THE SHILLONG TIMES, SHILLONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017
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AR beat Lawsohtun to lift trophy
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The Assam
Rifles Laitkor team proved
to be too strong for Lawsohtun SC in the final of the
Assam Rifles Invitational
Football Cup, winning the
coveted title by a convincing 4-0 margin at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here
on Tuesday.
Lawsohtun, who also finished as runners-up in last
year’s tournament, had numerous moments where
they shone on the pitch, but
goals at regular intervals by
the jawans ensured that
they were almost always on
the back foot.
By dint of this victory
Assam Rifles Laitkor were
awarded a trophy and
cheque for Rs 2 lakh, but, in
a magnanimous gesture, the
force’s team decided to
share the prize money with
the other 19 clubs that took
part in the competition.
A fine example of good
passing early on in the
game allowed Mowia to
seize the lead for the Riflemen with a high shot into
the net in the fourth minute,
but Lawsohtun kept up the
pressure in the hunt for the
equaliser, with Assam Rifles’
goalkeeper Chandra Singh
forced to make two sharp
saves in the 16th and 21st minutes to keep his side ahead.
After a fine save of his
own on the half hour, Law-
Assam Rifles Invitational Football Cup
Wawrinka advances
at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS (CALIFORNIA): Switzerland’s
Stan Wawrinka defeated
Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, 6-3 to advance to
the round of 16 at the BNP
Paribas Open here.
Wawrinka will now take
on Yoshihito Nishioka of
Japan, who upset the Czech
Republic's Tomas Berdych
1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, reports Efe.
‘It was a really good
match. I'm very happy ... I
was serving well. I think I'm
moving better and better,
and it's all positive so far,’
Wawrinka said on Monday.
‘I know how he's playing
- more from the baseline,
using his power. It's going
to be interesting. I never
practice with him, so it's going to be the first time we're
going to be against each
other. So I'm sure it's going
to be a good match," he
added. In other men's ac-
tion, Austria's Dominic
Thiem defeated Germany's
Misha Zverev 6-1, 6-4, while
France's Gael Monfils took
out American John Isner 62, 6-4. In women's category,
American Madison Keys
rolled over Japan's Naomi
Osaka 6-1, 6-4 in 57 minutes.
‘I’m just happy to be out
here, happy to have another
win, happy to get to play on
Wednesday," Keys said.
(IANS)
Bennet, Reddy
top seeds in natl
badminton meet
Assam Rifles and Lawsohtun SC players pose after the final match of the Assam Rifles Invitation Tournament
2017 at JN Stadiam, Polo on Tuesday. (ST)
sohtun goalie Banshanlang
Sten collided with an opposition player in the box towards the end of the first
half, leading to a penalty
kick. Golden Boot award
winner Mani Chetry (who
finished with a total of nine
goals) stepped up and converted and the jawans went
into the half time break leading 2-0.
The large crowd of spectators had an entertaining
interval with a stirring performance by 60 members of
an Assam Rifles mass band,
which was appreciated by
one and all. That performance was soon followed by
another 45 minutes of action
on the pitch where Lawsohtun had a chance to get
back into the game soon after the restart via a free-kick,
though the aim was a little
off. The game was finally
taken away from the Lawso-
htun team just before an
hour’s play when Thring
Bhutia scored from close
range, with Mowia getting
his brace in the 84th minute
with a delightful left-footer.
Despite these setbacks,
never for once did it look like
Lawsohtun stopped trying
and they valiantly battled
until the final whistle, no
doubt boosted by the redoubtable efforts of the experienced Milancy Khongs-
tia, Shongdor Kharbuli and
Joy Mrong Kharraswai
among others. For his fine
efforts over the length of
the competition, Khongstia
was named Best Player. Despite four goals getting past
him, Sten was never really
at fault for conceding the
goals today and his previous fine efforts under the
bar was recognised in his
Best Goalkeeper award at the
presentation ceremony.
