The visit of Sheikh Moham-ed, who arrived here on Friday, assumes significance as it comes at a time when the Gulf nation is in a nearly three-month-old diplomatic standoff with a group of four Saudi Arabia-led Arab nations.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar on June 5, charging Doha with supporting extremist organisations like the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen, and interfer-ing in the internal affairs of other countries.

To end the impasse, the four-nation group has set a list of de-mands that include Qatar ending support to the extremist groups, closing TV news channel Al-Jazeera, downgrading diplomatic ties with Iran and shutting down a Turkish military base it hosts.

Qatar is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which comprises Bahrain, Ku-wait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

India is close to both Qatar, the largest gas supplier, and Saudi Arabia, one of the biggest crude

oil suppliers.In the midst of this diplomatic

standoff, Qatar is wooing the West with big ticket purchases of fighter jets from the US, naval ships from Italy and Brazilian football super-star Neymar from Barcelona FC for Paris St. Germain, which the Gulf kingdom owns.

By signing a new counter-terrorism agreement with the US, Qatar also nicked President Don-ald Trump’s initial support for the four-nation Arab group.

According to media reports, Doha is looking towards eastern Asia with its second largest bank, the Qatar Islamic Bank, raising money in Chinese yen and Aus-tralian dollars.

“During the meeting, the Qa-tari side welcomed participation of the Indian companies through project exports in Qatar’s infra-

structure development, including for the ongoing FIFA (football World Cup) 2022-related infra-structure, which was welcomed by the Indian side,” the statement said.

Sheikh Mohamed briefed his Indian interlocutors about the situation in the Gulf region.

“He was briefed about India’s position that peace and security in the Gulf are of paramount impor-tance for the continued progress and prosperity of the region,” the statement said.

“Terrorism, violent extremism and religious intolerance pose grave threat not only to the region-al stability but also to the global peace and order. India is of the view that parties should resolve their differences through a proc-ess of constructive dialogue and peaceful negotiations,” it added.

“After the review, the prime minister promised all possible support to the Bi-har government, the PMO said in a statement.

The PM made the aer-ial survey of four affected districts--Purnea, Katihar, Kisanganj and Araria. The chief minister and his dep-

uty accompanied the PM, official sources said.

The PM was told that though 19 districts are af-fected by floods, damage in 13 districts including Purnea, Katihar, Kisan-ganj, Araria due to inunda-tion has been immense, the sources said.

Maximum damage has been caused to water re-sources department. The PM was told that due to breach of embankments and waterways for irriga-tion, a loss of about Rs 27,00 crore has been ac-crued by the department.

Around Rs 2,000 crore

is estimated to have been spent in distribution of re-lief among marooned popu-lation of the state, it came out in the meeting.

Among other things, Modi said the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry would take appro-priate action with regard to repair of the damaged roads in Bihar.

He said the infrastruc-ture damaged due to the floods would be restored at the earliest with the central help, the statement said.

He announced Rs 2 lakh as ex-gratia from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for each of those killed and Rs 50,000 each for those seriously in-jured, the PMO said.

He also referred to his recent talks with Nepal Prime Minister Sher Baha-dur Deuba during which it was decided that a detailed project report would be pre-pared at the earliest on the Saptkoshi Dam and Sunko-shi Storage-cum-Diversion scheme.

Both nations would also work on flood control in the border areas, which will benefit the region, it added.

The PM assured the state government that the Centre would provide all help to compensate the loss due to floods, the sources said.

As per the latest re-port, death toll in Bihar has mounted to 418, with 1.67 crore people in 19 districts being affected by the deluge.

Ear l ie r th i s mor n-ing, the PM arrived at Chunapur Airport from Delhi. He was welcomed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Modi, Disaster Manage-ment Department Minis-ter Dinesh Chand Yadav and Chief Secretary An-jani Kumar Singh among others.

This was the first visit of the PM to Bihar since the JD(U)-BJP coalition government was formed on July 27 after Nitish Kumar dumped the Grand Alliance over graft issue.

A special prayer card for the faithful read, “We thank you (Lord Jesus) for the gift of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, who was elevated to Sainthood in 2016.”

Similar programmes were organised at other homes run by the Mission-aries of Charity.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted, “’Peace begins with a smile.’ Homage to @StTeresaOfCal, Mother

to many of us, on her birth anniversary.”

Saint Teresa of Calcutta was born on August 26, 1910 at Skopje in Macedo-nia. She died on September 5, 1997, less than a month after her 86th birthday.

She was the recipient of numerous honours includ-ing the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the Bharat Ratna in 1980. In 2003, she was beatified as “Blessed Teresa of Calcutta”.

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London, August 26 (PTI): A 26-year-old sword-wielding man attacked and wounded three police officers outside Buckingham Palace in London before being arrested, prompting Scotland Yard to launch a terror investigation.

The man initially held on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault on police has now been re-arrested under the UK s Terrorism Act 2000, the Met-ropolitan Police said today.

“A car deliberately drove at a po-lice van and stopped in front of it in a restricted area on Constitution Hill near Buckingham Palace. The officers, who were unarmed police constables and from Westminster borough, got out of the van and approached the car, a blue Toyota Prius,” the police said.

“As they challenged the driver, who was the only occupant in the car, he

reached for what we now know to be a four-foot sword which was in the front passenger foot well,” it said.

“The incident is being treated as ter-rorism but we will remain open minded while the investigation continues.”

During a struggle, three officers sustained injuries. The man, who re-peatedly shouted Allahu Akbar, was incapacitated with tear gas.

Two of the officers were taken by ambulance to hospital with minor cuts and discharged a short time later. The third officer did not require hospital treatment.

The suspect was taken to a London hospital for treatment of minor injuries and has now been taken to a central London police station for questioning.

“The officers acted very quickly to detain him,” the Met Police said in an

update. “No members of the public at the scene are believed had any interac-tion with the arrested man.

There are no other reported inju-ries.”

Commander Dean Haydon, the head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said officers from the Counter-Terrorism Command are now investigating and searches are being carried out in the Luton area today.

“We believe the man (from Luton in the east of England) was acting alone and we are not looking for other suspects at this stage. While we cannot speculate on what the man was intend-ing to do - this will be determined dur-ing the course of the investigation - it is only right that we investigate this as a terrorist incident at this time.”

“This is a timely reminder that

the threat from terrorism in the UK remains severe. The police, together with the security services, are doing everything we can to protect the pub-lic,” Haydon said, calling on the public to “remain alert.”

Earlier, police had revealed de-tails of the attack which took place at around 20:35 hrs (local time) last evening when a man stopped his blue Toyota Prius car in a restricted area near a police vehicle.

The area was surrounded immedi-ately by armed police and other secu-rity services and tourists were ushered away from the area. Eyewitnesses have reported seeing a sword-like weapon in the suspect s car.

Queen Elizabeth II and other mem-bers of the royal family were not in Buckingham Palace at the time.

