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12-year-old gang raped by five ‘minor’ friends GUWAHATI, SEPTEMBER 17 (PTI): A 12-yearold girl was allegedly gang raped by five minor boys in the Hatigaon area here. The girl was gang raped near her home on Sunday night when her mother was out on work as a daily wage earner, police said on Tuesday. The five boys aged between 12 to 16 years, who are her neighbours and play together, called her outside her house and then gang raped her, according to the FIR filed by the mother at Basistha police station. On her mother’s return from work the girl told her about the incident and she was immediately taken to the police station where the complaint was filed, the sources said. All the five boys have been taken into custody and will be produced in the Juvenile Court here on Wednesday, police said, adding, the girl after medical examination was now in the State Home for Women for her rehabilitation.

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DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 17 (MExN): The GPRN/NSCN today said it has uncovered the man responsible for recent incidents of death and bomb threats to business establishments in Dimapur. “Lovito, better known as L. Tuccu of Khaplang group, has been the man behind creating terror in the minds of the business community”, stated the MIP in a press note. It said that in the first week of September, the Naga Army apprehended a man suspiciously moving around TK Service station at 2 ½ mile, Dimapur. On interrogation, the man Atobo, who is the younger brother of L. Tuccu confessed to being at TK Service to repair his brother (Lovito Tuccu’s) Vehicle. The Naga Army seized the vehicle and kept it in their custody. It was pointed out that thereafter, L. Tuccu demanded TK Service station for a new vehicle and “threatened” them that the Service station would “be bombed.” “The Naga Army would like to make it clear that, any consequences prevailing in the future with the fall –out of this incident at TK Service station, the blame will be borne by Atobo. And the GPRN will take appropriate actions on him,” added the note. Full text on page 4

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AcAUt to become an ‘inclusive’ movement

say goodbye to “welfare state” A ‘participation society’ is emerging in its place

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AMSTERDAM, SEPTEMBER 17 (AP): King Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the Dutch people from the government Tuesday in a nationally televised address: the welfare state of the 20th century is gone. In its place a “participation society” is emerging, in which people must take responsibility for their own future and create their own social and financial safety nets, with less help from the national government. “The shift to a ‘participation society’ is especially visible in social security and longterm care,” the king said, reading out to lawmakers a speech written for him by Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government. “The classic welfare state of the second half of the 20th century in these areas in particular brought forth arrangements that are unsustainable in their current form.” “The necessary reforms take time and demand perseverance,” the king said. But they will “lay the basis for creating jobs and restoring confidence.” Willem-Alexander said that nowadays, people expect and “want to make their own choices, to arrange their own lives, and take care of each other.” The ‘participation society’ has been on its way for some time: benefits such as unemployment compensation and subsidies on health care have been regularly pruned for the past decade. The retirement age has been raised to 67. The king said Tuesday some costs for the care of the elderly, for youth services, and for job retraining after layoffs will now be pushed back to the local level, in order to make them better tailored to local circumstances.

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Nagaland govt given 30 more days to respond to memo Morung Express News Dimapur | September 17

Four men who claim to be hostages are escorted to a waiting vehicle after being released from the hands of Muslim rebels in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines on Tuesday. About 64 hostages were freed or escaped during military operations early Tuesday, followed by another 14 who walked to freedom in separate batches. That brought to 116 the number of those rescued in the last 18 hours, said military spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala. The standoff, which began Monday when about 200 Moro National Liberation Front guerrillas stormed several coastal communities in Zamboanga city and seized several residents, has displaced more than 80,000, hundreds of homes razed to the ground, forced the closure of businesses and resulted in more than 50 deaths so far. (AP Photo)

Four months since its formation, the movement against unabated taxation is set to take a bigger shape as forums organized along the lines of the Action Committee against Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) are likely to come up in all the districts of Nagaland. It was learnt that a similar forum has already come into existence in Zunheboto, while other districts are likely to follow suit. When queried on this development, ACAUT members in Dimapur replied that such an idea was discussed during a recent meeting though no conclusive decision was yet taken in this regard. Nevertheless, if it takes shape, the forums will function as separate cells taking the campaign against illegal taxation in their respective districts. Meanwhile a public meeting called by ACAUT was held today in the Unity Hall of the Naga Council office in Dimapur, which was attended by representatives from several mass-based organisations. During the meeting, the ACAUT extended the 15-day deadline to a month for the government to respond to its memorandum. The 15 day deadline had expired on September 15, following the submis-

sion of the memorandum on August 30. The memo had urged the government to take remedial measures on several points it had raised. The extension comes in the backdrop of the Chief Secretary’s response to the ACAUT memorandum on September 13, which was published in the print media on September 17. The house further resolved to organise a ‘public awareness rally’ mainly to create awareness on ACAUT activities. It was informed that it will be held in the coming week. It was resolved that the ACAUT will be made more inclusive, meaning; it will reach out to more mass-based organisations to join the movement. It eventually means that the ACAUT will no longer be known as a body under the aegis of the Naga Council, Dimapur but a broad-based conglomeration of the civil society. Kezhokhoto Savi, president of the Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation in the meeting stated that the ACAUT should be more inclusive to make it stronger. Tribe organizations, women and student bodies should also become members, he said. On illegal taxation, he said that the ACAUT should stand firm against any form of unauthorised taxation by government agencies as well as underground groups. He stated that the government is exempting certain business groups from legal taxation and in the same light he added that the business community should also not work with “undergrounds” if they are serious about illegal taxation.

‘Support community wildlife management’ Shortage of local Math, Science teachers

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 17 (MExN): The Chief Wildlife Warden for Nagaland, T Lotha has stressed on the need to formulate certain guidelines and modalities to support efforts made by various communities towards biodiversity conservation. “Community based wildlife management is to be made a reality for conservation of flora and fauna of the State,” he said in a statement. Lotha informed there are a number of Community Reserves being managed by communities or villagers, where resolutions have been adopted by Village Councils to ban hunting during the breeding seasons, restriction on fishing with explosives, ban

on indiscriminate burning of forest, prohibition on destruction of wildlife habitats, etc. The unilateral decisions or actions taken by the communities will have a positive bearing on the conservation of wildlife, he asserted. The Chief Wildlife Warden stated that community based wildlife reserves can help in promoting Eco-Tourism and said that villagers have forests and wildlife in their holdings, but not the resources to manage it. As such, he advocated that NGOs can play a pivotal role in mobilizing resources for them. He cited that the Bombay Natural History Society (Bird Life in India), through donations has mobilized £9,324.91

for saving Amur Falcon in the State. “Lets us see how this is going to be translated into action,” he added. Lotha informed that the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has tied up with the Nagaland state wildlife wing and forest department to document its biodiversity and conserve its wildlife. He said a comprehensive database of Nagaland’s biodiversity will facilitate the formulation of a wildlife action plan. He informed that HumanElephant Conflict and the killings of migratory Amur Falcon are chief concerns to be addressed by the WTI in collaboration with the state government. CEO, Dr. Vivek Menon from the WTI visited

and interacted with the authorities including villagers from Amur Falcon roosting sites and Elephant bearing areas. It may be noted that a MoU has been signed between the Wildlife Trust of India and Forest Department to help the Department in tackling the problems arising out of Human-Elephant Conflict and Amur Falcon migration. In tune with the MoU, WTI has supplied chicks to the identified hunter groups for poultry farming under a Rapid Action Plan in the concept of ‘Bird for Bird’. In response to this gesture, villagers have signed the MoU with the WTI to protect the birds in course of migration. Full text in page 5

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Minister for School Education, CM Chang today said the government is working on a mechanism for relaxation of recruitment of non-locals, especially for the post of mathematics and science teachers in Nagaland. The Minister said this has been necessitated following non-availability of local candidates for recruitment to the post for the aforementioned subjects. As such, there has been a shortage of math and science teachers in many schools, he informed. Talking to media per-

sons today, Chang said that this mechanism will come into effect in due course of time. “We need to have nonlocal teachers for maths and science,” he said. Chang informed that the Chief Minister has approved of

said a meeting will soon be called in this regard. The Minister expressed serious concern over the poor performance of government schools in the HSLC examinations. He observed that one drawback was the poor management of schools and said that teachers need to be sent for trainings. He informed of the government’s decision to down grade schools falling under nil pass percentage for three consecutive years. On nonpayment of teacher’s salary, especially those appointed under SSA, the Minister said that the sanction has come and that it is being released.

Govt to relax recruitment of non local teachers for Mathematics and Science the relaxation. While stating that all posts are reserved for locals in the education sector, he said some relaxations are needed. However, Chang informed that there has been no such notification as of yet and

NAYO supports move Nagaland’s own sound system manufacturer to curtail VIP security Morung Express News

Dimapur | September 17

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 17 (MExN): The Northern Angami Youth Organization (NAYO) has welcomed recent steps taken by Nagaland Home Minister, G. Kaito Aye to curtail security of VIPs and instead reinforce the police force to tackle law and order problems in the State. The NAYO in particular mentioned the Home Minister’s directive to the PHQ for withdrawal of escorts and security to VIPs. A press note issued by NAYO President, Peter Rutsa and General Secretary, Kekhrie Pfukha pointed out that for the past month, NAYO had been taking up traffic issues plaguing the state capital and as such this move is a welcome relief. It mentioned that NAYO had earlier stressed on the problem of “unregulated and unchecked usage of VIP beacons, name plates, flag post by Government servants, NGOs and politicians who were not entitled” to these facilities.

As such NAYO thanked the Home Minister for what it termed as “his quick response on issuing a directive to the state Police Headquarters (PHQ), instructing them to withdraw all security vehicle-escorts and police personnel attached with the ministers, parliamentary secretaries, MLAs and VIPs while in the station.” The NAYO also applauded the Home Minister for withdrawing his own escorts before issuing the directive and hoped that all legislators will follow suit in his example. It agreed with the Home Minister on utilizing more police forces for maintaining law and order in the state. Also it stated that “an influx in intake of traffic personnel, law enforcers is the need of the hour to address the traffic problem in the state capital.” “From maintaining the purpose of no-parking zones to directing traffic during rush hour, both traffic personnel as well as law enforcers have to work

in tandem to ensure the smooth functioning of the system”, it asserted. The NAYO further lamented that traffic congestion in Kohima has almost become a permanent feature and that the problem “may not be singled out only to the presence of unnecessary VIP escorts.” Various factors such as narrow roads, exponential rise in usage of private cars, landslides, inadequate parking spaces and many such factors have all contributed to the traffic problem, the NAYO stated. However it observed that VIPs and their escorts were largely to be blamed and pointed to the “constant harassment of the public with usage of sirens from VIP escorts, driving past with no speed limit endangering the lives of the public”. The NAYO also referred to an RTI disclosure which mentioned that almost Rs 4.5 Crore had been spent during the past one and half year for the “purpose of buying fuel for the allotted cars to state legislators”.

The big names of the sound equipment industry can make way as Nagaland has also produced its own sound system manufacturer. Dimapur-based Zip Engineering & Innovation Centre (ZEIC), founded by entrepreneur, Lanu Jamir on September 17 launched sound equipments built here. Branded as ‘Zipsound’, it specialises in designing and building speakers and amplifiers. According to Lanu Jamir, the man behind the enterprise, it was the result of months of painstaking research and effort. The launch programme was held at his workshop at Aoyimti village, Dimapur. During the launch on Tuesday, Jamir said that he uses the best available components and technology to manufacture the equipments. “Most of our people totally rely on imported sound systems because of the fact that we don’t manufacture high end sound

The man and brains behind Zipsound, Lanu Jamir (Centre) showing off his wares to MTF project director, Gugs Chishi during the formal launch of the brand on September 17 at Aoyimti, Dimapur. (Morung Photo)

systems in India. This leads to exorbitant rate for any imported systems, only affordable to some select few. With a view that we should enjoy world class quality at low price, I had embarked upon in designing speakers that should fulfil certain benchmarks: High quality, lightweight, small size and low cost.” On ‘Zipsound’, he said,

“It consists of research and manufacturing of sound system indigenously using the best technology available at this present age.” He informed that every component is manufactured in-house, which he added gives an edge over imported equipments with regard to after-sales service. His systems may look small in size but it is power packed

comparatively requiring lesser wattage of electricity than most major brands, while giving out twice as much output with zero noise. “The system is designed in such a way that it will produce minimum distortion (while) maintaining the sound quality undisturbed in its best mode.” “We can manufacture speakers from the range of 100 watts to 2000 watts,” he said of the sound output, while adding that ZEIC can also custom-design based on the requirements of clients. Gugs Chishi, project director for the Music Task Force, speaking at the launch said that the music industry in Nagaland needs people like Lanu Jamir. “We don’t have many people who are venturing out with such bold (ideas) and decisions... this is the way to go,” he said, while adding that it is brain and talent that is going to build the music industry in Nagaland. “We cannot survive in the industry as mediocre; we’ve to standout and shine.”

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BAN requests Naga business owners to submit forms Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): The Business Association of Nagas (BAN) with over 800 registered members so far since its inception in August 1, 2013 is without doubt the highest growing business membership in Nagaland and growing. A press note issued by Mar Longkumer, Information & publicity Secretary stated, “Therefore not wanting to leave out any Naga l 1. 2. 3 4. 5 6. 7

businesses, the office of the BAN request all Naga business owners and entrepreneurs who have not submitted their forms, to kindly submit their forms of registration. Those that have not availed the forms of registration are requested to kindly avail the forms and submit it at the earliest to avail the membership certificate which will be given after the processing of the forms”. The note mentioned

that the registration process will enhance the BAN database as well as assist in the identification of Naga businesses. “As we seek to unite Naga business owners for the implementation of action for shared prosperity, this information will help us in establishing the need that is out there, and also help us to provide some form of quality assurance for all stakeholders,” the note further stated.

‘Naga youths can make a niche in hospitality and fashion designing’ Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): Parliamentary secretary for Higher Education & SCERT, Deo Nukhu, has said that Nagas are one of the “most colourful” people in terms of traditional attires and fashion. “Nowhere in the world can you find so many colours as attires of Naga tribes. Even within a tribe, there are so much patterns, colours and designs in the attires”, the parliamentary secretary said. Nukhu was addressing the “Annual Social 2013” (Freshers-cumparting social) of hotel management and fashion designing students of The Global Open University, Nagaland (TGOUN) held here at the University headquarter on Tuesday. Nukhu said Naga youths can make a niche for them-

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participants of 59th session of Commonwealth parliamentary association (Cpa) conference in Johannesburg. Kohima | September 17

Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Chotisuh Sazo who recently returned home from Johannesburg after attending the 59th session of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) conference, today stated that it was opportunity for him to inter-

act with the world leaders. Talking to media persons here, Sazo said that he attended a workshop on achieving millennium development goals that focuses on improvement of health condition, alleviation of poverty, economic development and enhancement of education. During the workshop, he said the parliamentarians have been asked to give

Newly elected NPF legislator cM chang takes oath

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nla speaker Chotisuh sazo administering oath to C.M. Chang in Kohima on september 17. (Morung Photo) our Correspondent present at the function Kohima | September 17

Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Speaker Chotisuh Sazo today administered oath to C.M. Chang who was elected in the bye-elections recently from 57th Noksen Assembly Constituency. NLA Deputy Speaker Er. Levi Rengma, Parliamentary Secretary Labour & Employment, Law & Justice and Land Revenue, Dr. Nicky Kire and NLA Secretary A.E. Lotha were also

held at Speaker’s Chamber of NLA Secretariat. C.M Chang who contested on Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) party ticket, was declared elected in the bye-elections held on September 4 last. He won by a margin of 2863 votes defeating his rival INC candidate Lima Onen. Later, talking to media persons, C.M Chang said that he will continue as School Education Minister and at the same time will be resigning from MP Lok Sabha at any time.

special attention to achieve the millennium development goal by 2015. In another workshop he attended on transfer of technology for increase agriculture production, he termed the workshop as “quite good.” He opined that transfer of technology in agriculture production was still lacking behind in Nagaland and stressed on the need

to give special attention to this area. Sazo also stated that during a workshop for women parliamentarians, he said the need to give more opportunity to women in decision making, was figured in one of the resolutions of the conference. The conference, he said, also in the form of resolution, suggested the parliamentarians to use social media like

facebook or twitter to interact with more people on different issues. On being asked about his impression from other parliamentarians, Sazo said that they were really devoted and their objective is how to develop their countries, adding that they have wider and broader vision for the country rather than concern about its own constituency.

Mon felicitates DC Angau I. Thou on being conferred IAS

moN, September 17 (Dipr): The people of Mon district felicitated the Deputy Commissioner, Mon, Angau I. Thou IAS on being conferred IAS cadre. A felicitation programme in her honour was held at Walo Guest House on September 16, 2013. The President, Konyak Union, S. Manlip Konyak while speaking on behalf of the people of Mon district congratulated the Deputy Commissioner, Mon, Angau I. Thou, IAS on being conferred as IAS cadre and said that it is a pride and honourable moment for the people of Mon District in general and the Konyak Community in particular. He said that this was the first time that an Administrative Officer from Mon District is being confirmed as IAS and a great asset for Mon district. He further asserted that “The people have seen her sincerity, ac-

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tiveness, courage, efficiency, capability, tolerance and understanding with the people and deserved to be conferred to the highest Administrative service”. He also expressed hope that she will continue to devote herself for the welfare and up lift the people, and continue to deliver her service with renewed zeal and enthusiasm as ever in the days to come. The Union also expressed its profound joy and delights on being conferred with the prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre and wished her best of luck and good health in all her future endeavours in serving for the welfare and interest of the people and also congratulated her on behalf of the people of the Land of the Anghs. In her speech at the felicitation program, Angau I. Thou briefly highlighted

her family background and the support and encouragement she received from her husband and her family members. She also credited the people of Mon district for extending their cooperation and assistance to the District Administration in maintaining law and order in the District. Congratulatory Speeches were also delivered by ADC Tizit, Robin Lotha, NCS; ADC Aboi, John Tsulise, NCS; MLA & Chairman NKVIB and DPDB, Mon, Thongwang on behalf of DPDB & Legislative Members of Mon; P.A to DC on behalf of Dobashis; The President GB Federation, Mon; The President KNSK; Rev. Chingang and Ex-Minister, Konngam Konyak. Special numbers were presented by Zion Voice and Staffs of DC’s Office Mon while thanksgiving prayer was led by Pastor, KBCM, Nahngom.

In this, he expressed the need to plan the wider way so that Nagaland is developed in general. The Speaker also visited Cape Town, Rome, Berlin, Paris and Brussels. The next CPA conference is scheduled to be held in Cameroon in 2014. The Speaker was accompanied by AE Lotha, Secretary, NLA and his personal secretary Thepuphi Kapuh.

Temporary Echs polyclinic for Ex-servicemen at Kohima

Kohima, September 17 (Dipr): Brigadier KK Roy Choudhury, SM, VSM (Retd), Director Sainik Welfare & Resettlement, Nagaland in a notification has stated that for the benefit of Ex - servicemen under Kohima District the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) Polyclinic has been established opposite to Old DC’s Bungalow (Heritage) Raj Bhavan Road, Officers Hill Kohima in a temporary accommodation. The Director also stated that the ECHS will remain open from 8:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m except Sundays and holidays. Contact details OIC ECHS Zakhama 03702231033/ Help Line 0370 2231011/ ECHS Polyclinic Kohima 03702242378.

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Data dissemination workshop in Kohima

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creativity. The parliamentary secretary further informed that initiatives are underway on how to convert TGOUN into a full-fledged state university so that the university would get benefit in terms of financial and infrastructure development. Director-cum-registrar of TGOUN, Dr. Imotemsu Ao, in his welcome address also exhorted the students to work hard and said that there is o shortcut to success except through hard work and dedication. He also informed that hotel management students of TGOUN have so far 100% placement record. Other highlights of the annual social included special numbers and costume displays by the students.

Kohima, September 17 (mexN): A state level science seminar on the topic “Water cooperation: Issues & Challenges” under the aegis of the directorate of school education, Nagaland will take place on September 18 at 10:00 am at Northfield, Kohima. M. Patton, IAS, principal secretary directorate of school education will grace the occasion as the chief guest. The function will be chaired by Limawabang Aier, joint director. Guest of honour Pollem Tep, additional director will give away prizes to the winners. Vote of thanks will be proposed deputy director Limaienla.

