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Staff Reporter Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): Four persons, including a minor boy, were killed when a bridge constructed over Chathe river at 4th Mile Dimapur collapsed on Tuesday evening. The bridge connected Dimapur to Niuland sub-division and Kohuboto circle.

It was reported that the incident occurred between 5 to 5.30 pm on Tuesday. As news of the incident spread, within an hour, the location was swarmed by people from all over the town. Po-lice and administration per-sonnel – led by the deputy commissioner and the com-missioner of police – were monitoring the aftermath of the tragedy till late Tuesday night.

“So far there are four casualties, two male and two female. All these casu-alties are reported to be non-Nagas, most probably they are Tripuris. One mi-nor is included in this list of casualties”, DC Dima-pur, Kesonyu Yhome told reporters at the site of trag-edy.

He informed that the district authorities were yet to ascertain the accurate number of injured persons. “But we are hoping that there are not many seri-ous cases of injury because most of the people who have been injured initially seem to have been given some first aid by the local community”.

According to the DC, the authorities were “as-suming” that there were six vehicles stuck among the wreckage. The four victims were inside of those vehi-cles – likely an autorickshaw – stuck in the debris, he said.

“Let me also inform you that the bridge that has collapsed this evening has been under the scanner for a while, and there has also been some restriction put in place as far as plying of heavy vehicles is concerned. The department of Roads and Bridges, they have also issued a work order about two or three months back for dismantling of this standing bridge and replace it with a new RCC bridge,”

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DAN-III crisis: Governor recommends floor testCM advises Speaker not to call Assembly

Zeliang alleges Shurhozelie's earlier offer just a wedge

Dr. Shürhozelie files nomination for by-election

NSF tenders apology to Sumi community

Dr. Shürhozelie adamant that crisis is internal; BJP concurs and cites neutrality; Zeliang ready for it

ACAUT demands arrest of Roads and Bridges minister

JCC sticks to earlier demand

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A photo of the bridge after the collapse on Tuesday.Source: Internet

Chief Minister Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu arriving at DC Office Kohima to file his nomination papers on Tuesday.

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the DC informed.The contract for this

work, he said, was allotted to Nagami Tech for Rs 37 crores. “So the contractors have also started a little initial work to place a sub-way but that has also been washed away very recently because of the volume and the current of the water.”

The construction firm was given 36 months to complete the new bridge, he added. “Unfortunately, be-fore the works could com-mence this tragic incident has happened”.

An alternative route was being arranged towards Patkai-Seithekima area, the DC informed. “By this evening or tomorrow morn-ing vehicles should be in a position to ply there”. Not less than hundred villages

would be affected by the collapse of the bridge, ac-cording to the DC.

Explaining the collapse, he said: “There are five foundation pillars so one of the pillars, the third one which is little closer to the Niuland side, has moved most probably because of the intensity of the water current”.

He also informed that the district administration had received a complaint about the condition of the bridge from the residents of the locality in 2015 ‘that led to the district administra-tion restricting movement of heavy vehicle’.

He did not rule out the possibility of the district administration opening an enquiry into the tragic incident.

Our CorrespondentKohima, July 11 (EMN): In a new development in the prevailing political crisis in the state, Gover-nor PB Acharya has di-rected Chief Minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu to obtain vote of confidence by July 15.

In a letter recommend-ing a floor test which was made available to this newspaper, the Governor told the chief minister Liezietsu of having re-ceived three letters from former chief minister TR Zeliang on July 8,9 and 10 that the latter com-mands support of 37 NPF MLAs and 7 independent MLAs in the state legisla-tive assembly which cur-rently has a strength of 59 MLAs.

“You will agree that the atmosphere of politi-cal instability is not good for smooth functioning of State Government in ac-cordance with Constitu-tion of India. Since ma-jority should be tested on the floor of the Legislative Assembly, you may there-fore obtain vote of confi-dence on or before 15th July, 2017,” the Governor stated.

The same letter was also addressed to the NLA speaker Dr. Imtiwapang Aier “for necessary ac-tion” regarding convening of assembly session on or before July 15.

Chief minister Lieziet-su while admitting that he has received the letter from the Governor, has insisted that the present crisis was an internal problem.

“I think Governor has no role here. We will solve our own problem by our-selves because this is an in-ternal family problem,” he told reporters after filing his nomination paper at the DC office for the forth-coming by-election.

He said the situation has not reached to a stage where a floor test may be carried out. “Floor test can come only when the op-position raises objections, and we have no opposition now,” he said.

On whether there has been any word from MLAs camping at Ka-ziranga, he replied in the

negative but expressed that they are expected to return soon.

On a query whether he was confident his gov-ernment will continue till 2018, he said, “Why not?” However, he also went to explain that he was not an ambitious man and if he sees that things are not sta-ble, he would give way any day but for the people and the leaders who were with him, he has to see that any danger is ended before the next assembly election.

On the other hand TR Zeliang has stated through a press note on Tuesday that he is willing to go for a floor test to get the govern-ment through democratic means.

"Ultimately, I am pre-pared to get the govern-ment through the demo-cratic means of a floor test, so that unity within the rank and file of the party is firmly secured.

I sincerely hope that Dr. Shurhozelie, the re-gional satrap, will not dash my hopes and the hopes of the Naga people to rise to the occasion in protecting the NPF party unity, " he stated in the note.

The MLAs support-ing TR Zeliang also have already appointed him as the chief whip of the party in the assembly probably to be ready in the event of floor test.

The chief whip in In-dia is usually appointed by the legislature party and not the chief minister and so the present 37 NPF MLAs backing TR Zeli-ang's have appointed him as the chief whip.

Moreover, the BJP Na-galand through its Presi-dent Visasolie Lhoungu on Tuesday has declared that the party will main-tain neutrality as the pre-sent crises is NPF internal issue.

"This is to state that the BJP Nagaland position is to maintain the neutrality as the present political cri-sis is internal problems of NPF party only. The BJP Nagaland will not be part of any arrangement made by the NPF Party dur-ing the period of crises," stated the press statement from the BJP president.

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): The Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu has ad-vised the Speaker of the House that the question of summoning the State Leg-islative Assembly on or before July 15 does not arise since the Council of Min-isters headed by him had not advised the Governor.

A letter written from the Chief Min-ister to the Speaker on Tuesday was re-ceived through a highly reliable source that stated "I have considered the letter of the Hon'ble Governor. The Council of Ministers headed by me as Chief Minis-ter has not advised the Hon'ble Governor to summon the State Legislative Assem-bly."

He cited the case of Arunachal Pradesh stating that, "The decision in

the Arunachal case viz. (2016) 8 SCC 1 Nabam Rebia and Bamang Felix Vs. Deputy Speaker, Arunachal Pradesh Legislsative Assembly and Ors, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has clearly laid down that the Governor has no author-ity on his own to summon, prorogue or dissolve the Legislative Assembly. He can only do so on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister. "

"This being the inescapable position of law, since the Council of Ministers has not advised the Hon'b1e Governor to summon the State Legislative Assem-bly, the question of summoning the State Legislative Assembly on or before 15/07 /2017 does not arise," he further stated in the letter.

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): Former chief minister TR Zeliang on Tuesday has cen-sured the statements made by Yitachu of him being offered chair of the chief minister that he declined, was a concoc-tion of untruths with few acts and instead claimed that it was move made by the Shurhozelie to create a rift between him and former chief minister Neiphiu Rio.

A press release issued by TR Zeliang stated that he received a call from an em-issary of the NPF party requesting him to return and take over the chair of the chief minister with a condition that the MLAs owing allegiance to Shri Neiphiu Rio to be left behind to affect a reunion with Dr. Shurhozelie.

" I considered this condition as a fatal blow to the unity within the NPF which is firmly emerging despite this crisis. I further presumed that Dr. Shurhozelie will definitely put one more but unac-ceptable condition of protecting his 8 Ministers and Parliamentary Secretar-ies who are now attached to his apron. The next day, by noon, after talking to Shri Rio and my supporting MLAs, I declined the offer. I indeed had forgone power that was coming to me on a plat-ter for the party's unity. I never wanted to betray those with whom I made agree-ments for larger unity within the NPF. he further stated.

He therefore stated that "it is abso-lutely wrong on the part of Shri Yitachu to spread misinformation and canards that I refused to accept the office of the Chief Minister from Dr. Shurhozelie. The offer being conditional and intended to drive a wedge between me and Shri Rio, I declined it."

He also added that as it is the case in a democracy he would like to abide by the number game and not craft of com-

promising the unity of the party and so have staked claim to "form the next NPF led DAN Government" on the numerical strength of 44 MLAs; 37 NPF and 7 In-dependents.

TR Zeliang also recounted that Shurhozelie has been guiding the NPF party almost since its inception and was a fatherly figure to almost all the party men not only for his age, but also of his capac-ity to guide the party through. Therefore he would not like to spill in public do-main the commitments made to him by the veteran leader to restore the chair of the chief minister back to him.

Instead he stated that he "would like to gently remind him that, with 44 MLAs supporting me, he should be able to read the writing on the wall."

"Gracefulness and gratefulness are in-deed qualities that an erudite person like Dr. Shurhozelie should be able to display when confronted with hard facts and reality. I facilitated a smooth transition over to him and he should be able to re-ciprocate. I will never accept conditions that divide the NPF party in an election year. For me, unity of the Party and unity of the Naga people are uppermost." he further added.

He also lambasted the manner in which the new chairman of DAN was appointed without the presence of all the constituent MLAs of the alliance.

" It is shameful that those in power who appointed Shri Kuzholuzo as DAN Chairman, did not even realize that he lacked the support of 4 BJP MLAs and the Independent MLAs, " he stated.

"As Merentoshi had pointed out, Azo's appointment is illegal and foul in the eyes of law. I need not elaborate on this."

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Our CorrespondentKohima, July 11 (EMN): 81 years old Chief Minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu on Tuesday filed his nomi-nation papers to contest in the by-election for the 10 Northern Angami-I assem-bly constituency seat which is scheduled to be held on July 29 next.

The said assembly seat was recently vacated by Khriehu Liezietsu on May 24 in a bid to pave way for his father Dr. Shürho-zelie Liezietsu, who is the incumbent chief minister but is not an elected mem-

ACAUT Nagaland issued a statement on Tuesday ex-pressing anguish at the incident, and demanding the ar-rest of the minister for Roads and Bridges among others.

“This tragic and civic disaster is because of the sheer negligence and corruption on the part of the PWD (R&B), the government of Nagaland and the failure of the district administration to supervise the riverbeds.

“It is pertinent to mention here that the bridge has been declared a public hazard for a long time and the concerned authorities (sic) have been alerted on numer-ous occasions and were aware about the precarious con-dition of the bridge but did nothing about it”, it stated.

The anti-graft movement placed four demands to the state government including the arrest of the minis-ter concerned, the executive engineer (PWD), Dimapur division, ‘the sand and gravel mafia including the con-tractors, and the village council authorities for allowing extraction of stones from the riverbeds’. The ACAUT has filed a first information report (FIR) in this regard at Diphupar police station, it was informed.

It also demanded the state government to pay ad-equate compensation to the victims’ families, set up a ‘High Powered Independent Inquiry Committee com-prising of members of the public to probe the collapse of the bridge’, and the chief minister to “immediately sack the minister, Roads & Bridges, Vikheho Swu”.

Staff Reporter Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): In an emergency meeting convened by the Joint Coor-dination Committee (JCC) on Tuesday in view of the current political imbroglio after receiving advice from the respective apex bodies, resolved and reiterated on their earlier demands made to the state government.

The JCC addressing media persons after the meeting demanded the state government to revoke the November 24, 2016 assem-bly resolution in the next session while expressing dismay over the state gov-ernment ignoring to enter-tain their appeal even after repeated requests in the in-terest of the public. Also, the committee after consul-tation with stakeholders, urged upon the state gov-ernment to suitably amend the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 to avoid miscar-riage of justice. They fur-ther reiterated that the Joint Inquiry Commission (JIC) constituted by the state gov-ernment to investigate the January 31, 2017 incident, in particular Longleng and Dimapur districts should start the investigation.

Taking a jibe on the state legislators’ trend of

camping at Kaziranga, the JCC asserted ‘after com-prehensive deliberation and examining the entire epi-sode of our legislators, who are habituated to visit Ka-ziranga at the cost of public exchequer should stop irre-trievably’. This culture, they pointed out, should not be reproduced by any Naga legislator or leaders so as to safe the integrity and dig-nity of the Nagas and value of Naga leaders.

“It is very painful that all the crucial issues pertain-ing to our state are being shifted to Kaziranga under-mining the majesty and dig-nity of the August House”, asserted the JCC convenor Supu Jamir. Consequently, the JCC in the press con-ference made it clear to the legislators and the people that, if any issue crops up, the discussion should be on Naga soil.

The JCC meeting was also attended by Phom Peoples’ Council (PPC) officials, where after a dia-logue with the Phom apex body on compensation to the January 31 victims in Longleng, came to an un-derstanding that the issue will be settled between the PPC and the district ad-ministration.

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): The Naga Students's Federation have tendered apology on Tuesday to the All Sumi Students' Union (SKK) for conducting a felicitation programme coinciding with the Sumi Naga festival of Tuluni that was on July 8 last.

"The Federation sincerely ten-der our regret and apology for hurting the sentiments of the Sumi community and look forward for your kind understanding to the matter," stated a letter of the NSF addressed to the President SKK.

"The date chosen for the Fe-licitation Programme was not in-tentional to hurt the sentiments of Sumis in general and the SKK in particular.

The executives chose the particular day as it is a general holiday for the students and the programme being a student’s pro-

gramme the executive was com-pelled to look at the convenience of the students who will be attend-ing the programme.

The NSF has been choosing Saturday as a convenient day for any kind of programme/event when it comes to students’ activi-ties," it stated.

The NSF however stated that the rush in choosing a date for the felicitation programme was due to the fact that they were unable to take charge formally on time to dispense their functions and duties.

"The executives of the NSF for the tenure 2017-19 were elected on 1st June, 2017 at Tzurangkong, Mokokchung. The handing of file proposed on 17th June, 2017 was overdue as two officials of NSF for the tenure 2015-17 went to attend the funeral programme of (Late) S. S Khaplang, Chairman NSCN (K)

at Taka, Eastern Nagaland (Myan-mar) who passed away on the 9th June, 2017.

Due to the long distant and de-plorable road conditions, the two officials return to its Oking only on 22nd June, 2017 and the handing of files was done the next day it-self, i.e. on 23rd June, 2017."

The letter stated that the first Executive Council Meeting could be convened only on June 26 and in that meeting it decided to hold the programme on July 8, which was a second Saturday and it was also communicated to all con-cerned on June 29.

The letter also stated that later on the July 7, 2017 at around 5:30 pm NSF received a complaint let-ter from the office of the SKK and thereafter an "Emergency Official Meeting" of the NSF was con-vened in the President’s Chamber

on the same evening. "Whereby, the house resolved

to organize the programme as scheduled on the morning of 8th July, 2017 and responded to the letter of the SKK on the same night i.e 7th July, express-ing its regrets for coinciding the Felicitation program with the Tuluni festival and cited the in-ability to postpone/defer the date since by then, it was rather too late, as all the toppers with their parents/guardian have reached Kohima from various districts and even those students pursu-ing their studies in other States. Moreover, the programme being exclusively organized to felicitate only the HSLC Naga Toppers (29 students) with a maximum time duration of 90 minutes session, it was resolved to conduct the same as scheduled," it stated.

ber and needs to win a by-election to continue as chief minister.

Although Dr. Liezietsu

is not an elected member of the assembly, he was chosen ‘unanimously’ by the ruling DAN legislature to head

the state after the then chief minister TR Zeliang had to step down in February this year following a fallout be-tween the state government and tribe organisations over ULB issue.

Chief minister Liezi-etsu, a veteran politician, had earlier represented the 10 Northern Angami-I as-sembly constituency for 8 terms but decided to retire from electoral politics in 2013, and his son Khriehu contested in the same con-stituency then and had won. However, by filing his nomination papers today,

senior Liezietsu seals his re-entry into active electoral politics.

After filing the nomina-tion papers at the DC of-fice, reporters asked him if this meant he would also be contesting in the state elec-tions due in 2018, to which Liezietsu said it was too early to comment.

Meanwhile, Liezietsu’s likely sole opponent in the by-election, 41 years old academician Kekhrie Yhome when contacted, informed that he will be filing his nomination on Wednesday.

State observes World Population Day

RNPO affirms support on peace talks

Mass cleanliness drive held in Zunheboto

Nagas in UK celebrate 12th anniversary

BJP has 2 lakh memberships in State

173 CRPF wins Swachh Bharat Trophy

Biometric enrolment for non-indigenous Indian citizens

2 STATEEastErn Mirror | Dimapur, Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Officers and staff of the CMO, Kohima, observing the World Population Day in Kohima on July 11. DC Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome and Health and Family Welfare officials on World Population Day in Dimapur.

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): Joining with the rest of the world, State observed the World Population Day on the slogan “New wave, New believe – Family development through complete responsibility” (Nayi lehar, Naya vishwas - Sam-poorn zimmedari se parivar vikas) on July 11.

In Kohima, office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) observed the day in its conference hall along with District Health Society, De-partment of Health & Family Welfare, NHM.

The programme was chaired by DPM, Kevin K Zinyu, while the technical session was conducted by

DPO (RCH-UIP), Dr. Avile Zao where she gave a presentation on “World Population Day & Popula-tion Stabilization Fortnight” being observed from July 11 to 24.

The fortnight would be called as ‘Family health mela.’ Advocacy and awareness campaigns would be carried out in all the blocks and villages under Kohima district which will include exhibition of family planning methods – use of contraceptives and other spac-ing methods, need for delay in marriage and first child birth, counselling of clients on the bas-ket of choices and motivation of eligible couples for availing family

planning services such as IUCD & PPIUCD insertions, condoms, tubectomy and vasectomy includ-ing awareness on HIV/AIDS.

During the on-going advocacy, it envisioned to create awareness by emphasising on delaying age at marriage, healthy spacing at birth, post partum family planning, male participation in family planning, post abortion family planning.

IEC activities of interpersonal communication – Focus Group Discussion will be carried out in selected health units to observe Population Fortnight as basket of family planning services including distribution of pamphlets, leaflets and putting up of banners and posters at prominent places in line with new family planning media campaign.

In Dimapur, the World Popula-tion Day was observed at Chapel Hall, District Hospital, Dimapur, with the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, KesonyuYhome, as the chief guest.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest reminded that the issue of population explosion is not only confined to the Department of Health and Family Welfare alone. “The issue of population regula-tion is a subject matter of every responsible citizen and every stake-holder has a business with popula-tion regulation,” he maintained.

