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An amount of Rs. 4, 54, 50,000 was earmarked for purchase of new vehicles for Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, etc. in 2012-13. Parliamentary Secretary for Transport, P Paiwang Konyak stated. He presented this figure during the recent assembly session while replying to Congress MLA C. Apok Jamir. For the Speaker/Deputy Speaker and MLAs, new vehicles were purchased by Assembly Secretariat, Paiwang said. He also said that an amount of Rs. 7, 44, 43,000 was earmarked for purchase of new vehicles for Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers, and Parliamentary Secretaries, etc. in the previous term.
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DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): Congress legislators from Nagaland met the Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dr M Veerappa Moily in his office at Delhi today for discussions pertaining to Article 371(A) with special reference to the ongoing debate on natural resources. A press note from the NPCC Media Cell said that the Union Minister “gave a patient hearing” and said that further consultation will be held with the Ministers for Law, Home and Solicitor General of India. The Minister further maintained that due consultations will be held with the Nagas to settle the issue on Petroleum and Natural Gas (PNG) explorations through mutual understanding that would benefit the people of the state. Congress legislators led by CLP leader, Tokheho Yepthomi and NPCC President, SI Jamir have been camping in Delhi since July 23.
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Rs 4,54,50,000 for Minister’s new vehicles
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DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): Power supply for the whole of Dimapur and Peren districts is scheduled to be interrupted on July 27 from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm. The Superintendent Engineer for Dimapur Electrical Circle, G Chishi through a press note informed that the power interruption will be due to annual maintenance and testing of circuit breakers and isolators to be carried out by the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, Phaipijang, Dimapur. The department has requested all customers of the affected areas to bear with the inconvenience caused.
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This aerial image taken from video shows a general view of the site of a train accident in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Thursday July 25, 2013. The death toll in a passenger train crash in northwestern Spain rose to 77 on Thursday after the train jumped the tracks on a curvy stretch just before arriving in the northwestern shrine city of Santiago de Compostela, a judicial official said. (AP Photo)
One cadre shot dead in Kiphire
KIPhIRE, JULY 25 (MExN): One lance corporal of NSCN (K), Chumpise Sangtam (28) was shot dead at Kiphire this morning. The deceased was a resident of Rest House Ward, Kiphire town but hailed from Longkim sub-division, Tuensang. It is reported that he was picked up and taken by suspected NSCN (IM) cadres to Longya Ward where he was shot in the head at around 8.30 am today. His body has been handed over to the family. This incident was preceded by a “shootout” at Mimi Range between NSCN (K) and NSCN (IM) in the outskirts of Kiphire. One NSCN (IM) cadre is reported to have been injured. The command of the Naga Army Mobile 5 of NSCN (K) has “strongly condemned the continuous provocative activities by the cadres of NSCN (IM) against Naga Army especially targeting its commander for consecutive four times.” It informed that “according to NSCN Mobile 5 sources, they met the NSCN (IM) on three separate occasions earlier in March, April and June 17.” A statement from the Commander of NSCN (K) Naga Army Mobile 5, Q Kurecho
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): The Action Committee Against Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) has pointed out that any talk of a “Naga National Government will surely look insincere if the Naga factions don’t acknowledge the ground reality and talk the language of the masses which at this juncture means streamlining of unabated taxation”. A press note from the Media Cell, ACAUT expressed dismay over what it termed as “hardening of stance on the part of the UGs.” In this regard, the ACAUT has disclosed to the media some of the ‘demand slips’ issued by various factions. This comes against the backdrop of almost 2 months of agitation against unabated taxations and syndicate/dealership system, according to the ACAUT. Most factions according to the press note, are going around town issuing demand slips to business community. “A business-killing demand note of Rs. 3,00,000/- (three
ACAUT asks “how is it possible that highly educated leaders of these organizations who debate and negotiate with the GOI at the highest level have no idea about: • Salaried economy • 60,000 educated unemployed youths • Stagnant government job • Control of Nagaland economy by illegal immigrants and its social and political impact”
lakhs) issued by NSCN (K) to a Naga entrepreneur is surely most heinous and this mischief cannot be digested under any circumstances by ACAUT”, stated the Media Cell. In another instance, GPRN/NSCN has issued a demand slip of Rs. 30,000/- (thirty thousand) to another small Naga owned business which according to the ACAUT “is most unreasonable even by their standards”. Also, it was informed by ACAUT that one Matthew Tangkhul of NSCN (IM) is also “prowling around town forcibly collecting tax from shops”. “As if unabated taxation is not bad enough, that any revolutionary group professes to be people-mandated
and not have sympathy on Naga businesses is beyond comprehension”, stated the ACUAT. The press note has questioned as to “how is it possible that highly educated leaders of these organizations who debate and negotiate with the GOI at the highest level have no idea about salaried economy, 60,000 educated unemployed youths, stagnant government jobs, and control of Nagaland economy by illegal immigrants and its social and political impact?” “Do these leaders understand how hard it is for ‘First Generation Nagas’ to run businesses? Simply justifying taxation from a historical perspective of Naga freedom movement is
not enough. Talking about the good of Nagas in foreign locations is not enough when the factions refuse to acknowledge the reality of taxation burden on home front; it is akin to the French queen Marie Antoinette infamous quote ‘Let them eat cake if there is no bread’” stated the press note. Also, the ACAUT stated that it had come to its notice that Ad-hoc town committee, Purana Bazar, is collecting toll tax which it termed as “clearly illegal since it is now defunct and East Dimapur area is now under SDO(C) Chumukedima”. The SDO (C) has been urged to arrest the culprits. Also, according to an order issued by Jt. Labour Commissioner cum Registrar of Trade Union, Kohima dated Kohima, January 12 2011, LBR/TECH-25/2009, “Dimapur Labour Trade Union (DLTU)” with Regd no. LBR25/87 dated 17/8/87 has been de-registered and therefore, all concerned are requested to notify the authorities in the event of this organisation collecting taxes.
said, “In this time too, they came from Kiphire saying they will bomb the residence of its Commander.” However, it added that “the same words they spoke leaked out compelling Naga Army Mobile 5 to defend by firing upon the rival cadres.” Therefore, it said that actions of NSCN (K) Naga Army Mobile 5 “are purely defensive and not offensive.” It further questioned the motive of the NSCN (IM) “in killing the Naga Army cadre after he was abducted today morning in Kiphire.” In this regard, the MIP Secretary, Sangso Mongzar stated that the NSCN (K) “reasserts its commitment to maintain peace among Naga National Groups and condemns all kinds of killing among the various Naga National Groups.” He asserted that killing will not bring any benefit but rather bring disturbance among the Naga brothers, “which the enemies are trying to create in the Naga family.” He added that NSCN (K) stands committed to the Naga people and urged for maintenance of peace as “we move forward in the long cherished dream of the Naga people.”
