21th January 2014

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Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be Rahul bats for Women’s Reservation Bill [ PAGE 8]

Priyanka works with Rihanna, Justin Timberlake team [ PAGE 11]

‘Voice of the press is voice of the people’ [ PAGE 2]

Iran starts implementing nuclear deal: IAEA [ PAGE 9]

By Sandemo Ngullie

“Yes I’m in charge. Please give detail of your grievance.”

85 people control half the world’s wealth

Brisk walks lower prostate cancer risk

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WaSHInGTon, January 20 (IanS): Men who engage in higher levels of physical activity have been reported to have a lower risk of prostate cancer recurrence and mortality compared with men who participate in little or no physical activity. “Research has shown that men with prostate tumours containing more regularly-shaped blood vessels have a more favourable prognosis compared with men with prostate tumours containing mostly irregularly-shaped blood vessels,” said Erin Van Blarigan, assistant professor at University of California, San Francisco. The researchers found that men with the fastest walking pace (3.5 miles per hour) prior to diagnosis had 8 percent more regularly-shaped blood vessels compared with men with the slowest walking pace (1.5 miles per hour), said the study. In the study, we found that men who reported walking at a brisk pace had more regularly-shaped blood vessels in their prostate tumours compared with men who reported walking at a less brisk pace. The findings were presented at the AACR-Prostate Cancer Foundation Conference on Advances in Prostate Cancer Research held from Jan 18-21.

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–Jose Ortega y Gasset

Maria out Azarenka cruises into quarters [ PAGE 10]

i am an anarchist, says AAP’s Kejriwal

reflections

London, January 20 (IanS): The richest 85 people in the world control as much wealth as the poorest half of the global population put together, says a study conducted by Oxfam. “It is staggering that in the 21st Century, half of the world’s population - that’s three and a half billion people - own no more than a tiny elite whose numbers could all fit comfortably on a double-decker bus,” Oxfam executive director Winnie Byanyima stated.

Oxfam said that those richest 85 people across the globe share a combined wealth of about one trillion pounds and that this is no accident as growing inequality has been driven by a “power grab” by wealthy elites. The development charity added that the wealth of the one percent richest people in the world amounts to 60.88 trillion pounds, or 65 times as much as the poorest half of the world. Oxfam fears that this concentration of economic resources is threatening political stability and driving up social tensions. “Widening inequality is creating a vicious circle where wealth and power are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few, leaving the rest of us to fight over crumbs from the top table,” Byanyima was quoted as saying.

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Indonesian men help a motorist to cross a flooded street on a raft in Pamanukan, Indonesia on Jan. 20. Seasonal rains and high tides in recent days have caused widespread flooding across much of Indonesia. (AP Photo)

Treat dialogue process with respect: UNC SEnaPaTI, January 20 (MExn): The United Naga Council (UNC) today reaffirmed its call for peaceful abstention from participation in the Republic Day, along with other civil actions, to demonstrate the displeasure of Nagas in Manipur over “the wilful insult to the Naga people and to the democratic process of dialogue.”

Responding to a statement by the Joint Secretary, North East, Ministry of Home Affairs, published in the media on January 20, the UNC clarified that the Republic Day is “not being boycotted.”

The UNC, in a press note, further reiterated its

call to press for immediate intervention of the Government of India regarding an ‘alternative arrangement’.

It informed that on August 30, 2013, an agreement was reached to hold the next round of tripartite talks, involving the Government of India, Government of Manipur and UNC, within the “outer limit of 2 months.”

It lamented that, despite a reminder sent to the Government of India on October 29, repeated press statements on the issue being issued and two 48 hour bandhs being held, the proposed talks have not taken place.

It alleged that the Govern-

ment of Manipur has “misled and wrongly influenced the GoI to suppress democratic rights and the people’s movement for securing their political aspiration. “ The UNC expressed concern that the Government of India “does not respond nor communicate, and leaves the process in a limbo, ignoring the fact that the democratic process of dialogue should be treated with respect and upheld with care.” Instead, “there is sinister design to sabotage the peaceful and democratic dialogue process by criminalising the people’s movement for securing their political aspiration,” the UNC said.

Set up dev committee for NE: PM nEW dELHI, January 20 (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday directed the Planning Commission to set up a committee with representatives from northeastern states to monitor and improve coordination for infrastructure development in the region as he reviewed its status in New Delhi.

At the meeting with chief ministers of the northeastern states, Singh said the Centre views infrastructure development in the region as a key element in the strategy for developing the region and increasing connectivity with the rest of the country. After reviewing the status of the infrastructure in terms of air, rail and road connectivity in the region, he observed that “very considerable progress is being made in each of the sectors”.

He directed the Planning Commission to constitute a Monitoring Committee with representatives from the northeast states to improve coordination among

central ministries.

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia made a detailed presentation on infrastructure development in the region and noted that continuous focus on the region has led to satisfactory results during the 11th Plan period.

The State Domestic Product growth in the region has been above the national average for the first time ever in the 11th Plan underscoring success of the initiatives and constant monitoring by the Planning Commission, it was noted. This growth was supported by good agriculture sector performance including horticulture, floriculture, fisheries, rubber and oil palm production.

It was also noted Montek that during the same period total central assistance had more than doubled to the region from Rs 34764 crore during the 10th Plan to Rs 73374 crore during the 11th Plan period.

As a result, Plan Expenditure has grown significantly in all NE states as share of GSDP.

Multi-organisation team to re-assess oil & gas potential

nEW dELHI, January 20 (IanS): Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily Monday approved the constituting of a multi-organisational team to reassess the country’s hydrocarbon resources. The minister approved “a Multi Organisation Team (MOT) to carry out re-assessment of hydrocarbon resources of India in all its 26 sedimentary basins. The exercise will cover all the 26 sedimentary basins of India,” an offcial statement here said.

“Resource assessment is required to be completed within 30 months,” it added.

It said the last such exercise

was carried out in 15 sedimentary basins around two decades ago and is overdue for full scale revision in view of the vast amount of data collected since then, the ministry said. The MOT has been asked to estimate the resources of 3.14 million square km of the 26 sedimentary basins of India and prepare a basin-wise portfolio.

MOT will comprise of exploration heads of stateowned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd. and will also have an official from the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH). The team will carry

out the resource assessment at Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s Keshav Dev Majviy Institute of Petroleum Exploration (KDMIPE) in Dehradun.

A National Steering Committee headed by the petroleum secretary and including the regulator Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), exploration heads of ONGC and Oil India and the head of the KDMIPE, has been set up to periodically review the work done. The International Energy Agency (IEA) last year, estimated India’s oil and gas resource potential at 206 billion barrels of oil and oil equivalent.

To register protest against the “provocative statement” published on January 20, the UNC informed that a peaceful rally, which was scheduled to be held in all Naga District HQs of Manipur on January 23, will be replaced by a total 12 hours shut down (6 AM to 6 PM) on the same day.

The UNC called upon the people to be united in one accord and to effectively observe the total bandh in their respective jurisdictions. It further cautioned that any individual who wilfully defies the bandh would be doing so at their own risk.

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nEW dELHI, January 20 (Tnn): Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues on Monday started a dharna outside Rail Bhavan here after they were prevented from reaching the Union home ministry office for a planned protest.

The AAP government is demanding action against police officials who refused to carry out a raid on an alleged drug and prostitution racket in South Delhi last week. Raising the pitch against the Union home ministry, Kejriwal urged everyone to join the protest.

“I urge everyone to join this protest to make Delhi a safe city,” Kejriwal said from a makeshift podium using a public address system.

The Delhi chief minister went a step further and appealed to honest cops to take leave and join his protest. Defending his decision to go ahead with the protest, Kejriwal said, “Any constitutional crisis or disturbance in R-day celebrations will be the responsibility of Centre.” Kejriwal said he had come prepared for ten days of dharna.

Rejecting home minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s statement that action can be taken only after an inquiry, the chief minister demanded immediate suspension of the “corrupt” officials who refused to act in the interest of the public whose cause law minister Somnath Bharti had taken up.

The law minister had created a controversy last week when he went to a locality in his constituency of Malvya Nagar, claiming a drug and prostitution ring

was being run from a residence and demanded police raid the place.

However, the police refused saying they have no warrant to do so. The AAP workers allegedly forced a couple of women from Uganda to give urine samples. Their action came under all-round attack but the AAP government insists that action should be taken against the police officials.

Strongly defending his law minister Somnath Bharti, Kejriwal showed a letter which he said was written by a woman from Ugandan embassy and supported Bharti’s action against some woman of their country.

Kejrwal accused the cops of collecting money from the people of Delhi and passing it on to their seniors and even the Union home minister. He launched a scathing attack on Delhi Police and rejected the probe ordered by the LG. “None of my ministers will participate in the probe. We will also urge the people of Khirki Extension, where Somnath Bharti led a midnight raid, to stay away from the probe,” Kejriwal said.

Kejriwal also blamed a section of the media, Congress and BJP for describing actions of AAP leaders as “vigilantism”.

He also referred to the allegation made by former Union home secretary RK Singh against Sushilkumar Shinde that he was involved in transfer of SHOs in Delhi Police.

“It creates doubt that money has changed hands (for the purpose),” said Kejriwal. Referring to the crit-

icism from his political opponents, Kejriwal accepted that he was an anarchist.

“Some say I am an anarchist. Yes, I am. There is lawlessness in every home in the city. Today, I’ll spread disorder in the HM’s house,” Kejriwal said.

Earlier, the day began with Kejriwal and his ministers meeting at the Delhi secretariat from where they left for North Block, ignoring the prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Indian Penal Code, that bars any gathering of five or more people. The convoy of Kejriwal and his ministers was stopped near the Rail Bhavan by the cops. Police officials tried to persuade the chief minister not to proceed ahead, but Kejriwal refused to listen.

The Aam Aadmi Party has alleged that policemen did not cooperate with Somnath Bharti during his vigilante-style raid on Wednesday night and on minister Rakhi Birla’s complaint concerning “improper action” in a dowry case.

According to TV reports, all roads leading to the home ministry have been blocked. Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde ruled out any action against the Delhi cops till the probe was over.

Delhi LG has ordered a judicial probe into the charges against the cops.

The Delhi CM should be patient and wait for the probe result, Shinde said. The Congress and the BJP have strongly opposed the CM’s dharna. However, the Congress has made it clear that it will not withdraw support from the government.

Perception of conservation changing in nagaland state

Morung Express News Dimapur | January 20

The attitude of Nagas towards forests and their resources, according to the Department of Forests & Environment, is gradually changing for the better. The department is further emboldened; now that there is “political will” on the part of the Nagaland government to protect the State’s depleting flora and fauna.

Chief Wildlife Warden, T. Lotha observed that conservation effort in Nagaland is “picking up” as the people’s outlook changes. “The perception of conservation in Nagaland has drastically changed,” commented Lotha during an event organized by the department in Dimapur on January 20. The event was organized to honour department personnel and non-profit organizations, which contributed towards the protection of migratory Amur Falcons last season.

The objective now will be to capitalize on this and ride the conservation wave, Lotha averred.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, ML Rao commented that there was a time when Nagas were painted as insensitive to conservation of flora and fauna. He was referring to the bad publicity Nagaland

The department of Forests & Environment honoured forest guards and conservation organizations for contributing towards the protection of migratory Amur Falcons. Seen in the picture is the PCCF, ML Rao (Sitting Centre) alongwith department subordinates and forest guards in Dimapur on January 20.

received in 2012 when a national television news channel aired clippings of mass trapping of Amur Falcons by locals here. However, that impression of Nagas by people from outside has changed, Rao said.

It was possible because of the efforts put in by department personnel, conservation organizations and importantly, villagers, who had to sacrifice livelihood for the sake of protecting the birds, he added.

“The real heroes are the villagers. They had to sacrifice their livelihood.”

While stating that Nagaland has done a tremendous job, Rao however maintained that one cannot afford to remain com-

placent but continue to sustain the conservation movement. The department maintained that not a single Amur Falcon was trapped last season, when the migratory birds roosted in Nagaland enroute Africa. At a single point, according to an estimate, at least a million flocked a roosting site around the Doyang reservoir. Insects are the main source of food for the bird of prey, which it hunts mostly in flight.

The roosting of the Amur Falcon in Nagaland was first sighted in Chantongya, Mokokchung around 199394, according to I. Panger Jamir, Additional PCCF. Bird-watchers say that it is difficult to predict the mi-

gration pattern of migratory birds as shifts in migratory behavior occur naturally.

In the initial years, the birds roosted in small flocks; but by the end of the nineties the number multiplied, it was added. Owing to its “docile” nature, Amur Falcons are vulnerable to hunting, of which hunters took utmost advantage. By the turn of the 2000’s, the uninhibited hunting of the birds got the attention of amateur conservationists. Finally, in 2001, the Changtongya village council decreed that trapping and hunting of the migratory birds be banned for a period of five years. It received a lot of resistance from hunters but the decree prevailed, he said.

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‘Voice of the press is voice of the people’ Kohima Press Club observes 13th Foundation Day Our Correspondent Kohima | January 20

The Kohima Press Club (KPC) today observed its 13th foundation day at KPC conference hall with Voto Neikha, PS to parliamentary secretary for information & public relations as the special guest.

Speaking on the occasion, Neikha thanked all the KPC members for rendering valuable and selfless services to the people of Kohima in particular and the Nagas in general. He said that today everyone knows the importance of press and also the role play by the press, adding that it gives information about the activities, policies programmes of the government and the happenings in the state,

national and international.

“Now the press is reaching in every nook and corner of the state which makes the people more acquainted of the information and happening across the globe. Stating that press fraternity of the state is second to none, he said “ It is undeniable fact that you are doing a commendable job in our state and also disseminate the activities to the rest of the country,” he said adding that press coverage in day today activities and happening bet it government, NGOs or different organizations etc. is laudable.

Referring to the role of newspapers/press, Neikha said, “An efficient and fearless press is one of the prerequisite of democracy.”

It acts as a watchdog of democracy where ideas and majority

opinions prevail. It acts as bridge between the government and the people. Newspaper informed the people of the programmes, policies and the activities of the government. Similarly, they keep the government informed of the reaction of the people, their problems, grievances, hopes and aspirations. Stating that the primary duty of the press is objective reporting of the news and views in a calm and dispassionate manner, he said that it should not indulge in yellow journalism.

Also stating that freedom of speech and expression is a sine qua non of the functioning of a democratic polity, he said, “Democracy means a government by persuasion and unless there is freedom for discussion of political as well as other matters, the polity could not be termed democracy. So the most important ingredient of democracy is the existence of free and Special guest Voto Neikha and others with KPC members during 13th KPC foundation day on January fearless press.” In a democracy the press must enjoy complete 13. (Morung Photo)

Animal Welfare Forthnight observed Anti-rabies vaccination camp in Dimapur

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freedom and should not be subjected to any restriction, he said adding that freedom of the press is the heart of the social and political intercourse. It is the primary duty of the court to uphold the freedom of the press and invalidate/nullify all laws or administrative actions which interfere with it contrary to the constitutional mandate. The voice of the press is the voice of the people, he said adding that censoring the press means the suppression of the people’s voice. The press is the defender and the protector of the rights and liberties of the people.

Meanwhile, Neikha requested the KPC to initiate a platform for public debate on certain selected issues or topics in future.

Earlier, KPC vice president Ketu Viluo pronounced invocation prayer while welcome address was delivered by Vincent Belho.

The function concluded with vote of thanks by KPC president Kopelo Krome.

Elderly care home at ‘Education is transformer of life’ Sungratsu inaugurated Aiponger Students’ ba said that it is only through attended school at government education that the Eastern Na- primary school, Baimho, in Zun-

MoKoKchUNg, JANUARY 20 gas can come at par and hope heboto district way back in 1937.

(DIPR): An Elderly Care Home to provide to compete with other tribes The Parliamentary Secretary a real home to elderly people of Sungratand societies. He advised the also said that as a students’ orgasu village and its surrounding areas was students that they should not nization, AAA should take initiainaugurated at Sungratsu village under ShAMAtoR, JANUARY 20 involve or depend too much on tives to bring positive changes Mokokchung district on January 18. The (DIPR): The golden jubilee cel- politics to influence their ca- and transformation in the village. elderly care home sponsored by Aonglar ebration of Aiponger Akherü reers or future; rather students T. Keozhih Yimchunger, PerWomen Welfare Society was inaugurated Arihako (Aiponger Students’ should choose to chart their own sonal Secretary to Chairman,

by MLA Dr. Imtiwapang.

Union) was held on January 17 destiny and careers through Nagaland Bio-Resource MisDr. Imtiwapang, in his speech, lauded and 18 2014 at Aiponger Vil- hard work and dedication. sion and MLA, Toyang Chang, the Aonglar Women Welfare society for lage Church with Parliamentary Stating that Aiponger is a his- also exhorted the gathering. ‘marvelous job’ for the welfare of elderly Secretary for CAWD, R Tohanba, toric and pioneer village among Neighbouring Huker Students’ people. He said the concern shown to el- gracing the inaugural function the Yimchungrü villages in the Union and students from Aghuderly people by setting up a home for them as chief guest. field of education, Tohanba said P. nato presented special numbers. would further encourage others to follow Stressing on the importance Hopung (A centenarian who also Among others, EAC Shamator, their footstep. Dr. Imti said aged people, of education, the chief guest in attended the AAA Jubilee celebra- Athsangla and BDO Chessore, S. many of whom are experiencing boredom his address said education is a tion) of Aiponger village was one Lakiumong and host of invitees of being alone and often face exclusion from “Transformer of life, an agent of of the first educated men among from other villages also attendsocial activities, would find themselves ac- change and modernity.” Tohan- the Yimchungrüs. Hopung first ed the Jubilee conference. tive in their new home, as they would have opportunity to interact with each other. He called upon the participants to realize the great responsibility of extending due concern towards elderly people.

Director Social Welfare, Khevito Shohe, DIMAPUR, JANUARY 20 ciation and stated, “We’re blessed High School, Jasalie Vadeo, Kutin his speech, called upon the people to re- (DIPR): The 20th Kutsapo vil- with rich and varied culture which sapo chaired the programme, spect elderly people as they are gems in lage cultural meet 2014 with the makes our identity more unique.” invocation prayer was proour society. Rajesh IAS, SDO (C) Mokokc- theme ‘Brotherhood through He called upon the people to pro- nounced by Pastor KBC, Vezohung and Village Council Chairman, Sun- culture’ was held on January 14 tect and preserve the environ- voyi Lohe, welcome song in folk gratsu also spoke on the occasion. Direc- at the local ground. Managing ment by encouraging the public tune was presented by the hostDC, Dimapur N. Hushili Sema administering the first shot of anti-rabies vaccine on a pet at tor, Social Welfare, Khevito T Shohe, IGP, Director, TRICOM Dimapur, Er. to come forward with policies to ing khel (Utuzu) and acknowlVeterinary Hospital, Dimapur on January 20. (Morung Photo) Nagaland, Bendang Lemtur, IPS, Rajesh, Vikholie Nienu graced the occa- preserve our natural resources. edgement was delivered by IAS, SDO (C) Mokokchung, government of- sion as the chief guest.

