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Woman found dead DIMAPUR, AUGUST 9 (MExN): One unidentified woman, a non-Naga, was found dead at the Dimapur railway station on August 9. The deceased reported to be a homeless beggar was found near the railway Post Office on platform number-I at around 8:00 pm. The cause of death could not be established but police suspect it could be due to ill-health.

First Naga UPSC Member

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D I M A PU R , AUGUST 9 (MExN): The President of India has appointed Dr P. Kilemsungla as a Member of the prestigious Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Her appointment letter was issued by the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. The UPSC is a constitutional body authorized to conduct examination for appointments to the services of the Union such as Civil Services, Engineering Services, Combined Defense Services etc. It may be mentioned that after having become the first Naga woman Member of the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC), Dr. P. Kilemsungla had retired as the acting Chairperson of the NPSC in January 2013. She graduated from Lady Keane College, Shillong and did her MA in Education from Guwahati University. She then did her Ph. D (Education) from NEHU and started her career as a lecturer in Kohima Arts College and went on to teach at the Nagaland College of Teachers Education (NCTE). She then became the Principal of the first District Institute of Educational Training (DIET) in Kohima and later served as the Principal of the Government Polytechnic and then NCTE, Kohima. Dr. Kilemsungla is the first Naga to be appointed as a Member of the UPSC.

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“The fact that the aspirations of indigenous people - our aspiration for selfdetermination, our ancestors’ struggles for our land, our identity and the spirit of wanting to be free - are acknowledged by the UN is an achievement for Indigenous People and especially for us Nagas. This acknowledgement is in a sense an act for correcting the past wrongs and injustices done towards indigenous people all over the world and giving us the dignity that we deserve.” says Joyson Mazamo, an activist with the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR). On August 9, the world celebrated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People under the theme, ‘Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honoring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements.’ The core objective of this year’s theme is to highlight the essence of honoring arrangements between states, their citizens and indigenous peoples that were created to recognize indigenous people’s rights to lands and establish a framework for living in proximity and entering into economic ties. This aim directly implicates the relationship between a State and Indigenous peoples particularly in the context of justice and peace and the right of indigenous communities to decide their own destiny. The fact that India does not recognize indigenous peoples remains problem-

Celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Un demands solutions for indigenous peoples

nited Nations, August 9 (Agencies): The United Nations called today for concrete actions to address the challenges facing indigenous peoples, including the marginalization and exclusion, and to fulfill all commitments and agreements in the field. These communities represent a remarkable diversity with more than 5,000 different groups in some 90 countries and its members add 370 million people, five percent of the world population, said the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon. In a message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the head of the world body stressed the importance of ensuring the parIn this file photo Naga men are seen participating in a traditional dance. August 9 is celebrated across the world as the ticipation of the originatInternational Day for rights of indigenous peoples, emphasizing on the importance of constructive alliances, agree- ing at different levels of ments and arrangements to protect the rights of indigenous peoples. Photo by Manen Aier decision-making. He also atic and this makes it even harder for both indigenous and non-indigenous people to understand the rights, struggles and identity of Indigenous people, let alone honoring agreements. “We are all equally important whether we are indigenous or non-indigenous people. But the reason we need to commemorate this day is because many times non-indigenous people think that they are above the indigenous people, they have the tendency to look down on indigenous people. We indigenous people are second to none, we need to be recognized and to let others

know that we are equally important.” says Khesheli Sema, Convenor, Indigenous Women Forum of North East India (IWFNEI). “The declaration of International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is one of the most important things that has ever happened to indigenous people because it was founded through indigenous peoples’ rights. It is also important to us Nagas because this has created a place where we can be equal partners with other indigenous people all over the world.” says Neingulo Krome, Executive council member of Asia indigenous

Peoples Pact representing South Asia. In 1993, UN declared the year as World’s Indigenous People with the theme ‘Indigenous People; New Partnership’. It was in the same year that the Naga Week, organized by the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) and NPMHR, was celebrated and for the first time the Nagas submitted their case as Indigenous People for self-determination to AIPP, which was further sent to the UN. The following year the International Day of the World’s Indigenous people was first declared by the UN General Assembly in December 1994.

note has condemned the incident. “While acknowledging those organizations complying with AYO request to refrain from firing in public places it is anguished over the recent factional clashes in civilian populated areas of Kohima town creating fear,” the AYO stated. The AYO appealed for all organizations to do away with the factional clashes and not to be armed in public places. It further reiterated the AYO resoluAYO, NHCYO condemns tion “not to cooperate with The Angami Youth Or- any organization trying to ganization through a press disturb the peaceful envi-

ronment of Kohima town and putting public safety at stake.” In a separate press note, the Naga Hospital Colony Youth Organization also condemned the “factional killing” in the vicinity of their colony. The note stated, “at this juncture, when talks for Reconciliation and peace are underway, this kind of fratricidal killings in civilian areas acts as an impediment and also creates fear psychosis in our society.” The NHCYO appealed for all factions to stop such acts of violence.”

“We have always talked about ourselves and our rights but we have never made use of the UN instrument such as the United Nation Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) and United Nation Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP). Indigenous people all over the world have used it to assert their self-determination. We Nagas also need to use it to further our cases. It is accessible throughout the internet and we must try to use it and relate within ourselves to know our rights, empower and strengthen our identity,” Krome further added.

There are approximately 370 million Indigenous people in the world. Nagas with other Indigenous communities all over the world share common practices, culture and beliefs and also the same problems and sufferings whether it is their right to self-determination or to protect and safeguard their lands, traditions and identity. The greatest threat to Indigenous people today is the threat of losing their identity. The last lines in the poem Piano and Drums by renowned Nigerian poet Gabriel Okara says, “And I lost in the morning mist of an age at a riverside keep

claimed their presence in the current debates to move towards the achievement of the so-called Millennium Development Goals by the deadline of 2015 and the definition of the development agenda for after that year. The Indigenous peoples want a development that takes into account their culture and an identity; and the right to define their own destiny, said the head of the UN. He also called States to enforce treaties and agreements related to these communities to a better understanding of their views and values, and said that those tools are essential to protect and promote the Indigenous’ rights and the establishment of political vision and the correct framework for different cultures coexist in harmony.

wandering in the mystic rhythm of jungle drums and concerto”. The poet honestly expresses his confusion of being caught up between the mystic rhythm of his tribal roots and the insidious melody of westernization. Over the years, indigenous people including Nagas have had to accommodate to changing times of globalization, modernization, industrialization and intrusion of foreign cultures and so on. Some years down the line, a part of our identity (if not all) will be extinct. But for now, we are lost in the mystic rhythm of jungle drums and the concerto.

One NSCN cadre shot dead in Kohima I am not going to divide Assam: Gogoi

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 9 (MExN): One person was shot dead today at the Naga Hospital Junction in Kohima. According to Kohima police, the victim, identified as one Sergeant Major Lithrongse Sangtam of the NSCN (K) was shot at around 12:30 pm by an unknown number of unidentified assailants. He was reported to have been travelling in a taxi along with a companion and the taxi driver. According to Police, the victim bore seven bullet wounds, while seventeen shells of various

calibers were found at the site of the incident. Police said that the victim’s companion and the taxi driver escaped unharmed. Meanwhile, the NSCN (K) condemned today’s killing and questioned the “Unification group’s commitment to the reconciliation process when they are killing our Naga brothers.” The NSCN (K) conveyed its condolence to the bereaved family.

Unexplained fire at fuel outlet

Firefighters tackle the flames from a fire that broke out at the Essar petrol pump, 7th mile, Dimapur on August 9. Photo by Manen Aier

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 9 (MExN): A major disaster was averted in Dimapur on Friday, August 9 after an unexplained fire erupted at the backyard of a petrol pump

located at 7th Mile. The flames, fortunately, spared the main underground fuel depot of the petrol pump (Essar) outlet, giving firefighters precious time to

control the fire. It took nearly three hours for eight fire-trucks and dozens of personnel from the Fire & Emergency Services located in Dima-

pur and Chumukedima and one from the Airport Authority to bring the flames under control. The fire is reported to have started around 7:00 pm. The Fire & Emergency Service had run out of fire-fighting foam, and additional chemical foam fire extinguishers had to be requisitioned from the Airport Authority, which was crucial in controlling the inferno. The cause of the fire could be ascertained but it was attributed to electrical short-circuit. The fire destroyed two oil tankers parked at the backyard, causing one to explode. One RCC structure reported to be a go-down was also razed. No loss of life or injury was reported till the time of filing this report.

TITABOR, AUGUST 9 (PTI): Rejecting demands to divide Assam, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said all ethnic groups need to stay united. “I am not going to divide Assam. We all need to live together. Stop bandh culture and go for work culture,” Gogoi exhorted. “When we are one others will fear to break us up. We may be Rabhas, Bodos, Karbis, Chutias, Gorkhas (ethnic communities) or minorities. But we all need to live together as Assamese under one umbrella in the state of Assam from Sadiya to Dhubri,” he said. Stressing that unity and living together is a must for the state, Gogoi said at the Gyan Bikas Bota award distribution programme to meritorious students by the Thengal Kachari Autonomous Council (TKAC) in his constituency Titabor. “With a bandh culture the rich don’t suffer but only the poor farmers and daily wage earners suffer. Stop bandh culture and go for work culture,” the chief minister gave a clarion call. He pointed out that violence cannot solve problems and only through discussions and talks can things be sorted out. “From the Assam government side we are holding talks with everybody - Ulfa, NDFB, Dima Hasao Daogah and other militant groups. So even with separate state demand-

A Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) activist with face painted shouts slogans demanding the creation of new state called Bodoland during a mass rally in Kokrajhar in Assam state on August 4. (AP Photo)

Bodos set August 13 deadline GUwAhATI, AUGUST 9 (ANI): The All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) that has been crusading for separate statehood for Bodos, has set August 13 as the deadline for tripartite talks with the Assam Government and the Centre on the issue. ABSU President Promod Boro said they have decided to suspend the stir with hopes that the Assam Government and Centre would abide by the terms of August 13 as the deadline. “Yes, the CM office invited us through Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner and one team under the leadership of Jibon Basumatary, Vice President of the All Bodo Students Union, met the Chief Minister. Our demand was we want tripartite talks with the Government of India before 13th August and we have suspended our all programmes up to 13th August,” he said. The All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) had earlier called for a 60-hour shutdown in Assam to press its demand for a separate Bodoland state.

ing parties for Kamtapur, Karbi Anglong, Bodoland, etc, we are doing the same for we need development, unity and peace under one umbrella - Assamese,” Gogoi said. He also said 18 autonomous councils were formed to look after

respective community development activities and give more developmental thrust through various schemes. “What we are doing today for development of backward classes in Assam no state in the country can do like us”.

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Advocacy prog highlights on treatment of malaria Kohima, august 9 (mExN): In observance of anti-dengue month, an advocacy programme in collaboration with monthly review meeting was held in the office of the Chief Medical Officer, Kohima on August 16. The Chief Medical Officer, Kohima, Dr. Avino Metha chaired the programme and District Program Officer, NVBDCP Dr. Benny gave a powerpoint presentation on Dengue. The programme was organised to create awareness and to sensitize the community on early diagnosis and prompt treatment of malaria. Dr. Benny, Program Officer for National Vector Borne Disease Control Program informed the congregation on blood test for fever cases in order to rule out dengue and if found to be positive, to get early treatment to prevent mortality through dengue. She informed that advocacy and awareness campaigns were being carried out in all the blocks and villages under Kohima District. She further added that Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) and DDT spray are other major ways to prevent dengue and malaria. All Program Officers, SMOs, MOs and staffs of CMO, Kohima, attended the advocacy programme. The awareness campaign was carried out in selected villages in context with the report. The second session started with presentation from MO, Tseminyu CHC, stressing on the need and requirements of new Sub-Centres at Phenwhenyu and New Tesophenyu. DTO, Dr. Vezokholu, deliberated the congregation, to submit TB notification to all PHIs and Private practitioners not to continue, where PHI reports to be submitted. Through the discussion, CMO, urged the medical officers to see that, ASHAs are to track drop-outs not only for RCH activities but other programs, and requirements of basic medicines for Village Health & Nutrition Day (VHND). The house also came into conclusion that, the Sub-Centres covering villages has to supply the medicines also IUCD insertion to be done during VHND. Altogether 30 attended the programme.

Kohima, august 9 (mExN): A community workshop on the Hepatitis-C treatment and literacy cum advocacy was held at LCS building Kohima which was organized by NUN, NNP+, IDUF, APN+ and DNP+ (Delhi). The facilitators for the workshop were Loon from Delhi, Abou Mere, President, Indian Drug Users’ Forum (IDUF) and Dr. Etho Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK). Following the workshop ‘Hepatitis Coalition of Nagaland’ (HepCoN) was duly formed which was a coalition of Kripa Foundation, NUN, NNP+, KUN, KNP+ and few individuals with Abou Mere as the Convenor. 1.8 % of Nagaland’s total population is affected A young boy looks around while fellow Muslim brothers offer namaz on the occasion of Eid-ul-Zuha festival in Eidgah in Dimapur on August 9. Moulana Fazail Ahmed, Pesh Imam Idgah Masjid, conducted the namaz (prayer). Around 8000 Muslims by Hep-C. A study by the Indian Council of Medical from Dimapur and its neighbouring states gathered at the Mosque in Dimapur. (Manen Aier Photo)

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Research (ICMR) Govt. of India through the Integrated Bio Behavioural Assessment (IBBA) indicates that among injecting drug users from two districts Phek and Wokha showed prevalence rates of 8.7 and 20.8 % respectively. “Hepatitis is simply overlooked or ignored, even though it poses far more serious health complication and greater devastating impact to the state.” said Abou Mere in a press statement. The main issues conducted at the workshop were basic facts on Hepatitis-C Virus (HCV), barriers and challenges of the society and issues relating to Patent Act. “Unfortunately, in spite of having such data nothing substantial has been done by the State Government, Health

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Dept. Civil society, Churches, and NGOs. Many of those infected with hepatitis will be unaware, and therefore may go undiagnosed and untreated, posing a risk of farther transmission. This is a wake-up call for us. Nagaland should respond to Hepatitis problem like we have responded to HIV/AIDS.” Mere further added. Ignorance, high costs of Hep-C treatment, need for uninterrupted supply of medicines were stressed in the closing session of the workshop. Around Rs. 8 lakhs is spent in a year by a Hep-C patient for treatment. Many of those infected with hepatitis are unaware, and therefore may go undiagnosed and untreated, posing a risk of further transmission and threat to public health.

Morung Fest to foster unity and camaraderie among Nagas

Cultural unity through food DimaPuR, august 9 (mExN): Food is one of the very few things with the ability to foster relationships and bring people together. The Morung Fest to be held on November 4 and 5 is one such endeavor to bring all Nagas under one umbrella of unity and camaraderie. The fest is scheduled to be organized by the Diphupar Ao Student’s Union and co hosted by Minister for Roads and Bridges, Kuzholu-

zo (Azo) Nienu and MLA from Ghaspani 1, Jacob Zhimomi. In a press conference today at the R&B Minister’s residence in Diphupar, Azo informed that the fest would primarily focus on the various traditional cuisines of the Nagas. A food competition among the various Naga tribes would be the main highlight of the event, he added. Azo also informed that the concept for such a festival was thought of

in 2012. He expressed hope that the festival would act as a showcase for the unique Naga dishes and help promote tourism. He

said that although the organizing responsibility for the event has been given to the DASU, Azo pointed out that all Naga tribes

YouthNet to launch entrepreneurship prog

Kohima, august 9 (mExN): YouthNet has collaborated with the Government of Nagaland to establish the YouthNet Centre of Entrepreneurship and Employment (YCEE), which aims to establish entrepreneurship and enhance employability skills amongst youth in Nagaland. The Chief Mentor for YCEE is Dr. Krishna Tanuku, Executive Director at the Wadhwani Center for Entrepreneurship Development, Indian School of Business. YouthNet in a press release stated that the first programme under YCEE titled ‘The Entrepreneur’ will be launched on August 28. The programme is designed to target twenty young emerging entrepreneurs, who will be taught various business and entrepreneurial skills to help

develop their businesses. The participants will participate in a six weeks course taught by some of the country's most successful entrepreneurs and professional experts in the business field, where they will learn skills such as employee management, operations management, technology and business, marketing and basic finance and accounting, to name a few. The courses taught to the twenty participants will be designed according to the local business environment, and will be based on what will be applicable to the participants' businesses. They will be taught via a combination of class-room lectures, case study discussions and individual project development. Teaching these participants will be connoisseurs

in the business field such as Dr Rahul MirchandaniExecutive Director of Aries Argos Limited and a recipient of the Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Shakti Award; Dr. Navita Mahajana founder member of Leadership Assembly of Commonwealth Asia Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs; Rohan K Abraham- President of Pledgeback Advisory Services which works with grass roots organisations to improve people's lives; and Hemant Nitturkar- the Project Development Officer, India for AVRDC- the World Vegetable Center, Taiwan. The entrepreneurs will also participate in a competition where they will be made to develop a “business growth plan” throughout the duration of the module. This plan will implement

KLKT celebrates silver jubilee

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Er. Levi Rengma, deputy speaker of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly and others supervising the mass social work on NH-2 (previously NH-61) within Rengma jurisdiction on August 8. (Morung Photo)

Kohima, august 9 (DiPR): The Chief Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, Alemtemshi Jamir, IAS graced the Silver Jubilee celebration of Kohima Longsa Kaketshir Telongjem (Kohima Longsa Students Union) as the chief guest at Molu Ki, Kohima on August 9. Addressing the gathering, Alemtemshi said that for Christians, celebration of jubilee is God’s command and a divine ordination. He said that Jubilee is

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not only a time for celebration but to re-evaluate, restructure and reform for a better future. Urging the students to study hard, Alemtemshi said that having the privilege to study in a metro-Politian township like Kohima is huge as there are many opportunities and one should be thankful to God through their achievements and studies and further said that almost 70-80% Aos passing out the NPSC are from Kohima. Alemtemshi also said

that due to advancement of technology, whatever information, knowledge and opportunities that are in advance countries are available everywhere, he therefore urged the gathering to compete with the whole world and to be a practical person stating that the Mantra of 21st century is ‘think global act global’. He further encouraged the gathering to think big as “the world is only as big as you think” and added that if one’s mind is small

the world will be too big for her/him. Some of the other highlights of the programme included speech on the topic “Nu Lemang Mera Tasen given by Takamanen, short speeches were also given by Treasurer, Kohima Longsa Kaketshir Telongjem (KLKT), Longsa Kaketshir Telongjem, Ao Kaketshir Telongjem, Kohima, Kohima Longsa Senso Telongjem and presentation of Jubilee resolution committee report.

would participate at the event. He also informed that more than twenty tribes have signed up for the food festival. MLA Jacob Zhimoni also stated that this event would be an attempt to bring about a bonding experience between the diverse cultures of the Nagas. Jacob said that this festival would strive to bring cultural unity through food. “Food is after all the way to a man’s heart,” he added with a smile. Both the Legislators, who are residents of Diphupar village, acknowledged that the village is an integrated community that rises above tribalism. They suggested that Diphupar should serve as an example for different communities and tribes to live in harmony.

