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Morung Express news Dimapur | October 18

Indeed our cricket team`s success against Australia was due to the dynamic leadership of our beloved future PM.

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DC Mkg notifies M o ko kc h u n g, october 18 (DIPr): The Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung has informed all Departmental Officers, NGOs and the public that the Deputy Commissioner’s Office will be shifted to the top floor of the Agri Office Building on October 24 and 25. In this regard, the DC informed that no public will be entertained on the mentioned days.

NNC observes National Martyrs Day

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DIMAPur, october 18 (Mexn): Naga National Council on October 18 observed the Naga National Martyrs’ Day at Oking with bible reading, prayer and “respect for the Naga Martyrs’ who laid down their lives for the freedom of Naga sovereignty.” A press note from the MIP informed that NNC members from Civil, Army and Women Federations attended the event. NNC General Secretary, V Nagi; Naga Women Federation President; Ketuono Angami and other officials spoke on the occasion. The members then went to the grave of Naga leaders, Lt. Zasibituo Naga, Lt. Goyiepra Nakhro (Member Signatory of Naga Memorandum to the Simon Commission of British Government), Lt. Kruzhalie Peseyie (Japfii State Angh/Govenor), Lt. Brig.

Rivilie Nagi (Founding Member of Naga Save Gaurd), Lt. Capt. Viletuo Nagi (only son of Zasibituo Naga), Lt. Kuolhuvi Nakhro (Secretary of Japfii State Angh/ Govenor), etc and laid wreaths in respect and honour of the Martyrs’.

The women of Jotsoma Village laid wreaths at the Martyrs’ Memorial Stone of the village for those who died in action, added the note.

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FILE- An old man feeds on morsels of food at Dimapur Railway Station. October 17 was observed the world over as the International Day for Eradication of Poverty. The World Bank estimates that about 400 million people in India live under conditions of absolute poverty. Photo by Manen Aier

‘No evidence of health risks from mobiles’

new DelhI, october 18 (IAnS): There is no scientific evidence to prove that emissions from mobile phones cause health related problems, including changes in brain activity, reaction times, and sleep patterns, studies by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and a French government expert group have showed.

“Studies to date provide no indication that environmental exposure to RF (radiofrequency) fields, such as from base stations, increases the risk of cancer or any other disease,” the WHO said in an advisory.

“Scientists have reported other health effects of using mobile phones, including changes in brain activity, reaction times,

and sleep patterns. These effects are minor and have no apparent health significance,” it said.

In another related development, the French government agency ANSES (Agence Nationale De Securite Sanitaire - French Organisation for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety) said, “Biological effects cor-

responding to generally reversible changes in the inner functioning of the body can thus be observed, as is also found in the case of exposure to different stimuli of everyday life.” “However, we were unable to establish any causal link between biological effects described in cell models, animals or humans, and any possible resulting health effects,” it added.

Just when things were looking up, the Foothill Road movement has, yet again, hit a roadblock with the Government, the PWD Roads & Bridges (R & B) in particular, still choosing to “dilly-dally.” In the aftermath of a meeting with R & B engineers at Kohima on October 17, the Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) held an emergency meeting in Dimapur on October 18.

The mood of the gathering was of disappointment.

Dejection hung in the air as it was clear that the October 17 meeting, which had R & B Minister, Kuzholuzo Nienu in attendance, had not ended on a positive note. It was the fourth such meeting the NFHRCC has had with the department.

The NFHRCC were particularly disappointed with the approach of the R & B. Peeved members, who attended the meeting, described the attitude of the R & B engineers as non-committal, a good two months after jointly agreeing on the route finalised on August 8.

The estimated cost of the

Foothill Road project is giving the jitters to the department as well as the policy makers.

According to the project report prepared by the R & B, the road stretching 323.70 kilometres is estimated to cost Rs. 221.5 crores. But NFHRCC maintained that the agreed route extends up to 349 kilometres in total.

The project report was presented to the R & B Minister at the October 17 meeting. The Minister’s reaction on hearing the projected cost was of “shock and surprise,” stated the NFHRCC. The cost notwithstanding, NFHRCC viewed that the government has, at its disposal, ways and means to get the fund.

Questioning the R & B’s commitment to the project, the NFHRCC said that as was construed during the October 17 meeting, its technical personnel are still “confused” with the route alignment (Tizit-Naginimora-Tuli-Tzudikong-Yajang C-Longtho ( M o ay i m n t i ) -S u m i to Wozhu-Changpang-Yimpang-Bhandari-Governor’s Camp (Liphiyang)-Ralan (Old)-Rengmapani-Niuland enroute Dimapur), which has been already

agreed and decided by both parties. “The NFHRCC have time and again made clear that it stands by the August 8 pronouncement,” it was stated during Friday’s meeting. Hinting at ‘delay tactics’ being employed, the NFHRCC further stated, “We do not understand why the department is still dillydallying when it itself was party to the decision.”

An exasperated member commented, “The department refuses to understand the will of the people... and is deliberately confusing itself.”

Hope remains as another meeting with the R & B is scheduled on October 25 in Kohima. The outcome of the meeting will be crucial as the NFHRCC has cautioned that it will no longer endorse meetings with the department if no convincing response comes of it.

Further, the NFHRCC stated that it was compelled to go public with the outcome of the October 17 meeting for the sake of transparency. It was made clear that NFHRCC will not endorse any form of inducement or pressure from any quarters which may jeopardise the project.

‘Only 55 percent of urban households recieve sufficient water’ Morung Express news Kohima | October 18

Only 55 percent of urban households in Nagaland receive sufficient water throughout the year while 65% of rural households receive sufficient water, indicates the National Sample Survey (NSS) report on ‘Housing Conditions and Amenities in Nagaland’ released by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Nagaland (DES) on October 18 at the DES Conference Hall here.

The 65th Report of the NSS was released by Kevileno Angami, OSD to the Government of Nagaland. The program was chaired by Y. Sacheo Ovung, Director while a brief note on the report was given by Rhanbemo, Statistical Officer and the vote of thanks presented by I Chuba Jamir, Addl. Director.

Rhanbemo gave a brief his-

tory on the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) of India which was set up in 1950 in addition to its organizational structure and its functions. The NSSO in Nagaland was established in 1972 by the DES where its 70th Round is currently in progress. One of the main objectives of the NSS is to provide a mechanism by which sample size can increase and enable the pooling of the Central Sample data and State Sample data.

“Many of our policymakers and our people are still not aware of the importance of data and statistics,” remarked Kevileno Angami while applauding the DES for their effort in producing quality data and statistics. She also pointed out that housing is another basic requirement for man in addition to food and clothing.

NSS are:1. Aspects for facilities of living: Drinking water facility for the last 365 days • The major sources of drinking water in rural areas are taps which account for 42.4% of the households followed by ‘protected well’ which serve 28.4% of the household.

• In urban areas where tap is also the major source of drinking water, 37.3 % of the households receive tap water followed by ‘protected wells’ which account for 37.3 % of the households.

Bathroom facility • 3.1 % of rural households do not have bathroom facilities while in urban areas it is 1.2%.

• Detached bathrooms are common in both rural and urban areas with rural areas consisting of 82.5% of the households and urban areas with Some of the key findings of the

64.8% of its households.

Sanitation facility • Only 0.1% of the rural households do not have latrine facility while it is nil in rural households.

• 48% of the rural households use septic tank/flush latrine while 33% use pit latrine.

• 83% of the urban households use septic tank or flush.

Electricity facility • 95% of the rural households have electricity for domestic use while the urban households consist of 97%.

Tenure Type • 96% of the rural households live in owned dwellings while 52% of the urban households live in hired dwellings.

live in pucca structures.

• 15% of rural households and less than 7% of urban households live in katcha households.

• Only 26% of rural households and 33% of urban households have good ventilation.

• Nearly 38% of rural households and 62% of urban households have floor type constructed by cement.

• 24% of rural households have wall type constructed using grass/straw/leaves/reed/ bamboo while 34% of urban households have wall type constructed of cement.

Per Capita Availability of floor area • For pucca structure, per capita floor area availability is 8.82 sq.mt in rural areas and 9.54 2. Characteristics of house dwellsq.mt in urban areas. ing unit: • For katcha structure, it is 9. 04 Type of structure sq.mt in rural areas and 9.27 • 55% of rural households and sq.mt in urban areas.

77% of the urban households Micro environmental elements

surrounding the house • Only 6% of urban areas have open katcha drainage while rural households constitute 19%.

• Only 24% of rural households have access to Garbage disposal arrangements against 79% of urban households.

• Nearly 6% of urban households have no direct opening to road while rural areas constitute 18%.

Construction for residential purpose during last 365 days • 2% households in both urban and rural areas undertook constructions.

• Average costs per completed construction in rural areas was Rs. 25,000 while it was Rs. 1,28,000 in urban areas.

• Only 5.1% of constructions in the rural area completed per 1000 constructions are pucca while in the urban sector only 9.2% resorted to katcha type.

National monument unveiled in Mezoma Riders on the trail for a Greener Environment Morung Express news

Our Correspondent Mezoma | October 18

Dimapur | October 18

In recognition and solemn remembrance of the 83 patriots who gave their lives for the cause of Naga nationalism during 1956 – 1975, the organizing committee and citizens of Mezoma village under Kohima district today organized a solemn occasion coinciding with Naga National Martyrs’ Day at Martyrs’ Park, Mezoma. At the event, Rev. Zhiwhuotho Katiry, pastor of the Pochury Baptist Church, Kohima unveiled the National Monument of Mezoma.

The monolith had the following words inscribed on it: “This commemorative monument is erected by citizens of Mezoma in ever loving and proud memory of martyrs and valiant dead from this village who on that day and time and period defended the birthrights and honour of Naga people and homeland. We pay tribute to men and women who are in this incomplete list in the roll of honour for their national service and sacrifice in their own day for the successive generation.”

Several people turned up at the program and paid rich tributes to their heroic brethren’s martyrdom.

Angami Students’ Union (ASU) President, Zakie Khate was also present at the occasion. Laying of wreaths and a gun salute to the martyrs marked the occasion.

Captain Vikhoyazo Kehie called out the roll of honour while Darülie Krose; former NLA Speaker, Thenucho Tunyi and

Two young men, Sievituo Solo and Ruokuo Kire, are on a mission to mark an inspirational journey and travel three thousand kilometers from Nagaland to New Delhi via Bhutan and Nepal. Kick starting the expedition today from Kohima, The Morung Express caught up with the cyclists during a stopover in Dimapur.

Carrying the message ‘Re-Cycling for Greener Environment,’ Sievituo shared that the idea of a greener environment should not just connote planting trees, but in a broader sense connect to healthy living which propagates zero pollution, fresh environment, longevity of life, becoming ‘fit and fine’ etc. He advocated that cycling is an answer to all these factors. “We want to create this awareness.

Greener Environment can mean so much and we want

Rev. Zhiwhuotho Katiry, Pastor of Pochury Baptist Church, Kohima with Mezo- Phetsu Mechu Kehou President, Rovigwelhou Chűsi after unveiling the national Monument of Mezoma on October 18. (Morung Photo)

eminent writer and author, Kaka D Iralu spoke on the occasion. Mezo- Phetsu Mechu Kehou President, Rovigwelhou Chűsi chaired the function. A tribute song was also presented by women group.

Ruokuo Kire and Sievituo Solo. (Morung Photo)

to plant good seeds about the benefits of cycling in peoples’ heart, even though we may not be able to plant actual seeds along the way,” the duo said.

Sievituo and Ruokuo also revealed that they are the best of friends and are always up to some crazy

plan. “We may not inspire many people, but if we initiate something different in our State then we are happy,” they said. Meeting many people on their journey, the duo confessed that they are often asked why they are so intent on cycling for awareness. To which

they responded, “We just love it. Our reward is our hope to promote cycling tourism in Nagaland.”

The expedition is sponsored by the Government of Nagaland, under the patronage of Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio and Commissioner & Special Secretary to CM, Abei-o Kire (IFS).

The event partners are NAMSA, NAC, with Richard Belho acting as mentor.

This is their second cycling expedition. The duo had previously undertaken an expedition ‘Discover Nagaland on Bicycle,’ where they cycled to the 11 Districts of Nagaland in 31 days. Representing Nagaland, the two young cyclists will act as ambassadors towards the importance and positive effects of cycling and hopefully inspire others towards the goal of a greener future and a better lifestyle.

The journey has just begun for the riders who are on a trail for a Greener Environment.

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Villages dismayed at report of Foothills Rd construction

DIMaPur, october 18 (Mexn): The nine villages of Changpang, Tssori Old, Tssori New, Longtsuri, Amboto Old, Amboto New, Longayim, Xukiye, Merikang under Wokha district held a joint meeting on October 15 and thoroughly deliberated on the issue of the ongoing Foothills Road construction. Stating this in an open letter to the Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, the leaders of the nine villages lauded the CM, but expressed that the technical report stating “not viable” to construct Foothills Roads in the aforementioned villages has “stressed the sentiments of the area people”.

The letter felt pertinent to mention that the area is one of the most potential areas in mines and mineral resources.

As such, it said the proposed

Liangmai Chaga Gadi to be celebrated in Kohima

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kohIMa, october 18 (DIPr): Liangmai community in Nagaland will be celebrating the most important and meaningful Chaga Gadi festival on October 30 and 31, 2013. Liangmai welfare society Kohima will also celebrate Chaga Gadi with traditional attire on October 31 at Kisama Heritage Village. Secretary, Parliamentary affairs and Agriculture Government of Nagaland, N Benjamin Newmai will be the Chief Guest, while Senior Engineer Agriculture Achakbo Newmai will be the Guest of Honour.

Liangmai welfare society Kohima President and General Secretary Kairinpiba & Rutmakbo respectively have stated that during the celebration, Zeliang tradition would be showcased in all seriousness by conducting several competition like traditional folk song, tug of war, men, women tapikawbo, catching pig head. They also said that there will be many more entertainment items of indigenous games.

The organizing committee of Chaga Gadi festival has requested all the different committees in charge to be serious in executing their assigned task for the success of the festival. The welfare society has also convened an executive meeting to sit together with advisor and different groups in charges on October 20, 3:00 pm at the treasurer’s residence, High school road. The bus timing and pick point for the participants in the festival are as follows: The bus will move from High school junction at 10:00 am and Keziekie near Aircel office and second trip will pick from PHQ junction at 11:30 am.

Further, the Liangmai welfare society Kohima has requested the Nagaland state government to grant restricted holiday to all the Zeliang government employees on account of the festival celebration on October 30 & 31. The organizing committee also requested all the Liangmai residing in and around Kohima to submit their family statistic membership fees and family’s share for the festival latest by October 27, 2013.

foothill road is needed to be constructed in the area, “otherwise the mines and mineral resources of the area will mean useless due to want of road communication facilities for transportation”.

It stated that in this “modern computer age”, construction of such foothill road “is mere job for the expert technicians, or else they are intending to master their vested interest motive”. Therefore, the village leaders concerned have appealed the CM to take prompt initiative in the matter and pass effective order to allow the proposed Foothills Road to be constructed though the oil fields and EAC headquarters for better implementation of oil field activities as well as connectivity for ADC HQs Bhandari to EAC HQs Changpang.

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Officials of Mkg and Jorhat meet to strengthen friendship

Mokokchung, october 18 (DIPr): In its continuing effort to ensure time-tested friendship between the people of Assam and Nagaland, particularly those living in border areas, district level meeting of Mokokchung and Jorhat districts headed by DCs and SPs was held at Hotel Metsuben in Mokokchung town on October 17, 2013. The was held with a renewed appeal to the people living in border areas to maintain peace and tranquility.

The meeting chaired by DC Mokokchung Murohu Chotso shared concerns and actions taken by both sides to maintain peace in the border areas of the two districts and decided that district level meeting will be held

more frequently to maintain status quo in the border areas until an acceptable and a permanent solution to border disputes is made.

DC Jorhat, Solanki Vishal stressed on the need to engage in confidence building measures to enable people in the border to live peacefully. “We officers often get transferred, we will not be always DCs and SPs but our people permanently live in the border and there is a need to educate our people to let them understand that they are neighbours and they have to live as neighbours always.” He suggested that cultural programmes and sports should be organized allowing people in the border areas to par-

ticipate in such exchange programmes. He further asserted, “We (DCs/SPs) officers together in the district can make a difference on the ground” by holding more meetings.

SP Jorhat, Sanjukta Parasor briefed the officers about the measures taken to ensure peace and tranquility in the border.

She expressed gratitude to district administration and police of Wokha district for their cooperation.

SP Mokokchung, Vikram Khalate also informed the meeting with regard to the measures being taken from Mokokchung side and assured his counterpart full cooperation to contain any situation inimical to peace.

Meanwhile, Ao Senden

President, Dr Sangyu Yaden strongly felt that justice to both states should be delivered at the earliest, saying border tension often leads to loss of human lives and mistrust among the people.

ADC Jorhat, Dwijen Singh, DFO Jorhat Naba Kumur Malaka, DFO Mokokchung Yashi Jamir and Coordinator, Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland) also addressed the meeting.

The meeting decided that a sports event will be organized in November in a selected area in the border to bring an atmosphere of peace among the people.

The meeting entrusted ADCs Jorhat and Mokokchung to chalk out plan in this regard.

Discipleship Camp held for young people

kohIMa, october 18 (Mexn): Kuzhami Chakhesang Baptist Church Kohima, Youth Department organised a discipleship camp on the theme, “Known. Be it. Share it” (Col 1: 27) at Grace Evangelistic Ministries, Jotsoma from October 11 -13, which was attended by 71 campers.

The resource persons Garfield Dean (President, FCF, Jamaica) and Kepe Nakhro (Director, Grace Evangelistic Ministries) proclaimed inspirational messages on the “Good News” and “Personal Evangelism”. Doctrinal sessions on God, Sin and Salvation were conducted by Rev. Neikko Mero (Pastor, KCBCK) and Rev. Dr. Kenny Kapfo (Director, Mission International, Dimapur). Dr. Kewe Lohe (Vice-Principal, Baptist College, Kohima) taught the values of meditating on the word of God

and having a quiet time, and Wolo Lasuh (Associate Pastor, KCBCK) conducted a study on the Book of Colossians. A motivational session was also conducted by M.K. Mero, (Commissioner

& Secretary, Industries and Commerce) to inspire the youth to be champions in all spheres of life.

Apart from having a blessed time of fellowship, many campers responded to

the call of God by accepting Jesus as their personal Lord and saviour, while others rededicated their lives to God. Eleven campers committed to take water baptism and three dedicated their lives to

DIMaPur, october 18 (Mexn): All Nagaland Hindi Teachers Union (ANHTU) has issued a statement appealing the government to release the pending salaries of the Hindi teachers in the state. The statement informed that 1379 Hindi teachers were appointed in the year 2012 and 2013 under the Central Sponsored Scheme. "It is a hue and cry of the teachers whose salaries are kept pending," it stated.

Expressing its grievances, All Nagaland Hindi Teachers Union stated that Hindi teachers are not like other subject teachers.

There is only one Hindi

teacher in every government primary school, it said, while lamenting that Hindi teachers are posted where there are no proper roads, water supply, electricity and bus services.

Affirming that “we” should appreciate their dedicated spirit and for rendering valuable service to the students, it questioned, “Those who are posted in outskirts and remote areas, if their salaries are not paid how can they survive.”

It added, “The are going to starve because salaries are only their income source.”

Further, it stated that due to non-payment of salary, the teachers have no

money to go to their working places. In this way, it said, they are facing great problem to perform their duty.

Also, the statement read that since their salaries are pending, their children’s educations are badly affected.

It also asserted that making someone work without payment is violation of human rights. Moreover, the union stated that the duty of the government is to look after the teachers’ problems.

In view of the above, the Union has urged the government to make necessary arrangement on “humanitarian ground to save the teachers from starvation”.

kohIMa, october 18 (Mexn): NBCC Sanitation Committee for Kohima in collaboration with churches of Kohima, KMC, KCCI, KVC, ASU, KVYO, Urban Development Department and PHED has decided to carry out an assessment of cleanliness level in all government and private schools of Kohima town and Village. The assessment will be carried out in 45 schools to bring out comparative ratings with an objective of creating a healthy competition among the schools for cleanliness, informed a press release.

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NU 1st and 3rd semester routine LuMaMI, october 18 (Mexn): Nagaland University examination for 1st and 3rd semesters will be held from November 25, 2013. Detailed routine is available on the University website www.nagauniv. org.in. This was informed by the Assistant Registrar (Exams) in a press release.

