25th January 2014

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The Morung Express

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Dimapur VOL. IX ISSUE 23

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C M Y K

Saturday, January 25, 2014 12 pages Rs. 4

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In this image, wrestlers are seen in action during the 23rd Wrestling Meet of the Northern Angami Sports Association Group C at Ziezou, Phekerkriema on January 22. Naga wrestling is part of a good will game to test one’s vigor and power during one’s youth.

In the ancient days, there were occasions when wrestling was used as a means to settle disputes. (Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero)

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

NIA summons newspaper editor Newmai News Network Imphal | January 24

My New Year resolution was to enjoy life. Look where that`s got me to.

Rengma Hoho for creation of RHADC

Dimapur, January 24 (mExn): The Rengma Hoho has fully supported the demand of the Rengma Naga Peoples’ Council (RNPC), the apex body of the Rengmas in Assam, for “Creation of Rengma Hills autonomous district council through bifurcation of Rengma hills from Karbi Anglong based on the original boundary of the Rengma Hills and Rengma mouzas with its headquarter at Bokajan.”

This was resolved during the Rengma Hoho’s meeting held at Kohima on January 24, stated a press release issued by president, Rengma Hoho, Sawathang KezSeb. The Hoho also requested individuals and families to return the children of Rengma Nagas taken from relief camps at Shantipur and elsewhere in the aftermath of the mass exodus of Rengma Nagas from their homesteads in Rengma Hills. The Hoho has given a week’s time to those individuals/families in Nagaland and elsewhere to return the children to the relief camps failing which police action will be taken, the Hoho stated.

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Kohima, January 24 (Dipr): The Government of Nagaland has declared February 1, 2014 as a compensatory holiday in lieu of January 25, 2014 which was declared a working day, for all government servants. This was informed vide order No. GAB/ GEN/21/2010 dated Kohima, January 24, 2014.

The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has strongly condemned the summoning of the editor of an Imphal based daily Naharolgee Thoudang, Kh. Loyalakpa by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) in relation to a news item of an underground group.

The editor of Naharolgee Thoudang had received a communication order on August 8, 2013 from NIA demanding that he hand over the original image of a picture published relating to the 32 Raising Day parade of Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA), the armed wing of the banned militant group Revolutionary Peoples Front (RPF) published in his news-

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paper on September, 2010, and also to reveal the name and details of the reporter who took the photograph.

IJU said the summoning of the journalist by NIA is a clear case of violation of freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution. IJU appealed to the Press Council of India (PCI) to immediately intervene in this matter.

Dimapur, January 24 (mExn): While pointing out that “demands of ethnic groups are being manipulated for expedient gain by mainstream political forces,” a 7-member fact finding team to Karbi Anglong district expressed concern that perpetrators of the recent violence in the district “have not been identified, far less brought to book.”

In a memorandum to the Governor of Assam, JB Patnaik, the fact finding team sought the immediate intervention of the former.

They urged the Governor to advise the Assam state government and the Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council to “ensure accountability for the violence and adequate compensation for the victim-survivors and every opportunity for them to reconstruct their lives and livelihoods.”

The team constituted under the aegis of Human Rights Law Network visited Karbi Anglong district “to inquire into a series of targeted attacks and the retaliatory violence that followed.” The team visited the Shantipur Relief Camp-Borpathar Primary School met with Karbi Anglong Peace Forum, district administration and police in the period from January 15-17.

Lamenting that the failure to identify and book the perpetrators would allow for “rumour to flourish and for mutual suspicions to mount,” the memorandum stated that this will lead to a

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“deepening estrangement between Karbi Anglong’s main tribal communities.”

The fact finding team stated the “tension probably has its genesis in rival claims from the Karbi and Rengma Naga tribal communities for greater autonomy than currently available under the Sixth Schedule to the Indian Constitution.” The team informed that they had “been told that in the absence of fair mediation between these competing demands, a number of armed groups have sprung up which claim to represent these communities, but are seen by civil society and political organisations to be actively impeding their pursuit of collective demands.”

It also said a number of minor incidents occurring over the recent past, particularly since June last year, and expanding into lateDecember 2013 and earlyJanuary 2014 resulted in the death of 15 people (6 Rengma Naga and 9 Karbi).

It stated that based on their interactions with a number of administrators, civil society organisations and individuals displaced in the recent violence, the current trouble in Karbi Anglong began with a number of minor incidents that were clearly identified by responsible citizens as potential flashpoints for future trouble.

However, “despite a number of entreaties to check the alarming spiral of hostile rhetoric and actions, the local administration remained quiescent.”

The fact finding team’s inquiries revealed that these killings have been “random and brutal, but with a clear racial motivation.” The memorandum stated, “The shooting and burning of elderly women of the Rengma Naga community, the burning of their homes and the destruction of their orange orchards and betel nut trees, together with what seem to have been retaliatory killings of Karbi youth who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, show that the alienation between the communities has reached alarming levels.”

The team concluded that “many of the demands of these ethnic groups have been manipulated for expedient gain by mainstream political forces.”

It further added “that the armed groups that claim to be working for the cause of these ethnic groups may themselves be playthings in the hands of larger political forces.” It stated that interventions by state and national level groups are “generally motivated by resource exploitation interests,” and suggested that

such involvement “should be premised on the decree that they will do no harm.”

The memorandum expressed optimism that “there are ways of mediating between the competing demands of the Rengma Naga and Karbi communities – and indeed, all other tribal groupings in Karbi Anglong – without providing any room for unresolved claims to spill over into violence,” This, it said “would require a comprehensive policy to be worked out within a consistent framework of principles, to ensure every ethnic group a proper place of dignity, full access to their traditional resources and every opportunity to pursue avenues for growth and development.”

Call for independent judicial inquiry In a separate representation to the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, the fact finding team pointed to the urgent need to have an “independent judicial inquiry to find out genesis which has led to the conflicts between tribes.” It emphasized on the importance “to take necessary action as per law following the principle of rule of law.” It further pointed to the State Government’s complete “failure to maintain law and order on time despite prior intimation to save the life and properties of the people.”

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Artisan Ancestors’ Heart and Soul rBi says start exchanging Cheap, Shiny pre-2005 currency notes Imitation vs Moldy Original Abokali Jimomi Dimapur | January 24

If you visit some villages that have salvaged traditional objects from the pre/post colonial villageburnings, you will discover moldy storerooms stacked with many items such as the rice-pounding table, beds and bowls - each hand-carved out of a single block of wood.

Sadly their intrinsic and traditional value has diminished. If you offer a shiny aluminum bowl in exchange for an old Asükhu that was passed down three to four generations, villagers will be happy to clear their junk, satisfied with the glittering object offered. The question is whether it is a fair deal.

The traditional “Asükhu”, in Sumi, is a twoin-one dining item; it has legs attached to the large bowl on top that has been chiseled out of one single block of wood. Like the Asükhu, the Apilo Lipa, is a bed craved out of a giant tree trunk. These household items represented traditional art that required expert craftsmanship and also had important social rituals attached to their production process. Entire communities were usually involved in the work as they sang together while dragging the felled tree trunk home from the forest.

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nEW DELhi, January 24 (pTi): The enough to affect the public in a large way.

Reserve Bank has advised the public to “The notes printed prior to 2005 will constart exchanging pre-2005 notes at banks, tinue to be legal tender,” it said, adding that saying the volume of such notes that are even after July 1, any number of these old being withdrawn from circulation is ‘not series notes can be exchanged by people at significant.’ “Members of public may initi- bank branches where they have accounts. ate the process of exchanging notes at bank The RBI said it would continue to branches at their convenience,” the RBI said monitor and review the withdrawal of in a statement. The removal of older cur- old notes so that the public is not inconverency notes from circulation is a standard nienced. The central bank announced the international practice, the RBI said. withdrawal of pre-2005 bank notes from The central bank is already withdraw- the public in a January 22 statement. ing pre-2005 bank notes in a routine manYesterday, Reserve Bank governor Raner through banks as they have fewer ghuram Rajan said the order was not an security features than those printed sub- attempt at demonetisation, nor had it anyA Naga antique dealer’s storeroom is seen here with an array of traditional artifacts. sequently. In the Reserve Bank’s view, the thing to do with the forthcoming general to) from at least three dis- modern and supposedly are our intellectual prop- volume of bank notes printed before 2005 election. He said that these notes had, untricts in Nagaland, ready to longer-lasting, seems to erty – our own knowledge that are still in circulation is not significant fortunately, become less secure. be transported to a buyer in have greater value over a system that was developed Delhi. He has been in busi- 100-year old original. A vil- by many generations of artiness for 6 years and knows lager may justify selling his sans perfecting the process of another six traders in Na- heirloom bed for Rupees of creating not just an inanigaland, only two of whom 10,000 to buy five mobile mate and functional object, are Naga. According to him, phones or a year’s supply but symbolically depicting Dimapur, January pur in the taxi they shared. am, Friday. While in the hovillagers have long been of sugar and Everyday Milk and embodying our unique 24 (mExn): Two runaway They had reached Dima- tel, Mahato allegedly tried to selling off ancient objects Powder all manufactured way of life. Our indigenous minors were rescued from pur on Thursday evening. get cosy with one of the girls, to outsiders or few wealthy in other States. knowledge systems need Nagas. He says, “it is hard to The issue here is not to be protected, document- the Dimapur railway sta- The girls’ initial destina- according to the girls’ statefind old objects now; villag- just about uninformed sell- ed and preserved so these tion on January 24. In their tion was Dimapur but they ments. Meanwhile, a relative ers have no use of them so ing or about decorating our skills traditions can be avail- mid-teens, the girls had left changed their plan after of one of the girls spotted the they either chop up the beds houses with rare totems to able to future generations. home, reportedly to seek Mahato assured them of trio at the railway station jobs in Guwahati, accord- and informed the police. and pounding tables for display opulence and status.

In cultures based on oral employment.

They were intercepted at ing to the statement given Further, one of the girls firewood or sell them off.”

It is about the loss of the ir- traditions like the Nagas, said that she ran away from While traditional ar- recoverable passage of time these artifacts are price- the railway platform by po- by the girls to police. tifacts are highly sought these objects represent that less repositories of knowl- lice, along with a 24 year-old Mahato reportedly runs homeonJanuary6.Norecord after by others (antique survived to narrate our sto- edge containing volumes man identified as one Bharat a shop in Kohima along of the girl’s guardians filing a market price vintage beds ries. It is about the political, of information about us. Kumar Mahato, after a ver- with his father and uncle. missing complaint was availequaling a marginal Naga social and economic factors They contribute wisdom bal complaint was received According to his initial able with the Kohima pofarmer’s 100 annual paddy that inspired the designs to the diversity of human by the Women Cell, Dimapur. statement given to police, lice. Both the girls, who have harvests), the general Naga and patterns creatively and cultures around the Earth. The man was arrested, while he was headed to his home- passed their standard 8th majority in villages and soulfully expressed by arti- By discontinuing their use, the girls were placed in pro- town in Bihar. He met the examination, stated that they owners of these objects san-ancestors. while being charmed only two girls, who were headed felt left out at home and made see no value in old “rotThe destruction of tra- by things not made by us, tective custody.

They were headed to to Dimapur, in the taxi he the decision to run away. ting clutter”. The Asükhu- ditional knowledge sys- nor having the desire to shaped aluminum bowl, a tems and embracing imita- produce to meet our own Guwahati from Kohima, the hailed in Kohima. Enroute, Asked if they desired to return their homes in Kohima, mass-produced imitation tion over original logically needs, we will lose our very officer in-charge of Women he befriended the girls.

In Dimapur, Mahato they replied in the negative. of the traditional wood- leads to abandoning unique essence and could become Cell disclosed. The man, acThe girls, along with Maen version, is now ironi- art forms, and the quintes- dependent on aluminum cording to the girls’ state- booked a hotel room, where cally a great barter item sential understanding of imitations that are mass- ments, had befriended they rested. The train they hato, were taken by a police for the very old wooden an indigenous group. Our manufactured in a sweat- them during the two-hour were supposed to take was team from Kohima after Kooriginals. Metal imitation, traditional arts and crafts shop from another country. trip from Kohima to Dima- scheduled to depart at 2:00 hima police was informed.

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Kohima, January 24 (mExn): The Nagaland State Social Welfare Board (NSSWB) and the State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW), Nagaland today celebrated National Girl Child Day under the theme, “Cherishing Our Girl Child,” at Nerhema Model Village Council Hall, Chiephobozou Block under Kohima district.

Meneno V, Research Officer, SRCW chaired the programme and Pastor Dziesetuolie Chadi of Chiephobozou Baptist Church pronounced the invocation.

Welcome address was delivered by Daisy Mezhur, Secretary, NSSWB and Mission Director, SRCW. She stressed on the importance of people’s participation

for any government programme to be successful.

A special song was presented by the Young Apostles of Christ (YAC), St. Dominic’s Church, Chiephobozou. This was followed by “Blessing for the Children,” which was pronounced by Martin Medochuo Chadi, President, Junior C.E., St. Dominic’s Church, Chiephobozou.

Gracy Ayee, State Coordinator, SRCW and Kenei Usou organized special activities for the children.

Bano Vinito, Chairperson of the NSSWB shared on the significance of the Girl Child Day. She also stressed on strengthening and paving way for the girl child through education. Pointing out that Naga

girls do not have inheritance rights, she called on parents to equip their Girl Child with education for their future security. She urged young girls to be sincere in their studies, and prepare themselves in order to have a good life.

This was followed by an open discussion where several people from the community shared their concerns regarding the need for vocational trainings to generate income for young girls and school dropouts and various issues concerning women Self Help Groups. These concerns and grievances were noted.

A meeting regarding these issues was held after the programme. Village heads, church leaders, and women societies, children of all age groups and members of villages under Chiephobozou block attended the programme. Ruokuosalie Rulho, Block Coordinator, State Resource Centre for Women, along with other volunteers mobilized the community to attend this important event. Avinuo Kire, Assistant State Coordinator, SRCW gave the vote of thanks, acknowledging all who had worked towards the success of the program, and all those present. The benediction was pronounced by Catechist Duoneilie Keiwhuo, St Dominic’s Church, Chiephobozou.

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An elderly man pauses for a moment while making a basket with split bamboo at Langzanger village in Kiphire district.

Naga baskets and handicrafts made from fine strips of cane and bamboo are well known and sought after for their utility as well as aesthetic value. Split bamboo is the usual material used for both mats and baskets. There are various stages involved in the preparation of baskets and other cane goods. It begins in the collection of raw materials from the forest, making splints of necessary sizes, weaving of the basket and finally giving the final changes.

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Governor to grace Republic Day celebration in Kohima

Kohima, January 24 (mExn): Nagaland’s Governor Dr. Ashwani Kumar will grace the Republic Day celebration at Nagaland Secretariat Plaza, Kohima on January 26.

The celebration will be marked by release of district human development reports and compendium of various activities of the state departments in commemoration of the 50 years of statehood, presentation of awards, cultural programme, march past, band display, visit of institutions by various charitable organizations etc.

Parade contingents will comprise of 164 Inf. Bn (TA) (H&H) Naga, 19th Assam Rifles, 78th Bn. CRPF, 155 Bn. BSF, 4th NAP, DEF Kohima, 15th IRB Mahila Battalion, Home Guards, Forest Protection Force, NCC Boys & Girls (Four contingents), Bharat Scouts & Guides (2 contingents), Exservicemen and school students (GHSS Kohima and LFHSS Kohima).

50th statehood anniversary documentary will be presented by IPR department, followed by cultural presentation by NEZCC. Distribution of sweets

at the parade ground will be done by Nagaland Flying & Adventure Sports Club.

The evening programme will feature interward tug of war competition organized by Kohima Municipal Council, prize distribution for the best contingents of Republic Day parade. Band display will feature Brass band of Nagaland Police, Pipe Band of 19th Assam Rifles and Pipe Band of 15th IR (Mahila).

Visitation to institutions on Republic Day included; Old Age Home-Indian Red Cross Society Nagaland State Branch, Naga Hospi-

BFABDC Ltd conducts training CSU elects new team for 2014-16 tenure on cooperative societies

Dimapur, January 24 (mExn): The Bhartiya Farmers Agro Business Development Cooperative Ltd. conducted a oneday training of board of directors and active members of the society at the Conference Hall of the Nagaland State Cooperative Bank, Dimapur on January 20.

Presided over by K. Linyui Angami, Director, Developments, BFABDC Ltd., the programme started with invocation prayer by Aphien, BOD, and welcome address by the President, BFABDC P. Tripathi.

The resource persons and special invitee spoke on different subjects pertaining to cooperative activities. B. Haque, Education Officer, Nagaland State Cooperative Union (NCSU) in his presentation covered the history, principles and practice on cooperation. Imtinungba, Addl.

RCS Government of Nagaland jointly with Bisinle Semp, Senior Inspector of Cooperative Societies and B. Haque elaborated on the maintenance of books of records & audit of society. Chelladurai, GM, NABARD, Nagaland, Regional Office, Dimapur, explained the role of NABARD in Development of Cooperative Societies and Atovi Sema, MD, NSCB Ltd. gave a vivid description on the role of cooperative bank in financing cooperative societies.

B.K.Thadani, former MD, NSCB and Consultant NSCB also spoke on the role of cooperative societies.

A press note stated that the programme was very fruitful wherein the participants imparted valuable knowledge essential in the management and operation of cooperative works from the resource persons following a daylong discourse that concluded with vote of thanks by Akokla Lucy, BOD & treasurer BFABDC. TL Merry, BOD & Director, Media & Publicity, BFABDC delivered the keynote address. He said that presently the area of operation of the BFABDC is confined to the states of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Utter Pradesh.

He also explained about the activity plan which includes to encourage inter-state trade of surplus products, organize training and seminars, to act as facilitator between Government and farmers, to carry out market linkages in various agricultural products, Promotion of SHGs (Women), to provide quality control measures and post harvest technology, facilitate to provide Integrated Nutrient Management, Soil analysis and Integrated Pest management and provide cold storage facilities to farmers.

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Cherry Blossom School of Differently Abled-Gorkha Public Panchayat, Jo Foundation Children with Special Needs (Agri colony) - Royal Club and Bright Morning Star Orphanage, Para Medical -Muslim Welfare Society Meanwhile, Nagaland Governor Dr. Ashwani Kumar will be hosting “AT HOME” and Governor’s Awards distribution ceremony on the occasion of Republic Day at 12 noon at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan Kohima. The Governor’s Award would cover distinction in the fields of art, music and literature.

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PWUK general session today New team of Chakhesang Sstudents' Union for the tenure 2014-16

Kohima, January 24 (mExn): The Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) has elected its new team of office bearers for the tenure 2014-16.

The new team of office bearers that was elected during the 67th general conference of the CSU at Khuza town held from January 2022 included; president-Seve R. Vadeo, vice president- Senolü Veswu,

general secretary- Ngapunyi Krocha, assistant general secretaryKüvoto Khamo, finance secretaryWezazi Mero, banker- Dukholü D. Vadeo, social & culture secretaryVengota Rhakho, games & sports secretary-Verazo Medeo, publicity & information secretary-Chisakho Demo, education secretary- Tshekhro Thopi and editor- Nüvokho Rhakho. Union Assembly: Speak-

er-Dode Nakro, deputy speakerVipanyi Krome and Rite Khutso as assembly secretary.

