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Winfrey, Clinton awarded top civilian honor

Central team evaluates SSA programme implementation [ PAGE 02]

Rio to launch Centre of excellence for Music &Performing Arts

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By Sandemo Ngullie

Morung Express News Dimapur | November 21

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NSCN (IM) directs against donation & contribution DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) has directed all authorities, staff, rank and file of both civil and army of the NSCN/GPRN to strictly refrain from indulging in any sort of donation/contribution from individuals, organizations, institutions, offices, business establishments etc in view of the festive season. A press note from the Secretary, Chaplee Ministry stated that this directive is issued in consonance with the standing principle of the NSCN/ GPRN. “All central as well as regional authorities are officially prompted to be vigilant against non compliance with the national principle for necessary action,” it added. Individuals and others concerned have also been requested not to “encourage such pressure in any case, indifferent with which shall be at owns risk.”

RD department to conduct verification

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KOHIMA, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): The Director for Rural Development, Metsubo Jamir has informed that “some employees appointed under the MGNREGS on honorarium basis are also working in other Departments.”

As such, the RD Director in a press note notified the concerned honorarium appointees under MGNREGS to submit their resignation within thirty days from the date of issue of this notice, after which, the Department will conduct verification. It further cautioned that necessary disciplinary action will be taken against those who do not resign within the stipulated time.

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Anand loses 9th game, Carlsen half-a-point away from winning the crown [ PAGE 11]

‘skill Development Mela’ draws trainable aspirants

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Garo dancers are seen performing during the Wangala, which is a post-harvest festival of the Garo community at Dimapur, Nagaland on Thursday. Wangala is the most significant festival of the Garos, which marks the end of the agricultural year. During the festival they perform rituals and give thanksgiving to Misi Saljong, the sun god of fertility, for a bountiful harvest. Photo by Caisii Mao Related story on page 5

‘erring cadres should be terminated’

KOHIMA, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): Reacting to the November 16 incident where a GB was allegedly assaulted by GPRN/NSCN cadres, the Sumi Kukami Hoho (SKH) has informed that during its meeting with the GPRN/NSCN officials, it was resolved that the errant cadres should be terminated from the organ-

isation within 15 days from the day the resolution was arrived at.

SKH general secretary K. Hukato Shohe and vice president Vikuto Nurumi, in a joint release informed that the meeting which was attended by Sumi Hoho and other frontal organizations condemned the act.

The apex body of Sumi

GBs further resolved that the “main culprit, Lt Inaho be terminated from service and that no factions of Naga Underground groups entertain the errant cadre in their fold in the future.”

It resolved that “if any factions give shelter or rehabilitation to the errant cadre, the group or faction would receive non-cooper-

ation from the Sumi frontal organisations.”

Meanwhile, the Sumi Hoho has informed that the matter was taken over by the Sumi GBs forum with a “sincere” request as it involved one of its members. Sumi Hoho officials informed that it endorsed the resolution arrived at by the Sumi GBs.

‘need to make students employable’

KOHIMA, NOVEMBER 21 (DIPR): Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education and SCERT, Deo Nukhu has called for quality education and training in order to make students in Nagaland state more employable. He expressed this view while inaugurating a two day conference for Principals of Government Colleges on the theme at Kohima on November 21.

The conference was held with the theme ‘Envision, Inspire, Excel.’ Speaking as the Chief Guest, Deo Nukhu likened Principals as parents of the students and exhorted them for proper supervision,

2-day conference for Government College Principals inaugurated

thus making them a vital element in society. He further requested the Principals to impart musical and sporting skills as vocational courses, apart from studies, which will provide extra opportunities to the students. He further stressed on the need to train students to become leaders of the future.

Chairman of the programme, Commissioner and Secretary Higher Education, FP Solo in his welcome note

Govt urged to act on student demands GHI students agitating since November 13

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): The All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union has strongly urged the Nagaland state government and the concerned department to take needful action with regard to demands made by students of Government Hindi Institute, Dimapur.

The students of GHI, Dimapur have been agitating since November 13 and calling for removal of GHI, Dimapur Principal, SN Dubey. A press note from Rometo Sema, Chairman of the Hindi Divas Committee informed that on November 21, agitating students had destroyed office property at the GHI, Dimapur due to inaction on part of the government. After the incident, various students unions like the DNSU, ANCSU, different tribal unions and parents reached the spot and managed to calm

the situation down.

Sema, while talking to The Morung Express lamented that even after submitting a memorandum, the government has not taken any tangible action to address the student’s concerns. He informed that on November 14, the Additional Director (Hindi) and Deputy Director (Hindi) along with Hindi Teacher’s Union President had visited the institute in the presence of parents. However, he said that “no assurances could be given to the students.”

The ANHTU had also submitted a report to the government but still no action has been taken, he stated.

It was further informed that the students have resolved that if the government does not take any action immediately to remove the Principal from the institute, “the students will take their own course of action and the government will be held responsible.”

said the meeting was held every year exclusively for Government College Principals to discuss the future of Higher Education. He also urged the Principals to be dynamic and proactive leaders, so that colleges will be dynamic in their achievements.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Joint Director, Higher Education, Megono Liegise while Principal of Mt. Tiyi College Wokha, Dr. Apeni Lotha pronounced the invocation.

Ajeen Longchari added more color to the programme by presenting a song. The event was organized by the Directorate of Higher Education, Nagaland.

The maiden Job Oriented Skill Development Mela held at the Agri Expo concluded today with 6976 Naga youths registering on day two of the event. Out of the total, numerous candidates have been shortlisted by the 58 Vocational Training Providers (VTPs).

During the concluding session, Muthingnyuba Sangtam, Director of Department of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Nagaland, directed the VTPs to submit the list of shortlisted candidates along with details by November 22. He also added that the final list of registered job seekers would be shared with the VTPs in the future so that many more candidates could be selected. Thanking all the participants, he acknowledged that there were many shortcomings since this is the first such Mela conducted in the State.

The Director also announced that MoUs will be signed shortly between the Government of Nagaland and every VTP, the specifications of which will be completed within a month. He also informed the VTPs that the selected candidates’ progress and welfare will be monitored regularly.

Load shedding from Nov 22 - 24

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): The Superintending Engineer, Dimapur Electrical Circle has informed the public of Dimapur and Peren districts that due to upgradation works at the 132/66/33/11 kv grid substation, Nagarjan; there will be load restriction on all feeders for three days (from November 22 to November 24). As such, all consumers have been requested to bear with the inconvenience of additional load shedding during the period mentioned.

Addl. Director, Employment & Craftsmen Training, Y. Vandanshan Lotha, also asserted that because of the (ENSF) bandh, distance issues, and ongoing exams, many aspirants could not participate in the Mela. He also mentioned that the Union Ministry of Labour is funding 100% training fees for the selected candidates through the State Government, where 40% of the training fees will be paid to the VTPs after signing of MoUs with them.

During the concluding day of the Job Oriented Skill Development Mela, the VTPs gave presentations on the courses offered by them, besides consultation and selection of candidates. Job seekers and students jostled their way through the 83 stalls manned by representatives of the VTPs. Many Naga youths were seen chatting with job recruiters from top notch companies, banks and recruiters.

One such VTP, The Skills Academy (TSA), New Delhi, shortlisted about 85 candidates on the spot.

Sonia Banerjee, Training Lead from TSA , expressed optimism that many more candidates would be shortlisted after further review.

When questioned on why the company is keen to hire people from Nagaland, she replied, “We think Naga

youths are able to ‘gel’ with all kinds of sector, as long as they are trained. We see a lot of potential. Grooming, education already seems to be in place, and youths just need to be trained.” Sonia asserts that Naga youths are very “trainable”.

Allwyn Peter, Assistant Vice President, also from TSA, shared that the Mela was a good first round of experience. Now that we have already come here and seen the response, we might even consider opening a branch in Nagaland, he said.

TSA is offering a 45 day training period, for which the final selected candidates have to travel to New Delhi. “It’s important that the youths who have applied are serious. Let’s see how many are serious to move out from Nagaland and come to Delhi,” he said.

Several educated and unemployed youths of Nagaland who participated in the Mela claimed to have gained a clearer picture of job avenues available in both the public and private sector. For a first timer, the Mela was an eye opener.

From astonished youths, wandering with mouths agape, to others with zero soft skills, one thing is clear: the visible demand and response of hungry job seekers cannot be ignored anymore.

‘Creation of Telangana poses new challenges’

NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 21 (PTI): As the government prepares a draft bill on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, country’s top most intelligence official said on Thursday that creation of Telangana has thrown up new challenges for security agencies in view of counter agitations on the demand.

Addressing annual conference of directors general and inspectors general of police from across the country, director of Intelligence Bureau Asif Ibrahim said the demand of separate Telangana state has triggered counter agitations. “The situation has thrown up new challenges for security agencies and intelligence agencies both at state as well as na-

tional level,” he said at the conference which was inaugurated by home minister Sushilkumar Shinde.

In a related development, group of ministers (GoM), set up to look into the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, will meet on November 27 to finalize its report along with the draft Telangana Bill before it is submitted to the Union Cabinet expectedly next week. The GoM, headed by Shinde, deliberated various issues concerning the bifurcation of the state, distribution of assets between two states as well as suggestions given by various stake holders. “We will try to push the proposal as hard as possible. We have to discuss multiple options. We are in discussions,” Shinde told reporters here.

Bamboo hygiene pad fails to pick up steam Morung Express News Dimapur | November 21

One of India’s first eco-friendly bamboo hygiene pads and wound dressing unit set up in Nagaland has failed to pick up steam. The unit has been lying defunct since 2009 at the Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre in Dimapur. The unit was opened with funding from the National Mission on Bamboo Application (NMBA) as part of its research and design. The Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) was party to research and design along with the Sriram Institute for Industrial Research, Delhi.

Repeated attempts to rope in entrepreneurs to run the unit have failed. The unit is a prototype but has the capacity to manufacture 1200 napkins and 1200 band-aids per day. The capacity can go up depending on the demand. NDBA had also contemplated tying up with the Department of Health and Family Welfare to market the products. However, with no one to run the unit, the idea was abandoned.

“We need someone to fill the gap before we can market it,” NDBA

• Manufacturing unit lies defunct • NDBA invites interested entrepreneurs to run unit

Equipments at the bamboo hygiene pads and wound dressing unit. The unit has been lying defunct since 2009 at the Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre in Dimapur.

team member, Kichung Phom said.

The NDBA has also written to the NMBA to provide a larger digester in order to increase the manufacturing capacity. “We are inviting any interested entrepreneurs to

come forward,” Phom said. The napkins and band-aids were never sold commercially but some women who volunteered to try it expressed satisfaction. The napkins were priced at Rs. 12 for 8 pads,

which is less than half the price of those available in the market.

The low cost eco-friendly napkins uses bamboo pulp extracted from the Hamiltonii bamboo species, which is abundantly available in Nagaland. The machine to manufacture the napkins are operated manually and workers can pick up the skill of operation easily. Engineers at NDBA provide technical assistance to the workers. “We have already invested about 56 lakhs into the project. We will provide all the logistic and technical support,” Phom added.

The pads are 100% chemical free and natural. The napkin, which is made from Bamboo pulp, has anti-bacterial qualities that can help reduce irritation, often experienced with synthetic napkins found in the market. The bamboo pulp napkins are also environmental friendly and can reduce upto 60% of waste problems caused by regular pads.

Several states like Kerala and Himachal Pradesh have already started manufacturing and marketing the bamboo napkins, which have become a big hit among rural women.

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Central team evaluates SSA programme implementation DimaPur, November 21 (mexN): A central team of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) led by Additional Secretary, GOI, Vrinda Swrup and Carolyn Deshmuk, Director (RMSA) GOI, Department of School Education & Literacy, New Delhi visited the Government Middle School (GMS) Naharbari in Dimapur to oversee and evaluate the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Government of India’s flagship programme implementation.

Meyisenla Lima, Head Teacher (Administration Head) of GMS, Naharbari, apprised the visiting officials of the various activities and facilities given to the students under the centrally sponsored schemes of SSA, such as free text books, free uniforms, TLM, play materials and Mid-day meal among others.

Vrinda Swrup appreciated the community participation and contributions in making the school one of the best-maintained GMS in Dimapur. She appreciated the good record keeping of the civil works and students’ academic record of the school as well

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MHRD MeMbeRS viSitS GMS NAHARbARi

MHRD Additional Secretary, GOI, Vrinda Swrup (center) with the staffs of GMS, Naharbari and others during the visit.

as the registers of monthly and quarterly meetings with SMC members held in the school. Besides, Swrup also interacted with the students with regard to Mid-Day meals and their academics.

Interacting with the central team, Village Council Chairperson, Tokheli Kikon highlighted on how the community of Naharbari donated the present

Demo on ‘cultivation of mustard’ conducted

DimaPur, November 21 (mexN): ATMA Dimapur, Kuhuboto Block conducted a demonstration on ‘cultivation of mustard’ on November 14 Zukihe Village with Toivi Swu, AO & BTT Convenor (ATMA), Kuhuboto Block was the resource person. He gave a brief description on the various variety of mustard such as M-27, B-9, RH-30, Vareena etc, elaborated on the favourability of the soil from light to heavy loam soil and illustrated on the climate, seed rate and land preparation. The resource persons also explained on the control of insect pest and the advantages of mustard cultivation as it cost less labour.

He concluded by demonstrating the cultivation of mustard on the field. Altogether 35 farmer from various villages participated in the demonstration. Chumyani, AFA & BTT member (ATMA) Kuhuboto Block, chaired the programme. This was stated in a press release issued by Akavi V. Holo, BTM (ATMA), Kuhuboto Block.

Mount olive college literary day held

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Kohima, November 21 (mexN): Mount Olive College, Kohima observed literary day under the theme ‘Inform, Entertain & Inspire’ on November 8. Among various highlights of the programme, Debate Competition on the topic “Social Networking” was held for which Sophie Thong, Zewepeu, Pika Wokhami and Ameto Sema were acknowledge as good speakers and prizes were also given to them. Esther Chielie and Ameto Sema were the winners of extempore speech. In addition to these competitions, awards were presented to the students for their outstanding achievements and for winning the overall runners–up trophy in Air Pistol and Half Marathon events in the Nagaland University Championships & Training Camp: 2013.

The programme was organized by Neilakunuo Thenuo, Arenla Longkumer and chaired by Tokali Swu – Assistant Professors, Department of English.

land for the construction of the new RCC building and that the community would be forever grateful if the visiting central team would extent help to construct boundary wall and drainage around the school. She said, since there is no High School around the vicinity, GMS is the ideal school for upgradation to High School as well as Higher Secondary as they have enough

space (around 4 bighas) for infrastructure.

Speaking on the sidelines of the visit, Head Teacher, GMS Naharbari, Meyisenla Lima informed the media that the school has been upgraded from GPS to GMS in 2011. She said that the new school building has been constructed with the funds received from SSA amounting to Rs. 15.5 lakh and community contribu-

tions of more than Rs. 20 Lakhs. She also informed that funds have been received in installments under SSA scheme to construct toilets for girl students, one each for GPS and GMS. She also informed that the SMC Chairman Lanuyanger and the VCM Chairperson Tokheli Kikon inspects the school on a regular basis for which the school, both teachers and students are grateful. The Head teacher exclaimed that she is very proud of her ACL teacher Mhalo, who gave a very impressive presentation of how ACL (Activity and Competency Learning) is applied in classroom teaching.

GMS Naharbari is one of 20 pilot schools in Dimapur district and has an enrollment of around 300 children with strength of 18 teachers. The School is also on its 50th year and the whole community is looking forward to celebrating the Golden Jubilee, which is to be celebrated on the 28th of this month. She thanked the Central team and the officials of State Education Department for inspecting the school.

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Empowering youth to fight against child related crimes

Sema and Legal-cum-Probation Officer Neinguvotuo Kroso.

Stressing on the responsibility and importance of parents, the guest of honour said, the problem of having a big family leads to a point where parents shift responsibility and reaches a situation where children welfare are nor taken care of and neglected and opined that, due to these factors the foundation of the society is shaken. He also ap-

DimaPur, November 21 (mexN): Childline Dimapur observed its week long nationwide campaign program organized by Childline India Foundation on “Childline Se Dosti” from November 14 to 20. The campaign aims at creating friends for Childline and it is envisaged as a warm and an inviting initiative aimed at creating awareness about Childline 1098 that would reach out and touch people from all walks of life. Childline Se Dosti is a long-term strategy to create week long national level Childline visibility on an annual basis.

It was stated in a press release that, Childline Dimapur observed various events like Children’s day at two different venues where it organized quiz

Resource person at the two day workshop on Nagaland State level Workshop on Astronomy and Comet ISON took place here today at the directorate of science & technology. The programme was organized by the department of Science & Technology and Nagaland Science & Technology Council in collaboration with National Council for Science & Technology Communications, Government of India. The workshop covers the target groups of teachers and educators from outside the state.

Experts from Delhi and outside the stated address the workshop.

Earlier, Science and Technology secretary CK Nihekhu graced the inaugural function as the chief guest. The workshop will go on till November 22. (Morung Photo)

pealed to extend co-operation to the department in their noble venture as they work to take the community forward.

Programme Manager State Adoption Research Agency, SARA (SCPS), Renchumi Imti, while giving the insights about child rights and SARA, said, every child has a right to be taken care of, right to education and right to be safe at home and at school. She highlighted that there are instances where a child

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Participants along with resource persons during the campaign program organized by Childline India Foundation.

Community leaders sensitized on child rights WoKha, November 21 (DiPr): Block Level sensitisation programme for community leaders under Wokha Town on Integrated Child Protection Scheme and Child Rights was held on November 21, at DC Conference Hall, Wokha, with Deputy Commissioner, Wokha Vyasan R as the guest of honour. The resource person for the training programme was Chief Judicial Magistrate & Chairman Juvenile Justice Board, Wokha, Phuleto

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come in conflict with law, child in need of care and protection and children in difficult circumstances are neglected and their objective was to reduce the chances of abuse, exploitation and trafficking and to provide a safe and secure environment so that the welfare of the child is protected.

The resource persons dwelt on the topic, Child Rights and Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) and its components.

Organic tea farm school at Pheza inaugurated

competition and various games and activities for children and gave away several prizes.

Three awareness campaigns with students of Discipleship Bible College, Trinity Theological College and Logos College were also organized during the campaign where around 300 students participated.

The awareness campaigns focused on Childline 1098, Juvenile Justice Act and present scenario of children in Dimapur. The main purpose of this campaign was to sensitize the young students on child rights and protection of children, to care about vulnerable children and initiate action towards change, and to achieve its vision of a “Child friendly environment”.

Subonenba Longkumer,

Director Community Educational Centre Society and Maong Jamir, Assistant Director Prodigals Home were the resource persons.

The campaign aim to reach to the youths so that they can be hosts to fight against child related crimes, evils and injustice prevalent in the society.

The campaign empowers the youth to be a resource person in spreading the message of Childline of promoting a child friendly society through practice and common action and broadening ones thoughts to understand the evils of child related crimes.