BAN meeting today

DIMaPur, october 18 (Mexn): Business Association of Nagas (BAN) will be having its meeting on October 19, 2:00 pm at Mongkum Jamir’s residence, Aoyimti, 2 and half mile. Therefore, all the advisors, executive council members and office bearers have been requested to attend the meeting. Dinner will be served after the meeting. For more information contact Mar Longkumer at 9856140906.

CMOs meeting on communitization

kohIMa, october 18 (Mexn): There will be a state level review meeting on communitization in health sector on October 22, 10:00 am at IDSP conference hall, Directorate of Health & Family, Kohima.

Therefore, all the Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) have been requested to participate positively with short power point presentation on communitization activities with suggestions for further improvement and effective implementation of communitization in the health care service delivery. This was informed in a press release issued by Principal Directorof Health & Family Welfare Dr. Neiphi Kire.

NLA Library Committee meeting

kohIMa, october 18 (Mexn): Deputy Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) and chairman of Assembly Library Committee Er. Levi Rengma has convened a meeting for finalization of Library Committee’s study tour outside that state on October 22, 11:00 am in his office chamber. Therefore, all committee members concerned have been requested to attend the meeting.

Sale of wildlife banned

Participants and speakers pose for a lens during the discipleship camp organized in Jotsoma.

work full time for the Lord.

The Youth Department in a press release has expressed gratitude to all who sacrificed their time and energy to make the programme bear much fruit.

DIMaPur, october 18 (Mexn): Chief Wildlife Warden Dimapur today notified that no wildlife in any form will be allowed to be sold or displayed in the markets/ roadside stalls, or any other place henceforth. In a notification, the officer stated that sale of wildlife is highly in contravention of the provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, which has been enforced in the state since December 18, 1981. The note cautioned that any breach of the Wildlife Act is punishable under Section 51 of the Act with a fine of Rs 25,ooo/- or imprisonment up to three years or both. The forest officers/ frontline personnel have been authorized to enforce the provisions contained in the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, it added.

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Hindi teachers appeal for release of salary Cleanliness of Kohima schools to be assessed

Help Age India have been supporting 50 aged people through Prodigals’ Home in five villages of Dimapur since 2007. Seen here are the beneficiaries along with Prodigals’ Home staff during distribution of goods on October 18 at Diezephe Village.

The villages are Aoyimkum Village, Sungjem Village, Urra Village, Diesephe Village and Bade Village.

NLEP endeavours to contain spread of leprosy

DIMaPur, october 18 (Mexn): National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) Nagaland organized a re-orientation training of Paramedical workers (PMWs) & NonMedical Supervisors (NMS) on October 17 at CMO’s conference hall, Dimapur.

The training was organized for staff of Dimapur and Peren districts under NLEP programme, informed a press release received here.

Dr. Arenla, ZLO Dimapur stated that Multibacillary (MB) case detection is

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increasing in Dimapur and hoped that through this training and launching of Contact Survey, hidden cases will be detected and the spread of leprosy can be brought down especially in Dimapur district. She also appreciated the efforts and initiative taken by the State Leprosy Officer in motivating the staff to maintain the Elimination Level in the State.

Chief Medical Officer Dimapur Dr. P. Tia Jamir, in his exhortation speech also informed the participants that Nagaland was the

first State in the country to achieve the elimination target (1/10000 population) set by GoI & WHO. However, taking into account the increase in new case detection, he urged the field workers to re-dedicate themselves to maintain the prevalence rate within the elimination level.

Resource person Dr. S.K. Dey, Sr. Consultant reoriented the participants on the history and types of leprosy. He also briefed on the physical and clinical examination of suspected

cases of leprosy. He enlightened that incubation period was 6 months to 30 years, thus new cases are detected even today as the signs and symptoms take time to show even after the entry of organism in the body.

Considering the reports of the last four years, resource person Dr. K. Sorhie, State Leprosy Officer, Kohima, observed that Multibacillary (MB) case is much higher than paucibacillary in the State. “This shows that leprosy infection is prevailing in our commu-

nity and it is presumed that some hidden cases are still left undetected,” he said. In this respect, the NLEP Nagaland plans to increase efforts in new case detection and complete treatment, increase awareness activities and constitute teams to carry out Contact Survey of all MB patients.

After the technical sessions, the participants were divided into groups and allotted areas to conduct house-to-house contact survey in Dimapur and Peren districts.

Toilets (sufficiency and cleanliness) – 25 points General cleanliness of School and its compound – 25 points Level of awareness on hygiene and sanitary education through simple questionnaires/ interviews on 5 randomly selected students – 20 points Solid waste/ garbage disposal system – 10 points Liquid waste disposal system – 10 points Tidiness of Uniform – 10 points

The note stated that the Committee places high emphasis on education and awareness creation for achieving the goal of evolving a tradition of keeping “our city” clean all the time; totally free from objectionable smell and sights of garbage. The assessment of cleanliness would be done on a 1 – 100 point scale as given in

the box. Authorized persons would be sent to all schools for making the assessment and the same is to be completed within the month of November, 2013.

The ratings are likely to be carried out by the Committee in 2014 as well, following similar procedure.

Once the rating work is finalized, the Committee will make public the re-

sults and give commendation certificates to the top ten cleanest schools and Awards to schools securing 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions in a grand function.

As this is for the general interest of everyone concerned, the NBCC Sanitation Committee for Kohima town has requested all principals/ headmasters of the schools concerned to take this seriously and extend all needed co-operation to the Committee in this “one step towards transforming Kohima into a better, cleaner and more beautiful city”.

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Job oriented skill development mela to be a boon for job seekers

kohIMa, october 18 (DIPr): Taking serious note of the unemployment problems faced by the youth of Nagaland, Government of Nagaland through the Department of Employment & Craftsmen Training would be organizing job oriented skill development mela in collaboration with Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment and Training (DGE&T) on October 30 and 31, 2013, at the Agri Expo Complex, 4th Mile Dimapur Nagaland.

Presently, the number of registered unemployed youth in Nagaland is approximately 64,000 (Under matric - 22000 and matric and above - 42,000). The Job Mela, first of its kind aims to benefit thousands of job seekers. It may be noted that a similar job mela was organized in Arunachal Pradesh where around 12,000 youth were employed.

In the mela, the registered Vocational Training Providers (VTPs) would choose the candidates to undergo training and place them wherever eligible. Prospective employers would also select the candidates and put them through the proficiency trainings and subsequently give them appointment. Further, the employers, corporate houses and industrialists would also choose suitable candidates for “on the spot” placement.

Various corporate houses and entrepreneurs would also establish stalls at the mela site and give training, career guidance to the youth according to their eligibility and skills.

Necessary arrangements are being made by the department of Employment and Craftsmen Training to register willing job seekers who are willing to participate in the Mela. Necessary arrangements with Sign Board and staff representatives from Employment department would be available in the Deputy Commissioner’s Office

Complex in all the districts of Nagaland, and the willing job seekers are advised to contact the same. Particulars of the candidate would be entered in the Proforma provided by the Head Office for Job Oriented Skill Development Mela, by the dealing assistants. The candidates may also register their names in the Employment Exchange, however, this registration will not be considered as registration done through the normal Employment Exchanges.

Efforts are also on to reach out to the Village Development Boards (VDBs) of all the villages in Nagaland through the Directorate of Rural Development Nagaland, for sending interested and eligible job force willing to work not only in Nagaland but outside Nagaland.

In all this registration process, the candidates may enter particulars even without producing documentary evidences, but the documents will have to be compulsorily taken along with them as they go to Dimapur for the Mela.

Further, the Department is making all efforts to ensure that registration is done at the venue of the Mela by having its mobile office few days ahead of the proposed event. Moreover, necessary arrangement has also been made to have on the spot registration during the Mela on October 30 and 31. Candidates willing to participate in the Job Mela may have to arrange place of stay and to and fro expenses by themselves.

Employment in the Government sector has reached saturation point, and the State Government is making sincere and serious efforts led by the Chief Secretary Nagaland, Alemtemshi Jamir IAS, by convening series of meetings with regard to the success of the Job mela and it is expected to attract thousands of job seekers of the State.

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Mizoram church wants change in poll dates

AizAwl, OctOber 18 (iANS): Church groups in Christian-majority Mizoram have requested the poll panel to change the dates for polling and counting in the state in view of church conferences, while the state's main opposition party has sought the removal of the state's chief electoral office for "irresponsible behaviour".

A statement by a church organisation said the churches demanded change in the polling date (Dec 4) as it falls on the day when the Presbyterian Church of India is having its highest decision-making conference, the Synod, between Dec 3 and 8.

The United Pentecostal ChurchMizoram is also scheduled to hold its annual general conference during the same period which would result in thousands of people, including priests, unable to exercise their franchise, it added.

Church leaders led by Rev Lalzuithanga, executive secretary of the Mizoram Synod of the Presbyterian Church, last week met the state's chief electoral officer and told him that on the polling day, a council meeting of the highest authority of the church would be held.

"The church leaders also told the CEO that Dec 8, the day of counting of ballots, is Sunday, which is a holy day for Christians. If the counting is held on the day, it will be inconvenient for the community and will also hurt the sentiments of the people," a statement said Friday.

The church leaders sent a separate letter to the Election Commission of India seeking a change in the polling and counting dates in Mizoram.

Though Mizoram CEO Ashwani Kumar was not immediately available for comments, a senior official of the state election department told

IANS that any change in the election schedule can only be done by the Election Commission.

The Mizo National Front (MNF), meanwhile, demanded that Ashwani Kumar be removed from office for his "irresponsible behaviour".

MNF general secretary Lalruatkima made the demand in a letter to Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath.

"Kumar acted childishly and irresponsibly in a recent meeting with leaders of the political parties, church bodies and NGOs while discussing change of dates of polling and counting of ballots of the Mizoram polls," he said in his letter.

Polling to the 40-member state assembly would be held Dec 4 while counting of votes would be held Dec 8, along with four other states where assembly polls will be held during November and December.

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Manipur Nagaland) tour which kicked off on 9th October, 2013 covering different villages in Lakhipur Assembly Constituency of Cachar district, Assam, Tousem Sub-Division and Nungba Sub-Division of Tamenglong district concluded on 15th October, 2013.

A press note from the ZYF (AMN) informed that the ZYF Executive Meeting was held at Tousem HQ during the touring. Election of ZYF (AMN) Tousem Zone was also conducted on October 10 at Tousem Sub-Divisional HQ in which Pou Wangreilung, Pou Helilang Newme, Pou JK. Lungsanglungbe and Pou Idimtuing Newme were unanimously elected as Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and General Secretary for the ZYF Tousem Zone.

During the touring the ZYF (AMN) team comprising of about 40 members interacted with village elders, Members of Village Authority, Chairmen and Chiefs, youth leaders, student’s leaders of different villages particularly living along the stretch of National Highway No. 37. The ZYF

SHillONG, OctOber 18 (iANS): President Pranab Mukherjee will visit the Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures, among Asia's largest such museums, in this Meghalaya capital Monday. A sevenfloor museum encompasses the seven states of the northeast and Sikkim.

The cultures of the indigenous people of India's northeastern states, including Sikkim, are showcased in 17 galleries, with 56,000 square feet floor space and 15,154 square feet of display wall space.

"The president is visiting the museum, but I cannot make any comment as of now, as it is a purely a personal visit," Joseph Puthenpurackal, a Catholic priest and director of the museum, told IANS. However, official sources said that the president wanted to visit the museum after having learnt of the unique display of indigenous cultures. Several

SHillONG, OctOber 18 (iANS): Nearly 19,000 Bangladeshi infiltrators were detected in Meghalaya in less than six years, a police official said Friday.

According to the Meghalaya government figures, in the past five years until September 2013, 18,951 Bangladeshis were "detected" in the state. Of these, 978 were "prosecuted" and rest pushed back into Bangladesh.

This year alone, the police detected 3,163 illegal Bangladeshis in the state.

At least 126 were "prosecuted" and 3,037 were sent back. "The Indo-Bangladesh border is marked by a high degree of porosity and checking illegal crossborder activities has been a major challenge. The main problem is of illegal migration from Bangladesh

into India," a senior central home ministry official said.

The India-Bangladesh border passes through West Bengal (2,216.7 km), Assam (263 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Tripura (856 km) and Mizoram (318 km). The entire stretch consists of plains, riverine belts, hills and jungles, and the area is also heavily populated and is cultivated right up to the border, the report stated.

The Border Security Force (BSF) has over years apprehended a number of Bangladeshi infiltrators while attempting to cross into Meghalaya or trying to cross over to Bangladesh. Most of the arrested Bangladeshi infiltrators revealed they were working in the coal mining areas in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills district.

walk provides visitors a 360 degree view of Shillong, the Meghalaya capital city. "The museum rises in the Shillong's skyline like a flame with a message that if cultures are understood well, they can light up and brighten our efforts to build a peaceful, developed and progressive society," Puthenpurackal said.

He said the main door of the museum contains carvings that symbolise the rich traditions of the northeast.

"Over the door is a Khasi (a tribal group in Meghalaya) shield and a pair of Khasi swords representing the undaunted spirit of the tribal warriors.

The floor space is 56,000 square feet, and each room is built in hexagonal shape (shaped like a beehive) with the purpose of being able to use the maximum space. Besides, the hexagonal shape is best suited to an earthquake-prone area such as this," the museum's director explained.

sional HQ from NH. No. 37 is in deplorable condition, stated the press note. The state govt. failure to check the quality of work executed on this road is questionable and strongly condemned the govt. for neglecting the grievances and hardships of the people, it added.

On the 12th October, the ZYF (AMN) team inspected Tamenglong district boundary at Phaitol village, Kangramga village and Khedagor village. “At Khedagor village, the ZYF (AMN) team came across trees cut down in large scale within the jurisdiction of Tamenlong district by some persons belonging to non tribal community from Jiribam purportedly for rubber and teak plantation thereby the ZYF (AMN) team strongly protesting against the land encroachment and illegal intrusion within the territory of the district have burnt down the areas where trees were cut in large scale,” added the note. It said that the people living at the border and boundary of the Tamenglong

teraction about the state govt neglect, especially when it comes to land issues. The people declared to fully support the ZYF (AMN) to protect and keep intact the Tamenglong land and district boundary at any cost.

The ZYF (AMN) team also came to know about many unreported cases relating to hit and run case by goods carrier trucks plying along the NH No.37. Domestic animals such as cattle, dogs, goats, pigs, fouls were run over by the trucks are almost regularly features of the day, it stated adding that the people expressed strong dissatisfaction and deep concern over frequent accident case.

The ZYF (AMN) team came across indisciplined personnel of Territorial Army posted at Kaimai village army post. The ZYF (AMN) said that it will apprise the matter to the Govt. of India for taking up befitting action against the army personnels. It added that the ZYF would take up different forms of strong democratic agitation very soon.

President to visit indigenous Mizoram bikers to ride across Myanmar OctOber 18 (iANS): start from Zotlang, cross over the Tiau cultures' museum in Meghalaya SHillONG, The Aizawl Thunders, one of India's first River, known more famously as the Indodignitaries, including former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and union ministers have visited the museum in the past.

"I have travelled and been to museums in different parts of the world, but I have never visited such a detailed and spectacular collection of tribal art and culture.

I am truly impressed and I offer my compliments to all those who have worked to set up this museum," Congress President Sonia Gandhi had written in the museum's visitors' book.

Apart from showcasing the rich culture of the indigenous people of the northeastern states, the museum also has a gallery named "Our Neighbours" which aims at showcasing the cultures of the five neighbouring countries of India's northeastern states -- China, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

On the top floor of the museum, a 76-metre sky-

and oldest Bullet Club of bikers, will conduct an adventure ride Oct 21-26 during which participants will also head into Myanmar.

As hosts of the 5th edition of the North East Riders' Meet, the Aizwal Thunders will ride from Zotlang in Champhai, India's border district with Mynamar, to Tahan in the neighbouring country. More than 300 bikers are expected to turn up for the event.

"Astride a Bullet, the breeze flowing past one's face on one of the most beautiful but little known mountain paths of the world, could not be a better proposition for an adventurer," says Aizawl Thunders chief Lalrinchhana Tochhawng.

Popularly known as Rcho among his peers, Tochhawng said that the ride would

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The 16 Pfütsero A/C NPF, is deeply saddened at the demise of our elder leader W.C. Krome. Lt. W.C. Krome was a man who stood by his convictions in the face of many storms and sometimes of ridicule from those who misunderstood his commitment towards the Naga Unity, but never the less was a pillar of unquestionable integrity. He served the Naga Society in many capacities which can only be consigned to the annals of lore now-but never forgotten, In his death, the Naga People, least of all may be his dear ones Including the people of Pfütsero Area and the Chakhesang people, have lost a fatherly figure which will be very dearly felt, May the Almighty grant his soul eternal peace and bless his family with fortitude to bear his passing and also to carry his legacy to greater heights with wisdom.

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11 injured in bus accident

iMPHAl, OctOber 18 (NNN): At least 11 people, including one minor boy and six women were injured when two packed passenger buses collided in front of an oil pump at Sangaiprou along Imphal Tulihal Airport road during rush hour Friday. All the injured were taken to Regional Institute of Medical Sciences here.

However, many of them had left the hospital in the late afternoon after receiving first aid. Their injuries were stated to be minor. Police reports said the accident happened around 2 pm after a speeding ImphalThanga passenger bus hit a Churachandpur-Imphal passenger bus as it took a turn and resumed its journey after filling fuel at Sangaiprou Bharat Petroleum Oil Pump. All the 11 passengers injured in the mishap were travelling in the Imphal-Thanga service bus, the reports said. A regular FIR has been filed with Singjamei Police Station in connection with the incident.

Police firing in Assam; 1 killed

MOriGAON, OctOber 18 (Pti): A man was killed and two others were injured when police opened fire at a mob attacking a police outpost at Boribazar in Morigaon district, police said on Friday. The trouble started when police arrested six persons after supporters of the winning and losing teams of a local football match clashed with each other on Thursday. To control the mob, demanding release of the six arrested persons, police resorted to lathi charge followed by firing in which three persons were seriously injured. One of the injured identified as Mujibur Rahman (38) succumbed to his wounds on way to Morigaon Civil Hospital, police said. Protesting the incident and claiming Rahman as its member, CPI Morigaon unit called a 12-hour district bandh from 6 am on Friday evoking partial response.

MNF & MPC reach poll agreement

AizAwl, OctOber 18 (Pti): The Mizo National Front and the Mizoram People's Conference have agreed to forge an alliance for the December-4 state assembly polls in the state, MNF sources said today.

MNF has decided to contest 32 seats of the 40-member assembly, leaving eight seats for MPC, the sources said. Identification of seats for the two parties would be taken up later. Earlier, the breakaway group of the MPC, the People's Conference Party led

by Lalhmingthanga merged with the MNF. MNF is led by former Chief Minister Zoramthanga and MPC

by Lalhmangaiha Sailo, a retired Indian Revenue Service officer and son of former Chief Minister Brig Thenphunga Sailo.

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iMPHAl, OctOber 18 (NNN): A powerful Improvised Explosive Device exploded at Majorkhul in the heart of Imphal city early Friday, but did not cause any human casualty. Police said the IED blast occurred around 4 am at a busy narrow lane connecting MG Avenue and Majorkhul, located about 100 mt from the Imphal City Police Station. No one was injured in the blast, but windowpanes of two shops were shattered by the impact of the explosion. Police officials including bomb experts as well as forensic experts hurried to the site and made verification shortly after the explosion.

The Village Council Chairman Kangtsung and all the village members would like to express sincere gratitude to Dr. Aswani Kumar, His Excellency, The Governor of Nagaland for his great concern and extending Financial assistance to build the road which was damaged due to landslide during the monsoon. In a joint press release issued

by Shri I Nungkum Pongener, Chairman, Village Council Kangtsung and Shri Chuba Longkumer GB stated that this financial assistance is being utilized for building the damaged road-Main Road, which connects the village.

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Mynamar border trade outpost and on to their destination into Myanmar.

"It's a chance for many of us to see our neighbour and extend a hand of friendship," Tochhawng said on phone from Aizwal, the state capital of Mizoram.

The Aizawl Thunders are leaving no stone unturned to make this meet memorable for their fellow-riders. They have almost completed their project to build a real life traditional Mizo village for the bikers in Zotlang, which is a scenic spot on the outskirts of Champhai.