Nagaland Cattle Breeding Farm remains ‘neglected’ Imojen I Jamir
Mokokchung | July 25
The Nagaland State Cattle Breeding Farm which was established in 1974 near Aliba Village under Mokokchung district lies in a pathetic condition. The only water source in the farm is a pipe-line which was installed in 1973-74 and has never been repaired. It was informed that the attendants spend a lot of time fixing the pipe by tying it with rubber, and as time has taken its toll, there are leakages in many places. It was revealed that during the early 80’s, milk production was quite high with the output reaching up to 400-450 liters per day. Milk was sold to neighboring villages like Aliba, Changki, Chungtia and Kinunger. The number of dairy cattle then was more and of better breed. How-
An employee of the Nagaland State Cattle Breeding Farm near Aliba Village under Mokokchung district milks a cow. The farm has remained in a neglected condition for years. (Morung Photo)
ever at present there are only 43 cattle including 12 calves of cross breed. Milk production presently is around 50 liters, which is sold to hotels at Longjongkong (New Camp), which does not even suffice the hotels’ requirement. It was reported that negligence by officials that
came later led to the grim condition of the farm. “The cows producing more milk are sold off to influential people or taken away by the officials”, said the Gaonbura of Longjangkong (New Camp), who is also a retired employee of the farm. Continued on page 5
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Baby parrots are seen here after being caught by a local hunter, who was selling them in Dimapur,July 24. (Photo by Caisii Mao)
Punjab and Sind Bank Kohima branch inaugurated
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promotion to the rank of Kohima, July 25 1. Laying down broad policy guidelines and Superintendent of Police (mExN): In pursuance of directions for the perand above the Supreme Court direcformance of preventive 5. Generally, keeping in retive to the Prakash Singh & tasks and service-orientview the functioning of Ors Vs- Union of India & Ors ed functions by the Police the police in the state. case, the State Government has constituted State Secu- 2. Evaluation of the performance of the State Police The State Security Comrity Commission. every year and present- mission had its first sitting The Commission coning a report to the State on July 24, 2013 under the sists of the following: G KaiLegislature chairmanship of Home to, Home Minister-Chairman, members including 3. Functioning as a forum Minister G. Kaito, The of appeal for disposing of meeting had deliberations Tokheho Sumi, MLA, Leadrepresentations from any on the functioning of Poer of CLP, Justice Zelre Anpolice officer of the rank lice and the discussion was gami, Rtd Judge of GHC, Imof Superintendent or Po- positively contributed by chalemba, Ex-MP, Yiesonu, lice and above regarding all members who have atFormer CPO President, his being subjected to il- tended. It was also agreed Alemtemshi Jamir, Chief legal or irregular orders that the meeting of the Secretary, Rev. Dr. Pongsin the performance of his commission would be held ing Konyak, and B. Kezo, duties after every two months. DGP as Member Secretary. 4. Functioning as a forum This was stated in a of appeal for disposing press release issued by The functions of the of representations from Home Commissioner, TemState Security Commission police officers regarding jen Toy, IAS. will include:
Skills development prog for rural youths underway
ture and manpower. would also give equal attention to DimaPuR, July 25 (mExN): tion and infrastructural developHe also informed that Gov- training of women and girls and The inauguration of the 7th ment in the state and added that ernment of India has set aside also unemployed persons in the batch of skills development pro- Don Bosco still continues to nurRs. 8,000 crores to train 50 lakh higher age bracket. gramme for rural youths in Naga- ture Nagaland state, especially in youths in the current year. Guest of honour, Rev. Fr. AM land, a joint project of Union Min- the field of education. “If Don Bosco institution has Back in Nagaland, the SLRM Joseph, said DB Tech with 176 istry of Rural Development and director said much needs to be centres in the country has so far Don Bosco Tech, was held here not entered or state, then we done for employment generation trained 75,000 youths in skills at AIDA Complex with mission would still be lagging behind othof the estimated 10 lakh youths, development with placement director, State Rural Livelihood er North East states and rest of especially the educated unem- record of 80%. He also informed Mission (SRLM), Motsuthung Lo- the country”, he said. Referring to the joint project ployed youths. Motsuthung said that DB Tech has set a target of tha, and executive director, Bon that though there are 4-5 project training 22 lakh youth by 2020. Bosco Tech, Rev. Fr. AM Joseph, of RD Ministry and DB Tech unimplementing agencies in the State operation co-ordinator, as chief guest and guest of honour der “Aajeevika” special project Mission director, SRLM, to train youths on skills developstate, yet most of these NGOs or DB Tech, Andrew Gangmei prerespectively. Motsuthung Lotha institutions excluding AIDA have sented a brief on DB Tech and The chief guest in his address ment, the SLRM mission director said Don Bosco institution has said the central government had of DB Tech, Motsuthung informed not come up to the expectations. Thomas Wangnao gave a sharing While lauding AIDA for the on behalf of the 7th batch of 90 become a household name in replaced SGSY with “Aajeevika” as that the state government has also DC Kohima W Honje Konyak inaugurating the Punjab and Nagaland since its entry into the the former had failed to deliver decided to rope in Agency for Inte- excellent trainings imparted to trainees. Sind bank Kohima branch at Mohonkhola, Kohima on July state a hundred years back. Mot- the desired results. gral Development Action (AIDA) the youths and also the placeOther highlights of the pro25. (DIPR Photo) Complimenting on the skills de- as partner in SLRM projects since ment records of the institution, gramme included Naga folk songs suthung credited the Catholic Kohima, July 25 in 1976 and after more than institution for ushering in educa- velopment training programmes AIDA has the required infrastruc- the chief guest hoped that AIDA and dances by DB Tech trainees. (DiPR): Deputy Commis- three decades, it has opened sioner, Kohima, W. Honje a new Kohima branch with a Konyak inaugurated the good service for the welfare Second Branch of Punjab of the public in general. At & Sind Bank in Nagaland, present, the rate of interest at IOC Point Mohonkhola, on ‘PSB Fixed Deposit Tax tive work of all the class of