Medical Officer, Niuland, Dr. the General Secretary, KCA, KuDIMAPUR, JANUARY ary 14 and will culminate at the same time inculcate ficials and others, attended the inaugural Speaking on the occasion the Kavito Zhimomi, was the special zhoduyi. Various competitions 20 (MExN): Animal Wel- on January 31. The event the sense of love and care function, among others. chief guest appreciated the asso- guest. Headmaster Government followed the main function. fare Forthnight (AWF) is was graced by N. Hushili for not only one’s pets but celebrated every year to Sema, Deputy Commis- all animal species, which create awareness on ani- sioner, Dimapur as the are intrinsically linked to mal welfare issues. Cele- chief guest. Speaking at the human growth.

Dr. Simon Ao, deputy brated across India in the event, the DC said that the last two weeks of January, primary aim of the vacci- director, Veterinary HosKIPhIRE, JANUARY 20 of potholes on the road, clearanimal welfare groups or- nation camp and AWF is to pital, said that as respon(MExN): Public and villag- ing mudslides and jungles, to ganize various awareness inculcate the spirit of love sible citizens one should ers of Pungro town, Luthor, make the 20-km road stretch and care for animals. Stat- understand that welfare of events during the period.

Salomi and Penkim villages more motorable. Contractors 2014 happened to be ing that the day’s initiative animals is directly or indiunder Pungro sub-division in working in the area including the golden jubilee year for was taken up so that Nagas rectly linked to human welKiphire district on January 14 Thepfusatuo Rio, Tarep, Kiuthe annual event; and Na- in general are made aware fare. Speaking on rabies, Dr. conducted a mass social work muhan and PWD department galand is also commemo- of the importance of caring Ao said that rabies affect on the Pungro-Salomi road, also loaned their tipper trucks rating the reaching of the for animals, the DC said, canines as badly as it does a 20 km stretch connecting and JCBs. The parliamentary “Just as much as we love humans, while adding that milestone.

Khongsa, the new EAC head- secretary also provided finanOn January 20, the de- our children, we must love anti-rabies vaccination cial assistance for smooth conquarter. partment of Veterinary and care for animals too.” must be encouraged.

Parliamentary secretary duct of the social work.

It was further informed and Animal Husbandry Further stating that rabies It may be mentioned the for Excise, Economics & Staconducted an anti-rabies despite the progress made that Animal Welfare Sotistics and LM&CP, T Torechu, road stretch also connects vaccination camp at Vet- in medical science is still ciety (Nagaland Chapter) who represents 60 Kiphre- Thanamir “Apple village”, the erinary Hospital, Dimapur a frightening spectre, the will be reorganised with Pungro assembly seat, also base village from where the as part of the celebration. DC hoped that the deni- the election of new team of Public and villagers of Pungro sub-division clearing and repairing the 20 km stretch took part in the mass social long trek to Mount Saramati AWF had started on Janu- zens avail the opportunity, activists. work, which involved filling up starts.

Pungro-Salomi road in Kiphire district on January 14.

Union celebrates golden jubilee

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20th Kutsapo village cultural meet held

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Mass social work on Pungro-Salomi road

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NRBPS educational tour concludes

The Nagaland Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti (Hindi Uchchatar Vidhalaya) Kohima team at Delhi during the educational tour.

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KohIMA, JANUARY 20 (MExN): Nagaland Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti (Hindi Uchchatar Vidhalaya) Kohima organized 10 days long annual educational tour to Jaipur, Agra and Delhi from January 3 to 14. Comprising of 29 students, 3 teaching faculties and Secretary of the Society, the team visited various places. The purposes of the tour was to create awareness on various fields and acquire knowledge from the historical places, monuments and different industrial products; especially art, culture, tourism traditions including the agricultural process. It also gave an opportunity to the students to know and interact with different group of people, see different historical places and monuments.

They got opportunity to see the social attributes and economical condition of main land India while passing out eight states.

During the visit to Jaipur, “Savda Sansar Jaipur” organized a programme called “Nayi Pidhi Geet Pratiyogita-2014 (New generation Song Competition-2014) on January 7. Students of NRBPS Hindi Uch-

chatar Vidyalay, Kohima presented song of integration in Hindi and folk song. Later, they interacted with many national level poets, writers and thinkers that motivated the students to go for higher study.

After seeing the performance of the students, the chief guest of the function, Rohit R. Brandon, IAS Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan and Director, HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg Jaipur invited for interaction to his office on the next day. Rohit R. Brandon encouraged all the students to see the challenges ahead and be the best in any profession through acquiring proper education and work for the integrity of all. Other high officials also were present. The students presented activity based learning songs. NRBPS (Hindi Uchchatar Vidhalaya) Kohima Assistant Teacher (Guide) Vituolenuo Lydia Dzuvichu in a press release has acknowledged the school authorities and other concerned for their support towards the tour.

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ANSAM & NWU respond to Jt Secy Shambhu Singh

SENAPATI, JANuAry 20 (NNN): the All naga students’ Association Manipur (AnsAM) and naga Women's Union (nWU) have said today that the provocative views of the Joint secretary, north East, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of india (Goi) on the press statement of the United naga Council (UnC) announcing sustained civil actions in his interview with some media has “constrained us to issue the following joint statements based on facts already placed in the public domain.”

According to AnsAM and nWU, the sustained civil action was decided by the Presidential Council in its meeting held on January 16 due to the lack of re-

sponse and insincerity on the part of the Goi and Government of Manipur (GoM) to carry forward the tripartite process. "the Joint secretary of MHA seems to be talking on behalf of the state Government which is a separate entity in the tripartite talk process. if he discerns any secessionist overtones in the abstention from Republic Day programme that has been called by the UnC, he will also need to take actions on all those who have abstained from Parliament or from Republic day programmes to register their protest in the past years.

He conveniently forgets that the issue is about a tripartite talk within the indian constitution and reads secessionist tenden-

cies here," the AnsAM and nWU added. they also said the shambhu singh was “perplexed” on seeing the press release of the UnC and has dubbed it as unilateral. But he was not perplexed over the fact that the UnC had sent a reminder to the secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Goi on October 29, 2013 for timely convening of the next tripartite talk so that the democratic process can be respectfully taken forward and a copy of the same was endorsed to his good office. Further, as no response was forthcoming from the Goi, a public statement was issued by the UnC on november 18, 2013 based on the decision of the Presidential Council of the UnC to observe a to-

tal ban on all vehicular traffic on National Highways 2(earlier 39), 37 and 150 in naga areas for 48 hours w.e.f from midnight of november 19, 2013 as a symbolic demonstration of protest against the disrespect of the Goi and GoM to the naga people and the democratic process of dialogue and the same was accordingly observed, they stated.

When the same still did not elicit any response, the 3rd Council Assembly of the UnC seriously viewed the indifference of the Goi to the democratic process of dialogue. through its Press statement dated December 6, 2013, the UnC placed in the public domain that the ban on construction works on all national projects in the naga areas

Protest against allocation of BRGF funds

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which was temporarily suspended w.e.f. september 3, 2013 will be re-imposed indefinitely should no positive response be received from the Goi within one week’s time.

AnsAM and nWU then said that on December 10, 2013, UnC issued a press statement to register its strong resentment to the statement of the Joint secretary, that the demand for an Alternative Arrangement is “quite hazy” and that the matter of upgrading the Alternative Arrangement talk to the political level has been left to the state Government to resolve with the UnC. With continued silence from the Goi, the UnC Presidential Council met on January 16. in view of the

willful insult to the naga people and the democratic process of dialogue that has been upheld with respect by the nagas in Manipur, the Presidential Council decided that sustained civil actions would be taken up in protest against the GoM and Goi and to press for immediate intervention of the Goi with alternative arrangement, the naga bodies said. instead of promoting the democratic spirit, “he is using his office to scuttle the dialogue process for he definitely has an axe to grind or otherwise his attitude reflected in the interview is not expected at all from the senior ranking iAs officer of the GoI,” they said.

"He seems unaware that UnC is the tribe based

Newmai News Network IMPHAL | January 20

A sit in protest demonstration against unequal implementation of Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) scheme 2013-14 was held today at Chandel District Headquarters. the protest was organized by District Vigilance Committee in collaboration with BJP Chandel Mandal demanding immediate rectification from Chairman ADC/DRDA Chandel.

During the protest, the protestors were holding placards which read "we want equal implementation & equal treatment, apply guideline of BRGF, Chairman ADC resign immediately, Mr. Chairman stop favouritism" speaking to media at the sideline of the protest, Bd. Betha President District Vigilance Committee said that the sit in protest was held on account of the failure on the part of the competent authorities to response positively even

tOP POlitiCAns representing regional political parties of the north East region have left for new Delhi today to place burning issues of the north Eastern states to the President of india and the Prime Minister of india.

Certain issues concerning the north Eastern states, such as the removal of Armed Forces special Powers Act (AFsPA), 1958 will be the demands among the many to be addressed to the President of india and the Prime Minister of the country through a memorandum, said H. nabashyam, spokesperson and co ordinator of north East Regional Parties Front (nERPF). He informed

after a memorandum was submitted to Chairman ADC/DRDA Chandel regarding unjustly allocating funds of the BRGF. He expressed regret for DC Chandel for failing to furnish audited statement for the year 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 along with utilized certificates for all permissible and non-permissible heads as demanded through a letter written to him on December 24 last.

He also informed that a memorandum containing all details found by

the Bharatya Janata Party Chandel mandal during their investigation, proposal of the BRGF fund allocation submitted by ED/ DC Chandel and the actual fund allotted block wise has been prepared and will be submitted to His Excellency the Governor of Manipur VK Duggal shortly. the President warned that if the competent authorities fail again to response positively, the committee will take up further step of agitations including mass protest rally and bandh. Besides, a team

from the Committee and BJP will start campaigning at the Centre to stop funding of BRGF scheme in the state. it may be noted that the Committee in their press statements had already accused the Chairman ADC/ DRDA Chandel and its DPC members for unjustly allocating funds of BRGF in violation of the provisions of the Guidelines while implementing the said scheme in the district and had already demanded a clarification from the competent authorities.

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IMPHAL, JANuAry 20 (MExN): Women Action for Development in collaboration with various nGOs, CBOs and POs of Manipur organized a mass rally cum public meeting at Uchiwa Khongnang Makhong on January 20 to protest against the increasing number of crimes against women and children in the state. A press note from the WAD informed that around 500 people participated in event.

A memorandum was also sent to the Prime Minister of India, to reaffirm the demand for control of crimes against women and children in the state. the memo noted an “extensive increase” in the number of crimes against the said demography and informed that 14 crimes against women and children have been reported this year, till January 18. it informed the PM of the rape and murder of a five year old Myanmarese girl, Baby Zin Zin Moe; the rape and sexual abuse of a girl at ngathal village on January 8, the murder of Farida Begum on January 5 and the gang rape of a 14 year old girl on new Years

eve in imphal.

It expressed confidence that the PM would take these matters seriously and direct the government of Manipur to excavate the body of Farida Begum for a post mortem. it urged that PM to see to it that all the accused persons at large are arrested, all convicts who have committed crimes against women and children are chargesheeted and that trial is ensured for all pending caseswithin six months. it further demanded the setting up of a special investigating teamto respond to crimes against women and children within two months and to introduce a gender budget in the forthcoming budget session. the memo also called for the setting up of fast track courts to try cases of crimes against women and children within three months. the WAD further expressed hope that the PM would implement his “promise” made at Kangla fort, Manipur, when he had stated, “i will consider replacing the Armed Forces special Powers Act with a more humane law.”

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AgArTALA, JANuAry 20 (IANS): Over 2,423 tribals, including women and children, belonging to Reang tribe in Mizoram, have taken shelter in Tripura, officials said here Monday. "Over 2,423 men, women and children comprising 368 families late sunday evening took shelter in four villages in Tripura," a Tripura relief department official told iAns. He said: "Civil and top police officials of Tripura government have rushed to the areas and officials from Mizoram government are expected to come to persuade the refugees to return their villages." tension was prevailing in Reang-dominated villages in Mamit district of western Mizoram over the kidnapping of three people nov 23, 2013, by the national liberation Front of tripura (nlFt) militants aided by suspected Reang militants.

Among the three kidnapped was a Kolkatabased telecommunications professional. two Mizoram-based drivers of private vehicles were also kidnapped.

"Mizo students and youths have begun a mass voluntary search operation to rescue the kidnapped people. Several local NGOs fixed a deadline (Jan 15) to secure release the hostages. tribal families apparently feared a repeat of the 1997-ethnic violence and fled," a refugee leader told reporters.

The fresh influx of tribals has taken place after over 250 Reang tribals, who fled to Tripura from nearby western Mizoram last week, returned to their homes following persuasion of tripura and Mizoram government officials.

Over 36,000 tribal refugees (also called Bru), have already been living in seven makeshift camps in tripura for the past 17 years.

SHILLoNg, JANuAry 20 (IANS): A four-member delegation from Meghalaya's opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) flew to New Delhi Monday to meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan singh to demand dismissal of Chief Minister Mukul sangma for his alleged links with a militant outfit."We have sought an audience with the President, the prime minister and leader of the opposition of both houses of parliament to demand the dismissal of Mukul sangma's government for his tacit and unholy nexus with a militant outfit," leader of the opposition and UDP chief, Donkupar Roy, told iAns. "We will expose the nexus and the danger of having a leader with deep-rooted connections with militants, a threat to the rule of law in Meghalaya and which will lead to subversion of the constitution," he said.

He said nagaland Chief Minister and chairman of north East Regional Political Parties Front (an um-

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brella of regional political parties) neiphiu Rio will also accompany the UDP delegation. stating Mukul's alleged nexus with the A'chik national Volunteers Council-B (AnVC-B) is a "national issue" since it has far-reaching implications for the fragile political and security scenario in the northeastern region, Roy said the delegation will demand a Central Bureau of investigation (CBi) probe. "Mukul should step down to facilitate a fair and impartial probe," Roy, a former chief minister of Meghalaya, said.

Charging Mukul with being the "common chairman" of all three tribal militant outfits operating in the western part of Meghalaya, national People's Party su-

clude the demands to resist entrance of migrants into the north Eastern states, for instant implementation of inner line Permit (ilP) in Manipur, which can check the flow of outsiders entering into the state. the demand also includes the assurance of 80 percent job reservation of seats for the indigenous people of the north Eastern states. nabashyam also termed it unfortunate that the ibobi led Congress government is not able to properly look into the welfare of the state. the people of the state are facing many problems ranging from poor construction of bridges and infrastructure to lack of rice stocks in the FCi, he said. the silence of the opposition parties also shows that there is lack of governance in the state, he added.

premo Purno A. sangma demanded that a CBi or national investigation Agency (niA) inquiry be initiated into this nexus.

"He (Mukul) has lost all moral, legal and constitutional right to continue in the august office of the chief minister and should step down immediately.

CBi or niA inquiry should be initiated into this nexus," Purno demanded. "it is a matter of great shame for the state of Meghalaya that its chief minister has been exposed for his links with militants and used such illegal means to reach the position of chief minister."

However, Mukul denied hobnobbing with the rebel outfit ANVC-B and termed the whole episode a "political conspiracy".

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"Mukul sangma is one among the very few politicians who do not keep any link with militant outfits. It is known to everybody. it is known to the people, it is known to the government of india and MHA (ministry of home affairs)," he told journalists at a news conference. "i have maintained we cannot rule out the alleged politician-militant nexus but in the absence of any evidence to substantiate, we cannot legally proceed with any such allegation," he added.

AnVC-B political secretary Ajaju R. Marak had alleged January 10 that its chairman Rimpu Marak had a role in ensuring Mukul remained the sM when there was a tussle for power in his previous term.

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India struggles to define inflation

MuMbai, January 20 (WSJ): India’s central bank is one of the few that doesn’t use consumer prices as its main gauge of inflation, but that may be changing.

The Reserve Bank of India has for decades used the country’s wholesale price index as its benchmark inflation indicator. It has even set its comfort zone for inflation at a wholesale inflation rate of less than 5%.

Consumer price inflation, or retail inflation, is used as the main price indicator in most countries because it directly reflects the way prices are affecting people. Still, India has used the WPI since 1947 because it has been easier to gather information on the prices producers charge. For years India just did not have a reliable consumer price index.

After trying a number of consumer price indicators over the years– inflation rates for just rural consumers or just urban consumers for example–in Feb. 2011, India created a more robust and relevant national CPI indicator.

As the new index turns three next

month, some economists say it is ready to become the main indicator for authorities such as the Reserve Bank of India.

“The comprehensive consumer price inflation will be in focus, but the WPI will also be retained as part of the framework due to better historical reference,” said Radhika Rao, an economist with DBS Bank.

Since taking charge as RBI governor in September, Raghuram Rajan has emphasized the growing importance of CPI inflation.

While the central bank aims to keep WPI inflation below 5%, Mr. Rajan recently said it has resisted putting a target to CPI inflation until it is more familiar with the movement of the index and how it responds to changes in the economy. But over time the Reserve Bank will develop targets for CPI as well, he said.

Economists have also been tracking the CPI but said they think the central bank will continue to give more importance to movements in the wholesale price index as the CPI is still too young.

“After a transition period, we expect the weightage to gradually but surely shift towards CPI inflation,” Rao said. Still some economists warn that the consumer price data in India can still be difficult to collect and volatile. This can lead to delays or sudden shifts in the index that surprise policy makers.

“Conceptually, consumer price index is better but I don’t think the index data is collected as professionally as it ought to be,” said Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy head of a government think-tank Planning Commission.

The same concern has been echoed by Rajan’s predecessor, D. Subbarao as well.

India needs at least another one or two years learning how the CPI index moves before it can flip its focus, said N. R. Bhanumurthy, who teaches at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.

“There are some components which are not clearly strong enough,” he said. “So I would say it is still on experimental basis.”

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Tata Motors unveils revotron petrol engine

MuMbai, January 20 (bL): Tata Motors has unveiled its next-generation petrol engine family, Revotron, that will power its future models in the passenger vehicle market.

The company has also launched its first petrol engine from the series, Revotron 1.2T. The new engine is a turbo-charged inter-cooled Multi-point Fuel Injected (MPFi) petrol engine. “With the launch of Revotron 1.2T, Tata Motors passenger vehicles business is making a strategic shift towards a more complete portfolio,” Ranjit Yadav, President (Passenger Vehicle Business Unit) at Tata Motors said.

The engine has been designed based on feedback from car owners, car enthusiasts and drivers from across the globe. The engine is being manufactured at Tata Motors’ Pune plant. The company also worked closely with global engine consultant AVL (Austria) and key technology partners such as Bosch, Honeywell, Mahle and INA to bring in the latest technology for the new engine series.