Participants will be put up in the traditional bamboo huts with true Mizo cuisine and cultural atmosphere.

"We want to make it the most memorable of the meet and want to give our friends our best" said Rcho.

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Abducted Arunachal ZYF (AMN) informs on tour of villages OctOber 18 (MexN): team found Kaiphundai-Tousem road district expressed and conveyed their youth rescued in Assam iMPHAl, The Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam which connects Tousem Sub-Divi- grievances to ZYF (AMN) during in-

itANAGAr, OctOber 18 (AGeNcieS): A youth from Arunachal Pradesh who was kidnapped by a group of miscreants in Assam on Monday evening was rescued

by Naharlagun Police on Wednesday. Police arrested four kidnappers, who had demanded a Rs 10-lakh ransom for his release.

The youth worked as a driver and the vehicle he drove, a Tata Sumo, was recovered from Bangalmara in Assam's Lakhimpur district.

Naharlagun sub-divisional police officer J Basar said on Thursday that on receipt of an FIR about the kidnapping of Nor Tapik from Harmuti, a team of plainclothes policemen, led by Basar and assisted by Laluk PS OC N C Biswas, had launched a coordinated operation. The kidnappers in the ransom call had asked the owner the Tata Sumo, Koj Laji, to take a particular road to Bangalmara Miri Gaon under Laluk PS in Assam where the hostage was kept.

The police team reached the area and maintained a strict surveillance for many hours. They became suspicious about the movement of two youths, Dipjyoti Morang and Tapan Morang. An attempt to overpower them led to a scuffle followed by a long chase in pitch darkness, leading to their arrest.

During interrogation, the duo disclosed that the hostage was in the Nepali Basti area under the care of two of their accomplices.

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Micromax ropes in Hugh Jackman as brand ambassador ‘Company is the first Indian mobile operator to have roped in a Hollywood star as its brand ambassador’ New Delhi, OctOber 18 (Pti): In a casting coup of sorts, Indian mobile phone maker Micromax has roped in Hollywood star Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador with any eye of overseas markets.

Micromax is the first Indian mobile operator to have roped in a Hollywood star as its brand ambassador.

“As we look to expand our footprint across the globe in various international markets, the association with the Hugh

Jackman is an ideal partnership for us to connect with audiences,” Micromax’s Chief Marketing Officer Shubhodip Pal said in a statement. “I am a huge lover of India as it is one of the most exciting countries in the world and we also share our love for cricket. Phones are genuinely time saving devices that can help you live a better life while juggling around with different situations,” the X-Men movie series star said.

Micromax is next to Samsung in terms of handset sales in India as per second quarter mobile phone shipment figures of 2013 released by market research and analyst firm

Airtel acquires Qualcomm founded 4G company

New Delhi, OctOber 18 (Pti): Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Friday announced it has acquired 100 per cent stake in Wireless Business Services (WBSPL), a company founded by US chipmaker Qualcomm. The company had acquired a 49 per cent stake in WBSPL in May 2012 for USD 165 million.

At that price, the additional stake purchase would have cost Airtel an estimated USD 165 million, or Rs 1,008.1 crore at today’s exchange rate.

However, the company did not disclose the financial details of the deal. In a statement, Airtel said that it has “completed the acquisition of 100 per cent equity shares of Wireless Business Services Private Limited, which holds BWA Spectrum in the Indian telecom circles of Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana and Kerala”.

Airtel acquired a majority stake in WBSPL in July by increasing its stake to 51 per cent from 49 per cent. WBSPL has spectrum that can be used for highspeed 4G services in New Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. Airtel has the similar spectrum in Punjab, Maharashtra, Kolkata and Karnataka.

IDC. The Hollywood actor will be seen endorsing the Canvas series of smartphones for Micromax. The association would

start with the new Micromax smartphone - Canvas Turbo, to be launched soon in the Indian market, Micromax said.

India probe into Wal-Mart investment moves to RBI

New Delhi, OctOber 18 (reuters): An investigation by the government into whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) violated local investment rules in 2010 has been referred to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), officials familiar with the matter said. Last year, the RBI asked the enforcement directorate of the finance ministry to look into whether the world’s largest retailer broke foreign exchange rules when it invested $100 million in an Indian consultancy that also runs supermarkets, sources told Reuters last year.

Wal-Mart, which recently broke up its joint venture in India and said it will independently own and operate its business in the country, has said it has complied with Indian regulations.

The investment was made before the government opened the supermar-

ket sector to foreign companies. Officials said the enforcement directorate has passed along its findings to the central bank.

“The ED (enforcement directorate) has investigated the Wal-Mart case and has forwarded its report to the RBI for a decision by the RBI in the matter,” said an enforcement directorate official who is not authorised to speak to the media and declined to be identified. Another official said: “They have completed their investigation and sent the RBI papers, and now the RBI will do its own examination on whether Wal-Mart violated foreign exchange rules.”

A Wal-Mart spokeswoman said the enforcement directorate has not yet released its findings, and “so we have not seen the result of its review and cannot comment.”

Maruti Suzuki stops producing cars for Nissan

MuMbai, OctOber 18 (ageNcies): Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, has stopped supplying its Europebound A-star model to Nissan owing to lack of sufficient orders from the latter. The BSElisted company, which is 56% controlled by Suzuki Motor Corporation, ended the seven year manufacturing and supply contract with Nissan a few weeks back, sources said.

Maruti Suzuki manufactured the Nissan-badged Pixo, which was a restyled A-star, a five-door, five-seater compact hatchback, also on sale in India.

The Pixo was the entry level car (cheapest) under the Nissan badge sold in Europe. A Maruti

Suzuki spokesperson declined to comment to a questionnaire stating, “no comments on product plans”. A mail sent to Nissan India went unanswered.

In a supply agreement signed in 2006-07 Suzuki agreed to sell the A-star to Nissan rebadged as Pixo for exports to European countries.

The order was a one time order for supply of 30,000 units of the A-stars. Owing to increased demand for the Pixo fueled by the scrappage incentive schemes introduced by several European countries, Nissan hiked the order to 50,000 units of the compact hatchback.

Suzuki also sold the A-star in Europe (known as Alto in

those markets) at a cheaper price tag than the Pixo with less features. Nissan at the same time was phasing out the Micra hatchback and replacing with a new model. The Pixo ensured Nissan’s presence in the mini car segment. However, after a gradual withdrawal of the scrappage incentive scheme, continued subdued market conditions and a vehicle recall ordered by Suzuki to rectify a technical problem, Nissan orders for the Pixo dropped to just 10,000 units last year.

While Nissan prepared to launch the all-new Micra in Europe simultaneously it began work on a Pixo replacement with development work going

on in China and India. However, Nissan altered its India strategy and chose to introduce the Datsun brand (in the low-cost segment) instead of launching anything below the Micra under its own brand. Though such a manufacturing contract for car models between rival companies may be new in India but both Nissan and Suzuki have had such contracts in the past in Japan.

Further, the existing A-star in India will make way for a new A-star which is expected to launched in the coming period.

The A-star completes six years in the year having first showcased at the 2008 Delhi Auto Expo.

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hile condemning the write up of O. Mocalled both R. Yanthan and Y. Wopan Lotha to zamo Ngullie Tatar/PRO/Ministry of prove the majority. R. Yanthan party and ExHome Affairs GPRN (IM) that appeared ecutive Members attended the meeting and in the Morung Express – Public Discourse under paraded 26 Executive Members out of 48 the caption ‘NSCN (IM) Directives On Doyang’ Executive Members before the designated dated 10th October 2013, we the following V.K committee. Whereas, Y. Wopan Lotha party Area Public Organizations would like to clarify the abstained, the reason is best known to them. following points in brief as follows:However, setting aside the committee’s report 1. That R.Yanthan and Kakuto Assumi Hd. GB are of 17/07/2013, the higher authority had apnot acting on their own as party leader and pointed Y. Wopan Lotha without any condition convener LOU, DHEP Executive Members of and time limit, whereas the present tenure of the 17 affected village landowners of both 5 year term is going to expire on 22/11/2013.

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3. That under what extra judicial powers has been 2. That, in this connection after the impeachempowered by the higher authority to disment of the then president Y. Odyuo while band the NGO’s set up, bar the news media not the Majority Executive Members were conto entertain/publish the articles send by the ducting election of a new office bearers as bonafide citizen pertaining to LOU, DHEP issue per Deputy Commissioner, Wokha DC’s oris totally against/violation of Human Rights. der on 19/09/2011 at Doyang Project, the 4. That, His Excellency is prayed to intervene and then Secretary Ministry of Chaplee Affairs revoke the order issued by M. Daniel Lotha and had sabotaged the election process with high O. Mozamo Ngullie in the interest of justice so handed authority and appointed Y. Wopan as to enable/maintain peace and tranquility Lotha as president manipulating the names among all section of the people. Failing which of the Executive Members in the original list we the Sema affected village Landowners shall of 2008 thus the problem started. Therefore not accept/co-operate and dissociate from the not to confront /damage of our GPRN Govt.

LOU, DHEP and form a new union. we made several appeal/representations addressed to Kilo Kilonser, Copies to all conSd/cern for redressal of justice. After a prolong (1) Litoi Assumi, Chairman, persuasions the Ministry of Kilo Affairs had V.K Area GBs Association. constituted a ‘Fact Finding Committee’ (2) Totimi, President, V.K Sumi Totoni Hoho. headed by Secretary Kilo Affairs to prove (3) Inaka Assumi,President, the majority between the two disputed presV.K Students’ Union. ident-ship. Accordingly on 17/07/2013 the (4) Kakuto Assumi, President, committee stationed at Doyang Project and Litta Old & New, Joint Council

Whose Royalty is it?

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he meaning and understanding of ‘Royalty’ is generally misunderstood in Nagaland. What it really means seems to be known to very few. General public and the government normally think that royalty belongs to the government or to someone other than land or resource owner who is authorized but this is not correct. Royalty on land and resources belongs to none other than owners of the resources and copyright royalty vested on Authors. To substantiate what I am saying let us elaborate what royalty is. The Word ‘Royalty’ comes from the word ‘Royal’.

In all Monarchic Governments or Princely States, it is the King or Queen, the Royal, owns everything: land, resources etc and whoever performs revenue earning activities on land and resources under his or her kingdom pays a portion of interest called Royalty to the King or Queen. Thus ‘Royalty’ is defined as a “payment to an owner for the use of his/her property or copyrighted works or natural resources.” Royalty payment is designed to compensate the owner for use of asset and is legally binding as well.

Dictionary defines royalty as, “a compensation or portion of the proceeds paid to the owner of a right, as a patent or oil or mineral right, for the use of it; an agreed portion of the income from a work paid to its author, composer, owner etc., usually a percentage of the retail price of each copy sold; a royal right, as over minerals, granted by a sovereign (in the case of Nagaland, the land owners) to a person or corporation; the payment made for such a right.” By this universal understanding and explanation, whose royalty is the 33.86 Crore rupees that ONGC had paid? This entire amount belongs to the land owners of Champang and not to the State Government.

Much had been talked about on the royalty paid by ONGC to Nagaland Government. Out of this amount only a meager 2% of it had been paid to the Champang Oil Land Owners by the State Government as if the royalty amount belonged to it. The land owners ignorantly or innocently had bargained for at least 5% if not 20% of the total royalty money but were finally settled for 2 % equivalent to Rs. 76 lakhs only while the rest

amount of 33.10 Crore rupees or so was taken by the State Government and as usual it disappeared into thin air. However, whether properly utilized or siphoned, the amount does not belong to the State Government but belongs to the Champang Oil owners in this case and hence the remaining full amount must be returned to its rightful owners immediately.

Nagaland Government is customarily not the land owner and hence only the legal guardian unlike in other States where both legal guardianship and ownership of land and resources is the government and therefore all royalties on land and resources, unless the State government had earlier purchased, belongs to the land owners and no one else. What belongs to the State government is only by way of taxes, fees and other charges for logistic support or services provided by the Government. Having said thus this information is not a mere personal opinion but logically reasoned and legally advised interpretation. Therefore it must be understood for all future references in regard to resources in Nagaland.

Jonas Yanthan

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

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Saturday 19 October 2013

Proposed boundary demarcation under fire

Dimapur, october 18 (mexN): The proposed border demarcation issue of Dimapur-PerenKohima is heating up each day at a time with various stakeholders from the said region writing in to the Government of Nagaland with their grievances.

In a memorandum to the Chief Secretary of Nagaland, the Zeliangrong Baudi (Nagaland) today raised strong objection, once again, to the R. Ezung Committee Report, and the Government Home Department’s subsequent notification on September 20, 2013. ZB (N) noted in a press release today that the resultant boundary (between Peren and Dimapur) was made “without the consent of the Land owners and without touching the traditional boundary of Zeliangrong people.”

The press release, issued by the President and General Secretary of the ZB (N) suggested that the “Ze-

liangrong people have borders with the Angami and Assam people and there was no one in between since time immemorial.” Thus, the Government “cannot draw an imaginary boundary without original and traditional boundaries of the Land owners villages and without the indigenous names of river, mountain etc for the sake of administrative convenience.”

The ZB (N) has decided, consequently, to stand by the traditional boundary demarcation with the “Angamis and Assam (Temaki Dhansiri)” that runs as the boundary between Peren district and Dimapur, and demanded that “all village recognised or unrecognised forcefully encroached area must fall under the traditional boundary of Peren District.” To this end, the Zeliangrong people, the press release notified, will stand by the decision of the Naga Hoho and other

Tribal Hohos.

While the ZB (N) has reaffirmed its support to its earlier memorandums submitted to the State Government in 2000 and 2003 and in September 2013 by Lamhai Village and Old Jalukie Village, other bodies have raised objections to the same. The President and Secretary of Aqahuto Area GB’s Union, for instance, have stated in a rejoinder that these are “aggressive assertions” aimed at creating “animosity or chaos” in Naga society.

Zeroing in on a thorn, the rejoinder states that “the Sumis of Western area are not recent settlers and it is reminded that none of the Western Sumi villages had ever obtained permission from any other Naga tribe to establish our villages.” The Union bases its statement on “the strength of the pattas issued by the East India Company.”

Meanwhile, in a representation

to the Home Commissioner to the Government of Nagaland on the same issue by representatives of Zutovi Village and Shikuto Village, “sincere action” from the Government to find a solution to the “long standing problem particularly boundary dispute between Dhansripar subdivision of Dimapur district and Jalukie Sub-division, Peren/Kohima,” has been requested.

According to these villages, the demarcation process was carried out after joint meetings with the Western Sumi Hoho and the Zeliangrong Baudi along with affected villages in March 2001. “However, having gone through the demarcation report it was found that, chunk of the agricultural land belonging to ZUTOVI village and SHIKUTO Village have been incorporated under KHM/PEREN district in the proposed KMA/PEREN-DMP inter-District demarcation as noti-

fied in the local dallies and as such in the event the present demarcation report of the committee is acknowledge by the government the ground position of the ZUTOVI village and SHIKUTO Village is such that, half of the land and jurisdiction of the ZUTOVI village and SHIKUTO Village will fall under Dimapur district while the other half of the agricultural land which extends up to ‘Nissan Pahar’ will fall under KHM/PEREN district.”

Despite this, following an internal meeting, the villages have decided to “uphold and adhere to” the proposed demarcation and has asked the government to implement the inter-district boundary notification “in toto.”

Though the opinions are varied in nature, all suggest that the State Government must pay attention to the Dimapur-Peren-Kohima border demarcation issue.

11 pastors graduate from MBMMTC AG office on GPF and grievance redressal

Dimapur, october view list of settled GPF final Office website. Any person 18 (mexN): All retired payment cases.” having grievance with any state government officials The note also informed entitlement function (GPF are informed that GPF final all serving State govern- and Pension) discharged payment cases settled upto ment officials that a special by the Accountants General the month of September drive for missing credit ad- can record his/her griev2013 have been uploaded justment has been initiated ances online. Along with text on the Accountant Gener- in the Office w.e.f. Septem- of the grievance, relevant al (AG) Nagaland website. ber 2013. Therefore, com- documents can also be upA press release issued by plaint if any of non-adjust- loaded. Acknowledgments Accounts Officer, IT Cell/ ment of missing items may would be provided both via PF Branch Akum Chuba be submitted indicating Re- SMS and e-mail, along with informed that pensioners ciept number and Account status updates via SMS. may log on to the office Number for immediate re- They can also write to the web-site at www.agnaga- dressal and action.

Deputy Accountant General land.gov.in, click at FacilitaAlso, an Online Griev- (A&E) Kahoto J Yepthomi or Graduates with Rev. Moses Murry, General Supt. AGEI and teaching staff of MBMMTC. tion and GPF Facilitation or ance Redressal System is e-mail at kahoto_j@yahoo. directly click on the Sticky functioning in the AG Office co.in or agaenagaland@cag.

Dimapur, october by Rev. Thebemo Yanthan the account of Joshua.

Note written “Click here to and can be viewed on the gov.in.

18 (mexN): The 16th grad- informed that on the ocEarlier, the programme uation ceremony of Assem- casion, the main speaker was chaired by Rev. Theblies of God of East India’s Rev. T Phesao exhorted the bemo Yanthan, Secretary, (AGEI) Mark Buntain Me- congregation based on the NDC, AGEI and Athone gave morial Mission Training theme: “Occupy till I come.” the welcome address. The Centre (MBMMTC), Dima- He urged the graduates to special awards and certifipur was held on October serve the Lord at all times cates were given away by 16, 2013 at Diezephe AG without running away from Rev. Moses Murry, General Church. All together 11 the call of God, adding “the Superintendent, AGEI and pastors from Manipur state Lord never abandons his special songs were preof AG Church successfully people but always is with sented by the graduates completed two months them.” He also stated that and Bethel A.G. school hosBible training programme the key to success in the tellers. The programme provided by the Centre. ministry is to be strong and concluded with a prayer by A press release issued courageous as seen from Pastor Pusoruh Lohe.

GPS Kangtsung, one day exposure trip to Assam, sponsored by Kangtsung Village Council.

Kheti Mela attracts huge numbers of visitors

Dimapur, october 18 (Dipr): The ongoing Kheti Mela at SASARD Medziphema campus is attracting farmers and visitors from all corners. About 400 participants have registered in the event, of which 200 are farmers and the remaining are government departments, officials, self help groups and organisations.

The main attraction for the locals and visitors are the exhibition stalls set up across the campus exhibiting Agri products, packaged pickles, handicrafts, Agri clinic, homemade products, food stalls etc. All together there are around 18 exhibitions stalls showcasing their products and achievements. KVKS, NHM, NBDA, NRCM, SARS, ATMA, ICARS, Bio-resource, innovators, entrepreneurs, Horticulture, Veterinary, CIH, KCC, ICCOA etc are participating at the event.

The Veterinary Department, Government of Nagaland had set up various stalls on dairy (DIMUL), healthcare and fodders .The department has also set up a clinic (animals and poultry) for any type of operation and consultation in the campus. The department is also distributing free medicine, vaccine, mineral mixture to the farmers and to all the visitors. The department has not only set up an OPD, but also any one can drop by for consultation on livestock management and indigenous animals.

The other highlights of day 2 programme included visit to ICAR, CHI, BIO Control lab, Bio fertilizer lab. The daylong event included interactive session of farmers with subject experts. The topics of the technical session were “Sustainable Crop Production”, “Livestock - a sustainable livelihood” and “Agricultural schemes for Empowering farmers”. The main objective of the technical session is to ensure direct interaction between the farmers and the experts.

Kire assures to redress grievances

Kohima, october 18 (mexN): Parliamentary Secretary for Justice & Law, Land Revenue, Labour and Employment Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire undertook the second phase of “Familiarisation tour” of Nagaland on October 14 and 15. A press release issued

by Nicky Kire’s press secretary informed that the tour primarily aimed at acquiring first hand information of the existing conditions and functioning of the departments under his care; identify problems being faced; explore ways and means to find solutions; enhance performance and deliver meaningful service to the public at large.

The common problems and necessities discovered in the offices were lack of basic amenities, like tables, chairs, almirahs etc; lack of adequate number of rooms housing the district offices and make shift arrangements of renting private houses for district offices. The tour also re-

alized the need of at least one computer for maintenance of office records and keeping pace with rapid computerization of present day offices.

Massive shortage of employees to man the District offices was also found.