Organizers of the festival informed that there would also be a volleyball tournament, literary festival and a choral competition, in addition to the aforementioned food fest cum competition. The Morung Fest will be a two day festival at the Agri Expo, stressing on the need for a strong common foundation rooted on diversity of culture. The committee members have appealed for all tribes and communities to take part in this event with enthusiasm and gusto. Earlier in the press conference, Pastor from the Chakhesang Baptist Church invoked God’s blessings while, the Chairman of the Diphupar Village Council and representatives of the DASU expressed hope that the festival would be a success.

the skills they are taught in the course, and will be targeted towards expanding their businesses, enabling them to apply what they learn directly into their business processes. At the end of the six weeks, all twenty plans will be assessed and the best plan will be awarded five lakh rupees to put towards their business. The idea of 'The Entrepreneur' is inspired by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Entrepreneur and Member of Parliament who is also the program's Chief Mentor and who has also funded the award money. For more information, log into www.impact5000by18.com or call +91 8575606831. Get information from YouthNet Office near Kohima College, Billy Police department personnel filling up potholes in Eros Lane area, Dimapur on August 9. Graham Road, Kohima. Traffic DSP Rongsen Pongen led the social work. (Manen Aier Photo)

Suggestions invited by second State Finance Commission

Kohima, august 9 (DiPR): The Second Nagaland State Finance Commission has issued a public notice on August 7, 2013 stating that the Second Nagaland State Finance Commission been constituted by the Government of Nagaland in pursuance of the provision under Section 122 (1) of the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001 under the chairmanship of E. T. Sunup, IAS (Retd.) vide notification No. FRC-7/93-94(Pt) dated 1.6.2013. The Commission is to make recommendations covering a period of five years commencing on the 1st of April, 2015 relating to the following matters: (a) The principles which shall govern:i. The distribution between the State and Municipalities of the net proceed of taxes, duties, tolls and fees leviable by the State, which may be divided between them; ii. The determination of taxes, duties, tolls and fees which may be assigned to, or appropriated by the Municipalities; and iii. The grant-in-aid to the Municipalities from the Consolidated Fund of the State. (b) The measures needed to improve the financial position of Municipalities. (c) The rates of various taxes, tolls and fees that may be raised by the Municipalities and the method of determining the same. (d) Any other matter referred to the Commission by the Government in the interest of sound finances of municipalities. In making its recommendations, the Commission have been asked to

have regard, among other considerations, to: (i) The objective of balancing the receipts and expenditure of the State Government and the Local Bodies and for generating surplus for capital investment. (ii) The resources of the State Government and demands thereon particularly in respect of expenditure on civil administration, maintenance and upkeep of capital assets, maintenance expenditures on plan schemes and other committed expenditure or liabilities of the State; and (iii) The requirement of the municipalities, their potential for raising resources and for reducing expenditure. The Commission hereby invites suggestions/views on issues relating to its terms of reference indicated above, from the members of the general public, Institutions and organisations. All interested individuals, Institutions and organisations may send their suggestions/ views to the commission latest by 15th of October, 2013 in any of the following manners: (i) By post addressed to the Member Secretary, Second Nagaland State Finance Commission, Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts Building, First Floor, New Capital Complex, Kohima, Nagaland. (ii) By e-mail to: secondnagalandfincom@gmail.com. The Commission further stated that the views and suggestions will go a long way in enabling the Municipalities and Town Councils to deliver better services to the public.

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On-line service for application of births & deaths certificates

Kohima, august 9 (DiPR): The Directorate of Economics & Statistics has announced the availability of online service for application of Births & Deaths Certificates in pursuance to Notification NO.ES/SP&SSDG/2011-12/67 dated 17-05-2013. The service is available through the official website of the Government of Nagaland.

Guidelines for applicants applying for Births/Death certificate through e-form to be submitted on-line. Log in to the Nagaland State Portal: http://www.nagaland .gov.in/portal Registering for new users - click on New Member Sign up Login using the registered State Portal’ User Name’ and ‘Password’ Access the services tab- Application for birth/Death certificate Fill the requisite fields, upload documents and click on submit Note the transaction 10 Check the status in your State portal inbox The status of the transaction will be intimated to the applicants via SMS on the registered mobile number.

Note: In case of applicants who are registering after one month of the event (birth/death), if the uploaded supporting documents are accepted, the applicant shall have to collect the certificate in person along with the original documents for verification on the notified date. On a pilot basis, the service is provided to cover events (Births/Deaths) in Kohima only at this stage. The service can also be availed in the notified Community Service Centres (CSC) across the State.

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Bandh passes off peacefully in Senapati SENAPATI, AUGUST 9 (NNN): The 24-hour total bandh imposed by Mao Council and endorsed by Naga People’s Organization (NPO) remains peaceful and effective with complete shutdown of the district including educational institutions and even local vehicular movement. According to police sources, there are more than 100 vehicles including inter-state buses, loaded trucks, oil tankers, passenger Tata Wingers and many private vehicles stranded at Mao-Gate in the Manipur-Nagaland border due to the bandh. Heavy deployment of bandh supporters along the NH-2 could be seen till the late evening. Sources also confirmed that, around 20 empty fuel tankers coming from Imphal under CRPF security has been stopped at Makhan Tabio for violation of the said bandh. No claims of responsibility for the killing of Pfokreho James have been made by any group or organizations till today. The market areas in MaoGate, Tadubi, Makhan, Maram and Senapati town remained completely shut down with limited public movement in all the said areas. Another source has also confirmed, a heavy landslide has occurred between Lairouching and Karong. Till the filling of

Streets remained deserted as the 24-hour total bandh imposed by Mao Council and endorsed by Naga People’s Organization (NPO) passed peacefully in Mao inhabitated areas. (NNN Photo)

this report, no clearance has been made by the concerned department. The Mao Council has called 24 hours 'Mao inhabited areas' in protest against the killing of 'Lieutenant Colonel' Pfokrehe James, 55 years, of GPRN/NSCN on August 6 in Senapati district head-

quarters by unidentified gunmen. The Mao Council had given a one-day deadline to those people responsible to reveal their identities and also to give reasons for the act. As the deadline has expired, the Mao Council has imposed 24 hours 'total bandh' in all the 'Mao inhabited areas' from 4

am of August 9 (Friday), till 4 am of August 10. GPRN/NSCN condemns Aug 6 killing Meanwhile, the the GPRN/ NSCN has vehemently condemned the abduction and shooting death of Lt. Col. Phokhere James Mao of Rabunamai Village

Government of Manipur and to urge the GoI for immediate intervention pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue.” It added that a series of protest activities are being taken up till an intervention from the GoI is secured. The UNC appealed for the general public and all concerned to “respect the sentiments which have occasioned the protest activities and extend their cooperation and soli-

violent observation of the same.” It added that that adequate time has been given with prior general information and therefore any violation will be at one’s own risk. The UNC further called upon all Naga tribe Hohos, Regional and Frontal organizations to take up appropriate measures in their respective jurisdictions for the effective observation of the total bandh, abstention and ban.

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under Senapati district Manipur by three unidentified person on August 6 from Senapati town, while attending the Naga Public Organisation (NPO) meeting. GPRN/NSCN in a press note issued by the MIP expressed displeasure over the killing “of our senior most cadres without having any allegation is an act of cowardice and unlawful activity in the eye of civilized society.” The note stated, “GPRN/NSCN was basically re-organized for all Naga reconciliation and always maintaining the spirit of reconciliation to all Naga political organization, consequently GPRN/ NSCN has restraining from any offensive activities at all levels, and believe that reconciliation has no demarcation, it is therefore, GPRN/NSCN ask to other Naga political groups to desist their criminal activities and respect the spirit of Naga political reconciliation process at all quarters.” It also conveyed grief “over the untimely demise of our beloved comrades, who was sacrifice his precious life for the Naga National cause.” It added, “his sacrificial shall be acknowledged and ever remember in the events of Naga history, and extends our deep sympathy to the bereaved family and pray for God’s comfort and courage at the time of grief and pain.”

MMP comes down against Indo-Myanmar fencing

IMPHAL, AUGUST 9 (NNN): The Manipur People’s Party (MPP) on Friday heavily came down against the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which has claimed that the current IndoMyanmar fencing has not grabbed the border area of Manipur and described the statement of the latter as completely misleading. “MPP strongly condemns the statement of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). An ultimatum on the matter will be sent to the Prime Minister by August 12 and the party will decide further steps to be taken on the issue with the support of the public soon,” party president N Sovakiran told reporters here. Criticizing the MHA for its statement which was widely carried in a sec-

Bamboo shoots seizure draws flak in Mizoram

AIZAWL, AUGUST 9 (TNN): The seizure and destruction of bamboo shoots worth Rs 2,000 by the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Sherchip and Young Mizo Association (YMA) leaders in July have drawn flak from several quarters, including environment and forests department officials. The DFO and the YMA leaders have recently launched a campaign against collection of bamboo shoots for commercial purpose. The move was slammed because bamboo shoots were usually collected and sold in markets by extremely poor people. Environmentalists and social activists wondered why the poor people were persecuted for collecting some bamboo shoots when the state government-run Mizoram Food and Allied Industries Corporation was producing large-scale canned bamboo shoots. A senior forest department official also condemned the seizure saying that while the bamboo shoots were seized under Mizoram Forest Act 1955, there was not a single provision in the act for seizure and destruction of bamboo shoots.

tion of Imphal local dailies on Friday, Sovakiran said that the border fence of the Myanmar side has indeed pushed up to Manipur’s border land area in kilometers and not in feet or yards. According to the statement by Ministry of Home Affairs, government of India, "Without the settlement of the International Boundary along with Boundary Pillars on IndoMyanmar border, it is not possible to arrive at a definitive conclusion that a particular village or land is going to be lost. For the benefit of readers, it is further clarified that the on-going fencing work is restricted to only 10 km for the present and no further work will be undertaken unless all the Boundary Pillars are finally settled through joint

inspection by the National Survey Authorities of the two countries as well as the Survey & Settlement Officers and Staff of the State." The MPP leader said the party had recently brought it to the public domain that at least nine villages in the border area of Chandel district were found ceded to neighbouring Myanmar and cited that about a 1, 000 mt of land including a Church in Govajang was found inside the Myanmar border fence. An 11-member party had recently visited Chandel district to oversee the Indo-Myanmar fencing which led to a political storm in the state demanding re-survey of the boundary fence by various political outfits. Sovakiran alleged that the MHA was attempting to divert the border issue on

the other way and said that MPP condemns it in the strongest terms. MPP spokesperson H Nabashyam demanded that the Indo-Myanmar boundary fencing should be re-surveyed with the full knowledge of the people and that the present fence must be removed. The party had on July 30 last sent a representation to the Prime Minister demanding re-survey on the disputed border fencing.

IMPHAL, AUGUST 9 (NNN): Two officials of Manipur Government’s Horticulture Department have been reportedly abducted by suspected militants near Kanglatombi bazaar under Sekmai Police Station in Senapati district last night. According to police, the abducted Horticulture Department officials are Assistant AO Maibam Priyokumar, 56, a resident of Yaiskul Janmasthan in Imphal West district, currently posted as manager at Regional Progeny Orchard, Maram, and Wangkheirakpam Ibopishak, 50, a resident of Nongmeibung in Imphal East district. Police reports said the kidnapping took place around 10 pm Thursday when the duo was about to reach Kanglatombi bazaar. An unspecified number of unknown militants who were heavily armed

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The Daklane Panchayat would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to the following distinguished personalities who are the prominent residents and bonafide member of Daklane Colony, Kohima in honour of their outstanding performances in their respective fields of scholars as penned below against each viz: 1. Dr. Botoholi Achumi, W/o Shri. Kuputo, BDO on conferring her Ph. D in Church Ministry, Senate of Serampore College, Kolkata, India. 2. Mr. Visede Liegise, S/o Dr. Puse Liegise Sr. M.O. for his selection in MBBS through JEE, 2013 at RIMC, Imphal. 3. Mr. Yekavi Swu, S/o S. Ghunakha Swu Rtd. Addl. Secy. (NLA) for passing B. Edn. N.U. in 1st Class with 68.30 % marks.

UNC for indefinite ban on central project works Officials kidnapped DIMAPUR, AUGUST 9 (MExN): alternative arrangement outside the darity to ensure peaceful and nonThe United Naga Council has called for an indefinite ban on all construction works of Central Projects such as the Trans-Asian Railway line and Power Grid line from the midnight of August 11. A press note from the UNC said that the protest is “against the lack of respect and seriousness in upholding the democratic process of dialogue initiated by the Government of India itself on the demand for an

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whisked them away from the spot. The two officials were travelling in a Chevrolet car heading towards Imphal when the incident happened, the reports added. Meanwhile, Sekmai police recovered the car from a spot in Kanglatongbi last midnight, but whereabouts of the duo is still unknown. The police reports suggested that an underground group carried out the kidnapping in connection with a monetary demand of Rs 50, 000.

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NOTICE Inviting creative artists to design the 'Logo' for the 'Hornbill International Rock Contest 2013', to be hosted during the forthcoming Hornbill Festival 2013. The contest enlarges the tradition of the Hornbill National Rock Contest by progressing into the international arena. Still respected for offering the highest Prize money for this genre of music in the country; a shared belief, that our Naga musicians are ready for wider and better opportunities. (i) There shall be no bar to the number of designs submitted by any individual(s)/ organisation. (ii) Supporting hard and soft copies of the creatives along with explanatory notes towards the concept must be annexed along with the design. (iii) The exclusive rights for the use of the approved design shall implicitly be conveyed to the Music Task Force (YRS) upon submission by the authors. (iv) Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) only shall be awarded to the author(s) of the approved design. The creatives may kindly be submitted to the Office of the undersigned on or before the 14th August 2013. (G. Sema) Project Director

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ewmai News Network (NNN) phoned on August 3 and said the Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh had told a delegation of Naga leaders that “the Naga issue will be settled at the earliest”. The reporter said for the past 15 years Central leaders have been giving this “tiresome assurance” and asked for my comment. The NPCC Media Cell has said (Nagaland Post Mortem August 6) my reply to NNN reported the next day “Terming the Prime Minister’s assurance to the State Congress legislators on finding an early solution to the Naga political issue as bureaucratic response is unfortunate and unwarranted”. I should mention at the outset that when the reporter called I had just returned home after being away for 4 days at a seminar centre outside Tuensang. And the network was anything but helpful when NNN phoned from Imphal. I heard “Central leaders giving the usual assurances to Naga leaders as the Prime Minister had done again” with regard to

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Clarifications on NPCC’s Statement the Indo-Naga issue. I had not read anything about the meeting in Delhi referred to. I recall briefly seeing a photo where the Prime Minister was receiving a delegation. I had not read the caption so it is my regret I did not know they were our Congress legislators. Elaborating further on the point the Media Cell said, “Ultimately, the Naga political talks will be resolved at the highest political level, and therefore the supposed Naga intellectuals should refrain from making unwarranted statements, more particularly when it comes to sincerity of Delhi”. My reply to NNN, some of which has been reported, was that there is no doubt ultimately the Government of India will sign the settlement on behalf of India, at the highest political level. So its role is very important. But if any settlement reached with the Nagas is to be honourable and acceptable to

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both sides no Government in Delhi headed by any party can do that without the people of India first understanding the facts of our history. This I believe is the issue, not the sincerity of Delhi. The Congress-led UPA Government has been as sincere as the BJP-led NDA was in making it abundantly clear that the settlement will have to be an arrangement that will boost, not fatally bash, the ruling party/alliance in the next election nationally and in our immediate neighbour States , and nothing more than that. The negotiation between Delhi and NSCN (IM) dragging out thus far since 1997 is ample proof of Delhi’s unshakable sincerity to defend India’s advantage and the IM’s unwillingness to whittle down further what it has called its “charter of demands” lest the Nagas will judge it to be not acceptable and not honourable. The statement also stated

“The Nagas at this juncture can ill afford to unnecessarily implicate the Government of India for the present imbroglio, and cause irreparable damage to whatever goodwill or rapport that has been established with the highest political office in the country”. If my understanding of what is sought to be said here and the meaning of the ongoing talks for a settlement is correct, I do think the concern and fear are baseless and unnecessary. Let us not forget Delhi is now in the second process of negotiations with the Nagas again for a settlement. Does this not mean Delhi fully acknowledges that there certainly is an imbroglio, a very stubborn one, and that it is the other contributor to the imbroglio? It may be pertinent to briefly elaborate the points made to NNN: 1. The Nagas cannot blame the new Government of India born on August 15, 1947 for do-

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ing all it has done and is doing to defend the boundary line of the map the British passed on to them when they returned home. But India too cannot ignore or deny the position the Nagas had clearly established before the British left their Empire in South Asia. The Nagas struggle therefore was not, and is not, secessionist like the other liberation fronts and movements in India that emerged after India became independent. On August 14, 1947, one day before India became independent, the Nagas reaffirmed to the new government of India, London, and the UNO the position they had declared to the Simon Commission way back in 1929. 2. The Nagas were not, are not, anti-India. They launched their struggle because they decided their history justified it. They saw themselves as an honourable neighbor of India on the basis of their history, though extremely young and small in size

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Welfare State and the Liquor Question!

HAPPY BIRTH DAY KUNUTSHU (ATSHU) SOHO Dear Atshu Soho!!! On this Day the 10th August 2013 (4th Birth Anniversary) you have successfully travelled 1460 days against all odds and obstacles. We really felt glad and proud while watching you in your 4 years journey that you have been keeping yourself like a blooming Rose even in the midst of the thorns. Your entry in to our family has brought Love, Peace, Oneness, Trustworthy etc that we deserve for a long time. May you continue to live like a blooming flower that generously feeds insects with its enlightened fragrance at all free. “A very Happy Birth Day Atshu Soho”. -Lots of Love from loving Parents, Bros & Sis.

murder, fratricidal killings, power theft, exorbitant cost of commodities, extortions to development of basic infrastructures like roads, education, water, or wastes. The utter failure of the state to monitor its own legislation on prohibition also opens a Pandora box of questions, such as whether the govt will be able to regulate ‘liquor licensing’ to ‘monitoring’ if prohibition is lifted. Whatever the govt decides, without political will nothing will succeed, as witnessed in the case of liquor prohibition. And to hold NBCC and church ransom for its failure would be tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. It’s high time the govt takes onus for which they were elected in the first place.