Indian Cos among emerging world’s vaccine heroes: Bill Gates DaVoS, January 20 (PTi): Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has showered rich praise on companies from emerging nations, including India, for donning the role of ‘hidden vaccine heroes’ and driving down their cost to about $1 per dose in the global fight to protect kids from deadly diseases. Gates, who is to attend the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, today said there is reason to be optimistic than ever about the future progress using vaccines to give all children a healthy start to life.

“You have probably never heard of many of the pharmaceutical companies - Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech, Biological E, China National Biotec Group, and Bio-Manguinhos, to name just a few - that have become some of our most valuable partners in global health,” Gates said in WEF blog. “By harnessing the same innovative spirit that transformed emerging markets into manufacturing hubs for everything...

These companies have become leaders in supplying the world with high quality, low-cost vaccines,” he noted.

Gates, the founder of Microsoft,

is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The increased competition and new manufacturing approaches created by these firms have made it possible to protect a child against eight major diseases. These include tetanus, polio and tuberculosis. According to Gates, Serum Institute produces a higher volume of vaccines than any other company in the world and has played a key role in cutting costs and boosting volumes.

The philanthropist mentioned about the progress with the life-saving pentavalent vaccine, which protects a child against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, and haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) - all in one dose. “When the GAVI Alliance first introducedit in2001,therewasonesupplier and the cost was $3.50 per dose.

“As demand for the vaccine grew, GAVI encouraged other suppliers to enter the market, and the price tumbled. Now there are five suppliers, and Biological E, an Indian pharmaceutical company, announced earlier this year that it would offer the vaccine for just $1.19 per dose,” he said.

Suzuki Inazuma launched, priced at Rs 3.10 lakh Indian-American entrepreneur Chet Kanojia neW DeLhi, January takes on TV big wigs ABC, NBC, CBS 20 (PTi): Suzuki Motorcycle India today launched 250 cc Suzuki Inazuma motorcycle, priced at Rs 3.10 lakh. “The Inazuma is a practical 250 cc bike that expands Suzuki’s motorcycle portfolio into the premium segment which is showing growth potential,” Suzuki Motorcycle India (SMIL) Executive Vice President Atul Gupta said in a statement.

The company believes that the Inazuma will be attractive for the youth, college students and motorcycle enthusiasts in metros, he added. The Suzuki Inazuma is available in two colours - black and red.

‘Online cross-border trade seen growing fivefold by 2020’

berLin, January 20 (reuTerS): The value of online exports in six of the top e-commerce markets will grow fivefold to $130 billion by 2020, with Britain currently generating the biggest online trade surplus by selling more goods abroad, research showed on Monday.

The study by Londonbased management consultancy OC&C and U.S. search engine Google (GOOG.O) estimated the value of crossborder online trade in the United States, Britain, Ger-

many, the Nordics, the Netherlands and France at $25 billion for 2013.

E-commerce is expanding at breakneck pace, with online retail sales in Europe seen doubling by 2018 to 323 billion euros, market research firm Mintel forecasts.

“Over the next decade, online retail will become even more international.

This represents a great opportunity for retailers by providing a new, capital-light approach to grow rapidly,” OC&C partner Anita Balchandani said in a statement.

Britain, the most advanced e-commerce market in the world, generated the biggest online trade surplus in 2013 of more than $1 billion, OC&C estimated, followed by the United States with a surplus of $180 million and Germany on $35 million.

While OC&C said U.S. online pioneers eBay and Amazon were the top international players in pure ecommerce, German online fashion retailer Zalando and British rival ASOS were next in their ranking.

ASOS said on January 14 that retail sales rose 38 percent to 335.7 million pounds in the four months to December 31, helped by a jump of 69 percent in Europe even as growth in the United States and Australia slowed.

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA topped the OC&C ranking of traditional players using e-commerce to speed their international expansion, followed by fashion retailer H&M and U.S. cosmetics seller Avon Products Inc.

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neW york, January 20 (PTi): An Indian-American entrepreneur has developed a tiny antenna which grabs over-the-air television signals and streams them to consumers via Internet, an invention that has pitted him against the powerful US TV industry.

Chet Kanojia, whose company is emerging as a threat to broadcast networks like ABC, NBC and CBS, is now fighting a legal battle with them in the US Supreme Court.

Aereo allows subscribers to watch or record broadcast television through the Internet on any device, no wires or cable boxes required. It does this by assigning each consumer a remote antenna and a DVR. The TV industry titans are intent on maintaining a system that provides billions in revenue annually. The networks have been fighting Aereo in court almost since its inception, claiming the service was stealing their content. The Supreme Court will hear the case this month, a report in the New York Times said.

“The (court) decision will have far-reaching implications for a television industry already in upheaval, facing challenges from online streaming, Internet-enabled TVs, ad-skipping devices and, now, the tiny antennas that Aereo uses to capture broadcast signals,” the report said.

Kanojia says he is optimistic of a Supreme Court ruling in his favour.

“I can’t imagine they won’t be

on the side of innovation,” he says, “cloud-based innovation, in particular, because it is so consumerfriendly.”

Brought up in Bhopal, Kanojia was a self-described “back bencher” in his youth, who spent too much time smoking and drinking and too little time studying in his hometown.

After earning an undergraduate

degree in mechanical engineering in India, he came to the US and earned a master’s in computer systems engineering from Northeastern University. He sold his first company, Navic Systems, which made software that helped cable companies interact with their customers, to Microsoft in 2008 for a reported USD 250 million.

His simple ambition is to improve the world through technology, he says. Kanojia says he is not driven by financial gains in his fight against the TV big-wigs.

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for the next 50 years of how copyright is going to extend or apply to the Internet and the cloud,” the NYT report quoted him as saying. Entertainment companies feel Aereo is violating copyright and stealing their content.

Copyright law lets individuals watch anything they pick up by antennas as long as it is for their private use, but the broadcasters say Aereo’s transmissions constitute a “public performance” that requires Aereo to pay for retransmitting them. If the court rules in Aereo’s favour, networks fear that the cable and satellite companies that currently pay them huge retransmission fees might follow Aereo’s lead, destroying broadcasters bottom line.

Kanojia says the threat is overblown and that long-established retransmission fees will not disappear anytime soon. While the big content providers would not be affected, the casualties would be the hundreds of channels that are barely watched but for which consumers still have to pay.

Kanojia’s friends say it is “completely in character” for him to play down his hand, citing the example of the disastrous Union Carbide chemical leak in 1984 that killed thousands in Bhopal. It emerges that as a teenager living in the spill’s aftermath, Kanojia was responsible for changing oxygen tanks for the dying, and would routinely discover dead bodies.

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MEx FILE NPCC meeting on Jan 24 Kohima, JaNuary 20 (mexN): There will be a meeting of NPCC office bearers, PCC members, DCC Presidents and Frontal Chiefs on January 24 at 11:00 am in Congress Bhavan, Kohima. NPCC General Secretary (Admn) Medokul Sophie in a meeting notice has informed the members concerned to attend the meeting without fail

Mangkolemba SDPDB meeting held

maNgKolemba, JaNuary 20 (DiPr): The monthly SDPDB meeting of Mangkolemba sub-division was held on January 20 under the chairmanship of Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Dr. Benjongliba Aier. The board resolved and recommended the following agenda: to construct PWD road from Yajang (A) to National Highway; for R.D, Japu village and Longsemtang village to be under Longchem, EAC; monthly SDPDB for the month of March will be held on March 6, 2014; Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Dr. Benjongliba Aier and Advisor, NBDA, Dr. Longrineken to donate chairs and carpets for Dobashi court; and SDPDB members absent for three consecutive meetings will be reported to higher authority and likewise NGOs membership will be cut off.

TA Rongmei expresses solidarity

DimaPur, JaNuary 20 (mexN): Expressing great shock at the demise of Anipa Khakuto Zimomi of Zunheboto town on January 20, Capt. (Retd.) TA Rongmei has extended solidarity to the bereaved wife and children.

In a condolence message, TA Rongmei expressed that even though he could not be there physically at the funeral service, his heart and soul share the sorrow with the bereaved family. Further, he prayed for God’s consolation upon the family members.

TNAI Nagaland branch meet

Kohima, JaNuary 20 (mexN): The Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI) Nagaland branch will hold a meeting on January 29 at 10:00 AM at the auditorium of Naga Hospital Authority Kohima. All the local units/ branches have been requested to send two representatives from all categories to attend the meeting positively.

TNAI Nagaland state mourns

Kohima, JaNuary 20 (mexN): The Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI) local branch and state level have deeply mourned the demise of Kelhousedeü Vizo (Retd) nursing sister after a prolong illness. In a release, TNAI Nagaland state secretary Khunilo on behalf of the Association has conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for the departed soul.

TSUKT demands publishing photos of gang rape accused

DimaPur, JaNuary 20 (mexN): Tikhir Students’ Union Kiusam Town (TSUKT) has strongly condemned the gang rape of a girl in Dimapur allegedly by Benathung Kikon, Yanthungo Odyuo and Wobenthung Kikon on January 12. The students’ union in a press release has urged the competent authority not to grant bail to the three accused, but be punished as per the law. It also strongly demanded to publish the photos of the three accused. TSUKT further appealed to the right thinking citizens to fight against such criminals so such crimes do not happen in the Naga society.

ZPO (D) expresses shock

DimaPur, JaNuary 20 (mexN): Zeliang People Organization Dimapur (ZPO(D)) has expressed deep shock over the sudden demise of Ekube Zeliang, president, Zeliang Wrestling Association on January 10 in Jalukie. In a condolence message, ZPO (D) president, Heikim Meru and its joint secretary, Rangau Elung acknowledged that late Ekube served and sacrificed as faithful leader in various organizations till his death. His death has created vacuum in the society, the note added.

The Organization prayed that God gives strength to the family members, while also praying for the departed soul to rest in peace.

Tuesday 21 January 2014

Kohima, JaNuary 20 (mexN): Nagas have lost “our” way and become worshippers of money, materialism, politics, fashion etc. This was articulated

by Rev Shan Kikon, pastor of Faith Harvest Church on the sixth day of Transformation Crusade today held at Local Ground here. He minced no words in saying that “we” want to be popular, powerful, and be in beauty contests, according to a press release.

As speaker of the day, Rev. Shan Kikon spoke from the Bible passage of 1 Kings 19:1-21 and shared that God has a special calling in Nagaland. In retrospect, he said Nagas practiced Animism and were headhunters, but God loved us and sent the American missionaries to bring transfor-

Day 6 of Transformation Crusade ends

The congregation during the praise and worship of the sixth day of Transformation Crusade on January 20 in Kohima.

mation in Nagaland. He shared that though Nagaland is a very small state, yet it is God’s plan that Nagas take the gospel of God and preach it to other parts

of the world. However, he lamented that Nagas have become materialistic and hungry for power and fame.

“We are Christians just in name, but our hearts

have gone astray from Him,” the note quoted Rev Shan as saying. In this context, he said God wants to bring up anointed people like Elijah and queried if the

congregation was willing to stand up like Elijah. “God does not look at our qualifications, your riches, fame and strength, but he looks at your heart,” he said. “You

PheK, JaNuary 20 (mexN): The 67th general conference of Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) got underway here at Khuzha Town, some 15 kms away from Phek Town today. Deputy Commissioner Phek, Neposo Thuluo graced the introductory service while, School Education (HS) Director, K. Phesao exhorted the gathering.

The inaugural function scheduled on January 21 will be graced by Speaker, NLA Chotisuh Sazo as chief

guest, and minister for PWD (R&B), Parliamentary Affairs, Kuzholuzo Neinu as guest of honour.

Meanwhile, the Cultural Day scheduled on January 22 will be graced by School Education Minister, CM Chang.

According to a press statement issued by CoConvener, Organizing Committee, Kuzhovesa Soho, 52 units with delegates of approximately 500 have registered in the registration cell to attend the conference.

dent within our colony has alerted the youths and from now the youths will be vigilant to take action against any anti-social elements loitering within the colony.” Any individual or groups found disturbing the peaceful atmosphere of the colony shall be dealt severely by the NYO, it cautioned.

NYO further appealed to all the Naga political groups to identify if the culprit(s) are their cadres and hand over to the law enforcing agency. It also urged upon the law enforcing agency to investigate the matter seriously and bring the culprits to book at the earliest. Further, NYO conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family members.

Italian drama fiction "Luomo Volante" starring Adelmo Togliani and Bianca Guaccero.

As her label is just a few months old, her eyes are set now on promotional activities.

"Well, since my brand is comparatively new as of now, I am open to all sorts of opportunities of promoting my brand. I will be starting out with advertising my brand at suitable platforms that will give it the sort of publicity I am looking for.

Fashion weeks are also an option," she said.

The designer, who left a stable government job to join the fashion industry, believes her choice of profession has a great scope. The history graduate cleared the Nagaland Public Service Commission Examination and got a government job.

"I worked there for many years, but ultimately decided to quit and pursue my ultimate dream because I prefer being my own person. It has a great scope because the demand for footwear only keeps increasing. The global footwear market was worth $185.2 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach $211.5 billion in 2018," said Fithu.

67th CSU general ICAR geared up to host national seminar on agriculture conference underway

PheK, JaNuary 20 Dr. A.K. Sikka, DDG (NRM), country. (mexN): Indian Council ICAR, New Delhi. Other This seminar will proof Agricultural Research distinguished guests will vide a common platform (ICAR) is fully geared up be Dr. K.R. Dhiman, Ex. VC, for the scientists, refor the forthcoming nation- YSPUH&F, Solan; Dr. S.P. searchers, policy makers, al seminar on “Emerging Ghosh, Ex-DDG (Horticul- entrepreneurs and other Challenges and Prospec- ture), ICAR, New Delhi; stakeholders to explore tive Strategies for Hill the various aspects of Agriculture in 2050” Seminar to discuss transforming emerging challenges scheduled to be held the existing hill agriculture into in agriculture and alfrom January 23-25, self sustainable and emerging lied sector. The event 2014 organized by is expected to discuss dollar earner in 2050 Indian Association the prospective stratof Hill Farming at ICAR Re- Dr. K.M. Brajarbaruah, VC, egies in issues related to search Complex for NEH AAU, Jorhat and Dr. S.V. natural resource manageRegion, Nagaland Centre, Ngachan, Director, ICAR- ment, organic agriculture, Jharnapani, Medziphema. RCNEH, Umiam. livestock based business The programme will Dr Bidyut C. Deka, Joint opportunities, climate commence by inaugurat- Director, ICAR Research smart agriculture, value ing the newly established Complex for North Eastern addition and policy is‘Citrus Processing Plant’ Hill Region, Nagaland Cen- sues on marketing etc. for at ICAR complex by Gov- tre in a press release said transforming the existing ernor of Nagaland, Dr. that approximately150 hill agriculture into self Ashwani Kumar. The pro- participants are being ex- sustainable and emerging gramme will be chaired by pected from all over the dollar earner in 2050.

NYO condemns businessman’s killing

cation in constructing such a good building without any transportation in one of the remotest villages in Lotha area.

According to the note, the parents were encouraged to allow their children to avail the opportunities given by the government.

Meanwhile, the teachers were asked to put more efforts with all sincerity and dedication for the welfare of the students.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by Chenirao, Village Council Chairman; exhortation was delivered

by Senchumo, AEO Bhandari; dedication of the school was done by Pastor C Kikon; and vote of thanks was delivered by Longshithung, teacher in-charge.

The chief guest and the AEO both willingly donated Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) to the institution, the release added.

Kohima, JaNuary 20 (mexN): The Naga Bazaar Youth Organisaiton (NYO) has expressed anguish over the killing of Helal Uddin, a small time businessman of the colony by unknown miscreant(s) at around 6:30 pm today, January 20.

NYO in a press statement condemned the “highhandedness” of the culprits in the strongest terms. Such gruesome murder of a mere businessman is unacceptable in a civilized society and condemnable by one and all, it added.

The note appended

by NYO president, Teisovituo Bio and its action committee convenor, Zekuseto Natso stated that “recurrence of such inci-

fever, nervous signs – incoordination and swaying on the legs.

• Blue discoloration of the skin and high mortality.

Prevention: Prevention is better than control which is most suitable for this disease and vaccination is must for all the age group of pigs so that they are not infected with this virus.

Swine fever Vaccines available in India

New Delhi, JaNuary 20 (iaNS): Luxury footwear designer Filafi Fithu from Nagaland believes that fashion comes naturally to most people in the northeast as it is intrinsic to the culture of the region.

"In northeast, fashion is something that you grow up with. It's like something that is engraved deep within the culture itself. Especially the youth like to stay trendy and love to express themselves through fashion. In the region, you don't necessarily have to be a stylist or a fashion designer to be well dressed... it just comes naturally," Fithu, 30, who launched her label FilaFi Fithu here in October 2013, told IANS in an email interaction.

She believes that the northeastern market has a great potential for luxury products.

"I know many people who personally get their luxury requirements fulfilled through distant cousins staying abroad or from their peers staying in other cities of India," said the designer whose footwear designed for women are priced from Rs.6,000 onwards.

Targeting women with a certain level of spending

capacity, she wants to open more stores in the country and abroad.

"Delhi is the perfect platform for anybody planning to go global. I do want to do it in my home state and northeast as well in the future. I feel that people from northeast in general have great taste and aesthetic sense and they can well afford it too. It's just that I need a bigger audience," said Fithu, who also introduced a line called t-r-e-n-d-z available from Rs.3,000 upwards.

Designed by Fithu, the shoes apart from t-r-e-nd-z line are manufactured at Calzaturificio Taboo Line di Romeo Giuseppina at Vigevano in Italy. The company is known for its impeccable quality Italian leather and workmanship, just what she wanted.

"It will make a great sense to sell it in Europe because my shoes are manufactured there and they can relate with women from any country. We are working on opening store in Romania. Hopefully, it will happen sometime early next year," she said.

The alumnus of Central Footwear Training Institute, Agra has also designed footwear for forthcoming

Government Middle School inaugurated in Tssori New village woKha, JaNuary 20 (mexN): Government Middle school, Tssori New Village was inaugurated on January 15 under the theme ‘Knowledge is power’. Tsupon Murry, SDEO Bhandari was the chief guest. A press release informed that the chief guest appreciated the VEC (Village Education Committee), teachers and staffs, the villagers for their hard work and dedi-

Style comes naturally Swine Fevers; African, Classical, Hog Cholera to people in NE: Filafi Fithu Dr. Rakesh Kumar Chaurasia

Introduction: Swine fever is one of the most important virus diseases of pigs. It is found in most countries of the world and in India also. In Nagaland swine fever is often encountered and when pigs get infected it causes a huge loss to the farming community. It is highly infectious, viral septicaemia caused by Toga virus affecting only pigs.

Host: The pig is the only natural host. The virus is spread from infected or carrier pigs via discharges from the nose, mouth, urine and faeces or infected semen and it is highly contagious. The virus survives in frozen carcasses for long periods of time Symptoms: The following symptoms are useful for diagnosis of this disease; however laboratory findings are essential to find out the exact cause of the disease.