Childline Dimapur also distributed pledge cards and wristbands during the campaign as a symbol and gesture of accepting friendship with Childline.

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Fresh Doyang Fish on sale today Kohima, November 21 (mexN): The Department of fisheries has arranged Doyang Fishermen Community to sell Fresh Doyang Fish at P.R.Hill Junction, Kohima on November 22 from 6:00 am onwards and the public is informed to avail this great opportunity. Zenohol Angami, Addl. Director of Fisheries, Kohima in a press release said that the Department has been encouraging the societies/SHGs/communities/ unions for sustainable economic returns and livelihood development through fisheries sector.

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Info to media on ID card for security clearance

Kohima, November 21 (DiPr): Media/Press persons who will be covering the visit of the President of India on December 1, are requested to submit their names, designation, organization details to DIPR, Nagaland on or before November 25 during office hours, for onward submission to concerned authority.

Zenith Hostel gutted by fire in Mon

moN, November 21 (mexN): In the wee hour of November 21 around 3:00 am, a fire broke out at new site area Mon Town and completely gutted down Zenith Hostel. The inferno was dose off after the intervention of the Fire Service; however, the property of the hostel could not be saved. The actual cause of the fire is still not known, but it is believed to be ignited from the electric short-circuit. After a neighbour alerted the alarm, the students broke down the bamboo fencing and managed to escape from the inferno. No causality was reported, however, all the belongings of the hostellers were burned down. The Deputy Commissioner Mon visited the site instantly and donated cash amounting of Rs.5000, 2 bags of rice, notebooks for the students (hostellers) and assured to provide CGI sheets for reconstruction of the hostel.

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Nagaland Zoological Park receives more animals

DimaPur, November 21 (mexN): Hokivi Chishi, President, DCCI donated one Rhesus Macaque and one Leopard Cat to the Nagaland Zoological Park on November 12. The rescued wildlife is presently housed in the temporary rescue centre in the zoo. On November 13, one male Rufus necked Hornbill was received on donation. The new member of the hornbill family has been successfully paired with the resident female Rufus necked Hornbill who was in need of a mate. The hornbill was received by Tongpangzemba Ao, IFS, Director, Nagaland Zoological Park examined in presence of Zoo Biologist, Thirumalainathan and the staffs before being released. Nagaland Zoological Park Officer-in-Charge Obed Bohovi Swu in a press release stated that the Director has conveyed his appreciation for the generous gesture and appealed to the public to desist from keeping wildlife as pet at home.

Order to install electronic weighing machine in Mon ATMA Kohima functionaries, officials and others during the inauguration of Organic Tea Farm School at Phezha on November 21.

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ChiePhobozou, November 21 (mexN): With the concept of farmers teaching farmers through practical knowledge sharing, farm schools were introduced through Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA).

According to a press release, ATMA Chiephobozou block inaugurated Organic Tea Farm School at Phezha on November 21.

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was made the farm school teacher. She will share her long time experiences of tea cultivation in her garden to any aspiring tea farmers, researchers, and technocrats and alike. She will also partake in various capacity building measures under agriculture extension reform system of ATMA. Nosezole, DAO & PD ATMA Kohima, declared the farm school open. DAO

called on all stakeholders to join hands and make the farm school a real model farm for others to emulate. Earlier Rev. Dr. Tsiebu Rutsa invoked God’s blessings and vote of thanks pronounced by Mvüdzeviü Shüya (BTM ATMA Chiephobozou). District heads of Agri, allied departments along with officers and functionaries of ATMA Kohima attended the programme.

moN, November 21 (DiPr): The Administrator, Mon Town Council has directed to all the shopkeepers, meat and fish dealers/retailers to install electronic weighing machine within 10 days from the date of issue of this order. It further directed to remove construction materials such as boulders, sands, woods, etc lying obstructing the vehicular passage with immediate effect from the road side. The vehicle workshop owners near the main roads are also directed to properly maintain their workshops and not line up the vehicles near the roadside. It also directed all the shops both big and small, business establishment, workshops and residential buildings near the road side of the town to clean their surrounding and white wash their buildings during the Christmas season. All the shops are also directed to remain open till 5:00 PM and hang their own signboards and electrify them during the festive season. The DBs are directed to verify and enforce this order and take penal action in case of non compliance.

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naGaland PRess association INFORMATION A general meeting of the Nagaland Press Association (NPA) is scheduled to be held on November 27, 2013 (Wednesday) at Bookmarc conference hall (Opposite Hotel Saramati), Dimapur from 11:00 AM. All those who have submitted membership form to the NPA are, therefore, requested to attend the meeting positively.

The meeting shall deliberate on important matters relating to the welfare of media persons in the state as well as elections to the NPA schedules for December 18, 2013.

Sd/ALONG LONGKUMER General Secretary, NPA.

Job Vacancy Warden (Male & Female) with an educational qualification of B.Th. Salary Rs.7000/- with fooding and lodging.

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notice This is a general information to all parents of the students of Kohima Science College, Jotsoma that there will be an annual general body meeting of Parents Teachers Association on 23rd November 2013 at 11 AM at the College Auditorium. All are requested to attend the meeting.

Visekholie Nakhro President Parents Teachers Association Kohima Science College

Dr. R. Vineetha Pillai Parents Teachers Association Kohima Science College

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Annual Christmas Concert Featuring

The College and Higher Secondary Choirs, String Ensembles, Ajeen Longchari (Soprano) and Ren Merry (Guitar).

Date: November 24 (Sunday), 2013 Time: 3:00 pm Place: Bundrock Chapel-Auditorium

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Dated Kohima, the 21st November,2013

ADDENDUM NO.NPSC/ADVT/EDS-2012 :: In continuation to the Nagaland Public Service Commission Advertisement No.NPSC-3/2013 dated 18th Sept. 2013, applications are invited for filling up the following vacancies under the Government of Nagaland.

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Geography Item No 27 1(One) post of (ii) Clearing of National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by UGC/SLET/SET. Commerce Item No 28 1(One) post of (iii) Candidates who are or have been awarded a Ph.D. Degree in accordance with the University History Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D Degree) Regulations, 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET. Lecturer under Administrative Training Institute Item No 29 1(One) post of (i) Master’s Degree from a recognized University in Lecturer (Hu- one of the following subjects with at least 55% marks manities) or its equivalent grade (a) Economics (b) Management (c) Public Administration (ii) Clearing of National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by UGC.

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Group 'A' (Civil)-1 crore & Above 1 Vemhelo Nuh, NPWD Cl-i/307, CPWD-1/2006, NEZ-168 2 Keduo Enterprises, NPWD Cl-I/416 3 Trident Enterprises, NPW Cl-I/158 4 M/s Pfudilhou & Sons, NPW/ Cl-I/12 5 M/s K.C. Angami, NPW/Cl-I/103 6 M/s Mega Construction, NPW/ Cl-I/445 7 I. Howoto Kinny, NPW/Cl-I/274 8 Litapu Kinimi, NPW/Cl-I/342 9 M/s Vertex Construction, NPW/ Cl-I/222 10 ACME Enterprise, NPW/Cl-I/489 11 M/s Neisakholie Rupro & Co., NPW/ Cl-I/313 12 A. Neangba Konyak, NPW/ Cl-I/277 13 M/s Thungchamo Lotho & Sons, NPWD/Cl-I/286 14 A. Pongshi Phom, NPW/Cl-I/293 15 M/s Keduo-o Zumu, NPW/Cl-I/350 16 M/s Z. Rulho, NPWD/Cl-I/145 17 M/s Neikho-o Mere & Co, NPW/Cl-I/397 18 B. Meren Aier, NPW/Cl-I/55, CPWD-NEZ 19 M/s Kethoyopo Pucho, NPW/Cl-I/242 20 M/s Khedi Trade & Development Agency, NPW/Cl-I/479 21 M/s Pfuduolhou Kense, NPW/Cl-I/176 22 M/s Allied Construction, NPW/Cl-I/22 23 Panger Ao, NPW/CL-I/95 24 Fulutsu & Co, NPW/Cl-I/121 25 Vilelie Khamo, NPW/Cl-I/96 26 G.S. Builders, NER (c)- 1623, DGAR/273 27 M/s Vizheto Sumi, NPW/Cl-I/325 28 Karan Builders, NER (c)/700001, Enlist/2013-14/1083 29 Kevi Angami, NPW/ CL-I/192 30 M/s Associate Construction, NPW/Cl-I/106, CPWD/Cl-I/106 31 Peter Kuotsu & Company, NPW/Cl-I/304 32 Klas Enterprises, NPW/Cl-I/420 33 M/s Naagaamii Tech., NPW/Cl-I/448 34 M/s Naga Commercial Enterprises, 43/43/FO/ Enlist/10-11 NEZ(14) 35 M/s Kelelhouneu Angami, NPW/Cl-I/496 36 Nizeto Peseyie, NPWD/Cl-I/229 37 M/s Wekehe Enterprises, NPW/Cl-I/930 38 M/s Bivi Engineering & Construction Agency, NPWD/Cl-I/586 39 M/s Quality stone Crushing Unit Jotsoma, NPW/Cl-I/235 Group 'B' (Civil)-Between 50 Lacs to 1 crore 1 M/S Pfudilhu & Sons, NPW/Cl-1/12 2 Atsei-u Miachie-o, NPW/Cl/677 3 M/S M.N Phewhuo & Enterprises, NPW/Cl-1/950 4 M/S Excel Enterprise, NPW/Cl-1/575 5 T.Selie & Sons, NPW/Cl-1/547 6 M/S S.P.N Enterprise, NPW/Cl-1/756 7 M/S Khrielie Houzha, NPW/Cl-1/555 8 Nicky Keri, NPW/Cl-1/587 9 M/S Edge Connect Enterprises, NPW/Cl-1/218 10 M/S K.V. Angami, NPW/Cl-1/273 11 M/S Zeiluzhu, NPW/Cl-1/3 12 M/S Hill Pioneer Agency, NPW/Cl-1/638 13 M/S I.K Shohe & Sons, NPW/Cl-1/542 14 K.Pukhato Sema, NPW/Cl-1/346 15 Senli Builders, NPW/Cl-1/437

Group 'C' (Civil)-Between 25 Lacs-50 Lacs 1 M/s M.M. Construction, NPW/Cl-I/513 2 M/s Kinny & Brothers, NPW/Cl-I/789 3 M/s Neilasa-u Kezie-o, NPW/Cl-I/863 4 M/s K.N. Sachu, NPW/Cl-I/493 5 M/s R.K. Angami, NPW/Cl-I/953 6 M/s Vibeizotuo Kedutsu, NPW/Cl-I/862 7 M/s Zupa Construction, NPW/Cl-I/327 8 G. Kahato Jimomi, NPW/Cl-I/154 9 M/s P. Sobou Mere, NPW/Cl-I/241 10 M/s PIP Enterprises, NPW/Cl-I/391 11 M/s Roko Rino quality Stone, NPW/Cl-I/484 12 Savizo Chadi & Co., NPW/Cl-I/395 13 M/s Kenei Rhitso & Sons, NPW/Cl-I/365 Group 'D' (Civil)-Upto 25 Lacs 1 K. Khekuto Zhimomi, NCSU-2334 2 M/s Debasish M. Chowdhury, NCSU-3604 3 M/s Hetoli Achumi, NPW/Cl-I/823, NCSU- 3608 4 Kecalhoutuo Kuotsu, NCSU-2658 5 Ovungthung Ovung, CPWD-59(1)/Acc-1/CV(B&R)/ELIST/2012/927, NCSU-3167 6 M/s Luolazolie Lhousi, NPW/Cl-I/861 7 Lhouzhalie Angami, NCSU-2480 8 Khrietuo Snokhrie, NCSU-2984 9 Chobathung Ezung, BSNL/Cl-iv/0000CE53, BWIV003 10 M/s Mishak Jamu, NPW/Cl-I/590 11 L.K. Construction, NPW/Cl-I/494 12 Renthungo Merry, NCSU-2693 13 Kelhou Angami, NCSU-2335 14 Hachio Lotha, NCSU-2511 15 Shikhuli Assumi, NCSU- 2350 16 M/s Kin Construction & Suppliers, NCSU-3355 17 L. Mhalie Zatsu, NPW/Cl-I/160 18 Dosa-U Kuotsu, NCSU ELECTRICAL 1 Elite Engineers, CEL/CON/141 2 M/S Edge Connect Enterprises CEL/CON/161 3 Nagaland Builders, CEL/CON/111 4 M/S Shiniho Inakhe, CEL/CON/135 5 M/S Light & Light, CEL/CON/104 6 Hardware & Electrical Stores CEL/CON/118 7 M/S Ura Electrical, CEL/CON/165 8 M/S Co-operative Electrical CEL/CON/011 9 Strides Electricals & Electronics Kohima CEL/ CON/030 10 M/S Bivi Engineering & Construction Agency CEL/CON/142 11 M/S K.J Electrical, CEL/CON/144 12 M/S Electronics, CEL/CON/170 13 Nyekha Electrical, CEL/CON/054 14 M/S K.N. Sachu, CEL/CON/130 15 M/S K. Pucho Electrical Agency, CEL/CON/032 16 Oking Electrical, CEL/CON/105 17 T.G. Enterprise, CEL/CON/128 CONSULTANTS Recommended List 1 J.S. Architects & Associates 2 Nohol & Sons 3 Environ Assemblers 4 Architects Collaborative 5 Inaka Sema Rejected List 1 Apokla Jamir 2 Atseituo Kecho

SCALE OF PAY Item No. 25-28 : P.B.– 3,Rs.15,600 – 39,100/- +AGP Rs. 6,000/Item No. 29 : P.B. –3, Rs.15,600 – 39,100/- +GP Rs. 5,700/-

No. NU/ENGG-122/EMP(Pt.I)/2009-396

Dated: 21st Nov 2013

NOTIFICATION This is for information of all concerned who have applied for empanelment of Consultants and Contractors (Civil and Electrical) under Nagaland Universty in response to advertisement, that those empanelled/ enlisted for 3 (three years) have been displayed in the University’s website www.nagauniv.org.in.

Those in the list are required to deposit fee (Nonrefundable) as shown against each through Nagaland University’s Challan only. A copy of the challan is to be submitted to the Engineering Section, Nagaland University, Hqrs. Lumami within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of publication of this notice for confirmation.

Sl. Category No. 1. A r c h i t e c t / Consultant 2. Group ‘A’ (Civil) 3. Group ‘B’ (Civil)

Tendering limit -

Work value 100 Lacs and above Work value between 50-100 Lacs 4. Croup ‘C’ Work value be(Civil) tween 25-50 Lacs 5. Group ‘D’ Work value upto (Civil) 25 Lacs 6. Electrical -

Enlistment fee (`) 5,000/15,000/10,000/5,000/3,000/5,000/Sd/Registrar

AGE LIMIT AS ON 01-01-2013: Minimum - 21 yrs. Maximum - 30 yrs.

The upper age is relaxable by : (i) 5 (Five) years for SC/ST Candidates. (ii) Government Employees will be allowed age relaxation the equal number of years they are in service, subject to a maximum of 5 (Five) years. (iii)For Physically Handicapped persons, the upper age limit will be permitted relaxation of 10(Ten) years and 3% post reservation will be maintained, wherever applicable as per Government Notification NO.AR-3/ GEN-9/97 dt.

16/01/2008. In order to avail relaxation, a certificate from competent Medical Authority should be submitted along with the application form. (iv) For Item NO. 25-28, further relaxation of 5(Five) years shall be allowed for candidates with Ph.D and M.Phil qualification.

Note: 1. Candidates are advised to access the Commission’s Notice Board or Website at www.npsc.co.in for other terms and conditions.

2. The number of posts for the following disciplines has been increased: (i) Assistant Professor in Economics (Item No 4)- 1(one) post to 4(four) posts (ii) Assistant Professor in Education (Item No 5)- 2(two) posts to 5(five) posts (iii)Assistant Professor in Mathematics (Item No 6)- 1(one) post to 2(two) posts (iv) Assistant Professor in Political Science (Item No 8)- 1(one) post to 4(four) posts (v) Assistant Professor in Education-BEd College(Item No 13)- 1(one) post) to 2(two) posts 3. Candidates who have already applied may give post preference in plain paper addressed to Secretary, on or before the last date of submission.

4. The written examination is re-scheduled to be held next year 2014, date will be notified later.

5. The last date for submission of Application Form is 2.12.2013.

For Applications submitted by registered post, a relaxation of 5 (Five) days is granted, provided it is dispatched by post on or before the last date of submission and addressed to the Secretary, N.P.S.C. 6. Application Forms will be issued from 25.11.2013 on working days from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

7. Other terms and conditions remain the same.

Sd/- SARAH R. RITSE Secretary, Nagaland Public Service Commission, Kohima.

C M Y K

4 public discoursE/rEGioNAl NE girl sexually harassed in Gurgaon An Appeal To All The Dimapur

Friday

The Morung Express

22 November 2013

NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): The police became the first hurdle towards justice for a Northeast girl in Gurgaon, whose complaint was simply rejected by the police, stated the Northeast Helpline in a press note.

NE Helpline informed that a 25 year old girl from Manipur, who works in a call centre in Gurgaon, approached the police station in Gurgaon sector 18 on November 14 to file a sexual harassment complaint.

However, “she was being asked to show the proof of sexual harassment before them at the police station,” stated the note. It added that the police had instead instructed her to approach the Labour Court.

On being informed of the incident, the NE Helpline team led by Dr Alana Golmei, General Secretary and Bruce K. Thangkhal, Media in Charge stormed the Sector 18 police station on Thursday morning and spoke to Praveen Malik, the Station House Officer. A complaint letter against the accused,

GrEETiNGs

Business Community Of Dimapur and Elsewhere

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Northeast Helpline team visiting the police station in Gurgaon sector 18 on November 21.

identified as Nitin, a tech manager, who allegedly sexually harassed the victim, has been submitted to the SHO, informed the note.

The victim had joined iPlacet Global Services, located at Sector-18 in June 2013 as a Senior Sales Analyst. She alleged that the accused would ask her “to go out with him and have drinks, which I always refused and told him to stop pestering me.” She further

alleged that the accused stalked her, inappropriately touched her and sent her lewd texts.

She further alleged that her salary for September (Rs 15000) and October (Rs 16400) were still pending and that she was forced to take Leave without Pay (LWP) from Oct 18, 2013 without giving any reason.

“In these last one-andhalf months I have endured

financial hardship and ignominy of being unable to pay my room rents and bills as the monthly salary is the only source of income,” she added.

Soon after the intervention of NE Helpline, Gurgaon police raided the call centre, but none of the managers were found at that time, stated the press note. It added that the police have assured to arrest the accused at the earliest.

East & NE should tap Chinese tourists

Dear Imkonglemla On this special day.

We wish you all the best of joys you can ever have and may you bless abundantly today, tomorrow and the days to come! May you have a fantastic birthday and many more to come may God bless you. Happy Birthday !!

Wishes from: Ajenla Akum, Mum & Dad and love ones.