The 91-year-old monarch is at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and other senior members of the royal family are also away during the summer holiday season in the UK.

A Palace spokesperson said the summer opening hours and tours of the Queen s London residence will go ahead on schedule, adding that it will be “business as usual”.

Europe is on high alert following a spate of recent terror attacks.

A terror cell launched an attack on Barcelona’s famous Las Ramblas street last Wednesday, and at a nearby seaside town, leaving 14 people dead.

On Saturday night in Brussels, a man armed with a machete attacked a group of soldiers. He was shot dead at the scene, while two soldiers were not seriously injured.

Britain has also been the scene of a series of terror attacks this year alone.

In March, a terrorist drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London, killing four people. He then ran into the grounds of the Parliament, where he fatally stabbed an unarmed police officer. He was shot dead by an officer.

A concert by pop star Ariana Grande in Manchester was attacked by a suicide bomber who detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb at the entrance to the concert, leaving 23 dead.

In June, three terrorists in a van drove into pedestrians on London Bridge and then ran to Borough Mar-ket, where they stabbed people. Eight people were killed and the three terror-ists were shot dead by police.

Dhaka, August 26 (PTI): Bangladesh said today it will not allow any more Ro-hingyas to enter the country which is already hosting about 400,000 Myanmar nationals who have caused “massive” social, economic and environmental prob-lems.

The Foreign Ministry summoned the Myanmar envoy in Dhaka and ex-pressed “serious concern” over the recent happenings, including the new clashes between security forces and Rohingya militants that have killed 89 people and forced thousands of civilians - Ro-hingya and ethnic Rakhine - to flee their homes in the northern Rakhine State.

Rakhine State which is home to more than a million ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims has been the epi-centre of religious violence since 2012. The Rohingyas are perceived as illegal im-migrants in the Buddhist-majority Myanmar.

“Bangladesh stressed on the need for respecting the state responsibility to protect its civilian population and urges Myanmar to ensure appropriate protection and shelter for the unarmed ci-vilians especially the vul-nerable segments of the population such as women, children and elderly people,” Bangladesh’s Foreign Office said in a statement.

The statement was is-sued shortly after Myanmar envoy in Dhaka met Sec-retary for Asia & Pacific region Mahbub Uz Zaman at foreign ministry to discuss the “evolving situation” in the Rakhine State.

“The Secretary em-phasised on addressing the root cause of the protracted problem through a com-prehensive and inclusive approach,” it said.

Zaman said that thou-sands of unarmed civilians including women, children and elderly people from the Rakhine State had as-sembled close to the border and were making attempts to enter Bangladesh.

“He expressed serious

concern at the possibility of recurrence of such a situa-tion as Bangladesh already hosts about four hundred thousand Myanmar nation-als,” it said.

The development came as Border Guard Bangla-desh (BGB) today pushed back scores of Rohingyas and halted hundreds of oth-ers on the frontiers.

Officials at southeastern Cox’s Bazar bordering Ra-khine said BGB troops sent back 73 Rohingyas while intensifying their vigil along the 64-kilometre long fron-tier, a day after 176 ethnic Muslim minority Rohingyas were returned.

“We have sent back 73 more of them today,” BGB’s Battalion 2 commander Lieutenant Colonel SM Ari-ful Islam told PTI.

The Rohingyas were re-turned with a “humane” approach, said Cox s Ba-zar deputy commissioner Ali Hossain, adding that Bangladesh was unable to offer them refuge as “we are already overburdened with thousands of Rohingyas who caused us massive so-cial, economic and environ-mental problems”.

Police have issued a stern warning against offering as-sistance to Rohingyas.

Meanwhile, the Myan-mar army said today that the death toll from attacks staged by “Rohingya insur-gents” yesterday climbed to 89, including 12 members of the security forces.

Rohingyas are Muslim Indo-Aryan people from the Rakhine State in My-anmar. According to the Rohingyas and some schol-ars, they are indigenous to Rakhine State, while other historians claim that the group represents a mixture of precolonial and colonial immigrations.

The official stance of the Myanmar government, however, has been that the Rohingyas are mainly illegal immigrants who migrated into Arakan following Bur-mese independence in 1948 or after the Bangladesh lib-eration war in 1971.

Washington, August 26 (PTI): North Korea today launched three ballistic mis-siles, US military officials said, dampening President Donald Trump’s opti-mism to strike a deal with Pyongyang to contain its rapidly expanding nuclear weapons programme.

The US Pacific Com-mand said the missiles launched into the sea east of the Korean Peninsula appeared to be short- range.

The first and second missiles “failed in flight” and the third “appears to have blown up almost immediately”.

It said the North Amer-ican Aerospace Defence Command determined the missile launches did not pose a threat to Guam, which the North previously warned it would target if provoked.

White House Press Sec-retary Sarah Sanders said Trump has been briefed and “we are monitoring the situ-

ation.” North Korea last month

fired intercontinental bal-listic missiles capable of reaching the US mainland, triggering heightened rheto-ric from both the sides.

Trump had warned of “fire and fury” and days later ramped up his threat, say-ing “maybe that statement wasn’t tough enough”.

But the US president this week indicated a deal could be struck with North

Korea to contain its nuclear weapons programme. His comments had come soon after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the North has demonstrated some level of restraint in recent days, “that we’ve not seen in the past”.

Tillerson had hoped that this could be the be-ginning of the signal from Pyongyang the US had been looking for.

Today’s missiles launch-es, though failed, reignite the

possibility of increasing ten-sions in the peninsula.

They come during a joint military exercise between the US and South Korea. The two countries say the annual military exercise is defensive but Pyongyang condemns it as hostile, and even as a rehearsal for invasion.

In response to the ICBM launches in July, the UN Se-curity Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on August 5.

Baghdad, August 26 (PTI/AFP): Iraqi forces have driven the Islamic State from central Tal Afar and its historic citadel, they said today, plac-ing them on the verge of fully recap-turing one of the last IS strongholds in the country.

The advance, just days into an assault on the strategic town, comes six weeks after Prime Minister Haid-er al-Abadi declared victory over the jihadists in second city Mosul, where the jihadist group declared its “caliphate” in 2014.

“Units of the Counter-Terrorism Service liberated the Citadel and Basatin districts and raised the Iraqi flag on top of the citadel,” operation commander General Abdulamir Yarallah said in a statement.

The CTS and federal police units had also seized three northern

districts and the Al-Rabia neighbour-hood west of the citadel, a day after taking the district of Al-Talia to the south.

Clashes were ongoing on the northern outskirts and Iraqi forces were dealing with final pockets of ji-hadists inside the city, Yarallah said.

Government troops and units of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition, backed by a US-led coali-tion against IS, launched the assault on Sunday after weeks of coalition and Iraqi air strikes.

Tal Afar sits on a strategic route between IS-controlled territories in Syria and Mosul, 70 kilometres further east.

Progress there has been far more rapid than in Mosul, Iraq’s second city, which fell to Iraqi forces in July after a gruelling nine-month battle.