Piglets • The piglets hurdled together.

• Piglets start vomiting, accompanied by Diarrhoea.

• Incoordination in the movements of body parts is also seen.

• Conjunctivitis, high fever, sudden death, piglet malformations are very common • Piglets are very weak at birth showing trembling.

Sows • When first introduced into the breeding herd it causes loss in appetite and high fevers.

• The virus can cross the placenta to invade the foetuses.

• Foetal death with mummification, embryo death, Dog sitting position, nervous signs, abortions and increases in stillbirths.

• Convulsions may occur with death within a few hours and sows may lose the use of their legs.

• The disease in the acute form will have dramatic effects on reproduction through abortions and embryo and foetal deaths.

Weaners & Growers • Pigs dejected - hang their heads and are off feed.

• Pigs are chilled and huddled together.

• Diarrhoea, eye discharge – heavy, high persistent

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Programme Coordinator Nagaland University, Lumami

Dimapur

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Control: Veterinarian should be immediately informed and proper handling of the animal should be done to prevent further infection. Control is by slaughter or as a last resort by vaccination. African swine fever (ASF) and Classical Swine fever are caused by very similar viruses which are only distinguishable by laboratory testing.

Diagnosis: It can be done by post- mortem examination .The post – mortem shows changes with haemorrhagic lymph nodes, dead patches in the spleen, multiple small haemorrhages in the kidneys and so-called "button ulcers" in the gut. In laboratory the identification of viral antigen, isolation of the virus and the presence of antibodies in serum can be studied.

Conclusion: Timely vaccination will help to prevent this disease and losses incurred due to mortality and morbidity of pigs.

need to make up your mind and God will raise and use them mightily at the right time.”

The press release stated that thousands of people dedicated their lives to rise up and be anointed by God, to become Elijah of the land, to be used mightily at the right time, for the glory of God on the sixth day of Transformation Crusade today in Kohima. Hundreds of people were also healed from different kinds of sicknesses and around ten nonChristians were healed, who also accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour, the note informed.

Earlier, the programme was led by Surjay, Assistant Pastor, Nepali Baptist Church while praise and worship was led by Faith Harvest Church.

6314 children vaccinated in Kiphire

KiPhire, JaNuary 20 (mexN): The first phase of Intensive Pulse Polio (IPPI) was held in Kiphire on January 19 at Police Point with Deputy Commissioner, IAS, Kesonyu Yhome administering the first polio drops.

According to report, overall 6314 children were vaccinated across the district on the day. The IPPI was successfully carried out in the whole district, a press release said. The whole operation was monitored by supervisors headed by Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Punsokiu and others comprising of Medical Superintendent, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, District Program Officers, Medical officers and other staff from District Hospital and Chief Medical Office. The Adolescent Club members took the initiative in carrying out the operation in and around Kiphire town and Kiphire Village.

Military hospital organizes medical camp

Kohima, JaNuary 20 (mexN): 154 Military General Hospital, Zakhama conducted a free medical camp for civil fraternity of Mima village, Kohima district on January 12, 2014.

The camp was organized under the aegis of the Spear Corps and local Army formations as part of healthcare activities under the ongoing ‘Operation Sadbhavana’.

A press release issued

by PRO Defence Wing informed that the aim of the medical camp was to provide free medical care, dental check up along with investigations and medicines for the commonly occurring ailments among the civil fraternity in Mima village.

The medical team was led by Col Kunal Chatterjee, Commanding Officer of 154 General Hospital. According to the note, Col Kunal Chatterjee stated that the hospital has been serving the civil fraternity in the region since many years.

The medical camp provided free outpatient services, dental examination and treatment, laboratory investigation, minor operations, immunization & pharmacy facilities. The camp also provided health education on lifestyle diseases such as heart attack, diabetes & cancer, HIV infection and nutrition related lifestyle changes.

Approximately 260 civilians availed free medical treatment during the camp.

The medical team comprised of Maj H Vanlal H, Maj MS Mehra, Maj Abhay Singh, Capt Shikha, Capt Amit Kumar and officers of Military Nursing Services and Para medical staff.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express TuEsDAy 21 JAnuAry 2014 vol. IX IssuE 19

A New Song

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he wave of crises in the Naga society needs to be interrupted and creatively addressed, if not, it has the potential to rapidly and aggressively move into a state of deeper despair. It would be very tragic, if the Naga struggle to exercise their inherent rights as a people is arrested, fuelled by the forces of division and parochial politics. The current situation has left little room and time for people to even contemplate reflectively; let alone respond in a pro-active manner. Invariably, the nature of crisis among the Nagas has caused the person on the street to distance himself from it.

The crisis and despair when ignored and left alone only places the people at further risk. And so, indeed Nagas are called upon by the forces of history to engage in self-criticism as a society and as a people. The uncertain future implores each person to search deep within and seek ways that will create democratic space to bring forth the contentious issues into public discourse for constructive engagement.

For the sake of future Naga generations a new song must begin; a song that will give new lease to life – a dignified life acknowledged and respected by everyone. From a pragmatic standpoint, Nagas can be united in purpose based on a common future – a vision – for each person. On one hand, Nagas have a proud history, a history of struggle, one that has been a beacon for other struggling peoples and nations. However, it is also equally true that Naga history has been wounded and torn apart by pain and hurt from within. The longer it is left unaddressed, the more it bleeds.

The pain and hurt has polarized perceptions and interpretations of both the past, as well as the future. In this context, the notion of ‘truth’ has become difficult, both philosophically and practically. This has led to a divided public opinion which threatens to undermine the people’s aspirations. Nonetheless, it has also provided Nagas with the opportunity to search for a new paradigm in which they neither jeopardize their rights nor remain chained to their past. And in this moment of crisis, Nagas can turn challenges into opportunities; move from division to wholeness or unity, and from despair to hope.

The answer lies in the Naga ability to evolve a common pathway to the future.

lEfT WING |

Laurence Tubiana Le Monde diplomatique

All about sustainable development

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he social challenges facing the planet have been seriously underestimated: 1.2 billion people still live on less than $1.25 a day and around 5.1 billion — three-quarters of the world’s population — lack adequate social security coverage. So a very large number of people remain unprotected against new global challenges, with profound local and national repercussions. The persistence of such a high number of excluded people represents an enormous waste of human and economic potential, and assumes particular importance in countries with a poor level of health coverage, against a backdrop of ageing populations.

A substantial proportion of the world’s poor have little or no access to health services because of a straightforward lack of the money, so it is not just a matter of increasing the availability of services, but of increasing their affordability too. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 100 million people — three every second — find themselves in a situation of poverty each year as a result of having to pay for their own healthcare.

It is in this context that universal health coverage (UHC) has become a global priority. It is based on the right to health and, to be effective, it must be underpinned by the principles of universality, fairness and social protection. UHC, despite its name, is not simply a matter of providing coverage for all. It is about guaranteeing that the whole population, whether rich or poor, receives the treatment it needs without having to bear excessive costs.

The term “universal” therefore relates to a policy of inclusion.

UHC also relates to fairness: to making care respond to needs rather than means. Ensuring that one of its members is looked after should not reduce a family to poverty. Finally, UHC includes a qualitative goal: providing access to reliable diagnosis and appropriate, affordable treatment. Fairness and affordability must be explicit priorities from the start: it is important not succumb to the temptation to tackle the easiest-to-reach sectors first.

The effectiveness of UHC depends on many factors linked to governance. Unfortunately, under the guise of UHC, many states and donors promote community and private voluntary insurance schemes that in reality offer restricted coverage, are costly to run and exclude the poorest. Such schemes risk widening inequalities by favouring the already favoured and ignoring the poorest and most marginalised, especially women.

Some developing countries have rejected this model and do prioritise health in public spending — taken in isolation or linked to income tax — in order to implement UHC successfully. Rwanda, Ghana, Turkey and Thailand are good examples of this; in just a few years, they have set up national programmes that guarantee extensive access to care, while minimising costs, thereby preventing the poorest from falling into extreme poverty.

UHC cannot of course be one-size-fits-all, and states have to work out approaches suited to their own social, economic and political conditions. However, according to the WHO, four key steps should be prioritised: reducing direct payments, maximising compulsory prepayments, mutualising the risks on a large scale, and using public funds to cover those who cannot pay.

In a context of growing inequality, UHC may prove a unifying goal. Although starting points vary, all nations, rich or poor, can adopt immediate measures. UHC is an effective instrument in the fight against poverty and inequality, and represents concrete progress towards the realisation of the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs). Politicians must now show their willingness to act, civil society its readiness unite to demand change and development partners get involved to support change. The current negotiations of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development set up by the UN on the SDGs and the next framework of post-2015 development provide an opportunity to promote UHC as a developmental tool.

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Laura Carlsen

Zapatista Celebrate 20 Years of Self-Government

The Zapatistas are still running their own schools and hospitals, raising new generations, and carrying on a dialogue with the outside world that has enriched both sides

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here are two tests of social change movements: endurance and regeneration. After two decades, Mexico's Zapatista movement can now say it passed both.

Thousands of Zapatistas turned out this month to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1994 uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). At the New Year festivities in the five caracoles, or regional centers of Zapatista autonomous government, veterans and adolescents not yet born at the time of the insurrection danced, flirted, shot off rockets, and celebrated A Zapatista mural in the town of San Pedro Polhó illustrates ideas about education. "autonomy"—the ideal of self-govern- Photo by Dario Ribelo ment that lies at the heart of the Za- tutors from among movement members the Mexican government's betrayal in patista experience. and were placed in families through- rejecting its own signature on the San out Zapatista territory. Classes consist Andres Accords of 1996 led to a deciPublic re-emergence mostly of accompanying Zapatista fami- sion to deprioritize pressuring instituThe Zapatistas came out by the lies during their daily chores and long tions and instead build from below. thousands for their anniversary par- talks over beans and tortillas.

Imagine communities where local ties, surprising some. Their moveThe experience opened up the Za- officials rotate to avoid accumulating ment's death, it turns out, had been patista experience to outsiders, who power, political parties have no role or greatly exaggerated. Accustomed to were encouraged to ask questions of presence, and state and government having a white man talking be the face their host families. It also enabled the or- programs—long used to buy off adof politics, the press and the political ganization to hold up a mirror to itself— vocates for a more equal society—are class began writing obituaries for the to see itself through the eyes of the stu- banned. Much of the food is produced movement when Subcomandante Mar- dents, reflect on the ground covered, and by the community, cooperatives do buycos retired from public view in 2006. ing and marketing, and decisions are get to know other communities.

Although Zapatista communities On New Year's Eve, many of the made collectively rather than being imhave continued to emit a steady stream 4,000 students attending the school's posed by a state. The Zapatistas have atof communiqués denouncing military winter sessions went out to Oventic, a tempted to resurrect this model, pracand political attacks, land grabs, and foggy village in the highlands close to ticed for centuries in indigenous Mexico the presence of paramilitary forces the city of San Cristobal de las Casas. prior to the Spanish conquest. in Zapatista communities, the media Others remained in more remote comComandante Hortensia addressed has ignored them. It smugly predicted munities with their host families to the crowd in Oventic. "We're learning to that the movement was moribund and join in the sports competitions, music, govern ourselves according to our own would soon merit nothing more than speeches, and dancing. ways of thinking and living," she said. a folkloric footnote in the history of The anniversary sparked a debate "We're trying to move forward, to imthe inexorable advance of global capi- on the movement, two decades after prove and strengthen ourselves—men, talism. The return of the Institutional thousands of masked Mayans came out women, youth, children, and old people."

Revolutionary Party (PRI) to power in of the jungles and mountains in military She added that 20 years ago, when 2012 seemed to reaffirm the idea that formation to take over municipal seats the Zapatistas first said ¡Ya basta!

Mexico was "back to normal." ("Enough!"), "there wasn't a single in the southeastern state of Chiapas.

When nearly 50,000 Zapatistas Subcomandante Marcos published authority that was of the people. Now marched in silence on December 21, a series of his characteristic commu- we have our own autonomous govern2012, they challenged the official line niqués, weaving meditations on death ments. It may have be good or bad, but that their movement had all but died. ("it's not death that worries us and it's the will of the people."

The EZLN communiqué was brief and keeps us occupied, but life") and biograThe Zapatistas acknowledge that to the point: "Did you hear that? It is phy ("historiography feeds on individ- progress in improving material condithe sound of your world crumbling. It ualities; history learns from peoples") tions has been slow and hampered by obis the sound of ours resurging ." with reflections on the organization and stacles and errors. But they express deep The 20th anniversary and New Year a story from a beetle named Durito. pride in what has been built, in "their" celebrations this month marked a secCritics rushed to point out that pov- organization. Local health clinics—ofond moment in that resurgence. The erty still exists in Zapatista communi- ten poorly stocked and precariously festivities were a family affair. Press was ties—a fact not denied by the organiza- staffed—use natural medicines made by banned, and although a series of articles tion and obvious to the many visitors. community cooperatives and have speby Subcomandante Marcos came out Journalists and pundits invented and cial areas where trained midwives attend before the events, the organization put then passed around statistics on the childbirth. Schools with rudimentary out no public documents on January 1, number of Zapatista adherents, or lack equipment teach in the indigenous lanthe day of the anniversary itself. It was a thereof, as well as on the extension of guages of the communities, focusing on time for Zapatistas to pat themselves on Zapatista territory and on living con- understanding the world the children live the back, an internal affirmation more ditions in autonomous regions. Many in and basic concepts of freedom, equality, than a political statement. pronounced the world-famous upris- and cooperation. The organization of deIt may have been "just family," but the ing dead or dying for failing to resolve fense and production in the communities Zapatistas have a wide extended family. problems or maintain its high profile. shows discipline and commitment.

Thousands of supporters and students, What reporters missed as they The anniversary revealed that, at mostly youth from Mexico and abroad snuck into celebrations closed to the 20 years old, this military and political attending La Escuelita (the Little School), press is the significance of "autonomy." organization that defies easy categorifanned out to the carcacoles to join in Zapatistas say the word with pride, zation is what a democracy should be: ceremonies and all-night dancing. much as you'd talk about your children an ongoing effort at building a better The Little School was launched in or grandchildren. These communi- life collectively. When Zapatistas came August to teach "freedom according to ties have moved steadily off the tradi- together from communities throughthe Zapatistas." Students paired up with tional power grid. Disappointment at out their lands to celebrate, the main

achievement they marked was the survival of the organization itself—after 20 years of attacks, they're still there, running their own communities, raising new generations of Zapatistas, and carrying on the dialogue with the outside world that has enriched both sides.

Communities have survived the moment in a long-distance race when the runners pass the baton. Youths make up a large part of the Zapatistas' base, representation, and more and more, leadership. Educated in the Zapatista school system and raised in Zapatista communities, a new generation is beginning to take on positions of authority. Their eagerness to assume the collective identity of their organization is another mark of the staying power of the autonomy experiment.

The role of women has also transformed visibly—not just in the number of women in leadership positions, but also in aspects of daily life such as increased male participation in housework and childcare, and sanctions against violence toward women. The shift from downtrodden alienation to indigenous self-government makes a huge difference in their lives, even as poverty remains.

In evaluating the two-decade long experience, most criteria ignore these subjective factors. By opening up the communities to participants in La Escuelita, the Zapatistas did something governments almost never do: let the people publicly evaluate the experience themselves. Returning students recounted the experience enthusiastically, describing how their hosts revealed a world that wasn't perfect by a long shot, but where each person mattered and each effort, each achievement, and each mistake was their own.

As the Zapatistas celebrated their accomplishments, vowed to correct their mistakes, and honored their dead, they also enjoyed more traditional New Year's activities like setting off bottle rockets and dressing up in their finest. The solid continuity of Zapatismo was joined by a portent of change, the sense that yet another phase of one of history's most unclassifiable revolutionary movements had begun.

As visiting students from all over the world joined together with veterans of the movement and younger members of the community, new possibilities shimmered under the moon of a new year.

Contact with a new generation of supporters proved that the indigenous autonomy movement continues to attract people from all over. For now, the schools will continue. The Zapatistas have also the dormant National Indigenous Congress, holding an event in August where hundreds of indigenous representatives described the situation in their lands.

Amid mud, guitars, vivas, fireworks, and embraces, thousands of Zapatistas welcomed 2014. The debate on whether the movement is dead or alive, victorious or defeated, was left behind along with 2013. It wasn't just the alcoholfree festivities that made people optimistic; it was a feeling of collective accomplishment under tough conditions.

A feeling of finally having a future.

"I know you don't care," Subcomandante Marcos noted in a missive to his critics, "but for the masked men and women from around here, the battle that matters isn't the one that's been won or lost. It's the next one, and for that one, new calendars and grounds are being prepared."

Religion, Scripture, and the Value of Women Anna Hall

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he third edition of the Shriver Report, a media initiative spearheaded by Maria Shriver to call public attention to women’s evolving role in the home, workplace, and society, was released this month.

With a large body of articles, research, polls, data, and personal stories, the report assesses the unique needs, pressures, and realities women face. Contributors within the faith, health, academic, economic, and political communities are represented, coupled with intentional cultural and social diversity. This gives the Shriver Report a richness of deep and thoughtful voices. The aim is to strike up provocative, meaningful, national conversations on how progressive policies can be better directed to advance gender equality in the United States.

One of the most eye-catching article headlines for me in reading the report was “ Are Women Devalued by Religions?” In the article, sister Joan Chittister remarks on how our assumptions about religion influence our actions, and how the outworking of our actions shapes the norms and policies we guide our lives by. Unfortunately, these assumed beliefs can lead to commonly accepted views that completely distort what God has to say about women.

Through her many examples, Chittister makes us keenly aware that “religion’s power to determine human

reality and public morality in every arena has a long and troublesome history.” However, I’d like to qualify that statement a little more, rephrasing the sentence to read “the manipulation of religious teaching and its subsequent power to determine human reality and public morality … has a long and troublesome history.” It’s not religion per se, but it’s how humans have (mis) interpreted it that has served to undermine many Scriptural teachings, one of them being the status of women.

It’s a sad truth that God’s intention — with male and female equally made in the imago dei in Genesis 1 — has been coopted by many in the church to relegate women to a “helpmate” to her superior Adam. For those who stand to gain from the perpetuation of this negative status quo, it has become socially and morally expedient to limit women’s voices in leadership. Whatever the insidious reasons to keep this patriarchal hierarchy intact, the result has been an undue burden on hundreds of millions of women throughout history, and, even worse, a denial of God’s original declaration and intent of women as co-equals of men.

If this puzzle was played out as an equation, it would look something like this: Jesus’ view: men = women Many in the church’s view: men > women When I think back to myself as a middle-school student in my church

youth group, I knew that math didn’t add up. I grew up in a church that did not support equal rights for women. Of course, those words were never spoken, but in practice, sexism was rampant. Women could not preach, for example — unless they were pastoring in the mission field overseas, which somehow made female leadership okay — nor could they hold a pastoral role or serve as church elders.