people DimaPuR, July 25 (mExN): was started with a Bengali and helped us with the money.” Scheme’ w.e.f. 10-7-2013 Kohima, on July 25. He also mentioned about the kings, general, farmers and tax Opening the Punjab & for the public is 8.75% p.a, Kohima, July 25 The United Baptist Churches As- a Manipur, we felt the need for Sind Bank, Kohima Branch, senior Citizens (public) is (mExN): Department of sociation, North East India (UBCA- Nagamese Bible as Nagamese challenges he faced while writing collector, it took 1500 years to the Deputy Commissioner 9.25% p.a, staff members Youth Resources & Sports, NEI) Dimapur released Nagamese being the lingua-franca of Naga- the Bible “There was shortage of write it, all inspired by the Holy said that this is the 1147th is 9.75% p.a and ex-staff Kohima is organizing a blood Bible New Testament specially land.” money and people imposed me Spirit but written by human beBranch of the Punjab & Sind members/ex-staff mem- donation camp on July 30, printed for Naga Burma “free disHe further said, “on 2009 af- with doubts such as, Nagamese is ings. The Bible teaches us the dos Bank and expressed his bers (Sr. Citizens) is 9.75% 2013 at T.T. Indoor Stadium, tribution of Bible program-2013” ter the success of the Nagamese not a language, there are already and don’ts, rebuking and correcthappiness that one of the p.a after completing matu- Kohima. The blood donors at United Baptist Church, Balijan, Bible Old Testament, people de- numerous English Bible and ing we have to check ourselves oldest banks in the country rity of 5 years. The new ac- comprise of members from near LRC colony. Rev. Dr. Khehovi manded the need for Nagamese whether the Bible society accept- through the Bible and if we live has set up its Branch in the count opening amount is Rs. NCC, Bharat Scouts & Guides, Shohe, Director, Sumi Baptist Con- Bible New Testament. On 2011, ed such work”. Transcending the by how it works God is happy”. State Capital of Nagaland. 1,000/- in minimum. NSS and Sports Academy Ko- vention Nagaland graced the pro- we decided to form a committee odds, with the zeal to spread the He also quipped by contradictZonal Manager, GuwaPunjab & Sind Bank, Government of India un- hati, Sharanjit Singh, Sr. Man- hima. Merentoshi R. Jamir, gramme as the chief guest to re- with the help of Christian educa- word of God to the Naga people ing prayer and reading the Bible tion ministry. They entrusted me residing in Burma he described like the two sides of a same coin dertaking Institution was ager IT Nalin Hazarika Zonal Minister for Youth Resourc- lease the Bible. es & Sports will grace the as the translator, the initial writ- the success as “A blessing in dis- “when we pray we are speaking A service dedicated to the reoffice Guwahati and Chief established in the year 1905 to God but when we read the Bibut Kohima branch reached Manager P&S Bank, Dimapur, inaugural function as chief lease of the Bible was held, Rev. ing of the book started on Sep- guise”. Rev. Dr. Khehovi Shohe, the ble God is speaking to us”. it just after 108 years for uti- expressed that they were im- guest. This was stated in a Dr. N. Khashito Aye, President tember 24, 2012 and on October This was followed by an aclize of its service purpose. pressed by the smooth func- press release issued by Di- UBCA-NEI, the Bible translator 12 after the review it became a speaker in his message said This Bank was established tioning in availing the facili- rector Kelei Zeliang, Youth gave a brief note about the book, success. Printing of the book un- “Nagamese Bible is a milestone knowledgement and the congreResources & Sports. in our state, first in Dimapur ties by the customers. on which he said, “This initiative derwent on March 27 after UBCA in the UBCA, the Bible is a collec- gation ended with a mass prayer.
Blood donation camp on July 30
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Statehood logo competition winner informed Kohima, July 25 (mExN): In continuation of advertisement issued on July 12, 2013 by the Department of Tourism regarding open competition of artworks/logos that encapsulate Nagaland’s 50 years of statehood, the winner Veta Thiro has been requested to come to the Directorate office, Raj Bhavan Road or call 0370 2243124 immediately within three days of this publication during office hours for necessary additions/ editing. This was informed by Additional director, Purakhu Angami.
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Teachers attend course to make learning interesting Kohima, July 25 (mExN): Teachers from different schools of Kohima attended one-day orientation at Red Cross Building, Kohima on July 20. Dr. Kietulie, Psychiatrist and counselor was the resource person. He said that a good teacher is someone who makes learning interesting. To make learning interesting, the teacher has to be a person who can make
the students feel at ease and should develop the interest, he stressed. He also said that having peace with oneself and with the environment around oneself is the key. He also spoke on the need of having peace education in the school and inculcating a culture of peace in the school. A press release received here stated that welcoming the teachers, Lianga-
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mang Robert, coordinator of Peace Channel exhorted the teachers not to be a mere teacher but someone who inspires the students to think beyond and out of the box. Corroborating to it, Victor, coordinator of People Forum for Peace, Peace Channel, Kohima spoke on the need of making classroom a peaceful place to learn and interact for the students. He pointed out the resources invested in bringing peace and development and cautioned that all these investments will go in vain, if the environment in schools and classrooms which are the ‘cradles of our future generation’ is not peaceful. “Creating a conducive and stress free ambience in the classroom is a prerogative of every teacher,” he added.
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Every 50 students should have a leader to monitor the students. Students are requested to attend the conference in uniform on 26th & 27th. Teachers are requested to help their own students for counseling during the conference. 4. Free bus service will be provided from the pick up point to NBCC Hall. 5. Teachers’ Seminar will be held on 27th July at SIRD Auditorium. 6. Students are encouraged to bring their lunch box. Whereas food outlets will be also available. 7. The institutes are requested to issue an Identity Card for student’s concession in bus fare (when not in uniform). 8. Drop-out students are also encouraged to join the conference. 9. Parents are requested to attend Sunday service with their children. 10. Every school should send teachers along with the students to monitor them.