Stating that population ex-plosion has social and political ramifications besides health issues, Yhome felt the need for inter-secto-ral discussion and inter-departmen-tal coordination for addressing the growing problem. He pointed that India, which comprise of about 18 percent of the world’s popula-tion and only 2.4% of the world’s land mass, do not have the system and capacity to accommodate the growing population and thus is major concern of every family. He expressed his optimism that all the stakeholders would come together through the observation of the programme.

DPO (RCH/UIP), Dr. Lanu-aku, delivering the key note ad-dress, said that population explo-sion is one major concern of the world. With the aid of power point presentation, he enlightened the gathering on the causes and effects of over population and also the solutions to address the issue.

Officials from the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare also spoke on the occasion, while students from School of Nursing presented a special song. The pro-gramme was chaired by CMO, Di-mapur, Dr. VikatoKinimi and MS DHD, Dr.CW Tungoe proposed the vote of thanks.

In a related programme, Dis-trict Health Society Phek has ob-

served World Population Day in the conference hall of the Medical Superintendent, District Hospital, Phek.

Dr. Azo Louis, Gynaecologist DH Phek and resource person, spoke on the slogan and exhorted that in order to have good quality life, one has to be rationally respon-sible, proactive and plan one’s own family accordingly by taking into account one’s economic stability and at the same time be aware of things happening around in the society.

He said that a happy family needs sense of security, peace, fresh air, and good potable water, good health and economic stability and a safe environment. As parents, one should plan a family size so that they can provide good quality of life to the offspring rather than fo-cusing on the quantity of children.

Dr. Kolhitso Khalo, DPO RCH and UIP Phek, highlighted on the different activities to be done during Population Stabilization Fortnight from July 11 to 24. He also presented the different family planning methods which will be available at all health units free of cost.

The programme was chaired by Dr. Wethselo T Mero, Paedi-atrican DH Phek. Doctors, nurses and staff of MS and CMO Phek attended the programme.

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): A delegation of Rongmei Naga People’s Organisation (RNPO) comprising Ma-nipur, Assam and Nagaland has reaffirmed unflinching support to the ongoing peace process between the NSCN/GPRN and Government of India and expressed hoped that GPRN will be able to translate the Nagas’ aspira-tion to practicality and de-fend their lands, resources and rights from adversaries despite challenges that stand in the way to final settle-ment.RNPO conveyed this reaf-firmation when it called on the Kilo Kilonser, Home Affairs, NSCN/GPRN, Hukavi Yepthomi at his residence in Dimapur on

July 10. RNPO, in its memoran-dum submitted to Kilo Kilonser, drew attention to the jurisdiction of land belonging to Rongmei tribe spread across northeast India. “We have 297 rec-ognised villages in Ma-nipur, Assam and Naga-land. However, we are unconvinced that GPRN has really made its effort to cover its administrative in-fluence over other parts of Rongmei’s jurisdiction like Lotak Project Area, Imphal and vast stretch in Jiribam except Tamenglong under Zeilad Region. The Rong-mei’s vast land is mainly located in far-flung areas, bordering present states of Assam, Nagaland and

Manipur and needs special attention of the GPRN,” the memorandum said.It apprised that “Rongmei community is one of the largest Naga tribes having a large size of population and lands in Northeast In-dia and many of our young dynamic youth are serving as armed force in NSCN/GPRN. However, it is as-tonishing and discouraging that GPRN has not granted cabinet rank and files in Zeilad region, while other regions with even smaller population have over 4 cabinet rank and files.” It, therefore, requested the kilonser to look into the matter seriously to balance the lapses. Appealing the GPRN to

take care of burning needs at the earliest, RNPO said, “There is also a lack of ef-fective information system to link people-to-people and create awareness about government policy and programme as GPRN is too dependent on upper-layered Zeliangrong organ-isations and not connected itself with grassroots of Rongmei tribe, Zeme tribe and Liangmei tribe.” In this regard, it urged upon the GPRN to recognise respective Rongmei Coun-cil, Zeme Council and Liangmei Council which are mandated by the con-cerned tribes. Urging the GPRN to take the mandate of a tribe and not organisa-tion to vindicate any of its government decision on issues concerning the tribes, RNPO requested the kilonser to recognize the Rongmei apex tribe body/ representative for consultation or while deal-ing with issues concerning our people and areas.Meanwhile, the Kilo Kil-onser informed the delega-tion that the Framework Agreement is nearing final solution and that Nagas will soon enjoy the fruits of their hard work in the forms of administrative and financial autonomy. He urged the RNPO members to continue to support the Naga cause.

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): Denizens of DC East Col-ony, Zunheboto, organised a mass cleanliness drive on July 5. The colony council has extended gratitude to Parliamentary Secretary, Hukavi Zhimomi for his financial assistance, district administration, PWD and the ZTC for providing exca-vator and dumper.

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): The UK Naga Association celebrated its 12th annual gathering on July 8 at Coldwell, in the North of Eng-land with over 40 people attending the event.

Temsuyanger Longkumer, the Associated co-ordinator com-

mented: “We usually have our an-nual meet in the countryside, and it is a great excuse for a weekend away from the city. It is also a great opportunity to meet fellow Nagas, and of course… the food! We have some great cooks amongst us and every year it has been a delight

tucking into all the fabulous Naga dishes being served. “

The UK Naga Association’s annual gathering, which is purely a social organisation, was formed as a platform through which Na-gas in the UK can keep in touch, to share events affecting our lives,

and help each other in times of need.

To get in touch with UK Naga Association, it has asked to visit Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKNAMembers or email: temsuyanger@hotmail.com.

Our CorrespondentMokokchung, July 11 (EMN): Informing that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has about 2 lakh memberships in Nagaland, the party secretary (organi-sation) cum Nagaland State in-charge, Ananda Narayan Meshra, said the number is not enough if the party has to come into power in the forthcoming State general elections.The BJP state in-charge is currently touring all the 10 Assembly constituencies under Mokokchung district since last Monday and had interacted sessions with the mandals (constituencies) officials accompanied by the State vice president and BJP Mokokchung in-charge Er. Senkathung Jami and Mokokchung district BJP officials. Interacting with the media persons, the BJP leader disclosed that the objective of the tour was to strength-

en the party and prepare the party workers for the forthcoming elections. Me-shra also added that he had completed his tour in Mon and Kiphire districts, add-ing that the response was positive.Tour of the BJP leader in Mokokchung district will culminate on July 13. He will, however, continue his tour to other districts, in-formed a BJP official.Disclosing that BJP mem-bership drive is increas-ing and the party is stead-ily progressing in the State, Meshra said 10 points pro-gramme has been dissemi-nated to the each mandal officials in the State with an objective to strengthen the working system of the party.Earlier today, BJP leader had an interactive session with the party workers of 25 Mongya and 26 Aonglend-en Mandals. Yesterday, he visited Mandal office of

24 Angetyongpang and 23 Impur.During a short programme held in the residence of its treasurer under 25 Mon-gya at Majakong Ward in Mokochung town, State BJP vice president and Mokokchung district in-charge Er. Senkathung Jami asserted that the ob-jective of the tour was for mass contact and urged the party workers not to compromise their party principle. He further urged the party workers to work and think for the future of the Naga and recommend leaders acceptable by the people for coming elec-tions.Short speeches were de-livered by C Temsu (25 Mongya mandal), L Temsu (president Mokokchung district), Along Aier (former district vice president), Chu-bayabang (Mandal treasure) and Imchalemba (district secretary).

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): Swachh Bharat Trophy for the year 2016-2017 has been awarded to 173 Bat-talion, CRPF, Dimapur (Nagaland), commanded by Joseph Keishing, Com-mandant -173 Battalion, CRPF, in a grant function organised at Group Centre, CRPF, Khatkati, on July 10 presided over by Md. Jawed Akhtar, SDG NE ZONE, for maintaining clean/ hy-gienic atmosphere in and around camp and organis-ing various programmes towards Swachh Bharat mis-sion. 173 Battalion CRPF based in Dimapur was awarded the Swachh Bharat Trophy

2016-17 out of the total 32 Battalions deployed in the entire North eastern region. The Board of Officers con-

ferred the award to 173 Bat-talion CRPF for maintaining hygienic and sanitised office as well as residential areas

and common places and also for adopting measures for disposal of garbage in a sys-tematic and scientific way to ensure cent percent garbage free environment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2014, launched the ‘Swacch Bharat Mis-sion’ at Rajghat, New Delhi, which will continue upto 02.10.2019 i.e. 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi to make the country completely clean. Taking a pledge and major contribution towards the mission, 173 Bn, CRPF took a major step/leap for the better environment and stood an example for the entire force.

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): State Commissioner and Registrar for UIDAI, Sentiy-anger Imchen, has approved to enrol/ correct biometric details for non-indigenous Indian citizens residing in Nagaland.

He has, therefore, au-thorised enrolment agencies to enrol/ correct biometric details for non- indigenous Indian citizens residing in Nagaland with the following conditions:

(a) Enrolment for In-dian citizens who are non-indigenous inhabitants: They may be allowed for enrolment provided they are employed in the Central/ State government, PSU un-dertakings like BSNK, SBI and other National bank, on the production of ap-propriate Proof of Identity (PoI), Proof of Residence (PoR), and Proof of Ad-dress (PoA) as required by the UIDAI and in addition certificate from the Head of Office department certifying that they are employees of the concerned department/agency along with valid Identity Card issued by the competent authority.

Further, it should be insisted that they produce documents like EPIC, domi-cile certificate etc., from the state of their origin. This provision may be allowed to cover the immediate family members of the non-indig-enous inhabitant Indian citizen like parents, spouse and children, but no other family relations. This dispen-sation may be extended to those retired non-indigenous inhabitants who have chosen to remain in Nagaland and

their children on production of last government identity card subject to production of valid PoI, PoR and PoA as required by UIDAI.

(b) Enrolment for (1) Uniformed personnel and (2) Inmates in jail: For (1) category above, enrolment may be allowed on fulfil-ment of prescribed PoI, PoR and PoA documents as re-quired by UIDAI and in ad-dition on production of cer-tificate from the concerned unit commander certifying the details furnished. For (2) category above, the con-cerned Jail Superintendent may be allowed to certify the identity and other details of the inmates.

(c) It has also been in-formed that, in cases which were earlier enrolled but was rejected due to techni-cal reasons and biometrics have to be captured again. This category may also be allowed for recapture of bio-metric details on production of earlier acknowledgement slip irrespective of whether they are indigenous inhabit-ants or not.

(d) Catholic priest and others associated with the catholic church: They may be allowed to obtain Aad-haar Card on production of special ILP issued by the Office of the Commissioner, Nagaland, or on the recom-mendation of the Diocese of Kohima subject to submis-sion of PoI, PoR and PoA as required by the UIDAI. It is also stated that the docu-ments produced will be veri-fied by the concerned docu-ment verifying authority as notified.

Resource person along with the participants at the World Population Day programme in Phek town.

RNPO delegation with the Kilo Kilonser of the NSCN (IM) Hukavi Yepthomi on July 10.

Commandant of 173 Battalion, CRPF, Dimapur (Nagaland), Joseph Keishing receiving the Swachh Bharat Trophy at Group Centre, CRPF, Khatkati, on July 10.

Ananda Narayan Meshra addressing the party workers at the residence of its treasurer under 25 Mongya in Majakong Ward, Mokochung town, on July 11.

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Five killed, nine missing in Arunachal landslide

Tribal party’s road, rail blockades continue in Tripura

KA organisations demands cancellation of land allotment to Art of Living

BJP KA organises felicitation prog for the newly elected members

Ujjwala scheme to enable women to cook in healthy environment: Sonowal

Major rivers flowing below danger level in Manipur

World Population Day observed in Manipur Narcotics Cell Imphal East seizes liquor

News iN BrieFOne person shot dead in ManipurImphal, July 11 (PTI): One person was shot dead by unidentified militants at Chhata Bekra village in Manipur’s Jiribam district, police said. Ranjan Das (42) of Chhata Bekra village was shot dead by some suspected tribal militants at about 7:15 PM last night at his residential complex in Manipur bordering with the Barak valley of Assam, the police said. The postmortem was conducted this morning at Jiribam hospital, they said, adding further investigation was on.

Army personnel found dead, women folks warns to launch agitation in Manipur Imphal, July 11 (EMN): Army personnel of 4 Assam Regiment was found dead in Manipur. The local people spotted the dead body at a canal in between Kwaksiphai and Nachou in Bishnupur district on Monday.The armyman was believed to be shot on his forehead by unknown miscreants. He was identified as one M Herachandra Singh (43) son of (Late) Chaobhal of Moirang Khunou Khongnang Makhong Leikai, Bishnupur district. Herachandra had been serving as a Havildar at 4 Assam Rifles posted at Moltok, Chandel district.The dead body has been evacuated to RIMS mortuary. An FIR has been lodged regarding the incident. The reason behind the killing is yet to ascertain. Protesting the killing, women folks and public of Moirang Khunou formed a joint action committee and staged a sit in demonstration on Tuesday demanding immediate booking of the persons involved in the incident on or before July 13. Women folk further warned to launch various forms of agitation. (Our Correspondent)

B R Wahge to be BJP candidate for Pakke-Kessang bypollItanagar, July 11 (PTI): The Arunachal Pradesh BJP general secretary B R Wahge will the BJP candidate for the by-election to the Pakke-Kessang assembly seat, party sources said today. Wahge, who has been with the BJP for more than 17 years in various capacities, would be contesting the elections for the first time. The last date of filing nominations for the by-election is tomorrow, scrutiny of papers would be done on July 13 and last date of withdrawal of candidature is July 15. The Congress and PPA are yet to field any candidate for the by-election. The seat had fallen vacant after former deputy chief minister and the then sitting MLA from Pakke-Kessang constituency, Kameng Dolo lost the membership of the state Assembly following a Supreme Court ruling in connection with an election petition filed against him by BJP leader and former minister Atum Welly.

MNF demands CBI inquiry into misappropriation of funds in Lottery dept Aizawl, July 11 (PTI): The Mizo National Front (MNF) today demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged misappropriation of funds in the state Lottery department. A MNF press statement said that the party had submitted a memorandum to Lal Thanhawla on May 17 asking him to give investigation of two scams involving Mizo Carbon Products and the State Lottery to the country’s premier investigating agency. “The state chief secretary Lalmalsawma issued an order on June nine last ordering an investigation to the alleged corruption involving the Mizo Carbon Products by the state ACB,” the statement said, adding that the order left out investigation to the State Lottery Scam. The MNF said that the party would follow the cases till their logical conclusion.

Itanagar, July 11 (IANS): At least five people were killed and nine oth-ers missing in a landslide triggered to heavy rains in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, police said, adding the toll could rise. Five bodies have been retrieved so far from the debris. Inces-sant rains for the past three days have triggered landslides and flash floods in various parts of this mountainous state.

“Eight houses have submerged under debris caused by a massive landslide at Laptap village under Papum Pare district this afternoon,” said Chief Minister Pema Khandu, adding 14 people are feared buried

under the debris. A thirty-five member NDRF team is on its way to the spot. The Chief Minister has asked the district administration to be on alert and ordered urgent rescue operation to evacuate probable survivors trapped inside the debris and damaged houses.

He also asked the administration to provide all necessary assistance like food, medicine etc. to the affected victims and shift them to safer loca-tions. A medical team with life saving drugs and a police team have been despatched to Laptap. Reiterating his appeal to remain alert and shift from vulnerable places, Khandu said: “Arunachal Pradesh has been at the

receiving end of nature’s fury every year. The best people can do is avoid vulnerable places and stop rampant tree cutting and deforestation.”

The Chief Minister directed the district administration to ensure that people residing in vulnerable areas are immediately shifted to safer lo-cations and provided with all basic amenities at least till the monsoons recede. Khandu announced release of ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased. He conveyed his deepest condolences and extended solidarity with the bereaved family members and prayed for the safety of those who are missing.

Our correspondent Diphu, July 11 (EMN): Various social, students, tribals, farmers organisation of Karbi Anglong has came down heavily to Karbi An-glong Autonomous Coun-cil authority (KAAC) to cancel the land allotment of Havarpi Tourist Com-plex allotted to a Bangaluru based NGO Vyakti Vikash Kendra India (VVKI) Trust, popularly known as ‘Art of Living’. The Hills Tribal League (HTL) urged the concerned NGO VVKI, Art of Living to vacate the land immediately for the interest of tribal people.

In a press conference held at District Press Club (DPC) here on Monday, HTL Convenor Khors-ing Teron said ‘it is quite

surprising that the tour-ist department of KAAC authority has allotted land measuring of 62 bighas 2 kothas and 14 lusas of the Havarpi Tourist Com-plex with a mini park con-sisting of RCC sheds, the multi crore RCC building and two staff quarters at 5 k.m. Diphu-Lumding Road. Earlier, the issue has been raised by Karbi Students and Youth Coun-cil (KSYC), where it is not possible to allot land to a company from outside within the tribal land, he added.

Teron said ‘how can an NGO from outside like the ‘Art of Living’, which is run by highly sophis-ticated non-tribal people is against the Karbis and

other indigenous hill tribe people of Karbi Anglong.’ It is a systematic alienation of tribal land in a tribal area he added. The KAAC is supposed to protect the land of tribal people, who on primitive condition and lack of awareness could not protect land from the non-tribal migrants. Paragraph3 (a) of the 6th Schedule con-fers legislative power to the KAAC to make laws with respect to allotment, occupation or use, or the setting apart of land, other than any land which is a re-served forest for the purpose of agriculture or grazing or for residential or other non-agriculture purposes or for any other purposes likely to promote the interest of the inhabitants of any village

Our correspondentImphal, July 11(EMN): Along with the rest of the world, World Population Day was observed in Ma-nipur by holding public rally and public meeting on Tuesday. The rally was flagged off by the Director of Health Services K Lo-kendro Singh.

Later public function was organised in connec-tion with the state level observation at the Ma-nipur State Film Develop-ment Society Auditorium (MSFDSA) with the state Health and Family Welfare Minister Langpoklakpam Jayantakumar Singh as the chief guest, Directors of State Health Services, Dr K. Rajo Singh State Fam-ily Welfare Services and Additional Director Health Services Dr H Ranjit Singh

as guests of honour.Speaking on the occa-

sion, Minister Jayentaku-mar said collective respon-sibility is necessary to check fast population growth in the country. Stating that developing countries like India needs population con-trol, he said population growth gives more negative impact and informed that the poor people suffered more in the countries where there is fast growth of popu-lation.