The oath taking of the new team was administered by CSU election commission member Kuzhovesa Soho. This was stated in joint release by CSU election commissioner Kekhwengulo Lea, secretary Wepe Mekrisuh and member Kuzhovesa Soho.

YAA inducts new office bearers

Shamator, January 24 (Dipr): The new team of Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako has taken charge of YAA office from January 24, 2014 for the term 2014-2017. Akiuba and Shikiula were elected President and General Secretary respectively where Shikiula was the first ever woman General Secretary in the history of YAA. The programme was chaired by Shikiula, Gen-

eral Secretary, invocation by Pastor, STBC, Rev. R. Thsankiu, short speech from Y. Thsankiu, Advisor YTC, Alula. Z. Thsanso, President, YWO, R. Thsanso, Vice President, YGOA followed by speech delivered from outgoing President, Throngshi, Special prayer for newly inducted officials by Rev. Z. Thsankiu ES, YBBA, vote of thanks by Akiuba, President YAA.

District Level National Integration Camp at Dimapur concludes

Some of the participants of the District Level National Integration Camp held at North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur.

portunities for largest ever participation of youth especially non student rural youth of India irrespective of their caste, creed, family background, sex, language, religion, region, custom, culture and tradition. During this Camp, they will have discussion, debate and develop a common heritage. The attempt of the camp was to inculcate secular and scientific values amongst the youth and promote communal harmony and peace in the country and its progress and development.

tal Authority- Hindu Kalyan Samiti, Kohima OrphanageNagaland Contractors & Suppliers Union, Leprosy Colony -Lions Club, District Jail- Kohima Chamber of Commerce & industries, State Mental Health Institute - Kohima Press Club, District Chest & TB Hospital -DEF Kohima, Eden Garden Orphanage Khuzama - Nagaland Association for Adventure, Mountaineering and Education (NAAME), Kripa Centre - Indian Red Cross Kohima District Branch, Spastic Society- Rotary Club, AIDS Hospice/Mt Gilead Home - Classic Club,

Dimapur, January 24 (mExn): All Booth Level Officers and all head of departments under Dimapur district are informed to attend the National Voters’ day function on January 25 at 11:00 am in the conference hall of the DC Dimapur without fail.

NICs promoting communal harmony and peace

Dimapur, January 24 (mExn): Nehru Yuva Kendra, Dimapur has successfully conducted District Level National Integration Camp at North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur from January 20 to 24 with 150 participants from the states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, and Nagaland.

John Makhabo, DYC NYK Dimapur in a press release said that during the camp, participants were given exposure and orientation to understand essential features of oneness of all religions, languages and above all unity in diversity of Indian life. The background of the NIC programme of Nagaland was focused to symbolize, ‘the youths the most dynamic and vibrant of human society, they posses enormous mental and physical strength and have the potentials and right vision for development of the country’. “A Nation cannot strive towards development unless its young people are properly empowered”.

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In the inaugural function, Thavaseelan K. IAS, Asst. Commissioner, DC, Office Dimapur was the chief guest. In his address, he appreciated the endeavours of the youth in nation service and nation building activities carried out by Nehru Yuva Kendras across the country. He stated that NYKS is doing asked fabulous job in nation building and asked young people to contribute positively for the nation and called upon the youth to continue to play a pro active role in making the country strong

and vibrant united India.

Jacky Ruivah, Zonal Director, stated in her keynote address that NICs were hallmarks for the beginning of a nationwide campaign against communal and disruptive forces. The theme of the NIC is to make the people in general and youth in particular to be aware of the threat posed by the disruptive forces and to equip themselves to safe guard the common heritage and secular fiber of the country.

Visakuolie Medom NYC Dimapur chaired the function. John Makhabo gave wel-

come address and George Richa, a state Youth Awardee proposed vote of thanks.

Dr. Bhagat IAS, SDO (C) DC office Dimapur graced the valedictory function as guest of honour. She appreciated the youth for showning solidarity to the nation by being present in the National Integration Camp.

She said youth are a big resource to the nation and asked them to positive to contribute to the nation. She said that Indian’s identity is based on varied cultures, sex, race, creed etc. National Integration cannot be

brought about by five days camp it should be continues process all throughout our lifetime. Youth should be agents of communal harmony to curb those anti-social elements.

Various competition held during the camp were folk songs, folk dance, Know now India Quiz, best discipline troupe. In know India quiz first prize was walked away by NYK, Sikhim, second gone to NYK, Nagaland and the third prize gone to NYK, Assam. NYK, Manipur on the best discipline. Cultural extravaganza, seminars, eco-trekking, visit to historic places, Piggery farm, horticultural farm, Green park, and market in Dimapur to provide opportunity to the youth for first hand information on Naga way of life, learning each other culture and tradition, language, songs, party games etc. were the highlights of the programme.

The resource persons were Liangsi Neumai, Advocate, Kambuiga Dangmei, Kaihrii Principal, Hebron Hr. Sec. School, Sovima, Lucy DPO, DAPCU and John Makhabo, DYC NYK Dimapur etc. animated the programme.

Kohima, January 24 (mExn): The Phekmi Welfare Union, Kohima (PWUK) will hold its 7th general session cum picnic on January 25 at Highland Park, Kohima from 11:20 am onwards. Minister for PWD (Roads & Bridges) and parliamentary affairs Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu will grace the occasion as special guest.

Salie Khesoh and family will host the session. Bus service shall be provided, hence members have been informed to make themselves available at the following locations: Mohonkhola junction - 10 am, PHQ junction - 10:15 am, PWD traffic junction - 10:20 am, Old MLA Hostel Junction - 10:25 am, Keziekie (Tata parking) 10:30 am, Pezielietsie (Tinpati junction) - 10:35 am and High School junction - 10:40 am.

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ADC Bhandari informs on R-Day

WoKha, January 24 (Dipr): Additional Deputy Commissioner, Bhandari, Orenthung Patton has directed all Heads of Department and their staffs under Bhandari town to compulsorily attend the Republic day celebration at public ground on January 26. ADC in a circular said, spot department wise attendance shall be taken at the public ground.

ANCDPOA general meeting on Feb 8

Dimapur, January 24 (mExn): The state executive of All Nagaland CDPOs Association informs all the members that the general meeting will held on February 8 at 10:00 am at Circuit house Dimapur. Important and urgent issues will be discussed between the lines, for the approval of the house. Besides, district wise or any member can put forward its agendas to the discussion in the meeting if any. ANCDPOA President Keviseyiezo Vizo and Imlitongzuk General Secretary in a press release has requested the members to attend positively, failing which it will be bind as per the provision of the constitution.

CMO Kohima on Medical Board Exam

Kohima, January 24 (Dipr): Chief Medical Officer, Kohima, Dr. Avino Metha has informed all the Head of Departments that the Medical Board Examination for confirmation of Service, invalidation and Commutation Pension etc. for grade III & IV staff. Chief Medical Officer in a circular said that medical board examination will be held in the office of the Chief Medical Officer, Kohima (Para Medical colony) under the chairmanship of Chief Medical Officer, Kohima. The following dates are shown below: February 6(Thursday), May 1 (Thursday), August 7 (Thursday), and November 6 (Thursday)

CS to inaugurate Golden Jubilee Gate

Kohima, January 24 (Dipr): The Golden Jubilee Gate constructed in commemoration of the 50th years of Statehood through contribution received from Government Servants and Service Association will be inaugurated on January 25 at 2:00 pm by the Chief Secretary Nagaland, Alemtemshi Jamir IAS. All Administrative Heads, Heads of Departments and Service Association are requested to attend the function.

LSU elects office bearers

Dimapur, January 24 (mExn): The Lotisami Students’ Union (LSU) has elected a new team of office bearers for the tenure 2014-2016. Hinoka Chishi as president and Holoka Chishi as general secretary along with 16 other members will lead the team.

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ADB to give $100 mn loan for skill training in Meghalaya New Delhi, JaNuary 24 (PTi): Multilateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $100 million loan for vocational and educational training to youths in Meghalaya.

"The ADB and the Government of India signed an agreement for a $100 million loan for Meghalaya, aimed at enhancing the employability of the state's youth through improvements in secondary education and vocational skills training programmes," ADB said in a release. The project -- Supporting Human Capital Development in Meghalaya -- is ADB's first loan in India focusing on boosting education and skills, it said.

The agreement was signed by Nilaya Mitash, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Finance Ministry and Narhari Rao, Officer In-Charge of ADB's India Resident Mission. ADB said a technical assis-

tance grant of additional $2 million

by Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction will also be associated with this loan to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations and related state government departments.

"ADB's first ever loan for skills development and reform of secondary education to India will enhance the employability of Meghalaya's youth by improving the quality, access, and delivery of its secondary education (Grades 9 to 12) ... the project will help in creating a virtuous cycle of inclusive growth in the state," Mitash said. Rao said the project will provide employment-linked skills training to around 60,000 youth, 40 per cent whom are women, through innovative publicprivate partnership arrangements.

"By upgrading the infrastructure of more than 100 government-aided private schools to national standards, supporting training of 3,500 second-

ary school teachers, and promoting the use of internet-based teaching, it will improve the overall learning environment for nearly 20,000 poor students, 40 per cent of which will be girls," Rao added. The project is expected to be completed by September 30, 2018. The loan of $100 million from ADB's ordinary capital resources makes up 80 per cent of the total project cost of $125 million, with the central and state governments providing counterpart finance of $25 million.

The loan has a 25-year term, including a five-year grace period, with an annual interest rate determined in accordance with ADB's LIBOR-based lending facility. ADB helps in areas such as reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth and regional integration.

It has 67 members, of which 48 are from the Asia Pacific region alone.

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25 January 2014

Woman allegedly robbed & gang raped

imPhal, JaNuary 24 (NNN): A 23-year-old woman was allegedly robbed and gang raped by three men in front of her boyfriend at the foot of a hillock in Mantripukhri in Manipur’s Imphal West district.

The main accused in the sexual assault case has been arrested by police. He has been identified as Khuraijam Abung, 35, a resident of Mantripukhri Lamlongei. The other two accused surrendered to Heingang Police Station Friday morning, and were identified as Ningthoujam Bocha, and, Khuraijam Khamba. According to reports, the three took turns to rape the victim at Mantripukhri Lamlongei Khating Chingkhong on January 22. Heingang police has registered a case against the three accused.

Talking to reporters at the Press Club here on Friday, the victim narrated her ordeal, saying the incident occurred when she was dating her boyfriend at the foot of the hillock. She said that prior to the rape the three accused asked her to pay Rs 50,000 and threatened to kill her boyfriend if the payment was not made. The trio then robbed her.

Abung later sent an unknown person to her house to collect the money on the morning of January 23, the victim said, and added that she paid Rs 10,000 to the man who returned her mobile phone.

sensus" and positive response in Assam from all organisations, including political parties, on the issue of creating a legislative council in the state, parliamentary panel's chief and MP, Shantaram Naik said.

He heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice, and was here with other members of the committee to study the issue.

"The bill for creation of legislative council in Assam is under examination of this committee and we have sought opinion from the members of civil society," said Naik. "We cannot give details about the proceedings of the meetings," he said, adding they interacted with various

would be elected by the members of the Assam legislative assembly, four will be elected by teaching community, followed by four more to be elected by graduates, he said.

Another 14 members would be elected by members of municipal bodies, Panchayati Raj institutions and members of autonomous councils while the remaining six members of the council would be nominated by the governor.

Naik said that many of the ethnic communities are not represented in the state assemblies and hence the constitution has the provision of creation of the legislative councils in states for the benefit of unrepresented communities.

seven autonomous councils in Assam and some NGOs. The parties the committee interacted with were the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Asom Gana Parishad, Nationalist Congress Party, the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of IndiaMarxist and the All India United Democratic Front.

"After examining the feedback, we are going to submit the report to parliament," Naik said, adding that the committee would also recommend that the government have a national policy for the second chamber of the state legislature, so that it is not abolished by the successive governments, on whims and fancies, once created.

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SUMI HOHO

OKING: ZUNHEBOTO, NAGALAND

dated 25-01-2014

Applications are invited from experienced Civil Engineers in Construction Management for the post of Consultant (Civil Works) and from retired employees of Central Government Departments for the post of Administrative Officer on contract basis for a period of Six Months at NIT Nagaland, Chumukedima, Dimapur.

The eligibility requirements and other details are available in Institute’s Website www.nitnagaland.ac.in. Last date for submission is on or before 10th February, 2014 by 3.00 p.m.

Director

Addendum Apropos the Sumi Hoho advertisement dated 23rd January 2014 which appeared in this paper, among the list of Aphuyemi villages mentioned in the fifth paragraph, the following villages were inadvertently left out: Kichilimi, Shesulimi and Awohumi. We profusely apologize to the three villages for the mistake and the Sumi Hoho places on record that it duly acknowledges the material, financial and all other support rendered by them to the Sumi people aftermath the December 21 incident at Aghuito Village.

Hovishe Arkha President, Sumi Hoho

Vihuto Asumi Secretary, Sumi Hoho

ACKNOWLEDGMENT We are extremely grateful to United Baptist Church, Doyang Deacon Board, Jubilee Transportation Committee, Rev.Elis Pastor, Shri.S.Patton AOP In charge Doyang and all the well wishers for helping us physically, materially, through prayer throughout our stay and journey between Dimapur and Doyang .Your hospitality will not be forgotten and we shall remain ever so grateful to you. May our good Lord continue to bless each and every one of you abundantly.

Mr&Mrs.Tiatemsu LKR, Indisen Village, Dimapur

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Tripura to get award for poll management

agarTala, JaNuary 24 (iaNS): Three states - Tripura, Rajasthan and Delhi - will be awarded by the Election Commission for best management during the recent assembly polls, officials said here Friday.

"President Pranab Mukherjee would hand over the awards to the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of Tripura, Rajasthan and Delhi at a function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi Saturday," Tripura CEO Ashutosh Jindal told reporters.

Since 2011, National Voters Day has been observed on Jan 25 across the country to enlighten people about the significance of elections.

Jindal, who was the international observer from India in the national assembly polls in Cambodia July 28 last year, said the three states (Tripura, Rajasthan and Delhi) in the recent assembly elections, have shown ex-

NPF exploring possibility ‘Consensus in Assam on creating council’ UNC welcomes Feb 6 JaNuary 24 stakeholders like political parOf the proposed 42-memof consensus candidate guwahaTi, tripartite talks (iaNS): There is "sort of a con- ties, the state government, the ber legislative council, 14

SeNaPaTi, JaNuary 24 (NNN): The Naga People’s Front (NPF) along with three other regional political parties in Manipur is working out to field a common candidate in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituency for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. Athuan Abonmai, general secretary of the party in the state, confirmed the report to NNN saying, "Yes, it is true, we have consulted with about three regional political parties in Manipur to field a common candidate in Outer seat of Manipur and the responses are encouraging." It is learnt that the name of the common candidate of these regional parties including the NPF will be declared next week.

The NPF Manipur State, on Wednesday, held its district level political conference at Indoor Stadium, Tamenglong, as part of its campaign to the forth coming Lok Sabha poll. Meanwhile, former general secretary of Peoples Democratic Alliance (PDA) Paothing Vashum who had joined the NPF fold recently has been appointed as vice president of the NPF, Ukhrul Division with immediate effect.

Dimapur

DimaPur, JaNuary 24 (mexN): United Naga Council (UNC) has welcomed the communication of Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, for holding of the 7th round of tripartite talk at the political level at Tahamzam (Senapati) on February 6. The publicity wing of UNC in a press release informed that the MHA communication was deliberated upon by the presidential council of UNC and Naga frontal organisations in an emergency meeting held on Friday. “In reciprocation and in respect for the democratic process of dialogue, the Council meet-

emplary instances of high voter turnout and smooth and peaceful conduct of polling.

Tripura made electoral history when a record 93.61 percent votes were cast in last year's Feb 14 election to the 60seat assembly. "Since the first elections in 1952 in the country, this was an all-time high percentage of votes polled in any election in India," Jindal said. Tripura recorded around 92 percent polling in the 2008 assembly elections.

Like the previous elections in Tripura, women voters outnumbered their male counterparts in the exercise of their franchise in last year's (Feb 14) assembly polls. "In all, 93.57 percent of the 11,56,476 female voters have exercised their franchise in the polls and this was 2.13 percent higher than their male counterparts," Jindal said.

ing decided to put in abeyance the scheduled civil actions resolved upon in last Presidential Council meeting of January 16, 2014, till the completion of the next round of talk when appropriate positions would be decided depending on the outcome of the talk”, UNC stated. While acknowledging the cooperation of the general public towards the successful observation of the dawn to dusk 12-hour shut down called on the January 23 in Naga areas, the council also appealed for prayer support from the Naga people for the success of the upcoming talk.

Bomb kills two in Assam

guwahaTi, JaNuary 24 (iaNS): Two people were killed when a bomb exploded in a car in Assam's Dima Hasao district, police said Friday. Police said the incident took place late Thursday at Sat Kilo area in the hill district. Police found the damaged car with two burnt bodies Friday morning. "It appears the two were carrying the bomb to some place when it exploded, killing both," a police officer said. "The victims are yet to be identified." Meanwhile, police recovered a grenade from near a bus stand in Dhekiajuli town in northern Assam Friday morning.

OFFICE OF THE

CHIECHAMA WOMEN SOCIETY KOHIMA: NAGALAND

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to share our deepest gratitude and thankfulness to all our leaders, friends, supporting organisations and individuals who stood by us in our demand for justice against the heinous and barbaric crime Committed on Kevilenuo Rio by Nganuo Kelhoukreinuo Plenyü of Kohima village and her three accomplices, Ruokuokhozo Kiewhuo son of Chüpfüo, Neikielhoulie Chatsu son of Rükherielie Chatsu and Ruokuotuo Vimerha son of Neirheituolie Vimerha, all the three from Nerizema village.

We thank all those who participated in our protest march on 23rd January 2014 and also those who could not join the march but has upheld us in their prayers.

We hope the protest with massive participation and support from all of you is registered by the law enforcing authority seriously. We hope the govt. agency will not force us to come to the street again for this and similar issues.

While we are unable to thank each of you individually we pray that the Almighty may bless you more abundantly for the stand that you have taken against senseless violence on women.

Thank you all and may God bless you.

Sd/(Lahienuo Metsieo) President

(Vikuo-ü Metha) Secretary

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF FOOD & CIVIL SUPPLIES NAGALAND: DIMAPUR

NO. SPLY-6/4/2012

Dated Dimapur, the th Jan.'14

SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER FOR PROCUREMENT OF ISS GRADE S -30/31 SUGAR FOR SUPPLY THROUGHT PDS NETWORK

ABAM Consultation on Liquor Prohibition & Clean Election

Theme : Reformation/Re-structuring in Christ

Date : 28th Jan. 2014

Venue: Impur

Resource Persons: Mr. MaongwatiAier Commissioner of Excise, Govt. of Nagaland Mr. BenjaNamo Public Notary, Mokokchung, Nagaland

Program Order Program Co-ordinator : Mrs. Temsüla Lemdor, Women Secretary, ABAM Key-note Address : Rev. Dr. Mar Atsongchanger, Executive Secretary, ABAM 08:30 – 09:00 am : Light Refreshment 09:00 – 11:00 am : 1st Session 11:00 – 12:00 noon : Lunch 12:00 – 02:00 pm : 2nd Session 02:00 – 02:30 pm : Light Refreshment 02:30 pm : Departure Note : 1. Below cited groups are invited to attend: Pastors, Asso. Pastor(Women), Youth Directors, 2 members from Church Social Concern Committee, 1 member from Watsü Unit, 1 member from Village Council/Town Committee, 1 member from Student Union, Ao Senden, AKM and Watsü Mungdang.