Officials have said they hope to announce victory in Tal Afar by Eid al-Adha, the Muslim holiday set to start in Iraq on September 2.

Most of Tal Afar’s 200,000 resi-dents, the majority of them Shiite Turkmens whose beliefs are anath-ema to the Sunni hardliners of IS, fled as the jihadists arrived.

Pro-government forces faced an obstacle course of roads blocked with earth embankments and stra-tegically-parked trucks, as well as sniper fire and mortar shelling.

Troops also said they discovered a network of underground tunnels used by the jihadists to launch at-tacks behind lines of already con-quered territory, or to escape.

The International Organization for Migration said “thousands of civilians” had fled Tal Afar since the

offensive began.Those who flee through desert

areas face soaring temperatures for long periods, putting them at risk of dehydration, said Viren Falcao of the Danish Refugee Council.

Once Tal Afar is retaken, Bagh-dad is expected to launch a new offensive on Hawija, 300 kilometres north of Baghdad.

IS is also present in the vast western province of Anbar, where it controls several zones along the Syr-ian border with war-ravaged Syria, including the Al-Qaim area. The jihadist group has lost much of the territory it controlled and thousands of its fighters have been killed.

The foreign and defence minis-ters of France visited Baghdad today to affirm their country’s support in the fight against IS.

Islamabad, August 26 (PTI): Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif today submitted an-other review petition in the Supreme Court challenging his disqualification in the Panamagate case.

Sharif, 67, stepped down after an apex court bench disqualified him on July 28 from continuing in his office for possessing a work permit at the firm of his son in the UAE.

The fresh review peti-tion has been filed against

the verdict of the apex court bench of July 28 and Sharif asked the court to declare its verdict void.

Sharif argued that he cannot be disqualified for not declaring his salary which had not drawn, as neither the company was mentioned in the petitions against him nor it could be termed as a salary un-der Pakistan’s income tax laws.

In the fresh review peti-tion, Sharif said he was not bound to declare it in

Seoul, August 26 (IANS): South Korea’s business and political com-munities were divided over a local court’s ruling to put Lee Jae-yong, the heir-apparent of Samsung Group, behind bars.

Some of the business and po-litical honchos expressed concern over its potential fallout for the national economy.

Multiple business insiders ex-pressed shock over the Seoul Cen-tral District Court’s decision to slap Lee with a five-year jail term for bribery, embezzlement and other charges in a massive corruption scandal that led to the ouster of former President Park Geun-hye.

“The court should have consid-ered that (Samsung) did not have

criminal intention, but wanted to avoid trouble if it refused the gov-ernment’s request,” Yonhap News Agency quoted an official from a local business group as saying on Friday.

Another official from a South Korean conglomerate said it was disappointing that the ruling came at challenging times when the country is facing diplomatic ten-sion with China coupled with Washington’s move towards pro-tectionism.

“Samsung Electronics takes up 11.9 per cent of South Korea’s manufacturing segment, and 30.7 per cent of the combined operating profits,” the official pointed out, adding that the prolonged absence

of Lee was expected to lead to side-effects. South Korea’s ruling party, on the other hand, cheered the decision.

“The ruling targets the back-scratching alliance of government and businesses,” said Choo Mi-ae, the head of the Democratic Party.

“A company must be transpar-ent to receive trust from the global community and beef up competi-tiveness.”

The party chief expressed the hope that the case may act as an opportunity for Samsung to become a socially responsible company.

The minor opposition People’s Party also said the business com-munity should become more aware

that South Korea is no longer toler-ant of conglomerates’ wrongdo-ings as seen by the case.

Labour activists also welcomed the court’s acknowledgment of Lee’s corruption.

“Lee has personally used state authority to facilitate its power suc-cession, resulting in massive losses to the state pension,” unionised workers of Samsung Electronics Service said.

Prosecutors earlier sought 12 years against Lee, claiming Sam-sung’s de facto leader offered or pledged $38 million to win the state pension’s approval for a merger between two affiliates under terms designed to increase his control over the entire business empire.

The court ruled that Lee pro-vided over $6 million in bribes.

The union also claimed that Lee should have received a jail term beyond 10 years if the court had considered him an ordinary criminal, rather than the head of a conglomerate.

“Lee provided Park and her confidante Choi Soon-sil with bribes, which was the money that could have been spent on victims suffering from work-related diseas-es at Samsung,” said Hwang Sang-gi an activist from the Protector of Health and Human Rights of Sem-iconductor Workers (SHARP).

“It is unacceptable that he received only five years,” Sang-gi added.

Caracas, August 26 (PTI/AFP): Ven-ezuela kicks off two days of military drills today in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat of military action and newly announced sanctions on the crisis-stricken nation.

Trump warned on August 11 that the United States was mulling a range of options against Venezuela, “including a possible military option if necessary.”

His Vice President Mike Pence later played down the threat, insisting that Wash-ington was prioritising a diplomatic solution and economic sanctions.

National security advisor HR McMaster followed suit, saying “no military actions are anticipated in the near future.”

But tension only surged again when the White House made good on the sanctions threat on Friday, unveiling its first- ever sanc-tions to target Venezuela as a whole, rather than just Maduro and his inner circle.

The measures ban trade in new bonds issued by the Venezuelan government or its cash-cow oil company, PDVSA.

That could choke off access to New York debt markets and substantially raise the likeli-hood of Venezuela being forced into default.

Venezuela called the measures the “worst aggression” yet.

“We will protect our people and the peo-ple of the republic, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, are going to stand up,” said Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Ar-reaza. Trump’s threat of military force has bolstered Maduro’s oft-repeated claim that Washington is plotting to topple him and wants to grab control of Venezuela’s oil -- the largest proven reserves in the world.

Maduro is under international pressure over his handling of an economic and politi-cal crisis.

The socialist president is resisting opposi-

tion calls for early elections to replace him.The center right-led opposition and

international powers including the US say he is turning Venezuela into a dictatorship.

Maduro’s opponents accuse military po-lice and pro-Maduro militia of beating and killing anti-government protesters.

Protest clashes have left 125 people dead so far this year, according to prosecutors. Maduro says the violence and the economic crisis are a US-backed conspiracy.

Maduro, the political heir to the late Hugo Chavez, has managed to hang onto power through it all, despite food short-ages and social upheaval. His grip is largely thanks to the support of the military, which holds vast powers in his government, includ-ing over food distribution.

The opposition has repeatedly called on the army to abandon Maduro -- so far to no avail.

He has only faced low-level dissent, such as from the two rebel officers who staged a raid on an army base this month.

On Thursday, the president issued a stern warning to the armed forces not to break ranks.

“We must be clear, especially for the youth in the military, that we must close ranks within the homeland -- that this is no time for any fissures and that those with doubts should leave the armed forces im-mediately,” he said in a speech to the top military brass.