KOLKATA: Antony Bennet
and M. Arjun Kumar Reddy
will be given top seeding in
the men’s doubles section
of the Bishnupriya Kundu
Memorial All-India Senior
Doubles Ranking Badminton Tournament which
starts here on Wednesday.
Telangana's Arjun is
ranked seven at the all India
level while Bennet of Kerala
is ranked 13th in the doubles as the duo will begin
their campaign against a
qualifier at the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) eastern centre.
Vighnesh Devlekar of Air
India will partner Saurabh
Sharma as the duo were
billed second seed in the
draw of 32 which includes
eight qualifiers. (IANS)
Chandigarh beat M’laya, Services lose
Santosh Trophy
VASCO: Chandigarh rallied
to beat Meghalaya 2-1 in a
Group A league match of the
71st Santosh Trophy football tournament at Tilak Stadium here on Tuesday.
After Meghalaya’s Kitboklang Pale had put his
team ahead in the 51st
minute, Chandigarh fought
back to restore parity in the
64th minute. Captain Sehijpal Singh scored the winner in the injury to give
Chandigarh full points.
With Tueday’s win,
Chandigarh opened their account with three points from
two matches. Meghalaya
are yet still to open their account from two matches.
Meghalaya, who played
with swift short passes, had
the first chance to surge
ahead in 10th minute when
Enestar Malagiang relayed
the ball to Kitboklang Pale
who shot straight to keeper
Harpritpal Singh.
Punjab, who relied more
on the long balls to break
the rival defence, had the
best chance to take the lead
in the 19th minute when Arshdeep Singh sent a cross
into the box for Akash Sangwan whose left footer was
put out by rival keeper.
After the change of
ends, Meghalaya took the
lead in the 51st minute when
Fullmoon Mukhim relayed
the ball to Andy Zakharay
who laid a pass for Kitboklang Pale to send a low left
footer at the back of the net.
Punjab retaliated and
equalised in the 64th
minute. A thrown-in from the
right by Haarpeet Bedi into
the box saw Jarmanjit Singh
headed the ball to Gagandeep Singh who shot home
from close.
Two minutes later, substitute Abhishek Sharma
was unlucky not to have
put Chandigarh in the lead
as his shot hit the post.
Thereafter, Meghalaya
did most of the attacking
but Chandigarh scored the
winner in the injury time
through captain Sehijpal
Singh whose stiff grounder
beat Meghalaya keeper
Kenio all ends up.
In another match, West
Bengal earned a hardfought 1-0 win over defending champions Services to
move atop Group A at Bambolim Sports Complex.
Bengal scored the winner
through Moirangthem Basanta Singh in the 22nd
minute. He collected the ball
on rebound from Services
defender N Herojith Singh
and unleashed a brilliant
curler from an angle leaving
the goalkeeper beaten all
ends up. The match failed
to reach any heights as midfield possession dominated
proceedings and both teams
of. This is a very important
series. It's 1-1. Both teams
will come hard in this game.
I'm sure cricket will be the
winner." The DRS controversy surrounding Steve
Smith's dismissal threatened
to overshadow India's fightback, eventually prompting
BCCI and Cricket Australia
to issue a joint statement to
bring the matter to an end.
"As custodians of this
great game, we believe it's
important that we look after
the game. Key stakeholders
are the players and they certainly understand their responsibility," the former India captain told reporters.
Kumble lauded the BCCI
for taking a "matured call"
and bring the focus back to
cricket.
"I think what was important was to focus back on
the game. I am very glad the
BCCI took a very matured
call with Cricket Australia
and issued a joint statement
that cricket needs to move
on and moved out from
whatever happened in Bangalore. ‘That I think is important because focus has
to be on the game. I thought
we made a really fantastic
comeback after losing the
first Test. It was very rewarding,’ he said.
Asked if Smith and Virat
Kohli would meet before the
town's maiden Test, Kumble
responded in positive.
‘Yes they will meet.’