2. ABAM will provide refreshment to all the delegates.

The undersigned for and on behalf of the Governor of Nagaland invites tender in sealed cover from reputed sugar manufactures/Private/Co-operative Sugar Mills/ Bulk suppliers / Traders for supply of 5-30/31, ISS grade sugar out of 2013-14 seasons productions for a quantity of 14276MT to state food godowns of Nagaland, to be supplied for a period of twelve months.

1. Name and address of the tenderer 2. Registration No. of the firm 3. Cost of tender documents Rs.500/- by DAC in favour of 'The Director, Food & Civil Supplies, Dimapur, Nagaland. Payable at Dimapur 4. No. & date of Demand Draft for cost of tender documents.

5. Date of floating of the Tender 25.01.2014 6. Last date and time of receipt of tender. 08.02.2014 till 3:00 PM 7. Date and time of opening of technical 09.02.2014 at 11:00 AM bids 8. Date and time of opening of Financial 09/02/2014 at 2:00 PM Bid (Price bids) 9. Tender forms available at 10. Place of receiving / opening of tender Directorate of Food & Civil Supplies, Dimapur, Nagaland (both receiving & opening of tender) Sd/Commissioner & Secretary to the Govt. of Nagaland Department of Food & Civil Supplies Kohima, Nagaland

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India Posts to start rolling Aircel launches international calling plans out ATMs from February MuMbai, January 24 (bL): In anticipation of getting a banking licence from the Reserve Bank of India, the Department of Posts will roll out its own ATMs, with the first of them set to be functional on February 5 across three cities.

The currency dispensers are being launched for the Department’s more than 26 crore savings bank account holders.

“The first of the ATMs would be rolled out simultaneously in New Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore,” Kapil Sibal, Minister for Communications and IT, said, after inaugurating a data centre for the postal department. Following which, the postal department is planning to rollout 3,000 ATMs. About 1,000 machines would be introduced in the first year. The remaining 2,000 would be rolled out within six months to one year after the initial phase of rollout.

The department would also rollout 1.35 lakh micro ATMs, thereby empowering its rural post offices across the country, secretary, Department of Posts, Padmini Gopinath said. According to Gopinath, the Reserve Bank of India permits companies to operate ATMs in a “closed loop”, and depending on its success the regulator would provide interoperability with other banks. “We are expecting RBI to provide us inter-operability in six months after commencing the closed loop operations,” Gopinath added.

Data centre Earlier, the minister inaugurated a new data centre for Department of Posts, jointly setup with Reliance Communications at the telecom company’s corporate headquarters in Navi Mumbai. The 3,500 square feet data centre can house 80 racks and has a capacity of 250 terabytes.

Chennai, January 24 (Fe): Leading telecom service provider Aircel launched first of its kind international calling plan through which Aircel’s existing as well as new customers will enjoy special ISD call rates through this new preactivated tariff plan.

Introduction of ‘Aircel ISD 54444’ a prefix based calling plan,’ will redefine the user

experience and consumption of international calling services in the country... The plan which is industry’s first will have no additional charges, said Aircel in a statement.

“International calling is usually perceived as expensive so through our ISD plans we aim to break this myth by offering international calling at rates more affordable than local calling,” said Anupam

I, dedicate this to my beloved Broin-Law Late. H. Atovi Yepthomi, pack priced at Rs 18 of- who was shot dead on 25th of Janufers international calls ary 2009 by our so called National through pay per second Worker/Workers.

Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel. Aircel’s new range of international calling plans are as follows: rate to destinations in * Aircel ISD 54444: The preAmerica, Europe, Asia and fixed based calling pack Gulf countries. The offer offers international calls will be valid for 28 days. to select top called desti- * ISD Super tariff: Till 31st nations like USA, Canada, March, 2014, all new Aircel Singapore, China, UK at subscribers will enjoy the 1p/sec without paying benefits of ISD Super tariff any additional charges. pre-activated in their new * ISD Super: A rate cutter plan for 90 days.

Reminisces Of You Five years, since bullets of our Freedom Fighters took your breath.

Snipped and slain.

For no good reason.

Still we question what fault was yours?

Mistaken identity? Is that possible? Is that sane?

The word `SORRY’ could not bring you back again.

The uproar of our people went unheard.

Mahindra launches the Centuro N1 at Rs.45,700

MuMbai, January 24 (LiveMint): Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd launched a new variant of the Centuro motorcycle, Centuro N1, in Pune on Friday. Priced at Rs.45,700, the bike has an anti-theft alarm with engine immobiliser and other innovative features, the company said.

Anoop Mathur, president, two wheeler sector, at Mahindra and Mahindra, said the company sold at least 100,000 units of the Centuro since it

launched the bike six months ago.

Mahindra and Mahindra has ramped up production at its plant in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, by introducing additional lines to meet growing demand for the Centuro, said Viren Popli, executive vice-president, Mahindra Two Wheelers.

The company also has been expanding its service network and setting up new sales points at almost 2 a day for the past two months, he said. “We now

have a network reach of 390 dealers and more than 1,000 touch points across the country. We will continue to expand this base,” said Popli.

Between April and December, Mahindra sold 141,197 units of motorcycle and scooters, an expansion of 65% over a year ago, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

Mahindra entered the two-wheeler market in 2008 after buying out Punebased Kinetic Motor Co.

Surely, God had His purpose of sending you to this Earth.

But who can say what, when His own man He created in His image took all liberty and authority to take one’s life?

Let alone, hear our Cry!

public discoursE My Experience As Booth Level Officer NSCN (IM) on January 3 incident

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he word Election is very familiar to every citizen and need no detail elaboration or interpretation, it is as simple as electing one’s representative to the Assembly in the case of State Government and Parliament in the case of the Union Central Government. The true essence of democracy does we meant, choose a person whom you want him/her to be your representative by electoral process mean. Under normal circumstance, election took place after every 5 (five) years term.

And thus, it may ordinarily say people celebrate a great festival of franchise after every five year. To conduct smooth election and facilitate the citizens to enjoy the great festival of choosing their leader, The Election Commission of India and the State Election department enforce Election Laws and Practice in India at the same time coordinate both Central and State election.

To participate in the great festival of franchise or exercising one’s democratic right, one has to registered one’s name in the electoral roll as per directives of The Representation of People Act, 1950. The Act subscribes every bona-fide citizen of India who is not less than 18(eighteen years) of age and is ordinarily resident of the constituency shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll of that constituency. But having said that there are certain restriction and disqualifications for a person to get registered on the grounds; if he/she is not a citizen of India; or is of

unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; is for a time being disqualified from voting under the provisions of any law relating to corrupt practices and other offences in connection with elections. Furthermore, “No person to be registered in more than one constituency” and “No person to be registered more than once in any constituency” The Act itself has a penal provision under Section 31 on making false declaration, he/she shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

The challenges and grey area; People tends to be ignorant of election laws and tried to persuade or by employing coercion to get one’s name or their underage children be enrolled. Avoiding necessary questions replies as desire

by BLO. Non-disclosure and in-correct disclosure of facts in the matter of previous enrolment in any other constituency, registering more than once in the constituency, death, divorce, marital status, age proof, place of birth/permanent resident, shifting of residence etc.

In conclusion, whatever be the reason or intension, we must realise that mal-electoral process starts from faulty, inflated electoral roll and festival of franchise becomes a mockery to democracy and root cause of all evils in the society today, had the staggering figures of last general election expenditure were authentic and correct as disclosed by the Youth Net. The over-

whelming election expenditure does not earn us any good name or our image was built. It was rather portrayed the Nagas in a very poor light before the world as a crazy race after easy money.

The election Tsumoney flooded the state just 11 months ago, it does matter a lot, how families suffers even today due to the great calamity, how many people have saved their families and survive the great tide from Tsumoney.

Many heroes may have fallen, literally chopped off their hands and eaten row flesh, even innocent sibling hands were not spare for greed, purely for greed in exchange of Tsumoney and morally it is to say that family is without hands today. Avoid and overcome the grave mistake in the days to come because when it is grave there is a heavy to pay and suffer for life long. The faulty inflated electoral roll provides nothing positive in the policy decision making as well as election process. It only encourages proxy voting and unfair distribution of developmental fund. Let us all be transparent, shake off our greed. The need of the hour is about transparency and accountability and let greed alone meet itself natural death. We deserve an authentic and correct information base electoral roll for our own convenience.

Let us cohesively work together, think for one another Naga brethren and learn that if there is sunshine and rain in my land the same is equally indispensable in your brethren’s land.

Vecito Chakhesang

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t is your kind information that Leacy supervisors’ emergency meeting was held on 20th January 2014, in pertaining of recent encounter between Lt.Col, Rtd. Ape Venuh Kilonser cum CAO (Care Taker) union territory for the Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim and Lt. Col Rtd. Dy, Kilonser Vedita GPRN/NSCN in connection of 3rd January 2014 Friday evening at 8:00 pm at Tolhozuma Village incident that Mr. Vedita who fire 2-3 blank fire at Tolhozuma village.

The house of leacy supervisors UT condemn the unfortunate incident at Tolhozuma Village that aroused misunderstanding between the two senior political leaders, the house regret to say that the matter is about the security reason and not only against Dy. Kilonser Vedita but the trouble maker whoever committed misbehave any where under UT Jurisdiction, the authority has ever right to initiated action or warning to anybody for the interest of the Naga people in general not because of Dy. Kilonser Vedita, In connection to this matter the house advise the accused in the event to retrospection on the day of incident, being a public leader one shouldn’t consider it as personal issue and one should admit its mistake as the incident was proved to

Simple, humble and jolly man you were.

To pain one never ran in your blood.

A giving heart you possessed.

A helping hand you lended.

A cheerful face that comforted many.

That was you.

be immature acts, the public of Tolhozuma Villagers knows the fact and reality, being a public leader one should maintain personality and obtain public support instead Your three beautiful children of violence and create unnecessary They are but doing good atmosphere of fear physiologies to As normal as any other brood the public in general, however one But a Daddy at home is what shouldn’t behave and handle the they miss. authority at anybody’s hand, not only Dy. Kilonser Vedita as mention but every leader in any faction Your ‘ALOMI’ whom you cherished should concern the public safety and treasured most, and interest, as the public safety is Is yet to get over your loss. our collective responsibility to preBut does her best to see the served the right of our people in children happy. general, but roaring and firing arms Indeed, a strong woman she is! in a populated area by any person is evidently against the reconciliaGunshots from distance send tion process and scared the unarms chills to her bones. public at any point of time is selfish, in this regard all the right thinking Guns meant to protect lives, took away instead. citizens should rise against one who And this, she will carry to her carefree for peace loving citizen, begrave, I know ing a responsible political leader one should first concern the public desire and interest not its own benYou and I were more of friends efit, if anybody does scared the inThen an “ANI’ and “ACHI’ nocent public for its own interest I I do miss your pranks benefit, one should have the sense And chuckles inside our home. of responsibilities being a true leadWe lost you, but never in er, one should respect the move of our hearts reconciliation amongst the Naga “ATOBO” as every one called you. political group initiated by FNR.

Akati. S. Yepthomi Thahekhu Village

Khekuto Jakhalu Secretary, UT GPRN

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5 Recent Incidents of Targeted Violence in Karbi Anglong District

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e are writing to you as a team that recently visited Karbi Anglong district to inquire into a series of targeted attacks and the retaliatory violence that followed.

We are concerned that perpetrators of violence have not been identified, far less brought to book. This allows for rumour to flourish and for mutual suspicions to mount. A deepening estrangement between Karbi Anglong’s main tribal communities could be the outcome. That would be a situation in which the multiple armed groups that operate in the district and the wider region with agendas that remain unclear, could considerably advance their projects of terror and extortion.

We urge you to intervene by advising the Assam state government and the Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council to ensure accountability for the violence and adequate compensation for the victim-survivors and every opportunity for them to reconstruct their lives and livelihoods.

We have found from our interactions with a number of administrators, civil society organisations and individuals displaced in the recent violence, that the current trouble in Karbi Anglong began with a number of minor incidents that were clearly identified by responsible citizens as potential flashpoints for future trouble. Despite a number of entreaties to check the alarming spiral of hostile rhetoric and actions, the local administration remained quiescent.

The tension probably has its genesis in rival claims from the Karbi and Rengma Naga tribal communities for greater autonomy than currently

A Memorandum to the Governor of Assam, Janaki Ballabh Patnaik available under the Sixth Schedule to the Indian Constitution. We have been told that in the absence of fair mediation between these competing demands, a number of armed groups have sprung up which claim to represent these communities, but are seen by civil society and political organisations to be actively impeding their pursuit of collective demands. Thus, a number of minor incidents occurring over the recent past, particularly since June last year, have created a larger conflagration in lateDecember 2013 and earlyJanuary 2014 resulting in the death of six people of the Rengma Naga community and nine of the Karbi.

Our inquiries have revealed that these killings have been random and brutal, but with a clear racial motivation. The shooting and burning of elderly women of the Rengma Naga community, the burning of their homes and the destruction of their orange orchards and betelnut trees, together with what seem to have been retaliatory killings of Karbi youth who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, show that the alienation between the communities has reached alarming levels.

We believe that there are ways of mediating between the competing demands of the Rengma Naga and Karbi communities – and indeed, all other tribal groupings in Karbi Anglong – without providing any room for unresolved claims to spill over into violence. This would require a comprehensive policy to be worked out within a consistent frame-

of wider political interests. This manner of intervention from the state and national level groups is generally motivated by resource exploitation interests. We believe that involvement of state and national-level interests should be premised on the decree that they will do no harm. Only by giving local groups the autonomy and the space to negotiate their differences and determine the resource use pattern that would best serve their collective interests, would then wider peace be ensured. In terms of immediate action, we would urge you to advise the Assam state government and Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council to ensure quick rehabilitation of the several thousand people who have been displaced by the recent violence, mostly from the Bokajan sub-division.

We found from our visit to one of the camps for the displaced that pregnant women and infants are in need of specialised medical care. There is in fact, a particular need to assess the needs of women and children in the camp and to provide among other things, for special treatment for the injured and the disabled. Trauma counselling, confidence building and reconciliation procedures need to be conducted in the camps, preferably on the initiative of civil society organisations from both the communities.

Some of the killings show cruel intent. These need to be referred to local and state level human rights watchdogs for investigation in accordance with applicable national and international standards.

work of principles, to ensure every ethnic group a proper place of dignity, full access to their traditional resources and every opportunity to pursue avenues for growth and development.

We have concluded from our inquiries that many of the demands of these ethnic groups have been manipulated for expedient gain by mainstream political forces. Indeed, we believe that the armed groups that claim to be working for the cause of these ethnic groups may themselves be playthings in the hands of larger political forces.

Security officials and Deputy Commissioner during interactions with us have informed that militant groups on both sides have been securing easy access to both home-made and professional arms. We urge you to ensure vigilance of arms procurement, and extortion.

We would also urge you to advise the police force in Karbi Anglong to show greater sensitivity to the demands made by civil society leaders for protection and security, when they have reason to apprehend a breach of peace. In the recent incidents, we have been told that civil society organisations from both sides made a number of representations to the civil and police administration in the district, yet found them somewhat unresponsive.

We have found that well-meaning mediation between the warring groups by civil society organisations based in the area has often been un- Places visited by the team: dermined by the intrusion 1) Shantipur Relief Camp-

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Dimapur

Representation from the Fact Finding Team on recent Conflict in Karbi Anglong before the Chief Justice ofGauhati High Court

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ith all the humility the fact finding team constituted under the aegis of Human Rights Law Network to find out the ground situation about the recent ethnic conflicts in Karbi Anglong District.

HRLN is a nonprofit voluntary organisation which is a collective of lawyers and social activists dedicated to the use of the legal system to advance human rights in India and the sub-continent. HRLN collaborates with human rights groups, and grass-roots development and social movements to enforce the rights of poor marginalised people and to challenge oppression, exploitation and discrimination against any group or individual on the grounds of caste, gender, disability, age, religion, language, ethnic group, sexual orientation, and health, economic or social status. HRLN provides pro bono legal services, conducts public interest litigation, engages in advocacy, conducts legal awareness programmes, investigates violations, publishes 'know your rights' materials, and participates in campaign.

The Fact Finding Team is consists of Social Activist on Health Rights, Professor’s from Nagaland, TATA Institute of Social Science, Gauhati, lawyers and senior freelancer journalists from Delhi to find out the ground situation about the sad recent ethnic conflicts and its legal aspects in terms of protection of tribal people as contemplated in 6th Schedule of the Constitution. Brief Preliminary Findings are highlighted in bullet point for an immediate intervention by this Hon’ble Court under its discretionary powers to do justice to victim of both the ethnic tribes and adavasis who have suffered due to indifferent attitude and not taking prompt action on the part of the concerned authorities of the Government. Hence as per these brief preliminary findings following prompt interventions are needed: 1. That Judiciary is not separated from Executive and the Deputy Commissioner of Karbi Anglong shared the difficulties faced due to non separation, in particular during such conflict situation to tackle both law and order and as well as trial cases due to paucity of time.

2. Further the fact finding team observed that the Deputy Commissioner does not have the formal law background to deal with the legal aspects to understand

Borpathar Primary and public hearings of School. 15th January displaced/affected pop2014 ulation.

2) Chokihola Police Station 2. Immediate separation 15th January 2014 of Judiciary from the Ex3) Karbi Anglong Peace Foecutive rum 16th January 3. Directions to legal servic4) Meeting With DC and es authority to assist each DY S.P. and visit to Shandisplaced family and protipur Relief Camp 17th duce a detailed report.

January 4. Direction for immediate construction of roads, Request for intervention provision of electricity, from His Excellency: water, medical services 1. Orders for an indepenin the affected areas. dent judicial enquiry 5. Direction for enquiry on

process of trials which is a challenge in itself for delivery of equitable justice as per the criminal justice system or criminal jurisprudence.

3. Thus easy access to justice to the needy has completely failed and the fact finding team found out that victims are completely unaware of their basic fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution of India and as such the legal awareness programme has completely failed to reach them.

4. That the need of the hour is the Relief and Rehabilitation to the victims in order to facilitate the victim to return to their respective villages and the deployment of Police personnel till the situation does not become normal.

5. That urgent need of the hour is to have independent judicial inquiry to find out genesis which has led to the conflicts between tribes and therefore the need is to take necessary action as per law following the principles of rule of law.

6. That both the State Government and the District Autonomous Council have completely failed to implement the various centrally sponsored schemes like National Rural Health Mission, (NRHM), Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yogzana (PMGY), MGNEREGA, etc.

7. That last but not the least the concerned authorities State Government completely failed to maintain law and order on time despite prior intimation to save the life and properties of the people. From the above facts and circumstances the fact finding team feels very strongly with all humbleness the urgency to bring these facts in the notice of the esteemed Hon’ble Chief Justice so as to prevent such incidents in future.