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pang Jamir is a man of international level but we ignore to recognize him. He represents our country (India) and won so many categories in the competition held in Bangkok in 2012. So my request to the Govt. of India, Govt.of Nagaland is not to ignore him but to felicitate him in the highest because he brought laurel to our state as well as our country And my request to the Govt. is help such people.

ff late, there has been a new twist in regard to ‘liquor prohibition’ as this subject was agreed upon in the legislative, to study whether it was a failure or a success. Statistics and ground reality has the propensity to be interpreted depending on one’s leaning and ideology. So, to write a polemic essay on this matter is beyond this small write up. But what is more bothering is the lack of ‘political will’ to address this issue head on. The prerogative of a welfare state is to provide conducive environment for its citizen to grow and enjoy a health life. This calls for ‘Rule of Law’ which seemed to be absent in Nagaland. Be it, its lackadaisical attitude, towards crimes such as; rape,

and population compared to India’s other neighbours. 3. The people of India are the most important audience in the world for the Nagas to reach and win. They do not know the facts of our history stated above. So they think we are secessionist trouble makers who deserve the severe punishment their armed forces have meted out to us. Therefore it is a waste of time to expect any government in Delhi to reach a settlement with us that will be honourable and acceptable to us without enabling first the people of India and the peoples of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal to understand our case. The coming generations of Nagas should learn to go to them and enable them to understand us and the facts of our history. If we go with concern for our neighbours, India and the world also and we are ready to listen to evolve mutual understanding first, the thinking ones of

good will among them will become our well-wishers and protagonists. With them the Nagas of tomorrow will be able to work out a settlement that will be right for all concerned. If today’s aging Naga leaders will pass on a healed and restored nation to the Nagas of tomorrow they will discover what will be best in the world they will live in. The fact is the real India is not in the few buildings in Delhi. It is in the villages and the bustling towns and cities across India. If we will show wisdom and importance to the real India we will not be antagonizing Delhi. We will be helping Delhi to help us better. As for the reference above to the ‘supposed intellectuals’, this writer is acutely embarrassed to be associated in any manner with supposed or real intellectuals because I am clear I am only a worried Naga wondering how we are to respond better to the baffling challenges changes are bringing to us so that we may grow properly.

History will be merciless one day when social commentators and historians pen this momentous period of our collective life, if we fail to rise up to the occasion. This called for statesmanship and vision in the midst of contending views. Our legislators should remember the adage from Robert Frost, ‘...two roads diverge in the wood and I took the one least travelled/taken and it made all the difference.” We should be able to write our own history, a history of courage, goodwill and progress and not a regressive story. Whatever the outcome, without the fundamental ‘Rule of Law’ everything will be utterly meaningless. Robin Temsu Kohima

hereas, the Jalukie B Village has summon Mr. Kiesamyi Irrangguang on July 23 2013 at its council Hall through the press (Morung Express dated July 21, 2013) for on spot clarification of his baseless allegations against the utilization of fund under SDF at B Jalukie Village and for amicable settlement of the misunderstanding arising out of the same. And whereas, Mr. Kiesamyi lrrangguang the self proclaimed general secretary of unmandated ZPO has failed to turn up for the clarification and to prove his accusations on the said date, it is unfortunate that under the guise of Media Cell ZPO has given seven days ultimatum to Jalukie B Village Council for public apology (Morung Express July 31). Whereas, the Jalukie B Village Council has summon Mr. Keisamyi Irrangguang with good intention to prove the facts and reveal the truth and not to harass or harm him, it is also quite unfortunate that the so called ZPO media cell has called the signatories of the summon letter “cheaper than local fowl” and “purchasable commodities, which is totally unethical and condemnable. In the light of the above, it may be stated here that any village council is a customarily established institution and duly recognized by the state government, therefore, who authorized the faceless ZPO Media Cell to issue seven days ultimatum to the Jalukie B Village Council for apology without the signatures of any signatories on the pretext of defending its general secretary? When

we have done no harm or wrong? Therefore, we the Jalukie B Village Council demands that the so called Media Cell, Zeliang People Organization to reveal their identity and come out in open so as to let all the people know who are members of the Media Cell ZPO, instead of issuing unwarranted press statement from their hiding place and throwing the whole Zeliang into confusion and unease. The crux of the issue now is that Mr. Kiesamyi and his handful of cronies has intentionally refuse to accept the truth, thereby, adopting all kinds of malicious design to stall any form of development taking place in the district. If Mr. Kiesamyi or for that matter faceless Media Cell ZPO felt that press media is the main medium of discourse to settle the score and always refuses to come to sensible and rational conclusion there will be no choice but total chaos in the society. Therefore, so called Media Cell ZPO should henceforth stop issuing any unwarranted press statement against Jalukie B Village Council, but come out in open to face the truth. Alak Ntung Chairman, Jalukie B Village Council

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Ao Senden calls for

The Ao Senden said that the aspiration of the Naga people to have a foothill road connecting all the different districts is a “herculean task and that we may face a lot of problems while we pursue our dreams of a foothill road.” It is the responsibility of every individual, church or organisation to lend their wholehearted moral and prayer support to the Government and the implementing agencies of this Foothill Road construction, the note added. The Ao Sended expressed hope that the people’s prayers and dedication would make the long felt demand of the Naga people into a reality.

JD (U) emergency meeting Dimapur, august 9 (mExN): An emergency meeting of Janata Dal (United) State Unit executive will be held on August 10, 2 PM at the official residence of Parliamentary Secretary BS Nganglang in Kohima. All the State executive members and central office bearers, including ex candidates have been requested by the party general secretary (Organization) to attend the said meeting without fail. No calling letter will be given to any individual in this regard.

DNSU condemns grenade attack

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Directives for Noksen by-election NTCA extends support to ACAUT

Produce docs to carry huge cash tuENsaNg, august 9 (mExN): Distribution of cash, liquor or any other item for gratification of the voters is bribery, and both giving and taking bribe is a punishable offence with imprisonment up to one year and fine. Stating this in a release, Deputy Cmmissioner and District Election Officer Tuensang T Mhabemo Yanthan has informed the public of 51 Noksen A/C that flying squads have been formed under each Police Station to watch over distribution of cash, liquor and other items in the constituency during the by-election. The DC also appealed all those carrying huge amount of cash in the district during the by- election to produce following documents to show the source and enduse of such cash in order to avoid seizure by the flying squads - PAN Card and a copy of the same (if any); Business registration Certificate copy (if any); Copy of Bank Pass Book/Bank Statement, showing withdrawal of cash; Copy of cash book, in case of business involving regular cash transactions and; Evidence

for end-use of the cash, like including the co-operative marriage invitation, hospi- bank or post offices. The tal admission etc. existing bank account of the candidate should not Separate Bank be used for the purpose as Account for it has to be separate bank election expenditure account for election purIn order to facilitate pose, it added. monitoring of election expenditure, every candidate District Level of 51-Noksen Assembly Standing Constituency by-election Committee formed The DC and DEO Tuenhas been asked to open a separate bank account ex- sang has informed that in clusively for the purpose of order to ensure observance election expenditure. A no- of the Model Code of Contification from the DC and duct and smooth conduct DEO stated the account of by-election to 51 Nokshould be opened at least sen Assembly Constituenone day before the candi- cy, District Level Standing date files his nomination Committee has been conpapers. The account num- stituted with the following ber of the bank should be members: DC & RO Tuencommunicated by the can- sang – Chairman; ADC & didate in writing to the Re- ARO Tuensang – Member; turning Officer at the time SP Tuensang – Member; of filling his nomination. SDO (C) & ARO Noksen TuAll election expenditure ensang – Member; Presishould be made by the can- dent/Representative of all didate only from the same Political Parties, Tuensang bank account. All money to – Member; President CKS – be spent on electioneering Member; Executive Secreshall be deposited in this tary CBLT – Member; DPRO bank account irrespec- Tuensang – Member; AEO tive of its funding from any & ARO Tuensang – Memsource, including candi- ber-Secretary. The first meeting of the Committee date's own fund. It further informed that will be held on August 13, the bank account can be 1:00 PM at the DC’s conferopened anywhere in the ence hall. All member have state. The account can be been requested to attend opened in any of the banks the meeting positively.

Dimapur, august 9 (mExN): The Nagaland Theological Colleges Association (NTCA) has extended its heartfelt appreciation to ACAUT in its endeavour to “bring sanity” in the way trade and businesses are conducted in Nagaland. A press release from the NTCA general secretary James Longkumer stated the affirmation comes from the NTCA executive body meeting held on August 9 in Dimapur, which it said was

Dimapur, august 9 (mExN): Agriculture has been the way of life for majority of Indians and it has been providing means of earning extra income for the non-agri professionals. Mushroom production is one popular venture amongst the rural and urban masses, which ensures

nutritional and monetary security, as it is a landless cultivation procedure with optimum utilization of available space. Considering all these, ICAR imparted training on mushroom production and demonstration on mushroom bed making to the wives of the Assam Rifles regiment at

Ghaspani, “who are mostly engaged in household chores with ample of time left to opt for some profitable venture.” The participants were trained by Tasvina R. Borah, scientist, ICAR assisted by Budhin Kachari. Simultaneously V. Keny Rhetso, SMS, KVK Dimapur along with Vini-

ka, SRF conducted training on processing of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Demonstration and hands on practical training was conducted on pineapple squash, jam and green chilli pickle making. Altogether 32 participated the training. This was stated in a release received here.

Kohima, august 9 (mExN): Minister for roads & bridges Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu today conveyed his sincere appreciation for the yeomen service being carried out by the officer and staff of 15 BRTF under project

Sewak in Nagaland. They are working with great sincerity and dedication and have been maintaining the roads in an appreciable manner, said Azo in a letter addressed to Brig Arun Joshi, Chief Engineer, Project Sewak. The Minis-

ter said the massive sinking at NH-39 (old), Phesama which had resulted in total washout of the road formation of 100m on July 13, 2013 has been restored in a record time frame under extremely difficult conditions and inclement

weather by the 15 BRTF. He also complimented the efforts of Col Tejpal Singh and his team for the efforts put in during this period. “I am hopeful that they keep up the good work and I wish them more success,” Azo stated.

called to address pressing issues that confront our society today. “As a body composed of members from the theological community, we are very concerned about the unlawful taxation and also the inappropriate ways business is done in Nagaland,” it stated. “We recognize that this has hampered local entrepreneurs from doing legitimate business and at the same time led to unrestricted price rise

for all kinds of commodities.” Supporting ACAUT in its “unstinting effort to free our land from all forms of oppression, especially in the area of economic sovereignty,” it prayed for the God Almighty to strengthen the hands of those in ACAUT to lead the people forward in the days to come. “We firmly believe that the day is not far away when our people will triumph over all evil forces that keeps us in bondage.”

Members of Muslim Council Dimapur are seen here with Parliamentary Secretary Tovihoto Ayemi and DCCI president Hokivi Chishi during Eid-Ul-Fitr celebration in Dimapur.

‘Eid Mubarak’ says Muslim Welfare Society

Kohima, august 9 (mExN): Muslim Welfare Society, Kohima has greeted “Eid Mubarak” to “every single inhabitant across the state of Nagaland, irrespective of caste, race and religion”. A press release issued by the Society’s president Kamal Uddin Choudhury stated that Eid-ul-Fitre is celebrated on completion of one month long fasting by the Muslims around the world. “The month of Ramdan (Fasting) begins with love and fear of Almighty Allah and ends with patience, sacrifice, charity and generosity,” it said. The president has urged the Iman (Leader of Prayer) to pray for peace, harmony and brotherhood to prevail among the different communities in Nagaland. Further, he extended his heartiest congratulations to those who succeeded in fasting for the complete period of one month. He also thanked all authorities, ministers, individuals, organizations and others who ensured safety of the worshippers during Tarabih (Special evening prayer), and also facilitating Eid-ul-Fitre congregation in the ground. Dimapur, august 9 (mExN): Lt. Col (Retd) Kilonser Ape Venuh, Caretaker (CAO) UT – I NSCN/GPRN in a press statement has questioned the authorities concerned why most of the government quarters at Super Market, Dimapur were allotted to tenants running liquor business. He also expressed concerned at the silence of the Development Authority of Nagaland (DAN) about the matter. Further, he questioned the district administration and municipal councilors how such illegal business was allowed in government quarters. He opined that the places should be given out to individuals who run legal business or other establishment. The note stated that it is the concern of the DAN, municipal, and the district administration to immediately remove all such illegal businesses from government quarters.

NLA speaker expresses sadness

Minister Azo commends 15 BRTF's service

Seminar for Alder College faculty conducted

Dimapur, august 9 (mExN): Dimapur Naga Students’ Union has vehemently condemned the August 7 incident where an unidentified miscreant(s) hurled a grenade onto a Jewelry shop at Thakurbari, opposite NIIT Dimapur. DNSU while denouncing the “treacherous act” of “polluting the peaceful environment of Dimapur by such deceitful elements” stated that the act should be condemned by every right thinking citizen. “This is totally an evil design of anti social elements which does not have a place for them in the society.” Meanwhile DNSU has urged the competent authority to book the culprit(s) involved in the act and also insisted on tightening the security in public places. Further, the Union prayed for the speedy recovery to the two injured.

NSCN/GPRN kilonser questions

ICAR assists capacity building of AR jawans’ wives

Seized alcohol being drained off in Tseminyu on August 7. The liquors were seized during a raid conducted in Tseminyu by administration, police, Rengma Hoho, Rengma Students’ Union, Rengma Mother’s Association and Tseminyu Union on August 7.

Kohima, august 9 (mExN): Nagaland Legislative Assembly speaker Chotisuh Sazo has expressed sadness over the death of former NLA deputy speaker Hentok Konyak on August 7, 2013 in Dimapur. In a condolence note Sazo informed that Hentok, born on April 15, 1938 was elected as a member to the third Nagaland Legislative Assembly from Tehok Assembly Constituency. He worked as Deputy Speaker from March 28, 1974 to March 8, 1975. He was also appointed as Minister of State from March 10, 1975 to March 21, 1975. “In his death, the State in general and the Konyak tribe in particular has lost an efficient leader but his contributions for the uplift of the society will long be remembered,” Sazo acknowledged.

One arrested with drugs

Dimapur, august 9 (mExN): Dimapur Excise personnel under the command of AIE Benjong arrested one Ghikivi with 1500 capsules of spasmo proxyvon in his possession at Chumukedima Excise Check gate on August 8. The accused has been booked and sent to the judiciary. A press release from the Assistant Commissioner of Excise & Prohibition Lanuwati Jamir stated such efforts to curb the menace of drugs smuggling will be continued.

‘Women have great role to play at home’ Our Correspondent Kohima | August 9

Resource person along with the faculty Alder College, Kohima during the seminar on August 7.

Dimapur, august 9 (mExN): A one-day seminar for Alder College faculty, Kohima was organized at the college premises on August 7 with Dr. Buno Iralu, lecturer, Shalom Bible Seminary, Secu-Zubza as the resource person. Deliberating on the topic “Quality Education with Soul”, Dr. Iralu spoke on

understanding education more than acquiring an academic degree. She further stressed that quality education must take into account the various areas in which an educational institution influences students and to make sure that it encourages positive student-teacher relationships and that the teachers need to pay more

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prayer and fasting moKoKchuNg, august 9 (mExN): In consonance with the NFRCC resolution, the Ao Senden has appealed for all the general public, particularly from the Ao, Sumi, Lotha, Konyak, Phom, Sangtam, Chang, Khaimniungan, Yimchungru and Rengma tribes to co-operate with their respective churches for organizing prayer and fasting on August 14 from 6:00 am to 8:00 am. A press note from the Ao Senden stated that the prayer and fasting would be conducted to invoke God’s blessing in prayer for the execution of the Foothill Road construction, expected to commence from October 2013.

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attention to the ‘Implicit Curriculum’ (teaching/ leading by example). Dr. Iralu urged the teachers the need to recognise and understand the socio-political climate in which young people live today thereby making the students understand the depth and meaning of education.

The sixth raising day of Poumai Naotumai Me Kohima (PNMK), the apex women body of Poumais in Kohima was observed at APO hall on Friday with about 300 participants of women folk from different walks of life. PNMK chairperson Sangla Soni based on the topic “women role in the society” said peaceful environment in the society begins from home, where women have great role to play. She said the close relationship between husband and wife and children in a family mostly depends on mother’s role. Stressing on the need to be a “submissive wife”, she said, “A rude husband also can be changed if a wife is

PNMK president Sangla Soni addressing the raising day gathering.

polite and patient as God has given the ability to do that.” She encouraged the women folk to come out from the inferior mindset and exhibit their abilities. However, she reminded them not to overrule men folk as it is against Christian

faith and Naga culture. She shared the need of equal education and treatment to male and female child without discrimination in the family. She advised the mothers to inculcate hard work culture and respect for el-

ders in their children from the childhood days. She instilled in the minds of the women that for better society and church women play the most important role. Meanwhile PNMK vice chairperson Stela Sapuni said God’s word and pure

heart would save all from shameful act and unnecessary trouble. She encouraged the mothers to have energetic mind and effective action, instead of considering themselves ageing or weak, “which would pull down their mind in reality.” She also shared the benefits of maintaining hygiene, especially for women. The programme was chaired by Solomi Raoping, opening prayer proposed by Paoshi W/S Catholic church, vote of thanks tendered by Veronica PNMK speaker, nine village women organizations presented special items namely Raovumai, Khumai, Siimai, Veymai, Onaeme, Vafümai, Zhobumai, Naemai and Chaonamai. Rone, Khane, Konei, and H. Ronai exhibited their talents and entertained the gathering.