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parliamentary secretary for higher education & sCerT, Deo nukhu, addressing the annual social meet of The global open University, nagaland on Tuesday. (Morung photo)

NLA speaker on participation at CPA conference

selves in the hospitality and fashion designing sectors because of the famous Naga hospitality and their love for colours. He said students of both hotel management and fashion designing are a “lucky lot” as they would be dealing and catering to the elite and rich. The parliamentary secretary however said that hard work is the secret to success in any chosen field. Dwelling on the TGOUN motto “Education Liberates”, Nukhu said that an educated and knowledgeable man or women can do so many things in life. He said with a new and spacious campus of TGOUN coming up in a couple of months, both the students and faculty members would have more scope in terms of productivity and

The children and staff of bridge of hope (a child care project of believers Church) situated at Master Colony (Railway), Dimapur are seen during an exposure field trip to Guwahati, assam on september 14, 2013. The trip was held with an aim to expose the underprivileged children to learn new things, and to enlighten the children to realize the importance of wild life preservation. sites visited include assam state Zoo cum botanical garden, assam film City, brahmaputra bridge, and science planetarium.

Kohima, September 17 (mexN): The Directorate of Census Operations, Nagaland is going to organize a two day Data Dissemination Workshop on September 26 and 27 at Capital Convention Hall Centre, near Nagaland Civil Secretariat Kohima. The topic on the first day of the workshop will be- “Analysis of Data on Housing, Household Amenities and Assets from Census 2011” and the second day is exclusive reserved for imparting training on CensusInfo software - “A Tool for Accessing census 2011 Data.” On day one, V. Hekali Zhimomi, IAS, DCO will deliver keynote address while housing condition in Nagaland will be briefed by Imkongnungsang, ADCO. Manashi Hazarika will deliver a talk on “Availability of amenities & assets in Nagaland.”

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Firing practices at Wokha firing range

WoKha, September 17 (Dipr): The 17 Assam Rifles will carry out Day firing practice at Wokha small arms firing range from September 16 to 30, 2013 from 800 hours to 1600 hours. In this regard, the residents of all villagers in an around the firing range area are requested to keep away from the danger zone to avoid any loss or injury to human lives, live stock and materials.

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NPA informs

Kohima, September 17 (mexN): The Nagaland Pensioners’ Association (NPA) informed all the pensioners/family pensioners that those pensioners/ family pensioners who had already attained the prescribed age i.e. 80 years of above may furnish the require information to their respective president district pensioners association immediately for their onward submission to the NPA office headquarters office for early action. The concerned pensioners/family pensioners have been asked to furnish, name, A/C No. SBI, age as per service record and nature of pension, state, central, defence, railway etc.

NPF central office bearers meet

Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): In exercise of the powers conferred on him vide Article V clause – 4 of the constitution, the President of the Naga Peoples Front (NPF) Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu hereby convene the central office bearers parent body meeting on September 25, 2013 Wednesday at 11:00 am at the central hqs office, Kohima. This was informed in a press note issued by K.G. Kenye, Secretary General, Central Office Hqs, Kohima. Therefore, all concerned are hereby informed to make it convenient to attend the meeting without fail.

State level national Role play competition in Kohima

Kohima, September 17 (mexN): A state level National Role Play Competition under the aegis of Adolescence Education Cell, SCERT, Nagaland will take place on September 20 from 11:00 AM onwards at Rüzhükhrie Govt. Higher Secondary School Kohima. The event is being organized by SCERTs in various states across the country in coordination with the NCERT, New Delhi under Population Education/ Adolescence Education project with the objective to provide an opportunity for students to learn life skills through participation and experiential learning approach. Parliamentary secretary for higher education & SCERT Deo Nukhu will grace the occasion as the chief guest. The programme will be chaired by Kevi Liegise, joint director SCERT, Nagaland while introductory speech will be given by Vipralhou Kesiezie, director SCERT Nagaland. The event will witness participants from the districts of Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Peren and Wokha. Judges for the event include; Tuolie Seleyi, reader SCERT, Hosheli, research associate, SCERT and Kegwalo, research associate, SCERT.

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Northeast Briefs Indefinite shutdown called for Garoland Shillong, September 17 (iAnS): The Garo Hills State Movement Committee (GHSMC) Monday called for an indefinite shutdown from Wednesday to demand a separate Garoland state in western Meghayala. "Whether the police hunt or arrest us for the cause of genuine demand for Garoland and whether they release the arrested leaders or not, we will not refrain from the statehood demand," GHSMC president Nikman Ch Marak said. However, the shutdown would have a relaxation period from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays have also been exempted from the purview of the shutdown. Twenty-three activists of GHSMC, including their general secretary Augustine D. Marak, have been arrested on charges of intimidation and molestation inside the Deputy Commissioner's office of West Garo Hills district.

G Parthasarathy’s role in historic Mizo Accord recalled

new Delhi, September 17 (pti): The crucial role played by former diplomat G Parthasarathy in the signing of the Mizoram Accord over 26 years ago which ended insurgency in the north-east state was today recalled here. Speakers paid glowing tributes to Parthasarathy, fondly called GP, for his efforts to persuade the then Mizo National Front (MNF) leader Laldenga to shun the path of violence and join the mainstream. "The accord concluded in 1986 has stuck till now.

Rebel group kills two in Meghalaya

Shillong, September 17 (iAnS): Two people were killed and two injured by rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) outfit early Tuesday, police said. A group of five to six heavily armed rebels stormed the Garodoba village in southwest Garo Hills district around 1.30 a.m. The rebels shot dead 32-yearold Sridina A. Sangma and 42-year-old Anirud Hajong, district police chief Muthu Ramachandran told IANS. However, all the rebels escaped and a manhunt is on to nab them. The village comes under Ampati assembly constituency of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma. The GNLA, one of five rebel groups fighting for a separate Garoland in western Meghalaya, is headed by policeman-turned-rogue Champion R. Sangma.

129 Reang families to be repatriared to Mizoram

AgArtAlA, September 17 (pti): Altogether 129 displaced Reang families, currently lodged in refugee camps in North Tripura district, will be repatriated on September 30, officials said today. A meeting of Mizoram?s District Collector (Mamit) V Lalremthanga and Additional District Magistrate (North) Ranjit Kar held on Tuesday at Damcherra in North Tripura gave a final go-ahead to the repatriation of the displaced families from Tripura.

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18 September 2013

Dimapur

Chinese incursions are a regular affair in Arunachal, reveal locals ChAglAgAm, September 17 (ht): The land of rising sun has turned into the land of Chinese incursions. Arunachal Pradesh has been witness to several intrusions with the latest being last month. Headlines Today/Aaj Tak is the first channel to reach Chaglagam, the last village on the Indo-China border in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. This sleepy hamlet saw the Chinese Army arrive, stay and leave - all with a lot of imposition with it. Around 12th August they not only entered almost 40kms into India but also held a few porters hostage for several hours. 42-year-old porter Kamthalam Thapa recounts his rendezvous with the Chinese army, "We met the Chinese army on 12th August. We were held captive for several hours and

released later. This doesn't happen usually but it happened this year with us." Kamthalam is not the only one kept in Chinese custody for several hours. He along with others met the Chinese when they were very much in Indian territory. The Chinese incursion this time has been documented with the help of evidence provided by these porters who travel on this route for a living. Some of them go to the forest to collect wood and cultivate poppy. His companion Chamba Thapa, a porter, dressed in traditional attire also had similar things to say, "We were caught on our way by the Chinese army. We had no option but to return back to the base. The Chinese went away so they left us." The Indian government has maintained a stoic silence on the

Chinese incursion but Aaj Tak/Headlines Today has evidence of the intrusion. Moreover, the porters story is not the only tale. There is more evidence than just the porters that the Chinese army was here. The Chinese have left wrappers of eatables in the Indian boundary and not just once but several times. A regular porter with the army, Ambalam Chapa has stood witness to this several times. "We are porters. When we go with Army we find a lot of Chinese items littered here and there, from packets of biscuits and other eatables to other items. This is not the first time but I have seen this earlier also in past two three years. There also times when we have seen Chinese flags in the Indian region," says Ambalam.

So are these visits by the Chines timed and planned? "Porters tell us that almost every year in July or August they see the Chinese army. We need to make roads on this side, the porters have to travel for days together. Even when the Army goes for patrolling, the locals of Chaglagam go for help," says Mailu Tega, a local Congress leader. For social activist Ritemsu Manyu, it is an everyday fight. "Chinese entering the Indian territory is not for the first time. They come beyond the border line many times. The Indian Army sees this during its patrolling in the area. The road conditions are so bad here that several times it is locked from rest of the country for several months." Chaglagam, the last village on the Indo-China border in Anjaw district

TNL presidential candidates address Ukhrul UKhrUl, September 17 (mexn): On the eve of Tangkhul Naga Long [TNL] General Election 2013, hundreds gathered in its Candidature Address Program held at Ukhrul Town Hall to be a part of the initiative for change and reformation of TNL. The event was organized by the Election Commissioner, TNL with the ideation and participation of well wishers. The aspiration to strengthen the apex body of the community was translated into reality by engaging the candidates to present their vision to the assembled citizens. For the first time in the history of TNL Election process,

Indigenous Music Fest held at Senapati

(Left to Right): Presidential Candidates for TNL: Artax A Shimray, V Weapon Zimik and David K Shimray.

Philazan Shangh and Aran A Chihui moderated the question hour for the three Presidential Candidates; Artax A Shimray, V Weapon Zimik and David K Shimray. The questions were skill-

opment, indigenous rights, integrity leadership, education and healthcare. The manner of interaction clearly indicates a strong message for positive change in the leadership and collective responsibility of the community in delivering change. The poll for various posts will take place on September 18.

of Arunachal Pradesh is a sleepy village with around fifty families living here. Most of them survive on local cultivation or serving as porters for the forces deployed on the border. Chaglagam has no power supply or gas supply. There is an ITBPF camp from which villagers get local stuff for daily use. Besides this, it is a border town with just one telephone in the village for communication, forget about mobile phones. The locals have to walk to the nearest village to get fresh supply of food and vegetables. The bad road conditions makes plying of vehicles very difficult on this route and the Border Road Organization is still far from providing motorable roads. Even the nearest village to fetch daily requirements and vegetables is 50kms away.

State BJP President Tai Tagak echoes the concerns of the locals. "The BRO maintains this road but they are in very bad condition. The roads close down and there are no medical supplies also in the region. The government should take care of the basic facilities in the region." On the contrary, the locals who have been there have much to share about the life beyond the barbed wire, rather the mountains. The Mac Mohan Line, formidable boundary between India and China has left some families divided. According to Kamthalum Thapa, "The elder brother of my father lives there so we go regularly. There are very good roads in China upto the border. They are making more roads but this side of the border has a lot of problems. We have to cross dense forest."

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SenApAti, September 17 (mexn): With dusk setting in on September 15, Senapati’s music lovers gathered at Senapati Mini Stadium to enjoy live music at the ‘Indigenous Music Fest’. The fest was originally slated for September 14 with an open air venue but was postponed to the next day to an indoor stadium due to the sudden downpour of rain right before the show.

The festival was organised by NE Rhythm Network in collaboration with Senapati District Students Association and Senapati Music Society (SMS) and sponsored by North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur with an aim to promote and encourage people in folk fusion and indigenous music in the region and create awareness on the changing trend of genre and flexibility of modern techni-

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AgArtAlA, September 17 (pti): A controversy has erupted over the state government's proposed move to rename Ujjayanta Palace, erstwhile royal abode of the Manikya kings, to Tripura State Museum. Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra, a tribal based party, has written to Vice President Hamid Ansari (who will inaugurate the new museum) protesting against the move, while the current head of Tripura royal family said he would launch a signature campaign against the proposed renaming. INPT objected to the move saying deletion of the word 'Ujjayanta' is aimed at hurting sentiments of tribal populace of the state. Vice President Hamid Ansari is scheduled to inaugurate new Tripura State Museum housed in the palace on September 25. INPT president Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl said in his letter to the Vice President that renaming Ujjayanta Palace is likely to have serious effects on the indigenous populace. "The state government is planning to distort history of the state by the effort. It will have far-reaching consequences," Hrankhawl said.

Pradyot Bikram Kishore Debbarma, current head of Tripura royal family, expressed discontent at the move of the state government as well. "Ujjayanta palace is a historical and a heritage site. Renaming the building in such a way is illegal as per the Heritage Buildings Act," he claimed. "I look upon it as a communal move of the state government. This is a deliberate attempt at humiliating us. I am going to launch a mass signature campaign against the decision soon," the royal scion added. "If the left government in West Bengal could do with Victoria Memorial for ages, I don't see a problem if Tripura does the same for Ujjayanta Palace," Pradyot stated. Asked about the state government's stand on the issue, Higher Education Secretary Kishore Ambuly said, "It was a government decision to shift the state museum from its former location at Post Office Chowmuhani to the palace. It will be named as Tripura State Museum," he said. Hrangkhawl proposed that it should be named as 'Tripura Ujjayanta Museum'. Ujjayanta Palace served as the Tripura state legislative assembly till 2011. It was built

by Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya during 1899-1901. The royal family is reported to have spent Rs 10 lakh despite financial constraints at the time. Martin & Burn Company was assigned to build the palace which was completed in 1901.

Tribals protest renaming of Tripura palace

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Date: 21st Sept. 2013. Time: 10:00 AM

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“The Impact of Social Media on our lifestyle/society”

AN APPEAL FOR REMINDER

Charles Chasie, Senior Journalist

The Education Department Govt. Of Nagaland has banned the transfer and posting of teachers in the middle of the year, altering the departmental norms the department order transfer and posting of Science, Maths teacher from GHS Naginimora, Phuktong, GMS Tangnyu under Mon District without the reliever. The Class- IX or X students who are to appear board examination are accustomed to fall as an easy prey. The ClassX student GMS Naginimora strongly protest and demand revocation of the order. Meanwhile, the President Konyak Union (K.U.) Naginimora Unit Shri. Chingyong. K. and Shri. Chingak NKSU has strongly demanded the Directorate of School Education to revoke the order immediately. Shri. Methlao. K Vice President K. U. Naginimora

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Wednesday 18 September 2013

he latest NSCN (IM) assault on the Kuki people, this time a verbal sequence to their physical and genocidal assault from 1992 to 1997, and a progress from killing innocent villagers, i.e. barbarism, to trying to discredit Kuki Inpi (KIM) and Kuki Organisation for Human Rights (KOHR), relatively a more civilized act, however, needs to be put into perspective. To begin with, there was never a ‘Naga-Kuki’ conflict; there was only NSCN (IM)-led Naga aggression on innocent Kukis from 1992-1997. NSCN (IM) can lie about their transgressions till they turn blue in the face, but the blood stain from their hands will not be washed, except when forgiven and due reconciliation takes place. It is only appropriate that Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) and Kuki Organisation for Human Rights (KOHR) should plead for the rights of the Kukis – nothing to be apologetic about in this regard. Fairness and justice demands that Government first settle the case of victims, i.e. Kukis before settling that of the perpetrator, Nagas. This is the moral responsibility of any responsible Government. The Linguistic Survey of India, Vol 111, Part 111 (1904), clearly demarcates ‘Kuki Country’. There is no controversy about ownership of land, barring that emanating from certain sections of Naga society. History is witness to Kuki regard for human rights, which is why honest Nagas give due credit to Kuki chieftain’s intervention that maintained peace

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KNO responds to NSCN (IM) statement among warring Nagas in the 1800s. It is an oft-repeated slogan of NSCN (IM) that Kukis are nomads, who came from the south. Sir Grierson’s delineation of ‘Kuki Country’ shows the ‘south’, or for that matter any of the other three cardinal directions North, East, and West, which are within Kuki people’s lands are where they chose to change their settlement, partly owing to their traditional Jhum cultivation. The British colonialists may have transferred some Kukis from one area to another, but it is hugely preposterous to account that for the entire Kuki population. If Kukis are immigrants from Burma (as NSCN (IM) tends to harp), Tangkhuls of Ukhrul are also from Somra Tracts of Burma. However, in the case of Kukis, within “Kuki Country’, which is where they are in the present-day as also before 33 AD, when the coronation of the first Meitei king took place (Pooyas), neither Burma nor India existed. Hence, the question of immigration is irrelevant. The Kuki Rising, 1917-1919 against the British colonialists is testament to ownership of land and, therefore, the vehement defense of Kuki Country. In contrast, Nagas, who were subjects of Kuki chieftains, were loyal to the colonialists. Dr B Angami had grossly falsified casualties of the event, which, however, was euphemistically attributed to ignorance in ‘A Response to Dr B Angami’ (Author / Written by: Stephen Haokip, Joint Secretary, Information

& Publicity (KNO), Source: Huiyenlanpao 25th July 2013). The NSCN (IM) had quoted F S Downs’ Baptist History Book, which was published in 1971 in trying to argue the land belonged to them. They fail to read the cynicism in writing of Downs, which says, ‘…an area which the Nagas regarded as exclusively theirs.’ The context of Downs writings can be understood from the following facts 1. That he was a Baptist, writing about Baptist Church History in Northeast India. 2. His sources for the history of Naga and peoples’ relationship were undeniably the Naga Baptist Leaders who, rather than preach love as in the Gospel preached hatred for decades, eventually resulting in the NSCN (IM) genocide on innocent Kuki villagers. 3. Baptists Missionaries came from the Northern territories and converted the Nagas first. When the Kukis resisted the alien Religion, British bias turned against Kukis. Later, when Kukis accepted the Gospel from the Evangelicals, the Baptist Church considered it a snub and instigated an unhealthy competition between the Naga Baptists and Kuki Evangelical Churches. 4. The Baptist leaders instigated the Naga National Movement (e.g. The Naga Club in Jacobs, J et al (1990), The Nagas) before the colonial government was forced to quit British India.

5. The Kukis fought the British for two long years, also using the active help of some Naga villages where the missionaries established Baptist churches. The NSCN (IM) narrated instances of Kuki attack on Naga Villages without daring to give the context. Kuki ownership of land and their uncontested authority was accepted by most Naga Villages of the time. However, some villages such as those listed by the NSCN (IM) had at some point or the other, having prospered under the benevolent rule of Kuki Chiefs and having grown in numbers, either dared to refuse the tenancy obligations towards Kuki Chiefs or had entertained British Missionaries against the wishes of the Kuki rulers. In some other cases, they breached the peace brokered by Kuki Chiefs in their barbarous head hunting warfare. It was under those circumstances only that Kuki Chiefs, in the interest of larger peace between barbaric Naga villagers or in the larger scheme of law and order, punished errant villages. The NSCN (IM) had the audacity to state that Kukis take favor from the British and Indian Government, when History is witness to Naga complicity with British forces during the Kuki resistance against the British colonial power (e.g. 1917-1919), and when the Indian Government turned a Nelson’s eye to the Slaughter of innocent Kuki villagers, mostly women and children, between 1992 to 1997,

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Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Gear in India

New Delhi, September 17 (iANS): Samsung launched its Galaxy Note 3 smartphone Tuesday priced at Rs.49,900 for Indian market, a company official said here. It is the company’s highest priced handset so far. “At Samsung, our goal is not just to make great devices, but to empower consumers to truly experience, enjoy and fulfill their busy life with our devices, like the Note 3 and the Gear,” Vineet Taneja, country head, Samsung Mobile & IT, said. The Korean handset maker also launched its first wearable water resistant computing device Galaxy Gear for Rs.22,990 in India. Both the products will be globally available for sale from Sep 25.

