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Dimapur | April 20
The Morung Express POLL QUESTIOn
Vote on www.morungexpress.com SMS your answer to 9862574165 Do present Naga leaders have the ability and capacity to lead the people towards a shared future? Yes
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Three more held with fake currency DIMAPUR, APRIL 20 (MExN): Two days after a woman was held with fake currency by the Special Branch, Dimapur, three more persons were arrested in possession of fake notes by the Special Operations Team, Dimapur Police. The accused were held with eighty one (81) fake notes of 100-rupee-denomination and synthetic material purportedly utilized for replicating security threads found in Indian currency. The three persons were identified as Tiakaba Longchar (54), Bipul Gohain (36) and Dulu Chetia (41). Initial interrogation of Tiakaba revealed that he had printed the fake currency in Dimapur using a normal computer printer. Police further said a few days earlier, Tiakaba had sent a consignment of fake notes to the two persons in Dibrugarh. The two others arrested had reportedly come to Dimapur with the intention to make a deal with Tiakaba.
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Holy Cross Church celebrates festum festorum
Hamilton wins third straight Chinese GP
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It is perhaps too late to even talk of wildlife conservation in Nagaland. Saving a species cannot substitute the destruction of a region’s rich wildlife ecosystem. Naga folktales are full of wildlife characters; these animals now appear only in stories, like magical creatures in fairytales, or skulls, skin and feathery remains adorning houses, like reconstructed T-Rex skeleton and stuffed Dodo standing lifeless in a Natural History Museum. Are bears, tigers, Sambar Deer, monkeys, leopard cats, otters, snakes, Hornbills, and all types of birds abundantly and freely roaming about in our forests anymore? “Shhh! Keep quiet, get the gun, a big bird just landed on that tree… I’ll show you how it’s killed,” the bird is shot, and people around scream with joy; the shooter feels brave and talented. If ‘Hope’ is what keeps us going when everything seems lost, the only hope left for our annihilated wildlife is of seeing them in the afterlife. One could compose a eulogy for lives gone – perhaps as soulfully sad as Pablo Neruda’s lament for a love lost: “I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. What
does it matter that my love couldn’t keep her. … and this may be the last poem I write for her.” “We buy chemicals, pour on flowers up those trees… birds instantaneously fall off when they feed on them… we sell at Supermarket,” said a young, unemployed father in Dimapur. No matter how much we publicize conservation efforts, these are not enough as the killing is not stopping; the tragedy being that the dying out will not wait. Our ignorance barricades us from understanding why exterminating wildlife is uncool and disastrous for us. We seem to be living in Prehistoric times with a hunter-gatherer mindset despite our ‘Modernity’ camouflage of high-tech gadgets, fashionable clothes and houses. Nowadays, even weddings are occasions to show off what exotic bird dishes can be whipped up. “Usually around this season, we know it’s breeding time,” said an elder, as excited people discuss how a deer and a wild boar were both found pregnant after their bellies were sliced open, killed in April 2014 by hunters. “A long time ago, we killed a tiger… it stole our piglets and chickens, and people were not safe too,”
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What is Earth Day?
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arth Day is an annual event most commonly celebrated on April 22. Earth Day is a day on which people around the world gather to participate in activities and demonstrations aimed at raising public awareness about a variety of environmental issues including air pollution, water pollution, habitat destruction, sustainable energy, climate change, species losses, and environmental policies. The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970 and marks the start of the modern environmental movement. Today, Earth Day is celebrated all over the world through various activities like community meetings on preserving wildlife, large-scale light bulb changes, workplace renewable energy retrofits, or many other ideas that can be found on the Earth Day Network’s website. Perhaps it is never too late!
TOP LEfT: Birds for sale at Supermarket Dimapur March 2011. BOTTOM LEfT: A wild animal shot by villagers in February 2014. RIGHT: A young man tests his courage holding a dead snake shot by someone in the village, April 2014.
narrated a retired village chief. When asked if there were possibilities that the tiger had no prey, or perhaps its natural habitat was
burnt down and was, therefore, desperately hungry… the chief smiled and said it was certainly a ‘Were-Tiger’, those devious devil-incar-
nates. “God created them for us to eat, He will provide, why are you so bothered? They will re-populate…
wild meat is medicinal. Try this smoked bird, it’s killed anyway,” said a person. It is little wonder why sighting a squirrel in Nagaland now is as rare as sighting a UFO. “Hah! Today seven of my sins are atoned for!” exclaimed a man, quickly jumping down the vehicle after running over a small snake crossing the road, satisfactorily crushing its head with a rock, a woman too jumped out searching for a rock. It is beyond comprehension how killing a snake can compensate for sins like siphoning off public funds. Such misunderstood creatures: Snakes. “Nowadays everybody keeps at least an air-gun, it is easy to kill compared to using spears. Our fore-
fathers never ate snakes… taboo to touch many types of wild meat, but young people have become very experimental,” said an 84year old man. A young government official said, “Even if Village Administration restricts, people hunt: a ‘Time-Pass’ activity for many with guns, and administrators are also individuals habituated to consuming wild game… but strict orders by village heads can actually prevent insensible killing.” Unfortunately, only an epitaph such as “Here lie the chewed bones—remains of wildlife in Nagaland; may we meet in heaven so that we can guillotine them for fun again,” is all there is to say.
Pope prays for peace in Syria, Ukraine on Easter Everest avalanche reveals VATIcAN cITy, APRIL 20 (IANS): Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria as thousands gathered in Vatican City to celebrate Easter Sunday. Pope Francis led the mass in St. Peter’s Square right in front of the St. Peter’s Basilica, News.VA, the official Vatican news network, reported. At least 150,000 Christians from Vatican and other parts of the world had gathered Sunday to celebrate this holy day. The Pope prayed for peace in Syria and Ukraine and also prayed for those people around the world who are suffering from
hunger, poverty, disease and neglect. “We pray to put an end to all war and every conflict, whether great or small, ancient or recent,” Pope Francis said in his message. He prayed to ease the ongoing tensions in Ukraine between pro-Russian activists and supporters of the Kiev government which have resulted in bloodshed since February. “We ask you to enlighten and inspire the initiatives that promote peace in Ukraine, so that all those involved, with the support of the international community, will make every effort to prevent violence,” prayed the Pope. Pope Francis also
prayed that Syria should “boldly negotiate the peace long awaited and long overdue”. Syria has been riven since March 2011 by a civil war which has claimed more than a million lives while others have been forced to leave their country. He also prayed for resumption of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, end of conflicts in the Central African Republic, and halt to the brutal terrorist attacks in Nigeria and the violence in South Sudan. He also mentioned the people in Guinea struck by the Ebola epidemic.
Gloria Patri-7 Nights of authentic worship concludes
Online Campaign to Document Tree Diversity BANgALoRE, APRIL 20 (ENS): The web portal India Biodiversity will organise a nation-wide ‘Neighbourhood Trees Campaign’ from Tuesday (Earth Day) to Sunday. The campaign aims to spread awareness on the importance of trees and crowdsource information on trees in the country. Volunteers just need to click photographs of trees in their gardens and neighbourhood and post their observations on them. The campaign will be conducted online at http://treesindia.indiabiodiversity.org/. There are about 7,500 tree species in India. The organisers of the campaign are hoping to create a web page on every tree species through this venture. Prabhakar and Thomas Vattakaven of India Biodiversity portal expressed hope that the campaign will popularise the portal and help it grow into a rich and openaccess repository on biodiversity. Road-widening and other infrastructure projects have been taking a toll on trees in the country.
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The praise and worship team leading the service in worship during the concluding night of Gloria Patri at IMC Hall, Dimapur on April 20. (Morung Photo)
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‘Gloria Patri-7 Nights of authentic worship for the glory of the Father’ ended on a high note with prayer, healing, worship and celebration at IMC Hall here. Calling on the congregation, mostly comprising of young Nagas, Administrator of Sinai Ministry, C Meren Jamir, said an event is not an end in itself. Revivals have just become another calendar event. It begins and ends in the church. It does not go into the schools, the roads, the mar-
kets and the places we go, he observed. “What do you do when the school walls are falling, the hospitals are not functioning and the village councils are talking of shutting it down because doctors prefer to be posted only in Kohima and Dimapur,” the administrator put across to the people attending the event. “Nagaland holds key to a lot of things but we have compromised and adopted a culture of acceptance of all the things going wrong as part of our lives. We need to take our testimonies around the world of what the Lord has done in
the Naga Hills. Let us do something,” he said. With an aim to “raise the Nagas to their full potential”, the Sinai Ministry has decided to conduct a leadership school called R5. He informed that with the goal to extend the “Kingdom of God” by emulating and applying “heavens’ standards here on earth,” the month long residential school will he be held with the purpose to disciple, train and release future leaders in obedience to the Bible. R5 stands for Revive, Restore, Recruit, Release and Reform. It was followed by a sermon, where Pastor of King-
dom Culture Project, Visasier Kevichüsa delivered a powerful message, challenging some traditional teachings and doctrines. He said that pain is real but joy is normal in Christian life. Teaching on “revealing and claiming the sonship of God the Father”, Pastor Visasier said, “Our God is not mad or sad. He wants us to live in continuous happiness because we are His sons and daughters.” Collaborating with Highland Dawn Media, the Nagaland Christian Radio broadcast the worship event to the world with a Live Video broadcast in HD. Viewership of the event included people from India, Canada, South Africa, Indonesia, the UK, New Zealand, and Thailand. During the seven days’ worship, free will offerings were collected for funding food to feed the underprivileged in and around Dimapur. The partnering organizers were Baptist Youth Fellowship Dimapur, Baptist Revival Church, Lotha AG church, Kingdom Culture Project, Help International, YWAM Dimapur, TROTB, The JamTree, The Connect-Studio, IMC, Zip Sound, Pro-driver Kohima, Release Worship Team, Highland Down Media, Nagaland Christian Radio online, The Watchman, The Morung Express, Sinai Ministry and Nagaland Printing Solution.
the risks that Sherpas face
KATMANDU, APRIL 20 (AP): The rescuers moved quickly, minutes after the first block of ice tore loose from Mount Everest and started an avalanche that roared down the mountain, ripping through teams of guides hauling gear. But they couldn’t get there quickly enough. No one can move that fast. Not even the people who have spent their lives in Everest’s shadow, and who have spent years working on the world’s highest peak. In this tragic disaster, several Sherpa guides have been taken from the mountain. For the Sherpas, the once-obscure mountain people whose name has become synonymous with Everest, and whose entire culture has been changed by decades of working as guides and porters for wealthy foreigners, it was a brutal reminder of the risks they face. “The mountains are a death trap,” said Norbu Tshering, a 50-year-old Sherpa and mountain guide who now lives mostly in Katmandu. “But we have no other work, and most of our people take up this profession, which has now become a tradition for all of us,” he said. The avalanche happened early Friday morning at about 5,800 meters (19,000 feet), as Sherpa guides were hauling gear through the Khumbu icefall, a treacherous terrain of crevasses and enormous chunks of ice. The men were near an area known to climbers as the “popcorn field,” when an enormous piece broke away from a high glacier and came tumbling down the mountain, setting off an avalanche of ice. A day after the disaster, many Sherpa guides spoke of their work in ways that reflect the complexities of poor people working in a deeply hazardous place. The work is dangerous — a year rarely passes without at least one death on Everest — but the Sherpas, who were once among the poorest and most isolated people of Nepal, now have schools, cell phones and their own middle class.
All that is the result of the Mount Everest economy, which brings tens of millions of dollars to Nepal every year. “We have no problem with what we do. It is a job which helps feed our families, sends our children to school,” Dawa Dorje, 28, a mountain guide from Everest’s foothills, said in Katmandu, where he was picking up equipment for clients. “We make more money than most people in the country. If the foreigners did not come, then we would be out of a job. They need us and we need them — it is a win-win situation,” he said. While the average annual income in Nepal is just $700, a highaltitude Sherpa guide can make $5,000 during the three-month climbing season. Climbers, meanwhile, can pay $100,000 for a chance to reach the summit. And some of what happens on the mountain, Dorje noted, comes down to sheer luck. “There have been concerns why so many Nepali Sherpas were killed in the avalanche. But they were there at the wrong time. If the avalanche had struck a few days later (when climbing teams begin working their way up Everest), then there could have been many foreign fatalities too,” he said. However, on well-traveled, high-prestige climbs like the Everest, the Sherpas are the ones who go first up the mountain. They break the deep snow, lay the fixed ropes and carry the heaviest loads. They face avalanches, altitude sickness, lack of oxygen and brutal cold. “The risks for Sherpas on the mountain are twice that of the Western climbers,” said Nima Tenzing, a 30-year-old guide who also runs a shop for trekking gear in Katmandu. Still, he shows no resentment. “Death and injury on the mountain is part of our lives now. We have lost many of our people to the mountain. But we have to pull ourselves together and continue our work,” he said. Related news on page 9
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A young boy holds up a painted Easter egg at Ao Baptist Church Dimapur on Easter Sunday, April 20.
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Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, the bishop of Kohima, celebrated the festum festorum (feast of feasts) Easter held on Saturday night at Holy Cross Parish, Dimapur. The service began at 10:00 pm and ended at midnight. Rev. Fr. P. J. Thomas, the Parish Priest, Fr. Thomas Toretkiu, Bishop’s Secretary and many other priests con-celebrated with the Bishop, said a press release received here. The service had four parts – the service of the light, listening to the word of God, the blessing of the holy water and renewal of the baptismal promise and the Eucharist. The service began with the blessing of new fire outside the Church symbolizing the divine life of Jesus which was not destroyed on the cross, informed the note. The bishop explained the meaning of the symbols: the Paschal Candle, representing body of Christ and the Greek letters of Alpha and Omega,
together with the year 2014 show that Christ is the Lord of all things, of all times, of all peoples. The five grains inserted on to the candle symbolized the five wounds of Christ. The faithful, then, proceeded to the Church led by Bishop with the lighted Paschal Candle, showing Christ as the new leader to lead all people to God. Bishop in his Homily said that resurrection is the key and core of Christian faith (1 Cor 15) and theme of apostolic preaching. “Easter is the guarantee of our own resurrection and it reminds us that life is worth living,” the Bishop asserted. “Resurrection is the power of God over all the forces that diminish and destroy life. Easter powerfully proclaims that death is not the end of human life, but a door way to better and fuller life. It tells us that no tomb can hold us down – the tomb of despair, discouragement, doubt or sin. Every Good Friday in our life has also an Easter Sunday. We do not have to wait
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A Catholic priest offers Holy Communion to devotees during the Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Cross Church, Dimapur on Sunday, April 20.
moKoKchuNg, april 20 (mExN): An orientation programme for butchers of Mokokchung was organized by the Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MCCI) at the latter’s office conference hall which was also attended by officials from the veterinary department as well as the Mokokchung Municipal Council (MMC). Dr. Aoyimsen Jamir, one of the resource persons, spoke on the topic ‘Management of slaughter houses, meat marketing patterns and pricing’ while Dr. Rongsen Longkumer spoke on the topic ‘Hygenic slaughtering practices’. District Veterinary Officer, Mokokchung, Dr. Mapu also
delivered a brief speech wherein he challenged the butchers to meet customers’ satisfaction while stressing on hygiene and cleanliness. He also said that Mokokchung needed a proper abattoir and suggested the MCCI and the MMC could take up the proposal with the government while also saying that the department was ready to extend assistance for the same. A lively interactive session was also held during the course of the programme wherein the butchers raised several pertinent issues facing them in the market. The butchers strongly questioned the role of Quaran-
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Festum festorum being celebrated at Holy Cross Parish, Dimapur on April 19 night.
until death to share in the power of the resurrection.” In fact, the Bishop enunciated, “Christ has been raised from the dead! He was not only raised from the dead to prove to us that
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Painted Easter eggs seen at Ao Baptist Church Dimapur on Easter Sunday, April 20.
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tine Check Posts manned by the Veterinary Department as, according to them, these ‘temporary’ Quarantine Check Posts were not serving the real purpose of their existence. They stated that Quarantine Check Posts as of now were merely serving as ‘tax collection gate’. The butchers also acknowledged the immediate need for at least a small scale abattoir in Mokokchung. The butchers also agreed to adhere to the directives issued by the MMC in 2013 with regard to clean and hygienic management of their stalls. The proceedings of the programme was conducted by Moasangba Jamir, president of MCCI.
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He is God; He was raised to prove to us that we will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.” After the homily, the
bishop blessed the water, sign of purification and life, and he administered the renewal of baptismal promises which was followed by the Eucharistic celebration.
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ASUK to organize workshop Kohima, april 20 (mExN): Ao Students’ Union Kohima (ASUK) is organizing a seminar cum workshop on the theme “Ao oshioben aser kaketkeno renlokren” on April 26 at Molu Ki, Merhulietsa, Paramedical, Kohima starting from 10:00 am. In this connection, Imtimeren Tzudir, assistant general secretary of ASUK has requested all the members, students from class VII above of ASUK, parents, and well wishers to attend the programme positively.
JOK informs Kohima, april 20 (mExN): The Jotsoma Officers’ Krotho (JOK) during its recent meeting resolved to felicitate the successful candidates of NPSC, allied service and other prominent fields hailing from Jotsoma village coinciding with the observance of its annual meeting during April/May. A release issued by JOK general secretary Kenny Peseyie stated that the meeting also resolved to embark upon social servicing including plantation drive, sanitation programme etc and also to work in close co-ordination with the Jotsoma Village Council (JVC) and its units. The meeting also nominated area representatives which included Visabiu Peseyie (Dimapur) Rokonito Nakhro (Medziphema), Kekhrielie Nakhro (Jotsoma) and Dr. Konei Nakhro and Seyie Sezo Peseyie (Kohima town).
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Assam Rifles seizes illicit liquor ZuNhEboto, april 20 (mExN): 5 Assam Rifles seized IMFL being smuggled into Ghukiye Rd on April 16, 6:00 pm at mobile check post and apprehended four accused identified as Atovi Ayemi, Vito Gurung, Ivika Achemi and Vihuka Ayemi. According to a press release issued by the Assam Rifles, 864 bottles of Rum MC Dowell, 686 Kingfisher canned beer and 20 canned Foster beer costing approximately 5 lakhs were recovered from the four. The apprehended persons along with the recoveries were handed over to Zunheboto Police Station, the note added.
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In this image, a man is seen climbing the cave at Salomi Village under Kiphire district. When one travels towards east from Pungro Town, a big cave can be seen nearby Salomi Village. The cave has attractive scenery and its specialty is the multipoint entry and exit. One strange hole, measuring approximately 4 fts in diameter can be seen inside the cave underneath earth. The villagers have experimented throwing garbage and waste inside the hole which came out at Likimro River after 5 to 6 days, hence proving interlinking of the cave and Likimro River. (Photo by Lipichem)
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Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): The excise personnel stationed at Chumukedima check gate found 864 canned beer concealed amongst 17 tons of grocery items in a truck on April 19. A press release from GhokihoYeptho, superintendent of Excise Mobile Squad informed that the goods laden truck bound for Pungro was stopped at the check gate around 5:00 pm by the duty party led by Inspector L. Hevito Zhimomi and Lanuyanger AIE.
According to the note, Azizu Sangtam, the driver of the truck was arrested and charged under relevant section of the NLTP Act ’89 for his involvement in the commission of the offence. He disclosed that the illegal consignment was loaded at Gorrapatti Dimapur and was to be delivered to one Longpe (Ape) at Pungro town under Kiphire district. The seized articles have been kept in the Mobile Squad Malkhana for future destruction, the superintendent added.
Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): Troops of 29 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 6 Sector Assam Rifles in a search operation in general area Burma Camp apprehended one Thomas Pamei, 60, resident of Tamenglong dist, Manipur. A press release informed that one 7.65 mm pistol with magazine and live rounds were recovered. The apprehended person was handed over to the East Police Station, Dimapur.
NSUK elects new office bearers KolKata, april 20 (mExN): The Naga Students’ Union Kolkata has informed that a new team of office bearers was elected for the tenure 2014-15 on April 5 at Nagaland House, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata. Following are the names and designations of the new elected team: President - Imkalong Jamir, Vice-President - Tongpangmeren Changkija, General Secretary Lizavi Chishi, Assistant General Secretary - C Thsapise Anar, Finance Secretary - Sentina Lumong, Cultural Secretary - Akumnochet Ao, Games and Sports Secretary - Atokito Chisho, Assistant Games and Sports Secretary - Senwatila Pongen, Information and Statistical Secretary - Jungshimenba Imchen.
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Newly appointed leaders of the Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem.
moKoKchuNg, april 20 (mExN): The Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) held its midterm general meeting on April 19 at Longkumer Kilem where the youth organization appointed its new team
of leaders for the tenure 2014 to 2016. The organization will be led by Imkummeren Jamir as president and Yanger Namo as general secretary. The meeting also appointed members of the various departments under the orga-
nization like the Executive Council, the Finance Committee, RTI Cell, Public Grievances Cell, Legal Cell and Media Cell. The house entrusted the Executive Council to appoint members of the Women Cell in their first meeting.
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Zeliangrong orgs flay Mnp Govt’s role over boundary dispute TAMENGLoNG, APRIL 20 (NNN): One more house was burnt last night as a fallout of the Jiribam-Tamenglong district boundary dispute, according to Zeliangrong organisations. Pertaining to Jiribam-Tamenglong district boundary dispute and the unwanted incidents cropping up from the issue, the Zeliangrong Baudi Manipur (ZB-M) and Zeliangrong Students Union Manipur (ZSUM) said they condemned the April 13 and April 19 incidents and they are closely monitoring the unfurling of situation. According to the two Zeliangrong organisations, in the wee hours of April 13 some masked men had beaten some Zeliangrong students black and blue and subsequently their rented house was set ablazed locking the door from outside. ZB-M and ZSUM informing that fortunately, the victims managed to escape breaking the door from inside, stated, "In such gruesome incident the act of the miscreants were widely condemned by many social organisations across the state. This is a clear sign of communal flare-up between two communities." The ZB-M and ZSUM allege that one community has been supported by the Mani-
pur government led by Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh. "This boundary dispute between Tousem sub-division, Tamenglong district and Jiribam sub-division, Imphal East district has been dragging for a quite long time but the state government is neglecting the issue letting the situation to slip to the deteriorating condition. The Government of Manipur is deliberately allowing the two communities to escalate into open fight for the border issue now. The Government is being tagged as communal Government by many tribal bodies of Manipur, has proved to be true with this indifferent attitude towards the issue. Now the issue between the two communities is widening with the recurrent of conflict by burning down another house of Zeliangrong belongs to Mr Dinbui Gangmei at Lamkhai Bazar, Jiribam in the midnight of April 19. The miscreants belong to Meitei community," stated the two Zeliangrong organisations. They then said the Manipur Government has failed to provide security to the minority even in the high security zone. These few incidents happened one after another in the same area victimising the same community prove to be the handiwork of the rul-
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ing party in their own bastion, ZB and ZSUM stated. "The present Government does not have the will to solve the problem but infuse the situation by being a mere spectator when life has been victimised and the houses vandalised. The delay in delivering justice to the victims means justice is denied to the suppressed people. The delay in intervening the conflict situation in Jiribam the more fomenting the tension allowing damaging the age old ties between the two communities beyond repair," the two Zeliangrong organisations said. "We, the Zeliangrong Baudi, Manipur, and Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Manipur, strongly condemned the incidents and closely monitoring the situations. The Zeliangrong community and its allied communities will strongly response to the incident if not subside the tension in the next few days. The Zeliangrong community is ready to initiate strong and severe form of agitations against the concerned authority if the culprits and its gang are not awarded befitting punishment by the state. We also demand adequate compensations and reliefs to the victims based on the properties damaged and the degree of physically and mentally injured persons at the earliest," the two Zeliangrong bodies warned.
People try to keep their balance as they ride past a dust storm in Agartala, Tripura on Saturday, April 19. (AP Photo/Ramakanta Dey)
China says no to Arunachal youth in India delegation NEW DELhI, APRIL 20 (ENS): In what could escalate into another India-China diplomatic row, Beijing has asked New Delhi not to include youth from Arunachal Pradesh in the annual youth exchange delegation next month, leading to protests from the Youth Affairs Ministry that now wants the entire exchange stopped. Youth Affairs Minister Jitendra Singh has shot off a strongly worded letter to External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, asking him to cancel the trip unless China drops the condition. “I believe these incremental steps by China to challenge India’s sovereignty over Arunachal
Pradesh and its other territories must be nipped in the bud, lest these lead to bigger and more direct challenges. Hence, youth from Arunachal Pradesh should form part of the youth delegation from India to China and if this is not acceptable, the exchange of youth delegation should be stopped,” wrote Singh, who is also Minister of State for Defence. According to Singh’s letter, the Chinese embassy conveyed to his Ministry that “no youth from the state of Arunachal Pradesh be included in the youth delegation” after which the matter was referred to the Ministry of External Affairs for advice and guidance. The MEA, however, sent no
response, a fact that has also been recorded by Singh in his letter. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports sent its first letter on March 12 stating that they had been “informed orally” by the Chinese side to avoid any nomination from Arunachal Pradesh. The letter, therefore, sought “necessary direction” on the subject. This was followed by another reminder on April 3. While the MEA never got back with a firm direction, sources said, it withdrew the political clearance given to the Minister and Secretary of Youth Affairs to head the delegation on grounds that India was in “election mode” and it may not be the right time to undertake a visit
GUWAhATI, APRIL 20 (IANS): BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad Sunday questioned the sincerity of the Congress-led government at the Centre and in Assam towards development, saying no major industry was set up in the state in the last 10 years. "Manmohan Singh, who is a Rajya Sabha MP from Assam since 1991, has been prime minister for the last 10 years, and Ta-
run Gogoi the chief minister for the last 12 years. I want to ask Gogoi why not a single industry was set up in the state in the last 10 years," the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said at a press conference here. "No major power project was set up in the last 10 years even though Assam has been reeling under severe power crisis," he said.
The prime minister has adopted a step-motherly attitude towards Assam despite being a Rajya Sabha member from the state for over 24 years, he said. "I have seen Gogoi often talking about the Gujarat model of development. I would like to tell the chief minister that 24,000 villages in Gujarat have electricity supply 24x7," Prasad said. "Gujarat also has the lowest
unemployment rate in the country, has 10 percent agricultural growth, higher than the country's agricultural growth rate. "One can see the situation here. Modi has been a chief minister for 12 years, and Gogoi has also been CM for over 12 years," he said. The BJP leader also questioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as to why the Assam gov-
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‘Allow regulated vehicular movement in Kaziranga’ with the traffic police. It has also said the National Park authority would deploy ‘animal corridor wardens’ at designated locations frequented by animals during the monsoon season. It, however, opposed the petitioner’s suggestion on the restriction of movement of cars during the monsoon except the local ones plying between Jakhalabandha and Bokakhat through the national park saying segregation of long distance vehicles is “practically impossible”. While agreeing with petitioner, RTI activist Rohit Choudhury, that emergency services should be allowed, the state government has said that other utility ve-
hicles like public transport shall also ply for the benefit of the local population. The counsel for Assam Government has told the bench that installation of cameras on all the six corridors is under process and eight interceptor vehicles laden with speed gun have been installed on this stretch. The bench had earlier directed Assam Government to hold a meeting with environment, petroleum and transport ministries to suggest ways to protect environment inside Kaziranga National Park, which is being “adversely” hit due to traffic movement on National Highway 37. The tribunal had said that death of
wild animals and reptiles on the 18-km-long stretch was a cause of concern. The NGT was hearing a plea filed by Choudhury opposing expansion of the NH-37 stretch running through the national park claiming that “continued unregulated use of NH-37 is leading to death of wild animals and reptiles in large numbers in road accidents”. A committee, comprising senior officials of Assam, Ministries of Environment, Petroleum, Transport as well as NHAI and others, was formed in December 2013 to identify whether underpasses or flyovers can be built in the area for vehicular traffic movement.
ernment failed to implement the Assam Accord signed by her late husband Rajiv Gandhi in 1985. "Tarun Gogoi often appreciates Madam Soniaji. One must know how many offices and institutes have been opened in Assam in the last 10 years," he said. Stating that the northeast was "top priority" for the BJP, Prasad said the BJP manifesto has a chapter for the northeast.
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Swatanter Kumar. The bench has asked the petitioner to respond to the state’s plea within two weeks and listed the matter for next hearing on May 12. The tribunal, on March 20, had directed that no traffic would be permissible on the roads used by animals as corridors for going from one sector to another along the Kaziranga National Park for five hours daily. The Assam Government said in its plea that vehicles should also be allowed to move in a convoy led by an escort vehicle as is done routinely and restriction on movement of overloaded vehicles would be monitored in coordination
as bilateral issues may arise. When his comments were sought, Singh said he never intended to travel as he was preoccupied with electoral work and that even last year, he had sent a ministry official instead. But he said he was outraged by China’s decision to exclude youth from Arunachal Pradesh. “I think that is very serious. I find it disturbing and absolutely absurd. How can China dictate whom we can include in our delegation and from where? That’s for us to decide. I have taken it up with the External Affairs Minister and asked that the delegation not be allowed to go if China insists on this condition,” Singh said.
BJP questions Congress' commitment towards Assam
AGARTALA, APRIL 20 (TNN): A 17-year-old Bru girl was gang raped at Kanchanpur in North Tripura district on Friday afternoon. On Saturday, police arrested Mahendra Chakma and Sujit Chakma and a local court sent them to five days' police custody. The girl, a resident of Mizoram's Mamit district, was staying at her sister's house in Kanchanpur. On Friday afternoon, while returning from the local market, she was allegedly picked up by the accused in a car and raped in a nearby forest. She was abandoned near her sister's house at night. Her family took her to a local hospital and informed the police. The girl added that a week ago, she had been sexually abused by two other boys from the village. Police also arrested four youths, including three students, in connection with Thursday's alleged gang rape and murder of a minor tribal girl at Hatuk Kari Para in north Agartala. The 16-year-old victim, a student of Class VI, had gone missing while returning from school. She was IMPhAL, APRIL 20 (NNN): Sev- but their movements were disrupted district. The deceased has been identified found dead in a forest less than 100 metres from her home eral vehicles got damaged by bandh by the bandh volunteers who were not supporters along National High- aware of the agreement reached. At 2 as one Tilak Paudyal, 30 years, s/o with several injury marks on her body. way-2 between Kanglatongbi and Ka- pm, the JAC formally announced the one Prem Singh of Tispari Kanglalapahar section, as confusion ensued lifting of the bandh after consulting tongbi. A bullet had hit his stomach. Easter celebrated in Meghalaya over the supposed lifting of bandh the people in a public meeting. He was said to be a mini truck driver. ShILLoNG, APRIL 20 (IANS): Christians in Megha- due to communication gap. One protestor was killed in the poOne Bhimsuter Karki, 45 years, laya Sunday joined their brethren the world over in celBased on the disclosure of deputy lice firing and several others injured s/o Sher Bahadur of Bijoynagar Kanebrating Easter. Believers throngeed Cathedrals and other churches in the Christian-majority state for the special chief minister Gaikhangam last night lateFriday night at Kanglatongbi area glatongbi got injured. He was hit by a mass and other celebratory events. It was a day of coloured that the Gurkhas' joint action commit- which is about 20 km north of Imphal police bullet in his chest. He was later Easter eggs and buns all over the state. Archbishop of Shil- tee (JAC) had agreed to lift the bandh situated along the National High- operated at Raj Poly Clinic, Imphal long Rev. Dominic Jala presided over the Easter mass at following an agreement reached be- way 2. The Manipur police resorted but his condition is said to be critical the Grotto Chapel in the Mary Help of Christians Cathe- tween the state government and the to firing as the mob became violent while the other injured person has dral here. Pascal commemoration in many parishes was JAC, local newspapers had reported imposing lightning bandh along the been identified as one Hemant Thamarked with candlelight processions and baptism of new- about the bandh lifting this morning. NH-2 in protest against the raping pa, 30 years, also from Kanglatongbi. born. Leaders of various political parties greeted Chris- Following these reports, vehicles start- incident of a 13 years old Gorkha girl He was hit by a bullet in his leg but he tians on the occasion. In his message, Governor K.K. Paul ed plying along the national highway by a 65 years old man from Senapati is said to be out of danger. said Easter is a festival of hope, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ and it signals the coming of Spring. "Easter inspires people all over the world to imbibe the spirit of sacrifice and forgiveness," Paul said while wishing the people of Meghalaya and to the Christian community a holy Easter. In his Easter greetings, Chief Minister Mukul GUWAhATI, APRIL 20 (Hira) Sarania who is con- Sections 120(B) (crimi- cil areas instigating Muslim Sangma said: "May the promise of Easter fill our hearts (PTI): Altogether seven testing as an independent nal conspiracy), 153(A) people to retaliate and inwith the spirit of love and peace and hope for salvation." candidates in the fray in from Kokrajhar. Another (B) (promoting enmity flict atrocities. A case under sections the third and final phase of AIUDF candidate Paresh between different groups, Banned drugs worth nearly 1 crore recovered Lok Sabha polls of April 24, Baishya from Mangaldoi imputations, assertions 500 (defamation), 501(b) AIZAWL, APRIL 20 (NNN): Banned drugs Pseudo- including two sitting MPs, and three independents prejudicial to national in- (printing or engraving matpherine locally known as ‘Khehpuam’ worth nearly Rs 1 have cases pending against contesting for the Gauhati tegration) 109 (abatement) ter known to be defamatoseat - Anil Bhagawati, Faruk has been taken cognizance ry), 34 (a criminal act done crore were recovered last Thursday from a Bolero (SUV) them. AIUDF president and Aahammed Bhuyan and of by Kokrajhar chief ju- in furtherance of common owned by Mizoram Congress spokesperson Lalrozara, a delayed police sources said today. The CID District Special Dhubri sitting MP Badrud- Benedict Alok Areng too dicial magistrate in 2012. intention) of IPC is pendBranch under Aizawl Superintendent of Police in a sur- din Ajmal and BJP's sitting have cases pending against, The case against him was ing against Gohain in the prise operation at Kulikawn near Ngaizel in southern Aiza- Nowgong MP Rajen Go- according to the affidavits filed by a person S I Islary court of the first class judiwl had seized the banned drugs mostly of Pseudopherine hain have cases pending filed by the candidates dur- alleging that provocative cial magistrate and is at the against them as have former ing nomination. speeches were delivered in stage of recording of stateworth Rs. 97,37,000 packed in 9 rice bags and 2 parcels. ULFA 'Commander' Naba Ajmal's case under IPC Bodoland Territorial Coun- ment of the accused.
GUWAhATI, APRIL 20 (PTI): Assam Government has pleaded before the National Green Tribunal that regulated movement of vehicles be allowed in the Kaziranga National Park instead of complete restriction, saying the stretch is the lifeline for North Eastern states. “Stopping of all types of vehicular movement will have cascading effect on the environment and protection of wildlife as it will lead to a huge pile of thousands of vehicles on the road running along the boundary of the National Park,” the Assam Government said in an application submitted before a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice
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PUBLIC NOTICE This is for general information that the Department of Horticulture Nagaland will be implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) from 2014-2015. The new MIDH Scheme entails development of farms and gardens along National Highways, State Highways and all season roads in the form of corridors and cluster areas of 5 hectares and above for easy aggregation, post harvest management and marketing of produces. Accordingly, the Department has constituted site selection technical team who will soon spot verify such potential areas for different horticultural crops in each district for the year 2014- 15 in consultation with the concerned District Horticulture Officer. Henceforth, no application requesting for orchard establishment from individuals will be entertained. However, a group of interested farmers owning a suitable land attached to such roads (stated above), with perennial water sources may contact the concerned DHO within April 25th 2014, for site verification by the selection team. (WATIENLA JAMIR) DIRECTOR OF HORTICULTURE NAGALAND: KOHIMA
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NEW DELHI, APRIL 20 (BL): Air India plans to start charging for food served to passengers on short duration flights of up to 60-90 minutes, senior airline officials said on Sunday. Sources told Business Line that a tender has been floated and based on its evaluation, a decision will be taken on whether or not to introduce the new system on its short duration flights. Water, however, will continue to be available free-of-charge. The implementation of the decision, which could be in place by the later half of the year, could mean that for flights say between
Chennai to either Bangalore or Hyderabad, a passenger will have to pay for food. Food on board The decision to consider implementing pay for food on board comes soon after Alliance Air, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Air India, introduced the concept in March this year charging Rs 40-100 for meals purchased on board. The rate which Air India plans to charge for food on board was yet to be firmed up, the sources indicated. Leasing of Airbus A-320 Meanwhile, the airline will soon reissue a tender
for leasing 14 Airbus A-320 aircraft which will be able to seat 180 passengers each in an all-economy configuration. Air India hopes to take delivery of these aircraft between now and 2017. Both the moves are being viewed as an attempt by the airline to get a larger share of the domestic lowcost market which has been growing faster than the full service market. Incidentally, IndiGo, SpiceJet and JetKonnect all charge for food on their flights. Generating ancillary revenues Air India is also exploring other avenues for gener-
ating ancillary revenues, including leasing out space, in some of its booking offices for banks to install ATM machines. The airline plans to start with leasing out office space in Delhi and Mumbai and then extend it to other cities in South India, the officials said. It is also looking to sell the last of the three Boeing 777-200 Long Range aircraft and use the funds generated to retire some of its debt. The airline had earlier sold five Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft to Etihad Airways, a move which helped reduce its debt burden by nearly $350 million.
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MUMBAI, APRIL 20 (TNN): ICICI Bank has said that its Touch Banking branches —100% self-service electronic outlets— has seen a surge in transactions prompting the bank to expand this service into smaller cities. The bank’s Touch Banking branches are halfway between ATMs and full-fledged branch outlets. The unique proposition of these branches is that any cash deposited in a Touch Banking branch is instantly credited to the depositors account. Officials said that the anytime feature of these outlets was a big hit among those who worked late hours. “These branches, which are open on all days 24X7, help customers do real-time cash deposits, withdraw money, deposit cheques and get instant receipts, transfer funds, open fixed deposits and generate bank statements. It also offers account related information
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through internet banking and video conferencing,” ICICI Bank statement. These branches, which are open on all days 24X7, help customers do real-time cash deposits, withdraw money, deposit cheques and get instant receipts, transfer funds, open fixed deposits and generate bank statements. It also offers account related information through internet banking and video conferencing. Buoyed by the customer’s response, the private bank is now expanding the number of such branches. “Transactions at Touch Banking branches have doubled in the last 6 months to close to 2 mn in February 2014. Around a lakh new customers transact at these branches every month. ICICI Bank said that it will open many such branches in future, not only in big cities but also in small towns, the bank said in a statement.
