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Where are all the coins? 2004 BomB BlASTS: Imkong Walling Dimapur | August 19

Rupee slips below 63 against dollar MUMbAI/NEw DElhI, AUGUST 19 (IANS): The Indian rupee hit another record low Monday, slipping below 63 against a dollar for the first time, and key indices of the stock markets dropped sharply for the second straight session, despite a slew of measures announced by the central bank and the government to defend the currency. The rupee posted its biggest single-day loss in nearly two years. It slumped by 2.3 percent, the biggest loss since Sep 22, 2011. The partially convertible rupee slipped to a new record low of 63.22 against a dollar at the inter-bank foreign exchange market here, surpassing its previous record low of 62.03 hit on Aug 16. The rupee ended the day at a record low of 63.13 against its previous session’s close at 61.65 against a dollar. The Indian currency has lost nearly 15 percent of its value since the beginning of the current financial year. The Indian currency has hit new lows thrice in the past two weeks despite a series of measures announced by the government to curb current account deficit and revive economic growth.

ACAUT condemns extortion demand

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DIMAPUR, AUGUST 19 (MExN): The Action Committee against Unabated Taxation has condemned the “demand of Rs 1 Crore from M Longri Pongen by unidentified miscreants and the threat to eliminate his family in case the amount is not paid.” A press note from the Media Cell of the ACAUT expressed alarm that individuals can resort to such anti-social activities with the threat to eliminate the family members and added that it must be taken with utmost seriousness. “At a time when there is a huge public outcry against unabated taxations and anti-social elements, the demand of Rs. 1 Crore is most insulting. Some sinister conspiracy to destroy the victim and family members economically cannot be ruled out either,” the note added. The ACAUT said that it stands by M Longri Pongen and his family and that it is ready to render any help. However it added that under no circumstances should the family succumb to pressure from these miscreants. The ACAUT also urged the police to arrest the culprits at the earliest and award befitting punishment.

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Scarcity of small change is ‘artificial’

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Go to a shop in Dimapur, say a grocery store or a pharmacy, and the attendant will nonchalantly hand over a few one-rupee-worth candies to the customer claiming “shortage” of small change. Call it pride or ego—the customer will quietly collect the candies and walk away preferring to keep his or her self-esteem intact rather than bicker over a miniscule sum of unreturned money. This somewhat accepted yet irritable practice of shop-keepers appears to have caught on. However, in modern economics, there is no official decree yet of candy replacing small change as a medium of exchange. That notwithstanding, customers choose to remain mute, while businesses make windfalls over an apparent scarcity of low denomination coins and notes in the market. Dimapur, in particular, has been feeling the pinch of the “shortage of coins” for some years now. While shop-keepers put the blame on scarcity, banks here maintain that enough small denomination coins are being distributed as per the demands of the market. “There is enough change but the apparent reason is that it is not being circulated in the market,” commented SK Srivastava, Assistant General Manager of

State Bank of India, Dimapur Main Branch. Maintaining that the bank is doing its part, Srivastava said that as per the norm, SBI’s Dimapur main branch regularly makes indents (requisition) for small denomination coins from the Reserve Bank of India. The consignments arrive on a quarterly basis. As of now, it is said to be the only bank branch which makes requisitions for coins. Quoting from the bank records, Srivatava disclosed that during the preceding financial year, coins (one, two and five rupee denominations) amounting to Rs. 32 lakh were requisitioned and distributed accordingly. For the current financial year, Rs. 11 lakh in coins have already been distributed. “If properly used (circulated), Rs. 32 lakh in coins would be sufficient for a market like Dimapur,” Srivatava said. “I feel the scarcity is artificial. Maybe

the coins are not being distributed here but going out of the city.” Any person can go to the bank and exchange high denomination notes with coins. However there is a limit. One or few individuals cannot have all the coins they want. To maintain balance of circulation, the amount of coins a bank has in stock has to be distributed adequately against the number of requisitions made. On an average, around 50-60 requisitions for coins of varying amounts are made monthly. So, where does loose change vanish and what is the reason(s) behind the continuing phenomenon? Intrinsic value (worth of the metal) of a coin outweighing its face value (imprinted amount) is said to result in hoarding. Citing one such instance, Srivastava said there was a time, 30 to 40 years back, when coins of a certain denomination (like 5p or 25p coins)

went out of circulation after it became known that the intrinsic value of the coin was more than its face value. But in the present circumstances, the chances of such a phenomenon occurring are highly unlikely, he said. On the possibility of unscrupulous businesses resorting to hoarding of small change, the RBI clearly prohibits it as it will result in artificial scarcity. In the absence of small change, consumers will ultimately be compelled to shell out more. Another possible reason attributed was low ‘velocity of circulation’ of coins. It occurs when distributed coins fail to circulate freely or fail to change hands. To cite one example, it is the practice here in Nagaland for households to maintain cash collection boxes, where mostly small change is accumulated over a certain period of time. These are then donated to churches. And also in the weekly Sunday school classes and Sunday mass service, a sizeable number of coins get accumulated. Then there are temples which usually receive lots of coins. However, it has now become a regular practice for businesses to obtain loose change from churches and temples. It means that coins do not necessarily remain dormant at the churches and temples. Without any plausible explanation coupled with no workable remedy to tide over the apparent scarcity, use of debit and credit cards to make purchases is a viable option. As Srivastava says, it will be beneficial for the buyers as well as the sellers.

9 accused under trial Morung Express News Dimapur | August 19

Trial of the nine accused named in the 2004 Dimapur twin bomb blasts could not take place as scheduled on August 19. After nine years, the police filed charges against nine suspects in connection with the blasts in May this year. Ten suspects were initially rounded up, but one died in police custody before the trial began, reportedly by committing suicide. The first hearing of the case was conducted on July 17 at the Dimapur District and Sessions Court wherein charges against the nine accused were considered. All nine had pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges. The next hearing, scheduled on August 19, could not proceed after the prosecution raised objections to the defence not fulfilling the requisite legal procedures to represent the accused. The defence, in response, argued that all the procedures were duly followed. Since a consensus could not be reached on the matter, the next trial hearing was scheduled for September 16. While many questions remain unanswered on the possible masterminds behind the blasts, the nine accused will face trial based on the strength

of the charges filed by the Special Investigation Team set up to probe the case. Five of the accused are charged of planting the first bomb at the railway station on October 2, 2004. The group, reportedly headed by Hukum Ali, and four others— Abdul Kalam, Shajan Ali, Kudus Ali and Sahabuddin—are accused of causing the first explosion resulting in 21 deaths, leaving 110 injured. The second group led by Babul Hussain and four others – Haizul Ali, Nazimuddin (custodial death), Ranas Ali and Nur Jamal—allegedly planted the second bomb at Hongkong Market, according to the charge filed by the police. The second explosion, which occurred a few minutes after the first, claimed 9 lives while injuring 17 others. These ten people, according to the findings of the SIT, had carried out the blasts at the behest of one Abas Ali, whose real identity remains unknown. According to the charges framed, Abas Ali and two reported-to-be Kachari persons had provided the bombs. The circumstances which led Nazimuddin to reportedly commit suicide also remain unexplained. Nazimuddin and the mysterious Abas Ali are believed to be from the same village.

GPRN/NSCN cautions state agencies Nagaland deserves quality roads: NSF

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 19 (MExN): Cautioning the Nagaland state law enforcement agencies, the GPRN/NSCN has asked the former’s workforce to be taught the “basics of the ceasefire ground rules” as the group will have no option but to “shoot at people entering our premises in civilian clothes in the middle of the night and wee hours of the morning and raiding our residences.” The GPRN/NSCN stated this in a press release from its MIP as a response to an alleged raid of its Security Bureau of Intelligence director’s residence by “some Naga Armed police and Special branch personnel in civilian clothing” on the night of

August 10, and the next morning. According to the GPRN/ NSCN, they were “accompanied by two men who had their faces masked.” “The reason is not yet known for the raid, but this certainly has put doubts on our minds as to why the frequent frisking and taking away of our members have been taking place without providing of any proof and evidences on the involvement of activities unfavourable to the so called law-keepers of the state,” the press release read. In light of this, the group has raised some questions: “In which part of the cease-fire agreement does it say that the agreement is applicable only between the

GPRN/NSCN and the Indian para military forces? That the agreement does not include the state law enforcement agencies and they can go on a raiding spree at the residences of our members and arrest them without reasons? Do the Nagaland police, the Special branch and IR have no knowledge of the cease-fire ground rules or that we have supervisory committee who can be approached in case of anything suspicious found in the movement of our members?” In this regard, the GPRN/ NSCN has stated that the state’s law enforcement agencies should deem this as a “vital issue” and “instruct” its “workforce to tread by the rules.”

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 19 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) today asserted that Nagaland like other states deserve quality roads and that it is high time for the government and the department to give significant importance and seriousness for the development of all season roads. It also urged for a comprehensive policy approach, which needs to be strictly and sincerely followed by the department officials as well as the contractors. With regard to this, the NSF submitted a Representation to the Commissioner & Secretary Works & Housing on August 19 to voice out against the “untold hardship and inconveniences

NRHM workers seek better treatment

faced by the general public owing to the deplorable road condition in our state.” A press note from the NSF stated that roads, like any piece of real estate, are an asset. However, it added that most of the roads in Nagaland are overused and poorly maintained. As such, it added that commuting in such deplorable roads during monsoon season in particular is a great struggle. The NSF lamented that every monsoon season; almost in all the districts, people face untold hardship and difficulties due to landslides and erosion. “We cannot blame the department for inconveniences caused by natural calamity. However, the concerned

department should own moral responsibility for the overall road condition in our state as it is a consequence of non-compliance to technical specifications, inferior quality of materials used for construction and poor maintenance and utter negligence on the part of the government and the department,” it said. The NSF said that it would monitor the proposed road construction projects and schemes and also seriously check on the workmanship of contractors and the quality of materials being used for the construction. The NSF urged upon the people, particularly the land owners, not to be a stumbling blocks in the course of development.

Morung Express News Kohima | August 19

“We are not objecting the new category but our salary should not be reduced. Providing good salary is not going to enhance regularity of employees. People who are not regular in their work will continue to do so,” said a representative of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) employee unit. After the recent notification (on August 9) by the Nagaland government to revise the salaries of NRHM employees and the addition of a new category, NRHM employees from all districts in Nagaland gathered at the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare here today and sent a memorandum to the NRHM Mission Director. The employees are all appointed on contract basis under various categories of posts under the State NRHM on a fixed salary with no additional allowances. “Categories should be performance-based. Just because someone works in a remote area does not mean their work will be better,” said a Doctor from Peren. The memorandum

NRHM employees from all districts of Nagaland are seen at the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Kohima on August 19. (Morung Photo)

highlighted the revised categorization of health units which adds a new unit, namely Category-D, which will affect the employees’ pay structure because the salary of the employees of the new unit will be enhanced at the expense of the other existing units. The memorandum stated, “Under the State Program Implementation Plan (PIP) 2013-14, there is no proposal for creation of the new unit. And as such, the order dated 3.8.2013 creating Category D as a new health unit was haste and discriminatory against the existing employees, in as much as under the NRHM guidelines, an appointment once made is not transfer-

able from one place to another.” “We are not asking for more. We are satisfied with the present salary but there is no need to reduce our salary. Looking at our workload, it will hamper our performance,” said another Doctor from Jalukie working at a community health centre. “Our health center does not receive sufficient supply of medicines. Although it is 20 bedded, it has only one bed for labour ward. Sometimes there are 3-4 deliveries happening at the same time so we have to deliver at the general ward,” said a nurse working at the Jalukie community health centre. The nurse who is working on a

contract basis receives Rs. 5000 per month. The memorandum further requested the NRHM to immediately repeal the implementation of the revised salary structure, to restore the employees’ salary based on the approval of the State PIP 2013-14, to renew the tenure of the contract period within time and details, to provide benefits of yearly increment, provident funds, life insurance, and maintenance of service books. “They said they will try to maintain the status quo but the decision is yet to be finalized,” said a representative. NRHM employees hope to receive a positive response by the end of August.

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Zhaleo Rio inspects developmental projects

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DDVDBA inform VDB secretaries

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DimaPuR, august 19 (mExN): The Dimapur District VDB Association has informed all the VDB secretaries under Dimapur district to submit five photos each of the projects works executed by Village Development Board under MGNREGS to the office of the Nagaland VDB Association for the annual magazine. For further details contact @ 09436212001 and 09856094712. This was informed in a press release issued by DDVDBA secretary Thrilongse Sangtam.

Result of inter school essay competition declared

The Aoyimti Baptist Church observed a ‘Thanksgiving service for cars’ on August 18 where all the church members brought their vehicles to the service. During the service, they were reminded of God’s abundant blessings in life also offered a thanksgiving prayer. At the end of the service, all members were given car stickers inscribed the words, ‘I will personally go DimaPuR, august 19 (mExN): In an event with you’ Exodus 33:14.

Parliamentary Secretary Zhaleo Rio (center) with others during one of his visit to Tuensang town.

Kohima, august 19 (mExN): Parliamentary Secretary, Urban Development Zhaleo Rio as chief guest graced the Independence Day celebration at Tuensang. During his stay at Tuensang, Zhaleo Rio visited and inspected various places in and around Tuensang town with the view to take up various developmental projects. A press note received here stated that on his re-

turn journey, Zhaleo halted at Mokokchung town on August 16 and made a brief halt at Wokha town the next day with view to oversee and inspect whether the various developmental project being undertaken by the department are being seriously implemented or not. During the inspection of all the said three districts headquarter he was accompanied by the official of the district

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ANCSU appeals for release of State Merit Scholarship Kohima, august 19 (mExN): The scholarship for the PMCS has been released accordingly the State Merit Scholarship, which is funded by the state government, is yet to be sanctioned. In this regard, the All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) has written a representation to the parliamentary secretary of higher education for ‘favourable and prompt intervention.’ The representation jointly appended by ANCSU president, Vilhousielie, and general secretary Kivigho Yepthomi expressed hope that the timely intervention of the parliamentary secretary will avoid further delay of releasing the State Merit Scholarship and also that thwart the Union from taking its own course of action to address its grievances.

administration, public leaders, party workers, chamber of commerce, concern MLA’s of the three district and called upon them and also the public to co-operate with the government and its developmental activities. He also assured that besides the existing project more projects for development would be taken up not only in the said three districts but also in the rest of the districts of Nagaland.

organized by Siddhartha Professional Academy Dimapur on August 19, the results of inter school essay competition 2013 was declared. G Nagaraja, Asst. Director of Branch Micro Small Medium Enterprise Development Institute, Old industrial Estate Dimapur, Government of India, graced the event as chief guest and distributed awards to the winners of the essay competition. The first prize was awarded to Merasenna Jamir, Class X of Assisi Hr. Secondary School, second prize was awarded to Lamhoi Hangshing, Class X of St. Paul Hr. Secondary School and Reema Gloria Mondal, class IX of HMC school. Vicky Kumar Choudhary, technical director of the Academy while thanking all the schools which participated asked the students to come and collect their certificates. He informed that the winner of 2nd prize was unable to attend the event. Further Nimi Ao, Director and Noyingbeni T Jami, Co-ordinator assured that the academy will be organizing such events on regular basis for the all round development of students. this image, one of the power transformers erected without any sidewall protection Rajesh Choudhury, Director of the Siddhartha In located at the main town outside Nagaland Decorative House, near SP office Dimapur. Professional Academy gave vote of thanks. (Photo courtesy: Mathew K Janger)

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DC Tsg informs NPSC exam candidates

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tuENsaNg, august 19 (DiPR): Deputy Commissioner Tuensang, T. Mhabemo Yanthan in a press release informed all the candidates appearing for the NPSC Prelims Examination 2013 at Tuensang Centre not to bring their cell phones into the examination hall during the Prelims Examination.

KMC informs on trade license

Kohima, august 19 (mExN): The Kohima Municipal Council has informed all the traders, shops, financial establishments, restaurants and institutions to obtain or renew their trade license for the period April 2013 to March 2014 on or before August 23. KMC CEO Elizabeth Ngully in a press release stated that failing to comply with this notice necessary action will be taken against the defaulters.

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NSUK 48th fresher’s social on Aug 31

DimaPuR, august 19 (mExN): Naga Students’ Union Kolkata (NSUK) 48th fresher’s social will be held on August 31 with the theme ‘Unity with vision’ at Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad near Nagaland House, 11 Shakespeare Sarani. Captain renathung Ezung, pilot, Air India will be the chief guest while Tongpang Ozukum, president, NSF will be the special guest. This was informed in a press release issued by NSUK president Ikoto Yeptho.

