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Dimapur | October 31

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by Rs. 1.15 New Delhi, OctOber 31 (iANS): Diesel price will go up by 50 paise a litre, excluding taxes, from Thursday midnight, while petrol will become cheaper by Rs.1.15 a litre, the government-run oil marketing firm Indian Oil Corporation said. This is the second cut in petrol prices in a month. While the petrol price is marketlinked and revised periodically depending on crude oil price in the international markets, diesel is subsidised and the government has allowed the marketing firms to hike it by a “small amount” every month.

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What was once a faint whisper turned into a shout today! Amidst resounding chants of “Enough is Enough” and “We Shall Overcome,” the message of the ACAUT Public Awareness Rally was clear that the Naga Political Groups need to unite to form one entity and only then will the issue of multiple taxation be resolved.

Thousands of men and women, young and old and from all walks of life converged at the Clock Tower, as Dimapur injected a much needed thrust to the movement against multiple taxation. The message of the rally, which was echoed by all the speakers, was lucid: that the people have had “enough and the people want change.”

Columnist and retired IAS officer, Khekiye K. Sema’s affirmation for ‘one government, one tax’ provided a direction for the rally. “One tax, to one government,” Sema stated, and without mincing words, he posed, “I ask the Naga freedom fighters why they broke up into so many factions... if the goal is one.”

Making the intention of the movement clear, he said that the objective of the rally is to reason with the Naga Political Groups.

Quoting Edmund Burke’s, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” Sema pointed to the general lack of interest shown by Nagas to events

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from a Whisper to a shout; the Public cries out!

All foR oNE, oNE foR All: The public expressed a resounding ‘Yes’ to the idea of “One Government One Taxation” during the ACAUT Public Awareness Rally held at the Clock Tower junction, Dimapur on October 31. (Photo by Caisii Mao)

such as the day’s rally. But “If we want to fight we have got to be present to fight for it...” Sema stated and emphasized on the stake that the people have in the movement.

Calling for radical changes, he said that the present circumstance demands a plebiscite like the one held in 1951 which gave legitimacy to the Naga Freedom Movement. “If you and I refuse to pay, they can kill us, yes. But the first human being that is killed on the issue of excess taxation, there will be a revolution in Nagaland. And no movement can survive without people like

you and I.” On that note, he expressed surprise at the apparent inaction of the tribal hohos in the movement.

“What are the tribal hohos doing? Can they not setup up ACAUT branches in their own respective districts?”

The Government of Nagaland may be watching from the sidelines, but according to Sema, the state government is no better.

He said that one fleeces the people through ‘percentage cuts’, while the other does it through the barrel of the gun.

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DimApur, OctOber 31 (mexN): The GPRN/NSCN has alleged that the SP of Zunheboto “seems to be working hand in glove with the Khaplang group”. According to a press note from the MIP GPRN/NSCN, on October 26 and 27, 2013, the Assam Rifles had arrested Sergeant Aloto, Deputy Secretary Kivigho and Private Linen Kuki of the Khaplang group in violation of the ceasefire ground rules. They were later handed over to the Zunheboto police and were in their custody.

It was claimed by the MIP that on the night of October 29, “through the instruction of Chumrenthung Lotha, the SP of Zunheboto town, Mr. Isak Sumi and Major Hoikhu, the town commander of the Khaplang group on the pretext of visiting their boys went inside the police station, took the police on duty at gunpoint and freed their boys”.

“Hoikhu was caught by the police from the station itself while Isak fled with their boys,” the press note stated adding that on the same night, Hoikhu was released at the order of the SP, “which has baffled the general public as well as the GPRN/NSCN”. The GPRN/NSCN stated that it was curious to know on what ground Hoikhu was released and why a criminal who had committed one of the biggest crimes within the premises of a state law enforcing agency freed.

The GPRN/NSCN stated that it was compelled to ask the PHQ if the concerned department is aware of the activities happening in Zunheboto town under the command of its officer Chumrenthung Lotha, and what kind of punishments should be meted out to irresponsible and erring officials when found.

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GPRN/NSCN questions role of Police

DimApur, OctOber 31 (mexN): The Executive Engineer, Transmission Division, Kohima has in a statement informed there will be disruption of power supply to Wokha District, Tseminyu and Pughotobo sub-divisions from 5:00AM on November 2 until November 4, 2013 due to restoration work to rectify the 132KV power transmission near Chiechema, which has been damaged. It is informed that there will be continuous power shutdown during these two days. Although the restoration work is being taken up on “war footing,” the statement pointed to the “nature of topography and the job involved” which makes ‘prolonged power shutdown’ inevitable. However, in the event of completing the restoration earlier than Morung Express news scheduled, the power supDimapur | October 31 ply shall be restored, the The public rally against “unstatement said. abated taxations” expressed public resentment against the Nagaland State governKOhimA, OctOber 31 ment’s inability to rein in (mexN): Nagaland State corruption and “illegal” taxDisaster Management Au- ations levied by its agencies, thority (NSDMA) will be especially the municipal conducting a mock drill on bodies and the police.

November 1 at Fancy MarNGO representatives ket near Old NST, Kohima, and other speakers who as a part of the ongoing took the dais lashed out at community development the Nagaland state governprogramme (CDP). In this ment for failing to check connection, the DC Kohima, rampant corruption and W. Honje Konyak in a notifi- taxation by its own decation stated that the siren partments and agencies. from the Police HQ will be ACAUT member Joel Nillo sounded at around 10:00 Kath said that for every am. He requested the pub- work order issued by delic not to panic but to coop- partments, 40% is deerate with the authorities ducted; the Naga political and also give way for traffic. groups share is reportedly

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4%. Joel questioned whether the remaining 36% percent is pocketed by department officials. He also cited the case of Dimapur Municipal Council appointing lessees to collect taxes.

President, Nagaland Voluntary Consumers Organization, Kezhokhoto Savi, said that despite repeated reminders, police personnel are still levying “illegal” taxes on all commercial vehicles at check gates and entry points.

Narrating his recent visit to Mokokchung district, Savi said at Tsutapela and Longmisa check gates, besides the usual Rs. 50 tax imposed on commercial vehicles, the police have also started collecting a monthly entry tax ranging from Rs.200-300.

Advisor to the Naga Mothers’ Association, Rosemary Dzüvichü said, even though taxation affects the urban people more directly, corruption by government officials was also taking its toll on the rural population. “Let us stand against corruption, why are we silent against corruption within the government?” Rosemary said. She said the government’s inability to check the twin menace has forced the general public to take to the streets to express their resentment.

Columnist and retired bureaucrat, Khekiye Y. Sema, also blamed the Nagaland state government for harassing the public to no end through corruption and “supply orders.”

loba Ao, referring to the NSCN (IM)’s response and effort to streamline its taxation system, expressed hope that it will be fulfilled in letter and spirit. But till such time the grievances are resolved, the public should understand that “we have to stand up as one.” Advisor to the Naga Mothers Association, Rosemary Dzüvichu, appealed that freedom of expression, freedom of thought and action must be given precedence. “No unwarranted threats. This is the demand of the NMA.” Dzüvichu on behalf of the NMA appealed to the Nagaland state government to

play its role, that of protecting the citizens, the women, the children and the children’s future.

President of the Nagaland Tribes Council, Thepfulhouvi Solo; consumer rights activist, Kezhokhoto Savi; vice president of the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation, Sashi Naga; general secretary of the Naga Students’ Federation, Esther Rhakho; former MLA Z. Lohe; ACAUT co-convenor Joel Nillo and the founder of the online group, The Naga Blog, Yanpvuo Kikon were the other speakers.

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three-Point resolution passed during the rally 1. The Naga public recognizes “One Government One Taxation” only and the Naga public has decided to pay only one tax to one entity. This also means that as long as factionalism exists, the Naga public shall not pay tax.

2. The Naga public reaffirms its support for Naga movement and strongly urges the Government of India to settle the Indo-Naga imbroglio at the earliest.

3. The Government of Nagaland should constitute a high powered committee within 15 days to study the whole gamut of unabated

taxations and illegal collections involving the NPGs and government agencies/departments. The committee shall consist of atleast 5 (five) members headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court or High Court with atleast 2 members from the ACAUT. The committee should submit its report within 2 months with its findings published in all the newspapers. In the event, the government fails to constitute the committee within the said period, the ACAUT will initiate further action in consultation with public.

Today’s rally saw an unprecedented security arrangement with the police taking no chances whatsoever.

The rally resembled more of a high profile rally as security personnel swarmed the streets and frisking was conducted at all major intersections.

People were individually screened with metal detectors before entering Clock Tower junction, which was the rally’s venue. Superintendent of Police Dimapur, VZ Angami, said a threetier security arrangement –innermost, inner cordon and outer cordon-was put into place for the rally. Be-

sides Dimapur police and IR (Bn) and CRPF personnel, Assam Rifles personnel also guarded the “peripherals.”

“In addition to our existing police strength, 6 more companies were also requisitioned for the rally”, the SP said. He also informed that the ACAUT rally and later the meeting of Nagaland Tribes Council concluded without any untoward incident.

Despite the high security, the rally is a good example of how the people of Nagaland can effectively voice their dissent through nonviolent means.

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Hope unites for Change!

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Today, Alemla, Kikala and Asangla, who have lived in Dimapur all their lives, came to the ACAUT’s ‘Public Awareness Rally’ together. They were among thousands of people gathered at the Clock Tower who cheered Khekiye Y. Sema’s call for ‘One Government, One Tax.’ They were joined by students, lawyers, teachers, business persons—citizens concerned for their future.

“It has become almost impossible to run the household anymore,” says Alemla, pointing to prices that have risen continuously without any increase in household earnings. A teacher in the crowd highlights why that is a problem, “Household budgets have to be cut drastically.

Sometimes there is employment enough only for one member of the family and these earnings are heavily taxed. Children either have to be taken out of school in the process, or not be able to buy simple things like new notebooks or shoes. This changes their attitude in school, and life, drastically,” the teacher explains without wanting to reveal her name.

She goes on further asking “Who does not want to live? This should be just the beginning of change. Young people have to come with innovative ideas to take it from this rally on [to the future].”

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Who lives, if Nagaland Dies: A young student is seen sprinting with a placard. The anguish, anger and hope of the young were certainly heard today at the ACAUT Public Awareness Rally held at the ClockTower junction, Dimapur on October 31. (Photo by Benjamin Lorin Sugathan)

parents to send all of us to school,” says a student of Eastern Christian College, Nzanthung, who attended with a number of his batch mates in uniform. “We are here to support the ACAUT so that all my siblings can make it through school and we can study more. For that, we want change.”

It is this hope for change, through a unified voice, that attracted a 60-year-old woman to the rally, who is embarrassed regarding the state of her ‘Nagaland for Christ.’ “They don’t even spare daily wage earners from erratic taxes—how are their children to go to school?” she

quips at the end of the rally, while walking home. “We have to shell out money for young boys we know are drug users but claim to be underground. Contractors and politicians steal just as much,” she says, almost tripping over the dusty, rocky road in main Dimapur town. “The only way to stand up against these people is if the good people unify and say no. What will Naga independence look like if this goes on?”

The voice and aspiration of the young, however, stood out at today’s rally. Young and tall Bokato Awomi, at the rally with his friend, K. Zao, used to work on his father’s business.

“It was too humiliating to have to wake up early in the morning, scrounge for a pig head, leg or ribs and then rush to one of the camps to negotiate the amount of tax to be paid,” admits Awomi, who preferred to take up a private job instead as a means to escape the exercise. “But we are here for more than that,” chips in Zao. “To address corruption of the state, non-state and NGOs especially who misuse their offices to gain favour and power. Nagaland needs a revolution and we are waiting for the civil society to lead us to a better future for our generation.”

As another youth, Benjamin Yepthomi, expresses, “It is time to do things, and it is our moral obligation to change the system on our own, with or without ACAUT.”

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ACAUT Public Awareness Rally in Images

(Left) School students of Dimapur take to the streets to show support. (Center) A stark contrast, where a placard with the words "Enough of Taxation" rests on a closed store which is painted “Welcome”. (Right) Men in prayer at the rally held at City Tower, Dimapur. Photos by Benjamin Lorin Sugathan

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onEnESS AnD UnITY: Thousands converged to ‘Walk the Talk’ against illegal taxation.(Photo: Caisii Mao)

In WoRDS AnD ACTIonS: Young boys and girls cheer out in the hope for a positive change. (Manen Aier Photo)

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Students' express solidarity through theatre. (Manen Aier Photo)

Participants append their signature during the rally. (Benjamin Lorin Sugathan Photo)

Hand in Hand we shall overcome. (Manen Aier Photo)

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School students participate in the rally. (Benjamin Lorin Sugathan Photo)

The 'old and the new' unite to show support. (Benjamin Lorin Sugathan Photo)

Hands up in the air for rights of the people. Photo by Caisii Mao

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Bank loan to NE ‘Can't restrict traffic on stretch bypassing KNP’ World job-creation project cades. "The state government being a welfare state cannot ignore the welfare of the people who reside in lakhs in various townships in Upper Assam," the Assam government said in an affidavit submitted before the NGT. "Further upper Assam is very rich in tea cultivation, coal and oil production, therefore, the state government is duty bound to protect the economic lifeline to that part of the state by balancing steps taken and to be taken to protect the wildlife of KNP area," it said.

"Records reveal that animal population in KNP is also increasing due to various conservation/ protection measures taken

by the state forest department since 1991 while the mortality rate due to accidents has not shown any significant increase," said the affidavit filed by Assam Chief Secretary.

On the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) located near KNP and which supposedly adds to traffic on the stretch with trucks moving to and from the unit, the state said the MoEF should have monitored compliance of conditions imposed while granting clearance, which include diversion of the stretch bypassing KNP. The NGT is hearing a plea filed by RTI activist Rohit Choudhury opposing expansion of

the NH-37 stretch running through the national park claiming that "continued unregulated use of NH-37 is leading to death of wild animals and reptiles in large numbers in road accidents".

The Tribunal had on October 9 directed the Assam government to apprise it about the steps taken and proposed measures to protect the wild animals of KNP. On the office memorandum of MoEF by which environmental clearance was granted to NRL, the Assam government claimed ignorance about conditions imposed on the refinery which included diversion of particular stretch of NH-37 bypassing KNP.

The affidavit said the MoEF ought to have conducted post monitoring regarding compliance of various conditions through its regional office in Shillong.

"Had any such violation of condition been ever brought to the notice of the state government, the state could have taken appropriate necessary steps accordingly. But there are no such records available with the state government and the state PWD was not aware of the conditions stipulated in the Office Memorandum dated May 31, 1991."

It reiterated that the state is very much "conscious about the safety of the wild animals of the KNP

NPF Manipur blames ruling party for recent blast "Such acts are significance of a barbaric and cowardice nature", said general secretary of NPF, Manipur State, Athuan Abonmai.

"The ruling party, Congress has failed in governance as the ministers; MLAs including the Chief Minister are more interested in earning money, rather than giving safety of the people as the top priority. Ministers and MLAs are only interested in getting their names in news-

papers and televisions by distributing rice, kerosene and old age pension to the masses but cheat the public with a failed governance", Athuan Abonmai lashed out.

Even though the state government recruits a large number of people in the fold of the state security force, these security personnel are unable to protect and safeguard common man’s life as they are busy safeguarding the VIPs, MLAs and high rank-

ing officers, stated the NPF leader, adding, "As such, untoward incidents like bomb blasts occur even at high security zones because of their negligence and thereby hurting the common people in the end". The lives of victims cannot be compromised by giving them compensation or ex-gratia but, instead the government should protect the public life", Athuan advised.

He then said time has come for the Governor of

Manipur to intervene in the matter which has led to destruction of lives. Manipur government being a democratic one as its leaders are elected by the people, the government has no moral right to rule the state as the ruling party has failed to give protection to its people. As such, it is high time that the people of Manipur stand up and fight for their right to protection before further damage is done, the NPF leader said.

Aizawl, prone to earthquake 'Tripura militants have camps in B'desh' aIZawl, OctOber 31 (NNN): GeoHazards Society, New Delhi and GeoHazards International team estimated that if the earthquake having a magnitude of 7 in the Richter Scale were to occur, it would collapse more than a quarter of Aizawl’s buildings, kills more than 25,000 people, and cause nearly 1,000 landslides within the Aizawl urban area. In the aftermath of such an earthquake, Aizawl would be cut off from the rest of India. GeoHazards Society, New Delhi and GeoHazards International team which are currently in Mizoram conducting study on the vulnerability of Aizawl city against earthquake so as to suggest precaution measures thereof, today met state Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla in Aizawl today.

GeoHazards Society, New Delhi and GeoHazards International team said in that event numerous landslides would block the national highways. Landline and mobile telephone systems would be down. Within Aizawl, collapsed buildings and fallen bricks would block most streets and pathways. Landslides would sweep away roads and buildings, especially during the monsoon.

The electrical power and water systems would be heavily damaged and will be out of service for weeks, meaning no light or water. Simply clearing thedebriswouldtakemonths.

The recovery process would take years. Some families and

One arrested for rape of physically challenged girl Imphal, OctOber 31(NNN): A 13-year-old physically challenged girl was reportedly raped by a 28-year-old man who has been arrested by police after the incident. The rape occurred last night at Yairipok Phanjakhong in Thoubal district of Manipur. The accused has been identified as Md Ajijur of Phoubakchao, also in Thoubal district.

