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AMEUW protest enters 20th day

WoKha, JULY 15 (mExN): Today marked the twentieth day of the Aggrieved Medical Employees Union Wokha protest against nonpayment of salary. A press note from the President of the AMEUW, Thungjanbeni Lotha and its Secretary, Lumdemo Lotha expressed shock and resentment at the “lackadaisical attitude of the department as the government is yet to come with any solution.” It may be noted that as part of the protest, the office of the Chief Medical Officer has been locked by members of the AMEUW since June 24. The AMEUW cautioned that it will continue its democratic protest and intensify it, if needed, till the government comes with a solution to settle the grievances of its members. Meanwhile, the Kyong Students’ Union has expressed strong resentment to the Medical department for delaying to solve the issue, “even after receiving an assurance from the Chief Secretary and the Commissioner & Secretary, Health and Family Welfare.” A press note from the KSU President and General Secretary appealed for the concerned department and the state government to immediately solve the issue.

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WaShiNGToN, JULY 15 (PTi): German inventors have developed a new pen that gently vibrates every time it senses a spelling mistake or sloppy handwriting. Lernstift is a regular pen with real ink but inside it, is a special motion sensor and a small battery-powered Linux computer with a WiFi chip. These parts allow the pen to recognize specific movements, letter shapes and know a wide assortment of words. If it senses bad letter formation or messy handwriting, it will vibrate, ‘ABC News’ reported. Users can choose between two functions: Calligraphy Mode — pointing out flaws of form and legibility or Orthography Mode — recognizing words and comparing the word to a language database.

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Ao Senden resolves to protect sovereign rights

Traffic rules for 12th NLA session Kohima, JULY 15 (mExN): The Superintendent of Police (SP) Kohima today informed the general public that in view of the Second session of the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly the following Traffic Regulation will be enforced from July 16 till July 22 as, part of the security arrangements. Only vehicles with appropriate car pass will be allowed entry to the Assembly Secretariat. No vehicle is allowed to be parked by the roadside from 0600 hours onward from BSNL Telephone Exchange till Assembly Secretariat via Razhü point. While anticipating positive cooperation from the public, the police will tow away any defaulting vehicles park on the above mention stretch of the road and towing charge shall be recovered from the defaulters, the Kohima SP stated in a press release.

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Landslide Disaster: Phesama vill shows magnanimity

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South African artist John Adams works on a giant acrylic-on-canvas painting of Nelson Mandela in the driveway of his house in a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 15. Adams said he felt driven to create the painting as thanks to Mandela for creating educational opportunities that enabled him to become an artist, and plans to auction the painting, the proceeds of which will fund children’s charities. (AP Photo)

July 4 Murder Case: Suspects apply for bail

DimaPUR, JULY 15 (mExN): The three suspects detained in relation to the July 4 murder in Landmark colony, Dimapur have applied for bail. T. Yapang, the brother-in-law of the deceased victim and two other acquaintances,

Samarenba and Santosh Nath were detained for questioning on July 5 on a 10-day remand order from the court. They were however placed under judicial custody on July 7, following initial rounds of interrogations, sources said.

While in judicial custody, all three applied for bail. Their bail is up for hearing on July 17 and July 22, sources said. T. Yapang’s bail plea is set for hearing on July 22 while Samarenba’s and Santosh Nath’s pleas will be heard on July 17. It was fur-

ther disclosed that blood samples of the three suspects along with that of the main accused, Rikumkaba Pongen were collected and sent for examination. The main accused, who has admitted to committing the murder, is in police custody.

DimaPUR, JULY 15 (mExN): The apex organisation of the Ao Nagas, the Ao Senden has expressed concern over what it termed as the Government of India’s attempt to overrule the prospective aspects contained in Article 371-A through Entry 54 in List I of the Constitution of India. The Ao Senden stated that Article 371-A which gives special powers to the Naga people and which begins with the clause “notwithstanding …anything contained in the constitution” has overriding effect over all other provisions in the Constitution of India, including List I, or for that matter Entry 54 in List I. “This Article safeguards the right of ownership and transfer of land and its resources that came out as a result of the 16 Point Agreement between the Government of India and the Naga People’s Convention. Therefore, it is clear that Oil and Petroleum and natural gas come under the term Land and its Resources,” stated a press note issued by Ao Senden President Dr. Sangyu Yaden and General Secretary, Tsupong Longchar. On the issue of the stand taken by the Indian Min-

• We are the custodian of our land, territory and resources and we are the exclusive owner of our land • No petroleum or natural gas will be allowed to be exploited in the Ao Naga territory in lieu of financial gains istry of Home Affairs on “ownership and transfer of land and its resources,” the Ao Senden made it clear that for the Ao Nagas, land is more than a commodity, it is our identity and an inalienable part of our life. “Hence, land and its resources be it water, soil, rocks, petroleum, natural gas or any other resources on our land belongs to us only. For centuries we are the custodian of our land, territory and resources and we are the exclusive owner of our land. Therefore we resolve to protect our sovereign rights,” stated the Ao Senden. In that, the Ao Senden resolved that “no government acts and laws will be allowed to take ownership over our land unless we agree to do so” and stating that the Ao Nagas stand “resolute that no petroleum or natural gas will be allowed to be exploited in the Ao Naga territory in lieu

of financial gains.” As for Article 371-A, the Ao Senden stated that if the Government of India is serious about the “special status” given to the Nagas under Article 371-A, then it must implement all the clauses contained in the said Article. “Otherwise the very purpose and intent of incorporating Article 371 A in the Constitution shall be defeated if the Entry 54 in List I overrules the special provisions contained in Article 371-A”. It was also pointed out that the “extra constitutional” Article 37-A “clearly distinguishes Nagaland from the rest of Indian States” while adding that “to give a twist, or to reject or to undermine through other legalities and provisions to Article 371-A of the Constitution of India simply means to reject the legitimacy of the Constitution itself.” Continued on page 5

Vehicles lifters arrested Do not vitiate the spirit of ceasefire

DimaPUR, JULY 15 (mExN): Two vehicle lifters were nabbed in separate incidents on July 12 and 14. The accused were caught in the act in both incidents. On the night of July 14, one man identified as Raju Subba was arrested while escaping in a stolen truck. According to the officer-incharge of Sub-urban Police station, Apong Jamir, the accused had stolen one truck (NL 05D 9492) which was parked outside the IOC depot, Kevijau colony. He was making his escape via Thahekhu village but was caught at Thahekhu Block-VII, after a chase at around 11:30 pm. The accused is a resident of Thahekhu Block-IV. In another incident, one man from Assam was

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caught on July 12 evening while trying to steal a motor-cycle at Kalibari Road. The arrest was made by a police patrolling team led by the OC of Sub-urban police station. A pair of duplicated keys and a steel rod

used for breaking the locking systems were confiscated from the accused identified as Rahim Ali, hailing from Golaghat, Assam. He is suspected to be a habitual offender operating from Golaghat.

Money laundering: RBI imposes fine of Rs 49.5 crore on 22 banks NEW DELhi, JULY 15 (PTi): The RBI on Monday imposed fines totaling Rs 49.5 crore on 22 private and public sector banks including SBI, PNB and Yes Bank for violating know your customer/anti-money laundering norms. It also gave cautionary letters to seven including Citibank and Stanchart following an expose made by an online portal. “After considering the facts of each case...Reserve Bank came to conclusion that some of the violations were substantiated and warranted imposition of monetary penalty...” the central bank said in a statement. A penalty of Rs 3 crore each has been imposed on State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of India, Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and Federal Bank. United Bank of India, Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Punjab National Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank and Andhra Bank were slapped a penalty of Rs 2.5 crore each. A penalty of Rs 2 crore

each was imposed on Yes Bank, Vijaya Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Dhanlaxmi Bank. The other banks which were penalised by the RBI include Deutsche Bank, Development Credit Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Ratnakar Bank. Besides, Reserve Bank has issued cautionary letters to Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank, BNP Paribas, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi and State Bank of Patiala. Following probe into charges levelled by an online portal Cobrapost, RBI has earlier imposed fines totalling Rs 10.5 crore on top three private lenders - Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank. Although the investigation did not reveal any prima facie evidence of money laundering, RBI said that “any conclusive inference in this regard can be drawn only by an end-to-end investigation of the transactions by tax and enforcement agencies”.

DimaPUR, JULY 15 (mExN): Newly appointed Chairman of the Cease Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG), NK Singh has told the NSCN (IM) delegation that the spirit of the Cease Fire Ground Rules is being “vitiated by the undesirable activities of the NSCN (IM) and some other groups.” This was stated in a press note issued by G. Rengma, Staff Officer, CFMG, Kohima. The Chairman further highlighted that the people of Nagaland have suffered enough due to the “selfserving distorted interpretation” of the Cease Fire Ground Rules. Speaking at a meeting of the CFMG held on July 15, he also asked the NSCN (IM) delegation led by Convener, K Chawang to

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confine their cadres to the designated camps and not to infringe upon the functioning of the legitimate organs of the State and Central governments. The Nagaland State government representative Banuo Jamir, Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner emphasized the need for cadres to stay in their designated camps and avoid moving with weapons in populated areas. The Nagaland state government has to abide by the laws of the State, she said while also asking that “movement of weapons into the State must

not be done since ceasefire is on”. The State DGP Kezo said that if armed cadres move in civilian areas “action has to be taken as per law of the land.” The NSCN (IM) Convenor, K. Chawang stated that there is a difference in interpretation of the Ceasefire Ground Rules, and the rules do not prohibit tax collection. He stated that it “does not accept the law of the land.” He further said that the Ceasefire Ground Rules must be respected otherwise the ceasefire will go down the drain. Citing various inci-

dents, NK Singh asked the NSCN (IM) to stop extortion, so-called taxation, and other undesirable activities being carried out by its cadres which has “resulted in economic strangulation and things becoming very expensive for the people of Nagaland.” “Such activities must be stopped in the interest of peace and development, and the safety and wellbeing of the people of Nagaland. Good road projects were abandoned last year by a construction company due to threats and heavy extortion demands by NSCN (IM) and some others”, the Chairman was quoted as saying in the press statement. Continued on page 5

Deaf ministry shows transformative path

‘In comparison with other nations, we have a long way to go to fulfill the needs of the hearing impaired’ Morung Express News Dimapur | July 15

Hearing loss is an invisible disability. Through the years, deaf people have faced numerous challenges. Twenty years ago, no one would have believed that two very determined people would bring a transformation for the deaf community in Nagaland. With faith in their calling, Rev. Yanger Walling and his wife Amongla, leaving aside the relative comfort of their jobs in Bangalore, returned to Nagaland to start a Ministry for the deaf. Having received Special Training on Deaf Psychology & Education under Bruce & Ruth Ann Schwalbe (USA), they realized the need of a ministry for the deaf in Nagaland, where such work for the differently-abled was unheard of.

In this image, some students of Deaf Biblical Ministry display papermade origami swan, which they learnt during a workshop conducted in the Institute at Naharbari, Dimapur.

As they set out looking for resources to fulfill their dream, they soon faced hurdles. However, facing all odds, they set off with their mission and established Deaf Biblical Ministry (DBM) in Dimapur on February 24, 1987. Recollecting the initial years of the ministry, Rev Yanger, founder and principal of DBM said, “Though we were settled comfortably there (Bangalore), we felt

the need back home, where deaf souls remained unreached by the Gospel. Having a burden to reach those souls, our family came to Nagaland to start the deaf ministry in the year 1986. Though we were back in our own homeland, it was as we were in a foreign country as we had to work with the people having no language at all, even sign language.” “By the time we started the

ministry, Christianity in Nagaland was 115 years old. However, the attitudes of Naga society towards the deaf were as far back. When the attitudes of society including the parents of the deaf were as such, we found it very difficult to start the ministry,” the Reverend stated. He adds that the initial stage was a testing time for their family, “However, by the grace of God we were able to overcome those times. God blessed us with two sons and a daughter. When we were struggling to manage with very less manpower, our children’s support was a great relief for us.” All three children picked up sign language and were able to take over the prayer meetings, teach in Sunday school and taking up responsibilities. “In comparison with other nations, we have a long way to go to fulfill the needs of the Hearing impaired,” he added. The Administrator of DBM, Amongla informed that ten years back a particular tribe in Nagaland had added an extra word “foolish” to the translation of the word “deaf” in the Bible in their local dialect. Continued on page 5

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Landslide Disaster: Phesama vill shows magnanimity Mudslide affects power transformer

Kohima, July 15 (DiPR): Following the heavy landslide caused by incessant rain for the last couple of weeks, which blocked National Highway 29 along Phesama village, the magnanimity of the Phesama village, was manifested by its decision not to hinder the earth cutting works for the restoration of the highway. The village also impromptu constructed wayside hotels and urinals/latrines. The Youth Organisations of the two villages of Phesama and Kigwema along with the Youth Organisation of the Southern Angami has resolved to ensure safety and assistance of whatever form needed, to stranded travelers. This magnanimity must be appreciated by all especially by the State Government and the BRTF. The land sacrificed for replacing the totally collapsed NH-29 would be a sizeable area, besides the

Parliamentary Secretary Er Vikho-o Yhoshu inspecting the landslide area at Phesama on July 15. (DIPR Photo)

loss of paddy fields in the path of the landslide. The genuine sense of solidarity witnessed in the event of the natural disaster and the efforts made to combat it was praise wor-

thy. The District Administration, the public organization and the Border Roads have all been on their toes to tackle the situations. The road slide at Phesama village on Friday has

partially been open for light vehicles since Saturday. For proper restoration of the NH-29 the temporary transit through Kisama exit route will have to be cut off for a day or two to enable

cutting of the road works by the BRO. Meanwhile, the travelers have been deporting their belongings across the slide area to avail onward transport. Therefore, to facilitate them during the earth-cutting period, the Youth Organisation of Phesama village has constructed a by-pass footpath above the road, in which the Youth Organisation of the Kigwema village fully participated. On Monday July 15, the MLA of the constituency, Parliamentary Secretary for Housing, Treasuries & Accounts, Er Vikho-o Yhoshu along with President of APO Keneingunyu A. Sekhose and office bearers, President of SAPO Zadeho and office bearers, President of SAYO and office bearers visited the site and expressed his appreciation for the social work on bypass footpath cutting being constructed.

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The power transformer affected by the mudslide on Sunday late evening in Mongsenbai ward, Mokokchung. (Morung Photo)

moKoKchung, July 15 (mExn): A landslide in Mongsenbai Ward affected the electric transformer feeding parts of Kumlong and Mongsenbai wards and affected some 550 families since from Sunday late night. The landslide which was triggered by inces-

sant rains on Sunday evening nearly covered the transformer, but due to the timely intervention of the colony people and also power department officials and personnel, the transformer was saved. But, the power supply has to shut down for safety

reasons, thereby plunging parts of the two colonies into darkness till today. Works has been initiated to restore the power supply and power has been restored. However, there is a still fear that mud will slide down if the rain still continues.

‘Awards are not purchased, but hard earned work’ One Crore sanctioned for each

7th NI Jamir Academic Excellence Award function held

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Kohima, July 15 (DiPR): The 7th NI Jamir Academic Excellence Award (NIJT) organised by Kohima Opangkong (Range) Tzukong Telongjem was held at Molu ki Merhulietsa Kohima on July 13 with chief guest MLA & Chairman Pollution Control Board T. Amenba Yaden and Assistant Professor Department of History & Archaeology Aokumla as the main speaker respectively. The chief guest in his address congratulated the recipients of the 7th Late N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award 2013, Kilemsungla Jamir from Longsa village and Tongpangnokdang Longkumer from Mokokchung 17th Rank and 20th Rank respectively in the recent concluded HSLC examination 2013. He stated that awards are not purchased but it is the hard earned work, efforts, determination and sacrifice and also added that this achievement can be achieve through the blessing of God. He called upon specially the students to have discipline, punctu-

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ality, work hard and seek God blessing and guidance from God. It is our hope and prayer that you will bring laurels not only for Ao alone but for the Nagas in future too, he added. Recalling the past deeds and memories the chief guest describe Late NI Jamir, a teacher for student, a torch bearer and a share ping stone for the Nagas and mentioned that he was one of the best administrative officer so far the State had. A brief speech on behalf of the family members of Late NI Jamir was given by his son, the present Chief

Secretary of Nagaland, Alemtemshi Jamir. He congratulated the recipients Kilemsungla Jamir and Tongpangnokdang Longkumer for their dedication and hard work. Alemtemshi also stated that God also wants praise. The process of award and honour for humans is to encourage and put more efforts to succeed the aim and objective of man and further added that praising and honouring each other is a part of God gave to human being he added. He thanked the Kohima Opangkong Tzukong (Range) and Trustee mem-

ber of (NIJT) for successfully organising the 7th N.I. Jamir Excellence Award. The main speaker of the programme Assistant Professor Department of History & Archaeology Aokumla Walling in her address added that to achieve success or goal in life everyone should realise and know the potentialities and how it can be put to use. She stated that when one does not know how to utilise his potentialities he or she will never achieve the goal in life. Success in life can be achieve only through hard work, will power, commitment, deter-

mination and the right decision at the time, and added that the right decision is the seed which we plant today will be the harvest in our near future. She advise the gatherings and specially the students not to take or seek short cut for it will not benefit in the long run as we are living and striving in an age of competitive world where the best among the best will be the winner. Retired Deputy Director IPR and Ex-President of Trustee NIJT, Chubalepzuk in his short speech congratulated the recipients of the 7th NI Jamir Academic Ex-

cellence Award and further urged the students that nothing is impossible if we strive and work hard. He calls on and encouraged all the students to gave more and hard efforts in the studies to achieve their goals. The recipient of the 7th N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award Kilemsungla Jamir 17th Rank and Tongpangnokdang Longkumer 20th Rank were awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 10000/- each along with certificate. Earlier the Chief Guest release a book titled ‘Sentisenrap’ authored by T. Senka former Editor of Ao Milen dedicated to Late N.I. Jamir. It may be added that this award was only awarded to students from Ongpangkong Range but the Board of NIJT have declared that starting from 2014 this award will be awarded to any Ao tribe students the sources added. Trustee NIJT M. Limameren delivered welcome address, invocation prayer by Pastor KABA Rev. M. Asangba Longkumer and a song titled Nokinketer Mongjen was sung by all the gathers lead by OSUK. A brief speech by NSF President Tongpang Ozukum, folk song by Ungma Students Union Kohima and vote of thanks was proposed by President KOTT Lolenyanba Imchen.

P h E K , J u ly 1 5 (mExn): The Zhavame Women Society has vehemently condemned the rape of a mentally challenged girl by one Danyi Kebii Domeh on July 5 at the Village. Rone Shupao, Women Chairperson Zhavame Village in a press release stated that displaying their resentment against crime committed on women, Village Women Society organized a protest rally on July 13, 2013 at Zhavame Village. Zhavame Village women residing in Dimapur, Kohima, Phek, Pfutsero and Razeba also promptly participated in

the rally in large numbers. After the rally, a short programme was held for the whole village. Chisalii Nukhu in her speech, urged everyone to condemn disgraceful crime committed on women and such incident should never happen again in future. Village Council Chairman P. Paul Dukru, Youth President Potokho Shupao, Students' Union President Tho-o Shupao, Dizii Shupao Pastor ZBC and some village leaders spoken in the program, indignantly condemned the incident. Martha Dukru chaired the programme, invoca-

tion was pronounced by Sarhiinyi Krocha Catechist Zhavame and concluding prayer by Ngopi Rhi Pastor CRC. Women society also lauded the administrative authority Chizami police for quick and immediate response by arresting the culprit on the evening itself of the FIR lodged by them on July 9. Women society appealed the authority to award appropriate punishment for the culprit and not to give bail out under any circumstances. Meanwhile, Zhavame Village Council, Students’ Union and Youth Society have strongly condemned

the unacceptable immoral behavior committed by Danyi Kebii Domeh, for raping a mentally challenged girl. P. Paul Dukru Chairman Zhavame Village Council in a condemnation note stated that the organisations appraised the initiative and the appropriate action taken by village women society by lodging FIR to the rightful authority on July 19 and Chizami police for immediate arrestment of the culprit on the reporting day evening itself. They also requested the authority that, no sympathy, no bail be given to the rapist and should be given a befitted punishment.