New Delhi, September 17 (pti): Onion prices have again touched Rs 70 per kg, rising by Rs 10 per kg, in the retail market in the national capital because of lower supplies in the wholesale market. Traders said onion prices are ruling at Rs 60 per kg in the wholesale market as supplies have come down substantially in the last one week. Street vendors charge anything between Rs 70-80 for one kg of onion in Delhi, depending on the locality and quality of the bulb, a key ingredient in most food items. “Supply of onions to Azadpur Mandi has come down by 30-40%, as now the market is receiving around 900 tonnes of onions daily against 1,200-1,300 tonnes during the last week,” Onion Merchant Traders Association President Surendra Budhiraj told PTI. He added that onions in the wholesale markets of major producing states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are about to exhaust, pushing the

prices and affecting the supplies in the national capital. But, in the last few days twofour trucks of onions from Afghanistan have arrived in the market, Budhiraj added. At Lasalgaon in Nashik district of Maharashtra, a major producing region, prices have risen by almost Rs 10 per kg to Rs 55 per kg yesterday, and supplies have come down to 4,300 quintal from 6,130 quintal last week, according to National Horticulture Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF) data. “Prices will remain high as the crop from Maharashtra is about to exhaust, whereas farmers and traders are going to keep supplies of new crop under stress to maintain high level of onion prices,” a senior official of NHRDF said. Meanwhile, Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation rose for the third straight month to 6.1% in August, driven by a whopping 244.62% jump in onion prices on annual basis.

and still turned a deaf ear to Kuki plea for justice while negotiating with the perpetrators of the Kuki genocide. In a sense, historical distortion being the essence on which the Naga political movement in Manipur is being built by the Tangkhuls, who command the smaller Naga tribes to fight and die while they themselves are safe in their leadership seats within the Muivah dictated NSCN (IM) structure, these latest attempts at distortion and quoting selected history from the writings of anti-Kuki colonial writers should not come as a surprise. To educate the NSCN (IM) propaganda machinery, what they seek to distort as Lousan Lampan, a tax which they ignorantly cited as given to Naga Chiefs by Kukis, in fact is Lousan, the cess on Jhum land which the Naga headmen collected within his village to hand over to Kuki Chiefs who own the land. The NSCN (IM) quoted the Herald, a weekly newspaper, in 1993 that Kukis paid loyal tax to the Naga Chiefs. The truth is, ‘The Herald’ story was planted by the NSCN (IM) propaganda machinery, which at one point was so well oiled that it was capable of engendering international support to the Tangkhul-led NSCN (IM)’s movement based on greed, hatred and a false history, to justify the genocide they launched on Kuki villagers from 1992-1997. It is only after seeing the savagery of the NSCN (IM) in their genocidal campaign on Kukis that the world fortunately

come round to seeing the true colors behind the Naga mask of ‘Nagaland for Christ’. Quotes of written works of Major General Sir James Johnstone, TC Hudson produced by the NSCN (IM) historians (sic) to prove Kuki nomadic character are amusing at best and deserve sympathy for their ignorance. The Kuki freedom to live in any part of their territory, their unfettered freedom and lifestyle of shifting their settlement near their jhum fields was never understood by the British writers. To them, it was akin to a wandering and nomadic life. James Johnstone or his sources of information hearing of Kukis for the first time between 1830-1840 in Manipur, the valley Kingdom just betrays their ignorance, not Kuki absence in their Hill country. The fact that Kukis are free as the birds in the air within their territory cannot be distorted to mean anything else even by the scheming propaganda machinery of the NSCN (IM). The NSCN (IM) denial of involvement in the Kuki genocide is betrayed by its veiled warning of a repeat if Kukis continue to remember those they slaughtered and insist on Kuki rights being settled before NSCN (IM)’s greedy claims are deliberated upon. For the record, Kuki people observe 13 September as Kuki Black Day not to sow hatred or enmity, but as a traditional mourning, which never ends till the issue of their killing is

appropriately resolved. Rather, the solemn observation is Kuki cultural and traditional practice of seeking to resolve issues for peace to reign in the land. Even after 20 years, the perpetrators are yet to see the peaceful intent of the victimized Kukis in continuing to seek an end to enmity and burying the hatchet by resolving the matter. The Kuki people had even made overtures, which in relation to a normal offender should have come from the offending party. Having put the NSCN (IM) falsity into perspective, the KNO still believes in peaceful co-existence and cooperation based on defined rights, mutually recognized and respected between peoples God almighty had designed to be neighbors, who should be loved as ourselves. The KNO also, hereby, urge sane elements within Naga society to prevent the continued misleading of the Naga people by a few people inspired by greed, hatred and falsity. What does one do with a people led by a few deluded leaders, who instill ideas of ‘unique history of Nagas’? The only unique aspect discernible is fabrication of Naga history – when was Naga country? For example, identifying a people (Old Kukis of Chandel) as Naga and including their land within Nagalim is hogwash – pure fabrication generated by Tangkhuls of Manipur claiming the identity Naga, and in the process confounding many Nagas of Nagaland. PS Haokip, President, Kuki National Organisation Zale’n-gam, MANMASI

GPRN/NSCN warns

number of incidents have been cropping up in and around Dimapur town where business establishments have been threatened with death and bomb threats, thus creating fear psychosis among the business owners. A couple of shops have already experienced the trauma of hand grenades being hurled on them, whereby, causing casualties and deaths too. No business owner is secure with such kind of anti-social activities being practiced by certain elements in the society. GPRN/NSCN on investigation of these reports uncovered the master-mind behind, the man responsible for all these threats and activities prevalent in the commercial hub of Nagaland. Lovito, better known as L. Tuccu of Khaplang group, has been the man behind creating terror in the minds

of the business community. For instance, in the first week of September, 2013, the highway command of the Naga Army apprehended a man suspiciously moving around TK Service station at 2 ½ mile, Dimapur. On interrogation, the man Atobo, who also happened to be the younger brother of L. Tuccu confessed to being there at TK Service to repair his brother (Lovito Tuccu’s) Vehicle. The Naga Army seized the vehicle and kept it in their custody. Thereafter, L. Tuccu demanded TK Service station that a new vehicle be given to him. Threatening them with dire consequences if his demand was not met, that the Service station will be bombed. The Naga Army acted on the grounds of L. Tuccu being an adversary of the GPRN/NSCN, so his demand for a new vehicle from

the said service station do not make any sense, but shows what he really is. That he is a greedy opportunist willing to take chances on the business establishments with no fault of theirs. The question of TK service station issuing a new vehicle to L. Tuccu do not arise as they were not involved in it. The incident just happened to take place at their premises. The Naga Army would like to make it clear that, any consequences prevailing in the future with the fall –out of this incident at TK Service station, the blame will be borne by Atobo. And the GPRN will take appropriate actions on him, as the evidence points to him and it started with him. Issued by: Ministry of Information & Publicity GPRN/NSCN

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High Court Bar Association on Article 371-A kohima, September 17 (mexN): High Court Bar Association Kohima in its meeting held on September 16 pointed out that as repository of legal professionals, it has never been invited to place its views in relation to Article 371-A of the Constitution of India, though opinions were expressed with regard to the Article through publications in the media. A press release issued by the Bar Secretary A Zhimomi informed that considering

the recent debates on the scope and ambit of Article 371-A of the Constitution of India, High Court Bar Association Kohima in the meeting noted, as well as resolved certain points. The Bar decided to hold a seminar on Article 371A on November 1, 2013 at Kohima High Court premises. The Bar wishes to submit its views on the scope and ambit of Article 371-A, it said. Accordingly, it has notified all the Bar Associa-

tions namely, Nagaland Bar Association (NBA), Kohima Bar Association (KBA), Dimapur Bar Association (DBA), Mokokchung Bar Association (MBA), Wokha Bar Association (WBA) and the Zunheboto Bar Association (ZBA). The aforementioned bars have been requested to depute members to attend the seminar. Based on the deliberations of the seminar, the Bar will make its views known to the appropriate authorities, the release stated.

NSCN/GPRN, Ao Region conveys condolences

Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): The NSCN/GPRN, Ao Region has expressed deep grief at the demise of late Imsu Aier, CAO Ao Region, NSCN/GPRN on September 11, 2013. In a press note, NSCN/GPRN, Ao Region acknowledged that

Imsu Aier’s service to the Naga nation will be greatly remembered, adding his death is an irreparable loss to NSCN/GPRN, Ao Region and for Nagas as a whole. The release further conveyed its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed to the

Almighty to grant grace to the departed soul. The NSCN/GPRN, Ao Region also thanked all the leaders from different Ao villages and the All Ward Union, Mokokchung and all who contributed in various possible ways during the sad demise of its CAO.

Wesnesday 18 September 2013

Onam celebrated with

fervour and gaiety in Kma

kohima, September 17 (mexN): Kerala Club Kohima celebrated Onam festival, the harvest festival of Kerala on September 15, 2013 at Gorkha Panchayat Hall, Chandmari Kohima. It was celebrated with fervour and gaiety, and the venue was decorated in traditional way befitting to Onam festive mood, according to a press release received here. Onam is the biggest harvest festival of Kerala celebrated on Thiruvonam day in the first month of Malayalam Calender - Chingam. The festival is celebrated to welcome King Mahabali, the legendary Asura King, who ruled Kerala in prehistoric times, and is believed to be visiting Kerala on Onam day to see that people still live as prosperous as they were when he ruled the land. On

this day people dressed in new clothes engage in merry making, exchange presents and visit friends and relatives reminiscent of the prosperous and truthful life of the subjects during Mahabali's flawless reign, the release said. It further stated that the reign of Mahabali was considered to be the golden era of Kerala. During his rule all the people were equal, joyful and merry. They were all free from harm, it said, and there were no lies, and neither theft nor deceit and no one were false in speech either. According to the release, the festival is so attached to the people of Kerala that the old ones ruminate the memories of the celebrations of Onam in the past, while the young and the children look forward for onset of the next Onam. Other highlights of the

programme were sports competition, cultural show and felicitation to the highest mark scorer of HSLC examination 2013 among the children of Kerala Club members Kumari Shikhamol; and Onasadya or the traditional multi-course Onam feast served on banana leaves. The function was attended by Lokeswar Rao, IFS PCCF, Nagaland Kohima; Col Rajesh, Seetharamappa, IFS, DFO Kohima and other dignitaries. In his short speech Lokeswar Rao, IFS praised the Malayalees for upholding their traditional values and celebrating the festival regardless of where they are. He said that the secular nature of the festival makes it different from that of other festivals and celebrations, and this quality has never been allowed to be eroded, the note added.

NPCC commends smooth Organizations condemns Sept 14 rape of a minor Phom Union: cused under any circum- Dimapur Phom Union fur- authority concerned to conduct of bye-election Dimapur Dimapur Phom Union has stances. It has also asked to ther expressed gratitude carry out necessary action

Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): The NPCC Executive Committee (EC) in its meeting held today at Congress Bhavan Kohima commended the State Chief Electoral Officer, Deputy Commissioner & Returning Officer Tuensang, Election Observers and the entire district administrative machinery for ensuring smooth conduct of polling in the recently concluded bye-election to 51 Noksen assembly constituency. A press release issued by Media Cell, NPCC informed that the EC further extended its “deep appreciation and heartfelt gratitude” to the voters of

51 Noksen A/C for voting peacefully, and particularly to voters, who voted for congress candidate Lima Onen Chang “for remaining steadfast against the onslaught of money power exhibited by the NPF candidate.” The EC further thanked CLP Leader Tokheho Yepthomi and all congress legislators, Election Campaign Incharge C Apok Jamir, PCC Office Bearers, Frontal Chiefs, DCC Tuensang, DCC Mokokchung and 51 Noksen ACCC. The meeting also thanked the President AICC Sonia Gandhi, General Secretary AICC, I/c Nagaland Luizinho Faleiro and Secretary AICC, I/c Nagaland Dr Jayakumar.

expressed its strongest and severest condemnation over the September 14 incident at Naga United Village Block – B, Dimapur, where one Joshua Rakho reportedly raped a minor. Expressing that it is extremely appalled, and distressed by the “utterly heinous and beastly” act committed on a minor without iota of remorse, the Union, calling the case extraordinary and circumstances compelling, has placed the following demands to the administration, judiciary, and investigating agency for immediate action. The union has urged not to grant bail to the ac-

expedite the investigation with a sense of urgency and seriousness without any loopholes and to prosecute the accused to ensure the accused is awarded befitting and maximum punishment as per law so as to ensure that justice is delivered. Further, it requested to endorse the case to the Fast Track Court to expedite the trial of the case and also to avoid lengthy litigation. The Union has also appealed for monetary compensation to be granted to the victim. Meanwhile, it ordered that the public should be notified on the action taken on the demands mentioned above.

to the Village Council of the village for taking prompt action by handing over the accused to the police. DPSU: Expressing shock and anguish over the rape of a minor on September 14 allegedly by Joshua Rakho, Dimapur Phom Students’ Union (DPSU) has condemned the act. It has appealed the law enforcing authority to award befitting punishment to the accused as per relevant section of law, while appealing not to grant him bail whatsoever. While appreciating the Naga United Village Council in apprehending the accused, the students’ union has requested the

Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): Under the theme “Revisiting Traditional Knowledge: Mountain Ecosystem, Biodiversity and Food Security,” North East Network (NEN) in collaboration with Educational Block Resource Centre (EBRC) Pfutsero organized a one day block level Inter School Pedagogical Strategic Meet, supported by Millet Network of India (MINI) on September 17, 2103 at EBRC Training Hall, Pfutsero. The programme was graced by Senuwelo Mero, Special Assistant to Parliamentary Secretary of Horticulture, Government of Nagaland, host of officials from the department of Education, public leaders, NGO representatives, teachers and students. Altogether twenty seven Government Primary (GPS) and Middle Schools (GMS) under Pfutsero block participated. Seno Tsuha of NEN highlighted the objectives of the programme, where she stressed on the importance

of activity based learning and teaching, enabling the students to explore their own environment and traditional knowledge systems imbedded in the community. She encouraged the teachers to organize intergenerational bridging programmes in their schools, and appealed to the policy makers to acknowledge the rich resources in our local community and support innovative programmes such as this, stated a press release received here. Senuwelo Mero lauded the effort of the organizers, teachers and students for putting together a “beautiful, informative and knowledgeable” event. He encouraged the documentation of traditional knowledge systems such as herbal medicines for recognition and posterity. Meanwhile, the Vice Principal, DIET Pfutsero Vechisa Venuh pointed out that the programme was first of its kind in the State, where Government Primary and Middle Schools were in-

volved. He encouraged the schools to promote activity based learning and also protect our ecosystem. Veshetsolu Chiero, JEO Pfutsero in her speech shared findings from a survey that “Students retain 10% of what they read, 50% of what they see and 90% of what they do.” Competition on local seed diversity, traditional healing systems (Herbal Medicines) and poster making on the theme “Mountain Ecosystem and Biodiversity” were conducted. In the poster making competition, GPS Khezhakeno, GPS Chizami New Town and GPS Phola Bawe bagged the first, second and third prizes respectively. In local seed diversity display, GPS Pfutseromi, GPS Sumi and GPS Lewoza won the first, second and third prizes respectively. In the traditional healing systems, GMS Pfutseromi, GMS Chizami Old Town and GHS (Middle Section) Mesulumi bagged the first, second and third prizes respectively.

Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): The people of Dimapur are informed that on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi on September 18, a procession will be held starting 2:00 pm from Dimapur Jain Temple passing through Ram Janaki road, G. S. Road, M.P. Road, Nyamo Lotha Road, SBI Bazar Branch Junction, G.S.Road, Kalibari Road and will culminate at Jain Temple by 5:00pm. Per-

mission in this regard has already been obtained from Superintendent of Police, Dimapur, informed a press release issued by working president of Shri Digambar Jain Samaj. Expressing regret for the inconvenience, the release thanked the people of Dimapur in general for their co-operation. The release mentioned the occasion coincides with the culmination of Paryushan

ber 17 (Dipr): The Directorate of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement, Nagaland has invited applications from interested eligible retired Army, Navy and Air Force rank officers rank (PBOR) for re-employment against the following posts in the newly created Directorate of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement, Nagaland and Zila Sainik Welfare Offices. Serving officers and PBOR retiring within three months may also apply through their respective official channel with copy to the special secretary (Home) Government of Nagaland, L. Singsit. The Directorate has informed that the applications should reach the Special Secretary (Home) by name on or before Septem-

tails/documents: NO, Rank, Name, Regiment, present and permanent address; Date of enrollment/commission and retirement with reason; Photocopy of release/discharge certificate/book; Other requisite information specified in this Notification. The designation and number of post for re-employment are as follows: Zila Sainik Welfare Officer (Class-Gazetted) – 5 post, while Class-III (NonGazetted) are as follows: Head Assistant (District) -01, Steno Grade-II (Directorate)- 01, UDA (Directorate)- 01, UDA (District) 02, Accountant (Directorate)01, LDA (Directorate)- 01 and LDA (District)- 03. For more information, interested applicants may log on to www.dgrindia.com.

The slow pace of Wildlife conservation in the State is attributed to the inherent factors such as, landholding system, poverty, land-use pattern, traditional hunting urges, etc. Coupled with these is the lack of documentation of bio-diversity and clear-cut management strategies. However, of late there are several individuals and Institutes from outside the State who are taking keen interest in documenting the bio-diversity of the State. The studies on rodents, amphibians, butterflies, spiders, diversity of birds, impact of traditional hunting on wildlife, hornbills, etc. are going on. This will give us a database in formulating the State Wildlife Action Plan for the State. For conservation and management of Wildlife in the State, particularly in tackling Human-Elephant Conflict and the killings of migratory Amur Falcon, the State Wildlife Wing has tied up with the Wildlife Trust of India. The CEO, Dr. Vivek Menon from the Wildlife Trust of India had physically visited and interacted with the authorities including the villagers from Amur Falcon roasting sites and Elephant bearing areas. The MoU has been signed between the Wildlife Trust of India and Forest Department to help the Depart-

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Applications invited for Collage and Extempore contest Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): Applications have been invited from schools and colleges to participate in an open Collage and Extempore competition under "The Morung Literary Fest" on November 5, 2013 at Agri Expo 4th Mile, Dimapur. The top three winners will be awarded cash prizes, while participation certificate will be handed to every student. The last date for form submission is September 30. Forms can be obtained and submitted at Pencil work City tower junction, J.N. Aier College near 4th Mile junction, Popular Bakery (Purana Bazar). For further assistance, please call: Convenor Senti Ozukum at 9612790837, Member Saku Jamir at 9612739800, Member I Among Jamir at 9862192316, and Member Moamenla Pongen at 9436079083.

Class suspended at NIIT Dimapur today Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): All the NIITians are informed that classes will remain suspended at NIIT Dimapur center on Wednesday, September 18 owing to Anant Chaturdashi celebration. Classes will resume from September 19. Meanwhile, Head of the Center Imsurenla Imchen has informed the class XII pass candidates, who are interested to avail the benefits of Bhavishya Jyoti Scholarships to submit their respective applications on or before September 20, 2013 at NIIT Dimapur center. Interested candidates may visit NIIT Center or call Subongwala at 03862-229145/ 9612171341 for more details.

NCSU Dimapur supports its head office’s resolution

Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): In support of its head office’s three points resolution published in the local daily, the Nagaland Contractors’ & Suppliers’ Union Dimapur Unit has issued a statement. The Union has warned its member to strictly comply with the union constitution and head office’s directive by way of not entertaining any sort of contribution or donation from unauthorized union or organizations and dual membership with other union. The NCSU Dimapur Unit also strongly supported the head office’s move against the forest department for “breach of its rights and privileges” by way of awarding contract works to unregistered member without inviting open tender. As various departments continue to practice the table tender system, without inviting open tender and awarding contract works to unregistered NCSU members despite repeated reminding, a press release issued by NCSU Dimapur informed that the Union will mobilize its action committee for evaluation of tender in various departments as per the head office’s directives.

against the accused according to customary law of the village. ENWOD: Eastern Nagaland Women Organization Dimapur (ENWOD) has strongly condemned the rape of a 14-year-old girl on September 14 reportedly by one Joshua Rakho. Stating that such act is totally unacceptable in “our society”, ENWOD has requested the law enforcing agencies to take immediate action against the “culprit” and give the highest degree of befitting punishment. It also asked CNBEEK meeting all the like-minded people Wokha, September 17 (mexN): The Co-ordinato stand and fight against tion Committee of Chukitong Nkonjan Baptist Ekhumsuch crime in the future. kho Eramoe Khumshum (CNBEEK) has convened a meeting on September 21, 9:00 am at Rest House, Chukitong Baptist Church to discuss the major issues pertaining to Chukitong Area Baptist High School. Therefore, the convener of the Committee Pinyimthung Patton has requested all the members to attend the said Parva, which is celebration meeting positively. of ten values to be adhered to by all devotees - Forgive- Seminar for Pochury folks ness, Humbleness, Simplicity, Truthfulness, Purity of Soul, kohima September 17 (mexN): Pochury Women Self-sufficiency, Meditation, Organisation, Kohima in collaboration with Pochury StuSacrificing, Non-accumula- dents Union, Kohima is organising a seminar on “Women tion & Celibacy. 17 Jains have Issues & Job Reservation vis-à-vis Pochury Context” on been observing complete the September 28, 2013, 10:00 am at APO Building, Opfasting in Dimapur for the posite Oking Hospital, Kohima. The resource persons for last ten days (except water the seminar will be Rosemary Dzüvichü, Senior Profesonce in a day) and will break sor and Adviser, Naga Mothers Association; Z. Nyusietho the fast tomorrow morning Nyuthe, Joint Secretary, Social Welfare, Government of at Jain Bhawan, it added. Nagaland and Ditho Katiry, Junior Scientist, Science & Technology, Government of Nagaland. All Pochury elders, women and students from Class X (ten) and have been requested to attend the program.