“You are with Trump and the imperial-ists, or you are with the Bolivarian national armed forces and the homeland,” he added. “Never before has Venezuela been threat-ened in such a way.” Maduro’s critics accuse him of coopting the military with top cabinet posts, as well as hijacking state institutions, such as by installing a new constituent as-sembly packed with loyalists.

Sword-wielding man attacks police outside Buckingham Palace

No Rohingya will be allowed to enter Bangladesh: officials

Iraq retakes Tal Afar centre, citadel from IS

South Korea divided over imprisonment of Samsung heir

Venezuela to stage war games in warning to Trump

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Afghan men hold burnt copies of the Quran inside a Shiite mosque where gunmen a acked during Friday prayers, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017.

Kabul, August 26 (IANS): The death toll in Friday’s mosque attack in Kabul increased on Saturday to 40 with 90 others injured, the authorities announced.

The toll was confirmed by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commis-sion (AIHRC) which con-demned the attack on the Imam-e-Zaman Mosque and expressed “serious

concern” about the increas-ing number of attacks on civilians and religious plac-es, reports Xinhua news agency.

The attack came when two su i c ide bomber s stormed the Shia mosque during Friday afternoon prayers.

The Islamic State (IS) terror group claimed re-sponsibility for the attack.

Earlier reports said that 13 people, including three police officers, were killed and 38 others injured.

The AIHRC said: “An attack on sacred places and mosques is an atrocious, inhumane and illegal ac-tion contrary to all orders of sacred religion of Islam, international humanitar-ian laws and our national laws.”

Kabul mosque attack toll reaches 40

papers submitted with the election commission as under income tax laws only such a salary is declared which has been received by the filer.

Sharif also expressed reservations that his objec-tions against the joint in-vestigation team (JIT) were dismissed without properly hearing them.

He also objected the court orders to complete trial in six months after the court in its July 28 ver-dict set time line for anti-corruption courts against Sharif and his family.

Sharif already filed three review petit ions against the five-member bench verdict of April 20, when a split decision let to formation of the JIT.

Separately, Sharif ’s children Hussain, Has-san and Maryam, and son-in-law retired Cap-tain (RETD) Mohammad Safdar challenged the July 28 verdict of the court yes-terday.

Also, Finance minister Ishaq Dar filed a review petition against the verdict on August 21.

The court had ordered National Accountabili-ty Bureau on July 28 to launch corruption cases against the Sharif family and Dar.

EASTERN MIRROR | Dimapur, Sunday, August 27, 2017

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Hallel Music Centre located near Don Bosco Kohima, T Khel gate Kohima village aspire to become a centre for musical development in Nagaland and beyond.

Kohima gets a new music centre Hillspraise Music Academy Hostel holds ‘Musical Recital Event’

Naga food festival held at Delhi

Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Abhay Deol to be honoured at SAIFF

No one has the right to judge my

HBO hackers leak ‘GoT’ Season 7 climax

With an objective to provide qual-ity training to equip enthusiast and aspiring

musicians, bound with a mutual passion and interest in music, a group of young and qualified musi-cians have come together to open up a music centre to cater to the ever growing demands of a good music school in the state capital.

‘Hallel Music Centre’ with the motto ‘Edify to praise’ located

near Don Bosco Kohima, T Khel gate Kohima village was dedicated by Senior Pastor, BRCK, Rev Khrieneilie Sachü this morning with Parliamentary Secretary, YR&S and MTF, Khekaho As-sumi as the chief guest.

While appreciating the dedi-cated efforts of the young music lovers who on their own have come out to start music centre, Assumi said young entrepreneurs need to be pushed and pulled by encourag-ing and supporting them continu-

ously. Observing that the music

industry is slowly finding a place in the grounds of the state, Assumi asserted that people must come together for the implementation of music in the school curriculum at the earliest. This, he said will give employment opportunities to hundreds of musicians who are qualified and that it will also develop interest in music among the young minds of the state.

He also wished all the success

to Hallel Music Centre (HMC) and was optimistic that the centre will achieve greater things in the future.

Giving a brief introduction of HMC, Vinyühu Lhoungou de-scribed music education as a help that can spark a child’s imagina-tion or ignite a lifetime of passion which is all about communica-tion, creativity and cooperation. He said it is their objective to provide opportunities to build on those skills.

He said HMC is for all music lovers who have a desire to pursue music professionally or as a hobby, as it endeavours to teach, guide and groom young talents in music into excellence by providing quality training to equip aspiring musicians based on international curriculum.

Lhoungou also informed that HMC aspires to become a centre for musical development in Nagaland and beyond by training and equipping talented musicians and supporting them by creating opportunities for the market as well as the church.

While making a firm com-mitment to achieve its objective as it begins today, Lhoungou said HMC also aims to make the centre a conservatory of indigenous folk music of all different Naga tribes which is losing its importance amongst the young people. This, he said is important to ‘maintain our identity and to be able to indentify our identity’.

Our Correspondent

Hillspraise Music Acad-emy Hostel (HMAH)

held its “Musical Recital Event,” today at its hos-tel.

A press note mentions that “Musical Recital Event” is a monthly event that aims in bring-

ing the students together showcasing their individ-ual unique talents. The Chairman Hillspraise Music Academy , Manen Jamir through the release mentions that the event was held to focus spe-cifically on each music students to adapt and improve their skills

He added that the

benefit of the student participating in this kind of events are automati-cally allows them to work harder and persevere in building their confi-dence, gaining immense experience in terms of performance, drawing in-spiration from advanced performer.

EMN

Naga Food Festival was held at Mad-hya Pradesh Bhavan

today.A press release men-

tions that the festival was

inaugurated by Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Neiba Kronu and graced by Narottam Mishra, Minister for water Re-sources, Public Relations, Government of Madhya

Pradesh and Rameshwar Sharma, MLA from Bhopal.

The day long food festival brought together the Naga food lovers from all over Delhi.

EMN

Actors Shabana Azmi and Abhay Deol and veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar will be honoured at the Singapore South Asian

International film festival.Deol will be felicitated with

the South Asian Icon of the Year award, while Azmi will receive the South Asian Woman of the Year honour.

Akhtar, on the other hand, will be honoured with South Asian Literary award.

The 10-day festival, which begins from September 1, will showcase a total of 35 films from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bang-ladesh.

“The Bait”, a 2016 award-winning Bengali film based on a short story by Narayan Bandyopad-hya, and Malay-alam crime thriller “Pin-ney-um”

(Once Again, 2016), which is directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan, will be screened during the event.

The 76-year-old filmmaker, who will be in town to talk about his work, is known for revolutionising the Malayalam film industry when his debut film, “Swayamvaram” (1972), screened at international festivals in London, Moscow and Paris.

Twenty-six films will be compet-ing for the best feature film, best documentary film and best short film at the festival.

The films screening in competition include

Marathi film “Lathe Joshi” (2016), a story of factory worker who is rendered

jobless due to advances in

technol-

ogy, and Sri Lanka’s “Withered Leaf ” (2016), about a poor village woman’s struggles after the sudden death of her husband.