Amidst the talk of Pollution Control in Nagaland, we see many disturbing sites, where people thoughtlessly throw the by the side of the road and riverbank that leaves bad impression in the minds of the visitors and pollutes environment and fresh river water. We see here a dumping site just by the side of National Highway 61 and the Milak riverbank between Tzudikong (Tuli Paper Mill) and Tuli town under Tuli A/C in Mokokchung district. Is the right place to be dumping ground? (Photo Courtesy/Tir Yim Yim)

moKoKchung, July 15 (DiPR): As per the notification received from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi, for National Tobacco Control Programme and enforcement of the cigarettes and other tobacco products Act (COPTPA) the Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Murohu Chotso has convened a meeting in this connection on July 18 at 1:00 pm in the Deputy Commissioner Conference Hall. To this effect, all the concerned officers are directed to attend the meeting without fail.

DimaPuR, July 15 (mExn): SB Tiwari, Under Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Krishi Bhavan New Delhi visited Aoyimti Village on of July 14 for inspection of various Central Schemes like MGNREGA and IAY (Rural Housing). He was accompanied by Imotemjen, Project Director DRDA Dimapur, Kevi Podi, Project Officer DRDA Dimapur, and from Chumukedima Block, S. P. Pillai, Assistant Engineer (RD), Tsukti Ao, BDO (RD) and Imtizulu Phom, BAPO (MGNREGA). Aoyimti Village DevelA weeklong vacation bible school, for the Sunday school children of Zeme Baptist Church, Jalukie Town was concluded on July 14, 2013 under the theme “It’s your choice.” Altogether opment Board Secretary whilke appreciating the about 137 students enrolled for the Vacation Bible School and we were blessed.

Kelmesungla Jamir and Tongpangnokdang Longkumer recipient of 7th NI Jamir Academic Excellence Award 2013 along with MLA & Chairman NPCB Amenba Yaden (center), Nagaland Chief Secretary Alemtemshi Jamir, wife of late NI Jamir Yashila and board members of NIJT at Molu Ki Kohima on July 13. (DIPR Photo)

Zhavame Women Society protest rape incident

Mkg DC calls meeting on COPTPA

mon, July 15 (DiPR): The Mon District Planning & Development Board meeting was held under the chairmanship of N. Thongwang Konyak, Chairman NKVIB & DPDB Mon on July 12 at DC’s conference hall, Mon. After reviewing the last meeting minutes the Deputy Commissioner, Mon Angau Anau I. Thou read out an appreciation letter received from Raj Bhawan. While approving the LADF 2013-14, the Chairman N. Thongwang Konyak informed the board that Rupees One Crore have been sanctioned for each constituency under LADF 2013-14. He said, out which Rs. 1 Lakh have been deducted for HIV/ AIDS programme, Rs. 15 Lakhs for common pool, Rs. 10 Lakhs for VDB and Rs. 25 Thousand for Planning Department. He said after all deductions, each constituency will have a share of Rs. 73.75 Lakhs under LADF 2013-14. He also informed that under common pool, Rs. 10 Lakhs have been allotted for District Hospital, Mon. He also said that under common pool the amount have been reduced from Rs. 1.35 crore to Rs. 1.20

Crore, because Tobu is excluded from DPDB, Mon. The Deputy Commissioner, Mon read out the projects of LADF submitted by the elected representatives of the 8 constituencies under the district. Later the board approved the LADF 2013-14. The board also recommended creation of Longshen RD Block under Phomching Constituency; Grand in aid to Baptist High School, Monyakshu and Mount Calvary School, Wanching, and opening of Eastern School, Mon town. The Deputy Commissioner also apprised the board that road to mission center is in a depilating condition where two culverts are at the verge of collapse and directed the SDO Sadar to verified the road for further necessary action. Later after the DPDB meeting the board had another meeting for distribution of work for the forthcoming Independence Day celebration 2013 in Mon headquarter. The meeting chalked out the programme for the Independence Day and each department was assigned with assignment according to their activities. ADC, Mon Kuko Mero, chaired the work distribution meeting.

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(Left to right): Lima Pongen VCM, Tangit GB, SB Tiwari and Council Chairman N. Meren during the inspection on July 14.

visiting officials stated that through such Centrally Sponsored Schemes there has been visible develop-

ment in the village within the last five years with special regard to MGNREGA Scheme.

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UNC urges GoI to expedite tripartite talks Maram culture and DIMAPUR, JULY 14 (MExN): In a letter to the Union Home Minister, the United Naga Council has stated that “it is a matter of great concern” that no communication regarding the sixth round of tripartite talks between the GoI, GoM and Nagas in Manipur under the UNC has been issued. A press note from the UNC appended by its President and General Secretary informed that on February 12, 2013, the fifth round of tripartite talk concluded with the GoI assuring that the next round of talk would be held very soon. It may be noted that the UNC had placed on record that the GoI and the GoM must be respectful of the democratic process of dialogue and avoid delay in convening the talk as done in past instances. The UNC further reiterated its insistence that the dialogue be political, “as the core issue is political.” However, it said that rep-

resentative of the GoM “have been maintaining that they do not have the mandate to talk on the political issue and that the same should be done at the political level.” The UNC informed that in the 1st round of talk held at North Block, Delhi on September 21, 2010 it was assured by the GoI that representation of GoM would have the mandate and authority to talk on the issues raised by the UNC. The GoI vide its letter No. 8/8/2008NE.I dated November 24, 2010 had communicated to the UNC that the GoM had been advised to come prepared to discuss the memorandum dated September 14, 2010 submitted by the UNC in the talk scheduled for December 3, 2012. Further, in a letter dated November 27, 2010, the GoM had informed that it would be represented in the next round of talk (2nd round) by three Ministers, who would be as-

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sisted by the Chief Secretary and other senior officials. However, the UNC added that in the December 3, 2010 talk held at Tahamzam (Senapati), Manipur, the GoM was represented by the Chief Secretary and senior officials who stated that political issues can be taken up only at the appropriate level. The GoI had intervened saying that all aspects have to be discussed without reservation and that the State government may not be restricted in understanding the issues and conveying them to the political authorities, the UNC added. Thus, the talk was continued and in the subsequent rounds, the UNC presented its case for an alternative political arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur outside the GoM and had submitted the postulates of the alternative arrangement in the 4th round held at Delhi on the August 31, 2012. The UNC alleged

that “all these while, the GoM representatives maintained a wholesale stand of not being competent to address the political issue.” The UNC urged that representation of GoM in the tripartite talk should be competent and authorised to address the issue tabled by the UNC, “without which it would be considered disrespect for the democratic process of dialogue and also for the sentiments of the Naga people in Manipur.” In view of this, the UNC has urged the GoI to communicate the date for the next round of talk within 15 days of this submission after ensuring that the GoM would be represented with mandate and authority to address the issue at hand. Further, it requested that the next round of talk may be held at Tamenglong district HQ as already assured vide MHA letter No 8/8/2008-NE. 1 dated February 6, 2013.

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DIMAPUR, JULY 15 (MExN): Welcoming the initiative of NEC Don Bosco Project, Don Bosco community Information centre, Museum (Shillong) in the documenting traditional, customary and cultural practices of the Maram Tribe, the Maram Students’ Union (MKS) has collaborated with the Project Officials in the collection of various data/ artifacts from Maram ancestral villages of Maram Khullen and Willong Khullen. The 2 days intensive questionnaires with competent village elders were recorded in monograph, auditory device and videotapes. The historical Wil-

long stone ‘Monoliths’ also formed part of the initiative. The series of interviews dwelled on several aspects including traditional dress and ornaments, food habits, family and social structure, mythical story of origin, composition of clan/ lineages/surnames/titles, customary practices of marriage, death, birth rituals and different stages of life cycle, puberty rites, traditional festivals, songs and dances, relationship with other communities, traditional institute of learning, primary occupation and tools used, landownership system, indigenous religious belief and supreme duty, political

DBU launches free certified courses

Manipur CEE results out DIMAPUR, JULY 15 (MExN): The results for the Manipur Combined Entrance Examination (CEE) 2013 for various courses viz Bsc Nursing, Bsc MLT, B. Pharm, Bsc RIT, Bsc OOT, D Pharm and AYUSH courses held on July 14 is hereby declared today, July 15. A press note from the Medical Directorate, GoM informed that the selected list and the wait list, category wise will be separately drawn up later on the basis of this result on merit as and when the total numbers of seats are made available to the Directorate. The list of candidates along with the marks secured in the examination is given in attached files in respective courses and can be seen at the notice board of the Directorate or at www.manipurhealthdirectorate.in.

78 killed, 191 kidnapped in Assam in two year time

GUwAhAtI, JULY 15 (PtI): Altogether 78 persons were killed and 191 kidnapped by different insurgent outfits in Assam during the last two years when 20 security personnel were also killed, minister Rockybul Hussain said today in the Assembly. In reply to a written query of Ali Hossain (AIUDF), the minister replying on behalf of Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said there were also 601 incidents of violence during the period. The ULFA (antitalk) faction had killed 16 persons, including a 10-yearold girl, a four-year-old boy and girl each, while the NDFB (anti-talk) had killed 12 civilians including a 10-year-oldboy, Hussain said. The Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT) killed 12, (NSCN-IM/K) four, Meghalaya based Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) three, Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), KRA, DNRF, HPC and DHD-Jewel one each, besides 25 by other outfits. A total of 135 militants were killed and 2749 arrested during the period, he said. To another question, the minister said five underground outfits are active in Assam and they are ULFA-Liberation, National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), KPLT, KLO, Muslim United Tigers of Assam (MULTA) and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM) Assam unit.

Three bills for new universities in Assam

GUwAhAtI, JULY 15 (PtI): Three bills for setting up universities, including a Women's varsity, were introduced in the Assam Assembly today. The Assam Women's University Bill, 2013 seeks to establish a teaching, non-affiliating and a residential women's university in the state at Jorhat, Education MinisterHimantaBiswaSarmasaid.Thegovernmentuniversity will provide facilities and offer opportunities for women bothinhigherandtechnicaleducationtopromoteresearchin applied science and arts, technology and other achievement. WithRs5croreearmarkedinthecurrentyear,hesaidtheproposed bill will lead to recurring and non-recurring expenses that will be met out of plan fund up to a period of three years from the date of starting the works. The Assam Royal Global University Bill, 2013 to establish a private university here was introduced to supplement the government's efforts in extending better educational facilities to students. A bill for establishing another private university 'The Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya' in Nagaon district was also introduced. The Bodoland University (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was also introduced for inclusion of representatives of its Teachers Association in the Executive Council of the state-run university set up in 2009.

1,18,472 suspected foreigners issued notices in Assam

GUwAhAtI, JULY 15 (PtI): A total of 1,18,472 suspected foreigners in Assam have been issued notices by the BSF during the last ten years, Panchayat minister Rockybul Hussain said today. In an oral reply on behalf of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to Ranjit Kumar Das (BJP) in the Assembly, Hussain gave a district-wise list of the number of persons issued such notices since January 2003.

Jaintia tribesmen participate in Behdienkhlam festival celebrations in Jowai in Meghalaya. Behdienkhlam is a traditional festival of the Jaintias celebrated after sowing is done seeking a good harvest and to drive away plague and diseases. Young men symbolically drive away evil spirits the beating of roofs of every house with bamboo poles. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Barak Valley opposes move to declare Assam a tribal state

SILChAR, JULY 15 (tNN): The Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya O Sanskriti Sammelon, the apex literary and cultural body of the Bengalidominated Barak valley, opposed any move to declare Assam a tribal state. It warned that if Assam is declared a tribal state, it will lead the state towards a 'deep crisis'. The reaction came after the pro-talk Ulfa led by Arabinda Rajkhowa demanded

how citizens and institutions can be offered services through NOFN. "We are impressed with the performance of Tripura and Panisagar is one of the pilot blocks for the NOFN delivery services. In all 35 institutions have been connected," said Gaurav Dwivedi, director of department of electronics and information technology. He claims the country is building a network of over 160,000 common services centres (CSCs) to take a gamut of public services to the very doorstep of common man as part of the National e-Governance Plan. Additional chief secretary K V Satyanarayana claimed that Tripura has come a long way in terms of applications of information technology to facilitate public services in panchayat level. "The hospital manage-

munities, its general secretary, Gautom Prasad Dutta, on Thursday said they will oppose any move to declare Assam a tribal state. Dutta said their organization supports the ongoing peacetalk between Ulfa and the government. "Assam is a multi-lingual and multi-religious state. Any move to erase the beautiful canvas by granting the tribal tag to Assam will only

lead to imbalances in the state's demography and ethnic turmoil," said Dutta. Citing examples of the ethnic violence in BTAD that took place last year, Dutta said the state government's move would spread a sense of doubt among the various groups of people across the state. Dutta said the people of Barak Valley will not allow the government to accord tribal status to Assam.

Assam assembly disrupted over Muslim voters

GUwAhAtI, JULY 15 (IANS): The Assam assembly's monsoon session began Monday on a stormy note over Muslim voters in the state, forcing Speaker Pranab Gogoi to expel all 18 AIUDF legislators for the day. The problem started after AIUDF's Sherman Ali Ahmed alleged that minorities were being harassed in the name of checking their citizenship status.

The All India United Democratic Front member was seeking a clarification from the government on the issue of 'D' (Doubtful) voters. When Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain replied on behalf Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, it led to noisy scenes. The speaker adjourned the house for 15 minutes. When the house met again,

Ahmed insisted on asking more questions and did not take his seat despite repeated requests by speaker. A furious speaker then expelled him for the day. The AIUDF legislator refused to leave. The other 17 party legislators joined him in the protest. As nothing could be heard in the din, the speaker expelled all the AIUDF legislators for the day.

Rapist Meghalaya policeman untraceable

ShILLoNG, JULY 15 (IANS): A Meghalaya police officer accused of raping two minor sisters has remained untraceable since last month as his family members have not been co-operating with investigators, an official said Monday. Nurul Islam, who was in charge of the Ampati police station, went into hiding June 2 after escaping from a police quarter

Tripura aims to connect all panchayats by optical fibre AGARtALA, JULY 15 (tNN): The success of a pilot project in remote Jalabasa panchayat of Panisagar rural development block of North Tripura has emboldened the state government and it now aims to expand the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) to all the 1,038 panchayats by 2015. Government offices, including health institutions and police stations, in Panisagar have already been connected with the NOFN that enables video conferencing even at panchayat level. The department of electronics and information technology has launched the project for digital empowerment of the villagers in 59 panchayats of three blocks - Panisagar, Arain (Ajmer/Rajasthan) and Parwada (Visakhapatnam/ Andhra Pradesh) - to study

tribal status for six communities - Koch-Rajbongshi, Moran, Motok, Tai Ahoms, Chutia and tea tribes. Once the six communities are included in the scheduled tribe (ST) list, the state's tribal population will be in majority. Sources said the Union ministry of home affairs has already agreed in principle to the demand. Though the literary body does not oppose granting tribal status to the six com-

ment software developed in Tripura is soon going to be adopted by Karnataka," Satyanarayana said adding that the government was sincerely trying to make 108 telemedicine centres operational in the state soon and at present 145 CSCs are functioning as ultra small branches of various banks in financial inclusion. "Panisagar alone provides for 30,000 transactions in the 52,000 total transactions provided by all the pilot districts all over the country," he said adding that Jalabasa CSC in Panisagar has been upgraded to a 'digital knowledge centre' according to the Central plan for CSC 2.0. He said the state government is planning to have one CSC per panchayat, which will greatly augment the service delivery in the state.

at Tura town in the West Garo Hills. He allegedly raped the two minor sisters in March. "He (Nurul) is still on the run and we have no specific information about his whereabouts," Ramachandran Muthu, district police chief of South West Garo Hills, told IANS Monday. "Our team has gone to two-three places in Assam where we suspected Islam to be hiding but we have

not been able to trace him," said Muthu. Islam's wife and relatives were questioned to get information about his whereabouts, police said. "They (family members) are not cooperating with us and that's why we have not been able to trace Islam." Following Nurul's escape, a deputy superintendent of police, a sub-inspector and three constables were placed under suspension.