The Poumai Naga Officers’ Club Dimapur(PNOCD) congratulates Miss Deborah, D/o K.R.Solomon for her outstanding performance in Class-X from DPS Dimapur securing 10CGPA under CBSE and for getting admitted at DPS R.K. Puram, Delhione of the most prestigious DPS amongst DPSs. We pray and wish her a bright future. Ayu Paul President(PNOCD)
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Potholes and monsoon is the perfect recipe for disaster. Dimapur city roads continue to make life miserable for motorists. Potholes are not merely eyesores but pose great danger to motorists and pedestrians, given the fact that the monsoon showers have come with plenty of rain shower to turn these potholes into lakes. The worst potholes are found along the National Highway-29 in Purana Bazar area where the potholes are as deep as one foot deep. (Photos by Manen Aier)
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Most NE states opt for food security AIzAwl/AGARTAlA, July 25 (IANS): The Congress ruled-Mizoram government, which had earlier said it could not implement the food security scheme in the state due to fund crunch, Thursday declared it would execute the plan. Congress-ruled Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh have also batted for the scheme but the remaining northeastern states - Nagaland and Sikkim - are yet to make their stand clear. Left Frontruled Tripura government has opposed the National Food Security Ordinance (NFSO) in its present form. "We have already com-
• Nagaland State yet to make their stand clear • Tripura govt opposed to NFSO in present form municated our views to the central government on the national scheme and shall again give our opinion on the NFSO. If the food security scheme is implemented in Tripura, 16 lakh people would stop drawing benefits of the PDS," Tripura's Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanulal Saha told IANS. "The state (Mizoram) government is preparing itself to implement the National Food Security Ordinance (NFSO) (scheme)
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Woman murdered in Senapati SENAPATI, July 25(NNN): A woman was found murdered near 'Mao Karong' area in Senapati district. According to a delayed report received, one P Kaisa Mao, aged 50, was found murdered in the evening of July 22. The culprit has not been arrested but the police appeared to have a lead in this connection. However, it is not confirmed officially. Meanwhile, the Senapati District Women’s Association (SDWA) has strongly condemned the murder of P. Kaisa Mao. Demanding the immediate booking and punishing of the culprit, the SDWA has asked the concerned authority and Senapati Police to investigate into the matter without delay. According to the SDWA, it stated that, such repeated and alarming incidents of violence and crime against women in the district and State of Manipur has increased within this two years. We cannot continue to tolerate such inhuman and beastly act of any perpetrator who has committed beyond human imagination, it added. The SDWA while extending condolence, has also shared solidarity to the bereaved family of the deceased person.
Mobs clash with police in Morigaon
MORIGAON, July 25 (PTI): Irate armed mobs angered by the death of a person clashed with police in central Assam's Morigaon town leading to injury to five persons and police resorting to blank-firing and lathicharge Thursday. An angry mob armed with bamboo and iron rods ransacked a hotel and attacked its employees and people there alleging one Sariful Haque (38), a handyman, had died today after he was assaulted by some staff members about ten days back, police said. Five persons, including a child, were injured. Police rushed and resorted to lathicharge to disperse the violent mob that pelted stones and attacked the police and public with bamboo and iron rods. Another angry armed mob carrying Haque's body gheraoed Morigaon police station and engaged in skirmishes with the security personnel there. To control the situation, police burst tear gas shells, lathicharged and fired several rounds in the air, they said. District superintendent of police Ainul Haque told PTI that though tension prevailed in the areas the situation was brought under control. Yesterday, police had to resort to lathicharge and open blank fire to control a mob, which became violent after a health department squad along with local magistrate sealed a fake pharmacy of a self-styled doctor Dildar Hussain at Lahorighat. Following this, an irate mob gheraoed the police station, attacked the magistrate and pelted stones injuring Lahorighat Circle Officer Gunajit Das and two policemen.
Two poachers killed in KNP
GuwAhATI, July 25 (IANS): Two poachers were killed in a gun battle with forest guards inside the famed Kaziranga National Park of Assam late Wednesday, an official said. The forest guards were patrolling the park when they came face to face with the poachers, Park director NK Vasu said on Thursday. "The incident took place at the Bagori forest range of the park. The poachers fired at the guards forcing them to retaliate. In the ensuing gun battle, two poachers were killed," Vasu said. According to the forest guards, there were at least five poachers in the group. While two were killed, three others managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness. Vasu said one AK-47 rifle and some ammunition were recovered from the slain poachers. The bodies of the poachers have been handed over to the police, he added.
within the scheduled period," Mizoram Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister H. Rohluna told the assembly. "There were some problems before actual implementation of the food security scheme. Chief Minister Lalthanhawla has already taken up the unresolved issues (of the scheme) with the central government," the minister said in a statement in the house. He said: "Of the total population of 10 lakh,
SENAPATI, July 25 (NNN): Even as Manipur Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister, Francis Ngajokpa rushed to New Delhi three days ago and has been meeting Central leaders on the controversial census issue of Senapati district, the Naga frontal organisations of the district, while gearing up for a series of stern agitations, have convened a meeting under the aegis of Naga Peoples Organisation (NPO) in district headquarters today. Participated by all tribe based organisations, Senapati District Women Association (SDWA), Senapati District Students Association (SDSA), SKAWWA, social leaders, district units of political parties, village women and youth organizations, intellectuals and well wishers, the meeting agreed to organize a district level all-village
MuMBAI, July 25 (PTI): Terming the omission of Arunachal Pradesh from the map of India in the 10th standard geography textbook as serious, school education minister RajendraDarda said a new textbook subject experts' panel would be appointed within one-and-a-half months. "This was a serious lapse," the minister said in the state assembly after BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar, during question hour, drew his attention to the gaffe and sought to know what action has been taken on the issue. "We have been informed that there was error in only one of the nine maps and it was due to technical reasons," Darda said. "We will appoint subject experts in the panel so that such a mistake is avoided," he said. Responding to the demand for lodging a police case, Darda said an FIR would be filed in the matter. Mungantiwar also demanded that those responsible for the goof up face an offence of treason, to which the minister said law and judiciary department would look into it. In a major gaffe, the north-eastern state was omitted from the map of India in the textbook, printed by Balbharti, bureau of text-
AccordingtotheSDWAstatement,itstated that, such repeated and alarming incidents of violence and crime against women in the District and State of Manipur has increased within this two years. The SDWA while extending condolence to the victim has also shared solidarity to the bereaved family of the deceased person. It appealed that, justice must be delivered to the victim and that, the SDWA call upon the general public to support the movement of stopping crimes against women.
but no positive response received. Therefore, first phase of agitation was initiated from July 15 to 16 in the form of public curfew. In the greater interest of the general public, the public curfew was relaxed with the hope of reciprocate from the government. Unfortunately, the authorities ignored the peoples protest, it added. The note informed that on July 23, the TFO and the civil organization of district headquarter convened an emergency meeting and decided to resume the peoples protest from July 26 onward in the form of Non Co-operation Movement. It called for all the Government employees posted in Ukhrul district should abstain from attending their offices. It also said that no gen-
AGARTAlA, July 25 (TNN): The Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) is facing an acute financial crisis as the state is procuringpowerfromoutside at a high price. "We are paying about Rs 55 crore daily to buy power from outside the state," said power minister ManikDey on Tuesday. For the first time, the TSECL took an overdraft of Rs 20 crore from the state government this month to meet its expenditure. Dey rued that the muchtouted gas-based clean energy Palatana power plant is yet to start generation even a month after the formal commissioning of the 363MW-
learnt that, the Manipur chief minister has been updated by Francis Ngajokpa regarding the outcomes of the meetings. The minister is optimistic of resolving the census issue of Purul, MaoMaram and Paomata sub-divisions of Senapati district at the earliest time possible, the sources added. Francis Ngajokpa was said to have expressed his satisfaction regarding the outcomes of his meetings with the Central leaders and added that the Union home minister has issued necessary instruction to RGI for necessary documentation of the census of the three sub-divisions. "All available documents on the issue have been compiled and submitted to the Union home minister, the RGI and the Union home secretary", Francis Ngajokpa was quoted by the sources as saying.