SVC imposes fine

DimaPuR, august 19 (mExN): The Sungkha Village Council (SVC) has learned that some individual of the said village sold some portion of land located from ‘Tchüyencho to Alirak to Tsumokhvu Zhukvü to Kharodong Tchu.’ In this connection, SVC in a press release issued by its head GB Rhanchomo Kithan and chairman Rhanlamo Humtsoe has stated that the Council decided to impose fine of Rs. 50,000 each (seller and purchaser). The SVC stated that during a meeting held in 2012 it was resolved to ban and impose a fine of Rs 50,000 on any individual selling forest reserved. The resolution was further reaffirm during a meeting held on July 19, 2013. The purchased/sold land will be own back by the villagers, SVC added.

KBYF 2nd Choral Fest on Aug 30 and 31

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DimaPuR, august 19 (mExN): The Kohima Baptist Youth Fellowship (KBYF) is organizing 2nd Choral Fest under the theme “Pulse” based on Psalms 150:6, “Let everything that has breath Praise the Lord” on August 30 and 31 at Union Baptist Church, Kohima. KBYF Convener Wurhosie Nyumi and President Lipokzulu in a press release said that following the success story of the 1st Choral Competition where many young people were blessed, the KBYF is emboldened to take another leap of faith in challenging young people from 49 Baptist churches under the united umbrella of KBYF for the Glory of God’s Kingdom. The organisers also added that in organizing this Coral Fest the organizing committee wish, believe and hope to tap the God given gifts and talents of the youth and bring out the best in them for others to see the creativity of our Lord Almighty.

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Mass silent protest rally held in Chandel Ruwngthung Hrangbung

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A mass silent Rally, protesting against the burning down of Administration building of the Maha Union Govt. Higher Secondary School on midnight of August 15 by unknown person was held at the district head quarters Chandel today. The mass silent rally was organized by the teaching and non- teaching staff and students of Maha Union Govt. Higher Secondary School (MUGHSS), Japhou in coordination with the private schools located in the district head quarters, wherein thousands of school going students, teachers, tribe leaders, and leaders of the Civil Societies walked down the road as a mark of the protest. The rally proceeded from the premises of MUGHSS, via Indoor stadium to the DC Office complex and submitted a memorandum. During the course of the rally all shops remained closed with all vehicular movement paused as well.

joint memorandum of protest against the unfortunate fire incident that has left the Adminhandel Civil Society Organization under the istration building in cinaegis of Chandel Naga People's Organization ders and ashes. (CNPO), expressing solidarity on the mass peace The memorandum Rally being organized by MUGHSS today released termed the act as bara statement condemning the burning down of Ad- baric and strongly conministration Block of the MUGHSS on midnight of demned it. It has also August 15. raised the demand to According to the released signed by President book the culprit and punCNPO Gabriel Chinir, President Anal Naga Tangpi ishment in accordance to (ANTA) Wng Victor Kohring, President Lamkang the decree of the crime Naga Kuer Kunpun (LNKK) SK Setoi, President committed and feasible CLAM C Malsawn Thao, President Sirti Upa Ruh security arrangements (SUR) Ng Benithan, President Maring Uparup in the school premises Assembly(MUA) Th Angdun, President Bujuur to avoid such incidence Aachung Puh (BAP) R Jindashing, President Tarao in future. The memoTribe Union(TTA) K Mela states that the act of the randum also implored miscreants tantamounts to directly challenging for supervision and asthe struggle and aspires of the people of Chan- sistance for resuming normal classes smoothdel for quality education. “This vested interest ly and at the same time act done with whatever motive behind also dis- made a fervent appeal respects the place of learning, principal, teaching to the public to spare the and non teaching staff and the students. Whoever educational institutes, as is behind the act must come out before the public they are the active agents and surrender,” it added. of Nation building and It is also stated that law enforcing agencies/con- man-making. cerned authority must act swiftly and arrest the culMUGHSS, Anallon prits taking into account the magnitude of the crime Christian Institute, St. Pecommitted. The people of Chandel will not remain ter’s school, Oriental Academy, Emmanuel School, Students hold up placards in the mass protest rally against the burning down of Administration building of the Maha Union silent on this very act till the culprits are booked to Govt. Higher Secondary School, which was held in Chandel on August 19. justice further stated the statement. Koinonia School, Life way Academy and St. Joseph’s School Management students of MUGHSS School Chandel were the “ We Want Education Own Future”, “Book the Want a Healthy Education written on placards were Not Flame”, “ Burning of Culprit”, School is Temple Atmosphere”, “ Save Edu- raised by students during Development Commit- and the Private Schools various institutions that tee (SMDC), Teachers, of Chandel submitted a took part in the rally. School is Burning of Your Do Not Destroy It”, “ We cation, Save Generation” the rally.

aIZaWL, august 19 (NNN): The former Mizo National Army (MNA) members have warned of a fresh Mizo uprising if the government of India continues to avoid implementing the Mizo Peace Accord in full. Former Mizo militants have taken their woes to the President of India. Under the banner of ExMizo National Army (MNA) Association, the former Mizo

militants in its memorandum submitted to President Pranab Mukherjee have demanded for the full-implementation of the Mizo Peace Accord signed in 1986. Addressing a press conference today in Aizawl, the former militants said in the memorandum submitted to the President of India, they demanded for the establishment of a separate High Court of Mizoram

and Annulment of pending criminal cases charges against the Mizo National Army cadres. There are criminal cases still pending against three former Mizo National Army cadres in the state of Manipur. One of the accused Sgt. Lalzarliana became mentally derange due to the pressure from the court cases and the fear of imprisonment. It is worth

mentioning that Ex- MNA demanded Rs 15 lakhs each for their rehabilitation or a permanent job for their family members, the EXMNA Association stated. The Ex- MNA Association then demanded from the Central government to fulfill its obligations and warned that in the event of the failure to fulfill their demand, any fresh Mizo uprising in future, will be the

sole responsibility of the government of India. Further, Ex- Mizo National Army Association had approached the governor of Mizoram, Vakom B. Purushothaman to request him to pursue the matter on June 18, 2013. However, the governor did not come forth in this regard. The former Mizo militants under the banner of Ex-Mizo National Army (Ex-

MNA) Association had staged protest rally in Aizawl on August 8, in order to show their resentment against the nonimplementation of all the promises made in the Peace Accord between the government of India and Laldenga led Mizo National Front (MNF) way back in 1986, and also against the Mizoram Governor’s unfavorable reply to the Association when approached for help.

School student killed, 14 injured in clash

agartaLa, august 19 (IaNs): An eightmonth-old Tripura infant got a new lease of life after doctors in a Kolkata hospital successfully removed in a rare, five-hour operation a second head growing on top of his head, a doctor said. "Tofajjal was born with a rare deformity. There was a second head maturing on top of his head. The second head with parasitic twin weighed almost a kilo and had a brain

tissue within it," neuro-surgeon Sisir Das told reporters here Sunday evening. The surgery was conducted at Kolkata's Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals July 28. The healthy baby boy and his poor parents returned to Agartala Sunday. "I have never operated on such a big lesion. It was a very critical operation and slightest slip-up during the vital surgery might have ended the life of the baby," said Das,

who led the team of doctors. "Just to deliver the kid back to his young mother was a challenge as they came all the way from a remote village of Tripura," he said. "The baby was distressed by the rare disease called encephalomeningocele, found in one in 40,00045,000 babies," said the neuro-surgeon, who also hails from Tripura. Tofajjal's father Shah Alam Mia and mother Sabia

Khatun, residents of Machima village in western Tripura, 70 km west of Agartala, were also present with the doctors at the Agartala Press Club here. "After most of the doctors and relatives in Tripura told us that our baby would not be cured and he might die soon, we took him to Kolkata in a critical condition," said Shah Alam Mia, who works as a driver on a private vehicle.

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Former MNA members warn of Fresh Mizo Uprising

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Tripura infant with 'two heads' gets new life

Jorhat, august 19 (PtI): A school student was killed and 14 others, including nine policemen, were injured in a clash which led to police firing in a tea estate in Assam's Jorhat district, police sources said on Monday. A quarrel took place between a village defence party and some people who came in a vehicle with a crowd collecting at Hemlai Tea estate late last night. The police tried to resolve the issue after being called to the tea estate, but a policeman was attacked with an axe and the mob began throwing stones and resorted to violence. The police fired in the air to disperse the mob and in the melee, a 14-year old schoolboy was killed and two other students were critically injured along with nine policemen and three civilians. Senior police officials, including Jorhat Superintendent of Police Sanjukta Parashar rushed to the spot and controlled the situation. The local people blocked the Dhodar Ali road in Jorhat with the body of the school student, Sujit Naik. Parashar said that the incident "was unfortunate and was caused by a misunderstanding". Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday announced a compensation of Rs five lakh to the family of the dead schoolboy and Rs 50,000 to the injured and free medical treatment. g u Wa h at I , august 19 (PtI): Facing Rs 900-crore annual rev‘Preserve Arunachal's oral history’ enue loss by Assam Power ItaNagar, august 19 (tNN): Arunachal Pradesh Distribution Company, the education minister BosiramSiram has called for preserv- state government on Moning oral history chants through documentation to create day said it will implement awareness, especially among the younger generation of the Ring Fence System, a techstate. Siram was addressing a huge gathering during the re- nology to prevent stealing lease ceremony of 'Gooying Liidung', a souvenir of the Poju of power at a total expendiMimak centenary celebration of Kebang village at Pasighat ture of Rs 875 crore. in East Siang district on Saturday. "The hard work done by The Ring Fence System Poju Mimak Centenary Celebration Committee members in will be set up in 72 towns making the souvenir will have a positive impact on society. along with the state capital The souvenir will become one of the best documents for the future generations, especially for researchers and scholars," under the Central governhe added. While terming writers as a mirror of society, the ment's Restructured Acceleducation minister urged them to inspire the younger generated Power Development eration and highlight the contribution of their forefathers ~~amp;amp; Reforms Prothrough their writings. He said he had earlier asked the Cen- gramme (R-APDRP). "To stop tre to recognize freedom fighters of the state and the state misuse of power, mainly theft, we are going to implement an government to make a list of the freedom fighters. advanced technology-based

Assam govt’s new technology to stop electricity theft

system, called Ring Fence System, in Guwahati and another 72 towns initially. The total expenditure of the project will be Rs 875 crore," Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi told reporters at Guwahati. The project is mainly Centre-funded and Assam government will bear 10 per cent of the total cost, he added. "The project work has already started and we hope to complete the first phased in the next two years. With operationalisation of this system, we hope to bring down the state's power loss to 15 per cent from 28 per cent currently," Bordoloi said. The government is very serious on stopping power theft.

Chopper service in Mizoram helps people aIZaWL, august 19 (NNN): Mizoram Aviation department officials have stated that helicopter service in the State, has been a great help to the people. The chopper service is especially helpful in taking patients to city hospitals in case of emergency and on way back to home from the hospitals, said the officials. Pawan Hans has been giving the chopper service here since August 14, 2012. During the past one year since helicopter service began in Mizoram, it has been chartered (due to medical emergency) 21 times, out of which 20 times were within Mizoram, while once was to Guwahati, Assam, the officials reported. At present, chopper service is rendered to 10 places in the State - Champhai,

Khawzawl, Serchhip, Hnahthial, Lunglei, Chawngte, Lawngtlai, Saiha, Mamit and Kolasib. Out of these, Champhai, Lawngtlai, Saiha and Mamit are recorded to have comparatively more passengers, informed the Aviation officials. Aviation officials then said, "New helipads will be constructed in Champhai, Saitual, Thenzawl and Mamit with Rs. 92 lakhs being the 1st installment of the fund sanctioned by DoNER." The amount has also been handed over to state PWD, and the work is expected to begin soon, the officials added. The helicopter service in Mizoram was inaugurated on August 14, 2012 by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, with the inaugural flight to Lunglei on the very first day. From August 21,

2012, the hired Choppers started rendering service to different parts of Mizoram. So far, Mizoram government has paid Rs. 1.04 crore to Pawan Hans in May, being dues of rental charge up to December 2012; about Rs 2 crore dues yet to pay. Since helicopters are not allowed to be stationed (at night) at Thuampui helipad, but at Lengpui airport only, the expenditure over the chopper service is therefore soaring high, sources said. The helicopter service, although it has the capacity of 11 passengers in a singly flight, allows to carry only 6 passengers at a time, since Mizoram is located at a very high altitude from the sea level. One ticket costs Rs.50 per minute. As of now, 10 routes have been arranged for the service, with Aizawl

Thuampui Helipad being the "Main Operational Hub’, from where it will render service to Saiha (50 minutes), Lawngtlai (50), Champhai (25), Khawzawl (20), Lunglei (30), Kamlanagar (45), Hnahthial (30), Serchhip (17) and Kolasib (15). As per schedule, the chopper renders its service for 6 days in a week. Tickets are available at the deputy commissioner offices in the eight districts of Mizoram. Since safety is the main concern, security duty and fire service has been provided at each helipad. The helicopters can be hired or chartered personally, for which the rate will be Rs.70,000 per hour, waiting charge free up to 45 minutes but if it crosses the limit the waiting charge will be Rs. 10,000 for every 30 minutes.

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The Aketa Sangtamlaru Thsingmujang (AST) Dimapur Unit conveys its heartiest congratulations to the following persons for bringing laurels to the Sangtam Community by their success and achievement through NPSC. 1. Dr. Tiakumzuk Sangtam, Medical Officer. 2. Dr. Avila Sangtam, Medical Officer. 3. Mrs. Florence T. Sangtam, Forest Ranger. 4. Holikum Sangtam, Statistical Officer. The Aketa Sangtamlaru Thsingmujang (AST), Dimapur Unit further wishes them a brighter prospect in their future endeavours. TAKOLA SANGTAM President (AST)

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Tuesday 20 August 2013

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Govt bans duty-free TV Another Civilian Activist Threat (ACAUT) imports by air travellers Under Its not the first time nor the last,

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 19 (PTI): The government today banned duty— free import of flat screen television by air travellers in a bid to prop up rupee, which declined below the 63 level against US dollar. The government, according to a notification, has decided to “disallow import of flat panel (LCD/ LED/Plasma) television as part of free baggage allowance” with effect from August 26. Air travellers currently can bring a flat screen television for personal use without paying any duty.

t is sad indeed that it is not only the Myanmar (Burma) Junta which has a plan to deprive the Nagas of their home land but also recently Chin National Party (CNP) and Chin Progressive Party (CPP) are claiming that Nagas are Chin in the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) of Myanmar Parliament. They have now started their own processes to draft their own Constitution. This is unfortunate and we must stop this incursion into our right by either the Myanmar (Burma) Junta or Chin Parties. The Fourth Initial Draft of the Future Chinland Constitution was published in 2003 by the United Nationalities League for Democracy (Liberated Areas) based in Thailand. The editors are ChaoTzang Yawnghwe and Lian H. Sakhong. And Chin History, Culture & Identity by K. Robin 2009. Article 2 Section (4) of their 1948 Chin Special Division Act defined the term Chin as including (a) Lushai, (b) Kuki (c) Naga (d) the Burmese who have consistently been living in the Chin Hills and (e) Chins living

This would mean air travellers bring in TV as part of the baggage from August 26 would have to pay customs duty. In a order to contain the Current Account Deficit (CAD) and arrest declining value of rupee, the government has raised duty on gold, platinum and silver to 10 per cent. Finance Minister P Chidambaram had said that steps would be taken to compress import of non—essential goods. The value of rupee touched all—time low of 63.30 to a dollar in the afternoon trade.

An organisation is forced into silence. There is no room for voice of conscience, In this land of ashes and dust.