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People of Nagaland must talk about our intrests atmosphere which is yet to be shaken off out our head thereby personal politics under the shadow of tribalism became the reality. The shapelessness of the face of our present society may be the outcome in absence of systematic human process of social and political development and Trade and commerce and economic development. The short of charming look society resulting to the society of no things of beauty with us in this 2nd decade of 21st century creating a very much critical situation of crossroads confusion among ourselves. This is a prominent topic of Naga family society and in the society at all levels. The outbreak of long silence of voicing by the concious and sensible Naga Civil societies like Naga Council of Dimapur for their stand against ACAUT and the stand of Ao Senden with 9 other tribals for the impediment of 30 years of Foothills Road connectivity that is connecting Southern Nagaland at Dimapur with that of Northern Nagaland at Tizit is considered as the social movement of Naga Civil Societies creating awareness to all concern. This is the alarming calling bell among the Nagas asking the people to be prepared oneself carefully to move forward. I have visualised that the people of Nagaland have lost the point of tolerance while realising the magic of success of civil society power of movement, where ever the politicking failed to achieve the necessity of humanity. The human power of we the people with the de-

n every human and family societies of this world, there is a deep search of something new development for the newness of things of life in this world. Everyone can see this kind of activities happening in all the human societies of this generation with satisfaction or dissatisfaction while comparing it with the activities of the past generations. People has seen the drastic changes of the human society in every generation with the best human efforts of sacrifices/contributions/participations etc. with vision and selflessness of individual wisdom or authorities of the Civil Societies and the Govt. etc. The signs of those achievements of the people are considered as the human advancement as a result to count. With my limited visionary and short of my wings and experience I have viewed and observed the process of activities of advancement of Naga Society in the past 50 years of Nagaland Statehood without forgetting the development of political trend of 62 years of Naga National struggle. The achievement in our society is found to be too fast but unhealthy and discouraging. My instinct and analyses told me that our society is feeding baby of one month by solid food which will not be healthy to grow at any cause. As a result, my descision came to share it in public. All achievement and advancement of Naga society during the years came into existance under the pressure of politicking

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termination have the final say to bring corrective measures systematically meeting the needs of the Nagas. We have seen the writings of Naga intellectuals and others in the media, we have heard their lectures of expert and we have experience about the murmering of entire Naga people in regard to the present unhealthyness of our society in anything. Now is the opportune time to look forward, stand up voicing for reforming the lapses by joining hands with those Naga civil societies marching in the street till the objective of our goal is achieved without blaming or criticizing any individual or authority. The word, of changes uthered by the leaders and the individual people in the public platforms at present as propaganda may be used in terms of more realistic way of purpose. In the backdrops of new atmosphere of movement of Naga Civil societies, in selective way, other major issues of lapses may also be undertaken considering it as a demand of new era. We the people of Nagaland may be prepared to extend our total support as we have seen the candle-light in the end of the tunnel and to see that the brighter light to enjoy at the end of the day. There is a saying that, The little human blood tested tiger will satisfy only when the entire blood of the human body is consumed. We are convinced of the past history of human movement in this world like French Revolution/Freedom Movement of South

Response to news item “State Govt unable to decide on superannuation”

mong all different types of retirement, the Govt. of Nagaland has issued an order to retire all servants fulfilling two conditions – one by attaining 60 years of age, which is called superannuation retirement and the second is on completion of 35 years of length of service which is called the compulsory retirement. There is no such order as the so called “marching order” mentioned in your paper for retirement but there is a rule of compulsory retirement, which should inform the employee atleast one to three months ahead (vice versa for voluntary retirement by the employee). The employer (Govt. of Nagaland) have the prerogative to decide the period to be counted or period not be counted for completion of 35 years of length of service of its servant, who does not have the liberty to do so. Superseding, all orders issued by the Govt. the latest OM issued dated 01/08/2012 states “Therefore, all the above categories of services which are followed by regularization or regular appointment in the same post without break or gap in service, shall be counted as public employment and include in calculation of length of service for the purpose of pension…..” for the condition of deciding compulsory retirement. While issuing the latest OM, on the basis of the ruling of the High Court and also all the petitioners were hav-

ing continued services in adhoc/contract period prior to appointment by NPSC, addition of a condition might have been felt reasonable to mentioned for those having gap or break in service during the adhoc/contract period, and added the words “without break or gap in service” which interprets that such period shall not be counted for determining the length of service for retirement in the latest OM also it has canceled all previous OMs. It is generally opined that the gap/ break in service should be decided on the availability of the adhoc/contract extension orders of the Govt. which is supreme and to take cognizant; whereas, it is likely to opine another condition of ‘pay taken or not taken’ which was not mentioned in the latest OM, resulting to difference in opinions, which leads to the principle of “benefit of doubt,” wherein the benefit goes to the poorer. However, if any employee has taken excess/less pay during the service period outside the orders of the employer, it is recovered/paid while pension payment is released. It was once an occasion when an employee applied for regularization of his service after nearly seven years on contract service but the cabinet rejected his case due to having “one day service break/gap” in the extension orders taking cognizant of the orders of the Government. In the presence

Africa/American war of Independence/Chinese Peasants Revolution/Indian Independent Movement etc. resulting to the beautiful achievement with human satisfaction. This may strengthen the hands of Naga political leaders in cracking the hard nut for resolving age old Naga political issue into an amicable solution if carefully and unitedly moved apart from resolving many other irregularities confronting us from marching ahead. In a smaller population State like Nagaland, there is no impossibility to bring realistic changes in the society if desired by one and all in a short period of time. If at all convinced, Naga Civil Societies may undertake a paintaking course of action in educating the grassroot mass with the selected slogans as well as all other authorities asking them to join their movement like:1. Stand for quality infastructures development like road connectivity/providing healthy potable drinking water facilities/ standard supply of power lines etc. 2. Stand for quality social development of educational and medical institutions with other social services. 3. Stand for quality administration structure with proper system averting nepotism/ favouritism/tribalism and other evil practices to be rooted out from our society. 4. Stand for justice to be delivered equall to all. 5. Stand for cleaning election mal-practices in support of NBCC policy.

state of affairs, if the pay is taken cognizant for continuity of the service, this employee may now be considered for regularization of other similar cases. I request all public in general and Temsumeren Pongen and Inoto Sumi in particular to wait for the orders of the employer as I am waiting to accept and honor gracefully the order of the government. It would have been fairer to react only on the basis of the actions taken by an individual or by government instead of pre-assuming issues and using derogatory words such as ‘marching orders’. It is never intended to use my decision for deciding the length of service but using the name of the post I am holding now and making news item amounts to not having confidence in the government of the day lest they take wrong decision or as if I have committed a wrong action which accounts to personnel defamation. I, T Yanger Ao, Chief Engineer, Irrigation & Flood Control, New Capital Complex, Kohima, will only wait for a week to get a copy of the news report you have submitted to the Editors of the Media with your full postal address or to identify yourself personally before I retire. Er. T Yanger Ao Chief Engineer, Irrigation & Flood Control, Nagaland, Kohima.

6. Stand for strengthening of Naga economy, trade and commerce through hard work culture and regaining individual descipline. 7. Stand for Reformation of Churches and individual faith in true spirit of Christians. 8. Stand for increase in growth rate of productions of all Industries and Agricultural allied sectors. 9. Stand for Naga unity. 10. Stand for Naga quality of trustworthyness and simple character with commitment attracting the banking institutions. 11. Stand for gaining confidence to each other of Nagas etc, etc. 12. Stand for re-generation of Nagas from the de-generation.

Coward die many times before he dies. Nagas are the man of courage to stand up for the cause of our own till we deliver justice to ourseves. Therefore, the call of the day is, we the Naga people of Nagaland shall be ready to stand up with courage and be ready to bring transformation and justice to us in our own interest instead of talking about quality development of other parts of the world and in India, we the people of Nagaland must talk about our intrests, be prepared and correct ourselves first will be the best policy for all of us. May God bless the Nagas. Tiameren Aier Former Minister of Nagaland

Can alternative arrangement possible?

System, forms, rules and regulations does not come from heaven as readymade form. We are to create our own world, system, living, and governance not with exploitative elements and ulterior motives, nor with personal benefit and advantage, but good for everyone. I was fascinated with one of the popular quotes from management, “minimize structure, maximize resources.” As the world is becoming a global village this philosophy has been well taken, and with the advancement of digital and IT one can connect the whole world by just a fraction of second, and even possible to do internet shopping. Looking from this perspective we need to refocus

some of the ongoing systems that directly effect our daily chores. To cite on one of the examples, I am in no way against the existing management and distribution systems of LPG where the customers have to come to the line by 4:30 a.m. till midday enduring themselves under the extreme heat, sun and rain, which is happening in all the distribution centers in Dimapur. In view to this I am inviting the right citizens to reason together and give constructive suggestions towards improvement by “maximizing the resources and minimizing the structure.” Amos Humtsoe

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.

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Tuesday 16 July 2013

12th NLA session in Seminar on peace building & Kohima from today value based education held Our Correspondent Kohima | July 15

The second session of the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly will commence from July 16 here. Day one session will be marked by obituary references, questions, laying of reports and other papers, if any and introduction of government bills, if any. Election for the post of deputy speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly will also take place on July 16. The session will go on till July 22 with July 17 and 21as recess days. July 18 proceeding will be marked questions, Laying of Reports and other papers, if any, Presentation of Supplementary Demands for grants for Regularisation of Excess Expenditure for the Year 2006 2007, Presentation of Budget for the Year 2013 -2014, Presentation of Assembly Committee Reports and Presentation of C&AG Report for the year ended 31st March, 2012 (Report No.1 of 2013). July 19: Questions, Laying of Reports and other papers, if any, Consider-

ation and Passing of Government Bills, Introduction of Government Resolution, if any, Introduction of Private Members Bills, if any, Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants for Regularisation of Excess Expenditure for the Year 2006 2007, Introduction, Consideration and Passing of the Nagaland Appropriation (N0.4) Bill, 2013 and General discussion on the Budget for the year 2013-2014. July 20: Questions, Discussion and Consideration of Government Resolutions, Laying of Reports and other papers, if any, Presentation of Assembly Committee Reports, Consideration and Passing of Private Members Bill and General discussion on the Budget for the year 20132014. July 22: Questions, Laying of Reports and other papers, if any, General discussion on the Budget for the year 2013-2014, Introduction, Consideration and Passing of the Nagaland Appropriation (N0.5) Bill, 2013, Unfinished Business, if any and Adjournment of the Session sine-die.

Kohima, July 15 (mExN): Peace Channel Club, Alder College, Kohima, held a one-day seminar on “Importance of Value Based Education and Peace Building” at its college premises on July 12, 2013. Resource person Lucas Meyase, Former Director, School Education emphasized on the traditional values like truth, honesty and hard work that “our forefathers possessed” and encouraged the students to compete not with others, but to compete with oneself. The other resource person, Victor Yhome, Convenor,

Students of Alder College Kohima pose for a lens with the resource persons and lecturers after the seminar on July 12.

People’s Forum for Peace, Kohima District also spoke on peace building and urged the students to work for peace with spirituality which, according to him is

the need of the hour. He also highlighted some golden rules for peace building. The programme was chaired by Kiulamong and the welcome address was

delivered by the college vice principal. Peace pledge was taken by Medotsino Thorie, Teacher Incharge and vote of thanks was delivered by Suiranglungbe.

BJP prayer meeting for Uttarakhand disaster victims

Dimapur, July 15 (mExN): BJP Nagaland Unit will conduct a prayer meeting on July 18, 2013 at its party head office in Super Market here at 2:00 pm for the victims of the recent Uttarakhand tragedy. All party workers stationed in Dimapur are requested to attend the said meeting positively, stated a press release issued by BJP general secretary cum spokesperson K James Vizo. While expressing its sincere solidarity to the aggrieved families who lost their dear and near ones, the

party has appreciated “the tremendous efforts displayed by the Indian armed forces in saving thousands of lives during the disasters.” The party has urged upon the central government to declare this unfortunate incident as “National Calamity” and at the same time provide all possible aids and assistances to the State. Meanwhile, it cautioned its party rank and files not to go for fund drive without prior approval from the state unit, failing to comply, it would attract a disciplinary action, the note stated.

Further, the State president Dr M.Chuba Ao has directed all the State office bearers assigned as In-charge/ Prabharis to conduct BJP District Executive meetings in their respective districts within July and submit the report by first week of August to the head office. All district presidents have also been directed to co-ordinate with the prabharis concerned and make the necessary arrangements through the State Treasurer and General Secy. (Org.). “Inactive district units will be viewed seriously,” it warned.

Eurokids Summer Camp concludes GSUM celebrates Bhanu Jayanti moKoKchuNg, July 15 (mExN): Marking the 199th birth anniversary of Adi Kavi Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, Gorkha Students' Union Mokokchung (GSUM) celebrated the 199th Bhanu Jayanti on July 13, 2013 at the auditorium of MGHSS here, informed the GSUM president Peter Aley. The day saw performances such as songs, dances, choreography, messages, poem recitation and talent expo cum sale. During the session, Gorkha Union Mokokchung president Prakash Aley exhorted on the importance of preserving one’s identity. He said "Culture and language identifies who we are." The chief guest, I. Lipok Jamir readdressed the noble intention and works of

Bhanu Bhakta in bringing unity and encouraged to stand united irrespective of caste, religion or status. He also enlightened the students about self employment avenues. Before the entertainment session, T. Temsu Jamir, President NMP+ sensitized the gathering on HIV awareness. Stating “No community is safe from it,” he encouraged the people to stay faithful and aware. He also challenged everyone present to give space to the PLHAs through acceptance and love. Peter Aley has thanked the chief guest for his generous donation. He has also thanked the well wishers and the community members for their valuable contributions towards the success of the programme.

'Submit W/C employees report at NLA session'

Participants of Eurokids Summer Carnival 2013 pose for lens.

Dimapur, July 15 (mExN): Eurokids Summer Carnival 2013 has concluded after a seven-day programme. The Carnival is organised by the Eurokids International School, Dimapur every year. A press release issued by the principal, Eurokids International School Sandeep K Jain informed that around 40 students from different schools in Dimapur participated in the summer camp. The Carnival aimed at building different values like discipline, responsi-

bility, leadership skills and team work, it said. The fun-filled carnival comprised of various activities like Art & Craft classes, fun games, action songs, a big screen movie show, outdoor picnic, outdoor sports. The program concluded on the seventh day with a talent show, where not only kids, but their parents also performed along on the stage and awards were distributed to the winners of different activities done in the carnival, it added.

Kohima, July 15 (mExN): The Joint Venture Departmental Association (JVDA) while appreciating the Cabinet Sub-Committee’s (CSC) plan to examine report on work-charged (W/C) employees, as appeared in the media, has requested the CSC to examine the matter and submit the report during 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly session, stated a release re-

ceived here. The press release jointly issued by All Nagaland PHE Field Staff Association president N Zhekugha Assumi and ANPWDFWA general secretary K Atovi Awomi also informed that the JVDA in its joint general meeting held on July 12 in Dimapur had condemned the press release of All Nagaland PWD (R&B) & (H) W/C Association under the

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headline “ANPWD (R&B) & (H) to conduct verification drive” dated July 12 “as the said association is not affiliated with JVDA.” It further stated “whereas All Nagaland PWD Field Worker’s Association PWD (R&B) and Housing bearing Regd. No. ED/GSS/RS/2033/9192 (Pt) dated 24/03/1993 is the government departmental association which is affiliated to JVDA.”

Ao Senden resolves to...

vestment climate in Nagaland which has been vitiated.” He expressed hope that necessary remedial action will be taken Also stating that for the past many centuries the Naga peo- by all concerned. ple had protected their land and resources as their birth rights, the Ao Senden pointed out that it was left with no option but to ask the Government of Nagaland “why after five long decades the issue of land and its resources vis-à-vis Article 371-A is been The DBM took initiatives and talked with the authorities thrown into a public debate when our rights over our land and its concerned to make the correction. “In the next translation, the resources are firmly established without questions.” word “foolish” was deleted from the verse,” Amongla said adding, “Looking back, in these last twenty-six years, there were NPMHR supports control over own land & re- gloomy, sad and dark days. But now we see hope!” sources Acknowledging few people who came forward to assist and encourage the Ministry, the Reverend during the SilThe Naga Peoples’ Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) stated that it “fully supports the control and use over our own ver Jubilee celebration of DBM in 2012 mentioned a very land and resources, using our own ingenuity.” It contended that special person who was of great assistance to the ministry “a legislative approach, as mooted by the Legal Advisor, or a from the very beginning to his last breath, Late Yajen Aier, legal approach, the other alternative, to contest the validity of who was lovingly called by the students as ‘Grandfather’. Article 371-A, at this point of injunction, is rather hurried, given He was the first chairman of DBM Governing Body, and took the contents and levels of the ongoing Indo-Naga peace talks”. the initiative of registration and formation of the governThis was the NPMHR position presented during the “Con- ing body. Educating deaf children, the Ministry hopes to change sultation meet with Naga Tribal Hohos and Civil Societies to discuss on the stand of the Ministry of Home Affairs [Govern- the community’s attitude towards people with hearing imment of India] on Ownership and Transfer of Land and its Re- pairment. Under its wings, DBM has a church ministry, an sources under Article 371-A of the Constitution of India,” or- education ministry and a vocational training centre. This ganized by Government of Nagaland, on July 12, 2013, held at special institute is already transforming lives of its students. Many of the alumni are now successful entrepreneurs, some Capital Convention Centre, Kohima. “On Article 371-A’s legal tender, NPMHR feels that the re- working as teachers in different school in Nagaland and Shilcourse presented by the learned counsel, R.K. Raman, Legal long. Over the years, DBM has spread its wings to states outside Advisor to Government of Nagaland, is chiefly premised on legal opinions and reasons, rather than legal references and its region. It has catered to deaf people from states like Rajasthan, West Bengal, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir judgements.” As such, the NPMHR suggests - that a clarification may be and Nepal. Apart from this, the Institute as well as its students officially sought with the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, has won several awards and accolades. One of the most remarkable things about the school is Government of India, over a dispute arising from a central government office memo. The NPMHR supported “transpar- that, even though it is a private run school, no school fees are ency on issues concerning our people,” while adding that it charged from the students. They are given free education. appreciates the attempt for an inclusive consultation with The young children at the beginning of the ministry have “right-holders”. now grown into beautiful young people, many of whom are now working. DBM is the recipient of several meritorious National and state awards which include three National Award for the WelChairman CFMG said only the duly elected government fare of People with Disabilities (1999, 2004 and 2009), Social of Nagaland is authorized to levy taxes which are then used service award (Government of Nagaland), Karmayogi Award to run the government for the benefit of the people by con- (The International Association of Lions Club) and certificate of structing roads, water and power projects and other civic Appreciation (Rotary Club of Dimapur). The DBM encouraged the deaf to dream big and to achieve works, running schools and colleges, medical facilities etc. He called for improving the “working environment and in- their dream, always keeping in mind the “Fear of the Lord.”

Deaf ministry shows...

Truck-load of papers as replies to questions on School Education Department for Tuesday's Assembly session being loaded in a truck. (Photo: Toto Nurumi)

Images of the ruined girls hostel of GM Government High School, Chizami, Phek. For more than a decade one could only see the buildings and materials disappearing day by day. At one point of time, students in and around the sub-division would stay in the hostel and get their education, but today it has turned into a museum. (Photo Courtesy: Wedekhro Naro)

Do not vitiate the spirit...

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NSWON express outrage Dimapur, July 15 (mExN): NSWON, Sumi Region has expressed shock and outrage at the “horrific mutilation and brutal murder” of a woman at Residency colony, Dimapur on July 4, 2013. NSWON Sumi Region while strongly condemning the “barbaric act” of the accused Rikhumkaba cautioned that it will not tolerate any kind of violence against women. A condemnation note from the NSWON Sumi region stated, “Lately, violence against women is on the rise in Nagalim , which NSWON Sumi Region calls for urgent need to stand together to fight heinous crimes against women.” The NSWON Sumi region also urged the competent authority to ensure that the person responsible for the inhuman act is awarded befitting punishment, "so that the masses will have faith in justice system.” It further extended its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family for the tragic loss and prayed to the Almighty to grant them solace.

Kma Rotary Club meet

Kohima, July 15 (mExN): The Kohima Rotary Club’s weekly meeting will be held on July 16 at The Orchid’s conference room at 5:00 pm. The guest lecture for the day will be delivered by Rtn. Kezhokhoto Savi, President, Nagaland Voluntary Consumers Organization on "Illegal Taxation in the State.”All Rotarians have been requested by the president of the Club to attend the meeting. Guests interested in the subject have also been welcomed to attend and interact with the Rotarians.

WCBCC meeting

Dimapur, July 15 (mExN): The Western Chakesang Baptist Church Council (WCBCC) informs that the finance committee of Chakesang National Revival has convened its second sitting on July 21 at CBC Dimapur at 1:00 pm. Therefore, all committee members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

NPYC office bearers meet

Kohima, July 15 (mExN): Office bearers of Nagaland Pradesh Youth Congress (NPYC) are informed that there will be a meeting on July 19, 2013 at Congress Bhavan, Kohima at 11:00 am. All concerned have been requested to positively attend the meeting. This was informed by NPYC general secretary Yanchamo (Lima).

NPCC emergency meet

Kohima, July 15 (mExN): There will be an emergency meeting of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) office bearers and CLP members on July 17, 2013 at 11:00 am at Congress Bhavan, Kohima. All members concerned have been requested by the NPCC general secretary Medokul Sophie to attend the said meeting without fail.

DC Zunheboto calls meeting

ZuNhEboto, July 15 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner, Zunheboto, Akato Sema has informed that there will be a meeting of all the Human Development Report Co-ordinators, writers, editorial committee, members of sub-committee on July 17 at 11 a.m at the DC conference hall, Zunheboto. In this regard, the DC has requested all the members to attend the meeting and bring their report, if any.

ASU to start ILP verification process

Kohima, July 15 (mExN): The Angami Students Union (ASU) has informed that the annual ILP verification process will be initiated for a week starting from July 17 at ASU office HQ, below AIR Station, BOC Kohima. "All the non-locals inhabiting in Kohima district must verify and register their necessary documents including ILP, identity card if under any service, valid trade license voters ID and other IDs," said verification committee convenor Viraseto Neikha and co-convener Rokovizo Senotsu. The person will have to produce original documents along with 2 passport size photos. Government servants are exempted, it added. ASU said the Union is extremely alarmed by the demographic threats posed by overwhelming influx of illegal immigrants. “While we foresee inconveniences to many genuine citizens towards affecting this exercise, we urge all citizens to co-operate so as to counter this threat collectively,” the release added.