People, life, etc... Saturday | 10 auguSt, 2013

Mother of three wages lone battle M Suchitra for Down To Earth

hen Jazeera, 31, a resident o f M a d ay i gram panchayat in Kerala’s northern district of Kannur, started a sit-in protest on June 14 in front of a police station near her village, everybody was stunned. First, she is a woman, and that too from a conventional Muslim family. Second, she was a mother of three—a toddler and two-school-going girls. To top it all, she is fighting against a strong nexus of sand miners, politicians, officials and the police. But nothing stopped her—the incessant heavy rains, cold winds that pierce the bones or the darkness of nights—from going ahead with her protest. She is fiercely dedicated to her mission—make the authorities protect the sea coast from sand mining. “For eight nights and nine days I sat in protest along with my kids,” recalls Jazeera, who has now shifted her sit-in protest to the state secretariat gate in the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram. Her kids Rizwana, Rafzana and Muhammed are with her. “What I am pleading with the authorities is only to implement the existing legislation for protecting the sea coast,” she says while sitting in the rains under an umbrella, holding her son in her lap. Watched coast near her home disappear Jazeera was born and brought up in a tiny house on the seashore of Puthiyangadi area. Her father, the late Muhammed V, used to run a small shop on the coast. “Our sea coast was a beautiful and visited by many from outside,” recalls Jazeera. She developed an intimate relationship with the sea and the coast. Sea was her

best friend. Jazeera was married off while she was studying in 10th class. The marriage broke up later. “I used to tell all my woes only to my sea, and when I was happy I used to roll on the sand,” she says. She bought an autorickshaw with a loan in 2006 and started earning a living as an auto driver. She got married again in 2011 and left for her husband Abdul Salam’s home in Thalayolapparamba in the southern district of Kottayam. When she returned to her parents' home for her delivery, she was shocked to see the plight of the coast. Many new apartments, flats and big houses and buildings had mushroomed close to the coast. Many were under construction. Since sand from rivers was not available as much as the builders wanted, they started using sand from the sea coast, says Jaseera. Sand was mined day and night in huge quantities and transported in trucks. The authorities had given permission to the locals for taking sand for their own use, and this was being taken as a cover for illegal sand business. A number of local unemployed youth and many from outside states like Odisha, Bihar and Tamil Nadu were engaged in sand mining. Most of the migrant workers were poor women. “It never stopped and loads and loads of sand was taken away,” says Jazeera. Deep pits started appearing on the coast. The seawall was in danger. She observed that erosion has increased and the distance between her house and the sea has shortened considerably. It was then that she decided to wage a battle against illegal sand mining. “The sea coast is not anybody’s private prop-

(Top) Jazeera had to fight and dissuade her own brothers from working with sand miners before taking her fight forward (Photo by Latheesh, Mathrubhumi) (Left) Jazeera and her children outside Kerala state secretariat gate, her current protest venue (Photo by Parvathy Binoy)

Ecologist to Jazeera's aid

hiravanthapuram-based ecologist S Faizi is among the growing tribe of supporters of Jazeera has now. In a letter to Chief Minister Oomen Chandy, Faizi said it is a matter of deep concern that the police is constantly “intimidating Jazeera who is on a peaceful Sathyagraha mission in front of the Secretariat to protect the fragile coastline of Kerala, particularly her village, from the sea sand mining mafia.” The letter points out that this is happening at a time when the National Green Tribu-

erty, it belongs to all,” says Jazeera. If this is happening in Puthiyangadi, then the same could be the case with the rest of the coast in the state, she assumed. She learned later that in many places on the 500 kilometre coast of Kerala, illegal constructions and sand mining are taking place in violation of the law. She had to start her battle first from her own home. “Two of my elder brothers were also engaged in the sand mining

nal has ordered to stop all significant sand mining projects in the country until environmental clearance is obtained. “Jazeera was forced to undertake this mission, along with her three children, when all the statutory bodies entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the sea coast have miserably failed in their duty, indeed they have betrayed their mission, particularly the Coastal Zone Management Authority,” the letter states. The irreversible destruction of Kerala's coast, caused by multiple forces including

work,” recalls Jazeera. After a lot of fights, she managed to persuade them to keep away from sand mining. “Then I approached the village office, panchayat, police station, the district authorities and pleaded with them to intervene. I also appealed to the people engaged in mining. Nobody listened to me,” says Jazeera. The officials’ attitude was “poor people, let them live Jazeera”, she adds.

Threats, assaults But she refused to give up. Despite having nobody to help her, she tried to block trucks by lying down in front of the vehicles loaded with sand, forced women workers taking head-loads of sand to put it back and recorded sand mining on her mobile. She was beaten up, had to face threats to her life, her house was damaged and mobile was snatched away at least twice. Rizwana, her elder daughter, a sev-

the hotel industry, is result of a deep malaise afflicting officialdom, says Faizi. “While she ought to be treated as a public heroine, she is being intimidated by the police,” says the letter. “This police behaviour is an affront to the Constitutional principles, and a public shame. I register my protest against the unruly behaviour of the police and affirm that the environmental community stands firmly behind Jazeera who is discharging her fundamental duty as a citizen as required by Article 51A.g of the Constitution,” the letter states.

enth standard student was slapped on her face while trying to protect Jazeera from being physically assaulted by a group of women workers. When she approached local media with photos and videos they accused her of trying to get publicity, says Jaseera. On July 10, she started her second round of sitin agitation in front of the district collectorate. The district administration wanted to give her police protection but she refused.

“Why should I have protection? It is the coast that should be protected and I asked them to do that,” says she. Her daughters always stayed with her and attended school in the morning. Since it is Ramadan month and fasting is going on, sympathizers offered her food in the evening at the time of breaking fast. Rights activists and a few other organizations started helping her. Meanwhile, people from the child helpline

accused her of making her kids suffer. “They accused me of not being a good mother and asked me to sign paper saying that I would take care of my little boy properly. I’m a mother and I know my responsibilities. Nobody has to teach me that. So I refused to sign that paper,” says an agitated Jazeera. On July 20, about 1,400 people took out a protest rally against Jazeera for “not allowing them to engage in their traditional livelihoods”. According to her, local people, politicians, officials and media took side with those engaged in sand mining while she got support from people and political parties and the media outside her locality. 'CM's verbal assurance not enough' She is planning to continue her sit-in protest started on August 2, in front of the secretariat till she gets a written assurance from the chief minister. On Monday, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy called her to his chamber for a meeting and assured her that he would take necessary actions against sand mining on the coast. “Verbal assurance is not enough. I have given a submission in writing and have to get some assurance in writing,” she asserts. Jazeera says that she is not afraid of anybody since she is a believer in god. Her husband, a madrassa teacher, gives her moral support and her mother prays for her. Her brothers, according to her, regret now that they did not support her when the whole locality opposed her protests. “What’s the point in living a long life fearing a few?” she asks. “ I prefer death to such a life.” Source: http://www.downtoearth. org.in/content/mother-three-wageslone-battle-sand-mining-lobby-kerala

Myths and facts of food beliefs in Nagaland A. Purnungla Aier

Senior Lecturer, College of Nursing, CIHSr

produces heat in our body, and it also results in delayed wound healing. Chicken is infact a rich source of dietary protein. Besides being rich in protein, it also contains many essential vitamins and minerals. It is stated that chicken skin holds all of the juices and fat in the chicken while it is being cooked. The fat in the meat of the bird also flows out and gets trapped in the skin. It can neither exit the skin nor can it go back into the meat. Therefore, the skin of the chicken becomes saturated with fat. About a third of the fats in chicken are saturated fats which increases Low Density Lipoproteins (bad) cholesterol. The fatty acids have been shown to accumulate in the blood stream and contribute to heart disease. This may support the belief that skinned chicken is safer than consuming chicken with the skin.

hen it comes to food and eating healthy, you probably hear a lot of opinions and "facts" from your parents, friends, relatives and neighbors. Nagaland is extremely rich in all these beliefs. Many food items are credited with good or bad qualities which may affect our health. Though many of these beliefs have some credibility, sometimes, they cause misconceptions. In Nagaland, the trend of stepping out to the market on the lookout for frogs, dog meat, rats etc, the moment a member of the family undergoes surgery is catching up in all households. The pain of surgery, to me, will not be the cut or the wound of the surgery but having to comply with drinking the frog soup or eating the dog meat. Witnessing the myriad practices had accrued in me WHITE RATS CURE PNEUMONIA In Nagaland, people believe that soup of a vested interest to a deeper understanding the white rat prevents and cures pneumoof what is a fact or a myth. nia. Rat meat contains very high protein. SOME MYTHS, FACTS AND BELIEFS However, there is no evidence to support ABOUT CERTAIN FOOD HABITS IN NAGA- this belief. LAND RABBIT MEAT PREVENTS AND CONTROLS FROG MEAT AND SOUP AIDS IN WOUND DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION It is also of the belief that rabbit meat HEALING Nagas hold the belief that during recu- prevents and controls diabetes. Rabbit peration from surgery, the patients be giv- meat is very nutritious and contains very en frog soup as it is believed to aid in early low saturated fats and very high in prowound healing, and it is a practice common- tein. It is lower in fat, calories and cholesly seen in the community. This belief may be terol and higher in protein than any other supported as frogs are rich in protein, ome- meat consumed by humans. It is also very ga-3-fatty acids, carbohydrates and potassi- rich in vitamin B12 and low in sodium. It um. This food is very low in Saturated fat. It helps keep levels of the amino acid homois also a good source of Thiamin, Riboflavin, cysteine in check, which may help decrease Iron, Phosphorus, Copper, and a very good the risk of heart disease. The World Health Organization has recognized rabbit meat as source of Protein and Selenium. the leanest meat in the world, and one of the DOG MEAT AND SOUP HELPS IN EARLY RE- healthiest. The United States Department of COVERY FROM SURGERY Agriculture (USDA), after a good deal of reDog meat is not only a delicacy in Naga- search, has stated that rabbit is “the most land but it is believed to have medicinal val- nutritious meat available”. ue. It is not uncommon to see that the dog meat, especially the soup of the dog leg is EATING PAPAYA DURING PREGNANCY a highly favored during recuperation from CAUSES ABORTION Raw Papaya contains high concentrasurgery. It is believed that it renders to early tions of Latex. This latex concentration rerecovery and wound healing. The belief may duces upon ripening and once completely hold true as the dog meat is said to contain ripe has almost no latex left. The Papaya high-quality protein. The fat contains a lot of latex's main constituents are papain and unsaturated fatty acids with little cholester- chymopapain which have teratogenic (abol. It also has a good content of potassium, normalities of physiological development) calcium, phosphorus, sodium and vitamins and abortifacient (can induce an abortion) EATING CHICKEN MEAT/SOUP AFTER effects. It does this by increasing the chancSURGERY RESULTS IN DELAYED WOUND es of uterine contractions as the papain acts like prostaglandin and oxytocin which are HEALING People generally avoid chicken soup or known to put a mother’s body into labour chicken meat with the belief that chicken and hence an adverse effect on the babies

and mothers health. The Latex can also cause marked oedema and haemorrhagic placentas which are bleeding and hemorrhaging from the edge of the placenta, this can result in severe complications in pregnancy and normally an early delivery. It is advised that women in pregnancy do not eat raw papaya for the added risk of complications, however it is safe for them to eat a fully ripened papaya as the concentrations of papaya Latex is so small.

GREEN PAPAYA AIDS IN BREAST MILK PRODUCTION: In Nagaland, many lactating mothers are fed with boiled raw papaya believing that it helps in secretion of increased breast milk. It is stated that boiling the green papaya with two parts of vinegar to one of water produce an excellent galactagogue (agent that promotes the secretion and flow of milk) which abundantly stimulates mammary secretion in more or less dry breasts or a solid extract of papaya of glutinous consistency. BOTTLE GOURD AIDS IN MILK PRODUCTION Lactating mothers are fed with boiled bottle gourd as it is said to aid in breast milk production. There is no data to support this belief. Though the myriad of health benefits of bottle gourd is least known to many, yet unknowingly it is consumed. What is not known is its enormous impact on the treatment of high blood pressure and heart disease. It is rich in, thiamin, vitamin C, zinc, iron and magnesium thus helping in improving overall health. Bottle gourd is also very valuable in urinary disorders. It is also used in the treatment of burning sensation in urinary passage due to high acidity of urine. It serves as an alkaline mixture.

PINEAPPLE CAUSES MISCARRIGE Pregnant women are advised against consuming pineapple either as fresh fruit or juice. One of the compounds contained in pineapple is bromelain. It is believed to interfere with the growth of tumor cells and slows blood clotting. These compounds also soften the meat (it is used as a culinary ingredient for tendering the meat). Perhaps the content of this compound softens the uterine wall so that the fetus is at risk regardless and hence, a miscarriage. Actual content of the compound bromelain in pineapple is very small so it may not directly result in miscarriage. There is no data or scientific studies that prove the content of compounds in pineapple fruit can cause miscarriage. But limiting consumption of pineapple during pregnancy may prevent complications.

SHELLFISH/CRAB CAUSES ABORTION It is seen as a practice in Nagaland that if you want your pet animals to abort, you give crab. Crab is considered a food low in fat and calories, high in protein and nutrients, but it is associated with abortion. It is true that much seafood, particularly at the higher end of the food chain, contain dangerous amounts of mercury which may result in spontaneous abortion or affect brain development and the nervous system. The Food and Drug Administration recommends that children and pregnant women should avoid eating types of fish that have high levels of mercury like mackerel, swordfish etc. Crab meat contains a low mercury level but should be consumed in moderation.

also has iron, and has high fiber content. One of the most important benefits of star fruit is the reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases. This is because of the fruit's high content of polyphenol antioxidants. These antioxidants are also known to help in the prevention of cancer. The fruit helps in lowering cholesterol too. It is important to note that the star fruit may also cause undesirable side effects in those people who are with kidney problems. It is because of the abundant oxalic acid (contributes to kidney stones). Star fruit, like sugarcane juice rejuvenates the weakened liver and serves as a good revitalizing agent. MUSHROOM IS GOOD FOR DIABETICS Mushroom is rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals and amino acids. It serves as an antibiotic and anti oxidants too. Mushrooms can be an ideal low energy diet for diabetics. They have no fats, no cholesterol, very low carbohydrates, high proteins, vitamins and minerals, a lot of water and fiber. Moreover, they contain natural insulin and enzymes which helps in breaking down of sugar or starch in the food. Again, they are known to contain certain compounds which help proper functioning of liver, pancreas and the other endocrinal glands, thereby promoting formation of insulin and its proper flow. The natural antibiotics in mushrooms can help protect them from various infections.

NEEM IS A MEDICINAL: Neem is considered a medicinal plant and it is highly regarded because of its many uses and benefits. Neem is known as “the village pharmacy”. Neem is a fascinating and versatile plant and it is seen to have many benefits. It is also believed to help decrease body temperature and reduce the severity of rashes and relieve itching in a person with chicken-pox. This belief may hold truth as the neem tree is said to contain more than 100 bio-active ingredients and rich in proteins. The most important bio-active principal is azadirachtin (repellent). Other compounds are gedunin (anti-malarial), nimbin (anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic), nimbidin (antibac- DRUMSTICKS HELP IN MALE REPRODUCterial), nimbidol (anti-malarial, anti-pyretic), TION quercentin (anti-malarial), salannun (repelAccording to the Trees for Life organizalent), and sodium nimbinate (spermicide). tion, drumstick leaves contain more Vitamin A than carrots, more calcium than milk, more SUGARCANE CURES JAUNDICE Sugar cane is considered the best home iron than spinach, more Vitamin C than orremedy for jaundice patients. It is a fruit anges, and more potassium than bananas and that the protein quality rivals that of milk that has many benefits. Sugar cane has a low and eggs. Drumstick has antibacterial propglycemic index so people with diabetes can erties and as such is very useful in preventing also drink this juice. Completely alkaline in infections such as those of the throat, chest, nature, sugarcane will also help to maintain and skin. Drumstick leaves, flowers, and low acid levels in your body. It not only con- seeds are useful in treating sexual debility tains vitamin C, vitamin E and beta-carot- and weakness. It is believed to be used as an enoids but also, exhibits antioxidant prop- aphrodisiac (increase sexual drive). Drumerties that help prevent many disorders, stick leaves are given to nursing mothers in thereby may have immense health benefits the belief that they increase lactation. for people suffering from a variety of conWe come across nutritional additions. It also assists in keeping clear flow vice from the media, and just anybody. One urine and enables proper functioning of should be aware that there is plenty of miskidneys. It will be beneficial to understand information out there. Many of us believe that sugarcane juice strengthens the weak- everything that we hear or read, but before ened liver, thus giving liver the revitalizing just jumping to believing and practicing the energy that it needs. “stated facts” one should ask questions and research the topic. Often the information is STAR FRUIT CURES JAUNDICE The fruit, which is mostly consumed fresh somewhat correct, but many maybe taken or as juice, is rich in vitamins A and C and it out of context. Get the facts first.