The repercussions of this teaching really struck me as a young teen in youth group. The girls were consistently singled out and reprimanded, while a “boys will be boys” attitude was tolerated by the youth leaders. That was the time I knew I was joining the multitude ranks of “those who have been hurt by the church.” And it did really hurt.

Thankfully, by the grace of God, I had enough conviction at 13 years old to know I couldn’t abandon my faith or angrily leave the church altogether. Somehow, deep down, I just knew that I knew that specific teaching about women was not okay — that it was not in line with the teachings of Jesus. I never blamed or doubted God. What hurt me was the manifestation of a sinful assumption. That assumption had unfolded in our church philosophy. Whether the congregation knew it, that assumption had become a part of our identity and shaped our worldview.

Warped and distorted, such views

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have severely limited women in their roles in the church and in the home.

Many Christian women carry this weight around, unsure of how to use the gifts God has given them. Often, they believe the lie themselves. Sadly, women have walked away from the church, never knowing the truth Jesus speaks about them. The truth is the Holy Spirit does not discriminate on the basis of gender what gifts are given to each person. Both men and women can preach, teach, and serve in the children’s ministry.

Chittister got it right when noting that “not only does what our churches, mosques, synagogues, and faith communities teach and do about women become the morality of the land — what they do not say or do on behalf of women condones what becomes the immorality of the land.”

God, the founder of my Christian faith, does not undermine God’s own teaching. To deny women are equal is to deny what God has said is equal. It is people who are undermining religion, not religion undermining women or other people groups.

Faulty religious interpretations have long defined and confined women’s places in society. It is my hope and prayer that the church can be one of the vehicles at the forefront of remedying past and present wounds of our nation’s systemic gender inequality.

If we get back to the heart of God, we find women as fully whole and just as human as men. We are not “equal with some stipulations.” We are not “equal, but …” We just are equal. Period.

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How a Great Man Put Down His Guns: Martin Luther King's Path to Nonviolence

It took years of political evolution for King to understand nonviolence not merely as a moral force, but as an effective strategy for leveraging political change

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ew are aware that Martin Luther King, Jr. once applied for a permit to carry a concealed handgun. In his 2011 book Gunfight, UCLA law professor Adam Winkler notes that, after King's house was bombed in 1956, the clergyman applied in Alabama for a concealed carry permit. Local police, loathe to grant such permits to African-Americans, deemed him "unsuitable" and denied his application. Consequently, King would end up leaving the firearms at home.

The lesson from this incident is not, as some NRA members have tried to suggest in recent years, that King should be remembered as a gun-toting Republican. (Among many other problems, this portrayal neglects to acknowledge how Republicans used conservative anger about Civil Rights advances to win over the Dixiecrat South to their side of the aisle). Rather, the fact that King would request license to wear a gun in 1956, just as he was being catapulted onto the national stage, illustrates the profundity of the transformation that he underwent over the course of his public career.

While this transformation involved a conversion to moral nonviolence and personal pacifism, that is not the whole of the story.

More importantly, for those who are interested in how nonviolence can serve as a useful strategy for leveraging social change, King's evolution also involved a hesitant but ultimately forceful embrace of direct action— broad-scale, confrontational and unarmed.

That stance had lasting consequences in the struggle for freedom in America.

A personal conversion The 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott, the campaign that first established King's national reputation, was not planned in advance as a Gandhian-style campaign of nonviolent resistance. At the time, King would not have had a clear sense of the strategic principles behind such a campaign. Rather, the bus boycott came together quickly in the wake of Rosa Park's arrest in late 1955, taking inspiration from a similar action in Baton Rouge in 1953. (Interestingly, the Montgomery drive was initially quite moderate in its demands, calling only for modest changes to the seating plans on segregated buses.)

King, a newcomer to Montgomery, was unexpectedly thrust into the leadership of the movement, chosen in part because he was not identified with any of the established factions among the city's prominent blacks. He was reluctant about his new role and its burdens. Soon he was receiving phone calls on which unidentified voices warned, "Listen, nigger, we've taken all we want from you. Before next week you'll be sorry you ever came to Montgomery." After such threats resulted in the bombing of King's home in February 1956, armed watchmen guarded against further assassination attempts.

This response reflected King's still-tentative embrace of the theory and practice of nonviolence. In his talks before mass meetings, King preached the Christian injunction to "love thy enemy." Having read Thoreau in college, he described the bus boycott as an "act of massive noncooperation" and regularly called for "passive resistance." But King

did not use the term "nonviolence," and he admitted that he knew little about Gandhi or the Indian independence leader's campaigns. As King biographer Taylor Branch notes, out-of-state visitors who were knowledgeable about the principles of unarmed direct action—such as Rev. Glenn Smiley of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and Bayard Rustin of the War Resisters League— reported that King and other Montgomery activists were "at once gifted and unsophisticated in nonviolence."

Both Rustin and Smiley took notice of the firearms around the King household and argued for their removal. In a famous incident described by historian David Garrow, Rustin was visiting King's parsonage with reporter Bill Worthy when the journalist almost sat on a pistol. "Watch out, Bill, there's a gun on that chair," the startled Rustin warned. He and King stayed up late that night arguing about whether armed self-defense in the home could end up damaging the movement.

While today's NRA members might prefer to forget, it was not long before King had come around to the position advocated by groups like the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Smiley would make visits to Montgomery throughout King's remaining four years there, and the civil rights leader's politics would be shaped by many more late-night conversations.

In 1959, at the invitation of the Gandhi National Memorial Fund, King made a pilgrimage to India to study the principles of satyagraha, and he was moved by the experience. Ultimately, he never embraced the complete pacifism of A. J. Muste; later, in the Black Power years, King made a distinction between people using guns to defend themselves in the home and the question of "whether it was tactically wise to use a gun while participating in an organized protest."

But, for himself, King claimed nonviolence as a "way of life," and he maintained his resolve under conditions that would make many others falter.

In September 1962, when King was addressing a convention, a 200-pound white man, the 24-year-old American Nazi Party member Roy James, jumped onto the stage and struck the clergyman in the face. King responded with a level of courage that made a lifelong impression on many of those in the audience. One of them, storied educator and activist Septima Clark, described how King dropped his hands "like a newborn baby" and spoke calmly to his attacker. King made no effort to protect himself even as he was knocked backwards by further blows. Later, after his aides had pulled the assailant away, he talked to the young man behind the stage and insisted that he would not press charges.

Nonviolence as a political weapon Believers in pacifism often contend that such principled nonviolence represents the high point in a person's moral evolution. They argue that those who merely use unarmed protest tactically—not because they accept it as an ethical imperative, but because they have decided it is the most effective way to propel a given campaign for social change—practice a lesser form of nonviolence. Gandhi advanced this position when he claimed that those who forgo violence for strategic reasons, rather than

ethical ones, employ the "nonviolence of the weak." King echoed the argument when he wrote that "nonviolence in the truest sense is not a strategy that one uses simply because it is expedient in the moment," but rather is something "men live by because of the sheer morality of its claim."

Despite such admonitions, the opposite case can be made: Moral nonviolence without strategic vision rings hollow. And, in holding up King as an icon of individual pacifism, we fail to see his true genius.

It is possible for someone to make a commitment to nonviolence as a point of personal principle without ever taking part in the kind of action that would make their convictions a matter of public consequence.

Indeed, this is common, since most people prefer the comforts of private life to the tension of political conflict.

Pacifists who do put their beliefs to the test might undertake civil disobedience individually—performing acts of moral witness that pose no real threat to perpetrators of injustice. It is only when the tenets of unarmed direct action are strategically employed, made into effective weapons of political persuasion through campaigns of widespread disruption and collective sacrifice, that nonviolence gains its fullest power.

Martin Luther King did embrace strategic nonviolence in its most robust and radical form—and this produced the historic confrontations at Birmingham and Selma.

But it is important to remember that these came years after his initial baptism into political life in Montgomery, and that they might easily not have happened at all.

The road to Birmingham Following the successful bus boycott, King sought out ways to spread the Montgomery model throughout the South. He knew that there existed strategists who had immersed themselves in the theory and practice of broad-scale confrontation, but he acknowledged that this organizing tradition had yet to take root in the civil rights movement.

In early 1957, King met James Lawson, a savvy student of unarmed resistance who had spent several years in India. As Branch relates, King pleaded with the young graduate student to quit his studies: "We need you now," King said. "We don't have any Negro leadership in the South that understands nonviolence."

Despite this recognition, the idea of waging broadly participatory campaigns of direct action fell far outside of King's organizational frame of reference, and in many ways he remained a reluctant convert to mass action. Founded in 1957, King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC, was conceived as a coalition of ministers. It thought of itself, in the words of one historian, as the "political arm of the black church."

However, as Ella Baker biographer Barbara Ransby writes, that institution was none too bold on civil rights, and "the majority of black ministers in the 1950s still opted for a safer, less confrontational political path." Even King and his more motivated cohort "defined their political goals squarely within the respectable American mainstream and were cautious about any leftist associations."

Frustrated that SCLC's program in the first years involved more "flowery speeches" than civil disobedience, the militant Rev.

Fred Shuttlesworth of Birmingham warned that, if the organization did not become more aggressive, its leaders would "be hard put in the not too distant future to justify our existence."

The next major breakthroughs in civil rights activism would come not from the SCLC's hesitant ministers, but through the student lunch counter sit-ins that swept through the South starting in Spring of 1960, and then through the 1961 Freedom Rides. In each case, when young activists implored King to join them, the elder clergyman—himself just in his early 30s—held back. When King told the students that he was with them in spirit, they pointedly shot back, "Where's your body?"

According to John Lewis, then a leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, King replied with irritation, making reference to the site of Jesus' crucifixion: "I think I should choose the time and place of my Golgatha," he said.

When King's SCLC did get directly involved in a major campaign of strategic nonviolence, the organization was drawn into an effort that was already underway—one in Albany, Ga., starting in late 1961. Even then, the SCLC did not fully commit until after King and close colleague Ralph Abernathy were swept up in an unplanned arrest. Unfortunately, the effort in Albany was beset by rivalries between different civil rights groups, and it ended in failure. As Garrow notes, The New York Times ended up praising "the remarkable restraint of Albany's segregationists and the deft handling by the police of racial protests," while another national publication remarked that "not a single racial barrier fell."

Nevertheless, the sense of potential he experienced in Albany, combined with the inspiration of the Freedom Rides and student sit-ins, convinced King that the time had come for a campaign of mass action that, in the words of Andrew Young, could be "anticipated, planned and coordinated from beginning to end" using the principles of nonviolent conflict. King had chosen his time and place: Birmingham, 1963.

Big enough to fail, big enough to win King's political genius was in putting the institutional weight of a major national civil rights organization behind an ambitious, escalating deployment of civil resistance tactics. In the case of Birmingham, this meant taking many of the approaches that had been tried before—the economic pressure leveled against merchants during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the dramatic sitins of Nashville, the fill-the-jails arrest strategy of Albany—and combining them in a multistage assault that sociologist and civil rights historian Aldon Morris would dub "a planned exercise in mass disruption."

In creating an engineered conflict that could capture the national spotlight, King took huge risks. It would have been far easier for an organization of the size and background of the SCLC to turn toward more mainstream lobbying and legal action— much as the NAACP had done. Instead, by following SNCC's student activists in embracing nonviolent confrontation, SCLC organizers and their local allies created a dramatic clash with segregationists that put the normally hidden injustices of racism on stark public display.

As historian Michael Kazin argues, the famous scenes from Birmingham of police dogs snapping at unarmed demonstrators and water canons being opened on young marchers "convinced a plurality of whites, for the first time, to support the cause of black freedom."

Likewise, King would later write that, in watching marchers defy Bull Connor's menacing police troops, he "felt there, for the first time, the pride and power of nonviolence."

Ultimately, King was a follower, not a leader, in cultivating a new tradition of strategic nonviolent action in the United States. Yet acknowledging this should not diminish his significance. Because when he did commit himself to spearheading the type of broadbased nonviolent protest he had been talking about for years, it resulted in campaigns that profoundly altered the public sense of what measures were needed to uphold civil rights in the United States. The Birmingham model would prove widely influential. Victory in that city sent ripples throughout the country: In the two and a half months after the Birmingham campaign announced a settlement with store owners that commenced desegregation, more than 750 civil rights protests took place in 186 American cities, leading to almost 15,000 arrests.

Given the demonstrated power of mass disruption to shift the political discussion around an issue, why don't more organizations pursue such strategies? Why aren't more groups using militant nonviolence to confront pressing challenges such as economic inequality and global climate change?

There is a certain paradox at work here, one that should enhance our appreciation of King's courage. As veteran labor strategist Stephen Lerner argued in 2011, major organizations have just enough at stake— relationships with mainstream politicians, financial obligations to members, collective bargaining contracts—to make them fear the lawsuits and political backlash that come with sustained civil disobedience.

What Lerner says of unions applies equally to large environmental organizations, human rights groups, and other nonprofits: they "are just big enough—and just connected enough to the political and economic power structure—to be constrained from leading the kinds of activities that are needed" for bold campaigns of nonviolent conflict to be successful. As a consequence, explosive direct actions—from the Nashville sit-ins to Occupy to the revolution in Egypt—are often led by scrappy, underfunded upstarts. Such ad hoc groups can risk daring campaigns because they have nothing to lose, but they commonly lack the resources to escalate or to sustain multiple waves of protest over a period of years, a rare and powerful ability that established institutions can provide.

To not merely adopt pacifism as a personal philosophy, but rather to stake your career and your organization's future on a belief in the power of nonviolence as a political force, requires tremendous determination. It took years of deliberation and delay for Martin Luther King to take such a step.

But when he finally did, the result was decisive: King went from being someone who had been repeatedly swept up in the saga of civil rights—a reluctant protagonist in the battle against American apartheid—to being a shaper of history.

Mandela — 4 corrections for a teachable moment Matt Meyer

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iven the ongoing and important discussions this past month on how best to commemorate the legacy of Nelson Mandela, it seems necessary to separate fact from fiction in the recently-released Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. While the film contains some wonderful acting — on the part of Idris Elba, Naomie Harris and others — it also has some serious misdirection from a political point of view. Here are four vital corrections which must be clearly understood – especially if one wants to emulate Mandela and help build movements like the one he led.

1. No one person, or even a single organization, can create a movement (or change history) alone. Mandela was always clear that he served as both president of and also subject to the African National Congress, a group which was founded six years before Mandela was born. Mandela believed — as did Gandhi and Steve Biko, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Winnie Mandela and all their peers — that belonging to and building up an organization was absolutely key to any meaningful, lasting social change. Whether large or small, united front or ideologically pure, all struggles require organized groupings of very committed people accountable to one another if an impact on the status quo is to be had.

Mandela tells its viewers that the ANC had a history before his articulate and strident voice came to the fore, but it would have done better to show that the reason

the man was so attractive in his early life was because he and his friends were the cutting edge youth. Fifteen years before the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, which became the ultimate turning point away from nonviolence, Mandela chaired the ANC Youth League, exciting massive numbers of followers because of its creative use of civil disobedient acts against the pass book laws in a manner based exactly on the techniques Gandhi had previously used.

ANC elders at the time, especially ANC President Albert Luthuli, championed civil disobedience (which was often led by women), but Mandela became the fiery spokesperson whom the youth of the organization could rally around. Together, the generations convened the 1955 Congress of the People, adopting the basic demands that 50,000 activists had gathered from grassroots communities in every part of the country. Participation in these fundamental mass campaigns, more than any speech or his position on armed struggle, catapulted Mandela to top leadership.

2. The African National Congress was always committed to united work between Africans, Indians, “Coloreds” and whites. Suggesting that Mandela played any special role in forging reconciliation between black and white is essentially fiction; the very basis of the Congress of the People, for example, was to bring together the African Congress, the Indian Congress and the Congress of Democrats in a broad call for “the people” — all races, ethnicities and tribal groupings — to govern in a unified South Africa. Mandela was friends with Robert Sobukwe, whose Pan African Congress (PAC) later split from

the ANC because, in part, it felt that too much was being taken out of the hands of the indigenous Africans. These organizational debates, which took part between wide numbers of people before and after the official banning of both the ANC and PAC in 1960, were always settled on the side of inclusion on the part of the ANC as a whole. Although not emphasized in the film, white militants maintained leadership positions within the ANC both above and underground.

3. Violent tactics which were part of the armed struggle were exaggerated and unduly emphasized. It is striking that most incidents of violence during the second half of the film are perpetrated by African activists.

It is especially disturbing that the balance sheet of vicious crimes of violence seems equalized in the movie, when the truth is that the apartheid state engaged in all manner of violence on an extraordinarily unequal level to that of the liberation movement. It is not simply that one side was more committed to justice than the other. Despite decades of unbearable provocation and what many still believe is more than enough validation to be involved in armed self-defense, the liberation movement was also unequivocally and disproportionally more committed to peace than the other.

Mandela remained behind bars chiefly because he consistently refused the admonitions of the apartheid regime that the ANC give up the armed struggle. But the massive unarmed civil campaigns of the ANC, PAC, Black Consciousness, Azanian and other liberation supporters throughout the world and within South Africa took place from the 1960s through to the “one person, one vote”

elections of 1994 — and clearly played a Most importantly, the South African major role in the dismantling of apartheid. Broadcasting System speech where Mandela says “no” to violence and tells the people to 4. The role of “black-on-black violence” forgive whites — one of only two speeches portrayed at the end of the film is exagger- which Mandela spotlights — is a complete ated out of all context and factual account- fabrication. After the 1992 Boipatong Masing. There can be little doubt that violence sacre, when the urge for revenge against the existed in South African society in the years racist regime was perhaps strongest, Mandeleading up to the country’s first democratic la made no major television appearance, but elections. Stories and studies about this vio- rather blamed the white government for folence, and the fact that some of it included menting and being the source of the violence acts of violence within the African commu- throughout the country. Mandela did believe, nities, suggest an array of causes and con- according to his autobiography, that a cooltributing factors. The movie Mandela lays ing down period was necessary, but he susmost of this violence at the hands of youth- pended the negotiations — not the people’s ful radicals who are angry that the negotia- militancy. Rather than abandoning the progtion process led by Mandela was going too ress made by calling for a return to armed slow. Mandela appears to be leading the ne- struggle, the ANC leadership gave a thumbs gotiations against the wishes of the youth, up to the Mass Democratic Movement. The the advice of Winnie and even the urgings apartheid regime at the time suggested that of some of his peers among the ANC elders. black-on-black violence was one piece of eviMuch of this, in the way it is portrayed, is dence that most Africans — beyond a “spesimplified fiction. The so-called black-on-black cial man” like Mandela — could not handle violence which did take place was not based on democratic participation. Sadly, this section splits, strategic or otherwise, within the libera- of the movie does little to contradict that lie. tion movements. In one specific portrayal of If we are to be true to Mandela and our confrontation between Mandela and younger other heroes, it is surely time to ask: Does activists, Patrick Lekota is seen as an impris- the leader truly make the movement or does oned youth arriving at Robben Island, criticiz- the movement make, shape and allow for ing Mandela and his graying comrades for hav- great leaders to emerge? If, as most historiing lost touch with the movement beyond the ans suspect, a little bit of both is involved in prison walls. In fact, Mandela maintained his every great moment of social change, pergreatness in large part because Robben Island haps we are ready for mass media that rebecame the ultimate training ground and incu- flects these realities instead of the over-simbator for post-1960s South African resistance plifications which disable us. The sum total movements. Lekota was released from prison of a movie which emphasizes violence and before Mandela, and became one of the fore- de-emphasizes people power makes the most leaders of the nonviolent United Demo- building of future movements seem harder cratic Front which voiced ANC politics in the than necessary and more discouraging and decade before the ANC was unbanned. distant than reality necessitates.