AYO convenes emergency meeting

Kohima, July 15 (mExN): The Angami Youth Organization (AYO) has informed the presidents and office bearers of range youth organizations to attend an emergency meeting scheduled to be held on July 19 at 11:00 AM at APO Hall without fail.

DBA general meeting

Dimapur, July 15 (mExN): All the bona fide members of the Dimapur Bar Association (DBA) are informed that there will be a general body meeting on July 16 at 12:00 pm at the association’s hall. All members have been requested to attend the meeting. This was informed by DBA joint secretary A Hukavi and its president.

Training on New Pension System held

Kohima, July 15 (mExN): Two-day training on New Pension System and introduction of New Service Book was held at the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare on July 11 and 12. Dr. G. Kemp Director (H) addressed the programme. Resource persons included Aochuba, Asst. director, Treasuries & Accounts, Shaji K, Accounts officer, Accountant General, Nagaland and Amenla Jamir, Sr. Accounts officer, H&FW. Discussions on the concerned subjects followed with Dr.Neiketou Chiesotsu, Addl.director as the moderator. Directorate officials, DDO’s and dealing staff from all the 11 districts attended the programme.

Medziphema celebrates World Population Day Dimapur, July 15 (mExN): Dimapur District observed World Population Day 2013 at Medziphema CHC on July 11. The programme was chaired by Dr. Victor Lam, MO and welcome address was delivered by Dosau HCMC followed by inaugural speech by Dr. Manyau Phom, Sr. Medical Officer, Medziphema CHC. Speaking on the occasion as guest of honour, Thejawelie Gregory elaborated on the importance of population stabilization. Meanwhile, Dr. Kevi Meyase, Gynaecologist

spoke on the topic of family planning and adolescences pregnancy. He also informed the participants that Population Stabilization Fortnight 2013 will be observed throughout the district from July 11 to 24, where free family planning services, and awareness programmes in the form of focus group discussion, family planning counselling will be provided. The programme was also attended by Medziphema Town and Village elders, health workers of the block.

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express TuEsDAy 16 July 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 193

The Self

vor Jennings’ observed that “the people cannot decide until somebody decides who are the people.” This statement is paradoxical because unless a people forms its own self-definition, its capacity to be self-determining is overpowered by those who define it for them. Identity is intimately tied with the moral and ethical notion of human dignity. When one is seeking the realization of human dignity and human worth, one is also referring to those qualities and values which are shared with fellow humans. The people’s identity and their dignified will are indeed the primeval aspirations wedded together in the politics of human existence and human relations. The self in self-determination raises the issue of identity and the right to self-definition is invariably linked to how one constructs and exercises the right to self-determination. The idiom “self-determination” implies that inherent presence of the collective self asserts its existence as a social and political reality by embracing the aspirations and ethical notions of human dignity and human worth. Self-determination is relational and as Kenneth Deer puts it, selfdetermination is shared with your neighbor, and follows the relationships you make with the people you live next to. The praxis of self-determination becomes more meaningfully when applied in the context of collective identity as peoples. Hans Kochler reminds us of the undeniable feature of human rights as collective rights and one in which individual rights and collective rights cannot be separated from each other in legal philosophy and modern human rights. Critical observation shows that historical forces have been instrumental in shaping and expanding the notion of self. Perhaps the more important question is: Which self are we referring to? Mahmood Mamdani reminds us that political identities exist in their own right which is a direct consequence of the history of State formation and not of market or culture formation; hence, political identities are the result of how power is organized. David Gordon asserts that “In the final analysis it is for men [and women] to decide which identity they prefer, unless of course they are constrained by superior power to do otherwise.” John Hoffman remarks that it is the State in modern world, which imprisons identities in particularistic frameworks even as it presents its monopolistic claims in universalizing terms. The power structures not only define the parameters of the political community, telling us who is included and who is left out, but also differentiate the bounded political community internally. In doing so, States have effectively negated the right to selfdefinition. The question remains –who is the self?

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Sahana Ghosh Source: IANS

'India has a growing rock scene'

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urprised by the mushrooming metal rock culture in India, visting metal ensembles from the Maldives, France and the United Arab Emirates hope to make headway in their countries even as threats of piracy and the availability of free music online loom large. Struggling to find a foothold in the global rock scenario, metal rock bands Nothnegal from Male, the capital of Maldives, Hacride from Poitiers (France) and Point of View from Dubai (UAE) are wowed by the "overwhelming response" to their brand of music in India. "The response has been very positive in India. I was very surprised that India has such a growing rock scene. I never expected to see so many fans of metal," lead vocalist Luis Roux of Hacride told IANS on the sidelines of a metal concert here. "We know India for its Bollywood, but we had no idea that metal is growing so much," Roux added. Despite Europe's contribution to rock music, metal is still on the fringes in France. "It's a marginal genre. It's popular among young people, but it's not recognised in the media - it's not on the TV, it's not on the radio. It used to be looked as a country that did not have any metal bands but it's getting recognition now," Roux pointed out. Roux, who describes the tenor of Hacride's music as "groovy and progressive", said that metal is facing stiff competition from a huge profusion of new music and artists thanks to the internet that gives a chance to musicians from across the world. "With the internet, music is accessible to all. That is a good thing but there are so many artists out there on the web..it's a huge competition," rued Roux. Lead guitarist Hilarl of Nothnegal felt similarly, though the cyberworld has been instrumental in popularising the band's songs. "We have toured almost 20 countries in Asia and Europe. Our music is more popular in Europe. This is largely due to our compositions which can be found online," said Hilarl. He confessed that the Maldives is yet to recognise the metal genre but hoped that just like India, the island nation in the Indian Ocean will also have a healthy rock scene in the future. "It is still on the fringes...it's underground. But we were astonished that India has a developed rock scene. We can definitely hope for the better for our nation," said Hilarl. However, piracy has dealt a heavy blow to the budding musicians. Chirodeep Lahiri of Kolkata, who plays the drums for Dubai-based ensemble Point of View, felt piracy is the dark side of the internet that otherwise provides a huge boost to newcomers. "It's got both sides. Because of piracy and indiscriminate music downloads, album sales drop. In one way it is a boon as music reaches a lot of people," Lahiri told IANS. Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, the current lead guitarist of Guns 'N' Roses, felt artists who have been through a struggling period turn out to be seasoned and true professionals whereas others who experience a swift rise to fame often turn out to be one hit wonders. "But now people achieve quick fame because of the internet and later on you see they can't stick around much," said Thal. Despite the negatives, Lahiri reckons metal will "prosper and only continue to grow".

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David Petrasek

New powers won’t play by old rules

he world is changing: economic and political power is shifting from north and west to south and east; liberal democracies will increasingly share or cede global power to authoritarian regimes or emerging powers that prioritize sovereignty and non-interference over concern for human rights abroad. It would seem that for many international human rights advocates, however, these changes require no fundamental re-orientation of strategy. In the pieces they contributed to this forum, Peggy Hicks and Ken Roth of Human Rights Watch (HRW), and Salil Shetty of Amnesty International (AI) argue along similar lines. They insist that as new global powers emerge NGOs must demand of them – no less than existing powers – that they use their growing influence to pressure recalcitrant regimes to respect human rights. In response to the obvious weakness in such a strategy - countries like China and Russia are themselves open to the charge of widespread human rights abuse, and thus can hardly be expected to wield it in good faith against others - AI and HRW argue that the democracies among the rising powers, most prominently, Brazil, India, and South Africa, must promote abroad the values they claim to be committed to at home. Their record in doing so may be disappointing, but AI and HRW argue that there are successful examples of them doing so. And they point out that, in any case, inconsistency in promoting human rights abroad is to be expected, and indeed is familiar in the record of western democracies. They make a compelling argument. The demands of impartiality and simply clever campaigning suggest that international NGOs should make similar demands of all governments whose global power gives them influence. The fact that these NGOs have western origins and funding is further cause for them to make a greater effort to engage non-western powers, in order to demonstrate their even-handedness and to give substance to the claim of universality. And, indeed, both AI and HRW are actively pursuing strategies that will deepen their presence and engagement in and with these new powers, including through stronger linkages to civil society actors in these countries. However, the argument is grounded in certain assumptions regarding the international system for the protection of human rights. Most notably, it assumes that as the power dynamic shifts, the rules of the game will remain largely unchanged - that is, international oversight and scrutiny of domestic human rights issues will continue in UN bodies like the Human Rights Council and the Security Council. Viewed this way, it is simply a matter of urging the new powers to increasingly sign on to an existing strategy of bringing pressure to bear via denunciatory resolutions and/or enhanced scrutiny by UN rapporteurs or investigation teams. But what if the arrival of new powers signals not just a greater reluctance to name and shame, but outright opposition to the confrontational approach such acts signify? In other words, what if the new powers not only refuse to play the game, but set out to re-write the rules? Indeed, there is already evidence for this tendency in the UN Human Rights Council, where it is increasingly difficult to muster a majority for country-specific resolutions, and where many governments oppose in principle the use of such name and shame resolutions. Similarly, pressure continues on the system of “special procedures” (the rapporteurs and working groups) to adopt less “confrontational” tactics, such as critical reporting, and to prioritise dialogue. So too in the Security Council, where arguably the high-water mark for its willingness to take up human rights issues passed with the resolution authorising intervention in Libya. If this tendency persists, international NGOs might find their influence on UN human rights processes much diminished notwithstanding their efforts to engage with new powers.

aman Thapa (name changed) came to Delhi some 15 years ago. Alone and lonely in an alien city, he soon started visiting a brothel. After some time, he noticed non-itchy skin ulcers in his body and on visiting a doctor got the shock of his life when told he was suffering from a sexually transmitted disease. Maya Gurung was all of 21 and a shy young bride when she came from Nepal to join her husband in Delhi. The next few years were a tremendous challenge for her. She faced discrimination at work and in her working-class neighbourhood in south Delhi's Kapashera area primarily because of her migrant status. The situation was so bad that Maya was not even able to get basic healthcare facilities. These are some of the common stories poor migrants from Nepal, and possibly from Bangladesh, narrate when they come in through the porous border to stay in big Indian cities like Delhi or Mumbai in the hope of a better future. Migrants usually face multiple challenges but often find themselves at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid with no healthcare or other support systems. Giving people like Thapa and Gurung a sense of belonging and identity is NGO Care and the Modi Life Foundation, which through its EMPHASIS (Enhancing Mobile Population's Access to HIV/AIDS, Services, Information and Support) project has been working for

Expecting new global powers to promote human rights abroad via the United Nations assumes that they will play by the old rules and - if such pressure is to be effective - that human rights factors will condition their bilateral relationships; neither is likely

concerns raised by the existing members of those alliances. Similarly, small and mid-size countries heavily dependent on aid or trade and investment have in some cases improved respect for human rights under foreign pressure. But western criticism of human rights abuse has negligible impact today on large powers like China or Russia, or medium and small powers who are not dependent on the west, for example, Iran and Sudan, or Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Many other examples could be cited. Most recently, consider the case of Burma. For twenty years the military regime was routinely the subject of UN resolutions condemning its human rights record, as well as being isolated and facing sanctions applied by western powers. Yet, the regime remained largely oblivious to this foreign pressure; certainly its human rights record remained appalling. Recently, however, following a strategic decision made by the Burmese leadership to balance Chinese influence with western investment and access to world markets, it has made dramatic improvements in its human rights record to satisfy US, European and, to some extent, ASEAN demands. In short, the moral opprobrium attached to being singled out for criticism in itself rarely brings about change. It is the fear that criticism, whether bilateral or via UN resolutions, may signal repercussions in other areas that provide the leverage. It may well be that the emerging powers will condition investment, trade, aid and political relationships with other countries on the degree to which they respect human rights. They might also shun repressive regimes by denying them membership in regional organisations. The African Union, for example, has sought to exclude the participation of governments that take power through coup d’etat or unconstitutional means. But there is no guarantee that they will do so, and certainly there is much evidence to suggest the emerging powers, even the democracies among them, will be deeply sceptical of wielding such conditionality. And this scepticism will seep into the policies of global institutions - the UN, World Bank, IMF A new conditionality? - as the voting weight and influence of the emerging There is a more fundamental problem with the powers increases in these organisations. argument about engaging new powers: it assumes that condemnation and pressure by any foreign Supporting civil society government, acting via the UN or bilaterally, is or Does this mean the strategy of encouraging will remain an effective means for improving re- emerging powers to promote human rights abroad spect for human rights. The actual evidence on this is doomed to fail, and hence a wasted effort? Not point is inconclusive. It would seem that such pres- necessarily, because even if foreign concern over sure only really works where the country under a country’s human rights record has little impact scrutiny has something to gain (or lose) from the on the government, it can be an important means country or countries applying pressure. And this of providing support and encouragement to local calculation may play out very differently in an in- civil society. The Brazil Government’s position on creasingly multi-polar world. human rights in Ethiopia may matter little to the Consider the record. The strategy to use foreign Ethiopian regime, but if critical it may be an impolicy and multilateral forums to bring pressure on portant boost to the beleaguered human rights deregimes abusing human rights found real traction fenders in that country. Similarly, India’s vote with for the first time in the mid-1970s and gathered western countries to criticise Sri Lanka in the UN pace in the 1980s, precisely at a time when western Human Rights Council has had negligible impact power was ascending, and Soviet power was de- on the Sri Lankan Government (that can rely on its clining. The countries that faced this new pressure growing economic relationship with China), but it from abroad – South and Central American dicta- has been important to local advocates who can use torships, apartheid South Africa, the communist it to offset the charge that it is only the hypocritical regimes of Eastern Europe – withstood this pres- west that raises the human rights issue. sure, or changed their policies, as the case may be, This focus on local civil society is especially imlargely based on the degree to which they needed portant for another reason. The rise of new powers the trade, military or aid relationships with west- is only one of the many momentous global shifts now ern powers that were applying the pressure. In the under way. Dramatic gains in education, including at 1990s, with US (and western) power largely un- the secondary and post-secondary level, coupled with challenged, and more countries thus dependent on the exponential growth of urban populations and the such relationships, there was arguably much more diffusion of mobile access to the internet (to 5 billion scope to promote human rights through foreign people by 2020!) all point to a newly empowered and policy and the UN. And there was indeed a dramatic growing middle class in dozens of countries. Promiincrease in both the number of countries that came nent among these will be the emerging powers: China under one form or another of UN scrutiny, and the and India, of course, but also Brazil, Indonesia, Mexiavailable mechanisms for doing so. co, Nigeria, South Africa, Turkey and others. Further, consider the cases where pressure from Looking ahead, it is this newly empowered midforeign governments has had the most tangible im- dle class who will be the most important engine for pact, and conversely those cases where it has been change, for good or ill. Far more than the foreign polnegligible. Post-Cold War, the desire to join the Eu- icy of their governments, it is their understanding of ropean Union and/or NATO has without doubt mo- human rights and their willingness to demand the tivated the countries of eastern, central and south- protection of these rights both at home and abroad eastern Europe to pay attention to human rights that will shape the future of human rights.

Nepali migrants fight AIDS, discrimination in India Sreeparna Chakrabarty Source: IANS

the Nepali migrant population. The project helped the migrants become part of a growing community that has now started working for each other's welfare. But its main agenda remains issues plaguing migrant communities, including HIV/AIDS. As most of the migrants come to India via Banbasa in Uttarakhand and Gaurifanta in Uttar Pradesh and the destinations are usually Delhi and Mumbai, EMPHASIS has its project offices at the transit and destination points. At these points, the NGO interacts with the migrants and educates them about the dreaded disease that has affected over 2.5 to 3 million people in India. EMPHASIS engages with over 100 partners and stakeholders and 700 peer educators in reducing the vulnerability of HIV/AIDS among the crossborder migrants that come to India from Nepal and Bangladesh. But this is not the only role it plays. Over time, it has emerged as a strong platform for migrants to come

together as a community and address all issues bothering them. The change is visible. Ten years down the line, Gurung's life has changed. She is now a strong and confident woman working passionately for the cause of her community, educating them among other things on the perils of HIV/AIDS. She and her husband Naveen Gurung are now part of the 5,000-strong Nepali community in Kapashera on the capital's outskirts - where most of the houses are cheek-byjowl - which has come together as part of the EMPHASIS initiative. In just four years, the Kapashera area has become a home away from home for the Nepalese, where they celebrate their own customs, traditions and festivals - as one. But addressing the health issues of the Nepali community remains the topmost priority for EMPHASIS. Giving an example, Milan Thapa, 26, another Nepali migrant, told IANS: "Recently one of our neighbours was pregnant and the family did not take

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her to a hospital. We forced her to go for a pre-natal check-up and when the time came for delivery, we got her admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital." "We even intervene in domestic fights, besides giving them (the migrants) details of government schemes that they can benefit from," Thapa told IANS. It is not that men are not part of this initiative. A Unity of Nepal youth association organises major functions during Diwali, Dusshera and other festivals at which people from other communities also join in. Mamta Behra, partnership coordinator with EMPHASIS in Delhi, told IANS: "We try to go to the micro-level for every community as the issues are different between various communities." In the NCR region, EMPHASIS, which simultaneously launched the project in Bangladesh, India and Nepal four years ago, is running offices in Gurgaon, Naraina and a couple of places in east Delhi. Rashmi Singh, executive director of the National Mission for Empowerment of Women, told IANS: "Our campaign is to ensure the security and dignity of the migrants." "We cannot work on healthcare in isolation. For the benefit of the immigrants, NGOs must enable them open bank accounts, facilitate micro-credit support, form self-help groups and provide education for their children, among others," she said.