Pay salaries to pilots: HC to Kingfisher NEW DELHI, APRIL 20 (IANS): The Delhi High Court has directed the grounded Kingfisher Airlines to pay the outstanding salaries of three of its ex-pilots who had moved the court over non-payment of salaries. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw disposed off the case while asking the company to pay the salaries with 10 percent interest till the month salaries are due. Captain Sanjeev Kumar Ahuja had filed the case against Kingfisher Airlines seeking recovery of around Rs.26 lakh, his outstanding salary for five months from the airline. Moving the court through advocate M.K. Ghosh, Ahuja said that because of the insecure financial environment, he had to undergo a lot of hardships and liquidate all his assets to support his family.
Ahuja, who joined Kingfisher Oct The private airline has been 9, 2008, was appointed captain of an grounded since October 2012. Justice Endlaw asked Kingfisher Airbus 320 aircraft in the operations Airlines to pay Rs.25,37,500 to Ahuja department based in New Delhi with a salary of Rs.4.3 lakh per month. On Feb 1, 2012, Ahuja submitted his resignation which was duly accepted by the airlines, which also informed him that he was required to give a notice period of at least six months and would be relieved from his duties July 31, 2012. Ahuja worked till July, and was thereafter relieved but was not paid his salary from March to July 2012. Seeking his five months salary with interest, the captain said that with 10 percent interest. Along with despite various oral as well as written Ahuja, the court also allowed the plea reminders and personal visits, the airof Captain Aaditya Jugal Garg and line has failed and neglected to make Captain Amar Bhatia to get their out- the outstanding payment, which is due and payable to him. standing salaries.
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n adage says you cannot judge a book by its cover but can you surmise some traits of your acquaintances through a simple SMS sent on Easter Sunday? Maybe or maybe not but an Easter greetings SMS “I have no more poetry left in me but here’s wishing ur career, love, life n family, n kindness will rise under the wings n blessings of the risen Lord” sent Easter Sunday afternoon to a cross section of people including politicians, NGO leaders, government officials, journalists, members of Naga political groups and common citizens, drew a variety of replies. Of the 100-odd SMSs sent, seven replies came within 10 minutes of sending the SMSs, which included four from the media fraternity and
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one each from the entrepreneurs and NGOs and a private citizen. An hour after sending the SMS, 20 responded to the Easter greetings but none came from the politicians till the time of filing this report: understandable given their tight schedules and engagements. But does the immediacy of response by fellow journalist, NGOs and private citizens indicate that they are more courteous or “alive” to the everyday pains and small pleasures of life and, perhaps, in the next life too. “I asked Jesus hw mch do u luv me? ‘This much’ He answered. Then He stretched out His arms and died. So let us make GOD number ONE in our life”, read a message sent by a happy-go-lucky old time friend.
Another message from a former journalist-colleague read, “Poetry would not have been dead if you are here with me now.” Interestingly a former Naga national worker turned Congress party sympathiser responded, “NaMo (Modi) should lift Christian holiday good Friday in his state otherwise curse for sure.” “Behold! He has risen! He’s no more in the grave! He’s risen so that we can also rise with Him. ‘Happy Resurrection Day’”, a kilonser of a Naga political group SMS back. “Thanks for the Easter greetings...The Lord may not come in the form or a beggar but don a new avatar. So let us all be prepared!”, the last of the messages read. Ashikho Pfuzhe
Application of Resurrection
esus Christ is the incarnate of God. He was born in human form but wholly divine. He lived a perfect and holy life. He was crucified on our behalf. He rose again on the third day. He ascended Heaven. All this took place according to the Scriptures and salvation plan of God. Jesus Christ promised that he is coming back to receive His believers. The power of resurrection of Christ empowered the life of the disciples. They went out to the word and changed the world. The qualified young man who was a legal man, Jewish by race, Roman citizen and Greek speaker was thoroughly revolutionized by the power of the resurrection of Christ on his way to Damascus, Syria now. Paul testified that the power of Jesus is brighter and far more powerful than the sun which is 109 times of the earth (Acts 26:13, 14). In turn, he became the first world evangelist. The power of Jesus has touched more than half of the world’s population today. And it will reach the entire world before the coming of the end as he told us. Therefore, it is important for us to talk a bit about application and bearing of the Resurrection of the Lord as aftermath of the Easter.
1. A Resurrected life It is a renewed and revitalized life. How do you observe a resurrected life? It is the practice of Christian value in the life of a believer, and like a man living in the mind of Christ. It touches down the aspects of our individual, personal and social life. Holier, cleaner, harder work, honest and quality are the attitudes that can describe a resurrected life. For instance, a student works harder in his studies, a businessman more honest and practices fair means, a second thought before triggering a rifle, and working before a mind to threat and demand. The power of Resurrection will transform corrupted systems in society, government, pubic offices, and social milieus. It will bring quality education to schools, and business with work ethics. It will create a consciousness of standing on holy ground with burning bush ahead of you. Easter 2014 must bear resurrected life.
2. A Waiting life The final hope of the believers is the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. He told us to prepare and wait watchfully as he may come imminently. We will rise the way he resurrected. Millions are waiting for his second coming everyday. The tiresome, insecurity and uncertainty, and worrisome of this world is not the end of the believers. This hope is not a karmic or samsara process. Based on your decision (John 11:25), the rapture will be a moment of separation of your body, soul and spirit. Body will turn to dust, soul which is living consciousness (psyche) will cease while the spirit will inherit either eternal life or death depending upon the decision taken during your life time. The blessed are the people who are prepared and waiting. Next to resurrection is waiting. 3. A Mission life The greatest and last word of the Lord Jesus Christ after his resurrection was world mission when he said ‘Go to all the world and make disciples of all nations...’ (Matt 28:19). He also told us to obey him if we love him (John 14:15). Therefore, the primary responsibility of churches is mission. Mission means reaching people who are yet to be told of the message of eternal salvation. The world practices religious ritualism, and imaginary mechanism to satisfy their inner query and hallucinate inner guilt. But the Truth alone can set the world free (John 8:32,34) and the blood of Jesus alone can cleanse and purify human hearts (Heb 9:22), not by human techniques, ideas, and mystic concept. A man begins to enjoy inner peace and joy of God only when his heart is free from guilty conscience. Mission means ‘hope to the world’ offering what the world cannot offer. And, therefore, Mission must transcend local priority and convenience of our churches. Resurrection of the Lord and His mission are two sides of a coin. And resurrection means exigency and urgency of mission involvement. The message is that ‘everyone can have salvation on the basis of acceptance of Christ with 100% allegiance.’ P. Dozo
Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.
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propos to the article captioned “The Position of Rongmei Recognition” by Rongmei Council Nagaland (RCN) represented by its president James Akham which appeared in the local papers on 10th & 11th April, 2014. The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) is saddened to note the wild derogatory phrases used for paper war by the RCN referring the NTC as “some sections of leaders in the pretext and aegis of NTC or ENPO is generally reflecting or indicating certain defects notion or rationale deficiency of the Naga society… the syndrome of shortcomings… discriminative motive” or “The communal issue-based composing NTC... creating false public opinions, fallacious notions and out-rightly denying the fellow Naga brothers without realizing the facts, logic and the deserving status of the Rongmei citizens in the state… politically tempering… the advantages of the many evil designers etc” While the article is published for the consumption of the public at large, the contents directly accused NTC, hence this response to set the matter straight. NTC respect the feelings of RCN, however some of its accusations and conclusions are generalized and baseless assumptions, not factual and even recklessly selfish and one-sided. Our main concern is that needless misunderstanding, distrust and resentment from false propaganda not be passed onto one another among the pan Naga brethren. (2). NAMES OF ROMGMEI ARE NOT FOUND IN E-ROLL OF 1963 It is important to clarify that the Rongmeis were brought to Kohima under temporary permit by the British during the early part of the last century for scavenging profession at Kohima, this may not be misread or misinterpreted .That there are no names of Rongmei in the electoral roll of 5th Dec 1963 under Kohima District,
as certified by the Joint Chief Electoral Officer & PIO, Kohima vide his letter No. ELE/RTI2/2013/1758 Dt. 12/03/2013 and also there are no names of Rongmei in the electoral roll of 5th Dec. 1963 under Peren District as certified by Asst Election Officer & PIO Peren, vide his letter No. ELE/RTI/201013/639 Dt. 10/01/2013. The RCN while clarifying the statement of Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) admitted “there is no Rongmeis land in Peren District till date” as appeared in Morung Express Dt. 30th Sept. 2007. The right of recognition as claimed by RCN is baseless and is only creating animosities, distrust and resentment among Naga family. (3). ORDERED NOT TO ISSUE INDIGENOUS CERTIFICATE TO RONGMEI The Hon’ble Guwahati High Court in W.P.(C) No. 4519/12 for compliance of the order Dt. 22/11/2012 also passed an order addressed to the Chief Secretary, Nagaland as : “steps are being taken not to issue Indigenous Inhabitant Certificates to the members of Rongmei Community in violation of the abovementioned conditions stipulated in the Notification dated 28.04.1977. It may be stated that the names of the members of Rongmai Community did not appear in the Electoral Roll on 5.12.1963 and also they did not fulfill the other conditions stipulated in the abovementioned Notification dated 28.04.1977. Hence, you are hereby requested to comply with the aforesaid direction passed by the Hon’ble Gauhati High Court and not to issue ‘Indigenous Inhabitant Certificate’ to the members of Rongmei Community.” Therefore the claim of 1313 of Rongmeis purported to have settlement in Nagaland prior to 1st Dec. 1963 is bogus. Their claim of the so called “deserving shares” and accusing others of “the many evil designers” or claiming their recognition “enlarges or increases the grant of appropriation central provision”. Challenging the legal sta-
tus of NTC and Christian faith sion of greed, selfishness and legally not tenable. This is the is difficult to be understood. difference between the Rong(4). RECRUITMENT IN TO mei Council and the Nagas of GOVERNMENT JOBS WITH Nagaland. The RCN comparing themselves to the Cacharis and BOGUS CERTIFICATES The recent controversies on Kukis who have several villages the genuineness of Shri Sachui prior to 1st Dec. 1963 and were Kamei, S/o. Talung Kamei a listed as Indigenous Inhabitant Rongmei candidate who claims tribe during the state formation to be held from Zeliang Tribe and thereby gaining political was issued an Indigenous In- mileage, ability to manipulate habitant Certificate and Sched- the present Govt. is not good for uled Tribe Certificate by the the health of the pan Naga comDeputy Commissioner of Kohi- munity. ma during 2004 qualifying him to seat for job interview in the (6). ONCE THE DOOR IS Social Welfare Department who OPEN THERE CAN BE NO was later selected for the post of STOPPING LATER The NTC has serious reserLDA-Cum-Computer Assistant against the seat reserved for Ze- vation on the issue of recogniliang Tribe(BT). The NTC ques- tion of other tribes apart from tions as to how a reserved seat the Naga tribes of Nagaland against Zeliang Tribe is given to State as indigenous inhabitant a candidate held from Rongmei tribe of Nagaland. The fact is Community and how an Indig- that the Rongmei Tribe recogenous Inhabitant Certificate is nition has already created preissued to a candidate who did cedence. Henceforth, when any not satisfied the criteria as laid Naga tribe from outside Nagadown in Govt. Notification No. land State applies for the same AR-8/8/76 dated kohima, the has to be treated at par with the 28th April, 1977. This blatant Rongmei lest it would be disact of the State is one glaring crimination. Rongmei tribe recinstance of the State allowing ognition has open a flood gate, the non-aboriginal tribe to take now the Nagas of Nagaland advantage in snatching away would be overwhelmed and the rightful share of the genu- stampeded as has happened ine citizen of the State. This is a in the last recruitment drive of shameless attempt to forcefully Graduate Teachers of 2012 in snatch away its brother’s share Peren District of Nagaland as a leading to the most unwanted consequence of recognition acinter-tribal conflict that is de- corded to Rongmei tribe. stroying our bound of unity for (7). GOVT. NOTIFICATION the Nagas. DT. 28.04.1977 IS WITHOUT (5). ANGAMIS AND SEMAS BIAS The Notification was enARE RECOGNIZED TRIBES acted without any prejudice IN MANIPUR Some Angamis and Semas nor by issuing this Notification had temporary settlement in the State Govt. committed any and around Tadubi and Kang- “historical injustice:” to any pokpi of Senapati District prior community or communities to the creation of Manipur State as was alleged by some perdue to Indo-Naga warfare. As sons with vested interest. It is such they were listed as recog- the considered opinion of the nized tribes of Manipur as per NTC that it would be the greatlaw of Manipur state but they est mistake the Nagas will ever did not own any village territo- make for their future generary as a community in Manipur, tions, if dual Indigenous Intherefore they never claimed habitant Naga Tribal Status any benefit at any time, where- is to be granted to some Naga as in the case of RCN who owns Tribes residing in two or more no village territory claiming states. Such a precedence may their recognition in Nagaland poison the pan Naga happy as their birthright is an expres- family, consisting of all contig-
uous areas of the Nagas in different states and countries. It is also observed that the present “recognition issue” is creating confusion, division, hatred and bitterness among the Nagas by making claim and counter claim through various print medias and not as alleged by the RCN such as “the so called Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) is seen as a rising crisis and chaos of the people”. Instead, the political upper hand of RCN is confusing and disturbing our Naga society today. (8). THE NTC SHALL STAND FOR NAGA INTEGRATION The NTC is all out and committed to the cause of Naga integration in all possible ways and means. NTC takes pride to state that till date all Nagas hailing from different States and Regions enjoy equal social Naga tribal status without any discrimination or distinction within the State of Nagaland. However, the question of modification of the Notifications and granting of other Naga Tribe as Indigenous Inhabitant Naga Tribal Status of the State of Nagaland is concern, the NTC is of the view that an individual member of a particular tribe having immovable property or having resided in the state over a considerable length of time does not qualify his whole tribe to be recognized as an Indigenous Inhabitant Naga Tribe of Nagaland. As the Notification has provisions and stipulated conditions for the individual residents to be recognized as indigenous inhabitant of the State, NTC appeals the State Govt to strictly adhere to the said Notification and not otherwise. It is pertinent to state here that any deviation from the existing legislated law of the land will be detrimental to the interest of the Nagas of Nagaland and fraternal relationship of Naga brethren. It is of paramount importance for the Naga tribes to respect and acknowledge situational realities that binds us together with mutual recognition and acceptance to collectively strive for
our common vision. (9). THE NTC IS FOR THE NAGAS OF NAGALAND When the indigenous Naga Tribes of present Nagaland decided to form an organization of their own, others have absolutely no right to interfere into the affairs of the organization nor have any right to refer it as “the so called NTC.” The NTC reiterates its stand that it is not against any Naga unity as Nagas belong to the “common family of the same racial stock”. However, it is an undeniable fact that every Naga Tribe resides in a particular contiguous geographical area as a tribe these geographical areas were grouped into districts, states and even countries. These tribes were recognized as indigenous inhabitant to their particular district or state where they reside or inhabits. The patriotic Rongmei Nagas occupied Temenglong district of present day Manipur. Likewise, many other Naga tribes occupied other districts of Manipur and even a sizeable portion of Myanmar. The Naga tribes of Nagaland inhabited the present geographical area of present day Nagaland and are therefore termed as indigenous inhabitant tribes of Nagaland and were accordingly given due recognition. However, any people group or tribe including Naga tribes outside the geographical area of the present day Nagaland cannot be termed as indigenous inhabitant tribe of Nagaland. (10). RONGMEI DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED CRITERIA FOR RECOGNITION The NTC recognized the fact that there were few Rongmei (Kabui) families residing in Kohima and Dimapur before 1963. However, is this fact enough to qualify the whole Rongmei tribe to be recognized as an indigenous inhabitant tribe of Nagaland? Does having a plot of land in Kohima or Dimapur before the statehood of Nagaland meet the criteria to be recognized as an indigenous inhabitant tribe
invest in the future to Defeat Malaria Ranjan K Baruah
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ne of the goals in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to fight back diseases like malaria. But the fact is that this goal is yet to be achieved as lots have to be done to fight back malaria. Whether we believe or not but the fact is that Malaria still kills an estimated 627 000 people every year, mainly children under 5 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2013, 97 countries had on-going malaria transmission. Every year, more than 200 million cases occur; most of these cases are never tested or registered. Emerging drug and insecticide resistance threaten to reverse recent gains. There is urgency to fund more to defeat malaria. Global efforts to control and eliminate malaria have saved an estimated 3.3 million lives since 2000, reducing malaria mortality rates by 42% globally and 49% in Africa. The large majority of the 3.3 million lives saved between 2000 and 2012 were in the 10 countries with the highest malaria burden, and among children aged less than 5 years – the group most affected by the disease. Over the same period, malaria mortality rates in children in Africa were reduced by an estimated 54%. In 2012, there were an estimated 207 million cases of malaria (uncertainty interval: 135 – 287 million), which caused approximately 627 000 malaria deaths (uncertainty interval 473 000 – 789 000). An estimated 3.4 billion people continue to be at risk of malaria, mostly in Africa and south-east Asia. Around 80% of malaria cases occur in Africa. Most deaths occur among children living in
Africa where a child dies every minute from malaria. Malaria mortality rates among children in Africa have been reduced by an estimated 54% since 2000. Malaria is transmitted exclusively through the bites of Anopheles mosquitoes. The intensity of transmission depends on factors related to the parasite, the vector, the human host, and the environment. 52 countries are on track to reduce their malaria case incidence rates by 75%, in line with World Health Assembly and Roll Back Malaria targets for 2015. These 52 countries only account for 4% (8 million) of the total estimated malaria cases. 59 countries are on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal target of reversing the incidence of malaria (between 2000 and 2015). WHO is currently developing a global technical strategy for malaria control and elimination for the 20162025 period. World Malaria Day was instituted by World Health Organisation (WHO) Member States during the World Health Assembly of 2007. It is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control. World Malaria Day which is observed on 25th April is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment to control and eliminate this deadly disease. The theme for the 2013–2015 campaign is "Invest in the future. Defeat malaria." International funding for malaria control increased from less than US$ 100 million in 2000 to almost US$ 2 billion in 2012. Domestic
funding stood at around US$ 0.5 billion in the same year, bringing the total international and domestic funding committed to malaria control to US$ 2.5 billion in 2012 – less than half the US$ 5.1 billion needed each year to achieve universal access to interventions. Malaria has been a major public health problem in India. Intermittent fever,
with high incidence during the rainy season, coinciding with agriculture, sowing and harvesting, was first recognized by Romans and Greeks who associated it with swampy areas. They postulated that intermittent fevers were due to the 'bad odour' coming from the marshy areas and thus gave the name 'malaria' ('mal'=bad + 'air') to intermittent fevers. In spite of
the fact that today the causative organism is known, the name has stuck to this disease. Malaria is a public health problem in several parts of the country. About 95% population in the country resides in malaria endemic areas and 80% of malaria reported in the country is confined to areas consisting 20% of population residing in tribal, hilly, difficult and inaccessible areas.