Informing that mak-ing the society strong and healthy will a help to check population growth, he add-ed the concept of ‘might is right’ has become obsolete which cannot be implicated at the present days. In his speech K Lokendro Singh said mere observation of World Population Day will

not fulfil its aim and objec-tives. Education and aware-ness to the masses regarding the menace of population growth will help check pop-ulation growth, he added.

T h e d ay wa s a l s o observed in Senapati at DRDA hall. Addressing the occasion ADC Chair-man, Senapati ML Mark-son said ‘he is committed to the population control through family planning and birth control’. Deliver-ing her keynote address, District Immunisation Of-ficer, Dr. Sokha said ‘India is expected to be World’s most populous Country by 2022’. Chief Medical Of-ficer (CMO) Senapati Dr Loli said ‘family planning is not only birth control however it is a planning re-garding marriage, children and grandchildren.

Guwahati, July 11 (PTI): As-sam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today said the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme would enable poor women to live a life of dignity and cook in a healthy environment. “Most poor families are used to conventional mode of cooking using hazardous fire wood which create unhealthy surrounding especially for children and women. “Now all the families below poverty line are entitled to get access to Ujjwala scheme - a step towards clean fuel, clean envi-ronment and disease free health,” Sonowal said at the launch of the Yojana here.

The Ujjwala Yojna would cover 30,000 families in the Kamrup Metro district and 10 beneficiaries were ceremonially distributed LPG

connections today. The state gov-ernment has been relentlessly pur-suing the agenda of development of all sections of the society and particularly the women of under privileged section and the act of giv-ing financial grant to one lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs) would be a major thrust for women empower-ment in rural areas, he said.

Referring to problems faced by the people during the current floods in the state, Sonowal said the gov-ernment was taking steps to provide relief materials and stepped up res-cue operations for ensuring proper arrangement for flood affected and relief camp inmates. He also said that Deputy Commissioners of all districts have been directed to re-lease the ex-gratia for flood affected people within 12-hours.

Imphal, July 11 (PTI): The water level of major rivers in the Imphal valley have receded below the danger level mark, a Flood control official said today. Though the water level of major rivers have receded below danger level mark but but incessant showers for almost a week have inundated many low lying areas in Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Bishenpur district, that of-ficial said. The rains affected movement of vehicles in the state capital and in Tiddim Road and Imphal-Saikul road. Over 20,000 flood affected people of Lilong area in Thoubal district have taken shelter at temporary relief camps set up by the state government. Necessary provisions particularly rice, lentils (Dal) and salt are also being provided by the government, free of cost to the people staying in temporary relief camps, said an official.

Our correspondent Diphu, July 11 (EMN): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of both East and West Karbi Anglong district committee jointly organised a felicitation programme for all the newly elected members of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) on Tuesday at Joysing Doloi Auditorium. Addressing the programme, KAAC, Chief Ex-ecutive Member (CEM) Tuliram Ronghang said, ‘the government is going to take up the long pend-ing issue of Karbi Anglong people the ‘autonomous state’. He said autonomous state demand is going to fulfil 244 (Article) of the Indian Constitution, Memorandum of Understand (MoU) and Memo-

randum of Settlement (MoS), the government also going to generates job opportunities to the unemployed youths in the district in Hills Medical college which will inaugurate within this year.

Ronghang also said that in every MAC constituency of Karbi Anglong each model school will be set up to benefit the people of the region. Bandh culture should be wiped out from our region rather work culture should be encouraged added Ronghang. Within five year we should make more development in Karbi An-glong and will let Karbi Anglong district the most developed dis-trict within Assam state, added Ronghang. If any of the official

department found indulge in cor-ruption the government will not spare, to make Karbi Anglong free corruption district, added Ronghang. Further, Ronghang said in the meeting, the team as a whole will visit and meet India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, within a short time to redress about the problems of Karbi Anglong especially to pressurize to implement 244 (Article) of the India constitution, MoU and MoS too, added Ronghang. On behalf of State BJP, Longki Phangcho, BJP State Vice President, attended the victory programme. MLA Dr. Mansing Rongpi and MLA Joy-ram Engleng and other dignitaries attended the programme.

Agartala, July 11 (IANS): A Tripura tribal party, de-manding a separate state, on Tuesday continued an in-definite blockade of the Na-tional Highway and the lone railway line in the north-eastern state. The Tripura government again urged the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) to with-draw the blockade, imposed since Monday, which could create a serious crisis of es-

sentials, food grains, various fuels and other important goods besides putting peo-ple in an uncomfortable condition.

The Left Front govern-ment, which is strongly op-posed to both the demand and the stir, has taken un-precedented security meas-ures in and around the Bara-mura hill ranges, through which the NH-8 and the railway line passes. “The ag-

itators, who include women, are peacefully blockading the roads and railway line. No untoward incident has been reported so far. We are closely supervising the situation since Sunday, a day before the blockade was started,” West District Police Chief Abhijit Sap-tarshi told IANS from the blockade area, 35 km north of here.

Northeast Frontier Rail-

way (NFR) Chief Public Re-lations Officer Pranav Jyoti Sharma said that in view of the blockade, all trains were cancelled in Tripura. The IPFT is agitating for the creation of a separate state, carved out by upgrading the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Coun-cil (TTAADC) area. The politically-important coun-cil constitutes two-thirds of Tripura’s 10,491 sq.km. area

which has 12,16,465 (mostly tribals) of the state’s 37 lakh population residing in it.

IPFT President Nar-endra Chandra Debbarma said: “In support of our de-mand, we would continue to block the National High-way and the railway for an indefinite period until the central government gives a positive assurance towards our demand. A rally would also be organised in Agar-

tala on the same issue on August 23.” Most of the political parties, including the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have rejected IPFT’s demands. However, CPI-M State Sec-retary Bijan Dhar blamed the BJP for the blockade, saying they did a similar thing in Manipur. The BJP denied the allegations.

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World population day rally in Imphal.EM Images

or town, Teron pointed out.The land allotted to ‘Art

of Living’ should instead be given to Karbi Lammet Amei (KLA) a non-profit organisation and the apex literary body of the Karbis. The KLA was founded way back in 1966 and after this long 50 years it still does not have land of its own. The KAAC authority cancelling the allotment of the land should be given to KLA for development of Karbi lan-guage, the HTL demanded. Blaming the KAAC au-thority for allotting land to outsiders without thinking of any far reaching con-sequences on tribal land Teron said if the KAAC authority want to appease to people of outsiders by depriving land to tribal peo-ple than it would be better to dissolved the KAAC and land over the whole land of Karbi Anglong to some multi-national company and become under them.

The KAAC should stop allotting land to outsiders or will lose all tribal land, he stated. The organisations demanding the cancellation of land to ‘Art of Living’ are Karbi Students Association (KSA), Gopal Thausen, Convenor, HTL; Karbi An-glong Indigenous Youth As-sociation (KAIYA), People for People (PoP), United Karbi Students Association (UKSA), All India Karbi Students Union (AIKSU), Greater Guwahati KSA, Karbi Students and Youth Council, All India Karbi National Assembly (AI-KNA), Karbi Longri & NC Liberation Front, Karbi Farmers Association (KFA) and others.

Our CorrespondentImphal, July 11 (EMN): A team of Narcotics Cell of Imphal East district seized 800 litres of country liquor from the posses-sion of two persons dur-ing a routine frisking and checking of a maruti van at Wangkhei Ayangpalli road in Manipur’s Imphal East district on Tuesday. The arrested persons have been identified as Seleibam Sanjit Singh (40) son of Khomei Singh of Wang-khem Mamang Leikai and Puthem Ranjit Singh (40) son of (L) Dharma of An-dro Khunou Leikai. 800 litres of DIC liquor worth Rs. 80000 were seized from their possession. The seized liquor along with the two persons was handed over to Officer in Charge of Excise Station Porompat for further necessary legal actions.

A mother with her child wades through a flooded street after heavy downpour in

Agartala, Tripura on Tuesday. (PTI)

Chakhesang leaders vow to monitor clean election pledges

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Secretary of RD, Kelei Zeliang inaugurating the WDVC & VDBA multi-purpose building at Wokha on Tuesday.

Village leaders, VCCs, VDBs, youth, women, BLOs and Church leaders during the consultative meet at Chakhesang Mission Centre Church T. Chikri Pfütsero.

Youth volunteers of Rental Housing campus, PWD colony, Dimapur filling up potholes at their premises during the social work, organised by Rental Housing Campus Youth Wing.

NEwS IN BRIEfRTI officials appointed for Municipal Affiars departmentThe Government of Nagaland has appointed the following officers of Municipal Affairs Department as Appellate Authority, Public Information Officer and Assistant Public Information Officer. M. Patton, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary of Municipal Affairs Department has appointed as Appellate Authority; Y. NyangpongKonyak, Joint Secretary of Municipal Af-fairs Department as Public Information Officer; and SentiyangerPongen, Under Secretary of Municipal Affairs Department as Assistant Public Information Officer.

DUCCF reminds formation of CCEC DUCCF at its emergency general meeting held on July 10, decided to extend the last date for those urban colonies who are yet to conduct clean election meet-ing. Colony chairmen and councils are once again reminded to form the Colony Clean Election Com-mittee (CCEC) and carry out the general meeting in support of clean election campaign within the month of July. DUCCF Information & Publicity Secretary, Simon Kelio, has informed that this exercise must be completed on or before July 31. All the colonies have been asked to submit report and a copy of Colony Clean Election Committee members name and con-tact numbers before August 10 to DUCCF office.

CSU informs membersThe Kohima Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) has informed to all the bonafide Chakhesang Students in Kohima that an annual membership fee drive 2017 shall begin. Therefore all the concerned have been requested to make note of the same. Membership Fee structure: class nursery to 9 - Rs. 10/-, class 10 to 12 - Rs. 20/- and Undergraduate and above-Rs. 30/-.

DDGBA convenes emergency meetDimapur District GBs Association (DDGBA) has convened an emergency meeting on July 12, 10 a.m. at DDGBA office near Faith Petrol pump, Green Park junction. The meeting has been convened to discuss about 4th Mile Bridge collapsed. All DDGBA of-fice bearers, presidents and secretaries of eight units under DDGBA and Sumi Kukami Hoho have been requested to attend positively.

DC Wokha calls for meetingDeputy Commissioner, Wokha, Wezope Kenye has informed all the head of offices that a meeting for dis-tribution of works for the Independence Day celebra-tion, will be held on July 13, 11 a.m in the Conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Wokha. All head of offices in the district have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

DC Mkg convenes meet with head of offices Deputy Commissioner (DC), Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel has convenes a meeting with all the head of offices of Mokokchung Town and administrative officers (Hq) on July 14, 11 a.m. at the ADC Plan-ning’s Conference Hall. The meeting will discuss is-sues pertaining to the preparation of the forthcoming Independence Day celebration, 2017. All concerned have been requested to make it convenient and attend the meeting positively.

Kohima DPDB meet postponed ADC Planning Kohima, Ketoho Luho has informed all the DPDB, members that the monthly meeting which was scheduled on July 15 has been postponed. The date of the meeting shall be intimated later.

USSC presidential meetingThe United Sangtam Students’ Conference (USSC) will be holding its 11th Presidential Meet on July 22 at Kiphire Hq. All USSC officials, president, general secretary and executive chairman of all the areas and local students’ union have been hereby informed to reach the venue by July 21. Agendas have been asked to submit by July 21 evening if any.

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D i m a p u r , J u l y 1 1 (EMN): The Chakhesang Clean Election Move-ment (CCEM) continued its wide range consulta-tions with the village lead-ers, VCCs, VDBs, youth, women, Booth Level Of-ficers, pastors and church leaders of 16th Pfutsero constituencies and 17th Chizami constituencies on July 11, at Chakhesang Mission Centre Church T. Chikri Pfutsero.

The mee t ing was chaired by Dr. Kuzho-

poyo Tunyi Convener CCEM while Rev. Dr. Yiepetso Wezah led the devotion and Rev. Dr. Vezopa Tetseo Executive Secretary of CBCC gave a brief introduction about the meeting.

President CPO, Kekh-wengulo Lea while Direc-tor of Life Sports Naga-land, Colo Mero, spoke on the general view of clean election and John Lohe deliberated on clean e-roll and proxy voting.

Leaders from 27 vil-

lages who attended the meeting thoroughly delib-erated on clean electoral roll and proxy voting and resolved that village coun-cil members and BLOs will take the responsibil-ity to oversee inclusion of eligible voters from 18-21 years. They also will delete the names of the deceased and all illegal voters.

The leaders strongly affirmed to setup check gates to control the inflow of liquors to Phek district.

T h e v i l l a ge c o u n -cil chairmen and pastors agreed and are assigned to setup volunteers in their own villages and towns to monitor the clean election pledges in its true spirit in the coming general election.

Pastors are also re-quested to preach on the importance of clean elec-tion on Sunday worship services.

All the participants raised hands as a sign of their support towards clean election movement.

DISHA Committee for Dimapur District constitutedDimapur, July 11 (EMN): Deputy Commissioner (DC), Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome has informed that the DISHA Committee for Dimapur District has been constituted with MP Lok Sabha as chairman, MP Ra-jya Sabha as co-chairman, Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur as member secretary and members of the State Legislative Assembly elected from the district, one representative of the

State Government (to be nominated by State Government), Administra-tor of DMC and Project Director of DHDA as members, one representa-tive from Naga Council Dimapur, one representative from Naga Wom-en Hoho, general manager of SBI Lead Bank Dimapur, Post Master Dimapur and district level nodal functionaries of all programmes as members.

DC also informed that the terms of reference of DISHA shall be to improved development work coor-dination and monitoring of all de-velopmental activities in the district.

Meanwhile, members are in-formed that the meeting of the DISHA has been convened on July 13, 10 a.m. at the Hotel Lake Shiloi Dimapur. The MP Lok Shabha shall chair the meeting.

Staffs of WSBAK, pastors, women, youth and children associate pastors at the advocacy programme.

ENWO launches 2nd Phase of Vitamin Angels projectDimapur, July 11 (EMN): Principal Secretary of Health & Family Welfare, Menukhul John and team leader of NePeD, on July 7 officially launched the 2nd Phase Vitamin Angels Project at NePeD Confer-ence Hall. The programme was the initiative of Eastern Nagaland Women Organi-zation (ENWO).

President of ENWO, Ayong Chang, welcomed the gathering while Asangla Cholong, member of Na-galand State Women Com-

mission and former Presi-dent of ENWO delivered speech and senior program advisor of Vitamin Angels Mumbai, Dr. Shilpa, gave a detailed project overview.

Vitamin Angels proj-ect was first introduced to ENWO in 2011 by Vitamin Angels Mumbai, to ensure that children and mothers in the Eastern district of Naga-land receive vitamin A.

The 1st Phase was agreed upon to be between 2012 and 2016 where all children between 6 months

to 5 years would receive vitamin A and deworming tablets through the ENWO network every 6 months. Gradually multivitamins for pregnant and breast feeding women were also added on a small scale to this partner-ship.

The ENWO under this project organizes Vitamin Sundays at every church to ensure maximum coverage.

The launching of the 2nd phase of the collabora-tion between ENWO and Vitamin Angels aimed to

ensure greater reach to the eastern districts. The 2nd phase will be between 2017-2020 with the goal to reach 100% to all children and mothers in the eastern dis-trict through rigorous inter-nal monitoring and follow up action.

The ENWO also held its 1st presidential meeting for the tenure 2017-2020 and induction workshop on July 6 at the same ven-ue, Takum Chang, POU, member NePeD as resource person.

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): Members of All India Cong re s s Commi t t ee (AICC) and former PRO Mizoram, Asu Keyho, on July 11 tendered his

resignation from member of AICC and also from active and primary mem-ber of Indian National Congress (INC).

In a press release, Key-

ho stated that the INC present leadership had become irrelevant in the State to face the challeng-es of the present time, and as such he wished

to tender his resignation from AICC membership including active and pri-mary membership of the INC with immediate ef-fect.

AICC member & former PRO Mizoram resigns

Multi-purpose building inaugurated in Wokha

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): Secretary of Rural Develop-ment, Kelei Zeliang inau-gurated the Multi-Purpose building of Wokha District Village Council and Village Development Board As-sociation on July 11, near public ground Wokha as chief guest.

Speaking at the inau-gural function, the chief guest lauded the efforts of the department and VDB association and VCC for successfully completing the building, which he stated is a great achievement. He also urged the village func-tionaries to sensitise the vil-

lagers of opening personal bank accounts, because from October 1 the system of funding will be changed (Direct Benefit Transfer) and to avail the opportunity.

Stressing on the im-portance of enhancing the economy of individual household, he added that self sustainable projects and schemes which are suitable and viable like taking up of horticultural plantations, piggery and fisheries should be implemented to promote economy. He also appealed the village functionaries to implement schemes and project as per guideline laid down by the department.

Deputy Commissioner, Wokha, Wezope Kenye who also spoke during the function said this new build-ing will reduce the incon-venience of the district, because Wokha is a place of

many happenings. He urged the village authorities to use their position as a privilege and work as responsible leaders so that the rural populace will witness more development and progress.

Short speeches were also delivered by president WDVDBA and WDVCC and president Nagaland State VDB Association, Tohoshe Awomi. A special number was presented by Dr. Abeni khuvung.

Earlier, executive sec-retary of Lotha Baptist Ekhumkho Sanrhyutsu (KBES), Wokha Rev. Nyan Lotha dedicated the build-ing.

The inaugural function was chaired by project di-rector of DRDA, Thun-gdeno Mozhui, while vote of thanks was proposed by vice president WDVDBA, Zanbemo kithan.

Advocacy on HIV/AIDS for Church leaders held

Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): An advocacy programme on HIV & AIDS for local Church leaders was organ-ised by WSBAK, under the sponsorship of Legislators Forum on AIDS (LFA) and Nagaland Develop-ment Outreach, on May 31 at WSBAK, Akuvuto Mission Centre the head quarter of Western Sumi Church workers.

The Resource persons Dr. Hotoka Hesso, Senior Medical Officer ART Cen-tre from District Hospital Dimapur spoke on HIV/

AIDS updates & aware-ness, stigma & discrimina-tion and prospects & chal-lenges for church ministry while N. Suhuto Chishi, Youth Promoter of De-partment of Youth Min-istry, WSBAK, spoke on HIV/AIDS visa-vis leprosy (Biblical & Theological Perspective) and ministry towards People Living with AIDS.