In one instance, the office of the Assistant Labour Commissioner Peren had only one regular employee, i.e Assistance Labour Commissioner. He is supposed to be aided by five contingency staff, but “unfortunately” due to nonpayment of fixed salaries and non-extension of their services since April 2013, the officer heading the District office “is compelled to perform the job of a peon, typist and any other task required, virtually becoming a one man mobile office”. The same conditions exist in the office of Employment, the release added.

According to the note, Nicky Kire assured the staff of his commitment to

redress their grievances.

However, he guaranteed no time frame as “the redressal of these problems will be done as per the merits, availability of resources and existing government policies”. He also requested the staff to sincerely carry out their duties and obligations of a government servant, just as they enjoy the perks and privileges of being a government servant. He appealed the staff and the public to inculcate ownership of government/ public properties and preserve and protect the said properties for the welfare of their communities and individual selves. He called for introspection of “our work culture” to bring about positive changes to our state.

He also asked the staff to inform and encourage the unemployed youth to participate and avail benefits from the upcoming job mela. With the saturation of Government Service, he said, “We have to look for

CondolenCe Messages of late Wezulhi KroMe

Dr. S.C. Jamir Condoles: Dr. S.C. Jamir, Governor of Odisha has mourned the passing away of late Wezulhi Krome, Ex-MLA on October 15, 2013. Jamir in a condolence note acknowledged that Late Wezulhi Krome was one of the very few stalwarts of the Naga Political movement. “He was really a committed and dedicated Naga Leader who served both in underground and overground in different capacities and contributed immensely towards the well being of the Naga people. He was a person who was restless to do something for the people in any capacity. He had lived a full life and at last after ripe age he had departed from this world of eternity,” he stated. He also said that in his death, the people of Nagaland have lost a great fighter and an icon of Naga elder.

Isak Chishi Swu condoles: In a separate note, Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman of National Socialist Council of Nagalim stated that the news reached his office today and expressed, “We were saddened beyond words. He was a man whom we trusted indeed till his last breath.

Our nation will always remember him for his contribution to the sacred cause”. The Chairman of NSCN

his entire adult life as a social worker working for the benefit of our community. His dedication, conviction and commitment while he was the President of TPO was acknowledged by all and he was held in high esteem by all who Venuh Condoles: Neipfupe (Ape) knew him. He was indeed a pillar Venuh, Kilonser, Care taker, CAO, that has supported our communiUT-I also expressed deep sorrow ty for many decades”, APO stated. and grief at the sudden demise of Late Wezulhi Krome stating that his Rengma Hoho Condoles: contribution towards the society in Sawathang Kez Seb, President the field of social as well as political Rengma Hoho in a note stated the is highly acknowledged. “Late We- RengmaHoho mourns the sudden zulhi Krome demise is a great loss death of Late W.C. Krome, Former for the Chakhesang Community in TPO President. “His death is a great particular and the Nagas in general. loss to the Nagas particularly TeThe void created by Late Wezulhi nyimi people. We are saddened to Krome couldn’t be filled up. I further learn about his death and express convey condolence to the bereaved our heartfelt condolence to the befamily members and pray that the reaved family. May his soul rest in Almighty give eternal peace to the peace,” RH stated. departed soul,” he stated in a note.

TWO condoles: The Tenyimi APO condoles: Keneingunyu Sek- Women Organisation (TWO) in a hose, President, Angami Public Or- note issued by Beinuo Besü, Presiganisation (APO) also expressed dent TWO, stated that Krome lead that the APO is saddened to hear the Tenyimi Peoples in various of the demise. “As we gather to ways. “We give thanks to the Lord pay tribute to our friend and men- for the manifold blessings showtor, let us reflect and celebrate his ered on us through your life Apuo. rich life and recognise his achieve- Your passing away from our midst ments that have made us all proud has left a great vacuum which can as Nagas. Late W.C. Krome spent never be replaced. We convey our extended condolence to the bereaved family, closed kin and loved ones’ and said, “May our good Lord bless with comfort and peace. It is my sincere belief that we all shall meet him again in paradise”.

other fields of employment, entrepreneurship and other newly evolved professions and find opportunities on the net.”

The tour commenced with a visit to the customary court at Medziphema and Jalukie, followed by a brief meeting with the local MLA and Minister TR Zeliang. He also had wide range of discussions with the Deputy Commissioner, Peren and other administrative officials, especially on the proposed shift of District Headquarters from Peren to New Peren. Furthermore, Dr. Nicky visited two construction sites in New Peren and Chumukedima. Later, he visited the Court of Magistrate, Peren and District Offices of Labour, Employment and Land Records, and had discussions with the Departments at their respective offices, besides meeting local NGOs and party workers.

The note said that other district offices will be covered in the later phases of the tour in the near future.

deepest sympathies and condo- NWSWF Condoles: Rev. Dr. A.G. Kalences to the bereaved family and mei, Chairperson Naga Women Soul Winners’ Fellowship (NWSWF) in all the loved ones,” the note said. a note stated, “We Nagas as a whole CCRC Condoles: The Council of have lost a great leader and fatherly Chakhesang Christian Revival figure of Naga leader. It will take a Churches Centre (CCCRC) Chetheba long time to fill the void he left behind.

Phek also expressed profound grief Family members lost much more as and mourned the sudden demise. In he has been a great father. At such a a note, Ngoswyi Lohe, Chairman and time of bereavement and sorrow, May Rev. VevozoKhamo Executive Secre- the presence and comfort of the Holy tary CCCRC conveyed deepest con- Spirit be with all family members, dolence to the bereaved family and near and dear ones”. the Prayer Centre has prayed and mourned the almighty God bestow NCSU Condoles: The Nagaland eternal peace to the departed soul, Contractors’ & Suppliers’ Union and grand peace and solace to his (NCSU) head office Kohima also children to withstand at this hour of conveyed heartfelt condolences to grief and sorrow. the bereaved family members and KCF Condoles: The Kuzhathede pray to Almighty God to grant solace Collegiate Fellowship (KCF) also and to departed soul to rest in peace. conveyed deepest condolence to KWS Condoles: The Khezhakeno the bereaved family members and Welfare Society (KWS) Kohima in a prayed for eternal peace to the de- note stated, “We are shock and our parted soul. words are insufficient to express Kuzhalhu Zawe Condoles: The Ku- the loss we feel inside. And in his zhalhu Zawe felt that the vacuum death, we are only reminded of a created by the unexpected death vivid memory of his immense conshall never be regained. Kdoutsolhi tribution made during his life time, Wetsah, General Secretary Kuzhalhu leaving a great vacuum to be filled Zawe in a note stated, “We convey for a long time to come.” KWS Koour deepest condolence to the be- hima expressed deepest sorrow to reaved family members and pray for all the family members at this hour eternal peace to the departed soul”. of sadness.

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MEx FILE SCD emergency meet today Dimapur, october 18 (mexN): An emergency meeting of Sumi Council Dimapur (SCD) will be held on October 19, 2013 at the residence of its Chairman, Kuhoi Zhimo at Haralu Colony at 3:00 p.m. All executive body members and office bearers are requested to attend the meeting without fail. This was informed in a press note issued by Kuhoi Zhimo, Chairman SCD.

APO calls meeting

Kohima, october 18 (mexN): A meeting of the Angami Public Organization (APO), its constituent units, frontal organizations, former officials, Angami legislators, political party leaders and concerned Angami leaders has been convened on October 21, 2013 (Monday) at APO Building, conference hall from 11:00 am. A press release issued by APO general secretary informed that the meeting has been called to deliberate on prevalent issues and for the interest of the Angami public. Therefore, all concerned have been requested to attend it positively.

Social work at Common Cemetery Kohima

Kohima, october 18 (mexN): St. Francis De Sales parish Kohima Town coordinates social work at Kohima Common Cemetry on cottoned 26, 2013. A press note issued by Rev. Fr.Yanpvuthung Philip, Associate Priest SFS Church Kohima Town has invited family members of all those who are laid to rest at Common Cemetery for the social work and also Holy Eucharistic celebration (devotional Service) on November 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm. The note mentioned that this social work at the cemetery is a preparation to pray for the souls of the departed ones on November 2, 2013. It also stated that the feast “All Soul’s Day” was established in 998 AD by St. Odilo, and is a day to remember and have pray for our departed family members.

Christians extends great charity by praying also for those who have no one to pray for and that God grant them a suitable place to rest in peace. Come, let us gather together and lovingly entrust the departed souls into the merciful hands of our eternal God. It was also informed that Bus service will be available by 9:00 am at Keziekie bus stand, Kohima.

8th SBCC Youth Brigade

Dimapur, october 18 (mexN): The 8th session of Secheku Baptist Church Council (SBCC) Youth Brigade is scheduled to be held from January 9 to 12, 2014 at Ketrire, Thetsumi with the theme “Victorious life in Christ”. A press note issued by Veluzo Domeh, Chairman, Y/B SBCC stated that the main speakers of the brigade are Rev.Dr. V.K Nuh, founding member and general secretary fellowship of Naga Baptist Association, Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo, senior pastor Koinonia Baptist Church Kohima and principal Kohima Bible College, with Chotisuh Sazo, speaker NLA as a special guest.

The other highlights of the programme include competition in theme song, solo, quartet, choir with instrument, western Tune, duet with Tati, choir with instrument, indigenous skit, worship dance, tug of war, volleyball both men and women and march pass. Therefore, all the bondafide members of Secheku Area are requested to pray, prepare, participate and blessed n the said brigade.

DC informs on DHDR seminar

moKoKchuNg, october 18 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Murohu Chotso has informed that a seminar on District Human Development Reports (DHDR) is scheduled on October 21, 2013 from 11:00 am at DC’s Conference Hall. In this regard, all the members as circulated by Deputy Commissioner are asked to attend the seminar without fail.

DC Kohima directs taxi owners

Kohima, october 18 (Dipr): The Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, W. Honje Konyak has directed all the local taxi owners in Kohima District to report for physical verification along with vehicles, driver and all relevant documents on October 21, 2013 at Indira Gandhi Stadium from 10:00 hours to 16:00 hours. Failing to comply with the directive will be liable for cancellation of permit.

NU notifies

Dimapur, october 18 (mexN): The walk-in-interview scheduled to be held on October 18, 2013 at Nagaland University, Lumami for the post of Assistant Professor in Chemistry as advertised by Nagaland University on September 20, and a corrigendum issued on September 26, 2013 shall be held at the office chamber of the Pro-Vice Chancellor, SASRD Medziphema. All other contents of the advertisement shall, however remain unchanged. This was stated in a press note issued by T.Lanusosang, Registrar

Zeliangrong Baudi (AMN) informs

Dimapur, october 18 (mexN): The Election Commission Office of Zeliangrong Baudi Assam , Manipur & Nagaland has informed to all the State Units, Zone/Zonal, all Zeliangrong Students’ Union (AMN), Zeliangrong Mipui Baudi and Subordinate body that the election to different post of Central Executive Council shall be conducted at Samjiuram Village Council Hall Jalukie, on the following Time & Date. The filing of nomination on October 23 & 24, 2013, withdrawal on October 25 from 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Scrutiny on October 25 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am, polling on October 25a t12:00 noon. Consequently, all the Electoral College are directed to reach the said village on October 24, 2013 in order to conduct the program successfully. This was stated in a press note issued by T.Mirhu, Chairman Election Commission.

TUJ condoles

Dimapur, october 18 (mexN): The Tenyimi Union Jalukie (TUJ) has expressed its condolence on the demise of late W.C. Krome who was the founding member and first President of Tenyimi Central Union. Suloni Semy, vicepresident, TUJ in a note stated that in his death, Nagas in general and Chakhesang Community have lost a good leader. The Union further wishes that the almighty would grant solace and comfort to the bereaved family.

Tseminyu SDPDB meeting held

tsemiNyu, october 18 (Dipr): The Tseminyu Sub-Division Planning & Development Board (SDPDB) meeting for the month of October was held on October 10 at the ADC’s conference hall. Vice Chairman SDPDB, Wonchio Odyuo chaired the meeting. The house reviewed the last meeting minutes. The Deputy Ranger of Forest Range Office, Tseminyu presented the departmental profile and the TFC 2013-14 schemes were reviewed where the house felt the scheme undertaken were of need based, however, much is needed to be done pertaining to forest used and its impact upon environment. The SDAO informed the house about the storm/heavy rainfall which destroyed paddy fields in some areas of the sub-division and appealed the house to extend help to the farmer community. The Vice Chairman assured to look into the matter under natural calamity. The Vice Chairman SDPDB & ADC Tseminyu also informed the members about his transfer to a new assignment and thanked the members for their cooperation extended to him during his tenure and further encouraged them to continue with the same spirit and zeal. He also requested the members to educate the people on various governmental schemes and to be sincere in their assignments.

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‘No Corporal Punishment’; how to discipline?

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nother big dilemma bogs the mind of concerned teachers, and this time it is about maintaining discipline among the students in the educational institutions in the light of ban on ‘corporal punishment’ in the schools as laid down in the Right To Education Act 2009, which is being implemented in the state.

According to RTE, "No child shall be subjected to physical punishment or mental harassment... whoever contravenes this, shall be liable to disciplinary action under service rules applicable to such person." And so, most Naga teachers are apparently finding it quite difficult to control ‘difficult’ or ‘naughty’ students inside the classroom and the school campus.

Consequent upon the September 23, 2013 story on education titled ‘A Dilemma for teachers?’ that appeared in The Morung Express, more teachers came forward and shared about maintaining discipline in the wake of the ‘no corporal punishments’ law under the RTE. (They shared their views more openly emboldened by media confidentiality).

A lady teacher in one of the most reputed schools in Mokokchung town shared thus: “We grew up at a time when the stick was the most important means to maintain discipline in the classrooms. Of course times are changing,

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but there are naughty students in every institutions who have to be disciplined though use of some punishment.”

She added that these days the children are quite smart and intelligent, and they know that they won’t be punished by the teacher even if they create a nuisance in the schools; therefore leaving the teachers ‘helpless’ and unable to do anything even if the students go out of hand.

“Now, under this Right to Education Act, the teachers are virtually put under the control of the students. We can’t detain them even if they don’t study; we can’t punishment even if they act like monkeys inside the classrooms,’ said another teacher.

However, a graduate teacher in the outskirt teaching in a remote town who was on Puja holidays, simply confessed that he still uses the ‘stick’ to maintain discipline in the classrooms. “There is no way we can control the students. Even if we tell them a thousand times, they don’t listen. Using sticks is the easiest means to maintain order in the classroom.”

But the difference between serving in the main town and remote areas is, according to the teachers, while in towns, the parents complain if their wards are punished; but in the remote areas, using sticks is quite natural.

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n today’s world of technological advancement and applied sciences, does Philosophy really matter? This is a question I often encounter within the academia as there is now an emphasis on allied courses bent towards vocational and professional orientation jobs.

My own quest towards this continues, eventually leading to an emphatic conviction of the relevance of Philosophy in present times.

Philosophy comes from the Greek words philo and sophia, which means love of wisdom. Wisdom is the active use of intelligence, not something passive that a person simply possesses. Philosophy is the outcome of wonder, curiosity, and the desire to know and understand, as such rightly defined as a form of inquiry. It involves a process of analysis, criticism, interpretation, and speculation. Initially magic, superstition, religion, tradition, or authority played the roles in answering questions about subjects such as the nature of the world and of reality. But eventually they were considered unreliable by Greek philosophers and instead sought answers by critical thinking and by studying nature.

What they began then has undoubtly revolutionized the world of knowledge. What we pursue today in the field of academics as (to name a few) education, history, political science, economics, physics, mathematics, psychology, sociology, linguistics etc., all came under the broad umbrella of Philosophy.

It is Philosophy that has given birth to several major fields of scientific study. So philosophy seems to be the basis of all academic pursuits.

To support the above, facts on physics, psychology, sociology, linguistics and mathematics are highlighted below.

With regard to physics no distinction was made between science and philosophy until the 1700's and during which physics was called natural philosophy. Dr. Barry Vaughan of Mesa Community College claims that traditionally there have only been three higher degrees given: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Law, and Doctor of Philosophy and Physicists are awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy.

Psychology was dealt under moral philosophy. Only in the early 1800's did sociology and linguistics separate from philosophy and became distinct areas of studies. Logic has always been considered a branch of philosophy. Today, logic has now developed to the point where it is also a branch of mathematics,

Another teachers’ dilemma?

the provisions of RTE being implemented on war footing, those teachers serving in the remote areas also expressed their apprehension that one day they might be helpless as to how to discipline the students inside the classrooms.

Therefore, one question became pertinent in the wake of the ‘no corporal punishments’ in the schools. What should be done?

The graduate teacher serving in the remote area disclosed that he had suggested for regular ‘parents-teachers’ meeting should be held in the schools; however it was rejected by the ‘older’ teachers.

Nonetheless, he maintained that ‘regular parents-teachers’ meeting would help the parents to keep tab of their child activities in the schools, while the teachers can also note down the parents phone numbers so that the parents can be informed in case of anything happens in the school.

Another graduate teacher serving private school supported this view, “There are many students who go out of their homes in their uniform but never reaches the school. And the parents don’t know about it, they think that their ward is attending class, whereas we don’t know where the students are loitering around.”

But the question of regular parents-teachers meeting was supported

In a document titled ‘Guidelines for Eliminating Corporal Punishment in Schools published by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the commission stated thus with regard to the definition of Corporal Punishment.

All forms of corporal punishment including sexual abuse are harmful to the child. Currently, there is no statutory definition of corporal punishment of children in Indian law. Definition of corporal punishment can at best only be indicative. In keeping with the provisions of the RTE Act, 2009, corporal punishment could be classified as physical punishment, mental harassment and discrimination.

Physical punishment: Physical punishment is understood as any action that causes pain, hurt/injury and discomfort to a child, however light. Examples of physical punishment include but are not restricted to the following: • Causing physical harm to children by hitting, kicking, scratching, pinching, biting, pulling the hair, boxing ears, smacking, slapping, spanking or with any implement (cane, stick, shoe, chalk, dusters, belt, whip, giving electric shock etc.); • Making children assume an uncomfortable position (standing on bench, standing against the wall in a chair-like position, standing with schoolbag on head, holding ears through legs, kneeling etc.); • Forced ingestion of anything (for example: washing soap, mud, chalk, hot spices etc.); • Detention in the classroom, library, toilet or any closed space in the school.

Mental harassment Mental harassment is understood as any non-physical treatment that is detrimental to the academic and psychological well-being of a child. It includes but is not restricted to the following: • Sarcasm that hurts or lowers the child’s dignity; • Calling names and scolding using humiliating adjectives, intimidation; • Using derogatory remarks for the child, including pinning of slogans; • Ridiculing the child with regard to her background or status or parental occupation or caste; • Ridiculing the child with regard to her health status or that of

by almost all the teachers who were interviewed.

“Most of the naughty or difficult students in the schools are from troubled families, and those children are very difficult to handle. If we have regular

parent-teachers meeting, then the parents would be updated on their children performance, and perhaps the teachers can also advise the parents on how to handle their children. Such meetings

the family – especially HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis; • Belittling a child in the classroom due to his/her inability to meet the teacher’s expectations of academic achievement; • Punishing or disciplining a child not recognising that most children who perform poorly in academics are actually children with special needs. Such children could have conditions like learning disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mild developmental delay etc.; • Using punitive measures to correct a child and even labelling him/her as difficult; such as a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who may not only fare poorly in academics, but also pose a problem in management of classroom behaviours; • ‘Shaming’ the child to motivate the child to improve his performance; • Ridiculing a child with developmental problems such as learning difficulty or a speech disorder, such as, stammering or speech articulation disorder.

Discrimination Discrimination is understood as prejudiced views and behaviour towards any child because of her/his caste/gender, occupation or region and non-payment of fees or for being a student admitted under the 25% reservation to disadvantaged groups or weaker sections of society under the RTE, 2009. It can be latent; manifest; open or subtle. It includes but is not restricted to the following: • Bringing social attitudes and prejudices of the community into the school by using belittling remarks against a specific social group or gender or ability/disability; • Assigning different duties and seating in schools based on caste, community or gender prejudices (for example, cleaning of toilets assigned by caste; task of making tea assigned by gender); admission through 25% reserved seats under the RTE; or nonpayment of any prescribed fees; • Commenting on academic ability based on caste or community prejudices; • Denying mid-day meal or library books or uniforms or sports facilities to a child or group of children based on caste, community, religion or gender; • Deliberate/wanton neglect

might become like a seminar for the parents,” said a teacher who works as a counselor.