Members: 1. Sukumar Muralidharan: Freelance Journalist, Delhi 2. Dr. Doma T Bhutia: HRLN Advocate from Sikkim 3. Rosemary Dzuvichu: Associate Professor Nagaland University, Coordinator HRLN, Nagaland 4. Zhevi Swu: Lawyer HRLN, Nagaland 5. Satya sagar: Freelance Journalist, Delhi 6. Sanjay Sharma: Social Activist and Member HRLN, New Delhi 7. Samhita Barooah: Faculty, TISS Guwahati

the status of implementation of all centrally sponsored schemes like MNREGA, NRHM, BHARAT NIRMAN, PURA. 6. Immediate payment of compensation as provided in the guidelines from the state and central governments and compliance report.

2. Dr. Doma T Bhutia: HRLN Advocate from Sikkim 3. Rosemary Dzuvichu: Associate Professor, Nagaland University, Coordinator HRLN, Nagaland 4. Asst Prof. Samhita 5. Zhevi Swu: Lawyer HRLN, Nagaland 6. Satya Sagar: Freelance Journalist, Delhi Constitution Of The Team 7. Sanjai Sharma: CommuMembers: nity Health Volunteer 1. Sukumar Muralidharan: and Member HRLN, Freelance Journalist, Delhi New Delhi

Condemnation for crimes against women Doordarshan schedule changed for Republic Day

‘Sumi Kukuputsa’ organized a candle light reception at Dillai Gate Friday night to receive the mortal remains of Nipulo Chishi (19 years) of Mudutsugho village which arrived from Shillong. Nipulo who was injured in the Mukalimi siege succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Shillong. After a brief programme at Chekiye Ground, the body will be taken to Zunheboto Friday night where the Sumi Hoho will accord a "martyr’s farewell". The mortal remains of Nipulo will be buried at Sumi martyr’s Park at Sukhalu village (Morung Photo).

Society cannot progress without culture: Alemtemshi Jamir Mokokchung, January 24 (MExn): The Aosüngküm Cultural Club (ACC), Mokokchung village today celebrated its 33rd anniversary with Chief Secretary Alemtemshi Jamir IAS as the chief guest. The Chief Guest, while speaking at the programme, said that without culture and traditions, human beings cannot survive; and without culture, a society cannot progress.

Saying that identity is very important for a com-

munity, Alemtemshi said it is culture that reveals our identity. Besides, while stating that scientists have predicted that computers will be more intelligent than the human brains after a few years, the Chief Secretary maintained that a big challenge will be about how we preserve our culture when such a technology is introduced in our society.

In this regard, he maintained that culture, though it includes important things like ornaments,

dresses, songs and dances; yet preserving and practicing the very essence of culture is very important. Different groups presented cultural dances and songs during the programme.

ACC President T Bendangwati Pongen narrated a brief history of the ACC while the 2nd runner-up of Naga Orpheus Hunt 2013 Yapangtula and NOH 2013 finalist Lijem Atsongchanger presented special songs at the programme.

DiMapur, January 24 (MExn): Netaji Subash Kala Kendra, an organization of Netaji Birthday Celebration Committee (NBCC), Dimapur, organized the 117th birth anniversary celebration of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose on January 23 at Railway Netaji Colony here. A press release issued by NBCC convenor Sushanta Bhattacharjee

informed that students of various music colleges and schools performed patriotic songs and various activities.

The program started with flag hoisting by chief guest K. K. Paul, President of Dimapur Bangali Samaj.

Y.P. Gupta, Advocate was the guest of honour. The president of NBCC & NSKK Monoranjan Ghosh lighted the birthday candle. The

note informed that all the dignitaries delivered short speech about Netaji Subash and also reflected that time has come for them to unite. The youth were especially encouraged to follow the path of Netaji and be honest, brave, dedicated, fearless, self confident and not to forget the rich culture and tradition of their motherland in order to keep their identity.

Western Sumi Totimi Hoho: The Western Sumi Totimi Hoho has expressed serious concern over continued crimes against women and girls prevailing in the society. Condemning the rape of a teenage girl by three youth in State Stadium, Dimapur; molestation of a class 10 student by her tutor at Diphupar; and torture of a woman by another woman and three men in Kohima, the WSTH stated lives of women in the society have become more and more dangerous.

In a statement, Jolly K. Aomi stated such crime was never unheard of in Naga society.

Occurrences of such disgracing acts are against the principles of Christianity, she said, therefore adding all section of society should oppose such acts. WSTH appealed to the government and law enforcing agency to initiate severe punishment so as to forbid such shameful act to be committed again.

Nagaland State Commission for Women: The Nagaland State Commission for Women, led by Chairperson Dr. Temsula Ao, along with members Kakheli Jakhalu and Asangla Cholong, visited the assault and attempted murder victim Kevilenuo Rio at her residence at

Kenuozou Colony Kohima on January 24, to enquire about her welfare and present status of health. As a token of their deep sympathy, the Commission also extended some monetary relief to Rio. The Commission has expressed its profound shock and dismay at the nature of the brutalities inflicted upon the victim and demanded the most stringent punishment on the arrested persons as permissible under the law of the land.

Dimapur Naga Students’ Union: The Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) has vehemently condemned the alleged abduction and gang rape of a class – X student by three accused - Benathung Kikon, Yanthango Odyuo and Wobenthung Ngullie on January 12 evening at State Stadium, Dimapur while she was on her way back home after Church service. DNSU Assistant General Secretary H. Toniho Achumi in a condemnation note stated that the Union will not tolerate such inhumane act committed crimes meted out in our society and everyone should condemn such crimes. The Union urged the law enforcing agencies to take strong prompt actions and award

Netaji Bose's birthday celebrated in Dimapur

NSS Volunteers Velo Venuh from Patkai Christian College, Siethekiema-Chumukedima and Diezekhonuo from Oriental College, Kohima under the Directorate of Youth Resources and Sports, Nagaland, Kohima are participating in the Republic Day Parade 2014 in New Delhi. These two volunteers were selected from a group of 10 volunteers from Nagaland who had under gone pre-Republic Day Parade training in Kolkata.

befitting punishment as per the provision and section of the law and appealed to the kohiMa, January 24 dent of India will address competent authority not to (MExn): In view of the from 7:00 pm onwards. grant bail to the accused.

Naga Women Hoho Dimapur: Naga Women Hoho Dimapur has strongly condemned the January 12 incident at State Stadium Dimapur where three people allegedly raped a teenage girl.

NWHD demanded that the accused should not be granted bail under any circumstances, but be awarded befitting punishment as per the law. NWHD also strongly condemned the molestation of class 10 student by her tutor at Diphubar and the torture of a woman by three men and another woman in Kohima. “Violence against women is increasing daily and we are no longer safe in our own land, which we call Nagaland for Christ,” NWHD President Hukheli.T.Wotsa and General Secretary Vimenuo Liegise stated in a condemnation note, while requesting all section of people to support in eliminating all such crimes in Naga society, particularly men. “Women are suffering and crying in silence.

We need your protection.”

NWHD further appreciated the Women Police Dimapur for arresting the three gang rape accused in time.

Assam Rifles organizes free medical camp

TuEnsang, January 24 (MExn): 23 Assam Rifles organized a medical camp at Chendang village, Tuensang on January 16, 2014. A press release informed that Dr Asangla, SMO, CHS and a team of doctors from 23 Assam Rifles examined and treated 120 patients and distributed free medicines. The villagers, the note said, conveyed gratitude to Assam Rifles for their efforts in looking after the local population and organising such medical camps.

65th Republic Day celebration, Doordarshan Kohima has made changes in its schedule on January 25 and 26. A press release issued by S Chongloi, Head of Programme informed that due to President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the nation on January 25, the local news has been postponed from 6:30 to 6:45 pm and the North East News Guwahati from 6:45 pm to 7:00 pm. The presi-

On January 26, there will be a special transmission from 8:30 am onwards.

Governor of Nagaland’s message will be telecast at 8:30 am to be followed by patriotic songs. From 9:00 am onwards, there will be a live telecast of Republic Day parade 2014 from Raj Path India Gate, New Delhi. Doordarshan Kohima will also telecast special TV report on Republic Day in Nagaland at 7:30 pm on January 26.

kohiMa, January 24 (MExn): In October 2012, the Supreme Court directed all schools across the country to provide basic infrastructure facilities like drinking water and toilets to school children.

The Supreme Court had disposed of a writ petition with directives to all states to give effect to the various directions already given by the Court like providing toilet facilities for boys and girls, drinking water facilities, sufficient classrooms, appointment of teaching and nonteaching staff etc., if not already provided, within six months from October 3, 2012 (i.e. April 2013).

The Court made it clear that the directions were applicable to all schools, whether State owned or private-owned, aided or unaided, minority or nonminority.

The State of Nagaland is one among the States that had filed an affidavit indicating that it had either constructed toilets for boys and girls or they would complete it before

the stipulated date, i.e., before March 31, 2012.

While stating this, a concerned parent has raised the issue of proper toilets and the provision of safe drinking water in education institutes in Nagaland. The parent stated that both, to this effect do not exist. However, the Supreme Court had directed that if the State Planning Department does not take cognizance of the Court’s judgment by releasing

Parent writes on lack of basic infrastructures in schools

Reiterates SC's directives to provide drinking water and toilets to school children

“state matching share” to the department concerned for immediate implementation of the Court’s directives, the State Government will be held responsible and answerable to the Supreme Court as and when the Court intervenes.

Meanwhile, parents in Nagaland continue to hope that their children will “enjoy proper toilet and safe drinking water facilities with new academic year 2014.”

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frica is getting tougher in its fight against poaching. New laws with stiff penalties, more military training for rangers and new technology like drones with thermal cameras are all helping to protect rhinos and elephants. A new law in Kenya that increases penalties for killing tourist-attracting safari animals is already bearing fruit.

A Chinese man accused of trying to smuggle ivory in a suitcase was arraigned in a Nairobi court this week. Under the law that came into effect on Jan. 10 and that the Kenya Wildlife Service had been lobbying for for years, the man could face up to life in prison and a $230,000 fine. In the past, such poachers and smugglers could walk out of court with a fine of less than $1,000.

"They have to think twice now," Paul Mbugua, the spokesman for the Kenya Wildlife Service, said of poachers and the new law.

"You just try your luck on the poaching, but the moment we catch up to you, you are done."

Kenya's new law is being paired with increased training and deployment of advanced equipment.

Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy will deploy drones later this year to help protect rhinos.

Parks in Tanzania and South Africa are also increasing their use of surveillance drones.

In South Africa's massive Kruger Park, where hundreds of rhinos are killed each year, rangers are hunting for poachers using a former military helicopter and night-vision equipment provided by a private company.

During a three-day training session last month on the slopes of Mount Kenya, a team of Kenyan wildlife agents crouched behind a veil of green bush as they waited for their target. When two armed "poachers" walked by, the 12-man Kenyan squad opened fire, downing the two role-playing animal killers. Standing nearby was a team of British paratroopers leading the training.

Col. Mark Christie, the commander of the British base that lies on the northwest side of Mount Kenya, a unit known as the British Army Training Unit Kenya, said the Kenyan wildlife officers used tactics similar to British troops, but noted the Kenyans maneuver better in the wild than his own troops.

During the exercise, about a dozen rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service and the Kenya Forest Service crept through the woods, using hand signals to move as silently as possible.

A mountain river bubbled in the background as the team set up an ambush and waited for the poachers to pass by. Using blank rounds,

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, rangers of the Kenya Wildlife Service and Kenya Forest Service take cover while engaging in a mock ambush as they stage a demonstration of the skills they have learned over the last few days of joint anti-poaching training with Britain's 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, in the forest near Nanyuki, Kenya. Africa is getting tougher in its fight against poaching with new laws with stiff penalties, more military training for rangers, and new technology like drones with thermal cameras are all helping to protect rhinos and elephants. (AP Photo)

Africa's fight on rhino & elephant poachers Christopher Torchia & Jason Straziuso | Associated Press

the rangers unleashed 30 seconds of gunfire on the two. In this deadly game in which both sides are armed, the rangers shoot to kill.

A KWS ranger who could give only his first name, John, for security reasons, helps protect rhinos on a private ranch near Mount Kenya. In November his team killed a poacher in a 1 a.m. battle that also saw one poacher escape, he said.

"Every day gunshots are reported," said the 26-year-old. "You must be very keen and see them first. Otherwise you are dead."

Five KWS rangers were killed in the line of duty last year.

Poachers, John said, mostly work at night, and mostly when the moon is close to full. His platoon of 36 have three sets of night vision goggles between them, but poachers

often have such goggles, too, he said.

The joint exercise helped the sides enhance and exchange knowledge on counterpoaching tactics, Christie said.

"From what I see in the papers the problem isn't getting better. This is part of an overall plan, a small microchip of a U.K. contribution," Christie said.

Poachers killed around 280 elephants

in Kenya last year, a huge number but down from 2012, when 384 were killed. Kenya's elephant population is estimated to be around 35,000. Other countries in the region, namely Tanzania, have seen tens of thousands of elephants killed over the last couple years.

Wildlife experts anywhere between 20,000 and 30,000 African elephants are being killed per year. In South Africa, a park ranger describes a war of attrition in which poaching syndicates dispatch what seems like an endless stream of triggermen, some with military training, to hunt rhinos for their horns. Officials said seven suspected poachers died in four separate confrontations with Kruger rangers last weekend.

"Currently, they're trying to overwhelm us," said Bruce Leslie, a conservationistturned-combatant in Kruger National Park, South Africa's flagship game reserve. "They're just trying to send in the masses, the cannon fodder, if you like. Expendable people. It's the middle men that actually need to go to jail."

Rangers want to operate more effectively at night, a task made somewhat easier with the donation late last year of an unarmed, former British military helicopter that will allow pilots to scout with night vision equipment and thermal cameras. The Gazelle helicopter was given by businessman Ivor Ichikowitz on behalf of his family foundation and Paramount Group, a South African aerospace and defense firm that he founded.

David Mabunda, CEO of South African National Parks, noted: "He who owns the night wins the war. So far, the poachers have been owning the night." He hopes the new equipment will help swing the balance in favor of the rangers. Kruger's rangers, who get help from South African National Defense Force troops, also use low-tech approaches, following poachers' tracks with the help of sniffer dogs and spending days in the bush with minimal gear.

Park officials say poachers often slip across the border from neighboring Mozambique. Periodic shootouts usually occur far from tourists, who can only tour about 7 percent of a park that is the size of some small countries. Home to most of Africa's rhinos, South Africa lost 1,004 to poachers last year, more than half of them in Kruger. The horn is sold for high prices in some parts of Asia, particularly Vietnam, where some view it as a status symbol and a medicine despite no evidence that it can cure ailments.

The U.K. government next month will host a conference attended by Prince Charles on the illegal wildlife trade to improve the prospects for the world's elephants, rhinos and tigers.

Poll: People see Obama All-Male Tradition Ends Today as nice, so-so president

In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 photo, Choristers Chloe Chawner, right, Poppy Braddy, centre, and Abby Cox look at their him books Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, England, as the first all female choir at the cathedral rehearses prior to their debut on Jan. 25. The pure, high voices of the choir soar toward the vaulted ceiling of Canterbury Cathedral as they have for more than 1,000 years. Just one thing is different - these young choristers in their purple cassocks are girls, and their public debut at Evensong on Saturday will end centuries of all-male tradition.Canterbury is not the first British cathedral to set up a girls' choir, but as mother church of the 80 million-strong Anglican Communion - one struggling with the role of women in its ranks - its move has special resonance.(AP Photo)

Jennifer Agiesta & Nancy Benac | Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama laughs during his first prime time televised news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Five years into his presidency, the verdict on Obama is: nice guy, so-so president. A new AP-GfK Poll finds that less than a third of Americans consider Obama to be an above-average president.

But nearly twice as many find him likable. (AP Photo)

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aking stock of President Barack Obama at the five-year mark in his term, less than a third of Americans consider him to be an above-average chief executive. Nearly twice as many find him likable.

A new Associated Press-GfK Poll finds the president's personal image to be on the rebound after taking a hit during the government shutdown late last year, with 58 percent now sizing him up as very or somewhat likable. That's up 9 percentage points from October, just after the shutdown.

Yet as Obama prepares to stand before Americans for his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, people are largely pessimistic about the country's direction, down on the condition of the economy and doubtful it will bounce back anytime soon. Unemployment? Seventy percent think it will go higher or stay the same.

Obama "wasn't a total disappointment," allows Joshua Parker, a 37-year-old small businessman in Tennessee. "He didn't put us into a Great Depression." But Parker, a self-described political independent and conservative, suspects that someone who understood the economy better could have done more.

"He would probably be a guy I would like to hang out

with if he wasn't president," says Parker. "But I like a lot of people who are not qualified to be president." Across the country, Democrat Sabrina Carag, a 58-year-old retired accountant in California gives the president higher marks on both performance and personality.

If things aren't great in the country, this former Republican reasons, it's the fault of her old party and the Republicans in Congress. "They block him every step of the way," says Carag. "I don't think it's fair for them to say he's been a bad president. How can you do anything if your hands are tied?"

From Texas, 51-year-old Wes Brummett thinks the economy will improve eventually — but it may be up to his grandchildren to do it. Obama, this Democrat says, seems like an all-right guy and a good dad, but "he needs to show more leadership." "People are getting disheartened," says Brummett, a self-employed computer systems administrator.

On the cusp of his sixth year in office, Obama is far removed from those heady days before his first inauguration, when two-thirds of Americans predicted he'd be an outstanding or above-average president. Now, 31 percent think he's been outstanding or above average, a quarter size him up as average, and 42 percent describe his presidency as below average or poor.

The ranks of those who believe he's been outstanding or above average have edged down 6 points since just after Obama's re-election in November, reflecting slippage in how he's viewed by Democrats, particularly liberals.

And while Obama's likability numbers have recovered somewhat, doubts about his decisiveness and honesty persist. More than half of Americans wouldn't describe him as decisive or honest. Fifty-two percent don't find him particularly inspiring.

The president's overall approval rating has remained fairly stable, with 45 percent approving and 53 percent saying they don't. He's picked up a little support, however, on his handling of unemployment and the federal government. People still view him negatively on both issues, but the share that disapproves has dropped 7 percentage points on each issue since October, largely a reflection of greater support among independents.

Congress continues to take its own outsized lumps in the polls as well. Just 14 percent of Americans approve of the way legislators are handling the job — up from a low of 5 percent after the government shutdown, but still nothing to celebrate. More than 9 in 10 Republicans say they disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job. It's the first time that's happened in APGfK polling since Republicans took control of the House after the 2010 elections.

The AP-GfK Poll was conducted Jan. 17-21, 2014, using KnowledgePanel, GfK's probability-based online panel designed to be representative of the U.S. population. It involved online interviews with 1,060 adults.

The survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points for all respondents.

Survey respondents were first selected randomly using phone or mail survey methods and were later interviewed for this survey online. People selected for KnowledgePanel who didn't otherwise have access to the Internet were provided with the ability to access the Internet at no cost to them.

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he pure, high voices of the choir soar toward the vaulted ceiling of Canterbury Cathedral as they have for more than 1,000 years. Just one thing is different — these young choristers in their purple cassocks are girls.

On Saturday, their public debut at Evensong will end centuries of all-male tradition. Canterbury is not the first British cathedral to set up a girls' choir, but as the mother church of the 80 million-strong Anglican Communion — one struggling to define the role of women in its ranks — its move has special resonance.