Pfutsero students revisit traditional knowledge Procession for Anant Chaturdashi today

Fire engulfs four shops in Pfutsero Town pfutSero, September 17 (mexN): A fire broke out in the main town of Pfutsero on September 16 around 11:00 pm, and completely burned down four garment shops. However, according to a press release issued by Zhonelu Tunyi of Pfutsero Town Council, due to the timely intervention by11th Assam Rifles (F) Coy under Major LK Charali and his troops and the public, the fire was brought under control before it caused further dam-

The site in Pfutsero Town where the fire broke out.

ages. The press release attributed the cause of the fire to electrical short circuit in one of the shops. The estimated loss of damaged property amounted

to 6.8 Lakhs, the note said. The Pfutsero Town Council has thanked the efforts of the 11th Assam Rifles (F) Coy and the public for their timely intervention.

TSU emergency meeting

kohima, September 17 (mexN): The Thϋvopisϋmi Students’ Union has convened an emergency meeting on September 19, 2:00 PM onwards at the union’s general Secretary’s residence. Therefore, all the executive officials, advisory board members and Units president or General Secretary have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

Payment to destitute women

kohima, September 17 (mexN): The Angamimiapfü Mechü Krotho (AMK), a partner NGO of Women Development Department will be distributing financial assistance to destitute women for Kohima District (2012 – 2013) on September 20 and 21 at AMK Office, APO building from 10 am to 2 pm on the mentioned dates.

Re-employment avenues for Public SPace retired army, navy & air force Take the face value of the wildlife trust of India for conservation of wildlife in Nagaland kohima, Septem- ber 30, 2013 with the dement in tackling the problems arising out of Human-Elephant Conflict and Amur Falcon migration. In tune with the MoU, Wildlife Trust of India has supplied chicks to the identified hunter groups for poultry farming under the Rapid Action Plan in the concept of ‘Bird for Bird’. In response to this gesture, the villagers have signed the MoU with the Wildlife Trust of India to protect the birds in course of migration. The Wildlife Trust of India is also undertaking survey of the Elephant corridors where Human-Elephant Conflict is severely affected by the wild elephants. They have also identified 99 beneficiaries whose crops had been affected by the wild elephants for providing rice grain in the concept of ‘Grain for Grain’. Besides, Wildlife Trust of India is also assisting the Forest Department in the formulation of Management Plans for all the Sanctuaries and National Park including the State Bear Conservation Action Plan. The works undertaken by the Wildlife Trust of India is praiseworthy and deserves appreciation. All the NGOs can emulate the noble works undertaken by the Wildlife Trust of India for conservation of Wildlife of the State.

In view of the landholding system in the State the concept of Community Reserve for management of Wildlife and Environment as mandated under Sections 36 C and 36D of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 (as amended upto 2003) is most appropriate and contextual for the State. There are a number of Community Reserves being managed by the communities or villagers where resolutions have been adopted by the Village Councils to ban hunting during the breeding seasons, restriction on fishing with explosives, ban on indiscriminate burning of forest, prohibition on destruction of Wildlife habitats, etc. The unilateral decisions or actions taken by the communities will have a positive bearing on the conservation of wildlife. The need of the hour is to formulate certain guidelines or modalities of do’s and don’t’s to support the efforts made by the communities for bio-diversity conservation rather than imposing the laws. Community -based -Wildlife Management is to be made a reality for conservation of flora and fauna of the State. These days, the people are fed up with palatial buildings, man-made environment like air-conditioned markets, urban

life, etc. They long for wilderness experience. They want to go out of suffocated life and enjoy over wilderness, with beautiful landscaping, deep valleys, steep rocksclimbing, water boating, fishing in rivers, etc. They want to stay in rock caves, shelter with bushes, on the riversides, would like to drink with local mugs or bamboo junga, eat over leaves, live with the rural lifestyle, basket-making, listen to village folklores, sleep inside bamboo huts, etc., but they want to enjoy with Wildlife and wilderness. This is what we called it ‘EcoTourism’. The Community- based Wildlife Reserves alone can offer these opportunities and excitements. The villagers have forests and Wildlife in their holdings but they do not have resources to manage it. All the NGOs can play a pivotal role in mobilizing resources for them. In the website, it is seen that Bombay Natural History Society (Bird Life in India), through donations has mobilized £9,324.91 for saving Amur Falcon in the State. Lets us see how this is going to be translated into action. T. Lotha CCF & Chief Wildlife Warden, Nagaland, Dimapur.

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Monique Chemillier-Gendreau Source: Le Monde diplomatique

An Alternative THE COURT OF DEMOCRACY How to enforce guarantees of freedom Approach WEDnEsDAy 18 sEPTEmbEr 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 256

You don’t make peace with friends. You make peace with enemies: Yitzhak Rabin

hile State boundaries have become more fluid and open since the end of the Cold War, States continue to monopolize the use of legitimate force by corporately protecting and safeguarding their interests through alliances in the form of suprastate structures, such as North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), etc. The increasing interest-based strategic relationships between States have to a large extent adversely affected peace processes. For instance, the conflicting parties in the IsraelPalestinian peace process are no longer the only stakeholders in the process. Is this the reason why “bi-lateral negotiations between conflicting parties in this modern era of multi-lateralism have not fully succeeded in finding durable solutions?” In 2009, after a history of failed cease-fires and negotiations, the Sri Lankan State defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a bloody and brutal military campaign. It is quite obvious that Sri Lanka did more than just militarily defeat the LTTE; it caused irreparable damage to the Tamil people that resulted in a serious humanitarian crisis. The loss of human life and displacement from their homes undoubtedly will adversely affect their future and increase their sense of collective loss. Sadly, the trauma they have endured will take generations to heal. Could the bloodbath have been avoided? Did it resolve the situation, or has it led to conditions that further deny the selfdetermining capacities and abilities of the peoples? The Tamil experience, therefore, has provided important lessons for the international community; and more significantly for States and Peoples that are confronted with political conflict situations. The primary lesson is that despite the military victory, the necessity for a long term settlement through some form of dialogue remains imperative. Military options come at a very heavy human and environmental price which cannot be measured. Experience from many conflicts has shown that collective trauma of this magnitude has the potential to arouse and intensify future confrontations, thereby prolonging the conflict and further complicating it. This reveals the inherent limitations of military options in finding political solutions. The 21st century that began with the liberation of Kosovo in 2008, and South Sudan in 2011, demonstrated the political and moral will of the international community to intervene and pursue a settlement. However, the violent military campaign launched by Sri Lanka to defeat the LTTE and suppress the Tamil peoples at any cost, serves as a reminder that, the State out of insecurity, still relies on the use of force as its primary response to peoples’ aspirations. It also indicates that the international community interventions arbitrarily, only when it wants to. Hence, the need for political dialogue cannot be avoided and the urgency to develop nonviolent and peaceful means of resolving conflicts has become fundamental. The use of ‘plebiscite’ as an act of self-determination, based on the expressed will of the people has been successful in determining the political status of Kosovo and South Sudan. Both Kosovo and South Sudan have shown that a sustained peace does not depend on determining the political status alone, but requires conditions that allow the continuing exercise of a peoples’ self-determining capacities in defining their social, economic and cultural destinies. In essence, these experiences have demonstrated that self-determination, when defined as the will of the people, has the potential to be a peaceful and nonviolent mechanism for effectively transforming conflicts. In the face of continuing conflict and the limited success of negotiating processes, it is important to ask whether ‘plebiscite’ is the best alternative to finding peaceful solution to political conflicts.

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Carlin Flora Source: Discover

What Does it Take to Break a Bad Habit?

ity the nail-biter: After vowing to stop her self-mutilation, she’ll look down a few hours later to see she’s ravaged that expensive manicure. On its face (or hand), it’s a prime example of how little control our conscious brains seem to have over unwanted habits. MIT neuroscientist Ann Graybiel has spent her career trying to understand the mechanics of how habits form and why bad ones are so hard to break. How closely does the brain monitor habitual activity? And can it turn deeply ingrained behaviors on and off? In a recent test of those questions, Graybiel and colleagues trained a group of rats to turn either left or right in a T-shaped maze, based on different sound cues. One end was baited with a reward of sugar water, the other with chocolate milk. (Yes, rats dig chocolate milk.) Then after allowing the rats to drink one or the other of the treats in their home cages, the researchers injected the rats with a nausea-inducing chemical. This created an association between that treat and the feeling of sickness. The rats continued to turn toward the side they were cued to, even if it held the sickening treat. Graybiel suspected the rats’ habitual behavior was maintained by an area in the front part of the brain known as the infralimbic (IL) cortex, believed to be involved in memory retrieval and habit performance. To test that idea, the researchers needed to shut down activity in the IL. They injected a genetically engineered virus to make neurons in the IL cortex sensitive to light, a technique known as optogenetics. Next, researchers implanted a fiber-optic light probe the width of a baby’s hair in the rats’ heads. Each time the light was turned on, most of the infected cells in the IL cortex stopped firing. After an average of just three trials with the light on, the rats stopped automatically turning toward the treat they’d been trained to associate with nausea. The results suggest that a small part of the brain holds veto power over what seem to be automatic patterns. To test whether turning off the IL cortex was akin to switching the habit off, Graybiel’s team again gave the rats the treat that had made them sick; the rats persistently rejected that reward, regardless of which way they were cued to run and despite the lack of reward. When the researchers again tamped down neural activity in the IL cortex to suppress the new habit, the rats surprised them by swiftly running toward the treat that had initially made them sick. Graybiel believes turning the IL cortex on and off activated a “toggling mechanism,” wherein the new habit was turned off, leaving the old habit to express itself once again. She hopes the research might eventually help provide relief from compulsive behaviors, including not only irksome habits like nail-biting but also addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder. “It makes us realize habits are controllable in the now," she says.

oncef Marzouki, interim president of Tunisia, has suggested an international constitutional court as a way to overcome the failure of international law to deal with abuses of democracy. Under the dictatorship of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Marzouki witnessed elections held in a climate of fraud and terror, and realised that the major international conventions intended to guarantee public freedoms and democracy could not help. Though democracy is considered a universal value, there is no way of enforcing it. We need to oblige governments to honour their commitments. We need a legal mechanism that will make it possible to monitor the constitutional practices of states in relation to international norms on human rights and democratic freedoms. Many national constitutions already place international law above domestic law. Most states have subscribed to international conventions which say that “Every citizen shall have the right ... to take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives” and “to have access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his/her country”. Their constitutional and legislative arrangements should logically enshrine those rights, not stand in their way. The same goes for the universal right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. If we accept this principle, all religions must be respected and none imposed. Many countries, forgetting that they are bound by the conventions they have ratified, treat those conventions as mantras. Signatories include democracies that were labelled “popular” during the cold war, states that are more concerned with religious indoctrination than with freedom, and dictatorships. Even the countries of the West, proud to have been the originators of these conventions, do not treat them as real commitments with implications for their national policies. The deterioration of the way elections are conducted (manipulation of results, questionable financing of election campaigns), prison conditions (an affront to human dignity all over the world) and the way foreigners are treated (often in violation of the principles set out in conventions on human rights) is the result of constitutional, legislative or regulatory measures decreed by states with complete disregard for the treaties they have signed.

Many countries have signed international conventions guaranteeing democracy and human rights, but there is — as yet — no authority to ensure those commitments are honoured and no sanctions for those who dishonour them

The International Court of Justice in The Hague can only be involved if two states in a disagreement consent, and nothing can force them to do so. The International Criminal Court is seen as major progress, but its only purpose is to punish crimes and it is hampered because some of the most powerful nations have not signed its statute. The European Court of Human Rights does have the power to condemn states for violations of the European Convention on Human Rights, but it is only a regional court, with limited reach. So there is a void in the institutional architecture of the world, which in some respects the Tunisian proposal could fill. The originality of the proposal is that it is based on public freedoms — the constituent elements of democracy — as well as on human rights, the guarantee of which is a democratic principle in itself. So the defence of democracy is at the heart of the project. The existing international bodies — not particularly democratic themselves — have made only limited efforts to oblige states to honour their commitments. The UN Human Rights Council, the Human Rights Committee and the regional bodies have no real judicial powers. But the norms resulting from UN pacts and other conventions, such as those on the rights of children and migrants, and the many UN resolutions consecrating the principle of democratic legitimacy and setting out the obligatory measures to be taken by states to ensure it, make Fundamental contradictions International law is unable to prevent this be- up a set of international constitutional norms. The cause the United Nations charter is based on a fun- court of the Tunisian proposal would be responsidamental contradiction, which has prevented the ble for the implementation of those norms. emergence of a global community founded on moral values: it preaches the development of international A dual role This court would have a dual consultative and law, but guarantees a definition of sovereignty that prevents any progress on that law. Attempts to im- judicial role, applying the rules and principles conpose international law on a sovereign state are timid, cerning democracy and public freedoms. It could be made in full knowledge that the sovereign state will consulted by those worried by the development of a have the last word. This has led to a worldwide cul- situation contrary to democratic principles: governture of impunity, based on the principle of immunity. ments, universal or regional international organisaThere is no international judicial body responsible tions, NGOs, political parties, national associations for monitoring the application of democratic prin- and professional organisations. Any of these would ciples by states. Those that do exist do not have that be able to submit texts (final or draft) relating to democracy or human rights to the court, which would specific purpose and are limited in their scope.

ustification of retention of backward tribes quota and refutation of the same has been in the papers for long. We cannot deny the fact that few decades ago one could see that the categorization of “backward tribes” was a reality and so a necessity. Thanks to the provision many of the backward tribes have enjoyed the fruits and we ought to be really thankful to our forward brethren for being so understanding. They have tolerated this long for the sake of the backward tribes now we are moving forward. Today the conditions of backwardness are much lesser except for few villages or areas which are still very backward. The issue has for long touched people’s minds and hearts. It has implicated few backward Naga tribes but is a matter of concern for every other Naga tribe. Let us make an honest and logical estimation of the reality at hand. Here are some of the pertinent ones I feel are worth considering: 1. Today the existence of backward and forward tribe is still a mild reality but not all the villages of the backward tribes are backward nor are all the villages of the forward tribes forward either. 2. Some of the villages of the forward tribes are more backward than many of the backward tribe’s forward villages. 3. The more advanced villages from backward tribes who live in towns and cities avail maximum quotas. The fact is that the candidates from real backward villages cannot compete with their backward brothers and sisters who studied in the best schools and took advantage of all the modern facilities to get themselves educated. So the forward sections of the backward tribes avail maximum quotas ahead of others. Only crumps are left for the real backward village candidates. 4. Even the forward tribes are denied justice. The fact is that though both he (forward tribe) and a backward tribe candidate from a forward village lived in the same town, studied in the same university and secured the same mark in competitive exams the backward tribe candidate gets the job. So we see that almost always the forward villages from backward tribes get the lion’s share having snatched both from the

express a detailed opinion as to whether the text conformed to the rules and principles concerning democracy and public freedoms. The court could also be invoked by individuals (with the support of a petition), the plenary bodies of universal or regional international organisations, or NGOs, over any serious violation (judicial facts or acts) of democratic principles or democratic conditions for elections. The state concerned would be required to follow up on decisions that it might make. There would be 21 judges — more if required to ensure the successful operation of the court. To ensure they were shielded from the political influence of states, judges would be chosen by a threestep process. States would play a part in drawing up an initial list of candidates, each being invited to put forward one name. This list would be submitted to a panel made up of judges from the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court, and of members of the UN International Law Commission — people with an outstanding knowledge of international law. The college would then select from the list the 42 candidates it considered to be the most honest and competent. Finally, the UN General Assembly would choose 21 judges from this list. Pessimists are sure to object that there are already internal or regional courts of judicial recourse in countries and regions. This will not make the new court useless, as no judicial sanctions for violations of international constitutional norms have yet been imposed by the existing courts. The African Union and Pan-American Union prescribe political sanctions (suspension or exclusion from the organisation), but these apply only in the event of a coup. Articles 2 and 7 of the Treaty on European Union set out penalties for the violation of democratic principles and EU association agreements with third countries include a democracy clause, the violation of which will result — at least in theory — in the suspension of the agreement. The new project would have to coordinate the new judicial mechanism with those that already exist. Parties seeking justice would only be able to apply to the new court if they had already exhausted all other paths afforded by the internal system of the state. It would also be necessary to coordinate with regional procedures, where they exist. The pessimists may also invoke respect for the sovereignty of states as an argument against the new court. But in many countries where people are tempted by dangerously nationalist ideology, it is often forgotten that the best protection is the advance of international law, which may limit the scope of sovereignty but is the result of an agreement between sovereign states. The court project does not threaten sovereignty but demands that commitments made in full sovereignty be honoured. The African Union has already adopted a resolution supporting the project, which will be presented to the UN General Assembly this autumn. Those keen to see real progress on democracy bear a great responsibility: they must obtain the support not only of civil society, but also of national authorities and political parties. States that do not support the project will be making a blatant declaration of their own bad faith.

“Quotas for elimination of backwardness” Rukuzo Ruho, Lecturer

BTC Pfutsero, Phek, Nagaland backward and the forward tribes. 5. If the allocation system is not reviewed it may so happen that the so called backward tribes (particularly the forward villages) may be enjoying too much of the quotas for too long they might even have become more forward than most of the forward tribes villages. Before we come to the problem solving approach first let us be reminded by the events of history that no people group remains forward or backward forever but they take turns. We heard of the Greeks ruling the world at one point of time, then we saw the Romans do the same, the British, the Germans, The Russians and the Americans had their turns too ( not chronological here). Nagaland is a very young state and as far as our introduction to this modern civilization system is concerned we are new-comers. Though, generally, Nagas are known to be democratic, egalitarian and just but not that philosophical and so illogical at times. So it is sad to state that as far as I see the whole quota allocation procedure though it is meant for good i.e., to push forward the backward tribes and may be even do away with backwardness one day; it is not that logical in the implementation and so has become impractical if we are to continue following the present procedure. In order to continue the reservation and make it sustainable and just for both forward and backward groups I would continue to suggest few steps. First. Let the cabinet set up a commission under Planning and coordination department and maybe name it: 1. “Quota for elimination of backwardness”, for a period of 25-50 years so that within this period we try to do away with the term backwardness and stop all quota allocation as well or 2. “quota for egalitarian progress” for as long as

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we remain Nagas and continue to modify provisions as per the standards of civilization. So that we always move forward together and see that no severe backwardness ever crop up again in the future. This made possible because the procedures continue to deal appropriately and adequately the issue at hand contextually. The commission may identify villages from both the backward and forward tribes that may fall under backwardness. A village on reaching the standard of forwardness may be deleted from the list of backward village list. Progress made by the backward village may be done after every 5years. In other words once a village is enlisted it can remain and enjoy the privileges for a minimum of 5 years. If a village could not qualify as a forward village it can remain for another 5 years and continue the same period (5 years) of time successively for as long as it remains backward. Even as backward villages may be moving towards forwardness, the once forward villages may be moving towards backwardness so they ought to be included in the list as and when they are unable to qualify as a forward village. This too can be done after every 5 year. The cabinet may sincerely declare this decade as, “the decade of quotas for egalitarian progress” even as the programme is started in theory and practice too. where the planning and co-ordination department work hand in hand with the government in power and where all the departments have their specific part to play to make the backward village move towards the forward category making this decadal goal a reality.

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6. One day all the backward villages of the present day may reach the standard of what ought to be a forward village; still then we may continue to make provisions for the most backward villages by Naga civilizational standards. This will reflect the truly democratic and egalitarian qualities which were practiced by our fore parents when each village was a republic. Let us be reminded of our tribal culture where the wealthy share their wealth by giving feast of merit. We may also be reminded of how the stronger people who have finished working in the paddy/jhum field begin helping the orphans, the disabled, the widows and the widowers so that the weaker section of the village may also enjoy the harvest together with the rest of the village community. May be these distinct traits of our culture can be revived so that the world may know of us as practicing them not only at village levels but amongst villages and tribes. Allow the world to see Nagaland as not only a state where one can feast on Naga hospitality but also a people that is very democratic, egalitarian and just in their existence and progress together as a people. If the government is able to review and undertake a more sensible approach to the quota allocation system we may see the progress of our state in a more balanced manner. We may as well be assured form our lessons from history for we never know when a particular forward tribe will have stopped becoming forward and is now fit to be called backward. On the other hand another backward tribe might have become very much forward. In this context the best is the identification of backward villages and thus help them specifically so we may help real backward villages from all Naga tribes. Until this becomes a reality, “I have a dream when one day the children of all tribes march together hands clasped together without the name backward tribe. I also have a dream where the strong help the weak continually so that the most backward villages perched on the hilltops of far flung mountains and nestled in the forests of the remotest corners beyond the mountains see progress in their own lands. For now I want to see my people march together shouting “Quotas for Egalitarian Progress”. So God help us!