Ajijur sexually assaulted Bala (not real name) after dragging her into a secluded place behind a grocery shop located near her house. The victim girl is visually impaired and also deaf since birth. Bala along with her sister went out to buy grocery items from the shop. Her sister kept her waiting in front of the shop and went to another shop which is not so far from there after some items were not available at the first shop. Bala was not there when her sister returned and then searched around for her when she found her being raped by the accused at the site. Ajijur fled as the victim’s sister raised an alarm. The matter was brought before the local club and later Ajijur was caught from his house by the local residents.

businesses would never recover, and others would leave Aizawl and never return.

Mizoram and Aizawl would never be the same again, said the expert team.

It can be noted here that GeoHazards team had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mizoram Government to jointly conduct study on how Aizawl city be prevented from earthquake and how to carry out rehabilitation work in times of the natural calamities. As per the agreement the GeoHazards team would give suggestion to the Mizoram government regarding how to take precaution against the natural catastrophe. Following the agreement for the joint cooperation, the GeoHazards team has been currently carrying out the assessing work since the past several months.

The Chief Minister on his part shared the study teams how study has been conducted as to determine precaution measures and rehabilitation acknowledging Mizoram being located in a place on earth sensitive and vulnerable to high intensity earthquake. He also apprised GeoHazards teams that he has proclaimed the need to conduct more awareness campaign to educate the common mass. GeoHazards Society and GeoHazards International consist of 12 expert members, six of which met the Chief Minister today.

agartala, OctOber 31 (IaNS): The separatist groups from India's northeast regions have their camps in Bangladesh, though the Bangladeshi security forces' have been cracking down on them, Director General of Tripura Police C. Balasubramaniam said here Thursday. "At present, there are about 15-18 camps belonging to Tripura militants alone in various parts of Bangladesh, specially southestern region of that country," Balasubramaniam told reporters. According to the police chief, these camps, mostly belonging to outlawed NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura), exist opposite to Tripura's eleven police stations in eastern and northern region of the state.

Balasubramaniam said Assam Rifles and Tripura State Rifles (TSR), trained for counter insurgency operations, besides the Border Security Force (BSF) troopers have always been on alert to prevent the militants

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from entering the state from across the border. "There is no fresh recruitment by the militant outfits in the recent past. If the developmental processes are going on smoothly, terrorism would be washed out from the northeastern states," he said.

He said the militants of various separatist outfits go to the neighbouring country for training and come back to carry out violent activities in the region. "Taking advantage of the hilly terrain, thick forests and unfenced border, northeast militants trained in the Bangladesh camps cross over into Indian territory," the DGP said. He said that the general law and order situation of the state has improved significantly, and insurgency related incidents are down.

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The lower-level cadres of the outfit are frustrated as they are not getting the due financial share and other facilities, forcing them to surrender to the security forces of Tripura," he said. Tripura's two militant secessionist outfits - NLFT and the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), both banned by the Indian authorities - have set up bases in Bangladesh along with the other outfits of the northeast, and receive support from other separatist outfits of the northeastern region.

They have been demanding secession of Tripura from India. Tripura shares a 856 km border with Bangladesh, some of it unfenced and running through dense forests, making it porous and vulnerable.

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agartala, OctOber 31 (IaNS): The World Bank will provide 90 percent soft loan to a Rs.683.2-crore project aimed at creating employment opportunities for 300,000 families in four north eastern states of Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, officials said here Thursday. The Bank would provide the soft loan of the North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP), which will be executed in five years starting from this fiscal (2013-14).

The remaining amount would be given by the union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). "The NERLP would be implemented in 1,624

villages under 12 districts in the four states," North Eastern Council (NEC) secretary Ameising Luikham said while addressing a function here.

"A similar livelihood scheme was earlier implemented in Manipur, Assam and Meghalaya. Due to the success of that scheme, it was extended for another five years. If the NERLP carried out successfully then the project might be extended for another five years," he added.

The NERLP would be administered by North East Livelihood Promotion Society under the ministry of DoNER and the NEC, the regional planning body of the eight northeastern states of India.

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Imphal, OctOber 31 (NNN): Terming the current Congress party led Ibobi Government as unfit to rule the state, proven by the recent cases of bomb blasts at Dharamsala and Yaiskul which are located at tight security zones of Imphal, the Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) Manipur State has condemned the terror act in the heart of the Imphal city which shook the people of the state.

but at the same time the interest and livelihood of huge chunk of people residing along the NH-37 in the KNP stretch and people living in entire upper Assam cannot be ignored as this being the only road link to connect the whole upper Assam, Nagaland and southeast Arunachal Pradesh to the rest of the country".

It also lists the measures taken by Assam government like erection of road signages, speed breakers and night patrolling in KNP and proposed to divert the traffic to fourlane highway which may reduce major volume of traffic on the stretch of NH37 passing through KNP.

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New DelhI, OctOber 31 (ptI): The Assam government has told the National Green Tribunal that traffic on a stretch of a national highway bypassing the Kaziranga National Park cannot be restricted absolutely as the road is an economic lifeline to areas rich in tea cultivation and coal and oil production.

Even as it was pulled up by the NGT over "ruthless killing" of several species of animals by allowing heavy traffic movement on the stretch bypassing the famous park, the Assam government claimed there has been no significant rise in mortality rate of animals in the past over two de-

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NOTIFICATION NAGALAND TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (N-TET) 2013 1. It is hereby notified to all concerned that the Nagaland Teacher Eligibility Test (N-TET) has been rescheduled to 14th Dec., 2013 vide Government notification No. DSE/SCERT/RTE-32/2011 dated 21st Oct.2013.the Nagaland teacher eligibility test (N-TET) shall be centralized at Kohima.

SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATION DATE OF EXAMINATION PAPER TIMING 14-12-2013 PAPER-I 10:30 A.M. TO 12:00 NOON 14-12-2013 PAPER-II 1P.M TO 2:30 P.M. 2. Admit card will be issued during office working hours from 18th to 22nd Nov.2013 at SCERT,Nagaland,Kohima in the following order:DATE OF ISSUE OF SERIAL NUMBER (as given in the receipt) UPPER PRIMARY ADMIT CARD PRIMARY (PAPER-1) (PAPER-II) 18-11-2013 1 to 1200 1 to 1200 19-11-2013 1201 to 2400 1201 to 2400 20-11-2013 2401 to 3600 2401 to 3600 21-11-2013 3601 to 6000 3601 to 6000 22-11-2013 7000 to 12,500 6001 to 10,200

Note: - A separate counter will be opened for those candidates who have sent their application forms through post. (ii) Candidates must bring the receipts issued by the SCERT during submission of the application forms to collect their admit card. (iii) Candidates who cannot come and collect their admit card personally, may authorize someone to collect the same with an authorization letter duly signed by the candidate (along with the receipt issued by the SCERT during application form submission). (iv) Candidates are required to pay an examination fee of Rs. 300/- (Rupees three hundred only) (non-refundable) for each paper while collecting admit card.

3. Venue of the TET Examination for Eastern Naga Candidates (ENSF) will be decided after the Government decision is taken vide Government notification No.DSE/SCERT/RTE-32/2011 dated 21st Oct. 2013.

(VIPRALHOU KESIEZIE) Director SCERT, Nagaland, Kohima

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Regional Resource Center Guwahati team visits Kiphire

Kiphire, october 31 (mexN): Officials from Regional Resource Center (RRE- NE), Guwahati, Assam, was on a two day visit to Kiphire district on October 23 and 24. A press release issued by Pezanguno Celine Secü, Media Officer, CMO Office, Kiphire informed that the team’s visit was for periodical monitoring and supervision especially, the High Priority Districts cum Progress Assessment of Construction of State Institute of Health & Family Welfare, MRI center, District Hospitals of Phek and Kiphire.

In Kiphire, the team visited the ongoing construction of District Hospital Kiphire. They also visited Pungro CHC, Amahator PHC, Chomi and Pungro Village Sub-center. The team monitored and supervised the physical infrastructure, equipments, essential drugs and supplies, quality parameter of the facility, record maintenance, service delivery, community mobilization etc.

The team also had a review meeting with Medical Superintendent, District Program Officers, Medi-

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cal Officers and staff under Medical Superintendent Office and Chief Medical Office of Kiphire District.

The team thereby provided inputs in up scaling the services and voiced out certain gaps that need to be cross checked.

The visiting team included Dr. Hitesh Deka, Advisor Public Health; Nongyai, Regional Coordinator, Community Mobilization; Thirumugam, Consultant Public Health; Rajesh Khartu Monsang, Consultant Community Mobiliser; and Puni Kokho, State Facilita- A lone Amur Falcon seen flying high in Kohima on October 31. (Morung tor, Nagaland.

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t is a historical fact that Naga submit the same to the administratribes such as Sumi, Konyaks tion otherwise the red cloth would etc. do not subscribe to the sys- not be issued. This is awkward and tem of election or appointment of unnecessary because many sumi village chiefs or chieftains at any chiefs still sign government docupoint of history. The power and ments with their thumbs and would authority was always vested with continue to do so assisted by literate the clan choosing the eldest able members. The red cloth on a chief’s male member by inheritance and shoulder with his assistants (Chothrough bloodline. Even during the homi to Sumis) accompanying him British times the administration at to all official trips is well known from Kohima simply accepted the choice DCs down to office clerks. We have of the clan and issued the red cloth. never flashed our identity cards to This is true especially for Sumi tribe. be recognised. We fulfill all governThe yearly tax was imposed by Brit- ment obligations without identity ishers but they never infringed or cards. We do not elect or appoint disturbed the democratic mini- GBs for five or ten years. The authorrepublics thriving in the hills. G.B, ity, responsibility that we hold onto Gaonbura or Gao Bura is a recently is handed down to us through gencoined word used to denote village erations by our forefathers. chieftains, head of clan, head of a village, khel or colony.

L. Toshiho Naga It is disturbing to note that the Hd. G.B, Xuivi Village, state administration has ordered all Satakha, of inculcating savings habit with banks to GBs to prepare identity cards and Dist. Zunheboto, Nagaland. have assured future.

The Branch Managers of Bank of Baroda, Federal Bank, State Bank of India and Vijaya Bank having Service Area in Tseminyu block addressed the participants. They also responded to queries raised during the interactive session n the 26th and 27th of October, 2013, the Assam Rifles had arrested which was found to be very beneficial by Sergeant Aloto, Deputy Secretary Kivigho and Private Linen Kuki of all the participants. the Khaplang group in violation of the ceasefire ground rules. They A Financial Literacy booklet “Hard- were later handed over to the Zunheboto police and were in their custody. working Farmer & A supportive Banker” On the night of 29th October, 2013, through the instruction of Chumrenpublished by SBI was distributed to all thung Lotha, the SP of Zunheboto town, Mr. Isak Sumi and Major Hoikhu, the the participants during the programme. town commander of the Khaplang group on the pretext of visiting their boys The programme was supported by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural De- went inside the police station, took the police on duty at gunpoint and freed velopment (NABARD) under Financial their boys. Hoikhu was caught by the police from the station itself while Isak fled with their boys. The same night, Hoikhu was released at the order of the Inclusion Fund.

SP, which has baffled the general public as well as the GPRN/NSCN. The GPRN/NSCN is curious to know on what ground Hoikhu was released. And why a criminal who had committed one of the biggest crimes within the premises of a state law enforcing agency freed. A person pointing guns at the guard on duty, freeing a criminal under the custody of the police and when apprehended, being let go scot-free by the highest officer in charge of a district should be questioned by every right thinking person.

Chumrenthung Lotha, the SP of Zunheboto town seems to be working hand in glove with the Khaplang group. Else, how is it even possible for Isak and Hoikhu to free their boys while in police custody? And how could Hoikhu, when caught during the act be freed the same night without a penalty? Why would a responsible police officer free a criminal in the middle of the night? Just one thing comes to mind, the SP, fearing that his misdeeds would come to light decided to finish the story while the world was asleep.

There have been a number of incidences where the GPRN/NSCN cadres have been arrested by the police for petty reasons, but at the instructions of Chumrenthung Lotha, they have been booked under National Security Act (NSA), whereas, Burmese cadres have been known to be released or helped plan to escape by the said SP whenever under their custody.

The GPRN/NSCN is compelled to ask the PHQ If the concerned department is aware of the activities happening in Zunheboto town under the command of its officer Chumrenthung Lotha, and what kind of punishments should be meted out to irresponsible and erring officials when found.

Capacity building for youth Financial Literacy Programme tsemiNyu, october 31 (mexN): Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK), Kohima organized a capacity building on Life Skills for youth at Reng- cum Joint Credit Camp held ma Students’ Union Hall, Tseminyu from September 10 to 12. About 40 youth attended the programme. NYK, Nagaland will be conducting Life Skill programmes for youth in all the districts. Capacity building of youth focuses to help young people translate knowledge, develop appropriate attitudes, behavior and inculcate values that would help them acquire the ability to reduce exposure to specific risk factors and augment protective factors, stated a press release issued by NYK, Kohima. “This in turn would help in the instillation of responsible behaviour towards improved lifestyle.”

The training in Tseminyu was carried out with special reference to Coping skills on emotion, stress and conflict resolution. The topics dealt were Personality development; What is Life Skills; Self-Awareness and Empathy building skills; Decision Making and Problem Solving skills; Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking skills; Effective Communication and Interpersonal Relationships skills coping with emotion and stress; and conflict management skills. The resource persons who animated the training were John Makhabo, DYC, NYK, Kohima, and A. Lohrii Lawrence, Lecturer.

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Dear Jirho Nyuthe As you enter into ur new year and celebrate ur 1st anniversary birthday today. Or love ones wishing u many happy returns of the day n blessings to you. God be bless you in all the ways of your life. You add colors into our lives n we love u so much muaahhh... Happy birthday to you.

With love, Or Daddy, Mummy & relatives

Dear Gideon, DBS Hr .Sec School, Kohima, Class 1.

As you face another 1st November,adding another year of maturity,U will continue to be our hope.I pray that God will bless you abundantly. Have a joyest Birthday.

From, Miss. Sharon H Murru

Kohima, october 31 (mexN): Bank of Baroda, Kohima branch organized a Financial Literacy Programme cum Joint Credit Camp for all the 21 villages under Tseminyu Block of Kohima District on October 28, 2013 at Tseminyu Town Hall.

Bendang Aier, AGM (NABARD) and Th.Tunglut, Lead District Manager of Kohima district attended the programme as resource persons and imparted necessary banking knowledge a farmer ought to know while dealing with banks. They also discussed the role of bank’s Business Correspondent (BC) and Customer Service point (CSP) for extending banking services in the villages which will lead to greater Financial Inclusion. The resource persons also reiterated the importance

Monitoring & Supervision of health units

pheK, october31 (mexN): The Medical team of Phek district led by the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kevichusa Medikhrű monitored and inspected the health facilities and performance of health units under Meluri and Pfutsero block from October 22 to 26. Altogether 11 health units were visited.

A press release informed that during the inspection, different reporting and recording system of the health units were checked. Display of IEC (Information Education Communication) such as Citizen Charter, performance chart, hoardings and posters on different health Dear Aren, Happy Birthday! God bless you. messages were checked and also displayed. The medical With love and prayer Mireuyi Herie team also assessed the exist-

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ing infrastructure and man power for affective health care services.

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Friday 1 November 2013

Teachers & parents should play supplementing roles Morung Express News Dimapur | October 31

Parliamentary Secretary for Information Technology & Communication, Technical Education, Science & Technology and Taxes, Tovihoto Ayemi said it was the joint responsibility of both the parents and teachers in educating a child and making him a responsible citizen.

Speaking at the Parents’ Day celebration of Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, Dimapur on Thursday, he said what the child learns at school was reflected at home and vice-versa.

“Teachers give the children classroom education while parents give the children home education,” Tovihoto said. He also implied that both school and home were two sides of the same coin and the par-

Students present a song during Parents’ Day Celebration at Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, Dimapur on Thursday. (Morung photo)

ents and teachers have to play supplementing role to each other in educating the child.

He also raised concern over school bullying and said this was one area in

which the teachers and the institutions have a huge role to play.

According to Tovihoto, a student who is being bullied becomes vulnerable to losing self-confidence

which would gradually affect his studies. Such student might even develop inferiority complex which can stand as a big hindrance to achieving success not only in studies but

in the life of that student as a whole, he added.

The Parliamentary Secretary further expressed concern over school gangsterism and said the teachers and school authorities

DIMaPur, october 31 (MexN): Excise personnel conducted mobile raid on restaurants and lounges in the heart of Dimapur town “to check and curb illegal sale of alcohol” on October 28 evening. During the raid, eight restaurants and lounges were charged and penalized under NLTP Act ’89.

“All efforts are made to enforce liquor total pro-

hibition, but with Assam only few minutes drive and also given the porous nature of the border compounded with very limited resources at our disposal, to check the flow of liquor into Nagaland is a constant and rigorous battle for the department,” said GhokihoYeptho, Superintendent of Excise Mobile Squad.

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should be vigilant of such developments.

He encouraged constant communication between the parents and the teachers to discuss about the children/students. He was optimistic that a well established and reputed institution like Holy Cross Higher Secondary School can show the way to what close knitted coordination between the parents and teachers could achieve and bring out the best in children.

Principal of the School, Rev. Fr. Sunil delivered the welcome address while vice principal Sis. Carol presented the school report.

Dr. Reho spoke on behalf of the parents.

During the programme, the students presented various cultural items, skits and other performances to enthral the parents.