In the group discus-sion and interaction video clippings on true stories of surviving PLHIVs were screened and some case

studies were also shared for participants to gain more insights and also to analyse the social condition of people that are affected.

During the programme, the house resolved that Ministry to People with Disability shall be initi-ated for equal rights and privileges, to eradicate and advocate on ill treatment to HIV & AIDS in all the church platforms and to put emphasis and strength-en the holistic ministry of the church.

Staffs of WSBAK, pas-

tors, women, youth and children associate pastors attended the programme.

NDO office in a press release stated that as the world is advancing from revolutionising through technology and other human aided things, we are experiencing differ-ent health crisis which is posing as a threat to the normal existence of the human being. Among sev-eral issues HIV & AIDS has become synonymous globally where all the com-munities are making an effort in their own capac-ity to address and contain the issue. To this end the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) through its development depart-ment the Nagaland Devel-opment Outreach (NDO) in partnership with Leg-islator’s Forum on AIDS (LFA) has been taking the initiative in spreading the message through conduct-ing advocacy and aware-ness programs targeting the churches to equip its leaders so that the message will boil down to the grass root level.

Tseminyu SDPDB felicitate meritorious students Dimapur, July 11 (EMN): Additional Deputy Com-missioner (ADC) and vice chairman of Tseminyu Sub-Division Planning and De-velopment Board (SDPDB), Theodore Yanthan urged the Executive Engineer of Roads and Bridges to repair the roads at the earliest.

The ADC made this ap-peal at the monthly meeting of the SDPDB on July 10 held in the conference hall of

the ADC, Tseminyu.After reviewing the min-

utes of the last meeting, the vice chairman reminded the officers posted at Tseminyu to be sincerely in attending their duties.

The house also felici-tated meritorious students of HSLC and HSSLC examinations 2017 from Government High School and Government Higher Secondary School. Five

students who secured 1st division including three from HSLC and two from HSSLC examination were

felicitated. Theodore Yan-than gave away certificates and the cash awards to the meritorious students.

WeATHeR fOReCAST in OTHeR DiSTRiCTS Max Min DP RH Rf

WOKHA 20.2 16.8 18 91 11.2ZBTMOn 26.2 22.6 20.6 91 36TuenSAnG 23 16.2 17.2 87 52.1MKG 23.4 15.4 16.6 66 6PHeK 22.4 18.8 20 96 16.8KiPHiRe 20 19 19.5 91 10.6SeCHÜ ZuBZA 24 19 20.9 98 41.4

LOnGLenG 18 16 12.9 72 20TSeMinYu 25.8 20.8 20.4 100 14JALuKie 26 15 17.3 75 18MAnGKOLeMBA 25.8 21.8 23 100 27.2*Dew Point (DP) *Relative Humidity (RH) * Rainfall (RF)Source: Department of Soil & Water Conservation, nagaland

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Tragic roadsNagaland’s infamous pothole-ridden roads are facing a

common yet bigger in magnitude challenge this year. The growth in number of vehicles in the recent times in tandem with the worsening conditions of roads, which

become treacherous in wet conditions, heightens the need for more attention from the government of the day towards maintenance of existing roads, whether it be state or national highway that runs across the state.

Landslides during the monsoon season impact the lives of the people in the state every year, particularly damaging roads, cutting off lifelines to many places besides damage to properties and farmlands. With the year’s monsoon in full swing, reports have been pouring in about landslides having hit several districts. The most affected could be the National Highway-39 between Dimapur and state capital Kohima where intense earth-cutting for a four-lane highway is in progress.

The latest affected area near Peducha, a perennial sinking section of the road, has partially cut off the highway earlier this year in May and vehicles plying the stretch were diverted to small neglected village roads that are otherwise hardly used, making the travel time between the two major towns threefold than the usual 2 hours. The NH-39 is not just a road that leads to the state capital and few districts but it also connects Nagaland with its neighbouring Manipur state and many heavy vehicles transporting essential commodities take this route. On Sunday, it was reported that the sludgy road got washed down due to incessant rains, completely cutting off vehicle passage on the highway and leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on either sides of the affected area.

Naturally, the Himalayan region is tectonically active and is characterised by steep slopes and high rate of surface erosion. This, combined with heavy precipitation during monsoon, poses a high risk for landslides and flash floods in the region including Nagaland. For the state, this is compounded by various human activities such as stone quarrying and deforestation near existing roads, random dumping of wastes into the few functioning drainages, haphazard discarding of earth dug for various construction purposes on roadsides etc.

The unfortunate part, however, is that the state government continues to play blind to the recurring problems on the hapless roads including the National Highway on grounds that the highway is the lookout of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). Although narrow and neglected by the people in power, village roads on the peripheries of the highway which, at times of emergency like the present situation, often come to the rescue and serve as alternative routes however deplorable they may be.

Landslides-caused roadblocks are a threat to all, but more so to those needing emergency medical services. They also impact more harshly on the people in villages and remote areas as their food security is affected due to decreased food produce (when their agricultural lands are hit), and lack of access to essential commodities.

This column has consistently been registering the need for the policy makers to formulate pragmatic plans for the state to face both natural and man-made disasters which the state is prone to, particularly landslides, and the need to strategize resilient measures and policies. And we say it again, it’s time for the powers-that-be to learn from past experiences and prepare us for a safer present and future.

While mitigation strategies to support contingency planning are called for, long-term protection measures of soil instability and erosion, and sustainable programs have to be initiated for affected areas to address and mitigate such disasters.

There may not be any immediate remedy to this farce of connectivity in the state but it is time the authorities rolled up their sleeves and step in to address the present situation while long term measures are formulated.

It is easy to say - build more roads, introduce more convenient public transit based on new technology etc. There are many possible solutions, but none comes easy or cheap. Nevertheless, the moot point here is, the number of vehicles will keep increasing and the roads are not likely to be less travelled in the future.

The Naga People’s Front is deeply concerned with the events that have transpired in the last few days, and the harsh and unpalatable language used in press releases

Respected MLA Mr Merentoshi seems to be con-fused about the post and position of Chairman, DAN Coordination Committee. For his information, it may be pointed out that the Chairman DAN is head of the coalition of political parties and accordingly, the Chairman is appointed by the political parties, and not by legislators as the honourable MLA believes. Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu was unanimously selected at a combined meeting of the BJP, JD(U), NCP and NPF at State Banquet Hall yesterday, July 10, 2017.

The MLA has also noted that the name of the Governor was not invoked in the appointment letter as required. The post of Chairman, DAN Coordina-tion Committee is a political post appointed/ selected by political parties of the DAN. And the Governor, not being a member of any political party, has noth-ing to do with this political post. However, the Gov-ernment’s notification clearly states that “the Gover-nor is pleased to confer upon Shri Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu, Chairman, Democratic Alliance of Naga-land, the rank and status of Cabinet Minister...” And to say that the notification is “rubbish” is highly de-rogatory to the highest office in the State, namely, the Raj Bhawan, and could attract penal if desired. It is unbecoming of an elected member of the Assembly to demean the office of the Governor, and the MLA’s

tirade is utterly shocking and unexpected. It is absurd to term the legally sworn in Chief

Minister as a power monger and greedy for power. They would do well to keep in mind that the Chief Minister did not want to occupy the chair in the first place, but was forced by the legislators to occupy the seat when it was too hot for any of them to occupy. They all know that the Chief Minister is the sacrifi-cial lamb. And it would be most ungracious to allege that the Chief Minister, who was called in to save the party-led Government barely five months back, is greedy for power, especially when he had invited Mr TR Zeliang to come back and take over the Govern-ment.

The honourable MLA Merentoshi, himself be-ing a former Cabinet Minister, ought to be aware that Governments never sleep. Be it a Sunday, day or night, Governments have to take decisions. And if the Chief Minister is pleased to terminate the services of some of his Cabinet colleagues or Parliamentary Secretaries, they are no longer entitled to the perks and privileges which go along with the offices they occu pied. And once they are not entitled to these privileges it would not be ethical on their part to con-tinue availing the facilities. It would be in the fitness of things, and it would also hugely enhance their im-age of decency, if these “dispossessed” legislators voluntarily surrender their official vehicles along with the drivers and security guards instead of threatening the bureaucracy from carrying out official duties.

It must be kept in mind that as per collective deci-sion of the party, Dr Shurhozelie has filed his nomi-nation papers today for the bye elections scheduled for July 29. Model Code of Conduct is in force, and the election process and the laws governing the same envisage free and fair conduct of elections. This means that persons are barred by law from inducing electors to vote for or against a particular candidate. The Government is also bound by these laws and as such, during the pendency of the elections and until its conclusion, no action can be taken either through Government processes or through individual acts which may affect fair and independent conduct of the elections.

Individuals and legislators too, must realise that they have to refrain from making statements about the unseating of the present Chief Minister, who himself is the NPF candidate, until conclusion of the election process, since it could influence the outcome of the bye election.

Further, Party MLAs would be liable for discipli-nary action to the extent of disqualification as nega-tive campaigning by Party MLAs against the Party Candidate, who is also the sitting Chief Minister, would amount to voluntarily giving up one’s own membership of the NPF Party under the 10th Sched-ule of the Constitution.

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NPF Central Replies to MLA Merentoshi

ReadeRs’ Mirror Views & reViews

God is everywhere, is available every time, and listens always.

A woman desiring to pray grabbed an empty chair and knelt before it. In tears, she said, “My dear heavenly Father, please sit down here; you and I need to talk!” Then, looking directly at the vacant chair, she prayed. She demonstrated

confidence in approaching the Lord; she imagined He was sitting on the chair and believed He was listening to her petition.

A time with God is an important moment when we engage the Almighty. God comes near to us as we draw near to Him in a mutual involvement (James 4:8). He has assured us, “I am with you always” (Matt. 28:20). Our heavenly Father is always waiting for us to come to Him, always ready to listen to us.

There are times when we struggle to pray because we feel tired, sleepy, sick, and weak. But Jesus sympathizes with us when we are weak or face temptations (Heb. 4:15). Therefore we can “approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mer-cy and find grace to help us in our time of need” (v. 16).

Lord, thank You that I can pray to You in all places at all times. Put the desire to come near to You in my heart. I want to learn

to come to You in faith and in confidence.

Approaching God

DAILyPATH

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Let us hang our heads in shame for electing such unscrupu-lous, crooked, deceitful and unprincipled persons to lead

us. As electorates, we expect them to work for the interest of the people and not waste public money in Kaziranga. They have absolutely no shame be-fore the public. They have no sense of shame before their constituency voters, they have no sense of shame before their party workers. And most of all

they have no shame even before their family members.

As a public and as a voter, I have been watching who are true and loyal to the party and the government. Like-wise, I am sure many intellectuals are also watching the various characters in the present DAN government. Since NPF came to power in 2003, there were problems from time to time, but never as much since 2013. The public are watching who have been loyal to party since the year 2003. There are some who have never wavered in their prin-ciple and have always been loyal. Our

highest respect for such few tall leaders. Though I will not mention their names, the public are watching who are such few leaders worthy of statesman. Our highest respect for such leaders. God bless them with higher responsibilities. Whereas there are some MLAs who were elected only in 2013, not even completed one term, yet have been changing loyalty like chameleon for as many times. Dear voters, let us take resolute decision to desist from voting such persons in the next election. Such people are a matter of shame for the whole Naga people before the nation.

I sympathize their family mem-bers, constituency office bearers and party people in respective constituen-cies whose so-called hon’ble elected leaders are flirting around like prosti-tutes. Dear Kaziranga people, I think your family members must be hiding in shame for your behaviour.

Blessed are the people in those constituencies whose elected leaders are steadfast in their principle. Please do re-elect such persons in the days to come in the interest of whole Nagas. you must be proud of them. They will have bright political futures.

1. DAN (Democratic Alliance of Nagaland) is a conglomeration of Political parties and Independ-ents in Nagaland. To start with, DAN had NPF, BJP, JD(U), NCP, NDM etc., with Independents. With mergers taking place, today DAN-III has all the NPF and BJP MLAs and all Independent MLAs. The re-cent appointment of Shri Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu, as DAN Chairman has only the approval of Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu, the President of NPF. The ap-pointment does not have the express approval of the BJP and Independent MLAs. Shri Kuzhuoluzo’s ap-pointment as DAN Chairman therefore does not per-vade beyond NPF and his appointment therefore is a politically and legally infirm exercise.

2. On the other hand, Shri T.R. Zeliang was pro-posed by Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu to be Chairman. DAN and unanimously elected to that position by DAN legislators comprising of 48 NPF, 4 BJP and 8

Independent MLAs on 22.2.2017. He still enjoys the confidence of the DAN legislature parties with major-ity. Any MLA to replace She T.R. Zeliang, must have the approval of majority of NPF, BJP and Independ-ent MLAs in a similar manner. The Notification No. Cab/1/2013 dated 10.7.2017 conferring cabinet sta-tus on Shri Kuzholuzo is therefore ultra vires the law relating to such appointments. The said Notification is void ab initio since Shri Kuzholuzo does not have the sanction of NPF, BJP and Independent MLAs to be the Chairman of DAN. It is strange and unfortunate that the Notification does not even invoke the name of the Governor as required under article 166 of the Constitution of India. The MLAs and public may therefore ignore this notification as rubbish produced by a beleaguered Chief Minister and as lacking legal validity. Only Shri TR Zeliang has this distinction of having the approval of all NPF, BJP and Independ-ent MLAs and he continues as DAN Chairman from

22.2.2017 with Cabinet status. His appointment is rev-ocable only by all NPF, BJP and Independent MLAs and not by Dr. Shurhozelie, who is a minority Chief Minister with the support of only 10 MLAs and await-ing his own exit.

3. For his greed to hang on to power with minority MLAs support, one should not overlook the demo-cratic system and do as one likes. What is surprising is, that Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu, who claims to be a Christian to the core, chose a Sunday (9.7.2017) to commit the evil acts of dispossessing his own party MLAs of their portfolios as Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Advisors and Chairmen. He even went to the extent of withdrawing their vehicles, security and official bungalows thereby displaying his sense of vengeance not a forte of a Christian.

Merentoshi Jamir NPF MLA

Encyclopædia Britannica, de-scribed poaching as being performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence pur-

poses and a supplement for meagre di-ets. Since the 1980s, the term “poach-ing” has also referred to the illegal harvesting of wild plant species. In ag-ricultural terms, the term ‘poaching’ is also applied to the loss of soils or grass by the damaging action of feet of live-stock which can affect availability of productive land. ‘Poaching’ in simple language can be defined as an illegal hunt or catch( game or fish) on land that is not one’s own or in contraven-tion of official protection.

The recent developments of ‘politi-cal poaching’ game played by the ‘very respected’ politicians of Nagaland be-fitted the very description of the word ‘poaching’ ( poachers of Kaziranga if u like) and is nothing short of an insult to the Naga populace and the chairs and positions these self-centered pow-er mongering politicians hold. The game must be stopped at the earliest. How can a tree grow and bear fruits if it is constantly uprooted and kept transplanted into other soil.? The logic is simple. Either the tree itself must be uprooted from its roots and burn it on the fire and new siblings are planted in place of it to let it bear the fruits or

the dramas are silently watched. Either way the spectators must not remain mute spectators any longer. Can’t we just call enough is enough?

In the words of Max Weber, “ if the government cannot ensure the ba-sic services it provides for people such as security and stability and the pos-sibility of procuring food and shelter, it loses the power to enforce laws”. A climate of political stability, consensus and predictability is therefore a pre- requisite for not only socio-economic development but also the legitimacy and authority of any government. If this statement has to be followed, the present legislators of Nagaland and the Government of the day no longer holds the legitimacy if not any moral obligation to continue to form another government and the house has to be dissolved for fresh election or the president rule is imposed in the state. They should either resign will-ingly taking moral responsibility or the public has to make demand for their resignation. The Kaziranga and other Oriental hideouts syndrome no longer holds any appeal to the masses and has deeply hurt the politico- economic sit-uation of the state and made a mock-ery of democracy.

The right to development, political stability and consensus are the basic

human rights in a democratic country. It is implicit under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution of ‘Right to life and Liberty’. Violation of this right by the state must be considered as the failure of the state machineries. Article 356 of the Indian Constitution vaguely mentions about “the failure of Consti-tutional machinery in the State”. The present condition of Nagaland must be fitted into this criteria. It is such that “the government of the State cannot be carried on in accordance with the pro-visions of this Constitution”. The same article also mentioned about the ‘satis-faction’ of the president for imposition of ‘president rule’ in the state. As a lay-man I do not understand what the ‘sat-isfaction of the president’ means but if the president is for the people just like his “ government is of the people, by the people, for the people” than surely he needs to intervene into these issues. Besides, Inadequate infrastructure de-velopment, rampant corruption, low human development indicators, public distribution leakages, rampant back-door appointment and the unemploy-ment of the deserving educated, faulty policy implementation etc are some other reasons for His Excellency to find his ‘satisfaction’ for the use of his pow-er under Article 356. ( Government of the state cannot be carried on in accord-

ance with the provisions of the Consti-tution since the government of the day has failed in every front).

It is understandable that the Con-stitution is supreme and it should also be made clear to all that the constitu-tion is for the good of the people only. Politicians must understand that by following the mere formalities to ful-fil the legalities of the Constitution is no longer acceptable. They should not continue to hoodwink the people by hiding under the “legalities” of certain loopholes in the law. Manipulation of any provisions ( for eg. Tenth sched-ules) in the Constitution or any law just for the sake of constitutionality for vested interests by any individu-als or groups is a clear violation of the Constitution itself. So any such things are better avoided by every right think-ing citizen including the politicians. Bottom line is, all political parties and legislators must understand that politi-cians come and go but the voters shall always prevail. And the voters are no longer happy over the entertainment provided by the well staged actors and dramebaazs of the Nagaland political parties. PLEASE, Enough is enough!

Kakugha Sumi Naga Eralibill village (khetoi)

Dimapur, Nagaland

Many scientists say it is “abundantly” clear that Earth is entering its sixth mass-extinction event, meaning

three-quarters of all species could disappear in the coming centuries, the media reported.

According to a study published on Mon-day in the Proceedings of the National Acade-my of Sciences, people are inflicting “biologi-cal annihilation” on the natural world, reports CNN.

Gerardo Ceballos, an ecology professor at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mex-ico, and his co-authors, including well-known Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich, cite striking new evidence that populations of species we thought were common are suffer-ing in unseen ways.

“What is at stake is really the state of hu-manity,” Ceballos told CNN.

Their key findings: Nearly one-third of the 27,600 land-based mammal, bird, amphibian

and reptile species studied are shrinking in terms of their numbers and territorial range.