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7 The Irony of the Jews

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16 July 2013

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ecently I had a very enriching conversation with an elderly citizen here in Lower Chandmari, Kohima. I respect him for his age and for his activities in the church. During the course of our conversation, he mentioned to me that he had been on an excursion with some fellow church members to the Holy Land (Jerusalem) some years back. While narrating about this tour to the Holy land, this gentleman told me that their tour guide was a Jewish young lady who was well-versed in the English language and also in all the information and knowledge about all the tourist spots in Jerusalem. It was this young lady tourist who impressively apprised the Naga tourists with all the history, geography and religion that the Holy City offers. In other words, the tour of the Naga delegation to the Holy city was made complete and meaningful by the agility and the professional hospitality of this young lady-guide. However, the Naga tourists were all shocked when, at the end of the three-day tour, this lady guide unhesitantly told them that she and majority of the Jewish people were still waiting for the Messiah who was prophesized by the prophets of the Old Testament. What a revelation it was! In other words, they don’t accept Jesus as the Messiah prophesized by the prophets of the Old Testament. To them, Jesus was also just another prophet and that the real Messiah or Savior of the Jews and of the world was yet to show up. It was the American missionaries who brought to us the gospel of Jesus Christ in the later part of the 19th century. Many a times, I have also wondered why it had to be the American missionaries who brought to us the gospel of salvation and not the Jews. Under normal circumstances, it should have been the Jews who are spreading the gospel message of Jesus Christ to the ends of the world. This is so because they were the ones who were originally chosen by the Living God to do so. They were the ones through whom the gospel of salvation was intended by God to spread to all the parts of the world. However, things have certainly not turned out the way it was intended. I am unaware of any great missionary to have emerged from the Jewish community in modern times other than Moris Cerullo. (Moris Cerullo is also an American citizen now). All the great missionaries of modern times are usually from countries like America, Britain and Australia. Since the earliest of times, God had entered into a covenant with Abraham and God had promised Abraham that He would bless him and his children and that all the nations of the world would be ultimately blessed through the descendants of Abraham. This was the plan of God or, in other words, this was the plan of salvation. And as such, the Jews were the first witness of the true God because long before the gentile nations came to know about the salvation plan of God, the Jewish people had began to experience it firsthand. And as such, there were destined to bear fruits and be the first and most enthusiastic witnesses of God. Through out the long history of Israel in the Old Testament and long before the world came to know of the God of Israel, God constantly revealed Himself to the children of Israel by guiding and mentoring them through some of the most tumultuous and unpredictable times in their history. However, throughout the Old Testament, the Jews turned out to be some of the most unfaithful and difficult-to-teach people as they continuously wavered again and again from their God. Even when Jesus appeared on the scene some 2000 years ago it was the Jews who witnessed firsthand the teachings, the miracles, the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was the Jews amongst whom God incarnated Himself and lived and revealed the message of salvation to the whole

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Straight From The Heart History, Politics, Culture… world. Therefore, if ever there could be a people or nation who would be the greatest and most prolific propagator of the Living God and His Plans for humanity; it should have been undoubtedly the Jews. But Alas, the scenario here is quite astonishing. Majority of the Jewish nation are still followers of the Laws of Moses. They are still waiting for the Messiah and Savior of the world to show up - even after Jesus Christ was born into their midst and had gone on to turn the whole world upside down. Even during the times of Jesus, the Jewish people continued to idolize their long gone prophets and kings like Jonah and Solomon. Therefore, Jesus, talking about himself, even said that someone much greater and bigger than Jonah and Solomon was now in their midst and therefore their generation was really blessed. Jesus even told his contemporaries that many had wished to witness and see what they were witnessing and seeing but could not witness and see. And Jesus even said that he had been there long before even Abraham. And Jesus backup all his sayings and utterances by his miracles, his life, death and resurrection which proved beyond doubt his divinity. But still the Jews could not accept him. These circumstances may cause one to wonder what is it that makes the Jews so adamant and stubborn. When the promise of a messiah and savior was made to the Jews during the Old Testament times, many must have taken it literally and began to wait for the day when their messiah would come and deliver them from all their earthly bondages. During the times of Jesus, the people of Israel were politically under the domain of the Romans. Therefore, to many of the Jews during this time, if Jesus was the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament, Jesus was supposed to be the one who would end the Roman tyranny in the Middle East and bring about a new era of peace, tranquility, prosperity and ever-lasting happiness. Even some of the disciples of Jesus thought on the line that Jesus would end the Roman dominion in the Middle East if he was the prophesized Messiah. However, this line of thinking only reveals the selfishness and shortsightedness of the Jews because they were unable to spiritually decipher the salvation message of God that had been revealed to them though out the centuries of the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, God told

Abraham that all the nations of the world would be blessed through his descendants. This means that the Salvation Plan of God includes and engulfs all people and nations. In the book of Isaiah also, we find that even nations who had never had any kind of affinity or connection with Israel or the Jewish nation would come to know and experience the love and glory of God. Even in the book of Jeremiah, it is mentioned that salvation is meant not just for the Jews but even for all the Gentiles. All these are proof enough that salvation is for all and not just for the Jews. Therefore, it is just because of their selfish thoughts and beliefs that the Jews could not accept Jesus Christ as the long promised Messiah despite the fact that they were the ones who witnessed firsthand all the happenings that took place during the life of Jesus. Because of their selfishness and because of their lack of understanding of the love and plan of God, the Jews still hold on to the idea that salvation is meant only for the children of Israel. I guess there are many things to be learnt from this selfish attitude and stubbornness of the Jewish people. Many a times, we miserably fail to comprehend the importance and value of the persons with whom we come into contact and we continue to wait for someone greater or better. Similarly, we also miserably fail to understand the value and importance of the events which we experience in our lives and we continue to wait for some very extraordinary things to happen right in our midst. As the saying goes, ‘the grass is always greener on the other side’. But I guess we need to realize that the persons we encounter in our lives have their own worth and value and also that some of the situations or events which we encounter in our lives may have some most fundamental and ultimate messages and revelations for us. Therefore, it is an accepted fact that Jesus Christ was born into the midst of the Jews, lived amongst them, taught them many fundamental truths about God and man, performed miracles after miracles that proved beyond doubt his divinity, was crucified right in front of their eyes and was even resurrected back to life right in front of them…..However, the irony of the Jews is that even in 2013 A.D. they are still waiting for their promised Messiah to show up and save them…….

Compulsion versus Compassion: HIV treatment for women and children Alice Welbourn and Louise Binder with HIV who are well-known women’s rights advocates in Africa, who are our colleagues, when we asked them earlier this year, had heard anything about the proposed guidelines changes. As one of our colleagues, Martha Tholanah, a long-standing activist from Zimbabwe put it recently: “I have been convinced I am missing something in all the debates as they have evolved over the best approaches for HIV-positive women, child-bearing and feeding options. With the advent of so much research and the emphasis on evidence-based approaches, it still seems as if women living with HIV cannot have the benefit of such informed public health approaches. All of a sudew comprehensive treatment den WHO is launching new guidelines guidelines for people with HIV which appear not to be backed by evihave just been launched by WHO dence. It was not easy getting to where at the international HIV pathogenesis I am today, with a daughter who turned conference, to a mixed response. These out HIV-negative against all odds. A include revised treatment guidelines little over ten years ago, I was faced for women with HIV, and also for chil- with a new diagnosis of HIV, and four weeks later, whilst still getting my head dren with HIV. The new treatment guidelines rec- around that, I realized that I was pregnant. The medical profession at that ommend that all children with HIV un- time did not give me much confidence der 5, regardless of their actual health in the answers I needed in order to ascondition, be given anti-retroviral medi- sist my decision-making. It seems ten cation (ARVs). We have written before years later, there is no political will to on opendemocracy 50.50 about the provide women who have to live with challenges of WHO and UNICEF want- the consequences of the guidelines that ing to put all women with HIV on treat- we get from the experts, with enough ment for life (known euphemistically as information and support. It feels like, Option B+) and our concerns about the as HIV-positive women, we are being double-edged sword of “treatment as force-fed these guidelines. I have not prevention” for women. Here we outline heard of any consultations with the why blanket treatment for all children women who have to live with this. We with HIV under 5 is of concern to us. know public health programs will be Whilst no-one is more anxious to quick to adopt the guidelines wholekeep children with HIV alive, healthy sale. There is need to re-consider this and happy than their own mothers, action, and listen to the experts in lived there has been extraordinarily little realities – the HIV-positive women.” consultation with women living with So what are our concerns about this HIV in this guidelines development pro- medication? cess. As anyone with young children Firstly, adherence. ARVs are for life knows, trying to get medication into a and you have to take them religiously child can be an exercise in highly skilled not to build up resistance. So starting negotiation. One would assume it might them has to involve huge commitment be useful therefore to consult the ex- by all concerned. A recent powerful perts. Yet none of the key women living film from Malawi demonstrates how

Alice Welbourn and Louise Binder consider whether the new World Health Organisation treatment guidelines for women and children living with HIV may result in more abuse and harm

women with HIV face violence from their partners for even accessing their own ARVs from hospital. How then, given the widespread experiences of violence in healthcare settings that we know women also experience, do we expect women to risk more violence by seeking treatment for their children also? Furthermore, the liquid ARVs currently available for children need refrigerated storage. Yet there is no plan to roll out fridges to women across Africa. It also tastes horrible and children spit it out. If they take too much they may be sick. So it is nigh impossible to tell if they are getting the right dose. If not, they will build resistance to the drug. If you develop resistance to ARVs in the UK there are second or third-line alternatives available. These are not widely available in Africa. What about adequate food and water supplies? The guidelines highlight the importance of food in HIV care. Yet there is no parallel plan to scale up food and water security. In the clinics themselves, the guidelines also highlight the importance of actually ensuring medicines keep arriving there. This is also a serious problem since interruption of medications – which is still widespread - also leads to resistance. Most healthcare providers have not been adequately trained how to respect women’s own rights regarding their HIV, so they have minimal ability to support the women to provide these treatments to young children. The staff are also often overworked, often dealing with the secret of HIV in their own lives and do not have the time to assist women in a manner that encourages women and their children to continue to attend the clinic for care and treatment. As with other aspects of these new guidelines, the scientific trials to date have also not supported the proposed guidelines. There is no strong evidence yet that prolonged treatment on antiretrovirals in their formative years does not have an impact on bone and other growth factors in children as they become adolescents. For all these reasons we have asked

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WHO and UNICEF why they are putting the cart before the horse in launching these guidelines before all these practical issues are addressed first. We have no doubt that they have done so with good intent. However our repeated experiences over the years are that when WHO issues guidelines, country programmes view them as the rulebook, and it’s women who get the blame if they don’t obey them. There are also wider national and global health and societal issues at play here. Why, for instance, is there such a drive for “best guesses” over the evidence base? Why is there an ongoing reluctance, nay resistance, to acknowledge complexity, an inability to embrace the holistic realities of the world we inhabit, to involve as central those people who know most about an issue – i.e. those who are most deeply and personally affected by it? Why is there a continued rush to produce numbers when we all know that it’s the quality of an intervention which is the key to whether it actually succeeds or not, not the quantity of boxes ticked. To paraphrase Chris Mowles, institutions might be hitting the target, but often miss the point. For instance, we hear from Uganda that women are throwing away their ARVs as soon as they have stepped outside the hospital compound, for fear of reprisals at home. One boy recently stopped taking his medication because he didn’t want to be spotted by his school friends at the clinic. The clinic staff shouted at him for being so stubborn. So whilst the hospital records show many new uptakes of ARVs, our own sources reveal different narratives. A recent conference in Southern France attended by over 500 healthcare professionals convened to address compassion in healthcare. It was an uplifting and enriching experience as we learnt of the hugely positive impact of approaching healthcare from a positive, collaborative holistic and inclusive approach. As we in the UK learn and grow from the Francis report and think about “intelligent kindness” in healthcare, we hope so much that compassion in UN global HIV care policy and practice might also be an imminent – and immanent - reality.

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ometimes art imitates life; some games do so as well. In the case of chess especially, the parallels with power politics are many and uncanny, persisting over the centuries. Originating on the Asian subcontinent, chess moved to Persia ("checkmate" comes from shah mat, "the king is dead") but really began to diffuse widely during the great age of Arab conquest, starting in the 7th century of the Common Era. The structure and rules of the game remained consistent for centuries within Muslim domains, but in Christian countries to which chess spread, innovations emerged. The most important change, introduced in the West some 500 years ago, granted greater directional flexibility and longer range to the Muslim "vizier," renamed the queen, perhaps to reflect some of the great queens of the Middle Ages, like Eleanor of Aquitaine, as scholar Marilyn Yalom suggests in her highly entertaining Birth of the Chess Queen. The relabeled piece combined the capabilities of rook and bishop and, from a central position, could now exert influence over nearly half the board's 64 squares, a ten-fold increase in power over the vizier. This occurred on the chessboard at almost the same time that the long-range sailing vessel armed with heavy guns emerged, heralding the West's rise to world mastery. Muslim powers never truly imitated this innovation -- as they had failed to empower the vizier/queen along Western lines. Thus began their long decline in world politics. Now the real competition was between European powers. Spaniards, much of whose land had been occupied for centuries by Muslims, produced the earliest Western masters of the game in the 16th century -- most notably Ruy López, for whom a famous, still popular, opening is named -- and at the same time created the first globe-spanning empire. In the following centuries, however, France and Britain produced the strongest chess masters -- while simultaneously challenging and ultimately overmatching Spanish power on land and sea. The French no doubt picked up the game due to Spain's proximity; the British may have had chess brought over by Norsemen, as the famous 12th century Isle of Lewis set -- made of walrus ivory -- features Viking "berserkers" as rooks. The Anglo-French competition proved exceptionally fierce, over the board and throughout the world. So while French and British troops contended, roughly evenly, over the futures of the Asian subcontinent, North America, and elsewhere, their chess masters, the best in the world, were of roughly equal strength as well. A chess figure of Napoleonic stature did arise -- the famed Philidor -- in the decades just before Bonaparte, but his death in 1795 kept the contending chess powers in balance. In the wake of Waterloo, the era in world politics known as the Pax Britannica was equaled in chess by the triumph of the Englishman Howard Staunton -- the standard tournament chess piece design is named after him -- over France's Pierre de St. Amant. This 1843 match was regarded as the first world championship, and there was much rejoicing among Britons, who saw in Staunton's 11-6 victory an affirmation of their empire and world leadership. But all too soon the cheering faded. Staunton spent the late 1850s avoiding a match with the American chess prodigy Paul Morphy -- a Bobby Fischer-like talent, and ultimately his equal in madness as well. Where Morphy signaled the rise of the United States as a chess and world power, there was much greater ferment in Germany and Austria. German-speakers, many of them Jewish, controlled the world championship until just after the end of World War I, while Nazi Germany's team won the chess Olympiad held in Argentina on the very eve of World War II. Alexander Alekhine, world champion from 1927-1945 with one brief interruption, was a Russian expatriate who played for the Reich and wrote horrible anti-Semitic articles in the wartime Pariser Zeitung about how "Aryan chess" showed the fighting spirit and heralded the ultimate world triumph of German ways. Wrong. In his last days, Alekhine recanted; his death in 1946 marked the start of a Russo-American chess rivalry that fully matched the bitterness of the Cold War. Soviet grandmasters generally held the advantage, but in 1972 Bobby Fischer came along and wrested the world title from Russian control -- foreshadowing the ultimate collapse of the Soviet system. But after Fischer disappeared into his dementia, the Russians reasserted themselves for a while. Still, their greatest master of this late era, Garry Kasparov, was and is today a political dissenter. And the dissolution of the Soviet Union has sprinkled the products of its great chess combine throughout much of the world. Some among the Russian chess diaspora landed in and brought fresh energy to the United States, but the most important American chess development of the post-Cold War period came from silicon-based intelligence: that is, IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer, which narrowly defeated world champion Kasparov in a match in 1997. This may be a sign that American power will now be mostly measured -- perhaps exercised as well -- in high-tech terms. But maybe not. After its victory, Deep Blue "retired," ducking new challenges much as Staunton fled from Morphy in the 1850s. Maybe there is an analog to this as well, given the sharp rise of antiinterventionist sentiments among average Americans -- if not yet among their elected leaders. Whatever path the United States follows, it is clear that there will be no American-led "new world order" such as President George H.W. Bush envisioned in 1991 after the lopsided victory won in Operation Desert Storm. Instead, the high politics of the 21st century appear to be in a state of flux, with the rise of new great powers like India and the return of older ones like Russia. This trend is clearly mirrored in chess, as the men's world champion, Viswanathan Anand, is from India. The women's title, held by Britain's Vera Menchik until her untimely death in a Nazi buzz bomb attack in 1944, was won and kept by Russians until the end of the Cold War. But since then, though there has been one more Russian women's champion, there have been four from China. If my observation about chess-as-looking-glass holds as true in the future as it has in the past, fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy century.

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Last telegram sent to Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI, JuLy 15 (AP): India’s last telegram went out late Sunday, marking the end of a service that millions of Indians had relied on NEW DELHI, JuLy 15 (PTI): As the iconic 163-year-old telegram passed for fast communication for more than 160 years. into history, the last message was sent to Rahul Gandhi. The telegram counter Hundreds of people thronged the 75 telegraph closed at 11.45pm on Sunday night and the last message was booked at the offices remaining in the country to send their counter of Central Telegraph Office (CTO) Janpath by one Ashwani Mishra, who last telegrams to friends or family as a keepsake. sent messages to Rahul Gandhi and director general of DD news SM Khan. The company canceled holidays for staff at The revenue collected was Rs 68,837 as the country bid adieu to the the offices to handle the rush, Shameem Akhtar, harbinger of good and bad news for generations of Indians. The total bookgeneral manager at the Bharat Sanchar Nigam ing was 2,197 of which billing through computer accounted for 1,329 and Ltd., which runs India’s telegram service, said phone booking 91, a senior telegraph officer said. CTO had collected forms Monday. The company says declining revenues from many individuals and these will be manually handled, the officer said. forced it to end the service, which had become A large number of people, many of them youngsters and first timers, turned obsolete in an age of email, reliable landlines up on Sunday at four telegraph centres in the capital which have almost been and ubiquitous cellphones. forgotten in recent years to send a message to their loved ones on the last day Some of the last-day users sent telegrams of the service. Started in 1850 on an experimental basis between Kolkata and to Kapil Sibal, India’s minister for telecommuDiamond Harbour, it was opened for use by the British East India Company the nications, pleading for the service to be continfollowing year. In 1854, the service was made available to the public. ued. “The losses were mounting. It was not viIt was such an important mode of communication in those days that able to have kept it going much longer,” Akhtar revolutionaries fighting for the country’s independence used to cut the telesaid. That was especially true as the number of gram lines to stop the British from communicating. Nudged out by technolcellphone users exploded, with 867 million subogy — SMS, emails, mobile phones — the iconic service gradually faded into scribers as of April. oblivion with less and less people taking recourse to it. Though started as The telecommunications ministry said it lost a Morse code service, the telegram service evolved gradually with the use $250 million in the last seven years and that it of computers. At the time of its death, it had become a web based telegraph was time to put an end to the service. India’s telemailing service (WBTMS) which used emails to instantly convey message to gram service began in 1850, when the first telethe other end. Old timers recall that receiving a telegram would be an event gram was sent from the eastern city of Kolkata to in itself and the messages were normally opened with a sense of trepidation Diamond Harbor, a southern suburb nearly 40 as people feared for the welfare of their near and dear ones. For jawans and An employee checks a file inside the records room of the Central Telegraph Office in Mumbai, India, Monday, armed forces seeking leave or waiting for transfer or joining reports, it was kilometers (25 miles) from the city center. July 15, 2013. India’s last telegram went out late Sunday, marking the end of a service that millions of Indians had At its peak in the mid-1980s, more than a quick and handy mode of communication. 45,000 telegraph offices dotted the country, relied on for fast communication for more than 160 years. (AP Photo) with tens of thousands of telegraph workers and delivery men dispatching more than 600,000 telegrams a day. From birth and death announcements, to college admissions, job apNEW DELHI, JuLy 15 (PTI): Memories service and worked in its golden era. New national spirit and it just powered us to work was the most wonderful feel to operating pointments and court summons, the telegram of an era gone by are all that remains for technology replaces the old, but telegrams in such tough and testing times,” Vij said. those machines and connecting people with was the main way tens of millions of Indians __ telegraphists, considered the backbone of gave us our bread and butter and our idenFor the world outside, a telegram oper- speed. Telegrams were the SMSs of today, in the remotest parts of the country and in its the historic 163-year-old telegram service tity, so, indeed it feels sad to see it depart so ator’s job might be the most mundane but short and swift,” he said. teeming cities __ received important news. which came to an end on Sunday. The State- unceremoniously,” Vij told PTI. only a telegraphist knows the joys and the For Krishna Kumar Yadav, an awardUntil recently, the government used telerun telecom firm BSNL has decided to dis“I was posted in Rohtak then. The 1971 challenges of working on the telegraph ma- winning telegraphist at the CTO, who regrams to inform recipients of top civilian awards continue telegrams following a huge short- war was when we worked round the clock chine, which saw its avatar change from the tires in 2015, the day of January 25, 2002 and for court notices. India’s armed forces even fall in revenue. Septuagenarian Gulshan Rai without concern for food and water. Messag- early Morse Code era to the teleprinters and still brings memories of “learning the imrecognized telegrams from troops extending Vij, who retired in 1997 as a veteran teleg- es of war casualties would come from the de- the current Internet-based service. Vij, who portance of his job” and “finding his own vacations or from soldiers’ families requesting raphist after serving almost 4 decades in fence headquarters and we would just keep also later served as the telegraph training strength”. “It was the noon of January 25, their presence at home for a funeral. a government job, recalls working in the punching away the news as fast as possible. instructor for years, said, “The sound of the and I started sending telegrams and kept It was not immediately known what mode “golden era of the telegram.” “As a telegraphist, one could not have gotten Morse Code machine which is operated by sending until I realised it was 7 a.m. in the of communication the government will choose “Telegrams were notorious for bringing emotionally involved with the sad situation a key and the tone of dots and dashes still morning when l left my post. In those 19 to replace the telegram for these types of anbad news, of war casualties and death from because there were thousands of messages to ring in my head. Even today, I can recognise hours, I sent 5,875 telegrams which is still nouncements, but officials said since a lot of accidents. But, now it brings the news of its be delivered on time, and we did our job in the any alphabet if you operate that machine. a record. For this service I was awarded the work was now done electronically, government own demise. We have seen the peak of this best possible capacity. We were all driven by a For others, it might be boring but for us, it ‘Sanchar Seva Padak,” Yadav said. departments will likely opt for email.