Excise raids restaurants and lounges ONGC and ALIMCO organize disability assessment camp in Mon

MoN, october 31 (DIPr): Oil and Natural Gas Corporations limited (ONGC) under the Ministry of Oil and Natural Gas Government of India, and Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), a Government of India undertaking, in

collaboration with World Vision India, Mon ADP organized one day disability assessment camp on October 29, 2013 at Council Hall, Mon. Around 300 disabled people of Mon district having movement problem, total blind and deaf

availed the opportunity.

The experts examined the patients for appropriate assistive devices which will be provided to them free of cost after 45-50 days of the assessment camp. The expenditure for the cost of the artificial limb and appliances will be borne by ONGC.

kohIMa, october 31 (DIPr): There will be a mock-exercise on earthquake at Fancy Bazar, Kohima and 4th NAP camp Thizama, on November 1, 2013. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Government of India is currently conducting earthquake disaster awareness programme in Nagaland, under its resource person, Major Gen (Rtd) V.K. Datta. On October 31, the second day

of the programme, various departments related to disaster managements presented their reports on the level of preparedness.

The vulnerability of the State to earthquake was projected by Khrolou Koza of Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA); the Disaster Management Plan of Kohima, by SDO (Civil) Sadar; Disaster Response Plan

by Dy. SP (Estt.); Medical Response Plan by officer

from Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Kohima; Disaster Management Plan for F & ES by DIG F & ES; Role of Power Department by EE Power, Kohima; Role of NGOs by Angami Public Organisation (APO); Role of Transport Department, Kohima and activities of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) by 1st Bn. NDRF Guwahati. The second day programme concluded with open house discussion.

MokokchuNg, october 31 (DIPr): National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) and Mokokchung District Disaster Management Authority (MDDMA) conducted mock exercise on earthquake disaster at eight selected public places in Mokokchung town on October 31, 2013.

The objective was to have better coordination among responders and the public at the time when

disaster like earth quake hit without warning. Eight ambulances with adequate medical personnel were involved in the exercise.

The exercise involving all the departments started at 10:30 am with emergency Operation Centre set up at DC’s residence from where DC, SP, Commanding Officer, 31 Assam Rifle, Mokokchung, CMO, Mokokchung and other heads of departments supervising the entire mock exercise.

The exercise, first of its kind in the town, focused on rescue operation in identi-

fied worst hit areas, searching for casualties, injured and those trapped under debris. During the exercise, administration, Police, IRB, Home Guard personnel, Fire Brigade, Medical teams, public and students were actively involved.

Brigadier Khanna, Senior consultant from NDMA, New Delhi who was the chief resource persons during three- day capacity Development Programme supervised the mock exercise by visiting all the selected places. DC Mokokchung Murohu Chotso, who is also

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MEx FILE NNC Lotha region president election postponed Wokha, october 31 (MexN): Lotha Region Council (NNC) President election which was scheduled on October 31 at LTC Hall was postponed due to the repairing works going on at LTC Hall and the said election will be conducted after Lotha Tokhu Emong. Date and time will be intimated later, stated a press release issued by Lotha Region Council (NNC). Further, it informed that “secret selection of Presidentship without the knowledge of Lotha Region Council will not be accepted as it is against the norms of the Council”.

Mokokchung residents asked to reduce power intake

MokokchuNg, october 31 (DIPr): Executive Engineer Power, Mokokchung division Er. Moa said the department is making efforts to replace one of the transformers which was burnt down on October 29, 2013 in Mokokchung town resulting in load shedding.

He said the new transformer is expected to be installed by next week. However, the installation would depend on the transportation of the same. Till such time, the Engineer has requested all the consumers to reduce their power intake as the single transformer cannot withstand the load.

Sensitization program for barbers

DIMaPur, october 31 (MexN): All barbers within the jurisdiction of Kohima Municipal Council are informed that Nagaland State Aids Control Society (NSACS) along with Kohima Municipal Council is jointly organizing a half day Advocacy sensitization program on November 5, 2013 at 9:30 am at LCS building near Ao Baptist Church, Kohima. T.A will be provided to all the participants. All concerned have been directed to attend the said program, failing which action will be taken against defaulters. This was stated in a press note issued

by Elizabeth Ngully, Chief Executive Officer, KMC.

further informed that raids and checking of motor vehicles are constant and regular exercises. However, numbers of personnel being limited, they are often overstressed and “with no pool vehicles for duty, the odds are against us”.

Hence, he expressed more personnel and better facili- General body meeting of NDPA ties must be provided to Ex- kohIMa, october 31 (MexN): General body cise personnel. meeting of Nagaland Diploma Pharmacists’ Association (NDPA) will be held on November 8, 2013 at NIHESW Conference Hall, Opp. Commissioner’s Office, Kohima at 10:00 am. The meeting will discuss following issues: Pharmacists’ Cadre review; Nagaland State Pharmacy Council; Election of Office Bearer for the tenure 201316; and Celebration of Golden Jubilee of the Institute of Pharmacy, AMC Dibrugarh, Assam, stated a press release issued by NDPA president Kikropol Neikha. All Diploma Pharmacists in Nagaland have been informed to attend the meeting positively. For any assistance, members may call 9436421060/ 9615606708/ 9774415175.

KLH meeting on Nov 2

Minister for Roads & Bridges Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu accompanied by EE Dimapur Vizotuo, senior NPF party vice president Pusazo, and village elders of Diphupar seen inspecting the ongoing CIHSR road up gradation on Thursday. Emphasizing on quality work, the minister has urged the department officials to pull up their socks and give earnest effort to ensure that road conditions improve in Dimapur.

Mock exercise on earthquake disaster conducted Today is All Saints’ Day the chairman of DDMA described the exercise as educative, informative and very useful as it would create more awareness towards imminent danger of earth quake. He also said it was an eye opener to responders in the district. The mock exercise was conducted at Mayangnokcha Govt Higher Secondary School, Queen Marry Higher Secondary School, Woodland Nursing Home, District Hospital, Mokokchung Municipal Shopping complex, Supong Shopping Mall, DRDA Office and Metsuben Hotel.

'Boost rural economy through tourism'

MoN, october 31 (DIPr): Minister for Tourism, Art & Culture and Election E.E. Pangteang today said that landowners should not create obstruction to any developmental activities. He also emphasized on the workmanship and ownership of public properties.

The minister was speaking at the inaugural of a footpath bridge constructed under DUDA and Multicultural Activity Centre constructed under Tourism Department at Mon town. Pangteang, former Advisor of Department of Urban Development Agency (DUDA) informed that the construction of the building and Footbath Bridge was done under the centrally sponsored scheme, Social Infrastructure Development Fund (SIDF). He urged upon the gathering for proper utilization and protection of the multicultural building for the benefit of the people.

Stating that tourism is a backbone of economy and livelihood for several parts of the world, Pangteang stressed on clean environment and other strategies to attract tourists in the district and boost the rural economy through tourism.

Dimapur

kohIMa, october 31 (MexN): Catholic Church dedicates November 1 as a day to honor all the saints in heaven and November 2 to pray for the souls in purgatory. These two events are known as All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day respectively.

According to Fr Sojan Xavier, Bishop’s House, Diocese of Kohima, All Saints’ Day is intended to honor the memory of countless unknown and uncanonized saints who have no feast day. On this day, the believers thank God for giving ordinary men and women a share in His holiness and heavenly glory as a reward for their faith. This feast is observed to teach the believers to honor the saints, both by imitating their lives and by seeking their intercession for them before Christ, the only mediator between God and man (I Tim. 2:5). He noted that according to the Church’s belief, all baptized Christians who have died and are now with God in glory are considered saints.

All Souls’ Day, he said, is a day specially set apart to remember and pray

for those who have died and gone for their eternal reward, and who are currently in a state of ongoing purification. This commemoration is a reminder to believers that most often they don’t live as perfect human beings on earth and most often they do not die as perfect human beings. Some who die are imperfectly purified of their sinfulness, and so the Church reminds them of the reality of purgation.

On November 2 every year, Catholic believers take part in the Solemn Holy Mass and visit cemeteries with flowers to decorate the graves of the loved ones and offer prayers at the tomb as a means to assist them in purgatory. It is also a reminder to the living that life on earth is pilgrimage and their reward depends on their life on earth.

The note stated that Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, the bishop of Kohima in his pastoral letter has exhorted the believers to pray for their dear departed souls, have Masses offered for them, visit their graves, and make daily sacrifices for them.

DIMaPur, october 31 (MexN): Kohima Lotha Hoho (KLH) has called a meeting in connection with the forthcoming Lotha Tokhu Emong at Red Cross Building, Kohima on November 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm. Therefore, all Chairmen, Secretaries and representatives of different colonies of Kohima have been requested to attend the meeting with detailed information on households, population etc in their respective colonies without fail.

National Re-dedication Day observed in Kohima

kohIMa, october 31 (DIPr): Rashtriya Sankalp Diwas 2013 (National Re-dedication Day) was observed in the State capital on October 31, 2013. State level function was held at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat conference hall chaired by Additional Chief Secretary & Finance Commissioner, Toshi Aier. He said that on the occasion, the country remembers its citizens who dedicated their lives for freedom and integrity of the nation. Two minutes silence was observed in memory of those who dedicated their life for the country and the National Re-dedication Day Pledge was administered by the Chairman. The programme concluded with National Anthem sung by the participants. The pledge was for shunning of violence, relating to religion, language region or political and economic grievances and settlement of all disputes in peaceful and constitutional means.

Sainik Welfare & Resettlement meet

DIMaPur, october 31 (DIPr): Governor of Nagaland, Dr. Ashwani Kumar and State Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio will hold the 19th annual meeting of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement (Rajya Sainik Board), Nagaland on November 5, 11:00 am at Banquet Hall, Raj Bhavan, Kohima. This was informed by the Director, Sainik Welfare & Resettlement, Brig. K.K. Roy Choudhury, SM, VSM (Retd.)

Tohanba offers condolences

DIMaPur, october 31 (MexN): Parliamentary Secretary R. Tohanba has stated shock to learn about the sudden demise of Ighoto, party worker, NPF Unit, son of Iyito of Sukiur-B village under Shamator-Chessore A/C on October 30, 2013. In a condolence note, Tohanba stated, “I would like to express that he was a sincere and dedicated party worker. Due to his sudden demise we lost capable party worker in the area.” Tohanba further conveyed heartiest condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

Discourse to enhance mithun productivity

(L-R) Naiba, Purakhu Angami, E.E. Pangteang, Angau I Thou, N.Thongwang and Lomei DIMaPur, october improved. He advised the Konyak after the inauguration of multicultural centre in Mon on October 31. (DIPR Photo) 31 (MexN): National Re- mithun farmers to access

He also said that the multicultural building would be handed over to KNSK after MOU is signed with department of tourism.

Meanwhile, Naiba Konyak, Advisor DUDA said that the department of DUDA and Tourism are interrelated in developmental approaches and lauded E.E. Pangteang for construction of the building and the footpath bridge.

He informed that DUDA was created under the initiative and support of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio with a vision to develop backward districts of the state

and urged the people to support the government for development.

Naiba also advised that people should properly utilize the development fund without any complaint, but give feedbacks if they detect any weakness in the development. He also called upon the KNSK to refrain from indulging in politics and continue to work for the betterment and uplift of the Konyak society. He appealed for proper care of the building, and preserving the rich culture, adding transformation of the society and family de-

pends upon womenfolk.

N. Thongwang Konyak, Chairman DPDB & NKVIB also spoke and addressed the gathering. The Technical wing of DUDA and Tourism also gave detail reports of the completed projects. Deputy Commissioner, Mon Angau I Thou, IAS and Orenponi, T.O, Mon proposed the welcome address. President KNSK Lomei Konyak also thanked the Government and felicitated the Minister and his entourage. The function was chaired by Purakhu Angami, Addl. Director & HOD, Tourism.

search Centre (NRC) on Mithun, Medziphema celebrated Farm Innovators Day on October 31. Parliamentary Secretary for Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Yitachu graced the occasion as chief guest.

Yitachu stressed on the need for greater collaboration between NRC on Mithun and Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry for carrying out joint ventures for the benefit of farmers. He stated that through mithun based farming system, the economic status of farmers as well as entire state may be

the economics of mithun husbandry for optimum production and profitability. He also opined it was time to think of other value added products from mithun, like cheese, leather etc.

Director, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Dr. Timothy expressed his views about the immense economic potential of mithun based farming system in the region. Expressing concern on the increase in meat import from other states every year, he recommended that immediate steps be taken for enhancing whole-

some meat production in the state by increasing the livestock population.

Prominence was given

by Dr Chandan Rajkhowa, Director, NRC on Mithun regarding value addition of mithun products, which has high export potential.

He stressed for a stronger collaboration between government and stakeholders for developing mithun base integrated farming system in a participatory mode.

Meanwhile, Murulu Chuzho from Entrepreneurship Associate deliberated the role of the NGO in uplifting economic status of mithun rearers under their adopted villages. She ex-

pressed gratitude towards NRC on Mithun for extending necessary scientific input in the noble endeavor.

The meeting concluded with a scientist - farmer’s interaction, where 76 farmers from Wokha, Peren Zunheboto, Phek, Longleng, Dimapur and Kohima participated. The farmers expressed their practical experiences in mithun husbandry and sought for greater penetration of scientific inputs. Besides the farmers, a team of 48 undergraduate students and two professors from College of Veterinary Science, Aizwal, Central Agricultural University also participated.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express FrIDAy 1 NovEmbEr 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 298

Along Longkumer Consulting Editor

‘the Great Comeback’

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ne of the lessons mentioned in the 2013 Annual Edition of ‘Our Daily Bread’, a popular devotional booklet that many Naga families would also be reading daily, is about ‘The Great Comeback’. Written by Dave Branon, it begins by explaining how, many of us enjoy reading about comebacks—about people or companies who face near disaster and turn things around. The writer goes on to give an example of the Ford Motor Company and how in the 1940s, reluctance by the leadership to modernize and change almost destroyed Ford. The story goes that a worried government even contemplated taking over the company because its collapse would have harmed interest of the United States, especially at the time of the Second World War. But when Henry Ford II was released from his military duties to run the company, things turned around. Ford went on to become one of the biggest corporations in the world.

The point that the writer tries to make is that occasionally, we need a comeback. We need to correct wrong directions or compensate for wrong decisions.

In this context it would be apt to perhaps learn about what Harvard historian Niall Ferguson, writing in the March/ April 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, says about how empires can quickly collapse into chaos. Rather than a slow decline over centuries, Ferguson shows that many large nations of the past were gone in a few short years. Ferguson's thesis is that “empires are large, complex systems that can be turned upside down in short order by the insertion of even one event that is more than the system can handle”. For instance, lack of confidence in a nation's future can be such an event, according to Ferguson. And one of the fundamental flaws among the Nagas seems to be that we don't really learn from history. George Santayana said that “those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.” The philosopher Hegel said, “What experience and history teach us is this: that people and government never have learned anything from history or acted on principles deduced from it.” Nagas will do well to introspect on the state of affairs we are in right now and whether we are confident enough to face the future as a people and not to repeat past mistakes.

Looked at it from a different angle, there are those who would argue that our problem is not ultimately political, economic, or social but that the decline of a nation is due to spiritual factors. Many will tend to agree that the political, economic and social problems Nagas are currently encountering are simply the symptoms of our spiritual deterioration. More than external, our present problems and the solution thereof can be found from within. All round introspection is the great need of the hour for the Naga people. As mentioned right at the outset, there is no doubt that our Naga people; we are in dire want of ‘The Great comeback’. In fact we need many comebacks and turn around in every sphere of life—spiritual, political, economic, social etc. However, to do so will require accepting our responsibility, admitting our wrongs and the willingness to change. In our Naga context we may even need to do more—forgiving others, reconciliation of differences, uniting our efforts towards the common good.

We all know that our failure to make a comeback would mean greater woes and our decline into oblivion.

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Nury Vittachi Source: IANS

Three biggest financial miscalculations ever

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T HAPPENS TO ALL of us. You slip some cash in a pocket, forget all about it, and a year or two later you find $43 million that you'd completely forgotten about.

Of course, the change I find in old pockets doesn't ALWAYS add up to $43 million. Sometimes it's more like 43 cents, but you can buy a lot of food for 43 cents, if you're not too snobbish to visit the pet food section.

This thought was triggered by an LA Times report which said $43 million of mislaid public money was recently found by an accountant. The report didn't identify where the money had been, but I'll wager it was that little key pocket in the right trouser leg, the home of much ancient treasure and foodstuffs.

I mentioned this to a colleague named Vicky who had just mislaid a biggish banknote. As I helped her search for it in the office, I got thinking about other examples of lost cash. Remember when H&R Block Inc., the tax accounting firm, lost $100 million because it couldn't do its tax accounting right?

That's as ludicrous as, say, a police officer asking for a bribe.

Wait. That happens every day in Asia.

And remember when JP Morgan Chase announced that its estimate of how much it lost in an unauthorized trades scandal was $4 billion off target? I'd love to overhear these guys' budget discussions with their wives. "Hi honey, I only spent about 20 bucks at the bar this evening. No, wait, it was four billion and 20."

I asked a financial journalist friend to find the biggest accounting error ever. She said that German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble double-checked his country's accounts and found it was 55.5 billion euros richer than he'd thought. Wow. Fifty-five bill is a heck of a lot of money to stumble on. I mean, that's enough to buy a tiny, horrible bedsit in Hong Kong.