Anyhow, the question of corporal punishments would be a matter of debate, but the question of

(Source: www.ncpcr.gov.in)

maintaining discipline among the students would require immediate remedy especially since the law bans corporal punishments. And with the education system jumping from the traditional

Philosophy - Does it matter?

which is a basic science.

Over the years, most of its branches have spread out as separate departments for better and systematic understanding on each of them. Unfortunately, this resulted in, what can be termed as the “empty nest” situation for the Mother of all Knowledge- Philosophy. The term “empty nest” is generally associated with the emotion that parents go through when their children finally leave home to begin their own. Each academic departments in the field of knowledge, then owes its credit to philosophy.

But sadly, what we see today is but a different attitude towards Philosophy. I am reminded of instances where at times when receiving gifts we become so excited about the gift that we forget to give due acknowledgement to the giver.

Dr. Dave Yount, a Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies Mesa Community College, Australia in one of his essays, The Importance of Philosophy or “Why Should I Take Philosophy?” began with this statement – “Once someone who does not know me well comes to find out that I am a philosopher, the next question that he or she inevitably asks is, “What can you do with philosophy besides teach?”

My answer is and has been, “You can think, and hopefully better.” Dr. Dave’s reply certainly got me thinking, and this is the result of its application.

Michael Kelly, Professor of Phi-

losophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte in his article Why every student should take philosophy has stated that, “Our answer here at UNC Charlotte is that you can do anything with philosophy that you can do without it, but with philosophy you can do anything better”.

Philosophic thought is in fact an extremely crucial part of our existence. I believe it is safe to say that almost everyone, if not all, do hold some kind of philosophy one way or the other. Even those who claim that considering philosophic questions is a waste of time is in fact expressing what is important, worthwhile, or valuable to him/her. This is Philosophy. Besides as Kelly puts it, “A rejection of all philosophy is in itself philosophy”.

Studying philosophy enhances one’s thought in clarifying what one believe/ believes. Anyone who has undertaken philosophy or even read a philosophical book cannot deny the fact that one’s mind has been stimulated. Philosophy has had enormous influence on our everyday lives. To mention a few, every institution of society is based on philosophic ideas, whether that institution is the law, government, religion, the family, marriage, industry, business, or education. It is the differences in Philosophic ideologies that have brought about revolutions at various sectors in different degrees.

For example overthrow of governments, drastic changes in laws,

and the transformation of entire economic systems. These changes have occurred because the people involved held certain beliefs about what is important, true, real, and significant and about how life should be ordered. Even educational systems in different societies are largely determined by philosophical ideologies about what children should be taught and for what purposes. Democratic societies encourage independent choices and thinking in their educational system where as this is contrary in non democratic societies. The society’s philosophic ideas are reflected through the educational system of a society through the values and skills being taught as important. To assess the importance of Philosophy the views of Yount, Kelly, M. Gabriel are presented.

1. A philosophy major is perfect by itself because one can learn critical thinking skills and also reflect on big questions in life - in ethics, religion, aesthetics, politics and other valuable subjects.

2. This combined critical/value course of study is also an invaluable addition to any other field, such as biology, psychology, physics, English, History and many other subjects and what they all have in common is an appreciation for the value of philosophy.

3. It is well-documented (and true) that majoring in philosophy can prepare someone well for law

school, business school, or graduate school in general, since philosophy majors as a group score in the highest percentiles on the GRE, LSAT and GMAT. Proof of this is that philosophy majors perform among the top 10, often top 5.

4. Apart from the fact that it assists in providing excellent preparation for a career in law and business, a philosophy major is also helpful for careers in journalism, other areas of publishing, government, academic appointments in universities, colleges, and high schools, professional and clinical ethics consulting in hospitals and in businesses, and consulting positions in government with respect to ethical and political issues and the development of public policy.

5. Why do philosophy majors perform so well on these tests? Philosophy offers a unique combination of critical thinking and writing skills useful in almost any profession, starting with the entrance exams at different levels.

6. If one is moved by value questions or recognizes the importance of critical thinking then one should still consider becoming a philosophy major.

7. The students of Philosophy are very strong in group dynamics, in presentation and in test of reasoning. They have been successful in all these fields. Some appear for Civil Services and State-Level examinations.

8. Philosophy provides a base for critical and imaginative thinking and it gives one moral wisdom to make a good living and to richly contribute to the general good of the society.

For many philosophy is only concerned with questions that no one can answer, and that the sciences and other disciplines have more answers that are provable and concrete. The question that immediately follows is, Why work on problems and questions that seems to have no answers? To this Yount begins by asking, “has every other discipline solved all the questions and problems in their respective areas of expertise? There are numerous questions that remain to be answered or are still debated these days in disciplines other than philosophy. To mention a few (1) Medicine: The cures for the common cold, cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, AIDS, and thousands of other diseases; (2)

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method or teaching to a new and radical method, the teachers are surely facing some dilemma. The question is whether this dilemma would hamper the quality of education in the state.

Physics: What light exactly is (both a wave and a photon) and the essence of gravity; (3) Biology: How the brain works, and how a cat purrs; (4) Psychology: How does the experience of consciousness arise from biochemical reactions?”

The very fact that numerous researches and projects are carried out today at universities and private companies is to support the above.

In the American Philosophical Association’s 1992 publication entitled, “The Philosophy Major” it read, “The study of philosophy serves to develop intellectual abilities important for life as a whole, beyond the knowledge and skills required for any particular profession. Properly pursued, it enhances analytical, critical, and interpretive capacities that are applicable to any subject-matter, and in any human context. It cultivates the capacities and appetite for self-expression and reflection, for exchange and debate of ideas, for life-long learning, and for dealing with problems for which there are no easy answers.

It also helps to prepare one for the tasks of citizenship. Participation in political and community affairs today is all too often insufficiently informed, manipulable and vulnerable to demagoguery. A good philosophical education enhances the capacity to participate responsibly and intelligently in public life.

Dr. George James, from the University of North Texas, warns that philosophy is not for everyone, “It’s not for persons who have no interest in asking deeper questions. At the end of a lifetime of philosophizing one great philosopher made the claim that the unexamined life is not worth living [Socrates]. Many people don’t believe that. Some people don’t even care to raise the question. Philosophy very simply is not for them. Philosophy is not for followers……..Philosophy is not training. It’s education! It’s for persons who want to understand, who want not just to live, but to live well [Socrates]. It is for persons who simply could never be happy without asking why.

Lili Corbus Bezner, Former Associate Professor of Art History testified that " until you actually study philosophy, you often “don’t get” just how applicable it is to current life."

To conclude, I want to ask again, Philosophy does it matter? Here is the answer… You can think… hopefully better.

Dr.Wojanbeni. S. Yanthan.

Assistant Professor (Philosophy) Patkai Christian College (Autonomous)

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Translating the ‘Right to Education’: Assumptions & reality Suman Bhattacharjea

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n 1 April 2010, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) became a law in India. The new law makes it the responsibility of the state to ensure that every child in the 6 to 14 year age group receives eight years of education. The spirit of RTE clearly intends ‘education’ to go beyond access and guarantee learning for all. However, what the law actually specifies are inputs that should be present in schools (in the form of buildings, facilities, teachers, etc.) rather than outcomes that children should be guaranteed (in the form of specific learning benchmarks). It thus makes a series of assumptions about how the inputs it mandates will translate into processes in schools and generate outcomes for children.

These assumptions are based on how schools should, in theory, be organised and function rather than on the realities of children, classrooms and schools in India today.

Enrolment vs. attendance First, RTE’s focus on ensuring that all children are in school translates into a directive that all children should be enrolled. In India, enrolment figures for the 6 to 14 age group have been in excess of 90% for many years now. But unlike in western countries, enrolment is a highly misleading indicator of children’s actual exposure to schooling.

An examination of children’s attendance provides far more accurate information about children’s actual participation in school. Moreover, it can provide important insights into the areas on which educational policy should focus to ensure that all children learn.

Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2012 data reveals that nationally, 71% of all children enrolled in primary schools (grade 1-5) were present in school on the day of the survey. Across states, this proportion varies substantially, from 94% in Kerala to 50% in Bihar. Data from a single day in the year provides a first estimate of the magnitude of the problem, but is insufficient to draw conclusions about attendance patterns among children. The Inside Primary School (IPS) study recorded

the attendance of each child individually in a sample of 30,000 children on each of three visits to their schools over a period of 15 months. Among the grade 4 children sampled, only about half were found present in school on all three visits; attendance among grade 2 students was substantially poorer at about 40%.

Attempts to relate children’s enrolment status to their learning outcomes, thus, come with the problem of substantial variations in the actual exposure to schooling that enrolled children have received. With the goal of universal primary school enrolment very close to being met, translating enrolment into attendance and attendance into learning are the challenges that lie ahead.

Teaching the curriculum Once in school, what is the content that children should be expected to learn? RTE has little to say about children’s learning outcomes; however, it does require teachers to complete the curriculum of the grade they are teaching. Clearly, then, it is assumed that all children are at a level of mastery where they are able to keep up with the content

prescribed for the grade in which they are enrolled, such that when teachers have finished the syllabus, presumably children have mastered its contents.

However, there is by now a substantial body of evidence about what children in each grade can and cannot do. ASER data for the years 2005 to 2012 shows that in every state in the country, children are several grade levels behind where the textbook expects them to be in terms of their ability to read. For example, in 2012, fewer than a third of students in grade 3 in government schools were able to read text at grade 1 level of difficulty, and barely 40% of students in grade 5 were able to read text at grade 2 level of difficulty.

These proportions have worsened steadily over the 2009-2012 period.

A comparison of data from IPS and ASER show that despite differences in sampling and tools, results across these two data sources are broadly consistent.

Attendance and learning outcomes In the context of poor attendance and poor learning outcomes, it is not

Principal Murdered – Principles Buried!

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ew days back the principal of a private engineering college in southern Tamil Nadu was brutally murdered by three of his own students on the college campus while many students and staff were witnessing the horror in panic. The three students had created series of problems that led to the suspension of one of them for few days and the disciplinary action provoked them to wreak vengeance on the slain college head.

The incident which is beyond our imagination has shattered the entire teachers’ community and definitely this is a symptom of the presence of a deadly disease in our present society. Could a principal / teacher ever imagine that one of his students would stab him in stomach and other two would fatally attack with long knives on his head? Unfortunately, the culturally degraded society has made it realistic.

The murder has ignited a serious of debate among academicians, students and the public. While many people have superficially analysed the case and engaged in blame game, academicians and authorities have cautiously used diplomatic words so that no one would feel offended. It appears that the academicians and intellectuals are not willing to open the Can of Worms in the public. Members of the All India Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations said such instances are mainly due to academic stress in the students and the management pressure on professors to perform, especially in the private institutions. The Vice President of AIFUCTO said, “Mentoring must be continuous, and not ritualistic to oblige an internal examination requirement. The government should try to evolve an institutional mechanism that provides necessary emotional and pharmacological support to stressed-out learners and middle-aged professors working in challenging circumstances but facing uncertain future.”

I believe that the ‘academic stress’ on the students and the ‘pressure on professors to perform’ should have started from the day the private engineering colleges were allowed to mushroom in our country. Parents want their chil-

dren to study the most demanded courses even though their children may NOT have the aptitude to study the particular course. The greedy private colleges happily admit these blind folded youngsters solely for money and force the underpaid young professors to bring miraculous results. All the managements need is 100 % result because that alone would ensure the successful running of their business. Unfortunately, many faculty members in the private institutions behave like slaves and seldom have liberty to express their views to the managements. So, they simply turn the heat on the students. This is the beginning of misunderstanding between teachers and students and the result is what we witness now.

It is a well known fact that many private engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu practice the innovative way of imposing unreasonable fines for each and every fault of students. Late arrival, not attending classes and internal exams, failing in Semester Exams etc are few examples that would attract invoking of the penal action of imposing heavy fines. Students from the well to do families may not have problems to comply with this order but the condition of students coming from the economically backward sections of the society is so pathetic.

Their parents might have spent the entire savings at the time of admissions and in most cases the students might be continuing their studies on Bank Loans. One may not easily realise the plight of such families unless they witness it themselves.

The accused in the present murder case reported that the college authorities have been imposing fine of Rs.1000/-(one thousand) even for late arrival of 10 minutes, use to summon the parents over trivial matters and insult the students with abusive words in the presence of parents. Whatever it may be, no one could ever justify the gruesome act of the students. But at the same time we must admit that the highly qualified professors utterly failed to understand the psychology of today’s youth.

A noted Tamil writer (Paamaran) has expressed critical views about the incident and I absolutely agree with his fearless views. Here

is the extract of his opinion.

“Instant criticisms and punishing the accused in unfortunate incidents are like taking pain killers without treating the cause of the disease and would never bring permanent solutions to the problems.

Today, most of the Educational Institutions are owned by Politicians and Liquid Barons who manage the organizations with the help of political, muscle and money powers.

Parents, Students or anyone who raise their voice against these managements are threatened with dire consequences and are mostly suppressed. Those students who rise against the suppression ultimately become the victims of violence.

A section of the teaching faculty is also blamed for the fallout of the situation. Today’s teacher was yesterday’s student and also comes from the same degraded society.

He is also influenced by the cultural degradedness of the society and we could not expect sudden behavioural changes once he becomes a teacher.

Today’s education system moulds the younger generation as revenue earning machines and fails to change them into Human Resources with Character and Social Concern. The behaviour of vengeance dominates today’s educated class and the entire society is responsible for the violent nature of the misguided youth. Therefore, in order to bring changes in the younger generation, we must begin changes from the grass root level of the society.”

Even though the Naga Society suffers from the shortcomings of armed conflicts, I would honestly say that teachers serving in Nagaland have been highly regarded by the society and the students. In the days of globalization, we should learn lessons from the incidents happening in our neighbourhood and correct ourselves before our society gets infected by the deadly disease. I sincerely pray that let Nagaland continue to be an example to the proverb ‘Parents are Teachers at Home and Teachers are Parents at School’.

Nellayappan B Principal Govt. Higher Secondary School Bhandari, Nagaland

clear whether children whose attendance is poor learn less, or whether children who are not learning attend school less often. For the IPS sample, we do not know whether children who were unable to read in 2009 had attended school less often over the preceding three years than children who could read. What the IPS data do show is that grade 4 children who were able to read grade 3 level text in 2009 attended school more often during the subsequent year than those who were not readers. A part of the sample of the IPS children was tracked in 2013. Of these children, about 7% had not transitioned to middle school. However, the dropout rate was twice as high among the non-readers as compared to the readers.

It may be that household characteristics drive both reading ability and attendance, such that children from more affluent homes and/or with more educated parents learn to read faster and attend school more regularly. But it is likely that even limited success in school encourages children to attend more often, whereas the experience of be-

ing completely unable to follow the textbook acts as a discouragement, eventually leading to the child dropping out.

Diversity in classrooms The teaching-learning process is further complicated by the diverse composition of classrooms. The elementary education system and RTE both assume that children enter school at a certain age and advance a year at a time through the system, such that children enter grade 1 at age five or six and complete eight years of schooling at age 13 or 14.

The RTE Act reflects this assumption when it specifies that the state shall provide children who are currently out of school with special remedial assistance to enable them to enrol in the grade appropriate to their age.

In practice, children in India do not necessarily begin grade 1 at the appropriate age, nor do they progress neatly up the ladder one year at a time. At the all-India level, the age variation in each class is substantial.

ASER data shows that large proportions of children currently in school are overage even in grade 1. In 2012, only half of all children enrolled in grade 4 in government schools were eight or nine years old.

This situation has major implications for both students and teachers.

Anyone who has spent time in government schools in rural India can attest to the sight of a group of children who are clearly physically much bigger than their peers, sitting right at the back of the classroom, participating very little in class activities and, typically, being ignored by their teachers. The effects of this situation on these children’s self-esteem and aspirations can only be guessed at, but what the IPS datasets do show is a clear relationship between children’s age and their attendance in school.

Among the grade 4 sample, overage children attended school far less often than others – only a fourth of the overage children were present on all three visits as compared to three-fourth of the remaining children.

From the point of view of teachers, teaching a group of children who are relatively homogenous requires less skill than teaching a group that is quite varied. However, the reality is that there is considerable diversity

in the classroom – both in terms of age as well as ability. To complicate the classroom situation further, both ASER and IPS data demonstrate that the majority of primary school classrooms in rural India are multi-grade, with two or more grades grouped together with a single teacher. In ASER 2012, across rural India, more than half of all grade 4 classrooms were multi-grade. Even with just two grades grouped together, teachers are routinely required to teach in situations where there could easily be a gap of four to five years in both age and learning levels between students in a single group.

Implications for policy Most teacher training programmes in India assume that teachers will engage with groups of students who are largely homogenous in terms of age and ability. Given that teachers do not have the skills to deal with multi-grade, multi-level groups, how does this situation affect children’s learning? The IPS data suggests that even in the context of extremely low learning achievement overall, overage children do substantially worse than others. For example, in the IPS baseline assessment of grade 4 children, there is a ten percentage point difference between children who were overage and other children in terms of their ability to read a grade 3 level text. Yet education policy in India continues to be based on the assumption that children in school are in the grade appropriate to their age, and that remedial help is needed only to enable the small proportion of children still out of school to enrol in school in the appropriate grade. With such wide age variation in every grade, however, remedial programmes need to be instituted not for exceptional cases but for the majority of children in school today.

The RTE Act is now more than three years old. The dream is that RTE will enable every child in India to go to school regularly, learn well consistently, and complete at least eight years of schooling successfully. The objective is achievable – but only if education policies are based on ground realities.

Dr. Suman Bhattacharjea and Dr. Wilima Wadhwa are both Directors at ASER.

Many think that money is the key to happiness, if this word true then all the rich, wealthy people would be happy and the poor miserable .People knew this is not the case. Some very rich, wealthy people commit suicide and it can also be proved that some of the most dissatisfied belong to the higher strata of society.

An ambitious young man once went to an interview to a famous rich wealthy man. He patiently answered all the youth s eager questions. As a parting compliment the young man said "I suppose there is nothing more you want in this

world." The great man replied, "On the contrary, young man. I wish I could have a happiness is a hard thing to achieve because it comes only by making things happy.”

Happy are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Happy are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Happy are those who hunger and thirst, for righteousness for they will be filled. Happy are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Happy are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Happy are peacemaker, for they will be called children of God. Rikhyo Kikon Lotha

The New Testament clearly shows miracles, healing, vision or dreams have ceased. For anyone to claim otherwise is to stand against what God has said. Again, one should beware of fasting trying to gain God's sympathy through suffering, or to gain favour with God by doing without. We should also be careful not to

ing false doctrine. In their eyes truth becomes error, error becomes truth.

Sin not only brings death, but we see the consequences of the sin evidently in today's Christian community.

Indeed, the sins ofthe preachers/fathers affected their children/ people and those children/people suffered the consequences oftheir parents/preachers sins. All this shows that not only they failed to discipline, they foster a great injustice upon future generations.

It is easier for most preachers to overlook sin than to try to correct it Excuses are much easier than pastoring the flock (people). People get upset with the problems they face when it is their preachers' fault for not pastoring (teaching) the flock. They pay more attention to their paychecks (money) than their souls and others. If they continue to hold back that which is profitable, it will affect more generations to come.

As said most of our problems are results of a refusal to acknowledge God's word on discipline. We must preach what the scriptures say rather than give our opinion. Jesus used the scriptures when he began his ministry and continued to do so as it was being brought to an end.

Since the son of God so used the scriptures to teach, defend himself, and put others who were in error to silence, so must we. He is our example. Since Jesus used the scriptures as his authority, we (the preachers particularly) may do no less.

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veryone wants to be happy.

Happiness is a basic need of the human heart. Yet, so few seem to find it. The one big problem of the human race is how to find happiness.

Some say that if problem and illiteracy were wiped out, then everyone will be happy.

Other again say, higher wages, better living condition and social security will doubtless usher in the age of happiness. People learned from history that all wise things, through good in themselves, cannot guarantee happiness to a nation or individual.

Christ used the Scriptures as His Authority

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t is ironic that most of the Christian preachers today are breeding unrest in a Christian society.

What the preachers, evangelists, pastors are doing /preaching today is contrary to the Bible or Scripture. They go along with false doctrine. They teach people which is not promised in the Bible. It may not be wrong to say that adultery, violence, use of dirty words and disrespect shown to parents by their children which are alarmingly rising in a Christian society are some of the examples of our preachers' fault to pastor their flock in accordance with the scripture.