That is not lost on the 16 girls, aged between 12 and 16, who have been chosen to make this bit of history.

"That's an amazing thought in the back of your mind — no girl has sung in this cathedral over an amazingly long period of time," said 12-year-old choir member Abby Cox. "I've always liked singing, but I think this is the major event that has happened in my life and I'm so excited to be part of it."

The choristers attend several local schools and were chosen at auditions in November. Unlike members of the Canterbury boys' choir, who live at the cathedral and rehearse every day, the girls come together just once a week.

Despite their limited rehearsal time, choir director David Newsholme said the girls are focused and enthusiastic about the psalms, anthems and responses they have to learn. "We've had to learn it quite quickly, but it's just so fun to be in here you don't really think about that," said Cox. "You are making music with girls that are as passionate

as you are."

Girls' choirs are not a complete novelty in the Church of England — Salisbury Cathedral established one in the 1990s and several other cathedrals have followed. Female voices have occasionally been heard in Canterbury Cathedral as part of visiting choirs. But they still attract notice in an institution that values its traditions and changes slowly.

Anglicans are still seeking an elusive consensus on the divisive issues of female bishops and gay clergy.

Singing girls have their opponents, too, including one group

1,000 years on, girls to sing at Canterbury

called the Campaign for the Traditional Cathedral Choir, set up to "champion the ancient tradition of the all-male choir."

Tradition is especially important at Canterbury, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of London, whose archbishop heads the Anglican church. Founded in the 6th century — although most of the spiky Gothic building dates from later in the Middle Ages — it has been an important place of Christian pilgrimage since Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was murdered here in 1170 by knights loyal to King Henry II. Dean of Canterbury Robert Willis said music has been sung in the cathedral since it was founded — first by monks, then by a choir of

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men and boys set up more than 1,000 years ago. He stressed that a female choir was "a natural development" that adds "diversity and richness" to the cathedral's traditions.

"Nothing of the old tradition is damaged," he said. "It's being enriched, enlivened and developed."

The girls' choir will perform initially when the boys take a break each term, but Willis said the girls will eventually play a bigger role. "And occasionally I'm sure in the future, both of the choirs will sing together on festival occasions," he said.

That is music to the ears of 16-year-old chorister Poppy Braddy.

"I think this is just the beginning of something new," she said. "I think it will encourage the church forward.

I don't think there is anywhere that women should be limited."

At a rehearsal Wednesday night, the choristers arrived in jeans or school uniforms, chatting and laughing as they changed into long purple cassocks. During services, they will wear white surplices over the robes.

They rehearsed in a small, stuffy music room at the top of a narrow staircase in one corner of the cathedral. Its walls are several feet thick, lined with shelves full of sheet music by Mozart, Bach, Benjamin Britten and others.

Their high voices mingled as Newsholme coaxed the girls through an anthem by 19th-century composer Samuel Sebastian Wesley: "Who can express the noble acts of the Lord?" "Even more eye contact," he encouraged the singers.

"Even more clarity."

They seemed all ready to go for their historic debut — except for the rubber toes of Converse sneakers peeking out from under their robes.

"I'll have a word with them about that," Newsholme said.

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25 January, 2014

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The world's most exclusive party Sydney Finkelstein

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How much should one steal?

Bangkai Molemshu Nakha: 1. If someone offers you cash under the table then it is a reward but if you have to offer it to someone to get the work done then it amounts to bribery(it need to be stopped).

2. If you get a backdoor appointment then it is a blessing, when others get it, it becomes a corruption.

3. When you don’t go to work, you have an understanding. When others don’t come it amounts to negligence.

4. When you are denied a contract, its amounts to favouritism. When you deny it to someone, you are being impartial.

5. When you are punished, it amounts to inhuman act. When others are punished, it is justice.

6. When you are able to achieve it through unfair means, you are being smart. When others do it, it amounts to theft.

7. When you don’t get it, it amounts to denying of your rights. When others don’t get it, they didn’t deserve it.

The other day I was chatting with some elders and they were of the opinion, ‘khabi hoilebi, kaam kuri bo lagi’.

MY question is how much are we allowed to steal? Today you are in an influential position so you can get all the job done easily. What about the time you retire? What if the same person you denied his rights is in the position you used to be? Today you are in a position to dictate, how will you feel when someday you are dictated?

Why only church leaders are prospering and not the congregation? Why do churches complain when community services are not done, yet cheerfully accept the donations from those ‘sahabs’? Why are elected members more important to church these days than a missionary? Why are church buildings getting bigger but not the hearts of the members? Why do missionaries target only towns and cities and not remote areas? Or is heaven too far for those people? If you are worshipping a living God who is the author and the finisher of faith then why are you so worried because you are unable to buy a flat screen TV with a DTH connection? What faith will you profess? Or is heaven too good for the needy? I thought the crown was in heaven then why do we want to be only where the media has access? How are we supposed to define SUCCESS? I hope offices don’t haunt you because none of your students qualified to work there.

I hope the land doesn’t haunt you because you denied a timely help to your patients.

I hope the roads don’t haunt you because your negligence led to untimely demise of some travellers.

I hope no shadows follow you around because your uniform haunted them during their childhood.

I hope heaven isn’t a lonely place because you are a stranger there. Still, how much should we steal?

THANK YOU NAGALAND: With love The Amur Falcons

Picture courtesy: http://www.conservationindia.org/

Robert N. Solo: Nagas were in the media for all the wrong reasons for which I felt so ashamed but today after interacting with friends I felt so proud and happy. Nagas were trapping and slaughtering the Amur Falcon which were traveling more than 22,000 km every year, but last year the hunters became the protectors of the birds.

'The Guardian' one of the famous newspapers in UK tells, the Naga villages united to protect the birds. 'The New York times' also carries the similar news but the most wonderful thing is the same news appearing in 'The Indiantimes' on the front page.

The success of this programme is not only because of the government but the credit also goes to the good heart of the Lotha people who campaigned so hard to protect the birds. Dear Lotha people, hats off to you and even this year when the birds come to your place, hope you will keep the momentum going.

(The Naga Blog was created in 2008 by Yanpvuo Kikon. This column in The Morung Express will be a weekly feature every Saturday)

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he Instagram generation has a habit of using acronyms — YOLO is a popular one — as stand-ins for sometimes complex emotions. So, going by this, “you only live once” is all the justification you need for experimentation or extreme effort that might otherwise seem questionable.

With the annual World Economic Forum conference in Davos now in full-swing, perhaps it’s time to borrow FOMO from the millennials to explain the astonishing list of chief executives of profit and non-profit enterprises, government leaders, journalists, and entrepreneurs who descend on the Swiss mountain village to participate — regardless of whether they are really contributing much to the occasion.

FOMO is the fear of missing out.

Yes, there’s real business that gets done, but really, does JP Morgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon need to go to Davos to meet other business leaders?

How about former US President Bill Clinton, who often attends this gathering? Is there anyone he has trouble getting a hold of that warrants a trip to Switzerland?

Davos exists because its carefullynurtured target market wants it to exist. And once it gets stamped with the “must-go” label for global elites that target market feels compelled to keep going. In other words, if you’re not there, then maybe you’re not so important after all.

If this all sounds familiar to you, well, it should. At least if you went to high school or secondary school. Remember that party that all the cool kids were going to, the one that you really wanted to attend, too? The pleasure of the party came more from being included than from anything that actually went on during the event.

Like Davos, it becomes important not because it is important, but because highstatus people deem it to be important. The party organisers have all the incentives to keep the elites coming, not the least because it signals that they themselves are members of the in-group. That’s why the Davos brain trust is busy producing white

papers and organising conference themes.

These efforts provide cover for what really goes on at such gatherings. Perpetuation of such regular parties requires a kind of pseudo-authenticity to assure everyone who’s watching, and maybe even more so, everyone in attendance, of the legitimacy of the entire enterprise. And it is an enterprise — with a budget of an astounding $185 million, generated from an effective $71,000 cost per person just to attend (if you want to do anything more than sign in, however, the price rises almost as fast as bonuses accrue for professional athletes) the four-day meeting.

TED talks, which feature “leading thinkers” who share their ideas with the aim of

inspiring or teaching others, have some of this flavour, but at least with TED the choreography and the culture are focused on trying to deliver quality content.

Davos, on the other hand, is largely about people who immerse themselves with others for the express purpose of immersing themselves with others. With rare exceptions, it’s not about the content and the ideas, but rather the process and the interaction.

The exclusivity effect Davos is not unique. In every walk of life, people seek to join exclusive groups that make them feel better about themselves.

These groups are not necessarily created to exclude others, but that is often the effect.

Perhaps you’re a member of a book club.

I know it can be more difficult to discuss a

book once the group gets too big, but did you ever decide not to let someone new join because of the psychic benefits of exclusivity? Do you feel a sense of belonging and even a degree of importance that you’re part of your book club?

Why do so many retired executives want to be on boards of directors? Yes, you get paid, sometimes substantially. But you also join one of the most exclusive clubs that exists in any organisation. The fact that boards have relatively few members only makes it feel like a better gig because it means many others can’t get in.

In each instance, members of the group gain status, in part by ensuring that there are others who are not part of the group. It’s human nature.

Research by a colleague of mine, Judith White, shows how people identify status differences within similar groups.

For example, in one study she shows that vegans actually resent vegetarians!

Now, for most of us — technical differences aside — vegans and vegetarians are pretty much the same group.

But it turns out that vegans view vegetarians as having sold out for not being as pure in their dietary restrictions.

That’s probably why the term “vegan” was coined in the first place — as a signal that members of this group were of a different, higher status.

Even at Davos there are chasms among people. The organisers have actually institutionalised it via the colour of the badges delegates wear, perhaps because Davos is such an extreme example of status hierarchies. If you’ve got an orange badge (working journalist) or light blue badge (volunteer), don’t even think about striking up a conversation with someone sporting a white badge complete with blue line and dot, a trifecta of garb reserved for “strategic partners” who typically pay $500,000 or more for the privilege.

All of this would be utterly ridiculous if it weren’t absolutely true. Davos is no different than countless other structures people put in place to enhance their status.

Despite that, or probably because of that, those left on the outside looking in experience FOMO at its finest. I know I sure wish I were invited to Davos this week.

Indian cyclist in Africa spreads HIV/AIDS awareness Hadra Ahmed | IANS

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e'd been captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan and escaped a bomb blast in Iraq. His bicycle's been stolen six times but Somen Debnath from the eastern Indian state of West Bengal is determined to complete his mission to pedal 200,000 km to 191 countries by 2020 and reach out to 20 million people to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS. Now on his fourth foray, this time to Africa, he intends covering 40 countries on the continent.

"Despite all the mischief I came across throughout my journey, I always meet people with a good heart and that encourages me to do what I am doing," Debnath, who has so far traversed through over 80 countries, told IANS during a stopover in this Ethiopian capital.

In Ethiopia, the 30-year-old Debnath visited Metema, Bahir Dar, Debre Markos and other cities and met people of different age groups to whom he was able to deliver his message.

During his stay here, he visited the Addis Ababa University, St. Mary University College and other schools and colleges where he met hundreds of students and made presentations

about the HIV/AIDS virus.

He also talks of Indian culture and yoga and carries the message of peace, which has prompted some to dub him the Ambassador of Indian Culture.

"Sometimes, I stay with HIV/ AIDS positive people and try to support them in whatever way I can. I would like to also create awareness of living with HIV and tell them how to take care of themselves," Debnath said.

Besides, Debnath said, he has met prostitutes and discussed with them how they can protect themselves from the virus, adding that he had also met with drug addicts and alcoholics. During the course of his journey, Debnath claims to have met 17 presidents, 49 prime ministers, 160 ministers and 80 Indian envoys in various countries. Debnath does not read about a country that he passes through but forms an opinion from his own understanding rather than being influenced by books.

He is now writing a book about his journey titled "Around the world on bicycle with 17 dollars". Debnath's dream is to build a Global Village in his native West Bengal when he returns home in 2020. It will be a complex of houses in an area of eight hectares to provide visi-

tors from around the world an opportunity to live and interact with one another.

"It will be a self-sustaining and self-sufficient venture where guests will have the opportunity to cultivate their own crops and fruits on a fourhectare farm", he said, adding: "When everything is finalised, my friends - the families I met throughout my journey together with those in India - will build the village."

He takes a handful of sand from each country he has been to and sends it back to India to be eventually exhibited at the Global Village. Debnath's journey took root 16 years ago when at age 14 he heard about a man who died of HIV/AIDS. "He lay down in front of the hospital in Kolkata, abandoned by his village and he died alone, suffering so much and having received no help," Debnath recalled. "It was at that moment that the desire grew in my heart to learn about the (HIV/AIDS) virus and to make people aware about it," he said.

The next six years were spent in acquiring special training on treating HIV/AIDS at the West Bengal AIDS control society and in obtaining degrees in zoology and the fine arts from Calcutta University.

With the rupee equivalent of around $17, he started out on a bicycle May 27, 2004, at the age 20 and in two years, travelled across 28 Indian states to create awarenes about HIV/AIDS. "It suddenly became my life and I could no longer live without it," he said.

He then travelled throughout Asia and covered 28 countries from 2006 to 2009, including Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Malaysia, Turkey, and Iran.

From 2009 to 2012, he travelled across 42 countries in Europe. Setting out again in 2012, he has so far covered 10 countries in Africa.

In the course of his travels, Debnath has had some terrible experiences.

In Afghanistan, he was kidnapped by the Taliban and kept captive for 24 days. He was blindfolded, tied up to a chair and badly beaten up. He survived by cooking Indian curry for his captors and proving that he was not a spy but only an adventurer on a peaceful mission.

He narrowly escaped from a bomb blast in Iraq. His bicycle was stolen in Bulgaria, Poland and Germany six times and he was also mugged in other countries - but the soldier in him will ensure that he never gives up.

Americans take to yoga with gusto, fuel a $27 bn industry

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Arun Kumar | IANS

rom US First Lady Michelle Obama to stressed out executives to students to housewives, some 20 million people in America are practising the ancient Indian art of yoga, fuelling a $27 billion industry.

Michelle Obama, who turned a "fit and fabulous" 50 last Friday, told the People magazine that she's tweaked her workout routine to do more yoga and less cardio with an eye toward her 70s and 80s. Daily yoga is also a key ingredient of "Let's Move!", a comprehensive initiative launched by the First Lady dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation.

Even Washington's iconic National Cathedral, envisioned by the US Congress in 1893 as a national spiritual home, recently opened its 10-story Gothic worship area for tai chi, yoga and meditation as part of a week-long public programme - "Seeing Deeper" - according to a Washington Post report.

And Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is holding what is described as the world's first exhibition of yogic art to explore the mysteries of yoga and its profound meanings.

Through masterpieces of Indian sculpture and painting, "Yoga: The Art of Transformation" explores its rich diversity and historical transformations with more than 130 objects borrowed from 25 museums and private collections in India and the US, as also Europe.

The Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) system, the largest such in New Mexico with about 90,000 students across 140 schools, plans to offer yoga to its students as a means of physical exercise right from the elementary school level.

The 2012 "Yoga in America" study released by San Francisco's Yoga Journal indicates that some 20 million people, or 8.7 percent of US adults, practice yoga, compared to 15.8 million from a 2008 study, an increase of 29 percent.

In addition, practitioners spend $10.3 billion a year on yoga classes and products, including equipment, clothing, vacations, and media. The estimate from the 2008 study was $5.7 billion.

Of current non-practitioners, 44.4 percent of Americans call themselves "aspirational yogis" - people who are interested in trying yoga.

"The number of practitioners and the amount they spend has increased dramatically in the last four years," Bill

Harper, vice president and group publisher of Active Interest Media's Healthy Living Group, is quoted as saying.

"Companies that want to advertise to the health-and-fitness market for women will want to make sure that yoga is a strong segment in their target," he said as 82.2 percent of yoga practitioners are women.

The top five reasons for starting yoga were: flexibility (78.3 percent), general conditioning (62.2 percent), stress relief (59.6 percent), improve overall health (58.5 percent) and physical fitness (55.1 percent).

The growth in the yoga market is reflected in the growth of the Yoga Journal magazine itself. Founded in 1975, it now has 10 international editions.

Sat Jivan Singh Khalsa, a lawyer turned Kundalini yoga teacher who set up a yoga studio in Brooklyn's Boerum Hill in 1971, has seen yoga in America evolve from a niche activity of devout New Agers to part of the cultural mainstream.

Dozens of yoga variations can be found within a one-mile radius of his studio in Manhattan's Flatiron District, from Equinox power yoga to yogalates to "zen bootcamp," he told The Huffington Post.

As Khalsa said: "The love of yoga is out there and the time is right for yoga."

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Village defends Bengal gang-rape accused

Chowhatta, January 24 (tnn): A broken wooden cot sits in the middle of the gloomy shack. A table fan stands next to it. And in one corner, as if tossed carelessly, is a pair of jeans. “It’s a good thing you did not touch that. It belongs to a rape accused,” said a policeman, collecting evidence. This was where a tribal girl was gangraped on the orders of a kangaroo court, as an entire village watched.

The dusty hamlet, some 30km from the district headquarters of Suri, does not show any sign of remorse for the horror that has shamed Bengal before the world yet again. The women vehemently defend their men, insisting that they have been “trapped in a conspiracy.” They tried to stop police from entering the village to arrest the suspects and blocked journalists, too, to “stop them from demeaning their culture”.

Their defiance is striking: children and elderly stand hand-in-hand to express their solidarity. They insist the girl had to be punished because she was “caught in a compromising position with a married man of another village”.

“Some of our boys rounded up the duo and brought them to the village. We tied them up but didn’t ask our men to rape her, nor did we demand money. Our elders told the girl to leave the village if she wants to stay with that man. She threatened us that she will not yield. She spoke to someone in Hindi and went to police to get our men arrested,” claimed

SC orders investigation after tribal rape outcry

An Indian Santhal tribal woman carrying a child speaks to the media in connection with the gang rape of a woman at Subalpur village, in Birbhum district, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) north of Kolkata, the capital of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. India’s Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into the gang rape of a 20-year-old woman allegedly attacked on the direction of a village council, Press Trust of India news agency said Friday. The woman told police that Monday’s attack came as punishment for falling in love with a man from a different community and religion. (AP Photo)

a woman. They barricaded police, forcing additional SP (Birbhum) Prasanta Kumar Chowdhury to call up additional forces. “Our men are innocent. Why are police interfering in our daily lives?” shouted a mother of four.

The ASI posted outside the girl’s hut says he cannot recollect the last time police entered the village.

“Perhaps, they don’t realize they have overstepped the law of the land by several

Bihar to dismiss 70 corrupt officers

Patna, January 24 (Ians): The Bihar government has decided to dismiss 70 corrupt officers, and more will be sacked in the coming weeks, an official said on Friday. Chief secretary AK Sinha has given the go ahead for the dismissal of the 70, an official in the chief minister’s office said. Official sources told IANS that most officers facing the sack were caught red handed while accepting bribes. The process to dismiss them was initiated after departmental proceedings proved the charges against the officials. Nearly 10 days ago, chief minister Nitish Kumar demanded that inquiries against corrupt officers should be expedited and they should be dismissed from service within two months if found guilty. In the last two days, the economic offences unit of Bihar Police raided two corrupt officers in Patna and detected assets worth crores of rupees with them.