Arunachal map goof: New textbook panel soon
Tangkhul organizations to intensify agitation
DIMAPuR, July 25 (MExN): Various Tangkhul organizations have stated in a press note has expressed resentment over the that “in view of the indifferent attitude of the GOI in the matter of peoples protest for the removal of Shri. R.Sudhan, the DC of Ukhrul District.” It was informed that the Tangkhul Frontal Organization jointly signed by the president TNL, TSL, TMNL & TKS submitted a memorandum leveling numbers of allegation against the DC for irregular attendance, bunking office, total public relationship, misappropriation of various development funds, abetment to liquor smuggling, conversion of mini-secretariat into a chamber of frequent parties etc. to the Chief Secretary of Manipur State
chairmen and secretaries convention along with many other organisations on August 6 at Senapati public ground. According to NPO leaders, the forthcoming meeting will discuss and consider approval of the general public through village leaders to launch a mass based agitation in Senapati district. Meanwhile, it is learnt that Manipur RD and PR minister Francis Ngajokpa who also hails from the district, had rushed to New Delhi three days back. Sources said through the serious and immediate intervention of chief minister O.Ibobi, the Manipur cabinet minister had reportedly held a series of closed door meetings with Union Home Minister Sushil Shinde, Registrar General of India (RGI), Home Secretary Anil Goswami and Additional Registrar General of India. It is also
eral public will be allowed to visit the Government offices. In case of any violation to this directive the individual will take their own risk, it added. The note further cautioned that if any untoward accidents occur during the course of this movement, the government should own the responsibility. Therefore, the TFO has appealed to all the general public and well wishers to extend fullest cooperation towards this move. The press note was appended by President, Tangkhul Naga Long (Tangkhul Naga Hoho); President, Tangkhul Shanao Long (Tangkhul Women League); President, Tangkhul Mayar Ngala Long (Tangkhul Youth Council) and President, Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong (Tangkhul Students’ Union).
book production, and used by more than 15 lakh students affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board. The erroneous map showed Arunachal Pradesh as not only "missing" from the country's territorial domain, but also as being part of Chinese territory. The state government had sought a
clarification from the chairman of the Maharashtra state board of secondary and higher secondary education. Earlier, the minister had in-
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I, Imtitoshi Chang, S/o, Sukum, aged about 49 years, Christianity by religion, Permanent resident of Old Yaongyimti Village, District- Mokokchung Nagaland and presently residing at Dilong Ward, Mokokchung, Nagaland do hereby take an oath and solemnly affirms and states as follows:1. That I am the citizen of India. 2. That I am the father of Miss.Sashienla Chang @ Miss.Sashienla Longkumer, The official name of my daughter is Miss.Sashienla Chang but in his academic record/document it has been recorded /entered as Miss.Sashienla Longkumer. 3. That from henceforth his name shall be corrected and called as Miss. Sashienla Chang for all official purposes. 4. That the statement made in this instant Affidavit is made in sound mind, good health d correct/true to the best of my knowledge and nothing has been concealed therein.
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Words are inadequate to express our heartfelt gratitude to each individual, Church, Organization who stood by us in true Christian Spirit during prolong illness, then on sad demise of our father Rev. Eyong Khanghong on 17th July 2013 The support received from church members, Villagers, neighbours, wellwishers and friends, from far and near has comforted us immensely. Your prayer, help in cash it kind and physical presence is invaluable and to be cherished. It is our prayer to Almighty God in heaven to bless you all abundantly. Our inability to name and thank each individual in this column is regretted. Nevertheless, the following organizations and personalities need mentioning:1. The Hon’ble Minister, EE. Pangteang, Nagaland, Kohima. 2. The NCRC Churches, Angphang, Aboi, Tobu, Mon, Phom, Mkg Div. and Central Council of NCRC. 3. The Angphang Baptist Church. 4. The Village Council, Angphang, Changlang & Angjangyang. 5. The Angphang Student's Union. 6. The Angphang Union, Mon & Aboi Town. 7. The Jakphang Union, Mon Town. 8. Tanlao Ward, Mon Town. 9. Douglas Colony, Mon Town. 10. Douglas Valley Students/ Union, Mon Town. 11. Longchang Area Union, Mon Town. 12. Hongkong Area Union, Mon Town. 13. Tobu Area Union, Mon Town. 14. Changle Khel Hipuhuh Clan, Angphang. 15. Rev. L. Mankup Konyak. 16. Shri. Manlip, President, Kit 17. Shri. Chingshom, Dy. Comdt. Village Guard. 18. Dr.A.K. Singh, District Hospital, Mon.
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Regd.No 612/2013 Dated: 09/03/2013 I made this affidavit to change my name from Smti.Sankhil Thamnu Lamkang to “Smti.D.Moinu” as recorded in my children education certificate and shall be known by the same, in my all future correspondence and record. Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this 9thday of March 2013. Notary Public Dimapur: Nagaland
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SDWA condemns murder at Karong
SENAPATI, July 25 (hORNBIll ExPRESS): Coming out vocally against repeated incidents of killing and crime against women in the District and the State, the Senapati District Women’s Association (SDWA) has strongly condemned the murder of P. Kaisa Mao near Mao Karong on 22nd July evening. Demanding the immediate booking and punishing of the culprit, the SDWA has asked the concerned authority and Senapati Police to investigate into the matter without delay.
6.33 lakh people (38.74 percent in urban and 78.47 percent in rural areas) would be covered by the food security scheme." The minister said that additional 101,350 quintals of rice would be required per month to implement the food security scheme. The state government also needs an additional monthly financial assistance of Rs.2 crore. "If the central government discontinued the current allocation of rice under
Public Distribution System (PDS), the state government would have to bear an additional Rs.7.82 crore per month," Rohluna said. Last week, Lalthanhawla, upon his return from New Delhi after attending a meeting of Congress chief ministers, told reporters in Aizawl the state would not be able to implement the food security scheme due to lack of funds. "I have told the central government about the state's inability to implement the scheme due to funds shortage and that the state needed financial assistance from the central government to roll out the national scheme," he said.