Countrywide Epidemiological Situation (1995 – 2012) Year
Population ‘000)
(in Total Malaria Cas- Deaths due to es (million) malaria
1995
888143
2.93
1151
1996
872906
3.04
1010
1997
884719
2.66
879
1998
910884
2.22
664
1999
948656
2.28
1048
2000
970275
2.03
932
2001
984579
2.09
1005
2002
1013942
1.84
973
2003
1027157
1.87
1006
2004
1040939
1.92
949
2005
1082882
1.82
963
2006
1072713
1.79
1707
2007
1087582
1.51
1311
2008
1119624
1.53
1055
2009
1150113
1.56
1144
2010
1167360
1.60
1018
2011
1194901
1.31
754
2012(Prov.) 1211509
1.06
519
of Nagaland? As far as NTC is concerned, Rongmei as a community resided in the district of Tamenglong, Manipur, as such; the Rongmei tribe is not qualified to be recognized or considered to be indigenous inhabitant tribe of Nagaland. Despite these empirical facts, the State Government issues a blatant notification recognizing the Rongmei tribe as an indigenous inhabitant tribe of Nagaland, the NTC is duty bound to question or reject or oppose the legally and morally wrong decision, as “two wrongs cannot make a thing right”. (10). CONCLUSION What the NTC said in this rejoinder is our humble attempt to address the tribal recognition complications, blunders, distrust, bitterness and hatred out of the issue that has taken place, because we care for the legacy we are passing on to the coming Naga generations. The bare facts mentioned above must not be taken lightly so that no further divisions and misunderstandings may take place between the brethren. It is time we bury the past resentments and hate which basically originate from the psychology of a defeated cause. Let us help one another unbound from the things that enslave our hearts. In building nationhood, as it progresses, suffering and difficult situations take place, the longer the duration the bigger the lesson. It must not mean that we have lost our cause but instead look forward to the future where we should not fail in our responsibility and integrity. The NTC sincerely believes the statements above to be just the true facts and nothing else; however, if there is anything you see which we have not seen and must see and be helped thereby, we hope you will lend a brotherly helping hand to rectify us in the spirit of mutual trust and create better understanding so that peace and unity prevails in our land for all times to come. Theja Therieh, Secretary, I&P, NTC Lendinoktang Ao Action President, NTC
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Orgs condemn Ghathashi murder Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): Adhoc Town Council Ghathashi has condemned the April 13 incident at Ghathashi, where one Kaito of Mukalimi Village “mercilessly murdered” one Kuhovi Swu of Ighanumi and also bit one Vikato of Ghathashi “causing injury on his arm and chest.” A press statement issued by Yeshito Swu, GB and chairman of Adhoc Town Council Ghathashi added, “It is also seen that the deceased (Kuhovi Swu) bore many bite marks on his body beside a serious damage at the back of his head.” Stating that such kind of
“barbaric act” is a threat to the peace loving society, the Council urged that the accused be given befitting punishment. The Adhoc Town Council Ghathashi on behalf of its general public further appealed to the law enforcing authority not to bail out the accused under any circumstances. Meanwhile, Mukalimi Students’ Union (MSU) has also vehemently condemned the incident. The union in a release has urged the law enforcing agencies to award befitting punishment to the culprit and appealed the judicial authorities not to grant bail to the
accused. The Union also urged the Mukalimi Village Council to take exemplary action against the accused as per customary court of law without any fear or favour so that no such incident may occur in future. Further, the union appealed to the elders as well as public of Ighanumi village that the age old relationship of goodwill and bonhomie between the two villages shall be preserved in spite of barbaric act of the accused. The Union expressed its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed the departed soul rest in peace.
Source: National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme soul Harvest church of the living God, Daklane, Kohima observed easter sunday In India, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme is specially there to manage the problem related to malaria. There National Malaria Control Programme under it. Apart from rural and hilly areas there is also intervention of in the urban areas as
some of the urban areas have also reported death due to malaria. Experts and scientist related to climate change have reported that due to climate change vector borne diseases like malaria shall be increased in the north eastern region of the country. These brings
under the theme “He will see the light of life and be satisfied”. Pastor Rev. Kevisede
challenge to people associ- Kire, the speaker, preached on the victory of Jesus christ, who came to save the ated with the control of the sinners. Choreography, praise and worship, choir, and the Lord’s Supper marked the disease and at the same programme. time bring more responsiCORRIGENDUM bility to civil society to have collective fight to roll back Apropos the item ‘Community fishing - a threat to our fragile ecosystems’ that apmalaria from the region. peared on the April 20, 2014 edition of The Morung Express, it stands corrected that Mr. Ketusielie Angami is the Wokha District Fisheries Officer, and not as rendered. (With Inputs from The inadvertent mistake is regretted. WHO/NVBDCP)
The Morung Express is introducing “Public Space” as part of our intention to provide deliberate space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper. Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.
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The Morung Express MonDAy 21 APrIl 2014 voluME IX IssuE 107
Hill Hill, you and I have seen only upheaval since our birth. When I was torn from the universal womb I echoed your silent cry. You have been carved by time as I am. From your forests grow flutes oracular drums and nymphs. The ancient ones still speak of the time when the gods, tired of the heavens descended to earth, and with sensual fingers and primeval clay, moulded your torso and breasts. They also scooped the clouds and poured them over cliffs to fashion your silver hair. With subterranean instincts you have seen habitations, and generations of children come and go. When you descend in green bends to the townfolk you bring garments of fog, rural baskets of mushrooms, wildflowers and birds. Until one day I died and took new birth in your legendary woods. During the festive season when the cold gathers holly leaves, and lips of boys and girls meet again in benison I was lonely with you but heard your voices: horns in the distance and maidens and wild horses whinnying. Hill, you have preserved from decay hearts like mine, faltering forward in absurd death. And it should be. Clouds come home when they find you Robin S Ngangom (Manipur)
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Lewis Hamilton's tactical team switch proving correct
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ewis Hamilton shocked the Formula 1 caravan in September 2012 by announcing he would be leaving McLaren, the team he grew up with, to join Mercedes in 2013 as the retiring Michael Schumacher's replacement. Leaving a team like McLaren, the second oldest active outfit in the sport after Ferrari and one of the most successful, required guts. The 29-year-old literally grew up with the Wokingbased team after famously telling the then team principal Ron Dennis that he would race for it one day. "I want to race for you one day, I want to race for McLaren," said Hamilton as a 10-year-old. McLaren, thereon, supported his racing career until he finally landed a team seat in 2007. Mercedes, though involved in F1 mostly as engine suppliers to several teams, including McLaren, returned as a constructor in 2010 for the first time since 1955 when it bought Brawn GP, the 2009 constructors' champion. It did not make much of an impact in the first three years by finishing fourth, fourth and fifth in the standings, but last year it took a step forward by ending second behind Red Bull. The Brackley-based team also won three races, including the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix. But this season saw some of the biggest changes in the sport's history with the 2.4 litre V8 engines, introduced in 2006, being replaced by the 1.6 litre turbocharged V6 engines. And the efficient Mercedes engines have immediately shown results. The top-3 teams - Mercedes, Force India and McLaren - after three races this year are powered by Mercedes engines with legendary constructor Ferrari, using its own engines, down to fifth. Hamilton's decision shows his acumen. He had foreseen that engine-manufacturing teams might have an upper hand, with the new regulations, in 2014 and beyond. The rule changes in 2009 saw Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel win both the available championships four times consecutively from 2010-13. For all we know, Mercedes can now dominate F1. The German team has won all three races this season with Hamilton second in the drivers' standings behind teammate Nico Rosberg. The 2008 World Champion has won two of the three races and might have even led the championship if he hadn't retired from the season opening Australian Grand Prix where he took pole. It will be a big surprise if Mercedes don't go on to win both the championships this season. But the drivers' title will be an interesting battle as it will be an open fight between the two friends - Rosberg and Hamilton. Though Germany's Rosberg (61 points) is leading the championship, Hamilton (50) has been more dominant. Apart from bagging the pole in Australia, he finished a staggering 17.313 seconds ahead of the German in Malaysia despite driving a similarly-configured machine. At the Bahrain GP, the Briton really pressed the accelator much harder against Rosberg. The race saw a fantastic duel between the two with each one overtaking the other several times. Eventually, Hamilton's superb driving skills clinched the race. With the next race also at Hermann Tilke's designed Shanghai International Circuit, like in Malaysia and Bahrain, Mercedes is once again expected to dominate the 5.451 km track this weekend. Which Mercedes driver comes out on top is another question. But the main point is that Hamilton's decision to switch from one of the most successful teams in history to a relative newbie has proved correct and he has shown his racing brain. He has already stated he wants to replicate what Michael Schumacher did with Ferrari. The legendary champion joined the Italian outfit in 1996 and immediately made the competitive car a race winner. Schumacher went on to pocket Ferrari's first drivers' title in 21 years in 1999 and what he went on to achieve next is - as they say - history. The question is, will Hamilton be able to do a Schumacher?
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Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi and Clare Sambrook
One life in investigative journalism What story or campaign are you most proud of? One night, a few summers ago, friends of mine in York were disturbed by a loud banging on their door. There stood a Kurdish family — men, women and children — distraught. A young relative of theirs in Cumbria, where I live, had been detained by the immigration authorities. Her two-year-old son was left parentless for four days. My friends found them a lawyer — on the 31st phone call, and prompted letters appealing to the Home Office. I created a media campaign. After 26 days locked up at Yarl’s Wood detention centre, the family was released and, eventually, allowed to remain here. There had been no reason to detain them. Out of their damaging ordeal came our (unfunded) End Child Detention Now campaign. We were amazingly successful at raising awareness about and combating the practice of locking up asylum-seeking families in conditions known to harm them. Anthony Barnett at OurKingdom published our work relentlessly from the start. That relationship grew into the Shine A Light project, which continues to expose injustice and challenge official lying.
A Q&A with Clare Sambrook, OurKingdom co-editor and co-founder of the ‘End Child Detention Now’ campaign. Interviewer: Rebecca OmoniraOyekanmi, writer-in-residence at Lacuna
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odern-day slavery can be eradicated from multinational supply chains, but only if global businesses contribute to greater transparency and collaboration, according to new recommendations by Sedex Global and Verite. “Human trafficking and slavery in the supply chain are global issues,” Mark Robertson, head of marketing and communications at Sedex Global, which provides a collaborative platform for responsible supply-chain data, told IPS. “But these issue are not unsolvable and there are good examples of companies – and initiatives – tackling the issue.” There are thought to be some 11.7 million victims of forced labour in Asia, followed by 3.7 million in Africa and 1.8 million in Latin America. Slave labour is part of the production of at least 122 consumer goods from 58 countries, according to the 2012 International Labour Organisation statistics listed in the briefing. The U.S. federal government compiles its own such list of products produced by slave or child labour. According to the latest update, last year, some 134 goods from 73 countries use child or forced labour in the production processes. Certain sectors are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking and forced labour. According to the new briefing and backed up by these other lists, particularly problematic sectors include agriculture, mining and forestry, as well as manufacturers of apparel, footwear and electronics. “Asia is the source of many of the world’s manufactured goods, and also home to half the world’s human trafficking – the majority of which is forced labour,” Anti-Slavery International’s Lisa Rende Taylor notes in the report. Almost 21 million people are victims of human trafficking worldwide, according to the briefing, 55 percent of whom are women and girls. Migrant workers and indigenous populations are considered particularly vulnerable to forced labour. The
Are there set ingredients to success? Journalism is a lifelong apprenticeship. Be immersed in the craft. Study the best: ask, how is this piece working? If something feels dodgy, get digging. Own up to what we don’t understand; clarify that thing. Don’t talk too much. Listen. Ask questions: ‘What are the questions?’ is a good one. Seek critique from good writers and from experts in your field. Imagine the reader is an intelligent 12-year-old. (Brighter than we are but lacks information and context.) Anger may drive us and direct our research; it doesn’t belong in the final draft. Rage diverts attention from the information. What have been the biggest obstacles for you in building a career as a writer? Charm, confidence and connections can take you a long way in journalism. I’m rather lacking in those. Financial anxiety isn’t helpful. Having children is the best thing ever. Not a smart career move.
Why did you choose to become a journalist? I remember, when I was very small, my Mum saying: ‘You’re very inquisitive.’ Me: ‘What’s that?’ I have always wanted to know what’s really going on. What path did you take? It’s all a bit random. A bright kid, I got turned off education early. (‘Stop wriggling while Sister is hitting you!’ was one memorable phrase from my Catholic primary school.) Home life wasn’t easy. I slouched through comprehensive school. To get into Sixth Form you had to achieve ‘O’ level As or Bs in the subjects you wanted to take at A-level. English apart, I had Cs and below. So I was heading for Scunthorpe Tech. But then my best friend went to work on our school-teachers. She persuaded them that since I hadn’t done badly at History ‘O’ Level (I hadn’t taken it), couldn’t they let me take History A-level? My Art teacher agreed to waive his grade requirement if I’d spend lunchtimes drawing. So, with English, I had three A-Levels to study and a ticket into Sixth Form. Excellent teaching woke me up. I worked hard and soared. In Lower Sixth, my history teacher suggested I write an essay for the Vellacott History Prize. That’s a national competition judged by lecturers at Cambridge University. I won it. Then my teachers said, try for Cambridge. Until that moment I had not considered university at all. On the application form under ‘parents’ occupation’ I wrote: ‘Father, unemployed.’ ‘What business was he in?’ drawled the admissions tutor. My dad had been a school caretaker. ‘I think we can consider this interview over, don’t you?’ Next interview: the History man. He asked me about Quentin Skinner and a few other writers who excited me back then, and he wasn’t remotely interested in my dad. I did their exam. They let me in. This was the 1980s. I got the full student grant and free tuition. The College paid for me to travel around Italy and Egypt. Cambridge was a freaky experience. Anyone from the wrong sort of background can tell you that. For the first time I lived among people who were materially privileged. Some of them were emotionally cauterised, stunningly sure of themselves and totally ignorant of life beyond their tiny elite; the kind of people now remaking Britain for the rich. After Cambridge I applied for and failed to get loads of jobs in journalism, made the final board of the BBC News Trainee scheme, then rejection. I was
tion and very good money. I never did kick his bin. (That’s one regret). A brush with meningitis reminded me that life is short. I turned freelance so that I could do investigations. I wrote about the Lottery and corruption in the Olympics. Then I wrote my first novel, Hide & Seek.
How has the industry changed since your first job? Aged 15 I did some work experience in a tiny office of the Lincolnshire Times: electric typewriter, 3 carbon copies, no Tippex. The copy was parcelled up in brown paper and string (am I making this up?), then driven across the Wolds to the Humber Ferry for the crossing to Hull. These days I publish online from my home in rural Cumbria (in my pajamas). There is so much material online. That’s exciting.
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a terrible interviewee. I got a job at the John Lewis Gazette, then moved to Marketing Magazine (the Haymarket Group). On days off, under a pseudonym, I worked shifts on the tabloids (Daily Express, Sun, Mail on Sunday). By post I offered freelance pieces that were usually ignored. The Daily Telegraph published one — about riding a motorbike in London, with a picture of me in my leathers. That landed me a three-month contract on the Daily Telegraph financial pages, because the City editor rode a moped. He ran what he called a ‘tight ship’. In other words, he ruled by terror. After three months of that, he sacked me. Back home, tears. A wise friend offered this advice: ‘Go back in, go into his office, kick his bin.’ ‘His bin?’ ‘Yes, kick the bloody bin.’ I washed my face, got on my motorbike, rode to the office, challenged the tyrant, got a 6-month contract that turned into a proper job and then promo-
What is your advice for those considering getting into campaign journalism? Focus. Find out who’s feisty (NGOs, campaigners, journalists) on your patch. Learn, volunteer, research, share material, be useful. Oh, and . . . if an accident of birth has given you connections, don’t use them to get jobs or commissions ahead of other people. If you want to challenge injustice, challenge nepotism. If you had to give a reading list to an aspiring journalist, what would the top three books be? One very short book: The Way to Write, A complete guide to the basic skills of good writing, by John Fairfax and John Moat, the poets who started the Arvon Foundation. The foreword is by their friend Ted Hughes. Stephen King’s memoir and manual On Writing is warm and encouraging: he wants us to write well. As writers we need to speak Human. So: The Stories of Anton Chekhov. We may trawl documents and mine data, but the raw material is life. Stories about injustice make the headlines one day, and the next day, very often, little changes: what, then, is the point of your work? Democracy works only if people have got access to accurate information. Official information is so often unreliable. Exposing truths gives democracy a chance, informs our fellow citizens, helps and encourages campaigners and the dispossessed, gives ammunition to people who might use it.
Ending Modern Slavery Starts in the Boardroom Farangis Abdurazokzoda Inter Press Service briefing highlights issues that analysts say have not yet been sufficiently addressed, such as “broker-induced hiring traps”, exacerbated by steadily increasing volumes of migrant workers all around the world. “For workers, labour brokerage increases migration and job acquisition costs and the risk of serious exploitation, including slavery,” the report states. Further, the presence of both well-organised and informal brokerage companies “in all cases” increases migrant vulnerability. “The debt that is often necessary for migrant workers to undertake in order to pay recruitment fees, when combined with the deception that is visited upon them by some brokers about job types and salaries, can lead to a situation of debt-bondage,” the report states.
ers. Globalisation and “complex and multi-tiered” supply chains have made it massively more difficult to detect forced labour and human trafficking, the new report states. Thus, “companies need tools, protocols and policies to effectively audit trafficking and to establish mechanisms to protect workers.” The briefing recommends companies step up actions to “raise awareness internationally and externally of the risks of human trafficking” and to establish corporate policies to address related issues. Particularly important is to “map supply chains, which would help identify vulnerable workers and places of greatest risk.” Sedex Global, with over 36,000 partners, allows member companies to upload all social audit types, which are primary tools for brands to assess their own facilities and those of their suppliers to detect workers abuse. The Sedex platform highlights social audits, conducted between 2011 and 2013, that show that a “lack of adequate policies, management and reporting on forced labour” as well as a “lack of legally recognised employment agreements, wages and benefits” can indicate a risk of forced labour being present. “Modern day slavery carries risks for companies,” Robertson says. “It can seriously affect a brand’s reputation.” Nor is slavery an issue that affects only developing countries. “Since 2007, more than 3,000 cases of labour trafficking inside the United States have been reported – nearly a third from 2013 alone,” Bradley Myles, the CEO of the Po-
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Globalised supply chains Sedex and Verite highlight the importance of sourcing from responsible businesses and offer recommendations for both brands and suppliers on how to engage in ethical practices in supply chains. “We are hoping to help companies understand the risks that they and their partners face with regard to the modern slavery,” Dan Viederman, the CEO of Verite, a watchdog group, told IPS. “It takes more commitment from companies to really understand what is happening amongst the hidden process among their business partners.” Viederman says the new campaign by Verite and Sedex Global will work to motivate companies and their suppli-
laris Project, a U.S. anti-trafficking group, says in the new report. “And there are so many more people who are trapped that we haven’t heard from yet. Business can and should take steps to eradicate this form of modern slavery from their operations and supply chains.” California model Consumers also have enormous power – if they use it. But “the issue has not pervaded the conscience of society quite yet,” Karen Stauss, director of programmes for Free the Slaves, an advocacy group, told IPS. “The word hasn’t gotten out. Consumer power, the company’s buying as well legislative powers, should all be part of the resolution.” Stauss says a good model comes from a state law here in the United States, called the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act, or SB-657. This would require publicly traded companies to disclose what efforts they are making to eradicate human trafficking and slavery from their supply chains. Many companies, however, do not yet appear to have formal anti-slavery policies. According to the Corporate and Social Responsibility press release, out of 129 companies urged to conform with the California law by Know the Chain, an anti-slavery group, only 11 have done so. The director of communications of Humanity United, Tim Isgitt said, “After months of outreach to these corporations, approximately 21 percent on the list are still not in compliance with the law.” “It is necessary to push all businesses, not only progressive ones, to be more transparent to their customers and their investors in their supply chains,” Free the Slaves’ Stauss says. “Although multinationals might not be directly involved in the exploitation of forced labour, they can help confront it by using their buying power to influence their direct and marginal partners who are involved in the production of the raw materials, where human trafficking and forced slavery are most prevalent.”