Society, they thought, will rise in unison, But no soul would to bite the bullet. Society, they thought, will stand up to corruption, But alone they had to face the gauntlet. Society, they thought, will be their cushion, But there was none in this roulette. For when the threats on them were cast, Mute spectators, we were at a distance. Darkness overpowered all our senses, And fear has condemned us to the past Kiyekhu Chishi

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NPCC responds to R&B Minister

he Aug 16 statement of R&B Minister Kuzholuzo Neinu (Azo) on deteriorating conditions of state roads by blaming heavy monsoons and asking people not to be confused rather portrays the confused mind of the minister when it comes to addressing the challenge of deplorable road conditions across the state. It may be mentioned that the R&B Minister after taking charge of the deptt in Mar 2013 had gone on a well publicised touring spree across the state and had promised improvement in road conditions within 3-4 months which has now been extended to 3-4 years. At the outset, the R&B Minister needs to be reminded that the state road conditions have deteriorated at an alarming pace during the past decade of NPF led DAN govt with no signs of improvement. On the assertion that Nagaland was a victim of the SARDPNE Project, the minister is trying to evade the truth behind the abandonment of road widening project by M/s Gayatri-Maytas JV firm. It may be mentioned that the central govt had floated a global tender to undertake two laning of Chakhabama-Zunheboto (118 km), Pfutsero-Phek (74 km), Mon-Tamlu-Merangkong (105 km) and Changtongya-

he is really serious, should pull up the Gayatri-Maytas JV firm and fix responsibility for abandoning road widening works, so that the real truth which led to abandonment of works will be unearthed. The minister asking the centre for handing over of SARDP-NE road projects to the state govt makes a mockery of himself, since the state govt is unable to even maintain the existing roads. The people of the state have had enough of the R&B Minister’s rhetoric’s on improvement of road conditions. Simply lining up road projects for Dimapur to make development “visible” by plastering its roads will not change the pathetic road infrastructure across the state. The minister cannot cover up the misdeeds of the NPF led DAN govt who have been ruling the state for the past decade by shifting blame on incessant rains and the centre for providing meager funds for roads maintenance besides sending Gayatri-Maytas JV to execute SARDP-NE project. Already six months into the chair, the R&B Minister instead of making high sounding talks while shifting the blame at every given opportunity should rather settle down to put his words into action.

Longleng (32 km) amounting to 1296 cr. Work was allotted to Gayatri-Maytas JV on successful bidding and the state PWD (R&B) deptt was made the implementing agency. However, the mischief of the R&B deptt is evident when it allowed the Contracting firm to haphazardly start mass excavation of soil at different locations without adhering to DPR guidelines under its supervision. The state govt had released a total of 540 cr to Gayatri-Maytas JV even without a single km stretch of road completed. Moreover, when the formation cutting was yet to be completed, the state govt prepared a revised estimate of 2978.20 cr which was two and half times over the original approved amount of 1296 cr. This abnormal increase of revised estimate had sounded alarm bells in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). Since enquiry was ordered into this abnormal increase, all payments were stopped henceforth and the contractor abandoned the works leaving the people of four districts to face the brunt of deplorable road conditions arising out of haphazard excavation for the past two monsoons. Instead of blaming the centre for sending Gayatri-Maytas JV for execution of works which was abandoned, the Minister, if

Issued by: Media Cell, NPCC

The Nagas are not Chin by origin

in adjoining areas. This definition, they claim, is based on a similar scheme incorporated in the Chin Hills Regulation Act of 1896 that grew out of a perception that these neighbouring ethnic groups possessed enough affinity to be grouped together as the Chins. They have been referring to the Patkai Range and Saramati, which is considered to be the highest peak in the Naga Hills in Burma, as belonging to the Chinland which is yet to be formed. The Chin Forum Working Group based in Canada has drafted this constitution without consulting the Nagas to suit their own interest. Thus, as long as the perspective of the Chins towards the Nagas does not change, and if they choose to ignore the rightful claims of the Nagas to their Homelands they will only lay the foundation for future misunderstanding and tension between Nagas and their neighbours. History has many important

lessons to learn from the Nagas. One of the most important lessons is that borders are not natural divisions, but a political device to divide and rule people. Colonial rulers imposed arbitrary borders all over the world dividing people across states, tearing apart communities, destroying the solidarity and integrity of peoples and their ancestral domains. In our part of the world, the British rulers had drawn a historically unjust and unfair boundary. With the Treaty of Yandabo (1826), the British imperialists arbitrarily divided the Naga homeland by drawing an international boundary across it and splitting it between Burma and India, without the consent of the Nagas. Unfortunately, after Burma and India won their independence, they chose to deny the Nagas their right to be a free people living as one nation. Since then, the two countries have been tactically employ-

ing divisive strategies to crush the aspirations of Nagas living within their borders. On 2 March 1962 the Burmese General Ne Win divided the Naga homeland within Burma between Kachin State and the newly created Sagaing Division. In addition to this, the Burmese military junta, as part of their determined attempt to assimilate the Nagas into the Burmese fold, concocted another heinous policy with the aim of further depriving the Nagas of their homelands in the guise of creating a “Naga Self-Administrative Zone” which excludes most the important townships and mineral rich areas – Tanai (presently in Kachin State), Khanti, Homlin, Tamu, and Khampat Townships. The Nagas in Burma/Myanmar live in more than 500 villages in Sagaing Division and in Kachin State with a population estimated to be around 500,000. In Sagaing Division, they inhabit seven Townships and Ta-

nai Townships in Kachin State. They are: Layshi, Nanyung, Lahe, Khanti, Homlin, Tamu and Khampat. Khanti (Khamti) is the headquarters of the Naga people. It covers an area of 3,165.45 sq km and is geographically central to the Naga inhabited area and a major socio-cultural influence. It is accessibly by land, air and sea. All main educational and commercial institutions are located here. From the very beginning, the Naga expressed their reservations about their future under the Union of Burma. On 12 February 1947, when the “May Myo Enquiry” was prepared, the Naga sent several delegates such as L. Longpoh, V. Ka Chang, and CL. Khaprangpoh but did not send any delegates to the subsequent Panglong Conference/Agreement held on 12 February 1947 and were not a party to that Agreement. In the “Hills Investigation Party” on

25-26 March 1947, the Naga people do not wish to be a part of the Union of Burma and they would decide their own future after the British left. The Eastern Nagas have been offering resistance to every move to take away their homelands. Even under the brutal military regime of General Ne Win, they maintained their homelands and their right to preserve their culture, society and way of life. On 14 May 1987, the Naga Cultural Central Committee (NCCC) submitted a memorandum to the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) Ne Win government demanding: Freedom to practice own language, Freedom to practice own culture, Rights to natural resources, and The right to live together as a people of all Naga lands. It is of utmost urgency and importance that we collect documents and stories both from oral and written history to buttress our claim to our

Homeland. These kinds of documentation are ammunition with which we can defend our homelands and thus strengthen our hands in our struggle to preserve the unity and integrity of our homelands (Nagalim). The move for creating new Naga State is purely politics against the Naga aspiration. The motive behind and the threat associating with this policy is crystal clear. The core policy cannot be any other than to further divide the Naga homeland and to deprive important areas within it. It is in this backdrop that we need microscopic observation into this process through which the Chin, Burma and India are working. The drafting of the constitution—Chin and Myanmar Military Junta constitution of 2008—has become a core political issue for the Myanmar Military Junta and therefore we Nagas must have a clear policy as to how we should intervene. Let us rise united to protect our Land, come what may! Solomon Theibung

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Tuesday 20 August 2013

Timber traders to work towards afforestation

Kohima, august 19 (mExN): The Nagaland Timber Traders’ Union has resolved to plant 1 lakh tree saplings every year in districts affected by logging, as part of the union’s afforestation drive and social responsibility. The union also entrusted presidents of respective district timber unions affiliated to NTTU to enquire whether the Forest department and village councils were implementing the policy under the “working scheme” whereby 10% of fund under this scheme is earmarked for afforestation. These were resolved at a meeting of the NTTU held at Hotel Japfu on Monday, which was attended by presidents and members of timber associations from Phek, Kohima, Dimapur, Peren and Kiphire districts. The district NTTU units placed their demands of tree saplings suitable to

NTTU resolves to plant 1 lakh tree saplings every year in each district

Members of NTTU and district timber associations after their meeting at Hotel Japfu, Kohima, on Monday.

their respective districts and pledged to undertake the afforestation drive with all seriousness. NTTU also assured the districts to provide maintenance funds towards the drive.

Further, the NTTU resolved to pressure the government to issue “Working scheme” permits to genuine forest covered villages and timber extractable areas only. To this effect, the

Bridge of Hope organized cultural day on August 17 at its project center, Walford, Dimapur with Joel Nillo Kath, Finance Secretary, Naga Council as the resource person. He encouraged the students and parents to “preserve our own culture which is our only identity”.

Training for bye-election polling personnel tuENsaNg, august 19 (mExN): The first round of training of all polling personnel in connection with the conduct of 51 Noksen A/C bye-election will be held on August 22 and 23, 8:00 am at the CKS Hall, Tuensang. A press release from the Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Tuensang informed

that intensive training will be imparted on the use of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT), which is being introduced by the Election Commission of India for the first time in the country. The training will also be addressed by the Deputy Election Commissioner and other officials from the Election Commission of India. There-

fore, all appointed polling personnel, sector magistrates and administrative officers have been directed to report at the training venue at 8:00 am sharp on the above mentioned dates. The DC has cautioned that “necessary disciplinary action” will be initiated against any polling personnel who fail to comply with the directive.

Union submitted a representation to the principal chief conservator of forest (PCCF). The representation stated that presently, the working scheme is being

manipulated by non-local timber brokers, thereby depriving genuine Naga timber operators in many ways. NTTU in the representation requested the PCCF

and Forest department to consult with NTTU for identification of genuine Naga timber operators before issuing any new working scheme, so that only genuine Naga timber operators avail the scheme. Earlier, NTTU president, Kevise Sogotsu highlighted the plight of Naga timber operators and traders including numerous taxations and manipulations of timber business by non-local businessmen, who have bought majority of the working schemes. Presidents of Phek, Peren, Kiphire and Kohima district timber associations including Sanyi Dukru, N John Zeliang, JB Shahoto and Thekrupa and NTTU Dimapur in-charge, Husca Sumi, also apprised NTTU on the problems faced by respective district. NTTU General Secretary, Alem Pongener, chaired the meeting.

NAC gears up to promote sustainable tourism

Dimapur, august 19 (mExN): The Nagaland Adventure Club (NAC) will be organizing a two-day ‘Expedition Naga Hills’ from August 23 to 24, which will cover Maram – Tadubi – Tungjoy – Lake Luho – Khezhakeno – Kapamadzu – Pfutsero – Chakhabama – Dihoma – Gariphema – Botsa – Teichùma – Zhadima – Kohima. It will culminate at Life Pro Cafe, Mohonkhola Kohima. In a press conference at Life Pro Cafe, Bharat Prasad of NAC highlighted that the two-day event is being organised to create awareness and promote sustainable tourism in the state. Thejakielie Zuyie, president of the club opined that with Nagaland fast becoming a tourist hotspot, the need to involve local youths as tourist guides is fast becoming a necessity, instead of tourist guides from outside the state. He also stated that though the trip has more to do with adventure and exploration of

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boy missing in Kohima Kohima, august 19 (mExN): A 10-year-old boy went missing on Sunday around 3:00 to 4:00 pm from Kohima. The boy named Robin Kumar, son of Raj Kumar, residing at upper Midland Kohima, studying in class 3 at New Market Government School was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt. A missing report has been lodged at Kohima North Police station. However, nothing is still known of his whereabouts.

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2 sex workers apprehended Dimapur, august 19 (mExN): The NSCN (IM) UT-1 led by its Area Supervisor, Iliading (John) Zeliang today apprehended two sex workers from GS Road area and sent them away from Dimapur. According to the UTI, the sex workers have been identified as Ambiya Begum (35), and Amina Khatun (25). Kilonser-cum-Caretaker CAO of UT-1, Lt Col (Rtd) Ape Venuh had earlier issued a warning that stern action would be taken against any "anti social elements". He had particularly emphasized on "freeing Naga society from prostitution, drugs and liquor". In line with this, the UT-I has also been checking sale of banned tobacco products, peddling of drugs etc. Area Supervisor, Iliading said that the apprehended sex workers have been asked to leave Dimapur with a stern warning that drastic action would be taken against them, if they are found again in Dimapur.

IMFL seized from a police gypsy

Kohima, august 19 (mExN): During a surprise checking on August 18, police personnel manning Chiepobozou check gate seized 64 cases of IMFL from a police gypsy. A press release from the Superintendent of Police Kohima informed that two police personnel have been arrested in the connection, and a case has been registered under relevant section. The note further warned that police will conduct such more surprise checking to prevent police personnel and government officials from carrying out such activities under the cover of government vehicles.

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NAC members at the press conference in Kohima.

Nagaland, the NAC through this trip hopes to promote awareness on sustainable tourism too. With this in mind the club had planned the trip on these dates which falls between the World Environment day (June 5) and World Tourism Day (September 27) to convey the message of a

flourishing environment as a primary factor in attracting tourists, he added. Entry to this two-day adventure trip is limited to 20 vehicles for four wheelers, and 15 for two wheelers. Entry forms and details about the event can be collected from TRAP, New Secretariat Road, Kohima.

PSUN elects new team of executives

pughoboto, august 19 (mExN): The NCRC Sumi sub-council H.Q Pughoboto has mourned the demise of its member Jekuto of Iphonumi village on August 8, 2013. The Sub-Council stated in a condolence message the Jekuto was the founding member of NCRC church Iphonumi village. He served as an executive member NCRC Sumi council from 1996 to 1999 and as member Sub-Council from 2009 till his death. The note acknowledged that he was “selfless, dedicated, patient and faithful” towards his religion. “His dedication and the wise contribution towards the sub-council shall always be remembered in the written history,” it said. The Sub-Council further prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace while conveying its condolences to the bereaved family.

State science exhibition on Aug 21

Kohima, august 19 (mExN): The state science exhibition under the aegis of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Nagaland with the theme “Wonders of science” will take place on August 21 at 10:00 AM at Multi Purpose Hall, Government Higher Secondary School, Kohima. M. Patton, IAS, secretary to the Government of Nagaland, department of School Education will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Keynote address will be given by Thejao Vihienuo, state mission director RMSA. The function will be chaired by Marius N. Lotha, joint mission director RMSA.

pErEN, august 19 (mExN): Peren Students' Union Nagaland (PSUN) held its 54th general session cum election on August 17 and 18 at New Peren. The session was hosted by New Peren Village Council under the theme "Grow Enthusiastic". At the session, Er Tsiamchi Ndang, SDO Department of Power, in his capacity as the chief guest, called upon the students to broaden their concept and adapt to the fast, competitive world. He urged all to give utmost attention to their own respective field of studies and the quality of education. He also exhorted the students to preserve and stick to their own identities. The new team of PSUN is headed by Mireulung Sephe as President, Heigum Herie as General Secretary, Paukuleu Ndang as Finance Secretary. The House also elected Haichenbeu Ndang as the Assembly SpeakMinister for Roads & Bridges Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu, Longleng deputy commissioner K Libanthung Lotha er. The Union has thanked the New Peren and additional chief engineer (Roads & Bridges), Mokokchung Er Khupi Natso with others during a visit to the Council’s Chairman Namnabi Hegui for the ongoing construction of Dikhu bridge between Longleng and Changtongya on August 14. 55% work has been success of the session. This was stated in a Kids of Isaiah Ability School Wokha donning their traditional release received here. completed and the same is likely to be inaugurated by next year. (Morung Photo) get-up pose for a photograph on the school’s Traditional Day.

An effort to effectively implement IGNOAPS Dimapur, august 19 (mExN): In order to ensure proper utilization of old age pension scheme in the district under Social Welfare Department, the state level vigilance monitor Richard Humtsoe visited the office of District Welfare Officer (DWO), Dimapur on Saturday last. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), a national old age pension scheme is a major scheme to provide income to senior citizens falling under the BPL bracket to sustain themselves. Currently, there are about 3000 beneficiaries under the pension scheme in Dimapur district, covering Dhansiripar, Kuhuboto, Medziphema, Niuland, rural and urban. The department is also providing allowances to widows and people with disabilities, a

Beneficiaries availing the old age pension scheme allowance at DWO office, August 17.

report received here said. On Saturday, the allowances were disbursed to the beneficiaries in Richard Humtsoe’s presence along with District Welfare Officer Tulula Pongen and Social Welfare Inspector Y. Shikato Jimo. Tulula Pongen informed that 60 years and above people, belonging to below poverty line category, according to the criteria pre-

scribed by the Government of India are eligible to be a beneficiary of the scheme. The applicant must be poor in the sense having little or no regular means of subsistence from his/her own source of income, or through financial support from family members or other sources. For proper implementation of the scheme, Shikato Jimo said village councils

and relevant authorities should report every case of the death of a pensioner immediately to the appropriate sanctioning authority to ensure that payments are stopped thereafter. The department would stop/ recover payments of any pension sanctioned on the basis of false or mistaken information about eligibility, Shikato added.