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Rahul bats for Women’s Reservation Bill

BhOPAl, JANuAry 20 (PTi): Batting for early passage of Women’s Reservation Bill, Rahul Gandhi on Monday vowed to work for larger representation to them in Parliament, government and Congress and noted that the party and the country cannot ignore the views of half of the population.

Interacting with women from across the country as part of Congress’ exercise of seeking direct inputs from stakeholders for its 2014 Lok Sabha election manifesto, Gandhi said he wanted “maximum possible” women in leadership positions and on a personal note added that even in Gandhi household, “Grandmother ( Indira Gandhi) was the boss ... “ “Empowering women is a big battle that we have to fight and win,” he said and expressed confidence that not only the Women Reservation Bill that seeks to provide 33 per cent quota to them in legislatures will be passed but in next five to ten years, nearly half of Congress ministers will be women.

“Every woman is an asset for the country ... India can not become a superpower without the empowerment of 50 per cent population of women ... We have to bring your views in our manifesto,” Gandhi said during the interaction

‘Boss in my family was always Dadi’

India’s ruling Congress party Vice President Rahul Gandhi delivers his speech at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meet to prepare for the upcoming polls in New Delhi, on Friday, January 17. (AP File Photo)

as the women put forth their views frankly to the Congress Vice President, at times critical and demanding specific solutions.

Among the women present were sex workers, Anganwadi workers, besides members of Gulabi Gang, a group of women vigilantes and activists originally from Bundelkhand. “Women Reservation Bill is in Parliament.

I assure that we will not let it go ... We have to do this 33 percent reservation women in Parliament and As-

semblies. Political parties also have a responsibility.

“My thinking is that there should maximum possible number of women in leadership positions.

I want that among the ministers of Congress that you see now, there should be 50 percent women in next five to ten years,” Gandhi said.

He said that there is a need to be aggressive and get going to ensure that women are empowered.

In his interaction laced with anecdotes, Gandhi also said, “I want to tell you

my perspective ... In my house, there was papa (Rajiv Gandhi), there was uncle (Sanjay Gandhi) but the boss of the house was my grandmother. There was no doubt about that that.

Grandma was the boss,” he said with a chuckle. Noting that there is no difference betwen the capacity of a man and a woman, he sad, “Women do not need any protection. If you give them their rights, they can protect themselves.”

“Unless the bill was passed it will not be pos-

India could be next target of Taliban, says former NSA ML Narayanan

New Delhi, JANuAry 20 (PTi): India will be the next target of terror groups like Taliban operating in Afghanistan if they succeeded in capturing power in the war-ravaged country, former National Security Adviser MK Narayanan said in New Delhi on Monday.

The West Bengal Governor also said what was particularly worrying was that Pakistan shows no inclination to desist from pursuing “high risk” strategies, and it appears determined to support Jihadist elements as a strategic instrumentality to keep India off balance. Narayanan said given India’s location, it is easy to see how the threat posed by terrorism most of which emanates from outside the country’s borders - is dependent on what prevails in the volatile and difficult neighbourhood.

“Surrender to extremist forces like Taliban in Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s willingness to hold unconditional talks with Taliban have the gravest consequences for us,” he said addressing the first Radha Vinod Raju memorial lecture organised on the occasion of National In-

vestigation Agency day. Late RV Raju was the first Director General of NIA, which was set up in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attack in 2008. Narayanan, also former chief of Intelligence Bureau, said in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a combination of state weakness and the presence of myriad terrorist groups in both the countries constitutes a direct threat.

“Taliban extremism in both the countries shows no signs of muting itself... the basic weakness in administration there and presence of various terror groups, including Taliban, allowed them to do what they like. If they succeeded in Afghanistan, India is their next target. That has always been the premise and presumption and therefore we need to be on our guard,” he said. Narayanan said Pakistan’s newly revealed Army doctrine even stipulates “disproportionate responses” in future wars with India - implying a willingness to take recourse to the nuclear option in the event of India taking any counter measures against terror attacks like the Mumbai attack. “We, hence, have to be prepared for more attacks of

this kind,” he said.

Narayanan said an overwhelming number of terrorist incidents in the country have been the handiwork of Pakistan based terrorist outfits and these attacks have been mainly orchestrated by the LeT and the JeM and their acolytes, including the Bangladesh based HuH. “The Indian Mujahideen, a creation of the LeT following the Gujarat riots in 2002, has been increasingly involved in terrorist incidents since 2005. There are in addition, quite a few indigenous Islamist militant outfits - many, if not all, aligned with SIMI who have carried out terror attacks, particularly in the Southern states,” he said.

The Governor said right wing Hindu militant outfits have also carried out sporadic terror attacks, such as those on the Samjhauta Express and at Malegaon in Maharashtra. He said the LeT network has been operational in India for nearly two decades and the terror group is one of the earliest affiliates of al-Qaeda network, which is operating across the globe, including in North America, Australia, Europe and Africa, besides India.

India tests Nuclear capable, 4,000-km range Agni-IV missile

BhuBANeswAr, JANuAry 20 (iANs): India Monday successfully tested its long-range, nuclear-capable, surface-tosurface Agni-IV missile from a military base in Odisha, an official said. The new generation missile, with the capability to hit targets 4,000 km away, was tested for its full range from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.

The missile took off majestically, rose to a height of over 850 km, covered the intended range in about 20 minutes; hit the target with two digit accuracy; meeting all mission objectives and proving the capabilities of the missile. “The test was a 100 percent success. It has met all mission requirements. It was a developmental trial by the DRDO. It was a pre-induction test,” test range director M.V.K.V. Prasad told IANS. The DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation - has developed and tested the new missile. The Agni-IV missile propelled by composite solid fuel rocket motor technology was launched from its road mobile launcher, DRDO spokesman Ravi Kumar Gupta said in a statement.

The long-range radars and Electro-Optical Tracking systems located all along the coast have tracked and monitored all the parameters throughout the flight.

Two ships located near the target point tracked the rocket and witnessed the final event. Agni-IV is equipped with state-ofthe-art avionics, fifth generation on-board computer and distributed architecture, he said. It has the latest features to correct and guide itself for in-flight disturbances. The most accurate Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System and supported by Micro Navigation System, ensured the vehicle reached the target within two digit accuracy, he said.

The re-entry heat shield withstood

BhOPAl, JANuAry 20 (NDTv): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi met with representatives of women’s groups in Bhopal today to seek their input for his party’s manifesto for the approaching national elections.

“Let me tell you... in my house... there was a papa (father)... a chacha (father’s younger brother)... but the boss of the house was always my dadi,” Mr Gandhi said, referring to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who was his paternal grandmother. He said, “Women don’t need anyone’s protection; they need to be given their right and a place.” She was assassinated in 1984. Mr Gandhi’s father, Rajiv, was then elected prime minister but he was killed by a suicide bomber in 1991.

On Friday, addressing a mega conclave of the Congress, Gandhi had promised that his party would gather inputs from various sections of society, including women and minorities, to ensure that its manifesto for the general elections due by May incorporates the needs and aspirations of the people of the country.

Gandhi’s mother, Sonia, announced last week that he will not be the party’s prime ministerial candidate, but will lead the Congress’ campaign for the election. The BJP’s prime ministerial choice, Narendra Modi, said yesterday at a rally, “I see a very human, sensitive reason for the decision.

Would any mother sacrifice her son? Sonia Gandhi thought ‘no, save my son’”.

sible to empower women in all spheres,” Gandhi, who is leading the Lok Sabha polls campaign for Congress, said. The Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha but not in the Lok Sabha and ensuring its passage before the elections is said to be on the priority list of Sonia Gandhi.

The bill is facing opposition from Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and from some section of the Congress. Rahul said it was sad that even to-

day women were subjected to all kinds of violence in the country. Narrating an incident during a visit to his parliamentary seat Amethi, he said that he saw a man was dragging a woman by her hair because she had not cooked food.

Maintaining that while this incident was of “extreme” nature, Gandhi told the gathering of women that they must also have been suppressed at some point. “This feeling has to be removed from the country. Violence takes place

against women and this happens from the deep inside. There can be various ways of violence against women. We have to fight against this violence. The biggest thing is that we have change the attitude.

“There are 50 percent women in the country without whom the nation cannot develop. Our country cannot become superpower unless we could ensure safety of all our women. We do not even want such a superpower in which women, who are half

of the population are not empowered,” he said. Gandhi noted every woman wil be an asset irrespective of in whatever condition she is adding “we have to just create opportunities for them.”

“We want to take your views in manifesto. The idea behind the process is to include your voice in the manifesto of Congress party. Earlier five people used to make manifesto.

In other parties also fiveseven people used to finalize what will be in the manifesto. We want to put your views in that. “Not only women, we also met youths, members from SC/ ST, minority. We will also ask about it from farmers.

We will seek the views of every section about what they want in the manifesto and all reasonable suggestions related to policy will be incorporated,” Gandhi said.

During the meeting some among the group of 250 women also raised concerns over rising prices of LPG and petroleum and sought categorical assurances from Gandhi. Some raised the issue of Aanganwadi workers’ strike in Maharashtra and demand for better stipend and pension while others talked about jobs. The Congress vicepresident said that the issues will be looked into and studied.

A Hindu devotee receives blessings of an elephant at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, during the annual month-long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela” in Allahabad, on Monday, January 20. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela that began Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Judicial probe ordered over AAP demand: Shinde

New Delhi, JANuAry 20 (iANs): Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday said Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has ordered a judicial probe into the allegations of inaction against five Delhi Police officers by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to end his street protest in keeping with the dignity of his office.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the National Investigation Agency Day function here, Shinde rejected Kejriwal’s demand for bringing Delhi Police under the AAP government. “The LG has taken big steps in the form of a judicial inquiry. The responsibility will be fixed,” Shinde said. Kejriwal, his cabinet colleagues and a large number of supporters Monday staged a sit in not far from parliament after police prevented them from reaching Shinde’s office.

The AAP has accused the police officers

of not taking action against a family accused of burning their daughter-in-law, not acting against an alleged sex-and-drug racket, and over the rape of a Danish woman near the New Delhi railway station. Asked about Kejriwal’s protest, Shinde said the chief minister should have faith in the judicial inquiry.

“He should keep faith keeping in view the dignity of his post. Cooperation is a must,” he said.

Shinde said orders banning the assembly of four or more people were in force around the home ministry and other central government offices due to the impending Republic Day. On Kejriwal’s demand that Delhi Police should come under the Delhi government, Shinde said Delhi was the national capital and had a system under which the police reported to the central government. He said a similar example was followed in Washington. “This is the capital... It cannot be done.”

Kejriwal protest is anarchy: Tewari

Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari Monday termed the protest sitin by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues as “constitutional anarchy” and “gimmickry”. Tewari, speaking on the sidelines of a function here, said Kejriwal’s protest sit-in against alleged police inaction “is not going to work”.

“It is constitutional anarchy... They’re resorting to gimmickry,” said Tewari on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s protest sitin to demand suspension of police officials for disobeying the orders of two ministers. “You may have got the mandate to govern and made tall claims... and you know you cannot deliver, so they are resorting to gimmickry,” said the union minister.

The Agni-IV missile lifts off on Jan 20, 2014.

(Photo: Ministry of Defence)

These literates earn up to Rs 600/day just begging

temperatures in the range of 4,000 degrees Centigrade and made sure the avionics functioned normally with inside temperature remaining less than 50 degrees centigrade.

Agni-I, -II, -III and Prithvi are already in the arsenal of the armed forces, with reach of over 3,000 km and giving India an effective deterrence capability.

“The event is of greater significance since the system was tested in its deliverable configuration with the active participation of Strategic Force Command (SFC) personnel,” said DRDO director general Avinash Chander who commanded the launch sequence. “The missile is now ready for induction and its serial production will now begin,” said Chander, congratulating all the team members from DRDO and SFC. “Today’s launch takes India’s level of deterrence and its preparedness and effectiveness to newer heights,” he pointed out. Defence Minister A.K. Antony also congratulated the DRDO chief and his team on the success.

PATNA, JANuAry 20 (AgeNcies): Some of the people seen with begging bowls in the state are literate and earn up to Rs 600 a day. They belong to different religions, castes and age groups but few of them hold ration cards. These findings have come out through a survey conducted in two districts - Patna and Gaya - under the state government’s Mukhyamantri Bhikshavriti Nivaran Yojana (MBNY). The recently-held survey conducted by an independent agency on pilot basis identified 2,356 beggars in Gaya and Bodh Gaya and 2,223 in Patna.

At least 15 of them are matriculates and one Intermediate pass in Patna and two matriculates in Gaya. In Patna, about 300 of them earn between Rs 200-600 per day and in Gaya, 18 beggars earn up to

Rs 500 per day. “Beggary is a compulsion as well as an attitude. The condition of beggars is totally inhuman and they struggle for their survival. They are deprived of all the needs that human beings require to lead a normal life,” said Parveen Amanullah, minister of social welfare department, which has launched MBNY. She said the state government introduced MBNY with the aim to protect and promote the rights of beggars by ensuring their care, protection, development, socioeconomic and cultural empowerment through enabling policies and programmes. The state government has established ‘Saksham’ in the social welfare department for working on the issue of beggars. Saksham has been piloting MBNY since January 2012 and in Patna and Gaya districts, sur-

veys have been completed where identified beggars have been provided MBNY cards, she said.

In Gaya, 87% beggars are Mahadalits and dalits and 179 differently abled, 53 leprosy patients, 105 are literate and most of them earn Rs 25 daily as alms. Of them, 1,509 are women and 847 are male, with the majority of them in the age group of 19-55 while 388 hold ration cards. Most of these beggars are seen around the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya and Vishnupad temple in Gaya.

Children can be seen everyday on the Mahabodhi temple premises running after foreign tourists and yelling, “No father, no mother, give me dollar.”

In Patna, only 60 beggars are literate with one being Intermediate pass. Of the total 2,223 beggars in Patna, 1,514 are Hindu and 709

Muslim. The majority of beggars (945) belong to extremely backward caste and 280 to the scheduled caste. Only 302 are in possession of ration cards, while 300 beggars earn Rs 100 to 200 per day. A majority of them (1,531) earn a maximum of Rs 55.

The strategy under the scheme is de-addiction, basic education, vocational training and placement for employment and rehabilitation. The social welfare department sources said so far, 1,500 beggars have been issued ID cards, voter ID card for 114 applied to the Election Commission, 40 persons approved for Baba Amte pension and bank account of 35 opened and 1,500 are in reach of health services. A 50bed male beggars’ rehabilitation home has been started in Patna by an NGO, Nav Jagriti.

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Iran starts implementing nuclear deal TEHRAN, JANuARy 20 (AP): Iran halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment work on Monday as part of a landmark deal struck with world powers, easing concerns over the country’s nuclear program and clearing the way for a partial lifting of sanctions, Tehran and the U.N. said.

An Iranian state TV broadcast said authorities halted enrichment of uranium to 20 percent, just steps away from bomb-making materials, by disconnecting the cascades of centrifuges enriching uranium in Natanz.

“Production of 20 percent enriched uranium has been halted by cutting the links feeding cascades in this facility,” it said. A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear agency, confirmed that the centrifuges were disconnected.

The broadcast said international inspectors were present Monday when Iran began implementing its obligations under the historic deal reached in Geneva Nov. 24. They left to monitor the suspension at Fordo, another uranium enrichment site in central Iran.

The official IRNA news agency said Iran also started Monday to convert part of its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium to oxide to produce nuclear fuel. The landmark measures ease Western fears

EU Lifts Some Sanctions on Iran

In this Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. Ahead of the start of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, an official in the Islamic Republic has called limiting uranium enrichment and diluting its stockpile the country’s most important commitments. (AP File Photo)

over Iran’s contested nuclear program, and are expected to lead to the lifting of some sanctions in return.

Senior officials in U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration have put the total relief figure at some $7 billion of an estimated $100 billion in Iranian assets in foreign banks. Iran is to receive the first $550 million installment of $4.2 billion of its assets blocked overseas on Feb. 1.

In Brussels, foreign ministers from the 28 European Union members,

gathered for one of their periodic consultations, were poised to suspend some sanctions for six months if U.N. inspectors report that Iran’s uranium enrichment efforts have halted.

The ministers will hear a report from EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who chaired the Geneva negotiations that led to the agreement with Tehran. Miroslav Lajcak, the Slovak foreign minister, told reporters as the meeting opened that “we are moving in a good direction.

That means we are ready to lift sanctions.”

Under the historic deal, Iran agreed to halt its 20 percent enrichment program but will continue enrichment up to 5 percent.

It also agreed to convert half of its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium to oxide and dilute the remaining half to 5 percent over a period of six months.

In addition to the enrichment measures, the six-month interim deal also commits Iran to opening its nuclear program to

greater U.N. inspections and providing more details on its nuclear activities and facilities. Iran will also refrain from commissioning its under-construction 40 megawatt heavy water reactor in Arak, central Iran.

In return, it receives a halt to new sanctions and easing of existing sanctions. Measures targeting petrochemical products, gold and other precious metals, the auto industry, passenger plane parts and services will be lifted immediately.

BRussEls, JANuARy 20 (AGENCIEs): The European Union has voted to lift some economic sanctions on Iran after getting word that high-level uranium enrichment there was suspended earlier in the day. The deal that went into effect Monday was worked out in talks brokered by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

The payoff to Iran should be an influx of billions of dollars over the next six months into the Islamic republic’s shaky economy.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who voted with other EU foreign ministers in Brussels to suspend some of the sanctions for six months, called the deal “an important milestone.” An EU official told reporters last week the decision will go into effect Monday as soon as it’s published in the official EU record.

The effect should be to make it easier for the six mainly Asian countries still permitted to import some Iranian oil to lift their full quotas. The US has allowed China, South Korea, Japan, India, Taiwan and Turkey to continue buying Iranian

The Geneva deal allows Iran to continue exporting crude oil in its current level, which is reported to be about 1 million barrels a day.