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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE
Fliers' thoughts, from 'no fear' to 'it's scarier'
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he Indonesian mother of three had flown without her kids before, but this was the first time she gave her eldest a to-do list in case something happened on the flight she and her husband were taking. "I never worried like this before what happened with the missing Malaysia Airlines plane," Yulveri, who like many Indonesians uses only a single name, said at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. At airports across Asia and around the world, Flight 370 and its 239 passengers and crew, now lost for more than a month, are topics of avid speculation and sometimes anxiety. Passengers typically remain confident about the safety of air travel, but some are distressed by the disappearance, which — given the number of people involved — is unprecedented in aviation industry. "The mystery over the missing plane had created many confusing, even terrifying, theories every day," Yulveri said. "And the black-box must be found whenever and however, or it will become a black hole in the aviation world." Before she and her husband, an air force officer, left for a week-long tour of Japan's Hokkaido island, she talked to her 15-year-old daughter and asked her to take care of her younger siblings. "What are you talking about, Mom?" Yulveri quoted her daughter as saying. "You will come home. We all will be fine." Here's what air travelers across Asia said Wednesday, Thursday and Friday when they were asked, "One month later, how does the Flight 370 mystery affect your attitude toward flying?" • Yue Caifei, 65, a retired engineer from Tianjin, China, waiting at Beijing Capital Airport to set off on a 15-day group tour of the U.S.: "I'm not afraid at all. Flying is generally really safe and accidents are really, really rare. What's the point of being afraid? We're living a good life, our children are grown and it's time for us to enjoy life. I'm going off to Hawaii and San Francisco and when I get back let's go get a drink." • Jin Bijian, 34, a website-television multimedia producer headed from Beijing to Hong Kong to accompany a friend on a shopping trip: "I'm really scared. I've always been a nervous flier and this only makes things worse. We have to find out what happened to the plane. We need to know what the risks are. Otherwise, it feels like anything can go wrong and we just don't know." • Greg Corbishley, 49, who was heading home to London from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport after a business trip to Thailand and Cambodia: "Flying is still probably the safest means of transport. And until we find the plane and find out what happened, I think that stays the case." • Sinead Boylan, 26, of Liverpool, England, flying from Bangkok to Australia after backpacking across Asia: "It's scarier than it was. I'm a little more cautious, a little more worried, I'd say." • Kim Hyun-shik, 56, a retired banker traveling out of Seoul's Incheon International Airport for a 10day trip to Turkey with his wife: "It makes me a little nervous. ... It's amazing to think that people have disappeared, just like that. Science has developed so much, yet we can't do a basic search of a jet. As time goes by, it will be like trying to find a needle in a river." • Skander Aissa, who works in the finance industry in Connecticut, at the airport train in Hong Kong.
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ravelers at Asian airports have asked questions about the March 8 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Here are some of them, followed by answers.
Samuel Rogers, a 20-year-old German on a backpacking trip, in Bangkok and on his way to Malaysia. He asked: "Why did the Malaysian military see the plane on their radar but not report it immediately?" A: The Malaysian Air Force's official line is that its radar operators spotted the plane but didn't have any reason to suspect it. This is why they didn't attempt to contact the plane or scramble jets to intercept it. Many aviation and defense experts say there are grounds to doubt this. They speculate the air force failed to spot the unidentified plane entering its airspace, or if it did, didn't respond to what could potentially have been a national security threat. Admitting that would be a highly embarrassing and sensitive for any air force, and could be the reason for the delay in publicly confirming that the plane did turn back. Aylen Meir, 25, of Munich, Germany, in Bangkok and on her way to Australia to work as an au pair. She asked: "Why was the transponder switched off?" A: Investigators have not categorically said the transponder was shut off deliberately, allowing for the possibility that it malfunctioned or was damaged in an explosion or some other incident. But there are strong grounds to think that someone on board did switch it off. The most obvious reason why a pilot would turn off the transponder is to make their plane invisible to commercial radar or other nearby planes. This would be consistent with the actions of someone on board who wanted to make it hard for anyone to track where the plane was headed, and strengthens suspicion of foul play. It would be very rare for a pilot to turn off the transponder in midair, though if it were malfunctioning they might do that.
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Yip Royal, 29, a Hong Kong man at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. He asked whether the families of those who had loved ones on board will be compensated. A: The Montreal Convention governs the amount of compensation airlines must pay when a passenger is injured or dies aboard an international flight. Currently that amount is around $175,000. Relatives will also be able to file suit in their home countries against Malaysia Airlines. They might also try suing Boeing in their own territories. They may get more money if a court rules that either entity were negligent. Non-American citizens will find it very difficult to sue either the airline or Boeing in an American court, which could award significantly larger payouts. The Montreal Convention stipulates plaintiffs can file suit in five locations: the domicile and principal place of business of the airline, in this case Malaysia; the end destination; the country where the ticket was purchased, and the place where the passenger lived. The Montreal Convention's rules about where suits can be filed apply only to airlines, so relatives could also try to sue the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing in a U.S. court. But federal courts there have tended to dismiss cases in which the crashes took place overseas and the majority of plaintiffs are foreign. Skander Aissa, who works in the finance industry in Connecticut, at the airport train in Hong Kong. He and his wife were traveling to Taiwan after visiting a friend. He asked: "Why didn't they install GPS on the plane? A: The tracking of airplanes is almost entirely radar based, either commercial or military. Some planes have global position systems to help with navigation but they are not tracked on the ground. Since Flight 370 went missing, many people have asked this question and it is likely that tracking systems will be upgraded to ensure a plane is never "lost" again. However, who will pay for the changes and coordinate their implementation remains under debate.
He and his wife were traveling to Taiwan after visitshe was catching a flight to Bali, Indonesia, for a ing a friend: "No fear. You take a risk when you take holiday: "I'm still fine with flying. But when it first the plane all the time, anyway. It doesn't matter if happened, you think, 'Oh my goodness.' But you you're flying now or tomorrow. It is what it is." do it that regularly it doesn't bother you. And I think Jacques Niclair, a 65-year-old Mauritius businessthat whoever took that plane, obviously it must man who arrived at Kuala Lumpur International have been something to do with terrorism, and you Airport on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Colomjust hope there are no terrorists on our plane." bo, Sri Lanka: "I can tell you that I slept very well • Jane Barnes, Cole's daughter, who also was on board. It didn't affect me. I was not worried. ... traveling to Bali: "I don't feel any differently. As long as we don't know what happened to the I fly quite often, probably about every 8 to 10 plane, we should be supportive of Malaysia Airweeks. But even when I do fly that often, I still lines. It is going through a tough time." have quite a few butterflies on the plane. Any Wajihah Abdul Fatah, 19, a Malaysian student little bumps, I'm just, 'Hang on,' and I'm holdheaded home on a Malaysia Airlines flight from ing my breath. But you just bear it. ... I think Kuala Lumpur to her hometown in Sarawak state you can't let these things interfere with your on Borneo island: "I am so very afraid that somelife. If you have plans, and you have holidays thing will happen to my plane like MH370, but I to go to, and, what do they say about life, you just have to believe in Allah and pray that I will be just keep going with it." safe. I have to fly. I have no choice because I miss • Duang-ramon Paaptanti, 37, a Thai woman who my family." studies at a Japanese university and was leavNurul Shuhada Rosnan, 19, was at the Kuala ing Tokyo's Haneda Airport on a Cathay Pacific Lumpur airport to see off Wajihah, her friend: flight to Hong Kong: "That was a one-off thing "I have decided not to take any flight for the and things like that don't happen very often, but next two years. How can a plane just disapit makes me want to communicate more with my pear like that?" family. You become more cautious. You make Joyce Cole, who lives near Perth, Australia, where sure that you say your goodbyes properly."
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e speaks with a calm, steady voice as he tackles question after question in an attempt to explain one of the biggest mysteries the modern world has ever known: What happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370? Angus Houston has become the global face of the massive monthlong search operation off Australia's west coast to find the missing Boeing 777, which is believed to be resting on the silt-covered bottom of the southern Indian Ocean, somewhere in a patch of sea the size of Los Angeles. The lanky former head of Australia's defense force has been praised for restoring credibility and confidence that was missing early on when Malaysian officials were tasked with providing answers about how and why the jet carrying 239 people could have flown so far off course and vanished. Once satellite data revealed that the plane was last detected off Australia's coast, the search — along with the responsibility of updating the world — fell on Houston. As head of the joint agency coordinating the search, Houston has said from the get-go that he has nothing to hide, and has promised to release every detail of the slow-moving hunt to the passengers' families, who are desperate for any pinch of new information that could explain why their loved ones took off in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 8 but never landed in Beijing. Houston, 66, has a history of taking care of grieving families, including writing letters to air force pilots' widows. Australians know him as a military man with a heart. "He's accepted to be an exceptionally professional officer and a very personable one, and a deeply caring person," said Neil James, executive director of the Australian Defense Association security think tank, who's known Houston for years. "A lot of senior military officers have a much colder exterior. They're not always known to be deeply caring, but Houston actually was." Houston is now a well-known face among Australians, but he didn't start out here. Born in Scotland, he moved Down Under when he was just a young man, working for a stint as a jackaroo, or farm hand, at a cattle station. He later joined the Royal Australian Air Force — where his given name, Allan, was replaced by the nickname Angus because of his strong Scottish accent, which has long since disappeared. He went on to become a decorated helicopter pilot, after being initially told that at nearly 2 meters (6-foot-5), he was too tall to fly fighter jets. He worked his way up through the ranks, first serving as the air force chief before becoming head of the defense force, where he oversaw military operations in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. When Houston retired from that position in 2011 after six years on the job, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard surprised many when she gushed about him to his wife at a farewell event. "Every woman I know is a little bit in love with your husband," she said. "I'm a little bit in love with your husband." His high-level military experience means Houston is no stranger to leaders in China and Malaysia, who are following every step of the search for the missing aircraft just as closely as he is. He refuses to speculate or put too much weight on the potential that any new lead could bring. Instead, he repeatedly warns that the search for an airplane in a vast, largely unexplored area about 4,500 meters (15,000 feet) down on the ocean floor is a major undertaking, and has stressed that there are no guarantees the jet will be found. "I've watched him on the news ... and he definitely has more credibility than Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysian government," said Wang Chunjiang, whose younger brother was aboard the plane. "The Chinese families really appreciate Australia for their efforts in the search. It isn't their flight, and yet they're really trying their best to do it."
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Are you sAtisfied with the wAy NAgAlANd stAte goverNmeNt is AddressiNg the AssAm-NAgAlANd border issues? sue?? Dont joke Mex. Its doing nothing at all. Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes it seems like Nagaland government is at least not let- • Not satisfactory. The inefficiency and insincerity on the part of our elected members up there in Delhi and at home in Na- • ting Assam government have their way completely. But galand (over the decades) is being reflected again and again at the same time it is not doing anything that is pro-active. in the form of this perennial border dispute with Assam. No It is only waiting for an incident to happen and then reactdoubt about it that there are certain factors that the state goving to the situation. In the long run such an approach will ernment need to consider while be detrimental for Nagas. dealing with this issue because • Yes, I am sure that the Nagaland state government has Assam is taking advantage of her some concern for the border situation. But I think they geographical location and placing are lacking in strategy. They don’t have proper planning the Nagas in a state of suspended on how to deal with the situation. animation in this dispute. It appears • Yes, Nagaland n Assam border issue some of the vilthat this issue can never be settled lages r struggling so nagaland govt take serious to safe unless it is resolved on the basis our land n people specially border belt area. of give and take policy from both • Nagaland government needs to do much more than what the sides. The legitimate rights of it is doing. Just flexing muscle power will not help solve certain section of the people living the problem. In many places the pillars that had been along the border areas may have put up demarcating the Assam-Nagaland boundary has to be sacrificed for the sake of perbeen violated with the Assam government coming way manent peace because Assam beyond the pillars. Just immediately after the Nagaland government is not respecting the gate in Dimapur in Golaghat Road the Assam Police historical documents relating to the have set up camp. Like this the Assam government have border demarcation between the set up many physical structures beyond its boundary towards Nagaland. So as far as action is concerned, the two states. For instance, the whole Assam government is far more advanced. They are inof NE, including Assam, may one vesting crores of money for expanding its boundary into day come under the mercy of the Nagaland, while our dear Nagaland government is only Bodos once Bodoland is created spending money for itself, not for the people. At this rate, as an autonomous state. Likewise, Nagaland will be reduced to a district in Assam. we are already in that given situation now because Assam governSome of those who voted no had this to say: ment knows our Achilles heel and • Most of us Nagas know where the Naga areas are, therefore taking undue advantage but in solving problems we require more than oral teson us by creating a buffer zone betimony and narrations. We require all these testimotween us with illegal immigrants to nies and maps to be documented. In this the Nagaland reap double benefits. Our problem state government with all its resources has failed misis not with the (original) native peoerably to even take one small step in documenting all ple of Assam but with these people these aspects. So without this basic preparation how coming from elsewhere. can anyone claim that the Nagaland government is • No.. No no..., nagaland govt. sincere in protecting the land of the Nagas. Must 2 sumting ... Cz assam govt. • No, This should have been already addressed in the earHas crossd its limit.., evythng and ly sixties. evryone has beyond its limit.., bt • No, leaders alsi like me. tis donkeys .. Nvr undrstnd .., if YES no • No, not at all, it is unfortunate that as far the border issue benagalnd govt. R scard tan we can tween Nagaland -Assam is concern, our Government seems do..., cz tis is 2 much.. to be not giving enough attention. Specially with reference to the NEUTRAL Force in the so called DABs, how do we ex- Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say: pect them to be neutral when they are under the Command • Why always blame our state government? Our border issues • of Assam Government? Our law makers and Government problem is not because of our state government but because should clarify strongly on this issue if it is at all true. of the dirty policy of Nehru and Congress party. Remember • • Nagaland Govt addressing Assam-Nagaland border isNagas are not fools. Why Nehru, Congress Prime Minister
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its enough what we have? We are so crazy for land. divided all our Naga land. Some of our land has been given • The tragedy was that when Nagaland was created in the to Assam, Manipur, Arunachal and also to Burma. early 1963, the inter- state boundary was not adequately Where is the original land map of the erstwhile Naga drawn, the boundary supposed to be demarcated with all Hills? Under whose patronage the border areas are floodrelevant border machineries for the newly carved out Nagaing with the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants already now land state from the existing Assam state, was to be put into spilling over into the neighboring states while beginning place but it was no addressed seriously. Ever since, there to marginalize the indigenous popuwere also recorded allegations from Nagaland border side laces? How come our fellow Naga that some people from across the border descended in their voters were prevented from exerancestral paddy fields, farmlands and even forcibly grabbed cising their franchise by barracking their lands with the help of Assam armed police as well as the road to where the polling party neutral forces. There were also counter allegations that the with its security personnel headed Nagas from across the border encroached Assam's lands. for their designated polling station? The harsh reality is that multitude of non-locals have been Etc, etc, etc. Yet the state governsystematically settling on the long stretch of Assam border ment still seems to believe that it over the years and their numbers keep increasing leaps and has something to write home! bounds. Frustratingly, the original people of Assam have little • The real picture here is that, if the or no knowledge at all of what these non-locals have been Nagaland government take a strong doing in their state's border areas. The border problem with stand on this issues, then the Assam Assam since 1963 compelled the two states had to have Asgovernment together with the comsam-Nagaland Interim Border Agreement in 1972. This "Inmunal and tribal organisations will terim Agreement" was meant to ease border tension, while impose an economic blockade which trying to find long lasting solution to the border issue. The will lead to high unnatural inflation afAgreement itself seems fairly fine, but sadly it was not implefecting many Nagas irrespective of mented in toto. Rather it became a tool for the Assam Govtheir socio-economic status. Since ernment to strengthen their state forces along the border, they know the infrastructural and while Nagaland relegated to helpless position as they had economic constraints of our state, it to oblige to the terms of the agreement. It is evident that Asprovides them ample opportunity to sam has 40 plus Assam Armed Police posts set up all along take advantage of our weaknesses. the Assam-Nagaland border in violation of the Interim agreeHence the government at the end of ment, whereas there is reportedly Nagaland Armed Police the day is handicapped and can only post all along the border ware insignificant. As per the Agreebeg for a compromise. To conclude, ment, the Disputed Area Belt (DAB) were to be placed under for the state government to fulfill its the neutral forces. Interestingly, there are placed again unduty, of protecting the rights and propder the command of an IG of Assam Police. The Nagaland erty of the Nagas and to safeguard Government also with all wisdom temporarily allowed the the culture and resources of the Naga Community enshrined under Article Assam Forest Department for the management of the bor371 A, the government along with der reserve forests in the DAB. Today, the problem is more the various NPGs and Tribal Hoho's complicated because the people living in the border areas should work together in developing of Assam are mostly non-Assamese illegal immigrants. It is economic and infrastructural assets also known facts that some political parties are using these making the state independent of Aspeople as their vote bank putting the legitimate rights of the sam (for example develop heavy air Nagas to the dust bin. Unfortunately, nobody exactly know OTHERS transport facilities and look more towhat the subsequent Government of Nagaland have been wards South East Asia for trade). So doing all these years…allowing the poor hapless Naga long as our government and the people are ignorant of this, Public residing on the so called artificially created DAB to our culture and life are at stake. fend by themselves… Therefore, the Government of NagaSadly, neither the Govt. of Assam nor the Govt. of India land must take up these contentious issues seriously with are serious about the contains of the Article 371 A. the Assam counterpart along with the Union Government There is nothing to blame the government... Why are we amending all existing agreements/commissions and make grapping other lands deep inside Assam. Don't we think known to the people transparently.
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Varanasi basks in its importance, ignores ‘waves’
Varanasi, april 20 (ians): This teeming city, considered holy by Hindus, but home to a large proportion of Muslims, is slowly warming up to the political Star War as partymen and supporters of the three main contenders - Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal and Ajai Rai - have begun canvassing for votes for the May 12 Lok Sabha election. The excitement in the city is evident on the streets and in kasbahs. People can be seen participating in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s chai par charcha (discussions over tea), five-time legislator and sitting Congress MLA Ajay Rai’s door-to-door meetings and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal’s chaupal sabhas (corner meetings). “The people of Varanasi are very excited to see that their city has become so special. When a national level party announces its prime ministerial candidate from your city, excitement can be obvious. And such announcement works positively for the city,” Sanjay Srivastava, a professor in the social sciences department of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), told IANS. But is there a “Modi wave” sweeping the ancient city? Its denizens feel otherwise. There are many for whom the “popular enthusiasm” for Modi is just “partisan propaganda”. “Where is the Modi wave? Is it being felt on the street? It is just a media creation,” said an academic in a government-run college, ask-
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani speaks at an election campaign meeting before portraits of himself, the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, left, and party president Rajnath Singh, right, in Ahmadabad, India on April 20. The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12, with results for the 543-seat lower house of parliament announced May 16. (AP Photo)
ing not to be named. “They (media) have to sell their story and here it is, the big national story. It is the job of the camera to find faces, but these days faces are apparently approaching camera and trying to give an impression that they are all for one face, a national party. It is part of a big poll strategy of a political party,” the academic told IANS. Said senior journalist Gautam Chatterjee: “The sights and direction of Indian politics is now determined by the corporate sector. They sponsor a horse and the media creates a craze for that particular horse like Narendra Modi or Arvind Kejriwal. It’s all about who is more profitable for the corporate sector, not for the public.” A section of the city feels that it is not a good idea to ignore local leaders - a reference to Congress candidate Ajay Rai - in view of the
presence of the Gujarat chief minister and the former chief minister of Delhi. “A five-year term is not enough for outsiders to develop a proper understanding about the ground issues of the city. Their understanding is usually guided by other influential people,” said Siddhartha Dave, a coordinator of an NGO that campaigns for health of women and children in the city’s interiors. “In a city like Varanasi with its slow serendip lifestyle, not before two weeks from the vote can you be able to least figure out whose wave is there,” said a local party worker. “There is enough scope for polarization. Caste and community equations will decide the game in the coming days,” said another journalist. Being a Hindu religious destination, Varanasi has more than 200,000 Brahmin voters out of the 1.6 million voters in the con-
stituency. It also has a staggering 300,000 Muslim voters. Quami Ekta candidate Mukhtar Ansari’s withdrawal from the race, it is said, would stop the diversion of Muslim votes and would benefit Congress candidate Rai, a Bhumihar. At the same time, AAP is slowly making an ingress to the city. “Polarization is not an issue for Muslim votes because full support of the community is with us. Hindu votes will be divided among AAP, Congress and BJP,” said AAP leader Gaurav Shah. “We are going to make a clean sweep on the voting day as our popularity and support in the city is increasing day by day,” he claimed. “Our leader Arvind Kejriwal’s being an outsider is not an issue among voters as the Lok Sabha election in Varanasi is no more a local-level affair but it has
emerged as a national-level event,” Shah told IANS. The gathering campaigns, with the growing traffic of leaders and supporters of various political parties, have meanwhile come as a bonus for the local economy. “For a city that welcomes 200,000-300,000 tourists for various religious purposes every year, this political tourism may be a short-term opportunity, but it is definitely a bonus. And this is another reason of excitement in the town,” said the BHU’s Srivastava. “Political tourism is certainly beneficial for local vendors, traders, hoteliers, transporters, caterers and tent house service providers,” he observed. NGO coordinator Dave, however, hoped the “political warfare should focus on grassroots issues like roads, electricity, education, employment and health that Varanasi sorely needs”.