Condemnation of C.O 10 IRB

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The Jakhama Kuda Union (JKU) Dimapur with much dismay strongly and vehemently condemns the C.O 10 IRB for the indifferent, irresponsible and callous attitude, where one Ato Aye, 23 years succumbed to injuries after a bike and bus of 10 IRB collided on August 9, 2013 around 10:40 pm near West Police Station, Dimapur. It is beyond our comprehension that even after almost two weeks since the accident, the C.O 10 IRB Imcharenla has neither approached nor deputed any officer to visit the bereaved family to console, share their grief, nor seek for a solution. C.O 10 IRB’s silence, inaction and non-initiation to this accident are highly questionable! Such officers do not deserve to command a battalion in our Naga society where social obligations and Christian principles prevail. As custodian of law and order,

the C.O 10 IRB instead of containing the situation intends to flare-up the issue for which the JKU strongly condemns the C.O 10 IRB. Any untoward incident that befalls on Seyievikho (driver of 10 IRB), the C.O shall be held responsible and accountable solely due to her irresponsibility and callousness. Khoto Sophie Secretary JKU Vitho Zao President JKU

Kilonser Ape Venuh on ‘antisocial activities’ Lieut. Col. Rtd. Kilonser cum CAO UT-1 Ape Venuh, once again would like to remind citizens of its jurisdiction that it will stand firm to its stand to eradicate various anti-social activities happening in our midst which in return stand against our main motto “Nagalim for Christ,” a nation to truly

stand for “Him” who is Almighty. Precisely, it is indeed very sad to mention that our youths are being spoilt due to the influence of these activities. General public forced to incur losses of wealth, health and so forth. Anti-social activities, such as Satanism, flesh trade are multiplying and becoming more visible day after day. Selling of alcoholic products, marijuana (ganja), and transporting those products using government vehicles, butchers tampering scales, and adulteration of fuel. Hence, in the larger interest of our society, it is stated that it will not leave any stone unturned in order to correct all this, paving way for a new and better beginning to our society. In conclusion, special mention may be made with regard to the word of God which clearly states that any person indulging in the above mentioned anti-social activities shall be cursed wherein their kith and kin shall be affected for seven generations to come.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express TuEsDAy 20 AuGusT 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 227

SD as a Means

f self-determination, which S. James Anaya considers to be the principle of the highest order, is derived from the philosophical affirmation of the human drive to translate aspirations into reality, coupled with postulates of inherent equality, then human history and its struggle for dignity and humanization form the focal points of this affirmation. The praxis of self-determination involves an ongoing process where people effectively participate in decision-making processes, assume ownership of their natural resources and shoulder the responsibility to determine their social, economic, cultural and political destinies. The praxis for self-determination, according to Linda Tuhiwai Smith also means “involving questions relating to our history” and a “critique of how we, as the Other, have been represented or excluded from various accounts” of humanity. This implies a struggle to tell our own stories, write our own versions for our own purposes and to restore a spirit for a shared humanity. While States view self-determination as a remedy to colonization, unrepresented peoples perceive self-determination as a dynamic ongoing process where the people’s will is reflected throughout all spheres of human activity. The systems of government, institutions and forms of governance can be designed to reflect and facilitate the people’s aspirations to realize their self-determining capabilities. Independence for unrepresented peoples is not an end, rather the means by which the people can pursue their aspirations based on their own values. The praxis of self-determination further recognizes that the legitimacy of any political status and political arrangement depends on and is driven by the people’s will. The concept of self-determination embodies two scopes of rights; namely the right of the ‘self’ which does the determining and the ‘right’ which the ‘self’ determines. When a peoples is not self-determining, they are said to be in a condition of dehumanization. Self-determination is a right without which the humanization of humankind will not be realized. Self-determination is an inherent right – a natural inalienable right - which can neither be granted nor taken away. Being an inherent right implies that the praxis of self-determination is intrinsic to embodying individuals’ expressions and acts which are forged into a collective response to life and their reality. The meaning of Self-determination cannot be reduced to imply the mechanical transfer of political power from one entity to another entity. For indigenous peoples, the values of self-determination are articulated as a way of life and not as an outcome. It is understood as a means of taking responsibility and ownership of one’s humanity and charting the democratic course of one’s destiny in right relationship with the circle of life.

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Nicola Browne & Dessie Donnelly

Making human rights matter Human rights organizations must adopt a new approach to produce positive change for - and stay relevant to - those who need advocacy the most. A way forward to make human rights a truly grassroots movement

adas Ziv states that human rights workers and organisations have become divorced from the people who need those rights the most. This is an understandable conclusion, but one which fails to examine many instances where human rights concepts, institutions and organisations have been appropriately placed at the service of those in most need. There is important learning within these examples, which those working for change must examine. It is ironic that while human rights are widely accepted as ‘universal’ and particularly concerned with those most marginalised in society, they rarely seem relevant to those very people. An oft-repeated story within our own organisation (Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR), based in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is of a woman from a neglected council estate in North Dublin, first hearing about having ‘inalienable rights’ and exclaiming “Well, that’s the best kept-secret in the world!" This woman, and others working with PPR since 2006, would come to learn that knowing the terminology of rights and citing them to those in power is not sufficient to produce positive change. Rather, new strategies and tactics are required: Both the potential and limitation of traditional advocacy have been described by previous contributors. But as Ignacio Saiz and Alicia Ely Yamin allude to, a new kind of human rights work is emerging which moves beyond a traditional advocacy approach. From PPR’s experience as an NGO providing organizational, developmental, policy, and campaigning support to marginalized groups to realize their socio-economic rights, here are some of the key requirements.

1) Generating meaningful and effective participation of the most vulnerable is necessary to both win and sustain positive change over time. This is hard, resource intensive work, and requires a myriad of innovative organizing and developmental approaches. Academics talking about human rights per se to women struggling to bring up children in poor housing will not inspire them to challenge these conditions. However, letting these women speak about their experiences, and working with them to devise strategies to use human rights tools in the service of their issues, both creates new possibilities for change and inspires hope. This is not only the right thing to do; it is the effective thing to do. Within these daily experiences of humiliation, you will find simple, low cost solutions that could result in the fulfillment of a right previously denied. Furthermore, the meaningful participation of rights-holders is a necessary accountability mechanism in itself. The rights-holders themselves know if the promises for change are fulfilled, because they will either see it in their daily experience or they will not. Implementation of these promises becomes the priority, not simply the securing of policy or legislative commitments. 2) This work requires a different staff structure from that of traditional human rights organisations. It needs organizers capable of inspiring, skilling and mentoring people; policy workers who focus on ‘demystifying’ human rights principles, so they can be grasped and used by the directly impacted; and a management system which allows strategic and operational priorities to emerge from the ground up, not the top down. The focus is not on being the voice of the poor; rather it is on enabling them to speak for themselves. 3) A human rights-based approach must take power relationships into account. This includes the inter-relationships between the three spheres of the marginalized, the organization(s) working with them, and the state. Time must be given at all stages of human rights work to take into account the power that a state has over the most vulnerable, and work out what human rights tools they can employ to build their power. Often a human rights organisation may not discern a power relationship between them and the government, as often their personnel will be drawn from similar educational backgrounds and social strata. But it exists, and must be recognised to allow for successful strategy building to deal with it. Human rights will not be seen as relevant if they are not producing change in small spaces. When human rights are used to shine a light on the daily lives of people experiencing humiliation, as is happening in many places throughout the globe, they are rightly valued as tools for the assertion of human dignity.

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C O M M E N T A R Y

Anthony Tirado Chase

Human rights from the bottom up: beyond the ideological export model

have three interlinked challenges to offer to the wonderfully provocative pieces in this series. These challenges flow into one overarching point: human rights have greater impact when they are less a Western ideological export, and more a dynamic, legal-normative current seized and reinvented by peoples around the world. The degree to which this has been (or can be) the case is the question. My own sense is that many commentators underestimate how much human rights have been transformed in recent decades, and overestimate the North-South binary regarding their relevance and definition. This risks reifying Western-centric theories of human rights despite the decentered, multipolar regime that has emerged in recent years. The first challenge would be to the notion that human rights impacts should be measured in terms of “popular mobilization,” as Ron et al. argue. Their important study can be read as either glass half full (knowledge of human rights is global), or glass half empty (such knowledge is more “'toproots' than grassroots”). In either case, however, their surveys speak only to a narrow slice of the broad range of ways in which human rights norms are diffused and can inform politics around the globe. Beth Simmons’ work aptly points to how both qualitative and quantitative studies show human rights’ differentiated impacts at domestic levels. The rights of minorities and the marginalized - precisely the populations to whom human rights are meant to be most addressed - are always contentious, and will rarely win popularity contests in any locale, Western or non-Western. Nonetheless, scholars such as Ryan Goodman and Katerina Linos have been particularly convincing in showing specific ways in which diffusion of transnational norms, international legal instruments, institutionalization, and global political pressures can, at times, intersect in significant ways with local politics. This is quite distinct from the expectation that human rights should be the ideological basis for popular mobilization in order to have an impact. A second and related challenge would be to Samuel Moyn’s comment on Ron’s piece faulting human rights for not offering the world “breviaries, flags, or anthems.” This is particularly problematic, pushing much further a notion of human rights as successful only to the degree they are a populist ideology. This is part of Moyn’s misconceptualization of human rights as utopian in his otherwise historically insightful The Last Utopia. To the contrary, human rights are powerful precisely because they are antiutopian in a way that, at their best, can serve as an antidote against ideology (or, per Moyn’s terms here, against his desire for “breviaries, flags, or anthems”). We should not take seriously the idea of human rights as some sort of potential successor to the grand ideological traditions of the past. Indeed, human rights success can be better measured by the degree to which they counter utopian meta-narratives and, in their place, open

How do we understand the transformation of the global human rights movement in a multipolar world? "Endtimes" as Stephen Hopgood argues? On the contrary: the demise of human rights will only come when activists no longer seek to own them space for pluralistic politics. These two challenges to the notion of human rights as a populist ideology lead to a third. Stephen Hopgood, quite dramatically, argues that we are in “the endtimes of human rights.” He draws this conclusion from a periodization in which he places human rights’ “zenith” from 1977-2008, when a 1% based in New York-Geneva-London could call the “global shots” for human rights. The supposed problem leading to human rights’ imminent death is that we have now moved into a “post-western, post-secular, multipolar world” in which this 1% can no longer maintain power to define human rights. As evidence, Hopgood cites the difficulty for socalled “gatekeeper” organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in accommodating a more multipolar world. The problem is both empirical and conceptual: while human rights have never been, and never will be, a triumphant ideology, neither have they ever been owned by a global 1%. Returning to Ron et al., if nothing else, their study shows a much wider diffusion of human rights than Hopgood assumes. But while other quantitative studies and empirical indicators contradict Hopgood’s bald caricatures, his West-centric conceptual frame that denies agency to any non-Westerner who claims human rights is even more problematic. Hopgood notes the difficulties organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty have in globalizing themselves. In his words: “Amnesty has yet to build a mass southern membership. And this was during decades when there was no other human rights organization to join. Now there are tens, hundreds, even thousands of human

Eight tight slaps from Niyamgiri tribals

You lifted one fistful of salt And an empire was shamed. Lift One fistful of rubble Now And pour it on our shameless heads. (by Gopal Gandhi on the day of Babri demolition) Garga Chatterjee

Source: DNA

n North America, Thanksgiving Day is a successful attempt in creating a popular and false impression of a harmonious past — one of peaceful coexistence between white Christian colonisers and the colonized indigenous people. With decades of state endorsement, school indoctrination and mass-market celebration, genocide has been whitewashed into a love-in of sorts. But the few descendants of the survivors, who live, have not forgotten. On one such day, years ago, strolling in the Harvard campus, I saw a small group of native Americans huddling around a temporary structure that whispered — ‘this is a special space’. The invocations exuded an unmistakable aura of sacredness. To the onlooker, it was a bunch of weirdos in strange gear doing their own thing in a campus that celebrates ‘diversity’ — adding to that vaunted cosmopolitan urbanscape that so many hold up as a model of all human futures, that pinnacle of rootless aspirations. Before the genocide, this was public culture. Now it is a curious performance, an act in the corner. How does it feel? I do not know. But I do know that less than three months from now the debi-paksha (the lunar fortnight of Durga) will start and my clan-home in a village called Patuligram in Hooghly district of West Bengal will come alive to welcome the mother goddess, like every year. What if we had to do this hesitantly, and were looked upon curiously? Is that how those young people at Harvard felt? I would not be accounting for the loss of language, commu-

nity, clan-people, independence. And still they remember. For it is not that easy for everyone to give up other ways of being human. It is partly an appreciation of this stubbornness that drew some activists, students and ragamuffins to a protest last week in front of the Odisha Bhavan at New Delhi. Niyamgiri, the holy hill abode of god Niyamraja, produced the valiant Dongria Kondh who have challenged the collective might of some of the most powerful money-gatherers and fixers of the world. What obscene cost-benefit calculation can put a price on a god and his abode? To us Bengali Shaktos (worshipper of goddess Shakti), what would be the ‘right price’ to dig up the Kali temple at Kalighat if bauxite were to be found underneath? The Dongria Kondh have stuck to their main man, Niyamraja, who also has been sticking to them. Ijurupa, Phuldumer, Batudi, Palberi, Kunakadu, Tadijhola, Kesarpadi and Serkapadi are eight villages that have rejected bauxite-mining in Niyamgiri. These are eight tight slaps to an entire industry of consensus building that includes corporates, lobbyists, politicians, columnists, economists, ad-agencies, ‘development’wallahs, CSR-wallahs, FabIndia-DSLR-NGOwallahs and probably your and my dad. Such has been the force of these slaps that the forces-that-be have pushed into action their spin-machine to concoct some ‘depth of Indian democracy’ type of bedtime story out of it. For all their love of swadeshi gods, like others, the saffron-party has been exposed. Their love for alumina can easily make them sell gods on the sly. In February, in Lakutia, near Barisal in East Bengal, I saw the ruins of a series of shiv-mandirs — corpses of places of worship. I remember muttering under my breath, ‘never again’. Many have surrendered to those words, so simple yet so decisive — “it is too late now.” The Dongria Kondh seem to have different ideas about time and action.

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The author is a brain scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

rights NGOs in southern countries.” Are Amnesty’s difficulties really solid evidence for Hopgood’s conclusion that we are therefore in human rights’ endtimes? To the contrary, these “thousands of NGOs” around the world to which Hopgood refers are indicators of progress in how human rights have come to be owned by varied actors in new ways across the North-South divide. Marsha Freeman’s comment in response to Hopgood is spot on in this regard. The “women’s rights are human rights movement” to which she refers is a classic example of how over the decades, human rights have both been seized by previously excluded groups and, in the process, also been fundamentally changed. As Jean Quataert comprehensively documents, this did not come from the U.N., states, or even so-called gatekeeper institutions; it came through transnational civil society interactions beginning in the 1970s that eventually came to see human rights as a legal and institutional anchor for local activism around the globe on women’s issues. And, simultaneously, this movement also insisted that to resonate, human rights had to be transformed to speak to the differing positions of women around the world. Hopgood’s non sequitur response that he is discussing power does not respond to the substance of the critique that he ignores nonWestern claims for human rights. A second example of this continuous process of human rights reinventions speaks to Aryeh Neier’s and Jack Snyder’s insistence in their contributions that “economic rights are not really human rights at all.” Each is entitled to this view, of course, but it is worth noting that few human rights lawyers, scholars, or practitioners now agree, be they in the West or elsewhere. It is true that under both Mr. Neier’s leadership, as well as Ken Roth’s, Human Rights Watch tenaciously resisted working on economic (and social) rights, as did Amnesty International. But eventually these supposed gatekeepers gave way to pressures spearheaded by voices from around the globe insisting that human rights be reconceptualized to take into account the inseparability of civil, cultural, economic, political, and social rights. The point with both these examples – and one could continue with many others – is that the impetus in defining human rights has long since ceased to be unipolar, if it ever was. And, more importantly, this multipolarity is a problem only if one insists that human rights is one immutable entity, unchanging and defined into eternity by a few gatekeeper groups. What these examples show is something quite different: the dynamism that is necessary if human rights are to stay alive and relevant. In short, the evidence Hopgood cites as leading to human rights coming demise is, in fact, among the more promising signs regarding human rights continued relevance. Human rights’ endtimes will only come when states no longer bother rebutting them and activists no longer seek to own them.