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

10 auGuSt, 2013

The boy who doesn’t talk in class

n a rainy June morning, a mother in her late thirties sat on a chair in a school corridor trying to convince her five-year-old son to enter a classroom. It was the boy’s first day in school. Aiding the mother was her elder son, a boy of less than 10, who had excused himself from class in the same school. Half an hour passed, but the younger one would not budge. Eventually, a peon had to forcibly carry him in. Kick and scream, the five-yearold did not, but his mother had a single worry to battle the rest of the day: would her son adjust to school? The boy had been diagnosed with autism when he was only two. Until a little over a year ago, he did not speak. He would rarely communicate with others, or even respond to sounds. With therapy sessions, however, his condition has improved remarkably. Like all applicants likely to be granted admission to the school, he was subjected to a medical test. In his report, the examining doctor made a note of the boy’s condition and told the parents—to their annoyance—that he should be enrolled in a school for children with special needs. With the boy’s admission on hold, the parents tried to meet the principal but could not. The school did eventually admit him, though, after that delay. Even so, his mother was anxious about what teachers might make of his behaviour and was relieved to see him smile and wave as he got off the bus after his first day in school. There is a strengthening belief in the West that children with special needs are best put through regular schools. This is in keeping with the ideal of inclusive education, by which children are not segregated from the rest—to the extent possible—on account of alternate abilities. It helps such children understand and engage society at large, while ensuring that regular children accept those who are not like themselves. The broad principle also has its advocates in India. The Right to Education Act specifies that every child has the right to education in a neighbourhood school. The debate, however, is over what is good for the education and well being of the differently abled: a regular school or one meant especially for them. As you read this, the debate is being played out in the Bombay High Court. The case concerns the expulsion of a seven-year-old autistic child by Jamnabhai Narsee,

a school in Mumbai’s upmarket suburb of Juhu. According to the school authorities, the child, studying in class 2, has severe behavioural problems, cannot communicate with teachers, and that his continuing in school is detrimental to the education of his classmates and own self. The child’s parents argue otherwise. They appealed to the High Court and Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, which instituted a committee of experts to observe the child’s behaviour in school for a month. After watching the child for 11 days, the committee suggested in a report that the child be allowed the help of a shadow teacher in class, but the school’s lawyers insisted that the child be monitored for another 19 days. Some educationists say that while special children need to be educated in regular schools, the latter have so many students that they find it difficult to provide the one-on-one care that is often required for autistic children. In the words of MP Sharma, director, GD Somani School, Cuffe Parade, “We have to be careful that inclusion is not isolation. Special children can be in a mainstream school but so isolated that their lives are miserable.” While he supports having autistic children in regular schools, he says, “For special children to get the right education in mainstream schools, the schools need to have the wherewithal: the right staff, experienced counsellors and special educators. Many schools fall woefully short there.” A special educator who works with various schools in Mumbai says that many schools which do admit such students often reverse their decision at some point. He cites the example of an international school in a Western suburb of the city. When it opened around three years ago, it accepted all students, but later started asking parents of special children to withdraw them. The educator says that a two-anda-half-year-old boy he was treating for speech delay (the boy understands and follows instructions but finds it difficult to speak) was dismissed by a well-known school in the city. “According to the principal and [school] counsellor, the child should be enrolled in a special school. The parents did not pursue the matter since their elder son was a student of the same school. They got their special child admitted to

another mainstream school.” The special educator says that the outcome of the Jamnabai Narsee case will set the tone of the debate. “Whatever the decision, it will set a precedent for the right of a special child—or absence of it—to join a mainstream school.” In another part of Mumbai, a five-year-old with shiny black hair and bushy eyebrows stands atop a chair attempting to thread a string with beads of assorted colours; the boy’s instructor, a young development therapist in her twenties, admonishes him often for failing to follow her instructions and picking the wrong colour. In another corner of the room is another behavioural therapist asking an eightyear-old to solve a picture puzzle of a man ordering a meal at a restaurant; while the girl arranges the puzzle correctly, she is unable to explain what the man is doing. Both children are undergoing behavioural therapy sessions at New Horizons Child Development Centre (NHCDC), which helps children with special needs. Outside, the season’s heaviest downpour so far leaves drains and roads clogged. The parents of the two children stand under a roof nearby. When he was about three, the boy was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a disorder characterised by impulsiveness, inattentiveness and hyperactivity with traces of autism. During his preschool days, his teacher reported that he never interacted with others and had difficulty adjusting with classmates (for instance, he would push other children if he had to share a common toy). “We were [unsure whether] he would get along in a regular school,” says his chartered accountant father, “But his therapy sessions have proved helpful.” Earlier this year, the boy was admitted to a regular school in Goregaon, though the authorities did say that he must learn to mingle. While he still keeps to himself and rarely talks to strangers, he has made a few friends in the two months he has been in school. Dr Samir Dalwai, founder of NHCDC, is a development paediatrician. He says that it is essential for autistic and other such individuals to have regular lives in society. Figures for autism cases in India are not available, but studies in the US point to a rise in reported numbers. A 2008 study, conducted by the US government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found one in every 88 children autistic, glob-

ally. Says Dr Dalwai, “Children with special needs should be brought up with the support of three pillars: mainstream schools, intervention centers [for therapy] and parents.” The puzzle-solving girl, who has been under the doctor’s care since last year, is making progress he says. Earlier, her parents would find her notebooks empty even if she were seated in the front row of a class. Temperamental and aggressive, she would grit her teeth and clench her fists if confronted. Her teachers had warned that she would not be promoted (she’s in class 2) if her behaviour did not improve. Now she visits the centre twice a week and her teachers have noted signs of improvement. Many schools now have counsellors and special educators on board. Aditi Mehta, a special educator who started working with a school in Juhu about two months ago, says she and other teachers identified 60 children in the school’s primary section who needed extra attention. Of the 30 or so she has met so far, many have severe learning disabilities. “Every day when they are free, or after school, I sit with each of them and try to help them cope,” Mehta says. That is not easy. The five-yearold who had to be carried to class on his first day, for instance, finds the zip-and-hook mechanism of his school trousers hard to figure out (he’d always worn elastic-band pants). Since he does not speak up in class either, this means he goes home with his pants wet every other day. His class teacher says that he does not sit at his desk for long, a more pressing problem, to counter which they’ve allotted him a desk in a corner with a wall on one side and another student on the other. The boy not only has sessions with a speech and occupational therapist, his mother spends two hours every day tutoring him at home. With the elder brother sent out to play and no distractions allowed, she shows him pictures and cards to identify images. Initially, the photographs were of family. “I would hold one of myself and ask him to identify it,” she says, “And many times, he couldn’t.” The child has now moved to sentence construction. Recently, on a morning of heavy rain, the boy’s mother learnt while waiting for his bus with him that school had been called off. But the five-year-old refused to budge from the bus stand. “I want to go to school,” he insisted. (Source: Open Magzine)

Adolescent Girls

Why Adolescent Girls tudies have revealed that Adolescent girls are three times more likely to be victims of abuse as compared to boys. Young Adolescent Girls are at their most vulnerable at this stage as there is rapid physical, emotional and intellectual growth and a slow transition from childhood to womanhood is slowly taking place. The rising trend of rapes, violence against women and rapid brutalization in Naga society has proven that Adolescent girls need to be equipped with proper information in order to protect/guard/defend themselves AGC Summer Camp The State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW) along with its nodal agency, the Nagaland State Social Welfare Board (NSSWB) recently organised a Summer Camp for the Adolescent Girls’ Club (AGC). It may be noted that the AGC is the brainchild of the NSSWB and came into inception in 2008. Young girls between the ages of 12-17 year old from several schools participated in the Camp. Amongst various other activities, a time of interaction was opened daily, where the adolescent girls were encouraged to share their experiences, whether good or bad, with their peers. The girls were also encouraged to come forward for one to one counselling if they so desired. During this time, the SRCW team who were privileged to speak to the girls discovered the pain, insecurity and fears behind the happy faces of many of the adolescents. To protect the privacy of the girls concerned, detailed information will not be elaborated. Suffice to say, many of the girls have experienced or are experiencing sexual abuse and molestation or know a friend who has. Most of the culprits are either people known to them or are adults whom they meet on a daily basis. Most of these girls keep their plight to themselves due to embarrassment, shame and self-recriminations. Studies reveal that victims of abuse often blame themselves and believe that they have done something to deserve the unwanted attentions. They are also subjected to threats from the abuser. In the event where the abuser is a trusted person known to the parents, the victim hesitates even more as she believes that no one will believe her story. It was also a wakeup call to realise that a lot of the girls were painfully naive about the physical changes in their body as they go through puberty. Some of the girls were relieved to know that they are not “abnormal”, as some of them put it. SRCW Suggestions to safeguard our Adolescent Girls

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There is no singular ready solution for the predicament/s that adolescent girls are faced with. Under no condition does the SRCW claim to be an authority on this subject. However, in view of experiences shared over the years, the following may be viewed as suggestions/recommendations to prevent the exploitation of young girls and to ensure their health and happiness: * Parents/elders of adolescent girls are urged to take a more active role in the lives of their daughters. Observe her behaviour and see whether she is exhibiting any odd or unusual behaviour. There might be something that she is too embarrassed, scared or confused to reveal. Don’t force her to confess but do let her know that she is loved and that she has someone she can trust, in you. * Adolescent girls open up to parents who spend quality time with them * The ignorance of many of the girls about the changes in their bodies and the needless fears they go through reiterates the need for schools to incorporate sex education as a mandatory part of the school curriculum. * Adolescents today struggle with stress, depression, cutting, etc., which were non-existent in the past. Schools must have trained counsellors whom young girls and boys too, can turn to in the event of any unpleasant situation. Another argument for this requirement is because a lot of our adolescents do not have the much needed support system at home. * Girls must know their rights; that no o n e has the right to touch them in a way that m a k e s them feel uncomfortablee v e n if the person may be a teacher, trusted family friend, respected person in the community. * Many Adolescent girls ex-

periences low self-esteem at this awkward stage. Adults should strive to foster caring relationships with them which will promote healthy emotional development. This will also aid in their intellectual and physical development and also ensure that they form positive relationships with others. * Give them guidance, support and as per their area of interests/ talent, steer them towards an ambition in life. This will help them to tackle peer pressure and avoid bad habits better as it keeps them focussed in achieving the goal. * Most adolescent girls are more likely to confide to a peer rather than an adult. Adolescent girls must be encouraged to help a friend, who is in an unsafe environment by convincing them to speak to a trusted adult. Let’s come together to protect our Adolescent Girls. In doing so, we protect our society and its conscience. Contact details Address: State Resource Centre for Women Nagaland State Social Welfare Board Below DIPR Office P.O.Box 229 Kohima 797001 Nagaland Tel: 0370-2270310 Mob: 8415903266. Email: nld.srcw@gmail.com

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ne of the most important rules of column-writing drilled into my head when I was a young, impressionable journalist was that no piece should ever start with the word “I”. I don’t want to sound all pompous or immodest. In fact, you will struggle to find a more modest columnist. But in my brief cubicle life I’ve had the opportunity to work in a variety of workplaces. Namely: automotive parts factory, B2B (business-to-business) supply chain dotcom, management consultancy, TOEFL coaching centre, ceiling fan manufacturer, youth magazine, sitting at home and typing, and, finally, the exciting newsroom of India’s finest financial publication. Each of those industries, of course, are very different with tremendously dissimilar workplaces, office cultures, cubicle equipment and job descriptions.Yet, each time I moved to a new job I’d have the exact same parting conversations with colleagues at my old one. First of all, without fail, they’d say how fortunate I was. “Boss, you are lucky yaar. You are escaping from this horrible place.” Every. Single. Time. Not once has anyone asked me to stay back because the new job sounded inferior in comparison. It was as if the only thing on people’s minds as soon as they got into company…was to figure how to get out. Sure there was the odd boss or HR manager who’d try to cut some supremely amorphous “deal” to get me to reconsider: But in general, my colleagues sent me off like prisoners sending off a freed inmate. There was jubilant chanting in unison and clanging of mugs. They wished me many things at my new workplace. Better pay of course. Better hours no doubt. Many times they wished me better work and a better boss. Also, they always wished me better “office culture”. And what did I see on day one at the new place? A whole bunch of guys hating their own “office culture”. “You used to have high-speed In-

ternet?! Why would you leave such a ottoman harem of digital delights and join this North Korean gulag of firewalls and Lotus Notes?” The truth is obvious. Suckiness seems to be the immutable nature of “office cultures”. In all my life, I’ve perhaps met one person who has spent five years or more in a single company at a “middle management or above” level, is exposed to its workings at a very high level, and continues to love it madly, deeply, etc. This chap works for one of India’s largest IT companies and utterly adores the place. At every level: the company as a whole, his team in isolation, and his own profile. He likes everything from the board of governors down to the way they handled his expense reports and reimbursements. Mind you, this is a massive company. I’d never seen this kind of topdown admiration in a manager before. But he is an aberration. Otherwise “office culture” seems to be something you just can’t help but hate. You may be bowled over when you first join a new firm. Or you may be one of those grizzled veterans who try and ignore things like culture. But a time will come, it seems, when the culture will drive you up the wall and you’re soon dissing it like everybody else. ge in? What possible highs and lows can that job involve? Earlier this week the UK’s Guardian paper had a story online titled Revealed: the backstabbing office politics of the BBC weathermen. It said: “Former BBC weatherman Bill Giles is writing a book, You Have Wives? with former editor of BBC Weather John Teather, which reveals the hitherto unseen rivalries that went on behind the map. Backstabbing, betrayal and intrigue feature heavily, and it sometimes reads like a Jackie Collins novel.” If meteorologists can’t point at things in peace what hope is there for the rest of us. None at all. We are all cursed with lives of professional discontent, watching on longingly as our colleagues move on to greener pastures.

Why are we litterbugs?

ingapore became an independent country in 1965, about 20 years after India. In a few decades, it went from a being a Third World country to a developed first-world country. The architect of this transformation was Lee Kuan Yew, who served as its PM from its birth in 1965 to 1990. This is all the more remarkable because Singapore has no natural resources to speak of, and has to depend on neighbouring Malaysia even for drinking water (while in India, even neighbouring States cannot reach an amicable settlement on sharing river waters). Today, the country has the third highest per capita income in the world (higher than the U.S., Japan, and countries of western Europe), and boasts of having the world’s number one airline. Singapore is not some small homogeneous country. It has people of diverse religions, languages, races, and culture living together in peace: Chinese, Malays, and Indians; Hindus, Muslims, and Christians. Mainly because LKY realised the importance of maintaining religious tolerance and racial harmony, and was ready to use the law to counter any threat that might incite ethnic and religious violence. When LKY visited New Delhi in the 1960s, he saw that the two places were quite similar in terms of (lack of) cleanliness and litter. He realised that people are inherently dirty, and you need draconian laws if you want to keep a place clean. That is why throwing waste paper or plastic anywhere in Singapore will attract a fine of $200, no arguments. Chewing gum is banned; in fact even sale is punishable. That is the price you have to pay if you want a clean place, which I am sure most Indians want. And litter and open garbage is the underlying reason for stray dog menace in India; there are no stray dogs in Singapore, or any developed country for that matter (and in Kerala in India). On a recent trip to Singapore, our guide told us that there is a local place where, for a fee, you can go in and litter to your heart’s content, get your litter fix so to speak! And it is quite popular among Singaporeans. Contrast this with India. People chew paan and all the time, spit the “cud” in the most unhealthy manner, throw gutka wrappers everywhere — in short, make the surroundings intolerably dirty. There is not a single tourist spot that I have gone to which is not dirty with plastic non-biodegradable litter, notwithstanding the ad campaign by Aamir Khan. And despite there being laws against it, or explicit signs asking people not to litter. Before you think that this is the work of illiterates, let me assure you that the literate ones are the worst offenders. I was recently visiting the Qutub Minar complex in Delhi. Three college students — one girl and two boys — casually flung an empty plastic water bottle against a wall inside. Watching this with my young daughter, I told them: “Can’t you read the signs saying that what you are doing is prohibited? Is this the example that you want to set for youngsters?” Their response: “Who are you to tell us the rules?” And they made no attempt to pick up the bottle. In the same trip to Singapore, I also stopped on at the beautiful Andaman and Nicobar islands. Plastic is completely banned here because it is fatal to the ecologically sensitive coral reefs. And the ban is followed religiously on the main islands. Anything you buy is given in biodegradable bags. Despite the ban, one of the popular side islands has lot of beach kiosks that serve tea in small plastic cups. But there are lots of dustbins to throw the used cups. I saw a young couple, wearing designer clothes, finishing their tea and throwing the plastic cups on the open beach. When the nearest dustbin was just 10 feet away. I am sure the same people would find a dustbin in Singapore because the fine for littering there is so huge. I have a simple solution to all this. First, you catch the offenders using CCTV cameras. Then, instead of a fine, the punishment is to pick up the trash and clean up the place. And this exercise should be taped and displayed prominently, in the form of photographs or video, so that future offenders are deterred. It is amazing how the shame and embarrassment of being seen like this works as a deterrent. That is why the punishment for many petty crimes in the U.S. is so many hours of community service, including removing trash thrown on the highway. I know, deep down, most Indians are honest law-abiding citizens. Because I see the same people, who litter like fearless tigers in India, become meek pussycats when they go to Singapore. I think that they are emboldened to break laws here because they see their political leaders breaking all laws with impunity, being corrupt with no fear of retribution. Political corruption is present everywhere, including in Singapore. LKY addressed this by instituting the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, and giving it immense power to conduct arrests, call witnesses, investigate the bank accounts and incometax returns of suspected persons and their families, and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. India would do well to have such an institution, instead of the toothless CBI. (Source: The Hindu)

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Anti-India protests erupt in Kashmir “the situation is serious and our priority is not to allow the situation to escalate. We are trying to enforce the curfew strictly”

SRINAGAR, AuGuSt 9 (AP): Indian forces imposed an indefinite curfew Friday in a town in the Indian portion of Kashmir after firing tear gas and warning shots to disperse groups of Muslims and Hindus who clashed during Eid celebrations, police said. The army began enforcing the curfew as rival groups attacked each other with stones and sticks, and burned several shops and vehicles in Kishtwar, a town 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Srinagar, the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Several people were hurt in the clashes, said one police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters. The trouble erupted after Hindus objected to Muslims shouting raising pro-independence slogans on the Eid alFitr holiday, which caps the fasting month of Ramadan. State Home Minister Sajad Ahmed Kitchloo, who is from the area, escaped unhurt when his motorcade was attacked with stones by the clashing groups. The state directorgeneral of police, Ashok Prasad, said “the situation is serious and our priority is not to allow the situation to escalate.... We are trying to enforce the curfew

strictly.” Anti-India feelings run deep in Kashmir, where about a dozen rebel groups have been fighting against Indian rule since 1989. More than 65,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed. The rebel groups have largely been suppressed by Indian troops in recent years, and resistance is now principally expressed through street protests. Indian forces also used tear gas and pellet guns to quell thousands of stonethrowing protesters who took to the streets after the special Eid prayers in Srinagar. Dozens of protesters, police and paramilitary officers were injured in the clashes, another police officer said. The protesters chanted “We Want Freedom,” and “Down with India” as they marched through the streets of Srinagar. The injured included 19 police and paramilitary soldiers, said Kishore Prasad, a spokesman for the Central Reserve Police force. Several separatist leaders were put under house arrest on Thursday night to stop them from leading the protests ahead of the holiday, and shops and businesses were closed in the region. Kashmir is divided between India and Paki-

After Durga’s case, govt may change rules for IAS suspension

New delhI, AuGuSt 9 (PtI): In the backdrop of the controversial suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal, the Centre is considering amending rules to ensure an IAS officer is not suspended or transferred due to vested interest. The department of personnel and training (DoPT) — which acts as nodal body for administrative matters related to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) — may revisit rules that outlines procedure for disciplinary action against an officer of the service. “We are considering to make changes the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969 to ensure that an officer of such services is not suspended due to political vendetta or any other vested interest. The move is aimed at ensuring hassle-free working of the officers,” a senior DoPT official said. He said that no decision has been taken as of now on how to go about it. If changes in rules are made applicable, they will also have bearing on two other All India Services — Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) — besides IAS. “The Centre will seek opinions from concerned cadre controlling authorities like ministry of home affairs (for IPS) and ministry of environment and forests (for IFoS) before going ahead with the change in rules. The matter is under discussion within DoPT,” the official said. The move comes in the backdrop of suspension of Nagpal, a 2010 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, who had taken o sand mining mafia active in Gautam Budh Nagar district of the state. The 28-year-old officer was suspended ostensibly for ordering demolition of a wall of an under-construction mosque without following the due process. Political parties including BJP and BSP, besides central and IAS associations of various states have demanded immediate reinstatement of Nagpal. The over 4,700-member IAS Officers’ Association has recently also suggested changes in rules including prior sanction of the Centre before any officer of the service is suspended by a state government among others. “Revisit all rules regarding All India Services, in particular ‘All India Services (Disciplinary and Appeals Rules, 1969, wherein a provision for seeking prior approval of central government should be made before suspending any IAS officer working under control of state governments,” the association’s secretary Sanjay R Bhoos Reddy had told PTI.