Narendra Modi is the flavour of Indian election coverage in US Washington, april 20 (ians): As American media reports on the sounds, colours and smells of India’s crucial parliamentary election, Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is the flavour of the season. The big story of course is India’s ‘insanely huge and complex’ (Time), ‘jawdroppingly enormous’ (Washington Post) election ‘juggernaut’ (Wall Street Journal), but analysts have on the most part focused on not who but how Modi may become the new ten-
ant of 7 Race Course Road, the official residence of the Indian prime minister. Painting the Indian election as a “face off” between “Nehru-Gandhi heir and populist Hindu nationalist” (CNN), leading media outlets as also think tanks, have dilated on the fortunes of the two leading parties - Congress and BJP - as also newcomer Aam Aadmi Party. But “frontrunner” modi gets the lion’s share of coverage even as it is acknowledged that Modi’s path to the top office will depend on a group of secondary
politicians, including “three ladies” - Tamil Nadu’s Jayalalithaa Jayaram; West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee; and Uttar Pradesh’s Mayawati (New York Times). Time this week listed Modi as number one of the six choices ahead of musician Beyonce and President Barack Obama (3) in an invitation to readers to weigh in on 150 “artists, icons and leaders” who should figure in the magazine’s annual Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people. A CNN story on what it called “India’s first social media election” also began
with how during the Holi festival more than three million Twitter followers of Modi “received a personalised greeting from him.” Some Indian politicians “are borrowing strategies employed by US President Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, with the use of Thunderclap, an online platform which helps to make content viral,” the news channel noted. How “India’s Muslims (are) worried about controversial Hindu leader as national elections”, as a Washington Post headline put it, is another theme of
American media coverage. In the same vein, New York Times Saturday ran an opinion piece by Basharat Peer, author of “Curfewed Night,” a memoir of the conflict in Kashmir, on “Being Muslim Under Narendra Modi” “The Hindu nationalist who may be elected India’s next prime minister is no comic book hero” said the story pegged on a new comic book “Bal Narendra” (“Boy Narendra”) about the BJP leader. The latest issue of Foreign Policy magazine too has a piece by James Traub, a fellow of the Centre on
International Cooperation on “Watching Modi, the Maestro, at Work.” And to think that less than six months ago Modi was mentioned only in the context of denial of a US visa for his alleged role or inaction during the 2002 Gujarat riots as the State’s chief minister. Nowthevisaissueismentioned,butonlyinthecontext of what Jeff Smith, director of South Asia programmes at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, described as “the futility of the (US) visa policy” regarding the BJP leader.
Suggesting “the US government has so profoundly mismanaged a decadelong visa ban” he looks at a Congressional report that Modi “would automatically be eligible for an A-1 (diplomatic) visa as head of state” as “welcome - if long overdue - news.” Similarly Richard M. Rossow, Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies writes about “Preparing for a New Team in New Delhi” even as he acknowledges “nothing is certain in Indian politics.”
BJP distances itself from Giriraj; Youth choose innovative ways for community service Congress slams remark
neW Delhi, april 20 (ians): The BJP Sunday distanced itself from party leader Giriraj Singh’s remark about sending those opposing Narendra Modi to Pakistan, as the comment drew flak from all sides, including the Congress which termed it “cheap politics”. Naming L.K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Murli Manohar Joshi, the Congress asked if the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders opposed to Modi will also be sent to Pakistan. Sources in the BJP said Bihar unit leader Giriraj Singh was also pulled up by party president Rajnath Singh for his remarks. Giriraj Singh, addressing a election rally in Deogarh in Jharkhand, said: “Those opposing Narendra Modi are looking at Pakistan, and such people will have place in Pakistan and not in India.” BJP spokesper-
son Nirmala Sitharaman said the party has “nothing to do with the statement”. Party leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said in a tweet: “BJP doesn’t approve of irresponsible statement given by Giriraj Singh.” Party sources said Rajnath Singh sent a message to Giriraj Singh, asking him to refrain from making such comments. Meanwhile, terming it “cheap politics to get cheap publicity”, Congress spokesperson Meem Afzal told IANS: “Several BJP leaders like (L.K.) Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj are all against Narendra Modi. Will they be sent to Pakistan as well?” “Leaders of other parties, Lalu Prasad, Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar, Jayalalithaa - will all of them be sent to Pakistan?” Afzal wondered. “This is just cheap politics to get cheap publicity.
Seventy to 80 percent people in this country do not vote for BJP, will all of them be sent to Pakistan? Has the BJP asked Nawaz Sharif if they would take in 70-80 percent of India’s population?” Afzal said it revealed the “mentality” of the BJP. “Without naming Muslims, they targeted them in this comment. It reveals the mentality of the BJP. They want to say Muslims, who are opposing BJP, are Pakistanis,” Afzal told IANS. The Congress spokesperson added that the party will approach the Election Commission with regard to the comment. Janata DalUnited spokesperson K.C. Tyagi said they would also go to the poll panel. “We will complain to the Election Commission that Giriraj Singh be arrested for a hate speech and for trying to create a divide between two sections of the society,” Tyagi said.
Uma Bharti faces charges of rioting, causing enmity between groups
Jhansi, april 20 (pti): Charges of rioting and promoting enmity between different groups in Ayodhya are among the 13 cases pending against firebrand BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti, the party’s candidate for this Lok Sabha seat. As to her financial status, Bharti has declared assets worth Rs 1.43 crore -- movable property of Rs 46.26 lakh and immovable assets worth Rs 97.50 lakh. She has declared cash in hand of Rs 2.5 lakh in her affidavit filed with Election Commission while submitting her nomination papers. Her affidavit states that she does not own a car or any other vehicle. Bharti, who is also a former Union minister, was named in an FIR registered in 1992 at the Ram Janmabhoomi Ayodhya police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad district, according to the affidavit. The 55-year-old Bharti is facing charges under Sections 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 153A
(promoting enmity between different groups), 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) and 505 (statements intended to cause public mischief ) of Indian Penal Code. A special court in Rae Bareli took cognisance of the case on July 28, 2005, and framed charges against her on September 19, 2003. The proceedings in this particular case have not been stayed by competent courts, her affidavit states. Apart from the above, 12 other cases are registered against Bharti at various police stations in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh involving charges of attempt to murder, defamation, rioting, obscene acts and songs and wrongful restraint, among others, the affidavit adds. However, the proceedings in three cases registered against Bharti in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba area have been stayed by Allahabad High Court. The charges in these cases pertain to assault
or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty and disobedience to order promulgated by a public servant (Sections 353 and 188 of IPC, respectively). Bharti is currently an MLA from the Mahoba Assembly constituency. On the other hand, the Madhya Pradesh government has moved court for closure of five cases against the BJP leader. These cases involve charges of attempt to murder and making obscene acts and songs (Sections 307 and 294 of IPC), among others, and were registered by police in 2006 in the Bada Malhara area in Chhatarpur district of MP, the affidavit said. Bharti is facing Congress’s Pradeep Kumar Jain, the sitting MP and also the Union Minister of State for Rural Development, in the battle for the Jhansi seat, which will go to polls on April 30. Also in the fray against her are BSP’s Anuradha Sharma and SP’s Chandrapal Singh Yadav.
neW Delhi, april 20 (ians): It is Sunday and in a park in south Delhi’s Shahpur Jat urban village, a 17-year-old boy is talking about the environment, hygiene and sanitation to a discerning audience of children. It is not an unusual activity, but a weekly classroom session offering holistic education to the deprived and those studying in government schools. The brainchild of Aakash Pawar, the initiative began when he started teaching “basic things” to three underprivileged girls from his neighborhood in 2007. It instantly became quite popular and generated good response from children of slums and government schools - who had no access to quality education. So he started his own NGO
“Nei Tamana” in 2010. Like Pawar, Maneka Sharma, 18, visited a slum area in Gurgaon and realised water is a scarce commodity for most poor people and decided to create an awareness drive among children to conserve the commodity. To spread this message, she wrote a book on water conservation “’Rohan on a Water Saving Spree”, supported by vivid illustrations and simple text. This selfpublished book became so popular that her own school ordered several copies. These initiatives helped their initiators to not only gain recognition but also earned them gold medals. They were recently conferred the “Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards” a school-level recognition
programme for volunteer community service and would receive certificates and medals in Washington and prize money of Rs. 50,000 each. Speaking about his initiative, Pawar said: “My classes focus more on holistic learning that create awareness about social, environmental and sanitation issues.” “I don’t use conventional tools of teaching because their basic are not clear, even though they are studying in government schools,” Pawar, a class 11 student, told IANS. This is why Pawar uses unconventional methods like games to help his students learn. “I play spelling games, atlas games and mathematical quizzes with them so that they improve,” he said. Sharma also felt that
awareness about the environment and sanitation should begin from an early age. “If children have to learn about these environmental issues, sensitisation should begin at an early stage. This can’t be done using textbooks because they are extremely boring. So, I thought why not use simple, innovative ways of spreading awareness,” Sharma told IANS. She has also adapted her book into an easy to play “snakes and ladders” game that children can understand. Now, the Class 12 student moderates water conservation sessions in various schools and societies. Both of them are very excited about the award. “I would save this money for my NGO. Once I turn 18, I will be able to register the
NGO on my name. Also, I would give half of the prize money to my brother who is studying engineering,” said Pawar. Sharma wanted to save the money for self-publishing and write more on such topics that are ignored in the school syllabus. Undying support from their families keeps them going, but, at times, Pawar does feel opposition to his efforts. “Some members of our neighbourhood don’t like my teaching these children. So they complain to my parents, who then get worried and scold me for not studying. But they never disapprove of it either,” he said. “It is just they want me to study and do well in life. But all this does not worry me as I feel happy that I am doing my bit for society,” he concluded.
Kolkata boy achieves perfect score in SAT, gets calls from 7 top US varsities
KolKata, april 20 (tnn): A 19-year-old boy from the city has received admission offers from seven top US varsities, most of them Ivy League, after achieving a perfect score in SAT, the standardized examination for admission to American colleges. Arunavha Chanda, who appeared for this year’s class XII board examination from Delhi Public School Ruby Park, is so baffled that he can’t make up his mind with just nine days to go before the deadline. Torn between Harvard, Stanford and Columbia University, Arunavha wishes he could study at all three. “Time is ticking but I haven’t been able to decide yet because it may turn out to be the most crucial decision of my life,” he told TOI. Arunavha had applied to eight US universities and got through seven — Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Duke, Cornelle, Georgia Institute of Technology and Dartmouth College. He has got prestigious scholarships from Columbia and Duke and financial aid from the rest as they do not offer scholarships at
under-graduate level. In fact, the only college he did not get invited to is MIT and that too because he could not submit a project on time because of his board exams. Arunavha and his mother Bani, a doctor and hospital administrator who gave up her job to take care of him when he was in class V, are now researching on the universities to check which has the best to offer. His father Amitabha is a consultant neurosurgeon. The mother-son duo has discovered that Harvard has produced the largest number of billionaires; Stanford has been a breeding ground of entrepreneurs; and Columbia has Nobel laureates swarming the campus. “We are now studying the work being done by the professors and alumni and what opportunity I may get there,” Arunavha said. At Columbia, Arunavha has been offered the prestigious C. Prescott Davis scholarship, awarded to the best engineering/applied sciences students across the world. As a CP Davis scholar, he has the opportunity to enter the
university as an elite student and work on projects alongside 102 Nobel Laureate alumni and faculty. Duke has offered him the Karsh International Scholarship, the first to an Indian. Getting scholarships as international students in undergraduate courses in US universities is very difficult with institutions looking for high SAT scores, a brilliant academic record through high school, exceptional academic and extra-curricular achievements and performance in interviews. A r u nav ha sa i l e d through with a perfect 2400/2400 in SAT, scoring full 800 in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics Level II. Having topped every year from class II to XII, scoring over 90% in all subjects, his academic record was exceptional. In addition, he has won gold medals at Olympiads and achieved international ranks of 4 and 7 in Cyber Olympiads and has figured among the top 10 in Science and Math Olympiads. Arunavha is also a threetime national champion in quizzing (he won the Lim-
ca Book of Records Quiz 2011 at the national level), was the school head boy, president of the Interact Club and a stage actor. “I think I will do my undergraduation from one university and postgraduation from another. While Stanford is where I would want to do my postgraduation since it has a culture of spawning entrepreneurs, something that I want to be, it is a toss-up between Harvard and Columbia,”
he said. Arunavha wants to study Computer Science and Engineering, do a second major in Mathematics and a degree course in Theatre, A football buff and diehard Chelsea fan, one factor playing on his mind is the trip to New York that the Boys in Blues make each year. “Since Columbia is located in New York, it offers an opportunity to catch my favourite team in action, Live!” he said.
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Malaysia, Flight Divers pull bodies from 370 relatives talk sunken ferry; toll tops 50 financial help
A weeping relative of a missing passenger aboard the sunken ferry Sewol shouts as she tries to march toward the presidential house to protest the government's rescue operation in Jindo, South Korea on April 20. After more than three days of frustration and failure, divers on Sunday finally found a way into the submerged ferry off South Korea's southern shore, discovering more than a dozen bodies inside the ship and pushing the confirmed death toll to over four dozen, officials said. (AP Photo)
MOKPO, SOuth KOrea, aPril 20 (aP): The confirmed death toll from South Korea’s ferry disaster rose past 50 on Sunday as divers finally found a way inside the sunken vessel, quickly discovering more than a dozen bodies in what almost certainly is just the beginning of a massive and grim recovery effort. About 250 people are still missing from the ship, the vast majority of them high school students who had been on a holiday trip. Anguished families, waiting on a nearby island and fearful they might be left without even their loved ones’ bodies, have vented
their fury, blocking the prime minister’s car during a visit and attempting a long protest march to the presidential Blue House. The ferry Sewol sank Wednesday off South Korea’s southern coast, but it took days for divers to get in because of strong currents and bad visibility due to foul weather. Beginning late Saturday, when divers broke a window, and continuing into Sunday, multiple teams of divers have found various routes into the ferry, discovering bodies in different spots, coast guard official Koh Myung-seok said at a briefing. Thirteen bodies have been found in the
ship, while six other bodies were found floating outside Sunday, bringing the official death toll to 52, the coast guard said. Divers, who once pumped air into the ship in the slim hope that survivors were inside, have yet to find anyone alive there. A 21-year-old South Korean sailor, surnamed Cho, also died from injuries he sustained Wednesday while working on a warship going to help rescue passengers in the ferry, said Cmdr. Yim Myung-soo of the South Korean navy. The penetration by divers into the ferry follows the arrest of the captain Satur-
day on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need. Two crew members also were taken into custody, including a rookie third mate who a prosecutor said was steering in challenging waters unfamiliar to her when the accident occurred. The Sewol sank during a trip from port of Incheon to the southern holiday island of Jeju with 476 people on board, including 323 students from Danwon High School in Ansan. The 16and 17-year-old students make up only 75 of the 174 survivors, and about 225 of the missing. At least 23 of those confirmed dead
are students, according to coast guard spokesman Kim Jae-in. On Jindo island near the submerged ferry, about 200 police in neon jackets blocked about 100 relatives of missing passengers who’d been walking on a main road in an effort, they said, to travel to the presidential Blue House in Seoul to voice their complaints to the president. The relatives have been staying at gymnasium on the island, waiting for word of their loved ones. “The government is the killer,” they shouted as they pushed against a police barricade. “We want an answer from the person in charge about why orders are not going through and nothing is being done,” said Lee Woon-geun, father of missing passenger Lee Jung-in, 17. “They are clearly lying and kicking the responsibility to others.” Earlier Sunday morning, relatives of the missing blocked the car of Prime Minister Chung Hong-won and demanded a meeting with President Park Geunhye, as Chung made a visit to Jindo. Chung later returned to the gymnasium, but met only with a number of representatives of the family members in a side office. Relatives are desperate to retrieve bodies before they decompose beyond recognition, Lee said. “After four or five days the body starts to decay. When it’s decayed, if you try to hold a hand it might fall off,” he said. “I miss my son. I’m really afraid I might not get to find his body.”
The cause of the sinking remains under investigation, but prosecutors say the ship made a sharp turn just before it began to list. The captain, Lee Joon-seok, initially told passengers to stay in their rooms and took at least half an hour to issue an evacuation order. By that time, the ship was listing at too steep an angle for many people to escape the tight hallways and stairs inside. Lee faces five charges, including negligence of duty and violation of maritime law, and the two arrested crew members each face three related charges. Senior prosecutor Yang Jung-jin said Lee violated the lawbecausehewasnotonthe bridge helping his crew when the ferry passed through the tough-to-navigate area where it sank. He also said Lee abandoned people in need of help and rescue; video shows Lee among the first people to reach the shore by rescue boat. Yang said the two crew members arrested failed to reduce speed near the islands and failed to carry out necessary measures to save lives. Prosecutors will have 10 days to decide whether to indict the captain and crew, but can request a 10-day extension from the court. Three vessels with cranes arrived at the accident site to prepare to salvage the ferry, but they will not hoist the ship before getting approval from family members of those still believed inside because the lifting could endanger any survivors, said a coast guard officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, citing department rules.