Iran’s hard-liners have called the deal a “poisoned chalice”, highlighting the difficult task President Hasan Rouhani faces in selling the accord to skeptics.

Hard-line media denounced the planned halt.

The Vatan-e-Emrooz daily printed in black Monday instead of its usual col-

crude, in return for gradual cuts in volumes purchased.

With the easing of insurance restrictions, it may become easier for those countries to find ships willing to carry Iranian oil. As a result, Tehran in theory may be under less pressure to offer discounts on its remaining sales of around 1m barrels a day to its six client states.

The insurance sanctions will only be lifted for six months, however – the period diplomats have been given to reach a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme.

And as most owners only update their policies once a year, many tankers will still be unable to carry Iranian crude.

The impact of other changes is likely to be even more marginal. While European tankers will now be free to compete with Iranian and Asian tanker owners to transport Iranian crude, shipping brokers say there has been little sign of this so far, partly because there is currently healthy demand for their vessels on other routes.

ors, a sign of sorrow and mourning. It declared the deal a “nuclear holocaust” and called it a gift to Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu.

“Today, Netanyahu is the happiest person in the world,” it said. However, the Israeli prime minister has made the opposite argument as the hard-liners: He says the deal gives Iran too much for too few concessions.

The interim Geneva accord will last for six months as Iran and the world pow-

ers negotiate a final deal.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters Saturday that Tehran is ready to enter talks for a permanent accord as soon as the interim deal goes into force.

The U.S and some of its allies fear that Iran may finally be able to build an atomic weapon. Iran has denied the charges, saying its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes such as electricity and producing medical isotopes to treat cancer patients.

Amid clashes, unclear roadmap for peace in Ukraine Syria peace talks must focus on “fighting terrorism”

KIEv, uKRAINE, JANuARy 20 (AP): Anti-government protesters and police clashed anew Monday in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev after a night of vicious streets battles. Hundreds of protesters, many wearing balaclavas, hurled rocks and stun grenades and police responded with tear gas.

The violence has seriously escalated Ukraine’s political crisis, which has been marked by two months of largely peaceful protests. Here’s a look at the unclear roadmap for peace in Kiev:

HOW IT ALL BEGAN The pro-Western protests in Kiev began Nov. 21 after President Viktor Yanukovych shelved a long-planned political and economic treaty with the European Union and then accepted a huge bailout package from Russian President Vladimir Putin instead.

The protests swelled to hundreds of thousands — the biggest since Ukraine’s 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution — after riot police violently broke-up a small peaceful student protest. Clashes broke out on Dec. 1 between radical protesters and police, but demonstrations since then have been peaceful.

THE MOST RECENT TRIGGER Sunday’s violence came after Yanukovych pushed through a sweeping anti-protest law that significantly increased fines and imposed jail terms for unauthorized street protests. The new law also prohibits activists from wearing helmets or masks to demonstrations, curbs free speech and limits

the ability to investigate or monitor the activity of officials, including judges. The law also restricts the activity of non-governmental organizations funded by the West, as many are in Ukraine.

The law mirrors anti-opposition legislation passed in Russia, prompting accusations that Yanukovych is following in Putin’s footsteps in building a police state. The United States has called the legislation “undemocratic” and the European Union has urged Ukraine to revise it.

BUT NO UNITY IN THE OPPOSITION The law has highlighted Yanukovych’s disregard for the protests, which have been calling for his ouster, the restoration of civil rights and a pro-Western course for Ukraine. Yet demonstrators have been frustrated as well with the fragmented and often indecisive opposition.

During a large peaceful protest Sunday, the crowd chanted “Leader!” asking for the selection of one single protest leader who would take charge. When that did not happen, hundreds broke off from the main rally and marched toward parliament, where they began attacking riot police with sticks, firebombs and stones. Police responded with tear gas, water cannons and plastic bullets.

Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko, the world heavyweight boxing champion, tried to stop the violence, but was attacked by the radical protesters.

“We are tired of waiting, we must push the changes ourselves, we must

fight against terrorism would change the leaders,” Petro Sopoten- BEIRuT, JANuARy 20 the talks should be to remove Assad’s staunchest allies.

(REuTERs): Syrian Presi- him from power.

Assad said the main ob- have no value,” he said. sky, a 28-year-old protester, said. dent Bashar al-Assad ruled If they happen, the peace jective of the talks should be Assad ruled out the opout on Monday making op- talks are unlikely to bring to discuss “the fight against position National Coalition CAN TALKS DO THE TRICK? Intent on preventing what he position figures ministers a swift end to the nearly terrorism”, according to a obtaining ministerial posicalled a possible civil war, Klitschko and said peace talks in Swit- three-year conflict. The gov- copy of the interview pub- tions in a new government, went to Yanukovych’s home Sunday zerland should aim to “fight ernment and the fractured lished online. The Syrian calling this “totally unrealnight and emerged with a promise terrorism”, striking a defi- opposition have widely dif- leader brands as “terrorists” istic”, and said he was likely of negotiations. But the president ant tone two days before the ferent positions, not least on the rebel fighters seeking his to run for president again in Assad’s status in any transi- removal from office. elections scheduled for June. appointed the embattled national talks are due to start.

In an interview with tional government.

“The Geneva conference “I see no reason why I security council head Andriy Klyuyev, whom the opposition blames news agency AFP, Assad said On Monday, the main must lead to clear results re- shouldn’t stand,” Assad said. for the violent dispersal of the stu- he would likely seek a new political opposition group garding the fight against ter- “If there is public desire and dent rally, to lead the talks. On Mon- term in presidential elec- in exile said it would not at- rorism ... That would be the a public opinion in favour of day, Klitschko insisted that the presi- tions this year, a statement tend the talks unless U.N. most important result of the my candidacy, I will not hesident must personally take part. certain to anger opposition chief Ban Ki-moon retracted conference. Any political re- tate for a second to run for Yuri Lutsenko, another opposi- figures who say the point of an invitation to Iran, one of sult that did not include the election.” tion leader, urged Ukrainian men from across the country to flood into central Kiev to prevent a new government crackdown on the protests.

RAwAlPINDI, JANuARy 20 (AFP): at the scene of Monday’s blast, told re- tary targets.

A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least porters six soldiers and seven civilians The military headquarters came WHERE IS THE WEST IN ALL 13 people in a market next to Pakistan’s had been killed. under attack in 2009, when militants THIS? military headquarters on Monday, a day “It was a suicide attack, we are col- laid siege to the complex for 24 hours.

Opposition leaders have been after one of the deadliest attacks on se- lecting evidence from the spot. We have A total of 19 people died including eight urging the EU and the United States curity forces in recent years. collected some body parts suspected to militants. TTP spokesman Shahidullah to impose sanctions on top UkraiA further 18 people were wounded be of the suicide bomber,” he said.

Shahid claimed Monday’s attack as paynian officials and Yanukovych’s fi- in the blast which tore through RA baEarlier, the top government official back for a deadly military raid on a radinancial backers, but so far Western zaar in Rawalpindi, Islamabad’s twin in Rawalpindi, Sajid Zafar Dall said 18 cal mosque in Rawalpindi in 2007. “It diplomats have only threatened city, only 15 metres (50 feet) from people were wounded in the blast. was carried by one of our suicide bombsanctions and issued harsh state- the army’s General Headquarters, at “The attack occurred when children ers to take revenge for the Red Mosque ments. Hundreds of activists rallied around 7.45 am (0245 GMT). were going to school. Our initial assess- massacre,” he told AFP. outside the EU office in Kiev on MonIt came a day after the Tehreek-e- ment is that the bomber was possibly “We will continue our struggle day, chanting “We need your help!” Taliban Pakistan (TTP) killed 26 sol- on a bicycle and he then approached against the secular system.” in English and holding posters that diers and wounded at least 25 others in the target on foot,” Dall said.

Eyewitnesses described the power read “No sanctions, no peace.” a suicide bombing in the northwestern of the explosion. “I was reading a newsRubble and human flesh “The reaction of the interna- town of Bannu.

The blast left the market place a paper after opening my shop and all of Two high-profile attacks in 24 hours mess of twisted shutters and rubble, a sudden I heard a big blast,” Liaqat Ali, tional community has been inadequate,” Valeriy Chalyi, head of the mark a sharp upturn in violence from with pieces of human flesh scattered on a grocery shop owner near the site told AFP. “The intensity of the blast threw Razumkov Center think tank, said. the TTP after a period of relative quiet the ground, an AFP reporter said.

The TTP have been waging a bloody me off my chair. I rushed outside and “We are talking about Ukraine’s in- following the death of their leader Hadependence. And if one does not kimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike campaign against the Pakistani state saw smoke and smoke everywhere. I since 2007, carrying out countless saw injured laying and screaming on understand this today, tomorrow it in November.

Haroon Joya, a senior police official bomb and gun attacks, often on mili- ground.” will be too late.”

Taliban bombing near Pak military HQ kills 13

World Economic Forum meet kicks off today; India to have strong presence

DAvos, JANuARy 20 (PTI): Hundreds of top-notch CEOs will discuss state of global economy among themselves and around 40 heads of government at the annual talk-fest of rich and powerful people from across the world here for five days, beginning tomorrow.

At this Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF), being held for 43rd time in the Swiss skiing resort town of Davos, India will be represented by a nearly 125-member delegation including senior ministers and top corporate leaders.

Besides economic issues and hardcore business talks, problems in Syria, Iran’s possible return to global diplomatic tables, as also the ever-evolving future of euro zone is expected to hog the limelight during the summit.

The 40 heads of state or government expected here include those from the UK, Australia, Japan, Iran, Israel, Brazil, Italy, Mauritius, Republic of Korea besides Switzerland itself.

The Indian leaders expected to attend the meeting in-

clude Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Minister for Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs Kamal Nath.

Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel, Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan are also scheduled to attend the meeting.

Besides WEF meetings, the Indian leaders are also expected to hold bilateral and multilateral meetings with their counterparts from other countries, as also with the CEOs of many top companies from across the world.

Among over 100 corporate leaders expected from India, the prominent names include Tata group chief Cyrus Mistry, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, as also other top businessmen such as Azim Premji, Adi Godrej, Gautam Adani, Rahul Bajaj, Sunil Mittal, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Prashant

Ruia, Shivinder and Malvinder Mohan Singh, G M Rao, Pawan Munjal, Naina Lal Kidwai, Naresh Goyal and Uday Kotak.

WEF says that its 44th annual meeting would be attended by over 2,500 participants from almost 100 countries, including 1,500 business leaders, and this year’s theme would be “The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business’.

Only once was the WEF meeting held outside Davos and the Co-Chairs of the Annual Meeting 2014 are Kris Gopalakrishnan (President, Confederation of Indian Industry and Vice-Chairman, Infosys), Marissa Mayer (Yahoo CEO), Aliko Dangote (CEO of Nigeria’s Dangote Group), Jiang Jianqing (Chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China), Joseph Jimenez (CEO of Novartis), Christophe de Margerie (CEO of Total) and Judith Rodin (President, Rockefeller Foundation).

Leaders of G-20 countries who will address the meeting include Australia’s Tony Abbot, Japan’s Shinzo Abe, UK’s David

Cameron, Italy’s Enrico Letta, Mexico’s Enrique Pena Nieto, Park Geun-Hye from Republic of Korea and Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff.

Other top leaders attending the meeting are World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, IMF chief Christine Lagarde, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, its President Shimon Peres, US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Myanmar President U Thein Sein.

Swiss Confederation President Didier Burkhalter, Queen of Jordan Rania Al Abdullah, Kofi Annan Foundation Chairman Kofi Annan, WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo, UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, US Trade Representative Michael Froman and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria would also be present.

The five-day meeting would include close to 250 sessions, where top policymakers from

across the world would discuss various issues with business leaders from hundreds of global companies.

They would include those from PepsiCo, ArcelorMittal, Google, Yahoo, Total, Bank of America, Microsoft, BP, Citi, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Volkswagen, UBS, Unilever and Standard Chartered.

The annual meeting would officially start tomorrow evening with a welcome address by WEF chairman Klaus Schwab, to be followed by an awards ceremony and a special concert, in the evening, while official sessions would be held for four days between January 22-25.

Among the countries, the US comes on the top with 670 participants, followed by UK with 282 persons, while host country Switzerland would be represented by 202 persons.

At fourth place, India and Germany would have total of about 124 participants each expected to attend the WEF. Among others, China would have 88 participants while others scheduled at the meeting

include Japan’s 69, Russia’s 76, South Africa’s 59, UAE’s 46, Pakistan’s 9, Indonesia’s 21, Australia’s 22, Brazil’s 36, Nigeria’s 22 and Italy’s 36.

According to an analysis, there would be 1,500 business leaders including 288 dealing in government relations, 230 from banking & capital markets and 225 media leaders.

The female participation is expected to be 15 per cent.

The average age of a Davos participant this year would be 52 years for men and 49 years for women.

The youngest is 21-year-old Umar Anwar Jahangir, a Shaper from the Islamabad Hub of Global Shapers, the CEO of Bahria Medics, a student run social welfare organisation, while 90-year-old Israel President Shimon Peres will be the oldest.

WEF said this year’s Annual Meeting convenes at a time when the world is at a critical juncture, “as the subsidence of short-term economic crises gives way to a profound need for further structural reforms in emerging and de-

veloped markets, and international relations continue to be disrupted by an increasingly multipolar world”. According to WEF, issues likely to be discussed at the meeting include disruptive innovations, inclusive growth and society’s new expectations.

This year, a special focus would be on issues related to healthcare and climate change as also “the pressing youth unemployment challenge, economic prospects in major emerging economies including China and India as well as the future of North Africa and the Middle East”.

Industry chamber CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) said the Indian delegation at the summit would highlight efforts taken by the government to turn the economy around.

“It will focus on the investor-friendly measures that have been taken such as easing restrictions on foreign investment, resolution of bottlenecks in project clearance and taking steps towards fiscal consolidation,” CII added.

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MAriA out Azarenka cruises into quarters Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts after losing a point to Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. (AP Photo)

Victoria Azarenka. (AP Photo)

mELBOURNE, JANUARY 20 (AgENCiES): Third seed Maria Sharapova was dumped out of the Australian Open on Monday with a 3-6 6-4 6-1 fourth round loss to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova on Rod Laver Arena. The 2008 champion had to take a medical time-out between the second and third sets for treatment on an undisclosed injury.

She was grimacing when bending over and grabbing her lower back during the final set.

Sharapova's demise comes a day after Serbia's Ana Ivanovic beat world No 1 and title favourite Serena Williams, also in the fourth round. "I watched that match, it was a great match for Ana, but this was a little bit of a different story," Cibulkova said in a courtside interview. "The most important thing was that I went on the court and I was 100 percent sure I could win this match. I wasn't doubting myself."

Sharapova took the first set 6-3 as both players struggled with their serve, but Cibulkova won the second after racing to a 5-0 lead, which the Russian pegged back, before the diminutive Slovak finally held serve to send the match to a decider. Sharapova then took the medical time-out but was unable to halt Cibulkova's momentum as the Slovak raced through to win the set and reach her first Australian Open quarterfinal.

She will meet either eighth-seed Jelena Jankovic or 11th-seeded Romanian Simona Halep for a place in the last four. "I just kept going. I knew what I had to do and I was doing exactly the right things," Cibulkova added. "The most important thing is to believe in yourself." Victoria Azarenka blasted past young American Sloane Stephens and into the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday as the defending champion hit top form. The Belarusian second seed blitzed into a last-eight clash with either fifth seed Agnieska Radwanska or exciting young Spaniard Garbine Muguruza with a 6-3, 6-2 win in 91 minutes.

With Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova both fourth-round casualties, Azarenka is wellplaced to become the first woman to win the title in three consecutive years since Martina Hingis between 1997-99. The 24-year-old is yet to drop a set and appears to be peaking at the right time as she stretched her win streak at Melbourne Park to 18 matches. "It was a tough match but I was ready to battle for as long as it took," she said. "I'm glad I could find my rhythm and go for my shots. I just love playing here. It feels so cosy, it feels like home," she added of Rod Laver Arena.

It was her first meeting with 20-year-old Stephens, the 13th seed, since their controversial lastfour clash here in 2013. During that match, Azarenka walked off court for a medical timeout after Stephens had saved five match points and broken the Belarusian. She returned after a slow hand clap from the crowd and Stephens won only three more points, losing 6-1, 6-4 and leading to accusations of gamesmanship from some quarters. Azarenka later said she had been troubled by a rib injury.

Before Monday's match the pair insisted any hostilities were in the past, although Stephens admitted their relationship was "non-existent, suggesting an undercurrent of ill-feeling. Azarenka, nicknamed "Vika", comfortably held serve to get the match underway in warm conditions, as did Stephens, who has had a consistent Grand Slam record over the past year, reaching at least the fourth round on each occasion but is yet to win her first career title. Despite Azarenka firing two double-faults in her second service game, Stephens was unable to capitalise and she paid the price when her serve was broken in the fourth game on a wayward backhand.

The defending champion's probing returns and pinpoint baseline shots were troubling Stephens, who had to dig deep to save six break points in the sixth game. But she was unable to get the break back as Azarenka kept the pressure on to take

the set. Stephens was being forced into too many errors and her confidence was being sapped by the relentless and determined second seed, who scored another crucial break in the first game of the second set.

Azarenka refused to give an inch, running down every shot as they both held serve. But Stephens was not giving up, holding firm in an eight-minute game to stay in touch at 2-3. But Azarenka was in a different class and she forced another break with a looping forehand winner before serving out for the match to continue her march towards another title. Elsewhere Simona Halep roared back from a mid-match wobble against former world No 1 Jelena Jankovic to fulfil a dream and reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open..

The five foot six inches (1.68m) Romanian won the first set before being taken to a decider, but she recovered magnificently in the third set to take the match 6-4, 2-6, 6-0. "I started nervous but I played a good first set. The second set I was tired, I don't know why but my energy was very down," said the 22-yearold world number 11.

Nadal, Murray, Federer all reach Australian Open quarterfinals

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op-ranked Rafael Nadal and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray faced tougher-than-expected matches to advance to the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park. Nadal won three tough sets against Kei Nishikori, while Murray wasted four match points in the third set - including two in the tiebreaker - before dominating the fourth set against lucky loser Stephane Robert of France.

Four-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer was never threatened in beating 2008 finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in a late match. He will play Murray in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Nadal beat Nishikori 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (3), though he was broken twice in the third set - getting a time violation from chair umpire Evanthia Asderaki in one of the games. ''Normally I have a good selfcontrol on court, and it's true that the moment was a very critical one,''

Nadal said of the time violation. The 13-time major winner also tripped in the first set and tumbled to the court, then had to go to the locker room to change shoes.

Nadal next plays Grigor Dimitrov, who reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Roberto Bautista Agut.

Dimitrov advanced to his first Grand Slam quarterfinal in his 14th attempt after beating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the

Australian Open on Monday. Dimitrov, who beat No. 11 Milos Raonic in the third round, clinched the match by breaking Bautista Agut's serve for the fourth time.