I wonder if Schaeuble (who surely has more vowels in his name than should be legally allowed) has spent it all, or whether it's worth shooting off a begging letter? He found the cash in October 2011, and no one can get through 55.5 billion euros in two years. Except my wife. And my daughter. And my other daughter. And all their friends. Okay, never mind.

Vicky, desperately pawing through her handbag once more for the missing note, then said: "I went to the bank yesterday morning and got just a little bit of money out.

Now it's all gone."

That's when I knew it wasn't missing at all. There's NO WAY the Olympic-standard shoppers I hang out with could carry "a little bit of money" for one and a half days without spending it.

I made her mentally go through all the places she'd visited in the past 24 hours and we quickly worked out where the cash had gone. It had followed the laws of physics to its inevitable home in the cash register of a shoe shop. "Okay," she admitted. "I spent it and forgot."

I told her that it would sound better if she used professional language. "Just say you made an accounting error."

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C O M M E N T A R Y

David Rothkopf Source: Foreign Policy

Mr. President, We Can Handle the truth Why it's time for I the White House t has been revealing to watch the White House chase the NSA surveillance story. At first, when Edward Snowden's revelations broke, White House officials sought to make the story about him. Snowden was a traitor and the issue was how quickly he could be brought to justice.

As the first wave of revelations about wholesale U.S. harvesting of data and phone records broke, they maintained this stance. The administration still focused on portraying itself as the victim of a betrayal. Again, White House spokespeople did not address the ethics of what the U.S. government had been doing, instead either diverting to the rationale for the scope of such wideranging surveillance operations or offering the excuse that running an intelligence system with more than half a million people naturally comes with operational security risks and, inevitably, there are contractors of dubious background like Snowden, who receive top-secret clearance.

When Snowden sought asylum, the United States made the story about the other governments that were collaborating with the young rogue fugitive. Tensions rose with Russia when it gave Snowden a temporary and then a longerterm home. Latin American nations that offered or considered offering Snowden asylum were framed as pariahs. We even collaborated with allies in Europe to ground the plane of Bolivia's president in the hopes of nabbing the former contractor.

As the story then spread and countries like Brazil and Mexico were discovered to be the targets of espionage, the White House's response publicly and in private to those governments was "everybody does it." Again, no discussion was made of why we were spying on these friends or, if assertions of spying against commercial targets like Petrobras were true, what the rationale was for this kind of economic espionage. After all, the initial arguments were that this unprecedentedly massive program was to protect us from terrorists and other enemies. Was there a hidden Petrobras-al Qaeda connection that we didn't know about?

More recently, the White House's reaction has revealed the double standard we have when it comes to surveilling our friends. If Brazil or Mexico is offended, that's one thing, more easily shrugged off apparently. But when it was revealed that Germany, one of our closest allies, was also targeted (triggering a firestorm of anger in that country ... compounded by anger in also-targeted France and Spain), we treated it differently. These particular complaints now warranted a different kind of response. In this instance, both public and private assurances were given to senior German officials by both National Security Advisor Susan Rice and later President Barack Obama.

The newly adopted argument was that the president had no idea this was going on and that it was stopped.

This approach was subsequently challenged in stories in the German magazine Bild and in the Los Angeles Times, leading to more awkwardness for the White House. Now we weren't just spying on the Germans and others -- we were lying to them. And the White House was asking the American people to accept ignorance as its excuse. What a fine choice.

Either the president didn't know about programs he should have been aware of, or he knew and not only OK'd the overreach but then lied about it.

This astonishingly lame response -- called "pathetic" by the New York Times editorial board, a

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ast month, hotel conference rooms here and in Gaza were filled with events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords, which were meant to pave the way for lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis.

The rhetoric at these events was bitter and stinging. Many in attendance called for the accords to be annulled. Even among those who helped cut the deal with Israel in the 1990s, the prevailing sentiment was that Oslo had failed to protect even minimal Palestinian national rights. Rather, they argued, it had enabled Israel to deepen the occupation, mutilating and gaining control over most of the land of Palestine. Instead of bringing an end to the occupation, and liberation for Palestinians, the accords allowed Israel to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders.

Although this negative assessment of Oslo is correct, all of the angry rhetoric strangely did not extend to the Palestinian Authority, which was born from the accords and is the current embodiment of them.

If those calling for the cancellation of Oslo were serious and not just engaging in political sloganeering, then they should, logically, also be asking for the dismantlement of the Palestinian Authority. But because growing numbers of Palestinians are becoming financially dependent on the Authority for salaries and for services, and because so many people are benefiting from its existence, the Authority is now considered by many to be a “national achievement” that should be preserved.

Attacking Oslo has become a pressure valve that allows Palestinians to release frustrations while avoiding the real problem: the Palestinian Authority itself and its flawed negotiating strategy.

to get ahead of the NSA scandal

Barack Obama

group that is not seen as reflexively anti-Obama -was then compounded by an idea floated to the New York Times by the National Security Council: that the president was considering reforms that would ban eavesdropping on presidents and prime ministers of allies. Quite apart from raising the tough question of who our "real" allies are or defining who is fair game for spying, this policy tweak is not reform but spin.

What if there were 20 allies who qualified? Does this mean we solve the NSA surveillance overreach problem by exempting a small, pre-selected group out of hundreds of millions from the data and phonerecords eavesdropping and warehousing efforts of the U.S. government? It misses the point that there are worse things about this program than spying on the leaders of friendly nations.

The core issues of the gross and excessive surveillance associated with the NSA revelations are not about spying on friends. Wholesale harvesting of the emails and phone records of Americans is a dangerous departure from the principles of limiting government access to private information that has existed since the beginnings of the republic. Creating back doors by which Americans can be eavesdropped on via collecting overseas data resources is another worrisome dimension of these programs.

Serially violating the privacy of tens of millions of foreign citizens is another. So is the suggestion that the threat of terrorism warrants such sweeping violations. (It is a real threat, but it has been abused to justify overreach. Our fears have once again gotten the better of us -- as they did when they were used to justify wrongheaded wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or mistaken and abusive programs like the Patriot Act or the use of torture or the serial violation of sover-

eignty wrought via our drone programs.)

Stepping away from the moral, ethical, and strategic concerns raised by such programs, there are serious questions to be asked about the practical management of intelligence programs. Were the benefits derived from such programs worth the risks they apparently entailed? Their discovery had to be seen by a prudent intelligence community senior officer as a risk in a system in which the number of people with top-secret clearance exceeded half a million. What possible tangible benefit came from listening in on a Brazilian oil company? What advantage was gained from listening in on German Chancellor Angela Merkel? And is it worth the fallout that this scandal is producing?

That fallout is not, the White House must now see, purely the political or diplomatic embarrassment it has generated. One industry group has estimated that the costs to U.S. companies likely to get frozen out of foreign tech deals because they are seen as suspect or too vulnerable to the NSC might run as high as $35 billion. Worse, this entire episode will be used by foreign governments to turn back the tide of globalization and increased access to information (and the democratizing forces engendered by it) that the information revolution was bringing. It will be an excuse for countersurveillance programs, restrictive Internet governance regimes, censorship, and deepening cyberconflict. (This move toward a fragmentation of the Internet into national regimes, some imbued with barriers to entry or exit, is what I called cyber-nationalism in my FP column last week.)

These are reversals to American interests overseas that are far more damaging than anything terrorists could have done to us. Just as Iraq was. Just as Afghanistan was. Just as Abu Ghraib was. Just as the Patriot Act was. We are becoming victims not of terrorists but of terror, of our own fears and our emotional, ill-considered overreactions to them.

For the White House, it is now time to stop chasing this story and get ahead of it. It is time to say, without acknowledging secret programs or compromising security, "We were wrong. We went too far.

We reserve the right to defend ourselves using all reasonable means at our disposal. But we can't do so in ways that compromise the values, alliances, and trust that are also vital pillars of our strength."

It is time therefore to welcome Sen. Dianne Feinstein's calls for a top-to-bottom review of intelligence programs. It is time to embrace emerging congressional initiatives to limit data warehousing and wholesale privacy violations. And behind the scenes, it is time to do what should have been done at the outset at the highest levels. The president and his top aides should identify our national security goals, the objectives we seek to advance, and risks we seek to mitigate and then determine what role the intelligence community ought to play in advancing those goals.

This will mean setting parameters determined by our resource limitations and by our laws and by our values. It will also mean carefully weighing downsides versus returns and consequently reining in our intelligence community -- not out of lack of appreciation for what it does but precisely because we value it and the people within it and we do not seek to put them at unnecessary risk in pursuit of programs that should not have been undertaken in the first place.

Mapping a Palestinian Strategy Ali Jarbawi Source: IHT

The Authority, which is led by President Mahmoud Abbas, continues to indulge the fantasy that negotiations might truly end the decades-long conflict. They won’t. For the past 20 years, Palestinians approached negotiations as the only path to achieving a final-status political settlement that would satisfy their minimal demand: a sovereign and independent Palestine within pre-1967 borders.

From one round of talks to another, they kept laboring to achieve this goal, but suffered one failure after another.

Most Palestinians, apart from Mr. Abbas and a few of his aides, are opposed to the current talks. The overwhelming sentiment is that negotiating with Israel is of no value at all, and will not produce any benefit.

They have reached that conclusion after the bitter experience of watching two decades of negotiations and seeing Israel dig itself deeper into occupied land, cramming Palestinians into ever shrinking enclaves in which they have no real power.

They believe that Israel is not at all serious about negotiations, since it doesn’t want to end the occupation or acknowledge Palestinian rights. Rather, Israel is using negotiations for tactical reasons and as a cover to appease the international community while deepening its settlement policy in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank and tightening its grip on, and presence in, Palestinian land.

But this anger toward the negotiations is misplaced. If the majority

of Palestinians want the Authority to survive, then they should accept that it will perform the task of negotiating.

After all, negotiations are a major demand of the international community, which uses them to give the impression that a settlement is on its way in order to continue managing the conflict while avoiding political instability. To encourage the process, foreign governments and international organizations dangle several carrots, the most important of which is the continued flow of international aid that is necessary for the Authority’s survival. If Palestinians were to abandon negotiations altogether, they would appear to be in the wrong and seen as sabotaging a potential settlement, which would lead to international measures against them.

Palestinians, because they are the weaker party in this conflict and face more pressure from the international community, should play along and continue the negotiations. But they should approach the talks from a completely new perspective; a tactical rather than a strategic one.

Palestinian negotiators should leave their wishful thinking behind and abandon any illusions that the current talks, with their imbalance of power in favor of Israel, can or will produce any final settlement in their favor.

Instead, they should accept that the struggle against Israel is a long-term one. There is no solution on the horizon and no independent state in sight.

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So the continuing debate in Palestinian (and even Israeli) society, between one- or two-state solutions, is a fruitless one, since neither state can or will be achieved in the near future.

This does not mean that Palestinians should simply give up and submit to the fate imposed on them. Negotiations should be seen as just one of many tracks.

Challenging Israel in international forums should become a priority. Likewise, the Authority must focus on improving basic social services and creating jobs in order to lower the high unemployment rate.

Having a job, good schools, and a functioning health care system is what makes families stay and not emigrate.

Without high hopes and without internal wrangling, Palestinians should continue negotiating in order to satisfy the international community and gain further support abroad for their cause.

The focus of the negotiations should be on how to exploit any future talks to incrementally advance Palestinian objectives on the ground, like transferring control over more land and natural resources to Palestinian Authority, easing the restrictions on movement imposed by Israel, and opening borders for Palestinian exports. Small gains on issues like these should be pursued so long as Palestinian leaders avoid signing any finalstatus agreement that would require them to renounce Palestinian national rights at this stage — since such a deal would be patently unjust.

Anything else that can be achieved without jeopardizing basic Palestinian rights should be seen as a building block on the road to advancing Palestinians’ prolonged struggle for statehood and international legitimacy.

Ali Jarbawi, a former minister in the Palestinian Authority government, is a professor of political science at Birzeit University. This essay was translated by Ghenwa Hayek from the Arabic.

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1 November 2013

PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

Vermitechnology– a user friendly technology James kikon SmS (Soil Science) KvK Dimapur ICAr, Nagaland Centre

T

he role of earthworm in maintaining soil fertility is known since ancient times.

Aristotle called them “The intestine of the earth” and considered them as agents to restore soil fertility. For several hundred years the earthworm was known only in text books but now it has become a household name with its role redefined from framers friend to “solid waste manager” The common and popular phenomenon of earthworm’s beneficial role in agriculture gave birth to vermiculture technology. Vermiculture technology has emerged as an efficient, eco friendly waste management system wherein earthworms are used as natural bioreactor for cleaning up the environment. Vermicompost is rich in several microfloras like Azospirillum, Actinomycetes, and Phoxsporbacillus which multiply fast through the digestive system of Earthworm several enzymes, auxins, and complex growth regulators like gibberellins are found in vermicompost which are not generally present in different soil environment conditions.

The scenario of waste generation in India shows an ever increasing trend. So, in recent years emphasis is being laid on organic matter management recycling has been recognized as a prime activity in managing the waste load. Vermicomposting not only convert biowaste into rich manure to substantiate a part of organic manure and

fertilizer need of the crops but also ator, single size tank, four tanks with improve the soil texture and fulfill v-wash out let, Low cost and large the global need of clearing the envi- scale model etc. ronment.

Requirements: There is no special What is vermitechnology? material required for vermicomVermitechnology is a method of posting. Still for planning any proconverting wastes into useful prod- gramme certain scientific points are ucts through action of earthworm. required to be kept in mind for optia) Vermiculture: - Vermiculture mal result. is mass culturing of earthworms or a) Vermibeds /container: - verproduction of earthworm for com- mibeds or container may be of any mercializing live materials. shape or size but size of 1x10-20x1 b) Vermicomposting:-The prac- meter tank (W x L x D) is ideal and tice of using concentrations of easy to handle. earthworms to convert organic mab) Waste material: Any bio-deterials into useable vermicompost gradable materials available e.g., or worm castings. animal dung, agriculture waste, forThus vermiculture and vermi- estry waste, waste paper and cotton composting are two interlinked clothes, city refuse, bio-gas slurry and inter dependent process which and industrial waste. when conjoined, can be referred as c) Bedding materials: This is the Vermi-technology. lower most layer of earthworm feed substrate that is required to be verTypes of vermicomposting: micomposted. Banana stem peels, A) Small scale or indoor vermi- coir pits, coconut leaves, sugarcane composting: Small scale indoor ver- trash, stem of crops,grasses or husk miculture and composting is easy waste or discarded cattle feed can and can be practiced in abandoned be used. cattle sheds, poultry sheds backyard d) Earthworm culture: - The or underneath temporary thatched most popular earthworm species sheds. or cultures used are Eisenia foetida, B) Large scale or outdoor vermi- eudrilus eugeniae and perionyx excomposting: Large scale vermicom- cavates. Their potential in the utiliposting is of two types 1) Simple zation of organic waste reveals that promotion of vermi-activities in fal- they are excellent worms which low fields after harvesting crops.2) were found effective in nutrient Large scale vermicomposting in poor soils as well as in manure. open heaps. e) Feeding materials: Mostly C) Other type of Vermicompost- used for feeding the epigeic speing: There can be several names cies of earthworms are : i. Animal designated to vermicomposting. dung like cow dung, sheep dung, Basically all are same but vary only horse dung, goat dung and poultry with extent of waste mass to be droppings(minimum 7 days old) vermicomposted and composting (are these feed used singly or in container(s) such as Vermi-exceler- combination?) ii. Cow dung + sheep

dung + pig dung mixed in equal proportion or quantities c. Cow dung or mixed dung + rice polish in the ratio 10:3 f) Cover of feed substrate: This is required for reducing moisture loss and also save worms from extra movements. Moist gunny bags or banana pseudostem are used as cover and in conservation of moisture. g) Water: In order to maintain the moisture content of composting to 30-40% water is sprinkled at regular intervals. Water management is most important criteria in vermiculture as worms require moisture for their survival. Watering and monitoring of the unit should continue for 30 days. Juvenile earthworms should appear by this time which is a healthy sign. h) Shed: In order to maintain the temperature at optimum level required for vermicomposting i.e. 2030oc and also to avoid from direct sunlight, shed is required.

Steps involved in Vermicomposting.

1) Selection of site: It should be preferably on higher elevation where there is no water logging, area with less termite and red ant activity.

2) Collection of waste and sorting: For field composting, raw materials are needed in degradable.

3) Pre-Treatment of Waste: a) First step is proper collection, sorting or separation of compostable and non-compostable materials like plastics, stones, glass, ceramic, and metals. b) Separate compostable materials, spread in a layer upto1 ft and exposed to sun for a day or two. c) Agro-Industrial Wastes: Mix-

ing with animal dung in 3:1 proportion and later subjecting it for Vermicomposting.

4) Filling of beds with organic wastes: Waste are filled in layers and continuously watered for next 10 days.

5) 1500 number of worms/m2 dimension of bed is to be introduced.

6) Watering at regular intervals to maintain sufficient moisture and also thatching the bed during summer months.

7) Monitoring the enemies activity and their management with botanicals like neem leafs dust, neem cake etc.