Hate crime charge in New York Japan steps up surveillance posture against China: reports Chinese ships and presence” in Japan’s retOKYO, aPril 20 sesses 13 E-2C airborne attack on Sikh professor (aFP): Japan bolstered its early warning planes at the planes have approached mote southwestern is-
New YOrK, aPril 20 (aP): A man accused of pulling the beard of a Sikh professor before a group of young men who had called the professor “Osama” and a “terrorist” attacked him, has been arrested and charged with a hate crime, police said on Saturday. Christian Morales, 20, was charged with aggravated harassment in connection with September’s attack on Columbia University professor Prabhjot Singh, who suffered a broken jaw. Singh, 31, was walking home with a friend in upper Manhattan when he was approached by a group of 12 to 15 young men, he said days after his attack. “I heard, ‘Get him. Osama.’ I heard ‘terrorist’. And I felt somebody grab my beard,” Singh said then. He was then kicked and punched in an attack that ended after other people intervened, police said. Singh didn’t return a message seeking comment on Saturday. Morales was in custody and was unavailable for comment. A phone number for him was out of service, and it was unclear if he had an attorney. Detectives from the hate crimes task force are investigating the case. Sikhism is a peace-loving religion that originated in India and preaches equality and a commitment to justice. Its practitioners have been targeted by attackers who in some cases confuse Sikhism and Islam because Sikh men and boys are required to wear turbans and beards. Singh co-authored a 2012 op-ed in the New York Times accusing the federal government of failing to accurately measure the extent of anti-Sikh violence in response to the August 2012 shooting at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee that left six people and the white supremacist gunman dead. In the op-ed, Singh and his co-author argued that it is wrong “to assume that every attack against a Sikh is really meant for a Muslim.” They said Sikhs have historically been targeted.
military surveillance capabilities in the southern island region of Okinawa over the weekend, reports said, as territorial tensions with China simmer. The nation’s armed forces, called the Self-Defence Forces, launched a squadron of four E-2C early warning planes at its air base in Naha on the main Okinawan island Sunday, the Jiji and Kyodo news agencies reported. This is the first time such planes have been based on the island. At the inauguration ceremony in Naha, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said Japan faced a “dangerous situation” as China’s continual attempts to “change the status quo by force and threaten the rule of law could trigger emergencies,” Kyodo News reported. “The squadron was newly established to firmly defend our country’s territorial land, sea and air,” he told reporters afterwards, according to Jiji Press. Japan’s air force pos-
Misawa base in northern Japan. Four of these have been transferred to the Naha base.
the disputed island group, lands, he added. Both the main Okinawa repeatedly moving into its territorial waters and air- island and Yonaguni are space, after Tokyo nation- part of the island region of Okinawa. The surveillance boost comes at a time when Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing to reconfigure Japan’s role in the world, specifically that alised some of the Sen- of its armed forces. He wants to re-interpret kakus in September 2012, to confront Japanese pa- a law to allow Japanese troops to take up arms to trols. Radar equipment will defend an ally under attack be installed at the ground in so-called collective selfforce unit on Yonaguni to defence. Beijing has sought to monitor ships and aircraft in the East China Sea, the paint Abe’s moves as a dangerous slide back toreports said. About 150 person- wards its militarism of the nel will be deployed at the last century. On Saturday some 70 radar unit by the end of March 2016. Yonaguni islanders op“It’s very important to posed to the new surveiltake a solid surveillance lance unit scuffled with posture on remote islands,” officials connected to the Defence Minister Onodera defence ministry, Kyodo said after attending the said. The islanders were conground breaking ceremony on Saturday, Kyodo re- cerned Yonaguni could beported. come a target in any future The unit will “fill a void conflict between Japan and of Self-Defence Forces China.
Self-Defence Forces, launched a squadron of four E-2C early warning planes on Sunday The number of personnel there will be doubled to about 130 by March 2015. Japan scrambled fighter jets against approaching Chinese aircraft 415 times in the year to March 2014, up from 306 times in the preceding year, Jiji said citing defence ministry statistics. On Saturday, a ceremony was held to start building a radar surveillance unit on Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island, despite protests from islanders fearing the unit will trigger attacks, the reports said. Yonaguni lies around 150 kilometres (100 miles) southwest of the Tokyocontrolled Senkaku islands which China also claims and calls the Diaoyus.
13th body pulled from snow in Everest avalanche
KatMaNdu, aPril 20 (aP): Nepal’s authorities temporarily halted climbing on Mount Everest while search teams dug through snow and ice Sunday for three Sherpa guides missing in the deadliest avalanche on the world’s highest peak that killed 13 others. A section of the route over the dreaded Khumbu Icefall, a climbing pass where the avalanche swept a group of guides early Friday, has totally collapsed and a new trail has to be dug, ropes fixed and aluminum ladders laid over the crevasses before climbing can resume, said Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association. Another group of Sherpas, who had already passed before the avalanche struck, were stranded on the other side and would only be able
to get back to base camp once the new route is fixed, Tshering said. Despite losing so many guides, there were no plans by expedition teams to abandon their attempt to climb the peak next month, he said. Maddhu Sunan Burlakoti, head of the Nepalese government’s mountaineering department, said that the search for the missing three climbers resumed Sunday. They were among about 25 Sherpa guides hauling gear to the higher camps that their foreign clients would use in attempting to reach the summit next month. One of the survivors told his relatives that the path had been unstable just before the snow slide hit at an elevation near 5,800 meters (19,000 feet). The area is considered particularly
dangerous due to its steep slope and deep crevasses that cut through the snow and ice covering the pass year round. As soon as the avalanche occurred, rescuers, guides and climbers rushed to help, and all other climbing was suspended. Four survivors were conscious and being treated in the intensive care units of several Katmandu hospitals for broken ribs, fractured limbs, punctured lungs and skin abrasions, according to Dr. C.R. Pandey from Grande Hospital. Others were treated for less serious injuries at the Everest base camp. Jon Reiter from Kenwood, California, said he was climbing with an Australian partner when his Sherpa guide pushed him behind ice blocks and out
of harm’s way when the avalanche struck. “We were moving up to Camp 1 just after dawn when we heard that ‘crack,’” said Reiter, 49. “My first thought was to film it, and I reached for my camera. But the Sherpa yelled to get down. Things started happening in slow motion. Big blocks of snow and ice started coming down all around.” He talked to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat in an interview by satellite phone from base camp in Nepal, where he wrote a blog entry to let family and friends know he was OK. It’s not clear how close Reiter was to the avalanche when it killed the Sherpa guides. But in response to questions, Reiter wrote on his blog Saturday: “There were very few western climbers in the area and
all of us had our climbing Sherpa by our sides and they all survived.” Hundreds of climbers, guides and support crews had been at Everest’s base camp preparing to climb the 8,850-meter (29,035foot) peak when weather conditions are most favorable next month. As with each year, the Sherpa guides from each of the expedition teams had been working together to prepare the path by carving routes through the ice, fixing ropes on the slopes and setting up camps at higher altitudes. The Sherpa people are one of the main ethnic groups in Nepal’s alpine region, and many make their living as climbing guides on Everest and other Himalayan peaks. More than 4,000 climbers have summited Everest since 1953, when it was first
conquered by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Hundreds have died trying. The worst recorded disaster on Everest had been a fierce blizzard on May 11, 1996, that caused the deaths of eight climbers, including famed mountaineer Rob Hall, and was later memorialized in a book, “Into Thin Air,” by Jon Krakauer. Six Nepalese guides were killed in an avalanche in 1970. Earlier this year, Nepal announced several steps to better manage the heavy flow of climbers and speed up rescue operations. The steps included the dispatch of officials and security personnel to the base camp at (5,300 meters) 17,380 feet, where they will stay throughout the spring climbing season, which ends in May.
Perth, aPril 20 (aP) : A Malaysian official met Sunday with relatives of passengers who were aboard the missing jetliner and discussed ways of providing them with financial assistance, as an unmanned submarine continued to search for any signs of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Hamzah Zainuddin met with the passengers’ relatives in Kuala Lumpur to talk about where to go next. Financial assistance was discussed and family members were urged to submit a plan for consideration. He declined to elaborate further, but said a fund could possibly be set up by the government or Malaysia Airlines. “We realize this is an excruciating time for the families of those on board,” said Zainuddin, who heads a committee overseeing the needs of the next of kin. “No words can describe the pain they must be going through. We understand the desperate need for information on behalf of the families and those watching around the world.” He added that he would soon visit Beijing to shore up bilateral relations between Malaysia and China. Two-thirds of the missing plane’s 227 passengers were Chinese, and many of their family members have been angered by Malaysia’s handling of the investigation, with some accusing the government of lying, incompetence or participating in an outright cover-up. After nearly a week of sweeping the bottom of the ocean with sonar, the unmanned sub began its eighth mission on Sunday. The yellow device has already covered about half of its focused search area, but has yet to uncover any clues that could shed light on the mysterious disappearance of the plane more than six weeks ago. The U.S. Navy’s Bluefin 21 has journeyed beyond its recommended depth of 4 1/2 kilometers (2.8 miles) to comb the silt-covered seabed off the coast of western Australia. Its search area forms a
10-kilometer (6-mile) radius around the location of an underwater signal that was believed to have come from the aircraft’s black boxes. The search center said the sonar scan of the seafloor in that area was expected to be completed sometime next week. On Saturday, Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein stressed the importance of the weekend submarine missions in the southern Indian Ocean, but stressed that even if no debris is recovered, the scope of the search may be broadened or other assets may be used. Meanwhile on Sunday, up to 11 aircraft and 12 ships continued to scan the ocean surface for debris from the Boeing 777, which disappeared March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Radar and satellite data show the jet mysteriously veered far off course for unknown reasons and would have run out of fuel in the remote section of the southern Indian Ocean where the search has been focused. Not one piece of debris has been recovered since the massive multinational hunt began. There have been numerous leads, but all have turned out to be false. The most promising development came when four underwater signals were detected April 5 and 8. The sounds were consistent with pings that would have been emanating from the plane’s flight data and cockpit recorders’ beacons before their batteries died. The underwater operation is being complicated by the depth of the largely unexplored siltcovered sea floor. The unmanned submarine has gone beyond its recommended depth, according to the U.S. 7th Fleet. That could risk the equipment, but it is being closely monitored. The search coordination center has said the hunt for floating debris on the surface will continue for at least the next few days, even though the Australian head of the search effort, Angus Houston, had earlier said it was expected to end sooner.
Hamid Mir stable after attack; Pak PM summons high level meeting iSlaMabad, aPril 20 (aGeNCieS): Senior Pakistani TV journalist Hamid Mir, who was on Saturday shot at in Karachi, is out of danger. He had undergone a surgery on Saturday. Mir was rushed to the hospital after he was hit by three bullets by four unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen en route to his studio from the Karachi airport. Meanwhile, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has promised an impartial probe into the attack. Sharif has summoned a high-level meeting on Sunday. The Sindh provincial government has also announced a Rs 50 lakh award for those who will assist the police in arresting the culprits. GeoTV on Saturday reported that Mir, who has security guards with him, called up office to inform them of the attack on him. He was rushed to a hospital in a private car. Interestingly, Hamid Mir had told his colleagues, family and some officials that if he is attacked then DG ISI Lt-Gen Zaheerul Islam would be behind it. After attack on Mir, his brother said that he had recorded and sent a video to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) blaming DG ISI and some other ISI officers for orchestrating
the plot. “Hamid had told me that if he is attacked, DG of ISI, Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam could be responsible. My brother already knew of a plot to attack him,” said his brother. Four gunmen riding two motorcycles opened fire on Mir’s car about six kilometers from the airport, GeoTV said. Dawn reported that the gunmen opened fire at the vehicle at 5:30pm and Mir was admitted to hospital in a state of unconsciousness. “We were on our way from the airport. We were about to take a turn when a man opened fire at the car’s back seat where Hamid Mir was sitting. I rushed the car to the hospital while the firing continued. I don’t know how many men attacked us but I saw only one,” said his driver. Meanwhile, the United States has condemned the attack on Mir. This is not the first time that Mir has been targeted. In 2012, explosives were found under his car after he received threats from the Taliban for criticising the attack on activist Malala Yousafzai. A popular news anchor, terrorism expert, and security analyst, Mir currently hosts political talk show Capital Talk on Geo TV.
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BCCI proposes Ravi Shastri in probe panel
mumbAI, APRIL 20 (AgENCIES): A threemember panel has been approved by the BCCI working committee to probe matters relating to corruption in the IPL. Indian cricket's apex body will propose the names of CBI director RK Raghavan, JN Patel and former India captain Ravi Shastri to the Supreme Court, which convenes on Tuesday. The BCCI's working committee met in the corridors of power at its headquarters in the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday afternoon, two days before the next hearing of the case in the apex court, in an attempt to satisfy the latest directive from India's Supreme Court in the ongoing case investigating spot-fixing and betting in the 2013 edition of the IPL. Along with Shastri and Raghavan, JN Patel is a former chief justice of the Calcutta High Court. Former speaker of the Indian parliament, Somnath Chatterjee, was also being considered in the meeting before the BCCI arrived at the three final names. Mr Raghavan is the former CBI director who had headed the CBI inquiry into the high-profile match-fixing investigation in 19992000. He said that he will do his best as a member of the probe committee. "I will give my best and contribute in this probe. This is not a new territory for me as I was there in 1999-2000 match fixing case, when I was head of the CBI. So, that experience will help me greatly in participating
in this investigation". Shastri has been an IPL governing council member and his name being suggested in the probe panel may also raise eyebrows. The former allrounder, however, enjoys a clean image as much as the other two individuals named in the probe panel. Shastri had also stepped in as the Indian team's manager for the tour of Bangladesh in 2007 in the aftermath of Greg Chappell's unceremonious sacking following the team's first-round exit from the World Cup in the Caribbean. According to one of the officials who attended the working committee meeting, he said that the Supreme Court will decide on the person who will head the panel. Former BCCI president AC Muthiah said it looked "quite an independent" panel though he raised doubts over Shastri's presence. "It looks quite an independent board except that Ravi has been in IPL and cricket commentary, so I don't know how much independence he will have," Muthiah told PTI. The emergency meeting had been called after requests from several state associations in the immediate aftermath of India's Supreme Court revealing earlier this week that N Srinivasan's name was among those contained in a sealed envelope submitted by the Justice Mudgal Committee, as well as the apex court's refusal to reinstate Srinivasan as BCCI president.
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Wawrinka beats Federer for Monaco title
mONACO, APRIL 20 (AP): Stanislas Wawrinka won the Monte Carlo Masters for the first time Sunday, rallying to beat Roger Federer 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 in a rare all-Swiss final. The Australian Open champion had lost his previous two Masters finals and looked like losing a third until Federer's level dropped suddenly late in the second set, and Wawrinka began troubling the 17-time Grand Slam champion with his aggressive backhand. The fourth-seeded Federer, who accepted a wild card invitation to play in the tournament, was also looking to win it for the first time after losing his three previous finals here to eighttime champion Rafael Nadal from 2006-08. Wawrinka has beaten Federer only twice in 15 matches but both victories have come here. He also beat him in the third round in 2009. "It's exceptional to be able to win my first Masters title here," Wawrinka said. It was the first time that Federer and Wawrinka met in a championship decider. In the last all-Swiss final, Marc Rosset beat Federer in Marseille in 2000. With the third-seeded Wawrinka serving for the match, Federer shouted in frustration as he missed an easy forehand on second serve at 15-15. On the next point, Federer's backhand went wide and Wawrinka clinched the victory with a crisp forehand winner that landed on the line. The players, who are
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Stanislas Wawrinka won his first Masters 1000 title and denied Roger Federer a maiden Monte Carlo victory with a three-set final win.
Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, left, holds his trophy with Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland in the final match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Sunday April 20. (AP Photo)
good friends, shared a warm hug at the net. "I had a great week here," Federer said. "Congratulations to Stan." It is the seventh title of the 29-year-old Wawrinka's career, and his third this year. He lost his previous Masters finals at Madrid
last year and Rome in 2008. Federer broke for a 3-2 lead when Wawrinka's backhand long, and served out the first set when his countryman over-hit another backhand. Wawrinka secured a break to take a 2-0 lead in the second, but Federer broke straight back with a brilliant passing
shot down the line and confidently held to love to send the second set into a tiebreaker. But then he seemed to lose his way. One sloppy backhand from Federer allowed Wawrinka to move 2-0 ahead, and the Australian Open champion moved 4-1 up with a volley at the net.
Federer saved two set points at 6-3 but Wawrinka leveled the match with a clinical smash after Federer had returned his serve a bit too high. Federer was seeking the 79th title of his illustrious career, and his 22nd Masters trophy. The 32-year-old Swiss has lost
three of his four finals this year, with the other defeats against Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells and to Lleyton Hewitt at Brisbane. The next two Masters events on clay are at Madrid and Rome leading up to the French Open, which starts on May 25.
1st 10 Northern Angami –1 T20 C’ship from today
KOhImA, APRIL 20 (mExN): The 1st 10 Northern Angami –1 T20 Championship with the theme “Bat for Unity” will take place from April 21 to 30 at Government High School Ground, Kohima under the aegis of the Brotherhood Group. The tournament is initiated by MLA Khriehu Liezietsu, advisor New & Renewable Energy and Music Task Force. The main objective of organizing this tournament is to encourage and uplift the talents of the youth of the area. It also aims to build friendship, trust and understanding among different communities residing in the 10th Northern Angami-1 area. “Our dynamic leader Khriehu Liezietsu together with the Brotherhood Group wants to showcase the talents of the youth of the area and also to set the example to the people that we are a united force,” the
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GROUP A Chede Strikers P. Khel Eagles North Block Warriors GROUP B L. Khel Riders Dapfhü United Lower Bayavü Giants GROUP C Tsütuo Knights Mission Dukes Zienuobadze High Fliers GROUP D Peraciezie Royals High School Daredevils Upper Bayavü Sixers Middle Bayavü Lions
concept note stated, adding that with the theme “Bat for Unity, together we want to spread the message that with unity there is strength and cooperation of the people, when there is strength and cooperation there will be all round development and progress in the society.”
21st April – Peraciezie Royals vs Middle Bayavü Lions (After Inaugural Function) Mission Dukes vs Tsütuo Knights (2nd match) 22nd April – Upper Bayavü Sixers vs High School Daredevils (7:00 am) Chede Strikers vs P. Khel Eagles (11:00 am) L. Khel Riders vs Dapfhü United (2:00 pm) 23rd April – P. Khel Eagles vs North Block Warriors (7:00 am) Lower Bayavü Giants vs Dapfhü United (11:00 am) Peraciezie Royals vs Upper Bayavü Sixers (2:00 pm) 24th April – Lower Bayavü Giants vs L. Khel Riders (7:00 am) Mission Dukes vs Zienuobadze High Fliers (11:00 am) Peraciezie Royals vs High School Daredevils (2:00 pm)
Also quoting “United We Stand, Divided We fall,” it said “So let us all Bat for Unity and Bowled out all our differences and negativity from our life. Let these be our collective goal.” The tournament is open for the youth of 10th Northern Angami- 1, said the organizer during a
25th April – Upper Bayavü Sixers vs Middle Bayavü Lions (9:00 am) Tsütuo Knights vs Zienuobadze High Fliers (1:00 pm) 26th April – Chede Strikers vs North Block Warriors (9:00 am) Middle Bayavü Lions vs High School Daredevils (1:00 pm) SEMIFINALS (28TH APRIL) SF 1 – WINNER OF GROUP A VS WINNER OF GROUP B (9:00 AM) SF 2 – WINNER OF GROUP C VS WINNER OF GROUP D (1:00 PM) FINAL (30TH APRIL) WINNER OF SF 1 VS WINNER OF SF 2 Important – The organisers reserve the right to alter dates and timings under unavoidable circumstances
press conference here and made its stand clear that there is nothing to do with politics through this tournament. The sole purpose of the tournament is to promote unity and brotherhood The tournament shall be on a league basis in the Twenty20 format game. There will
be 21 matches with three matches a day at 7:30 AM (1st Match), 10:30 AM(2nd match) and 2:00 PM (Third match). The champion will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 while the runners up will pocket a cash prize of Rs. 25,000. There will also be individual prizes.