Dear Mummy (S. Asangla Chang) In every smile, every tear and every cheer you were always there for us through the years supporting us and providing us with all the energy we needed in order to stand in the game called life.

May God bless you more year to come.

Happy Birthday Mom and thank you for everything!

Love You always Husband, sons & daughter

CAUT has begun an honourable task of addressing a gigantic issue against “Multiple taxation”, “unabated taxation”, “Syndicate taxation” etc. that has had a crippling impact on all the business houses and all the consumers alike in Nagaland.

This deadly cancer is an affliction all are suffering across the board and we need to fight this with everything we’ve got. It is here that this appeal is being made to all the conscientious and responsible business community members of Dimapur and elsewhere to consider coming forward to liberally support the cause with your financial contribution. Understand that ACAUT members are a bunch of brave young dreamers without any stable income source and without any selfish intent. Their strength lies in their belief that all of us deserves a better life than what we have. They have dared to stand for what is JUST, despite the threats. The task ahead is not an easy one. We have miles to go before we see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Though they have sustained this movement with their own limited resources thus far they need all the help they can get to go a step further. They need to keep up the momentum to generate Dimapur like public rally in all

the Districts to create awareness and endorsement. Other important agendas are also on the anvil. Please do not neglect and demean their efforts by making them beg you for contribution. However much they may believe in the validity of this just cause, they would perhaps prefer to quietly fade away than beg you, because such a movement cannot be sustained for long without financial support. If each of you believe that this is a worthy cause, lift up this burden as you own and HELP THEM AS BEST AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. Understand that I am not a member of ACAUT but I strongly believe that they are on the right path towards a more saner, fairer future and each of us who believe this must do our share with courage and honour. I am trying to do my bit by creating this awareness which no one else would want to do. Remember Dimapur rally! Remember, no change can happen without our doing! PLEASE BE A DOER! ACAUT NEEDS YOU! YOU CAN BE THE CHANGE! YOU CAN MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE! Khekiye K. Sema, IAS (Rtd) Forest Colony, Kohima

Autumn is dying

Lovisenla Color sprayed rest Nostalgia falling Crisp, minty air, brewing Black and white and numbness Winter is death Eerie serenity Biting air Silent gasping of Nature Spring exhales Winter’s dust Flowers springing into hues of life!

Melting their scent into Summer’s skin Crazy hot rays tan, craving for Winter water Autumn glow Summer’s afterglow Autumn is falling Amber slumber

WDPA Rejoinder

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yong Organisation Kohima held a meeting on 19th November 2013 at Kohima disagreed to hold NAGA HOHO General session at Wokha scheduled on 25th November 2013.

The Kyong Organisation Kohima has dragged the name of Pensioners Association Wokha in the meeting. I as President of “Wokha District Pensioner’s Association (WDPA)” strongly condemn the issue as I have not been invited nor attended the meet also I have not entrusted any member to attend the meet. Further, the Wokha District Pensioners Association (WDPA) support to hold the NAGA HOHO General conference at Wokha to deliberate the welfare of the Nagas of Naga.

L. Yimzuthung Tsanglao President Wokha District Pensioner’s Associationw Wokha : Nagaland.

KOLKaTa, NOVEMBER 21 (IaNS): The tourism industries of India and China should collaborate and the eastern and north-eastern regions take advantage of fast growing outbound tourists from that country, leaders of a 36-member delegation from the neighbouring nation said Thursday.

“Of the 70 million outbound tourists from China, India gets only 100,000 n our modern society, the word kinds of corruptions which cannot This human’s duality is the cause of visitors. The number is very small. Please note that many Chinese tourists ‘Corruption’ is becoming a popu- be uprooted by the CBI or vigilance all kinds of corruptions, social comare big spenders. There is a huge opportunity waiting to be grabbed in the lar by word of everyone. Every day nor by any other law enforcing agen- plexities and confusions in our socieastern and north-eastern parts of India,” said Kong Can, vice director, Yunnan Development Research Council (YDRC), after parleys with CII (Eastern we read about corruptions and its cies .Our present corruptions are not ety today. Therefore let us all try to eradication in the news papers and because we don’t have such agen- become ourselves a, CBI and VigiRegion) members here. also hear from the various resource cies, we have sufficient agencies to lance to fight against our own deceitpersons and politicians speaking check it yet it is increasing day by day. ful and crooked hearts which could against the corruption. It seems, no This corruptive motives and tenden- be the only way to control. The corone like it, for it hampers the smooth cies always urges a man to become a ruption instead of speaking publicly functioning of all social activities and prey to what we called it corruption. against it on the elevated public platSHILLONg, NOVEMBER 21 termine its quality and the reason be- developments. Moreover: when we There by a man become a depraved forms without changing our mind(PTI): Several thousand fishes have hind the discolouration. hear the corrupted peoples speak- because of this inner urge but people set. Speaking against the corruption died in a river near the Indo-Bangla“We have deputed a team of ex- ing for the eradication of corruption: simply limit this as a human’s defor- by the corrupted peoples is becomdesh border in Meghalaya’s East Jain- perts to collect samples to ascertain these peoples are just like a man who mity which is unacceptable excuses ing a new culture in our society today. tia Hills district since last Saturday the reasons behind the unnatural use to tell the people to prevent the ti- .Because it is very easy to speak and So we must be very careful about this following which a probe has been ini- discolouration and death of fish- ger from entering into the village. Ti- write against the corruption, but new culture before it become deep tiated, officials said today. Dead fishes es,” MSPCB chairman, M Allya said. ger can be prevented if it appears. But very difficult to many of us to refrain rooted. People may think that by inwere first found floating by local an- Delhi-based Central Laboratory of the corruption is not a visible thing from it practically. Because the heart dulging corruption a man become glers on November 16 morning in the Central Pollution Control Board had that exists in every human’s heart. is so tactful, deceitful that some- dirty 2 - morally in the society and Lukha river, which flows into Bangla- said the water was highly ‘acidic’ and This human heart is the most cor- times it gives us reason to indulge by speaking and writing against it, is desh, about 130 km east of here. unsuitable to life forms and unfit for ruptible arid crooked, which is undis- corruption and sometimes it gives like a soap to wash its dirt. Therefore, Villagers reported discolouration human consumption. Rivers down- coverable at all. The bible says “The reason to speak against it, so a man all human’s outward affords to eradiof the waters from the confluence of stream of coal mining areas and ce- heart is deceitful above all things and simply follows what his heart com- cate the corruption has no meaning, Lunar and Lukha rivers, which was ment plants have remained blue for beyond cure who can understand it?” mands to do. Thereby, we see two unless, we change our own mindsets. believed to be caused by acidic con- the past five years between Novem- Jer.17:9. So this corruptive motive actions from the same person when tent and was the reason behind the ber and February. The MSPCB in its of human mindset is the roots of all he is involved in discharging his duty.

P Dako Phom , Dimapur death of fishes, S Lamare, Sunapyrdi report last year had blamed the mine headman, said. A team of scientists run-off and acid effluents from coal Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions from the State Pollution Control mines as the major probable cause of published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

Board collected water samples to de- water pollution in the area.

Fishes die in M’laya river, probe initiated

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LEISURE

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Answer Number # 2712

KOHIMA

Police Control Room: North Police Station: South Police Station: Fire Brigade: Naga Hospital: Oking Hospital: Bethel Nursing Home:

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LOCAL Call to forge better future CM to launch Centre of excellence Garo community celebrates ‘Wangala’ festival in Dimapur for Music and Performing Arts

The Morung Express

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): Garos in Nagaland celebrated their postharvest festival ‘Wangala’ on Thursday at Samaguri village in Dimapur district with former MLA of Dimapur-III assembly seat, Azheto Zhimomi, as chief guest.

The chief guest said that since the formation of DAN Government in 2003, the State government has introduced numerous policies for overall development in Nagaland, especially promotion and preservation of culture and tradition of indigenous tribes and communities of Nagaland.

Citing the “Road shows” and consequent “Tribal festivals-cum-youth Expo” sponsored by the State government, Azheto said such events were held not for the mere sake of feasting and merry making alone. He said the primary objective of such events was to promote and propagate the unique culture and traditions of various Naga tribes and other communities living harmoniously in Nagaland. Referring to the Garo community in Nagaland, Azheto said that Garos are one of the pioneer settlers in present Dimapur district and that one of their

oldest village Darogapathar dates back to 1811.

The chief guest however commented that despite the Garos being one of the pioneer settlers of Dimapur district, the community has not been able to make much headway in terms of employment in the state government services.

According to Azheto, part of the problem, lies with the Garo community not being able to identify the right leader or leaders who can lead them to the road to prosperity.

“Festival time such as ‘Wangala’ is a time for the community to come and reason together, to forgive each other and to forge a better future”, Azheto said.

Highlights of the ‘Wangala’ celebration included vibrant dances and traditional Garo games presented by Samaguri cultural troupe, Garo Cultural Society Dimapur and Garo Students’ Union Nagaland Zone.

President, Nagaland Garo Tribal Council, Hector Sangma, delivered the welcome address while GB Samaguri Village and April Sangma, gave a brief account of the ‘Wangala’ festival.

Our Correspondent Kohima | November 21

Schedule for the Hornbill International Music Festival 2013 at Naga Solidarity Park are as follows: December 1: Nagaland State Day “Achieving Musicians of Nagaland”. Special Feature Band - Biuret, Republic of South Korea December 2: Identity EMC presents “A Tribute” to 50 years of Statehood - Methaneilie Jütakhrie and Zowe Madrigal, Mixed Generation (Delhi) December 3: ‘Semper Souls’ USA December 4: Country & Blues, featuring veteran musicians; special act “Soul Mate” (Meghalaya)

2013 will feature ‘We Will Rock You’ musical by Little Fire Production and the Ultimate Hornbill Choir Competition by Unlock Productions. Further, December 1 being World AIDS Day, NSACS will be collaborat-

ing with Little Fire Productions at the ‘We Will Rock You’ Musical. Julian Jasokie, Head of Unlock Productions which is spearheading the ‘Ultimate Choir Competition’ said that for the choir competition they

Kohima, November 21 (mexN):Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education and State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) Deo

Nukhu has expressed shock and sadness at the sudden demise of Tazuhu Puro at Pfutsero town.

Calling him a true leader and a man of integrity who

truly loved his people, Deo Nukhu said the deceased was dearly known to him as a dedicated pioneer and Board member & treasurer of Pfutsero College since

singers in the two genres, namely classical and folk.

The judges for the competition are Ajeen Longchari, James Swu and Visahu Peseyie. The finale will be held on December 6.

its inception. On behalf of his family and people of 17 Chizami A/C, Deo Nukhu has conveyed deepest condolences to his wife, children and family members.

Pughoboto EP ratio stands at 74.40 % r&B minister extends condolences PER coverage for the assembly constituency was 98 %. During de-duplication process some double entries were detected and necessary corrective measures were done for the double entries. During the meeting, the issue of illegal immigrants was also discussed and the meeting members expressed there was hardly any illegal immigrant in the subdivision.

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): All retired state government officials are informed that GPF Final payment cases settled up to the month of October 2013 have been uploaded on the Accountant General (AG) Nagaland website. Pensioners may log on to the office website at www.agnagaland.gov. in by clicking at Facilitation and GPF Facilitation or by directly clicking on the Sticky Note written “Click here to view list of settled GPF final payment cases.”

All serving State government officials are also informed that a special

drive for missing credit adjustment and balance transfer cases has been initiated in the AG Office wef September 2013. Therefore, complaint if any of non-adjustment of missing items may be submitted indicating receipt number and account number for immediate redressal and action at this end.

An Online Grievance Redressal System is also functioning at the Office and can be viewed on the Office website. Any person having grievances with any Entitlement function (GPF and Pension) discharged by the

Accountants General can record his/her grievances online. Along with text of the grievance, relevant documents can also be uploaded. Acknowledgments would be provided both via SMS and e-mail, along with status updates via SMS. They can also write to the Deputy Accountant General (A&E) Kahoto J Yepthomi or e-mail at kahoto_j@yahoo. co.in or agaenagaland@ cag.gov.in for immediate redressal of their grievances, stated a press release issued by Akum Chuba, Accounts Officer, IT Cell/PF Branch.

Kohima, November 21 (mexN): Minister for Roads & Bridges (R&B), Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu has mourned the demise of Soyielo P Wetsah following prolonged illness on November 18 at Zion Hospital, Dimapur.

Remembering late SP Wetsah as a father figure and one who made immense contribution towards the Chakhesang community in particular and Nagas in general, the minister has extended his sincere condo-

lence to the bereaved family members.

Late Wetsah, a veteran in Naga freedom struggle in his early days took up the task of caring for orphans with missionary zeal and founded an orphanage, Nagaland Childrens Home. Realizing the need to provide quality education to these children, he also founded a school, Christian Mission School at Diphupar village, Dimapur.

His zeal to ensure that no child was left uncared for has earned him the reputation as

Kohima, November 21 (mexN): The Rotary project of free heart surgery, the Gift of Life is underway with Rotary Club Kohima being an active partner of the project. RC Kohima has sponsored three children for free heart surgery during the last three months, according to a release. A five-year-old girl from Sakraba village was sponsored by the Club to Escorts Hospital Delhi. The second child, a three-yearold baby girl from Kohima village was sponsored by RC Kohima to Escorts Heart Hospital, New Delhi, in Octo-

ber 2013 and the child is recovering well. The third child was a six-year-old boy from Khuzama village who underwent surgery in November.

Rotary Club of Kohima has informed the public that families with children suffering from congenital heart disease, in any part of Nagaland, can contact the Club for free heart surgery under the Gift of Life project.

The following executives of the Club can be contacted anytime: Rtn. Rosemary Dzuvichu, President, RC, Kohima – 8974248224; Rtn. Kezhokhoto Savi, Vice

Kohima, November GREF; Village Council Chairmen 21 (Dipr): A task force Officials incharge concerned; President, Western Anhas been constituted in the 1. Kohima Town Sector a) Convenor : Revenue Officer, Kohima gami Youth Organization State Capital in order to enb) Co-convenor : President, Angami sure safety roads and HighPublic Organization, Kohima 3. Southern Area Sector- NH-02 ways within the jurisdicc) Members : E.E (Urban); E.E(NH); a) Convenor : SDO (C),Jakhama tion of Kohima District and E.E R&B (South); EE, PHED, Kohib) Co-convenor : President, Southern to remove the encroachma (Urban); DSP (Traffic), Kohima; Angami Organization ments and illegal activities Sr. Inspector KMC; President, Angac) Members : OC, Police Station Khualong the public roads that mi Youth Organization; Vice Presizama; Unni Krishna, Officiating OIC, causes clogging of drains/ dent, Nagaland Contractors & SupJakhama Area, GREF; Village Counculverts, mudslides and pliers; P.K Singh, 2 IC, 89 RCC,GREF; cil Chairmen concerned; President, damage to roads. This was Chairman, Kohima Village Council; Southern Angami Youth Organization decided in the coordination President, Kohima Village Youth meeting held on November Organization 4. Northern Angami Areas Sector- NH-02 19, 2013. a) Convenor : ADC, Chiephobozou The terms of refer2.

Western Areas Sector-NH-29 b) Co-convenor : President, Northern ences for the Task Forces a) Convenor : SDO (C), Secu-Zubza Angami Public Organization would be to identify any b) Co-convenor : President, Western c) Members : EE (NH); OC, Police Station form of encroachment Angami Public Organization Chiephobozou; Village Council Chairalong the public roads c) Members : OC, Police Station, Semen concerned; President, Northern and Highways, any illegal cu-Zubza; P.K Singh, 2 IC, 89 RCC, Angami Youth Organization. forms that causes blockage/constructions of drains/culverts and dam- materials, garbage/debris redress instantly at the Force will identify and reages of roads due to quar- along the roads and sum- spot. In addition, the Ko- move/evict all form of inrying, dumping of earth, marily remove/evict and hima Town Sector Task decent structure/object

like dumping of construction materials, pig sty, firewood, kachha urine sheds, abandoned vehicles, garbage/debris, etc along the roads. Each Task Force will assess and workout the requirement of machineries, fuels, etc and coordinate with undersigned/officials incharge and reports of action taken along with the list of defaulters of serious offence will be submitted to the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima for further necessary action.

Further, Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, W. Honje Konyak has appealed all concerned for their support. He said that frontal organizations and NGOs are voluntarily involved in the matter for public interest and further called upon all to cooperate.

NESNOR: The New Shena Non-Residence Organization (NESNOR) has condemned the assault meted out to the G.B, New Shena Village Kiho at Zunheboto Town by three miscreants, who have been identified as Inaho, Toiho and Hoito. A condemnation note issued

by Boto D Swu, general secretary, NESMOR Dimapur stated that such daring act perpetuated against an inno-

statement demanded that proper action be taken against the errant cadres by the authorities responsible. It further appealed the other civil organizations to come out in unison in such situations leaving aside all forms of isms “as tomorrow it may be anyone of us or our kith and kin.”

STKK: Saptiqa Tokukujo Kiphimi Kuqhakulu (STKK) strongly condemned the “brutal and inhuman act”

Pensioners’ GPF final payment cases uploaded

a true father figure, a press release stated. “His endeavour has given hope to many who have grown to be valuable assets to the society today.”

The minister further remembered late Wetsah as an active social worker and true believer who was also instrumental in the formation of Western Area Chakhesang Baptist Church Council.

His demise has been an immense loss to Nagas especially Chakhesang Community, a vacuum which cannot be filled up, the note added.

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GPRN/NSCN terminates three

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): The office of GSO (I), GHQ Army has terminated the service of 2nd Lieutenant Inaho, bearing Naga Army no. 18905, of Shotomi village, Sumi Region from the active service of Naga Army, GPRN/ NSCN for breaching the Naga Army Azah and assaulting GB Kiho Sumi of New Shena village on November 17, 2013.

Informing this in a press release, Ministry of Information & Publicity (MIP), GPRN/NSCN stated the mentioned Naga Army official has been terminated from both active and primary membership of the GPRN/NSCN. Meanwhile, the Office of the Kilo Secretary has also terminated Hosheto, Khapur, of Yehemi village, Sumi Region and Toiho, RSI, of shotomi village, Sumi region from active national service with immediate effect for violating the party discipline and indulging in anti-national activities, the release added.

School Education emergency meeting today

Kohima, November 21 (mexN): An emergency meeting of district education officers, deputy district education officers and sub divisional education officers, all officers in the directorate of school education, including superintendent and assistant superintendent and staff assigned with appointment and transfer matter will be held on November 22 in the Capital Convention Centre, Kohima at 10:00 am. Directorate of School Education, director Zaveyi Nyekha in a press release has requested all the officers and staff concerned to attend the meeting positively.

DDGWTU attends training

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): Dimapur District Garage Welfare Trade Union (DDGWTU) participated in a training programme organized on fundamentals of labour laws for trade union leaders and NGOs from Northeast states. The training was organized by VV Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA from November 11 to 15. The delegation of DDGWTU was led by its president Hukavi Murru and active member Ihoshe Swu. A press release issued by DDGWTU general secretary informed that the delegation of DDGWTU was awarded recognition certificate for parPresident – 9436209438; ticipation and for successful completion of the programme.