Letters to the editor

Nagaland Church seems To Turn As A Concert Hall •- Nagaland Baptist Church Council should diagnose the root cause why Nagaland Christian State which claims “Nagaland for Christ” becomes one of the corrupted states in India and mushrooming in worshipping satan which truly shocked the world? Candidly Nagas by nature and by blood loves Music. This genuine instinct has almost captured the entire worship service in the Church because it is no more of worshipping the living God but rather enjoying Music and entertainment for which little corner is giving accommodation to hear the precious Word of God. This is the main reason that our Church is declining because the Word of God is not abide in them, eventually their hearts are far away from the Lord. South Korea Churches they printed everything in the programme and only the Order of Service they followed strictly, hence nothing interrupted the preaching of the Word of God. Pastor preached the solid Word of God and the congregation fully understand the Word of God and they grow in grace and intensified their faith which has shown by good works as a result in this contemporary world South Korea became the second largest sending Missionaries in the entire world. In much contrary to our Nagaland Churches we are occupying all the precious times in giving many information one after another and then comes the best time for Music where everyone enjoyed as if they are in a concert hall and when everyone is tired and mood off then comes for preaching. Now, almost every heart is close to hear the precious Word of God. In this juncture Pastor is compel to preach only 15 minutes and if it goes beyond there will be a murmuring and attention is deadlock. After the service all the Church members begin to speak well of the Singers beautiful song, beautiful song but there will be hardly very few will speak well of the preacher, how the Word of God has changed his life from the darkness to light, from the hand of satan to the hand of God and how he got the eternal life through the hearing of the precious Word of God. This precious Word of God from where we get the eternal life has been much neglected and replaced with entertainment. Consequently, there is no doubt to say that by misusing the Church Service as a Concert Hall and entertainment place for enjoyment all these corruption and satan worship is prevailing in our Nagaland Churches. We need to know that Music is eternal, even in Heaven we are going to worship the Lord through Music with all eternity, and here on earth Music convey the gospel message through song and brings uncountable lost souls to Christ. But Nagaland Church is misusing this Music for enjoyment rather than praising the Lord and very unfortunate to say that almost all the Nagaland Christians do not love to read and hear the Word of God, these are the genuine loopholes. Hence, Nagaland Churches must give importance to the Word of God by joining with the NBCC slogan, BACK TO THE BIBLE and eradicate the corruption and satan worship in our Christian land. Rev. Dr. Vikheshe Chishi, Founder and Principal, Withee Bible College, Dimapur

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7 The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

20 August 2013

NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

Fifty years after the March on Washington, Dr. King’s most famous speech, like his own political legacy, is widely misunderstood.

Gary younge (the Nation)

hen Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the podium on August 28, 1963, the Department of Justice was watching. Fearing that someone might hijack the microphone to make inflammatory statements, the Kennedy DOJ came up with a plan to silence the speaker, just in case. In such an eventuality, an official was seated next to the sound system, holding a recording of Mahalia Jackson singing “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” which he planned to play to placate the crowd. Half a century after the March on Washington and the famous “I Have a Dream” speech, the event has been neatly folded into America’s patriotic mythology. Relatively few people know or recall that the Kennedy administration tried to get organizers to call it off; that the FBI tried to dissuade people from coming; that racist senators tried to discredit the leaders; that twice as many Americans had an unfavorable view of the march as a favorable one. Instead, it is hailed not as a dramatic moment of mass, multiracial dissidence, but as a jamboree in Benetton Technicolor, exemplifying the nation’s unrelenting progress toward its founding ideals. Central to that repackaging of history is the misremembering of King’s speech. It has been cast not as a searing indictment of American racism that still exists, but as an eloquent period piece articulating the travails of a bygone era. So on the fiftieth anniversary of ”I Have a Dream,” “Has King’s dream been realized?” is one of the two most common and, to my mind, least interesting questions asked of the speech; the other is “Does President Obama represent the fulfillment of King’s dream?” The short answer to both is a clear “no,” even if the longer responses are more interesting than the questions deserve. We know that King’s dream was not limited to the rhetoric of just one speech. To judge a life as full and complex as his by one sixteen-minute address, some of which was delivered extemporaneously, is neither respectful nor serious. Regardless, any contemporary discussion about the legacy of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech must begin by acknowledging the way we now interpret the themes it raised at the time. Words like “race,” “equality,” “justice,” “discrimination” and “segregation” mean something quite different when a historically oppressed minority is explicitly excluded from voting than it does when the president of the United States is black. King used the word “Negro” fifteen times in the speech; today the term is finally being retired from the US Census as a racial category. Perhaps the best way to comprehend how King’s speech is understood today is to consider the radical transformation of attitudes toward the man who delivered it. Before his death, King was well on the way to being a pariah. In 1966, twice as many Americans had an unfavorable opinion of him as a favorable one. Life magazine branded his anti–Vietnam War speech at Riverside Church “demagogic slander” and “a script for Radio Hanoi.” But in thirty years he went from ignominy to icon. By 1999, a Gallup poll revealed that King was virtually tied with John F. Kennedy and Albert Einstein as one of the most admired public figures of the twentieth century among Americans. He ranked as more popular than Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Pope John Paul II and Winston Churchill; only Mother Teresa was more cherished. In 2011, a memorial to King was unveiled on the National Mall, featuring a thirty-foot-high statue sited on four acres of prime cultural real estate. Ninety-one percent of Americans (including 89 percent of whites) approved. This evolution was not simply a matter of ill feelings and painful memories eroding over time. It was the result of a protracted struggle that sheds light on how the speech for which he is best known is today under-

n the 19th of June, 2013, nineteen young women from six different countries came together in Lawrence, Kansas to undergo a five and a half week program at the University of Kansas, fondly called KU, in the summer for the Study of the United States Institute: Women’s Civic Leadership from the Heartland. Little did they know that what they expected would be entirely different to what was set in store. My name is Dzüvinguno Dorothy Chasie, a student from St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama, BA-II year- I was one of the participants for this Institute. The other women, ranging from the age of 18 to 25 were from Egypt, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Morocco. There were four participants from India, three from Egypt, three from Mongolia, three from Afghanistan, two from Pakistan and four from Morocco. The Institute had been funded by a grant from the Study of the United State Branch of the U.S. Department of the State’s Bureau of the Educational and Cultural Affairs. The principal organizers of the Women’s Civic Leadership from the Heartland at the University of Kansas included Dr. Mary Banwart, Associate Professor in the Communication Studies

stood. The bill to establish King’s birthday as a federal holiday was introduced just a few days after his death, with few illusions as to its likely success. “We don’t want anyone to believe we hope Congress will do this,” said union leader Cleveland Robinson at a rally with King’s widow in 1969. “We’re just sayin’, us black people in America just ain’t gonna work on that day anymore.” Congress would pass the bill, but not without a fight. In 1983, the year Ronald Reagan grudgingly signed Martin Luther King Day into law, he was asked if King was a communist sympathizer. “We’ll know in thirtyfive years, won’t we?” he said, referring to the eventual release of FBI surveillance tapes. The country’s acceptance of King came with its eventual consensus—won through mass marches, civil disobedience and grassroots activism—that codified segregation had to end. “America was like a dysfunctional drug addict or alcoholic that was addicted, dependent on racial segregation,” says Clarence Jones, who wrote the draft text of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. “It had tried other treatments and failed. Then comes along Martin Luther King with his multistep program— recovery, nonviolence, civil disobedience and integration—and forces America to publicly confront its conscience. And that recovery program enabled America to embark on the greatest political transformation in history.” By the time white Americans realized that their dislike of King was spent and futile, he had created a world in which admiring him was in their own self-interest. They embraced him because, in short, they had no choice. The only question remaining was what version of King should be honored. To remember him now as a leader who sought greater government intervention to help the poor, or who branded the United States “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today,” as he did at Riverside Church in 1967, would sacrifice posterity for accuracy. He did stand for those things. But those issues, particularly at a time of war and economic crisis, remain live, divisive and urgent. To associate him with them would not raise him above the fray but insert him into it, leaving him as controversial in death as in life. But remembering him as the man who spoke eloquently and forcefully against codified segregation presents him as an accordant figure whose principled stand rescued the nation in a moment of crisis. “The speech is profoundly and willfully misunderstood,” says King’s longtime friend Vincent Harding, who drafted the Riverside Church speech. “People take the parts that require the least inquiry, the least change, the least work. Our country has chosen what they consider to be the easier way to work with King. They are aware that something very powerful was connected to him, and he was connected to it. But they are not ready to really take on the kind of issues he was raising even there.” Instead, the country has chosen to remember a version of “I Have a Dream” that not only undermines King’s legacy but also tells an inaccurate story about the speech itself. King made explicit reference in his oration to both the limits of legal remedy and the need for economic redress to confront the consequences of centuries of second-class citizenship. “One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination,” he said (emphasis mine). “One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.” “We refuse to believe,” he said later in the speech, “that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.” No reasonable reading of this can limit King’s vision to just that of doing away with Jim Crow. Only by willfully conflating codified segregation with racism, and ignoring not just what King had said elsewhere but also the ample contrary evidence in the speech, could one claim he was arguing that the answer to America’s racial problems lay in merely changing the law.

In this August 28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington. (AP Photo/File)

When it comes to assessing the political content of the speech, the distinction between segregation and racism is crucial. To the extent that King’s words were about bringing an end to codified, legal segregation, then the dream has been realized. “Whites Only” signs have been taken down; the laws have been struck. Since 1979, Birmingham, Alabama, has had only black mayors. If simply being black—as opposed to the historical legacy of racism—was ever the sole barrier to economic, social or political advancement, that obstacle has been officially removed. But to the extent that the speech was about ending racism, one can say with equal confidence that its realization is not even close. Black unemployment is almost double that of whites; the percentage of black children living in poverty is almost triple that of whites; black male life expectancy in Washington, DC, is lower than in the Gaza Strip; one in three black boys born in 2001 stands a lifetime risk of going to prison; more black men were disenfranchised in 2004 because they were felons than in 1870, the year the Fifteenth Amendment ostensibly secured their right to vote. Many of the images King evoked in his dream refrain were simple—“little black boys and black girls [joining] hands with little white boys and white girls”—even if descriptions of how we might reach that promised land were intermittent and vague. (“Go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana…knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.”) But the speech was clearly more about wider racism than just segregation. By fudging the distinction between the two—or by actively misinterpreting them—it is possible to cast racism as an aberration of the past, as the Supreme Court effectively did when it gutted the Voting Rights Act this past spring. Only then can the vast, enduring differences in the material position of blacks and whites be understood as the failings of individuals rather than the consequences of ongoing institutional, economic and political exclusion. Only then does the emphasis on a single line of the speech—in which King aspired to see new generations who would “not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”—make any sense. This particular misreading is most glaring today in discussions of affirmative action. King was a strong proponent of taking race and ethnicity into account when making appointments for jobs and for college admissions, in order to redress historical imbalances. “It is impossible to create a formula for the future,” he wrote, “which does not take into account that our society has been doing something special against the Negro for hundreds of years.” Yet the right has come to rely on the “content of their character” line to use King as anti-racist cover for its opposition to affirmative action. In 1986, Reagan said: “We are committed to a society in which all men and women have equal opportunities to succeed, and so we oppose the use of quotas. We want a colorblind society. A society

that, in the words of Dr. King, judges people not by ‘the color of their skin but by the content of their character.’” Such distortions in turn explain the ambivalence voiced by those like Harding and a significant element of the black intelligentsia when discussing “I Have a Dream.” It’s not the speech itself about which they are reticent, but rather the way King has been co-opted and his message corrupted. King’s elevation to a patriotic mascot praising America’s relentless and inevitable progress to better days often rankles. So when it comes to divining the meaning of King’s speech, there is substantial disagreement. Ironically, given its theme of racial unity, those differences are most pronounced in terms of race. In a Gallup poll taken in August 2011, the month the King memorial was opened, a majority of blacks said they believed both that the government has a major role to play “in trying to improve the social and economic position of blacks and other minority groups” and that “new civil rights laws are needed to reduce discrimination against blacks.” The figures for whites were 19 percent and 15 percent, respectively. Conversely, over half of whites believed that civil rights for blacks had “greatly improved” in their lifetime, compared with just 29 percent of blacks. Whites were almost six times more likely than blacks to believe that Obama’s policies would “go too far…in promoting efforts to aid the black community,” while blacks were twice as likely as whites to believe they wouldn’t go far enough. Other polls show that whites are four times as likely as blacks to believe that America has achieved racial equality. In short, as the racially polarized responses to George Zimmerman’s acquittal revealed, black and white Americans have very different lived experiences. While the de jure enforcement of segregation has been banned, the de facto experience of it remains prevalent. Any journey through a US city, where widely recognized geographical boundaries separate the races, will bear this out. Blacks and whites are less likely to see the same problems, more likely to disagree on their root causes, and unlikely to agree on a remedy. “For those who concentrate so much on that one line about ‘the color of their skin’ and ‘the content of their character,’” says Harding, “I wonder how, with the resegregation of our schools and communities, do you get to know the content of anyone’s character if you’re not willing to engage in life together with them?” There is pretty much only one question on which the views of black and white Americans do coincide, and that is whether they believe King’s dream has been realized. Whenever this question has been asked by major pollsters over the past seven years, the discrepancy between blacks and whites has rarely topped 10 percent. If they agree about the extent to which the problems King

invoked have been solved, but disagree on what they are, the inevitable conclusion is that, even as they listen to the same speech, blacks and whites hear very different things. It is implausible to imagine that, were King to be raised from the dead, he would look at America’s jails, unemployment lines, soup kitchens or inner-city schools and think his life’s work had been accomplished. Whether one believes that these inequalities are caused by individuals making bad choices or by institutional discrimination, it would be absurd to claim that such a world bears any resemblance to the one King set out to create. Nor is there anything to suggest that view would have been much altered by the presence of a black man in the White House. The claim that Obama’s election has a connection to King’s legacy has some substance. As Obama himself has often conceded, his election would not have been possible without the civil rights movement, which created the conditions that allowed for the arrival of a new generation of black politicians. But the aim of the civil rights movement was equality for all, not the elevation of one. There’s no questioning the symbolic value of electing a black president. Yet the fact remains that African-Americans are no better off materially as a result, even if they may have been worse off had he lost, and that the economic gap between blacks and whites has grown under his presidency. The ascent of America’s first black president has coincided with the descent of black Americans’ standard of living. Reasonable people may disagree on the extent to which Obama is responsible for that. But the fact is undeniable. Symbols should not be dismissed as insubstantial, but they should not be mistaken as substance either. The presence of underrepresented people in leadership positions only has any significantly positive meaning if it challenges whatever obstacles created the conditions for that underrepresentation. To believe otherwise is to trade equal opportunities for photo opportunities, whereby a system looks different but acts the same. In the final analysis, to ask whether King’s dream has been realized is to misunderstand both his overall politics and the specific ambition of his speech. King was not the kind of activist who pursued a merely finite agenda. The speech in general, and the dream sequence in particular, are utopian. Standing in the midst of a nightmare, King dreamed of a better world where historical wrongs had been righted and good prevailed. That is why the speech means so much to me, and why I believe that, overall, it has stood the test of time. I was raised in Britain during the Thatcher years, at a time when idealism was mocked and “realism” became an excuse for capitulation to the “inevitability” of unbridled market forces and military aggression. To oppose that agenda was regarded, by some on the left as well as the right, as impractical and unrealistic. Realism has no time for dreamers. True, we can’t live on dreams alone. But the absence of utopian ideas leaves us without a clear ideological and moral center and therefore facing a void in which politics is deprived of any liberatory potential and reduced to only what is feasible at any given moment. In the summer of 1963, with a civil rights bill pending and the white population skittish, King could have limited his address to what was immediately achievable and pragmatic. He might have spelled out a ten-point plan, laid out his case for tougher legislation, or made the case for fresh campaigns of civil disobedience in the North. He could have reduced himself to an appeal for what was possible in a time when what was possible and pragmatic was neither satisfactory nor sustainable. Instead, he swung for the bleachers. Not knowing whether building the world he was describing was a Sisyphean task or merely a Herculean one, he called out in the political wilderness, hoping his voice would someday be heard by those with the power to act on it. In so doing, he showed it is not naïve to believe that what is not possible in the foreseeable future may nonetheless be necessary, worth fighting for and worth articulating. The idealism that underpins his dream is the rock on which our modern rights are built and the flesh on which pragmatic parasites feed. If nobody dreamed of a better world, what would there be to wake up to?