Telegram’s unsung heroes recall memories

Congress, BJP fight it out over Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI, JuLy 15 (IANS): The war of words between the Congress and the BJP escalated Monday with the former accusing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of communally polarizing India. Modi also faced flak from former ally, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) which cited his recent comments as validating its decision to break ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and leave the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). “This is about polarization between libertarians, between those who believe in pluralism, and those

who subscribe to the ideology of communalism,” said Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, while Congress general secretary Ajay Maken said the “veil of secularism is better than naked communalism”. Maken also marshalled an array of facts showing that Modi’s Gujarat lagged on several development indicators. The war of words began when Modi, addressing a college gathering in Pune Sunday, said that whenever the Congress government is faced with trouble, it hides behind “a veil

of secularism” so that no one questions the party on real issues. Defending its leader, the BJP said the Congress had no right to criticize him as he has won three elections based on his development agenda. Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha president Anurag Thakur also came to Modi’s support. “In the context of the veil, I would just like to say that when the Congress party does not have an answer, it hides in a veil and Narendra Modi has spoken the truth,” Thakur told reporters here. In Patna, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said his

party’s (JD-U) decision to leave the NDA last month was right. “Our decision to leave NDA was right (due to) the language used by a BJP leader to hurt the feeling of a community...,” Nitish Kumar told media persons without naming Modi. Nitish Kumar said that the “next general elections result will prove BJP wrong and vindicate our stand that there is need to take (everyone) along and not to hurt feeling of one community”. The Congress also took objection to Modi in his Pune speech questioning the outcome of the food security

proposal, attacking the UPA over the falling value of the rupee and its claims of enacting rights-based legislation, saying people needed action, not acts. “He (Modi) has no moral authority to criticise the central government when he has failed in his state as chief minister,” Maken said. “He has no right to create a false impression.” Maken contended that during the nine years of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule, the performance was better than what the BJPled NDA achieved during its six-year rule 1998-2004.

Students go on rampage ‘Ownership of minerals vests with owner of land’ in Allahabad, protest NEW DELHI, JuLy 15 (PTI): laws do not anywhere declare the perium) but not an incident of proOwnership of minerals should be proprietary right of the State. It re- prietary rights (dominium). Prowith the owner of the land jected the argument that individual prietary right is a compendium of job reservation norms vested and not with the government, the owners cannot claim any proprie- rights consisting of various constit-

ALLAHAbAD, JuLy 15 (AgENcIES): Thousands of students took to the streets in Allahabad vandalising public property protesting changes in the reservation norms made by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission in government jobs. The students, who went on a rampage, alleged that the Akhilesh Yadav government in the state was discriminating against students of general category. Many angry students vandalised government buses. They alleged that students from only one caste are getting government jobs. Recently the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) had decided to open up the unreserved category vacancies for reserved category candidates. A group of students have challenged the UPPSC decision before the Allahabad High Court.

Supreme Court has said. A threejudge bench headed by Justice R M Lodha said that there is no law in the country which declares that State is the owner of sub-soil or mineral wealth. “We are of the opinion that there is nothing in the law which declares that all mineral wealth sub-soil rights vest in the State. On the other hand, the ownership of sub-soil/ mineral wealth should normally follow the ownership of the land, unless the owner of the land is deprived of the same by some valid process,” the bench said. Referring to various acts regulating extraction of underground natural resources, the bench said that the

IAMAI, Facebook partner to educate children on Internet safety NEW DELHI, JuLy 15 (AgENcIES)Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has joined hands with social networking giant Facebook, to launch an internet safety education programme in the country for students aged between 13 and 17 years. The programme will train children, teachers and parents on how to reap maximum benefits from internet while not compromising on their safety and security, IAMAI and Facebook said in a joint statement today. The campaign, which is focused on building community awareness on the issue, will also train educators and child safety NGOs about internet safety practices, it added. As a part of the first phase, the programme will be rolled out across Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad to cover 18,000 students across about 30 schools and institutions, it added. “IAMAI has been running the Safe Surfing campaign in India for past four years covering 6.25 lakh students across the country. We are delighted that Facebook has come forward to support this critical initiative and enrich the

campaign with their global learnings,” IAMAI president Subho Ray said. The programme will conclude with a national conference in New Delhi addressing online child safety issues later this year. The program will be extended to other Indian cities through 2014. “Safety is an ongoing conversation between parents and kids, teachers and students, companies and the people who use the Internet. We encourage parents to have conversations about safety and technology early and often, in the same way that they talk to their kids about being safe at school, in the car, on public transportation or playing sport,” Facebook India director of public policy Ankhi Das said. Facebook will develop the content and training materials and translate the same in regional languages. As part of the partnership, Facebook safety specialists will work with IAMAI trainers on safety content and participate in these training programs. Key presentations and events will be live streamed via https://www. facebook.com/FacebookIndia.

tary right on the sub-soil resources as Section 425 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, prohibits carrying out of any mining activity in this country except in accordance with a permit, licence or mining lease. “The said Act does not in any way purport to declare the proprietary rights of the state in the mineral wealth, nor does it contain any provision divesting any owner of a mine of his proprietary rights,” the bench said. It said that the assertion of government to collect duty or tax is in the realm of the sovereign authority, but not a proprietary right. “The power to tax is a necessary incident of sovereign authority (im-

uent, rights. If a person has only a share in the produce of some property, it can never be said that such property vests in such a person,” the bench said. It, however, refused to go into the issue of liability of land owners to pay royalty to the State as it would be decided by a larger bench. “We make it clear that we are not making any declaration regarding their liability to pay royalty to the State as that issue stands referred to a larger bench,” it said. The bench passed the order on a petition filed by a few land owners of Kerala challenging the verdict of the high court which had passed the order in favour of the state government.

‘No decision yet on Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate’

NEW DELHI, JuLy 15 (PTI): Declaration of Rahul Gandhi as prime ministerial candidate cannot be ruled out, Congress hinted on Monday in the backdrop of conflicting statements from party leaders including Digvijaya Singh. “It has not yet been decided. When it will be decided, you will know,” party general secretary Ajay Maken told reporters. He was asked about the official position of the party on declaring Rahul the PM candidate ahead of the next Lok Sabha election. Speaking separately on the issue, information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari put it differently stressing that the ‘trinity’ of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul will lead the Congress in 2014. “Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of the UPA, we have a young leader in Rahul Gandhi, who the youth identifies and empathises with and this is the trinity which would lead the Congress in 2014,” Tewari said. “So I would like to beseech you, do not raise ghosts and slay them and consider yourself as a superman,” he said when asked about the issue of declaration of Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate. At the outset, Tewari said “There are certain people who are interested in pushing an agenda and do not understand the basic fundamentals of the functioning of the Congress Party.” Maken and Tewari were responding to queries on the issue of projection of Rahul Gandhi as that two Congress general secretaries Digvijaya Singh and Janardan Dwivedi have made conflicting statements on the issue. Singh had hinted that declaration of Gandhi as PM candidate ahead of polls is unlikely. But Dwivedi on Saturday dismissed as “personal opinion” comments by Digvijaya Singh in this regard. “We do not have a presidential form of government. Congress party does not declare PM or CM candidates before elections.... Even in the Karnataka assembly elections we had not declared any CM candidate,” Singh, who is also a party general secretary, had said in an interview. Singh had said this while replying to questions on why Congress was diffident about projecting Rahul Gandhi, why it should not project him and who is the party’s PM candidate. Dwivedi, who is the party general secretary in charge of organisation in the AICC, later said, “individuals may have their personal opinions, but on such issues final decision is taken by the party only. “The party has declared in Jaipur at the time when Rahul Gandhi’s appointment as vice-president was announced that the question of campaign and leadership will be decided by it later. No time frame was announced.” He was replying to a question whether Rahul Gandhi has been ruled out as Congress’ Prime Ministerial candidate for the next general elections.

Rising stress causing headaches

NEW DELHI, JuLy 15 (IANS): “I have a splitting headache”. Be it your colleague at work or your spouse at home, this has probably become one of the most often heard complaint today. Considering the statistics - one-third of Indian women and one-fifth of Indian men suffer from migraine - the frequency is hardly of any surprise. Doctors blame lifestyle changes and stress for this literally gnawing headache and say that women suffer more than men. At the very outset, it’s important to know the difference between a headache and a migraine. “Headache is a pain in the head region, while migraine is a type of headache. Migraine is not a disease but a syndrome. One should know that not every headache is a migraine, but a migraine can be termed as a headache,” P.N. Renjen, senior consultant, neurology, at the Apollo Hospital, told IANS. Migraine is usually accompanied by a throbbing headache, photophobia and vomiting. According to Renjen, around 30 percent of the patients he sees every day are cases related to headache and migraine. “Women are more prone to headache and migraine because of hormonal changes in their body and

the stress and strain of daily life,” he said. Erratic meal timings and a bad sleep cycle are contributing factors. “Around 75 percent of migraine sufferers are women,” Manoj Khannal, consultant, neurology, at Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, told IANS. “Although the incidence of migraine is similar in boys and girls during childhood, it increases in girls after puberty. Migraine most commonly affects women in the age group of 20-45 years.” “Fluctuation of female hormones like estrogen and progesterone appear to increase the risk of migraine and its severity in some women. About half the women with migraine report headaches associated with their menstrual cycle. For some women, migraines also tend to be worse during the first trimester of their pregnancy, but improve during the last trimester,” he added. Warning against popping of pills at the drop of a hat, Rajashekhar Reddi, consultant in the neurology department of Max healthcare, said that too much medication can itself cause you a headache! “It is not advisable to frequently pop pills. Too much medication can cause medication-overuse headache,” he said.

Too much of painkillers can also harm the kidneys and other organs. Migraine can be controlled. Khannal talked about one of his patients, a 35-year-old woman who came to him in December 2012 complaining of a throbbing type of headache for the last 10 years. Now the headache had become continuous. “We started her on antimigraine medications and after reaching the adequate dose of prophylactic medications, her migraine was treated. She is headachefree for the last two months.” Neurologists, however, advise to watch out for symptoms that may indicate health complications beyond a headache or migraine attack. Renjen gave the example of one of his patients, a 40-year-old woman who came to him complaining of a headache on one side of her head and of migraine. “Migraine is more common among those in the age bracket of 20-25 years, so we sent her for some tests. Her MRI scan revealed a clot in the brain,” he said. The advice, therefore? Try to lead a stressfree life, eat and sleep well and, when in pain, go to the doctor instead of frequently popping painkillers.

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Obama calls for calm after Zimmerman acquittal

SANFORD, July 15 (ReuteRS): U.S. President Barack Obama called for calm on Sunday after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, as thousands of civil rights demonstrators turned out at rallies to condemn racial profiling. Zimmerman, cleared late on Saturday by a Florida jury of six women, still faces public outrage, a possible civil suit and demands for a federal investigation. With civil rights activists clamoring for federal civil rights charges, the U.S. Justice Department said it was evaluating whether it has enough evidence to support prosecution of Zimmerman in federal court after his acquittal in Florida. Zimmerman’s lawyers argued he acted in self-defense the night of February 26, 2012, when, they say, Martin attacked Zimmerman inside a gated community in the central Florida town of Sanford. They accuse civil rights advocates of wrongly injecting the issue of race. “It was such a shame. The whole case nearly destroyed George from day one ... . That they put a racism spin on this prosecution just hurt him very deeply,” said John Donnelly, a close friend of Zimmerman who testified in the trial. Critics contend Zimmerman, 29, who is white and Hispanic, wrongly suspected Martin, 17, of being a criminal because he was black. Zimmerman called police to report a suspicious looking person, then left his car with a fully loaded Kel Tec 9mm pistol concealed in his waistband. A fight ensued in which Zimmerman suffered a bloody nose and head injuries, and Zimmerman shot Martin once in the heart. The teenager had no criminal record and was staying in the neighborhood at the home of his father’s fiancée. He had been walking back from a convenience store where he had bought candy and a soft drink. Thousands of protesters chanting “No justice, no peace” gathered in New York City on Sunday to protest the acquittal, which prompted rallies across the country. “I feel if we don’t step it up, we’re in trouble,” said Prince Akeem, 20, of the Bronx. “It’s young blacks being targeted and we have to stand up, stand up to the cops.” About 1,000 to 2,000 of the demonstrators abandoned the protest site

Charges still possible in teen’s murder

Demonstrators march through the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York, Sunday, July 14, 2013, holding a cut-out of Trayvon Martin during a protest against the acquittal of neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman in the killing of the 17-year-old in Florida. Demonstrators upset with the verdict protested mostly peacefully in Florida, Milwaukee, Washington, Atlanta and other cities overnight and into the early morning. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

at Union Square to march in the streets toward Times Square, slowing or stopping traffic. Police attempted to funnel the crowd into controlled lanes but were unable to. Police attempted to halt the march about eight blocks short of Times Square, which was already packed with tourists, but the demonstrators made their way around the officers. Saturday’s not-guilty verdict was decried by civil rights leaders and protests were organized in several cities, including Boston, San Francisco, San Diego and Sacramento. In Boston, about 500 racially mixed protesters left their demonstration site in the Roxbury neighborhood and started marching in the streets alongside police escorts on motorcycle and on foot. “They’ve been very orderly,” Boston police superintendent William Evans said. Around Sanford, some residents expressed relief at the verdict, while others said they failed to see how Zimmerman could have been acquitted. “You said he’s not guilty, but why would you

say he’s not guilty?” 28-year-old Robyn Miller said. “It’s crazy.” Obama, who once said, “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” called for a peaceful response to a case that polarized the U.S. public from the beginning, raising issues of racial profiling and gun control. “We are a nation of laws and a jury has spoken,” the first black U.S. president said in a statement. “I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son.” The jurors who deliberated for 16 hours over two days found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter. All six women, who were sequestered for the three weeks of testimony, declined to speak to reporters and their identities were still sealed by the court. If found guilty of the most serious charge of second-degree murder, Zimmerman could have faced life in prison. Instead, the jury cleared him of that charge and of manslaughter, which could have resulted in a 30-year sen-

tence. In Sanford at the largely black Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, pastor Valarie Houston dedicated a Sunday morning prayer service to Martin. “I am hurt. I am sad. I am disappointed and my heart is overwhelmed with pains,” Houston said. “I thought in my heart that justice would be served.” Zimmerman, who showed little reaction when the decision was read, was unshackled from a monitoring device he had been wearing while on bail. He previously only left home in a disguise and body armor, his lawyer said. His brother said he would remain out of public view for some time. Friends said the former neighborhood watch volunteer had recently spoken about the possibility of entering law school. The tense drama that climaxed with the verdict had been building for more than a year, since police initially declined to arrest Zimmerman for shooting Martin, whose gray hooded sweatshirt has become a symbol of injustice for protesters.

SANFORD, July 15 (AP): The U.S. neighborhood watch volunteer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager is now a free man, but the Justice Department said it is looking into Trayvon Martin’s death to determine whether federal prosecutors will file criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. President Barack Obama and numerous celebrities expressed sorrow at the verdict, which has led to largely peaceful protests across the country by civil rights leaders and others. Hundreds gathered in New York’s Times Square and in Los Angeles on Sunday, some chanting “Justice for Trayvon Martin!” The February 2012 shooting first drew national attention when Zimmerman wasn’t arrested for weeks, and the case has continued to raise questions over race and self-defense gun laws. A jury late Saturday found the 29-year-old Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and declined to convict him on a lesser charge of manslaughter. Zimmerman has said he shot the 17-year-old in self-defense in a nighttime confrontation in his Florida gated community, where Martin was visiting family. Jurors were told that Zimmerman was allowed to use deadly force when he shot the teen not only if he actually faced death or bodily harm, but also if he merely thought he did. With many critics angry over Zimmerman’s acquittal, his freedom may be limited. He may also face civil lawsuits from Martin’s family. “He’s going to be looking over his shoulder the rest of his life,” his brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr. told CNN. Beyonce called at a concert for a moment of silence for Martin. Rapper Young Jeezy released a song in Martin’s memory. Rand Powdrill, 41, said he came to the San Francisco march with about 400 others to “protest the execution of an innocent black teenager.” “If our voices can’t be heard, then this is just going to keep going on,” he said. Many, including Martin’s parents, said Zimmerman had racially profiled Martin. Zimmerman, whose mother was born in Peru, identifies as Hispanic. Despite the racially charged nature of the case, race was barely mentioned at the trial. Martin’s family has maintained the teen was not the aggressor, and prosecutors suggested Martin was scared because he was being followed by a stranger. Defense attorneys, however, said Martin knocked Zimmerman down and was slamming the older man’s head against the sidewalk when Zimmerman fired his gun. Prosecutors portrayed Zimmerman as a vigilante who had grown frustrated by break-ins in his neighborhood committed primarily by young black men. Zimmerman assumed Martin was up to no good, prosecutors said. In a statement Sunday, the Justice Department said the criminal section of its civil rights division, the FBI and the local U.S. Attorney’s office are continuing to evaluate the evidence. The department has a long history of using federal civil rights law in an effort to convict defendants who have previously been acquitted in related state cases. But experience has shown it’s almost never easy getting convictions in such high-profile prosecutions.