Rtn. Dr. Neisatuo Mero, Director, Community Service DBA meeting today – 9436070224.

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): All the bonafide In continuation of the members of Dimapur Bar Association (DBA) are informed project, President of the that the general body meeting of the Bar will be held on Club, Rtn. Rosemary Dzuvi- November 22, 12:00 noon at DBA Hall. A press release ischu will attend the National sued by DBA general secretary Hukavi A Zhimomi informed Co-ordination meeting be- that the meeting will deliberate on the issue of re-formation ing organized by Rotary of Nagaland Bar Association scheduled on November 30, Club Delhi with four state 2013. Any other urgent agenda may be submitted to the club Presidents of Sikkim, Secretary, Bar before 11:30 am. All the bonafide members Jammu and Kashmir, Imphal of the Bar have been asked to attend the meeting positively. and Kohima and the doctors of Escorts Heart Hospital and the National Heart Insti- KDA LBCEF annual conference tute, New Delhi and the Na- Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): The Kohima Ditional Co-ordinator, GOL on mapur Area Lotha Baptist Church Elders’ Fellowship has November 24 in Delhi. informed its members that the 38th annual conference will be held on November 23 and 24 at Senjum Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur on the theme ‘One Hope’. Rev L K Tsanglao will be the theme speaker and N Thomas Lotha, MLA, Chairman Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation will exhort the gathering. All members concerned have been requested to pray and attend the conference.

2 extortionists apprehended

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): Special Branch Dimapur on Thursday apprehended two persons for extorting from vegetable vendors at New Market.

The duo was identified as Chumben Ngullie (30) son of Mhonthungo Ngullie from Tsungiki village under Chukitong, Wokha district and Kevichutso Koza, son of John Koza from Khezhakheno village under Pfustero, Phek district.

Both are presently residing at Duncan Basti Dimapur.

Special Branch personnel recovered a cash of Rs 1140/-, mobile phone and some cash receipts from their possession. They were later handed over to East Police Station.

Organizations condemn GB assault in Zunheboto verest sections of law so as to restore confidence upon the general public.

NSCK: New Shena Community Kohima (NSCK) has vehemently condemned the physical assault on its GB Kiho Sumi, allegedly by GPRN/NSCN cadres on November 17 at Zunheboto.

The Community expressed great concern that “while Nagas are crying against unabated taxation under

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Rotary free heart surgery project underway

Task Force constituted to check illegal encroachments

cent public leader for speaking out against the collection of tax without challan is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. Such action of the accused persons irrespective of their organizations/s is setting a dangerous trend/ precedent and should be out-rightly condemned by all sections of the society, it added. The organization demanded that the accused persons be booked under se-

Dimapur

Minister of School Education, CM Chang inaugurating Shiren NDNE Retailer, Indian Oil Corporation Limited at are looking out for quality Purana Bazaar, Dimapur on Thursday. (Morung photo)

Parl Secy deo nukhu expresses sadness

Nagaland stated that during the meeting it was discussed that the total voters were 12,572 whereas the Census population was 16897, bringing the electoral population (EP) ratio to 74.40 %, whereas the national average is about 60 %. The members expressed that the high ratio was due to persons from the sub-division, residing outside being enrolled in the constituency. Also, the

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December 5: Parikrama – Unity in Rock December 6 - 9: Launch of “Airtel presents Hornbill International Rock Contest (HIRC) 2013” December 9: Auditions Day IV - Special Feature Musicians from UK; Declaration of 9 finalists of HIRC 2013 December 10: Grand Finale of Airtel presents Hornbill International Rock Contest (HIRC) 2013 Special Features: CEMPA December 1-3: We will Rock You Musical December 5-6: Ultimate Hornbill Choir Competition

In a major boost to music industry in Nagaland, and as part of the Hornbill International Music Festival, Centre of Excellence for Music and Performing Arts (CEMPA) will be formally launched on December 1 this year by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio. MLA Khriehu Liezietsu, Advisor Music Task Force announced this during a press conference held at Unitex In. Ate Kevichüsa, Producer and Director of Little Fire Production also added that CEMPA is a worldclass industry and hoped that Nagas will treat the place with respect. Apart from the inauguration of CEMPA, the other special features for Hornbill International Music Festival

pughoboto, November 21 (mexN): The Electoral Roll Observer appointed by the Election Commission of India V. Shashank Shekhar who is also the Commissioner & Secretary to the Governor of Nagaland visited Pughoboto on November 20 and held a meeting.

A press note issued by Er. Namang Sepong Chang, Extra Assistant Commissioner, HQ Pughoboto,

Friday

the banner of ACAUT, such beastly act of forceful taxation is detrimental to the Naga people.”

SOUDA: Shena Old Union Dimapur Area (SOUDA) has vehemently condemned the “dastardly assault” of Kiho H Swu, GB of Shena New Village reportedly by three cadres of GPRN/NSCN when they were asked to show challan and receipt while collecting taxes by the GB. SOUDA in a press

National Lok Adalat in Mon

moN, November 21 (Dipr): The Chief Manager of State Bank of India (SBI), Mon branch has informed all the loanees that the National Lok Adalat would be observed across the country on November 23. The National Lok Adalat in Mon would be held at Addl. District & Session Court, Mon. The manager informed that SBI offers all time highest concession under one time settlement even to the extent of 50% of the dues. Therefore, all loanees of Mon have been informed to avail it now or face legal action if not settled. All concerned have been informed to contact the SBI, Mon branch immediately for necessary action.

PCF seminar on ‘work culture’ & ‘management’

pheK, November 21 (mexN): Phekmi Collegiate Forum (PCF) is organizing a one-day seminar on “Work Culture” & “Management” at Phek Village on November 26.

According to a press statement issued by PCF General Secretary Kuzhovesa Soho, the seminar will have Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu, Minister for PWD (Roads & Bridges), Parliamentary Affairs as special guest, while Niechochiyi Suyie, Additional District & Session Judge (AD&SJ), Mokokchung and Vezuhu Keyho, Principal, Capital College of Higher Education (CCHE), Kohima will be the resource persons dwelling on the topics, ‘Work Culture’ and ‘Management’ respectively. As part of the seminar outcome, a resolution would be brought out for implementation by the 3 members Resolution Committee, it said. The entire couples of Phekmi Villages are mandatory to attend the seminar, while all leaders from NGOs, Churches, Institutions and Phekmi Welfare Union(s) from Kohima, Dimapur and Phek Town have been cordially invited to be part of the day.

meted out to Kiho H. Sumi, GB New Shena Village reportedly by cadres of GPRN/ NSCN (U) at Zunheboto. A condemnation note issued

by Nguvito Awomi, General Secretary, STKK appealed all right thinking citizens and organizations to vehemently oppose and condemn such Apropos to the photo caption of the book release enact of violence in the society where a person's right and titled ‘Aor Sobaliba Nakotsüng Kar’, the name of the audignity is irrationally violat- thor should be corrected as “Dr. S. Toshi Ao” and not as ed and demeaned. published. The error is regretted.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express FrIDAy 22 NovEmbEr 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 318

Along Longkumer Consulting Editor

Nagas tryst with Amur Falcons

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housands of migrating Amur Falcons are being massacred in Nagaland every day. They are killed not just for consumption by the hunters or local communities but for commercial sale. This is appalling and unacceptable. URGENT action is needed to protect them”. This was part of the petition addressed last year to Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister for Environment and Forests in the wake of a global outrage and calling for a stop to the massacre of Amur Falcons in Nagaland, India. This year there has been a major turnaround. From being hunted and massacred, today the same Naga people are providing safe passage, as well as drawing up appropriate action plans for the long-term conservation of this bird. The phenomenon of the Amur Falcons gathering and taking shelter at the Doyang area is recorded as the biggest ever with even the Chief Minister of Nagaland terming it as the “ultimate eco-tourism attraction”. We now have immense potential to develop Doyang/ roosting sites into an international conservation hub and attract visitors/tourists. Other than the rich culture and tradition, celebrated through such events like the Hornbill Festival or the historical relic of World War II, the Kohima War Cemetery, there is one more reason for the world to come and see Nagaland. Even the world media is acknowledging this positive change taking place where Naga villages are saving the Amur Falcon. Some have even gone to the extent of saying that a “new grassroots conservation model” has taken root.

Earlier in the month this column had written about ‘The Great Comeback’ wherein it was mentioned that “occasionally, we need a comeback...we need to correct wrong directions or compensate for wrong decisions”. The column had gone on to state that “all round introspection is the great need of the hour for the Naga people” while pointing out that “our present problems and the solution thereof can be found from within”.

The success of the mission to protect the Amur Falcons is indeed praiseworthy and just goes to show that Nagas can also make a ‘comeback’ if we choose to. It is a noteworthy story of, we as a people, admitting our wrongs, demonstrating our willingness to change and taking on our God given responsibility.

And because we have done what is right, God is already opening windows of opportunity for our people. The fact that international scientists and wildlife experts have recently declared Nagaland as the ‘falcon capital of the world’ is an endowment, which we have not deserved but God has given. Coming as it is during the 50th year of our Statehood where we are left with nothing much to cheer, this is indeed good news. Let this be a sign that God can do many more things in favour of the Nagas if only we are willing to listen and obey Him. Our task is not over yet and we still have miles to go. Our efforts that we have just demonstrated, including changing and correcting, has to be consistent and must persevere.

Nagas tryst with the Amur Falcons has a lesson that we ought to learn from. Blessings can come from God if Nagas are willing to change for the better and do the right things.

If we can reason as we have done to stop killing Amur Falcons, can we also not come to reason together as a people to sort out our problems. Let us give up violence and killings in our society if we want to reap benefits of peace. Forgiving each other, reconciliation of our differences and uniting our efforts towards the common good is the right thing for us to do as a people. Perhaps in the midst of all the troubles we are facing, the story of the Amur Falcons is something to be cherished and for us to be proud of. We should not underestimate our potential to be good people. God is willing to help us. We just have to do His bidding.

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Ruben C. Mendoza Source: IHT

Seeing God in the Human Response

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he Gospel of Matthew tells us that while hanging on the cross, Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” It is not hard to imagine why Jesus, or any other believer for that matter, would ask this question in the face of so much hardship and suffering.

The world has now seen the destruction brought about by Typhoon Haiyan and the suffering it has caused thousands of my fellow Filipinos. One cannot but be affected by the heart-wrenching stories of many of the typhoon’s survivors and the indescribable devastation it caused. In the midst of all of this, where is God? This Sunday, the local news reports here in Manila highlighted many people’s participation in the Mass in the areas devastated by Haiyan. This is quite revealing of the spirituality of many of these people. It is an expression of their faith – a faith that now, more than ever, enables them not only to survive their situation but also to hope for a better future. It is a hope that has led them to comfort each other, to struggle in the midst of seemingly insurmountable odds, to be transformed by an inexplicable disaster, to cry to the heavens for answers and to wrestle with the God who appears to have abandoned them – in other words, to be simply human in what could be a dehumanizing situation.

The response of their fellow Filipinos (and the international community) has been heartening. They have helped in any way they can – raising funds for the victims, donating relief goods, offering counseling services to the survivors, transporting supplies to relief centers, etc. It is precisely in these acts of kindness where God is active in the lives of these people. God is made present by and in people who act compassionately toward the victims.

To believe that God is the cause of this catastrophe runs contrary to the God revealed by Jesus in the gospels.

Creation continues to evolve, and as Saint Paul put it, the whole of creation is groaning in labor pains for the redemption of God. That there are natural calamities like Haiyan is part of the imperfect world we all live in. There is no need for a supernatural explanation for a naturally occurring event. To attribute these events to the will of God is to hold on to a tyrannical image of God – an image that Jesus challenged when he proclaimed the gospel to the marginalized of his society. It is about time that this image of God be laid to rest, so that we let the spirit of God bring new life to lives destroyed by Haiyan.

Ruben C. Mendoza is an associate professor of theology at Ateneo de Manila University

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Mohammad Tarique

Rebuilding capacities, rebuilding lives

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ndia has Beggary Prevention Legislation in more than 20 states where not only are destitute people arrested but also people who work in the unorganized sector stand the risk of punishment. Under this legislation, the manner in which begging has been described as an offence and the punishment meted out (detention of up to 10 years in government-certified institutions), makes a wide profile of people potentially vulnerable.

Links between destitution and beggary range from helpless people in extremities falling into beggary to the state punishing the working poor on charges of beggary: they cover migrant workers, rural poor, de-notified tribes, the aged and abandoned; as well as women, transgender and other people affected by caste violence etc. More serious and complex measures are required to deal with these factors than poor people being pushed out of the cities to the margins or criminalized through the Beggary Prevention Acts.

Any plans for the social and economic empowerment of these people will work only if they address the factors that affect people negatively, forcing them out of their work/livelihood, and eventually pushing them into extreme destitution and dependence. Instead traditional skills like fortune telling or the performing arts have been equated with begging, placing people from these communities into custodial institutions and taking away their livelihood, shelter and resources – actions that effect not only that one individual, but an entire family of dependants. Therefore, the decriminalization of poverty in the form of the Beggary Prevention Legislation is the foremost requirement before any other skills or capacity building programmes are planned.

But when it comes to reskilling, individual skill assessments, job counselling and financial assistance are critical to any effective rehabilitation programme. Apart from vocational or livelihood training, the process must involve inputs like mental preparedness, emotional stability, linkages with prospective employers, developing social skills and so on.

Any plans for the social and economic empowerment of ‘beggars’ will work only if they address the factors that affect people negatively, forcing them out of their work/livelihood, and eventually pushing them into extreme destitution and dependence i) Mental preparedness: This is the first stage of the cycle. Getting the person mentally prepared to give up begging and work becomes very critical.

No amount of training or capacity building would help unless the person is willing and prepared mentally to change the way of life.

ii) Personality assessment: Individual’s sociocultural background, past experiences and personality combine together to determine how one would respond to the training alternatives offered.

Caste and cultural conditioning too play a significant role here. For example, a person belonging to the so called ‘upper caste’ would never last as a cleaner. Similarly, a person with an aggressive personality cannot be put to work that involves pressure situations or public interface.

This stage involves counselling, personality assessment and careful planning processes. Individual’s traditional knowledge/ skills and interests play a significant role in the finalization of training. After A pilot scheme at Koshish Koshish has been working inside government an assessment has been made, the client is referred custodial institutions for seven years now. We start- to the ‘Vocational Training Unit’. ed in Mumbai in 2006 and extended our work to Deliii) Capacity building through work skills and hi institutions in 2009.

Building on integrating the above mentioned support thereafter: Vocational guidance and components, we implemented this as a pilot with support activities focus on not only skills training really encouraging results. Though implemented and capacity building, but also the facilitation of on a small scale and in custodial homes in only access to the employment market. A multi-tiered two cities of Delhi and Mumbai, the outcomes are approach is followed, addressing individual needs significant enough to encourage a further invest- while exploring how training can deal with needs ment of resources and energy into this as a ‘Mod- at the group level. Skill-based training units have el Cycle’. The process, though it is hoped one day been set up inside Beggars’ Homes, after an unto take it outside the walls of custodial institu- derstanding has been reached with other agencies tions, continues to remain residential in nature. offering vocational training. Presently, we offer Rehabilitation and reintegration are contingent training in electrical works, tailoring, paper bag on the creation of steady and adequate livelihood making, artificial jewellery, handicrafts, designer options. This involves a set of stages where a per- candles, small ornaments, cooking and plumbing. son is prepared mentally to give up beggary and Training has to be either into a skill that secures make themselves ready to work. Their capacity to work individually or is well linked with activities engage with various livelihood options is devel- of the employment/ production groups.

A stipend is provided to ensure that there is oped through the training in a range of vocational skills, before linking them up with employment al- sufficient motivation as well as ‘pride for work’ ternatives. This is also the phase where a person’s among the trainees, who are encouraged to see emotional stability is assessed and social skills are this as their ‘rightful reward’ and put ‘value’ on developed that enable that person to deal with the such earnings. This plays a critical role in changchallenges of everyday life and ready him /her for ing peoples’ perspectives towards life. It instils them with a feeling of pride and ownership tocommunity-based rehabilitation.

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rominent members present at the recent 6th Nov “State level consultative meet” chaired by the Chief Secretary and attended by the Chief Minister had asserted that we are matured enough in our reasoning and so do not need the intervention of other higher authority in regard to the policies of the State. I wish it were true but sorry to say that in effect we do not see any commensuration with the standard of such verbal assertions on the ground. Our mentality, even today, is still a frog in a well and this is because of harboring jealousy, dishonesty, undue pride and selfish attitude.

Two primary issues were discussed on the day, namely: ‘Article 371 (A) of the Constitution’ and on the ‘Rules of Executive Business’. Ideationally, everyone articulated correctly on the said Article that the people are the rightful owners of land and resources in Nagaland. Ironically, these very persons started talking and reasoning differently when the question of whether the owners of resources were taken into confidence while finalizing the rate of shares. Planning & Geology Minister, TR Zeliang confirmed that the revenue sharing of Rs. 16/- was fixed neither in consultation with land owners nor by bidding but unilaterally by the State Government. Isn’t this decision of the P&NG Cabinet Committee a blatant disregard to the right of Ownership of Land and Resources? Can we call this exhibition of high standard matured reasoning of our Nagaland Assembly?

And then the funniest thing is these leaders blame the Union Government of infringing our people’s right to land whereas it is they who are infringing on the rights of the people. This is the real hurdle to the speedy implementation of the oil extraction works in the State and not the Centre’s faulty interpretation of the Article as alleged by our Ministers. Why blame the Centre of misinterpretation of the Article when the whole mischief is done by our own leaders due to vested interests.

wards the work. Providing an identity with a bank account is also a small yet significant step towards furthering this sense of pride.

iv) Employer’s Collective: Employment is crucial for the transition from homelessness to self reliance. The Employer’s Collective has been established with the dual purpose of defending the person in the court when charged with beggary and also seeking employment for people completing the vocational training. This consists of a group of employers mostly from the unorganized sector, brought together to provide job opportunities to people on completion of vocational training. Also, potential employers are educated about Beggary Prevention Law and why they must support the person who worked for them in the event of him getting arrested. The idea is to create as diverse a group as possible so that there is a wide range of alternatives for the clients to choose from.

This has become an important plank in the overall protection of the rights of homeless people and so far this group of employers, who understand our philosophy, has proved to be a major player in the scheme when it comes to guaranteeing its economic stability.

Once this process is complete, the individual is more or less prepared to navigate their way through the challenges of a challenging streetlife. However, the rawness that people develop in the process of the struggle for survival on the street can be a major obstacle in stable rehabilitation. Not used to routine and disciplined life, very often a person finds it difficult to continue if they come under too much pressure. To address this, life skills training is provided as a concluding part of the preparation.