Filmmakers Mostofa Sarwar Farooki from Bangladesh, Sid-diq Barmak from Afghanistan, K Rajagopal from Singapore and Prasanna Vithanage from Sri Lanka are the jury members.

“This event will hopefully be-come a significant cultural gateway in the years to come. Through the powerful medium of cinema, we hope to build closer ties between

the global city of Singapore and the developing nations of

South Asia,” said Abhay-anand Singh, festival director and founder of Muvizz.

“There are a lot of films that never reach us

in Singapore. This festival will bring these films to

Singapore and, at the same time, create a whole

environment of creative and

cultural exchange,”

he said.PTIJ

acqueline Fernan-dez is not worried that she will get slotted in a category due to her current

spate of glamorous roles and says she would not do an indie project just to prove her acting chops.

The 32-year-old actor says it is her journey and no one has the right to point fingers at her choice of films.

In an interview with PTI, Jacqueline says, “I am not supposed to do an indie project because other people are telling me, ‘You are a glamorous actress now and you should be do-ing indie films’. That will never be my mindset.

“That will mean I am doing it for the wrong reasons. It should come from within. If I feel that I want to do something completely different I will do it. As an actor I do my job with conviction so it is for no one to actually judge because it is my journey. I choose things which I can do justice to.”

The actor believes only right attitude and hard work take one forward in Bollywood and coming from a film family does not make much difference.

“Good attitude and hard work are what take you for-ward in films and in life. I feel both out-siders and industry

kids have to put in their fair share of hard work.

“No one has it easy. I have worked with industry kids and seen their struggle. They have seen my strug-gle, but audience doesn’t come because of your background, that way they are quite unforgiving. They will only come if they like you.”

Jacqueline’s latest release is action comedy “A Gentleman”. Directed by Raj and DK, the film released on Friday.

The actor says she signed the film because she liked the way the direc-tor duo brought newness to the genre.

“I do think there is a differ-ent language spoken in cin-ema now, which

the audience is accepting and actually, in a way, demanding in some cases. It really helps when you work with directors who understand that need of the audience. Same was the case with Raj and DK. I completely went with their vision. They brought a different essence to the genre.”

Jacqueline will next be seen in Tarun Mansu-khani’s “Drive”.

PTI

Just a day before the last episode of “Game of Thrones” Season 7 set to hit the screens, the HBO hackers calling themselves as “Mr Smith” have leaked the climax of the ongo-

ing season, thus ending the suspense that kept the millions of fans on toes.

According to Mashable on Friday, the hacking group which stole approximately 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO have released, what they call, a sixth wave of leaks that contain confidential plot sum-maries and details of how the season will end.

“Mashable has read the confidential summary but has chosen not to publish the explicit details,” the report said.

In response, HBO has said the hackers may continue to drop bits and pieces of stolen information in an attempt to gener-ate media attention.

“That’s a game we’re not going to par-

ticipate in,” HBO was quoted as saying.The hacking group demanded ap-

proximately $6.5 million worth of Bitcoin from HBO but that demand has not been met so far.

However, the hacking group claimed to have sold the stolen data to three customers in deep web who paid them half of the amount they had requested in ransom from HBO.

“By the way, we officially inform you and other hundreds of reporters whom we are emailing that we sold ‘HBO IS FALL-ING’ entire collection (5 TB) to three customers in deep web and we earned half of the requested ransom,” the hackers said.

“We put a condition for our respected customers and they approved. We will leak many many waves of HBO’s internal stuff to punish them for playing us and set an example of greedy corporation.”

IANS

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Faculty of Hallel Music Centre presen ng a special number.

SPORTSEASTERN MIRROR | Dimapur, Sunday, August 27, 2017

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer

The Indian football team a er winning the Tri-na on football series (AIFF Photo)

Luis Suarez

Sebastian Vettel

Zinedine Zidane

PTIIndia’s Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Singh Dhoni during a prac ce session at Pallekele Interna onal Cricket Stadium at Pallekele, Kandy in Sri Lanka on Saturday.

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Nadal, Federer in same half of US Open draw; Sharapova starts against Halep

India look to seal series against Sri Lanka

Madrid not looking for new signings, says Zidane

Injured Suarez to join Uruguay team for WC qualifiers

Amit, Gaurav give India winning start at World Boxing Championships

Vettel to stay at Ferrari F1 till 2020 – teamCibulkova and Gavrilova to meet

FIFA U-17 World Cup host city logo launched in Guwahati

New York, August 26 (IANS): Spanish top seed Rafael Nadal and Swiss third seed Roger Federer are in the same half of the US Open men’s singles draw -- released Friday -- and could meet in the semi-finals. On the oth-er hand, Russian Maria Sharapova, playing her first major tennis tourna-ment since returning from a doping suspension, will square off in the first round against Romanian second seed Simona Halep.

A match-up between Nadal and Federer -- arch-rivals, all-time greats and winners of the first three Grand Slam events of 2017 -- would be their first-ever meeting at Flushing Mead-ows, reports Efe.

Nadal leads their ca-reer head-to-head 23-14 but Federer has won their last four matches, three of which were played on hard court this season: in the Australian Open final, the Indian Wells round of 16 and the Miami Open final.

Nadal will take on Ser-bia’s Dusan Lajovic in the first round, while seventh-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, fresh off cap-turing his first-ever ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati, looms as a possible quarterfinal opponent.

Federer, meanwhile, has a tricky draw that be-gins with a clash against talented 19-year-old Ameri-can Frances Tiafoe and could see him square off against Australian rising

star Nick Kyrgios in what would be a blockbuster round-of-16 contest.

Second-seeded Andy Murray of Scotland, who has been battling a hip injury, appears to have a less threatening draw, with eighth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 12th-seeded Spaniard Pablo Car-reño Busta and French No. 16 seed Lucas Pouille the biggest threats on paper.

The fourth seed in the men’s draw, Germany’s Alexander Zverev, will start

Pallekele (Sri Lanka), Au-gust 26 (IANS): Having already secured a 2-0 lead, India will look to seal the series against Sri Lanka in the third of five-match One-Day International (ODI) series at the Pallekele Inter-national Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.

India have taken 2-0 lead in the ODI series after pulling out a three-wicket victory from the jaws of defeat in the last match.

The visitors had suffered a batting collapse, losing seven wickets in the space of 22 runs to be reduced to 131/7 at one stage thanks to excellent bowling by Sri Lanka off-spinner Akila Dananjaya, who returned a six-wicket haul.

But former captain Ma-hendra Singh Dhoni (45 not out) and tailender Bhu-vneshwar Kumar (53 not out) put together 100-run partnership to help the visi-tors chase down the target.

Openers Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan had put

India off to a fine start with a stand of 109 runs and the visitors will bank them and Dhoni to continue their fine form.

The Indians will also hope that batsmen Lokesh Rahul, Kedar Jadhav and skipper Virat Kohli will get back to form after all three failed to reach double fig-ures in the last match.