My experience at the Student Leaders on Women’s Leadership

Department, and Academic Director for the Institute, and Dr. Becky Eason, Associate Director of the Center for Public Partnerships, and Research Administrative Director for the Institute. In addition were other amazing staff members who fulfilled a variety of functions to help the Institute run smoothly. The Institute built on Kansas’ long history of women’s leadership at local, state, and national levels as well as the rich history of women’s social, economic, and political roles in the heartland. The academic residency combines a theoretical foundation with practical opportunities to put knowledge and skills into action. It was designed to study the process and nature of leadership, specifically women’s engagement with the leadership process, and to put that knowledge to work on during the Institute. The program also included guest lectures and interactive sessions with women in public office, management and academia. The first four and half weeks of the Institute included the stay over on the campus of the University in Kansas and involved full participa-

dzüvinguno dorothy Chasie st. Joseph’s College, Jakhama

Dzüvinguno Dorothy Chasie seen at Dino Resort at the Legends

tion in academic lectures, participation in the WE CONNECT (Women’s Empowering CONNECTions) program where we were assigned mentors, and development of two course-related projects integrating course materials and concepts. Travel to local and regional sites in

the Kansas City area also took place. This time turned out to be a great opportunity to learn other cultures, both American as well as of the other participants’. There also took place a weekend stay over at volunteer host-families in Kansas where we experienced ‘typical American

life’. A Cultural Dinner was organized, where the women from the six countries had to put their culinary skills to the test and present their favorite dishes from home to mentors and home-stay families. During the last week, educational travelling included a trip to the National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to study the role of women in the founding of the United States. Then, the travelling took us to Washington DC for cultural tours and meeting with KU Alumnae, who have important roles in media, advocacy and public offices. Plus, there was a final meeting at the State Department where we met up with other SUSI participants from three other contemporary Women’s Leadership Institutes from other universities and colleges across the U.S. with young women coming from countries in and around Africa and Central Asia. There at the State Department took place a congratulatory ceremony where all the participants were awarded certificates and exchanged many a hand-shakes. We came to know of how bright a future we can

make for ourselves and how much power and capacity we have, just by being ourselves. Soon, the day of 28th of July arrived. It was time to leave and return to our home countries. And on the 28th of July, 2013, our stay together in the U.S came to an end as we all got on to our respective planes homeward bound. It seemed only yesterday that we all arrived at GSP Hall, our accommodation for therest of the stay at KU, which we soon started calling home. That first day when everything was new and unfamiliar to us, how fast we grew to love Lawrence. Too soon we had to part with tears in eyes and sorrow in heart, but knowing fully well that we are going to remember and be remembered by the new family that we formed in Kansas. The KU Mascot, the Jayhawk Bird will be missed. The sentence on Evan, my KU friend’s shirt was right“Once a Jayhawk, always a Jayhawk.” It seems befitting that I only end with the KU sports chant that I had gotten so accustomed to. Indeed, I will miss hearing and shouting it out myself every day with people who love it as much as I and more. So I say this with love and a smile on my lips – Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk

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PATNA, AugusT 19 (AP): A train ran over a group of Hindu pilgrims at a crowded station in eastern India early Monday, killing at least 37 people. A mob infuriated by the deaths beat the driver severely and set fire to coaches, officials said. Several hours after the accident, flames and dark smoke could be seen billowing out of the train coaches, as protesters blocked firefighters from the station in Dhamara Ghat, a small town in Bihar state, officials said. Dinesh Chandra Yadav, a local member of parliament, said the pilgrims were crossing the tracks in the packed, chaotic station when they were struck by the Rajya Rani Express train. Several other people were injured. S. K. Bhardwaj, a police officer in Bihar, said 37 people were killed. Railway official Arunendra Kumar said the train was not supposed to halt at Dhamara Ghat and had been given clearance to pass through the station. However, some pilgrims waited on the tracks thinking they could stop the train, he said. The train stopped a few hundred meters (yards) beyond the spot where it hit the pilgrims. Angry mobs then pulled out the train driver and beat him. Yadav said the driver died, but Kumar said the driver was in hospital in critical condition. The mob then got all the passengers out of the train and set some coaches on fire. Groups of young men also smashed the window panes of two other trains that were in the station. A crowd of around 5,000 people had gathered near Dhamara Ghat station and were chasing away the district officials who tried to remove the bodies from the tracks. The crowds had blocked the railway tracks and the few policemen

The Morung Express

Train kills 37 pilgrims

Coaches of the Rajya Rani Express train burn after a mob set it on fire as it ran over a group of Hindu pilgrims at a crowded station in Dhamara Ghat, Bihar state,on August19. At least 37 people were killed. (AP Photo)

posted at the station had fled, state officials said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm in the area so that relief and rescue operations can be carried out without any hindrance, a statement from the prime minister’s office said. Bihar railway minister Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the mob set fire to at least two coaches of the train, and protesters were preventing firefighters from reaching the accident site. Police said the state government was sending additional forces to the area,

but their movement was hampered because the railway tracks were closed. Rail authorities have shut down train traffic on tracks leading to Dhamara Ghat, Bhardwaj, the police officer, said. Kumar Ashutosh, a passenger on the train, said that within a few seconds of hitting people on the track, the driver slammed the emergency brakes and the train ground to a halt. “Soon, groups of people began running toward the engine. They asked us to get down from the train. Some of them pulled out

SC reserves verdict on the use of beacon lights, sirens

New delhi, AugusT 19 (iANs): The Supreme Court Monday reserved its order on a plea seeking stripping “high dignitaries”, other than constitutional authorities, of beacon lights and sirens that they have on their vehicles as a status symbol and use to their advantage while travelling. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice V. Gopala Gowda, while reserving the order, said the “question is you are distinguishing between an ordinary citizen and these officials (high dignitaries) on the use of the road”. Making it clear that it will bring down the curtain on the hearing of a matter that is going on for nearly two years, the court said that notifications issued by different state governments allowing the use of beacon lights and sirens would be pruned if they included people not eligible for such facilities. The court in the course of its hearing made it clear that the use of beacon lights including sirens was limited to constructional authorities that included the president, vice president, prime minister, chief justice of India, the Lok Sabha speaker, governors in states, chief ministers, state assembly speakers, chief justices of high courts, cabinet and other ministers, ambulances and police. The court directed the listing of the matter Sep 3 when it would take up the matter of the government including state governments providing VIP security cover to the people even though they did not deserve it. At one stage, when counsel representing the states referred to high dignitaries, the court wanted them to explain what

they meant by it. The court also rejected the contention that use of beacon lights and sirens was a “sensitive” issue, saying that it was a small issue. Pointing to the quandary of the situation, Justice Singhvi said he does not use beacon light on his car and at times has to hear protest by police that it was in violation of its instructions. In the course of the earlier hearing of the matter, the court has observed that undeserving people being permitted using beacon lights, sirens and getting VIP security cover was rooted in the carving of “exceptions, exemptions and (their) regularization”. Addressing the court, amicus curiae Harish Salve told the court that conferring ant such special treatment to anyone other than holding the constitutional positions was in breach of rights conferred under Article 14 to 18 of the constitution, particularly Article 18 that prohibits any title other than military and on account of academic distinctions. Clearing any cloud on the nature of Padma awards, Salve told the court that these awards were not titles but recognition of the contribution made by eminent people in different spheres of life. He said that it were not the individuals who were occupying the constitutional offices who were the high dignitaries but the office itself belonged to the category of high dignitaries. The court is hearing a plea by Abhay Singh whose scope was expanded by the court to include the providing of beacon lights, sirens and security cover to the people who were not entitled to it.

the driver and his assistant and began beating them,” said Ashutosh, who walked nine kilometers (six miles) from the accident site to the nearby Saharsa station. District magistrate Syed Pervez Alam said the dismembered bodies of passengers who had been killed were lying on the track. The angry mob has chased away policemen and officials who tried to reach the station. “I had woken up and was sitting near the window, when all this happened. There were crowds of people on the platform and some on

the track. It all happened so fast,” Ashutosh said. He said that although the train had been given clearance to pass through Dhamara Ghat without stopping, the driver was partly to blame. “The driver did not slow down when the train approached the station. He maintained the high speed at which the train was moving, so it was difficult for him to stop when he realized that there were people on the track,” said Ashutosh, who was traveling in the first coach next to the engine. Railway officials said a rescue train on

its way to Dhamara Ghat had to be halted at Saharsa because the tracks were blocked. Dhamara Ghat is about 280 kilometers (175 miles) north of Patna, the state capital. Monday was the last day of monthlong prayer ceremonies at the Katyayani temple near Dhamara Ghat, a popular Hindu pilgrimage site. The pilgrims were returning from offering morning prayers. More than 18.5 million passengers travel every day on India’s vast railway network of about 10,000 passenger trains.

Major train accidents in the country Following is a chronology of major railway accidents since 2000: * Dec 3, 2000: Forty-six people were killed and over 130 injured when the Howrah-Amritsar Mail rammed into a derailed goods train between Sarai Banjara and Sadhugarh in Punjab. * June 22, 2001: Nearly 40 people were killed when the Mangalore-Chennai Mail tumbled into the Kadalundi river near Kozhikode in Kerala. * May 12, 2002: Twelve people were killed when the New Delhi-Patna Shramjeevi Express derailed while passing over a bridge in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. * June 4, 2002: Thirty-four killed when the the Mathura-Kasganj Express crashed into a bus at an unmanned rail crossing near Medu railway station in Hathras. * Sept 10, 2002: 120 people were killed when the Kolkata-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed over a bridge in Bihar. * May 15, 2003: A burst stove in the Mumbai-Amritsar Golden Temple Express (Frontier Mail) near Ludhiana in Punjab led to a major fire, killing 40 people and injured more than 50. * June 22, 2003: Fifty-three people were killed and 25 were injured in the first major accident on the Konkan Railway when the engine and three coaches of the Karwar-Mumbai Central Holiday Special train derailed after crossing Vaibhavwadi station in Maharashtra. * July 2, 2003: At least 22 passengers and motorists were killed in a bizarre but ghastly accident in Andhra Pradesh when the engine and two coaches of a train fell off a bridge crushing vehicles passing underneath. * June 16, 2004: Mumbai-bound Matsyagandha Express goes off the tracks while crossing a bridge in Maharashtra’s Raigarh district, nearly 150 km from Mumbai, killing 20 people and injuring over 60. * Dec 1, 2006: A portion of a 150-year-old bridge collapsed over a passing train in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, killing 35 and injuring 17. * May 28, 2010: At least 148 people were killed as the Gyaneshwari Express was derailed by Naxals in West Bengal West Midnapore district. * Nov 22, 2011: Seven people were burnt to death when the Howrah-Dehradun express caught fire in Giridih in Jharkhand. * May 22, 2012: Twenty-five people were killed when the Banglore-bound Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods train in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district. * June 30, 2012: Thirty-five passengers were killed and 25 were injured when a coach of the DelhiChennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.

Indian rocket launch called off due to fuel leak

srihArikoTA (ANdhrA PrAdesh), AugusT 19 (iANs): The Indian space agency Monday called off the launch of its heavy rocket, the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D5), due to a leak in the second-stage engine, said a top official. Announcing this to the media, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Radhakrishnan said: “The countdown for the rocket launch was progressing well. Two hours before the scheduled launch time, we observed a leak in the fuel system of the secondstage engine.” “Because of that, we are calling off the launch. The liquid fuel in the second stage and the four strap-on motors of the first stage and the cryogenic engine will be drained,” he said. According to him, the rocket, which cost Rs.160 crore, will then be moved to the rocket assembly building to make

an assessment of the leak’s cause and the action that needs to be taken. The satellite costs Rs.45 crore. He said the revised launch date will be announced after the leak assessment. The notable aspect of the rocket is that its cryogenic engine was developed by ISRO. Nearly two hours before the scheduled blast off (4.50 p.m.) while the cryogenic engine was being fuelled up, scientists and officials at the mission control centre got suddenly excited and were huddled in a serious discussion. Small groups of scientists gathered around some monitors. The countdown was put on hold for some time and an emergency meeting was called where a decision was taken to hold the launch. The fuel leak was also visible on the television screen at the launch centre. The GSLV’s successfailure ratio is skewed towards the latter. Out of the seven GSLV rockets

that soared into the skies till date, four have turned out to be failures for ISRO. While two missions were successful, one is considered as partial success as the rocket under-performed. The two successful launches were in 2003 and 2004 when the rocket launched GSAT-2 and Edusat, an educational satellite. The rocket’s maiden flight in 2001 was a failure as it was not able to sling GSAT-1 into its intended orbit. The 2006 mission was sort of an historic flight for a dubious reason. For the first time, ISRO destroyed the rocket mid-air soon after the take-off as it started backing up. The 2007 flight is considered as a partial success. At that time, 15 seconds before the lift-off, the rocket’s computers -- which takeover checking of the systems 12 minutes before liftoff -- put GSLV on hold after detecting anomalies in the cryogenic fuel stage.

The launch was postponed by two hours to set right the problem even as ISRO officials were considering rescheduling the launch by another two days. However, the detection of one of the vent valves in the cryogenic engine that had not shut properly led to its immediate rectification. ISRO scientists were on tenterhooks till the last moment as for a few seconds during the final cryogenic stage signals from the rocket failed to reach the ground stations. After a three-year gap, ISRO flew a GSLV in April 2010 with its own cryogenic engine. The mission failed due to the problem in the cryogenic engine’s fuel booster turbo pump. Another GSLV went down in December 2010 after it veered off its designated path and exploded mid-air. For the second time, a GSLV rocket was destroyed mid-air for safety.

Tina Ambani wants her appearance before court deferred

Tina Ambani. (File Photo)

New delhi, AugusT 19 (PTi): Tina Ambani, who has been summoned as a prosecution witness in the 2G case along with her husband Reliance ADAG chairman Anil Ambani, on Monday moved a Delhi court seeking exemption from personal appearance before it on August 23, 2013 citing prior commitments. Ms. Ambani moved the plea before Special CBI judge O.P. Saini saying, “I wish to state that owing to prior commitments, it will not be possible for me to travel to Delhi on August 23, 2013.” CBI prosecutor K.K. Goel opposed the application saying it was “dragging the trial” and noted that

Mr. Ambani too had filed a similar plea earlier. “We will file our reply. It’s like dragging the trial. Earlier Mr. Ambani had filed a plea seeking time and now Mrs. Ambani is seeking time. We will argue on this,” the prosecutor said. The judge listed the plea for arguments on August 21. Ms. Ambani, in her one-page application, sought adjournment for her appearance before the court on August 23 and requested it to fix a new date. “I request your honour to kindly grant an adjournment for my appearance and fix a new date at any time towards the end of September 2013 or preferably October

2013 at your convenience,” she said. She also said that summons dated July 26 has been received by her on August 6. The court had issued summons to Anil and Tina for recording of their statement as prosecution witnesses in the case for August 22 and 23 respectively. Earlier, Mr. Ambani, who was scheduled to depose in the court on July 26, 2013 had moved a plea for exemption from personal exemption on the grounds that he has “pre-scheduled” business engagements. The court had on July 25 allowed his plea and had directed him to appear before it on August 22 for recording of his testimony.

Government open to changes in food bill

‘The Congress hopes to pass the food security bill in the Lok Sabha Aug 20, which also happens to be the 69th birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.’ New delhi, AugusT 19 (iANs): Keeping in mind over 260 amendments moved by the opposition parties on the food security bill, the government Monday indicated that it was open to some changes in Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s pet welfare legislation. “We are discussing the changes to pass

the bill. We are looking to see if the amendments are workable,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told reporters after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed the issue with senior cabinet colleagues Monday. “There should be no politics over the food bill,” Kamal Nath said, warning the opposition. Another cabinet minister present during the meeting said around 12 crucial amendments were reviewed by the ministers. “We may consider them if they are logical,” he said. Most of the amendments moved by the opposition relate to making food security universal, including pulses and oil too, besides food grains, and increasing entitlement to food grains from five to

seven kg per person per month. Sources indicated the government may itself move fresh amendments to negate the ones submitted by the opposition. “The law ministry will have to clear them,” Kamal Nath said. Besides the large number of amendments by the opposition, the meeting also discussed ways to deal with the four TDP members who have been blocking the functioning of the lower house, protesting against the creation of Telangana. Sources said Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is expected to announce a decision on the four TDP members Tuesday. One of the options before the speaker is to name the four TDP members, which will bar them from being

in the house for the day. The Congress hopes to pass the food security bill in the Lok Sabha Aug 20, which also happens to be the 69th birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is set to launch the scheme in Delhi Tuesday. The Congress has appealed to the opposition to support the bill and see it enacted. Informed sources said the prime minister held consultations with senior leaders including Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, Defence Minister A.K. Antony and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath, Human Resources Development Minister M.M. Pallam Raju and Women and Child Development Minister

Krishna Tirath, besides Food Minister K.V. Thomas. Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar appealed to all parties to support the bill. “We hope the house will debate the bill Tuesday and appeal to all parties to support it,” Babbar said. The food security bill, expected to be a game changer for the ruling Congress ahead of five assembly polls this year-end and the 2014 general elections, aims to provide subsidised food grain at prices much below the market rate to around 67 percent of India’s 1.2 billion people; the bill would thus benefit about 800 million people. The bill, part of the Congress manifesto for the 2009 polls, is expected to bring electoral benefits, just as the rural job plan, the

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, is credited with the second term that the United Progressive Alliance won in the 2009 polls. Several Congress ruled states, including poll-bound Delhi, Haryana and Assam, have said they will launch the subsidised foodgrain scheme from Aug 20. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh highlighted the bill in his Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort. The bill could not be passed in the previous budget session of parliament. If the Lok Sabha passes the bill Tuesday, it could be taken up in the Rajya Sabha Thursday as Wednesday is holiday on occasion of Raksha Bandhan. The bill will cost the govern-

ment around Rs.1,24,723 crore and will entail an additional burden of only Rs.23,800 crore, the Congress has said. The food security bill was first introduced in parliament in Dec 2011. It remained with a standing committee for a year, before it was taken to the Lok Sabha for consideration and passing in the budget session that ended May 8. It was again sent to the standing committee before being tabled last week. Food Minister K.V. Thomas said the government was already procuring an average of 60.2 million tonnes of foodgrain in the past four years, and would have no difficulty in managing the 61.2 million tonnes needed under the bill.