There are two components to this phase: 1. Life skills training: Focus group discussions and other sessions are conducted on the value of relations, work, dignity, personal responsibility etc. This also serves as a platform for people to ventilate their own thoughts and feelings and to freely express their aspirations. It is hoped that a more confident and assured side of them can be brought out through these sessions.

2. Recreation and cultural activities: To improve the custodial environment, activities including sports, street plays, drawing etc. are organized. This introduces more of a sense of freedom among people while in custody and also enables them to explore and express themselves in better ways. These recreation sessions are conducted regularly to prevent people from stagnation in their lives while living in custody. Also, this helps significantly in checking unres and the aggression of the care-taking staff which ultimately results in checking custodial violence.

Given the depressing environment and abusive background that most people come from, it is critical to break with the sadness and hopelessness that surrounds them. All these activities are intended to facilitate the client’s social skills and repair the emotional strains that people have suffered, thus creating a positive environment leading to a speedy recovery.

Beggary is possibly the worst form of helplessness and destitution. Over a period of time, it has become a ‘way of life’ for large numbers of people.

Exit also takes time. Work like the kind that Koshish undertakes has demonstrated that this is possible.

What we need to understand is that for these people, begging is never their ‘preferred way of living’.

6th November meet: Eyewash of vested interest Jonas yanthan

Another episode of our leaders’ immaturity is when a question was raised as to how Rs.8/- (50%) of the meager Rs. 16/- fixed by the Cabinet Committee is deducted by the Government as its share. To this query, the Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio answered saying that it is being deducted to develop those districts that have no Oil. Isn’t this reply childish as is also a wrong logic in our context since there is no wealth tax?

With due respect, according to the logic of what the CM had said one can rationalize saying that some Nagas own Hotels, Resorts, Multi-storied rented apartments, private water supply etc from which they earn almost Crores of Rupees hence does the government deduct 50% from such earnings to develop those who have no such resources or wealth? If what the CM had said is the logic then such deduction must be implemented on every resource and not on Oil alone. If deduction is only on Oil then it is discriminatory in nature. And worst still, by the logic of the unilateral fixation of rate by the P&NG Cabinet Committee, Nagaland Government can sell anybody’s property without the consent of the legitimate owners. This makes the Nagaland rules and regulation on P & NG anti- Naga as well as anti-Article 371 (A).

It was expected of the CM, being in a position as defender of the rights of the people and one who expounds transparency vehemently, to elucidate on the whooping remaining Rs. 84/that is left after deducting meager Rs. 16/- as to how much is the Company’s share, how much revenue Nagaland would be accruing by way of taxes

and how the affected people of the project areas are to be benefited and developed but unfortunately nothing.

Is this what we call standard or quality of leadership? I am stating this because the people have the right to know and there are Oil Companies in the world who would venture even for Rs. 10/- profit only.

In regard to the issue of ‘Rules of Executive Business’, given the mentality of the Naga politicians and from what we witness, Nagaland necessarily need ‘Checks and Balance of power’ for the simple reason that nepotism and favoritism is still very strong in Naga mentality, deplorably.

These are taking place even with the ‘rule’ in force and without it we will one day find unpalatable promotions and transfers. Today, there are so many deeply disappointed officers and employees due to unjust supersession in seniority through political interference and pressure (court cases and agitations in this regard are witnesses to it) causing demoralizing effect on employees and the seemingly random intake of deputation-ists and regularization efforts thereof by the Government inconsistent with the deputation rules appear to be creating mental havoc among the employees. The worst hit are the hundreds of NCS and NSS Officers who are second to none if only given the opportunity of higher responsibility through time bound promotional avenues and reposing faith in them. This needs urgent and firm decision by the Assembly to bring harmony and to enthuse the morale of the almost a lakh

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employees of the state to serve the people with dignity and pride. DAN government must do it instead of just preaching about accountability, transparency and good governance. The genuine task of a good and responsible government is to bring orderliness in place. Does DAN have the guts to do it is the question?

Another trend that demands rethinking is that it is good to have an Airport in Kohima but it is not only impractical but also unnecessary now for the reason that even the Dimapur Airport cannot be sustained due to lack of passengers and why railway line to Zubza when the government cannot even provide all season roads and water supply to the villages. For a State like Nagaland, Airports and railways are still at superstructure level with roads remaining as basic and these are extremely underdeveloped. Fifty years of Statehood and still majority of our villages are without proper roads or water supply. Political leadership in Nagaland must concentrate on first thing first.

We cannot have superstructures without infrastructure in place. This only shows the poor reasoning ability of our leadership and worst still is the dumb and meek bureaucrats who have chosen to be slaves of their political masters despite knowing what is best for the people or do they?

Despite this sorry state, I think DAN can do a better job. We have seen it in their first DAN ministry where what the Congress Government could not do anything tangible in a decade and that too a term with a lone Independent MLA as its Opposition Member could not construct the Referral Hospital, Dimapur and the Police Headquarters, DAN ministry could complete them in record three years. This is to name a few. We expect more such deliveries from the third DAN absolute ministry or will its majority be used only to frame highly objectionable resolutions and rules like that of P&NG.

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22 November 2013

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t almost looks as if they did it on purpose. Immediately after the Third Plenum of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, a terse statement was released about wannabe reforms. Western corporate media screamed their dissatisfaction (actually concealing great satisfaction that stereotypes about China were about to stay safe and sound). Then the suggestion that more reform plans would follow in a week put a bug in laowai (foreigners') ears, and finally a comprehensive roadmap for radical change was published.

At the beginning of the weekend, foreign media in China rushed to write about the abolition of forced labor camps (laojiao), lands given to the peasants, the end of the one-child policy, the birth of a private banking system, the reduction of crimes punishable by death, reform of the residence system (hukou) and more.

The meaning of such momentous and diverse reforms can be summarized in one particular way: China is pushing the accelerator of economic and social change to shift wealth and quality of life to those who have been left behind in the economic boom. This is the only way the dragon can gain momentum. It is a very realistic approach.

Political reform will come later, at the right time. For now, it's the ongoing central role of the Party to manage change, finding a good balance between state control and the brute force of the market. The Politburo issued the statement, and President Xi Jinping added his comments, explaining that only further "reforms and openings can develop China, socialism and Marxism". He said the whole process must be completed by 2020 and called for "the emancipation of the mind, which is the top priority for breaking the barriers from entrenched interest groups". He spoke of "courage and wisdom" and emphasized the need to "take some risks". Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

So let's examine these reforms in detail.

The state and private sectors Rather than a dismantling of the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) - as market fundamentalists favor - the aim is to make them more efficient through the element of competition and encouraging private capital to feed their behemoth-like bodies. "Non state-owned capital" can purchase stakes in the big SOEs, going toward a "mixed ownership system", while also the "big monopolies" must be broken. Meantime, the big SOEs must hand back 30% of their profits (double the previous tax), which will be reinvested to improve people's livelihoods. In a rather similar way, China will expand the banking sector, allowing private capital to create "qualified small and medium banks".

City and Countryside To end the "urban-rural dual system", farmers will be allowed to put land on the market or gain access to credit in order to go on working their land in a more efficient way, becoming shareholders of new, larger farms. They haven't been able to do this so far, since land is formally collectively owned but is actually run by village officials who often grab and sell it to real estate developers: large speculative projects fill local government coffers and reduce available arable land. Then the farmers become migrants, a low-cost labor force pouring into the main cities.

An example of the alternative comes from the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, where the authorities started to promote and fund farmers' cooperatives (note, not "people's communes") to join together pockets of land and make for a more effective agricultural sector.

At the same time, programs to bring quality schools in rural areas are to be launched. Those who want to sell and move to the city instead, will be helped to acquire an urban hukou, the residence permit that grants rights and services (from healthcare to education) only where a person is registered.

Taken together, these measures should enable farmers to make a choice: shall I stay in the country to work in a more efficient agriculture sector or seize the opportunities of urbanization in a finally less-disadvantaged condition?

PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

Revolutionary reform in China Gabriele Battaglia Asia Times online

In this November 12, 2013 file photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and other Communist Party top leaders raise their hands to vote in the third plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing. China's leaders pledged on Friday, November 15, 2013, to open state-dominated industries wider to private competition and ease limits on foreign investment in e-commerce and other businesses in a sweeping reform plan aimed at rejuvenating a slowing economy. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lan Hongguang/File)

The division between city and country was at the origins of China's booming economy, but now, apart from producing an unsustainable inequality, it's ineffective for the new economic model Beijing wants to create.

Today, China has less need for underpaid workers, but instead requires middle-class consumption oriented on the domestic market. This is the "social" urbanization which Premier Li Keqiang has in mind.

Meanwhile, the leadership "decided not to press local governments located in ecologically fragile areas to pursue economic growth regardless of environment deterioration". In other words: the evaluation of local officials will not depend on their achievements in driving economic growth, but more on quality standards, such as environmental protection.

Welfare A huge problem in contemporary China is its aging population. Here the goal is a sustainable pension system. Workers' accounts will be supplemented by social security, while the rising of retirement age is under scrutiny. At the same time, there will be investments in the service industry for elders. The healthcare system will be based on the same kind of private insurance as the United States, but the state will possibly integrate it. Also affordable housing is quoted as a big challenge; big subsidized housing projects to cool prices and the housing bubble will probably go on.

Justice There has been much talking about the future abolition of the "re-education through labor" (laojiao), a system in place since the 1950s which allows the administrative detention - that is, without trial - for minor offenses, relying on the rehabilitative effect of labor. In fact, it became a system of forced labor affecting those who rebel against the abuses of local lobbies, dissidents, members of religious sects (such as the Falun Gong) or people who simply have some kind of private matter pending with a local officer.

At the same time, the Politburo announced that the judicial system will be made independent. The courts will be "properly" separated from the local governments.

nence grise of the reforms.

This institution is now joined by another, whose creation was not by chance announced on the first day after the plenum. It is a "leading committee on comprehensive reforms at central level" (Zhongyang Chengli Quanmian Shenhua Gaige lingdao Xiaozu).

What is so important about this split in functions?

Since outside the Commission for Development and Reform control there is a whole world of university and military research, private enterprises, the Disciplinary Committee, the provinces and smaller-sized projects, the new group will probably coordinate all of these entities and apply the same methodological approach as the Fagaiwei.

This means a new super entity will be created, directly managed by the control room, and aimed at channeling every energy toward the 2020 target set. We will have to wait for the announcement of who will be put in charge of the newly formed "leading committee" to know more.

The system of which the two committees form the apex would be rather top-down regarding big decisions but absolutely bottom-up in the implementation and continuous redefinition of specific projects.

Take the property tax as an example. Already enforced in Shanghai and Chongqing, affecting second homes (and subsequent ones), it has both economic - the cooling of the real estate speculation - and egalitarian purposes: charging the rich and redistributing resources thus collected. There have been rumors for years about it being extended to the whole country, but that has yet to happen. According to the latest rumors, the authorities are now trying to figure out how to apply the property tax to different localities and across incomes. The tax would be permanently extended at national level only when per capita income rises significantly and becomes more balanced from area to area.

The Fagaiwei's task is precisely these ongoing adjustments and, possibly, the newborn committee will meet the same approach but in a wider context.

The two reforms together should put an end to many abuses and "controversial incidents" reported in detail by Xinhua.

The number of offenses punishable by the death The meaning of the market Allowing the market to "better allocate resources" penalty - now 55 - will also be "gradually" reduced, a move already on the way: in 2011, 13 were canceled. and putting the private and public sectors means an attempt to shift wealth from the vested interests of great Birth control state companies to the widespread society.

The so-called "single-child policy" introduced in Michael Pettis, a well-known financial analyst and the late 1970s allowed China's economy to grow fast- China expert, explains why. The old Deng Xiaoping er than the increase in mouths to feed. It is estimat- model based on high investment is no longer sustained that without family planning, today's population able because "given that the world is no longer able to would be about 400 million higher. absorb Chinese production, the Dragon has no more The reform establishes that every couple can have capacity to absorb its own capital", says the econotwo children if at least one parent is a single child. It's mist. It is no longer needed to compete in internaan attempt to hold back the aging of society and keep tional markets by producing low-cost goods, thereby population growth "balanced". The current birth rate increasing gross domestic product faster than wages, is between 1.5 and 1.6 per woman, and official demog- because the crisis-affected Western world has less raphers expect it will gradually reach 1.8, which is sus- and less disposable income to buy goods. tainable. The labor force is shrinking and for lost 3.5 "Then you have to change the source of growth and million workers in 2012, for an estimated loss of 29 mil- the more sustainable is domestic consumption". The allion during this decade. There is also a gender imbal- most inevitable choice, we would say. "China must thereance to meet - 100 females are born every 118 males fore necessarily shift wealth to the families, which means - as a result of selective abortion practiced by many from the large state enterprises to small and mediumfamilies for cultural and material reasons. sized companies which give employment", Pettis adds.

There is more than this to the reforms, but these Household income must now grow more than the look like the most important. state actors' wealth, and here we have the great paraRight now we have statements of intent, not laws. dox and a Gordian knot: "So far, what was right for the But this is how China works. The leadership has elite was also right for the country", Pettis explains. pointed the way for the next seven years. Now It is a "But in the coming years the interests of the elite will no matter for the different government agencies to im- longer be the same of the country in a whole". plement and revise the reforms. There will be delays, In some ways, those in power must give up somesome about-face, and adjustments. But the groove is thing to bring new momentum to China, which gives traced and there is no way back. us the idea of what kind of large yet intricate change is on-going, as well as hinting at the possible conflicts Top-down and bottom-up within the party-state.

In this gargantuan project, a gigantic role is played We can even imagine an underlying class-struggle, by the National Development and Reform Commission, whose stake is the full realization of "market socialism" in Fagaiwei, a huge network of committees of experts, rethe true sense: a major process of wealth transfer through searchers, policy makers, which has the power both more competition, more welfare and greater efficiency. to study the implementation of the reforms and to apGabriele Battaglia is an observer of Chinese affairs based in prove specific projects, as well as to fund them. Among Beijing. He is a member of China-Files agency, and has previously its deputy directors is Liu He, Xi's confidant and an emibeen a writer for PeaceReporter and E-il mensile magazines

ROAD TO NAGALAND STATEHOOD: Violence in Tuensang Area Throngso yimchunger

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he beginning of tussle and armed conflict which had never been in Naga National Movement was started when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India and U. Nu, the Prime Minister of Myanmar visited Kohima on 30th March 1953 to assess the existing situation and convince the Naga people to stop demanding for Independence.

However, the then Deputy Commissioner of the Naga Hills District, restricted a Naga delegation to meet them. As a result, the gathering of the Nagas although welcomed, walked off showing signs of discontentment and noncooperation to the Government. In fact, this incident hampered the relationship between the government and the Naga leaders beyond toleration thus amounting to long decades of continuous unsettled Naga political issue. The government of India then made tough and strict regulations in dealing with the situation in Naga Hills. In addition, an order was issued to arrest the Naga leaders suspected in engineering the unpleasant episode. With all these stringent measures, the NNC leaders held a secret meeting and debated whether to go for court arrest or to go underground to evade arrest or to fight against the government.

At such a crossroad, most of the leaders decided to go underground so as to seek for freedom by means of force and arms.

It seems Mr. A.Z. Phizo who got hold of the situation in terms of militancy activities in the Movement to fight against the alien rule.

Now the idea to get freedom from the Indian Government, the policy of confrontation was adopted by Phizo, the President of NNC and his associates. They had, therefore, no choice but to prepare to leave Kohima for Tuensang, also known as the ‘Unadministered Area’ or ‘Free Area’, in need of ground preparations for the armed struggle.

To accelerate the furtherance of the movement, a historic meeting was organized on 14th August 1954 at Leangnyu village in Khiamniungan area where all the top leaders of Eastern People, DBs and GBs who were decision makers in village and area affairs gathered to take oath for fighting against the Indian Government. He (Phizo)

categorically clarified the stand of the organization of NNC in detail and captivated the minds of the mammoth gathering.

As he won over the people of Free Area of Tuensang with a view to create a new field for NNC activity, another consecutive meeting was held in February 1955 at Kigwema village of Angami area in order to reaffirm the Leangnyu meeting. The meeting in fact appointed the date to commence the fight against the Indian troops on 25th of March1955 from ‘Free Area’ to be initiated by the people.

As they agreed upon, the Indian army in full combat weapons stationed at Aghunato and assigned to look after the road alignment party passing through Huker village was the victims at the hands of the Naga army, because of which the first formal launching of attacks on the Indian army started on 24th March 1955 at 5:00 P.M. a day ahead of an appointed date. Thus, it declared the first counter-attack on the Indian Army for and of the Naga Independence.

The following day, similar attacks were also reported at Kiphire, Shamator and Pang and others who countered the Indian armed forces and left many casualties. The confrontation led to killing of four Indian soldiers instantly and in despair retaliation, the Indian armies shot dead three innocent villagers. What can also be considered is that the Huker incident further led to the rise of the Naga Underground Movement. Thereby, ‘the beauty of god’s creation already in flames before the same flamed reached the other parts of Nagaland’.

As a sequel of the attack, being directed by higher authorities, Assistant Field Commissioner (A.F.C.) came along with large group of Indian armies posted at Aghunato raided Huker and Aiponger village on 18th April. Thus, the killings, torturing, burning of houses and granaries, destruction of livestock and standing crops, etc. became a regular phenomenon.

Even though people of Nagas had a consecutive meeting at Leangniu and Kegwima village to attack the Indian Army, yet, when the confrontation started, because of mighty Indian forces swung into action, Nagas dare to stand.

No matter what, it was considered to be, do or

die resoluteness of the helpless Naga Army. In order to make known to the rest of the Nagas about the real armed struggle and violence movement which had already commenced, the operation command led by Eastern leaders had a motive to mobilize the movement throughout Naga inhabited areas so also to exhibit and spread the news of feeling and participation of oneness through thick and thin of the situation. This was how the real militancy activity growing at a very fast rate and hard to subdue by the Indian Army at the mushrooming strength of the Naga Nationalists.

Implication Due to incessant disturbances in Tuensang areas, in exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (i) of Article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Assam promulgated the Assam Disturbed Areas Ordinance 1955 and Assam Disturbed Area Bill, 1955. These were framed to make better provision for the suppression of disorder, and for the restoration and maintenance of public law and order in the disturbed areas of Assam. In continuation to these regulations, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Regulations, 1958, also applied. It was because of this 1955 March incident, the black law enforced throughout the Naga inhabited areas. However, this Acts also provided that “no legal prosecution, suit or legal proceedings shall be allowed against any armed forces officer in respect of anything done in any part of the Naga Hills on or after December 1957”.

Incident and its Ramification After 24th March incident, the untold sufferings and law and order situation prevailed in 1955. The Phizo-led Naga National Council demanded a political union of their ancestral and native groups, damaged government and civil infrastructure and attacked government officials and civilians.

Thus, the Union government sent the Indian Army in 1955, to restore order. In 1957, the newly established Central Indian Government began diplomatic talks with representatives of Naga tribes, and the Naga Hills district of Assam and the Tuensang Frontier Division were united in a single political entity, Naga Hills Tuensang Area

(NHTA), that became a Union territory directly administered by the Central government with a large degree of autonomy. This was not satisfactory to the tribes, however, and soon agitation and violence increased across the state – including attacks on army and government institutions, as well as civil disobedience and non-payment of taxes.