Delhi faces LeT threat, security stepped up

New delhI, AuGuSt 9 (AGeNcIeS): Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) founder and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has reportedly called for an attack on a famous monument in the national capital. According to reports, the security has been stepped up in the city following the threat. Reports said that the Intelligence Bureau has warned the Delhi Police about the possible threat, following which security situation has been reviewed across the national capital. This comes after Saeed on Friday morning led Eid-ulFitr prayers in Lahore. According to Wall Street Journal, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief was slated to address a huge gathering at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The event was advertised on several posters across the Pakistani city. This comes amidst escalating tension between India and Pakistan over the killing of five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir. India has blamed specialist group of the Pakistan Army for the attack, and has demanded action in a strong message to the neighbour. Meanwhile, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed “sadness” over the loss of human lives and made it clear to his officials that it was “incumbent upon the leadership of both sides not to allow the situation to drift and to take steps to improve the atmosphere by engaging constructively with a view to building trust and confidence”. He went on to add that it was “imperative” for both sides to “take effective steps to ensure and restore the ceasefire on the Line of Control”. Military-tomilitary channels should be more “optimally utilized to prevent misunderstandings and not allowing the situation to escalate”.

BJP leaders talk to PM, Kashmir CM on Kishtwar clashes

New delhI, AuGuSt 9 (IANS): The BJP sought immediate action and central intervention in tackling the communal violence that broke out in Kishtwar town of Jammu region Friday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Friday called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while Lok Sabha leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj urged Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to take action. Rajnath Singh, in a comment on Twitter, said he raised the issue with the prime minister and was assured the situation would be brought under control soon. “Had a telephonic conversation with the PM Dr. Manmohan Singh regarding outbreak of violent clashes in Kishtwar district of Jammu region. The PM assured me that the situation would be quickly brought under control as Indian paramilitary soldiers run for cover from bricks and stones thrown by Kashmiri protesters during their clash in the army has been called Srinagar, India on Aug. 9. Indian forces used tear gas and pellet guns to quell thousands of stone-throwing protesters out in Kishtwar (sic),” who took to the streets after special Eid prayers on Friday in the Indian portion of Kashmir. (AP Photo) tweeted the BJP president. “I have checked on Kishtstan. They have fought two they won independence Indian portion of Kashmir state in a predominantly war. Many injured. Houses and shops burnt. Please do wars over its control since from Britain in 1947. The is the only Muslim majority Hindu country.

something immediately,” Swaraj told Abdullah via Twitter. In his reply, Abdullah said: “Injuries and damage on both sides. Situation is being brought under control. Adequate forces sent.” “I am not referring to any side. Everyone injured there is a Hindustani,” Sushma Swaraj said in reply. Abdullah added: “But the lies on mutilations in Kishtwar are designed to inflame passions and polarise people.” He also asked Sushma Swaraj to talk to the Northern Army commander or the director general of police in Kishtwar. The BJP leader later said she had a telephonic conversation with Abdullah. Curfew was imposed and the army was called out in Kishtwar following clashes between people of two communities that left at least 15 injured. According to reports, some people attacked another group raising pro-independence slogans after Eid prayers in Kuleed area of Kishtwar town.

cheNNAI, AuGuSt 9 (PtI): Noting that social tensions of unbalanced growth between Hindu scheduled castes and Christian converts have only “aggravated” over time, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Friday said the Centre should treat scheduled caste Christians on par with Hindus, Sikhs or Buddhists and include them in the SC list. “The social tensions over the status of unbalanced growth between

the validity of para 3. Holding that the Order was not “carved on stone”, Jayalalithaa said it must be amended in tune with the socio-economic realities of modern day India.Referring to the Order that SCs means such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under article 341 to be “Scheduled Castes” for the purposes of the Constitution, she said it is apparent that the Constitution does not

confine the category of SCs to any select religion. By extending benefits of positive affirmation to a certain category of persons and to specific religions like Hinduism, Sikhism and excluding from its purview citizens of other religions is not only “ultra vires” of Art 341 but also “militates” against the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution to liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship to all its citizens, she said.

across the country. “Were they alive, they would have been spoken by 3% to 4% of Indians, that is around five crore people,” Devy said. The main reasons for the disappearance of these languages are a lack of recognition, displacement of communities, the absence of a livelihood option for speakers and stigma against what are considered ‘under-developed’ mother tongues, he said. “The absence of a policy on language conservation completed the process,” he added. The census of 1961 had recorded 1,652 languages in all, but taking into account the fact that variants of many languages had

found a place in this list, the number was later brought down to 1,100. In 1971, the census had listed only 108 languages due to the central government’s decision to document only those which had more than 10,000 speakers. All other languages were included in the ‘others’ section. The practice continues and many languages remain forgotten. The PLSI, however, hasn’t gone by the government norm; it listed all languages. A Marathi volume on languages in Maharashtra, called ‘Maharashtratil Bhasha’, put together by the institute, will be released in Pune on August 17. There are 49 more such volumes as part of the survey, which will be released in New Delhi on September 5.

Include SC Christians in quota list: Jaya Hindu scheduled castes and Christian converts have aggravated over time and a sense of alienation among the minority communities has further deepened. I wish to emphasize that the matter cannot brook any further delay,” Jayalalithaa said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Requesting Singh that the SC Christians be included in the list of Scheduled Castes annexed to the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, she

said to enable this, as recommended by the Ranganath Mishra Commission, para 3 of the Order must be deleted. Prompt action should now be taken by the government to initiate the necessary statutory steps to include all Scheduled Castes irrespective of religion within the ambit of the status of SCs listed in the Order, and bring in necessary legislation in the current session of Parliament, she noted.

Continuing to keep the benefits of reservation in public services “out of reach” of scheduled caste Christians because of the “restrictive definition” of scheduled caste found in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, is an “ongoing injustice” and must be ended “forthwith”, she urged. She wanted the Centre to file counter affidavits supporting the request of SC Christians, for early disposal of pending pleas in Supreme Court challenging MuMBAI, AuGuSt 9 (tNN): India has lost around 20% of its languages in the past five decades, a survey by the Vadodarabased Bhasha Research and Publication Centre has revealed. The country had 1,100 languages in 1961, but nearly 220 of them have disappeared, said Ganesh Devy, writer and lead co-ordinator of the survey called the People’s Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI). The survey was carried out over two years from 2011. “We have found 780 languages and must have missed about 100 or so. That makes it close to 880 languages. The rest have disappeared. It’s a sad loss,” said Devy. Most of the lost languages belonged to nomadic communities scattered

Cable TV operators banned India lost 220 languages in last from airing news in Darjeeling 50 years

dARjeelING, AuGuSt 9 (PtI): The Darjeeling district authorities on Friday ordered three local cable TV operators to stop airing news alleging they were favour of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and creating tension in the hills, prompting the Morcha president Bimala Gurung to term it as Taliban-style” gag. Official sources here said that the content of the news, heavily slanted towards the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, was creating tension in the hills. Reacting to the order, Bimal Gurung said it was “Taliban-style” and violated people’s democratic rights. “We will not be surprised if next mobile telephone services are stopped. We will continue our agitation and

will not enter into a dialogue with the West Bengal government,” Gurung said near Singmari. Gurung said that he was not going to Delhi at the moment and that efforts were being made to fix a meeting with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Meanwhile, the condition of GJM supporter Purba Sherpa (32), a physically challenged person, who attempted self immolation on Thursday, remained critical at the Darjeeling Sadar Hospital in Darjeeling. As the new Darjeeling district magistrate Punit Yadav is scheduled to take charge from today, no relaxation was given to the ongoing indefinite bandh on its seventh day on the oc-

casion of the Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday. Severe shortage of food stuff under the public distribution system was reported across the hill town and nearby areas as a result of the bandh, sources said. The bandh also affected vehicular traffic which was reported thin on the national highway 31 A, the sources said. Opposition parties in the hills like the CPRM, Gorkhaland Task Force and Gorkha Nirman Mukti were planning to join the stir, sources indicated. However, another promiment opposition force All India Gorkha League, whose president Madan Tamang was brutally killed by alleged GJM activists some years ago, has decided to organise separate agitation for a separate state.

New delhI/FIROZABAd, AuGuSt 9 (ANI): The holy fasting month of Ramazan came to an end on Friday, with Muslims celebrating the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr across the country. Mass prayers were held at mosques, and were followed by a warm exchange of greetings and embrace, and at the same time an expression of spreading messages of love and unity. At New Delhi’s Jama Masjid, thousands of devotees gathered to offer their prayers. Politicians and celebrities, besides people from other walks of life, wished the nation on the occasion of festival. Union minister of health and family welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain offered their prayers and wished everyone a very happy Eid. “We pray to Allah that our country should remain prosper-

ous and all religion should happily celebrate with each other. On this joyous occasion, I would like to wish all my brothers and sister a very happy Eid,” Ghulam Nabi Azad said. Shahnawaz Hussain said: “This is a day to forget all grievances and to celebrate. I would like to wish the entire nation a very happy Eid.” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wished everyone a very happy Eid and said: “May this festival bring peace, prosperity and happiness.” Vice President Hamid Ansari had in a message issued on Thursday said the celebration of the festival with both gaiety and piety reinforces the timeless message of universal brotherhood, love and compassion. Interacting with media in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Raj Babbar described the festival as an event of promoting love and compas-

sion among humans, and hoped the Almighty would bless everyone and bring happiness in their lives. Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi wrote on his Twitter page: “Eid Mubarak! May everyone in the country be blessed with happiness, peace, prosperity and good health.” Social activist and former senior IPS officer Kiran Bedi tweeted: “Very happy EID! May this be one of celebration and resolve to take the country forward. Respect all progressive forces which stood by Durga’s courage.” She was making a reference to all those who were supporting suspended Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Durga Shakti Nagpal. It maybe recalled that Nagpal has been under suspension since July 25 for taking on the sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar District.

Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated with prayers for peace

Indian Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers outside Eidgah in Hyderabad, India on Aug. 9. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo)

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Saturday 10 August 2013

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US orders diplomats out of Lahore People rush an injured man to a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan on Aug. 9. Gunmen opened fire on worshippers, killing at least six people and wounded 15 in an attack on a former provincial minister outside a mosque in southwest Pakistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo)

Gunmen kill nine in attack at a mosque

QuEttA, AuguSt 9 (REutERS): Gunmen in Pakistan fired on the vehicle of a politician driving past worshippers leaving a mosque on the Muslim holy day of Eid, killing nine people and injuring 27 in the western city of Quetta, police said. Quetta is the capital of eastern Baluchistan province, where several militant groups are active, including the Pakistani Tal-

iban, who claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 30 people at a policeman’s funeral on Thursday. The United States has warned citizens not to travel to Pakistan and has ordered the evacuation of non-essential staff from its consulate in the northeastern city of Lahore due to the threat of attack. Police official Bashir Brohi said Friday’s shooting

seemed to have been aimed at former provincial minister Ali Mohammad Jattack as his vehicle went by, but the motive and perpetrators were unclear. “The majority of the injured faithful were coming from the mosque,” said Brohi. “It was an armed attack on the former minister ... it was not an attack on the mosque.” The attack is the latest instance of spiraling militant violence since

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took office two months ago, with a string of high-profile attacks in the last two weeks. Sharif ’s government has not yet presented a security strategy, despite campaign promises to negotiate with militant groups. Security in the capital, Islamabad, was tightened in the run-up to Eid, which ends the Ramadan fasting month.

HARARE, AuguSt 9 (AP): Nelson Mandela, now in a hospital, quit after a single term as South African president. Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest head of state and the only president Zimbabwe has ever known, is still in charge after disputed elections last week. These two larger-than-life figures, who chose different paths once in power, represent competing styles and ideas that resonate beyond southern Africa. The question for any leader with the leverage of popular sentiment or the backing of security forces and other state institutions is: When is it time to quit? Mandela and Mugabe were among that generation of African decisionmakers whose reputations were forged in the struggle against colonialism or white minority rule. It was hard for many to let go of power, succumbing to the temptations of authoritarian control and its material spoils. The narratives of the two men ran in parallel but the stature of Mugabe, a former guerrilla and colossus of the liberation struggle in southern Africa, ebbed when Mandela walked out of a South African prison in 1990. The charismatic

Mandela, his legacy cemented by outreach to his former enemies, physically towered over Mugabe, a stiffer figure who had chosen an authoritarian path. The two were cordial but never close. Mugabe, who is 89 and in seemingly decent health, has led Zimbabwe for so long that his defiant persona is embedded in the national identity of a country that has suffered economic turmoil, Western sanctions, periodic spasms of violence and periodic mass emigration to neighboring South Africa. He dismisses allegations by the demoralized opposition of vote-rigging in the July 31 election, and is gearing up for his seventh term as president. He made black empowerment the bedrock of his election campaign, promising to take over the remaining 1,138 foreign and white-owned businesses in Zimbabwe. In a rare television interview this year, Mugabe criticized Mandela for being too soft on South Africa’s white minority after the end of apartheid. Mandela did not want to scare off investment by alienating the country’s former masters, who dominated the economy. Today,

South Africa still struggles with economic inequality, though it avoided the economic freefall that played out in Zimbabwe. The former South African president had “gone a bit far in doing good to nonblack communities” at the expense of blacks, Mugabe told the South African Broadcasting Corp. “That is being too saintly, too good, too much of a saint,” said Mugabe, whose ZANU-PF party in earlier years had traditionally supported South Africa’s Pan Africanist Congress, the second liberation movement after Mandela’s more broadbased African National Congress. Since 2000, the often violent seizures of thousands of white-owned commercial farms by Mugabe loyalists disrupted Zimbabwe’s agriculture-based economy. After the farm seizures, Mugabe’s party demanded that companies not already owned by blacks yield 51 percent of assets and control. Zimbabwe, a former breadbasket, now relies on food imports. Mandela, who turned 95 last month, stepped down in 1999 after a single five-year presidential term, during which he preached

reconciliation. The decision not to seek a second term, a disappointment to his followers, fit with his insistence that leadership was a collective effort, not an individual one. It could also be seen as a message to other continental leaders who had opted to stay put. Mugabe, in power since Zimbabwe won independence in 1980, has outfoxed his opponents time and again. Mandela, who was admitted to a hospital two months ago for a lung infection and is critically ill, seemed to tire of daily politics while in the presidency and had a light touch in his last years in power. On visits to Zimbabwe, Mandela’s easy-going style as president contrasted with Mugabe’s austere manner and curt attitude toward the media. At one news conference, Mugabe sat bunched up and illat-ease at the far end of a couch from a relaxed Mandela, who fielded one last question in an airport VIP lounge but said his answer would be too long. “Come and visit me at home, buy me a rum and I’ll tell you everything,” Mandela quipped. Lifelong teetotaler Mugabe remained expressionless.

Mandela chose to quit, while Mugabe stays put

‘Camel may be MERS virus host’

PARIS, AuguSt 9 (AFP): Researchers on Friday pointed to the Arabian camel as a possible host of the deadly human MERS virus plaguing the Middle East. The exact origins of the virus is a riddle scientists have been working hard to solve in a bid to halt its spread, especially in the lead-up to the annual hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in October. Now an international team says blood tests were positive for antibodies in camels from Oman, meaning they had at some point been infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), or a closely-related virus. The findings suggest that Arabian or dromedary camels “may be one reservoir of the virus that is causing MERS in humans,” said a statement that accompanied the study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. MERS has killed 46 of the 94 people confirmed infected since September last year, according to the World Health Organisation. Concerns about the virus, for which there is no vaccine, have led Saudi Arabia to restrict visas for the 2013 hajj, which sees millions of Muslims flock to the holy sites of Mecca and Medina every year. Scientists had long suspected that like its cousin virus SARS, which killed hundreds of people in Asia 10 years

ago, MERS may originate in bats. It is unlikely, however, that these shy, nocturnal creatures are passing the virus on to humans, and the involvement of an intermediary “reservoir” animal is suspected -- with anecdotal evidence of patients having been in contact with camels or goats. The virus is not very adept at jumping from person to person, though there have been isolated cases. For the study, the team took blood from 50 camels from across Oman and another 105 in the Canary Islands, as well as llamas, alpacas, Bactrian camels, cattle, goats and sheep from the Netherlands, Chile and Spain. They found MERS-like antibodies in all of the Omani camels and lower levels in 15 of those from the Canary Islands. “What it means is that these camels some time ago have come across a virus that is very similar to MERS-CoV,” the paper’s senior author Marion Koopmans of the Netherlands’ National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, told AFP. According to the study, the Oman samples came from various locations in the country, “suggesting that MERS-CoV, or a very similar virus, is circulating widely in dromedary camels in the region.” But the team could not say when the animals had been exposed, or whether it was the exact same vi-

ISLAMABAD, AuguSt 9 (AP): The State Department has warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan and evacuated nonessential government personnel from the country’s second largest city because of a specific threat to the consulate there, a U.S. official said Friday. The move was not related to the threat of an alQaida attack that prompted Washington to close temporarily 19 diplomatic posts in the Middle East and Africa. According to U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Meghan Gregonis, the U.S. is shifting its nonessential staff from the consulate in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore to the capital, Islamabad. Emergency personnel will stay in Lahore, and embassy officials do not know when the consulate will reopen, she said. “We received information regarding a threat to the consulate,” said Grego-

nis. “As a precautionary measure, we are undertaking a drawdown of all except emergency personnel.” The consulate in Lahore was already scheduled to be closed for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr from Thursday through Sunday. The personnel drawdown at the Lahore consulate was precautionary and wasn’t related to the recent closures of numerous U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world, said two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the order. Earlier this week, 19 U.S. diplomatic outposts in 16 countries in the Middle East and Africa were closed to the public through Saturday and nonessential personnel were evacuated from the U.S. Embassy in Yemen after U.S. intelligence officials said they had intercepted a recent message from al-Qaida’s

KOHIMA

NO.NPSC/C-5/2012

Dated Kohima, the 9thAugust,2013

NOTIFICATION In pursuance to the Nagaland Public Service Commission Advertisement No.3/2012-13 dt. 14.11.2012, addendums dated 13.12.2012, 05.03.2013, 20.03.2013, 20.04.2013 & 19.06.2013 the Commission conducted Written Examinations and Viva-voce for CTE-2012. On the basis of marks obtained in the Written Examination and Viva-voce, the Commission is pleased to declare the result of successful candidates in order of merit for the following post(s) under the Government of Nagaland. I. 20(Twenty) Posts of Medical Officer (Cl-I Gazetted), under Health & Family Welfare Department. Rank

Name

Roll No

Remarks

TOINOLI CHISHI

1209

3rd

ATO TUNYI

1164

Chakhesang

1st

SEYIEKHRIETUO RUTSA

1035

2nd

KEMHIENEINUO LINYÜ

1070

Rank

3rd

L. WOBEMO LOTHA

1038

1st

4th

SENILO MAGH

1109

2nd

LANSOTHUNG LOTHA

2007

CHEYALE KATH

1074

3rd

FLORENCE T. SANGTAM

1879

6th

MANWEN KONYAK

1027

7th

KITAKA SUKHATO WOTSA

1009

8th

MHALEVILIE

1034

9th

ZULUTENLA JAMIR

1080

RONITHUNG OVUNG

1098 1063

Name PEZANEINUO CHIELIE

Roll No

Remarks

1886 Sangtam

IX. 2(Two) Posts of Statistical Officer (Cl-II Gazetted), under Economics & Statistics Department. Rank

Name

Roll No

1st

HOLIVI CHOPHI

2077

2nd

HOLIKHUM SANGTAM

2100

Remarks Sangtam

X. 1(One) Post of Junior Engineer (Mechanical) (Cl-II Gazetted), under Works & Housing Department.

E. CHUMDEMO KIKON

12th

TIAKUMZUK SANGTAM

1072

13th

TEMJENSUNEP

1085

14th

CHENJEI KONYAK

1086

Konyak

VEKHOLU VENYO

1075

Chakhesang

XI. 1(One) Post of Junior Engineer (Drilling) (Cl-II Gazetted), under Geology & Mining.

16th

AVILA SANGTAM

1112

Sangtam

Rank

17th

RUOKUOVINUO RACHEL

1111

Chakhesang

18th

PONWANG KONYAK

1033

Konyak

19th

ZHUVITSII

1043

Pochury

20th

H. BAUNGAN

1010

Phom

Rank 1st

1st

Name AKUMINLA OZUKUM

Name

Roll No

CHUMDEMO SHITIRI

XII. 14(Fourteen) Posts of Junior Engineer (Civil) (Cl-II Gazetted), under Works & Housing Department. Rank 1st

Name ALEXANDER RHI

Roll No

NARISEN Y. JAMI

1411

3rd

AHUTO SEMA

1355

4th

MEYECHUBA AIER

1490

5th

LANUTEMJEN M.

