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Committee for National Scholarship Portal constituted Kohima, September 14 (DIPR): The District Level Committee for operationalization of National Scholarship Portal Version 2.0 (NSP 2.0) has been constituted with the following members: Deputy Commissioner, Kohima as Chairperson, District Education Officer as Member Secretary, District Employment Officer as Member, Principal, Kohima College as Nominated Member and District Public Relation Officer as Technical Member. The notification was issued by Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor, IAS.     Home Department notifies Kohima, September 14 (DIPR): In supersession to the Home Department's earlier notification dated August 4, 2016, Neposo Thelou, Additional Secretary, School Education Department has been appointed to head the committee constituted to physically verify and submit the report for recognition of new villages in respect of Kohima and Mokokchung districts. Sarah R. Ritse, Addl. Secretary, School Education Department has been exempted from the assignment on medical ground.  

  UGC clarifies on Aadhaar Kohima, September 14 (DIPR): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a clarification that any student who has applied or wishing to apply for scholarship/ fellowship will not be denied benefit on the ground of non availability of Aadhaar number/card. In such cases of absence of Aadhaar number/card, the applicant will have to provide an alternate means of verification of identity and bank account concerned to the satisfaction of the competent authority.