Major international operation: CBI cracks down on hackers

new DelhI, January 24 (PtI): In first of its kind international operation, CBI on Friday cracked down on hacking hubs at multiple locations in Mumbai, Pune and Ghaziabad on inputs received from the US probe agency FBI, arresting one person under the violation of Information Technology Act. Agency sources said it is a major operation in which agencies of China, Romania and the US are jointly acting along with CBI against cyber criminals in these countries who were allegedly hacking into websites based in the US and duping people financially.

The sources said agency got some crucial inputs from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the basis of which CBI registered case under the provisions of the Information Technology Act. After registering the case, CBI carried out searches in Ghaziabad, Mumbai and Pune and one person has been arrested from Pune for alleged violation of the Information Technology Act, they said.

The sources refused to share further information on the victims of the hackers or the amount which could have been compromised by them, saying searches were still going on.

Man kills six members of his family

luCKnow, January 24 (Ians): A man killed six members of his family with a hand plough in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh over a property dispute, police said Friday. The incident took place around midnight in Pilkhana village when accused Momin attacked his father Mausam Khan, 80, his brother Shaukin Khan, 60, his brother’s wife Shanno, their two children and another family member.

All the six family members died on the spot. The police said the entire house was splattered with blood and the dead had multiple wounds on their bodies. Inspector General of Police (Meerut) Alok Sharma said the case appeared to be the result of a property dispute over a brick kiln.

As the news of the killings spread, hundreds of villagers rushed to the spot where heavy police force was deployed. Police said the accused walked out of the house after murdering his family members as if nothing had happened. He also bolted the house from outside and when police arrived on being informed by neighbours, he told them he was on his way to his own house and was unaware of any commotion.

miles,” he said.

The lack of education is evident in the village.

Ironically, the girl and her lover met while they were both working on the village’s school building. “We always wanted to educate our children,” said a woman, whose husband has been arrested for the gang rape. She adds with sudden anger: “It is this under-construction school that has brought shame to our vil-

lage. It’s here that the two met. She has brought disrespect to our community.”

A 3km drive on a dusty, pebbled track brings you to this hamlet. It seems to be caught in a conundrum - between urbanity and tribal tradition. With Suri just 30km away, the urban effect is evident here. The youth wear jeans and women were nightgowns. A few have mobile phones. The village doesn’t look as neat

KolKata, January 24 (reuters): The Supreme Court on Friday ordered an investigation into the gang rape of a 20-yr-old woman from a tribal region by 13 men on the orders of a village court, a case that has sparked protests demanding swift justice. The woman, who is recovering in hospital, told police she was assaulted by the men on Monday night in the Birbhum district of West Bengal as punishment for violating rules of her tribe by having a relationship with a man from a different community.

The ruling by the top court underscores the sensitivity of sexual violence issues following the fatal gang rape of a physiotherapist on a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012 - an attack that sparked nationwide demonstrations and political uproar. In the West Bengal case, police said that the woman’s male companion was tied up in the village square, while the assault on the woman happened in a mud house. The man has now gone missing from the village, relatives say.

The woman was in stable condition, the hospital said. There were sporadic protests in West Bengal, where earlier this month there were large demonstrations

and tidy as Santhal villages do. Electricity hasn’t gone to their homes but they hook up with the main transmission lines. “Like you, our youths are up to date. They will never indulge in all this,” said a woman.

No one admits being present during the gang rape. “I was not there when the incident took place. My uncle Bolai Murdy was the former Morol (headman).

But he was unhappy when

Kejriwal’s role under scanner, SC slams Delhi cops handling protest

new DelhI, January 24 (PtI): Arvind Kejriwal’s role in leading a protest while holding constitutional office on Friday came under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court which slammed law enforcing agencies for allowing unlawful assembly of supporters of the chief minister in the heart of national capital. The apex court disapproved the Delhi Police inaction in permitting people to gather outside the Rail Bhavan despite prohibitory orders under section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure barring assembly of five and more persons being in force.

“How did they (people) assemble when prohibitory orders under secton 144 of CrPC was clamped. Why did you let it happen in the first place when the mob is already there,” a bench comprising justices R M Lodha and Shiva Kirti Singh asked Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi. “Why did police at all permit people to gather when it will amount to breach of prohibitory orders.

What we are inclined to know is whether police acted,” the bench said while adding that “by allowing five people it swelled into 500 and thereafter into thousands”.

Observing that “the task in hand is to see that the constitutional provisions are

Fodder scam: Twelve sentenced

ranChI, January 24 (Ians): A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Jharkhand Friday awarded four years’ imprisonment to each of the 12 people convicted in a fodder scam case and slapped fine up to Rs.4 lakh. The 12 people given imprisonment include former Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Lok Sabha MP Jagdish Sharma. The CBI court slapped a fine of Rs.2 lakh on Sharma.

The court Wednesday had convicted 19 people, of whom seven were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. The case is related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.1.16

respected,” the bench sought explanation

by January 31 from the police commissioner why people were allowed to gather unlawfully at the site of dharna by Kejriwal. AAP party was demanding action against policemen who refused to carry out a raid on an alleged drug and prostitution ring on Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti’s directive last week.

“We want information on two queries as to why despite the prohibitory order under section 144 of CrPC the law enforcing agencies/police permit five and more persons unlawfully. “Second whether law enforcing agencies/police acted appropriately and with utmost expedition in dispersing the unlawful assembly by force under section 129 (2) of CrPC after such assembly was informed under section 129 (1) of CrPC to disperse and despite such command the assembly did not disperse,” the bench said in its order.

The bench, which was hearing the PIL filed by advocate M L Sharma, issued notice to the Centre through the ministry of home affairs and Delhi government and sought their response within six weeks on the issue whether constitutional post holder can resort to agitation in violation of law.

crore from the state’s Godda district treasury. There were 30 accused in the case.

Six died during the course of the trial, two turned CBI approvers, two admitted their guilty and one is still absconding.

Sharma was also convicted in a fodder scam along with Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav in September 2013. He lost his Lok Sabha membership along with Lalu Yadav after being sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. This was the judgment in the 44th fodder scam case. Lalu Prasad quit his Bihar chief minister’s post in 1997 when his name figured in the fodder scam case probe by the CBI. The scam surfaced in 1996. Around 54 of the 61 cases were transferred to Jharkhand when it was carved from Bihar in November 2000. Different CBI courts have passed judgment in

against police who have been accused of failing to act on the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl who was later murdered. “This is complete sadism and the authorities must do something,” said rape victim and activist Suzette Jordan, whose case also sparked massive protests against the police and the West Bengal state government.

West Bengal’s Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, under fire for being slow to act over rape cases, removed the superintendent of police of Birbhum from his post for failing to take swift action against some alleged attackers linked to her political party. Nityananda Hembram, a senior leader of the tribal Santhal community, said there was a campaign to malign the tribal culture by distorting the facts in this case.

“She may have been raped but of what I gathered she was warned ahead by the womenfolk of the village against living with a man from another community without marrying,” Hembram told Reuters.

sue was highlighted in local media again last week after a 51-yr-old Danish tourist was gang-raped in central Delhi by at least five men whom she had asked for directions.

In West Bengal, the couple were ordered to pay a fine of 25,000 rupees, said the victim’s mother, adding that the village head then ordered the rape of her daughter.

Human rights groups say diktats issued by kangaroo courts are not uncommon in rural regions.

In northern parts of India, illegal village councils known as “Khap Panchayats” act as de-facto courts settling rural disputes on everything from land and cattle to matrimony and murder. But such councils are coming under growing scrutiny as their punitive edicts grow more regressive - ranging from banning women from wearing western clothing and using mobile phones to supporting child marriage and sanctioning the lynching of young couples in so-called “honour killings”.

West Bengal recorded the highest number of gender crimes in the country at 30,942 in 2012 - 12.7% TOUGHENING SEX LAWS of India’s total recorded crimes India toughened laws on sex against women. These crimes incrimes in March last year after clude rape, kidnapping and sexual the brutal assault in Delhi. The is- harassment and molestation.

my father Buju Hembram took over. Hence, it was he who passed the verdict on the girl,” says Sumir Hembram, Buju’s son. He is quick to point out that the girl “was bad” and had even “visited Delhi and spoke in Hindi”. “Tell me how are they so well off?” he asks.

About 10km away, the lover’s village is equally tense. His family got a call on Tuesday morning to pay Rs 25,000 or see him dead. “My

brother-in-law was forced to sell off his soon-to-be-married daughter’s jewellery to raise the money,” said his wife. They have a 10-yearold son and a daughter.

“Please see that my husband returns,” she adds, breaking down. “I have no hard feelings for the victim. She is like my sister and is going through a lot of pain.”

A delegation of Bharat Jakat Majhi Maroa, a Santhal social organization,

visited the village on Thursday. Opel Murdy, a representative, said the incident had shamed the entire tribal society but he, too, did not deny that a “system of punishment” existed in their community.

“We strongly condemn the torture on the girl. We shall try to remove the misunderstandings but we cannot totally deny the system of community-headman. It has many good sides too.”

An anti-nuclear activist participates in a protest against the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Mumbai, India, Friday, Jan. 24, 2013. Abe is arriving Saturday on a threeday official visit to India and will also be the chief guest on India’s Republic Day parade, celebrated on Jan. 26. (AP Photo

more than 43 cases. Lalu Prasad and an- leagues for “anti-party activities”. other former Bihar chief minister, JaganHe said the continuation of Alagiri in nath Mishra, are accused in five cases. the party was not proper and would destroy discipline. So, he said, Alagiri had been “temporarily suspended”. “The members should accept this decision taken in the interests of the party and should stand united,” Anbazhagan said. Alagiri, son of DMK president M. Karunanidhi, is ChennaI, January 24 (Ians): The against his brother M.K. Stalin being electDMK Friday announced the temporary ed to the party’s top post. suspension of former union minister M.K. On Jan 7, Karunanidhi warned Alagiri Alagiri in the “interests of the party”. The and others that the party would act against suspension comes ahead of the DMK’s those who defy the official line. He said such state conference in Tiruchirapalli next action could include removal from primary month. DMK general secretary K. Anba- membership of the party. In a recent interzhagan said Alagiri was creating confu- view, Alagiri, the south zone organising secsion in the party ranks and criticising the retary of the DMK, had opposed an alliance disciplinary action taken against some col- with the DMDK in the Lok Sabha polls.

DMK suspends Karunanidhi’s son

Fresh cases of illegal child adoption from India surface

syDney, January 24 (Ians): A child rights group has alleged that there is fresh evidence of Indian children being trafficked for adoption to Australia in the past 12 months.

Arun Dohle, a researcher at the Netherlands-based organisation, Against Child Trafficking (ACT), said potentially dozens of Indian children had been trafficked to Australia under the previous inter-country adoption programme that ended in 2010, The Sydney Morning Herald reported Friday.

The ACT cautioned against ramping up over-

seas adoptions until existing cases of Indian children being trafficked under previous adoption programmes have been resolved. Dohle said that one case involved a girl, who was old enough at the time of adoption to know that her parents were against her adoption. “She is now an adult and is seeking her biological parents, who we believe did not give consent,” he said.

In the second case, a child was adopted after her mother reportedly left a train in India briefly to get something but was unable to get back before the

train left. Dohle said the child was allegedly taken to an adoption agency from the next station and sent to Australia. In the third case, a street child was adopted without proper attempts being made to find the parents.

Dohle said all three adoptions had been arranged through an Indian orphanage and adoption agency, Preet Mandir.

After allegations of corruption and adoption of children without proper paperwork, the adoption agency was shut down, he said. However, the agency, which provided dozens of

children for adoption in Australia, has denied any impropriety.

Dohle said that the ACT asked the Australian government in 2008 to recognise liability in adoption cases of kidnapped children. “We never got a reply,” he said. “I would now call for the Australian government to have a criminal investigation into how these children ended up here.

They also need to assist those families who need investigations done to find out what happened to their children or for the children to find the parents,” Dohle added.

He said that the ACT is representing an Indian couple, Salya and Fatima, whose daughter was kidnapped, sold to another orphanage and sent for adoption to Australia after forging documents. The biological parents are now fighting to get back their daughter but negotiations got stalled after both sides were unable to agree on the terms of contract.

A spokeswoman for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the government was committed to working with state and territory colleagues and stakeholders in the

area of overseas adoption to solve the issue. “We do not comment on specific cases,” the spokeswoman said. Tarun Kumar, press officer for the Indian high commission in Canberra, said that Indian authorities were discussing the issue with Australian authorities.

Kumar, however, added that he was not aware about the new cases uncovered by the ACT. Adoptions from India were halted by the government in October 2010 following allegations of complicity of Indian officials in illegal adoptions.

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South Sudan govt and rebels sign cease-fire ADDIS ABABA, JAnuAry 24 (reuterS): South Sudan’s government and rebels signed a ceasefire on Thursday to end more than five weeks of fighting that divided Africa’s newest nation and brought it to the brink of civil war. US President Barack Obama, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council welcomed the news, but several diplomatic sources in New York said they were worried the killing could continue. Fighting between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and those backing the vice president he sacked in July, Riek Machar, erupted in mid-December.

Thousands of people have been killed and more than half a million people have fled their homes, prompting the regional grouping of nations, IGAD, to initiate peace talks. More than 70,000 people have sought refuge at UN bases around the country after peacekeepers, in an unusual move, opened their gates to them.

But making the ceasefire hold could test Machar, whose forces include loyalists as well as more autonomous groups battling the centrally controlled government forces. “The crisis that gripped South Sudan is a mere manifestation of the challenges that face the young and fledgling state,” Seyoum Mesfin, IGAD’s chief mediator, told the signing ceremony. “I believe that the postwar challenges will be greater than the war itself. The process will be ... unpredictable and delicate.”

EU says ‘killing must end now’

In this Sunday, January 12, 2014 file photo, a man carrying his belongings stands amongst the remains of buildings destroyed by the recent fighting, after government forces on Friday retook from rebel forces the provincial capital of Bentiu, in Unity State, South Sudan. South Sudan’s government and rebels fighting against it have signed Thursday, January 23, a cessation of hostilities agreement in Addis Ababa that should at the least put a pause to five weeks of warfare that has claimed thousands of lives and uprooted a half million people since fighting began Dec. 15 between the government and supporters of former Vice President Riek Machar. (AP File Photo)

Obama said on Thursday the ceasefire was a “critical first step” toward peace in South Sudan, but added that leaders needed to work to resolve the underlying causes of the conflict, and must quickly release political detainees. “South Sudan’s leaders must demonstrate their sustained commitment to a peaceful resolution of the crisis,” Obama said in a statement, urging that “individuals who have committed atrocities are held to account.”

Sources told Reuters earlier this month the United States was weighing targeted sanctions against South Sudan because of the failure of the country’s lead-

ers to take steps to end the crisis. A delegate from Jordan, president of the 15-nation Security Council this month, told reporters in New York that the council welcomed the ceasefire and urged both sides to support and cooperate with the U.N. peacekeeping mission UNMISS, which has been the subject of sharp criticism from Kiir’s government.

U.N. chief Ban’s press office issued a statement urging both sides to implement the ceasefire agreement immediately. It said Ban “underscores the necessity to continue without delay a national political dialogue to reach a comprehensive peace agreement, with the

participation of all South Sudanese political and civil society representatives.”

Several diplomats expressed concern that the conflict could continue.

“Ethnic, personal grievances, vengeance will dominate tit-for-tat actions, crimes, killings for some time,” a senior diplomatic source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. South Sudan won its independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of conflict between the northern and southern Sudanese.

REBEL PRISONERS South Sudan’s defence minister, Kuol Manyang Juuk, told Reuters last Friday before the deal was

reached that Machar did not have enough control to make a ceasefire stick in the oil-producing nation, one of Africa’s poorest.

“To the parties, we say: Enough! The killing must end now. The displaced must be able to return to their homes,” said Alexander Rondos, the European Union’s special representative for the Horn of Africa, at the signing event.

The conflict has turned along ethnic fault lines, pitting Machar’s Nuer against Kiir’s Dinka people. Several other communities have also taken up weapons.

Analysts say the ceasefire does not resolve the broader power struggle.

BruSSelS, JAnuAry 24 (AFP): The European Union on Thursday welcomed a peace deal between South Sudan’s government and rebels and urged immediate implementation in a conflict that has left thousands dead. “The killing must end now,” EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement.

The deal, signed earlier Thursday, committed both sides to halt fighting within 24 hours. “I welcome the agreement on the cessation of hostilities in South Sudan,” Ashton said in a statement. “This agreement must now be turned to reality and the parties must move immediately to implement in good faith.

“This means that the killing must end now. Women must be safe again.

Children must be protected. The displaced must be able to return home.

Humanitarian assistance must reach all in need without obstacle or abuse.”

The agreement was signed in

“It is only the first step to allow space and time for a more substantive political dialogue to take place,” said Douglas Johnson, a historian and author.

Both sides had said several times since talks began at the start of January that they were close to a deal, but disagreements had pushed back a signing.

Meanwhile, fighting raged, with the government retaking major towns from rebel forces. “This deal does not provide answers to South Sudan’s current problems.

We need a comprehensive political deal,” said one rebel official in the Ethiopian capital. “We are only signing because we, and they,

the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa by representatives of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel delegates loyal to ousted vice president Riek Machar. Mediators from the East African regional bloc IGAD, which has been brokering the peace talks, said the deal will put in place a verification and monitoring mechanism for the truce.

After clashes broke out in the capital Juba more than a month ago, the conflict rapidly escalated into allout war between the regular army, backed by Ugandan troops, and breakaway army units and other militia. The violence took on an ethnic dimension as members of Kiir’s Dinka tribe clashed with Machar’s Nuer group. Aid workers and analysts believe up to 10,000 people have died, while close to half a million have been forced to flee their homes, with atrocities allegedly committed by both sides.

are under pressure.”

Ordinary people in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, were also sceptical the ceasefire would swiftly end the political rivalry that underpinned the fighting. “It can solve some of the immediate problems but not all the problems,” said 31-yearold Samuel Kuir Chok. “I’m not optimistic ... because this guy (Machar) wants to be president at all costs.”

The ceasefire was accompanied by an agreement on the “question of detainees”. Rebels had demanded the release of 11 of Machar’s allies, detained by the government and accused of attempting

a coup. Seyoum, the chief mediator, told reporters the deal provided for the 11 to participate eventually in the peace process - but that they must first face due process of law.

Shortly before the signing, rebel spokesman Mabior Garang said freeing the detainees was “not so much of a demand since everyone recognises the need for their release”.

Diplomats at the talks had said the deal would call for an end to “involvement by foreign forces”, but Hussein Mar Nyot, the spokesman for Machar’s delegation, said it called for a ‘withdrawal of allied forces invited by both sides’”.

Myanmar Buddhists killed more than 40 Muslims: UN REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION

yAnGOn, JAnuAry 24 (AP): At least 48 Muslims were killed when Buddhist mobs attacked a village in an isolated corner of western Myanmar earlier this month, the United Nations said Thursday, calling on the government to carry out a swift, impartial investigation and to hold those responsible accountable.

Presidential spokesman Ye Htut, who has vehemently denied reports of a massacre, said he “strongly objects” to the U.N. claims. The facts and figures, he said, are “totally wrong.”

Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million people, has been grappling with sectarian violence since June 2012.

The incident in Du Chee Yar Tan, a village in Northern Rakhine state, appears to be the deadliest in a year, and would bring the total number killed nationwide to more than 280, most of them Muslims. Another 250,000 people have fled their homes.

Northern Rakhine - home to 80% of the country’s 1 million long-persecuted Muslim Rohingya population - runs along the Bay of Bengal and is cut off from the rest of the country by a mountain range. It is off-limits to foreign journalists and humanitarian aid workers have limited access, adding

‘Diabetes runs at home’

tOrOntO, JAnuAry 24 (IAnS): You are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes if your spouse has it. According to a new research led by an Indianorigin scientist at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal, Canada, living together under one roof could also imply sharing diabetes. “We found a 26%t increase in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes if your spouse also has type 2 diabetes,” says senior author Kaberi Dasgupta.

Dasgupta’s team wanted to see if risk behaviours like poor eating habits and low physical activity could be shared within a household, said the study published in the journal BMC Medicine.

They analysed results from six selected studies that were conducted in different parts of the world and looked at key outcomes such as age, socio-economic status and the way in which diabetes was diagnosed in over 75,000 couples. Most of the studies relied on health records which may not always accurately record diabetes. Those that used direct blood testing suggested that diabetes risk doubles if your partner has diabetes.

to the difficulties of confirming details about the violence, which flared more than a week ago.

But evidence of a massacre, first reported by The Associated Press, has been steadily mounting, with injured victims The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said she had received credible information that eight Rohingya Muslim men were attacked and killed in Du Chee Yar Tan village by local Rakhine on Jan 9. This was followed by a clash on Jan. 13 in the same village, following the reported kidnapping and killing of a police sergeant by Rohingya residents, according to witnesses and rights groups.

That triggered a security crackdown. Most Rohingya men and boys - who typically flee when soldiers and police are thought to be approaching, because it is they who usually bear the brunt of abuses - fled the village in fear, leaving behind mostly women and children. Police did nothing to stop revenge-seeking a Buddhist mob that entered later that night with knives, sticks and swords, witnesses and rights groups said.

Pillay said the U.N. believes at least 40 Rohingya Muslim men, women and children were killed, bringing the total to at least 48. “I deplore the loss of life ...

and call on the authorities to carry out a full, prompt and impartial investigation and ensure that victims and their families receive justice,” she said. “By responding to these incidents quickly and decisively, the government has an opportunity to show transparency and accountability, which will strengthen democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar.”

The village has been emptied and sealed off since the massacre. The humanitarian aid group, Medicins san Frontiers, or Doctors Without Borders, which has several clinics in the area, said it has treated at least 22 patients, including several wounded, who are believed to be victims of the violence. “MSF continues to be concerned by reports that there may be unmet medical needs among the affected population and stands ready to support local health authorities in providing medical care to those in need,” the group said in a statement.

Matthew Smith, executive director of the Thailand-based rights group, Fortify Rights, called on the government to give humanitarian workers, independent observers and journalists unfettered access to the area. He said hundreds are still in hiding and may need help.

26th January 2014 Nagaland Secretariat Plaza, Kohima

PROGRAMME 0600 hrs 0855 hrs 0900 hrs

NATIONAL VOTERS' DAY 25TH JANUARY, 2014.

The Election Commission of India came into being on 25th January, 1950. In commemoration of its fiftieth year, the Commission declared 25th January as the National Voters' Day with the first celebration in 2011 under the theme 'Greater Participation for a Stronger Democracy.' Since then, the National Voters' Day is celebrated across the country on 25th January every year. The objective of the Commission is to increase enrollment of youth voters in the age group of 18-19 years and enthuse in them a sense of pride and responsibility and inspire them to exercise their franchise responsibly. This is expected to inculcate in the new voters a sense of commitment and greater participation in the democratic electoral process.

India is the largest democracy in the world and widely considered as the cradle of democratic values and principles which is invariably based on voters' participation in the electoral process. To sustain the vibrancy of this democratic ethos, voters needs to be educated and empowered so that they made an informed choice while voting. Today, there is a gap between what the voters 'should know and what they 'actually know in important areas like registration, EPIC/identity proofs, use of EVMs, Model Code of Conduct, use of money, muscle and liquor power by candidates or their associates to influence vulnerable sections of electorate.

The National Voters' Day 2014 is being celebrated under the theme 'Ethical Voting.'

Election Law provides for conduct of free and fair elections to enable voters to cast votes as per their choice of candidate and political party. The Law also prohibits voting on consideration of bribes or inducements. As the country gear up for the mammoth exercise of conducting the Lok Sabha election soon, every voter should exercise his/her franchise without fear or favour. Whoever forces or intimidates a voter not to vote or to vote a particular candidate or to vote in a manner other than that provided by the law commits an offence. The law also provides that whoever gives a gratification to any person with the object of inducing him or any other person to exercise any electoral right or of rewarding any person for having exercised any such right or accepts either for himself or any other person any gratification as a reward for exercising any such right or for inducing or attempting to induce any other person to exercise any such right, commits an offence. The law further provides that whoever voluntarily interferes or attempts to interfere with the free exercise of any electoral right commits the offence of undue influence at an election. Voter should also be aware that impersonation at elections is a cognizable offence under the Indian Penal Code. In the coming elections, voters will also have the option of rejecting all the contesting candidates by recording their votes for NOTA (None Of The Above) in the Electronics Voting Machines (EVMs). This option will impel political parties to consider and set up responsible and capable candidates. Towards achieving error-free electoral rolls and strengthening the democratic process through free, fair and clean elections, a concerted efforts by all stake holders such as political parties, NGOs, BLOs and voters is imperative.

The National Voters Day should serve as a reminder to all voters of the state their rights and responsibility towards building a stronger democracy.

Issued by: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer Nagaland, Kohima.

N.B.:

: Hoisting of National Flag on all Government Offices, Institutions/Public & Private buildings : Review of Parade by DGP, Nagaland : 1. Governor arrives, takes salute and inspects the Parade 2. Address by the Governor 3. Release of District Human Development Reports and Compendium of Various Activities 4. Presentation of Awards 5. March Past: i) 164 Inf. Bn. (TA) (H&H) Naga : 1 (one) Contingent th ii) 19 Assam Rifles : 1 (one) Contingent : 1 (one) Contingent iii) 78th Bn. CRPF iv) 155 Bn. BSF : 1 (one) Contingent v) 4th NAP : 1 (one) Contingent vi) DEF, Kohima : 1 (one) Contingent th vii) 15 IRB Mahila Battalion : 1 (one) Contingent viii) Home Guards : 1 (one) Contingent ix) Forest Protection Force : 1 (one) Contingent x) NCC (Boys & Girls) : 4 (four) Contingents xi) Bharat Scouts & Guides : 2 (two) Contingents xii) Ex-Servicemen : 1 (one) Contingent xiii) School Students : 2 (two) Contingents 6. Entertainment: i) Documentaryon 50Years of Statehood : IPR Department ii) Cultural Programme : NEZCC 7. Exhibition: i) Flexi Banner Displays by Government Departments ii) Photo Exhibition on 50 Years of Statehood by IPR Department

1) Sweets Distribution at the Secretariat Plaza by Nagaland Flying & Adventure Sports.

2) Visit to Charitable Institutions (1200 hrs onwards) i) Old Age Home (Near NEILIT) - Indian Red Cross, Nagaland Branch ii) Naga Hospital - Hindu KalyanSamithi iii) Kohima Orphanage - Nagaland Contractors & Suppliers Union iv) District Jail Kohima - Kohima Chambers of Commerce & Industries v) Leprosy Colony - Lions Club vi) State Mental Health Institute - Kohima Press Club vii) District TB & Chest Diseases Hospital - DEF, Kohima viii) Eden Garden Orphanage, Khuzama - Nagaland Association for Adventure, Mountaineering and Education (NAAME) ix) Kripa Centre - Indian Red Cross, Kohima Branch x) Spastic Society - Rotary Club xi) Aids Hospice/Mt. Gilead Home - Classic Club xii) Cherry Blossom School for Differently Abled Children, Lerie - Gorkha Public Panchayat xiii) Jo Foundation for Children with Special Needs, Agri. Colony - Royal Club xiv) Bright Morning Star Orphanage, Paramedical - Muslim Welfare Society

1500 hrs : 1600 hrs : 1630 hrs :

Tug-of-War (Organised by KMC) Prize Distribution for the Best Contingents of Republic Day Parade Band Display: i) Brass Band of Nagaland Police ii) Pipe Band of 19th Assam Rifles iii) Pipe Band of 15th IR (Mahila)

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England finally beat Australia

PERTH, JaNuaRY 24 (aFP) : It took them almost three months, but England finally notched their first win of their horrific Australian tour in the fourth oneday international against Australia at the WACA Ground on Friday.

After eight successive losses to the home nation in both Tests and one-dayers, the tourists finally had something to celebrate with a 57-run win over Australia, which already held an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match ODI series. Up against an understrength Australian side led by George Bailey rather than Michael Clarke, who was rested along with Brad Haddin and David Warner, England made 316 for eight after being sent in to bat on a great batting wicket.

In reply Australia made 259 from 47.4 overs. Even in victory there was late agony for the English, with two chances going begging in the 10th-wicket stand and they also failed to refer a catch behind that Hot Spot revealed had caught the outside edge.

England could largely Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte and rapper Pitbull pose at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 23. Claudia Leitte and Pitbull will perform with Jennifer Lopez thank the all-round efforts the official song for the 2014 World Cup. Football's governing body didn't elaborate when of man-of-the-match Ben Stokes, who made 70 with the song, written and co-produced by Pitbull will be released. (AP Photo)

the bat and claimed four wickets for 39, and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, who thrashed 71 runs and then claimed five catches.

And despite a century

by Australian opener Aaron Finch the home side was always struggling in the run chase. Any realistic hope of an Australian win evaporated when Finch holed out to Stuart Broad at third man from the bowling of Tim Bresnan (3-45) for 108, from 111 balls. That left Australia at 189 for five in the 36th over and there was no last-gasp miracle from James Faulkner this time. For one of the few times on their tour, luck ran with the English and they were aided by some uncharacteristically poor fielding by the home side.

They even got a crucial decision review right to remove Bailey cheaply in the Australian innings.

Stokes delivered a polished 70 off 84 balls, while opener Ian Bell chimed in with 55 from 52 deliveries.

Both were dropped during their innings, while captain Alastair Cook made a crisp 44 from 43 balls at the top order, only to fall when a much-needed big score seemed likely for the embattled skipper.

MELBOuRNE, JaNuaRY 24 (aP): This will be Li Na's third time in the Australian Open final and her goal, she half-jokes, is to not fall down. For Dominika Cibulkova, the game plan is to enjoy the moment that she describes as a beautiful dream coming true.

The No. 4-seeded Li is the favorite to win Saturday's final, based on her ranking, her experience and the fact that she already has won a major — the 2011 French Open. But the past two weeks have proven that there is nothing predictable about this year's Australian Open.

After a tournament of upsets, the championship is marked by who's not in it: No. 1 Serena Williams, a winner of 17 majors; No. 2 Victoria Azarenka, the two-time defending champion; and No. 3 Maria Sharapova, the four-time Grand Slam winner who was beaten in the fourth round by the unheralded but highly energetic Cibulkova.

Playing as the underdog has suited 20th-seeded Cibulkova. The 24-year-old has won all but one of her matches in straight sets, including three in just an hour

Thursday after beating Canadian teen Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-4. "Last year in the final, I think I played well, but I only can say I was unlucky because falling down twice."

Li's sense of humor which shines through broken English in on-court interviews has made her one of the perennial crowd favorites in Melbourne. She often makes wise cracks about her husband and former coach.

After the quarterfinals Li said she considers her tennis rackets as members of the family and has named them: Li Na 1, Li Na 2 all the way up to Li Na 8.

Looking ahead to the final, Li said she expects a tough match because she and Cibulkova have similar tennis styles. They're both fast, powerful and cover the court with speed. "She has pretty fast legs on the court," said Li, who has a 4-0 lead against Cibulvoka in headto-head matches. "Yeah, We play pretty similar. So, tough match. Another challenge."

In China, Li said, there is a belief that tough times in the past means good luck ahead.

So does Li feel lucky at the Australian Open this year?

"Until now, yes," she said.

Li Na takes on Dominika Cibulkova today

Heat keep the lid on Lakers

MIaMI, JaNuaRY 24 (REuTERS): It was forward Chris Bosh to the rescue. With guard Dwyane Wade out with knee soreness for the fourth straight game and forward LeBron James not quite as efficient as usual, Bosh -- the mostcriticized member of the Miami Heat's Big Three -- had a huge night. Bosh made 15 of 22 shots, including eight straight in the second half, to lead the Heat to a 109-102 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. As a team, the Heat shot 71.4 percent in the fourth quarter, holding off the Lakers, who pulled to within four points with 2:41 remaining in the game. Bosh and James combined to score the Heat's final eight points.

The Heat now trail the Indiana Pacers by three games in the battle for the top record in the Eastern Conference. For Bosh, it was his highest-scoring game since he had 37 on Dec. 28. During that span, he had two games in which he scored less than 10 points, and it is that inconsistency that frustrates some Heat fans.

The Lakers, who lost 14 of their past 17 games, were led by center Pau Gasol, who had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and guard Jodie Meeks, who added 22 points, including four 3-pointers. Guard Kendall Marshall added 11 assists and just three turnovers.

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Dominika Cibulkova (AP Photo)

or less. The diminutive Slovakian who stands at a mere 1.61 meters (5-foot-3) has endeared herself to the crowds at Melbourne Park with a ferocious fighting spirit on-court and heartfelt comments afterward.

"I still can't believe I'm playing finals. I can't believe this is happening," Cibulkova told the Rod Laver Arena crowd on Thursday after another upset in the semifinals over 2012 Wimbledon finalist Ag-

nieszka Radwanska. When Cibulkova hit the last forehand winner, she threw her racket into the air, fell flat on her back and then buried her hands in her face.

Later at a post-match news conference, she blinked back tears. "It will be the biggest match of my life," said Cibulkova. "It's a big pressure. Still I want to enjoy it on the court. I don't want to suffer on the court."

"It's something beautiful. It's like a dream." The

Li Na (AP Photo)

31-year-old Li knows what it's like to suffer during a final in Melbourne. Last year, she twisted her ankle and fell over twice before losing the 2013 Australian Open final to Azarenka. On the second tumble she fell and hit the back of her head on the hard court, needing on-court treatment by a tournament doctor who assessed her for a concussion as the crowd watched.

"At least I'll try to not fall down this time," Li said

WASA Wrestling meet concludes

Winners of Naga style wrestling Megosier Khate (Right), Neivolie Senotsu (2nd Right), Seketoukho Nipu (3rd Right) and Kuolierie Kuotsu posing for lens with WASA office bearers and game officials at the 52nd WASA Wrestling Meet held at Sechü Zubza.

SEcHÜ-ZuBZa, JaNuaRY 24 (MExN): Former Nagaland wrestling champ Megosier Khate from Khonoma village today emerged as the champion of the 52nd Wrestling Meet of the Western Angami Sports Association (WASA) held at WAPO Ground, Sechü-Zubza.

29 year old Khate, also a former champion of the Angami Sports Association (ASA) Wrestling Meet, bagged the coveted title after defeating Neivolie Senotsu (23 years) of Jotsoma village in the final bout.

The third place was bagged by Seketoukho Nipu (23) of Sechü-Zubza who represented WADSA group, while Kuolierie Kuotsu (24) from Khonoma bagged the fourth position.

The champion walked away with a cash amount Rs 40,000, while the second, third and fourth position winners received a cash award of Rs 25,000, 20,000 and 15,000 respectively along with citations.

The others who have been selected in Naga style wrestling to represent

WASA in the forthcoming ASA Wrestling Meet are Zasevikho Meyatsu, Rovilhoulie Pier, Japuvituo Savino, Rokozelie Punyü, Megolhoubei Peseyie, Kepekhotuo Miasalhou, Megovizo Visienyü, Megokhozo Nipu, Tsuvilie Punyü, Kevikoto Vüprü, Kethosito Rino, Kekhrieneizolie Rino, Kekhriezo Nagi and Kevigwelie Kitshü.

The two-day event which concluded today also featured free style wrestling for both senior and junior categories.

The selected players in junior free style are Kedoneilie Medoze, Kekhrieselhou Nagi, Visazokho Lhousa, Mhiesikhoto Chase, Kekhrieselhou Nisa, Rokovilie Khawakhrie, Rokovotuo Khawakhrie, Megotseituo Chüsi, Mhiesilietuo Kuotsu, Rokokhotuo Lhousa, Mechüsetuo Punyü and Neitsilie Zhünyü.

In senior free style, the selected players are Kepekhoto Miasalhou, Rokozelhou Kuotsu, Mhiesilie Rhitso, Thejazeto Meyase, Megovizo Visienyü, Kuolierie Kuotsu, Rovingutuo Chase, Mhiesivicha Meru, Thejavituo Khawakhrie

and Vitseituo Chüsi.

Gracing the closing function as the guest of honour, Kovi Meyase, additional deputy commissioner of Naginimora, urged the wrestlers to partake in games and sports activities with the true spirit of sportsmanship.

Stating that Naga wrestling is one of the biggest sporting events in the Naga society, especially the Tenyimi community, he encouraged the wrestlers to give their best effort to achieve at the higher level of competition and bring laurels to the western Angami community. With Naga wrestling gaining popularity among the Nagas, Meyase also expressed happiness that the management of wrestling is becoming more professional with each passing year.

The closing function programme was chaired

by Thekrulhousie Mor, vice president WASA, while the invocation was pronounced by Medolepra Rino, Catechist Sechü Zubza. The vote of thanks was tendered by Neivi Sechü, president of the hosting unit WADSA.

England's Captain Alastair Cook, left, leads his teammates off the field after defeating Australia by 57 runs in their one day international cricket match in Perth, Australia on Jan. 24. (AP Photo)

Buttler produced some scintillating batting at the end of the innings, hitting four sixes as he made 71 from just 43 balls.

For just about the first time on the tour, the English got on top of paceman Mitchell Johnson, who went wicketless and conceded 72 runs from his 10 overs, although he was on the wrong end of two dropped catches. The tourists rode their luck as the home team couldn't maintain their previous efficiency in the field.

Having taken virtually every

chance offered the English all summer, the Australians grassed two chances and also squandered a couple of other opportunities.

At one stage, they missed three catches in two overs, with Shaun Marsh putting down two at first slip in one Johnson over.

Marsh, celebrating his recall to the national Test squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa, dropped Bell on 52 and Stokes on 29.

Australia were also guilty of wayward bowling, conceding 16 wides. Cook

had been quoted as saying he was reconsidering his role as captain leading up to the match, but at the coin toss vowed to do all he could to hang onto the position. The left-hander finally looked back in form during his knock, hitting three successive boundaries off Nathan Coulter-Nile and playing some sparkling shots either side of the wicket. However, he was clean bowled by spinner Glenn Maxwell to continue his frustrating tour with the bat.