Worst of all, they put the emphasis on material welfare instead of on forgiveness of sins and the salvation of souls. What is ironical and ridicu lous is that healing and performing miracles are used as a racket for making extra money by the preacher which Biblically God does not give faith to heal the sick. God never gives faith for that which is contrary to His Will.

In the same way, it is also wrong to base any doctrine on a vision or a dream as most of today's preachers/ christians often prophesy about the future happening which is contrary to God's will. As God has already revealed His Truth in His word, the Bible. It contains all one needs to know about living the Christian life. The Bible is the only way to settle doctrine, not one's visions or dreams.

'We must preach what the scriptures say rather than give our opinion.' be a Pharisee or today's Christian preachers and to fast to seem religious. The Bible does not teach that.

We should use book, chapter and verse preaching. It is right to backup what we say with scripture. Our message must be in harmony with the word of God. We should use the Bible to aid us in our daily living. Jesus' authority was from God and he used the scriptures to preach the people.

But unfortunately, when men decide to overlook the scriptures, they not only hurt themselves, but do untold damage to future generations.

'Take the case of our preachers who closetheir eyes to things concerning the Bible. The sin becomes so establish that eventually the sin is not only condoned, but justified and defended as right. Finally, they become so accustomed to such practice that they feel such are right. If anyone objects, they accuse them of teach-

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Digging for hiDDen golD begins at olD UP fort

Lucknow, october 18 (IAnS): The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Friday begins excavating for a treasure of 1,000 tonnes of gold, which a seer dreamt to have been buried at a dilapidated fort in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district.

Officials said after ‘puja’ is performed by Hindu seers, the survey for the hidden gold begins at 11 a.m. at the old fort at Dondia Khera village. The fort belonged to Unnao’s mid-19th century ruler Raja Rao Ram Bux Singh. Unnao is 50 km from the state capital Lucknow.

ASI officials have been camping at the site for the last three days and have completed marking the area of the potential treasure trove late Thursday amid tight security. Thousands turned up at the site as the news spread of the venerated seer, Shobhan Sarkar, having dreamt of the fort’s hidden treasure trove. The district administration has now banned the entry of people into the fort premises. Shobhan Sarkar, a famous seer of the region, wrote to the prime minister a few weeks back, that the late king came in his dreams and asked him to get the treasure dug up and hand it over to the government of India to tide over the economic crisis.

His devotee, Congress leader Bhakt Charan Das also visited the saint and then urged the ASI to take up the issue. Preliminary findings, officials say, have suggested presence of “some metal underneath the earth”, following which ASI teams decided to begin the excavation. Experts, however, are not too sure about the possibility of gold buried underneath.

While many do not rule out the discovery of some gold, they say it is not possible for 1,000 tonnes of gold to have been buried within the fort as Raja Rao Ram Bux Singh was a ruler who presided over a zamindari stretching not more than 25-30 km.

“He was not a big king and hence it looks unlikely that such a huge gold reserve would be found there,” said D.P. Tiwari, former head of the History and Archaeology department at the Lucknow University.

For the villagers, however, Shobhan Sarkar’s words are sacrosanct. Mahendra Pratap Singh, a descendant of the late Unnao ruler, says people firmly believe that if the seer has said it, the gold must be somewhere there.

People have also demanded that if the hidden gold is indeed found, 20 percent of it be spent on development of the area.

Modi targets UPA over Unnao digging

In this October 17, photo, people visit the fort of King Rao Ram Baksh Singh in Unnao in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Archaeologists began digging for treasure beneath the 19th century fort on Friday, after a popular Hindu holy man said a former king appeared to him in a dream and told him of the cache. (AP Photo)

gold. If you (government) bring back that money, you won’t have to do digging for gold (in Unnao),” Modi said here while attacking the government. Addressing a gathering here, the BJP leader said a “cyclone of change” has gripped the nation.

He referred to the cyclone ‘Phailin‘ which recently hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh and said it did not make much impact as the “cyclone for change” is already underway in the country. He said “people are dreaming of Congressfree India” and Tamil Nadu, where BJP has little presence, is also part of this wave. “In north India, nobody believes that even in Tamil Nadu there is a wave of change,” he said and referred to his big rally in Trichy a few weeks back to buttress his point.

No harm in digging for gold at old fort: Congress

new DeLhI, october 18 (IAnS): The Congress Friday supported the Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) treasure hunt in an old fort in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district,

and said the move benefits the country, no harm going for it. “There is no harm if the country benefits from it,” Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury told reporters.

Tamil Nadu police arrest all 35 crew members of detained US ship This October 13, image made from video shows U.S.owned ship MV Seaman Ohio detained at the Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu, India. Indian police said they are questioning the crew of the ship accused of illegally transporting weapons and ammunition in Indian waters. Indian marine security police in Tuticorin filed a complaint on October 14, against crew and security guards aboard the MV Seaman Ohio after they failed to produce documents allowing them to carry the weapons. An Indian Coast guard official said the ship is owned by Virginia-based AdvanFort but is registered in Sierra Leone. (AP Photo)

tutIcorIn, october 18 (AgencIeS): In an early morning operation, all the 35 members on board the US ship Seaman Guard Ohio, a floating armoury, were arrested by sleuths of Tamil Nadu’s Q branch, a state intelligence wing, on Friday.

A team of officials led by Q branch SP Bhavaneeswari and Tuticorin SP M Durai entered the vessel, docked in the V O Chidambaranar port since October 12, and arrested the ten crew members and 25 security guards.

Thirty three of the men were taken to Muthayapuram police station in Tuticorin where they were interrogated while two of the arrested were left on board the ship to carry out maintenance work.

As many as 31 assault

chennAI, october 18 (PtI): Raking up the issue of blackmoney, BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today targeted the government for being unable to bring back the money stashed

by Indian “thieves and looters” in foreign banks.

He raised the issue while mocking at the excavation being conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh after a saint said he had dreamt about 1000 tonnes of gold being underneath at a place there.

“The whole world is laughing at us over this bizarre exercise. Somebody dreamt and the government has launched an excavation…The money hidden by thieves and looters of India in foreign banks is much more than 1000 tonnes of

She defended the ASI move to excavate for around 1,000 tonnes of gold, which a seer said he dreamt to have been buried near a temple at the old fort. “The Geological

Survey of India said there is some metal underneath the temple. What actually is there will be known only after digging,” said Chowdhary. The old fort at Dondia Khera village belongs to

Unnao’s mid-19th century ruler Raja Rao Ram Bux Singh.

Unnao is 50 km from the state capital Lucknow.

Shobhan Sarkar, a famous seer of the region, wrote

to the prime minister that the late king came in his dreams and asked him to get the treasure dug up and hand it over to the government of India to tide over the economic crisis.

new DeLhI, october 18 (PtI): Concerned over the prevalence of bonded labour in the country, the government today decided to initiate massive programmes to rehabilitate and provide alternative livelihood for people living in conditions of modern-day slavery. Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said that initially 10 critically vulnerable districts have been taken up to rehabilitate bonded labourers through the Centre’s ambitious National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).

The ten districts are Gaya in Bihar, Bastar and Kondagaon in Chattisgarh, Prakasam and Chittur in Andhra Pradesh, Kanchipuram and Vellore in Tamil Nadu, Bolangir and Bargarh in Odisha and Gumla in Jharkhand. “We are going to take up these ten districts.

We will locate the bonded labourers there, get surveys done, rehabilitate them and create conditions for alternative livelihood,” Ramesh told PTI. The main instruments on the ground to locate and rehabilitate the bonded labourers will be womens self-help groups

operating under NRLM, he said. “Under NRLM umbrella through women self-help groups, we will initiate this projects in 10 districts which are considered to have a substantial population of bonded labourers,” he said.

According to plan, the Minister said these groups will join hands with several NGOs on the ground and NRLM will become an institutional partner of the “Bandhua 1947 campaign” to combat bonded labour.

Bandhua 1947 is a national-level campaign in India aimed at mobilising people to advocate with their gov-

ernments to protect millions currently vulnerable to bonded labour and fight for their rights. Shantanu Dutta, convenor, Bandhua 1947, termed as “a game changer” the Ministry’s decision. “With partnerships and movements initiated by the government such as this one, solutions to fully eradicate bonded labour are no longer an impossibility,” Dutta said. According to the first Global Slavery Index published by an Australia-based group yesterday, about 14 million Indians are living in conditions of modern-day slavery.

India’s slavery shame: Govt to rehabilitate bonded labourers

‘Centre must take up ceasefire violations with Pakistan’

rifles and more than 5000 rounds of ammunition in the ship were confiscated.

The passports of the arrested men as well as one of their agents in Tuticorin were also confiscated.

Sources in Q branch said measures were being taken to produce the arrested before a court and remand them. The arrest of the ten crew members and 25 security guards on the ship comes six days after the vessel was detained off Tuticorin coast by the Indian Coast Guard. The ship had strayed into Indian territorial waters off the Kanyakumari coast and later towed to the Tuticorin port. The crew comprise of two Ukrainians and eight Indians while the security guards included six British,

14 Estonians, one Ukrainian and four Indians.

The men had been booked under two sections of the Indian Arms Act that prohibits possession of weapons without permission. A case under Passport Act and Essential Commodities Act was also registered for procuring fuel in Indian waters in an unauthorized manner. The vessel, owned by a US-based firm AdvanFort, a company that provides maritime security services to protect ships from pirate attacks, was registered in the West African country of Sierre Leone.

The Indian Coast Guard intercepted the ship on suspicion. A preliminary inquiry by the Coast Guard revealed that the vessel was illegally carrying weapons.

The crew must have obtained permission to possess weapons from the Indian authorities when they enter the exclusive economic zone of the country, said a coastal security group officer when the vessel was detained. After initial probe by the Tamil Nadu Coastal Security Group the case was transferred to the Q branch.

However, several agencies including the Research and Analysis Wing and Intelligence Bureau too interrogated the crew. Sources said the men were reluctant to cooperate with the investigation and failed to produce proper documents for possession of the weapons.

Meanwhile, the state government is preparing a detailed report on the episode to be sent to the Centre.

SrInAgAr, october 18 (PtI): With repeated ceasefire violations from across the Line of Control, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the Centre needs to take up the issue with Pakistan in a “strong manner” as it was getting “more serious” now. Omar also said that the ceasefire has been the most successful part of the peace process between India and Pakistan and the state wants it to remain in force.

“I do not understand who is behind this and what do they think because recently our Prime Minister met Pakistan prime minister in New York and they talked about ceasefire violations. It was decided that the DGMOs

of both countries will discuss the issue and find a remedy. Instead of a solution to it, the issue is getting more serious. “The way civilian areas were targeted by shelling yesterday, and few children were injured, it does not

Pakistani troops had on Thursday pounded civilian areas along LoC, leaving five persons injured. Three children were among those injured in Najwal border hamlet. Omar said, “Till now, the most successful part of the peace process

seem that their intentions are good. I would request the government of India to take up the issue with the government of Pakistan in a strong manner,” Omar told reporters here.

has been the ceasefire and if the ceasefire is ended, then it would be difficult to enforce it again.” “We have already taken up the matter with Government of India and it is not that

they are not paying any attention. Now, it is just that how strongly they will take up the issue with Pakistan...

We want the ceasefire to remain (in force) so that people living near the border and LoC sustain their life comfortably. The prevailing tension there (on LoC) is not good for us (state),” he said.

The chief minister said Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde will visit the LoC soon to review the situation. “The home minister of the country is touring the state after two days. We will visit the border, the LoC and review the situation and will see what needs to be done,” he said. Pakistani troops have repeatedly violated the ceasefire this year.

thIruvAnAnthAPurAM, october 18 (IAnS): The Catholic Church in Kerala Friday slammed the Left opposition for deciding to stay away from the all-party meeting called by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to discuss the state’s response to the Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel (WGEEP) report. The meeting will be held in the state capital Monday.

Numerous social and political organisations and the Catholic Church have been up in arms since Madhav Gadgil, who headed the panel that drew up the WGEEP, submitted it to the union environment and forests ministry last year. A statement issued by the Syro Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church’s Commission of Laity Friday asked the Left opposition to learn from states like Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, where there are no two opinions when it comes to people’s needs.

“IftheLeftoppositionhaveanyconcernfortheproblems of the people, they should take part in the all-party meeting and not stay away from it citing lame excuses like the solar scam,”saidV.C.Sebastian,secretaryoftheLaityCommission.

The all-party meeting was called after the Supreme Court sought the centre’s opinion in a case filed by a Goa-based NGO, seeking the implementation of the WGEEP report.

If the recommendations of the report are to be implemented in toto, the districts of Idukki and Wayanad in Kerala will see no human population at all. The Left parties have decided that since their boycott of Chandy continues in the wake of what has come to be called the “solar scam”, they will not attend the all-party meeting, but give their recommendations in writing instead.

“This report is going to be detrimental to thousands of people. On such an issue, it is most unfortunate that the Left is running away. It’s a shame that they are boycotting the meeting,” Sebastian said.

MuMbAI, october 18 (IAnS): An innocuous tattoo was all that it took to reunite a Maharashtra policeman, who went missing as a boy 22 years back, with his family. For the first time in over two decades, the Dhangre family of Thane is planning a double whammy - celebrating Diwali, and the return of Ganesh, the child who was lost 22 years ago and found this week, thanks to the tattoo on his arm.

Bunking school one day, then six-year old Ganesh Dhangre, went missing while playing. He strayed too far from their home in Indira Nagar, Wagle Estate suburb of Thane in 1991. Ganesh suddenly came back two days ago -- and his mother instantly recognized the tattoo of her name, Manda, which she had inscribed on him when he was barely four years old. When Ganesh, 28, arrived at the modest Dhangre dwelling, the little lost boy, given up for dead, had become a smart, uni-

formed policeman with the Quick Response Team of Maharashtra Police.

After the crying, weeping, joyous reunion with his mother, brother, step-father, two step-sisters and a step-brother -- with people of the entire locality joining them, Ganesh recounted his ordeal of 22 years. “We were feeling bored of going to school that day and I was playing with my friend, but somehow we strayed too far and could not return.

Then, an older boy said he would take us for an outing, so we accompanied him,” Ganesh told IANS Thursday night.

The trio caught an outstation train from Thane station and they alighted at some station after nearly an hour. Later, they crossed the bridge and went to the opposite platform where his two friends asked him to wait for sometime. “For a long time, they did not return. I was left alone, hungry, not knowing what to do, where to go. I just caught the first train which

came there and after many hours, landed at what I later learnt was Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus,” Ganesh said.

His Bollywood style life started from that point -surviving on bits and pieces thrown by commuters, left-overs outside roadside canteens and small eateries, using public toilets, sleeping on railway benches and growing up on the mean streets of Mumbai.

Over the next couple of years, he swept empty railway coaches to make some money to survive - eating `vada-pav’, `bhelpuri’, occasionally `puri-bhaji’ and other cheap street food, till a pavement dweller’s family “adopted” him.

He continued to work and live with them till some social workers noticed him and shifted him to Anand Kendra, an orphanage in Worli. “There, I got decent clothes and a chance to salvage my life. They admitted me to the nearby Lovegrove Municipal School where I studied till Class

VII and later I moved to Thane’s M.K.N. High School till Class X, and later Sanket College for my higher secondary. Now, I am doing my first year of graduation through distance education,” Ganesh said proudly.

Manda Dhangre spared no efforts to trace him out.

“We had even circulated his photographs to remote parts of the district, sought police help, but nothing worked. After years, we gave him up as gone forever,” said Manda with tears of joy welling up in her eyes. Ganesh, who excelled in sports, appeared for the state police exams and was selected in 2010. He worked in various capacities till his current posting as a QRT member.

Ganesh and the entire family is indebted to QRT Inspector Shrikant Sondhe, who was moved by the young recruit’s plight last month. “He used all the police investigation techniques, taking leads from the tattoo on my arm and finally succeeded in tracing

out my family,” a grateful Ganesh said. As a beaming Sondhe stood nearby, Ganesh comforted his family: “Now I am back, you have nothing to worry. I will do whatever best I can for my

brothers and sisters.” To prove his words, Ganesh has left the youth hostel where he lived for the past one year and moved back in with his family -- after 22 long years.

Catholic Church slams Kerala Left over meeting boycott

“Till now, the most successful part of the peace process has been the ceasefire”

Tattoo reunites missing boy with family - after 22 years!

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Saudi Arabia Rejects Security Council Seat

LONDON, OctOber 18 (AgeNcies): Assailing what it called double standards at the United Nations, Saudi Arabia took the highly unusual step on Friday of declining to accept a rotating seat on the Security Council one day after it was invited to join the body for a two-year term.

The protest, made known in a statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry carried on the official SPA news agency, said that “the manner, the mechanisms of action and double standards existing in the Security Council prevent it from performing its duties and assuming its responsibilities toward preserving international peace and security as required.”

The gesture reflected Saudi Arabia’s simmering annoyance at the Security Council’s record in Syria, where Russia and China — two of the five permanent members — have blocked Western efforts, broadly supported by Saudi Arabia, to pressure President Bashar al-Assad. The other permanent members are the United States, Britain and France.

The announcement came a day after Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia were elected to seats on the 15-member Security Council for a two-year term starting in January.

They replace Azerbaijan,

among those chosen on Thursday, the Saudi ambassador to the United Nations, Abdallah Y. alMouallimi, said the choice was “a reflection of a longstanding policy in support of moderation and in support of resolving disputes by peaceful means,” The Associated Press reported.

The statement on Friday struck a far less conciliatory tone, calling for changes to enhance the Security Council’s contribution to peace. It did not say what those should entail.

Saudi Arabia supports the

rebellion against Mr. Assad and has criticized the council in the past over what it describes as an inadequate response to turmoil in the Middle East. In an apparent display of displeasure last month, the Saudi foreign minister canceled a speech to the General Assembly.

SPA quoted the statement as saying: “First of all, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is pleased to extend its sincere thanks and deep gratitude to all countries that have given their confidence to elect it as a nonpermanent member

of the United Nations Security Council for the next two years. “The kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a founding member of the United Nations, is proud of its full and permanent commitment to the purposes and principles of the charter of the United Nations, believing that commitment of all member states, honestly, truthfully and accurately, as agreed upon and stipulated in the charter is the real guarantee for world security and peace.”

But the statement went on to accuse the Security

Council of enabling Mr. Assad to press his military campaign against rebels with impunity, including through the use of chemical weapons. It also accused the body of failing to find “a just and lasting solution” to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In an apparent reference to Israel’s presumed arsenal of nuclear weapons, the statement also criticized the Security Council for failing “to make the Middle East a free zone of all weapons of mass destruction.”

Turning to Syria, it said

that “allowing the ruling regime in Syria to kill and burn its people by the chemical weapons, while the world stands idly, without applying deterrent sanctions against the Damascus regime, is also irrefutable evidence and proof of the inability of the Security Council to carry out its duties and responsibilities.”

“Accordingly, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, based on its historical responsibilities toward its people, Arab and Islamic nations as well as toward the peoples aspiring for peace and stability all over the world, announces its apology for not accepting membership of the Security Council until the Council is reformed and enabled, effectively and practically, to carry out its duties and responsibilities in maintaining international peace and security,” the statement said.

The development comes as international weapons inspectors inside Syria seek to dismantle its stocks of chemical weapons under a deal brokered last month by Russia and the United States to avert American military action in reprisal for poison gas attacks on the outskirts of Damascus on Aug. 21. Additionally, a Syrian official said on Thursday that longpostponed peace negotiations under international auspices would be held in Geneva in November.

the West?

Morten Storm, a former informant who has worked for several Western intelligence agencies, has told CNN that he developed a close relationship with an Al-Shabaab figure called Ikrima between 2008 and 2012. He said he is confident that it’s the same person who was targeted by U.S. forces.

Storm, who is Danish, described Ikrima as a Somali-Kenyan Al-Shabaab operative who had spent time in Norway. He said that Ikrima made clear to him via e-mail that he was ready to send recruits from the West back home from Recruiting operatives in Somalia to launch attacks.

Norwegian journalist Bent Skjaerstad told CNN his sources have confirmed that Ikrima had indeed spent time in Norway and had tried to recruit for Al-Shabaab in Europe.