1481

6th

BENDANGMENLA

1419

7th

Y. VANTAN KONYAK

1448

1st

THUNGJAMO NGULLIE

Remarks

1047

III. 6(Six) Posts of Junior Dental Surgeon (Cl-I Gazetted), under Health & Family Welfare Department. Rank

Name

Roll No

KETOUKHRIEII METHA

1138

2nd

SENTIRENLA R. JAMIR

1136

Remarks

NEIPHREZO SORUNUO

1158

4th

WEKHROÜ MERO

1148

5th

MEWE-U MERO

1153

Chakhesang

6th

BONGAU PHOM

1137

Phom

Name

Roll No

Remarks

KHRISAMHAZO RHETSO

1257

2nd

AUTO V.

1238

3rd

TOSHIWATI

1212

ROKHU SAVIO KROCHA

1247

Chakhesang

5th

LANGNYEI L. PHOM

1242

Phom

Rank 1st

Name RONGBEN SANGLIR

Roll No

KEHUZINBE HAU

1415

Zeliang

9th

HUVETA TETSEO

1427

Chakhesang

10th

TOVIKA H. YEPTHOMI

1538

Diploma

11th

SUPONGLEMBA JAMIR

1555

Diploma

12th

OBEKA KIHO

1583

Diploma

H. BAUKAM PHOM

1592

Diploma

14th

RUOPFUKHRIELIE RHI

1374

Chakhesang

XIII. 5(Five) Posts of Junior Engineer (Irrigation) (Cl-II Gazetted), under Irrigation & Flood Control Department. Rank 1st

V. 11(Eleven) Posts of Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) (Cl-I Gazetted), under Works & Housing Department. Remarks

1422

Konyak

3rd

Remarks

1423

Rank

Roll No

Remarks

1648

2nd

Name

Remarks

1689

II. 1(One) Post of Assistant Surgeon (Cl-I Gazetted), under Home Department, Police Establishment Branch.

Name CHANDEMO TUNGOE

Roll No

Remarks

1416

2nd

RUOKUOBEINUO MERE

1472

3rd

PHUTHEGUO KHAWAKHRIE

1334

4th

POTSHÜSIE NYUTHE

1431

Pochury

ROBENSON JAMES

1566

Diploma

XIV. 1(One) Post of Junior Engineer (Electrical) (Cl-II Gazetted), under New & Renewable Energy Department.

KATOHOLI V. ACHUMI

1392

3rd

MUZIVOYI RINGA

1395

4th

AKUMYANGER

1409

5th

MOARENLA SANGLIR

1406

XV. 1(One) Post of Inspector of Statistics (Cl-III Non-Gazetted), under Economics & Statistics Department.

6th

MARY ESTHER THYÜG

1302

Rank

7th

KELHOUSITHIE VIZO

1288

1st

Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, the UK and Tunisia. All people who had fallen ill outside the Arabian peninsula had either visited one of the Middle Eastern countries or had been infected by a person thought to have come from there. “This looks like the big break that public health workers needed in the fight against the spread of MERS,” University of Reading microbiologist Benjamin Neuman said of the study. “This is the first hard evidence that camels may be the missing link in the chain of transmission.”

2nd

VIII. 3(Three) Posts of Forest Ranger (Cl-II Gazetted), under Forest Department.

Rank

rus. “For that, studies are needed that collect the right samples from camels while they are infected,” said Koopmans. Other animals from the Middle East, like goats, must also be tested. Dromedary camels are popular animals in the Middle East and North Africa, used for transport, meat and milk, as well as racing. There are an estimated 13 million of them in the world today -- all but a few domesticated. A respiratory virus that causes fever and pneumonia, MERS has claimed lives in Jordan, Qatar, the United

tal of southwest Baluchistan province, said police officer Bashir Ahmad Barohi. The lawmaker escaped unharmed. A day earlier, a Taliban suicide bomber killed 30 people at a police funeral in Quetta. Pakistan’s major cities, including Lahore, have also experienced periodic attacks. A powerful bomb exploded at a busy market street in Lahore in early July, killing at least four people and wounding nearly 50. Lahore is considered Pakistan’s cultural capital and has a population of at least 10 million people. A CIA contractor shot to death two Pakistanis in Lahore in January 2011 who he said were trying to rob him. The incident severely damaged relations between Pakistan and the U.S. The contractor, Raymond Davis, was released by Pakistan in March 2011 after the families of the victims were paid over $2 million.

NAGALAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

IV. 5(Five) Posts of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (Cl-I Gazetted), under Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department.

In this photo taken on May 31, camels sit down during a weekly camel market in Birqash, Egypt. Scientists have found a clue that suggests camels may be involved in infecting people in the Middle East with the MERS virus. In a preliminary study published on Aug. 9, European scientists found traces of antibodies against the MERS virus in dromedary, or onehumped, camels, but not the virus itself. (AP Photo)

top leader about plans for a major terror attack. None of the consulates in Pakistan or the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad were affected by the earlier closures. On Thursday, the State Department issued a travel warning saying the presence of several foreign and indigenous terrorist groups posed a potential danger to U.S. citizens throughout Pakistan. The country has faced a bloody insurgency by the Pakistani Taliban and their allies in recent years that has killed over 40,000 civilians and security personnel, and is also believed to be home base for al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Most of the militant attacks have been in the northwest and southwest along the border with Afghanistan. Gunmen killed six people and wounded 15 others Friday in an attack on a former lawmaker outside a mosque in Quetta, the capi-

Rank 1st

8th

NEILO KEVIE

1278

Chakhesang

9th

KHRISA

1404

Pochury

10th

MANJONG YONGTAHU

1387

Konyak

11th

ASEMBE MBUNGCHA

1307

Zeliang

Name IMLIAKUM

Name IMLIBENLA JAMIR

Roll No

Remarks

1779

Roll No

Remarks

2062

XVI. 4(Four) Posts of Overseer (SO) (Cl-III Non-Gazetted), under Rural Development Department. Rank

Name

Roll No

Remarks

1st

CHUBAONEN AIER

1489

VI. 2(Two) Posts of Assistant Mechanical Engineer (Cl-I Gazetted), under Works & Housing Department.

2nd

VINOTO K. KIHO

1379

Rank

3rd

CHUNKAMBO RENTTA

1429

Zeliang

4th

SUPONGCHITEN LONGKUMER

1557

Diploma

Name

Roll No

1st

S. IMSAPANG IMSONG

1647

2nd

MOIJUM KONYAK L.

1741

Remarks Konyak

VII. 3(Three) Posts of Physiotherapist (Cl-II Gazetted), under Health & Family Welfare Department. Rank 1st

Name ROVI TACHII

Roll No 1168

Remarks

XVII. 2(Two) Posts of Extension Officer (Cl-III Non-Gazetted), under Sericulture Department. Rank

Name

Roll No

1st

MENGUTUOLIE PIENYÜ

2229

2nd

MAYANGJALA WALLING

2228

Remarks

Note: • In compliance to Court’s directive issued vide WP(C)NO.127(K)12 dated 10.07.2013, 1(One) post of Project Officer (Item No.15) notified vide addendum dated 19.06.2013 under New & Renewable Energy Department has been stayed. • Any selected candidate intending not to accept the post for which he/she is selected may submit a Non-Acceptance Letter within 10(ten) days from the date of issue of this notification. • Due to non-availability of BT candidates, some BT reserved posts have been offered to other BT candidates. Sd/- SARAH R. RITSE Secretary, Nagaland Public Service Commission, Kohima

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SPORTS

Saturday 10 August 2013

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Pacquiao: My comeback starts in fight with Rios

England's captain Alastair Cook plays a shot off a ball bowled by Australia's Jackson Bird during the first day of the fourth Ashes series cricket match at the Riverside cricket ground, Chester-le-Street, England, Friday Aug. 9. (AP Photo)

Australia seizes initiative in 4th test

BEVERLY HILLS, AuguSt 9 (AP): Manny Pacquiao will be coming off the longest layoff of his incredible career when he steps back into the ring in Macau in November. It'll also be two years since the former pound-for-pound champion's last victory. There's no reason to worry about any of those ominous signs, according to the genial Filipino congressman. His bout with Brandon Rios will just be the start of his comeback, not a retirement party. "I want to prove that I can still fight, and my boxing career is not done yet," Pacquiao said Thursday in a ballroom jam-packed with international media at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KOs) was his usual serene, joking self in his last public appearance in North America before heading back to the Philippines, where he'll start training camp in October. Pacquiao is training with Freddie Roach for only six weeks, not the usual eight, because Roach doesn't want to burn out his fighter. And for the first time in the 34-year-old Pacquiao's career, that's a legitimate concern. The eight-division champion is coming off losses to Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez, followed by roughly 11 months of inactivity. "I have confidence in my ability," Pacquiao said. "If you really look at my last fight, my conditioning, my killer

instinct was still there. Everything was happening until that punch." Indeed, while Pacquiao's loss to Bradley has been widely lampooned as a poor judging decision, his one-punch knockout loss to Marquez was much more persuasive. Seeing Pacquiao facedown and motionless on the Las Vegas canvas was sobering, but Roach remains publicly confident Marquez's devastating punch is a hazard of their profession. "Manny is a realist," Roach said. "If you don't think you can get knocked out in this sport, you picked the wrong sport. He knows it can happen. It happened twice before I met Manny Pacquiao. He showed me those tapes. He wasn't embarrassed by it. He knows it's part of life in boxing. That's why he deals with it so well. It doesn't bother him." Although Pacquiao is unshakably confident, Roach acknowledges he'll have to discuss retirement with Pacquiao if the brawling Rios (31-1-1, 22 KOs) pulls an upset at the Venetian casino, the world's newest boxing hotbed after a series of fight cards in its arena this year. "I'll even go so far as to say if I see flaws in training camp, I'll tell Manny, 'It's over,'" Roach said. "The thing is, until we get there, we really don't know. We can't really guess. If he doesn't respond to training camp, my No. 1 priority is to take care of my fighter, no matter what."

CHEStER-LE-StREEt, AuguSt 9 (AP): Alastair Cook departed for a painstaking 51 as Australia seized the initiative in the fourth Ashes test Friday, reducing England to 155-4 by tea on the opening day. Jonathan Trott (49) and Kevin Pietersen (26) were the other wickets to fall after lunch, both removed by offspinner Nathan Lyon after helping up the run-rate following a stodgy morning session. Captain Cook was far more circumspect as he ground his way to a 32nd test half-century off 153 balls, before misjudging an inswinging delivery from Ashes debutant Jackson Bird and finding himself trapped lbw. Australia, needing a vic-

tory to keep alive hopes of drawing a series that England leads 2-0, relied on the much-criticized Hot Spot to make the early breakthrough as Joe Root departed for 16 after edging Shane Watson behind. Ian Bell was on 6 and Jonny Bairstow not out 0. Cook said Thursday it was "only a matter of time" before he got back in the runs after a slow start to the Ashes and he proved true to his word — although it was painstaking viewing at times. He hit six fours — one gloriously through the covers from a half-volley off Watson — but he was the main reason why England's progress was so slow on an admittedly lifeless strip at Chester-le-Street, which is

hosting its first Ashes test. Trott was showing his best form of the series, playing confidently and effortlessly to move to within a run of what would have been his quickest test fifty. But he was soon trudging off dejectedly, his free-flowing innings ending in disappointing fashion when he flicked Lyon's delivery onto his knee roll for the diving Usman Khawaja to catch at short leg. Pietersen was just as attacking as Trott — perhaps too attacking. On his first ball, he attempted to smash Lyon to deep midon but mistimed his shot and escaped for 2 runs, and then miscued a straight drive that still raced away for four.

condition and the killer instinct is still there." Rios dispensed his usual happy-go-lucky personality to the Beverly Hills gathering, jokingly holding up his nameplate while posing for photos with Pacquiao and Zou Shiming, the Chinese Olympic gold medalist who will fight on the undercard. While Rios is among the sport's most likable guys, Roach is more interested in the challenger's crowd-pleasing style. "He comes to fight. He wants to exchange," Roach said. "I think it's a fight that he'll

make us look great in. He's the perfect style for Manny Pacquiao." After crossing the globe on a promotional tour that included stops in China, Singapore and the U.S., Rios is happy to be home. Pacquiao will check in at Roach's Wild Card gym only briefly before heading home, where he'll get to work on revitalizing his career. "It's really important to win this fight," Pacquiao said. "Not just win, but to win convincingly, either knockout or decision, as long as the fans are satisfied."

SYDNEY, AuguSt 9 (AP): Commonwealth Games javelin champion Jarrod Bannister has been banned for 20 months after missing three doping tests. Athletics Australia said in a statement Friday that Bannister, who won the gold medal at New Delhi in 2010 and was sixth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, missed three tests within 18 months. Missing multiple tests is treated by the anti-doping authorities in the same way as a failed test. The 28-year-old Bannister has been banned until Feb. 18, 2015. Bannister blamed poor communication with Athletics Australia as a factor behind the circumstances which saw him breach the

'Athlete Whereabouts' program, which requires drug agencies to be made aware of the movements of athletes at all times. Athletics Australia said Bannister was given a slightly reduced ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after being charged under article 6.4 of the Australian Sports AntiDoping Agency's policy concerning his availability for out-of-competition testing. "We are disappointed that Jarrod did not meet his obligations as one of our top performing athletes and this case demonstrates the need for all athletes to be diligent and responsible," Athletics Australia chief executive Dallas O'Brien said.

LONDON, AuguSt 9 (AFP): Liverpool owner John W Henry has dealt a major blow to Luis Suarez's hopes of escaping Anfield after the unsettled Uruguay striker was told he won't be allowed to leave at any price. Suarez has been desperate to leave the Reds since the end of last Winners of the 26th Nagaland State Taekwondo Championship which was held on August 8 and 9 at the Kohima Science season and Arsenal have College Auditorium, Jotsoma. tried to take advantage by making a £40 million plus £1 bid that was supposed to trigger a clause in the forward's contract that alDistricts Gold Silver Bronze Total lowed him to talk to interKohima 25 6 2 33 ested clubs. However, LivDIMAPuR, AuguSt 9 (MExN): The 26th Nagaland Dimapur 12 5 16 33 erpool are adamant there State Taekwondo Championship organized under the aegis Wokha 5 9 7 21 is no such clause, promptby Nagaland Taekwondo Association and hosted by Kohima Tuensang ing a furious response from 4 2 2 8 District Taekwondo Association (KDTA) concluded today at Mon Suarez, who accused Reds 3 0 4 7 the Kohima Science College Auditorium, Jotsoma. Kohima Kiphire boss Brendan Rodgers of 2 3 9 14 District Taekwondo Association (KDTA) was declared the Mokokchung going back on a promise 0 5 8 13 overall championship. A press note informed that prizes to Longleng to let him leave after the 0 4 3 7 the winners were distributed by Alemtemshi Jamir, Nagaland Zunebeoto Merseyside team failed to 0 3 5 8 Chief Secretary and President of the NTA. qualify for this season's

Champions League. Rodgers reacted by banishing Suarez, who he said had shown "total disrespect", to train with the reserves and Henry, the figurehead of the Boston-based Fenway Sports Group that owns Liverpool, has now made it clear he will not consider letting the Reds' prize asset join a top-four rival with the new Premier League season just over a week away. "We are not going to sell Luis," Henry was quoted as saying by the Guardian. "For all the top clubs it's extremely important (not to sell to a rival) but especially for Liverpool because we're not in Europe this year and have not been in the Champions League for a while. "To sell to a rival for those positions, or one of them, would be ludicrous."

Australian javelin champ banned for missing tests

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Manny Pacquiao, left, of the Philippines, poses with Brandon Rios at a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Aug 8, 2013, to promote their upcoming boxing match. Pacquiao and Rios are scheduled to fight in a welterweight match at The Venetian Macao in Macau on Nov. 24. (AP Photo)

Pacquiao also will train without longtime strength coach Alex Ariza, who was recently fired by Roach. Despite the upheaval in camp and his typically chaotic personal life, Pacquiao seems confident he can focus on the fight long enough to take care of Rios and his ferocious, defense-deficient style. "I didn't choose an easy opponent," Pacquiao said. "I didn't choose a tuneup fight. I chose to fight a good fighter. ... I love to fight. I love to throw a lot of punches. I have to make sure I'm in 100 percent

Liverpool owner Henry says Suarez isn't for sale

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Arsenal draws Fenerbahce in Champs League playoffs Inter district and state open

Gianni Infantino, UEFA general-secretary, left and Giorgio Marchetti, right, UEFA Competition Director, during the drawing of the games for the UEFA Champions League 2013/14 third qualifying round, at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, Friday, July 19. (AP Photo)

NYON, AuguSt 9 (AP): Arsenal was drawn to play Fenerbahce in the Champions League playoffs as it seeks a 16th straight season in the lucrative group stage. However, a pending match-fixing case involv-

ing Fenerbahce at sport's highest court means the Turkish club could be expelled even if it wins. Seven-time winner AC Milan was paired in Friday's draw with PSV Eindhoven, the 1988 European champion, with the first match in the

Netherlands. Schalke was drawn to play Metalist Kharkiv, which faces a match-fixing disciplinary hearing at UEFA on Tuesday. Among the 10 pairings it was: Lyon vs. Real Sociedad, Pacos de Ferreira vs.