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How to redistribute autHority:

Participatory knowledge matters for democracy If collaborative science or participatory budgeting does not incorporate some openness to calamity and creativity, to the world pushing back, then it will not have the effect of generating ‘real life’ experience and redistributing authority

Claire Blencowe

emocracy is not just about the formal structures of elections and political representation; democracy is more fundamentally about where authority rests in society. A democratic society is one where ordinary people have authority; enough authority to make political demands, to hold people to account, to be taken seriously. This is why there is an essential link between democracy and dignity. Democratisation is about the dispersal of authority throughout society – the dignity of ‘ordinary folk’. So what is authority and how can participatory practices create it or redistribute it? These questions lead us to think about the ways in which different people are characterised as knowing, or not knowing, about ‘reality’ or ‘the real world’. I want to suggest that ‘knowledge of reality’ is a crucial battleground of democracy.

What is authority? Authority has been defined as ‘advice that cannot safely be ignored’. It derives from people having different knowledges and experiences. We grant authority to others because we suspect that they know better than we do, or because they have access to some reality that is beyond us – be that insider knowledge or the objective facts, the big picture or the strings of power in an institution. Authority is generally tied to particular circumstances or types of question – I’m an authority in this situation, you’re an authority in that. It isn’t something that we possess as individuals but rather comes from the differentiated relationships that we have to realities that lie outside of us. In utilitarian action-orientated societies, such as those of the ‘over-developed world’ today, authority is closely tied to the ability to claim to ‘have experience’, to have done something, to have ‘really lived’. We see people as authoritative when they have made a contribution to the real world, (impacting on the lives of others, making something happen), when they have encountered and explored hidden ‘secrets of life’, or when they have gone through some transformative ‘life experience’. This happens in all sorts of different ways. Most obviously we grant authority to various ‘experts’: people who, through scientific training or experience, know a great deal about some specific and important area of life. But we also grant authority to people who have gone through particularly intense ‘real life’ experiences of injustice or suffering; or who go beyond their own interests, to work for other people, caring for or creating life and capacities. Because of this, participation in the institutions and practices of scientific investigation is a really important source of authority and dignity. Scientists have a kind of privileged access to ‘reality’, using special techniques and technologies to observe causes and forces that are invisible to the ordinary eye. Scientists have specialised knowledge that makes them closer to the ‘objective’ or ‘hard’ facts, and they can often draw authority from that relative proximity. Medicine is perhaps the greatest source of authority in this respect, because it is both a set of scientific knowledges about hidden realities and a set of practices for intervening in and caring for the health of other people. Medical doctors participate in innovative science and technological advance, achieving great things in knowledge, but also sacrificing themselves for others, providing care, and touching on the very limits of life – facing death and illness, or bringing new life into the world. This makes for some highly authoritative figures. We also seem to grant a great deal of authority to people that have participated in the (so called) ‘real world’ of markets, financial risk and wealth creation. Entrepreneurs, economists and ratings agencies sit amongst the most authoritative figures in our societies – those whose opinions are seen to matter, who issue advice that can’t safely be ignored. Such figures have participated in the domain of life that is (often portrayed as) most fully real; they have contributed to economic growth, taken risks, encountered ‘the bottom line’. This ‘market-experience based’ authority seems to become ever more significant. In the UK, for example, scientists and even doctors increasingly have to engage in market practices – being called upon to justify their scientific and caring authority by stepping down from the ivory towers to participate in the ‘real world’ of market competition. The authority of entrepreneurs, financiers and economists isn’t just about these people being wealthy and having financial clout. In part their authority comes from the sense that they have engaged with, been close to, experienced the ‘real world’ of economic necessity and market forces. Indeed, recent events in banking demonstrate that such figures do not even have to have been successful or act legitimately in order to be authoritative – they just have to have been close to the action. In the fall-out of the financial crisis experts on financial matters became all the

more likely to have their voices listened to in public debate, despite such experts having been in significant respects responsible for the crisis, as suddenly knowledge of complicated financial instruments and indicators came to appear as the all important key to reality. We could say that the shadowy figures of the financial world claimed an authority relative to the crisis precisely because they had participated in its creation. These predominant forms of authority (scientific expertise and market-experience based authority) are exclusionary, elitist and so anti-democratic. The authority of scientific expertise and medicine is obviously intertwined with gross inequalities of access to education, technology and time. It takes an awful lot of investment for someone to become a participant in advanced scientific experiments. It might be easier to participate in market forces than it is to participate in the developments of bio-chemistry; but market-experience based authority has some really anti-democratic implications of its own. Market-experience based authority can radically compound marginalisation by characterising the economically excluded in infantilising terms, as people who ‘lack experience’, who have not ‘made a contribution’, or have not ‘really lived’. Such characterisations make it all too easy for elites to ignore the views of ordinary people. In the recent rhetoric of the UK government, the supposed ‘shirkers’ (the un- or underemployed and those unable to work) are said to keep the blinds on their windows drawn – a caricature that paints these people as themselves blind to what is going on ‘out there in the real world’ and provides yet another excuse for politicians to ignore their voices, insights and concerns. These ways of thinking, and talking, about ‘the real world’ can undermine the dignity and self-respect of ordinary economically excluded people, such that it becomes very hard to even articulate a view or political demand in the first place… let alone to have one’s view heard and respected. Participatory practices can challenge such elitism and be seen as technologies for redistributing authority, enabling more people to speak with the gravitas of experience, to not be ignored. We can think about that challenge to elitism in at least two different ways.

Widening participation First: participatory processes can expand access to the kinds of experience that are normally the preserve of experts and those with the means to achieve specialist status. Procedures that involve ordinary people in decision making effectively expand access to ‘real life experience’ – generating opportunities for ordinary people to act within domains of life that are widely thought of as really important. Participatory practices can be engines creating and redistributing authority, dignity and confidence. Widening participation in scientific analysis (especially medicine), or economic risk taking, is particularly fruitful in this respect, because of the great significance that is attached to these domains of life in our societies. To do science, or to be involved in markets and economics, is to have greater authority on public issues. In this sense, participatory practice is not simply about enabling ordinary people to ‘have a say’ in a particular policy decision but is potentially also about more profound and enduring changes in the distribution of authority; creating new expertise, dignity and confidence amongst participants. Thinking about participation in this way – as attempts to disperse authority by widening participation in ‘real life experience’ – highlights the importance of risk and openness in participatory practice. If a participatory practice is to contribute to the dispersal of authority it cannot be tokenistic or scripted in advance (such as in those ‘consultation exercises’ that enable participants to choose between narrowly prescribed options through carefully managed deliberations). Participatory practices that involve ordinary people in scientific decisions (be that the approval of a drug for sale, the working out of flood defences or deciding farming strategies) should involve genuine opportunities for knowledge creation, experimental investigation, and reconfiguration of the question or stakes. This is to say that such processes should be real events of scientific enquiry – not simply ways of telling people about already-established scientific facts. Likewise, participatory budgeting is meaningless from the point of view of dispersing authority unless there is a ‘real’ budget at stake, substantial enough to make a proper difference to the people or problem concerned and to mean that there is a genuine financial risk involved. If collaborative science or participatory budgeting does not incorporate some openness to calamity and creativity, to the world pushing back, then it will not have the effect of generating ‘real life’ experience and redistributing authority. Thinking about the issues in this way also points to a potential problem with the promotion of widening participation, from the point of view of equality and democratisation. Widening participation in a particular set of practices (such as scientific enquiry or market economics) does, in a sense, confirm the importance and authority of that practice. This, in turn, can add even more authority to the existing elites within those fields of practice and compound present inequality. For example, incorporating more people into medical biochemical enquiry, and holding up such science as an especially important practice in which ordinary people should be engaged, confirms to the world the significance of this mode of understanding and creates a greater investment in this way of knowing. Such a confirmation of the importance of biochemistry is not ‘democratising’ from the point of view of advocates of, say, holistic or behavioural approaches to medicine - who already struggle to have their voices heard relative to the biochemical model. A similar dynamic is at the heart of many people’s concerns about the ‘participatory turn’ in international development over the past two decades – where ‘pro-poor’ participatory practice

seems to sit all too comfortably alongside neo-liberal economic strategies that can undermine the very living conditions of impoverished people. Involving ‘local people’ in the decisions and direction of capitalist development is inclusive and can foster dignity, but it can also be seen as a kind of ‘co-option’ that garners support and strength for one (free-market) model of how things should be done. This is all the more problematic because the newly active ‘local’ participants in development practice can only ever be playing ‘catch up’ relative to the already ‘expert’ international development practitioners. Whilst overcoming the abjection and indignity of exclusion by widening participation in various domains of reality, we can, at the same time, compound existing hierarchy by cementing pre-given ideas about what is real and what matters. This seems to be an inescapable danger of widening participation.

Transforming reality Second: participatory practice can work to redefine what counts as ‘participating in reality’, by changing and challenging understandings of what ‘reality’ is in the first place. It is possible to redistribute authority by changing perceptions about what is important – what makes things happen – and thus changing given understandings of who has participated in important domains of life and practice; who has ‘real life experience’ and why; and thus who can claim authority. Changing understandings of causation have the effect of changing what counts as ‘real life experience’, ‘knowledge of reality’, or as ‘making a contribution’. We can redistribute the authority that attaches to scientific expertise by changing accepted definitions of what constitutes scientific practice. Likewise, we can build up the authority and dignity of different groups of people by establishing a broader and more pluralistic view of what constitutes economic activity and wealth creation. Whilst it might seem either politically irrelevant or overly radical to attempt to change what counts as reality, this has in fact been central to a number of social movements and governmental transformations. For example, changing ‘what counts as public life’ has been a long standing and often successful strategy of the feminist movement. By making ‘the personal political’, feminists created authority for those people (most often women) who deal with the mess of personal life. A particular strategy of much feminist writing has been to transform accepted definitions of and understandings of what the economy is made of – highlighting the necessity to the ‘official economy’ of various domains of life that had previously been categorised as purely private matters. Feminists have long demanded recognition for domestic labour, biological reproduction and familial socialisation as ‘real work’, upon which everything else depends. Such arguments have impacted upon who is seen as contributing to the economy and to society at large, who has ‘real life’ experience, and who can claim public authority. ‘Community Economy’ action researchers and activists have taken up this mantel in recent years. They work to establish new visions of economic reality, wherein the ‘formal economy’ of capitalist relations is recognised as being no more than the ‘tip of the ice-berg’ of economic activity. They do projects with communities, including communities who are officially classified as ‘economically inactive’, to highlight the wide and varied ways in which people do actually already participate in economic life. At the same time they work to create new communitybased practices of production and exchange. These projects are not about widening participation in capitalist markets and development, but rather seek to diversify understandings of what counts as economic reality and so proliferate the range of activities that count as meaningful real life economic experience. These movements work towards dignity and the redistribution of authority. Changing accepted norms around what counts as reality is more difficult than creating new opportunities for ‘widening participation’ in existing practices of governance. But such change also has a more radical potential with respect to effecting democratisation. And such radical and democratising changes have happened in the past. The nineteenth century saw a great shift in the understanding of what reality is – with the establishment of the idea of public welfare, national security and economy alongside the new sciences of society. New objects of knowledge and practice were identified, including various processes of collective growth or decline, whilst various existing activities were reclassified as the causes or determinants of those processes. For example, parenting transformed (in public understanding) from a private practice into a paramount cause of national wellbeing or decline. New forms of state and philanthropic policy were rapidly developed to impact upon this now paramount domain of life. These shifts in thinking about the nature of reality had a tremendous impact upon the distribution of authority in public life in the twentieth century; contributing to the immense successes of the women’s movement, the political recognition of ‘labour’, dramatic extensions of suffrage, and the creation of the welfare state. Whether or not such a revolution is under way, or even possible, today we should understand that debates concerning the nature of reality, knowledge and causation, are no mere ‘academic exercises’ – petty diversions for overlyprivileged minds. Such debates are, or can be, the very battleground of democracy. Accepted theories concerning what causes things to happen, what connects things to each other, what is the basis of growth – these theories determine what counts as ‘real life’, who has had ‘real life experience’ or access to reality, and who – on the basis of such access – can claim dignity, exercise authority, and make effective demands. Challenging and transforming such accepted ways of thinking, identifying new objects of knowledge, can constitute a major event in the making of democracy.

Habits have to change along with the times. Recently, a local daily carried reports on the mass hunting of endangered animals in Nagaland. One of the reasons for this may be blamed on our Naga tradition of hunting more than anything else. While it is imperative to preserve and have knowledge of our traditions and practices, some of those traditions and practices may actually be the ones holding us back. For example, our practice of head hunting or the morung education system have been done away with or replaced for the better. With the world becoming flatter, we must adapt and while there will be transitional hiccups, we need to make sure that it is not our societal mindset that serves as our stumbling block.

Holding Ourselves Back?

Hewasa Lorin, Director student services

ociety has a way of dictating our lives in both conscious and unconscious ways. In every society, codes and norms usually determine how we live. From the decisions and choices we make to our responses and perceptions, we ultimately become who we are because of the society we belong to. As a result, we find that some societies are more sensitive to some issues than others. This could explain why for us Nagas, our nationalist struggle has made us more sensitive to questions of belongingness to a community or could be the reason why we have such strong community values, unlike what we might usually come across in different cities in India. A friend of mine from West Bengal would always tell me how much she appreciated that Nagas were a very strong-knit community, because of the presence of Naga Christian fellowships and Student Unions in different parts of India. For the Nagas, our close-knit community life creates a higher dependency on societal notions of acceptance, some of which can be positive and sometimes even negative. We can ask ourselves: Is what our society propagates always right? Do we have the right ‘mindset’ that will help push us forward or are we sometimes too set in our ways that we restrict ourselves from progress and development? Examples can be drawn from different areas in our society. In the education sector, we continue to follow traditional practices of teaching and learning, some of which although they might have seemed to be the right strategy before, have however become hindrances towards quality education. Today, in Nagaland, education still involves a lot of rote memorization and even spoon-feeding notes and answers. Since this has been the norm for so long, these practices continue to prevail supported further by the system or notion that strictly writing only the classnotes of a teacher is a sureshot way of securing a good mark when it comes to the final exams. The practice of not questioning a teacher is another problem that exists in some classrooms. While there are always exceptions to the case, if one were to compare a Naga student with a mainstream Indian student, I think we all know too well which of the two is more likely to raise a question in the class. No doubt, different strategies work for different students and every individual is unique, but considering the lack of response in our classrooms amongst the majority, it is possible that there exists a greater problem caused due to a prevailing mindset or system that prevents a student from asking a question in the class or expressing one’s opinion, either due to fear of being laughed at by his friends or ridiculed. Looking at the classroom example, if there has to be a mindset change, it has to be one where students or society in general feel safe to break away from previous misconceived notions. In order to do this, we need to promote a progressive and positive environment, the kind where there is room for questioning, for experimenting and even going against the norm if necessary, based on changing needs and times. While this is not a radical call to rebel against norms in society, rather, it is a suggestion for introspection of old practices which have become outdated compared to the pace at which our society is developing in other areas; resulting in an imbalance of both advancement and stagnation rolled into one State. The challenges in the education sector are just one area that could be pervaded by misconceived notions. Another very popular example is the scramble for Government jobs and preparation for civil exams. For the Nagas, it has long been the ultimate label of what it is to be successful and as they say ensure lifelong “security”. It is true that there is an earnest desire among some to secure prominent administrative positions from where advancement and change can be brought into effect, and even serves for others as the only means for achieving economic security in a State such as ours, but there is no denying that there are also many, except for a handful of honest and well deserving ones, who rely outrageously heavily on securing a Government job and seek to attain it by hook or crook. Breaking away from this mythical Naga mindset has been a challenge no doubt. The intention is not to discourage individuals from trying for Government jobs but rather widening our aspirations towards other possibilities and opportunities that may actually be achievable otherwise. Our problem seems to lie with our mindset that leaves little room for thinking beyond other than what our societal norms dictate. On some level, maybe we are gradually breaking away from these deep rooted notions and our traditional mindset. But it’s also very easy to slip back to old notions and what we’re already too comfortable with. To counter this, reminders are often necessary. This is where our younger generation plays a vital role. They need to be reminded, encouraged and advised about societal notions and wider possibilities that exist beyond. What’s important to draw from this is that there are certain notions we need to rethink instead of being stuck in mindsets that inhibit our progress and there are others that we need to seriously consider putting into action, to prevent us from falling into habits of hypocrisy. The objective is to produce better citizens, where we are all continuously striving to be better than before. “Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. For feedback or comments please email: admin@tetsocollege.org”

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Muzaffarnagar riots: Special Cell begins probe

m u z a f fa r N ag a r , September 17 (ageNcieS) A special cell comprising an additional Superintendent of Police, two DySP and 30 police inspectors, set up to investigate cases related to riots here, has started collecting evidence. The special cell was formed on the instructions of the UP government, District Magistrate, Kaushal Raj Sharma said on Monday. Close to 1,700 arms licences have been cancelled in the area since the riots erupted and notice issued to 5,000 other arms license holders, the DM said. A total of 7,198 people from 4,729 families are at present living in 41 relief camps set up by the administration, he said, adding the problem has largely been witnessed in 32 villages of Muzaffarnagar. Senior Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar said that close to 20 Special Investigation Teams have been constituted to probe the riot cases. The special teams have been asked to go to camps to obtain complaints from the riot-affected people and people can even approach the SSPs camp office in the city to file the complaints, he said on Monday. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Naresh Tikait, who is accused of provoking violence, has demanded a CBI probe into the matter. Court seeks report on communal riots during Akhilesh regime The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench

Tuesday sought details of all the riots that have taken place since the Akhilesh Yadav regime was sworn-in March 15, 2012. The direction was given to the state government as the court heard a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by social activist Nutan Thakur. The petitioner sought investigation by the Cenral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of all major riots that have taken place after formation of new government, and that a sitting high court judge be inducted in the oneman Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission, set up by the state government to probe the recentg Muzaffarnagar clashes that left 48 dead. After hearing arguments of petitioner’s counsel Asok Pande, a bench of Justice Imtiyaz Murtaza and Justice Arvind Kumar Tripathi-II directed the state’s Additional Advocate General Bulbul Godiyal to apprise the court within two weeks on writs on communal riots filed in the Supreme Court and the Allahabad High Court as well. According to the PIL, the action and policy of the current government and its officials has been such that it shows a definite tilt towards a particular sect. In all the riots that took place in the last 18 months, the administration shied away from taking action against culprits of that particular sect, it contended, claiming this has resulted in a sense of mistrust in members of the other community, including the petitioner.