Kumble said the team
was not affected by the
talks around DRS and
pitches used in the two
Test. ‘It doesn’t affect our
game. We only want to play.
We are not doing the talking but you are. We are just
playing and thinking about
the game on the field,’ the
coach said. (PTI)
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Davis Marak
takes charge
as EKH SP
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Davis N.R
Marak took charge as Superintendent of Police (SP) of
East Khasi Hills on Tuesday
after outgoing SP M.
Kharkrang handed over
charges to the former East
Garo Hills police chief.
Marak said the challenges in East Khasi Hills, which
is reeling from drug menace
and crime against women,
will be different from that in
the militancy-affected East
Garo Hills.
"It is a different situation
altogether. In East Garo Hills,
I was basically in a militancy-affected district, which
was a priority (to tackle militancy)," he added.
When asked on the issue
of rising drug addiction
among youths, he said, "I
will discuss the issue with
officers and see how to get
plans worked out. There will
be ways and means to tackle the problem."
Marak pointed out that
crime against women
(Contd on P-5)
Marvelene’s
manager in
judicial custody
SHILLONG: The manager
of Marvelene's Inn, Edmund
Kharir, was remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday.
Kharir was arrested on
February 10 in connection
with the trafficking and rape
of a 14-year-old girl. He was
admitted in Shillong civil
hospital immediately after
the arrest.
On Monday around
7.30pm, Kharir was referred
to North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of
Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) but the
hospital did not admit him
since it was not required.
The
manager
was
booked under Section 21 (1)
(2) of the POCSO Act.
Kumble won’t ask team
to curb aggression
RANCHI: India coach Anil
Kumble on Tuesday said
there was no need for his
team to curb its aggression
despite the din over on-field
behaviour in what is turning out to be an intenselyfought Test series against
Australia.
"I don't want to curb any
natural instinct of the players as long as they go out
there and do what is expected of them. I don't think
we need to read too much
into the aggression. Every
player has his own way of
having a game face,"
Kumble said ahead of the
third Test. The big-ticket
series is poised at 1-1, with
everything to play for in the
remaining two matches.
On aggression, Kumble
added, "And that's what
you want. You want everyone to go out there and
show what they are capable
MEGHALAYA A·DOKO
A·CHIKKUO SALANTIO
NAKATCHENGGIPA
NIKSENGGIPA SONGBAT.
By Our Reporter
Chandigarh and Meghalaya players in action during the Santosh Trophy football
match in Goa on Tuesday. (PTI)
hardly made any real forays
into the opponents citadel.
Services piled pressure
on their opponents in the
second half in search of an
equaliser but to their dismay midfielder Arjun Tudu
was given marching orders
in the 73rd minute after a
push on the opponent defender, earning him a second
yellow card. (PTI)
The Shillong Times
MTC offer for
women over
60 years
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Transport Corporation
(MTC) has announced that
women over 60 years of age
will be allowed to travel for
free on buses run by the
Corporation. They can approach the office of the
Managing Director, MTC
for passes in this regard,
along with documents to
support their claim, a statement from the corporation
said on Tuesday.
ST POLL
Question: Should HNLC be
allowed to take the law into
its own hands to punish
rapists in the State?
(Poll closes at Midnight)
YESTERDAY’S RESULT
Question: Should citizens
be allowed to have a say
in the appointment of
Lokayukta in Meghalaya?
YES
90%
NO
10%
Total votes: 236
19.3
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HNLC vows to Bodo rebels supplying
punish rapists arms to William’s outfit
Says will revive Operation Kyllang
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: At a time
when police have seen little success in curbing
crime against women in the
State and punishing sexual predators, militant group
Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)
has said it would revive its
Operation Kyllang to punish rapists.
The banned outfit's
publicity secretary, Sainkupar Nongtraw, said revival of Operation Kyllang,
which was practised by the
group in the late nineties
and early 2000s, would not
be possible without the cooperation of people.
Nongtraw said HNLC
would not spare rapists
who "attack children" and
the punishment would be
capital in nature.