In the bowling depart-ment, pacers Jasprit Bum-rah and Bhuvneshwar Ku-mar, alongside spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel, will look to put breaks on the Sri Lankan batting which has failed to pose a threat in the previous matches.

Sri Lanka will hope batsmen Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne, who have been called up for the remaining ODIs as a replacement for Danushka Gunathilaka and captain Upul Tharanga bring some positives into the side.

Stand-in captain Cha-mara Kapugedera along

with batsmen Niroshan Dickwella and Milinda Siri-wardana will look to play a key role in the batting de-partment. Among the bowl-ers, Dananjaya will look to continue his fine form.Squads:India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keep-er), Shikhar Dhawan, Bhu-vneshwar Kumar, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lokesh Rahul, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur.Sri Lanka: Chamara Ka-pugedera (captain), Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thir-imanne, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (wicket-keep-er), Milinda Siriwardana, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Akila Dananjaya, Kusal Mendis BenchThisara Perera, Malinda Pushpakumara, Wanidu Hasaranga, Lak-shan Sandakan.

Madrid, August 26 (Reuters): Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said on Saturday he was satisfied with his squad and ruled out any more signings before the transfer window shuts even though his side are short in defence and attack for Sunday’s game with Valencia.

Real have had a quiet two months in the transfer window, which closes on Thursday, bringing in only midfielder Dani Ceballos from Real Betis and full back Theo Hernandez from Atletico Madrid.

They have let go of forwards Al-varo Morata and James Rodriguez and are still without Cristiano Ron-aldo for the next two games due to suspension, as well as missing their two first-choice centrebacks Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane and back-up Jesus Vallejo for the game against Valencia.

“We have four centrebacks, we don’t need reinforcements, and this (being without three central defend-

his campaign against a qualifier and could meet one or more big servers in his quarter, including pos-sible match-ups with South African 28th seed Kevin Anderson in the round of 32, American 13th seed Jack Sock in the round of 16 and Croatian fifth seed Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals.

In the women’s draw, Czech top seed Karolina Pliskova starts against Po-land’s Magda Linette and could face Russian eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals and Ukrainian fourth seed Elina Svitolina in the semi-finals.

But the big story is in the bottom section, where the second seed Halep has been drawn in the first round against Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion who is playing her first major tournament since returning earlier this year from a 15-month dop-ing suspension.

Sharapova received a wild card into the main draw from the United States Tennis Association (USTA).

Spanish third seed and and reigning Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Mugu-ruza is in the same quarter of the draw with American ninth seed Venus Williams and Danish fifth seed Caro-lina Wozniacki.

ers) won’t happen again,” Zidane told a news conference on Saturday.

“We have (holding midfielders) Casemiro and Marcos Llorente who have already played in that position, we’re not going to look

for a quick fix.”The Frenchman also ruled

out signing an extra forward, say-ing Spain under-21 striker Borja Mayoral would play a role in this campaign despite not being named

in the squad since returning from a loan spell at Wolfsburg.

“I don’t want any more for-wards, I’m happy with what I’ve got,” Zidane said.

“Mayoral hasn’t made a squad yet because we have 24 players, which is a lot, but I’m counting on him from now on and will do for the rest of the season. I’m sure we’re going to need him and he has to be ready for when an opportunity arises, and I’m sure it will.”

Valencia were one of only three teams to beat Real in the Liga last season and always make life difficult for Madrid at the Bernabeu. Zidane is expecting an even bigger threat from Sunday’s opponents, who look a far stronger outfit under new coach Marcelino.

“They defend well and are very well organised on the pitch but we’re motivated for the game, just like we are in every game and against every opponent.”

Rio de Janeiro, August 26 (IANS): FC Barcelona have allowed striker Luis Suarez to continue his recuperation from a knee injury with Uruguay’s national team.

The 30-year-old has not played since suffering trauma to his right knee in Barcelona’s 2-0 loss to Real Madrid in the second leg of their Spanish Super Cup on August 16, reports Xinhua news agency.

Despite being ruled out of Uruguay’s World Cup qualifiers against Argentina in Montevideo on August 31 and Paraguay in Asun-cion five days later, Suarez will be allowed to travel with his national squad.

“Barcelona’s medical services and the Uruguayan Football Association have agreed that the player will join up with his national team next week to continue his recovery work,” Barce-lona said in a statement on Friday.

Uruguay are currently third in the South American zone World Cup qualifying

Spa-Francorchamps (Bel-gium), August 26 (AFP): World championship leader Sebastian Vettel will stay with Ferrari until 2020 af-ter agreeing a three-year contract extension, the Ital-ian team announced on Saturday.

In a statement that ended weeks of specula-tion over the future of the four-time champion Ger-man, Ferrari said it had “extended its technical and racing agreement with driv-er Sebastian Vettel for the 2018, 2019 and 2020 racing seasons.”

It had been widely ru-moured that the 30-year-old German was flirting with the possibility of joining Mercedes, a prospect dis-missed on Friday by his title rival Lewis Hamilton.

The announcement came as little surprise to paddock observers, even if the timing was unexpected. Ferrari usually make their driver announcements at their home Italian Grand Prix at Monza, scheduled for next weekend.

The three-year exten-sion ties in with Ferrari’s own contract with Formula

Connecticut, August 26 (Reuters): Second seed Dominika Cibulkova and Moscow-born Austral-ian Daria Gavrilova will meet in the final of the Connecticut Open after respective straight sets semi-final victories on Friday.

Slovakian Cibulkova thrashed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-1 6-3, before Gavrilova upset top seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-4 in an entertaining nightcap on the outdoor hardcourt in New Haven.

World number 11 Ci-bulkova has won eight career titles, including four in a stellar 2016, but is still seeking a break-through this year.

The 28-year-old was far too good for Mertens.

“After not an easy year for me, I’m find-ing my form. I’m really happy to start it here,” Cibulkova said after ad-vancing to her first final of 2017.

G av r i l o va h a d a tougher match against former world number two Radwanska.

Wearing her heart on her sleeve, an emotional Gavrilova used a pow-erful forehand to good effect, hitting a series of winners against her more stoic Polish opponent.

After nervously net-ting a forehand ground-stroke to squander her first match point, Ga-vrilova made no mistake on her next chance to advance to her third ca-reer final.

“I trusted my game plan and I think I ex-ecuted it very well,” Ga-vrilova said.

“I was pretty aggres-sive and taking chances whenever I could on her second serve.”

Heading into next week’s U.S. Open, Sat-urday’s Connecticut final will offer the 23-year-old Gavrilova a chance for her first career title.

Guwahati, August 26 (PTI): The host city logo of Guwa-hati for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup was today launched by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal here today.Guwahati is the venue of one of the semifinals of the Un-der-17 football World Cup to be held across six cities from October 6-28.

Guwahati’s host city logo blends the components and sentiments relevant to the people of the region and com-plements the current FIFA Under-17 World Cup India 2017 Official Emblem.