Three-time Australian Open finalist Murray ended the run of Robert, wasting match points in the third set and smashing his racket after the tiebreaker before advancing 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-2. ''He's a fun player to watch, but not a fun player to play,'' Murray said of Robert's assortment of drop shots and deft

Barca, Atletico held to draws

Barcelona's Lionel Messi from Argentina duels for the ball with Levante's Vyntra from the Czech Republic during their La Liga soccer match at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 19. (AP Photo)

BARCELONA, JANUARY 20 (AP): Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both stumbled to draws on Sunday, tightening the Spanish league title race with Real Madrid now only one point behind the co-leaders. Barcelona's potent attack led

by Lionel Messi was held 1-1 at Levante, leaving the door open for Atletico to later claim sole possession

of the league lead.

But Atletico conceded a second-half penalty at home against Sevilla to also finish 1-1 and squander its chance to rise to the sole lead in the standings for the first time since September 2010. "We had a good opportunity, but this is a long race," said Atletico defender Filipe Luis. "It's very difficult to compete with Real

Madrid and Barcelona."

Madrid trailed the coleaders by five points two rounds ago, but while it has kept on winning— most recently with a 5-0 rout of bottom-side Real Betis on Saturday— Barcelona and Atletico drew with one another last round and have slipped again just past the season's midway mark.

Levante went ahead

through Loukas Vyntra's 10th-minute header, and its staunch defense did enough to take a measure of vengeance for the 7-0 thrashing Barcelona dealt the team in the season opener. Gerard Pique leveled for Barcelona in the 19th, but Levante defender Juanfran Garcia saved the visitors' two best chances in the second half.

"We were unlucky because we created scoring chances," Messi said. "We did everything possible to win." Elsewhere, striker Ikechukwu Uche scored his sixth goal in his last three league games to help Villarreal beat Almeria 2-0, while Getafe erased a two-goal deficit to earn a 2-2 draw at home with Real Sociedad.

Far from the side that Barcelona humiliated in August, Levante lived up to its reputation as one of the league's best defenses by packing its area and largely limiting the visitors to long strikes that either crashed into bodies or sailed harmlessly wide.

Joaquin Caparros' side claimed the early lead when Vyntra rose up over Pique to head Andreas Ivanschitz's corner kick down and beyond the diving goalkeeper Victor Valdes.

groundstrokes. The racket smashing was pure frustration. ''Losing that set was frustrating because it obviously means you're out there another 30, 40 minutes at least, when I would preferably had been in the locker room,'' Murray said. ''My racket bit the dust. Unfortunate for it.''

Murray said he's expecting a tough match against Federer, regardless of the Swiss player's recent drop in the rankings that has seen him seeded sixth here.

''I think last year you could see at periods he was struggling with his back,'' Murray said. ''And if he's fully fit, I've said all along, he's always going to be there or thereabouts in the majors, and he'll give himself opportunities to win more because he's that good.'' Federer lost to Murray in the semifinals last year in five sets after beating Tsonga in five in the quarterfinals. ''It's the same draw just one round earlier for me,'' Federer said. ''I'm happy this time I didn't play five sets.''

Malaysian world number one Lee hints at retirement

KUALA LUmPUR, JANUARY 20 (REUTERS): Badminton world number one Lee Chong Wei hinted that retirement was on the horizon after the emotional Malaysian sealed his 10th national championship in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

Lee, 31, was in tears after his 21-19 21-9 victory over Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto, saying this would be his last Malaysian Open.

"I have never experienced this kind of pressure before. The first game was

tough and Tommy really pushed me hard," Lee told reporters in Malaysia.

"The pressure started to build up from the start of this week. I was tense because I wanted to win my 10th and last Malaysian Open badly.

"After the win, I could not help but feel emotional. All the burden is off my shoulders now... I feel lighter." Lee won his second Olympic silver medal at the London Games in 2012 after another titanic battle

with old advisory Lin Dan of China but said he was unsure about competing again at the grandest stage.

The Penang-born Lee said he would attempt to win a third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in Glasgow in July and a first world championship in August before deciding on his future after the Asian Games in South Korea in September.

"I don`t know whether I can last until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. I

just cannot imagine how I would fare in three years` time," the right-hander said.

"For now, I just don`t know whether I can go on after the Asian Games.

There is also personal problems and pressure. "I have been playing for many years and I feel the need to spend more time with my family. This whole week my wife and mother were asking why I was so tensed up.

"I want to spend more time with my baby boy."

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Priyanka Chopra works with

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he singer of a black metal band has been stabbed to death for tarnishing Satan. Samong "Avajee" Traisattha, 36, was discovered by his wife lying in a pool of blood in his living room. The lead singer and bassist of Surrender of Divinity had earlier welcomed a fan of the band into his home in Thailand.

His wife Jaruvan Surapol, 34, told cops she left to put her children to bed but when she returned an hour later on January 8 she

found her dead husband.

Detectives later found a one-foot knife belonging to the killer. Cops now believe the main suspect is the fan who visited Traisattha at home, the Huffington Post reported.

A message on Facebook by somebody claiming to be the killer a few days after the death said the singer was killed because he was badmouthing Satan. The user - called Maleficent Meditation - also posted pictures of the crime scene on the so-

cial network site. As reported by dreamindemon.com, he said: “In my view, I have more respect for devoted Buddhists, Christians and Muslims than those who call themselves Satanists without knowing anything about it… If I did not kill him, I’m sure he would be murdered by someone else later… above all else, Satan is not a toy. Do not call yourself a Satanist if you do not believe in Satan!!!”. Police are now hunting for the fan who visited the house.

riyanka Chopra's new music video is being directed by the team behind Rihanna's 'What Now' and Justin Timberlake's 'Take Back The Night'. The Bollywood star is shooting the video to new track 'I Can't Make You Love Me' with directors Jeff Nicholas and Jonathan Craven from The Uprising Creative.

The actor-singer last week revealed that she was unable to attend the Golden Globes because she was working on her new video in Los Angeles. Chopra's third single - and debut release for the UK market - follows triple platinum hit 'In My City', and 'Exotic', which peaked at 12 in the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The former-Miss World recently announced plans to host a meet and greet in London to unveil her new single. Speaking about releasing music in the UK market, Chopra said: "Interscope has a different strategy for the United Kingdom. Like they say, 'save the best for last'.

"Once we finish promotions in the United States, we will come to the UK with a different plan for my music."

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lia Bhatt, who has lent her voice to a song in her upcoming film Highway, says if she fails as an actress, she will turn to singing.

When director Imtiaz Ali asked her to croon a number in Highway, she jumped at the idea. "I am not a singer, I think I am a bathroom singer. When I was asked to sing I was excited and thought of trying it (singing) out. A R Rahman sir was very patient with me. If I fail as an actress, I will become a singer," Alia told reporters here last night at the film's promotional event.

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nglish musician Brian May heaved a sigh of relief after doctors cleared him off any chances of cancer. May, lead guitarist of iconic rock band Queen, was informed of the good news by his doctors over a telephone call by his doctor.

“Well, I got a phone call from my specialist this evening. He said ‘I have a good news. The result of your prostrate biopsy is here, and we did not find any cancer cells,” May wrote on his blog.

The 66-year-old rocker then celebrated the good news over a cup of tea at his studio while creating music with Freddie Mercury, John Deacon and Roger Taylor (other three members of the band).

“So finally, as far as that vital organ is concerned, I am -thank God- in the clear. ”It’s a great relief. I celebrated in the studio with a cup of tea. Hey, I know how to rock,” he posted on his blog.

Following back pain last month, May had undergone multiple tests to detect cancer, if any. ”So I’ve been having a series of blood tests, ultrasounds, and various kinds of scans, to see if they could rule out various kinds of cancer,” May had said earlier.

Russell Brand, Kevin Kennedy team up against addiction

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o m e d i a n Ru s s e l l Brand has teamed up with former ‘Coronation Street’ actor Kevin Kennedy to open a dry pub to help people recovering from alcohol.

38-year-old Brand met Kennedy at a conference and discussed about the latter’s plan to open a pub in Brighton, South of Britain.

The comedian has launched his Comic Relief-supported ‘Give It Up’ fund for addict support schemes, reported Daily Mirror.

“Because of support groups, addicts like me stand a chance. They’re a way for people to get clean and stay clean and they provide a

sense of togetherness and purpose,” Brand said.

Former ‘Corrie’ star Kennedy is looking to raise 100,000 pounds to finance the new community hub.

“Russell and I are speaking from the same hymn sheet.

We both believe that abstinence is the only way to treat addiction,” he said.

“I’ve told him about my

dry pub idea and he said it was great to have me here. I need a start-up fund and I’m speaking to Russell to see if he can help us out,” he added.

“I want to create a place that’s classy and out there in the open for people to come and get support. It’s about visual recovery not hiding away. I want people to go there and feel safe,” he added.

When the team of Highway was travelling since it is a road movie, Alia would often sing Rahman's song Jiya Re Jiya. That's when Imtiaz thought of exploring her singing talent.

Music maestro A R Rahman told her to practice and that if she learns singing for two years, she could have her album. According to Alia, who is geared up for the highway journey in a deglam mode with Randeep Hooda, both acting and singing are difficult.

"I am just two films old when it comes to acting and it's my debut as a singer with Highway. For me both

are difficult," she said.

"When I was recording with Rahman sir, I messed up a few times but that is ok, it happens. I did not know anything about singing. I did not know how to sustain my breath, but later on I learnt with the help of Rahman sir," Alia added.

Highway, produced by Imtiaz Ali's Window Seat Films and presented by Sajid Nadiadwala, will be released worldwide by UTV Motion Pictures on February 21. The film is set in six states and captures the journey of two completely opposite persons who come together by fate.

privacy on twitter over knee surgery One DireCtiOn singer Niall Horan, who is recovering from major knee surgery, asked his fans to respect his privacy on twitter. The 20-yearold ‘Story Of My Life’ hitmaker, whose pictures emerged sporting a cast and crutches at Heathrow airport, took to his micro-blogging site account to tell his 16.7 million followers to give him privacy as he tries to recover, reported Daily Mirror.

“Hey guys I know most of you have seen those pics today! Yes I’ve had major surgery, a much larger surgery than first anticipated, but I would like to tell you, it was a complete success! Considering the scale of it!” he wrote. “So all I ask of you guys is that you would respect my privacy as I try to recover and get for the where we are tour,” he added.

Danielle Senior is chief judge

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riginally born in Devon, UK, Danielle Senior is now based in London having spent part of her childhood in Norway, Scandinavia. She has become a sought after vocalist & songwriter. Danielle is notable for her angelic yet Powerful vocals & versatile pop writing style.

Danielle has written & featured on a string of dance/ pop crossover tracks including the smash club anthem "Take It To The Dancefloor" (peaking at no. 3 in the UK Music Week Commercial/Club Chart, & no.

4 in the MTV Dancefloor Chart).

Re c e n t ly s h e has become the lead writer and vocalist behind Dutch production group AurA. Together their releases have made waves throughout the UK & Europe. “Every Emotion” reached no.17 in the UK Music Upfront Club Chart, & has Since been licensed for release in the USA/Canada. The follow up “Wearing My Shoes” Was signed to N.E.W.S Records in Benelux, & Andorfine in Germany respectively, with both releases licensed on various compilation throughout Europe.

Danielle has also featured on releases by the likes of AATW/Universal, Love Rush UK, Polydor, & Bauer Entertainment.

Other artist collaboration include Wretch 32, Plan B, Shysti, True Tiger & the Wideboys.

As a writer, Danielle is unique in the sense that she spans most genres of music including pop, dance, acoustic & urban.

S o n g writng credits include MTV ‘Awkward’, Shystie (Polydor UK), boyband GMD3 now District 3 of The X Factor UK, TQ (US), The Voice (Belgium), Queensberry (Popstars, Warner Germany), Evel7n (Germany), & Honey (Universal, Poland), amongst others. Her first major song placement “Honeytrap”, co---written with The White N3rd, was covered by Asian Superstar Jolin Tsai & peaked at number 3 in the national charts.

As the lead single from Jolin’s album “Myself”, it helped catapult the album to no.1 for several weeks & became the fourth biggest selling album that year.

During this time Danielle also co---wrote “Safety Net” with UK based producer Davinche For Lin Yu

Chun, dubbed Asia’s Susan Boyle. “Safety Net” was also used as part of a Government campaign for peace.

Currently working with former Cheiron member & multi---platinum world--class songwriter/producer Andreas Carlsson (Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Janet Jackson, J---Lo, Backstreets Boys, Nsync), Swedish producer/writer duo SebasDan & Didrik Tho^ (Celine Dion, Westlife), Danny Morris (Nicole Scherzinger, Usher, Pittbuhl), Mike City (Brandy, Sunshine Anderson), & in the UK, Tim Powell (LiCle Mix --- latest X Factor winners, Girls Aloud & Pixie Lott), Chris Young (The Wanted, Lawson, Saturdays), Si Hulbert (Ceelo--Green, Ed Sheeran, One Direction).

Danielle has also worked with Labrinth, The White N3rd, Bruce Elliot--Smith (Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue & Paul Oakenfold), Carl Ryden (Alexandra Burke, Booty Luv), Allan Eshuijs (Cascada), & Rob Davis (Kylie, Sophie Ellis---Bextor).

Danielle has attended the Waterfall WriDng Camp in Norway, Phrased Differently in Sweden, and the notoriously selective D'Pop in Denmark for Asia.

Danielle is currently working between London UK, Scandinavia And Los Angeles US. Danielle is also a trained contemporary dancer, has a first---class degree in English Literature, and has studied Speech and Drama at the Prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Zowe Madrigal led by AKG and Yamaha Brand Ambassador Nise Meruno did a concert series in Guwahati recently. They performed in ITA Centre, Christ Church and Yamaha Music Square.

"Iswar Ke Janibe" a nagamese movie, being released by Atoli Zhimomi (middle), who also plays the lead role in the movie. The film is produced and directed by Ajay Kumar (right) under the Pooja Film Production banner. Based on the Bible, the 90-minute movie is targeted at the young audience and aims to spread the message of leading an upright life during one's youth. (Morung Photo)

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LONDON, JANUARY 20 (AP): Manchester United's title defense faltered further as a Samuel Eto'o-inspired Chelsea cast the champions further adrift from the Premier League elite with a 3-1 victory Sunday. While Chelsea stayed two points behind leader Arsenal courtesy of Eto'o's hat trick, seventh-place United slipped 14 points from the summit this weekend.

And the gap from the Champions League places is growing as well, with Liverpool six points ahead in fourth. Tottenham is level on points with Liverpool, but behind on goal difference after beating Swansea 3-1 in Sunday's other game.

Changing managers has revitalized Tottenham, with Tim Sherwood collecting 16 out of 18 points since replacing Andre Villas-Boas, while David Patrick Reed, left, and wife Justine Reed pose with the trophy Moyes has now has overafter the final round of the Humana Challenge PGA golf tour- seen seven league losses nament on the Palmer Private course at PGA West, Sunday, this season after succeedJan. 19 in La Quinta, Calif. (AP Photo) ing Alex Ferguson — two more than last year's titlewinning campaign.

"It's a difficult task, but (it's about) perseverance and keeping doing what's right," Moyes said. "I thought we did a lot of good DIMAPUR, JANUARY 20 (MExN): The Dimapur things today. We have playDistrict Football Association (DDFA) held a meeting ers to come back, and this on January 18 and elected a new team for the year is a project I know that I'm 2014-19. The team includes: President, Joseph Sumi; going to improve as it goes Vice Presidents, Lanu Chuba, Kahoi Holo, Chubat- along. "I was hoping to win hung Ngullie, Kivigho Zhimomi and Basu Damani; more and be competing a General Secretary, Rhibizo Peseyie; Joint Secretar- bit more than we've been, ies, Asang and Kenei; Treasurer, Thioba Rongmei; but that'll come." Having Finance Secretary, Yanger Ao; Media and Publicity, made a strong start, United Benri Jami and members, H Thong and Rokovito, was stunned by Chelsea goRobin Kikon, Lonsghithung, Xutovi Achumi, Hukato ing ahead against the run of Zhimomi, Panti Sibu Rongmei and Aketo Shohe. The play in the 17th minute.

DDFA further informed that there will be an EmerEto'o cut in from the gency meeting on January 24 at 3:00 pm at the DDSC right, swept past Phil Jones office and urged all executive members and members and unleashed a shot that to attend the meet without fail. took a heavy deflection off

DDFA elects new members

Michael Carrick's boot before looping over goalkeeper David de Gea into the net.

"They started the match better than us and they were a bit unlucky that we scored in that moment," Mourinho said. "When you are better than the opponent, you have to go and try to kill the game."

United squandered a chance to level in the 38th. Adnan Januzaj's cross reached Danny Welbeck in a central position but the striker couldn't produce a clean shot. Oscar then tried to double the lead with a bicycle kick that flew over from right in front of goal, and instead Chelsea's second came from the boot of Eto'o again. Welbeck only half cleared, Ramires seized possession and fed the ball to Hazard on the right flank.

The winger then squared to the unmarked Eto'o to sweep a shot into the net as halftime loomed.

United had little time to settle after the break before its defense was breached again and Eto'o celebrated his first treble in English football. Cahill headed in from Willian's corner and De Gea only briefly blocked the ball before it went back out for Eto'o, who got ahead of Antonio Valencia to score. United pulled one back when Jones' scuffed shot was stabbed into the net by Javier Hernandez.

But there was no comeback and it got worse in stoppage time when United captain Nemanja Vidic was sent off for lunging at Eden Hazard, and he now faces a three-game ban. While Moyes trudged off despondently, Mourinho was left to celebrate a 100th Premier League win out of 142 games across his two Chel-

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Chelsea's Samuel Eto'o, No 29 right, celebrates with teammates after scoring his second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday, Jan. 19. (AP Photo)

sea reigns while still demanding more. "We have to improve," Mourinho said.

"I want better. The first 20 minutes were not good. "I want the game to be in our control since the beginning and it was not."

Tottenham was in control at Swansea and swept to a fifth win in six league games as Adebyor — brought in from the cold under Sherwood — took his tally to six goal in seven games under the new manager. The striker headed in his first in south Wales from Christian Eriksen's cross in the 35th. Tottenham was gifted a second eight minutes into the second half when Kyle Walker's cross was steered into his own goal by Chico Flores.

Adebayor was on target again in the 71st from close range after Danny Rose did the hard work on the left flank before setting up the striker. And much like United at Stamford Bridge, Swansea reducing the deficit to 3-1 couldn't spark a comeback. Wilfried Bony pulled one back in the 78th when he turned Roland Lamah's cross past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. "We know there are going to be tougher tests ahead, but it's been a good start for me," Sherwood said. "If the season were to end tomorrow I don't think the chairman (Daniel Levy) would be too happy because we are fifth.

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