8) Layers in the beds/ fillings of Vermi-beds. a) Bedding materials: - 8-10 cm thickness b) Partially digested dung: - 8-10 cm thickness c) Earthworms/Cocoons: - 0.5-1 cm d) Partially digested dung: - 5-8 cm e) Leaves/waste materials: - 3060 cm 9) Harvesting /Collection of Vermicompost: When vermicompost and vermicasting are ready for collection, top layers appears somewhat dark brown, granular as if used dry tea leaves have been spread over the layers. Watering should then be stopped for 5-7 days and gently compost should be scrapped from top layers. This should then be left undisturbed for 6-24 hrs. If there are any adult worms present these would move down or away from the heap materials. The above material is sieved to avoid any adult/coccons being removed. After collection of vermicompost from top layered,

feed materials is again replenished and composting process is rescheduled. Collected vermicompost is air dried in shade before packing in convenient size.

Advantage of applying vermicompost: 1. It is rich in plat nutrients, provides almost all the essential nutrient elements.

2. Provides excellent effect on overall plant growth, encourages new shoots and leaves.

3. Improves soil structure, aeration and water holding capacity.

4. Prevents nutrient losses and increases nutrient use efficiency of chemical fertilizers.

5. Minimize the incidence of pest and diseases in crops.

6. Vermi-composting is free flowing, easy to handle, easy to store, easy for application and does not have bad odor and side effect.

Application of vermicompost: a. Field crops: 1.5-3 ton per hectare should be applied one week before sowing or planting of the crops. It can also be applied in standing crops as it is friable and can be top dressed. b. Fruit crops: Application of 1-3 kgs per plant followed by light incorporation is recommended. c. Vegetable crops: 40-60 gm per plant should be applied encircling the base of the plant or seedling followed by light incorporation.

Vermitechnology is thus, a farmers’ friendly techonolgy which is user friendly as well as the product is a boon for organic farming. Vermitechnology has also opened up avenues for employment generation especially for the unemployed rural youth.

Improved production technologies of pineapple Weather based integrated advisory for the month of November Jitendra Kumar Patel, research Associate, ICAr Nagaland Centre

Nitrogen and potash is applied in 2 equal split doses.The first dose of nitrogen- 2 months after planting and last dose 12 months after planting is applied.Once at the onset of monsoon (Mayineapple originated in Paraguay (Bra- June) and again at the end of the rainy season zil) and was introduced to India in 1548. (September-October) after the fruit are harvestIt spread throughout and is one of the ed, slips and suckers are removed. commercially grown fruit crops NEH region.

Its pleasant flavor and exquisite taste quali- Propagation:- Suckers and slips are preferred fies pineapple as one of the choicest fruits in for planting since they flower comparatively eartheregion. The fruits are eaten fresh as well as lier than crown. Slips of 45-50 cm size weighing from 350-450 g gave an earlier uniform flowercanned and processed in different forms. ing and fruiting followed by 55-60 cmsuckers Soil and Climate:- Pineapple thrives well on weighing 500-750 g. The fruit quality is found almost every soil having the properties of well better by 5-10 cm long crown planting. drained, light textured, good retention of moisture and aeration. Cultivation over hardpan Treatment of Planting Material:- Before in sub soil and water logging areas should be planting, the suckers and slips should be sun avoided. The pH should not be more than 6.0. cured and dry leaf scales at the base should be The optimum temperature range for successful removed. Planting material should be dipped cultivation is between 15.6oC and 32.2oC.It can in Ceresan solution (4g in 1 lit. of water) or grow successfully up to 1525 m above sea level. 0.2% Dithane M-45 before planting to protect the plants against bud rot.

Varieties:- Kew – It is a late maturing variety suitable for canning quality. The plants Planting:- Pineapple is mainly planted are vigorous and leaves are long with straight just at the on set or at the end of monsoon. margins. Leaves often have a short sector of However,September is the best time for plantsmall spines at the tip and also at the base ing in NEH region. About 85% plants set fruits near its attachment to the stem. Fruit weight and became ready for harvesting in 18 months range from 1.5 to 2.5 kg and is oblong in shape, of planting. Planting of pineapple across the slope slightly tapering towards the crown. The fruit found better.Spacing of 30 x 60 x 90 cm in double is yellow, almost fibreless and very juicy with row method, 43,500 plants/ha i.e. suckers should be planted at a distance of 30 cm from plant to 0.6-1.2% acid, and 12-16o brix TSS. plant within the line and 60 cm in between two Queen- This variety is suitable for table pur- lines, and 90 cm between two double rows. pose.The plants are dwarf with compact growth habit. Foliage bluish green, leaves are short, stiff, Flower induction:- To get uniform flowerand spiny along the margins and thickly cov- ing in pineapple, application of 25 ppm Ethrel ered with a whitish bloom on both surface. Fruit (6.25 ml/100 litres of water) + 2% Urea + weight ranges from 0.9-1.3 kg, golden-yellow 0.05% NaCO3 at 40-45 leaf stages is done. and internal flesh is deep golden yellow. TSS -15 About 50 ml of the solution is poured into the to 16o brix and acidity between 0.6-0.8percent. heart of the plant. Efficacy of flower inducing compound is reduced during rainy season.

Manure and fertilizers:- Well decomposed- Therefore, these chemicals are not applied FYM @ 500 g/pit is applied at 15-20 days before during rains. Plant start flowering in 45-50 planting.Application of 12 g each of N & K2O days after chemical application. and 4 g of P2O5 /plant /year is recommended. Intercropping and mulching:- For suppress-

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ice unlike any other major food crops of the world is grown under diverse environmental conditions. It is grown in 114 countries, across the world in around 150 mha (11% of the world’s cultivated land), producing 575 MT with an average productivity of 3.83 t ha-1. More than 95% of world’s rice is produced and consumed in Asia, home for nearly 60% of the earth’s population. India and China, together hold about half the world’s rice area.

Rice is the major crop of the North East Region occupying an area of more than 72% of the total cultivated area. On average rice cultivation occupies an area of 3.75 million ha area with highest (75%) in Assam. Shifting cultivation is the mainstay of economy in most of the North East Hilly states.

Traditionally, jhum cultivation (dry farming) is the main occupation of the people in Nagaland along with terrace rice cultivation.

Jhum paddy comprises of about 96,570 hectare and 1,73,830 MT of production was recorded during the year 2010-11. Most of the cultivable area in the state is under the traditional jhum and terrace rice cultivation system and rest under commercial and other crops.

Cultivation Practices Agricultural practices followed in rice cultivation are Jhum a traditional process followed in the hilly terrain is rainfed and no effort has been made to store the water in the field. It involves

ing the weed population and restoring soil fertility. Intercropping with leguminous crop like rice bean, cow pea and moong are most suitable in the first year of planting. Mulching of pineapple field with black polythene, grasses and paddy straw gives better yield and quality, and suppress the weed growth.

After care of the ratoon crop:- Desuckering immediately after fruit harvest is important.

Keeping one or two suckers on the mother plant near the ground level, all others are removed.

Slips also should be removed. After desuckering, plants should be fertilized and earthed up.

Pests and diseases:Mealy bug: Dipping the basal portion of the planting material in 0.02 to 0.05 % methyl parathion as a prophylactic measure. Application of carbofuran @ 15 to 17kg per ha in affected plantation or need based application of Monocrotophos (Nuvacron) 2.5 g/litre of water at vegetative stage and Endosulfan 2.5 ml/litre of water at the fruiting stage is recommended to manage the pest.

Heart rot: Green leaves turn yellowish green and tips turn brown. The central whorl of leaves come out with a gentle pull and basal portion of the leaves shows sign of rotting emitting foul odour. Bordeaux mixture (4:4:50) or copper oxychloride @ 2g per litre used for dipping suckers before planting.

Staggering of harvesting almost throughout the year is possible by the following means(1).Using different planting materials. (2).

Planting suckers and slips at regular intervals from July-December and (3). Applying flower inducing chemicals at desired time as stated above.

Harvesting and yield:-The fruit is ready for harvest when the dark green colour becomes lighter and the deep seated eyes become shallow i.e. 1518 months after planting. Harvesting for local markets should be done at full maturity stage and for distance markets at 75-80% maturity stage. Yield recorded in the tune of 40-50 t/ha.

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Field crops Ensure uniform drying to avoid hot and wet spots and mechanical damage due to handling. Avoid excessive drying of paddy to avoid breakage of the grains.Follow sanitation during drying, milling and after milling to avoid contamination of grains and protect from insects, rodents and birds.

Care should be taken to store different varieties of paddy separately to avoid their mix up.

Sow certified seeds from a reliable source to prevent seed rot and seedling blight. If one wants to use his own seed, seed treatment is a must. Some of the varieties recommended for the region are HQPM-1, Allrounder and RCM-76.

Field preparation should be started for toria and arrangement for quality seeds should be done. M-27, TS-36 and TS-38 are some of the varieties recommended for the region.

Horticultural crops Quality seeds should be used for sowing. Some of the suitable varieties are: Cabbage – Green express (Hybrid), Rareball (Hybrid), Pride of India.

Broccoli – Pushpa, Princess. Tomato – Pusa Ruby, Arka Vikash, Punjab Swari. Knolkhol – White Vienna. Radish – Japanese White, Pusa Chetki. Pea – Arkel Cucurbitaceous crops Crop rotation with non-cucurbitaceous crops should be done as it helps in controlling many pest and diseases.

Livestock • Piglets should be dewormed regularly, once in every three months as worms from pigs can cause disease in human too. Contact nearby veterinarian officer for measures against adverse conditions.

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To prevent spread of contagious diseases farmers are advised to regularly clean and disinfect the cattle shed and its premises, do not allow animals to drink water from ponds, rivers etc. during outbreak of disease, regular de-worming to control internal parasites and provide adequate ventilation and sufficient space.

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Farmers are advised to provide clean drinking water round the clock and water troughs/ feeders should be regularly cleaned. Antibiotics or other stress medications may be added to water if desired.

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cleaning a patch of forest land by slash and burn method but retaining useful trees and plant varieties, cultivating it for 2 to 3 years and then moving on to the next patch of land.

Wet terrace rice cultivation is the recent intervention in the hilly terrain which is now widely followed by the Angami tribe in Kohima district and Chakesang tribe in Phek district. It is practiced alongside with jhum cultivation in these areas, by making terraces along the slope and cultivating wet land paddy varieties.

Zabo–an indigenous farming system is practiced by Chakesang in Phek district; locally this system is called ‘Ruza” or Ponds, meaning cultivation system with impounding of water. The system comprises protected forest land on hill top well planned water harvesting tanks at the middle and paddy field toward foot hills.

Climatic requirements Rice is a widely adapted plant indeed, can be grown in pre kharif, kharif as well as in rabi season with huge number of adoptive cultivars available. Temperature, solar radiation and rainfall influence rice yield by directly affecting the physiological processes associated with grain production and indirectly through pest and diseases.

imtisenla Walling Technical Officer, IAAS Project, ICAr Nagaland Centre Sunlight • Plant requires 30% of full sunlight for its canopy to become light saturated.

• It is much more responsive to long periods of sunshine.

Effect of Shading • Shading reduces incidence of light.

• Shading during the first phase (transplanting to panicle initiation, 44 days) reduced yield more than that at other stages through greater reduction in effective tillers and length and grains per panicle. Shading during second stage (panicle initiation to flowering, 24days) and third stage (flowering to ripening, 28 days) reduced the yield through decrease in fertility of grains and their weight.

• Shading during first and second stage is more harmful than that during first and third stages or that during second and third stages.

• Shading at all the stages caused heavy mortality of plants, reduced the growth of those that survived, made the panicles the shortest with 60% sterility.

Temperature • Most of the rice varieties are thermo-

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• Seedlings are sensitive to temperature from the first week of post germination growth.

• Depending on the varieties, it requires a mean temperature above 200C and not less than 150C during the entire growing period.

200C - 360C average day temperature with night temperature 200C - 230C are ideal for its growth. The crop can tolerate 190C to 400C. • Optimum temperature required for germination is at least 100C, for flowering is 22-230C and for grain formation is 20-210C. Very high temperatures along with high wind speed causes sun burning and scald diseases.

• Low temperature reduces formation of spikelets, germination, seedling development, tillering and shoot height.

Wind • General effect of wind is variable depending on its velocity. Gentle wind increases turbulence in the canopy and improves grain yield. Dry winds dessicate the rice leaves and reduce photosynthesis.

• In summer season, warm and dry winds reduce pollination and increase sterility; the usual green colour pales and dusts accumulate on the leaves and they appear thick.

• High nitrogen usually makes the plants taller with thinner and longer internodes,

and increases leaf size, reduces thickness, decreases accumulation of carbohydrates and increases their susceptibility to wind damage.

Relative humidity (RH) • Higher relative humidity (%) within the crop canopy is usually conducive, increases the photosynthesis rate irrespective of light intensity • Flowering is inhibited at relative humidity below 40% and is the best at 70-80%.

Rainfall • Optimum well distributed rainfall during its almost four months growing period is 1120-1500 mm.

• Standing water from end of tillering to grain ripening is useful.

• Crop is highly sensitive to water deficiency at flowering and heading stages.

• In kharif season, when humidity is high and evaporative demands are low, maintenance of continuous submergence is not essential but during rabi season it is required.

• Three critical stages during which moisture stress reduces grain yield are - transplanting, tillering and flag leaf to grain formation.

Knowledge of agro meteorology and the impact of weather and climate on crops will greatly help to devise appropriate crop production strategies for taking advantage of favourable climate and weather conditions and avoiding risks due to their hazards for realizing optimum and sustainable agricultural productivity.

The Morung Express in collaboration with the ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hill Region, Nagaland Centre will be publishing articles with regard to Agriculture and the farming community on the first Friday of every month.

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

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Don’t take oral instructions from netas: SC to bureaucrats

neW delhI, OctOber 31 (agencIeS): The Supreme Court on Thursday drastically reduced political pressure on top bureaucrats by ruling that they must get an assured minimum tenure in posting. “Fixed tenure of bureaucrats will promote professionalism, efficiency and good governance,” the SC bench observed.

“Much of the deterioration in the functioning of bureaucracy is due to political interference,” the SC said.

The SC also directed the Centre and state governments to pass an order within three months on giving fixed tenure to civil servants. The apex court also empowered top bureaucrats to record in writing the oral instruction of political bosses on files so as not to be hounded later on for a particular decision. The SC said that such recording of political instructions by bureaucrats will also help in promoting transparency and will allow general public to access correct information.

The verdict, which is on the line of apex court’s earlier order on police reforms for giving fixed tenure to senior police officers in Prakash Singh case, will go a long way in giving freedom and independence to the functioning of bureaucracy. The judgement comes close on the heels of controversies surrounding Ashok Khemka, IAS officer of Haryana cadre over DLF-Robert Vadra land deal, and Durga Sakhti Nagpal, UP cadre IAS officer, who was targeted by the state government for alleged misconduct. The apex court passed the verdict on a PIL filed by 83 retired bureaucrats including former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian seeking its directions for insulating bureaucracy from political interference. The petitioners also include former Indian ambassador to the US Abid Hussain, former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami, former election commissioner T S Krishna Murthy, former IPS officer Ved Prakash Marwah, and former CBI directors Joginder Singh and D R Kaarthikeyan.

Lalu Prasad’s bail plea rejected

SC verdict will help in good governance: IAS officers’ body

“This is a landmark judgement. Public servants are not private servants,” Subramanian said. “Today faith in our Constitution has been reaffirmed...our faith in the strength of democracy has been reaffirmed because the highest court of the land has recognised the problems,” he said, adding “malgovernance affected people and quality of administration”. Krishna Murthy lauded the verdict, saying “Good governance is critical to good quality democracy.

“Most of us have seen in our career how most of the transfers, promotions, postings and foreign assignments, all of them are decided on whimsical basis very often,” he said. The PIL had alleged that at present, the system of transfers, postings, promotions, disciplinary action and other personnel matters pertaining to the members of civil services are ad-hoc and non-transparent.

ranchI, OctOber 31 (agencIeS): Jharkhand high court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of RJD leader Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case. Lalu has been in Birsa Munda central jail since October 3, after being convicted in RC20A/96 of the fodder scam by special CBI court of PK Singh. The CBI court held Lalu guilty on September 30 along with 45 others in the case.

Later, on October 3, Lalu was sentenced to 5-year rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 25 lakh which has been challenged in the high court. CBI counsel Mokhtar Khan said that they objected to the bail petition saying that Lalu was the chief minister during the period when fraudulent withdrawals from different treasuries of erstwhile Bihar government was taking place and that he failed to absolve himself from the responsibility.

CBI has also said that Lalu has remained behind the bars for a period even half of the quantum for which he has been sentenced.

“His involvement in the conspiracy has been proved in the lower court and several other cases in which Lalu Prasad is involved is being heard by the subordinate court,” CBI sources said. Earlier, while filing appeal petition before the single bench of Jharkhand high ourt on October 17, Lalu’s counsel had argued that the court should consider his age, efficiency in the capacity of Union railway minister and CBI’s failure to prove his involvement in the case.

Google to fund to 10 Indian NGOs

neW delhI, OctOber 31 (agencIeS): New Delhi: The over 4,700-member strong Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers’ association on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict favouring fixed tenure for bureaucrats, saying it will help in ensuring good governance. “We support the judgement. It vindicates our stand. It will help in good governance across the country,” said IAS officers’ association secretary Sanjay R Bhoos Reddy. It is necessary that the judgement not only gets implemented in letter but in spirit also, he said. The association of Indian Forest Service (IFoS) also supported the apex court verdict.

“We support the judgement. It is a good judgement. It will check in arbitrary transfers and suspensions,” said IFoS association’s President A R Chadha.