The researchers called that an “extremely high degree of population decay”.

The scientists also looked at a well-studied group of 177 mammal species and found that all of them had lost at least 30 per cent of their territory between 1900 and 2015; more than 40 per cent of those species “experienced se-vere population declines”, meaning they lost at least 80 per cent of their geographic range during that time, CNN reported.

Looking at the extinction crisis not only in terms of species that are on the brink but also those whose populations and ranges are shrinking helps show that “Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe” than previously thought, the authors wrote.

They say a major extinction event is “on-going”.

Source: IANS

Suddenly, we find our representatives talking of “democracy”, “wel-fare of the people” and

“mandate”. My fellow Nagas, let’s stop behaving like savages. We gotta be able to think for our future and our well-being. We are being used. We’re noth-ing but mere pawns in their game for survival. We must refuse to be swayed by money and muscle power. Let’s keep our future generations in mind when making decisions. For all we know, we cannot trust this current crop of politicians to carry forward our future and to achieve our collective dream, which is a progressive Naga society (so to say in sim-

ple terms). We cannot allow ourselves to be sold out. We must resist attempts to desta-bilize Naga society. We cannot allow our children to grow up in this pathetic environment and pretend that everything is alright. Each day, we are grow-ing apart from God. Each day, we are alienating ourselves from our traditions and val-ues. Each day, we are selling ourselves out. Each day, we are becoming strangers in our own land. At this rate, the end is very near for us. The sooner we realize, the better.

A storm is approaching. More power to the people!

I Longkumer

Let Us Hang Our Heads in Shame

Merentoshi Assails Kuzholuzo’s Appointment as DAN Chairman

Stop Your Political Poaching Game Please. Enough is Enough!

Earth in Biological Annihilation Era: Scientists Rise in Rage!

BiBLe ReAd: Hebrews 4:14–16 THOUGHT fOR TOdAy:

but as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the sovereign Lord my refuge.

~ Psalm 73:28

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Bruce McEwen | Aeon

Aries (MAr 21 - Apr 19): Someone could call and want to share some troubles with you, Aries. Your sensitivity and compassion may at-tract more than one unhappy person in need of

sympathy and advice. While this is flattering, it could be a bit of a drag as well. You aren’t likely to turn these people away. Accept this as a natural consequence of being a good listener. And take care not to let these sad stories get to you.

TAurus (Apr 20 - MAy 20): Uncertainty about money could plague you today, Taurus. You might have doubts about income now, par-ticularly if you’re self-employed. Be careful not

to make yourself crazy. Your insecurity might cause the situation to seem even more serious than it really is. Try to be objective. If there are genuine concerns - and there may not be - find a way to alleviate them rather than waste energy worrying.

GeMini (MAy 21 - Jun 21): A love part-ner may seem too quiet, Gemini. Perhaps you haven’t heard from your friend for a day or so. If you let it, this could start your doubts and in-

securities, causing you to wonder if this person still cares or if they’re gone forever. Try to remain objective. Does your friend have some worries right now? That may be why they’re out of touch. Worry will only make you feel worse.

CAnCer (Jun 22 - Jul 22): Possible ideas for artistic projects could come to you, Cancer, though some of them may be vague and not yet ready to manifest. You may seek

to express your spiritual side through artistic activity, but might not quite have a handle on how to do it. Don’t force it. Find something else to do and let it sit for a while. You might be surprised by the final results.

leo (Jul 23 - AuG 22): A close friend or romantic partner may seem in a rather quiet mood, Leo, and disinclined to communicate with you. You might wonder if this person is

angry with you or if you’ve said or done something that wasn’t OK. It’s likely that what’s bothering your friend has more to do with work, family, or money than with you. Just make it clear that you’re there if needed.

VirGo (AuG 23 - sep 22): The possibility of your pursuing new career opportunities, per-haps with more pay, might cause doubts and in-securities among family members, Virgo. They

could be afraid that you will have less time for them. It’s important that you reassure them, as their worries might escalate if you just let it slide. Make it clear that you’re still there for them. This might alleviate their doubts and yours.

librA (sep 23 - oCT 22): Worries about a relative who lives far away might plague you today, Libra. The situation isn’t helped by the fact that you may not be able to reach them by

phone or email. You may have to contact mutual friends who can give you the information you need. Circum-stances probably aren’t all that dire. There’s probably nothing to be overly concerned about, but you need to hear this. Keep trying.

sCorpio (oCT 23 - noV 21): A check you may have been expecting in the mail may be delayed, Scorpio, and you might not be able to contact whoever is sending it. You could worry

over whether or not you will get it at all. This could be a classic case of getting worked up over nothing. The delay won’t cause any lasting problems, just inconvenience and frustration. Hang in there. The money will come.

sAGiTTArius (noV 22 - DeC 21): You could suddenly experience an overwhelming wave of affection for someone you’ve just met, Sagittarius, perhaps a potential romantic part-

ner. Fantasies of the future could waft in and out of your mind. This should feel wonderful in one sense, yet it could also bring up all your doubts and insecurities. Does this person feel the same way? It’s probably a bit premature to worry about that. Take it one day at a time and get to know your friend better.

CApriCorn (DeC 22 - JAn 19): New ideas for increasing your income, particularly if they involve extra work, could suddenly seem vague and uncertain today, Capricorn. Doubts and

insecurities could sabotage the plans you were so ready for yesterday. Don’t let this happen. Talk to others and judge what is and isn’t workable, then concentrate on the former and move ahead. You don’t want to miss some good opportunities.

AquArius (JAn 20 - Feb 18): Romance may be very much on your mind today, Aquarius, though not necessarily in a posi-tive way. Doubts and insecurities could take

over your thoughts. Does a current or potential ro-mantic partner share your feelings? Direct communi-cation with the one in question could be premature, so it might be best to try to remain objective and judge the situation accordingly. Meanwhile, take it day by day.

pisCes (Feb 19 - MAr 20): Brusque words or a lack of cordiality from a friend or colleague might have you wondering if this person is an-gry with you, Pisces. Don’t let your insecurity

make you crazy. This person probably just has problems of their own on their mind. Do your best not to take any stinging comments seriously. Have a little faith and show a little compassion.

Today’s AsTro-prEdicTion

Stress pervades our lives. We become anxious when we hear of violence, chaos or dis-cord. And, in our relatively se-

cure world, the pace of life and its de-mands often lead us to feel that there is too much to do in too little time. This disrupts our natural biological rhythms and encourages unhealthy behaviours, such as eating too much of the wrong things, neglecting exer-cise and missing out on sleep.

Racial and ethnic discrimination, along with lack of educational oppor-tunities and economic advancement take their toll on a large segment of the population in the United States. Incarceration is the rule rather than the exception for some of the most vulnerable. Adverse experiences in infancy and childhood, including poverty, leave a lifelong imprint on the brain and body, and undermine long-term health, increasing the inci-dence of cardiovascular disease, dia-betes, depression, substance abuse, anti-social behaviour and dementia. How does all of this stress ‘get un-der our skin’? What does it do to our brains and our bodies? What can we do about it? And is stress so multifac-eted and pervasive that we could have trouble controlling it at all?

The psychologist Jerome Kagan at Harvard University recently com-plained that the word ‘stress’ has been used in so many ways as to be almost meaningless; he suggests it’s war-ranted only for the most extreme cir-cumstances or damaging events. But my decades of experience suggest an-other approach. The insidious power of stress to ‘get under the skin’ was the focus of a MacArthur Founda-tion Research Network that I joined more than two decades ago, uniting me with social scientists, physicians and epidemiologists around a com-mon problem: how to measure and evaluate stress from our social and physical environments. Our collabo-ration, continued under the auspices of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, has shown that stress acts on the body and brain, profoundly influencing health and disease.

Our findings are nuanced, starting with the fact that not all stress is the same. ‘Good stress’ involves taking a chance on something one wants, like interviewing for a job or school, or giving a talk before strangers, and feeling rewarded when successful. ‘Tolerable stress’ means that some-thing bad happens, like losing a job or a loved one, but we have the per-sonal resources and support systems to weather the storm. ‘Toxic stress’ is what Kagan refers to – something so bad that we don’t have the personal resources or support systems to navi-gate it, something that could plunge us into mental or physical ill health and throw us for a loop.

Now let us put these three forms of stress into a biological and behav-ioural context by invoking ‘homeos-tasis’ – the physiological state main-tained by the body to keep us alive. It is through homeostasis that we maintain body temperature and pH (alkalinity and acidity) within a nar-row range, keep our tissues perfused with oxygen and our cells fed. To maintain this steady state, our body secretes hormones such as adrenalin. Indeed, when we encounter an acute perceived threat – a large, menac-ing dog, for example – the hypotha-lamus, at the base of our brain, sets off an alarm system in our body, sending chemical signals to the pi-tuitary gland. The pituitary, in turn, releases ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone) that activates our adrenal glands, next to our kidneys, to release adrenalin and the primary stress hor-mone, cortisol. Adrenalin increases heart rate, blood pressure and energy supplies; cortisol increases glucose in

the blood stream and has many ben-eficial effects on the immune system and brain, among other organs. In a fight-or-flight situation cortisol mod-erates immune-system responses, and suppresses the digestive system, the reproductive system and growth processes, as well as signalling brain regions that control cognitive func-tion, mood, motivation and fear.

Biochemical mediators such as cortisol and adrenalin help us to adapt – as long as they are turned on in a balanced way when we need them, and then turned off again when the challenge is over. When that does not happen, these ‘hor-mones of stress’ can cause unhealthy changes in brain and body – for ex-ample, high or low blood pressure, or an accumulation of belly fat. When wear and tear on the body results from imbalance of the ‘mediators’, we use the term ‘allostatic load’. When wear and tear is strongest, we call it allostatic overload, and this is what occurs in toxic stress. An ex-ample is when bad health behaviours such as smoking, drinking and loneli-ness result in hypertension and belly fat, causing coronary artery blockade. In short, the mediators that help us to adapt and maintain our homeostasis to survive can also contribute to the well-known diseases of modern life. he word stress is often explained as a ‘fight-or-flight response’. But what really affects our health and wellbe-ing are the more subtle, gradual and long-term influences from our social and physical environment – our fam-ily and neighbourhood, the demands of a job, shift work and jet lag, sleep-ing badly, living in an ugly, noisy and polluted environment, being lonely, not getting enough physical activity, eating too much of the wrong foods, smoking, drinking too much alco-hol. All these contribute to allostatic load and overload through the same biological mediators that help us to adapt and stay alive.

Even though we now know all this, we often hear that measuring our cortisol levels will tell us if we are stressed. This reflects a misunder-standing at two levels. First, a single measure of cortisol will tell us nothing since cortisol levels go up and down within minutes – and halting this fluctuation impairs ongoing adaptive plasticity within the brain. Moreover, cortisol fluctuates throughout the day, going up in the morning to awaken us and then declining, except for a rise at lunch time, until it falls to low levels in the evening before we go to bed. Flattening this diurnal rhythm is a consequence of sleep deprivation and certain forms of major depression; a flat rhythm not only attenuates a ro-bust, adaptive cortisol stress response but it also promotes obesity and high cholesterol, risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It does so in part by causing the liver to make the ingredients to deposit body fat.

Cortisol is not the ‘bad guy’: it has a normal physiological role, coordinating the metabolism with activity and sleep

There are several ways to meas-ure cortisol to determine whether the normal daily rhythm has been derailed. We can collect urine over-night or over the day. We can meas-ure cortisol in hair from the forehead, which gives an index of our cortisol production over days. Or we can measure cortisol in our saliva at mul-tiple times during the day, or before, during and after a stressful challenge, such as talking about something per-sonal before a group of strangers. The stressful challenge gives us a picture of the efficiency of our allostasis – marked by turning up our cortisol re-sponse when challenged and needed for adaptation to maintain homeosta-sis, and then turning it off when the stressor is over so as not to produce adverse effects of allostatic load and overload.

Failure to turn on cortisol when needed is bad, leaving the door open for the body’s inflammatory response to compensate in an imperfect way. Too much inflammation can kill us as in septic shock. Failure to turn off cortisol after the stress is over pro-duces negative effects too. Among the consequences are an increase of fat production, leading to obesity, dia-betes, depression and eventual heart disease – all contributors to allostatic load.

Given our need for a robust cor-tisol response in the face of stress, the second misunderstanding about cortisol is the notion that it’s the ‘bad guy’. Rather, cortisol has a normal physiological role; it helps us adapt to stressors and coordinates our me-tabolism with daily activity and sleep patterns. We would not live very long or well without our cortisol! As my former student Firdaus Dhabhar, now a neuroimmunologist at the University of Miami, found, the early morning rise of cortisol, along with the stress response, activates immune function so that we can fight an infec-tion or repair a wound. Likewise, the normal ‘morning awakening’ rise of cortisol that helps rouse us and makes us hungry for breakfast enhances the body’s response to immunisation if administered in the morning. The body’s response is like an orchestra involving many players working in harmony.

If the body functions like an or-chestra, the conductor is the brain. It stores memories from bad as well as good experiences, and works with the body to keep us alive by minimis-ing those subtle and long-term influ-ences that cause allostatic load and overload. What we call the ‘wisdom of the body’ refers back to allosta-sis, the active process of biological adaptation and its role in maintain-ing homeostasis. Indeed, the brain is a plastic and vulnerable organ, continually sculpted by experience. It changes its architecture and func-tion as part of allostasis. One recent study shows how the brain architec-ture of a mother is sculpted during pregnancy as part of the formation of attachment to the child. Other studies show how musicians’ brains develop, with greater skill leading to an increased neuron size and en-hanced connections between senso-ry and motor-control regions of the cerebral cortex.

As opposed to motherhood and musicianship, toxic stress can in-crease anxiety by causing neurons in the amygdala, a brain region control-ling anxiety and aggression, to be-come larger. Mindfulness practices such as meditation can reverse the process and reduce the size of those neurons, along with the stress. And regular physical activity, such as walking every day, causes genesis of new neurons in the hippocampus, a brain region that is essential for daily memory and spatial orientation; and it also improves memory and mood.

We also need to consider where our genes fit in, and understand that they do not rigidly determine our des-tiny, but rather provide the founda-tion on which our experiences shape our brains and bodies over the life course via ‘epigenetic’ mechanisms, which operate ‘above the genome’ – controlling the expression of genes without changing the genetic code. Epigenetics drives the seamless in-tegration of experiences, both good and bad, acting on our genetic code over our life course. We now under-stand that epigenetics is the means by which stress acts on the body, the ge-nome, and the brain.

My life’s work has helped me to tell the story of stress, starting with the mentors for my dissertation, com-pleted in 1964. These two Rockefeller University scientists, Vincent Allfrey and Alfred Mirsky, taught me the fundamentals of epigenetics in the 1960s, before there was much inter-

est in it, and when epigenetics meant something quite different, namely, the emergence of characteristics as a fer-tilised egg developed into a living or-ganism. Development from embryo to independence is programmed into each species, but the individual char-acteristics that emerge are influenced by experience, and that is where the modern use of ‘epigenetics’ comes from. An example of this is a pair of identical twins with genes that predis-pose them to schizophrenia or bipolar illness. Even with the same DNA, the probability that one twin will develop the disease when the other twin gets it is only in the range of 30-60 per cent, which leaves plenty of room for experiences and other environmental factors to either prevent or precipitate the disorder.

Allfrey and Mirsky studied pro-teins called histones, which package and order DNA. Histones can be chemically modified to unwind the double helix, allowing genes to be expressed. Around 1960 , researchers showed that hormones such as corti-sol and oestradiol used this mecha-nism to turn on genes in the uterus and liver, and this became a focus of my work in 1966.

In conditions of toxic stress, the same organs of the body are targeted for damage

Before long, I had changed my focus from the liver to the brain. As with cortisol in the liver, hormones of the adrenals and gonads could alter gene expression in the brain, working synergistically with other biochemi-cal mediators to alter brain structure and function. Because experience it-self affected these hormones, experi-ence moulded what was now called the ‘epigenetic effects’.

This led to the finding that the adrenal stress hormone cortisol acts epigenetically on a brain structure called the hippocampus, which we now know mediates memory of daily events in space and time and also regulates mood. In other words, the hippocampus is a ‘GPS’ of the brain, a discovery that in 2014 saw the No-bel Prize awarded jointly to the UK-based neuroscientist John O’Keefe and the Norwegian scientists May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser.

The hippocampus has since be-come a gateway into learning how sex hormones, metabolic hormones and stress hormones enter the brain, bind to receptors and act epigeneti-cally to positively regulate structure and affect our behaviour. It has also helped us study conditions of toxic stress, when the same hormones and mediators contribute to allostatic overload; when that happens, the or-gans of the body, including the heart and the brain, are targeted for dam-age in a toxic storm.

Over the course of decades, my laboratory participated in, and in some cases initiated, these discover-ies with the help of some remarkable students, postdoctoral fellows and colleagues. Among them was Ron de Kloet, now a professor at the Uni-versity of Leiden, who studied the impact of synthetic glucocorticoids, which serve as potent inhibitors of inflammation and immune func-tion, and stimulators of liver glucose metabolism (hence the name ‘gluco-corticoid’). Cortisol is a natural glu-cocorticoid, and de Kloet found that synthetic glucocorticoids such as the medication dexamethasone (DEX) are actively excluded from the brain while cortisol gets in. But when a medication is given to quell inflam-mation, it can shut off the body’s ability to make cortisol. Then, when DEX treatment is terminated, the body and brain become deficient in cortisol, causing terrible mood swings and metabolic and immune disruption. After that, de Kloet went on to show, in his own laboratory with his student Hans Reul (now professor at the University of Bris-

tol) that cortisol in the hippocampus binds to two receptor types, called MR and GR, to produce its myriad of important actions in the brain.

Another important advance was made by a student in my laboratory, Robert Sapolsky, now a professor at Stanford and a well-known author of a number of books, who found that, over the lifespan of a rat, the cortisol equivalent in the rat – corticosterone – gradually causes ‘wear and tear’ on the hippocampus, impairing not only memory and mood but also the abil-ity to shut off the production of its glucocorticoids. This effect is more evident in animals and people who have experienced toxic stress. The ‘glucocorticoid-cascade hypothesis of stress and ageing’, as it is called, was the basis for the concept of al-lostatic load and overload. Sapolsky also did seminal work on dominant and subordinate baboons in Africa, and laid the groundwork for how in-come, education and human social hierarchies impact physical and men-tal health.