Making the occasion even more special was the fact that it was the start of the Trophy Experience in Guwahati and Sonowal also unveiled the FIFA U-17 World Cup Win-ner’s Trophy. Speaking on the occasion at the Indira Gan-dhi Athletic Stadium here, Sonowal said, “This is a big occasion for us, especially for the young population here, to be a venue for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. “I am happy to unveil the Winner’s Trophy because this particular World Cup will inspire the young-

sters to play football, at a world stage.”

Tomorrow, the official trophy will be kept at Judges Field for a Mission XI Mil-lion festival in the morning, and for public viewing from 11 am onwards.

Talking about the Guwa-hati Host City Logo, tourna-ment director, LOC FIFA U-17 World Cup, Javier Ce-ppi said, “We’re very happy to launch the Guwahati Host City Logo. The state govern-ment has been very support-ive of the World Cup from the beginning and once again, they have reiterated that through the Host City Logo, they will further promote the tournament in Assam and the rest of the northeast.” The Trophy Experience began last week when the silver-ware awarded to the winner of each edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup was brought to New Delhi.

An estimated 2.5 lakh people saw it last weekend at Major Dhyan Chand Nation-al Stadium and India Gate.

Guwahati is the second host city to welcome the Win-ner’s Trophy.

Hamburg, August 26 (IANS): Amit Phangal and Gaurav Bidhuri gave India a good start by advancing to the pre-quarterfinals of their respective weight cat-egories at the 19th World Boxing Championships here.

Amit got the better of Italy’s Federico Serra in a split verdict to enter the second round of the men’s 49 kg category on Friday

night.Gaurav defeated World

Youth Championships bronze medallist and Oce-ania champion Sam Good-man of Australia in the 56kg category.

Both Amit and Gau-rav are making their first appearance at the senior World Championships.

Amit will now take on seventh seed Carlos Qui-po of Ecuador, who was

awarded a bye in the first round.

The Asian bronze-med-allist recovered from a slow start in the first round and produced a much better performance in the second and third rounds to win by a split decision.

Gaurav was aggressive right from the start of his bout forced Goodman on to the backfoot. His power packed performance saw

him win the bout by unani-mous decision.

The Delhi boxer will face African champion Jean-Jordy Vadamootoo of Mauritious in the second round. The sixth-seeded Vadamootoo was awarded a bye in the first round.

Thi s year ’s Wor ld Championships has close to 250 boxers vying for top honours. India have sent an eight-member contingent

-- their biggest ever -- to the mega event.

Most of the Indian box-ers made the cut through the Asian Championships held in Tashkent earlier this year. Gaurav had however, had failed to qualify ini-tially as he had lost in the quarter-finals of the Asian Championships. But he was later awarded a wild card entry by the Asian Boxing Confederation.

One that runs until 2020 when the team will seek to negotiate new terms for its participation with the sport’s new US owners Lib-erty Media.

Vettel’s original contract with Ferrari was scheduled to run to the end of this sea-son, a situation that allowed him to use possible talks with other teams as leverage in his negotiations to stay.

However, given the team’s resurgent form this year -– he was second be-hind team-mate Finn Kimi Raikkonen, who has re-signed for 2018, in the third

free practice on Saturday morning -– there has been little doubt that he would remain with the Italians.

- Mercedes admit ap-proach -

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda re-vealed on Saturday that discussions had taken place with Vettel, but they did not go far.

“We discussed it briefly once with him, but the more competitive Ferrari goes, the less the reason he would want to leave,” Lauda told Sky Sports F1. “So there-fore we stopped right away a

couple of months ago.“I think every driver, if

he’s clever, talks to more than one team. Then when you negotiate you’re in a better position. That’s what he did.”

The duration of his new contract will keep Vettel out of the driver market beyond d 2019 when a hectic spell of activity is expected in the sport with Dutchman Max Verstappen, still only 19, likely to become available unless his current Red Bull team become serious title contenders.

Raikkonen’s extension for just one year signals also that Ferrari may swoop for Verstappen or any other rising star to partner Vettel in 2019. Following Ferrari’s announcement, it is now expected that Mercedes will extend Finn Valtteri Bottas’s contract. He was signed on a one-year deal for this year as a replacement for retired 2016 champion Nico Rosberg.

Both Red Bull drivers Verstappen and Australian Daniel Ricciardo are under contract until the end of next year, as is Hamilton with Mercedes.

standings with four matches remaining.

The top four teams at the end of the qualifying campaign will earn an au-

tomatic berth at football’s showpiece tournament in Russia next year while the fifth-ranked side will book a play-off spot.

OFFICE OF THENAGA PEOPLE'S FRONT

MOKOKCHUNG DIVISION

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The NPF Mokokchung Division take this oppurtunity to congratulate Mr. Yangerlemba Longkumer COB, Ms. Opangla and Ms. Moatula for being elevated to the posts of Vice President, Advisor and General Secretary Women Wing NPF Central respectively. We pray that they will work ceaselessly for the uplift of the party.

The Division also reiterates its support to the leadership of Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsui, President NPF Central and support his vision and decision to promote young fresh candidates in the coming General elections.

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KOHIMA FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Ziekezou SC on verge of winning KFL titleSaina out of Badminton Worlds

Kiphire District Taekwondo Association meet held

Penalty shoot-out tournament held

Hamilton claims pole for Belgian GP, matches Schumacher's recordPlayer of Ziekezou SC and Khriekesa FC (blue) vying for the ball at Kohima local ground on Saturday.

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Glasgow, Augus t 26 (IANS): India ' s 2012 Olympic bronze medal-list Saina Nehwal lost her singles semi-final against Japanese seventh seed Nozomi Okuhara as she settled for a bronze medal at the World Badminton Championships here on Saturday.

Saina, the 12th seed, lost 21-12, 17-21, 10-21 in an hour and 14 minutes to the 2016 Olympic bronze medallist, who became the first Japanese to reach the World Championships women's singles final.

World Championships 2015 runner-up Saina, who had a 6-1 head-to-head record against Okuhara coming into this game, started strongly, winning the first game 21-12 as the Japanese struggled to get into her rhythm.

The 22-year-old Japa-nese struggled with her net play and a few erratic line judgements to trail 6-11 which became 6-15 before losing 12-21.

Okuhara got off to a flying start in the second game, taking a 4-0 lead but the 27-year-old Saina fought back and equalised at the nine-point mark.

Saina kept pace with

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): The Kiph i re District Taekwondo As-sociation (KDTA) held its District Taekwondo Selection Meet at Town Hall, Kiphire HQ on Sat-urday, August 26. All affil-iated Associations, Clubs, Schools under Kiphire and Pungro circle participated with an enrollment of 40 Taekwondo students. During the short pro-gramme, district Coach, Aliba Sangtam, black belt 3rd Dan delivered the in-troductory welcome ad-dress and general secre-tary Justin Khatomong T, exhorted the participants and also extended a hearty congratulation to Achun-gla Sangtam, a student of class IV from Cambridge High School, Kiphire, who brought laurel to the dis-trict under the Taekwondo martial arts for being the youngest female black belt degree holder in the state. Finance secretary, R.Joseph Tikhir in his

Our CorrespondentKo h i m a , A u g u s t 2 6 (EMN): Substitute Vil-houbeituo Yhome scored a brace as Ziekezou SC overpowered Khriekesa FC 2-0 in the 6th round of the ongoing Kohima Foot-ball League on Saturday.