In a land mark verdict, the Supreme Court today held that bureaucrats should not act on verbal orders given by politi-

neW delhI, OctOber 31 (agencIeS): Internet search giant Google will give a funding of Rs 21 crore to 10 Indian non-profit organisations to help them in their efforts to make a positive impact on India and the world using technology.

The four winners of the Google’s ‘Impact Challenge in India’ -- namely Digital Green Trust, Agastya, Janaagraha and Social Awareness-Newer Alternatives-- will get Rs 3 crore each, the remaining 6 finalists will get Rs 1.5 crore each.

The Global Impact Awards support entrepreneurial non-profits using technology to tackle some of the world’s toughest problems. This is Google’s second Impact Challenge initiative, the first one being held in the UK in the first half of this year. The 10 finalists pitched their concepts to a panel of judges that included Google Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora, Google board member Ram Shriram, Google Director of Giving Jacquelline Fuller, Social Worker and former Chairperson of Thermax Anu Aga and Omidyar Network India Advisors Managing Director Jayant Sinha.

Arora said, “We launched the Google Impact Challenge to provide support to India’s brightest social entrepreneurs who want to apply their innovative skills to usher in a social change.” Beasides, Rs 3 crore award, the four winners will receive a 10 Nexus tablets and support from Google to make their project a reality, Google Senior Vice President Nikesh Arora said here. Shriram said, “Technology is an intrinsic part of our everyday lives. Its potential, if harnessed effectively, could play a pivotal role in bringing positive change in society.”

cal bosses and sought an end to frequent transfers and suggested a fixed tenure to insulate them from political interference.

Suggesting sweeping reforms in the functioning of bureaucracy, a bench headed by Justice KS Radhakrishnan said Parliament must enact a law to regulate postings, transfers and disciplinary action against bureaucrats. The judgement comes close on the heels of controversies surrounding Ashok Khemka, IAS officer of Haryana cadre over DLF-Robert Vadra land deal, and Durga Sakhti Nagpal, UP cadre IAS officer, who was targeted by the state government for alleged misconduct.

IAS, IFoS and Indian Police Service associations have been demadning changes in service rule to ensure arbitrary transfers and suspensions of officers. There are about 11,000 members of the three services - around 4,737 IAS, 3,637 IPS and about 2,700 IFoS officers - working across the country. “This is a landmark

“There is an urgent need to make the civil servants accountable, sensitive and responsive. If this is achieved, there will be across-the-spectrum benefits...

“Transfers are often used as instruments of reward and punishment, with officials being frequently transferred on the whims and caprices as well as the personal needs of local politicians and other vested interests. Officers, especially those in the All India Services serving in state governments, have no stability or security of tenure,” it had said.

The PIL had also said the civil servants at all levels should be given a minimum threeyear fixed tenure on each post to foster functional freedom and independence.

Any premature transfer should specifically be authorised by the ‘civil service board/commission’ on specific circumstances to be brought out in writing, it had

judgement. Public servants are not private servants,” said former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian. “Today faith in our Constitution has been reaffirmed... our faith in the strength of democracy has been reaffirmed because the highest court of the land has recognised the problems,” he said, adding “malgovernance affected people and quality of administration”.

Former Election Commissioner T S Krishna Murthy lauded the verdict, saying “Good governance is critical to good quality democracy. “Most of us have seen in our career how most of the transfers, promotions, postings and foreign assignments, all of them are decided on whimsical basis very often,” he said. Former CBI Director Joginder Singh said, “I am happy over this judgement but having said that I am aware that similar judgement was passed by the Supreme Court on September 20, 2006 on fixed tenure of police officers but all states are dilly-dallying”.

said. At least four high-powered panels made recommendations for freeing the bureaucracy from political interference but the government had not taken any concrete step for implementation of the reforms suggested by them, it had said.

“Change of government invariably leads to new rounds of transfers as the incoming group of political leaders seeks to reward supporters and put its “own” staff in key positions. “Moreover, the ‘transfer industry’ is backed by entrenched and powerful vested interests as frequent transfers generate huge amounts of black money for corrupt officials and politicians...,” it had said. The PIL had said that there should be an independent, highpowered and statutory ‘civil services board’ in each state which should process proposals of postings and transfers.

Sonia is world’s third most powerful woman

WaShIngtOn, OctOber 31 (IanS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been listed the third most powerful woman as Russian President Vladimir Putin beat President Barack Obama to the top spot on Forbes’ list of “The World’s Most Powerful People”. Gandhi, 66, described as “de facto head of India”, is ranked 21st among the world’s 72 most powerful. She takes the third spot after German Chancellor Angela Merkel (No.5) and Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff (No. 20) among the nine women, more than ever before.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 81, takes the 28th spot with two other Indians, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, 56, ranked 38th, and ArcelorMittal chairman and CEO Lakshmi Mittal, 63, in the 51st position.

While Putin climbs to the top spot as he “continues to solidify control over Russia and the international stage”, Obama drops to second spot with his “lame duck period (has) seemingly set in earlier than usual for a two-term president”.

Obama is followed by Communist Party of China general secretary Xi Jinping (No. 3), Pope Francis (No.4) and Merkel (No. 5). Rounding out the Top 10 are Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair Bill Gates (No. 6), US Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke (No. 7), Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz (No. 8), European Central Bank president Mario Draghi (No.9) and the highest ranking active businessperson on the list - Wal-Mart CEO Michael Duke (No. 10).

British Prime Minister David Cameron (No. 11) dropped out of the Top 10 to take the 11th spot. Among the 13 newcomers to the list (and new to their positions) are Pope Francis (No. 4), China Investment Corp chairman Ding Xuedong (No. 36) and Governor of the Bank of Japan Haruhiko Kuroda (No. 39).

Forty percent (or 26 people) on the list are billionaires, with their combined net worth totalling $564.1 billion - more than the GDP in Sweden, according to The World Bank Group. Four are from India and four from China. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (No. 24) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (No. 46) are the youngest on the list, at ages 29 and 30 respectfully.

Patna blast suspect who escaped rearrested

Patna, OctOber 31 (agencIeS): Meher Alam, a terror suspect in the Patna serial blasts who fled from a toilet in Muzaffarpur while being brought here from Darbhanga district, was rearrested on Thursday.

According to report, Alam was traced travelling in a train and was arrested and taken into National Investigating Agency (NIA) custody near Kanpur. Alam is said to be travelling in Delhi bound Rajdhani Express.

He will now be interrogated by the NIA. Alam, 25, is not only a terror suspect in the string of

bombings that took place here Sunday before BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was to address a rally, he is also suspected for the blasts at Bodhgaya in July this year. Alam was arrested in Bihar’s Darbhanga district, and was being brought to the state capital by a National Investigation Agency team. He said he wanted to go to the toilet near Muzaffarpur, but did not return, police said.

Officials, however, were unwilling to confirm whether the terror suspect made good his escape Wednesday night or early Thurs-

day. While some police officials said the escape took place late Wednesday, there were also those who said it happened Thursday morning. After he managed to slip, the NIA had filed a missing person report and claimed that he is not a terror suspect but a witness in the Patna blasts case.

Sleuths raided several places in Bihar to hunt down those who unleashed a string of bombings here that left six dead and over 80 injured. Six of the seven blasts took place Sunday at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan. The seventh explosion was at the railway station.

‘Chinese, Indian media need to be positive’

beIjIng, OctOber 31 (IanS): The media of both China and India need to be more positive about bilateral relations to remove misconceptions among the people of the two countries about each other, according to a leading Chinese daily. “Although we are in the age of the Internet, the majority of the general public in both China and India rely heavily on their domestic media to learn about each other,” the article in the Global Times said.

Referring to an incident in 2012 when some Indian businessmen were held in a place called Yiwu in Chian’s Zhejiang province for non-payment of debts, it said the coverage of the incident by the Indian media was one-sided as some details of the reports were not accurate while some could not be confirmed. “Of course, I don’t mean to just criticize some Indian media outlets for what they have done in their coverage of China. In some cases, Chinese media also have pretty big room for improvement in terms of their coverage of India,” the article’s author Chen Ping, deputy managing editor of the Global Times, stated.

The author cited a BBC World Service Poll this year, An Indian girl touches an artificial garland on display at a shop ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Allahabad, on Thursday, October 31. which showed that 36 percent of Indians viewed China Hindus light up their homes and pray to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, positively and 27 percent negatively while in the case during the festival which will be celebrated on November 3. (AP Photo) of the Chinese, 23 percent viewed India positively and

as much as 45 percent negatively. “Chinese media surely contributed greatly to the higher figures on the China side, thanks to some of their selective, imbalanced, even biased coverage of India,” the article stated.

The author then referred to a personal mini-survey he conducted among his friends about their perception of India. “...a female respondent said without any hesitation: ‘Rape, and gang rape’. This is sad, in the sense that the general public in China knows too little about India,” the author observed.

According to the article, the media in both the countries “can do a lot to promote two-way understanding by providing true, balanced coverage of events taking place in China as well as India”. “Reporters from both countries should have more contacts and more frequent exchanges of views and ideas,” it stated.

“China and India are bound by geographical location, so they should be good neighbours, good friends and good partners, and they should understand each other and respect each other.” The article concluded with a comment made by Mahatma Gandhi in 1948: “I long for the day when a free India and a free China will cooperate together in friendship and brotherhood for their own good and for the good of Asia and the world.”

Malnutrition plagues children in Sunderbans

SunderbanS, OctOber 31 (PtI): Unlike other children of his age, four-year-old Nirmal Mandal is still learning how to walk on his legs. He still crawls like a baby. When brought to the nearest primary health centre by his farmer parents in Pathar Pratima block of Sunderbans, doctors said the child is chronically malnourished and his legs are too weak to be able to take the weight of his body. Repeated climatic shocks in the form of cyclones and floods, geographical adversities, especially in the remote islands, and an inadequate health infrastructure have made many such children in the Sunderbans malnourished. Prof Barun Kanjilal of The Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), who has been studying the region, told PTI that more than one-third of the children here are chronically malnourished due to under-nutrition.

“A child from a poor household born without adequate antenatal care and inappropriately fed during the first few months of his or her life makes a perfect recipe for under-nutrition and associated morbidity, a common phenomenon in the Sunderbans,” he said. According to Sunderbans

Health Watch report, about sixty per cent of the children did not receive breast milk immediately after birth. Breastfeeding is a critical determinant of a child’s health.

“Health awareness is very poor. One third of the mothers are also underweight and this has a direct impact on the health of the children,” Dr Kanjilal said. A study conducted by the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) and international NGO Save the Children has found that the overall prevalence of anaemia in women is as high as 64 per cent.

NICED’s Dr Samiran Panda, who led the study, said malnutrition is a serious health issue in the Sunderbans affecting both the mother and the child. ”Basic food supply to the population should be improved with additional food to all children and vulnerable groups. Selective supplementary feeding to the malnourished should be undertaken in areas where the prevalence of malnourishment has crossed 10 per cent but remained below 15 per cent among under-five children,” he said. Children of the Sunderbans face an extra burden of morbidity, with a report from IIHMR suggesting that 0.3 mil-

lion children will be ill in a month and 26,000 children will need hospitalisation in one year in the Sunderbans.

Prevalence of respiratory infection or gastrointestinal disorders among children is much higher in the Sunderbans than the district or state average. The available public health care system is also being blamed for the child health concern. ”Public health centres are not only less available, but many of them run ineffectively with shortage of critical inputs,” he said adding that a parallel market of rural medical practitioners or ‘quacks’ have cropped up to bridge the huge gap in the curative care market. “This is obviously a potential threat to child health,”

he warned adding that 84 per cent of ailing children seek treatment from such ‘quacks’ while government facilities were visited by only 4 per cent.

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NSA broke into Yahoo, Google data centers WASHINGTON, OcTOber 31 (AP): The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, the Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

A secret accounting dated Jan. 9, 2013, indicates that NSA sends millions of records every day from Yahoo and Google internal networks to data warehouses at the agency’s Fort Meade, Maryland, headquarters. In the last 30 days, field collectors had processed and sent back more than 180 million new records — ranging from “metadata,” which would indicate who sent or received emails and when, to content such as text, audio and video, the Post reported Wednesday on its website.

The latest revelations were met with outrage from Google, and triggered legal questions, including whether the NSA may be violating federal wiretap laws.

“Although there’s a diminished standard of legal protection for interception that occurs overseas, the fact that it was directed apparently to Google’s cloud and Yahoo’s cloud, and that there was no legal order as

This undated photo provided by Google shows a Google data center in Hamina, Finland. The Washington Post is reporting Wednesday, October 30, that the National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. The Post cites documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with officials. (AP Photo)

best we can tell to permit the interception, there is a good argument to make that the NSA has engaged in unlawful surveillance,” said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of Electronic Privacy Information Center. The reference to ‘clouds’ refers to sites where the companies collect data.

The new details about the NSA’s access to Yahoo and Google data centers around the world come at a time when Congress is reconsidering the government’s collection practices

and authority, and as European governments are responding angrily to revelations that the NSA collected data on millions of communications in their countries. Details about the government’s programs have been trickling out since Snowden shared documents with the Post and Guardian newspaper in June.

The NSA’s principal tool to exploit the Google and Yahoo data links is a project called MUSCULAR, operated jointly with the agency’s British coun-

7.3 million teen births in developing world: UN

LONDON, OcTOber 31 (AP): Recent research has suggested that teen pregnancies in the developing world are declining, but more than 7 million girls under the age of 18 are still giving birth each year and suffering drastic consequences, a U.N. report said Wednesday.

The U.N. Population Fund expressed particular alarm about the dangers facing girls 14 or younger, who account for 2 million of the 7.3 million births to women under 18 in developing countries. This group faces the gravest longterm social and health consequences from giving birth as teens.

“A girl who is pregnant at 14 is a girl whose rights have been violated and whose future is derailed,” the fund’s executive director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, said in London.

The report looked at births to women under 18 worldwide, the underlying causes of teen pregnancy, and possible solutions to the problem, which the U.N. said is part of a vicious cycle of rights violations.

“Adolescent pregnancy is most often not the result of a deliberate choice, but rather the absence of choices,” Osotimehin wrote in the report, citing lack of access to an education, job opportunities or health care. The report said that high rates of adolescent pregnancies correspond with other social problems, like powerlessness and poverty.

In many instances, the pregnancies are a result of sexual violence.

The issue is most evident in the developing world — with 95% of births to women under 18 occurring there.

Ten percent of women ages 20-24 in the Middle East reported at least one birth before age 18, while 22% did in South Asia and 28% did in Western and Central Africa, the report says.

Every day, 20,000 girls below age 18 give birth in developing countries.

Nine in 10 of these births occur within a marriage or a union — highlighting the scourge of child marriage. While Osotimehin acknowledged that recent studies have shown a decline in the percentage of women having given birth before the age of 18, he said that missed the point.

“The birth or pregnancy in one adolescent is unacceptable. One,” Osotimehin told reporters in London.

“Whether it’s going up or down is not the issue — 7.3 million is huge.” The report cited data gathered in 54 countries through 2 sets of surveys carried out between 1990 and 2008 and between 1997 and 2011. They showed a drop in the percentage of women aged 20 to 24 who reported giving birth before they were 18 from about 23% to about 20%. The countries covered by the surveys are home to nearly twothirds of the total population of developing countries, excluding China.

In some places, the data noted, the decline has been rapid, due to a decrease in early and arranged marriages. Even still, one girl in 10 has a child before the age of 15 in Bangladesh, Chad, Mali and Mozambique. Wednesday’s report was careful to note that some girls under 18 want to become pregnant. It stressed the benefits of waiting — such as better health, educational and future income opportunities — and called for a new approach to curbing teen pregnancies that minimizes the emphasis placed on girls’ behavior as an underlying cause.

“Childhood must never be derailed by motherhood,” it said, calling for greater efforts to end child marriage and more action on gender equality.

Jin hye Jo wipes a tear as she testifies during a hearing of the United Nations mandated Commission of Inquiry about the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, on October 30, in Washington. Jo wiped the tear while talking about her brother dying in her arms. (AP Photo)

terpart, GCHQ. The Post said NSA and GCHQ are copying entire data flows across fiber-optic cables that carry information between the data centers of the Silicon Valley giants.

The NSA has a separate data-gathering program, called PRISM, which uses a court order to compel Yahoo, Google and other Internet companies to provide certain data. It allows the NSA to reach into the companies’ data streams and grab emails, video chats, pictures and more. U.S. officials have

said the program is narrowly focused on foreign targets, and technology companies say they turn over information only if required by court order.

In an interview with Bloomberg News Wednesday, NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander was asked if the NSA has infiltrated Yahoo and Google databases, as detailed in the Post story.

“Not to my knowledge,” said Alexander. “We are not authorized to go into a U.S. company’s servers and take data. We’d have to go through a court process for doing that.”

It was not clear, however, whether Alexander had any immediate knowledge of the latest disclosure in the Post report. Instead, he appeared to speak more about the PRISM program and its legal parameters.

In a separate statement, NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines said NSA has “multiple authorities” to accomplish its mission, and she said “the assertion that we collect vast quantities of U.S. persons’ data from this type of collection is also not true.”

The GCHQ had no comment on the matter.

The Post said the NSA was breaking into data centers worldwide. The NSA has far looser restrictions on what it can collect outside the United States on foreigners.

David Drummond,

Google’s chief legal officer said the company has “long been concerned about the possibility of this kind of snooping.”