Until we grasped the impact of epigenetics, the brain was regarded as structurally stable in adult life, and the main focus for understanding normal and abnormal brain function was neurochemistry and neurophar-macology. During the 1980s, practi-tioners relied largely on antidepres-sants such as Prozac along with an array of antipsychotic medications to help patients heal.

Then in 1988, Elizabeth Gould, now a neuroscientist and professor at Princeton, came to my laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow. She intro-duced us to an old method hailing from the late 1800s and to Camillo Golgi, an Italian neuroanatomist who won a Nobel Prize for it. The Golgi technique, when done right, allows the investigator to visual-ise and measure the dendrites (like tree branches) emerging from neu-rons, and even the spines (sites of synapses, or connection, with other neurons) on those dendrites. Using the Golgi technique, Gould together with the Japanese biological psychi-atrist Yoshifumi Watanabe showed that dendrites shrink and spine synapses are lost on hippocampal neurons after chronic stress lasting several weeks. The effect was due, in part, to the actions of glucocor-ticoids such as cortisol. In contrast, Catherine Woolley (now a professor at Northwestern University) showed that spine synapses come and go during the rat’s oestrous cycle (com-parable to the human menstrual cy-cle) because of the fluctuations of the ovarian hormone oestradiol and progesterone.

Remarkably, in both cases, the hormones did not work alone and required, among other mediators, the main neurotransmitter in the brain, glutamate. Thus, circulating hor-mones not only enter the brain and bind to receptors but also participate with the brain’s own neurotransmit-ters in what we now call ‘adaptive plasticity’ – structural changes in the brain to enhance our success and sur-vival. Adaptive plasticity underlies

behavioural and neurological adap-tation to the world. For example, shrinkage of dendrites in the hippoc-ampus protects those neurons from damage by over-stimulation during toxic stress. Cyclic fluctuations of spine synapses during the oestrous (and human menstrual) cycle under-lie differences in behaviour, including mood swings. The actions of oestra-diol on cognitive function and their absence after the menopause have be-come the focus of hormone therapy to slow cognitive ageing and prevent Alzheimer’s disease, and the work on this topic by my colleague John Mor-rison, now director of the Primate Research Center at University of Cal-ifornia, Davis (some in collaboration with us) has been very influential. Likewise, the contributions by our former postdoctoral fellow Roberta Brinton, now professor at the Uni-versity of Arizona, have opened new avenues for use of the hormone pro-gesterone as a protective agent for the ageing and damaged brain.

Gould and her students Woolley and Heather Cameron (now princi-pal investigator at the US National Institute of Mental Health) also es-tablished that neurons of the dentate gyrus, part of the hippocampus, die and are replaced via the process of neurogenesis, which continues over the entire life course. They found that toxic stress suppresses that neurogen-esis, and shrinks the hippocampus, while other laboratories went on to show that physical activity increases neurogenesis not only in young but also in older animals.

Regular physical activity is the most important behaviour that one can do to maintain brain and body health

These revelations about adult brain neurogenesis have huge im-plications not only because of the recognition that stem, or progeni-tor, cells might be used to treat brain damage, but also because of their meaning for lifestyle. Regular physi-cal activity increases this neurogen-esis in old as well as young people, and improves memory and mood and even enlarges the hippocampus, which tends to shrink in depression and diabetes among other condi-tions. Within six months to a year, regular aerobic activity such as walk-ing an hour a day five out of seven days a week not only makes the hippocampus larger and improves memory but also improves decision-making by improving blood flow and metabolic function in the pre-frontal cortex, a brain region essen-tial for self-regulation of emotions and impulses as well as working memory. Indeed, regular physical activity is the most important be-haviour that one can do to maintain brain and body health. And, as a fur-ther illustration of brain-body com-munication, the ability of exercise to stimulate neurogenesis requires that at least two hormones be taken up from the body into the brain. One of them, IGF-1, comes from the liver, and the other, cathepsin B, comes from muscle.

To be continued...

When is stress Good For You?The subtle flows and toxic hits of stress get under the skin, making and breaking the body and brain over a lifetime

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People paying tributes to the Amarnath pilgrims who were killed in the militant attack on Monday at Anantnag in J & K, after their bodies were brought in an IAF plane at the airport in Surat on Tuesday.

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Salim, driver of the bus that was attacked by the militants in J & K, on his arrival at the airport in Surat on Tuesday.

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File photo of former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

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People brandish their local weapons as they participate in a protest rally in Darjeeling on Tuesday.PTI

News iN BriefMinor quake hits UttarakhandDehradun, July 11 (IANS): A minor earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale hit Uttarakhand on Tuesday, an official said. The center of the quake was recorded in Salna village, Chamoli district, the disaster management official said. The tremors were felt in Chamoli and Uttarakashi districts. So far there were no reports of damage to property of loss of lives.

Goa BJP, Congress Presidents file nomination papers for RS pollPanaji, July 11 (IANS): Goa BJP and Congress Presidents Vinay Tendulkar and Shantaram Naik, respectively, filed their nomination papers on Tuesday for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election. Tendulkar was accompanied by senior BJP leaders and MLAs from the ruling alliance partners -- Goa Forward and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. Naik, the sitting Rajya Sabha MP whose term expires on July 28, also filed his nomination papers. The Rajya Sabha poll is scheduled to be held on July 21.

Lalu records statement in fodder scam caseRanchi, July 11 (IANS): RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad recorded his statement in a special CBI court here on Tuesday over the fodder scam case. According to his lawyer, the statement was recorded in relation to fraudulent withdrawal of money from the Chaibasa treasury. In total, 17 questions were asked by the Central Bureau of Investigation court. The Rashtriya Janata Dal chief pleaded not guilty and said that he was implicated at the behest of his opponents. He will again appear on Thursday. Lalu Prasad has been convicted and sentenced to five-year imprisonment in one of the five cases for which he is being tried in the fodder scam. The Rs 900-crore scam surfaced in the early 1990s when he was the Chief Minister.

Seven killed in UP accidentLucknow, July 11 (IANS): Seven persons were killed on Tuesday when a car collided with a truck in Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, police said. The accident took place near the Manikpur Nagar Panchayat at Kunda. The car was smashed and the police along with locals had a tough time extricating the bodies from the mangled vehicle. The deceased were residents of Lucknow. The truck driver escaped the scene of the accident. An official told IANS that while six persons died on the spot, a 35-year-old youth, identified as Sujit Pandey, told passersby that they were coming from Mirzapur and going to Barabanki. He died minutes later.

SSB seizes marijuana worth Rs 13.15 cr, one heldKolkata, July 11 (IANS): The Sashastra Seema Bal on Tuesday said it has seized 1,754 kg of marijuana worth Rs 13.15 crore in the international market and arrested a smuggler. The border guarding force conducted a joint raid headed by its 17th Battalion troopers and Kolkata Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and seized the consignment. One smuggler, identified as 22-year-old Bijoy Roy, a resident of Cooch Behar district in West Bengal, was apprehended and 1,754 kg of marijuana at the estimated valued of Rs 13.15 crore in the international market was seized from his possession, an SSB official said.

Shots fired outside house of Delhi’s Congress ex-MLANew Delhi, July 11 (IANS): Former Congress legislator Asif Muhammad Khan on Tuesday said that shots were fired outside his house here. A police officer said they have registered an FIR based on Khan’s complaint on Monday night. He said they fired three shots. The police have recovered two empty bullet shells from the area. In June too, Khan was shot at in the Zakir Nagar area of south Delhi during the month of Ramzan. Khan said there were scores of criminals from Ghaziabad and western Uttar Pradesh in Okhla, as the area is an easy route to Noida. He added that he has been fighting against these criminals and urging police to take action.

Commuters travel by a crowded train at Mondoli in East Delhi on World Population Day on Tuesday.

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World Population Day

Amarnath yatra terror attack

Gujarat to nominate Amarnath bus driver for bravery award

Gopalkrishna Gandhi is opposition’s pick for VP

Darjeeling shutdown to continue, protestors plan hunger strike

Nitish wants Tejashwi to rebut charges, says alliance won’t break

SC extends stay of rules banning sale of cattle for slaughter across India

PhDs, postgraduates apply to be morgue assistants in Bengal

Here’s how world leaders reacted to the incidentNew Delhi, July 11 (PTI/IANS): Condemnation against the Amarnath at-tack poured in from the in-ternational community on Tuesday, with the US and Iran deploring the strike and Germany, France and Bangladesh expressing their solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism and extremism.

While Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina wrote to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, condemn-ing the “heinous” terror at-tack on Amarnath pilgrims and reaffirming her country’s support to India at this “dif-ficult hour”, Nepal’s foreign affairs ministry, in a release, also strongly denounced the terrorist attack and expressed its condolences.

Strongly condemning the terror attack targeting a bus of pilgrims, Afghani-stan president Ashraf Ghani said, “Being enemies of civilisation and humanity, terrorists don’t respect any religion and law but in order to disseminate terror and hate, they target sacred loca-tions and civilians including women and children.”

Afghanistan, which is at the front-line in the fight against terrorism, has al-ways evinced its honesty and valour in counter-terrorism efforts, once again stressing on putting up a collective and earnest fight against terrorism through a unified strategy, a statement from

the Afghan president’s of-fice said.

In a message, Pavel Dorokhin, member of state duma and deputy chair-man of India-Russia inter-parliamentary committee, said, “On behalf of all our deputies in the state duma, I convey our deep condo-lences on the terrorist attack in J&K on Monday. Russia stands united against terror-ism and terrorism cannot be justified.”

Dorokhin further said, “our joint efforts and unity in developing our coopera-tion will be the basis for en-suring security in Eurasia.”

“We deplore the attack on #Amarnath pilgrims & condemn all acts of terrorism. Deepest condolences to the families & all those affected,” the US ambassador’s official Twitter handle posted.

The United States has

appointed Kenneth I Juster as its ambassador to India, but he is yet to take office.

France sent out a mes-sage of solidarity. “France assures the people and authorities of India of its solidarity in face of terror-ism. During their meeting in Paris on 3 June this year, the French president and Modi, had declared counter-terrorism to be a priority of our strategic partnership,” said the spokesperson of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.

German ambassador Martin Ney in his message said he strongly condemned the terrorist attack on behalf of his government. He also conveyed deepest condo-lences to the families of the victims.

“Germany resolutely stands by India in the fight against terrorism and ex-

tremism,” Ney said.“As the G20 leaders just

reaffirmed in Hamburg, we are resolved to tackle terror-ism as a common challenge to the global community,” he noted.

Hasina reiterated Bang-ladesh’s “zero tolerance” policy against terrorism and vowed to continue to work together with India to eradicate the menace, a Bangladesh embassy release said here.

The Embassy of Iran said in a release that it “con-demns in the strongest possi-ble words the Monday night terror attack on the Amar-nath pilgrims.” The embassy also extended condolences to the Indian government and families of victims.

“Nepal prime minis-ter Sher Bahadur Deuba strongly condemns the at-tack on innocent pilgrims,

Patna, July 11 (IANS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday asked the RJD and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav to give a “fact-wise reply in public” to the corruption charges hurled at him but said the rul-ing Grand Alliance won’t break.

“So far, the reply or explanation given by them is not satisfactory. They should come out with fact-wise reply in public,” the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader told his party leaders, breaking his silence on the younger son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad.

Nitish Kumar’s comments follow a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

“I shall not compromise with my principles. I am firm on my resolve of zero tolerance against corruption,” Nit-ish Kumar reportedly said at his official residence here.

His statement came after a series of raids on the Deputy Chief Minister and other members of Lalu Prasad’s family.

“I will not tolerate corruption,” Nitish Kumar was quoted as saying by a senior party leader.

Without naming Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar said a “fact-wise reply” should be given in public by those against whom allega-tions of corruption had surfaced.

He said whenever there were allega-tions of corruption against any JD-U leader, his party had taken necessary action.

“RJD will have to take action against its leader. It is for RJD to act against Tejashwi as he has been named in a FIR by the CBI.”

But the Chief Minister said he and his party won’t break the ruling Grand Alliance.

“Hum gathbandhan todenge nahi... akhri dum tak isse bachane ki koshish karenge. (We will not break the Grand Al-liance... We will try to save it till the end).”

The Grand Alliance comprises the JD-U, RJD and the Congress.

JD-U spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said his party wanted those facing al-legations of corruption to come out with facts in the public domain. “JD-U will not compromise on corruption and crime.”

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has repeatedly asked Nitish Kumar to sack Tejashwi Yadav and end the alli-ance with the RJD.

A day after the RJD announced that Tejashwi Yadav would not resign and dubbed the CBI action against him a “political conspiracy” to destabilise the Grand Alliance, speculation was rife that Nitish Kumar and his party could demand the former’s resignation.

Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav is the Health Minister in the Bihar government.

On Friday, the CBI conducted raids across four cities in connection with a corruption case in which Lalu Prasad’s wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Ya-dav are among the accused.

New Delhi, July 11 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended across the country the Madras High Court order putting on hold the Central government’s notification banning the sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter from the cattle market.

As a bench of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud extended the operation of the Madras High Court order, the government told the court that it would be renoti-fying the Rules after considering objections from the stakeholders.

“The interim order passed

by the Madera bench of Madras High Court would extend to rest of the country”, the bench said in its order.

Even as Additional Solicitor General P.S.Narasimha told the bench not to pass any order as Central government was amena-ble to the High Court jurisdiction, the bench clarified that High Court order would extend to en-tire country.

Narasimha informed the bench that the government would not implement for three months the Rules banning the sale of cattle at livestock markets for

slaughtering.Meat sellers have complained

of the adverse impact on their trade including experts that is to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore.

The Central government had on May 25 brought a notifica-tion by which sale and purchase of cattle in the cattle market for slaughter was banned. Several states refused to implement it.

The court order on Tues-day came on a plea by All India Jamitul Quresh Action Commit-tee, which has challenged notifica-tion banning the sale of cattle for slaughtering and regulating the

transporting of livestock.After passing the order, the

court disposed of the petition by All India Jamitul Quresh Action Committee and others.

All India Jamitul Quresh Action Committee had chal-lenged the Prevention of Cru-elty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, banning sale of cattle for slaughtering and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Care and Maintenance of Case Property Animals) Rules, 2017 which pro-vides for the seizures, recovery of the cost of transportation,

maintenance and treatment of seized animals.

It was contended by the organ-isation that both the rules banning sale of cattle for slaughtering and the other regulating the transport-ing of livestock were arbitrary, illegal, and unconstitutional.

It also argued the rule that the purchaser of cattle “shall not sac-rifice the animal for any religious purpose” was contrary to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, whose Section 28 says it is not an offence to “kill any animal in a manner required by the religion of any community”.

Kolkata, July 11 (IANS): Authorities of a state-run medical college in West Bengal are in a quandary following a rush of applica-tions by a clutch of post-graduates, including PhDs, for a post that requires them to handle dead bodies.

While the opposition CPI-M is calling it a reflec-tion of the state’s job market condition, the Malda Medi-cal College and Hospital authorities are attributing it to a “misunderstanding” over the job profile.

Of the 325 applications received till last Friday by the college-hospital, for the Group-D post of hospital morgue assistant (known as “dome” in col-loquial Bengali), around 10 per cent are postgradu-ates including a couple of doctorates.

“Around 30 to 40 are postgraduates. Of them a couple are PhDs. The mini-mum eligibility is Class 8. So there is no upper limit as per educational qualifica-tion. As per age, the criteria is 18 to 40 years. I think

there was a misunderstand-ing about the profile,” Medi-cal Superintendent cum Vice Principal Amit Dan told IANS.

Dan said perhaps the numbers reflect the demand for government jobs.

“The job offering was for two persons only. It is not right to view it as a stark reality of the job market. We believe they were not adequately informed about the profile,” he said.

But the authorities are yet to take a call on whether they will interview these “over-qualified” candidates.

“We have not decid-ed yet. We may as well interview them and pro-vide complete information about the profile. In all likelihood, they will refuse once their misunderstand-ing is cleared. We can’t stop them from applying,” he added.

Communist Party of India-Marxist veteran lead-er Sujan Chakraborty said the development offers a glimpse into the present situation in the state.

expresses deep condolences & sympathies to the Indian government and its peo-ple,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted.

In another tweet, he said, “Maldives foreign minister Mohamed Asim strongly condemns #AmarnathTer-rorAttack in letter to External Affairs Minister @SushmaS-waraj. (He) Says committed to fight terrorism.”

Canadian High Com-missioner to India, Nadir Pa-tel tweeted, “Our thoughts and prayers are with the

victims of the senseless at-tacks on #AmarnathYatra Canada condemns all acts of terror @CanadainIndia.”

Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Bhutan also condemned the terror attack in which seven Amarnath pilgrims were killed and 19 injured when their bus came under heavy gunfire from terrorists in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday night.

The bus, bearing a Gu-jarat registration number, was on its way from Baltal to Jammu when the attack took place.

Surat: Gujarat Chief Min-ister Vijay Rupani on Tues-day said he will nominate the driver of the Amarnath bus that was attacked by ter-rorists in Jammu and Kash-mir for a bravery award.

“We want to thank the bus driver who saved many lives amid heavy firing. The Gujarat government will nominate Salim for the brav-ery award with the central government,” Rupani told the media at the airport where he had come to re-ceive the remains of the pilgrims.

Seven people were killed and 19 others injured on Mon-day evening when militants opened fire at the bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kash-

New Delhi, July 11 (PTI/IANS): Former West Ben-gal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi is the opposition’s pick for the post of vice president, sources said today.

Gandhi’s name was the only name discussed when 18 opposition parties met today to decide on their candidate for the vice presi-dential poll, the sources said.

The JD(U), which had broken ranks with the op-position over the presidential poll, also attended the meet-ing which chose Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson to be its nominee for vice president.

While Sharad Yadav rep-resented the JD(U), other leaders at the meeting in-cluded Congress chief So-nia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, TMC’s Derek O’ Brien, CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury, NC’s Omar Abdullah, SP’s Naresh Agarwal and BSP’s Satish Chandra Mishra. Poll-ing for the vice president’s post will take place on August 5 if required. The votes will be counted the same evening.

D a r j e e l i n g, Ju l y 1 1 (IANS): Demanding a CBI probe into violence in north Bengal hills, a committee of Gorkha leaders on Tuesday said the indefinite shutdown in the area will continue, and announced a fast-unto-death hunger strike from July 15 in support of their Gorkhaland demand.

“The indefinite shut-down in the hills will con-tinue. Leaders of all political parties which are members of the Gorkhaland Move-ment Coordination Com-mittee (GMCC) will sit on a hunger strike from July 15 to demand a separate Gorkha-land,” Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gu-rung said in a social media post at the end of Tuesday’s all-party meeting in Darjeel-ing district’s Mirik.