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Israel quietly maintains ties with Egyptian army JERUSALEM, AUgUSt 19 (AP): Israel is quietly and carefully watching the turmoil in neighboring Egypt while maintaining close contacts with the Egyptian military amid concerns that the escalating crisis could weaken their common battle against Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula, officials said. As the week’s death toll in Egypt rises, this alliance has put Israel in a delicate position. Wary of being seen as taking sides in the Egyptian military’s standoff against Islamist supporters of the ousted president, Israel also needs the Egyptian army to maintain quiet along their shared border — and to preserve a historic peace treaty. The 1979 peace treaty, Israel’s first with an Arab country, has been a cornerstone of regional security for three decades. It has allowed Israel to divert resources to volatile fronts with Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. For Egypt, it opened the way to billions of dollars in U.S. military aid. Although diplomatic relations have never been close, the two militaries have had a good working relationship. These ties have only strengthened since longtime President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising two and a half years ago. With both armies battling extremist Jihadi groups in the Sinai Peninsula, near the Israeli border, Israeli security officials often say that relations with their Egyptian

fused to discuss the content of the discussions. The Israeli and Egyptian armies have worked closely in recent years to contain the common threat posed by al-Qaida-linked groups operating in Sinai. These groups have stepped up their activities since Mubarak was toppled, and even more so since Morsi was deposed. In the latest attack, militants ambushed and killed 25 Egyptian policemen on Monday on a road in northern Sinai, Egyptian officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media. The militants forced two vehicles carrying policemen on leave to stop, ordered the men out and made them lie on the ground before they shot them to death, the officials said. Early this month, Israel In this file photo taken Friday, August 16, 2013, an Egyptian Army soldier takes his position on top of an armored briefly closed its airport in vehicle while guarding an entrance to Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Israel is carefully watching events in Egypt and the Red Sea resort town keeping in touch with the Egyptian army through the Arab nation’s latest turmoil, officials say, working together in of Eilat, next to the border the common battle against Islamic militants. (AP File Photo) with Sinai, in response to counterparts are stronger mented on this week’s the Egyptian military’s ac- ple in Egypt and the current than ever. bloodshed, in which the tions have been excessive. military regime,” he added. With so much at stake, Egyptian troops killed hun- He said Israeli and Western Prime Minister BenjaIsrael has remained quiet dreds of Morsi’s supporters interests are “much closer” min Netanyahu’s office desince the Egyptian military who were rallying against to the interests of Egypt’s clined comment but Israeli ousted Mubarak’s Islamist the coup and demanding military leader, Gen. Abdel- defense officials confirmed successor, Mohammed that he be reinstated. Fatah el-Sissi and his secu- to The Associated Press Morsi, in a coup on July 3. “Israel does not have lar allies. that security cooperation Morsi, who became Egypt’s to support the (Egyptian) “Even if we don’t share with Egypt has continued first democratically elected regime, especially not pub- the same values, we can over the past week. president, hails from the licly. It is not our place to share the same interests,” The officials, speaking Muslim Brotherhood, an defend all the measures he said. “The Israeli inter- on condition of anonymity Islamist group considered taken, this is not our busi- est is quite clear. We want a because they were discussthe parent organization of ness,” said Giora Eiland, a stable regime in Egypt.” ing classified information, militant Palestinian Hamas former chairman of Israel’s “In the end of the day, said the topic was disthat rules the Gaza Strip National Security Council. the U.S. has to realize the cussed last week with the and is a bitter enemy of IsAt the same time, Ei- real potential, reliable part- visiting chairman of the U.S. rael. land suggested that inter- ner is the combination of Joint Chiefs of State, Gen. Israel has not com- national condemnations of the coalition of secular peo- Martin Dempsey. They re-

European forests head towards Breastfeeding carbon saturation point: study can protect from

OSLO, AUgUSt 19 (REUtERS): The ability of Europe’s aging forests to absorb carbon dioxide is heading towards saturation point, threatening one of the continent’s main defences against global warming, a study showed on Sunday. Forests from Spain to Sweden are getting older, packed with trees less good at soaking up the emissions blamed for rising world temperatures, mounting sea levels and increasing numbers of heatwaves and floods, experts said. Trees are being threatened by more fires, storms and insect attacks, said the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Some parts of the continent have also started cutting down some forests, it added. That all meant Europe should no longer assume its forests would be able to continue absorbing carbon emissions from factories, power plants and cars, at the same rate, it added. Forests currently soak up about 10% of

Europe’s emissions. “These regrowing forests have shown to be a persistent carbon sink, projected to continue for decades, however, there are early signs of saturation. Forest policies and management strategies need revision if we want to sustain the sink,” the Nature Climate Change report said. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggested saturation point could be reached by around 2030 unless governments took action, said Gert-Jan Nabuurs, of Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands, who led the study with experts in Finland, Switzerland and Italy. Green Europe Europe is in its greenest state for centuries, with forests probably covering the largest area since Medieval times - largely thanks to a rush of planting to rebuild the continent after the ravages of World War Two, said the report. But data since 2005

showed the growth of those forests was now slowing as their trees got older. Trees absorb the gas from the air and build it into their trunks, roots and branches as carbon. They lessen their absorbtion as they grow older and release the stored carbon when they die and rot. Manmade emissions of carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas that is released by burning fossil fuels, are very likely to be the main cause of rising temperatures since 1950, a U.N. panel of climate experts says. Better management could help avert the problem of Europe’s aging forests, Nabuurs said. The authors also recommended selective harvesting and more new forests. The European Union plans to cut its overall greenhouse gas emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 as part of international efforts to slow global warming. Each nation can count the uptake of carbon in forests towards the total.

breast cancer

LOndOn, AUgUSt 19 (IAnS): Non-smoking mothers who breastfeed their kids for more than six months may be less prone to the risk of breast cancer, a new research has revealed. The same is not true for smoking mothers. Emilio Gonzalez-Jimenez, of the University of Granada in Spain, and his colleagues analysed the medical records of 504 female patients, who were between 19 to 91 years of age and who had been diagnosed and treated for breast cancer from 2004 to 2009 at one of the city’s hospitals, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Women who had not breastfed their babies were, on average, found to get breast cancer 10 years earlier than breastfeeding mothers. In contrast, female smokers were diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age and obtained no significant benefit from a longer period of breastfeeding. “The results suggest that for nonsmokers, breastfeeding for more than six months not only provides children with numerous health benefits, but it also may protect mothers from breast cancer,” said Gonzalez-Jimenez.

Bolivian records: Aymara herder is 123 years old

FRASQUIA, AUgUSt 19 (AP): If Bolivia’s public records are correct, Carmelo Flores Laura is the oldest living person ever documented. They say he turned 123 a month ago. The native Aymara lives in a straw-roofed dirt-floor hut in an isolated hamlet near Lake Titicaca at 13,100 feet (4,000 meters), is illiterate, speaks no Spanish and has no teeth. He walks without a cane and doesn’t wear glasses. And though he speaks Aymara with a firm voice, one must talk into his ear to be heard. “I see a bit dimly. I had good vision before. But I saw you coming,” he tells Associated Press journalists who visit after a local TV report touts him as the world’s oldest person. Hobbling down a dirt path, Flores greets them with a raised arm, smiles and sits down on a rock. His gums bulge with coca leaf, a mild stimulant that staves off hunger. Like most Bolivian highlands peasants, he has been chewing it all his life. Guinness World Records says the oldest living person verified by original proof of birth is Misao Okawa, a 115-year-old Japanese woman. The oldest verified age was 122 years and 164 days: Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1997. Guinness spokeswoman Jamie Panas said it wasn’t aware of

If Bolivian records are correct, Flores is the oldest living person ever documented

Carmelo Flores Laura, a native Aymara, speaks during an interview outside his home in the village of Frasquia, Bolivia, on August 13, 2013. (AP File Photo)

a claim being filed for the Bolivian. “I should be about 100 years old or more,” Flores says. But his memory is dim. Flores’ 27-year-old grandson Edwin says Flores fought in the 1933 Chaco war with Paraguay but he only faintly remembers. The director of Bolivia’s civil registrar, Eugenio Condori, showed The Associated Press the registry that lists Flores’ birthdate as July 16, 1890. Condori said birth certificates did not exist in Bolivia until 1940. Births previously were

registered with baptism certificates provided by Roman Catholic priests. “For the state, the baptism certificate is valid,” Condori said. He said he couldn’t show Flores’ baptism certificate to the AP because it is a private document. To what does Flores owe his longevity? “I walk a lot, that’s all. I go out with the animals,” says Flores, who long herded cattle and sheep. “I don’t eat noodles or rice, only barley. I used to grow potatoes, beans, oca

(an Andean tuber).” The water Flores drinks originates on the snow-capped peak of Illampu, one of Bolivia’s highest. He says he doesn’t drink alcohol, but imbibed some in his youth. He’s eaten a lot of mutton, and though he likes pork it is hardly available. He fondly remembers hunting and eating fox as a younger man. Flores says he has never been farther afield than La Paz, 80 kilometers (50 miles) away, and has never been seriously ill. He sorely misses his wife, who died more than a decade ago. Of their three children only one is still alive: Cecilio, age 67. There are 40 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren but most have left Frasquia, a dozen homes a two-hour walk from the nearest road. Edwin Flores, who lives next door with his wife and their two children, says his grandfather worked for the rancher who owned Frasquia until 1952, when the state seized major holdings in an agrarian reform and parceled them out to peasants. Although electrical power arrived three years ago, time seems to have stood still in Frasquia. Peasants still prepare chuno, or dehydrated and chilled potatoes, and till the soil with ox-driven plows. Donkeys bray and sheep and cattle graze. Most everyone is elderly or middle-aged. The young people are mostly gone.

unspecified security warnings. The following day, five men believed to be Islamic militants were killed in what Egyptian security official told the AP in Cairo was an Israeli drone attack. The site of the strike was about five kilometers (three miles) inside Egypt. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to brief journalists. Israel has maintained official silence about the strike, likely out of concerns about exposing Egypt’s military to domestic public backlash over a strike on Egyptian soil. Egypt’s government celebrates its battles fought against Israel over Sinai and despite the 1979 peace deal, many in Egypt still view the Jewish state with suspicion. A week after the suspected drone strike, Israel intercepted an incoming rocket fired from Sinai at Eilat. An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for the rocket attack.

Under the terms of the peace accord, Egypt must coordinate its military operations in northern Sinai with Israel. The Israelis are believed to have granted every request by Egypt to bring additional forces into the region, as long as all operations were closely coordinated. An international force helps monitor the terms of the treaty. Israeli lawmaker Shaul Mofaz, a former defense minister and military chief of staff, said it was essential that peace and order be restored in Egypt. “The issue of the peace treaty with Egypt is Israel’s highest interest. As long as the violence, and the confrontation between the army and the civilians and the bloodshed there increases, it endangers the peace treaty. We have an interest that life there is quiet,” he told Channel 2 TV. The U.S. and European Union have criticized Egypt’s crackdown on Morsi’s supporters.

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Match in progress between New Market XI and Cakou United Sporting Club at the ongoing 19th Classic Cup at the Kohima Local Ground on August 19. Morung Photo Our Correspondent

the previous record of goals in today’s match. He Songsang FC with 12 goals contributed the 2nd, 3rd, against the rival Spear- 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 11th,and New Market XI today creat- head FC in the 17th edition 13th goal for the team. Haed a history of sorts by de- of Classic Cup 2011. otingmang Thomson also feating its opponent Cakou Rhitsho Mero of New fetched a hat-trick for the United Sporting Club team while VelukAUGUST 20 MATCHES with a margin of 15 ho netted two goals Ist Match (12:00 Noon) goals to nil in the 3rd and one goal each by Meriema FC vs Ablaze FC match of the ongoing Mhasilie Krose and Kik2nd Match (1:30 PM) 19th Classic Cup 2013 rukhrielie. With today’s HQ IGAR (North) vs here at the Kohima win, New Market XI Hilly Boys United FC Local Ground. With will face Footsies FC on 3rd match (3:30 PM) this, New Market XI August 24. Earlier, ViChedema FC vs Adroit Boyz, Zubza became the highest sion FC downed Young scorer of the tournaMarket XI also created a his- Guns Club Tseminyu 5-0 in ment to its credit so far in tory at the Classic Cup as the the first match while Prege the history of the presti- highest scorer in a single FC defeated Khwuma FC 7-1 gious Classic Cup. It broke match when he scored 8 in the second match. Kohima | August 19

35th open running volleyball tournament

DiMaPuR, august 19 (MExN): The Black Panthers Club of Akuluto is scheduled to organize the 35th open running volleyball tournament from October 9 to 11 at Akuluto town in Zunheboto district. A press note informed that cash prizes, trophies and certificates would be awarded to the winners. The champion will receive Rs 60000, 1st

runners up will receive Rs 40000, 2nd runners up will receive Rs 20000 and the 4th placed team will receive Rs 10000. Reporting date for participation is set on October 8, while a registration fee of Rs 3500 will be charged. The note also said that teams would have to arrange their own accommodations. Interested parties may contact 9402013108, 8974996305 or 9862955599.

CiNCiNNati, august 19 (REutERs): Victoria Azarenka won a showdown between the world's two top ranked players beating number one Serena Williams in a three set thriller 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 in the final of the Western and Southern Open on Sunday. For two hours and 30 minutes, Azarenka and Williams engaged in a seesaw centre court battle before the second ranked Belarusian finally clinched the victory, winning a nervy tiebreak 8-6 to stop the American from ticking one 'to do' item off her 'bucket list'. In a career that has generated 54 singles titles, including 16 Grand Slams, Williams had won just about everything there is to win in her sport - but not Cincinnati, one of the WTA Tour's most prestigious tournaments. Cincinnati will remain a hole on her resume for at least another year after Azarenka answered the challenge claiming just her third win in 15 tries against the 31-year-old American. Williams came into the contest with a chance to reach several career milestones beyond a first Cincinnati win but failed to reach any of them. It was only the second time in 10 finals this season that Williams had failed to walk away with the trophy and with a victory on Sunday would have moved up a notch on the ca-

reer wins list into a tie for seventh place with Britain's Virginia Wade and compatriot Lindsay Davenport. But the day belonged to Azarenka, who bagged her third title of the year and 17th of her career. A marquee final featuring the world's number one and two ranked players initially failed to deliver the highquality spectacle expected from the two women who have captured five of the last seven Grand Slams. Azarenka, who struggled with her serve against Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals holding just threetime, opened the match with two double faults to hand Williams the early break. Williams would continue her assault on Azarenka with another break at 4-1 that left the Belarusian waving her racket in anger. But in the second set it was Azarenka who had Williams talking to herself as she turned the tables on the muscular American breaking her three times to level the match. In the third, Azarenka and Williams finally produced the tennis and edge-of-your-seat drama that fans had come to see twice trading breaks to send the set to tiebreak. With the title on the line, the quality of shots and effort sky-rocketed at both ends of the court before the contest ended with Williams's forehand into the net.