In July 1960, following discussion between the Prime Minister of India and the leaders of the Naga People Convention (NPC) and some undergrounds, a 16-point agreement was arrived at, whereby the Government of India recognized the formation of Nagaland as a full-fledged state within the Union of India in December 1st, 1963.

Also another milestone achievement was the emergence of the village guards, which began with the attack of Pangsha village by Naga Army in the Tuensang Frontier Division of North Eastern Frontier (NEFA) in February 1957. It was started in a small way as a “Peasants Volunteer Force” The administration having apprehension for an impending attack on this village, 3 SBBL to arm the village to defend themselves against the insurgents ravages.

Due to their gallantness, it was renamed under the banner of “Tuensang Frontier Division Scouts”. Thus, it was formally raised with 300 loyal Nagas on 1st March, 1957. Not very long, consequent upon the formation of the Naga Hills Tuensang Area created out of the Naga Hills district of Assam and Tuensang Frontier Division of North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) on 1st Dec. 1957 under the ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, the special constables of Naga Hills and Tuensang Frontier Division Scouts were re-organised as “Village Defense Guard” VGD. Of what the Government considered was that, in order to function smoothly, three independent wings; Kohima, Mokokchung and Tuensang were to be established. However, on the attainment of statehood on 1st Dec, 1963, the VDG wings of Kohima and Mokokchung districts were converted the 1st and 2 nd battalions of the Nagaland armed Police (NAP) headed by some undergrounds. Later on, after disbanding of these two wings, it was renamed to ‘Village Guards’ Organization. Thus, the 1st NAP Bn was raised on 1-4-64 vide Govt. of Nagaland, Home Deptt. Order NO.14/5/POL/63 dated

22-4-64 with Headquarter at Chumukedima.

Conclusion It was needless but impertinent to record that the concerted resolutions at Leangnu village to fight against the Indian army were found to be stoic to the people of Eastern Nagas.

Because of its impact, the conditions of the people were completely suppressed economically, socially, educationally, and politically. This resolution also forced all the Government servants to resign and join the underground movement.

The hope to education for the people of Eastern Nagaland was bleak as educational institutions were closed down, whereas, other Nagas were either studying in National Schools established by NNC or in neighbouring states.

So to maintain the principle of resolutions the people of Tuensang (now called Eastern Nagaland comprising of four districts; Tuensang, Mon, Kiphire and Longleng), suffered the loss most than the rest of the Nagas.

The other side of the impact of this movement was to integrate all the Naga inhabited areas under one common platform. Each Naga tribe was distinct from the other politically, socially and linguistically. Each tribe has its own system of governance. In particular, the Eastern part of Nagaland was put under unadmnistered area, thus they were isolated from the rest of the other Naga inhabited areas. However, in the name of Naga National Movement, A. Z. Phizo penetrated into the land of unadministered zone to fight against the Indian Government which led to the unification of the Nagas under one roof under the umbrella of the NNC. Therefore, despite some ill-effects, the movement was also one of the unifying forces to bring all the Nagas emotionally, politically and socially integrated.

Perhaps, the pertinent outcome of this episode was the achievement of Statehood. Had not armed struggle been taken place and the people sweat their blood, the people enjoyed today would have been different story. Attributing equally to build a state, popularly known as ’Honesty Is The Best Policy‘ must be uphold by every right thinking citizens, provided, if ‘we’ (Naga Hills Assam District + Tuensang Frontier Division) want togetherness to walk in the Road of Nagaland State.

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Tehelka shock: Tarun Tejpal steps aside over sexual assault charges

New Delhi, November 21 (TNN): Editor in chief of Tehelka Tarun Tejpal has “recused” himself for six months from his concern after what the official statement described as an “incident with a (woman) journalist”. In an email to the magazine’s managing editor Shoma Chaudhury, Tejpal wrote: “The last few days have been most testing, and I squarely take the blame for this. A bad lapse of judgment, an awful misreading of the situation, have led to an unfortunate incident that rails against all we believe in and fight for.”

“I have already unconditionally apologized for my misconduct to the concerned journalist, but I feel impelled to atone further. Tehelka has been born and built, day on day, with my blood, toil, tears and sweat, and that of many others, against near-insurmountable odds,” he added.

In the email, he further wrote: “The last few days have been most testing, and I squarely take the blame for this.

A bad lapse of judgment, an awful misreading of the situation, have led to an unfortunate incident that rails against all we believe in and fight for. I have already unconditionally apologized for my misconduct to the concerned journalist, but I feel impelled to atone further. I feel atonement cannot be just words. I must do the penance that lacerates me. I am therefore offering to recuse myself from the editorship of Tehelka, and from the Tehelka office, for the next six months.”

Speaking to NDTV, a person close to the woman journalist said, “It happened not once, but twice and the girl is completely shattered and emotionally scarred. She continues to put forward her plea that Tehelka should set up a committee to look into sexual harassment cases according to Visakha guidelines.”

Goa Police to probe allegations

Tarung Tejpal

PANAji, November 21 (iANS): Goa Police will conduct a preliminary enquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct levelled by a journalist against editorin-chief of Tehelka news weekly Tarun Tejpal, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Thursday. Parrikar told IANS that if the preliminary enquiry reveals that the incident took place in Goa, formal charges would be filed.

“I have asked the police to conduct a preliminary enquiry. Right now we do not have an clear indication if the incident happened in Goa,” Parrikar said. “If the enquiry reveals that the incident took place here, then we will proceed further as per the law,” the chief minister said. Tejpal has been accused of sexual misconduct by a junior colleague at Tehelka during a high-profile conference held in Goa earlier this month. Tejpal, who has not denied the charges, stepped down as the editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper, calling it “atonement” for his actions.

Form panels to tackle assault, say women journalists New Delhi, November 21 (AgeNcieS): The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), a professional association of women journalists across the country, demanded on Thursday that Tehelka immediately put in place institutional mechanisms to investigate the complaint of sexual assault, prosecute the perpetrator and also to deal with future cases. “Recent developments at the weekly news magazine Tehelka demonstrate that media houses have a long way to go in ensuring safety for women media professionals,” a statement from NWMI said.

The statement was signed by, among others, senior women journalists Ammu Joseph, Kalpana Sharma, Sameera Khan, Rajashri Dasgupta, Neha Dixit, Meena Menon, Geeta Seshu and others. “If the complainant wishes to pursue criminal prosecution, the employer is also duty bound to

1 lakh award announced for info on ATM attacker bANgAlore, November 21 (AgeNcieS): More than 48 hours after a man attacked a woman with a machete at an ATM booth in Bangalore, the police has not been able to identify him despite four minutes of security camera footage that capture him striking the 44-year-old on her skull.

A Rs. 1 lakh reward has been announced today for anyone giving clues about the attacker. But while the investigations are on, the police are clear that there have to be changes made in the way ATMs operate in the city to make using them a safer experience for customers - and the deadline is Sunday afternoon.

“Under Section 144, Prohibitory Orders have been issued that within 24th November, 1600 hours - all the banks should adhere to these orders that inside and outside of the ATM’s they should install the CCTV cameras, they should appoint a security guard and also they should install burglar alarms. If these instructions are not followed by the concerned banks then the transactions will be prohibited,” said Bangalore’s police commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar.

Karnataka’s home minister had also told NDTV on Wednesday that ATMs without security guards will not be allowed to function. Jyothi Uday, the woman who was attacked, is recovering in hospital from a series of complicated operations including surgeries for her fractured skull and reconstructive surgery for her nose.

assist her in doing so,” the statement said. dent of sexual harassment/assault dur“In this case it appears that Tarun Tejpal’s ing the “Think” festival and punishment actions go beyond sexual harassment and for the guilty in accordance with the law. fall under the definition of sexual assault, * Assistance from the organisation in according the new Criminal Law (Amendfiling a case under the Criminal Law ment) Act, 2013.” Citing recent cases in (Amendment) Act, 2013, should the private as well as state-owned broadcast survivor in this instance wish to initiate companies, the NWMI demanded that mecriminal proceedings. dia houses comply with the law by setting up sexual harassment complaints and re- Victim hits out at Tehelka dressal committees including at least one While uproar and heated discussions member external to the organisation with over the case continue a disappointrelevant knowledge and experience in ed and distresed victim has spoken to dealing with such matters.

TIMES NOW. The victim has expressed Their demands are as follows: strong disappointment over the way the * Setting up of a Complaints Committee company has handled the case. Further by all media houses, including Tehelka, on, the victim has completely dismissed to deal with sexual harassment at the the claims of she being satisfied with the workplace. probe as alleged by the managing editor * An independent inquiry into the inciof the magazine.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND NAGALAND STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY LOK ADALAT

Awoman drinks water as she sells fruits on a pavement in New Delhi, November 21. India’s finance minister said on Thursday that India’s annual headline inflation is expected to moderate to near 5 percent as there was reasonable price stability in some major commodities, news reports said. Higher prices for food and fuel has hit hundreds of millions of poor Indians living on $2 per day particularly hard because they spend roughly half of their income on the staple items. (AP Photo)

PM calls for more autonomy for state-run firms

New Delhi, November 21 (iANS): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday favoured granting greater functional autonomy to state-owned companies and not shield them from competition from the private sector. “Competitive neutrality requires that the government not use its legislative and fiscal powers to give undue advantage to its own businesses over the private sector. Going forward, our governments will have to increasingly adopt competition-neutral policies,” Singh said, addressing the 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference organised here by the Competition Commission of India.

He told competition regulatory authority officials from the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) that the government’s ownership of companies did not mean that these enterprises should be shield-

ed from competition. “The solution lies in giving public sector firms greater functional autonomy and freeing them from bureaucratic control and not in tolerating a slip in their competitiveness and then shielding them from competition,” said the prime minister.

“There is an increasing need to recognise the complementarities between competition law enforcement and liberalisation of markets for procurement,” he added. Pointing out that public procurement formed a substantial slice of state spending, the prime minister said competitive procurement markets could help save valuable financial resources.

The two-day conference will discuss various issues such as enforcement of competition laws vis-a-vis state-owned enterprises, public procurement and creation of competition culture.

India is 10th most vacation deprived country: Report New Delhi, November 21 (iANS): India is the world’s 10th most vacation-deprived country, a study revealed here Thursday. The ‘2013 Vacation Deprivation Study,’ an annual analysis of vacation habits by online travel portal Expedia, said that India slipped from last year’s fourth position. Around 63 percent of Indians admitted that they felt vacationdeprived as on an average they utilized 20 of the 26 leaves granted to them, said the survey.

“Eighteen percent of Indians don’t use all the leaves because they fear that it will be perceived negatively by their employer while many avoid long vacations to remain in their boss’ good books,” said the survey.

“Around 60% are not able to plan their vacation in advance because of their work - again the highest in the world - while 74% have either cancelled or postponed their vacation due to work,” it added.

As per the survey, Indians lag behind in relishing leisure time while on vacation with 94% checking their work mails while holidaying - highest in the world followed by France (93%), Thailand (92%), Malaysia (91%) and Mexico (91%). Indians also lead when it comes to getting money in exchange for unused holidays (37%) followed by Brazil (30%).

Within India, employees in Delhi felt the most vacation-deprived at 74% followed by Mumbai at

67% and Bangalore at 56%.

“Holidays play an important role in relaxing and re-energizing employees while enhancing their motivation and productivity. We strongly believe that vacations are an essential part of a healthy work life balance,” said Vikram Malhi, general manager, South and Southeast Asia Expedia India.

“Around 38% of Indians work around 42 hours a week which is much more than their counterparts from other countries. This shows the need for a better work-life balance,” he added. However, despite being the country with one of the most overworked people, 85 percent of the respondents said that they were satisfied with their jobs, said the study.

LOK ADALAT

(Organizing Lok-Adalat to ensure that the operation of the Legal System promotes Justice on a basis of equal opportunity) The National Legal Services Authority is holding a National LokAdalat on 23/11/13 at all Levels, right from the Supreme Court to the Sub-Divisional Courts with a view to dispose a large number of cases through Alternative Method of Dispute Resolution.

In Nagaland, the District Legal Services Authority will conduct Lok-Adalat on that day in their respective Districts.

Type of Cases that could be taken up for disposal at the National Lok-Adalat are:- 1. Criminal Compoundable cases, 2. Cases u/s 138 of N.I. Act, 3. MACT Cases including State Transport cases, 4. Matrimonial/Family Court Cases, 5. Service matters relating to pay & allowances & Retiral benefits & 6. Bank Recovery cases (Money Suits) both pending & Pre-litigation cases etc.

Defaulter borrowers of the Banks may contact their respective Bank Branches for details of their account so as to avail the opportunity of this onetime special settlement benefit.

Advantages of Lok-Adalat: • Speedy & inexpensive remedy with legal status based on mutual consent • No Court fee & if paid earlier, same is refunded.

• Win Win situation for both the parties & continue cordial relations.

• Reduce delay in disposal, cost of litigation & speedy justice.

An old statement of Mr. Abraham Lincoln in 1850. Quote “Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbours to compromise wherever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser-in-fees expenses and waste of time.” This has not lost significance even in the 21st century.

(MAYANG. LIMA) Member Secretary

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Obama pays tribute to John F Kennedy legacy WASHINGTON, NOvember 21 (AP): President Barack Obama laid a wreath at John F. Kennedy’s gravesite as a nation remembers the terrible day in Dallas a half-century ago Friday when he was assassinated. Obama also recognized a group of distinguished Americans — including Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey — with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an award created by Kennedy.

Obama was joined at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday

by Clinton, and each president held hands with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, as they climbed a flight of stairs to the burial site on a steep hillside overlooking the nation’s capital.

First lady Michelle Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton helped their husbands place a large wreath of white flowers in front of the roped-off gravesite of America’s 35th president, which is marked by an ever-burning flame.

Both couples placed their hands over their hearts as taps sounded near a U.S. flag at half-staff before greeting Kennedy relatives, including some who arrived in Obama’s motorcade, before Friday’s 50th anniversary of the assassination.

The day of tributes began at the White House, where Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 living and deceased Americans for their contributions in fields ranging from sports and entertainment to science and public service.

“These are the men and women who in their extraordinary lives remind us all of the beauty of the hu-

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and his wife former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, pause during a wreath laying ceremony in honor of President John F. Kennedy, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Friday will mark the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

man spirit, the values that define us as Americans, the potential that lives inside of all of us,” Obama said.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, daughter Chelsea Clinton and film director Steven Spielberg were among scores of people seated in the White House East Room for the ceremony, which

Obama said is “one of my favorite events every year.”

Kennedy established the modern version of the medal but was killed

by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, weeks before he was to honor the inaugural group of recipients. Hundreds of notable figures

since have received the honor.

Obama continued to lionize the slain president Wednesday evening at a dinner honoring the medal’s recipients. At the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Obama was introduced by Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, whose mother,

Caroline Kennedy, is Obama’s newly confirmed ambassador to Japan.

“He reminded us that everyone has the capacity to explore, to imagine and to give back to our great nation no matter the path we choose,” the younger Kennedy said of his grandfather.

Obama said Kennedy stays in America’s imagination not because he was assassinated, but because he embodied the character of the people he led. He said Kennedy was defiant in the face of impossible odds and determined to make the world anew.

“This is a legacy of a man who could have retreated to a life of luxury and ease, but he chose to live a life in the arena,” Obama said. “Sailing sometimes against the wind, sometimes with it.”

At the awards ceremony Wednesday morning, Obama said a few words about each recipient. Of Clinton, he said the Arkansas Democrat’s presidency marked just the start of his work to make the world a better place, crediting his post-presidency humanitarian efforts as helping to save or improve the lives of millions worldwide.

“I’m grateful, Bill, as well, for the advice and counsel that you’ve offered me, on and off the golf course,” Obama said to chuckles. As a teenager, Bill Clinton shook hands with Kennedy in the Rose Garden the summer before the assassination when he and other high school students in the Boys Nation program came to Washington.

Obama said the late Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, didn’t just break the stratospher-

ic glass ceiling. “She blasted right through it,” becoming a role model for young girls, he said.

“You can’t be what you can’t see,” Obama said. “Today our daughters, including Malia and Sasha, can set their sights a little bit higher because Sally Ride showed them the way.”

Receiving the award for Ride, who died last year, was Tam O’Shaughnessy, who was introduced as Ride’s life partner.

The president made a point of highlighting those who had overcome additional obstacles and stigmatization because they are gay, black, female or Asian. He noted that early in her career, Oprah Winfrey’s bosses suggested she change her name to something more relatable.

“It turned out, surprisingly, that people could relate to Oprah just fine,” Obama said. Another Kennedy relative expected at the dinner was former diplomat Jean Kennedy Smith, also past medal recipient and John F. Kennedy’s only surviving sibling.

On Friday’s assassination anniversary, Obama plans to meet privately at the White House with leaders and volunteers from the Peace Corps program, also established

by Kennedy.

The Clintons’ presence at Kennedy’s gravesite was sure to spark speculation about whether Obama has a favorite in the 2016 race to succeed him. Every move by the former secretary of state is being scrutinized for signs of whether she’ll run. Vice President Joe Biden, another potential candidate, attended only the White House ceremony.

Nepal Maoist chief alleges elections rigged 7 contestants advance to NOH finale

KATHmANDU, NOvember 21 (AFP): Nepal’s Maoist leader, who swapped arms for politics when his “people’s war” ended in 2006, threw the country’s elections into doubt Thursday by claiming the poll was rigged following big losses for his party.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, demanded a halt to vote-counting after losing his own seat in Tuesday’s elections aimed at installing a constituent assembly and ending years of political instability. “We urge the election commission to stop the counting,” Prachanda told a press conference. “We accept (the) people’s verdict but cannot accept conspiracy and poll-rigging.”

He said ballot boxes were tampered with while being transported from polling stations to counting centres. Prachanda, the country’s first post-war prime minister, finished a distant third in his Kathmandu constituency, well behind the winning Nepali Congress party candidate, Rajan K.C., according to the election commission.

Early results showed the Maoist party trailing badly in the elections, seen as vital to completing a peace process which has drifted

in recent years because of a prolonged political crisis. Tentative results showed them leading in just eight percent of the 176 constituencies where vote-counting has been completed or is well under way.

Even if the party were to sweep the remaining 64 directly-elected seats, it would have won less than one third of the vote. More than a hundred protesters gathered outside the Maoist headquarters in Kathmandu, shouting slogans in support of the party’s stance.

“We are ready to fight again,” they yelled.

Millions of Nepalis voted on Tuesday, registering a higher turnout than during the first post-war elections in 2008 for an assembly, which also acts as a parliament and is tasked with writing a constitution. The Maoists swept those elections five years ago, promising social change, economic growth and lasting peace in a country which lost an estimated 16,000 lives in the conflict.