The GMCC -- compris-ing 15 political parties and organisations supporting the demand for separate state of Gorkhaland -- has de-manded a CBI inquiry into violence in the hills, he said.

The GJM leader said all development boards Chair-men and Vice-Chairmen in Darjeeling hills have been given a deadline of 6 p.m.

mir’s Anantnag district. “Firing was going on

from all sides, so I kept driving and did not stop,” he said. “God gave me the strength to keep moving... I just did not stop anywhere.”

Opposition didn’t handle Presidential election properly: Amartya SenKolkata: Noble laureate economist Amartya Sen feels the opposition parties at the national level did not handle the Presiden-tial election the way they should have.

“I certainly feel the opposition parties at the centre failed to handle the proceedings of this Presi-dential election the way they should have,” Sen said here at the screening of a documentary based on him.

“Politics often depends on how it is perceived. Of-ten the politics we prac-tise in this country is more about the tactics than about the principle. However, this is not a fruitful practice,” the economist noted.

“The opposition waited to see which candidate the ruling party puts up and then decide their candida-ture. For instance, when the BJP put up a Dalit candi-date, they did the same. If BJP would have opted for an intellectual candidate, they would have gone with someone like Gopalkrishna Gandhi,” Sen added.

While former Bihar Governor Ramnath Ko-vind was named the BJP-led NDA candidate, the Congress-led opposition fielded former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. Both are Dalits.

on July 14 to resign from their respective posts.

GMCC leaders who will participate in the pro-posed hunger strike include Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Assistant General Secretary Binay Tamang, Gorkha National Liberation Front Spokesperson Niraj Zimba, P.P. Sharma of Gorkha Rajya Nirman Morcha, and Pratap Kanti of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League, a source close to the GMCC said.

The committee mem-bers have decided to lay siege to the District Magis-trate’s and Sub-Divisional

Officer’s offices in Darjeel-ing from July 14 to protest against the blockade on supply of essentials in the district.

Accusing the state au-thorities in the Bengal plains of deliberately disrupting supply of essential com-modities to the hills, the GMCC decided to conduct a “bag rally” from Darjeel-ing to Siliguri in north Ben-gal’s Dooars region.

The birth anniversary of first Nepali poet Bhan-ubhakta Acharya on July 13 will be celebrated as Gorkha Jaati Ekta Diwas, the GMCC said.

In a symbolic protest against the Bengal govern-ment, the newly formed committee also decided to return all awards received from the state government by July 13.

Apart from GJM, rep-resentatives of Gorkha N a t i o n a l L i b e r a t i o n Front, Jana Andolan Par-ty, and other prominent political groupings from the region were present at the meeting.

The all-party meet in Mirik, the second of the GMCC since it was formed on June 29, was advanced to July 11 from July 18.

Mosul, July 10 (PTI/AFP): Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi de-clared a victory over “brutality and ter-rorism” in Mosul today after his forces ended the Islamic State group’s rule over the country’s second city.

Flanked by soldiers, Abadi hailed the retaking of Mosul -- from where IS declared its self-styled “caliphate” three years ago -- as a historic moment in the battle against the jihadists.

“Our victory today is a victory over darkness, a victory over brutality and terrorism, and I announce to the whole world today the end and failure and collapse of the mythical terrorist state,” Abadi said in a televised address from west Mosul.

The US-led coalition that backed the Mosul offensive and is supporting another assault on IS’s Syrian bastion Raqa hailed the victory, but warned it did not mark the end of the war against the jihadists.

“This victory alone does not elimi-nate (IS) and there is still a tough fight ahead. But the loss of one of its twin

capitals and a jewel of their so-called caliphate is a decisive blow,” Lieuten-ant General Stephen Townsend, the commander of the operation, said in a statement.

Iraqi forces were earlier today still fighting to eliminate the last pockets of IS resistance in Mosul, with jihadist fighters surrounded in a sliver of terri-tory in Mosul’s Old City.

Attention was also turning to the huge task of rebuilding and helping civilians, with aid groups warning that Iraq’s humanitarian crisis was far from over.

Mosul’s Old City in particular has been devastated, with many buildings reduced to little more than concrete shells and rubble littering the streets.

Abadi said that as well as con-tinuing to tackle IS, Iraq had other challenges including “the mission of stabilisation and the mission of build-ing”.

A senior commander said today that Iraqi forces were still engaged in “heavy” fighting with the remnants of

jihadist forces, but that the battle was near its end.

Soldiers armed with machineguns and sniper rifles fired from atop ruined structures in the Old City today, and air strikes sent plumes of smoke rising over Mosul’s historic centre.

Lieutenant General Sami al-Aridhi of Iraq’s elite Counter-Terrorism Serv-ice said the jihadists had been reduced to an area of the Old City of about 200 by 100 metres (yards).

“They do not accept to surrender,” Aridhi told AFP.

But “operations are in their final stages,” and “it is likely that (the fight-ing) will end today,” he said.

Aridhi said his forces had informa-tion that there were between 3,000 and 4,000 civilians in the area but that could not be independently confirmed.

Backed by the US-led coalition, Iraqi forces launched their campaign in October to retake Mosul, which was seized by the jihadists during the mid-2014 offensive that saw them take control of large parts of Iraq and neigh-

bouring Syria.Army, police and special forces,

backed by waves of US- led air strikes, seized the eastern side of the city in January and launched the battle for its western part the next month.

The fight grew tougher when se-curity forces entered the densely popu-lated Old City on the western bank of the Tigris River, which divides the city, and intense street-to-street fighting followed.

The cost of victory has been enor-mous: much of Mosul in ruins, thou-sands dead and wounded and nearly half the city’s population forced from their homes.

The United Nations has said 9,20,000 people fled their homes dur-ing the Mosul operation, and while some have returned the vast majority remain displaced.

“It’s a relief to know that the mili-tary campaign in Mosul is ending. The fighting may be over, but the humani-tarian crisis is not,” said Lise Grande, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator

in Iraq. The UN refugee agency (UN-HCR) today said it could be many months before civilians are able to return to their homes.

“It is likely that thousands of people may have to remain in displacement for months to come,” the UNHCR said.

“Many have nothing to go back to due to extensive damage caused during the conflict, while key basic services such as water, electricity and other key infrastructure, including schools and hospitals, will need to be rebuilt or repaired,” it said.

Twenty-eight aid groups working in Iraq issued a statement calling for international support for rebuilding ef-forts and urged authorities not to press civilians to return.

“Remaining insecurity; lack of basic services; explosive hazards con-tamination; and damage to homes, businesses and public infrastructure -- including schools and hospitals -- all continue to pose barriers to return,” said the statement signed by groups including the Norwegian Refugee

Council, Oxfam and Save the Children.It also raised concerns for Iraqis still

in areas under IS control, including the towns of Tal Afar and Hawijah in the north, as well as territory in western Anbar province.

“For the expected offensives in Hawijah, Tal Afar and western Anbar, where approximately 1,50,000 civilians are thought to still be trapped, it is vital that lessons are learnt from pass offen-sives,” they said, calling for access to safety and assistance to be prioritised.

France, Britain and the European Union congratulated Iraqi forces yes-terday, with the EU hailing “a decisive step in the campaign to eliminate ter-rorist control in parts of Iraq”.

Iran, a key ally of Abadi’s Shiite-led government, gave its congratulations too and offered help in rebuilding.

IS has lost most of the territory it once controlled, and the coalition is also aiming to oust the jihadists from their Syrian stronghold Raqa, which is under assault by US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces.

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NotICENo. M. 391/17/3859-60 Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti B. Angyei Phom -Vrs- B. Pongnyie Phom resident of Phom colony 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 11/08/17. SCHEDULED OF LAND AND BOUNDARYName of Patta Holder: B. Angyei Phom Village/Block No: 11, Patta No: 1567Dag No: 914/1749, Area: 00B-02K-12 Ls Sd/-

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NotICENo. M. 390/17/3857-58 Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti Kakuto Zhimo -Vrs- Longshibemo Ngullie resident of Eralibill 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 11/08/17. SCHEDULED OF LAND AND BOUNDARYName of Patta Holder: Kakuto ZhimoVillage/Block No: Ekaranipathar (A.K), Patta No: 566Dag No: 299/727, Area: 00B-01K-15 Ls Sd/-

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NotICENo. M. 394/17/3853-54 Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti B. Heang Phom -Vrs- Pongtei Phom resident of Phom colony 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 11/08/17. SCHEDULED OF LAND AND BOUNDARYName of Patta Holder: B. Heang Phom Village/Block No: 11, Patta No: 763Dag No: 175, Area: 00B-01K-05 Ls Sd/-

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Washington, July 11 (PTI/AFP): A US military aircraft has crashed in the southern state of Mississippi, killing 16 people, US media has reported.

The US Marine Corps con-firmed that a “mishap” involving a KC-130 occurred in the evening, without providing additional details.

The Clarion-Ledger newspaper and CNN cited Leflore County emergency management director Fred Randle as confirming the death toll of 16.

All 16 victims were on the Ma-rine Corps aircraft and there were no survivors, Randle told CNN.

The incident took place around 4

pm (2100 GMT), the Clarion-Ledger said, noting that firefighters sprayed the aircraft with huge layers of foam to quell the fire.

The plane crashed in a soybean field on the Sunflower- Leflore county line, the paper said.

Photos posted on its website showed plumes of black smoke

billowing from a green agricultural field.

“Please join Deborah and me in praying for those hurting after this tragedy. Our men and women in uniform risk themselves every day to secure our freedom,” Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant said in a state-ment on Facebook.

16 dead in US military plane crash in Mississippi: reports

80 arrested in US for protesting healthcare reform

Eight shot dead in Thailand village chief’s home

Ceasefire violations continue in Syria

Washington, July 11 (IANS): US Capitol police have arrested 80 protesters who were demonstrating against the proposed Repub-lican healthcare bill.

The police in a statement said officers responded to 13 locations in office build-ings on both sides of the Congress on Monday and arrested 21 persons in the House office buildings and 59 in the Senate office build-ings, the Washington Post reported.

Twitter feeds showed videos and images of cuffed and flanked protesters as some yelled through the hall-ways in protest of the bill.

“After officers arrived at the numerous scenes, they warned the demonstrators

to cease and desist with their unlawful demonstration ac-tivities,” the statement said. “Those who refused to cease and desist were placed under arrest.”

Those arrested were charged with “crowding, obstructing or incommod-ing”, the police said.

The demonstrators took to the Capitol to pro-test against the Republican plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare.

The protest came as law-makers return from the July 4 recess. Senate Republi-cans before the holiday had postponed a vote on their healthcare overhaul.

An ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill has already been passed by the House.

Bangkok, July 11 (IANS): At least eight persons were killed in a shooting by gunmen inside a village chief ’s home in Thailand, the police said.

The shooting took place on late Monday in the south-ern province of Krabi, which is popular with tourists, BBC reported on Tuesday.

The police said three others, including two girls, suffered serious injuries after the group of about six men stormed the house of Vo-rayuth Sangklang, a village head in Ban Klang, over a “personal dispute”.

The gunmen, who wore military-style clothing, re-portedly gained entry to the house by posing as officials who wanted to check on illegal activity, the Bangkok Post reported.

They demanded to search the house and held those in the home, including the chief, captive for several hours before shooting them and fleeing in a car.

An official told the Khao Sot news website that the village chief had “many disputes” in the area.

The police said they were alerted about the mas-sacre around 1.30 a.m. after which they found five people dead at the home while three others, including the village chief, showed signs of life before they were rushed to the hospital, where they died. Many in Thailand own guns and the country has a high gun-related homicide rate, but mass organised shootings are considered rare in the country.

Damascus, July 11 (IANS): Violations of a ceasefire de-clared in Syria continued in the provinces of Daraa and Sweida, a British-based war monitor said on Tuesday.

The ceasefire, brokered by the US and Russia, went into effect on Sunday in the provinces of Daraa, Sweida and Quneitra, reports Efe news.

The Syrian Observa-tory for Human Rights said government forces fired two missiles into the rebel-held

area of Daraa al-Balad in Daraa province on Mon-day night, causing material damage.

Meanwhile, fighting be-tween forces loyal to Presi-dent Bashar al-Assad and rebels linked to the Free Syrian Army was ongoing in Sweida.

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin reached the ceasefire agree-ment during last week’s G20 Summit.

Late last month, Capitol police arrested 40 individu-als protesting the Senate GOP’s plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, the Hill magazine reported.

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Faith makes you brave: Shah Rukh KhanSuperstar Shah Rukh Khan, who has condemned the Amarnath terror attack, believes that faith makes a person brave. “Saw pilgrims determined to continue yatra inspite of the dastardly attack. Faith makes you brave and will always win over cow-ardice and terrorism,” SRK tweeted on Tuesday. On Monday night, seven pilgrims -- six women, one man -- were killed and 19 others injured when militants attacked an unescorted bus at Khanabal in Anantnag district on the Srinagar-Jammu highway. On the acting front, Shah Rukh is currently busy promoting his forthcoming film “Jab Harry Met Sejal”. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, the film also stars actress Anushka Sharma. “Jab Harry Met Sejal”, which has been shot in the European cities of Budapest, Lisbon, Prague, and Punjab, is slated to release on August 4. (IANS)

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A press note states that Deezy has played together with internation-ally renowned christian recording artists and bands like Trip Lee, Flame, V. Rose, City Lights, Project 86, Ascend The Hill, and Aaron Carter.

Deezy is also said to have performed at many events including one of the largest Christian music festivals in America “The Alive Festival” and “The Movement” EP. He has recorded few of his Album especially “Hope is Coming” which was very successful in America.

His full-length album “Turn My Dreams Up” are available on itunes and his originally produced music video “Hope is Coming” is available on youtube.

EMN Actor Nelsan Ellis’s family has shared details about the cause of the “True Blood” star’s death. They say that he died because of the swelling of his

liver and blood pressure dropping low.Ellis, known for playing Lafayette Rey-

nolds in “True Blood”, died on Saturday of heart failure related to alcohol withdrawal, according to a statement released by his family on Monday. The actor was 39.

According to the family’s statement, El-lis had attempted to withdraw from alcohol on his own, but had a blood infection that caused his kidneys to “shut down”, his liver to swell and his blood pressure to drop, reports variety.com.

Ellis had “suffered with drug and alcohol abuse for years”, according to the statement. But he was “ashamed of his addiction and thus was reluctant to talk about it during his life”. The family hopes his life can “serve as a cautionary tale in an attempt to help others”.

Ellis was born in Harvey, Ill., and moved to Alabama during his childhood before returning to Chicago. He received his A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from

Juilliard, and appeared on “True Blood” between 2008 and 2014.

At Ellis’s death, HBO said in a state-ment: “Nelsan was a long-time member of the HBO family whose ground-breaking portrayal of Lafayette will be remembered fondly within the overall legacy of ‘True Blood’. Nelsan will be dearly missed by his fans and all of us at HBO.”

IANS

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has said he was flooded with offers post the success of “Gangs of Wasseypur” but he decided to go slow and choose good

scripts.The 43-year-old actor, who became the

directors’ favourite soon after the release of the Anurag Kashyap movie, said he dreams to have a long run in the film industry and good roles are important for survival.

“I don’t have the stature to reject films. But there are several reasons to say no to a film. May be you’re busy with something else, you see how a character should not resemble an earlier one.

“After ‘Gangs’ (Of Wasseypur), I got around 200 scripts, if I had signed them then, I wouldn’t have been here till now. There comes a time when on has to think and act,” Nawazuddin told reporters.

The actor said he had seen the downfall of his close friends and has learned from their mistakes.

“I have seen a lot of friends, very good actors, going up and falling down. There was only one reason, they became greedy in signing films.

“I never did that. I said ‘I have time, neither I am going anywhere nor the films’. One should take time in signing films if they are aiming for the long run,” he added.

Nawazuddin was speaking at the trailer launch of his upcoming “Babumoshai Bandookbaaz”.

The actor is seen playing a UP gangster in the film but he insisted that the movie is different from “Gangs...”

“Though both are gangster roles but the characters are differ-ent from each other. The character in ‘Gangs...’ was a bit emotional while in ‘Babumoshai Bandook-baaz’ the character is absolutely emotionless and shameless.”

The film is scheduled to release on August 25.

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Gwen Ste-fani has been sued by a fan who broke her leg at one

of the singers shows last year.

The fan named Lisa Keri Stricklin claims she was injured after Stefani “incited fans to rush the stage” at the PNC Pavilion in North Carolina in July last year, reports aceshow-biz.com.

Stricklin has filed a lawsuit in federal court in North Carolina, suing Stefani and the concert promoter Live Nation.

“Just fill in anywhere you like! Who cares about your lawn chairs? You can get new ones,” Stefani told the concertgoers during that time.

According to Stricklin, this announce-ment “created a stampede rush of patrons from the lawn setting area

through the reserved seat-ing area and toward the front of the performance stage, with people knock-ing over and breaching the security barricades and other security matter, jumping over seats in the reserved seating area, and pouring in through the aisles separating the various sections of the reserved seating area”.

The crowd got out of control and Stricklin “was trampled by the rush of pa-trons and into a wall along

the reserved seating area, causing her severe physical injuries,” includ-ing a broken tibia,

which required surgery, her plea said.

Stricklin is demanding for $150,000 from Stefani and the

promoters. IANS

As part of Jio Digital Cam-pus events, Jio creates live, digital,

interactive events with celebrities and experts from various fields at regular intervals.

A press release men-tions that with such interac-tions, Jio believes will help students immensely, in expanding their horizons.

In past Jio is said to have organised Jio Talk events with eminent person-alities like Amitabh Bach-chan and Tapasee Pannu, Rajiv Vaishnav, Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik, Alia Bhatt, Pra-soon Joshi and many more to benefit College Students in the North East.

Jio is back with another exciting episode of their interactive events, under their Jio Digital Campus

Program. The release further

mentions that this time the Jio team will have Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor interacting with college students of Eastern Chris-tian College, Dimapur and Mount Olive College, Kohima.

The event is planned for July 12 from 1:00 pm onwards.

EMN

The mother of Jim Carrey’s ex Cathriona White has filed a court complaint accusing the actor-comedian of

reneging on his offer to pay for her daughter’s funeral.

White died in 2015 after a fatal overdose of drugs.

White’s mother Brigid Sweet-man and White’s ex-husband Mark Burton filed an amended complaint in their wrongful death lawsuit against Carrey in the Superior Court of California, county of Los Ange-les, on Monday, doubling down on their funeral claim, despite Carrey’s lawyer ordering it be removed from their complaint in court papers filed in December last year, reports dailymail.co.uk.