“We do not provide any government, including the U.S. government, with access to our systems,” said Drummond. “We are outraged at the lengths to which the government seems to have gone to intercept data from our private fiber networks, and it underscores the need for urgent reform.”

Google, which is known for its data security, noted that it has been trying to extend encryption across more and more Google services and links.

Yahoo spokeswoman Sarah Meron said there are strict controls in place to protect the security of the company’s data centers.

“We have not given access to our data centers to the NSA or to any other government agency,” she said, adding that it is too early to speculate on whether legal action would be taken.

The MUSCULAR project documents state that this collection from Yahoo and Google has led to key intelligence leads, the Post said.

Congress members and international leaders have become increasingly angry about the NSA’s data collection, as more information about the programs leak out.

First lady Michelle Obama, center, flexes her arms for PBS Sesame Street’s characters Elmo, left, and Rosita, right, during an event to help promote fresh fruit and vegetable consumption in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on October 30. Sesame Workshop and the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) joined in Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) in announcing a 2-year agreement to making healthy choices by using the Sesame Street characters to help deliver the messages about fresh fruits and vegetables. (AP Photo)

Alexander told lawmakers that the U.S. did not collect European records, and instead the U.S. was given data by NATO partners as part of a program to protect military interests.

More broadly, Alexander on Wednesday defended the overall NSA effort to monitor communications.

And he said that as Congress considers proposals to scale back the data collection or provide more transparency to some of the programs, it’s his job to lay out the resulting terrorism risks.

“I’m concerned that we give information out that impacts our ability to stop terrorist attacks.

That’s what most of these programs are aimed to do,” Alexander said. “I believe if you look at this and you go back through everything, none of this shows that NSA is doing something illegal or that it’s not been asked to do.”

Pointing to thousands of terror attacks around the world, he said the U.S. has been spared much of that violence because of such programs.

“It’s because you have great people in the military and the intelligence community doing everything they can with law enforcement to protect this country,” he said. “But they need tools to do it. If we take away the tools, we increase the risk.”

Myanmar defence chief stresses border security with India

YANGON, OcTOber 31 (IANS): Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s Defence Services Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing stressed the need for stability and security on the border with India, media said Thursday. Meeting with Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh in capital city Nay Pyi Taw, Min Aung Hlaing also said peace and stability play a crucial role in achieving success of Myanmar’s reform, reports Xinhua.

“Thanks to decade-long amity and mutual trust between the two countries, border regions enjoy more peace and stability than any other regions,” he said. Gen. Bikram Singh reaffirmed cooperation with Myanmar in border stability and development, disaster risk management, other emergency matters and healthcare in the region.

HIV-like virus suppressed in monkey experiment

NeW YOrK, OcTOber 31 (AP): Doctors may one day be able to control a patient’s HIV infection in a new way: injecting swarms of germfighting antibodies, two new studies suggest. In monkeys, that strategy sharply reduced blood levels of a cousin of HIV. The results also gave tantalizing hints that someday the tactic might help destroy the AIDS virus in its hiding places in the body, something current drugs cannot do.

The study results “could revolutionize efforts to cure HIV” if the approach is found to work in people, said a commentary published Wednesday by the journal Nature along with the monkey studies. Antibodies are proteins in the blood that grab onto specific germs and mark them for elimination. People infected with HIV naturally make antibodies

to fight the AIDS virus, but they are generally ineffective. The two new studies used lab-made versions of rare antibodies with unusual potency against HIV. One study of rhesus monkeys showed a profound effect from a single injection of antibodies, said lead author Dr. Dan Barouch of Harvard and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The 18 animals had been infected with SHIV, a monkey version of HIV. In 13 animals, blood levels of SHIV became undetectable by standard tests within a week of the treatment. After the antibodies petered out, the virus came back. That happened one to three months after treatment.

In three monkeys with the lowest levels of SHIV before treatment, the virus didn’t return during an obser-

vation period of up to eight months.

Barouch said the animals were not cured, but the treatment had apparently improved their immune systems enough to keep the virus in check. The two other monkeys started with the highest blood levels of SHIV. Treatment lowered those levels but not to the point where they were undetectable.

The second study in Nature, from the National Institutes of Health, showed encouraging results in a smaller group of monkeys. In people, standard drugs routinely tamp down HIV to undetectable levels in the blood. But the antibody approach may someday help doctors attack virus that’s hiding in infected cells, beyond the reach of today’s drugs, said the Nature commentary by Dr. Steven Deeks of the University of California,

San Francisco, and Dr. Louis Picker of the Oregon Health & Science University in Beaverton.

In theory, antibodies might activate the body’s immune system to kill those infected cells, they wrote.

Barouch’s results hinted at such an effect, they noted. Virus levels dropped faster in the monkeys than they do when people get standard HIV drugs, and when the monkey virus returned, it generally didn’t reach its pre-treatment levels. Barouch also found virus levels reduced in cells and tissues after treatment.

The findings of the two studies are “provocative” about prospects for attacking HIV’s hiding places, Deeks said in a telephone interview. “These studies raised more questions than they answered,” he said. “But that’s how science advances.”

North Korea defector testifies at UN rights probe

WASHINGTON, OcTOber 31 (AP): Her father was tortured in detention in North Korea and died. Her elder sister went searching for food during the great famine of the 1990s, only to be trafficked to China. Her two younger brothers died of starvation: one of them a baby without milk, whose life ebbed away in her arms.

North Korean defector Jin Hye Jo tearfully told her family’s story Wednesday to U.N. investigators holding a hearing in Washington.

It’s the investigators’ latest stop in a globe-trotting effort to probe possible crimes against humanity in North Korea.

The U.N. commission, led

by Australian judge Michael Kirby, says evidence gathered so far points to systematic and gross human rights violations.

It is empowered to seek full accountability, although bringing perpetrators to justice remains a distant prospect.

North Korea’s authoritarian regime, which denies any

rights abuses and political prison camps, is not cooperating and has refused access to the investigators.

Jin is one of two defectors testifying at the public hearing, held at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

The three-member panel has received evidence from dozens of others in hearings held in South Korea, Japan and Britain. Kirby said it will present its final report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in March next year.

On Thursday, experts will testify about the North Korea’s vast gulag, estimated to hold 80,000 to 120,000 political prisoners, and about access to food in the country, where hundreds of thousands perished in the 1990s famine, and child stunting remains widespread.

Among the commission’s various lines of inquiry, it is expected to probe the causes of the famine — and to what extent it was due to natural disasters — as the authoritarian regime of then-lead-

er Kim Jong Il claimed — or mismanagement.

Jin, 26, who has lived in the United States since 2008 and runs a charity for North Korean defectors, scoffed at the suggestion that the food shortages were due to natural causes, claiming that government officials drive BMWs and drink exotic whiskies while children die.

She recalled how the shortages became very serious in 1996 and she would return from school feeling dizzy from hunger.

Her parents made clandestine trips north to China to get food.

But her father was arrested, and according to a fellow detainee, was beaten and killed, although authorities claimed he was shot trying to escape.

The family’s fortunes only got worse. In 1998, after Jin’s elder sister went missing, her mother went to China to try and locate the sister. Jin, then age 10, was left with her grandmother and two younger siblings to care for their newly born baby brother.

Because of the father’s previous arrest, she said the family was shunned by neighbors when they begged for food.

“My baby brother died in my arms because we had nothing to eat. Because I was holding him so much he thought that I was his mom, so when I was feeding him water he was sometimes looking at me, smiling,” Jin said, weeping.

She said her grandmother and her five-year-old brother also starved. The remaining family members fled to China, but were arrested several times and repatriated before gaining finally asylum in March 2008 with the help of Christian missionaries.

Rights activists criticize China for such deportations, saying it is a violation of a U.N. refugee convention that it is a signatory to. China claims the North Koreans are economic migrants. Jin gave a detailed account of beatings and torture inflicted by security officials both in North Korea and China.

While the U.N. commission’s

work has put a spotlight on the dire human rights conditions in North Korea — long eclipsed by international concern over its nuclear weapons program — it’s not yet clear what actions the world body could take to punish the North.

Kirby told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that when the commission delivers its final report, “the international community will be obliged to face its responsibilities and decide what concrete action it will take” to protect the North Korean people.

The North is currently subject to tough sanctions because of its nuclear and missile programs, barring it from trading in weapons or importing luxury goods.

Even if the panel concludes crimes against humanity have been committed, a referral to the International Criminal Court appears unlikely, as it would require the approval of the U.N. Security Council, where China has a veto.

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Saying goodbye: Allen Iverson retires from NBA 22nd Royal Gold

PHILADELPHIA, OctObEr 31 (AP): Allen Iverson's highlights played one more time on the big screen, diehard Philadelphia 76ers fans and Julius Erving all part of the crowd catching one more glimpse of No. 3 in his prime.

His killer crossover in his rookie season that dusted Michael Jordan.

The jumper he buried over Tyronn Lue, then highstepped over the fallen Lakers defender in Game 1 of the 2001 NBA Finals.

All there. All as much part of Iverson's DNA as the rants about practice, the cornrows, the controversy.

All in the past.

This was time for A.I to say goodbye.

Iverson officially called it quits — though, in truth, it was the NBA that gave up on him — nearly four years after he played his last game.

He did it in typical A.I. flair, eschewing a suit fit for a black leather hoodie, askew black cap and a gold chain around his neck.

"I always felt like it was cool being me," Iverson said.

Iverson retired Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Center, the site of so many of the moments he crafted into a Hall of Fame worthy career. Iverson led the Sixers to the 2001 NBA finals, won four scoring titles, clashed with former coach Larry Brown, and was an All-Star game fixture. Winning a championship is the lone void in a bio sheet that forever stamps him among the league's greats.

The undersized guard FILE - In this May 11, 2003 file photo, Philadelphia 76ers' Allen Iverson celebrates during the second half against the Detroit Pistons in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in with the supersized heart Philadelphia. Iverson officially retired from the NBA on Wednesday, Oct. 30, ending a 15-year was a perfect match in a career during which he won the 2001 MVP award and four scoring titles. (AP Photo)) city that prizes authentic-

ity and hustle as much as production.

"I'm going to always be a Sixer til I die," he said.

And his number will always hang in the rafters.

Iverson's No. 3 will be retired on March 1 against Washington.

The 38-year-old Iverson had not played an NBA game since Feb. 20, 2010, in his second, short-lived stint with the Sixers. The 6-foot, 165-pound guard also played for Denver, Detroit and Memphis over a 14-year career that has him 19th on the career scoring list with 24,368 points.

He also played in Turkey before realizing the NBA doors would not open for him again.

"I thought that once this day came, it would be basically a tragic day," Iverson said. "I never imagined the day coming, but I knew it would come. I feel proud and happy to say that I'm happy with my decision and I feel great."

Iverson always proclaimed his love of Philly, the fans and the Sixers and swore he wanted to end his career with the franchise that made him the No. 1 overall pick in the 1996 draft.

He fearlessly crashed the lane against players nearly a foot taller than him, played through countless injuries and added the pizazz that was missing in what was a staid franchise.

He transformed the 76ers from lottery losers to contenders, though he couldn't bring home an NBA title to this championship-starved city. He came close in 2001, when the 76ers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA finals.

Iverson was arguably one of the four greatest Sixers, compiling a sparkling resume that put him in the mix with Erving, Wilt Chamberlain, and Charles Barkley.

His No. 3 jersey was a best seller around the globe, the headband wrapped snugly around his cornrows, and the tattoos were as much a part of his image as the way he ricochets around the court. Play every game like it was his last was more than a catchphrase, it was a lifestyle.

"My whole thing was, just being me," Iverson said.

"Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows, now you see the police officers with the cornrows. You know what I'm saying? I took a beating for those types of things."

From the throwback jerseys to the bling in his ears, Iverson shaped a generation of kids that star in today's NBA. "He made it cool to be a hip kid," Heat guard Dwyane Wade said.

Iverson's years in Philadelphia were marred by arrests in 1997 for carrying a concealed weapon and for possession of marijuana and in 2002 over a domestic dispute with his wife.

He was sentenced to community service in 1997 and all charges were dropped against him five years later.

Then there was the never-released rap album, which drew criticism from civil rights groups and got Iverson a reprimand from NBA commissioner David Stern because of its offensive lyrics.

mumbAI, OctObEr strain, Raina had to make the selectors with Ashok 31 (PtI): Off-colour pacer way for a fit-again Shikhar Dinda making way for Ishant Sharma was sur- Dhawan, who has shown 23-year-old Shami, for prisingly retained even sparkling form in the ongo- whom it would be his maidas senior bowler Zaheer ing ODIs after recovering en Test series. Young seamKhan was ignored in the from a hand injury, striking er Bhuvneshwar Kumar 15-member Indian squad a hundred in the sixth ODI has retained his place. Senior off-spinner Harbhajan announced on Wednesday last night.

"Ravindra Jadeja has Singh was, however, shown for Sachin Tendulkar's farewell two-Test series against a shoulder strain. The the door with Amit Mishra the West Indies next month. physiotherapist of the In- taking his place in the side.

Ishant, who has been dian team has advised two Harbhajan was ousted despite picking nine wicktaken to cleaners in the ongoing ODI SquAD FOr TEST SErIES ets in Punjab's opening Ranji match against series against Australia, has come in Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt.), Tamil Nadu. The spin for scathing criti- Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, attack will be spearcism due to his poor Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, head by Ravichandran form and was even Virat Kohli, rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Ashwin with Pragyan dropped from the rahane, r Ashwin, Bhuvaneshwar Ojha and Mishra backKumar, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, ing him up.The batlast two matches of umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, ting line-up was not the ongoing series.

Ishant Sharma. touched too much with Zaheer, on the othDhawan's re-entry beer hand, had made a case for his selection by weeks' rest for him, after ing the only change brought picking up five wickets in the end of the ODI series about by the five-memMumbai's Ranji Trophy against Australia, as a pre- ber selection committee opener against Haryana cautionary measure," BCCI headed by Sandeep Patil. but the selectors thought Secretary Sanjay Patel said The spotlight will, howevotherwise and decided to in a statement after the se- er, firmly be on Tendulkar, stick to Ishant. The 35-year- lection committee meet- who would be completing old Zaheer has been out of ing. Pacer Umesh Yadav, 200 Tests in international the Test team since Decem- who had been rested after cricket before drawing the ber last year owing to fit- the tri-series in the West curtains on his career. The ness and form issues. All- Indies, made his way back landmark match would be rounder Ravindra Jadeja to the side. Also there was played in the 40-year-old's and batsman Suresh Raina young pacer Mohammed home ground in Mumbai from November 14, precedwere also dropped from Shami.

The pace attack was, in ed by the opening game in the squad. But while Jadeja went out due to a shoulder fact, notably overhauled by Kolkata from November 6.

— who could of course make the grade.

"As long as the boys are happy, as long as they enjoy playing football and they have fun doing it then, whether they play at professional level or whether they play at Sunday league level, I don't care," Beckham said. What troubles Beckham is that his sons are unable to develop as footballers away from the spotlight — if that's the career they wish to pursue — with Brooklyn's training spells with English teams quickly becoming public.

"Obviously any time the boys go and train at a club, there's a certain amount of pressure on them because it's highlighted and that's a shame at times," Beckham said. "But they are levelheaded children, they are fun, they love playing the game. So we will see."

The more immediate concern for Beckham is convincing the MLS to allow him to exercise his right to launch an MLS expansion team. The option of becoming a team owner was included in the MLS contract Beckham signed when joining the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007.

"I am excited about

owning a team ... continuing to be part of the MLS in the future," said Beckham, who has yet to confirm the franchise's host city. "Miami excites me because I think it's a city that is very excitable. "I've been to watch the basketball there.

I've seen the (NFL's Miami) Dolphins play. It's a city where the people in the city love their sport."

And during five years in the U.S., where he won two MLS titles, Beckham believes he created "an atmosphere in the United States where football now is a sport which is taken very seriously." However adored he was as a footballer by the end of his career, being a team owner is likely to be a tougher proposition, with fans and shareholders alike to please.

"When you are a manager, when you are an owner, when you are a captain I think there's always going to be certain people that don't agree with some of the things that you do," Beckham said. "But you are there to create something that is going to be successful, not just a year or two, it's for the next 20, 30, 40 years. So that's what I'm hopefully going to create."

Ishant retained, Dhawan back Beckham hopes son for Tendulkar's farewell series could play in team

Sachin Tendulkar richest Indian cricketer: Survey LONDON, OctObEr 31 (tNN): Sachin Tendulkar's personal fortune is now worth $160 million, making him the country's wealthiest cricket player.

On a day when his farewell game in domestic cricket saw the Master Blaster single-handedly guide Mumbai to a fourwicket win over Haryana in one of the most keenlyfollowed matches in the history of Ranji Trophy, Wealth X released data to show that Sachin's personal wealth at present is over three times that of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, over five times that of Yuvraj Singh, around eight times that of Rahul Dravid and over 10

times that of vice-captain Virat Kohli.

Wealth X - considered to have the world's largest collection of curated research on Ultra High Net Worth individuals, says that Tendulkar, who is retiring next month, bringing the curtain down on his glorious 24-year tryst with international cricket, has amassed a fortune that eclipses the combined net worth of the four other cricketers on the list, and is more than three times the net worth of the nextwealthiest player Dhoni.

Wealth X, which released latest data on Wednesday to show the top five wealthiest Indian cricketers, put Tendulkar

right on top at $160 mn, followed by Dhoni at $50 mn, Yuvraj Singh $30 mn, Rahul Dravid $20 mn and Kohli at $15 mn.