But they have since faced sharp criticism from many core supporters who accuse them of abandoning their ideals and adopting a life of luxury while in power. Political

infighting since 2008 has seen a string of coalition governments split and fail to write a draft constitution, forcing the collapse of the assembly in May 2012.

Prachanda headed the first post-war government but his stint in power ended after nine months following a clash with the army chief. More recently, he has faced criticism over alleged corruption and expensive tastes.

Despite Prachanda’s demands, Chief Election Commissioner Neel Kantha Uprety said counting would continue and election observers said the poll had been conducted fairly.

“An election is a way to understand the people’s verdict, I request all political parties to respect people’s opinion,” Uprety told reporters. Eva Joly, head of the EU’s election observer mission in Nepal, said the polls were held in an “independent and impartial manner”.

“This is a genuine election and if some political parties are not satisfied with the outcome, they must come with evidence... there’s no place for violence,” Joly said.

Prachanda’s comments cast doubt on the future of the peace process, following recent violence

by a splinter faction of the Maoist party that called for a boycott of the polls. Anti-poll protesters torched vehicles, planted crude bombs and hurled explosives at traffic, leading to over 370 arrests and one death.

Victorious Nepali Congress candidate Rajan K.C. urged the Maoists to “respect the verdict of the people”. “In the last constituent assembly election I was defeated by Prachanda and I accepted the people’s verdict. Now it’s Prachanda’s turn to accept the loss,” he told reporters. Preliminary results are likely to emerge by Friday, with full results expected by the end of the month.

Former US president Jimmy Carter, who is in Kathmandu to monitor the polls, told AFP on Wednesday the elections were “a momentous step forward” in the once war-racked country. More than 100 parties, including three major ones -- the Unified MarxistLeninist, the Nepali Congress and the Maoists -- fielded candidates for the assembly.

In addition to the 240 directlyelected seats, an additional 335 seats will be awarded via a proportional representation system and a further 26 will be chosen by a council of ministers.

The seven finalists of Naga Orpheus Hunt 2013 after the elimination round on November 20 in Mokokchung.

mOKOKcHUNG, NOvember 21 (mexN): Seven contestants remain at this year’s Naga Orpheus Hunt (NOH), out of 15 contenders, after an elimination round held at Mokokchung Town hall on November 20.

The seven contestants, who advanced to the final round, where they will be judged and voted by the people of Nagaland according to their presentation on 80’s rock music are Alemkaba Jamir (01), Meyinungsang (08), Sentimenla Jamir (09), T. Apenla Sangtam (11), Yapangtola (15), Lijem Atsongchanger (14) and

Nogheli Z Muru (12).

It may be mentioned that unlike other rounds, where they performed with sound tracks, the seven finalists will work together and perform live with the house band ‘In the name’ for their 80’s rock round.

The 80’s rock round will be telecast to the public on local cable channel all over the State from the first week of December. The grand finale of Naga Orpheus Hunt will be held during the annual Mokokchung festival (M-fest) which is scheduled to be held from December 12 to 14.

Winfrey, Clinton awarded top civilian honor Jobs key for world’s 49 poorest countries

President Barack Obama awards former President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on November 20, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo)

WASHINGTON, NOvember 21 (AFP): President Barack Obama on Wednesday, November 20, celebrated American legends of politics, sports, letters, science and the arts including Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton in awarding his country’s highest civilian honor. The Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony was lent added poignancy as the award was first minted

by John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 50 years ago this week.

Obama said that the 16 honorees represented “what JFK understood to be the essence of the American spirit.”

Obama, who has built his own political creed on uplifting the middle class, said that Clinton, a fellow Democrat, proved that “you could grow the economy, lift people out of poverty,” shrink deficits and still invest in families, schools and science and technology.

“In other words, we can go further when we look out for each other.”

“And as we’ve all seen, as president he was just getting started. He doesn’t stop,” he said, lauding Clinton’s postpresidency projects in the developing world and elsewhere with his foundation.” “I’m grateful, Bill, as well, for the

advice and counsel that you’ve offered me, on and off the golf course, and most importantly, for your life-saving work around the world, which represents what’s the very best in America.”

Clinton and Obama initially had a cool relationship after the president ousted Hillary Clinton in a bitter 2008 Democratic primary contest. But after Obama named her as his secretary of state, and called on the former president to aid his re-election campaign, the two men developed much closer personal ties.

Obama said Winfrey – a billionaire talk show host, friend and political supporter – had built a massive following on the basis of her message “you can.”

“You can do and you can be and you can grow and it can be better. She was living proof, rising from a childhood of poverty and abuse to the pinnacle of the entertainment universe,” he said.

The president also posthumously honored America’s first female astronaut in orbit Sally Ride, who died last year. “As the first American woman in space, Sally didn’t just break the stratospheric glass ceiling, she blasted through it,” Obama said.” “And when

UNITeD NATIONS, NOvember 21 (AP): The population in the world’s 49 poorest countries is projected to double to 1.7 billion by 2050 and job creation will be crucial to prevent increasing poverty, social unrest and mass international emigration, according to a new report launched Wednesday.

The Least Developed Countries Report 2013 urges these countries to take action to upgrade infrastructure, greatly expand credit, improve education and spur domestic firms and entrepreneurs to create new jobs.

According to the report by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Devel-

opment, strongly increasing investment and improving services such as transportation and electricity supply will increase the value and variety of the goods and services produced by these impoverished countries which is vital to helping these 49 impoverished countries create a total of 16 million new jobs needed every year.

The report notes that job creation was disappointing even during the “boom” years from 2002 to 2008 when the economies of the least developed countries or LDCs, averaged an economic growth rate of 8 percent per year. From 2000 to 2012, employment growth in the LDCs averaged

2.9 percent per year, it said.

“The growth we have seen in LDCs in the last couple of decades is a jobless growth,” Mussie Delelegn, head of UNCTAD’s New York office told a news conference launching the report. “Consequently what we see is the bulging demographic trends, we see persistent poverty ... accelerated urbanization and rising inequalities.”

The report said LDCs face “a stark demographic challenge:” The population of 858 million in 2011 is projected to double to 1.7 billion by 2050, and the population aged 15 to 24 is expected to soar from 168 million in 2010 to 300 million by 2050.

she came back to Earth, she devoted her life to helping girls excel in fields like math, science and engineering.”

Obama also honored pioneering journalists Gloria Steinem and Watergate-era Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. “As a writer, a speaker, an activist, (Steinem) awakened a vast and often skeptical public to problems like domestic violence, a lack of affordable child care, unfair hiring practices,” Obama said. The president said Bradlee’s Post, which brought down president Richard Nixon, was a reminder “that our freedom as a nation rests on our freedom of the press.”

Also honored on Wednesday were Chicago Cubs baseball legend Ernie Banks, late former Hawaii senator Daniel Inouye, Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman, former Republican senator and nuclear non-proliferation campaigner Richard Lugar, country music star Loretta Lynn, environmentalist Mario Molina, the late civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, college basketball coach Dean Semper Soul from Berklee College of Music Boston, USA, arrived in Dimapur. They will be performing at the HornSmith, civil rights activist Cordy Tin- bill Music Festival on December 3 at the NSF Solidarity Park, Kohima and will be conducting Music Workshop on dell Vivian and Judge Patricia Wald. December 4 and 5. The Event Management officials and the Naga Girls Band received them at Dimapur Airport.

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ither they're geniuses ... or about to look foolish.

For your delectation and debate, some of the sharpest football minds at The Associated Press — a crack team of reporters who have covered 28 World Cups between them — peered into their crystal balls and took an educated stab at predicting who will shine or flop among the 32 teams next June in Brazil.

We also got second opinions from Raymond Domenech, who coached 1998 world champion France at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, and from a global panel of 14 non-AP journalists who vote in the weekly Associated Press football poll. Their thoughts about our predictions are also published here.

Of course, the Dec. 6 draw could blow some predictions off course. But if history proves our fortunetellers right, then don't forget: you read it here first!

If not, well, hmmm. Better luck next time?

WILL BRAZIL WIN? Yes. Brazil's team, although average by its standards, will transcend itself thanks to the expertise of coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, Neymar's gift for scoring and creating goals and the added zest of playing for home crowds. Scolari is adept at getting teams and players to peak on schedule, essential for the month-long World Cup. After winning the 2002 edition with Brazil and then managing Portugal, Scolari returned to club football.

Brazil's football federation brought him back after firing much-criticized manager Mano Menezes in 2012.

Scolari proved he hasn't lost his touch by leading Brazil to victory at the 2013 Confederations Cup. Neymar was MVP of that World Cup warm-up tournament, silencing critics' claims that the 21-year-old striker doesn't shine for Brazil in big games. Usually intolerant of imperfection, home fans threw themselves behind the team and will do so again in 2014, helping to carry Neymar and Co. to the

OR WILL IT BE SPAIN? Yes. Spain will become the first team to win four major championships in succession. The World Cup winner in South Africa and two-time defending European champion has the necessaries to repeat: Quality, experience, youth and master coach Vicente del Bosque. It will likely be the last World Cup for midfielder Xavi Hernandez, who could have less of an impact. But Andres Iniesta, David Silva and Sergio Ramos are in their prime. Del Bosque has top goalkeepers, with Iker Casillas likely to start despite becoming second choice at Real Madrid. Striker Diego Costa's decision to play for Spain, his naturalized country, instead of his native Brazil could tip the balance. He gives Spain presence and a scoring threat with both feet. With the extra motivation of making history, Spain will become the first team since Brazil in 1962 to defend the world title.

By Paul Logothetis in Spain.

PANEL: Overwhelming majority — 12 of 14 — say Spain will lose. "Teams will play counter-attack against them and when that happens they are beatable" — Mike McGrath, The Sun. DOMENECH: Says Spain's "players are getting a bit old. It's the end of a cycle. I even see them being knocked out quite quickly."

WHICH TEAM WILL BE THE BIGGEST FLOP? Spain's cycle of dominance will abruptly end in Brazil. Signs were there in qualifying that La Roja are no longer the menace they once were. Although undefeated in 30 straight matches at home, points were dropped to visiting France and, more surprisingly, Finland. In both games, Spain

1966 world champion now realize that Roy Hodgson's side won't repeat that feat in Brazil or get to the semifinals like Bobby Robson's team in 1990. Even the English Football Association's chairman, Greg Dyke, only set England a target of winning the World Cup ... in 2022. The youthful energy of Jack Wilshere and Andros Townsend will unsettle teams. The matured Wayne Rooney will score his first World Cup goal. But off-field distractions and difficulty with relentless media attention have a habit of derailing England at major tournaments. England won't go further than the last 16. By WHICH TEAMS WILL Rob Harris in England.

SPRING THE BIGGEST PANEL: 10 of 14 agree.

SURPRISE? DOMENECH: Agrees.

It used to be that surprise teams could lay low Not getting beyond the last until the World Cup. FIFA's 16 "is their habit." rankings changed that. Belgium hasn't played a World WILL THE UNITED Cup since 2002. It's been STATES REACH THE even longer for Colom- QUARTERS? No. That's happened bia: 1998. Both might be considered dark horses in just once, in 2002. The U.S. Brazil were it not for FIFA team got no further than rankings giving their game the group stage in 1990, away. Based on their re- 1998 and 2006 and the last sults against other teams, 16 in 1994 and 2010. Notthey're now among the top withstanding the improving 5 football nations. Despite quality of Major League Soclacking experience, they'll cer, players of fine ability inadvance easily from group cluding midfielder Landon play. From there, a piece of Donovan and forward Clint individual brilliance or luck Dempsey and the leaderoften decides games. In Ra- ship of former Germany damel Falcao and James coach Jurgen Klinsmann, Rodriguez, Colombia has the US team won't get bea game-changing duo. Be- yond the last 16, or before hind the playmaking of that if the draw is unfavorEden Hazard, Belgium is a able. Despite qualifying top challenger. One or both will from North and Central reach the semifinals. By Raf America and the Caribbean, the U.S. isn't seeded for Dec. Casert in Belgium.

PANEL: Majority — 10 6. That means it is bound of 14 — agree. "Belgium to draw host Brazil or anwill have a magnificent other top-ranked team and team ready for the World possibly other difficult opCup - look out for Vertong- ponents, too. By columnist hen, Hazard and Lukaku!" John Leicester.

PANEL: Large majority — Soren-Mikael Hansen, — 11 of 14 — agree. "The U.S. Politiken, Denmark.

DOMENECH: No. Ex- don't have the talent or the pects Argentina, Brazil and stability/continuity to get that Germany in the semifinals far" — Sam Tighe, Bleacher and "for the surprise, I'd al- Report, United States.

DOMENECH: Disagrees. ways say Italy, my intimate friends." (Domenech's Believes United States will France team lost the 2006 reach the quarterfinals.

"I've always found them World Cup final to Italy) to be well organized at the WILL ENGLAND REPEAT 1966? World Cup. Their matches No. The nation with are generally tight. I would the world's No. 1 football have liked them to beat the league still won't have inter- Italians in 2006, that would national success. Fans who have helped me out." (The long struggled to accept the two sides drew 1-1 in the diminished status of the group stage).

Sweden for a 4-4 draw in World Cup qualifying exposed Germany's lack of a world-class defender, except Philipp Lahm. By Nesha Starcevic in Germany.

PANEL: Even split — 7 of 14 agree. "It's time for them to win it all. Bayern and Dortmund discovered the path in the last Champions League" — Ubiratan Leal, trivela.com, Brazil.

DOMENECH: "Completely agree. They've always been short of that extra something and they're not going to do better as they get older. Semifinals, yes. They'll lose against Brazil."

final, which they'll win. By Tales Azzoni in Brazil.

PANEL SAYS: Evenly split, 7 of 14 panelists agree Brazil will win. "Historically, Brazil has benefited from refereeing decisions at WCs, a factor that might be even bigger at home" — Leonardo Bertozzi, ESPN Brazil .

DOMENECH: Agrees. "''The Confederations Cup confirmed they'll be tough to beat."

FILE - This Sunday, June 30, 2013 file photo shows Brazil's Neymar, center, as he lifts the trophy after winning the soccer Confederations Cup final between Brazil and Spain at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo)

needed a goal from defender Sergio Ramos, highlighting how Spain's once free-flowing attack has grown wheezy. In only one of eight qualifiers did a forward score more than once — Pedro's hat-trick against Belarus. Teams are figuring out how to frustrate Spain, which needed late goals to beat Georgia away and in a scrappy win in Finland.

Playmaker Xavi will be 34 and overworked trying to unpick packed defenses.

A good counter-attacking team will send Spain home well before the final. By Jerome Pugmire in France.

PANEL: Just 3 of 14 agree.

DOMENECH: Agrees with Jerome. "They should get through their group but risk quick elimination in a knockout game."

WHO WILL WIN THE GOLDEN BOOT? Lionel Messi is going to correct the major blemish on his hugely prolific career scoring record and take home the Golden Boot. Heading to his third World Cup, the four-time world player of the year has scored — you'll have trouble believing this — just once at the World Cup: in his first match in 2006.

Messi played well but got no goals in 2010 for an

Argentina team coached quixotically by Diego Maradona. Under coach Alejandro Sabella, Messi's genius will finally shine in Brazil.

Even his time sidelined by early season injuries will keep him fresher for national duty in June when he should be reaching his career peak at 27. Messi scored 10 times in 14 qualifying matches. If the Dec. 6 draw groups Argentina with the Netherlands and Ivory Coast, just like 2006, the team will need Messi scoring. Just a single game against weaker defenses could see sufficient Messi goals for the Golden Boot, especially since he is also Argentina's designated penalty-taker. In 2010, Germany's Thomas Mueller high-scored with five goals. By Graham Dunbar in Switzerland.

PANEL: Just under half — 6 of 14 — agree.

DOMENECH: Disagrees. "I think it will be a Brazilian."

WILL LIONEL MESSI SHINE? No. Messi won't be healthy enough. He's running out of gas, picking up injuries with alarming regularity, the latest a left-leg muscle tear. He appears to be paying for his keenness to play every match and for

rough tackles he's endured over the years from opponents he frustrates. Under ex-coach Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, Messi enjoyed long spells without injury.

But Guardiola moved on and Messi broke down with a hamstring problem at the end of last season. At the World Cup, stars have little time to shine — a maximum of seven matches in one month if they make the final. Messi needs to be fully fit and that looks unlikely.

By Stephen Wade in Brazil.

PANEL: Only 5 of 14 agree Messi will flop.

DOMENECH: Disagrees. "He has time to get better, because he's getting injured now and the World Cup is in more than six months."

WHICH AFRICAN TEAM WILL FARE BEST? Didier Drogba will inspire Ivory Coast to the quarterfinals, matching the best ever performance by an African team. True, Drogba will be 36 and the Ivorians didn't escape the group stage at their two previous World Cups. But in the Champions League, playing for Turkish club Galatasaray, Drogba is proving he can still score against top opposition. This being his last World Cup

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PANEL: 5 of 14 agree.

DOMENECH: No. "I think it will be Nigeria."

GERMANY'S "GOLDEN GENERATION" FINALLY WINS? No. Germany will start as always with a big victory and breeze through the rest of the tournament — until the semifinals. There, Joachim Loew's men will again fall short despite playing sparkling football, especially if the Dec. 6 draw throws up Italy as a likely semifinal opponent. Germany has never beaten Italy at a major tournament.

Other teams are beginning to read Germany's game and won't give so much space to midfielder Mesut Ozil. Germany will have one of the youngest teams and will lack experience — except in attack, where Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez are aging and aching.

Germany's defense is its biggest weakness. Loew's philosophy is to score more than concede, but squandering a 4-0 lead against

Workshop on Water Conservation and World Toilet Day held

pereN, November 21 (Dipr): The Workshop on the Year of Water Conservation and in commemoration of World Toilet Day for WATSAN committee members was organized by PHED, Peren Division sponsored by WSSO, Nagaland, on November 19, 2013 at Town Hall , Peren Town.

The main objective of the workshop was to identity and promotes practices that result in more efficient use of water; it also aimed at bringing awareness among

the masses to save water for future generation.

Smita Sarangi, IAS ADC Peren graced the inaugural function as Chief Guest. Er. P. Khetoi Awomi ZBYD pronounced the invocation prayer. The Chief Guest expressed gratitude to participants for showing the importance of water and taking active parts in an effort of water conservance. She emphasized on the importance of water conservation as the need of the water in view of lim-

ited resources and growing water demands. She also stressed on the need to save water for the future wherein water depletion has been on rise.’

Vito G. Sema, Hygiene & sanitation consultant Peren gave a presentation on water conservation wherein he emphasized on bringing mass awareness on water conservation related issues and encouraging conserving and using water judiciously. He also advocated the practices of

minimal usage of water and the need to preserve and maintains traditional wells.

Er. P.Khetoi also briefed the participants on the importance of preserving forest and maintaining the balance ecosystem. He encouraged for revival of traditional wells in villages and the implementation og rain water harvesting in problem villages.