Victoria Azarenka, from Belarus, holds the championship trophy after she defeated Serena Williams, 2-6,6-2, 7-6 (6) to win the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, in Mason, Ohio. (AP Photo)

Rafael Nadal wins 1st titles in Cincinnati CiNCiNNati, august 19 (aP): Rafael Nadal extended his sizzling summer with his first Cincinnati title Sunday, while No. 1 Serena Williams wilted just one set away from a breakthrough of her own. Nadal took advantage of the few openings he got against John Isner, grinding out a 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3) win at the Western & Southern Open that added yet another title to his sensational summer. The 27-year-old Spaniard won the championship in Montreal a week ago and has back-to-back hard-court championships for the first time in his illustrious career. He'd never even reached the finals in Cincinnati. When his backhand down the line finished it off, Nadal flopped on his back and screamed. "It means a lot winning two straight titles on hard (courts)," Nadal said. "It's just amazing for me. I never did something like this in my career. "So it was an emotional moment." Williams had never won a Cincinnati title either. Like Nadal, she was trying for her second championship in two weeks, fresh off her championship in Toronto. She dominated the first set, then fell apart, giving No. 2 Victoria Azarenka a chance to rally for a 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) win that ended Williams' 14-match winning

Won't select my dream team ever: Dhoni

NEw DElhi, august 19 (Pti): Some former cricketers may have selected their best-ever Indian team recently, but captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni does not favour such a practice, saying "one should respect every individual who has played for the country". "It's very difficult to compare and compile all the players and teams of all era. Personally, I won't select my best team ever because I feel we should respect everyone who has played for India," Dhoni said at a promotional event here today. Two stalwarts of Indian cricket -- Kapil Dev and Sourav Ganguly -- recently picked their best-ever Indian ODI squads which had a few surprises. Suprsingly, while Kapil's alltime best ODI squad did not have a single player

from India's 1983 World Cup-winning side, Ganguly's dream ODI and Test teams reflected a postEighties selection. Ganguly ignored the spin troika of Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna and B S Chandrasekhar in any squad. He named VVS Laxman as 12th man in Test squad while totally ignoring Mohammed Azharuddin. Unlike the 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil who did not include himself in his dream ODI team, Ganguly didn't hesitate to name himself in both the ODI and Test teams he selected. In what can be seen as a ray of hope for out-offavour seniors like Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and others, Dhoni said that not age but form and fitness was crucial for the success of any cricketer.

"I don't think age is a factor. What matters is form and fitness and not age," he said. He was also of the view that all forms of the game are important. "They are all inter-related. Performance in one will have an impact on the other form," Dhoni said. Dhoni, undoutedly the most successful Indian captain of all-time, lauded his deputy Virat Kohli for his leadership qualities. "Kohli is a fantastic cricketer. He has great knowledge about the game and has done well as a captain. He has all the right recipes. He is very expressive on the field," said the wicket-keeper batsman under whose leadership India had won both the ICC Twenty20 World Cup and the ICC 50-over World Cup apart from this year's Champions Trophy.

streak. Williams committed 58 unforced errors that turned the momentum. "I just felt really off this whole week, but I was surprised to be in the final and surprised to be doing well," Williams said. "So I don't know, there's a few factors. I think what matters most was just fighting the whole time and survived to the end." The week in Cincinnati provided a preview for the U.S. Open, with the men's bracket more jumbled at the top. Nadal survived a pair of set points in the opener, sending it to a tiebreaker. The crowd chanted "Let's go Isner!" during a changeover during the tiebreaker, which ended with Isner dumping a service return into the net and Nadal pumping his fist. Nadal survived the only break point of the second set, taking it to another tiebreaker. The crowd chanted Isner's name again, but it didn't help. He hit a backhand and a forehand into the net, allowing Nadal to go up 5-1 in the tiebreaker. Nadal finished it with a backhand passing shot from the baseline, then plopped on his back. He never got to a break point during the match, but won it by playing so well in the tiebreakers. "I have to be patient and wait for my opportunities," Nadal said. "And I waited."

Rafael Nadal, from Span, holds the championship trophy after defeating John Isner 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3) to win the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament on August 18 in Mason, Ohio. (AP Photo)

Pistorius indicted on murder charge

PREtORia, august 19 (aP): Oscar Pistorius was indicted Monday on charges of murder and illegal possession of ammunition for the shooting death of the double-amputee Olympian's girlfriend on Valentine's Day. A Pretoria court set March 3 as the trial date for Pistorius, who has said he shot Reeva Steenkamp by mistake, believing she was an intruder in his home. Prosecutors, who allege he killed her after an argument, submitted a list of more than 100 witnesses for a trial that will be followed around the world. Pistorius, 26, appeared in court for the indictment, and was seen crying and holding hands with his siblings before proceedings started. Steenkamp would have celebrated her 30th birthday on Monday. The indictment papers served on Pistorius by the state mean the case will be sent to the High Court in Pretoria, the South African capital, where a judge will preside over the trial and ultimately

pronounce the athlete innocent or guilty. South Africa does not have trial by jury. The mandatory sentence for someone convicted of premeditated murder is life with a minimum of 25 years in prison, meaning if Pistorius is found guilty, he will be older than 50, at least, when he leaves prison. There is no death penalty in South Africa. Police announced this month that they had completed their six-month investigation into Steenkamp's killing at Pistorius' upscale home in Pretoria in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 14. A statement, from the office of South Africa's national police commissioner, said detectives, forensic experts, ballistics experts, psychologists and technology experts all worked on the case and are confident that they have the evidence to convict Pistorius. The most telling evidence may be in records on cellphones found at Pistorius' home and through examination of the toilet cubicle door

through which Pistorius shot four bullets, hitting Steenkamp three times and killing her. The angle or trajectory of the bullets could show if Pistorius was standing on his stumps when he shot, as he says, or if he was on his prosthetics, as the prosecution maintains — a marked difference in the two accounts. Pistorius was seen just twice in public between the time he was granted bail on Feb. 22 and a previous appearance in court on June 4. His family had announced he would return to a "low-key" track routine and he was seen jogging on his regular practice facility, and sporting a short beard, in late June. A week ago, a South African newspaper published photographs of Pistorius on a beach during a holiday with friends. In the rare public appearance, Pistorius was wearing a white T-shirt and a life-vest as he paddled with another man in a kayak. In another photo, he is standing on the beach in shorts, his pale prosthetic legs exposed to the sunshine.

South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius appears in the magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Pistorius has arrived at the South African court ahead of the expected indictment of the double-amputee Olympian on a premeditated murder charge. (AP Photo)

Hushili Sema, Deputy Commissioner Dimapur; Nizheto Awomi SDO along with players from Golaghat veteran football Association and Dimapur veterans football association. An exhibition football match was played on August 15 at the DDSC.

Abhishek ensures bronze at Asian Youth Games

NaNjiNg, august 19 (iaNs): Indian paddler Abhishek Yadav, playing a marathon fifth game, defeated Malaysia’s Dunley Foo to enter the semi-finals of the men’s singles table tennis competitions, thus ensuring himself at least a bronze medal at the ongoing second Asian Youth Games here Monday. The Indian disposed of Foo 4-1 (11-6, 11-5, 15-13, 5-11, 18-16) in 41 minutes, which included two games that tested Yadav's patience. He will now meet the topseeded Chinese Zhendong Fan in the semifinals later in the evening. The Chinese beat Taipei’s Chia-Hung Sun in straight games. With no play-off, both the losing semi-finalists will be awarded bronze medals. “I am completely drained out. Two big games, particularly the last one, sapped my energy. But I held my nerve to go past him (Foo),” said Yadav.

Asked about his opponent in the semifinals, Yadav said he was wary of the Chinese. “I will play to my strength and let’s see,” he said. Yadav had the measure of his rival in the first two games, but in the third from 9-7 allowed the Malaysian come back and level the score first at 9-9. From there, the see-saw battle continued with none giving a quarter to the other. The Malaysian went 12-11 up before Yadav caught up with him to make it 13-13. That was also the end of resistance from Foo as the Indian took the next two points to go 3-0 up -- the third game taking full 10 minutes. However, the Malaysian took the fourth to keep himself in the match. Then the real marathon began and Yadav, leading 6-4, in the fifth game allowed Foo to take charge. The Malaysian surged ahead to 10-8 but Yadav on his serve equalled the score to breathe easy.

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aomi Watts, who will be portraying Princess Diana in her upcoming biopic, has claimed that Diana granted her permission from beyond the grave to play the role. During an

interview with a UK publication, the Aussie actress said that she kept thinking to herself, whether Diana would have liked the role, so she constantly asked for her permission to carry on, News.com.au reported.

The Oscar-nominated star asserted that during the making of the movie she dreamt about the princess a lot and that there were many moments she "felt Diana`s presence". Watts said that she had saturated herself

with Diana`s life and she felt the enormous responsibility of playing this iconic woman. The forthcoming biopic will revolve around the princess` secret love affair with the heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, shortly before her death.

by Abiogenesis was organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. Abiogenesis with their two new young recruits Kora Aier on Bass and Akhiu Kips on drums gave an energetic power packed one-hour performance

with tracks from their four albums. After they played their last song, the crowd did not disperse but demanded for more and the band obliged with Time For A Change from their latest album Legacy of The Mountains a song which tells about potholes, power cuts and even asking the people how change can come about when the mandate is already sold and even praying to God to intervene. The band has stressed that the change doesn’t necessarily mean changing of leaders but reviving oneself and dedicating to usher progress and development. At the start of the concert before the band played, Anwar Haleem, Dy Director General (AH), ICCR handed a bouquet each to all the four band members. National Doordarsan and NE Doordarshan covered the concert.

I Abiogenesis rocks Delhi with Naga Howey music A

t the stroke of seven on the eve of August 16 at Azad Bhawan Auditorium, IP Estate, New Delhi, the stage lights were lit and the sound engineer gently pushed up the mixer master volume to its maximum peak level and the first song of the concert Voices In Kisama erupted

from the PA speakers. It was pouring at Delhi that eve from 6 pm but it did not deter the music lovers of Delhi to throng the venue to listen to Naga Howey music and see and hear Bamhum, the new Indian wind musical instrument invented from Nagaland. The exclusive concert

n a nationwide Korean Pop (K-Pop) contest, 18 years old model and singer from Nagaland, Edwin Jamir won India finale under song cover category, this evening at the FICCI Auditorium, New Delhi, organized by the South Korean government and sponsored by the Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) India, a department under Embassy of the Republic of Korea and Korea Tourism Organisation. Edwin Jamir will now be nominated to represent India to compete with the winners from 13 countries who will be invited to Korea to perform at the Grand Finale of the K-Pop world festival on September 28, 2013 in Wonju, the most populous city in Gangwon province, South Korea. Speaking to this correspondent after his win Edwin Jamir said that the music industry in Nagaland is not very good compared to other parts of the country however, one can still make a living by singing in Naga-

land if it moves in the right direction. “I would spread the message of love, peace and non-violence though music in the days to come,” said Edwin Jamir. Silence broke when Carolina Norbu (22) took to stage and gave the first performance of the evening. Ever since then, there was no turning back, cheers got noisier and louder for the action packed evening. At the end of day, Boby Techi (23) from Arunachal Pradesh walks home with ‘LG Star Performer’ of the evening prize while Saakshi Lama (20) from Darjeeling and Vetolu Rose Vero (26) from Nagaland were the winners of 2nd and 3rd prize respectively under cover song category. Under the dance cover category, Crazy Freaks Dance Crew won the India finale. They will now go to South Korea to complete with the winners of other countries at the K-Pop world festival in Gangwon. Killer shells were the runners up in this category.

All the contestants at the India finale were presented with electronics and smart phones from LG and Samsung. Fans and The K-P Jamir w op cover song ith Boby winner Tech Edwin

guest were also given free K-Pop T-shirts and Star CJ coupons. But it was the KPop lucky draw of the evening that kept the guest a hope and reason to smile till the end of the evening. Finally, one lucky fan walked home with Samsung smart phone and the other with a LG Blue-Ray player. They jury members of the India finale were Kim Kum-pyoung, Director of Korean Cultural Centre India; Sanjeev Bhar-

gava, dancer Aleksandra Michelska Singh from Natya Nectar Dance Academy and Sangwon Donald Kwag, marketing head of Star CJ. Mention may be made here that K-Pop is a global competition and celebration of Korean popular songs and dance. This year’s edition in India is a part of celebration of IndoKorean 40 years of diplomatic relationship.

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Messi does it all in neyMar's debut barcelona and real Madrid score opening wins

FC Barcelona's Daniel Alves, from Brazil, left, reacts after scoring with his teammates Adriano, from Brazil, second left, Gerard Pique, second right, and Lionel Messi, from Argentina, against Levante during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 18. (AP Photo)

BARCELONA, August 19 (AP): Lionel Messi scored two goals and set up another Sunday to help mark the debut of Neymar and Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino in a 7-0 thrashing of Levante, ensuring the Spanish champions start their title defense in style. While Barcelona rolled to victory, Real Madrid needed a late header by new midfielder Francisco "Isco" Alarcon to edge out Real Betis 2-1 at home in the first game with Carlo Ancelotti in charge after

three season under Jose Mourinho. Madrid's lackluster showing will add more pressure on president Florentino Perez to pay the hefty price Tottenham desires for forward Gareth Bale to reinforce its attack. Also, Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa did his best to erase memories of Radamel Falcao by scoring twice, including a welltaken go-ahead goal off the break in the 79th minute, to lead a 3-1 win at Sevilla. Granada, meanwhile, won

2-1 at Osasuna. With signature signing Neymar watching from the bench, Messi almost singlehandedly dismantled the overmatched Levante. After Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring, Messi claimed Barcelona's second goal, stole possession to create the third, and passed for Pedro Rodriguez to score the fourth. Messi scored his second goal from the penalty spot before Xavi Hernandez made it 6-0 against the demoralized visitors to equal a club record of goals

in a first half. Neymar, who has been recovering from anemia since his €57 million move from Santos in the offseason, went on in the second half in time to see Pedro strike again and polish off the lopsided victory. "We saw great football and great goals in the first half," said Neymar. "I'm getting better physically, little by little. I hope to be 100 percent soon. We have started well, with a win. That's the important thing." The applause Neymar

received while warming up grew to a standing ovation when he went on for Alexis in the 64th for his first official minutes in Barcelona's burgundy and blue. Those eager to see Neymar and Messi together were disappointed, however. The two were only on together for seven minutes before Martino sent Andres Iniesta on for Messi. The 21-yearold Neymar was active on the left flank but couldn't find his new teammates with crosses. Goalkeeper Keylor Navas saved his best chance before he was booked for tripping. Martino said that he had agreed with Messi to take him out once the game was resolved, keeping in mind the long season ahead and that the player is coming off a hamstring injury. "Everyone wants to see Neymar and Messi together," said Martino. "I want his adaptation to be as quick as possible, but without forcing anything. Shortly we'll see him at his best." Martino was hired in a rush last month to replace Tito Vilanova after he announced he was stepping down to focus on his fight against a recurrent throat tumor. But despite a hectic preseason and little preparation time, Barcelona's talented squad made the Argentine manager's first game in Europe an easy stroll. "The concepts we had talked with the players about, which aren't new but rather well studied by this team, we saw them on display again tonight," said Martino. "Our midfielders incorporating in attack, alternating how we create in attack — these are good signs. Pressing up the pitch is one of the things we have most insisted upon. I'm satisfied." Barcelona made a bright start by scoring in the third minute through one of its trademark passing combinations that turned the flatfooted Le-

vante defense into onlookers as Cesc Fabregas laid off for Alexis to tap into the open goalmouth. Messi netted the hosts' second goal in the 12th after Fabregas started the move with a nifty chested pass to free up Messi to work a one-two with Pedro before slotting the ball home. Messi's defense pro-

duced the third in the 24th. The four-time world player of the year chased down David Navarro and stole the ball near the corner flag to begin another weave of passes that ended with Dani Alves knocking in a rebound. Far from done, Messi showed off his passing skills two minutes later by serving a perfect-

ly weighted long ball for Pedro to fire beyond Navas. Levante couldn't help but add to its own demise when Pedro Lopez fouled Adriano just inside the area, letting Messi drill in the spot kick in the 41st. Xavi poked in the sixth goal in the 45th and Fabregas passed for Pedro's second goal in the 73rd.

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SEMINAR ON GENDER SENSITIZATION AMONG THE POLICE, JUDICIARY & CIVIL SOCIETY

Date : 23rd August 2013 Time : 10:00 AM Venue : Rhododendron Hall, Police Complex, Chumukedima Chief Guest : Shri. G. Kaito Aye, Hon'ble Home Minister, Nagaland Chairperson 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

: Ms. Lithrongla G. Chishi, Addl. Secretary Home, Govt. of Nagaland

Invocation prayer Welcome address Special No. Exhortation The role of NSCW

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6. Introductory speech

7. Keynote address 8. Song 9. Statutory Rights of Women

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10. Role of Police in Protecting Women's Rights 11. Speech 12. Interaction Hour 13. Summing up

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Police Chaplain Mrs. Kakheli Jakhalu, Member, NSCW Women Police, i/c Commandant 15th IRB (Mahila) Mr. B. Kezo, IPS DGP, Nagaland Ms. Neilavoü Keditsu, Director, Women Development Mr. K. Elias, IPS, DIG Nodal Officer of Human Rights & Anti-Human Trafficking, Nagaland Police Dr. Temsula Ao, Chairperson, NSCW Police Band, Chumukedima Mrs. Mezivolu Therieh, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dimapur Mr. P.F. Zeliang, IPS I.G. Range Hon'ble Chief Guest Moderator Chairperson Mr. Motsuthung Lotha, Secretary, NSCW

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