Skjaerstad, who reports on security and terrorism for TV2, said Ikrima had lived there between 2004 and 2008. He had failed to gain asylum status but had been given Norwegian travel papers.

Skjaerstad told CNN that according to his sources, Ikrima had traveled to Somalia while living in Norway and had used about a dozen aliases.

The possible involvement of the Norwegian citizen in the Westgate mall attack has highlighted concerns about the widening reach of the Al-Shabaab group outside Somali borders.

Stig Hansen, a security expert based in Norway and author of the book “AlShabaab in Somalia,” told CNN that if the Norwegian suspect is who he believes him to be, he lived in a small town in Norway but had connections with a wider group, not all of Somali origin.

He came to Norway at age 8 or 9 and stayed for a couple of years, during which time he gained Norwegian citizenship, Hansen

said. He later returned to Somalia.

Al-Shabaab became quite popular among some Somali community groups in Norway from 2007 to 2009, Hansen said, “because they were wrongly seen as some kind of national resistance group.”

Observers noticed contradictions between what the group said in its English- and Arabic-language messaging, he said, which contributed to ignorance within the diaspora about its real nature.

“But the terrorist attacks inside of Somalia made it easier for the wider ethnic Somali community to see that this was really a

terrorist organization, and it distanced itself,” he said, making it less popular now.

However, this development brought its own problems, Hansen said, and not just in Norway.

“What you have to look out for, also in the United States and the United Kingdom and all these other Scandinavian countries, are these small, small networks that are in one sense detached also from the Somali community leaders -- radicalized groups of youths and radical preachers, sheikhs, that go traveling around the various countries to try to incite,” he said. “That’s what we have to watch these days.”

public interest,” the Times reported. He said his familiarity with China’s intelligence abilities allowed him to protect the documents from Chinese spies while he was in Hong Kong. “There’s a zero percent chance the Russians or Chinese have received any documents,” he said.

Snowden’s leaks of highly classified material

have resulted in numerous news stories about U.S. surveillance activities at home and abroad and sparked debate about the legality of those activities and the privacy implications for average Americans.

The Times reported that in the interview, which it said took place over several days in the last week and involved encrypted

online communications, Snowden asserted that he believed he was a whistleblower who was acting in the nation’s best interests by revealing information about the NSA’s surveillance dragnet and huge collections of communications data.

Snowden said that he had helped U.S. national security by prompting a

badly needed public debate about the scope of the intelligence effort. “The secret continuance of these programs represents a far greater danger than their disclosure,” he said.

Snowden faces espionage charges in the U.S. On Aug. 1 he was granted asylum in Russia, which is allowing him to remain there for one year.

In this photo taken October 2, ancient skulls and jaws of pre-human ancestors are displayed at the Georgia National Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia. The discovery of an estimated 1.8-million-year-old skull of a human ancestor found below Dmanisi, a medieval Georgian village, captures early human evolution on the move in a vivid snapshot and indicates our family tree may have fewer branches than originally thought, scientists say. It is the earliest evidence of human ancestors moving out of Africa and spreading north to the rest of the world. (AP Photo)

ment from Africa was put at about 1 million years ago.

When examined with the earlier Georgian finds, the skull “shows that this special immigration out of Africa happened much earlier than we thought and a much more primitive group did it,” said study lead author David Lordkipanidze, director of the Georgia National Museum. “This is important to understanding human evolution.” For years, some scientists have said humans evolved from only one or two species, much like a tree branches out from a trunk, while others say the process was more like a bush with several offshoots that went nowhere.

Even bush-favoring scientists say these findings show one single species nearly 2 million years ago at the former Soviet republic site. But they disagree that the same conclusion can be said for bones found elsewhere, such as Africa.

However, Lordkipanidze and colleagues point out that the skulls found in Georgia are different sizes but are considered to be the same species. So, they reason, it’s likely the various skulls found in different

places and times in Africa may not be different species, but variations in one species. To see how a species can vary, just look in the mirror, they said.

“Danny DeVito, Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal are the same species,” Lordkipanidze said. The adult male skull found wasn’t from our species, Homo sapiens. It was from an ancestral species — in the same genus or class called Homo — that led to modern humans. Scientists say the Dmanisi population is likely an early part of our longlived primary ancestral species, Homo erectus. Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley, wasn’t part of the study but praised it as “the first good evidence of what these expanding hominids looked like and what they were doing.”

Fred Spoor at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, a competitor and proponent of a busy family tree with many species disagreed with the study’s overall conclusion, but he lauded the Georgia skull discovery as critical and even beautiful. “It really shows the process of evolution in action,” he said. Spoor said it seems to have cap-

tured a crucial point in the evolutionary process where our ancestors transitioned from Homo habilis to Homo erectus — although the study authors said that depiction is going a bit too far.

The researchers found the first part of the skull, a large jaw, below a medieval fortress in 2000. Five years later — on Lordkipanidze’s 42nd birthday — they unearthed the well-preserved skull, gingerly extracted it, putting it into a cloth-lined case and popped champagne. It matched the jaw perfectly. They were probably separated when our ancestor lost a fight with a hungry carnivore, which pulled apart his skull and jaw bones, Lordkipanidze said.

The skull was from an adult male just shy of 5 feet (1.5 meters) with a massive jaw and big teeth, but a small brain, implying limited thinking capability, said study coauthor Marcia Ponce de Leon of the University of Zurich.

It also seems to be the point where legs are getting longer, for walking upright, and smaller hips, she said. “This is a strange combination of features that we didn’t know before in early Homo,” Ponce de Leon said.

In this September 2013 photo, the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapon, at UN Headquarters. Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the UN Security Council and says the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. (AP File Photo)

Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo. The seats are usually prized because they give officials access to high-level diplomacy and offer a rare opportunity to influence events.

The dramatic gesture was a departure from Saudi Arabia’s more usual preference for quiet diplomacy to advance its aims, particularly at a time of great regional uncertainty with the civil war in Syria affecting neighboring countries and the United States, Saudi Arabia’s biggest international backer, pursuing

what seems to be a cautious and untested opening toward Iran, the Saudis’ main regional adversary.

Thursday’s vote at the United Nations was the first time that Saudi Arabia had sought to gain one of the seats. Its decision to turn it down seemed all the more surprising because its efforts to seek representation had been taken by experts as a reflection of the kingdom’s wish to be more assertive in resolving the Syrian civil war and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

When his country was

NAirObi, KeNyA, OctOber 18 (cNN): Kenyan counterterrorism sources are looking at a Norwegian citizen of Somali descent as a possible suspect in the Westgate mall attack last month, the sources told CNN on Friday.

The Norwegian citizen is believed to have ties to Mohamed Abdikadir Mohamed, known as Ikrima, who is regarded as one of the most dangerous commanders in the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab.

Norwegian intelligence services are in Kenya investigating Ikrima and the Norwegian citizen, the Kenyan sources said, and have also spoken to the latter’s

sister in Norway.

Norwegian authorities have not yet released the Norwegian citizen’s name.

Kenyan authorities suspect Ikrima of involvement with the Westgate mall attack.

Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bloody four-day siege at the upscale mall in Nairobi, where at least 67 people died.

U.S. officials said Ikrima was the target of a raid earlier this month by U.S. Navy SEALs on an Al-Shabaab compound near the town of Baraawe in Somalia. It’s believed that he escaped after the U.S. troops came under heavy fire.

A Kenyan intelligence

dossier seen by CNN alleges Ikrima’s involvement with Briton Samantha Lewthwaite, a terror suspect known as the “White Widow,” in a foiled Mombasa attack in 2011 with Jermaine Grant, a fellow British citizen currently held in Mombasa on terror charges.

Kenyan intelligence sources say that Ikrima, who speaks six languages and grew up in Kenya, is the main “point person” between al Qaeda in Somalia and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and that he has helped pinpoint Kenyan targets.

WAshiNgtON, OctOber 18 (AP): Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden says that he did not take any secret NSA documents to Russia and that intelligence officials in China as well as Russia could not get access to the documents he had obtained before leaving the United States. In an inter-

view with The New York Times, Mr. Snowden said he handed over all the documents he had obtained to journalists during his stay in Hong Kong. The newspaper posted its story on its website on Thursday.

Snowden said he did not retain copies of the documents and did not take them to Russia “because it wouldn’t serve the

Norwegian may have been involved in Westgate mall attack, Kenya sources say

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1.8M-year-old skull gives glimpse of our evolution

DMANisi, geOrgiA, OctOber 18 (AP): The discovery of a 1.8-millionyear-old skull of a human ancestor buried under a medieval Georgian village provides a vivid picture of early evolution and indicates our family tree may have fewer branches than some believe, scientists say. The fossil is the most complete pre-human skull uncovered. With other partial remains previously found at the rural site, it gives

researchers the earliest evidence of human ancestors moving out of Africa and spreading north to the rest of the world, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

The skull and other remains offer a glimpse of a population of pre-humans of various sizes living at the same time — something that scientists had not seen before for such an ancient era. This diversity bolsters

one of two competing theories about the way our early ancestors evolved, spreading out more like a tree than a bush. Nearly all of the previous pre-human discoveries have been fragmented bones, scattered over time and locations — like a smattering of random tweets of our evolutionary history.

The findings at Dmanisi are more complete, weaving more of a short story. Before the site was found, the move-

Dead war criminal admitted 1944 massacre was ‘dreadful’

rOMe, OctOber 18 (iANs/AKi): In a video taped before he died last week, Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke said that the 1944 reprisal massacre of 335 Italian men and boys had been “dreadful”. “The executions were dreadful - for me and my colleagues - but it was impossible to refuse to carry them out,” a frail-looking Priebke says in the video message released Thursday by his lawyer Paolo Giachini. Priebke died under house arrest in Rome last week, aged 100.

“It was an order from (Adolf) Hitler. Those who refused to carry it out were to line up with the victims to be shot,” claimed Priebke, who appears sitting at a desk wearing a blue shirt and sleeveless navy jacket with a bookshelf behind him. In the video, entitled ‘Victor’s Justice’, Priebke speaks fluently in Italian with a strong German accent.

Repeating his defence at his war crimes trial, Priebke claimed he and fellow SS officers were only carrying out orders, a defence which has been ruled invalid ever since the Nuremberg trials. He never repented the crime.

In 1998 Priebke was convicted by an Italian military court of overseeing Rome’s notorious Ardeatine Caves massacre, Italy’s worst World War II atrocity ordered by the Nazis after 33 German soldiers were killed in the capital in an ambush by resistance fighters. “The Communist-organised partisans organised the attack believing it would inspire the local population to rebel against the German occupation,” Priebke says in the video.

In the attack, resistance fighters detonated a bomb hidden in a rubbish cart as a column of German soldiers was passing down Rome’s Via Rasella March 23, 1944, prompting the Nazis to round up 335 civilians, including 75 Jews, for execution. In the reprisal, Priebke, fellow SS officer Karl Hass and their soldiers systematically executed each captive with a shot in the back of the head in an alcohol-fuelled killing spree that lasted many hours.

The German soldiers were mainly inexperienced and some of the victims’ heads were blown off while others were not killed outright and crawled into corners of the caves to die of their injuries. A number of victims may have survived until they were buried under tonnes of rock debris when the Germans then tried to hide their crime by dynamiting the entrance to the caves on Rome’s outskirts. The caves are now a memorial.

The bodies of the victims remained inside the caves for over a year until after the Italian capital was liberated by the Allies June 4, 1944. Priebke’s reputation as an international pariah was cemented after Argentina, where he lived for nearly 50 years after the war, refused to accept his body for burial and a planned funeral in a town near Rome was stopped Tuesday after protests.

His body was Friday believed to be at a military airport outside Rome as negotiations continued between Rome and Berlin over its possible repatriation to Germany for burial at his family’s request. The Vatican banned a funeral in any church in Rome and the city’s mayor refused to allow him to be buried there amid fears his grave would become a neo-Nazi shrine.

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MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 18 (AP): Manchester United's post-Alex Ferguson dip has opened the door for a number of challengers in the Premier League this season, with Arsenal and Liverpool the first teams to capitalize.

The Premier League resumes after a two-week international break with Arsenal, rejuvenated by the signing of Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil, top of the standings on goal difference from Liverpool after seven matches.

It's early days but United is languishing in midtable after three losses and the champions could encounter more problems on Saturday when fourthplace Southampton, one of the surprises of the season so far, visits Old Trafford. Here are five things to know about this weekend's matches in the English Premier League: OZIL WORRY FOR ARSENAL Arsenal will be hoping a knee injury picked up by Ozil on international duty on Tuesday doesn't stop him playing against Norwich on Saturday. Ozil, who hobbled off late in Germany's 5-3 win over Sweden in a World Cup qualifier, has

been an instant hit at Arsenal since joining for a clubrecord 50 million euros ($66 million) on transfer deadline day, transforming the mentality of a squad that has gone eight years without a trophy.

"He came back with a knock on the knee, but it was just a kick," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "We will have a test tomorrow (Friday) to see if he is fit enough for Saturday or not." If only Wenger could have signed the playmaker back in 2010. "I had been in contact with Mesut before, when he first went to Real Madrid three years ago," Wenger said this week. "I spoke to him back then on the phone, in the end he told me he wanted to go to Real Madrid, so I wished him well, but that first contact had been made. He knew that I wanted him for a long time."

SUAREZ-STURRIDGE PARTNERSHIP BLOSSOMING Any fears that Luis Suarez would take time to get back into his stride after serving a 10-game ban for biting an opponent have been well and truly cast aside. The Liverpool striker has scored three goals in two matches since his return to the team from sus-

with similar credentials.

Gus Poyet's only previous job was at second-tier English club Brighton, but he has been tasked with keeping Sunderland in the Premier League after its dreadful start to the season that has left the team bottom on just one point.

"I hope I can show I can do it at this level," Poyet said upon taking charge during the international break.

Poyet's first game in charge is at Swansea on Saturday.

Arsenal's Jack Wilshere, right runs with the ball as Stoke City's Charlie Adam, second right, attempts to challenge during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Stoke City at Emirates Stadium in London on Sept. 22. (AP Photo)

pension and has struck up a brilliant partnership with Daniel Sturridge, who also netted in those matches against Sunderland and Crystal Palace. The league's most feared strike combination will fancy their chances

of adding to their haul on Saturday when Liverpool travels to Newcastle, whose flimsy defense has been ripped apart by Manchester City, Hull and Everton already this season. "He's a nice guy and we have great

chemistry on the field, and charge, Sunderland's gamwe get on well off it so it's ble on hiring an outspoken good," Sturridge said. coach with no top-flight managerial experience POYET'S FIRST SUNDER- backfired spectacularly.

LAND MATCH So what did the strugBy firing Paolo Di Canio gling northeast club do after seven months in next? Hire another coach

SAINTS GO MARCHING TO OLD TRAFFORD Save for Man United, all the usual big teams are already occupying the top positions in the league after just two months. And then there's Southampton.

The acquisition of Italy striker Pablo Osvaldo from Roma in August was a sign that the south-coast team meant business this year, having only survived relegation by five points last season. Southampton is in fourth place, has the best defense in the league — conceding just two goals so far — and has already won at Liverpool to end the thenleader's unbeaten start. It has done all this with core of English players in the squad at a time when home-grown talent is struggling to get a

look-in more than ever before in England's top division. Next up for the Saints is a trip to United, whose last home match saw the team trip up 2-1 to West Bromwich Albion.

AWAY-DAY BLUES Many pundits' title favorite after bringing in nearly 100 million pounds ($160 million) of talent in the offseason, Manchester City has shown the wrong kind of consistency in its opening seven games.

Sublime at home, where it has won all four of its games and scored 13 goals in the process, City is yet to win away after losing to promoted Cardiff and Aston Villa and being outplayed in a 0-0 draw at Stoke. Defensively, Manuel Pellegrini's side has been suspect on its travels so Vincent Kompany's likely absence with a knee injury for Saturday's match at West Ham will be sorely felt.

West Ham is also coming off a shock 3-0 win at Tottenham, where Ravel Morrison's solo goal from the halfway line provided another glimpse of the young winger's talents.

Some even see the former Manchester United player potentially in England's squad for next year's World Cup in Brazil.

Casillas could look for Madrid exit in January

MADRID, OCTOBER 18 (AP): Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas will probably look to leave the club in the January transfer window if the Spain international doesn't get more playing time. Casillas, who has played only one full game this season, never recovered his starting position from Diego Lopez after breaking his left hand last season. "If the situation doesn't change within three months and you ask me the same question, I'd probably say that I'll be looking to leave," Casillas said on Thursday. Madrid coach Jose Mourinho favored Lopez even after Casillas' return, and new coach Carlo Ancelotti has also stuck with the former Spain interna-

tional bought from Sevilla in January. Casillas has played just 105 minutes this season, all in the Champions League. "In September I wanted to leave and I was going to tell the president that I wanted to go, but I decided to be a part of this squad and this club for a lot longer," Casillas said. "I always wanted to stay at Real Madrid but I'd like to play and compete more." The 32-year-old Spain international has been a regular at Madrid since 1999, guiding the club to two Champions League and five Spanish league titles.

He captained Spain to a 2010 World Cup triumph between back-to-back European Championships.

1st Kohima District Ward/Block volleyball tournament

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 18 (MExN): The Kohima District Volleyball Association is organizing the for both men and women scheduled to be held on October 29 to October 31 at Kohima local ground. The Tournament will exclusively restrict to the permanent resident of Kohima District, informed a press note. The Entry Forms are available at Sports World, Taxi Stand Kohima. Last date of submission of Forms will be on Oct 21 and the date of Fixture draw will be on October 24. The KDVA will have a joint meeting with the different sub-Committees of the tournament on October 22 at KDCC Office, Congress Bhavan at 3:00 PM. Moto2 rider Anthony West of Australia kicks his leg out as he tries to control his bike on turn four during the second practice session of the MotoGP Australian motorcycle Grand Prix in Phillip Island, Australia, Friday, Oct. 18. (AP Photo)

21st LOYEM MEMORIAL OPEN SOCCER CHAMPIOSHIP RESULTS

Tagra Teyees beat Mutten ‘B’ Tuensang village by five goals to nil Kholio King beat Scavenger by four goals to nil

Pujara drops to 8th in iCC test rankings 14th nsF Martyrs Memorial

DUBAI, OCTOBER 18 (PTI): Cheteshwar Pujara was the highest-ranked Indian batsman despite dropping a rung to eighth while R Ashwin held on to his eighth position in the bowlers' chart of the ICC Test rankings issued on Friday.

Pujara and Ashwin were the only Indians in the respective top-10s of batsmen and bowlers. Ashwin was also steady at third in the list of all-rounders.

South Africa's AB de Villiers has achieved a career-

best second position in the rankings for Test batsmen, while a seven-wicket victory in the Abu Dhabi Test has guaranteed Pakistan a fourth position in the team rankings. De Villiers, who scored 19 and 90, earned three ratings points which were enough to put him ahead of Shivnarine Chanderpul of the West Indies.

The South Africa batsman now trails team-mate Hashim Amla, who also gained five ratings points after scoring 118 runs in

the first innings, by 15 ratings points. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has also achieved his careerbest rankings. The 39-yearold batsman was rewarded for his 100 and 28 not out with a jump of five places that has put him in seventh position, just one place and seven ratings points behind Younis Khan. Asad Shafiq and man of the match Khurram Manzoor have also made upward movements. Asad has gained nine places and is now in

25th position while Khurram's Test best score of 146 has given him a leap of 45 places and 52nd position in the latest rankings that were released on Friday morning. In the rankings for Test bowlers, there is no change in the top 10 but Vernon Philander has become the 21st bowler and third from South Africa after Shaun Pollock (909) and Dale Steyn (908) to reach the 900-point mark.

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test all-

rounders, double failure by Jacques Kallis has meant he has returned the numberone spot to Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's seven wickets victory means they will finish fourth, irrespective of how the Dubai Test pans out, the ICC said in a statement. If the series ends in a 1-1 draw, South Africa will finish on 131 points (drop by four) and Pakistan will end on 102 (up by five) and one point ahead of the Australia.

Dmp Ao students’ sports meet concludes

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 18 (MExN): The three-day long Ao Students Union Dimapur (AKTD) ‘Autumn Huddle’ sports meet concluded on Friday, October 18. Held under the theme ‘As One’, Parliamentary Secretary for Urban Development, Zhaleo Rio declared the meet close.