British Library to reunite Magna Carta copies Proteins associated with immunity may cause cancer

lONDON, July 15 (AP): The Magna Carta will be on the move in 2015. The British Library plans to celebrate the 800th birthday of the document that laid the foundations of Britain’s common law and civil liberties by uniting all four surviving original copies under one roof for the first time. On Monday, the library announced plans to mark the anniversary by bringing together — for three days only — all the remaining original copies of the charter endorsed by King John in June 1215 to quell an uprising by England’s nobles. “Multiple copies were written up and sent to the bishops and possibly the sheriffs” across England, said Claire Breay, the library’s lead curator of medieval manuscripts. “It’s four of those that survive.” Two are in the British Library’s collection, while one is at Lincoln Cathedral in central England and another resides at Salisbury Cathedral in southwest England. Early in 2015, the four documents will be scrutinized by researchers — and visited by 1,215 members of the public selected through a competition. Breay said that seeing the copies side-byside may give academics new insights into the documents and the scribes who wrote them out in Latin on sheepskin parchment. Britain plans a year of celebrations in 2015 for the anniversary of the Magna Carta, which became the first building block of its constitution — a constitution made up of a series of laws and conventions, rather than a single document. The Magna Carta — the Great Charter — was endorsed by King John to resolve an uprising by nobles angered by the monarch’s despotic behavior and extortionate taxes. The

four original copies are written records of an oral agreement made between the king and his barons at Runnymede, west of London. The agreement outlined limits on the power of the crown, establishing that the king was subject to the law, rather than above it. Its most famous passage was interpreted as laying the foundations of trial by jury: “No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, nor will we proceed with force against him, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.” Breay said it’s a historic landmark that almost wasn’t. “It was only valid for less than 10 weeks,” she said. “The barons, knowing what King John was like, put in a clause making him say he would not seek to have it annulled. Almost the first thing he did was send someone off to Rome to Pope Innocent III to seek to have it revoked.” The pope did annul it, and England was plunged back into civil war. But King John died the next year, leaving his 9-year-old son on the throne as Henry III. The regent who ruled for young Henry reissued the Magna Carta. Although many of its clauses were subsequently ignored, overturned or rewritten, the document is considered the basis of British law and a major influence on subsequent documents, including the U.S. Constitution. The Magna Carta was re-issued several times in the 13th century and 17 of these later copies survive. Fifteen are in Britain, one is displayed at Australia’s parliament and one, dating from 1297, is in the U.S. National Archives.

lOS ANgeleS, July 15 (IANS): Scientists have discovered that a set of proteins that are a part of the body’s natural defences cause mutations in human DNA, which could potentially lead to cancer, says a study. According to a study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, these naturally occurring mutations are just as powerful as known cancer-

causing agents in producing tumours, reports Science Daily. The proteins are part of a group called apolipoprotein B mRNA like (APOBEC) cytidine deaminases. The investigators found that APOBEC mutations can outnumber all other mutations in some cancers, accounting for over two-thirds in some bladder, cervical, breast, head

and neck, and lung tumours. The scientists published their findings online July 14 in the journal Nature Genetics. Dmitry Gordenin, Ph.D., is corresponding author of the paper and a senior associate scientist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of NIH. He said scientists knew the main functions of APOBEC cy-

tosine deaminases were to inactivate viruses that attack the body and prevent ancient viruses present in the human genome from moving around and causing disrupting mutations. Because they are so important to normal physiology, he and his collaborators were surprised to find a dark side to them; that of mutating human chromosomal DNA.

Australia to send police to lawless PNG

PORt MOReSBy, July 15 (AFP): Australia on Monday said it will send 50 police to Papua New Guinea to help tackle chronic law and order problems, a day after armed soldiers attacked people indiscriminately at a hospital. The incident at the Port Moresby General Hospital occurred just hours before Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd arrived in the capital for talks with his counterpart Peter O’Neill. The discussions focused on the Pacific nation’s chronic law and order problems, among other issues, with Rudd announcing Australian police officers will be deployed to the country by the end of the year. “Recognising the importance of law and order to PNG’s economic prosperity, we have agreed importantly that by year’s end Australia will deploy 50 police in visible policing

roles in Port Moresby and Lae,” Rudd said. “Our law and order cooperation won’t stop there, but it is a good start.” Crime and lawlessness in the povertystricken nation is a serious concern, including in the capital where last month four Chinese nationals were hacked to death, with one reportedly beheaded and the others dismembered. Papua New Guinea recently passed harsh new laws reviving the death penalty as it grapples with a wave of violent crime, particularly against women, which has drawn international condemnation. In the latest incident, armed soldiers broke down the gates to the hospital on Sunday and began attacking people, leaving a medical student seriously injured, in what was believed to be a revenge attack. Reports said it was payback for an alleged assault by medical students on two soldiers during a

dispute over the use of a cash machine at the hospital on Friday night. Police Commissioner Simon Kauba blasted the soldiers for attacking “the very people they have sworn to protect and defend”. “This is totally uncalled for and unacceptable behaviour by members of a disciplined organisation,” he said in a statement. “I condemn this action in the strongest possible terms and will ensure that it is thoroughly investigated and those responsible will face the full force of the law.” Kauba said the soldiers arrived at the hospital in a truck armed with guns, machetes and iron bars and smashed down the gates before beginning their assault. At least six shots were fired. Police brought the matter under control, Kauba said, but the attack left a dental student seriously injured and considerable damage to hospital property.

Bangladesh tribunal jails ex-party chief for 90 years

DHAKA, July 15 (AP): A 91-year-old former chief of an Islamic party in Bangladesh was sentenced to 90 years in jail on Monday for crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence war, angering both supporters who said the trial was politically motivated and opponents who said he should be executed. A special tribunal of three judges announced the decision against Ghulam Azam in a packed courtroom in Dhaka, the capital. The panel said the former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party deserved capital punishment, but received a jail sentence instead because of his advanced age and poor health. Azam was in the dock when the verdict was delivered while protesters outside rallied to demand his execution. Both the defense and the prosecution said they will appeal. Azam led Jamaat-e-Islami in theneast Pakistan in 1971 when Bangladesh became independent through a bloody war. He is among several Jamaat-e-Islami leaders convicted by a tribunal formed in Bangladesh’s Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami former chief 2010 by the government of Prime Minister Ghulam Azam, center on wheelchair, is escorted by seSheikh Hasina to try those accused of colcurity people to a court in Dhaka, July 15. (AP Photo)

laborating with the Pakistani army in the war. Bangladesh says the Pakistani army killed 3 million people and raped 200,000 women during the nine-month war, and some 10 million people took shelter across the border in India. Azam led the party until 2000 and is still considered to be its spiritual leader. Jamaat-e-Islami claims his trial and others were politically motivated, which authorities deny. The party called for a nationwide shutdown after the tribunal announced Sunday it would have the verdict Monday. Violence has followed previous verdicts, and news outlets including the Daily Star newspaper said at least three Jamaat-e-Islami activists were killed in parts of Bangladesh on Monday. Two were beaten to death by opposition activists in southwestern Kushtia district as they tried to block a road. One was killed in northwestern Chapainawabganj district when paramilitary border guards opened fire after a bomb was thrown at police. Police clashed with party supporters in parts of Dhaka while party activists set

fire to a few vehicles that tried to defy the strike call, the Bengali-language Prothom Alo newspaper reported. Police fired rubber bullets to disperse an opposition procession in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area, and some photographers and cameramen were injured in the chaos, the newspaper said. The tribunal said Azam was guilty of all 61 charges under five categories: conspiracy, incitement, planning, abetment and failure to prevent killing. He and his party were accused of forming citizens’ brigades to commit genocide and other serious crimes against the pro-independence fighters during the war. Azam had openly campaigned against the creation of Bangladesh and toured the Middle East to get support in favor of Pakistan. He routinely met with Pakistan authorities during the war. A mouthpiece of the party routinely published statements by Azam and his associates calling for crushing the fighters who fought against the Pakistani military in 1971. The prosecution in the trial said Azam must take “command responsibility” for months of atrocities perpetrated by his supporters.

Mahbubul Alam Hanif, a leader of the ruling Awami League, said he had expected capital punishment for Azam, but still he was happy that he was finally tried. The verdict created resentment among the family members of those killed in 1971. “Our wait for last 42 years has gone in vain. It’s extremely frustrating,” said Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury, the widow of a physician who was killed in 1971. “This verdict has just increased our pain.” Earlier in the morning, Azam was taken to the tribunal from a prison cell in a government hospital, where he was being treated for various complications, amid tight security as his party enforced the nationwide general strike to denounce the verdict. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has criticized the tribunal, saying it is intended to weaken the opposition. Jamaat-e-Islami is the main political ally of Zia’s party. Hasina’s government says it had pledged before the 2008 election — which it won in a landslide — to prosecute those responsible for war crimes.

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Dixon sweeps IndyCar's Toronto doubleheader 17 killed in stampede at

TOrOnTO, July 15 (AP): Scott Dixon went into Pocono Raceway a week ago ranked seventh in the IndyCar standings and approaching the one-year mark on his last victory. The New Zealander ended a slump with a win at Pocono, then pulled off a weekend sweep Sunday of the doubleheader event at Toronto. Three wins in seven days gave Dixon the most wins for an active driver in IndyCar, but more importantly thrust him into the heart of the championship race. With six races remaining, he's vaulted over the last week five spots in the standings to second and trails championship leader Helio Castroneves by 29 points. "We're here for the points. It's been a hell of a swing over a seven-day period," Dixon said. "It's nice to put a little pressure on Helio, and hopefully we can keep that going." Next up for IndyCar? An Aug. 4 race at Mid-Ohio, where Dixon is the defending race winner. Dixon isn't thinking about a second series championship just yet — he instead wants to focus on finding the same consistency Castroneves has used to take control of the points race. "Helio has had a pretty stress-free year as far as not being involved in accidents or having mechanicals," Dixon said. "I think it's still going to be a tough battle. I like the look of the tracks we have coming up. I think we are in the hunt." Castroneves, who finished second to Dixon on Sunday,

Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Pocono IndyCar 400 auto race, Sunday, July 7 in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo)

isn't giving up and doesn't view Dixon as any bigger of a threat than he did defending series champion

Ryan Hunter-Reay, who was second in the standings until this weekend. "Both are champions ...

they've been there," Castroneves said. "We just got to keep focused on our work. I'm not worried less

or more because it's Scott. The same thing was with Ryan. They're both great teams. But I trust my guys. I know we have the best equipment, the best guys out there. We know what we are capable of, that's what we're focused on at this point." But the three-time Indianapolis 500 winner admitted Sunday he desperately wants his first series championship. "I want it as bad as anybody — especially having those guys behind me," he said. "I have that chance. I'm going to fight as much as I can. If I have a good car to finish, I will finish strong. If I don't have a good car to finish, I'll play smart. I want it more than anybody." Dixon was barely challenged at Exhibition Place, needing to pull off two late restarts to preserve what was otherwise an easy Sunday drive. The win was the 32nd of his career, and moved Dixon into sole possession of seventh on the all-time wins list. His victory Saturday moved him into a tie with teammate Dario Franchitti, Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy, but the 32-year-old New Zealander is on the hunt for much more. His sweep of the Toronto doubleheader also earned Dixon a $100,000 bonus from IndyCar sponsor Sonax. "100 grand is good, but I'd rather have the points. Points are why we're here," said Dixon, who moved ahead of Franchitti by one victory. Castroneves never had anything for Dixon.

boxing match in Indonesia

Police officers guard outside a stadium where more than a dozen of people were killed in a stampede after spectators rioted to protest a local boxer's loss, in Nabire, Papua province, Indonesia on July 15. The victims, mostly women, were trampled to death as about 1,500 spectators scrambled out the stadium to escape the riot that broke out just before midnight Sunday, said Lt. Col. Gede Sumerta Jaya, police spokesman in the province. (AP Photo)

JAKArTA, July 15 (AP): Seventeen people were killed in a stadium stampede after spectators rioted to protest a local boxer's loss in a championship match in eastern Indonesia, officials said Monday. Youth and Sports Minister Roy Suryo said the victims — 11 of them women — were trampled to death as about 1,500 spectators scrambled out the overcrowded stadium to escape the riot that broke out just before midnight Sunday. Kota Lama Sport Stadium has a capacity of 500 to 600, he said. Police said it

Afridi marks comeback with one-man demolition job

GeOrGeTOWn (GuyAnA), July 15 (AFP): Shahid Afridi made one of the more remarkable comebacks in international cricket in leading Pakistan to a crushing 126-run victory over the West Indies in the first oneday international at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday. Omitted from his country's failed Champions Trophy campaign, the mercurial all-rounder returned the best-ever ODI bowling figures by a Pakistani, and the second best overall, in snaring seven for 12 to rout the home side for just 98 off 41 overs after having top-scored with a typically swashbuckling 76 in the visitors' total of 224 for nine.

This match represented yet another stunning spike in the 17-year international career of a cricketer whose ability to delight and entertain with his extravagant manner has often been overshadowed by an almost chronic failure to deliver at the most critical of times. Fortunately for Pakistan, this was not one of those times and his impact on the match started with his domination of a 120-run sixth-wicket partnership with his captain, Misbah-ul-Haq (52), the pair rescuing their team from the depths of 47 for five after gangling fast-medium bowler Jason Holder had wrecked the top order in finishing with the excellent

figures of four for 13. While Misbah laboured towards yet another workmanlike half-century, occupying 121 deliveries, Afridi's knock was a hurricane by comparison, decorated by five sixes and six fours off just 55 deliveries. He looked well on the way to completing a hundred but perished in the 39th over, caught by Darren Sammy at deep midwicket off the bowling of Kieron Pollard. West Indies would have been expecting the likes of Pollard and fellow big-hitter Chris Gayle to produce similar innings to give their team a fighting chance of getting the 225 runs needed for victory. However that hope never materialised, and while Afridi

took most of the glory with his demolition job with the ball, the early damage was done by Mohammad Irfan. In overcast, seamer-friendly conditions, the giant left-arm pacer disconcerted the top-order of the West Indies with his speed and trajectory from such a great height, bowling Johnson Charles with a swinging full-toss and then forcing Darren Bravo to glove a lifting delivery on the body for wicketkeeper Umar Akmal to take the catch down the leg-side. Pakistan then got a huge boost when new batsman Marlon Samuels called Gayle for a sharp single and Misbah's direct hit from cover found the dangerous

opener short of his ground and the West Indies wobbling badly at seven for three. All the support bowlers maintained the pressure and when Afridi came on as the fifth change, the floodgates really opened. Unable to cope with his cocktail of top-spinners and googlies, a succession of batsmen ill-equipped mentally and technically to cope with such wiles succumbed without much of a fight as five wickets crashed for 14 runs. Only Samuels (25) showed any meaningful resistance, but it was never going to be enough against a rampant Afridi, who finished off the match by trapping Holder, the early destroyer for the West Indies, palpably lbw.

had two working exits. Thirty-two people are being treated at hospital for injuries. A total of 84 boxers participated in the Bupati (Regent) Cup Championships that started July 9 in the Papua province town of Nabire, Suryo said. The riot happened after the final of the 58-kilogram (128-pound) division between Alvius Rumkorem and Yulianus Pigome, who Suryo said are from different tribes. Points awarded by a panel of judges to Rumkorem triggered protests by Pigome supporters, Suryo said. The losing

boxer's supporters threw chairs at the judges and the winner's supporters responded by throwing bottles and broken chairs, panicking people in the stadium, said Lt. Col. Gede Sumerta, a provincial police spokesman. Police and soldiers were deployed to stop the fighting, Sumerta said, adding that police investigating the case have questioned 12 people — five organizers and seven witnesses. Nabire, about 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles) east of Jakarta, is on Cendrawasih Bay on the north coast of Papua.

Results of the first day of the Summer Heat Basketball Challenge 2013:

1. Astrape beat Griffins 78-54. 2. Agility beat Crusaders 62 45. 3. Taurus beat Infernos 64 46. 4. Oracles beat Dyang 62 40. In the fifth match Air hogs are leading with 44 points against Assam Rifles scoring 31 points till the third quarter. The fourth quarter is scheduled to be played tomorrow.

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Teenager Spieth is youngest Troubled F1 team Sauber finds Russian sponsors PGA winner in 82 years

SilViS, July 15 (AP): Nineteen-year-old Jordan Spieth outlasted David Hearn and Zach Johnson on the fifth hole of a playoff to win the John Deere Classic on Sunday, becoming the youngest winner on the PGA Tour in 82 years. Spieth, who doesn't turn 20 for another two weeks, hit a two-foot par putt to earn a spot in the British Open field at Muirfield. He is also the first teenager to a PGA title win since Ralph Guldahl took the Santa Monica Open in 1931. "I didn't think it would happen this early," said Spieth, who turned professional in December. "I had a plan. I guess the plan got exceeded." Spieth started the day six shots behind thirdround leader Daniel Summerhays. But he forced his way into the playoff by holing out of the bunker from 44 feet on the final hole of regulation. Spieth got lucky when that shot took a pair of fortuitous bounces. But he also put himself in that position with a brilliant final round. "The shot on 18 was the luckiest shot I ever hit in my life," Spieth said. "The fact that it bounced right and hit the pin and dropped down to the cup, it's just extremely fortunate." Spieth, Hearn and Johnson then made par on the first four playoff holes, but Spieth made another par to stave off Johnson and Hearn on the fifth. Johnson, the defending champion at Deere Run,

HinWil, July 15 (AP): Formula One team Sauber has eased its financial troubles with new funding from Russia in a deal that includes preparing a Russian driver for next season. Sauber said Monday that the partnership involves two investment funds and Russia's National Institute of Aviation Technologies. The fresh backing comes one week after team President Peter Sauber acknowledged in a Swiss television interview that the financial difficulties had become "uncomfortable and embarrassing." "The Sauber F1 Team will have a solid foundation to increase its competitiveness on a longterm basis," it said in an official statement. The Russian partnership includes developing driver Sergey Sirotkin "to prepare him as a racing driver for the team in 2014," Sauber said. Sauber is eighth of 11 teams in the constructors' standings with 2013 drivers Nico Hulkenberg of Germany and Esteban Gutierrez of Mexico. Hulkenberg's

eighth-place finish in Malaysia is Sauber's best result. Russian interest in F1 is also stepped up ahead of the global circuit debuting there next year in Sochi. "This extensive cooperation will showcase Russian innovation at the pinnacle of motorsport," Sauber said. "With the National Institute of Aviation Technologies ... the Sauber F1 team will benefit from the advanced know-how of the front-end Russian scientists and engineers." The other partners are connected to state and regional public money. The Investment Cooperation International Fund "invests in Russian regions and the development and modernization of industrial enterprises," Sauber said. The State Fund of Development of North-West Russian Federation is a "notfor-profit organization established to finance programs, projects and activities supporting the economic, scientific and cultural heritage."

Bayern Munich sign Thiago Alcantara

Jordan Spieth holds the trophy after winning the John Deere Classic golf tournament, Sunday, July 14 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Spieth defeated Zach Johnson and David Hearn on the fifth hole of a playoff. (AP Photo)

seized control midway through the final round of regulation, but he simply couldn't get enough birdies to put the field away, and his uncharacteristic bogey on No. 18 set up a threeman playoff. All three players had their chances to make a playoff-ending shot — with Johnson narrowly missing from the back of the green on a chip shot that clipped the cup on the first playoff hole. Johnson hit the ground in disbelief. It would turn out to be the closest he would get to victory. "I had my chances on the back side in regulation. I mean, I hit some really good shots and just didn't

make anything," Johnson said. Hearn also had a shot at the win, which would have been his first on the PGA Tour, as well. But he missed a makeable putt on the fourth playoff hole. "Congrats to Jordan. He's going to have an amazing career, obviously. He's an incredible talent to come on Tour at his age and have as much success as quickly as he has. So hat's off to him," Hearn said. Spieth, Hearn and Johnson all went right on their final tee shot. Spieth scrambled out of the rough, though, finding the back of the green to save par and win his first PGA Tour event.