Army starts pulling out

lucKNow, September 17 (iaNS): Soldiers on Tuesday started pulling out of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh after being deployed there for the last one week following communal violence. “There is absolute calm and the district administration and police are in complete control of the situation. Hence the army is being withdrawn,” Additional Director General of Police Arun Kumar told IANS. Twenty-eight units of the army were requisitioned to assist the district administration after communal clashes erupted in Muzaffarnagar city, about 130 km from New Delhi, and the adjoining rural areas September 7-9. More than 40 people were killed and scores injured in the violence, forcing the authorities to deploy the military for the first time in over two decades to quell communal clashes. Police officer Kumar said it was time for the army to withdraw. Informed sources said that while it was decided earlier to pull out the army in phases, it was later felt that this would “unnecessarily create an atmosphere of tension. ”Hence, a decision was taken at the political level, paving way for the (full) pullout.” District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said the administration’s focus was now to rehabilitate the people who fled their homes and have taken refuge in makeshift centres. Officials will also distribute the financial compensation sanctioned by the state government for the riot victims. Deputy Inspector General Indian army soldiers patrol during a curfew imposed following deadly clashes between Hindus and Muslims at Muzaf- of Police Ashok Mutha Jain said special teams had been farnagar in Uttar Pradesh state, on September 9. (AP File Photo/) formed to catch people booked for their involvement

Politicians addressed crowd armed with swords, guns

muzaffarNagar, September 17 (NDtv): The eruption of deadly communal riots in Muzaffarnagar is attributed to a gathering of thousands of Hindu Jat farmers on September 7 on the outskirts of a village named Kawal, where days earlier, a Muslim boy had been killed by two Jat brothers, who were then lynched within an hour. (Read: Riots started with this teen’s harassment, say some) Local officials had banned public meetings after the murders. But politicians, determined to hone and exploit the tension

between Hindus and Muslims, held meetings and delivered incendiary speeches. New footage of the mahapanchayat on September 7, accessed by NDTV, shows four BJP legislators at the enormous gathering, where many farmers brandished swords and guns. The four politicians have been accused by the police of stirring communal hatred; none have been arrested so far. Seen delivering a speech is Hukum Singh, the BJP’s Leader in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Watching him are partymen

Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana. Hukum Singh tells the crowd that earlier atrocities by minorities were not investigated or punished by the administration. Later, an aggressive Mr Singh told journalists, “There has been discrimination against Hindus for the last year and a half... No action is being taken on complaints... They are being troubled... girls are being harassed. The purpose of this panchayat is Hindu unity.” Since then Singh has attempted to distance himself from the Saturday meeting. His

comments to journalists, he said today, were merely a response to why the panchayat had been called. He also said that he had uttered “not a single word that was objectionable” in his speech. “I did not organise it. I was merely called there,” the BJP man said, also reiterating that he left within 10 minutes as he was shocked the police had allowed people to bring weapons. The footage shows the agitated crowd leaving the meeting shouting inflammatory slogans, wielding guns, cleavers and batons. As they left the meeting,

groups of farmers were attacked. In the next 48 hours, nearly 50 people were killed. At other meetings, leaders from other parties stoked the tension. After Friday prayers on August 30, local leaders from the Congress and Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP delivered incendiary speeches, the police said, to an audience of about 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, in Muzaffarnagar. They have been named in a police case for instigating communal tension, but have not been arrested yet.

Bengal ragging: Principal gets bail, Christian schools to shut Sep 19 Uma Bharti arrested, questions Sonia trip

KolKata, September 17 (iaNS): Christian schools across West Bengal will observe a shutdown Sep 19 in protest against “police inaction” and vandalism of a school following a minor girl student’s death allegedly due to ragging while the institution’s principal was Monday granted bail. Helen Sarkar, the principal of the Christ Church School in Dum Dum of North 24-Parganas district, was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs.5,000, her counsel said. The Calcutta Diocese of the Church of North India, which runs the school, announced at a media meet that over 1,000 Christianrun schools will observe Sep 19 as a “black day” and remain shut, decrying the police “inaction” during the vandalism perpetrated by guardians and locals Sep 12. “Schools will remain shut to protest against total police inac-

tion to control the mob, to condemn the rampant vandalism and hooliganism in a girls’ school for hours on end causing trauma to the head mistress and so many lady teachers,” said Archbishop of Calcutta Thomas D’Souza. The schools observing the shutdown would include around 700 institutions under the West Bengal Association of Christian Schools (WBACS) and the Association of Anglo-Indian schools and about 300 affiliated to the Indian Council for Secondary Education (ICSE). D’Souza, also WBACS president, would submit a memorandum to Governor M.K. Narayanan and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking protection of minority educational institutions. Condoling the death of 10-year-old Oindrila Das, D’Souza demanded the identification and immediate arrest of those respon-

sible for “the criminal act of sabotage, destruction of school property, including valuable documents and the trauma caused to all”. The diocese, which has constituted a panel to probe the matter, will decide on Sarkar’s reinstatement as the principal only after the committee report. Over a dozen people have been arrested so far for the vandalism, which has evoked criticism from political parties as well as the governor. Following Oindrila’s death, state Education Minister Bratya Basu ordered a probe. However, the students accused of having locked the deceased girl are yet to be identified. The chief minister, who earlier called up the bereaved family promising action, later dialled D’Souza assuring all possible help. The issue has assumed political colour after the ruling Trinamool

Congress and the opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) traded charges, blaming each other for the vandalism. Students and a section of parents and guardians expressed happiness at Sarkar getting bail and hoped the school - closed indefinitely since the vandalism - will reopen soon. Sarkar was arrested Sep 12 night and subsequently remanded in police custody for three days following protests by parents and outsiders who blamed her for the death of Oindrila. The Class 5 student died Sep 11, a week after she was allegedly locked up inside the school toilet by some of her seniors who demanded money from her. The protestors Sep 12, vandalised the school and forced Sarkar to publicly apologise for Oindrila’s death, as well as step down from the principal’s chair.

Jaipur, September 17 (iaNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday his party is working for the welfare of the poor and the youth so that they can not only have big dreams, but also be in a position to realise them. “The Congress wants to see the son of a labourer flying in aeroplanes. The

Congress party’s main concern are poor and youth. Youths are a major force in the country at this time. “They should not only see big dreams, but also work hard to realise them. The Congress will do everything to help them along the way,” he said, addressing a mammoth rally of tribals and farmers in Rajasthan’s Baran town. Gandhi was in the state’s Hadauti region to lay the foundation stone of the Parwan River Dam Project and Super Critical Power Plant in Chhabra and also to inaugurate three units of Chhabra plant and a sub critical unit at Kalisindh. He said that the reason behind poverty is not unemployment, but frequent health problems and diseases. “Ask the labourers, how

much they spend on treatment of diseases. Congress is determined to root out this problem completely,” said Gandhi. Attacking opposition parties, he said: “There are two views, one of the opposition and the other of the Congress. “Whenever Congress tries to bring in a law for the welfare of poor, the opposing raises a hue and cry saying there is no money to implement it. The opposition created hurdles when introduced food security bill and land acquisition bill. But when it comes to welfare of rich and industrialists, they are always ahead of others,” said Gandhi. The Congress wants the common man to dream of a good life and great opportunities, he said.

Congress wants to help poor, youth realize their dreams: Rahul Gandhi

muzaffarNagar, September 17 (iaNS): BJP leader Uma Bharti was Tuesday arrested here amid high drama and she immediately asked police why Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were allowed to visit Muzaffarnagar. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader tried to go to the house of journalist Rajesh Verma, one of the victims of the communal violence, when she ran into a police contingent who told her not to proceed further. The furious legisla-

tor asked the policemen why the Gandhis were let into Muzaffarnagar Monday if there was a bar on politicians’ entry. She was not satisfied when police told her that the Gandhis were part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s convoy. Uma Bharti then staged a sit-in after which police arrested her. But as police tried to take her away, hundreds of BJP workers reached the spot and raised anti-government slogans. Uma Bharti accused the Uttar Pradesh government

of failing to ensure safety to the people of the state. In a related development, BJP leader Vinay Katiyar said all political leaders should be allowed to go to Muzaffarnagar, where communal clashes Sep 7-9 claimed more than 40 lives and left scores injured. Thousands have also fled their rural homes after coming under attack from marauding mobs. “Some people are being allowed (into Muzaffarnagar) and other public representatives are being kept away. This is unfair,” Katiyar told IANS.

Pak keen to have comprehensive dialogue with India: Sharif

iSlamabaD, September 17 (pti): Asserting that people had given him the mandate to improve ties with neighbours, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said Pakistan is keen to have a comprehensive dialogue with India for the resolution of all issues including Kashmir. Sharif said he is committed to a “serious, sustained and constructive engagement” with India that must include the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. Describing the recent tension at the LoC as matter of concern, he said Pakistan will respond to the situation with “restraint and responsibility”. In an interview to a Turkish media network, Sharif said his government is pursuing a foreign policy of forging stable and cooperative relations with all countries, especially neighbouring countries. “For the effective pursuit of our socio-economic agenda, good relations with all our neighbours are essential and a priority for my government,” Sharif, currently in Turkey on a three-day official visit, was quoted as saying by the Nation. “I have always given high priority to good relations with India for the sake of

durable peace in the region. We are keen to have a comprehensive dialogue with India for the resolution of all issues including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir,” Sharif added. The Prime Minister said he started this process when the then Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Lahore in 1999 and the two sides were very close to finding a negotiated settlement to the Kashmir dispute. State-run Radio Pakistan quoted Sharif as saying that the recent tension along the Line of Control are a matter of concern but Pakistan will “continue to respond to the situation with restraint and responsibility”. “He renewed Pakistan’s commitment to a serious, sustained and constructive engagement with India that must include the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir,” the report said. On the issue of negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban, Sharif said his government is ready to hold dialogue with those who are ready to shun extremism. Sharif said that the government has more than one option to deal with terrorists’ but shall use force only as a last option to avoid further loss of innocent lives.

Poor sanitation a strong predictor of child stunting: Study

New Delhi, September 17 (pti): Poor sanitation is a better predictor of child stunting than calorie consumption, new data shows. The authors of the study say, however, that both sanitation and calorie consumption contribute in different ways to health and wellbeing. Any new work on malnutrition has been severely hamstrung for the past few years by the absence of new data; the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey, which collects data on underweight and stunted children and adults, is expected to come out with its numbers only in 2014,

nearly ten years after the last round. To move beyond this limitation and use new data, the researchers — Dean Spears of the Delhi School of Economics’ Centre for Development Economics, Arabinda Ghosh of the IAS, and Oliver Cumming of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine — used data on stunting from the HUNGaMA survey of 73,000 households in 112 districts conducted by the Naandi Foundation in 2011. To measure sanitation, they looked at levels of open defecation from the 2011 census. They found that open defecation was a strong predictor of child stunting; districts with

higher levels of open defecation had higher levels of child stunting, even after controlling for other factors like household expenditure, household size and calorie consumption. A 10 per cent increase in open defecation was associated with a 0.7 percentage point increase in both stunting and severe stunting, they said in an article that was published in the peer-reviewed, openaccess scientific journal PLOS ONE on Monday night. The new findings feed into both the more recent interest in heights as an indicator of nutrition, and the previously ignored role of sanitation. In-

dian children are shorter than those in sub-Saharan Africa despite being richer, and genetic differences have not been able to explain this difference that has for nearly twenty years been referred to as the “Asian enigma.” Moreover, child height can be an important yardstick of health and development; height reflects health and nutrition in the first few years of life, and the same nutritional processes that determine height in the first 24 months also determine cognitive potential, Spears explained. While much of the early focus on malnutrition has been related to food consumption,

Spears showed in an earlier paper that open defecation could explain 54 per cent of the variation in average child height between countries, and 65 per cent when population density was considered. Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has acknowledged that the role of sanitation has not in the past been given enough importance. Data from Census 2011 show that close to half of households are forced to defecate in the open. Over three-quarters of the households in Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh defecate in the open, while even developed States like Tamil

Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka have 40-50 per cent open defecation. Just over 10 per cent of India has a toilet with a flush connected to a piped water system. On the other hand, less than 10 per cent of Bangladesh has to defecate in the open. But the authors caution that they are not pitting sanitation against food consumption as an explanation or solution. “Economists have long recognized that well-being has multiple dimensions: health, wealth, happiness, and food security are only some of the most obvious. The flipside is that poverty can involve multi-

ple deprivations,” Spears said. “One reason to think about many causes of malnutrition — food, disease, care practices — is that different factors will be more important in different places, and policy should respond to that. Here in India, sanitation is a more important predictor of child height than it is in Africa, in large part because there is greater population density here: if people are living closer together, they are more likely to encounter one another’s germs,” he said. Similarly, while thinking of interventions, a one-size-fits-all policy will get programmes wrong, Spears said.

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Employment gap between rich, poor widest on record

WASHINGTON, SepTember 17 (Ap): The gap in employment rates between America’s highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago, according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press. Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families — those earning less than $20,000 — have topped 21 percent, nearly matching the rate for all workers during the 1930s’ Great Depression. U.S. households with income of more than $150,000 a year have an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent, a level traditionally defined as full employment. At the same time, middle-income workers are increasingly pushed into lower-wage jobs. Many of them in turn are displacing lower-skilled, low-income workers, who become unemployed or are forced to work fewer hours, the analysis shows. “This was no ‘equal opportunity’ recession or an ‘equal opportunity’ recovery,” said Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. “One part of America is in depression, while another part is in full employment.” The findings follow the government’s tepid jobs report this month that showed a steep decline in the share of Americans working or looking for work. On Monday,

President Barack Obama stressed the need to address widening inequality after decades of a “winnertake-all economy, where a few do better and better and better, while everybody else just treads water or loses ground.” “We have to make the investments necessary to attract good jobs that pay good wages and offer high standards of living,” he said. While the link between income and joblessness may seem apparent, the data are the first to establish how this factor has contributed to the erosion of the middle class, a traditional strength of the U.S. economy. Based on employment-to-population ratios, which are seen as a reliable gauge of the labor market, the employment disparity between rich and poor households remains at the highest levels in more than a decade, the period for which comparable data are available. In the first 7 months of 2013, the employment rate was 73.5% for households with income of more than $150,000 a year, compared with 33.8% for households making less than $20,000 — a gap of 39.7% points, similar to the ratio in the most recent years after the recession. In contrast, the employment gap was 36.4% points in 2005, at the height of the housing bubble. “It’s pretty frustrating,” says Annette Guerra, 33, of San Antonio, who has been looking for a full-time job since she finished nursing

school more than a year ago. During her search, she found that employers had become increasingly picky about an applicant’s qualifications in the tight job market, often turning her away because she lacked previous nursing experience or because she wasn’t certified in more areas. Guerra says she now gets by doing “odds and ends” jobs such as a pastry chef, bringing in $500 to $1,000 a month, but she says daily living can be challenging as she cares for her mother, who has end-stage kidney disease. “For those trying to get ahead, there should be some help from government or companies to boost the economy and provide people with the necessary job training,” says Guerra, who hasn’t ruled out returning to college to get a business degree once her financial situation is more stable. “I’m optimistic that things will start to look up, but it’s hard.” Last year the average length of unemployment for U.S. workers reached 39.5 weeks, the highest level since World War II. The duration of unemployment has since edged lower to 36.5 weeks based on data from January to July, still relatively high historically. Economists call this a “bumping down” or “crowding out” in the labor market, a domino effect that pushes out lowerincome workers, pushes median income downward and contributes to income inequality. Because many

mid-skill jobs are being lost to globalization and automation, recent U.S. growth in low-wage jobs has not come fast enough to absorb displaced workers at the bottom. Low-wage workers are now older and better educated than ever, with especially large jumps in those with at least some college-level training. “The people at the bottom are going to be continually squeezed, and I don’t see this ending anytime soon,” said Harvard economist Richard Freeman. “If the economy were growing enough or unions were stronger, it would be possible for the less educated to do better and for the lower income to improve. But in our current world, where we are still adjusting to globalization, that is not very likely to happen.” The figures are based on an analysis of the Census Bureau’s Current Pop-

ulation Survey by Sum and Northeastern University economist Ishwar Khatiwada. They are supplemented with material from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s David Autor, an economics professor known for his research on the disappearance of mid-skill positions, as well as John Schmitt, a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a Washington think tank. Mark Rank, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, analyzed data on poverty. The overall rise in both the unemployment rate and low-wage jobs due to the recent recession accounts for the record number of people who were stuck in poverty in 2011: 46.2 million, or 15% of the population. When the Census Bureau releases new 2012 poverty figures on Tuesday, most experts

believe the numbers will show only slight improvement, if any, due to the slow pace of the recovery. Overall, more than 16 percent of adults ages 16 and older are now “underutilized” in the labor market — that is, they are unemployed, “underemployed” in part-time jobs when full-time work is desired or among the “hidden unemployed” who are not actively job hunting but express a desire for immediate work. Among households making less than $20,000 a year, the share of underutilized workers jumps to about 40%. For those in the $20,000-to-$39,999 category, it’s just over 21% and about 15% for those earning $40,000 to $59,999. At the top of the scale, underutilization affects just 7.2% of those in households earning more than $150,000.

LONDON, SepTember 17 (IANS): Pakistani schoolgirl and education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and American singer, human rights and social justice activist Harry Belafonte were on Tuesday named as joint recipients of Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013. The Ambassador of Conscience Award is the human rights group’s highest honour, recognizing individuals who have promoted and enhanced the cause of human rights through their life and by example. The award will be presented at a ceremony on Tuesday evening at the Mansion House in Dublin, Ireland, according to a press statement issued by

sadors of Conscience are different from each other in many ways, but they share a dedication to the fight for human rights everywhere and for all,” said Salil Shetty, secretary general of Amnesty International. “Harry and Malala are truly ambassadors of conscience, speaking up for universal rights, justice and human dignity and inspiring others to follow their example.” Malala Yousafzai, 16, is an advocate for equal access to education. After she wrote a diary for the BBC in 2009 detailing her frustrations with the Taliban’s edict to shut down all girls’ schools in Pakistan, she was shot at and severely wounded in an attack in 2012 claimed by the Pakistani Taliban. Malala will be presented with the Award by singer Bono along with Azar Nafisi, author of the book ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’. “I am truly honoured to receive this award and would like to take the opportunity to remind everyone that there are many millions of children like me

right to go to school,” Malala said, according to the Amnesty release. “I hope that by working together we will one day realise our dream of education for every child, in every corner of the world.” Co-recipient of the award Harry Belafonte has dedicated his life to humanitarian causes, spanning the civil rights movement to the plight of children caught in Syria’s armed conflict. An Emmy- and Tony-Award winning musician and entertainer, Harry Belafonte has in innumerable ways acted on what he describes as the “obligation to do more than just entertain”. “Since its birth, I have been devoted to the principles for which Amnesty International stands,” Belafonte said after being named for the award. “It is an honour to receive the recognition being bestowed. Amnesty International’s stand on any universal abuse to human rights has been courageous

honoured to receive the Ambassador of Conscience Award because I am having the distinction of sharing this with Malala Yousafzai, a true hero of our time,” the acclaimed musician added. Roger Waters, earlier with rock band Pink Floyd, will present the award to Belafonte accompanied by a special guest. The Ambassador of Conscience Award was inspired by the poem ‘From the Republic of Conscience’, written for Amnesty International by the late poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. The Irish poet, who passed away Aug 30 this year, was due to read the poem at the asward ceremony Tuesday. Among others who have been conferred the Ambassador of Conscience award are former president of the Czech Republic late Vaclav Havel, former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela, singer and songwriter Peter Gabriel and Myanmarese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

Afghan refugees and Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan’s tribal areas due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, attend an exam at their school in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, on September 12. (AP Photo)

NKorea won’t cooperate Top Amnesty award for Malala Yousafzai Amnesty International. across the world who fight and is our moral compass,” with rights probe: UN “Our two new Ambas- every single day for their he said. “I am especially

GeNeVA, SepTember 17 (Ap): The head of a U.N. human rights probe says he can’t get answers from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his government is responding with slander. Michael Kirby, who heads the U.N. commission examining North Korea’s human rights record, said Tuesday that his July 16 letter to the leader hasn’t been answered, and the government has offered no evidence to contradict graphic testimony of human rights abuses in the secretive nation. Kirby, a former judge in Australia’s highest court, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that the commission it created in March nonetheless gathered testimony from dozens of victims and experts at public hearings in Seoul and Tokyo last month that has “given a face and voice to great human suffering.” For example, he said, the commission heard from a young man imprisoned from birth, who said he lived on rodents, lizards and grass and saw his mother and brother executed. It also heard from a young woman who said she saw another female prisoner forced to drown her own baby in a bucket, Kirby said, and a man who said he was forced to help collect and burn the corpses of prisoners who died of starvation. “The commission invited the authorities of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to attend the public hearings in Seoul and make representations, but received no reply,” Kirby said. “Instead, its official news agency attacked the testimony we heard as ‘slander’ against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, put forward by ‘human scum.’” In a June 19 dispatch, the KCNA news agency also denounced the witnesses as “wild dogs in human form” who had become “the main player in the confrontation farce under the patronage of the south Korean puppet group and brigandish U.S. imperialists.” “An ounce of evidence is worth far more than many pounds of insults and baseless attacks,” Kirby told the 47-nation Council based in Geneva which is the U.N.’s top human rights body. AMENDMENT NO.02 TO NIT DATED 19 JUL 2013 (TENDER NO 11 OF 2013-14) Name of work: SUPPLY AND STACKING OF SAND AND FIREWOOD FOR EXECUTION OF RE-SURFACING WORK (2013-14) BETWEEN MK 52.784 TO 147.880 ON ROAD TUENSANG-MON-NAGINIMORA UNDER 100 RCC/15 BRTF ROAD SECTOR PROJECT SEWAK IN THE STATE OF NAGALAND. 1. Reference this HQ NIT No. 8158/NIT/2013-14/11/E8 dated 19 Jul 2013 and amendment No. 01 issued for said NIT vide this HQ letter No. 8158/NIT/AMDT -01/2013-14/11/E8 dated 31 July 2013. 2. Following amendment may please be carried out in the NIT issued vide this HQ letter under reference:FOR Para Tender documents may be downloaded from BRO website 2 of www.bro.gov.in on or after 21 Aug 2013 and printout is to be NIT taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected. READ -do- Tender documents may be downloaded from BRO website www.bro.gov.in on or after 04 Sep 2013 and printout is to be taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected FOR Para Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO web site or pur9 of chased from BR0 will be received by HQ 15 BRTF (GREF), NIT Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 14 Sep 2013 at 1200 Hrs READ -do- Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO web site or purchased from BR0 will be received by HQ 15 BRTF (GREF), Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 25 Sep 2013 at 1200 Hrs. Part-I (Unpriced Bid) will be opened on 25 Sep 2013 after 1200 Hrs and Part-II (Priced Bid) shall be opened after 1200 hrs on 03 Oct 2013. 3. All other terms and conditions of the NIT will remain unchanged. 4. This amendment shall form part of the tender documents. Sd/EE (CIV) SW (Signature of the Contractor) For Accepting Officer 8158/NIT/AMDT-02/2013-2014/11/E8 21 Aug 2013 Headquarters 15 Borders Roads Task Force, C/O 99 APO Davp 37102/11/0404/1314