Er. Ichirang Zeliang, SDO Peren delivered message on the “World Toilet Day” and sanitation in Vil-

lages. He briefed on the importance of world toilet day and highlighted the profound impact of the sanitation crisis in a rigorous manner, and bring to the forefront the health and emotional consequences as well as the economic impact of inadequate sanitation .He encouraged the participants to be passionate about toilets to ensure that access to proper sanitation, which have been declared a human right, become a reality for all.

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): The satellite tagging of the three Amur Falcon birds named as Naga, Wokha and Pangti on November 7, 2013at Pangti roosting site in Doyang Nagaland has been highly appreciated and acclaimed by the people of Nagaland and the conservationist all over the country and world.

As per a press statement issued by M. Lokeswara Rao Principal Chief conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force Kohima, Nagaland, the satellite tracking, revealed that Naga and Pangti have crossed Somalia and entered Kenya flying near Deddab of Kenya and they are flying hand in hand Pangti is little ahead of Naga.

Wokha after crossing Arabian Sea entered Somalia from Gulf of Aden, it is flying near ceergaabo Somalia.

The note also stated that Male bird “Naga” after releasing on November 7, flew over Senapati Churachandpur of Manipur Aizwal of Mizoram, entered Bangaladesh and enter Bay of Bengal , after flying

over Bay of Bengal enter Andhra Pradesh near ongole fly over Andhra Passing through Adoni enter Karnataka near Bellary, flying over Hubli of Karnataka and enter Goa and from they flew over Arabian sea and reached the Coast of Somalia and flied over Mogadishu capital of Somalia and now entered Kenya flying near Deddab of Kenya on November 20, 2013, it took thirteen days to fly from Doyang, Nagaland to Kenya.

Female Bird “Pangti” after releasing on November 7th flew over Silchar Assam Agartala of Tripura enter Bangladesh and fly over Sundarbans of West Bengal enter Bay of Bengal , after flying over Bay of Bengal enter Andhra Pradesh near Vizayanagaram fly over Andhra Passing through Warangal enter Karnataka near Bidar , enter Maharashtra near Solapur flying over satara of Maharashtra and enter Arabian sea near Dapol, flew over Arabian sea and reached the Coast of Somali and flied over Meghadishu capital of

Somalia and now entered Kenya flying near Deddab of Kenya on November 20, 2013, it took thirteen days to fly from Doyang, Nagaland to Kenya.

Female “Wokha” spent near Doyang upto 9th November, afterwards flew over Silchar Aizawl of Mizoram enter Bangladesh near Chittogang fly over Bay of Bengal, entered Andhra Pradesh near Srikakulam fly over Vishakapatnam Khammam, Nalgonda and Mahboob Nager , Entered Karnataka near Raichur fly over Bagalkot Belgaum and entered Arabian sea near Panjim Goa, flew over Arabian Sea reached Somalia through gulf of Aden it is flying near ceergaabo Somalia. It took thirteen days to fly from Doyang, Nagaland to Somalia. It took approximately three and half days to cross Arabian Sea. The final Destination of these birds is South Africa where they spend summer and flew back to Mangolia.

“Hope all these birds will reach South Africa and make the journey back to Mangolia,” stated the note.

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): To commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the statue of Swami Vivekananda with a Chariot (Vivek Ratham), was received in an impressive manner in Nagaland at Dimapur on November 19, 2013. A press note issued by Rathi Kanta Jana, Secretary, Ramakrishna Society, Dimapur stated that to receive the Vivek Rath in Nagaland, around two thousand of Dimapurian with delegates irrespective of caste and creed from various communities from Dimapur, Kohima and neighbouring areas were gathered in Dimapur Public Ground (DDSC Stadium).

A procession with the Chariot from public ground passed through plaza junction and culminated in Ramakrishna Society at Duncan, Dimapur. The procession was remarkable with oneness feeling of the citizen of Dimapur. The Chariot was well decorated with Statue of Swami Vivekananda with the message of Swamiji for peace, prosperity and universal brotherhood. Originated from Guwahati, ‘The Rath’ after travelling all the States of North East, crossing more

than sixty cities, reached Dimapur and left for Lumding on November 20 morning.

In a public function at R K Society ground on 19th evening, Lipok Pongen former DMC Member has attended as Chief Guest and Swami Shumanasanandaji from Cherapunji and Atmagatanandaji Maharaj from Arunachal Pradesh as guest of honour.

Chief from Sikh, Marwari, Muslim, Buddhist, Gorkha, Bengali, Kachari Tribal , Bhojpuri communities and NGO’s along with Youth delegates from Dimapur and Karbianglong attended the public meeting. Lipok Pongen lauded the enthusiasm of Dimapurians in showing best possible Hospitality to receive Vivek Rath in Dimapur by youths, students and elders.

Other speakers were Guest Maharaj and presidents from various communities. Students were awarded with memento and certificates for participating in Art, Essay and speech competition. Convenor of the celebration committee Bishnu Bhattacharjee, extended gratitude to all for incredible support with participation to make the day long programme outstanding. President R. K Society delivered vote of thanks.

Amur Falcons have reached African continent ‘Vivek Ratham’ commemorated in Dmp

Students on Little Flower Montessori with teachers. Little Flower Montessori had a fellowship with the parents of the students on November 8. Dr. Temsü, Senior Specialist at District Hospital Dimapur was the guest speaker. LFM also observed children’s day on November 14. Children celebrated the day through singing, dancing and other activities.

Farmers trained on vaccination schedule for livestock and poultry

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Dimapur, Dhansiripar Block conducted an awareness programme on prophylactic vaccination schedule for livestock and poultry birds on November 18 at Dhansiripar.

ATMA-Dimapur Block Technology Manager in a press release stated that Dr .E. Kapfoh, VAS & BTT member was the resource person for the topic “Animal vaccination schedules and de-

worming”. He demonstrated in detail the vaccination schedules, type of vaccine, their dose/route on different animals and poultry birds depending upon their disease and symptoms. He also stressed on deworming of animals saying that untreated animals can cause serious health problems, hence prevention is very important. He further spoke on anti-rabies in dog in order to bring awareness to the farmers on causes, methods of transmission, signs of rabies

in dogs, its diagnosis, treatment and control.

The programme was chaired by Sentinaro Longchar, Block Technology Manager, Dhansiripar Block. Total 35 farmers from villages of Amaluma, Munglamukh, Doyapur and Dhansiripar attended the demonstration programme.

The programme concluded successfully with positive response from the participants. Dewormer ‘Alzabol’ was also distributed to all the participants.

mokokchuNg, No vember 21 (mexN): The Mokokchung district level orientation programme on STI/RTI was held on November 19 at Hotel Metsuben with Dr. Vikato Kinimi Joint Director, NSACS, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Kohima as the resource person. Dr. Kibang, Deputy CMO exhorted the participants to be more sincere and dedicated in their works. He also stressed on convergence of different health programmes and to utilise the Village Health

Nutrition Day for these services.

Dr. Anungla Medical Officer i/c STI/RTI, Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital spoke on her clinical experience at District Surakhsha clinic and gave a report on the scenario at IMDH Mokokchung. Makshi, District Programme Officer (DPO) gave a short power point presentation on referral linkages at various Health facilities & NGO (TI). Imchawati, Managing Director, Care & Support Society gave report on STI related

cases in the rural areas of the district.

The resource person gave power point presentation of the State scenario on STI-HIV cases in the State with special reference to Mokokchung District & NACO Guidelines on STI/RTI & NSACS plan of action. This was followed by group discussion with good response from all the participants, said a press release. District Health Authority, DAPCU, DSRC, ICTC, NGO (TI) and private nursing homes attended the meeting.

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WOrld Chess ChamPiONshiP Anand loses 9th game, Magnus Carlsen half-a-point away from winning the crown

Reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India walks into the playroom before the ninth game against Norway's Magnus Carlsen, during the chess world championships in Chennai, India, Thursday, Nov. 21. (AP Photo)

ChENNAI, NOVEMBER 21 (AgEN- blundered." He added, "It was a really CIEs): Needing at least two wins in the tough game from the opening and I had last four games of the world chess champi- the danger of getting mated but counteronship, defending champion Viswanathan play helped."

Twenty-two-year-old Carlsen left Anand lost game No. 9 against challenger Magnus Carlsen in Chennai on Thursday. Anand in his wake when he won game No. 5 and 6 to take a Norwegian Carlsen now leads Anand A blunder in the 28th move two-point lead. The seventh and eighth 6-3. The first to

by Viswanathan Anand games were drawn. reach 6.5 points in gave the advantage to Anand has not been the 12-game contest wins the crown. Magnus Carlsen, who won his usual aggressive self in the first eight Tra i l i n g b y with black pieces again. games. Even playing 5-3 points, Anand with black pieces, played with white pieces on Thursday. Facing a must-win world No. 1 Carlsen has looked confident situation, Anand had the momentum go- and the victories in back-to-back games ing and was in a strong position after the puts him in pole position to become the 14th move, but blew it away in the 28th new king in world chess. Carlsen needs half-a-point from the next three games. move. He resigned soon after.

Carlsen said in a post-match chat, Anand said, "Winning three games in-a"There were a lot of complicated lines, I row is something that I can try but the situdidn't know what to do at times but Anand ation doesn't look very good."

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"Bonding the odds" through sports

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): While City Prayer Centre today emerged as the undisputed winner from amongst 16 teams representing faith based and secular organizations from various parts of Dimapur, the spirit of bonding through sports and sportsmanship was palpable during the volleyball tournament themed “bonding the odds” organized by Prodigals’ Home from November 18 to 20 at their Rehab Centre at Thilixu village, Dimapur.

“By coming and working together we can achieve greater things” was the underlying tone of the short exhortation of Juliet Shikhu, Pastor, Sumi Town Baptist Church who graced the closing ceremony as the chief guest. Withee Bible College presented a group song, and Asst. Director of Prodigals’ Home and Youth Director of Konyak Baptist Church pronounced the invocation and benediction

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Winners and runners up posing with the chief guest, match officials and org.

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Tia Akum, Coordinator of the organizing committee of the tournament while thanking the participating churches/teams and all those who contributed in the tournament expressed

hope that this tournament would serve as a stepping stone for more bonding in the days and years to come.

Individual prizes were adjudged to Akavi Awomi representing city prayer centre (A) as best spiker and

Vipeto representing City prayer centre (B) as best setter form Team. Representing Baptist Churches, Chakhesang town BC, Thahekhu BC, Chekiye village BC, Konyak Town BC, Diphupar Sumi BC, Boro lengri Lotha BC, Rong-

Naga girl wins bronze in shooting

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): Nokenwala Imchen, studying in the tenth standard at Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur won the Bronze Medal in the 10M Air Rifle Youth Women (18 Years

& Below) at the XXIII All India G.V.Mavlankar Shooting Championship held from November 6 to 15 at Asansol, West Bengal.

She will be representing Nagaland at the 57th National Shooting Championship Compe-

titions to be held from December 11 to 24 at New Delhi along with Hito Swu and Kimatsung Jamir.

This was informed through a press note from Merang Jamir, President of Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy.

pangmen BC, and Toluvi BC were the participants while others were Agape Bible College, Withee Bible College, Timothy Bible College, City Prayer Centre, Singrijan Para Medical Institute and Prodigals’ Home.

Prayer fellowship for Special Olympians

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): A prayer fellowship for four Special Olympians, Sanglikhum Chang, Bhupender Sharma, Mhachio Ngullie and Chiluyio Chache from Nagaland was held on November 21 at the Resource centre of Prodigals’ Home.

A press note informed that Jonpong Imsong, Pastor, East Dimapur Ao Baptist Church led the fellowship for the gathering of the Olympians, leaders of Disabled People’s Organizations (under CBR project of Prodigals’ Home) and CBR project staff of Prodigals’ Home.

In the program, there was a special prayer for the Olympians, presentation of tokens to the Olympians by the DPO leaders and Prodigals’ Home and special wishes and words of encouragement for the young Olympians. The four boys will be representing Special Olympic Nagaland (SON) in the upcoming Special Olympic (Asia Pacific Games) 2013 to be held from December 1 to 7 at Sydney, Australia.

Broad defies boos to put England on top in Ashes Uruguay is final team to qualify for World Cup

BRIsBANE, NOVEMBER 21 (AFP): England's Stuart Broad hit back at booing fans with a devastating five-wicket haul Thursday but Brad Haddin's fighting knock kept Australian hopes alive in a compelling start to the Ashes Tests. Wicketkeeper Haddin and Mitchell Johnson came to the rescue after Broad, loud boos ringing in his ears at Brisbane's Gabba ground, ripped through Australia's top order on day one. The pair combined in a counter-punching 114run stand for the seventh wicket before the outstanding Broad bowled Johnson (64) with the second new ball for his fifth wicket of the innings.

Just before stumps, Australia lost another wicket when Peter Siddle was caught in the slips for sev-

England's Stuart Broad, without a cap, celebrates with his teammates after he got the wicket of Australia's Michael Clarke, not shown, on the first day of the series-opening Ashes test between England and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia on Nov. 21. (AP Photo)

en off James Anderson 14 balls. At the close, Australia were 273 for eight and well short of what skipper Michael Clarke would have expected after winning the toss, with Haddin unbeaten on 78 and Ryan Harris not out four. It was Haddin's 13th Test half-century as

runs came easily in the last session. Johnson racked up his eighth Test 50 with a booming boundary before Broad had the last word.

If not for Haddin and Johnson's fightback, Australia would have been in a parlous state after Broad had struck twice in the

morning session and twice more after lunch to have the home side teetering at 132 for six. Broad, who was vilified in the buildup for not walking at a key moment during the recent Ashes Tests in England, revelled in his bad-boy role.

The boos rang out

when Broad, branded a "smug Pommy cheat" by a local newspaper, stepped up to bowl but he quickly snared opener Chris Rogers for one in his second Jordan's Hatem over. Broad also accounted Aqel, behind, for Shane Watson (22) just Uruguay's EdinCavani, cenbefore lunch, and he then son ter, and Jordan's took the prized scalp of Moahmmad AloAustralian skipper Clarke meiri fight for in the second over after the the ball during a 2014 World Cup first break.

Clarke looked uncom- qualifying playsecond leg fortable against a short- off soccer match pitched delivery and in Montevideo, popped a gentle catch to Uruguay on Nov. Ian Bell at short leg for one, 20. (AP Photo) in what was a quick and tame end for Australia's premier batsman. Opener David Warner had smashed Broad's first ball of the day for four but his determined innings ended with a whimper as he became the tall quick's fourth victim just MONTEVIDEO, NO short of his half-century.

VEMBER 21 (REUTERs): Uruguay sealed their spot at the 2014 World Cup finals after a goalless draw at home to Jordan in the second leg of their inny's drive to the basket. tercontinental playoff on Anthony had 30 points Wednesday saw them adand a season-high 18 re- vance 5-0 on aggregate. bounds for the Knicks, who Uruguay, the last of the 32 looked completely deflated teams to book their place after they couldn't score at the finals in Brazil, had following the free throws all but secured their berth George made when Iman with a crushing 5-0 victory Shumpert was called for in the first leg in Amman last week. "We're all happy befouling him.

George then put away cause the truth is it's been the Knicks in overtime, a hard road," striker Edinkeeping them winless at son Cavani told reporters home since beating Mil- after Uruguay's 18th match the qualifying campaign. waukee on Oct. 30 in their of "We have to enjoy it." season opener. "I thought Left back Martin Cacewe had the game won," An- res suggested that winning thony said. "And in over- the first leg by such a big time, I don't know, they just margin had made it harder walked away with it." to concentrate in the secJ.R. Smith had 21 ond. "After winning 5-0 it points, and Beno Udrih was going to get compliscored a season-high 19 cated, we knew we had to for the Knicks, including take the match seriously," a go-ahead shot with 1:21 he added. "We'd have liked left in regulation when he to give the crowd a triumph appeared to just throw it and at least one goal to at the rim when Antho- shout about but it wasn't to football." ny couldn't get free. The be, that's Despite needing to score Knicks protected the lead at least five to have any hope through a couple of missed of overturning the deficit, 3-pointers by Hill, and Jordan defended deep and Anthony made two free in numbers on Wednesday, throws for an 89-86 lead denying the South Ameriwith 9.2 seconds left. cans scoring chances and

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NEw YORk, NOVEMBER 21 (AP): Paul George and the Pacers were down and just about out, seconds away from consecutive losses. Once a late foul call gave him a chance to tie it, he wasn't letting Indiana lose it in overtime. "I wanted to attack," he said.

George made three throws to tie it with 5.2 seconds left in regulation, then scored nine of his season-high 35 points in the extra period as Indiana pulled out a 103-96 victory Wednesday night over the New York Knicks, who dropped their sixth straight at home. New York scored the first 13 points, but this settled into a playoff-type game between teams that met in the postseason last May. And it again went to the Pacers, who bounced back from their first loss after a franchise-record 9-0 start.

"Heck of a win for our guys," Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. "A grind-it-out kind of game. That's sometimes when we're at our

New York Knicks small forward Carmelo Anthony (7) sends Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (24) to the floor in the first half of their NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 20. (AP Photo)

best. The offense wasn't really flowing but our defense really buckled down."

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points and eight rebounds for the Pacers, who beat the Knicks in six games in last season's Eastern Confer-

ence semifinals. Just as in the clincher of that series, Roy Hibbert had a pivotal block on Carmelo Antho-

making sure there would be no repeat of the 5-0 mauling. The closest the home side came to scoring was when centre back Diego Godin headed against the bar just before halftime, but the lack of goals failed to dampen celebrations on the pitch or among the crowd of 60,000 in the stands. "(Jordan) got what they wanted, a dignified role and a result that I suppose for them is very important," coach Oscar Tabarez told the post-match news conference. "We must accept ... that the main reason why we couldn't win was our rivals' good tactics."

HASSAN PLEASED Jordan's Egyptian coach Hossam Hassan was pleased with his team's reaction to their punishing defeat at home. "We played very well, we met a very good team, very strong, with players from different parts of the world," Hassan said. "I want Uruguay to have a good World Cup in Brazil."

Before kickoff, the crowd at the Centenario were treated to a video of Alcides Ghiggia's winning goal when Uruguay upset Brazil 2-1 at the Maracana to win their second World Cup in 1950, the last time their northern neighbours hosted the finals. The

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86-year-old, the sole survivor of that "Maracanazo" team, also spoke to the crowd ahead of the game.

"At the Maracana (final) there were 30 Uruguayans," he said in the centre circle. "Today I have the luck to celebrate with all these people here and it's very emotional for me."

Jordan's packed defence gave 2010 semi-finalists Uruguay few openings. Cavani, who scored a sublime free kick in the first leg, had two efforts that went over the bar while Luis Suarez worked tirelessly to find openings but often found himself forced out wide.

Uruguay captain Diego Lugano headed a corner wide of the far post just past the hour and Jordan took heart from the scoreless first half and were more daring after the break. It was the fourth World Cup qualifying campaign in a row in which Uruguay went into a playoff, having finished fifth in the South American group behind Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador.

Uruguay reached the 2002 finals by beating Australia, but lost to the same opponents in the campaign for Germany 2006. They went to the 2010 finals in South Africa after overcoming Costa Rica.

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