Berlin, July 15 (iAnS): German football giants Bayern Munich have signed Barcelona's Thiago Alcantara until 2017. The 22-year-old midfielder is set to undergo a medical, after which, he will put pen to paper on a four-year deal with the German record champions, reports Xinhua. Bayern coach Guardiola expressed his wish during a press conference to sign Alcantara as he already worked with the youngster during his time in Barcelona. Thus, the Bayern bosses complied with Guardiola's request a couple of days later. "Thiago Alcantara was the most desired candidate of our new coach Pep Guardiola. We are delighted that we were able to complete such a great transfer. He has just been elected as the best player of the Under 21

European Championship. He is a fantastic player with a great perspective, who will strengthen Bayern," chairman Karl Heinz Rummenigge said in a press release on Sunday. The Bavarians agreed on a transfer fee of 25 million euros with Barcelona to reunite Alcantara and Guardiola for four years. The Spanish interna-

tional midfielder played for almost for all national youth teams. Besides that, he was appointed into the first team in November 2011, where he made three caps. He created an international stir when he scored a hat rick at the UEFA Under 21 European Championship final 2013 against Italy to smooth the way for the trophy.

Japan's Yuka Ichiguchi flips the ball to first base during a game against the United States at the World Cup of Softball tournament, Saturday, July 13, 2013, at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo)

OKlAHOMA CiTy, July 15 (AP): Yuki Hayashi had two hits from four at bats with three RBIs as Japan beat the United States 6-3 on Sunday to win the gold medal in the eighth World Cup of Softball. Yuka Ichiguchi tripled and drove in two runs for Japan, which beat the U.S. for the second time in as many days and extended its winning streak over the Americans to three games. Japan also beat the U.S. in the gold-medal game of last year's World Championships. Through an interpreter, Japan coach Reika Utsagi said her team was young and didn't feel much pressure to win. "Even though we knew they would be another pitcher today, our strategy was the same," Utsagi said. "It was to put the bat on the ball and make something happen, both yesterday and today. That's what I think we did very well." The six runs surrendered by the U.S. matched the secondmost it had ever allowed in a major international tournament. Japan beat the U.S. 7-4 on Saturday to set that record. The U.S. had won the last six World Cups since Japan took the inaugural event in 2005. That also was the last time the U.S. lost twice in the World Cup. The U.S. now is 42-6 alltime in the event. "My mes-

sage to the team was that they're better right now," U.S. coach Ken Eriksen said of Japan. "Right now, they are better. You saw the benefits of being able to train together for months and months and months. You saw the deficiencies of Team USA, with the inability to train for months and months and have five days to get together. Misato Kawano singled leading off in the first and scored on an infield single by Yukiyo Mine. Michelle Moultrie walked and Lauren Gibson reached on an error in the bottom of the first and were in scoring position with one out, but Okamura struck out Amanda Chidester and coaxed a popup from Valerie Arioto to end the threat. Japan blew the game open in the second against U.S. starter Jessica Moore (1-1). Natsuka Ono singled with one out and Nozomi Shimasaki followed with a bunt single. One out later, Moore intentionally walked Kawano to load the bases. Ichiguchi followed with a popup to short left field that hit the glove of the hard-charging Chidester but fell to the ground, allowing two runs to score. Hayashi followed with a sharp single to right field and two more runs scored, making it 5-0. In the bronze-medal game, Australia beat Canada 4-3 in eight innings.

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Unseen pictures of Diana at White House gala

he famously danced with John Travolta and captivated the world. But previously unseen photographs show Princess Diana also taking to the floor with Tom Selleck and Clint Eastwood on that glittering night at the White House in September 1985. Diana, 24, looks unsure of herself, but would emerge as a global fashion icon thanks to her Victor Edelstein gown which sold in March for £240,000. The pictures by White House photographer Pete Souza have emerged as part of a Channel 4 documentary about Diana’s dresses. In one shot, she clutches Selleck’s shoulder with her left hand while

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Secret golfer: Harry Styles enjoyed a low key game of golf in Toronto on Thursday, during a day off from One Direction's Take Me home tour

just five days away and express also our great happiness that... er... Princess David - Princess Diane (sic) - here on her first trip to the United States.' The dance with Saturday Night Fever star Travolta in her midnight blue velvet outfit - which became known as the 'Travolta dress' - captivated the U.S. and helped to increase Diana's global profile. But when people kept asking Charles after the event about Diana’s dance with Travolta, he famously replied: ‘I am not a glove puppet’. Charles and Diana separated in 1992 before officially divorcing in 1996. Almost a decade later in 2005

he married his former mistress Camilla Parker-Bowles. The hour-long documentary - entitled Princess Diana's Dresses: The Auction - focuses in depth on 10 of her dresses sold at auction in March. But it also takes a look at the other signature styles of the 'People's Princess', who died in a car crash in Paris in August 1997. The programme features archive footage and never-seen interviews to explain her fashion decisions, influences and motivations. It also boasts commentary from some of her closest friends and stylists, including Virginia Clarke, with whom she lived during her engagement to Prince Charles.

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Let's party! Justin Theroux and Jennifer Anston share a drink together at Jimmy Kimmel's wedding on Saturday.

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oland Emmerich may never win an Oscar (I'm going out on a limb here), but he gets my vote as the greatest practitioner of good bad movies working in Hollywood today. I don't mean that as a backhanded compliment. Seriously. It takes a certain kind of genius to crank out blockbusters as spectacularly silly as "Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow" and "2012." And the main difference between Emmerich and fellow maestros of mayhem like Michael Bay is that he actually seems to be in on the joke. He knows his movies are preposterous nonsense, and he embraces it. In his latest big-budget excuse to blow up 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, "White House Down," Emmerich doesn't waste time with anything as conventional as a setup; he just dives right in, introducing us to Channing Tatum's John Cale, a divorced Capitol police officer itching to be a Secret Service agent to impress his daughter (Joey King). While his job interview in the West Wing is going south, right-wing mercenaries take over the White House demanding $400 million. Meanwhile, Cale's daughter has been taken hostage and the president (Jamie Foxx) is left unguarded. Guess who steps in to protect the POTUS?

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Emmerich and screenwriter James Vanderbilt ("The Amazing Spider-Man") rip off "Die Hard" beat for beat. But when you're having this much fun, why quibble? The entire film is merely an excuse for Tatum to squeeze off machine-gun rounds in a muscle-baring tank top, Foxx to do his cool-cat Obama impression right down to chomping on Nicorette, and Emmerich to revel in what he does

best — blast the sets (and plausibility) to kingdom come. Comparisons between this and last March's similarly themed "Olympus Has Fallen" are going to be inevitable, so let me just say that Emmerich's is the D.C. disaster flick to see. Skip it, and you'll be depriving yourself of one of the summer's most satisfyingly stupid pleasures.

Gym hair: Bradley Cooper left a workout on Saturday drenched in sweat before riding off on his motorcycle.

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Irresponsible to be Rock Reign 2.13 to kick off on July 19 diplomatic on issues R

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hen it comes to posting views on various topics on social networking sites, Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor is very active and feels that as a public figure it is her responsibility to comment on important issues. Also, she insists that issues command an honest opinion. "It is very irresponsible to be diplomatic on certain things. Just because you are an actress does not mean you can't have an opinion," said the 28-year-old who is active on Twitter. "You can't be diplomatic on certain things. I will never talk ill about an actress on a personal front. But if it comes to important things, then I should have an opinion," added the actress who struck gold with her performance in Raanjhanaa. Having an opinion isn't risky either. "It is not risky if I have an opinion about something important. If someone is being sexist, homophobic or if the government is wrong... I will say something. If I think I have said something wrong, then I will apologise for it," she said. Daughter of Sunita and actor Anil Kapoor, she feels her forthrightness sets an example for other girls.

ock Reign 2.13 is set to stage its first competition on July 19 at the Cosmos Entertainment Hall, Mokokchung. ‘GodSend’ and ‘Infuse’ are set to perform in the spotlight for the ultimate battle to attain the green card for the Hornbill International Rock Contest. “It’s a daunting and challenging task to fulfil and takes a whole lot of courage to take up the responsibility of so many young and talented musicians” stated Imnuksung Jamir, Band Manager of Infuse, while expressing his appreciation for the Rock Reign platform. He further pronounced his hopes that the band would achieve the goal. Infuse band was formed in Dec 2012 with aspirations to reach out to the people by way of combining modern rock music and emphasizing on the need to be strong and spontaneous while overcoming the hardship of life. They have Imtisanen Jamir on vocals, Arenlong longkumer on guitar, Arenlong Jamir

on guitar, Yimkummern Imsong on bass and Shilumeren Jamir on drums. ‘’We are different individuals coming from different walks of life with the passion and love for music. We have come together with the hope of learning from one another, pursuing our passion… and of course making good genuine music’’ stated the members in an interview. With the recent achievement of ‘Sungkutenem Open Beat Contest, Clash of the Band’ in December

2012, this band is furnishing more on their skills for the Rock Reign platform and further declared, “We take Rock Reign as a platform where we can improve ourselves as musicians and continue to learn from the experiences and take our music to higher level” However formidable competition lay ahead at Cosmos Entertainment Hall as ‘GodSend’ has no less zeal to win the battle. The band was formed on 2012 hailing from Tuli Town comprising of Imkong-

yanger on vocals; former vocalist of ‘The Rascals’, Moaakum, winner of 9th Summer (Dark Resister) on guitar, Imnameren on guitar with, who was a winner of the Tuli Beat Contest’11 with the band ‘Strike Out’, Yimtsutong on bass and Takameren on drums, who won the 9th Summer Jam with Dark Resistor. GodSend is a fusion of heavy metal and melodic metal with original lyrics. As stated by the members, GodSend express through music their frustrations about living in corrupted society and wish to bring changes both in society and in individuals. “I am always impressed by the hard work, dedication and their attitude as the band,’’ cited Along Jamir, Manager of GodSend Band. Fans can follow Infuse on www.facebook.com/infuserocks, www.reverbenation. com/infusebandnagaland, www.twitter.com/infusebandnaga and GodSend on Facebook at GodSend Nagaland.

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day that the 30-year-old's B sample has yet to be tested so they would not confirm or deny the failed test. "In response to Mr. Gay's statements, USADA appreciates his approach to handling this situation and his choice to voluntarily remove himself from competition while the full facts surrounding his test are evaluated," USADA media relations manager Annie Skinner said. "The B sample will be processed shortly, and as in all cases all athletes are innocent unless or until proven otherwise through the established legal process, and any attempt to sensationalize or speculate is a disservice to

due process, fair play, and to those who love clean sport." Gay told US media he had made a mistake and been let down by someone else. USATF said they would continue to look towards USADA to help them weed out drug cheats in the sport. "USA Track & Field is strongly opposed to doping, and we respect the work that USADA has done as a leading agency globally in the fight against drugs in sport," USATF chief executive Max Siegel said. Gay had run the fastest time in the world this year at June's US trials for the world championships in Iowa. His 9.75sec was the 10th fastest 100m of all time. "I will confirm that a sample I gave at the National Trials in June has returned 'adverse findings'," Powell said. "The substance oxilofrine was found, which is considered by the authorities to be a banned stimulant. "I want to be clear that I have never knowingly or wilfully taken any supplements or substances that break any rules. I am not now nor have I ever been a cheat." According to media reports, Powell was one of five athletes who failed drug tests at the national trials last month in Kingston. Sherone Simpson, a silver medallist in the women's 100m at the 2008 Olympics, was one of them, according to a report in Brit- The Sagrada Familia cathedral is seen in the background as an unidentified diver practices ahead of the FINA World Championain's Daily Telegraph. ships in Barcelona, Spain on July 15. The FINA swimming World Championships run from July 19 to Aug. 4 in Barcelona. (AP Photo)

KOLKATA, JuLy 15 (TNN): Having lifted the Champions Trophy in England and the tri-series in the West Indies, Team India is on a high but a big Test is round the corner. Come November and the tour of South Africa will be a very different ball game, according to former captain Sourav Ganguly. At the Kolkata launch of 'Sporting Times', an archival book compiled by Boria Majumdar from The Times of India's 175-year-old treasure trove of reports and articles, Sourav said, "I'll put it this way, I wish them well and I hope they play well," Ganguly said. "I have seen lot of good things in England, and in the West Indies, but Test cricket ob-

viously is different. I don't want to sound negative but it's going to be hard on green, pacy wickets. So, let's hope ( Mahendra Singh) Dhoni again pulls something out of the hat.". Ganguly pointed that Sachin Tendulkar's upcoming 200th Test was not as important as him scoring runs and getting into form. "He's got such a massive reputation as a player, the best I've seen during my career, and I have played against the likes of Brian Charles Lara. I've said so to him personally as well. Whenever he finishes, whatever time he wants to, he should finish being the 200 Test matches, I really player he is; not someone want him to get a hundred who has struggled. More in South Africa." Ganguly was all praise than Tendulkar getting past

File pic shows US Tyson Gay (L) and Jamaica's Asafa Powell.

LOS ANGELES, JuLy 15 (AFP): Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell, two of the four fastest men in history, sent shockwaves through the blue riband 100m on Sunday when both men failed drug tests. Gay, the 30-yearold American who was world champion in 2007 and the fastest man in the world this year, tested positive for a banned substance and immediately withdrew from next month's world championships in Moscow. Jamaican sprint star Powell, a former 100m world record holder, confirmed that he had tested positive for a banned stimulant at his country's nation-

al trials for Moscow. But the 30-year-old strenuously denied any wrong doing. Only Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt (9.58sec) has gone faster than Gay, whose best of 9.69sec he shares with Yohan Blake of Jamaica. Powell is the fourth fastest man of all time with 9.72sec. Gay was informed by the United States AntiDoping Agency (USADA) on Friday of his failed test and on Sunday the USA Track & Field (USATF) said he had pulled out of the world championships. "He stated he is withdrawing," said USATF spokesperson Jill Geer. USADA said Sun-

Man United bids for Barcelona's Fabregas

LONDON, JuLy 15 (AP): Manchester United submitted a bid for Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas on Monday, a person with knowledge of the situation said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the bid, which was submitted by United executives from Sydney where the team is currently on its pre-season tour. Despite Barcelona offering no public indication that Fabregas is for sale, United has offered 30 million euros ($39 million) to bring the former Arsenal captain back to the Premier League, as David Moyes looks to make his first major signing as manager of the English champions. The transfer bid comes two years after Fabregas left Arsenal after pushing to rejoin boyhood club Barcelona for 29 million euros. There are three years remaining on his Camp Nou deal, and Arsenal is reported to have first refusal if Barcelona chooses to sell Fabregas. At Old Trafford, the Spain midfielder would be re-united with striker Rob-

in van Persie, who joined from Arsenal a year ago. The 26-year-old Fabregas would help to fill the void left by the retirement of Paul Scholes and Darren Fletcher, who is continuing to recover from a bowel condition. Last month, Fabregas expressed a desire to stay at Barcelona despite struggling to establish himself as a regular in the starting line-up for the Spanish champions. "If Barcelona said that they didn't want me, that would be another thing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but what I truly want is to triumph at Barcelona," he told Spanish radio. "That's been my dream since I was a kid."

LONDON, JuLy 15 (AGENcIES): Fo r mer Manchester United marksman Andrew Cole believes Wayne Rooney will stay at Old Trafford this summer. In May, Goal exclusively revealed that Rooney is `hell bent` on leaving United`, while the striker hinted that he is open to a move to Premier League rivals Arsenal in June. Cole, however, believes the 27-year-old will stay with David Moyes` side as he would represent too big a loss for the club were he to leave. "Everyone wants him to stay. He`s a wonderful player. If you lose a quality player like that you`re going to be disappointed," Cole said in Australia on Monday. "I do believe he`s going to stay at Manches-

ter United which is the most important thing." Cole is also confident that new boss Moyes will succeed at United, despite being under immense pressure to deliver results in the wake of Sir Alex Ferguson`s trophy-laden 26-year stint at the club. "David Moyes has come in. He`s done a wonderful job at Everton and I wish him well at Manchester United," he continued. "I think we all know it`s going to be a very, very tough job to follow Sir Alex Ferguson but I really do believe he`ll do a very good job. Manchester United gave David Moyes a six-year contract so they believe in him. Naturally they`re going to give him time. Football now is always guided by results."

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for Dhoni, saying, "It's great to see such a fantastic leader; he just gets better and better." On comparisons between

AVIGNON, JuLy 15 (AFP): Tour de France leader Chris Froome on Monday hit out at critics who believe he could be following in the footsteps of shamed drugs cheat Lance Armstrong after his stunning win on Mont Ventoux. "To compare me with Lance... Lance cheated, I'm not cheating. End of story," the British rider said on the race's second and final rest day on Monday. Froome reinforced his grip on the race leader's yellow jersey, with an impressive win on the fabled climb on Sunday to claim his second mountaintop stage victory of this year's 100th edition. But the Kenyan-born Briton's performance, which featured several short but remarkable attacks on the 20.8 km climb to the summit, raised suspicions -- and prompted comparisons with Armstrong, who saw his record seven Tour titles removed for doping. Froome, who now leads

Dutchman Bauke Mollema by 4min 14sec and former two-time winner Alberto Contador of Spain by 4:25, has claimed since the start of the race that he is "100 percent clean" and that his titles would never be stripped in the future. The 28-year-old reiterated those claims at his team hotel in Avignon on Monday but indicated he has had enough of being made to feel he is a cheat. "I just think it's quite sad that we're sitting here the day after the biggest victory of my life talking about doping," Froome said. "Quite frankly... my teammates and I have spent months away from home, slept (at high altitude) on volcanoes to get ready for this race... training together, just working our arses off. "And here I am, sitting here being accused of being a cheat and a liar. That's just not cool." Froome finished runner-up in the race last year when Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins, ab-

him and Dhoni as leaders, Ganguly said, "No, such comparisons don't irritate me. It's bound to happen but, then, I don't take too much interest in them because my time as a player is done. It's his time now, and he will be done in four years or so and someone else will come. "One thing that I like is both of us come from the East, a zone which did not have much of an impact on Indian cricket earlier. For that zone to produce two outstanding captains who have won Tests, tournaments and World Cups for India is very, very special. Imagine a place like Ranchi. Ten years ago nobody in the world would have envisaged Dhoni going on to become one of India's

greatest captains. Has Ravindra Jadeja's success queered the pitch for a Yuvraj Singh comeback? "I wouldn't look very far. When India won (World Cup) in 2011 nobody expected only three players to survive from that team two years later. In Indian sport and with Indian selectors you never know," Ganguly reminded. "I hope Jadeja keeps playing well and also hope Yuvraj comes back. He's a terrific player, was man of the tournament in the World Cup. Who would have imagined that he will not be part of the team in 2013? For that matter, who expected him to make that comeback from cancer? Who knows what's in store six months down the line?"

sent this time round after illnees and injury, became the first Briton to win the world's biggest bike race. But since then, cycling's long and sordid history with doping has taken a significant turn, following Armstrong's confession, after years of denial, that he cheated his way to glory. Froome's accelerations on the Mont Ventoux on Sunday caused a flurry of accusations and counter-accusations, notably on Twitter. Frenchman Antoine Vayer, a former coach of the disgraced Festina cycling team, has been an outspoken critic of Sky and Froome on the micro-blogging site, and regularly posts messages questioning the authenticity of the British outfit. His counterpart, coach and sports scientist Frederic Grappe, meanwhile, regularly analyses the performances of top cyclists taking into account several key parameters including V02Max -- the maximum amount of oxygen the body can consume while competing at the very top level. In an article on www.rtl.fr on Monday, Grappe concluded: "Intellectually speaking, it would be wide of the mark to attribute the performances (of Froome) to doping." Sky team chief Dave Brailsford said he believes that making his riders' power data public, as some critics have suggested should happen, would still not be enough to convince their detractors. "The latest craze is analysing power data to try and prove beyond reasonable doubt we are not doping. People seem to think releasing that data will provide the proof. I'm not so sure," said Brailsford. "Biological passports are not just about (analysing) blood, it should be the whole picture of that individual.

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