AMENDMENT NO.01 TO NIT DATED 19 AUG 2013 (TENDER NO 14 OF 2013-14) Name of work: SUPPLY AND STACKING OF BOULDER, STONE METAL 40MM, STONE CHIPS 20MM AND SAND FOR PMT WORKS BETWEEN KM 124.900 TO KM 172.000 ON ROAD ZUNHEBOTO-MOKOKCHUNG UNDER 100 RCC/15 BRTF ROAD SECTOR PROJECT SEWAK IN THE STATE OF NAGALAND. 1. Reference this HQ NIT No. 8158/NIT/2013-14/14/E8 dated 19 Aug 2013. 2. Following amendment may please be carried out in the NIT issued vide this HQ letter under reference:FOR Para Tender documents may be downloaded from BRO website 2 of www.bro.gov.in on or after 09 Sep 2013 and printout is to be NIT taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected. READ -do- Tender documents may be downloaded from BRO website www.bro.gov.in on or after 25 Sep 2013 and printout is to be taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected FOR Para Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO web site or pur9 of chased from BR0 will be received by HQ 15 BRTF (GREF), NIT Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 30 Sep 2013 at 1200 Hrs. Part-I (Unpriced Bid) will be opened on 30 Sep 2013 after 1200 Hrs and Part-II (Priced Bid) shall be opened after 1200 hrs on 07 Oct 2013. READ -do- Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO web site or purchased from BR0 will be received by HQ 15 BRTF (GREF), Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 14 Oct 2013 at 1200 Hrs. Part-I (Unpriced Bid) will be opened on 14 Oct 2013 after 1200 Hrs and Part-II (Priced Bid) shall be opened after 1200 hrs on 22 Oct 2013. 3. All other terms and conditions of the NIT will remain unchanged. Sd/4. This amendment shall form part of the tender documents. EE (CIV) (Signature of the Contractor) SW 8158/NIT/AMDT-1/2013-2014/14/E8 For Accepting Officer Headquarters 05 Sep 2013 15 Borders Roads Task Force C/O 99 APO Davp 37102/11/0405/1314

AMENDMENT NO.01 TO NIT DATED 01 AUG 2013 (TENDER NO 13 OF 2013-14) Name of work: SUPPLYAND STACKING OF STONE METAL 53 MM,STONE CHIPS 22.4MM FOR BUSG WORK AND STONE CHIPS 13.20MM,STONE CHIPS 11.20MM,SAND AND FIREWOOD FOR EXECUTION OF RE-SURFACING WORK (2013-14) BETWEEN KM 22.00 TO KM 60.00 ON ROAD MARIANI-MOKOKCHUNG UNDER 100 RCC/15 BRTF ROAD SECTOR PROJECT SEWAK IN THE STATE OF NAGALAND. 1. Reference this HQ NIT No. 8158/NIT/2013-14/13/E8 dated 01 Aug 2013 2. Following amendment may please be carried out in the NIT issued vide this HQ letter under reference:FOR

Para Tender documents may be downloaded from BRO website 2 of www.bro.gov.in on or after 21 Aug 2013 and printout is to be NIT taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected. READ -do- Tender documents may be downloaded from BRO website www.bro.gov.in on or after 14 Sep 2013 and printout is to be taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected FOR Para Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO web site or pur9 of chased from BR0 will be received by HQ 15 BRTF (GREF), NIT Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 14 Sep 2013 at 1200 Hrs. Part-I (Unpriced Bid) will be opened on 14 Sep 2013 after 1200 Hrs and Part-II (Priced Bid) shall be opened after 1200 hrs on 24 Sep 2013. READ -do- Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO web site or purchased from BR0 will be received by HQ 15 BRTF (GREF), Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 05 Oct 2013 at 1200 Hrs. Part-I (Unpriced Bid) will be opened on 05 Oct 2013 after 1200 Hrs and Part-II (Priced Bid) shall be opened after 1200 hrs on 12 Oct 2013. 3. All other terms and conditions of the NIT will remain unchanged. 4. This amendment shall form part of the tender documents. Sd/EE (CIV) (Signature of the Contractor) SW 8158/NIT/AMDT-01/2013-2014/13/E8 For Accepting Officer 21 Aug 2013 Headquarters 15 Borders Roads Task Force C/O 99 APO Davp 37102/11/0402/1314

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Suu Kyi meets Dalai Lama, risking China’s ire prAGUe, SepTember 17 (AFp): Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has risked prompting Chinese anger after it was confirmed she had a private meeting with the Dalai Lama on the sidelines of a Prague rights conference, its spokesman said Monday. Beijing has for decades opposed foreign dignitaries meeting Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, who fled his homeland for India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. “They met on Sunday at the Dalai Lama’s lecture,” Filip Sebek, spokesman for the Forum 2000 foundation that organises the conference, told AFP, specifying that the two Nobel Peace laureates met in private. Beijing, a powerful Myanmar ally and major investor in the resource-rich nation, has branded the Dalai Lama an anti-China “separatist” who encourages violence. But the 78-year-old Buddhist leader insists he is peacefully seeking rights and autonomy for Tibetans. He signalled Friday in Vilnius that he thought China was being “more realistic” about Tibet after decades of hardline policy. Suu Kyi and the Dalai Lama, who met previously in London last year, both spoke at this year’s three-day forum, which began Sunday. Each paid homage to the late Vaclav Havel, a hero of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that toppled totalitarian Communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia. Himself an ardent advocate for human rights during the communist era, Havel spearheaded the conference in 1997. Suu Kyi, who never met Havel in person, recalled the former dissident playwright-turned-president -- who had spent five years in Communist prisons -- as a man who gave her hope while she was held. “When I was under house arrest for many years in Burma, I knew that somewhere in the world there was a man who was speaking out for me and because of whom my freedom remained intact in spite of physical detention,” she said Sunday. The 68-year-old herself spent 15 years under house arrest under military rule in Myanmar, before she was freed after controversial elections in 2010. The Dalai Lama, one of the last people to speak to Havel before his death in 2011, said Monday that during his current visit to Prague, he “had an opportunity to visit his small office, quite untidy.” “I put my head on his chair and (it) reflected his spirit. Perhaps from his chair I may carry some of his blessing out here,” he said, adding that it was “our responsibility to carry his wish, his dream, his vision, and his spirit”. BORDER ROADS ORGANISATION AMENDMENT NO.01 TO NIT DATED 19 AUG 2013 (TENDER NO 14 OF 2013-14) Name of work: SUPPLY AND STACKING OF STONE BOULDER, STONE METAL 40MM, STONE CHIPS 20MM AND SAND FOR PMT WORKS BETWEEN KM 124.900 TO KM 172.000 ON ROAD ZUNHEBOTO-MOKOKCHUNG UNDER 100 RCC/15 BRTF ROAD SECTOR PROJECT SEWAK IN THE STATE OF NAGALAND. 1. Reference this HQ NIT No. 8158/NIT/2013-14/E8 dated 19 Aug 2013. 2. Following amendment may please be carried out in the NIT issued vide this HQ letter under reference:FOR Para Tender documents may be downloaded from BRO 2 of website www.bro.gov.in on or after 09 Sep 2013 and NIT printout is to be taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected. READ -do- Tender documents may be downloaded from BRO website www.bro.gov.in on or after 25 Sep 2013 and printout is to be taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected FOR Para Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO web 9 of site or purchased from BR0 will be received by HQ 15 NIT BRTF (GREF), Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 30 Sep 2013 at 1200 Hrs. PartI (Unpriced bid) will be opened on 30 Sep 2013 after 1200 Hrs and Part-II (Priced bid) shall be opened after 1200 hrs on 07 Oct 2013. READ -do- Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO web site or purchased from BR0 will be received by HQ 15 BRTF (GREF), Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 14 Oct 2013 at 1200 Hrs. Part-I (Unpriced Bid) will be opened on 14 Oct 2013 after 1200 Hrs and Part-II (Priced Bid) shall be opened after 1200 hrs on 22 Oct 2013. 3. All other terms and conditions of the NIT will remain unchanged. 4. This amendment shall form part of the tender documents. 8158/NIT/AMDT-01/2013-2014/14/E8 Headquarters 15 Borders Roads Task Force C/O 99 APO

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AMENDMENT NO.01 TO NIT DATED 01 AUG 2013 (TENDER NO 12 OF 2013-14) Name of work: SUPPLYAND STACKING OF STONE METAL 53 MM,STONE CHIPS 22.4MM FOR BUSG WORK AND STONE CHIPS 13.20MM, STONE CHIPS 11.20MM, SAND AND FIREWOOD BETWEEN KM 59.025 TO KM 69.025 AND SAND AND FIREWOOD BETWEEN KM 76.430 TO KM 85.900 ON ROAD ZUNHEBOTO-AGHUNATO-KIPHIRE FOR EXECUTION OF RE-SURFACING WORK (2013-14) UNDER 100 RCC/15 BRTF ROAD SECTOR PROJECT SEWAK IN THE STATE OF NAGALAND. 1. Reference this HQ NIT No. 8158/NIT/2013-14/12/E8 dated 01 Aug 2013 2. Following amendment may please be carried out in the NIT issued vide this HQ letter under reference:FOR Para Tender documents may be downloaded from 2 of BRO website www.bro.gov.in on or after 21 Aug NIT 2013 and printout is to be taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected. READ -do- Tender documents may be downloaded from BRO website www.bro.gov.in on or after 04 Sep 2013 and printout is to be taken of A4 size paper. It is advisable that the downloaded tender document is preferably printed through laser printer only. Submission of photo copy of tender is not permitted. Tender documents downloaded from BR0 Website shall be accompanied with cost of documents, failing to which tender documents shall he summarily rejected FOR Para Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO 9 of web site or purchased from BR0 will be received NIT by HQ 15 BRTF (GREF), Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 14 Sep 2013 at 1200 Hrs. Part-I (Unpriced Bid) will be opened on 14 Sep 2013 after 1200 Hrs and Part-II (Priced Bid) shall be opened after 1200 hrs on 24 Sep 2013. -do- Tender (in full) either downloaded from BRO READ web site or purchased from BR0 will be received by HQ 15 BRTF (GREF), Pin-930 015, C/O 99 APO so as to reach this office on or before 25 Sep 2013 at 1200 Hrs. Part-I (Unpriced Bid) will be opened on 25 Sep 2013 after 1200 Hrs and Part-II (Priced Bid) shall be opened after 1200 hrs on 03 Oct 2013. 3. All other terms and conditions of the NIT will remain unchanged. 4. This amendment shall form part of the tender documents.

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10 At UEFA summit, Platini mulls FIFA ambitions Dimapur

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UEFA President Michel Platini delivers his speech during football training center opening ceremony in Zenica, 75 kms north of Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. (AP Photo)

GENEVA, SEptEmbEr 17 (Ap): A fascinating week for European football will likely leave the question of Michel Platini's ambitions to lead FIFA unanswered. For now. On the field, Bayern Munich begins the defense of its Champions League title on Tuesday when contenders like Real Madrid, Manchester United, Juventus and Paris Saint-German also begin their campaigns. At the same time, Platini — the UEFA president and widely presumed FIFA heir — begins hosting a fourday summit of 54 member federations, plus power brokers from wealthy European clubs and leagues. In Dubrovnik, they will debate two of football's biggest games of political intrigue. By Friday, UEFA hopes to find a common position on FIFA President Sepp Blatter's intention to switch the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from the searing summer heat to cooler months. Still, despite a recent teasing interview, getting definite answers on Platini's expected plan to succeed his former mentor at FIFA in 2015 might be elusive in Dubrovnik, the beautiful city on the Adriatic coast of Croatia. "I will certainly say something at Dubrovnik," Platini told French sports daily L'Equipe last month. "I'm obliged to because everybody expects me to explain myself." Still, few expect Platini to declare his intentions publicly to stand in an election scheduled for May 2015 when Blatter so clearly still controls the levers of FIFA power. Dubrovnik is an appropriate setting, even though it lacks a club in top-level Croatian football, let alone one which could compete in the Champions League. The photogenic walled city also doubles as the filming location for King's Landing, the seat of power in

the global TV hit "Game of Thrones." The UEFA meetings are private affairs, and Blatter will not attend the main gathering on Tuesday and Wednesday. The 77-yearold Blatter has devoted half his life to FIFA and relishes his international status. On Saturday, he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a World Cup sponsor signing event in Sochi. For Platini to directly challenge Blatter or force his hand would appear disrespectful, even reckless. The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is a more natural place for presidential politics. On the eve of the 2010 World Cup, Blatter used his closing speech at the FIFA Congress in Johannesburg to seek his members' support for a fourth term. "I have seen the reaction and I am very happy. I can't say it is the last one," Blatter said later at a news conference, also quoting Winston Churchill to explain why he should stay in office. Of course, most European officials gathering this week also heard Blatter tell them in March 2011 in Paris that he would not stay at FIFA beyond 2015. Blatter told The Associated Press last month, after a Sunday morning meeting with Platini, what he hoped UEFA would discuss in Dubrovnik. "He asked me to give him some items to be discussed there," Blatter said, explaining that Platini wanted to prepare UEFA's position for the next FIFA board meeting on Oct. 3-4, which is expected to agree on the 2022 switch in principle. A worldwide consultation on when to play could take several months. Blatter suggested the Qatar question and how UEFA must enact the same anticorruption reforms FIFA has passed. "It cannot just stay at the FIFA, it must be implemented," Blatter said. "I told him (Platini), 'Asia, they have already decided

to have an ethics committee.'" Blatter noted a third agenda item — setting ageand term-limits on football officials which, to Platini and UEFA's evident frustration, was unfinished business at the FIFA congress in May. The Qatar issue will be formally debated Thursday morning by the strategy council — a policy group including four delegates each from UEFA's executive committee, the European Club Association (ECA), European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) and the European division of FIFPro, the global network of players' unions. "We will discuss Qatar. It's good that everyone is there and can give their view," UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said at an ECA meeting last week. A united UEFA voice will be achieved from compromise rather than consensus behind Platini. He favors both Qatar and a switch to winter, although he prefers a January kickoff while Blatter suggests November. The leagues strongly oppose a winter World Cup, FIFPro leaders have supported it and the ECA has views on both sides. The debate is not simple and delegates sympathetic to Qatar, like ECA chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, question why it is even happening now — at Blatter's urging — when 2022 World Cup organizers insist they can fulfill their original summer hosting promise. "I don't understand why FIFA would like to do an early decision," Rummenigge, the chairman of Champions League winner Bayern Munich, said last week. Qatar's critics might hope that changing the 2022 terms and conditions could trigger legal challenges to re-open the bidding contest. Qatar beat the United States, Australia, Japan and South Korea in a December 2010 vote of FIFA board members.

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Liverpool held to draw at Swansea

SWANSEA, SEptEmbEr 17 (Ap): Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League standings on Monday night despite its perfect start to the season ending with a 2-2 draw at Swansea. Brendan Rodgers' team had won its first three games and a fourth consecutive victory would have marked the club's best start ever in the Premier League. But Michu's second-half equalizer ruined Liverpool's plans after goals from Daniel Sturridge and Victor Moses had given the visitors a 2-1 lead following Jonjo Shelvey's opener. Liverpool now has 10 points and is one clear of both Arsenal and Tottenham. Rodgers, a former Swansea manager, received a warm welcome on his return to the Liberty Stadium as he greeted some home supporters. But there was no time for nostalgia as Shelvey opened the scoring with a left-foot shot from the right side of the box in the 2nd minute after Liverpool defenders failed to clear the ball properly. Shelvey first missed a volley but recovered to get past Mamadou Sakho and beat goalkeeper Simon Mignolet at his second attempt. But Shelvey, who left Liverpool for Swansea in the summer, went from hero to villain within two minutes by allowing an equalizer when his slack backpass ended up in Sturridge's path, with the England striker firing a low shot past Michel Vorm for his 12th goal in 10 games. Swansea had a good spell of pressure but Liverpool was the most dangerous

Swansea City's Jonjo Shelvey, centre, is mobbed by team-mates after scoring his sides first goal of the game as Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard walks away at right, during the English Premier League match at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea Wales Monday Sept. 16. (AP Photo)

team as Steven Gerrard celebrated his 400th game as captain with some superb passes. Sturridge missed a chance when his header from close range was blocked by Vorm. Shelvey made another big mistake when he misdirected a simple pass to

Victor Moses, with the player on loan from Chelsea bursting forward from the middle of the pitch before unleashing a shot from the edge of the box to score on his Liverpool debut in the 36th minute. Vorm was forced into a good save early in the second half to

block Andre Wisdom's volley from close range before tempers frayed — Shelvey and Lucas Leiva were both booked. Shelvey made some amends in the 64th minute as he picked out Michu with a fine headed pass for the Spaniard to level the score.

Swansea had the best of the second half and created several good chances near the end but lacked the finishing touches. Michu could have given the hosts the three points but his last-minute effort in stoppage time was denied by a diving save from Mignolet.

to recognition as tribe in the State,” he said. He expressed happiness that after 20 long years he got the opportunity to be addressing the Pochury people. “In my years in NSF and having come close to Pochury tribe I came to learn about the horrific inhuman murder meted out to the people of Matikhru in the 60’s by the 16th Punjab Regiment,” he said. Asserting to the Pochury people that they are not alone, he said Nagas are with them as they go on observing the Black Day in memory of those people who had laid down their live for Naga freedom, till the time Nagas obtain our rightful in History. He also reminded that “as we remember the patriots of Mathikhru, we should also remember the Oinam

incident, Yankeli incident in Wokha district where Naga girls were rape in the pulpit of the church in the 60s and 70s. In recent time the memories of Kohima town firing and bombardment by the Indian Armies, leading to death and destruction; Mokokchung incident where civilians were killed and buildings were burnt down to ashes; the Akuluto incident where a nursing mother was shot death and Tseminyu incident where three civilian were shot death unprovoked in retaliation to ambush upon them by Naga freedom fighters. These are memories deeply engraved and cannot be erased from the mind and hearts of Naga people, he said. Today we are privileged to be living in a much better condition with peace pro-

cess on with Government of India, he said and also appealed to the Naga freedom fighters to stop killing amongst Nagas but to look for opportunity to unite so that Naga freedom is not wasted but achieved because of their contribution. The Naga civil society and NGOs should also continue to play its role with the NPF-led DAN government in playing the role of a facilitator to achieve the Naga Political settlement. Encouraging the players of finalist team as the chief guest, the Parliamentary Secretary said sports used to be a leisure activity in Nagaland in the past but today it is a profession. “One can make a living by playing football or being a sportsman and woman,” he said while calling upon the sportspersons to take

the advantage of the government giving much emphasize on youth empowerment. He cited that Dr T Ao has opened the way for Nagas by making an entry in the Olympic. “Naga who have the talent and ambition can make it to Olympic,” he said optimistically. Meanwhile, Miilouri Football Club won the champion’s trophy of the Black Day Memorial Football Tournament organized by Pochury Students. Miilouri FC defeated Shilloi Sporting Club by 2-1. The parliamentary secretary was accompanied by NPF Associate Press Secretary Pushika Awomi, NPF Pughoboto sub-divisional Unit President Kughakhu Sheqi, NPF Pughoboto subdivisional Unit Advisor Vihoto Shohe and others.