Cavani fires PSG to League Cup title
Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, top, puts up a shot as he fouls Golden State Warriors forward Marreese Speights, below, while guard Jordan Crawford looks on during the first half in Game 1 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series, Saturday, April 19 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
INDIANAPOLIS, APRIL 20 (AP): Road teams dominated on the opening day of the NBA playoffs Saturday, with Atlanta pulling off the biggest upset with victory at Eastern Conference top seed Indiana. The Pacers had been expected to be too strong for a Hawks team that had lost its previous eight playoff games, but Jeff Teague led Atlanta to an important victory. Golden State won away in a tight game against the Los Angeles Clippers, whose chances were hurt by having Blake Griffin and Chris Paul in foul trouble. Brooklyn won by seven points at Toronto but the margin could have been far wider had the Nets not been so off-target with their 3-point shooting. The only home-court winner of the day was Oklahoma City, with Kevin Durant guiding the Thunder to a comfortable win over Memphis. Atlanta's Teague scored a playoff career-high 28 points and Paul Millsap added in the
Hawks' surprise win. Indiana, which spent the whole season working to get home-court advantage in the playoffs, wasted no time in giving it right back with a dismal third quarter. Atlanta opened the third quarter on an 8-0 run, breaking a 50-50 tie, then pulled away when Teague scored nine points in a 14-0 run that made it 74-58 with 4:08 left in the quarter. Indiana couldn't get closer than eight the rest of the way despite 24 points and 10 rebounds from Paul George. Golden State also produced a strong third quarter in the 109-105 win at the Clippers. Klay Thompson scored 22 points and David Lee added 20 for the Warriors, who trailed by 11 points early but capitalized in the third as Griffin and Paul were benched due to accumulating foul numbers. Paul led the Clippers with 28 points and J.J. Redick added 22 points in 30 minutes for Los Angeles but Griffin finished with
16 points after fouling out with 48 seconds left and the scores tied. Foul trouble plagued both teams, but losing Griffin and Paul for stretches cost the Clippers at both ends. For the Warriors, Andre Iguodala fouled out with 3:04 left in the game and Lee played with four fouls. Brooklyn's Deron Williams and Joe Johnson each scored 24 points as the Nets won 94-87 at Toronto, while Paul Pierce scored nine of his 15 points in the final quarter to guide the visitors to victory. The Nets won despite making 4 of 24 3-pointers. Kyle Lowry scored 22 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 17 points and 18 rebounds for the Raptors. Valanciunas is the second Raptors player to have a double-double in his postseason debut. Tracy McGrady did it in 2000. Valanciunas also set a Raptors record for playoff rebounds, surpassing Keon Clark's 16 in 2002.
PARIS, APRIL 20 (AP): Edinson Cavani scored twice to fire Paris SaintGermain to a 2-1 win over Lyon in the French League Cup final on Saturday. PSG won a record fourth League Cup, one more than Marseille and Bordeaux. Cavani outpaced the Lyon defense to poke home a clipped pass from Maxwell in the fourth minute. The Uruguay forward doubled the lead by converting a penalty in the 33rd after goalkeeper Anthony Lopes fouled winger Lucas Moura. Lyon forward Alexandre Lacazette scored a consolation goal with a longrange strike in the 56th. "The League Cup was an important goal for us," Cavani said. "We wanted to end this poor run of form." PSG was knocked out of the Champions League by Chelsea this month and lost 1-0 to Lyon in the French league a week ago. Despite missing Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic through injury, PSG was the overwhelming favorite. The Parisian club has a 10-point lead at the top of the league with five rounds left. Lyon sits in fifth place and is fighting for a European spot. PSG caught Lyon off guard by converting its first
Paris Saint Germain's Thiago Motta, center, of Italy, and teammates celebrate with the cup after winning their French League Cup final soccer match against Lyon at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, north of Paris, Saturday April 19. (AP Photo)
scoring chance when Maxwell charged down the left flank to play a one-two with Ezequiel Lavezzi. The Brazilian leftback beat Lopes to the ball to feed Cavani for the opener. Cavani has struggled in the lone striker role since Ibrahimovic's hamstring injury. He showed again that inconsistency on Saturday. He first beat the offside trap in the 11th to be
clean through on goal but a poor touch allowed Lopes to gather the ball. Cavani then forced Lopes to make an outstanding save with a volley from 25 yards in the 14th. Some poor decisionmaking from Lopes in the 31st gifted PSG a second goal. The goalie came off his line to challenge Lucas in the air for a long ball from Thiago Silva. Lopes was a split second late and brought Lucas
down. Cavani scored the subsequent penalty with a powerful strike into the bottom corner. "I told you he's a scorer," PSG coach Laurent Blanc said. "A scorer with his moments of doubt because of a return from injury or because of a position that does not necessarily favor him. But he's a player who scores goals. We needed to be patient. And he gave his
best answer on the pitch." An unmarked Cavani nearly added a third goal after a mazy run from Lucas in the 36th, but he blazed over the bar from 13 yards. Lacazette capitalized on a counterattack to restore some hope for Lyon in the second half, skipping past rightback Christophe Jallet and unleashing a low angled drive from the edge of the box.
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outing with the children of Nagaland Children’s Home. The Platinum Miss Teen title holders, contestants, organisers and well wishers donated clothing, games, toys and spent quality time with the children.
Through its activities, the foundation aims to motivate, educate and empower girls and people in need. The Foundation wishes to support the healing journey of individuals and communities who are
survivors of violence, conflict and other hardships. The Nagaland Children’s Home is a home for lesser privileged children run by the Christian Mission School, Diphupar, Dimapur. The Foundation aims
to establish a dedicated relationship with the home and provide support, and expressed gratitude to the Platinum Miss Teen girls, well wishers and the children’s home for making this Easter a blessed one.
Kylie Minogue claims she has no time for a relationship
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he’s been through a whirlwind of lifestyle changes in the past year alone, including an alteration in management and a change in attitude - accepting a role in reality television. Now, Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue has said that - despite remaining a romantic at heart - she is simply too busy to focus on love. The 45-year-old recently split with her long term beau, Spanish model Andres Velencoso, after a five-year relationship, but admittedly the pair still keep in touch. ‘I am single now, yes,’ she told Sunday Style. ‘I’ve dealt with most of the sadness. I couldn’t say all of the sadness, but the tears and the crying and everything - that’s done. ‘I still got a bit teary at Christmas and New Year, when you have one of those days. Thankfully, if you have to break up, it was as nice as it could be and there was nothing untoward. ‘We just drifted apart and he’s a great guy.’ The host of The Voice Australia admitted it was strange when she remembered that she was not single when she wrote her new song Kiss Me Once, which now leaves her wondering who the lyrics will soon be directed to in her mind. But despite the recent heartbreak she is excited to move on. ‘I guess there are moments of excitement, thinking, “Who will I meet?”. But actually, unless it’s in my schedule it’s probably not going to happen right now because I’m just so busy,’ Minogue said. ‘Distraction, I know it’s not the most sensible thing, because it can just put a plaster over the situation, but it’s definitely helped me, being busy.’ And busy they pop sensation has certainly
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T latinum Miss Teen Family had a day of fun filled activities on Easter Sunday! As part of the Platinum Foundation’s Easter Goodwill initiative, the family took part in an
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sic style to adapt to the latest trends in the music industry such as Electro House and Hardstyle by collaborating with one of the most successful EDM producer in India, DJ Ina. The two artists asked indihut to give out their latest single ‘Sweet Escape’ for free to all those music lovers who wish to get a taste of EDM Electro, House and Hardstyle which are the most popular music genres sweeping the global music industry. Fans and supporters can visit Nagaland based e-Commerce website www.indihut.com to download their music using their mobile phones and laptops.
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been. Not only has her appearance on The Voice Australia meant a move to her home country, but the diva is currently also preparing to go on her Kiss Me Once world tour in September 2014. Minogue has recently revealed that she has worked with both Titanium singer Sia Furler and Happy singer and producer Pharrell Williams during the making of her new album. It was in front of the second of the two that Minogue admitted she had a full breakdown, during the difficult days of her revolutionary previous year. ‘I had two days with Pharrell but they were good days. OK, on the second day I burst into tears and made a fool of myself,’ she said. ‘I was having a terrible day. Like I said, last year was challenging, and I couldn’t even express why I was having such a bad day... I can become morose, I go down quite quickly, but I don’t stay down long. It’s like a dip and then something will bring me up.’ Despite the emotional roller coaster of a year, Minogue is glad of her changes and stands by all of her decisions, maintaining that she has learnt more about who she is as a person.
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‘I’ve started the book and that’s why I have to keep all my juicy secrets to myself – but not for much longer,’ he said at the opening night of his revival of Noel Coward’s Relative Values at the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre. ‘A friend invited me to meet Noel, and Princess Margaret was there, too. I had at least three rather special conversations with her. ‘Then Tom Courtenay turned up with a new beard and Noel said, “My dear, how terribly avant-barbe!” ’ Bryan Adams is back in the studio – but this time it has nothing to do with his photography career. The singer-turned-snapper has two albums in the pipeline, I can reveal – his first since 2008. ‘One is an album of covers and one is of originals,’ says Bryan, 54. But he hasn’t asked pal Mark Ronson to help him modernise his style. ‘I decided not to work with Mark. Maybe one day. The covers are songs I listened to while I was growing up.’
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Arnold Schwarzenegger takes 21 contestants selected his $250,000 Mercedes for a spin for VoN 2nd voting round
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tants of the 2nd round will be given a chance to perform at the fund raising concert call “Purple Fusion Live” which is scheduled to be held on the 10th of may 2014 at IMC hall , 6:00 Pm. The organizers will also sponsor 10 other best performing contestants to witness the concert. The organizing team expressed regret that the first voting round could not be telecast in Kohima and some parts of Dimapur as the length of the episode exceeded the maximum 2 hour slot allotted by local channels . The remaining rounds will be telecaston city cable and global chapter in Dimapur and crystal cable and NM cable in kohima.
e’s most famous for driving a huge vegetable oil powered Hummer, but Arnold Schwarzenegger chose a much sportier ride to go out for lunch with his friends today. Cruising with the top down, the Sabotage actor took the $250,000 Mercedes-Benz SLS super car for a spin around Los Angeles. The former Governor of California wore a grey T-shirt, thick brown jacket and straw cowboy hat as he drove, completing his look with a brown belt with a massive gold buckle, a matching suitably large-faced watch and a pair of unusual cowboy boots with shiny steel toecaps and heels. Once he had parked up, the muscleman strolled in the sunshine with a smile on his face, and rested his thumbs on his belt buckle. Petrol head Arnold is a huge fan of vehicles, and owns a fleet which at one point included a Porsche 911 Turbo, a Dodge Challenger, a Bentley Continental Supersports, a Ferrari 360 Spider, an old military Jeep and a Mercedes-Benz Unimog truck. The 66-year-old star also owned seven Hummers, but gave up six of them - thought to have been worth around a million dollars - in a bid to work towards saving the environment in 2006. His remaining military green Hummer was then con-
verted to run as a hybrid vehicle, fuelled by vegetable oil. However, it was yet another of his vehicles which Arnold was driving yesterday: his Patton M47 tank. The action movie star bought the tank in 1992 and is said to be the same type he once rode in as an 18-year-old in the Austrian Army. The former body builder was treating fan Alex Mihelick to a ride in the tank and the chance to crush any object he desired, after he had won a charity raffle. Texas resident Alex was flown to California for his prize and greeted with a personal letter welcoming him to the state from Arnold. Detailing the day on his Twitter page, Alex said how he had a healthy breakfast with the star, before they set out to crush his desired object – a mannequin dressed in a Michigan T-shirt and pyjama bottoms. He then posted a photo with him and Arnold enjoying a cigar, and later in the day they even arm wrestled. Alex wrote: ‘Just arm wrestled @Schwarzenegger ! Who won? Just gonna have to wait and see the video (hint: Him. By a lot.)’ Alex had won the day through Arnold’s charity After-School All-Stars, which runs activity programmes for nearly 90,000 low-income children across the United States. The raffle raised US$500,000 in total for the charity, which will be matched by the former bodybuilder.
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Beibut Shumenov, left, of Kazakhstan, takes a punch from Bernard Hopkins, right, of the United States, during their IBF, WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight World Championship unification boxing match on April 19 in Washington. Hopkins won by a split decision. (AP Photo)
Shawn Porter, left, fights Paulie Malignaggi during the second round of their IBF Welter- Miesha Tate, right, and Liz Carmouche fight in a mixed marweight Champioship boxing match, Saturday, April 19 in Washington. Porter won with a tial arts event on Saturday, April 19 at UFC Fight Night in TKO in the fourth round. (AP Photo) Orlando Fla. Tate defeated Carmouche. (AP Photo)
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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates with his trophy after he wins the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China on April 20. (AP Photo)
SHANGHAI, APRIL 20 (AP): Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton captured his third straight Formula One race with ease on Sunday, leading from start to finish to win the Chinese Grand Prix. Mercedes showed again that it's in a different class from its rivals, with Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg taking second place — the third time in four races this season the pair have finished one-two. Fernando Alonso held
on for third place to give Ferrari its first podium finish of the year. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was fourth, while his teammate, defending world champion Sebastian Vettel, slumped to fifth. The win gave Hamilton his first career hat trick following his wins in Malaysia and Bahrain. The Briton may have had a fourth victory, but he was forced to retire in the season-opening race in Australia after
starting from pole position due to engine trouble. Hamilton also inched closer to his teammate's lead in the drivers' championship with 75 points, just four behind Rosberg. With Hamilton far out in front for much of the race, his rivals were left to battle for second best. Rosberg, expected to challenge Hamilton in Shanghai after the pair's tight duel in Bahrain, started fourth on the grid and
was forced to play catchup after a slow start immediately dropped him back to seventh place. The German methodically tracked down the two Red Bulls and then finally passed Alonso on the back straight of the 43rd lap, the Ferrari unable to match the speed of the Mercedes. Rosberg then set his sights on Hamilton, but his teammate was well in front and finished nearly 19 seconds clear of the German. Vettel, meanwhile, was instructed by his team to let his younger teammate, Ricciardo, pass him for the second race in a row. Instead of acceding, however, the four-time defending champion initially fought off Ricciardo's attempts to get by. Vettel asked his team what tires Ricciardo was using and when told they were both on mediums, Vettel responded, "Tough luck." At the start of lap 26, though, Vettel did finally make way for the faster Ricciardo and was unable to challenge him again. Ricciardo nearly caught Alonso at the end but ran out of time, falling short by 1.2 seconds. It would have been the first podium finish of his career — he had finished second in Australia but the result was stripped after he was found to have breached new fuel regulations. It was a solid race for Force India, which saw Nico Hulkenberg finish sixth and Sergio Perez take ninth. Williams driver Valtteri Bottas was seventh, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was eighth, and Toro Rosso's Daniil Kyvat finished in 10th, another impressive showing by the 19-year-old debutant.
NORWICH, APRIL 20 (AP): A first English championship in 24 years is within Liverpool's grasp after a 3-2 victory over Norwich that was inspired by Raheem Sterling's double and a 30th goal of the campaign by Luis Suarez on Sunday. An 11th straight league win secured the Reds a return to the Champions League for the first time since the 2009-10 season but they have more lofty ambitions after moving five points clear with three matches left. Sterling crashed home a brilliant long-range strike in the fourth minute before setting up Suarez in the 11th minute for his 12th goal against Norwich in their last five meetings. After Gary Hooper cut the deficit in the 54th, Sterling re-established Liverpool's two-goal lead with his second that saw him intercept a pass inside his own half, weave his way through Norwich's defense before taking aim with a shot that looped over goalkeeper John Ruddy thanks to a deflection. Robert Snodgrass' 77thminute header set up a nervy finish but Liverpool held on to put clear distance to Chelsea, which lost 2-1 to Sunderland on Saturday, and nine points ahead of third-placed Manchester City, which has two games in hand. If Liverpool beats Chelsea next weekend, surely it can't be stopped from capturing the title — a highly unlikely scenario given the team finished seventh last season. With that game coming at Anfield and between two legs of Chelsea's Champions League semifinal against Atletico Madrid, Liverpool will be favorite. "The objective at the start of the season was to
Liverpool's Raheem Sterling celebrates scoring the opening goal of the game with his manager Brendan Rodgers during their English Premier League match against Norwich City at Carrow Road, Norwich, eastern England, Sunday April 20. (AP Photo)
qualify for the Champions League — that was always going to be an incredible task but now we know we cannot finish lower than third,"Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said. "We will go into the next three games looking to perform well. We want to continue to fight and now look to Chelsea next week — where it will be an incredible atmosphere at Anfield." Sterling — named this week on the six-man shortlist for the league's young player of the year — stepped up in the absence of Daniel Sturridge, who
Arsenal beat Hull City to cruise towards top 4
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LONDON, APRIL 20 (AGENCIES): Lukas Podolski scored another brace as Arsenal cruised to victory at KC Stadium - and gave themselves a psychological boost ahead of next month's FA Cup final. The Gunners were at their clinical best and, having weathered an early storm from Hull City, they swept forward to take the lead through Aaron Ramsey, ably set up by Santi Cazorla. Podolski rounded off a fine counter-attack to double Arsenal's lead before the break and then fired in a third after Ramsey's shot had been saved, the German taking his tally to four goals in two games. These teams will meet again at Wembley on May 17 but this was about Premier League points and a chance to compete for an even greater prize - the Champions League - next season. After an anxious few weeks, Arsenal are looking good for that top-four finish. Arsène Wenger's major selection decision centred aroundMesut Ozil. The Germany star was back from a hamstring injury but would he start on the pitch or the bench? Wenger went for the former and made two further changes, drafting in Ramsey and Arsenal's Lukas Podolski celebrates scoring his side's third goal during their English Premier Nacho Monreal. A minor hamstring League soccer match against Hull City at The KC Stadium, Hull, England on April 20. (AP Photo)
was missing because of a hamstring injury. Sterling put in a manof-the-match performance that began with a superb strike from 25 yards. Suarez's now-obligatory goal against Norwich came from a center by Sterling — making the Uruguay striker the first Liverpool player since Ian Rush in the 198687 season to net 30 goals in one league campaign. Suarez is one goal shy of the record goal tally for a 38-game Premier League season, held jointly by Alan Shearer and Cristiano Ronaldo. Norwich, which is two
points above the relegation zone with three games left after this fourth straight loss, made life difficult in the second half and Hooper sidefooted into an empty net after Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet fluffed an attempted punched clearance. Sterling's individual effort had its origins in a misplaced pass by Bradley Johnson just inside theLiverpool half and it was the Norwich midfielder whose heel Sterling's left-footed shot struck, the ball looping high and over the backpedaling Ruddy.
problem ruled out Thomas Vermaelen whileKim Kallstrom and Tomas Rosicky dropped to the bench.Mathieu Flamini was among the substitutes after a two-match suspension. Hull started the second half brightly and Bacary Sagna had to step in when half-time substitute Matty Fryatt got the wrong side of the Arsenal defence. But for all the home side's endeavour, they lacked Arsenal's ruthlessness, and the point was hammered home nine minutes after the restart. This time Cazorla got down the left and cut the ball back for Ramsey - one of a number of Arsenal bodies inside the box. His shot took a deflection and was well kept out by Harper, but Podolski kept his head to slot home the rebound. Jelavic saw a shot deflected over as Hull tried to find a way back into the match but the visitors looked comfortable - and they could have extended their lead. Harper's dithering allowed Giroud to block his clearance in the 64th minute, and the Frenchman was unfortunate to see his follow-up crash off the underside of the crossbar. Then Mertesacker's flicked header from Cazorla's free-kick flew just over. A thoroughly Michelle Wie holds up the 2014 LPGA LOTTE Championship trophy satisfying afternoon for the Gunners. at Ko Olina Golf Club, Saturday, April 19 in Kapolei, Hawaii. (AP Photo)
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