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ST.XAVIER COLLEGE, JALUKIE INVITATION The Management, Staff and students if St. Xavier College, Jalukie, hereby congratulate the BA Final Year Students for securing 100% Pass in both Honours & General Course in the Degree Examination-2013, conducted by the Nagaland University. Except one student who passed in 3rd Division, all the other Passed in 1st and 2nd Division. Mr. THUIGUANGLUNG (Pol. Sc. Honours) – 5th Rank Mr. T R. TANCHUILUNG (Sociology Honours) – 11th Rank The GRADUATION CUM FRESHERS’ DAY CEREMONY will be held on Tuesday, 30th July 2013 at 9:30 am in the Seminary Auditorium. All the fresh Graduates, their Parents and the Freshers are hereby invited to attend the function positively. Shri. Senti Ao, Deputy Commissioner, Peren District will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest. Sd/Rev. Fr. Jose Lukose, Principal
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Google unveils updated Nexus 7 Mercedes e63 AMG launched in push against Apple, Microsoft SaN FraNciSco, July 25 (BloomBerg): Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engine, Wednesday unveiled an updated version of its Nexus 7 tablet as it steps up efforts against rivals such as Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The Nexus 7, which is being made in partnership with Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc., will be narrower and lighter with a sharper screen, said Hugo Barra, vicepresident of Android product management, at an event on Wednesday in San Francisco. It’s a much more comfortable grip and fits easily into your purse or jacket pocket, Barra said. For the screen, having a crisp and bright display makes all the dif-
ference, he said. Google, which first unveiled the Nexus 7 about a year ago, is improving its lineup of tablets as it struggles to parlay its success
with smartphones to the larger devices. Tablet shipments, benefiting from consumer migration away from personal computers, are expected to grow 68% this year, outpacing a 4.3% increase for mobile phones, according to
research firm Gartner Inc. Tablets are going to be part of the next era, said Carolina Milanesi, an analyst with Gartner. It means eyeballs and it means accounts and it means knowing what the consumers are doing. Positive reviews The Nexus, which sports a 7-inch screen, received positive reviews last year for its sleek design and intuitive software. The device offers the best value among its rivals, CNet said in a review last year. With its excellent design, useful software features, and low starting price, the Nexus 7 is the cheapest way to experience the best that the Android operating system has to offer, CNet said. The Nexus 7 is still the overall best small tablet.
New Delhi, July 25 (The hiNDu): Mercedes-Benz on Thursday announced the launch of its premium sedan E63 AMG with a price tag of Rs 1.29 crore (ex-showroom Delhi). “The year 2013 has been marked as the year of offensive for Mercedes-Benz India. The launch of the new E63 AMG further reiterates our promise of bringing fascinating cars to India. This model combines the attributes of a sports car with the practicality of a luxury sedan,” Mercedes-Benz India Managing Director and CEO Eberhard Kern said.
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The company had introduced a range of new products, including the A Class, B Class (diesel) and an all-new version of the sedan E Class in India in the recent past. “When all the new generation models like A, B, CLA and GLA are launched, we expect them to contribute around 40 per cent to our total volumes in India,” Mr. Kern said, adding the company had received “great response on the models which were launched earlier this year.” The E63 AMG comes with a 5.5-litre V8 engine, with a displacement of 5,461 cc.
Dearest Miyelemla (Kenei), May this special day bring happiness and blessing in youth life. And its also perfect time to say you’re very special too. From our deep heart, we wish you many many happy returns of your belated birthday. God bless you. Lots of love, Grand Parents, Unties, Ruovi, Mengu, Bubu, Chilliam, Viketoulie.
Action of M.V. department was within legal sanction Our Nagaland Roads: Danger Zones
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was amused to read the news item under the caption “ACAUT gives proof of govt dept levying illegal tax” By ACAUT appearing in the front page of local dailies of 22nd July issue, also in the vernacular dailies, making big sensationalize expose alleging illegal taxation the Govt. Departments are indulging in general and the Motor Vehicles Department in particular by publishing the collection of Rs. 1500/vide Receipt No. 40527 dt. 19/7/13 duly stamped with rubber seal of the Office of the DTO Dimapur and signed by the collecting Officer with seal. Side by side there was news item applauding the Transport Department on achievement of annual revenue collection exceeding by 55% of the given target (in actual by the Motor Vehicles Department) amounting to 5130.96 lakh against the given target of 3296 lakh during 2012-13 fiscal year. The ACAUT has alleged the Motor Vehicle Department of illegal collection of tax and asked to stop the collection. It is apparent that the Enforcement Inspector (MV) has compounded an offence under section 190 (2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 with a compounding fee of Rs. 1500/clearly stating the word C/F in short (should have written in long form) although wrongly quoted the Section 190(4) instead of Section 190(2), and issued the official receipt which is duly stamped with the Office seal by the Enforcement Inspector. As a retired Authority on M.V. Acts and Rules, I gather that the ACAUT has not com-
prehended the provisions of the M.V. Acts properly hence propounded the suggestion in good intention. To better understand the discharge of duty by the M.V. department, let us first look into Section 213(1) of the M.V. Acts, 1988 which states, “The State Government may, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, establish a Motor Vehicles Department and appoint as officers thereof such persons as it thinks fit”. Sub section (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of Section 213 of the Act further prescribes the duty and functions of such officers appointed under sub section (1). Section 200 of the Act confers power on the Department to compound certain offences under a prescribed fee. The M.V. Department therefore functions as statutory authority but not as a law Court. The so alleged tax collection in question is found to be on violation/committing an offence punishable under section 190 (2) of the Act, for using a motor vehicles in public place without fitness certificate and is a compoundable offence under the provision of Section 200 of the Act. The insertion of the provision for compounding of offence in the Motor Vehicles Acts, 1988 is in the interest of the owner of the vehicles to avoid detention/seizure of the vehicle that would incur loss of earnings in the process of litigation in the Court of law to settle the case in getting release of the detained/seized vehicle which normally is at a cost and is time consuming. The compounding of offence is purely on
mutual consent and not a compulsion. The owner/offending party agrees to pay the prescribed compounding fees and compromise the case on the spot without going through the legal process of summary disposal by the Court. Thus compounding of offence is not a persecution nor a tax but a fee to compromise an offence purely in the interest of the vehicle owner. Besides the compounding of offence under Section 190(2), the officer of the M.V. Department and the State Police are empowered to compound offence under Section 177 (General provision), Section 178, Section 179, Section 180, Section 181, Section 182, sub section (1) or sub section (2) of Section 183, Section 184, Section 186, section 189, Section 191, Section 192, Section 194, section 196, or section 198. In the Section 190, only the sub section (2) is compoundable but sub section (1) and (3) are not compoundable as they are of hazardous nature. Thus the power to compound offence has legal proviso and is restricted to the above mentioned Sections only. Asking the department to stop exercising their powers and function tantamount to asking closure of the department itself that will be the height of impertinent and absurdity as it would rather be sending a wrong signal to be free for all and lawlessness in public place. ACUAT is making great effort to stop all unauthorized tax collection that are happening in the state and their endeavor is lauded by one and all, however, one cannot level the tag of illegal