DIMaPuR, JaNuaRY 24 (MExN): The 1st Open Badminton Tournament organized by Morning Shuttlers’ Club Dimapur at the District level Sports Complex Indoor stadium,

Dimapur has come to an end. 15 teams participated in the men’s open (doubles) category, and, 14 teams in the sub-veterans (doubles) category. In the men’s final Raju Chhetri & Tajen-

kaba beat P. Pulie Konyak & Moatemjen, while in the other final for subveterans, Yekhuvi Achumi & Moatemjen beat Alem Pongener & Griffin Kire to emerge as champions.

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Team Bendangsunep lifts basketball trophy

MOKOKcHuNg, JaNuaRY 24 (MExN): Team Bendangsunep lifted the 5th Inter Club NI Jamir Memorial Basketball Tournament after beating Silent Assassins in an exciting final match at the QMHSS Basketball Court here today which was witnessed by MLA and Vice-Chairman, Nagaland State Agriculture Marketing Board (NSAMB), S Chuba Longkumer, as the chief guest. The tournament, organized by Intermingle Club, Mokokchung, saw many teams from the town participating. Team Bendangsunep – made up of close friends of late Bendangsunep, an official in PWD, who passed away on Dec 11, 2013 – struggled hard in the final match against the steady Silent Assassins, who dominated the scoreboard for the better half of the game. However, the fighting spirits in Team Bendangsunep prevailed as they chased the opponents’ score and snatched victory in the last minute by one point. The match ended 33-32. The prize distribution ceremony and a raffle draw took place after the match. The winning team walked away with a trophy, certificates and a cash prize of Rs 30,000.

Earlier, the chief guest while exhorting

the players encouraged them to excel in one sport instead of choosing different disciplines. He opined that if one concentrates one’s mind and physical strength in one sports, and excel in it, then there is every chance that a sportsperson can become a successful person in life. Pointing out that to be a successful sportsperson, one needs to maintain a healthy lifestyle and good physical strength, he said, “If you have health you have hope. If you have hope, you have everything.” The chief guest also added that a successful sportsperson is a representative of the world and the society, further urging players to maintain good personality and character in life. Paying rich tribute to NI Jamir (a former Minister and father of present Chief Secretary Alemtemshi Jamir), Longkumer said that NI Jamir was a God chosen leader who rose to the position of chief secretary and minister in the state. He also added that NI Jamir was blessed and gifted with able children and grandchildren who are well known in the state as leaders and bureaucrats and suggested that the organizers of the tournament bring out a book on the life of NI Jamir which could be compiled for posterity.

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NEW YORK, JaNuaRY 24 (aP): Stephen Curry, Kevin Love, Paul George and Kyrie Irving have all been voted NBA All-Stars, putting four first-time starters in the Feb. 16 game in New Orleans.

Kobe Bryant was elected by fans to his 16th AllStar game, second-most in NBA history, but this one is shaping up as a game for the next generation.

Curry will join him in the Western Conference backcourt, with Love in the frontcourt along with Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant and the Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin.

LeBron James was the leading vote-getter with 1.4 million votes and will be joined in the Eastern Conference team by Miami teammate Dwyane Wade.

George, who has led Indiana to the league's best record, and New York's Carmelo Anthony are the other East forwards, and Irving will start at guard.

The four first-time starters are all 25 or younger. Curry went to All-Star weekend as a kid when his father, Dell, competed in the 3-point contest, and now he'll finally get to play in the game.

Bryant has been limited to just six games this season because of injuries and will be out until at least early next month. He said recently he hoped fans would not vote for him and would instead look toward younger, more deserving players, but they picked him anyway. Only Ka-

Olympics by century end?

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (24) dunks in front of the Los Angeles Clippers Hedo Turkoglu (8) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis. Indiana's Paul George and Golden State's Stephen Curry could be first-time starters when the NBA announces the results of fan balloting for the All-Star game on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2013. (AP Photo)

reem Abdul-Jabbar, with 19, was selected to more All-Star games.

But even Bryant could finish only second to Curry among West guards, a remarkable turnaround for the Golden State sharpshooter. He was the highestscoring player not chosen last year, but moved past the Clippers' Chris Paul in the third returns of balloting, then passed Bryant in the final days to finish with more than a million votes and become the Warriors'

first All-Star starter since Latrell Sprewell in 1995.

Love also made a late move to surge into the top three, finishing about 8,000 votes ahead of Houston center Dwight Howard to become Minnesota's first All-Star starter since Kevin Garnett in 2007.

The reserves will be announced next Thursday.

Head coaches in each conference will vote for two guards, three frontcourt players and two players regardless of position.

TORONTO, JaNuaRY 24 (IaNS): By the end of this century, only six of the previous winter Olympics host cities - including Sochi in Russia - would be cold enough to reliably host the games owing to global warming threats. According to an alarming study, fewer and fewer traditional winter sports regions would be able to host a Olympic winter games in a warmer world.

The study finds that internationally renowned Olympic sites, such as Squaw Valley, GarmischPartenkirchen, Vancouver and Sochi would no longer have climates suitable to reliably host the games by the middle of the 21st century.

With additional warming projected for later decades of this century, as few as six former host locations would remain climatically suitable.

The average February daytime temperature of winter games locations has steadily increased - from 0.4 degrees Celsius at games held in the 1920-50s, to 3.1 degrees Celsius in games during the 1960-90s and 7.8 degrees Celsius in games held in the 21st century.

Weather affects the ability to prepare for the games and can directly impact outdoor opening and closing ceremonies, fairness of outdoor competitions, spectator comfort, transportation and visibility and timing of television broadcasts, added the study.

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ny film that tries to encompass most of Nelson Mandela’s long life carries an enormous burden of expectation. How can a single film do the man justice within two and a half hours? In attempting to do so, can it be vital and compelling rather than merely well-meaning and didactic? And here’s a third problem: with Mandela’s recent death, the blanket media coverage of the mourning period and subsequent lengthy tributes to him, might the public’s appetite for such a film now be dimmed?

It would be a pity if so.

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The Morung Express

Dir: Justin Chadwick.

Starring: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Jamie Bartlett, Lindiwe Matshikiza, Terry Pheto, Deon Lotz.

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these problems head-on and, after a faintly unsure start, manages to rise above them. It certainly helps to have a charismatic actor in the lead role, and anyone who recalls Idris Elba’s stellar turn as Stringer Bell in The Wire will know he fits the bill. Dashing and physically imposing as the younger man, Elba’s body language relaxes as Mandela ages; he seems to acquire wisdom and gravitas along with whitening hair and a shuffling gait.

There are lots of events to pack into any account of this life, and the script by William Nicholson (Gladiator, Shadowlands), does a creditable job of assessing the great man’s achievements, It is unfashionably

wide-ranging and comprehensive, yet Nicholson has a gift for conveying milestone moments briskly.– in good faith. So Mandela’s rural Xhosa roots, along with his career as a fiery young lawyer are deftly touched upon, even if slightly rushed. Then comes his gradual radicalisation – joining the ANC, rising fast through its ranks, and initially preaching non-violence.

His subsequent change of heart, inspired by outrages against black South Africans, landed him in jail, where he stayed for 27 years.

The tone of these earlier scenes is somewhat respectful, but not blindly so: the break-up of Man-

and his jailed colleagues debate their future and that of their country. If the film gallops through the main events in Mandela’s younger years, it calms down for his long spell in jail, arriving at a majestic pace while gathering dramatic momentum as Mandela’s release comes closer and apartheid starts to crumble.

British director Justin Chadwick likes to bathe South Africa in a honeyed light, and occasionally his scenes depicting inequality and state violence feel strained and too obvious.

Yet with the magnificent Elba to anchor it, the film gradually achieves a sort of grandeur, in the manner of the hero it depicts.

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dela’s first marriage to Evelyn Mase (Terry Pheto) does not portray him in a kindly light. But the film moves into a higher gear with the arrival of Naomie Harris as the assured, plucky Winnie Mandela.

There’s genuine chemistry between her and Elba, which has a melancholy payoff later on: their long physical separation drives them emotionally and ideologically apart as the older Mandela, conciliatory, more forgiving and politically triumphant, incurs the displeasure of his staunchly radical wife.

After so much detailed exposition, up to his incarceration on Robben Island, things take a thoughtful, analytical turn, as Mandela

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Not so cocky: Despite this happy mugshot, People reports that Justin was later seen 'crying his eyes out' on Thursday in Miami

Teen pop star leaves police custody but faces charges that could carry a six-month sentence and 50 hours of community service

Waving to his fans: The icon sat on the roof of his waiting SUV as he looked at the crowd just after being released from jail on bail.

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he was raised in small-town Missouri and now lives on a Tennessee ranch with her two adopted young sons. And, while she made her name by moving with ease between pop, rock and soul, it was only a matter of time before Sheryl Crow dipped her toes into country.

Now, 20 years after she first tasted success with All I Wanna Do, one of America’s most enduring female songwriters is doing just that. Sheryl’s eighth album finds the 51-year-old taking the short trip to Nashville to work with a crack team of country co-writers, session aces and harmony singers. The genre’s story-telling traditions suit her well. A single mother, she’s survived breast cancer and a brain tumour. And with an ill-fated romance with Lance Armstrong, also behind her, she is not short of experiences to draw inspiration from. ‘It wasn’t until I moved here that I realised how amazing the country community is,’ she says. ‘It’s the thing I’ve been missing my whole career — that feeling of being able to sit around with a guitar and other musicians, all playing each other’s songs. I thought: “Gosh! This is heaven on earth!”’

Feels Like Home kicks off with polished modern country-pop.

Opening track Shotgun and current single Easy nod towards Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves, a rising country belle who’s supporting Katy Perry on tour.

But Crow is a seasoned rocker who can hold her own against the boys, and her grittier leanings come to the fore on We Oughta Be Drinkin’, a rowdy homage to a night on the hooch, and Nobody’s Business, a good-time blues-rocker that chugs along in the fashion of Fleetwood Mac’s Don’t Stop.

There are plenty of vintage influences at play, too: Sheryl namechecks Willie Nelson’s signature tune Whiskey River on We Oughta Be Drinkin’ and harks back to the old-time country balladeers on Crazy Ain’t Original, a wry comment on today’s slipping social standards that takes a pop at everything from celebrities in rehab to bankers running amok on Wall Street.

With gripping detail, Crow reprises the frank, no-nonsense approach of bruised country sweethearts such as Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette as she bares her own domestic scars.

On Waterproof Mascara, she sings with conviction of awkward questions asked by children of single mums: ‘All my friends have daddies, Mom-

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my, why don’t I?’ And if one tear-jerker weren’t enough, the bittersweet country-rockers Stay At Home Mother and Homesick detail Sheryl’s mixed feelings about life on tour.

She might lack the lung power of a traditional Southern diva, but she indulges in plenty of soul-searching without overdoing the vocal histrionics. The results, some impressive songs fleshed out by steel guitars, mandolin and fiddle, reiterate her standing as a singer of style and substance.

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irector Vikramaditya Motwane’s Lootera (2013) did something for Sonakshi Sinha that none of her previous movies were able to do. The film got critics to stand up and take notice of Sonakshi’s acting. However, the onset of the awards season this year hasn’t been very encouraging, as the acclaimed film has received almost no nominations at the major functions. “I’m taken aback,” is all she says.

But the film did something else for Sonakshi, who recently received an offer from a New York-based group to play an important role in their stage adaptation of O Henry’s The Last Leaf. Incidentally, Lootera is also based on this popular short story. Reacting to the Broadway offer, she says, “I am considering taking it up as it’s (the production) very opulent. I’m working around my dates, so let’s see."

Now that she’s keen on looking beyond Bollywood, do Hollywood projects also feature on her to-do list? "As for Hollywood, yes, I am open to those films, too, if what is offered to me is good. The west works very differently from how we work here. Our films are made to match ourpeople’s thinking and ideas,” says Sonakshi, adding that “animation or kids’ movies, or some sort of fantasy films” are genres that would interest her. “I won’t step out of my comfort zone even when I’m there (in Hollywood). I want families to watch my movies, so I won’t do work that doesn’t match Indian sensibilities,” she adds.

Elaborating on the lack of nominations for Lootera, she adds, “I feel my nomination (as best actress, for the film) is unwarranted. But I believe that respect needs to be given to a film when it’s due.”

Before the bust: The tattoo'd artist with Chantel and friends inside SET nightclub in Miami Beach just hours prior to his arrest.

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he troubled Canadian singer, Justin Bieber, was released from jail on Thursday after being arrested for drunk driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid licence. Police in Miami Beach pulled him over just after 4am when they saw him racing in a yellow Lamborghini on a residential street that had been blocked by two black SUVs. Officers reported that Bieber, 19, initially resisted arrest, swore at them and demanded to know why he was being picked up.

His friend, Khalil Amir Sharieff, who was driving a red Ferrari, was also arrested. Bieber, who sported a broad smile for his booking picture, wore bright red jail fatigues when he and Sharieff appeared by video link for their arraignment hearing. They remained silent as their defence attorney, Roy Black, negotiated bond. Bieber's was set at $2,500, Sharieff’s at $1,000.

Raymond Martinez, Miami Beach’s police chief, said Bieber, who has released three albums, was “a little belligerent, using some choice words”, when police

arrested him. Martinez said the singer also had an invalid Georgia driver’s licence and admitted to smoking marijuana, taking prescription medication and drinking.

Police said Sharieff, who tweeted at 3.07am that he was “Just livin life, blessed”, was racing Bieber in another high-performance car.

The Miami Beach police department published Bieber’s arrest report on its Twitter feed. The report said two black 4x4s had blocked Pine Tree Drive in Miami Beach, which “facilitated an open road” that enabled Bieber and Sharieff to race.

When the arrested officer attempted to stop Bieber, the singer inquired: “Why the fuck are you doing this?”

Bieber continued to ask: “What the fuck did I do? Why did you stop me?” He is reported to have assured the officer later: “I ain’t got no fucking weapons.” The police report said there was “an odor of alcohol emanating” from Bieber’s breath. The 19-year-old, who is popular among younger teenagers and has about 47m followers on Twitter, reportedly had a “flushed face [and]

bloodshot eyes”. Martinez said Bieber had admitted taking “prescription medication and that he had been smoking marijuana and that he did consume a beer”.

Under Florida law, people under the age of 21 are considered to be driving under the influence if they have a blood alcohol content of 0.02% or more – a level that Bieber could have reached after one drink. There is no minimum sentence for a first offence and a maximum of six months, a fine of $250 to $500, and 50 hours of community service.

If under 21, there is an automatic six-month licence suspension. A first conviction for drag racing carries a sentence of up to six months, a fine of $500 to $1,000 and a one-year licence suspension.

Bieber was accused of throwing eggs at a neighbour’s house in California earlier this month. Police raided his house in a gated community in Calabasas, a celebrity enclave about 30 miles north-west of central Los Angeles, in search of evidence after allegations that the eggs caused thousands of dollars worth of damage.

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She has keen interest to promote “Fair Trade” a brand, involving fashion designers from across the globe, especially from the third world countries.

Ethnic Outfit & Voice Fusion is a dual project promoted by Better Life Foundation, covering the states of Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland. Along with the attractive cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh each (winner) and Rs. 50,000 (runner-up) in both the categories, fashion designers and singers will get the opportunity for promotional tour to London.

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MELBOURNE, JaNUaRy 24 (aP): Rafael Nadal continued his dominant streak over Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open final for the third time, beating the 17-time major winner 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 Friday night to set up a championship decider against No. 8-seeded Stan Wawrinka.

Nadal has won 23 of his 33 matches against Federer, including nine of 11 in the majors. The 27-yearold Spaniard is now one victory away from becoming the first man to win all four majors at least twice in the Open era, and from joining Pete Sampras in second place on the list of all-time Grand Slam winners with 14.

At the end of the night, Federer knew he wouldn't even be the No. 1-ranked player in Switzerland next week. By reaching the final, Wawrinka ensured he'd replace Federer as their country's highest-ranked player for the first time.

Nadal missed the 2013 Australian Open during a seven-month layoff for illness and a knee injury, but returned to win the French and U.S. Opens among his 10 titles for the season and finished the year at No. 1.

"It's really, really emotional for me to be back on this court, Rod Laver Arena, and to be able to play another final," Nadal said. Rod Laver was in the crowd, and so was Sampras, who said he was watching a NadalFederer match live for the first time. His previous Grand Slam match against Federer was here in 2012, when he beat him in four sets in the semifinals be-

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Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland during their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 24. (AP Photo)

fore losing a five-set, fivehour, 53-minute final to Novak Djokovic.

Nadal is now second on the list of players reaching Grand Slam finals, joining Ivan Lendl on 19 — Federer leads the list with 24, but hasn't figured in a major final since winning Wimbledon in 2012. He hasn't beaten Nadal in a Grand Slam match since 2007 but after holding off Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in the quarterfinals, and with new coach Stefan Edberg helping fine tune his game, Federer was more confident this time in an arena where he's won the title four times.

He served and volleyed, he played with good touch, he played drop shots, he tried everything, but his 50 result-

ing unforced errors were double Nadal's 25. Nadal hit 13 of his 28 winners on his powerful left forehand, attacking Federer's one-handed backhand yet again.

"First of all, to play with Roger is always a very special feeling, he's probably the opponent that when I go to court I have very, very emotional feelings," Nadal said. "We play a lot of times for important things in our career. And today was another important match."

Nadal beat Federer here in 2009 for his only Australian Open title — he's won every other major at least twice. Clearly, he lifts for matches with his oldest rival. "I think tonight I played the best match of the tournament, so happy about that," Nadal said.

The crowd was overwhelmingly behind the 32-year-old Federer, growing more animated the further he fell behind. There was a huge cheer when Federer won a challenge on a call to hold and make it 2-all in the second set after facing break point. The first break of the match came in the sixth game of the second set, giving Nadal a 4-2 lead.

Federer then got a standing ovation and a giant roar from the crowd when he broke Nadal back to make it 2-all in the third set, immediately after dropping serve in the previous game.

The crowd chanted, "Let's Go Roger," until Federer was ready to serve again. He was broke again soon after. Nadal has struggled with a blister on the

palm of his left hand in his last two matches, but he removed the heavy tape that affected his serve in his quarterfinal win over Grigor Dimitrov. A TV camera got a close-up view of the blister when he took a medical timeout after the first game of the second set, drawing gasps and groans from the crowd.

"Too much talk about the blister. The blister is OK," Nadal said in his on-court interview. "The problem ... is the position of the blister, it's difficult "We tried to make the bandage a little bit less, shorter than the other day." Wawrinka beat Tomas Berdych in four sets on Thursday night to reach his first major final, getting an extra day off ahead of Sunday's championship match.

MELBOURNE, JaNUaRy 24 (IaNS): India's Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau beat defending champions Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden of Australia to enter the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles final at the Melbourne Park Friday. Sania and Tecau won 2-6, 6-3, 10-2 in an interesting contest against the Australian duo that lasted an hour and 13 minutes.

Sania and Tecau will face France's Kristina Mladenovic and Canada's Daniel Nestor in the final and is just a win away front what would be her third mixed doubles Grand Slam title.

For Sania and Tecau it was a come-from-behind win as they were completely outplayed in the first set. The Australian duo had 16 winners while Indo-Romanian pair managed eight.

Sania and Tecau failed to win a single break point and for Gajdosova and Ebden it took just 28 minutes to win the opening set.

However, Sania and Tecau came back strongly in the second set. They managed to hold only to their serve and also converted the sole break point that came their way. The Australian pair committed nine unforced errors and Sania and Tecau had four.

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