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Rio urged upon the Ao youth to act as agents of change while creating a sense of oneness. According to him, the Aos have been instrumental in transforming the Naga society as a whole; and the pioneering spirit of the Aos as a community should also be shared with other Naga tribes at the same time creating a sense of oneness. “Though we may belong to different tribes, we must remember that we are one people.”

Expressing happiness at the response from the youth to the event, Rio said that it was inspiring to witness the

Trophy grand finale today

Organizing committee of 14th edition NSF MMT 2013 pose for lens. (Morung Photo)

Nagaland Police to face Naga United Our Correspondent Kohima | October 18

The grand finale of the 14th edition of the NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2013 (Late Kekuojalie Sachu and Late Vikhozo Yhoshu) will take place on October 19 at the Kohima Local Ground under the aegis of the Angami Students’ Union (ASU) with the theme “Goal for peace.”

Nagaland Police will face Naga United in finals at 1:30 PM. MLA Khriehu Liezietsu, advisor New & Renewable Energy and Music Task Force will be the guest of honour at the valedictory function. In formal valeMatch in action at the Dimapur Ao Students Union sports meet on October 18. Photo by Manen Aier dictory function, the programme will be compered enthusiasm of youngsters. 1st – Kilangsangla, 2nd Me- 1st – Rongsenmeren, 2nd - Volleyball

by Keneido Peseyie while Sports, he said, in itself can rentsungla, 3rd Sentikala Sentiwati, 3rd - Imtiakum, Girls Relay Race 1st – Sungkong House, 2nd brief recap on 14th edition be a paying profession. In Boys will be given by ASU presithis regard, he said that 1st – Rongsenmeren, 2nd Girls – Menüng House dent Zakie Khate. NeinugvoNagas have many budding - Nungsang Longchar, 3rd - 1st – Tzüla House, 2nd – Boys sporting talents, which are Merenjungshi Tenüm House, 3rd Menüng 1 st – Tzüla House, 2nd – tuo Krose, Co-Convenor organizing committee will yet to be exploited.

200m House Menüng House propose vote of thanks.

Football Girls Boys Entry ticket for final 1st – Maongnaro, 2nd - 1st – Tzürang House, 2nd Boys RESULTS 100m race Moanungla, 3rd - Imtisenla, – Meinkong House, 3rd – 1st – Tzüla House, 2nd – match has been enhanced to Rs. 50. ASU secretary Girls Boys Menüng House Tzürang House

HIGHLIGHTS OF FINAL TEAMS OF 14TH EDITION Naga United Vs Nagaland Police Naga United 1. Preliminary round (4-1) Skull Rangers Poilwa 2. 2nd round- (7-2) Adriot Boys FC 3. Pre-Quarter (1-1) New Market B /8-7 Tie-Break 4. Quarter final- (1-0) DEF Kohima 5. Semi Final (2-1) SASU Total goal scored - 15 Total goal against- 5 Total yellow card - 3 NB:- 1st time in final match Nagaland Police 1Preliminary round (9-1) Kohima Science College 2. 2nd round (5-0) Ablazers FC 3. Pre-Quarter- (5-0) TyrantsFC 4. Quarter- (5-0) Orion FC 5. Semi Final- (0-0) HQ IGAR(N)/3-0 Tie-Break Total goal scored - 24 Total goal against - 1 Total yellow card- 7 NB:- 3 time champion and 4 time in final match

sports Mathew Yhome said that there will be lucky draw on entry ticket wherein 10 lucky winners will get Nokia mobile handset each. Mentionably, a total of 65 teams totaling 1170 players joined the 14th edition with 51 teams from Kohima, 4 teams from Phek, 3 teams from Dimapur, 1 team from Zunheboto, 1 team from Peren and 5 teams from Manipur State.

Total goal scored is 236 @ 3.74 per match, total yel-

low cards is 104 @1.65 per match, total red card is 2, total hat-trick is 15, total tiebreak is 12 and the fastest goal is scored by Minthung of Kuki SU in 19 second and so far the highest goal scored is Lima Kumzuk of Nagaland Police with13 goals.

The champions will walk away with a cash prize of Rs. 1,20,000-with running Trophy while the runners up will pocket Rs. 70,000 with running Trophy.

Entertainment Making Merry wins NSACS ZERO Kohima Ke$ha Electrocuted Herself Onstage With Power Tool Performance Saturday

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Kohima, october 18 (mexN): With NSACS ZERO district audition reaching the capital, fans and friends of the 12 competing bands were left asking for more as all the bands performed with great prowess and exceptional musical aptitude.

Making Merry was declared the proud winner of the competition, while Faded Black and StereoType came in second and third. Joint Director NSACS, Dr.Watikala gave away the first prize, while Deputy Director, Ayieno Kechu, gave away the second and third prizes. Red Ribbon

Club volunteers from Baptist College extended their valuable service for the event. During the concert Khrieo of User’s Network Kohima shared his testimony.

In the morning, NSACS ZERO crew visited Baptist College and interacted with more than 300 students. To start the program, Clueless Attention took the stage and treated the students to a few acoustic numbers. Joint Director, NSACS, Dr.Watikala in her brief talk mentioned that Kohima has the second highest detections of HIV/AIDS in the state, after Dimapur, which is a cause for concern.

Deputy Director, NSACS, Ayieno Kechu also gave a short speech on the ZERO campaign, and how through music, NSACS is able to spread awareness of HIV/AIDS to the masses.

She also mentioned that NSACS has not only been involved in music, but also in the field of sports, and in various festivals, to spread awareness and bring down the count of HIV/AIDS to zero, which is a vision of UNAIDS . Youth Coordinator, Red Ribbon Club, Ainato Yeptho and State Program Officer, UNDP, Jongpongchiden were also present at the program.

star Ke$Ha’s bizarre stage antics almost led to an emergency dash to the hospital during a recent show when she electrocuted herself with a power tool.

Sparks fly when the Die Young singer grinds the custommade metal chastity belt she wears on stage with a handheld band saw, and she almost went too far during one recent performance.

The Tik Tok hitmaker explains, It’s super dangerous... but it looks so cool and my fans are way into it. At this one show... I was doing that and all of a sudden I start getting electrocuted while I was grinding on my vagina and it was super scary and intense... I think everyone thought I was partying.

Miranda Kerr wants to become an actress Miranda

Kerr is keen to take a break from her modelling career so she can break into acting and the brunette beauty has already had meetings with a number of agents. The 30-year-old model is keen to take a break from the fashion world and follow in the footsteps of her actor husband Orlando Bloom by branching into the world of theatre and movies.

According to the New York Post newspaper, Miranda was overheard at the 20th anniversary party of Stuart Weitzman’s famed 5050 Boot saying ‘’I am talking to acting agents.’’ Meanwhile, the former Victoria’s Secret Angel - who runs her own beauty brand KORA Organics - has taken inspiration from her spouse after watching him in a new Broadway theatre production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, in which he plays the titular heartthrob.

She said previously ‘’When I saw Orlando on Broadway in ‘Romeo and Juliet’, I was blown away. For someone to be able to learn all that and hold the energy to do it every day, six days a week - I have so much respect for him.’’

However, the couple - who tied the knot in 2010 and raise two-year-old son Flynn together - won’t be practicing their lines together any time soon as they prefer to keep their careers separate at home. She said ‘’We don’t run lines though. We keep that very separate. That would be like me asking him to teach me how to catwalk.’’

Olsen Twins’ Fashion Obsession Began On Full House Actresses-

turned-designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s obsession with fashion began with restructuring their costumes on the set of U.S. sitcom Full House. The 27-year-old twins rose to fame in their breakout role as Michelle Tanner on the popular Tv programme, but have since turned away from life in Hollywood in favour of becoming leading designers in the fashion world.

In an interview with style site Net-a-Porter.com’s magazine The Edit, the sisters reveal their love for clothes was ignited on the very show that

made them famous, as they had to re-imagine their costumes by designers like Chanel and Marc Jacobs, in order to fit their smaller frames.

Ashley reveals, On Full House we would be in sixhour fittings three times a week, because we had to wear 12 different outfits. MaryKate adds, We were designing clothes for ourselves as we were so petite, so I think that is when we became obsessed with fit, and now the obsession has become a profession.

In 2006, the Olsens created a high-fashion line called The Row, which has been critically acclaimed by style experts around the world.

Snoop Lion changes name to Snoopzilla

Robbie Williams closes fashion label Farrell

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Williams has shut down his fashion label Farrell this week, with the company going into liquidation and filing for voluntary bankruptcy.

The ‘Candy’ singer launched his menswear label Farrell in September 2011 and opened a pop-up shop in Covent Garden, London, this August for a sixmonth stint. But the clothes did not prove popular with shoppers and the store closed after just six weeks.

Representatives for Farrell have confirmed the company has gone into liquidation and filed for voluntary bankruptcy on Monday.

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In a statement issued on the failed business venture, Robbie said ‘’The support of the men’s press and retailers internationally since we started has been incredible and I want to thank them. I have also been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with the talented Ben Dickens and will miss creating and working with and wish him every luck for the future.’’

Robbie, 39, hired Ben Dickens - former design director at Burberry - to create the Farrell collection with him and the line was available at famous London department store Selfridges as well as his own shop and online. The Take That star named his label after his grandfather, Jack Farrell, who became renowned for his fashion sense in his hometown of Stoke-onTrent.

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41-year-old American rapper, who initially chose the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg, had changed it to Snoop Dogg, and more recently Snoop Lion, has changed his name again to Snoopzilla, News.com.au.

The ` Gin and Juice` singer has revealed that he was sick of his previous name, which was an ode to his Rastafarian roots, and an-

Justin Bieber’s movie ‘Believe 3D’ set for X-mas Day release

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19-year-old singer said that he was very excited to be involved in the movie and even happier to be able to give back to his fans, especially during the holiday season, the Mirror reported. The Canadian popstar added that the director Jon Chu, and his team had done a wonderful job creating a special moment for Beliebers worldwide. Last month, the first glimpse of `Believe` was shown, which featured concert footage and unseen interviews, at a viewing mounted by IM Global at the Cineplex in Toronto.

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The SMS polling will constitute 5% of the overall votes and shall determine the favorite contestant of the general public. The SMS will be entertained within India from all the mobile service providers which also avails opportunity for the indigenous inhabitants

of Nagaland living/studying outside the state.

The code for the whole competition is 56263. One can type NOH (Space) (contestant code). For example NOH (Space) Alem01 and send to 56263. Codes are not case sensitive and multiple SMS’s can be sent. The first elimination will be broadcasted on the 19th of October by all the Local District Cable Operators. Furthermore, the SMS polling will be effective from 19th October till 29th October for the first elimination round. This polling will carry on till the final elimination.

The code for the contestant will be as follows: Alem01, Tovi02, Ajung03, Tona04, Vesuto05, Pongchai06, Meyi08, Senti09, Mika10, Apen11, Nogheli12, Obed13, Lijem14, Yapang15, David16, Abetoli17, Nokyin18.

nounced his new name yesterday, which coincided with the release of his new album ` 7 Days of Funk` which he has recorded with groove singer Dam-Funk .

The singer-songwriter said that Snoopzilla reflects the funk influence in his music. It`s believed his new name is a tribute to legendary funk bassist Bootsy Collins, who was nicknamed Bootzilla.

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24Th Senior National Sepaktakraw Championship Manipur emerges overall champ, runners-up Nagaland Our Correspondent Kohima | October 18

Manipur won the overall champion title while Nagaland finished 2nd runners up at the 24th National Sepaktakraw Championship 2013 which concluded here this evening held at Indira Gandhi Stadium.

Manipur team won four gold medals in the 24th edition while Nagaland team bagged onegold, two silver and one bronze.

Manipur team won gold medal in men’s team event, men’s regu event, women’s team event and women’s regu event while Nagaland won gold in women’s double event, silver medals in men’s doubles and women’s team event and bronze in men’s team event.

Services Selection Board (SSB) won gold in men’s doubles event and silver in men’s regu event.

Delhi won silver in men’s team event and bronze in men’s regu event. Assam won silver in women’s regu event, bronze in women’s team event and men’s regu event. Andhra Pradesh won silver in women’s double Britain's Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge plays volleyball during a visit to a SportsAid Athlete Workshop, at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, Friday, Oct. 18. The Duchess of Cam- event and bronze in women’s bridge as Patron of SportsAid attended a SportsAid Athlete Workshop at the Copper Box where regu event.

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joint bronze medal winners of men’s doubles event. Odhisa also women bronze in women’s team event. Uttar Pradesh won bronze medal in men’s team event while Goa and Bihar were declared joint bronze medal winners of women’s doubles event.

Minister for youth resources and sports Merentoshi R Jamir graced the valedictory function as the chief guest and gave away the prizes to the winners The minister told the gathering that the Centre has assured National Academy of Sepaktakraw in the State of Nagaland.

He also thanked STFI for giving a chance to the state to host this 24th edition and also thanked NASTA for successful host of the championship.

NASTA vice president P. Tokugha Achumi chaired the valedictory function while vote of thanks was proposed by NASTA treasuer Lanu Yaden.

The championship, started from October 15 was hosted by Nagaland Sepaktakraw Association (NASTA) under the aegis of Sepaktakraw Federation of India (STFI) and Department of Youth Resources & Sports, Government of Nagaland. Altogether, 24 states including SSB joined the championship.

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India hope to keep momentum NPL MATCHDAY 8 PREVIEWS going against deflated Australia

Mohali, october 18 (Pti): to the opposition as good as they get. Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Dhawan’s 95 in Jaipur was all wicket which is expected to be full On a high after a sensational performance in Jaipur, a supremely con- about brute power and taking the of runs. For Dhawan, it will be like fident India will look to keep the opponents by the scruff of their neck. homecoming of sorts as it all started momentum going with another dom- Rohit’s 141 had the silken grace that at this very venue with a smashing inating display when they they take has always been associated with this Test century on debut.

With India’s top-three raising on a shell-shocked Australian team wristy Mumbaikar. Kohli’s innings in the third cricket ODI in Mohali on was all intimidation as he showed the bar, the likes of Suresh Raina and Saturday. Having made a mockery of that why he is turning out to be one veterans Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the second highest run-chase in the of the premier batsmen in limited Yuvraj Singh will also be itching to perform and make their share of subhistory of limited overs cricket, the overs format. stantial contribution. The only Indian team would not like to worrying factor for Team India settle for anything less than an Teams overwhelming win at the PCA m s Dhoni (C), shikhar Dhawan, Rohit is its bowling which has conStadium on Saturday. sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj singh, suresh ceded a whopping 864 runs in As for George Bailey and Raina, ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, 120 overs so far (T20 match inhis bunch of committed war- R ashwin, Ishant sharma, Bhuvneshwar cluded) at a pathetic economy riors, the quicker they get over Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, amit mishra, Jaydev rate of 7.20 overs.

While Dhoni doesn’t bethe disappointment of that Unadkat and mohd shami. lieve tinkering with the playdefeat, better it will be as this match starts at 1.30 pm (IsT) ing XI,in the pace duo of Ishant Indian team under Mahendra Sharma and Ranganath Vinay Singh Dhoni’s stewardship can His 52-ball-100 had everything. Kumar should not take their places decisively seize the momentum from the visitors To chase a target of 360 Skill, power, artistry all of which goes in the team for granted. Both have inside 44 overs requires a Herculean into the making of a brilliant cricket- been dismal with the ball as they have effort, and the trio of Shikhar Dha- er. As rival skipper Bailey had aptly failed to contain the run flow. Despite a wan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli pointed out at the post-match press heartbreaking loss, a positive aspect of have now proved that no target in the conference in Jaipur, the Indian bat- this Australian team has been its batworld is safe when they come out all ting’s top seven is wonderful to have ting which has fared well in all three in ODI format. After a disappointing matches. Aaron Finch and Bailey have guns blazing at the opposition.

Three immensely talented bats- first match, the remarkable come- been in terrific form while Phil Hughes men have completely different areas back would have certainly helped has been able to put behind his poor of strength but what binds the troika the Indians rejuvenate as they would show in the Test series earlier this year together is their ability to give it back like to go for the kill on another placid with a lot of grit and application.

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Wait for my book to read all about 'Monkeygate': Kumble

baNGalore, october 18 (Pti): Former captain Anil Kumble today declined to comment on Ricky Ponting's observation on Sachin Tendulkar's role in the 'Monkeygate' scandal, saying people should wait for his book to know his version of the incident.

In his memoirs -- titled 'The Close of Play' - Ponting said he didn't understand why Tendulkar vouched for Harbhajan Singh during the appeal hearing but did not say anything when match referee Mike Procter initially suspended the spinner for passing allegedly racial comments at all-rounder Andrew Symonds.

"Lot of things have been

said since then. It's five years since that incident had happened (in Sydney).

I don't want to comment on that now. It's important to move on. All of us have moved on. If you really want to know what happened, you have to wait for my book," Kumble, who was the Indian Test captain during that series told mediapersons today. Australian cricketers and administrators over the years have taken a swipe at Indian cricketers and administrations in their autobiographies. Mathew Hayden who had taken a dig at another Indian captain Sourav Ganguly for reportedly backing out of a Test match in Nag-

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nited Redskins were undone by a late winner on Wednesday after putting up a brave fight against a quality Kohima Komets side. Another difficult fixture awaits them at the weekend when they take on current league leaders Veda FC in Dimapur. United Redskins are capable of causing an upset and they will be confident of getting a positive result against Veda FC. Veda FC were held to a draw by an impressive Zonipang in Mokokchung. They are still on top but after dropping points in their last two games the lead has now been reduced to just 2 points. Veda FC will look to get back to winning ways when they take on an upbeat United Redskins.

Naga Tornadoes had an off day on Wednesday after struggling to find any kind of rhythm against a powerful Dimapur United going down 1-3. They have been plagued by inconsistency so far winning and losing thrice each and they will look to address this issue when they face Barak FC on Saturday. Barak returned to form in the previous

SATurDAY, OCTOBEr 19, 2013

By NPL Pundits

Dimapur, DDSC Stadium United Redskins FC vs Veda FC Kick-off: 10 am FC Naga Tornadoes vs Barak FC Kick-off: 12 noon Dynamic FC vs Doyang FC Kick-off: 2 pm Kohima, IG Stadium Kohima Komets vs Sangpang FC Kick-off: 2 pm Mokokchung, Imkongmeren Sports Complex Zonipang SA vs Dimapur United FC Kick-off: 9 am match when they thumped Doyang FC 4 – 0 in Kohima.

They need to rediscover last season’s excellent form and consistency to keep themselves in the hunt for a second title.

Dynamic FC and Doyang FC come into the match after disappointing losses on Wednesday. They are the only remaining teams who have failed to register a victory this season. Both sides need to pick themselves up and start to put in improved performances on a regular basis. The two teams need to sort out their

defensive frailties as they have been conceding goals at an alarming rate. This fixture on Saturday will be a keenly contested one as both Dynamic and Doyang go out in search of their first win in 8 outings.

Kohima Komets hosts Mokokchung boys Sangpang at the IG stadium this Saturday. The hometeam are 3rd on the table after coming from behind to snatch all three points against United Redskins on Wednesday.

With a game in hand and just 3 points adrift of league leaders Veda FC, Kohima Komets

will be ready to capitalise on any slip up by their rivals as the battle at the top remain wide open. Sangpang come into the game in an excellent form having caused major upsets in the past few weeks, beating defending champions Barak and last year’s runners up Naga Tornadoes.

They will go all out to pull off another one when they visit Kohima this Saturday.

Zonipang host Dimapur United in an early kick-off in Mokokchung this Saturday.

Zonipang’s outstanding form continued on Wednesday after holding frontrunners Veda FC to a draw infont of the home supporters. Despite the scoreline remaining goalless it was an action packed contest right from the start and kept the crowd on their feet throughout the entire game.

Zonipang will bank on their good form and confidence and look to make the home advantage count in their favour on Saturday. High-flying Dimapur United make the trip to Mokokchung aiming to make it three wins in a row. They trail leaders Veda FC by just 2 points and they will be keen to keep the pressure up on their rivals with another three pointer.

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pur when the hosts were forced to play on a green top. Hayden had sarcastically termed Ganguly's backing out as "suffering from green trackitis". Adam Gilchrist, in his book, had termed Tendulkar's evidence in the Monkeygate scandal a "joke" and had claimed that there were differences in his testimony. Kumble feels that it's not bad idea to write a book since he has now decided that he won't be part of cricket administration anymore. "Now that I have announced that I am not going to be a part of administration, I also have the time to write a book and wait for the book to come out," Kumble said.

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