Under Operation Kyllang, HNLC used to punish men accused of sexual
crimes by piercing their
ears and putting locks into
the holes as an identifying
mark.
The outfit said law and
order ensuring safety of
women in the State is deteriorating by the day and
culprits get away by committing crimes.
There has been a constant clamour for special
courts and high rate of
conviction to deter sexual
predators from attacking
women and children. The
government has assured
that it is in the process to
restart fast track courts in
all districts.
Criticising Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, the
outfit said despite his talks
about ensuring women's
safety, he has failed to
check on his Home minister whose guest house
was used for flesh trade.
HNLC also alleged that
Meghalaya Houses in
Delhi and Kolkata have become "recreational ladies'
clubs" for several MLAs.
(Contd on P-5)
US-made weapon seized from arrested ARA ultra
From Our Correspondent
(Top) William Sangma
(Bottom) The seized
US-made weapon
SHILLONG: UDP is planning to put up
candidates in all the 60 Assembly seats for
the 2018 polls.
In response to media reports that suggested that with the help of NPP in Garo
Hills and UDP in Khasi Hills, the BJP alliance will form the government in Meghalaya, UDP leader Bindo Lanong said on
Tuesday that the party has not thought
about helping BJP in Khasi Hills on a prepoll basis.
According to the UDP leader, the party
is keen to contest all the seats and does
not favour any pre-poll alliance.
"We are thinking of fielding candidates
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Chief Minister Mukul
Sangma once again chose to remain
discreet about any specific action
against the owners of Marvelene's Inn
and repeated his earlier statement that
"law of the land will prevail".
HSPDP legislator Ardent Basaiawmoit moved a motion in the Assembly
in all the constituencies as much as possible. BJP is going it alone. We will go on our
own. But after the elections, we will decide
on the coalition," Lanong said.
However, the UDP leader said since
1998, the party had indicated its desire to
be with the BJP-led NDA.
"We are sticking to that and it was reiterated in Guwahati meetings. However, given the current situation, we feel that UDP
will be a major player in 2018 polls. Our stand
is clear that we are still with NDA, and in
the post-poll scenario, we will take that line
with other likeminded parties," Lanong said.
According to Lanong, pre-poll alliance
will create misunderstanding among the
partners as everyone
(Contd on P-5)
3 charred to death as
fuel truck catches fire
From Our Correspondent
NONGPOH: The driver of
an oil tank truck and two
other occupants were
charred to death when the
vehicle caught fire after hitting a barricade near a village in Ri Bhoi on Tuesday
morning.
The incident happened
around 5.30am. The driver of
the tanker (MN03 T 0776)
going towards Silchar via
Shillong bypass lost control
at a sharp turn at Mawpun
Kshaid village and hit the
barricade. The tanker overturned and caught fire.
(Contd on P-5)
The charred oil tanker on National Highway 6 on
Tuesday morning. (UB)
Villagers left in the lurch
by loan fraudsters
FIR against bank manager, headman & a woman
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: More than 40 villagers in
Mawkynrew constituency have alleged
that the branch manager of Meghalaya
Rural Bank in Smit, a headman and a woman cheated them by withdrawing lakhs of
rupees as bank loans against their names.
Ridashisha Mylliempdah, a resident of
one of five villages where people have suffered such fraud, told media persons that
she was supposed to get Rs 10,000 from
Army (ARA), floated by
William.
William is wanted by the
police of both Assam and
Meghalaya. In the last six
years he has been accused
of crimes ranging from murder, rape, kidnap and extortion. He had previously escaped from police lock up in
Mendipathar after overpowering the guard on duty.
The police seized a USmade M-4 automatic rifle and
ammunition. (Contd on P-5)
Law will prevail: Mukul
No pre-poll alliance,
will go alone: UDP
By Our Reporter
TURA: Recruits from Karbi
Anglong in Assam, weapons routed through Bodo
militants and shelter provided by local sympathisers in
the forests of Garo Hills allowed wanted criminal William A. Sangma to grow and
create his own outfit.