Zenit St. Petersburg and newcomer Shakhter Karagandy hosting Celtic. The Scottish champion faces a long trek to Kazakhstan for the first match. First legs are played Aug. 20 or 21 and return matches on Aug. 27 or 28. Winners advance to the elite 32-team group stage, which will be drawn Aug. 29 in Monaco. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has set an Aug. 28 deadline to rule on Fenerbahce's appeal against a two-year ban from UEFA competitions. No hearing date has been set. UEFA's Champions League rules require clubs not to have been involved in fixing matches since April 2007, and several Fenerbahce officials were convicted in a criminal trial of fixing matches during the club's 2011 national title run. They deny wrongdoing. Metalist also faces UEFA sanctions after CAS last month dismissed an appeal by the Ukrainian club's sports director against a five-year ban from football. The Ukrainian football federation had judged that Metalist's 4-0 win against Karpaty Lviv in an April 2008 league match was fixed.

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Our Correspondent Wokha | August 9

Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Deputy Speaker, Er Levi Rengma today stated that the state government under the leadership of Neiphiu Rio Chief Minister of Nagaland was giving utmost effort to provide sports infrastructures and financial help to encourage young boys and girls to achieve their dreams in the field of games and sports, so that they can bring glory and honour to the state and the country. Gracing the closing function of the 37th Nagaland Inter District & State Open Badminton Championships hosted by Wokha District Badminton Association, Er Levi cited that some of the infrastructure that has come up recently include; Indira Gandhi Stadium at Kohima, Cricket Academy at Sovima, Music Academy and various sports infrastructures across the state. Er. Levi also stated that the state government has instituted various merit certificates and cash awards to meritorious sports persons of the state for their

Er Levi Rengma and others during the closing function of 37th Nagaland Inter District & State Open Badminton Championships at Wokha on August 9.

achievements at the regional, national and international level. “Sports is one activity where your parents or anyone cannot give you, it is only through your hard work and dedication that you can become a champion. Let us look at our self as a Naga, should we be proud or be embarrassed looking at our performance in the area of sports, in the history of our state, we have produced only two Olympians Dr. T. Ao in 1952 and Chekrovolu Swuro

in 2012 after a gap of more than 60 years,” he said. The Deputy Speaker said that there was a time when there were no facilities and privileges for the sports person, but today the government is providing all possible help and it is up to the young boys and girls to avail such opportunity being provided by the government. He said that sports persons have a brighter future and better opportunities as both the state government and central

government are providing plenty of opportunities and avenues to the sports persons by way of financial and material help and job reservations. Later, Er Levi gave away prize to the winners. Earlier, the closing function was chaired by Khyobenthung. Observations and synopsis of the championships was given by C. Tinu Pongen, chief referee. Concluding remarks was given by Tali Jamir, vice president Nagaland Badminton Association.

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‘Krrish 3’ gets 4 million hits on in 3 days!

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he HD trailer of Hrithik Roshan starrer ‘Krrish 3’, has got over 4 and a half million hits in just three days of its release. The trailer that has some slick action sequences and graphic visuals have added to the anticipation of the movie being released post Diwali. The third movie of the series that comes after ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ and ‘Krrish’ is going to see Priyanka Chopra reprise her role as the main female lead opposite Hrithik. The movie also stars Kangana Ranaut and Vivek Oberoi as Kaya and Kaal respectively, the antagonists of the movie. Hrithik plays a double role as Krrish a.k.a. Krishna Mehra and Rohit of ‘Koi Mil Gaya’. The action sequences have been directed by Tony Ching Siu-Tung who has two Oscar nominations to his credit. Hrithik Roshan had specially trained with Tony before the shoot of the film in Shanghai. The efforts have certainly paid off, as audiences have been enticed by the smart sci-fi movie ever since the trailer was launched on August 5.

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‘I’m tired of being famous for a mistake I made when I was 18’ C hris Brown threatens to retire from making music... after his probation for Rihanna assault is revoked Chris Brown told his Twitter followers that he is retiring from making music after his sixth studio album X comes out later this month. In a series of cryptic tweets, the 24-year-old seemed to suggest that his desire to quit his career as a singer and performer stemmed from his tumultuous relationship

with Rihanna. The recording artist said on Tuesday that he was ‘tired of being famous for a mistake’ he made when he was 18, referencing the assault charges filed against him by on-off girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. The R&B singer appeared to announce his retirement amidst a flurry of media attention on his assault charges from four years ago due to his latest run-in with the law. Brown’s five-year probation for the Ri-

hanna assault was revoked by a Los Angeles Court after an alleged hit-and-run in May, bringing his troubled past back into the limelight. During his Twitter rant on Tuesday, he wrote: ‘Don’t worry mainstream America. After this X album, it’ll probably be my last album.’ And then in what appeared to be an overt reference to the Rihanna assault he tweeted: ‘Being famous is amazing when it’s for your music and

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talent. I’m tired of being famous for a mistake I made when i was 18. I’m cool & over it!’ In 2009 Brown’s music was pulled from many radio playlists, in an unofficial ban, due to his criminal charges.

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Too short to follow trend: Lucy Hale A

ctress-singer Lucy Hale says she can’t always wear outfits that she wants because of her short height. The 24-year-old often misses out on the latest fashion trends like long, flowing pants because of her petite size. “I’m just too short and it doesn’t make sense. But I see them everywhere and I’m like, dangit, I want to wear them so bad,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted

Hale as saying. The “Pretty Little Liars” actress is known for sporting stylish outfits on her hit TV show, which also stars Ashley Benson. Hale says young Hollywood starlets like Benson, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez and Emma Watson are incredible fashionistas. “People around my age have sort of got it goin’ on. I think it’s cool to show that people

around my age or a little younger can embrace higher fashion and make it cool, but still make it accessible,” she said. Hale says she embraces “up-and-coming designers” when it comes to her own wardrobe choices, however, she doesn’t always style herself. “I have help. I have a stylist, but I just want to try new things,” she added.

Matt Damon calls on Americans to stop bullying Obama M att Damon is of the firm belief that President Obama is being bullied, and that the American public should be a little soft on him, as he was only trying to ‘bolster his manhood’. In an inter-

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view with The Guardian, Damon, who was once a staunch Obama supporter, said that it’s tough for the President as he doesn’t have a military background and thus is being unfairly pressured into making unpopular political decisions, the Washington Times reported. The 42-year old actor speculated that Obama’s manhood is being challenged on

some level and he is giving a tough response so that he does not appear soft or incompetent. The Oceans series actor, who expressed his disappointment in the past a b o u t President Obama not being radi-

cal enough in bringing change to America, urged the public to cut Obama some slack.

Blues music legend BB King performs on Frampton’s Guitar Circus 2013 Tour at Pier Six Pavilion on Aug. 8, in Baltimore. (AP Photo)

Why are stars like Brand so vile Assamese action film made in less than Rs 1 lakh about the wives they dump?

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dvantages of having a famous celebrity husband? Money. Reflected prestige. Possibility of swimming pool. Red carpet appearances. Ability to turn left on the plane. Diamonds. Disadvantages of having a famous husband? No more anonymity. Getting photographed coming out of the threading salon. Very real possibility he might leave you for Angelina Jolie. Giving back the diamonds. Yes, ladies. I think by now we can all agree that being married to a devilishly handsome and desirable hunk of millionaire megastar is no flipping picnic. It is not a walk in the park of perfect love. Indeed, the next time George Clooney or similar asks for my hand a) in marriage; b) to be removed from his knee; c) to be forcibly detached from the bonnet of his car; d) all of the above, then I’m going to say: ‘Let me think about it, George, darling!’ Marriage to a rich and famous man might be the dream of a million Cinderellas, but thankfully I am marginally wiser than the average peri-menopausal hysteric. And the question to ask when someone like Johnny Depp comes a-calling with a little box containing something small and sparkling, a little box that says ‘my tooth fell out on the way here’, is this: Can the reality live up to the expectation? Look at what happened to Jo Wood. All those decades married to Rolling Stone Ron and she still ends up on Celebrity Masterchef, making trays of dry shepherd’s pie and yakking desperately about her years ‘on tour’. Are you going to tell her, or shall I? Jo, dear, you weren’t actually in the Rolling Stones. Meanwhile, poor Gwyneth Paltrow has to pretend she likes going to Coldplay concerts. And every morning she has to reassure her husband Chris Martin that wearing different coloured laces on his shoes is really, really cool. Trudie Styler! Always with the frantic tantric for her passionate hubby Sting. The poor girl can barely find the time of day to peg her washing out. And who could forget the fate of Demi Moore? Rather overthrilled by her marriage to toyboy Ashton Kutcher, Demi became sadly prone to the fearless boasts of the Older Wife. ‘My husband is an amazing human being and

I’m really almost speechless when I try to describe him,’ she said. ‘There aren’t words to wrap up the amazing gift we’ve found in each other. He loves me, and the best thing is that he loves me at my most vulnerable, at my most unglamorous and at my least attractive.’ That was before he dumped her. For a younger woman. And that is sort of my point. If being the wife of a celebrity is bad enough, being the ex-wife is even worse.

ribing his cast with momos and noodles, director Kenny Basumatary has made a film in less than Rs 1 lakh. At a time when the mere publicity costs of Bollywood films run into crores, an Assamese film is setting an example in creative austerity. Kenny Basumatary’s Local Kung Fu, a martial art comedy has been made on a shoestring budget of Rs. 95,000. The Assamese production will be released through PVR’s independent arm - Director’s Rare this September. The story is inspired by the ancient art of Kung Fu and

has all the mainstream elements of love, action, family conflict and a fair share of humour. Since the film’s cast is made up of martial arts students, all the stunts were performed without using any support-cables. With a team of around 20 non-actors, the film was shot within a span of 100 days. Talking about his 92-minute feature, Kenny says: “My uncle runs a martial arts institute in Assam. After finishing the script, I decided to get his best students to act and it has worked wonderfully.” Kenny, an IIT-Delhi dropout, came

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to Mumbai with the ambition of being an actor. He did a few TV commercials and supporting roles in films and also wrote a script. However, he was soon disillusioned with the ways of Bollywood. “Without signing a Khan or Kapoor, nobody would bother to even listen to my story,” he laments. Dejected, Kenny went back to Guwahati and sourced money from his family to make a film. “I cannot believe we’ve reached so far. I barely had money to pay my actors. We’ve survived on plates of momos and noodles for the longest time.”

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Serena, Li na advance to rogerS cup quarterS

TORONTO, AugusT 9 (AgeNcies): World No.1 and top seed Serena Williams breezed into the Rogers Cup quarter-finals after a stunning 6-0, 6-3 victory against Belgium’s 13th-seeded Kirsten Flipkens here, while China’s Li Na had to fight hard to overcome Ana Ivanovic of Serbia to book her berth in the last 16. Williams, a two-time RogSerena Williams, of the United States, returns the ball to Kirst- ers Cup champion, who received a en Flipkens, of Belgium, during the Rogers Cup women's bye in the first round and nabbed tennis tournament Thursday, Aug. 8 in Toronto. (AP Photo) a 6-3, 6-2 win against Italy’s Francesca Schiavone Wednesday night, met Flipkens for the first time on the court Thursday, reports Xinhua. She dominated the entire match

paes-Stepanek ousted from rogers cup

MONTReAL, AugusT 9 (PTi): Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek suffered a second round defeat at the hands of Andy Murray and Colin Fleming as Indian challenge ended at the Rogers Cup on Friday. The Indo-Czech team squandered five break chances as they lost 3-6, 3-6 to the British pair in the second round of the $2,887,085 hard court event. Rohan Bopanna and Andre Begemann have already exited while Sania Mirza and her new Chinese partner Jie Zheng also lost in the second round of the WTA event at the same tournament. Paes and Stepanek had two chances in the first set and three in the second but could convert none. On the other hand, Murray and Fleming capitalised on the chances they got.

against Flipkens, who had ousted her sister Venus in the first round earlier this week. “I definitely thought about Venus, and I thought about what a great comeback Kirsten had, so I thought that I’m not going to get overconfident and she’s obviously a really good player,” Serena told reporters. “So I was just trying to stay focused as well as intense, I really wanted to stay intense at that moment.” Serena is up against Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova in the quarters, after Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli had to pull out of their third-round match early

Thursday due to injury. The French player ended the second set of her third-round match against Rybarikova, who was leading 7-6 (5), 1-0. Prior to Williams’ match, China’s only Grand Slam champion Li Na — seeded 4th in the event — was on the brink of defeat when she launched an aggressive attack against Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic to fight her way into the quarterfinals 6-3, 1-6, 6-7(5). She will face Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova next. Earlier in the day, Polish player Agnieszka Radwanska, No.3 seed, defeated Australian Open semifinalist Sloane Stephens with a 6-1, 7-6 (2) victory.

novak rallies to reach Montreal quarters

Li Na, of China, celebrates after defeating Ana Ivanovic, of Serbia, during the Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament Thursday, Aug. 8 in Toronto. (AP Photo) Novak Djokovic, from Serbia, wears a wig as he celebrates his victory over Denis Istomin, from Uzbekistan, at the Rogers Cup men's tennis tournament Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Montreal. Djokovic won 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. (AP Photo)

Martina Hingis, left, of Switzerland, and Daniela Hantuchova, of Slovakia, react during their loss to Julia Goerges, of Germany, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, of the Czech Republic, in a doubles match at the Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Toronto. (AP Photo)

MONTReAL, AugusT 9 (AFP): Novak Djokovic dropped the opening set but recovered quickly to earn a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Denis Istomin to reach the quarterfinals of the Montreal Masters on

Thursday. The top seed was ambushed by two breaks in the opening set by the Uzbek player. Djokovic, winner of the last two editions in Canada, notched his 12th straight victory at the

tournament. He is bidding for a fourth career trophy here after also winning in 2007. He plays on Friday against French seventh seed Richard Gasquet, who beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

KARAcHi, AugusT 9 (PTi): Joining the debate on who among Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar is a greater batsman, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi said he considers the West Indian a cut above the best of his era. "Lara was the best batsman I have seen in my entire career spanning 16 years better. Personally I found him to be a class above the two other greats of this era, Tendulkar and (Ricky) Pointing," Afridi said. "He was the most difficult batsmen I have bowled too in every format of the game. He could play and hit boundaries at will. Especially against the spinners he produced boundaries out of the hat a superb play-

er and I enjoyed watching him bat," Afridi said while talking about the greatest players of his era. Afridi said there were times when he felt that Lara could play blindfolded. "At times I felt he was so good at playing spin he could even bat well against them blindfolded. Tendulkar and Pointing are also greats but I thought Lara was a cut above them," he said. Talking about the greatest bowlers of his time, Afridi praised Australian, Glenn McGrath and compatriot Mohammad Asif who could swing the new ball both ways at will. "They were the only bowlers who I felt knew when they were going to bowl inswing or

Saina & Kashyap crash out Lara better than Sachin, ponting: afridi of World Championships outswing and that is a big quality in any bowler," he explained. Afridi also talked about his comeback and a resurgence in his career. "Now whenever I get out, I talk to myself and I curse myself for not finishing off a match if I am batting. It has helped me a lot this self assessment therapy," he said. Afridi admitted he didn't think much about his batting after getting out or didn't do enough post-examination. "But now when I am batting I am eager to finish off matches myself. I keep on talking to myself and even if I get out, I keep on analysing myself." The flamboyant allrounder said he was keen to keep on playing for Pakistan but with self-respect. "I have

seen the fate of some of our former greats and how they went out. I don't want to go through that phase. I can say this safely I will know when the time is right for me to go. Right now the time is good for me and I can carry on performing in Twenty20 and ODI cricket," he said. Afridi conceded that in the past he had made mistakes in his career but insisted he never compromised on self-respect. "I am that sort of a per-

son if I feel I am not wanted or I don't get along with someone I will not play. I couldn't get along with Waqar Younis when he was captain so I decided not to play and stepped aside." He also described Misbah-ulHaq as a good captain who was a good planner. "He is an excellent planner but unfortunately not everything you plan is executed all the time. And one can't expect him to treat other players like schoolchildren," he said.

P.V. Sindhu of India celebrates during a women's singles badminton match against Wang Shixian of China, unseen at the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province on Aug. 9. P.V. Sindhu defeated Wang Shixian 21-18, 21-17. (AP Photo)

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guANgZHOu, AugusT 9 (PTi): The elusive World Championships medal once again slipped through Saina Nehwal's fingers as the Indian ace suffered a straightgame defeat against Korean Yeon Ju Bae in the quarterfinals of the prestigious event on Friday. The London Olympics bronze-medallist, a quarterfinalist in the last two editions as well, was erratic and could not hold her nerves as she went down rather tamely 21-23, 9-21 in a 40-minute match at the Tianhe Indoor Stadium. Parupalli Kashyap, who was also playing at the adjacent court, played out of his skin but still could not get across world number three Du Pengyu of China. His gallant fight ended with a 21-16 20-22 15-21 loss in an energy-sapping contest which lasted one hour and 15 minutes here. Saina played an aggressive game in the opening match and opened up a 11-7 lead at the interval. Her baseline smashes got her a lot of points as the Indian was

pv Sindhu in World championships semis

New DeLHi, AugusT 9 (AgeNcies): India’s rising shuttler, PV Sindhu has qualified for the semi-finals of the World Badminton Championship. She beat the 8th seed Chinese Wang Shixian 21-18, 21-17 to assure India’s first medal in the World Badminton Championships since 1983. The 18-year old will also be the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Championships. In 1983, Prakash Padukone had won an individual bronze for India in the World Championships. This comes as good news for Indian fans after the news of loss of Sania and Kashyap in their respective matches disappointed them earlier in the day.

in control of the match. However, Bae, who looked off-colour initially as she struggled with her strokes and reach, slowly narrowed down the lead and clawed back at 19-19. Saina was struggling with the drift as she lost a lot of points hitting wide. The Indian also faltered at the net. From nowhere, Bae not only came into the contest but also exerted the pressure on the Indian and after a hard fight won the open-

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ing game when Saina's shuttle kissed the net and toppled outside the court. Losing the opening game dented Saina's confidence as she failed to put any resistance to Bae strokes. Bae, on the other hand, was confidence personified as she played like a champion and decimated the Indian. The left-handed Korean dominated the proceedings completely as after a 5-5 initial fight, she moved to the interval with a 11-6 lead.

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