The filing says that Carrey wanted to play the “grieving good guy” when he showed up at White’s funeral, but actually “never paid a dime of funeral expenses” and “reneged on his offer” after learning White had left her family a “mini-mal amount of money”.

Carrey’s lawyer, Marty Singer, has called the lawsuit a shameless

shakedown and says his client is blameless.

Carrey filed legal documents on December 19 last year demanding that the court should strike claims from Sweetman’s lawsuit. He said the allegations she included were made for the sole purpose of harass-ing, embarrassing and humiliating him in an effort to shame him into an unmerited settlement.

The actor says that the state-ments regarding claims that he

gave White STDs without warning, called her a “whore” and used “fixers” to silence her are “irrelevant” to the wrongful death case, reports dailymail.co.uk.

“A part of their attempt to shakedown Carrey for a multi-million dollar payday, Sweetman and her attorney have riddled the complaint with severe ad hominem attacks and allegations about STDs, none of which are relevant to the cause of death,” court documents say.

By having the claims struck from the lawsuit, Carrey will not have to prove that he did not give White STDs without warning, among other allegations.

He says in court documents that he and White were a loving couple and that he was “absolutely devas-tated” by her suicide on the third anniversary of her father’s death on September 28, 2015.

Carrey specifically points to two of White’s suicide notes that she left him, saying that the letters show how much she loved him.

IANS

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APIn this July 2, 2017, file photo, Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines reacts after his loss to Jeff Horn of Australia, during their WBO World Welterweight title fight in Brisbane, Australia.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP): An independent review of the scoring in Manny Pacquiao’s conten-tious WBO welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn has confirmed the outcome in favor of the Australian former schoolteacher.

A Philippines govern-ment department asked the WBO to review the refereeing and the judging of the so-called “Battle of Brisbane” in Australia on July 2 after Horn, fighting for his first world title, won a unanimous points deci-sion against Pacquiao, an 11-time world champion.

In a statement late Monday, the WBO said three of the five indepen-dent judges who reviewed the bout awarded it to Horn, one awarded it to Pacquiao and one scored a draw.

WBO President Fran-cisco Valcarcel asked the judges, who came from different countries and re-mained anonymous, to assign their own scores to rounds, saying the results would be tabulated to as-certain which rounds each fighter won using an aver-age scale based on 100, 80 and 60 percent.

Based on the analysis, the WBO said Pacquiao won the 3rd, 8th and 9th round by 100 percent, the 5th round by 80 percent

and the 11th by 60 percent. Horn was given the 1st, 6th and 12th rounds by 100 percent, the 2nd, 4th and 7th by 80 percent and the 10th by 60 percent.

“From the results, it can be established that Pac-quiao won 5 rounds while Horn won 7 rounds,” the WBO statement said.

A further step of com-bining the independent

judge’s scores for each round with the bout judge’s scores for each round also confirmed a win for Horn, the WBO said.

The Philippines Games and Amusements Board (GAB) last week urged a review, saying it wanted to protect the integrity of the sport.

The fight, in front of more than 51,000 people

at a rugby stadium in Bris-bane, was scored 117-111 by Waleksa Roldan and 115-113 each by Chris Flores and Ramon Cerdan — Roldan’s score coming in for most criticism. Pac-quiao had Horn in wob-bling and in trouble in the 9th round, but couldn’t finish him off. Horn ral-lied late to hold on for a points decision and remain

unbeaten in 18 professional fights.

“It gives me evidence behind me that I can just use now. Instead of saying ‘I think I won the fight,’ now a heap of other people — professionally — think I won the fight,” Horn told reporters in Brisbane on Tuesday as he prepared to board a flight for Los An-geles. “It’s definitely nice to have it finally put on paper.

“Now just to have it clear in front of us is good.”

Pacquiao had a re-match clause in his rich contract for the fight, and speculating is mounting about another showdown in Australia in November.

GAB chairman Abra-ham Kahlil Mitra last week welcomed the WBO’s de-cision to conduct the re-view, saying it would send a strong signal that any sign of leniency, abuse of authority or wrongdoing would not be tolerated.

“Our feeling is, if you’re quiet, you’ll get abused but if you complain, they’ll be careful ... Manny is a senator, a champion, but was like wrestled there, abused by them,” Mitra told The Associated Press in the Philippines’ capital after the WBO confirmed it would review the scoring. “If it can be done to him, it can be done to any other Filipino boxer.”

Indian kids sparkle at youth football programme in Russia New Delhi, July 11 (IANS): Young Indian players per-formed impressively at the Fifth season of Football For Friendship 2017 Programme that concluded successfully in St. Petersburg.

The June 27-July 2 pro-g ramme brought together young football players and young writers aged 12 years from 64 countries.

The young footballers were united in 8 International Teams of Friendship, and were ac-companied by young journal-ists who were selected to report on the Football For Friendship events.

India joined the programme for the first time and was rep-resented by Sujal Kahar and Ananya Kamboj who were selected as the young footballer and young journalist respec-tively.

Sujal, a goal-keeper from Mumbai, was shortlisted as the F4F Young Ambassador from over 2500 kids by Just For Kicks, a school intervention programme working towards developing life skills amongst children belonging to lower in-come families by incorporating football training in their school curriculum.

Sujal played in the Yellow Team of Friendship, alongside young players from Pakistan, Iceland, South Korea, South Africa, Slovenia, Armenia and

Venezuela. The Yellow Team was just a

game shy of reaching the finals, losing 3-4 to eventual winners the Orange team in a tightly contested semi-final encounter.

From the streets of Mumbai to St. Petersburg, the journey has bought about a positive transformation for Sujal, in-stilling in him the confidence to address a crowd of over 1000 people, as one of the key note speakers for the closing ceremony of the programme.

"I am glad I got to be a part of the programme and had the chance to make new friends from different coun-tries. I enjoyed playing the championship and saved a lot of shots with my new goal-keeper gloves.

"I had a great time discuss-ing, practicing and playing football with the other players. I will try and remain in touch with the friends that I have made here," Sujal said about his experience in Russia.

I t was no di f ferent for Ananya Kamboj, who was part of the young journalist's team, which covered all key events on equal terms with the adult reporters.

The eighth standard student from Vivek High School, Mo-hali was shortlisted as the F4F Young Journalist from India following a writing contest con-ducted by Mission XI Million,

programme of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 that has a vision of making football the sport of choice among the youth by bringing football to 11 million kids.

In St. Petersburg, Ananya was one of the winners of the "Friendship Is…" contest with an illustration capturing a key activity of the Football For Friendship program - play-ers hands bearing the iconic friendship bracelet interlinked in friendship.

She also placed second for an article she wrote on "Inter-national Day of Football and Friendship". Apart from these accolades, Ananya contributed five articles including a poem for the daily F4F Newsletter and also anchored the Football for Friendship video digest.

The F4F program consisted of a three day training camp held for young footballers. The camp was guided by young coaches and famous football players that helped young players to establish relations, elaborate the team tactics and feel the support of other team members.

The training camp was fol-lowed by the final champi-onship that was held on 1st July 2017. The championship helped demonstrate to guests from all over the world that friendship is possible regardless of gender, physical abilities and

nationality. Alexandr Kerzha-kov, one of Russia's best-ever players, its record goal-scorer and a local hero as he plays for Zenit St. Petersburg, was the guest of honour for the cham-pionship.

The programme ended with the International Children's Forum where young journalists covered the program events in their countries by preparing the news and materials for the leading international sports mass media. Kids were taking part in preparing materials for the Football For Friendship international TV channel, the international children's news-paper, the official radio stations and posts for social networks. Later that evening the children had a unique chance to cheer Chile and Germany during the Final of the FIFA Confedera-tions Cup that was held at the new Saint Petersburg Stadium.

The event was attended by more than 1,000 guests from 64 countries all over the world. Young participants of differ-ent genders, ethnic origins and physical capacities, journal-ists representing top interna-tional mass media, football stars, Olympic and Paralympic Champions, FIFA Legends, FIFA top management, the Russian Olympic Committee and international children's charity funds, and the heads of football federations took part.

Wenger hopeful Sanchez will stay on at Arsenal

London, July 11 (AFP): Span-ish striker Alvaro Morata is now the focus of frustrated Chelsea manager Antonio Conte's at-tentions after Romelu Lukaku slipped through his fingers and signed for Manchester United, according to media reports.

Chelsea have tabled a £62 million (70m euros, $80m) bid for the 24-year-old Morata but Real Madrid are holding out for around £80m, the reports say.

Chelsea have offered Mora-ta wages of £150,000 a week on a five year contract, according to London's Evening Standard.

Morata is keen to play for the manager and told The Guardian Conte had given him self belief.

Morata came close to play-ing for Conte at Juventus in 2014 when the latter played a

pivotal role in persuading him to join Juventus...only for the coach to jump ship and take over the national side.

"I feel indebted to him be-cause he's the coach that most trusted in me, most wanted me, who made me feel I could per-form at the highest level," Mo-rata told the newspaper in April. "Yet I've never had the fortune to actually work with him. I'm sure sooner or later I will."

Morata would replace fel-low Spanish international Di-ego Costa, whom Conte told at the end of last season he no lon-ger figured in his plans despite his 20 Premier League goals spurring on Chelsea to the title.

Costa endured a fractious relationship with Conte last season leading to rumours of him moving to China and then

having to apologise to coaching staff after a training ground bust-up.

He is linked to a move back to Atletico Madrid even though they cannot register new play-ers until January because of a blanket FIFA transfer ban.

Several newspapers say Chelsea have rejected an initial bid of £22m for the 28-year-old Brazil-born marksman -- whose febrile temperament also played a role in Chelsea's alarming slide in the 2015/16 campaign and to Jose Mourinho's sacking -- and would like to recoup at least the £32m they paid for him in 2014.

Regardless of whether the deal is done this week it is con-sidered highly unlikely Costa will be taken on the club's pre-season tour of Asia.

Conte eyes Real's Morata to cure Lukaku hangover

Sydney, July 11 (IANS): Arsenal man-ager Arsene Wenger is hopeful star Chil-ean forward Alexis Sanchez sees out his contract at the English football club as he has not expressed any desire to leave the side.

"The players have contracts and we expect them to respect their contracts. That's what we want," Wenger was quoted as saying by BBC on Monday.

Sanchez, 28, has one year left on his deal at the Emirates.

The player has been linked with a move to German champions Bayern Munich and English Premier League (EPL) giants Manchester City, also Ar-senal's rivals.

"He's a player who, when he gets up in the morning, can choose where he wants to go," said Wenger.

"There are not many players with that kind of luck because he's 18 years of age and all of Europe has a red carpet open for him."

Wenger said, "Nobody can say he is not interested in a player of that calibre, all the clubs are interested in him."

Sanchez joined Arsenal from Bar-celona for about £35 million (around $39.97 million) in the summer of 2014.

Arsenal are currently in Australia for pre-season. The Gunners will face Australian club sides Sydney FC and the Western Sydney Wanderers.

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Spain's Rafael Nadal leaves the court after losing to Luxembourg's Gilles Muller in their Men's Singles Match on day seven at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Monday, July 10, 2017.

Former cricketer Sourav Ganguly during a press conference in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Keviyabei-u (blue) scored with an overhead kick for Rüzhükhrie Government Higher Secondary School at the Kohima local ground on Tuesday.

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Wimbledon: Nadal in new misery as Murray, Federer coast London, July 10 (AFP): Rafael Nadal's bittersweet relationship with Wim-bledon endured another twist today when he was knocked out in a five-set, fourth round epic by Luxembourg journeyman Gilles Muller.

Nadal's stunning 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 defeat came after defending cham-pion Andy Murray and seven-time winner Roger Federer had cruised into the last-eight in straight sets.

The four hour and 48-minute stunner on Court One had the knock-on effect of pushing Novak Djokovic's last-16 clash against France's Adrian Mannarino back to tomor-row.

Djokovic had been the last match scheduled on the court but officials chose to postpone the tie instead of shifting it to Centre Court where it could, if neces-sary, have been completed under lights.

Just weeks after win-ning his 10th French Open title, Nadal was condemned to his fifth exit before the quarter- finals in his last five visits to Wimbledon.

"It was not my best match against a very un-comfortable opponent," said world number two Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion.

"Well done to him. He played great, especially in the fifth set but I fought to the last ball." Muller tired but thrilled

Nadal converted just two of 16 break points, while Muller fired 30 aces and 95 winners. Muller, seeded 16th, will make his first Wimbledon quarter-final appearance against former US Open champi-on Marin Cilic on Wednes-day.

"Tired! It was a long match. I did really well in the first two sets then Rafa stepped it up and in the end it was just a big battle," said Muller, who won on a fifth

match point, more than an hour and a half after his first.

In a pulsating final set, which stretched to 95 minutes, Nadal saved two match points in the 10th game and two more in the 20th.

In between, Muller had to fight off a break point in the 13th game and four more in the 19th.

Nadal was always chas-ing the score and he finally cracked in the 28th game of the decider when he went long with a return.

"I said, 'just give it a shot, go 100 percent', and it's a great feeling to be win-ning that match," added Muller whose only other win over the great Spaniard also came at Wimbledon, 12 years ago.

Murray through Defending champion

Murray reached a 10th suc-cessive Wimbledon quar-ter-final with a 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 6-4 win over France's Benoit Paire.

World number one Murray will face Sam Querrey for a place in the semi-finals.

"I thought I played well. Maybe a couple of sloppy service games in the first set but that was by far the best I'd hit the ball so far in the tournament. So I'm really pleased with that," said Murray.

Only Federer and Jim-my Connors (11 each) have reached more consecutive Wimbledon quarter-finals than Murray.

Murray's win meant that with Johanna Konta also making the last-eight in the women's tourna-ment, it is the first time since 1973 that Britain has two players in the quarter-finals.

Federer reached his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final and 15th at Wimble-don with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over Grigor Dimitrov.

The Swiss star will now face Milos Raonic, the 2016 runner-up, after

the sixth-seeded Canadian clinched a 4-6, 7- 5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Alexander Zverev of Germany, the 10th seed.

Raonic defeated Fe-derer in the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2016.

Federer, 35, is the sec-ond oldest man to make the quarter-finals at Wim-bledon behind Ken Rose-wall who was 39 when he reached the last-eight in 1971.

"I'm thrilled to be back in the quarters again," said Federer who took his re-cord over Dimitrov to 6-0.Djokovic in quarters after

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(IANS): Serbian Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarter-finals at Wimble-don on Tuesday after beat-ing French Adrian Manna-rino 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

The match was to be played on Monday on No.1 Court, but it was postponed after Rafael Nadal's defeat to Gilles

Muller of Luxembourg, which took much more time than was expected, reports Efe.

Wimbledon's organis-ers opted for postponing the match for one day, and did not relocate it to the Center Court "as late as 8.30 p.m., 30,000 people were still in the grounds. Moving the match would have created a significant safety issue," they said in a statement.

However, Djokovic started the match on the right foot, as he got the better of his rival in two hours and 15 minutes to get into the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the ninth time.

Djokovic made the best of four break points out of 10 he was offered and saw his serve broken only once in the match.

The 30-year-old is now set to play against Czech Tomas Berdych, who de-feated Austrian Dominic Thiem, seeded No.8.

Keviyabei-u’s brace fires Rüzhükhrie to victory

1st Kohima District Inter-School Football tournament

Our CorrespondentKohima, July 11 (EMN): Kev iyabe i -u ne t t ed a double as Rüzhükhrie Government Higher Sec-ondary School overcame Ministers' Hill Baptist Higher Secondary School 2-0 at the Kohima local ground and entered the semi-finals as the Pool-B winner.

Keviyabei-u broke the deadlock for his team in 18th minute and doubled his tally in the 80th min-ute when he scored an amazing overhead shot from inside the area and sent a volley over the goal-keeper.

In the ra in-soaked g r o u n d , Rü z h ü k h r i e dominated the game and managed to secure a vic-tory over the rival team. Despite the numerous at-tacks from Ministers' Hill Baptist side, they failed to find the back of the net. Ministers’ Hill got a chance when Chingnon Konyak sent a stunning free kick from outside the D-Box in the 82nd minute but the goalie managed to tap the ball out.

Four Rüzhükhrie play-ers namely Vilakholie, Vikedosie, Menuoletuo, Ketousetuo were cau-tioned during the match.

With the win, Pool-B winner Rüzhükhrie will lock horns with Mt. Sinai HSS on July 13 in the second semi-final match. While Minis ters ' Hi l l Baptist HSS despite the loss will play again in the 1st Semi-final match against Poll A winner G. Rio School on Tuesday. Er Khupi Natso, engineer-in-chief, PWD, Nagaland attended the Pool B finals as the match patron.

Shastri coach report was a confusion: Ganguly Kolkata/New Delhi, July 11 (IANS): Former India captain and member of the BCCI's Cricket Ad-visory Committee (CAC) Sourav Ganguly on Tues-day said media reports about Ravi Shastri being named India coach was a "confusion" and nothing has been finalised yet.

"It was a confusion. Noth ing has been f i -nalised," Ganguly told reporters at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at Kolkata.

Asked about his state-ment made on Monday in Mumbai that skipper Virat Kohli will be taken on board before the final decision is made and that the CAC -- also compris-ing Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman -- needed some time, Ganguly said: "Whatever I have said remains, nothing more."

The CAC wanted to postpone the announce-ment of the new coach's a p p o i n t m e n t a s t h e y wanted to consult Kohli on the issue, but the Com-mittee of Administrators (CoA) later directed them to speed up the process and finalise the issue by Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, the entire media was abuzz with reports that Shastri had been appointed the India coach, which Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Acting Sec-retary Amitabh Chaud-hary refused to confirm or deny, saying a final decision will be taken shortly.

"No f inal decis ion on coach as yet, as three CAC members are still deliberating and talking to each other," Chaud-hary told reporters in New Delhi.

" T h e C AC i s s t i l l deliberating, formal an-nouncement could be made later."

A veteran of 80 Tests and 150 One-Day In-ternationals (ODI), the 55-year-old Shastri had earlier served as the Team Director for India's tour of England in 2014 to the 2016 World T20, where India lost to eventual champions the West In-dies.

Besides Shastri, the CAC on Monday inter-viewed four other candi-dates -- explosive India opener Virender Sehwag, Sri Lanka's former Aus-tralian coach Tom Moody, Pakistan's former coach Richard Pybus from Eng-land, and India's former manager Lalchand Ra-jput. Former West In-dies coach Phil Simmons wasn't available for the interview process.