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n the 5th of February 2013, I was travelling down the road to Kohima along with my sick aunt and others. We were taking her to Kohima for emergency treatment because she was seriously ill. The road condition was such that the distance of three hours journey took us six hours, and my aunt’s condition worsened by the time we reached the hospital. This experience made me dream of becoming a social worker in the future in order to work for the rights of the people. The present condition of the roads and Highways in Nagaland has become very pathetic. In some places the road condition is such that we cannot differentiate whether it is a drainage for the water to pass or a road for the vehicles to travel. Naga people who stay far away from the capital have to face lots of difficulties. To go for a journey becomes a curse. To travel on the National Highways, one has to eat well and be fully ready for the journey because during it we are thrown to and fro in all directions. There are already many cases of sick people dying on the way before reaching the hospital. Problems such as accidents, road mishaps etc. often occur because of the poor condition of the roads. Many people in Nagaland buy good cars and other vehicles, but when they travel just once to another district, they find themselves having to repair their cars. The MLAs and the Ministers travel luxuriously in their expensive cars and often forget the needs of the poor, helpless public. They keep a good connection with all the officials in authority and silence those who voice the truth with money. Thus, the problems remain unsolved. The people, on the other hand, are ignorant and often fearful. They are afraid to voice the truth or fight for justice. They complain among themselves without bringing about any solutions. They elect their representatives who fancy and blind them with money for some short duration and have to struggle in the long run. So, it is high time for us to bring changes in our State. As the maxim says, “Be the change you want to see,” so we must change ourselves and strive to bring about justice and successful improvements. Our human nature might compel us to give in to the tendency to be greedy and selfish if we are already in a successful, well-paying position, so we must be strong and firm in our decision and fully committed and dedicated to stand for prosperity. Otherwise we could fall into the same ditch of corruption. We should all join hands and fight against these injustices and bring awareness of these problems to our people in the villages. Thus together, we can bring about development and justice to our state, if not today, then tomorrow. T. Meren Paul Yhunsinlo Tep Transport Commissioner (Retd) St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama
Taxation when the legal proviso under which the concerned Statutory Authority functions and discharge its duties for which the department is established. The Motor Vehicles Acts and Rules are enacted by an Act of Parliament, in the interest of public for regulating the use of a motor vehicle in public place. The enforcement agencies, be it Police or the M.V. department are not to shy away their duty from taking cognizance of an offence and allow scot free the use of vehicle in contravention of the laid down Acts and Rules. But looking at deem action of the Department at suspects and jumping to conclusion as illegal without ascertaining its veracity is surely is not a healthy taste and needs retook for finer outcome in the targeted objective. Public scrutiny and impiety often ushers corrective measures in public offices as there is bound to be instances of misdemeanor and exceeding of briefs but this particular case is not a fitting issue of illegal action. Please do not misunderstand me that I am writing this missive against the activities of the ACAUT, I am only making an attempt to fine tune the legal parlance of the compounding of offence and the power conferred on the Motor Vehicles Department under the provisions of the M.V. Acts, 1988, in the interest of refinement of public perception but in no way casting any aberration on the ACAUT or any individual as I gave my moral support to the Forum.
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45,000 college students avail scholarships Our Correspondent Jotsoma | July 25
Nagaland’s higher education department has been extending scholarships to college and university students in Nagaland and the number of the beneficiaries now stands at 45,000 under tribal scholarship, involving Rs. 32 crores for the period 2012-13. This was stated by Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education & SCERT, Deo Nukhu while speaking at the 52nd freshers’ social of the Kohima Science College, Jotsoma this morning. Nukhu urged the students not to misuse the scholarship money but to make the best use of it. He called upon the students to discover their gift and ability. He encouraged them to focus on their strengths, reminding them that “Today,
we are living in the world of specialization.” Also stating that the state is facing acute shortage of mathematics and physics teachers, he maintained that without mathematics and physics we cannot expect to produce technical manpower. He maintained that a college like KSC, Jotsoma can meet such requirements. Stating that the KSC has been assessed and accredited as Grade A by the University Grants Commission (UGC), he expressed happiness that the college has produced most of the technical manpower, professionals, doctors, bureaucrats, government officers etc. The college was established in 1961 and presently it consists of more than 1400 students. Earlier, Nukhu inaugurated a newly constructed boy’s hostel for the college, which can accommodate 100 students. Also speaking on the occasion as the
Guest of Honor, Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) President Tongpang Ozukum said the NSF was discouraged to learn about the encroachment of college land and strongly appealed for land owners to honour the MoUs signed between the two parties. “It has to be honoured at any cost,” he said. Meanwhile, Ozukum asserted that the NSF cannot afford to remain silent spectators over the controversies regarding Nagaland University. He stated that the delay in declaration of result highlights the insincerity of the NU. The NSF President informed that the Federation has resolved to initiate certain changes in the NU. He also encouraged students to continue working hard and maintain consistency to achieve greater academic heights. All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) President Vilhouselie informed
the gathering that the next ANCSU conference has been scheduled to be held at Phek College by October this year and invited all colleges to join the same. Stating that the Union will be launching sanitation/cleanliness campaign by September, he called upon the students to propagate the message of sanitation and make Nagaland a healthier and cleaner place to live in. Chiteo N. Chah and Ramsongle Zeliang were crowned as Mr and Miss Fresher 2013 respectively in the freshers programme. Dr Vituo Belho, principal of Kohima Science College pronounced the principal address while the welcome address was delivered by Yozoto Noho, general secretary Kohima Science College Students Union. The programme was chaired by Teisovi Gerald Meyase, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics.
NT in Aimol dialect released Youth retreat held to be 'victorious over sin'
Rev. Dr. Z.K. Rochil releasing the bible.
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): The Bible Society of India (BSI), Dimapur Auxiliary released New Testament (NT) in Aimol dialect on July 21, 2013 at Ngairong Baptist Church, Pallel, Manipur. Rev. Dr. Z.K. Rochill Senior Auxiliary Secretary, Dimapur Auxiliary released the bible. Assembly President Aimol Baptist Association, S. Sangkai has expressed deep appreciation to BSI ministry for bringing out God’s word in Aimol dialect. Altogether 2,000 copies of the NT were sold on the day of the release.