Police got the information
after they arrested a 32-yearold militant, Sengman Ch
Marak, during a combined
operation by North and East
Garo Hills forces early Tuesday morning.
The joint police force
raided a house at Alda Cheran village, which is 38km
from Resubelpara, in East
Garo Hills and recovered a
sophisticated automatic
American weapon.
Sengman has since been
singing like a bird providing
authorities with details of
the new armed organisation,
the A'chik Revolutionary
the bank as promised by headman Kyrshiej
Nongrum.
Nongrum convinced her to open an account so that she could get the Rs 10,000
grant under a central scheme.
"The documents that I signed were in
English and being uneducated, I had asked
the headman and the general manager
about the contents. They had asked me to
open an account to get Rs 10,000 from the
Central government and did not tell me that
it was actually a loan
(Contd on P-5)
Marvelene rape case
on Tuesday on the government's failure to provide justice to its citizens.
He demanded an inquiry against the
owner of the guest house where a 14year-old girl was raped several times.
Marvelene’s Inn is owned by Home
Minister HDR Lyngdoh's family.
"The law of the land will prevail and
it prevailed even when an MLA (Julius Dorphang) was arrested on charges of raping the minor girl," said the
chief minister.
While replying to Basaiawmoit's
questions on the government's laxity
in dealing with the Marvelene's Inn
incident, he said investigation cannot
be discriminatory. (Contd on P-5)
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Govt pursuing
exemption
from central
mining laws
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Chief Minister
Mukul Sangma said on
Tuesday the State government is pursuing exemption
from central mining laws.
"We are seeking exemption and the issue has already been taken up. We are
pursuing the matter," the
chief minister said.
What the government is
looking at is exemption from
the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973, and
amendment to the Mines
and Minerals (Development
and Regulation) Act.
Sangma's statement was
in response to the questions
raised by P.N Syiem (Congress) on the mining lease
signed by the government.
According to Syiem,
since the land and minerals
belonged to the people, the
government cannot sign the
mining lease without the
consent of land owners. He
also questioned as to how
the Centre can allow the
State government to sign
the mining lease.
"This is against the sentiments of the people. The
government should write to
the Centre (Contd on P-5)
Demand for State
policy to reduce
scholarship
burden
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Congress legislator P.N Syiem wanted the
State government to adopt
a policy to tide over the
shortage of funds after the
release of Central share of
money for the scholarships
of students in the State.
During the question hour
in the Assembly on Tuesday, in reply to a question
by UDP's Jemino Mawthoh,
Higher and Technical Education Minister Roshan
Warjri said the change of
funding pattern by the Centre from 100 per cent to 90:10
has resulted in the delay in
clearing pending scholarships.
However, raising a question, Syiem wanted to know
whether the State government has any intention to
supplement the required
amount.
He said the State government should have a policy
to supplement the Centre's
scholarship initiative.
"The State has so many
resources and when students face crisis, the government should come up
with a policy to supplement
the initiative of the Centre
so that students do not suffer. We are depending too
much on the Centre," Syiem
added.
(Contd on P-5)
Long delay in
Khasi language
recognition
concerns House
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The House on
Tuesday expressed concern
over the delay in including
Khasi in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
In reply to a question by
HSPDP's Witting Mawsor,
Arts and Culture Minister
Ronnie Lyngdoh said the
main committee to look into
the inclusion of Khasi language in the Eighth Schedule, which was notified on
November 28, 2014, had
submitted its recommendation to the Political Department.
Raising a question, P.N
Syiem (Congress) said noninclusion of Khasi in the
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution will deprive the
State of several benefits.
(Contd on P-5)
INAUGURATION
We have pleasure to inform that at Mawlai Phudmuri Bus Stand, Shillong the
complete Showroom and Workshop under one roof deal with TVS Two Wheelers
will be inaugurated today under the banner of KHONGWIR TVS all are welcome.
Management