The 40-year-old former India captain, will end his career with his final and 200th Test match against West Indies in late November. Dravid, 40, is estimated to be worth $20 million.

'Wealthiest Indian cricketers' (in $): 1. Sachin Tendulkar (age 40) 160,000,000; 2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (32) 50,000,000; 3. Yuvraj Singh (31) 30,000,000; 4. Rahul Dravid (40) 20,000,000; 5. Virat Kohli (24) 15,000,000.

LONDON, OctObEr 31 (AP): David Beckham is finalizing plans to start a Major League Soccer franchise, and hoping his teenage son Brooklyn could feature on the team sheet one day. While wary about putting any pressure on his children to follow in his famous footsteps, the former England captain told The Associated Press he hopes Brooklyn could be good enough to play in his team.

Five months after retiring from football, Beckham is putting the finishing touches to investment plans before asking the MLS to allow him to start up an expansion franchise in Miami.

Already, the 14-yearold Brooklyn has shown he could be the next Beckham to make it as a professional footballer. There have been spells with Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers after playing for a Los Angeles Galaxy youth team during his father's time in the MLS. Asked if he would like to see Brooklyn in his MLS team, Beckham told the AP in an interview Wednesday: "Yes, hopefully, hopefully." Beckham has two other sons — 11-year-old Romeo and 8-year-old Cruz

Sainik School Punglwa wins Cluster-I Football Championship

The winning team of Sainik School Punglwa with their coach and school authorities.

DImAPur, OctObEr 31 (mExN): Sainik School Punglwa (SSPN) added another feather to its cap by winning the CBSE (ClusterI) Football Championship 2013-14 defeating Kaziranga English Academy Guwa-

hati. The Championship was organised by South Point School Guwahati from October 23 to 27, 2013. Twenty seven schools under the CBSE East Zone participated.

The triumphant team, sixteen of class XII Cadets with

Coach Hav M Budhachandra, was received at the school with rousing applause and cheer for the commendable hard work and team spirit which brought smiles on the faces of Punglwians, stated a press release received here.

Cup from Nov 2

9 teams from four states participating in tournament Our Correspondent Kohima | October 31

The 22nd edition of the Royal Gold Cup organised

by Royal Club Kohima as part of its silver jubilee year will witness nine teams from Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland vying for the coveted trophy.

The tournament will be held from November 2 to 11 at the Kohima Local Ground.

Addressing a press conference Thursday evening, Organising Committee convenor K. Kire said besides the defending champions TTFC Mizoram, Manipur will be sending two teams, Assam one and Nagaland five.

He said the champions will receive cash award of Rs. 2 lakh with running trophy and citation while runners-up will get Rs. One lakh with citation and trophy. The semi-finalist and quarter-finalist teams will also receive Rs. 10000 and Rs. 6000 respectively.

As an added bonus, the coach of the champion team will receive Rs. 5,000.

The inaugural match on November 2 will be played between HQ IGAR(N) and Dimapur District Sports Association at 1:30 pm.

Advisor New & Renewable Energy and Chairman Music Task Force, Khriehu Liezietsu will grace the inaugural function as chief

guest.

Asked about the lesser number of teams participating in the tournament this year, Kire said it was due to time constraint following the preparations for the statehood day celebration on December 1 as well as the ongoing Nagaland Premier League. Nonetheless, Kire assured that football fans would be able to witness good matches for the seven playing days.

The teams include defending champions TTFC Mizoram, Assam – Oil India Dhuliajan, Manipur - NIDSA Imphal and FC Khanglai while Nagaland has defending champs of NPL Barak FC, defending champions of Classic Cup – Kohima Komets, semifinalists of NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2013 HQ IGAR(N), Dimapur District Sports Association (competent of NPL as Dimapur District FC) and 164 INF Battalion (TA).

RCK Foundation Day Meanwhile, the Royal Club Kohima will be celebrating its raising day on November 1 at 1:00 pm at Kohima Local Ground. RCK vice president Pelezotuo Michieo will chair the programme and Ruokuo Kire will pronounce invocation.

President Atuolie Mepfuo will deliver the welcome address followed by short speeches from Shurhoo Solo, K. Kire. Convenor raising day committee, Viliethie will tender vote of thanks.

Members of the Kohima District Veteran Football Association (KDVFA) doing Mass Social Work at Box Cutting area near War Cemetery Kohima. This social work was organized through the initiative of Dr. Nicky Kire, Parliamentary Secretary and KDVFA president along with K. Kire, IPS (retired), NVFA president, to create awareness on protection of the environment through Bio Engineering Technique on slope stabilization of soil.

Registration for Hornbill Half marathon extended

Our Correspondent Kohima | October 31

The last date of registration for the 3rd Hornbill Half Marathon has been extended to 20th November 2013.

The event is being organised by 3E (Elite Entertainment Enterprise) Nagaland, a mega-sporting event management group based in Kohima, in connection with the annual Hornbill Festival of Nagaland.

There will be 2 race categories – 21 Km Half Marathon for senior men and women and 11.9 km Great Hornbill Run for students of Classes 8 and below. The total prize money for the event is Rs. 3.44 lakhs. In both categories, the race will start and finish at New Secretariat junction Kohima scheduled on December 1.

Forms can be obtained and submitted at the following outlets; 1. Youth Snooker Café & Restaurant, Near Petrol Pump, Jalukie, Peren, 2. Techsuffort Enterprises, Computer Sales & Mobile Servicing, Shop No. 69, New Shopping Complex, Mokokchung, 3. Chord, The Music Store, MTBA BSMT, Room

No. 9, Mokokchung. 4, Awesome Print Station, Near Clock Tower, Tuensang, 5. Sportsworld, Old Taxi Stand, Kohima. 6. Uniform House, Centre point, Project Colony, Zunheboto, 7.

Universal Sports, Church Road, Dimapur, 8. Basic Gift & Stationery, Sharon Complex, Chumukedima, 9. M/S Mrs. Sentile Kath, Grocery Shop, Near SBI, Tseminyu Town, 10. Scholar, Phek Village Community Building, Bethany – 2 Colony, Phek Town, 11. Life Centre, Near Co-operative Bank, Pfutsero Town.

Interested runners may also visit the website www.3enagaland. org for more information and download registration forms. The completed forms may be directly mailed by post to the Managing Director, 3E Nagaland, Dzevi Building, 2nd Floor, Opposite UBC, Near Kohima Local Ground North Gate, Kohima 797001.

Apart from cash prize winners, all successful runners will receive completion certificates to be certified by the Nagaland Atheletics Officials Club.

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he Pheto Music Association (PMA) event “Kids For Fame” grand finale will be held on November 30, 2013 at Dimapur Club. Six finalists are vying for the upcoming grand finale event.

This year, the event will be a grand show where the 6 finalists will appear for the final performance to get the ultimate title of Kids For Fame season 4,and the ultimate winner will walk away with cash prize of Rs 2 lakhs with one year contract with the PMA. The final round of public voting is on till November 28 and final counting will be on November 29. The Public Voting line will be closed on 28th at 7:00 pm. Late submissions of voting cards after 7:00 pm will not be accepted, therefore public can continue to vote your favourite contestant till November 28.

The 6 finalists preparing for the grand finale are Akhrole Kheyo- Contestant No 11, Sharon Kiba- Contestant No 50, Sevi KhruomoContestant 21, Nungtilong Longkumer- contestant No 15, Nishili Yepthomi- Contestant No 32, Alovika K Assumi- Contestant No 5.

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Your BeautiIts’ through our music”. That wasGod circaMade 1994. Almost 20 years down the line he has not been wrong. fulproven follows a similar tribNaga musician have ute takento their passion music all Blue Ivy for from her across the world and have made great impressions. Some mendad, Jay-Z. Just a couple of tion can be made about the indomitable spirit of the Abiobefore launching into the Alobo daysNaga, afterNeise hisMeruno, daughter’s genesis, Divine Connection, Nagachorus. in January 2012, the land Chamber Choir and the birth new teenage sensation the Polar With Life is Goa Butanda Jamaica Lights. Talk about andunveiled you think ofGlory, music and rapper in gooddirected times. So,and Nagapro‘musicos’.

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Thomso 2013, is a National level Cultural Festival, of IIT Roorkee Uttarakhand. The festival is one of India’s largest cultural festivals and was

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ceived (in Paris) and even reveals that Beyonce had lost a baby at one point.

The sound of a crying Blue Ivy, who is credited on the song, can be heard at the end, after Jay gushes about his little girl in the moving lyrics: 'The most amazing feeling I feel, words can't describe what I'm feeling for real / Baby, I paint the sky blue, my greatest creation was you’, he raps. sBeyoncé is currently touring Australia as part of her The Mrs Carter Show gigs, with Blue in tow, before she moves on to North America for a second run next month. She will wrap her world tour in New York City on December 22. Despite immense anticipation from her fans, there is still no confirmed date for the release of her fifth studio album, which will serves as the follow up to Bollywood actors Aamir Khan and Abhishek Bachchan attend a trailer launch of their film her last solo effort 4, re- Dhoom 3 in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Dhoom 3 is a Hindu action thriller film that will be released on Dec. 20. (AP Photo) leased back in 2011

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Beyonce dedicates her heartfelt new tune to her baby girl

lue Ivy had a tune dedicated to her when she was just two days old but following on from Jay Z’s hit Glory, it’s now mum Beyonce’s turn to gush about her little girl in song. The 32-year-old has previewed her new track God Made You Beautiful, with a short clip of the love song playing in the trailer for the superstar’s Life Is But A Dream DVD. With lyrics about her 22 month old daughter, the ballad is a heartfelt tribute to Beyonce’s little girl, a couple of months before her second birthday. The star unveiled the trailer for her documentary Life is But a Dream this week, ahead of it’s release on DVD on November 25. Originally aired on HBO earlier this year, the teaser sees a montage of clips from Beyonce’s childhood through to her status as pop icon whilst her new track plays in the background. Beyonce can

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who thanked god, family and friends, among others, soon after the victory in a statement.

This is the second time in a row that an Indian face has won the Miss Asia Pacific World crown. Last year, India's Himangini Singh Yadu won the same title. A graduate in Bachelor in Journalism and Mass Communication, Srishti was crowned Wednesday in Korea by Himangini. Miriam George from Egypt and Evgenia Klishina from Kazakhstan were placed second and third in the pageant.

Apart from winning the crown, Srishti who was dressed in designer-duo Falguni and Shane Peacock's gown also won best national costume award depicting the national bird of India - peacock.

The 21 year-old is the fourth Indian, after Zeenat Aman, Dia Mirza and Himangini Singh Yadu, to win the crown.

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Ronaldo scores hat-trick in Real Madrid victory MADRID, OctObeR 31 (AP): Gareth Bale finally made his mark at Real Madrid on Wednesday, only for Cristiano Ronaldo to upstage his two-goal performance with a hat-trick in a 7-3 victory over Sevilla.

The Welshman celebrated his first league start at the Santiago Bernabeu by scoring twice and setting up two more. But it was Ronaldo who responded to FIFA president Sepp Blatter's mocking of the Portugal forward with a celebration slight of his own as he passed Ferenc Puskas with his 157th league goal for Madrid, the fifth-best in the club's history.

Karim Benzema capped the 10-goal thriller with his second goal, while Ivan Rakitic scored twice for Sevilla but sent a penalty — the third of the match — into the stands with a hat-trick beckoning. Carlos Bacca also scored for the visitors.

Bale, the world's most expensive footballer, helped Madrid rebound from Saturday's 2-1 loss at league leader Barcelona to stay within six points of its rival. "I showed what I was capable of tonight," Bale told Canal Plus. Earlier, Almeria rallied from a goal down to beat Valencia 2-1 and record its first win of the season. Also, Real Sociedad goalkeeper Claudio Bravo saved Patrick Ebert's stoppage time penalty to preserve a 2-2 draw at Valladolid, and Osasuna beat up Rayo Vallecano 3-1.

Madrid got off to a flying start thanks to Bale, who was picked out by Benzema inside the area for a rising shot into the top left corner in the 13th minute. Ronaldo displayed uncharacteristic selflessness on the field by allowing Bale to take a 27th-minute free kick, and the Wales forward saw his shot deflect off the defensive wall and beat goalkeeper Beto to make it 2-0.

Despite playing a full 90 minutes for the first time this season, Bale said he still

Match patron Er. Neisievilie Lhousa, president Angami Sports Association and others alongwith the finalists in the women’s category.

Soyim, Sendenyu emerge victorious Our Correspondent Kohima | October 31

Soyim Club Lower Bayavu prevailed over Khonoma Youth Organization take the title in the men’s category, while Sendenyu Youth Organization triumphed in the women’s category at the 1st Kohima District Ward/Block Volleyball Tournament 2013, which concluded on today.

The three-day long tournament was organised by the Kohima District Volleyball Association under the theme” Transcending through sports.”

Women’s team champion, Sendenyu Youth Orga-

nization defeated Khonoma Youth Organization in the final. The men’s winning team won Rs. 30, 000, while the women’s champion team was awarded Rs. 20, 000. Both the Khonoma Youth Organization men’s and women’s team was awarded Rs. 20, 000 and Rs. 10, 000 respectively.

Losing semi-finalists in both categories - Northern Angami Sports Association and Kezo Town Youth Organization (women) and Kiruphema Village and Phesama Youth Organization (Men) received Rs. 5000 each.

Bendangyungba of Soyim Club Lower Bayavu and Megorieto Chase of Khonoma Youth Organization were declared the best spiker and best setter,

respectively, in the men’s category; while Sinile Kemp of Sendenyu Youth Club and Thenuchavino of Khonoma Youth Organization were declared the best setter and best spiker in the women’s category respectively. They were awarded Rs. 2000 each.

Rothihü Tetseo, SP Kohima graced the valedictory function as guest of honour.

N e i ke t o u z o Ke n gurüsie, president Northern Angami Sports Association; Prasielie Pienyu, president Kohima District Congress Committee; and Elizabeth Ngullie, CEO, Kohima Municipal Council were the patrons of the semi-finals. Fifteen men’s and six women’s team competed in the tournament.

Retsung SA is XIX MDFA Champion

wasn't 100 percent. "It was a crazy game to be involved in but the most important thing for us is to get the three points," Bale said. "We let in a few goals we were disappointed about, but we bounced back and got the win." Ronaldo stepped up to slot home a 32nd-minute penalty after Fernando Navarro barged into Isco. The former world player of the year celebrated with a military salute, an apparent reference to Blatter's recent mocking of him — when the FIFA president portrayed the Portugal forward as an army commander. Referee Teixeira Vitienes then awarded Sevilla a questionable penalty as Sergio Ramos tussled with Figueiras inside the area, and Rakitic stepped up to score from the spot.

Bacca made it 3-2 before halftime, but Benzema soon began extending Madrid's lead after the break. The France striker showed his class by gathering Bale's cross in the 53rd minute and coolly slotting low into the net. Bale turned provider again seven minutes later as Ronaldo steered his centering pass past Beto. Sevilla wasn't finished as Rakitic curled a left-footed shot across the area into the top corner in the 63rd for his seventh goal of the season.

Xabi Alonso made his first appearance of the season for Madrid before Ronaldo surpassed Puskas in the 72nd when his shot deflected over Beto.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, from Portugal, celebrates after scoring his side's third goal against Sevilla during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain on Oct. 30. (AP Photo)

XIX MDFA champions, Retsung Sporting Association along with the chief guest, Parliamentary Secretary, Dr Benjongliba and MDFA officials after the final match at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex, Mokokchung on Thursday, October 31. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Mokokchung | October 31

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New entrant Retsung Sporting Association (RSA) lifted the XIX MDFA Trophy after defeating Moanungsang Memorial Sporting Club (MMSC) 2-1 in an exciting match at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex here today.

Playing to a packed stadium, MMSC dominated the first half of the match and scored the first goal in the 19th Minute through Kumzuk Ao, who breached the Restung defense line and came close towards goal.

The Retsung goalie went up to challenge the MMSC striker, but miscalculated the distance, allowing Ao to send the ball past him and into the net.

But RSA team fought back bravely in the second-half with well-calculated counterstrikes. The tactic paid off as it sent the MMSC defense into disarray. The equalizer came in the 51st minute through striker Temjentoshi. Before the equalizer, twice the RSA strikers successfully intruded into the DBox and had come close to scoring.

The first attempt hit the goalpost, while the

next was saved by the MMSC goalie.

With the equalizer, the match turned more exciting. Looking to go one up, both teams played went on attack mode, making several attempts at goal.

But in the 75th minute, one RSA player was fouled in the danger area resulting from a rough tackle. The referee had no choice but to award a penalty kick. RSA’s Bendangmeren successfully converted the penalty.

A seemingly dejected MMSC tried to equalize, but a tough defense line and superb goalkeeping saved the day for RSA until the referee blew the final whistle.

The RSA team won a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh plus the champion’s trophy. There were also prizes for outstanding players of the tournament: Best Player – Sakutemjen of RSA; Best Goalkeeper – Temsutoshi of SSS; Best Defender Nungsangyanger of RSA; Most Promising player – Tongpangnokdang of MMSC; Highest goal scorer – Khiuwangbn of Fusion SC. Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Dr Benjongliba was the chief guest at the final match.

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0.75

5

0.6 Free in Aircel NW /.75 other NW

5

0.75

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0.75

5

0.75

5

0.75

5

0.75

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FREE

Nil

SMS (Local/STD/ISD)

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