With the win, Ziekezou SC topped the Kohima Football League table with 12 points and one point ahead of United 16 FC, who will face fourth place New Market on Wednes-day next.

Third place Khriekesa FC with 10 points from 6 matches will play with Na-gabazar FC on Monday.

L e a g u e l e a d e r s Ziekezou SC will now face bottom placed Power Comm FC on Thursday to decide the title, but only a win in the final match will ensure them as the cham-pions of the league.

In a thrilling encounter in front of a packed crowd, the first half gave the spec-tators a match worth as both teams gave their best to take the lead and Ziekezou SC broke the deadlock through substi-tute Vilhoubeituo Yhome in the 34th minute. Za-k ie Khrodi , coach of Ziekezou SC had thrown on an extra attacker in the 25th minute and Vilhou-beituo Yhome made an immediate impact as he scored the first goal with a clinical finish.

Khriekesa FC, on the other hand, got numerous chances but failed to find the back of the net. While both the teams struggled hard to penetrate the op-ponent’s defense line, the muddy outfield played spoilsport for the day.

In the second half, Vil-houbeituo Yhome scored the 2nd goal in the 77th minute as his team mate latches a cross and his long range kick hit the post but goalkeeper de-

flected the ball into its own net to make it 2-0.

Khriekesa FC best chance for an equaliser came when Neiphrezolie came one on one with the keeper but shot the ball straight to the keeper.

Khriekesa FC rued their miss opportunities as they failed to breach the defensive line as Ziekezou SC earned three impor-tant points at the end of the final whistle. Vinoka Sumi, Hitova of Ziekezou SC and Neiphrezolie Usou (7) of Khriekesa FC were cautioned with a yellow card each.

Kethosituo Elvis Mep-

fhii-o, Managing Director 3E Kohima was the match patron

KDVFA beat KTC 2-1In an exhibition match played Kohima District Veteran Football Asso-ciation (KDVFA) and Ko-hima Town Club (KTC), K.Neibou Sekhose scored two goals for KDVFA to ensure the victory by 2-1 at the end of the match.

K D V F A s t r i k e r K.Neibou Sekhose scored 2 goals after halftime while the lone goal for KTC was scored by Beizo Solo in the second half.

Before the kick-off,

a minute of silence was observed in honour and memory of Lt.Shiirho Solo and Lt.Lanu, for-mer members of Kohima District Veteran Football Association. Advisor to KTC, K.Kire (IPS), and former DGP of Nagaland was the match patron of the day.

Fixture for Round 7:Monday: Nagabazar FC vs

Khriekesa FC at 3 pmTuesday: Addax FC vs

Forerunners' FC at 3 pmWednesday: United FC vs New Market FC at 3 pm

Thursday: Ziekezou SC vs Power Comm FC at 3 pm

Dimapur, August 26 (EMN): Don Bosco Di-mapur Alumni Associa-tion organised its first ever penalty shoot-out tourna-ment on the theme “Back

to School” on Saturday, August 26 with Father TO Sebastian as the chief guest. Past students from different batches starting from 1994 to 2017 partici-

pated in the event. Class 12, 2017 batch became the first winner in both the mens' and womens' category. The teachers' team emerged as the run-

ners up in the mens' cat-egory. Agay Joseph from the teachers' team was the highest scorer. Father Joshua delivered the vote of thanks.

Spa-Francorchamps (Bel-gium), August 26 (IANS): Formula one driver Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes secured pole position in the final qualifying round of the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit here.After dominating all three rounds, Hamilton com-pleted his fastest lap in 1:42.553, claiming his 68th pole to equal Michael Schumacher's record on

Saturday, reports Efe."POLLLLLLLEEEEEE! Lewis Hamilton equals the great Michael Schum-acher's 68 F1 poles," the Mercedes team tweeted in celebration."To come here and put a lap together like that... I've got the best job in the world," said Hamilton."I'm honoured to be up there on poles with him (Schumacher)," the Briton added.Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari

finished close behind, fol-lowed by Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes. The German and the Finn will start Sun-day's race in second and third places on the grid, respectively."The last lap the car was more alive, I was lucky with Kimi who aborted the lap and he gave me a nice tow to get on to the front row," said Vettel after Q3.Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari, who had been fastest in the final practice session earlier

in the day, was fourth, fol-lowed by Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, both of Red Bull Racing.Vettel, who has just signed a new three-year contract with Ferrari, is currently at the top of the Driver Standings with 202 points, followed by rival Hamilton, who is on 188.Sunday's race will see the drivers battling it out to be the first to complete 44 laps of the 7.004 kilometre track.

her younger and sharper opponent but she got tired towards the end. At 17-all, Saina wasted a great chance to take the lead as she fired a smash wide right.

T h e n , O k u h a r a claimed three consecu-tive points as she showed more energy and agility as a tired Saina failed to stop her from dictating the rallies.

In the third game, Oku-hara completely domi-nated and her fast-paced game didn't allow Saina to get back into it.

Saina struggled with movements and failed to reach for Okuhara's delec-

table drop shots.Okuhara, the 2012

world junior champion, raced away to an 11-4 lead and afterwards it was just a matter of time before the Japanese sealed the game at 21-10 and with this a place in the final.

Okuhara will meet the winner between India's P.V. Sindhu and Chinese rising star Chen Yufei in the final on Sunday.

Meanwhile, men's sin-gles defending champion Chen Long of China was ousted by Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. The Dan-ish third seed crushed the 2016 Olympic champion 21-9, 21-10 in 39 minutes.

Axelsen, who won the bronze in the 2014 worlds and 2016 Rio Olympics, was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency: "I am still a little out of words, I never expected to win that comfortably, I am very happy. I made little mistakes today and made very few errors.

"It was nice to get re-venge from the Olympic semi-finals, I am very proud of myself.

"My coach and I al-ways look back at past championships to get bet-ter and improve on my game. Denmark is a small country but I am very proud that we can compete with the bigger countries. It's a dream come true, ever since I was a little boy I dreamed of a World Championships final."

Chen, 28, said he was under too much pressure. "I got the first points, then lost a lot of the next, and that really affected my game. In the second I man-aged to go ahead and that put a lot of pressure on me, but Victor played very well.

"Congratulations to Victor to getting to the final, he played the perfect game," he added.

short speech encouraged the taekwondo students under the affiliated district association (KDTA) to set

an example as martial art students by disciplining oneself to gain respect in the society through Tae-

kwondo. The Association President K.Tsilise Sang-tam declared the meet open.