Miilouri FC wins 3rd Black Day Memorial Cup

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Kohima |September 17

Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation and Flood Control, Y. Vikheho Swu addressing the final of 3rd Black Day Memorial Cup at Meluri Local Ground on September 16 recalled his time as NSF president during 1993-1995, stating that one challenging task then was the non-association of many Naga tribes within the state and outside the state to NSF. “It was after a long consultation and wide deliberation that Pochury was affiliated to NSF with the consent taken from the stake holders and Naga tribes along with two other Naga Tribes Moyong and Monsang from Manipur in 1993. Perhaps this significant entry to NSF led you

Australia wins ODI series against England

SouthAmptoN, SEptEmbEr 17 (Ap): Australia finished its troubled tour to England on a high by clinching the limited-overs series with a 49-run victory in the fifth and deciding match at The Rose Bowl on Monday. Shane Watson set up the win with a brutal 107-ball 143, containing 12 fours and six sixes, to help the Australians to 298 all out in the day-night match. England was always up against it after slumping to 68-4 in its reply, and a 92-run stand between Ravi Bopara (62) and Jos Buttler (42) for the sixth wicket only delayed the inevitable. The home side was bundled out for 249 on the last ball of the 47th over. After a tough English summer in which Australia was dumped out of the Champions Trophy at the group stage before being beaten 3-0 in the Ashes, the tourists finally have something to celebrate on the flight home. "I'm extremely happy to win the series," said Australia captain Michael Clarke, who shared a 163-run partnership with Watson in 22 overs after coming together at 48-3. "To a lot of people, this ODI series does not mean much but to the Australia players it means a lot." Two of the first three ODIs

8th Imchaba Open Volleyball Trophy 2013

mokokchuNG, SEptEmbEr 17 (DIpr): The 8th Imchaba Master Memorial Nagaland Open Volleyball Trophy 2013 organized by Mokokchung District Volleyball Association (MDVA) got underway at Multipurpose Sports Complex, Mokokchung on September 17 with the inaugural match between Volleyball Club Changtongya and Dolphin Club Mekuli. The President for Seasonal Club, Mokokchung, Apong Pongener graced the inaugural function as the Chief Guest. In his speech, Apong shared a brief account on the genesis of Seasonal Culb. Reminiscing the various activities initiated by the Club to promote sports in the district, he said that the formation of Mokokchung District Sports Council, the first in the State was a collective vision of the Club members. As a note of appreciation, he lauded the family members of Late Imchaba Master for their generous contributions and MDVA for successfully conduction the trophy creating a platform for young volleyball players to exhibit their sporting talents. He exhorted the players to maintain discipline and to strive with dedication to emulate the feats of Lt Dr. T. Ao and Chekrovolu Swuro. Altogether 10 teams are participating in this edition of Volleyball trophy.

DNSU 8th inter high school games & sports meet

The Australian cricket team react as they pose for photographs, after defeating England in their fifth one day international cricket match at the Rose Bowl, winning the series 2-1, in Southampton, England, Monday, Sept. 16. (AP Photo)

in the series were canceled because of rain, before England won in Cardiff on Saturday to leave the fifth match as the decider. The two great rivals will resume hostilities on the return tour in Australia, starting November in the first Ashes test in Brisbane. "I don't know whether it will have much impact on the Ashes back home but we get the flight back home tomorrow a lot happier as a one-day

side certainly," Clarke added. "The Ashes is still a way away but everyone is excited about that and the players are thinking about it already." For the fourth straight Ashes tour, the losers in the test series went on to win the ODI series. And it was no surprise that record continued this year with England playing an experimental limited-overs side with the 2015 World Cup in mind. Their chase was undone by

two costly run-outs early on, which removed Kevin Pietersen on the fourth ball of the innings and No. 5 batsman Luke Wright — both without scoring. "We've been competitive," England captain Eoin Morgan said. "We've learnt a lot about guys coming through. They showed a lot of promise. We've learnt they can step up to the mark. Watson blasted England's bowlers to all corners of the ground, including

a 26-run assault on Joe Root — all in boundaries — off his final over. James Tredwell was also hit out of the attack, England's spinner only bowling four overs. After Clarke's dismissal for a run-a-ball 75 — one of three victims of debutant Chris Jordan — England took wickets at regular intervals to restrict Australia to 97 off its last 17 overs. But even a target under 300 proved too much for the hosts.

DImApur, SEptEmbEr 17 (mExN): Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) will be hosting the 8th inter high school games & sports meet from October 3-5at GHHS Dimapur ground with “Soaring together” as the theme of the tournament. Parliamentary secretary for Technical Education, IT&C, Science & Technology and Taxes, Tovihoto Ayemi, will be the chief guest in the opening ceremony, informed DNSU president K Mhachio Odyuo. The disciplines include football for boys and basketball for both boys and girls. In addition, there will be a march past completion of participating on the inaugural day. The organizing committee comprises of Petevituo Nakhro as convenor, H Toniho as member secretary and all incumbent DNSU office bearers and the 12 DNSU unit presidents as members.

NSCA annual general meeting

kohImA, SEptEmbEr 17 (mExN): The Nagaland Sports Coaches Association (NSCA) has convened its annual general meeting on September 23 at 11:00 AM at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima. In this connection, NSCA president Tosovi Anthony informed all the NSI coaches to positively attend the said meeting without fail.

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e might be a genius when it comes to his guitar skills, but Carlos Santana definitely needs a few tips when it comes to his skills behind the wheel of a car. The 66-year-old music icon got into a small fender bender on Friday after hitting a parked car while cruising through an upscale Las Vegas neighborhood. The Las Vegas Metro Police Department commented that there was no

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ce comedian Amit Tandon is all set to perform 'Middle Class Tandoncies', a Hinglish stand up comedy show on September 21, 2013 at Spill Lounge, Dimapur. Middle Class Tandoncies is a Hinglish Stand up Comedy Show about growing up in a Middle Class Indian Household. Our obsession for saving money, giving unsolicited advice and constant need to show off set us apart. Here, we talk about parents, kids, family, friends and also family friends. With over 250 performances across India and Singapore, and holding Best of Stand up lineup at The Comedy Store and Laugh Factory, Amit performs in both English and Hindi. He was also the host and Organizer of ‘Grandmasters of Comedy’, the longest running comedy show in Delhi NCR. He has played at India Habitat Centre (Delhi) and Epicenter (Gurgaon) to great reviews. Delhi-boy Amit Tandon, is a master at sharing amusing observational and hugely relatable anecdotes, he jokes about everything personally painful to him – from marriage to politics to road traffic and even women in general. His style is unassuming but there is nothing casual about the audience’s response to him. Switching effortlessly between Hindi and English, Amit’s humor is universal - connecting with all segments of audience, be it middle class, middle aged, young-at-heart to young college going crowds. Tickets are priced at Rs 1000 per head and available at Furtados, Dimapur. The event is organized by Rockstar Entertainment and Hiyo Entertainment.

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one inside the parked car at the time of the accident and no injuries to report. The Grammy-winning rocker was unharmed in the incident. 'He hit a parked car,' Police Lt. Ken Roman commented to the Las Vegas Review Journal. 'It was a minor accident, is all.' Santana was not driving under the influence at the time. Roman further stated that the accident was 'minor'. The guitarist was in Vegas at the time for a hand-

ful of shows at the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino on the Strip. Santana has been a major influence on the music scene since the '60s. Over the spam of his career, he has won 15 Grammys. His best-selling album to date is Supernatural, which sold over 25 million copies and won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2000. His 22nd studio album, Shape Shifter, was release in May 2012.

Audition for Miss Dimapur 2013

uditions for Miss Dimapur pageant will be held on September 28 (Saturday) at Circuit House, 11 am. All desiring candidates have been invited to collect the forms from the reception of Hotel City Tower (HCT) and submit either at the same reception or on September 28 at Circuit House along with one passport photo and full length picture. All concerned are also informed that 40 percent of total mark for Most Photogenic

will be adjudged from the photos submitted and the rest from the three day itinerary sessions. Miss Congeniality/ Most Popular sub titles will be selected from voting amongst the contestants. The title for the Best Ethnic Wear will be judged 10 hours prior to the finale and informed all hopefuls to come up with creative ideas. With regard to Miss Talented, which is also held prior to the fi-

nale, all contestants are asked to arrange the required materials like music tracks, costumes or accessories for presentation. Along with gift hamper and cash prizes, the organizers will also be providing Formal Gowns to all the contestants designed by Kahuli Sumi under the theme “Bridal Victoria Era”, designed costumes by rich and exotic lace and smooth milky net materials. Official make-up artist for the event will be Calvina Sumi, former

Miss Dimapur and her team from Glamazon. Official photographer for the event is James Chakhesang. Elocution and presentation sessions will be conducted by Moala Imchen, Lecturer. Dining and Table manners sessions will be conducted by Limatemjen, Captain, Hotel Saramati. Choreography and catwalk will be conducted by a star professional.

Live Out Loud: LIVEJAM BREAKFREE 13 Tour The selected contestants from Mokokchung Dstricts with the panel of judges.

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ive talented singers from Mokokchung were selected for the screening round of the Naga Orpheus Hunt 2013 at the first audition held at the Eastern Talkies theater hall here today. Altogether seven contestants turned up for the auditions and two were shown the door while the five others were selected for the next round to be held on September 27, 2013 at the theater hall. The contestants were asked to perform two songs each at the audition which was judged by Moanungsang (winner of the first edition), Tali Angh (veteran musician and entrepreneur) and journalist Aheli Moitra. The seven selected contestants are: Alemkaba Jamir, Meyinungsang Longkumer, Yapangtula, Kijem and Sentinenla. The General Secretary

of The Roots (organizers of the Naga Orpheus Hunt 2013), Arsashi Ozukum expressed deep satisfaction at the successful auditions held today and also acknowledged the judges for doing a fine job in selecting the contestants for the screening round. He expressed optimism that this year’s edition of the NOH 2013 will give a platform to young talented singers to showcase their talents and also become professionals in the music industry. The show director of the NOH, Neil Verma also made a strong appeal for the public to encourage their family members or friends to participate in the talent hunt since the Naga Orpheus Hunt is all about discovering the singing talents and grooming them to be successful singers in the society. While dwelling on this year’s theme, “The

Idol In You”, Neil Verma said that the Naga Orpheus Hunt 2013 is about promoting the singing talents and making them an ‘Idol’ in the society. Veteran singer and judge, Tali Angh told The Morung Express that he has great hopes on some of the contestants auditioned today. “There are some good singers among the contestants who were auditioned today. This show will also be good as long as these contestants are there,” said Tali Angh who has been judging the NOH for the past few years now. The next auditions will be held at Kohima on 19th September and at Dimapur on 20th September. Owing to great response aspiring singers from Zunheboto, the organizers have also included and audition for Zunheboto district on 24th September.

he LIVEJAM BREAKFREE 13 Tour has kick started at Shillong. The team is visiting ten schools, singing & sharing Testimony. Envisioned in 2005 in the heart of Bonny Andrews, LiveJam is a youth movement that has touched thousands of young lives. The vision of LiveJam is to see the transformation of urban youth through music and media in India and around the world. BREAKFREE TOUR 13: The BreakFree Tour is conducted annually in schools across India, based on the theme ‘FREEDOM’. The concept is to break free from anything that keeps you from liv-

ing a fulfilling life; a change from bondage to freedom. In keeping with the current scenario of teens in India, LiveJam meets them at their point of need (teenage/adolescent years) in a favourable environment (their own school setting) and through methods (music and media) that they can easily connect to. On September 21, 2013 the grand finale concert will be held at KJP Girls Higher Secondary School from 4:00 p.m. (Free Concert for all). Alobo Naga & The Band will headline the concert with Opening Acts: Summersalt , Philari Kharlukhi, Ken Warjri and Amanda & Team.

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Alobo Naga and Theja Khate of Alobo Naga And The Band.

LIVEJAM BREAKFREE TOUR 2013 in session which is currently underway at Shillong.

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That's my girl! Harry Styles only had eyes for Cara Delevingne as she rocked the runway at the Burberry Prorsum spring/summer 2014 show in London's Kensington Gardens on Monday afternoon

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Need to qualify better in Singapore: Adrian Sutil Singapore, September 17 (ianS): Force India driver Adrian Sutil said Tuesday that they need to qualify well at the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix to be held Sunday to have a better chance of bagging points. "We've got to qualify well to give ourselves the best chance of scoring points. We are still close to McLaren in the championship and we need to make sure we keep a healthy margin ahead of Toro Rosso and Sauber," said Sutil, who will race in his fifth Singapore GP. Not his favourite hunting ground, but the German has begun to like the Marina Bay Street Circuit over the years. "It's not my favourite track but it's one of those places that I've come to like more and more. There are some nice sections and it's quite wide for a street circuit, which helps with overtaking. I always enjoy street races and the city is amazing. The atmosphere means it's definitely one of the best races of the year," added the 30-year-old, who finished eighth the last time he raced here in 2011. Sutil's teammate Paul di Resta had a fantastic outing last year when he finished fourth. However, the Briton believes it is going to be tough to repeat that performance. "Given our form lately it’s difficult to know what to expect. We had a great result last year with fourth place. It would be great to try and repeat that but it’s going to be tough given how competitive the grid is at the moment," the 27-year-old said. "There’s no doubt that the tyre change had an impact on things. Plus, a lot of the teams have caught up with us for whatever reason, whether it’s updates or the nature of the tracks. All we can do is keep working away to try and find some more performance," added the Scot.

A birdeye view of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix's Marina Bay City Circuit, shot with a fish-eye lens, is seen at dusk from Swissotel The Stamford in Singapore, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. The race is slated for September 21-23. (AP Photo)

Jadeja leads bowling list, Kohli 'Neymar better than Ronaldo' fourth in ICC batting rankings DUbai, September 17 (pti): Ravindra Jadeja continued to jointly top the bowlers' list, while Virat Kohli was the highestranked Indian batsman at fourth in the latest ICC ODI rankings issued on Tuesday. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was unchanged at seventh in the batsmen's list followed by Suresh Raina at a distant joint 16th. In the bowling chart, R Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar held on to their 18th and joint 20th position reHolly Sonders, co-host of the Golf Channel's "Morning Drive" chips a baseball as the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Monday, Sept. 16 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo)

65 team to vie for 14th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy Our Correspondent Kohima | September 17

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Altogether 65 teams from Nagaland and Manipur have confirmed their participation for top honours at the forthcoming 14th edition of the prestigious NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2013 starting from September 20 in Kohima. The trophy is being organized Roll of hoNouR under the aegis (Champions since of the Angami 1982) Students’ Union in memory and 1992-Tankhul Students’ Union honour of the 1994-All Zeliang Students’ Union sacrifice made by 1995-All Zeliang Students’ Union student comrades 1996-All Zeliang Students’ Union Late Kekuojalie 1998-Kohima Village Students ‘Union Sachü and Late 2000-Naga Boys Club Vikhozo Yhoshü, 2002-Tangkhul Students’ Union Boys Club while on call of 2003-Naga 2004-Rongmei Youth Club Dimapur duty for the Naga 2005-Puliebaze Club Students’ Federa- 2006-Naga Boys Club tion in 1986. Out 2007-Nagaland Police of 65 teams, total- 2008-Nagaland Police ing 1170 players 2009-Excel United for this year edi- 2010-Nagaland Police tion, 51 teams are 2011-Lamkang students’ union from Kohima, 4 2012-Life sports FC teams from Phek, 3 teams from Dimapur, 1 team each from Zunheboto and Peren and 5 teams from Manipur State. The match will witness 65 team coaches, 65 team managers and 65 physicians. With just 2 days left for the tournament, hectic preparations are going on at the Kohima Local Ground for the success of the tournament. The tournament will go on till October 19. Minister for Youth Resources and Sports, Merentoshi R. Jamir will grace the inaugural function as the chief guest on September 20, which will be followed by the inaugural match between Kohima Village Students’ Union and Students’ Football Club. A total prize money of Rs. 2.5 lakh has been set for the tournament, which includes Rs. 1.20 lakh for the champions, Rs. 70,000 for runners-up, Rs. 15,000 each to two semi-final losers and Rs. 7500 each to four quarter-final losers.

spectively. Jointly heading the list with West Indian Sunil Narine, Jadeja, however, slipped a rung to fourth in the all-rounder's list. Elsewhere, Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is back in the top-10 of the rankings for ODI bowlers after he jumped six places to eighth in the latest update. The latest rankings were released after Australia beat England by 49 runs in the fifth and final ODI at the Rose Bowl, Southampton on Monday to claim the series

2-1. Johnson picked up five wickets in the series against England and returned to the top 10 for the first time since October 2011, when he was ranked fourth. Outside the top 20, Boyd Rankin in 25th (up by 21), George Dockrell in 34th (up by five), Majid Haq in 56th (up by six), Kevin O'Brien in 63rd (up by three) and Ravi Bopara in 66th (up by nine) are the other bowlers to move in the right direction. Shane Watson, player of

Chelsea looking to kickstart season against Basel

LonDon, September 17 (ap): When the "Special One" returned to Chelsea, he did it with the Champions League in the back of his mind. After an acrimonious departure from Stamford Bridge early in the 2007-08 season, manager Jose Mourinho came back to London with the aim of lifting the trophy he delivered at FC Porto and Inter Milan. But the Blues are not in the best of form as they begin their bid for a third consecutive piece of European silverware against FC Basel on Wednesday. Chelsea, which won the Europa League last season following its Champions League's triumph in 2012, has failed to win its last three matches in all competitions and was handed its first defeat of the season in the Premier League at Everton last weekend. German side Schalke hosts Steaua Bucharest in the other Group E match. "After one defeat you just want the next match to come as soon as possible, and probably the Champions League is the best way," Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata said. "These nights at Stamford Bridge have a different feeling, even more so since we won the title two years ago. This competition brings great memories to all of us and makes us feel really excited." Mourinho is likely to be excited, too, even though

the match for his knock of 143 in the fifth and final ODI, ended the series with a run tally of 187 and is now back in the top 10 of the batting table after moving up one place to 10th. Watson was last ranked in the top ten in June this year, in ninth position. Watson's effort with the bat and his three wickets in the series also helped him move up two places to third in the rankings for ODI all-rounders, still headed by Mohammad Hafeez, with Shakib Al Hasan in second place.

rio De Janeiro, September 17 (ianS): Neymar is a better player than Cristiano Ronaldo at the same age, the Barcelona starlet's agent has claimed. Sao Paulo-based player representative Wagner Ribeiro made the assertion a day after Ronaldo's agent, Jorge Mendes, said "there is no way Neymar is as good" as the Real Madrid and Portugal star, reports Xinhua. Ribeiro used his Twitter account to rebuke the claim. "Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo were born on the same day, February 5," Ribeiro said. "But at Neymar's age, Cristiano Ronaldo was a mediocre player. "Right now,

he only surpasses Neymar when it comes to his weight." Neymar led Santos to the 2011 Copa Libertadores title - South America's premier club competition - at just 19 years of age. In June, he was awarded the Golden Ball for the best player during the Confederations Cup, which Brazil won with a 3-0 victory over Spain. Ronaldo made his first-team debut for Manchester United aged 18 in 2003. His breakthrough season came in 2006-07 when he scored more than 20 goals in a season for the first time and won the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year award.

Chelsea's manager Jose Mourinho smiles during a press conference at their training ground in Cobham, Surrey, England, Tuesday, Sept. 17. (AP Photo)

the Portuguese coach won't be remembered as the "First One" if he ends up winning the Champions League with Chelsea this season. The former Real Madrid coach was just a spectator when the Blues defeated Bayern Munich to win the prestigious trophy under Roberto Di Matteo. "When I was watching, I was with the Blues," said Mourinho, who won the Premier League and League Cup twice and the FA Cup once during his first reign at the London club. "The side was full of players from my time and you know they suffered a lot. "They deserved to win the Champions League. It's a competition that has a special aura. Everybody

wants to reach the 'El Dorado' of football. It is a club competition for excellence so it has some magic." Against Basel, Mourinho is likely to make tactical changes after midfielder John Obi Mikel picked up a knee injury against Everton. Ramires is suspended and Frank Lampard should get a spot in the starting team. The Swiss team lost 5-2 on aggregate to Chelsea in the Europa League semifinals last season and prepared its next trip to England by edging fourth-tier side Muensingen 1-0 in a Swiss Cup match. Basel comes to London with two young internationals in prolific scoring form for club and country.

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