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): S. Hotovi Baptist Church held its youth retreat-cumraising day on July 25 at Generation Countdown Youth Ministry (GCYM) Centre, 5th Mile, Sovima, Dimapur. About 100 youths from S. Hotovi church, led and guided by Pastor Khukiye Yeptho, youth leader Hovika Zhimo, and elders participated in the day-long event, which was held under the theme “victorious over sin”. Tokuho Neho, vicepresident, NPF Central Office and head GB of Suhoi village graced the occasion as chief guest and exhorted the
spread awareness on HIV, Hepatitis and substance abuse. The note also mentioned N-Naga Dao’s claim that Nagaland state has over 50 DICs and that “they are manned mostly by people who use drugs, except for some professional post.” It also added that most of the PEs and the ORWs are current and ex-drug users “trying their best to prevent HIV/AIDS, STI, Hepatitis, and Drug over dose among their peers and helping their peer to become constructive, productive and responsible members of the society.” The JU (U) Nagaland state President also in-
formed of an interaction with the N-Naga Dao, where they mentioned that the “employees are facing hardships to meet their monthly maintenance, including children’s education in which they depend on a meager salary.” Taking these grievances into account, the JD (U) Nagaland State Unit has appealed the officials of department concerned and NSCACS to take the matter up with NACO and officials of Central department concerned. It also called for expediting the issue so as to address the problems of Drug users and AIDS effected people in the state.
Chief Guest with the participating youths at the retreat on July 25.
participants to renew their commitment to life through such event. Stating that each one of us has a purpose in life, he challenged the youths
to be sincere and dedicated in life and ponder on “what you can do for the society or what changes you can make in the lives of others”. As a
token of love, he donated a sum of Rs. 30,000 towards the programme. This was stated in a press release received here.
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): The Motor Vehicles Department has clarified on the news report published in local dailies on June 22 based on the Action Committee against Unabated Taxation’s statement regarding “illegal collection of tax.” A press note from the District Transport Officer for Dimapur, Keneingunuo Clara said that Section 200 of the Motor Vehicles Act empowers department officers to compound fees for offences against any section of the MV Act and Rules. The note added, “In performance of duties, the enforcement personnel of the department compounds on offences of the MV Act and Rules, which cannot be termed as illegal taxation.” It may be noted that the Motor Vehicles Depart-
ment was established in accordance to Section 213 of the MV Act, 1988. The DTO further clarified that the compounding receipt which was published along with the news report, “is genuine and legally issued by the Enforcement Officer concerned.” In the press note, she said that the fee in question was collected due to the offence committed by the vehicle owner/driver. She also informed that the fee realized was deposited into the government treasury under the head ‘0041’ taxes on vehicles. While informing that during the performance of duty on the roadside, violators are detected and penalized by way of compounding fees, the DTO clarified that no collection is made on a monthly basis.
While appreciating the ACAUT’s initiative for the welfare of society, the DTO also mentioned that the enforcement personnel of the department have been rendering services to their best and are instrumental in controlling violations of provisions of the MV Act and Rules. “While understanding the human weakness and goodwill of the concerned individuals of society, it would be fair that we refrain from misjudging and demoralizing without establishing the veracity of the action of the enforcement personnel and department,” she added. The DTO however said that this clarification has been issued “with no prejudice but for the sole aim of truth and fairness for understanding of the citizens of the state.”
Denizens of Phek Town clear roadside on July 25. The denizens of Phek Town had a mass social work on July 25 to clean up their respective surroundings, approach roads and main roads of the Town. Phek Town Council (PTC) initiated the social work where all the pedestrians of Phek Town participated in the social work. The PTC Administrator & ADC, Phek I. Shanen Jamir has expressed his gratitude to the public for their active participation and co-operation. (DIPR Photo)
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Nagaland Cattle Breeding Farm remains ‘neglected’
While divulging this, he said that fitness tests are conducted frequently. All the cows are given numbers or tags during this test. After the results are declared, the reports and tags of the ailing cows are exchanged with the healthiest ones and the best ones are auctioned off. The dairy cow’s lifespan in the farm is said to be around 12-15 years. It was also learnt that every year the cattle give birth to around 1012 calves (male and female inclusive). Hence, even if half of the cattle is male and sold off for
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GPRN/NSCN mourns
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): The GPRN/NSCN has deeply mourned the untimely demise of its member, Akato Yeptho, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Chaplee Affairs, who was murdered on July 22, 2012 in Dimapur. “A man of firm character with staunch patriotism and determined courage, he contributed towards the cause with all sincerity,” stated a condolence note issued by Ministry of Information & Publicity, GPRN/NSCN. “And true to his calling, he was a faithful and dedicated patriot to the cause till his last breath.” GPRN/NSCN said it will always remember Akato’s invaluable service. Further asserting that the vacuum created by his loss will be difficult to fill, the GPRN extended condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the Almighty God to bless and give them solace in their time of grief.
Free animal health camp
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): There will be a free animal health camp on July 27 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Animal Concern, near Zinyu Gas Service, Circular Road, Churches Colony, Dimapur. A press release from Dr Michael Imti Imchen of Animal Concern informed that there will be separate registration for different species. For details contact, 8731008189/ 9089245468.
400 children attend VBS in Tizit
State JD (U) concerned over Motor Vehicles Dept clarifies on ‘taxation’ non-release of grants by NACO
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): The Nagaland Unit of Janata Dal (United) has expressed concern over the non-release of grants by the National Aids Control Organization (NACO) which has adversely affected the functioning of Drop-in-Centers (DICs) in Nagaland. A press note from the JD (U) Nagaland state unit President, Mhonjan Lotha stated that the three-day cease work protest undertaken by the Network of Nagaland Drugs and AIDS organization (N-Naga Dao) was justified as DICs act as centers for necessary medical treatment, counseling, medication and also as an avenue to
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beef, the remaining half would remain and there should be an increase in the population of cows, even if no cows are brought from outside. This apparently does not happen as cows are taken away from the farm. The farm is also in need of better breeds that produces higher quantity of milk. It is reported that two tractors were donated some years back but have been taken away from the farm. While enquiring about the farm at Longjangkong, a citizen remarked that he has concerns that the farm might end up closing if the management continues to work in the present trend. It may be recalled that the State Cattle Breeding Farm, Aliba received the distinction for producing the highest quantity of milk (in Nagaland) for around 5 years in the eighties and received revenues in terms of lakhs.
TIzIT, JULY 25 (MExN): 6th NAP Bn. Police Baptist Church (PBC) Tizit, conducted Vacation Bible School (VBS) for six days under the theme "It’s your choice", Joshua: 24:15 from July 16 -21, 2013. Alila C.E.D PBC Chumukedima, Hukali SS Superintendent PBC Dimapur, and Asela were the VBS resource persons. Altogether 400 children participated. Akaba, C.E.D PBC Tizit, has expressed gratitude to unit pastor, deacon board, ushers, teachers, youth department, worship team, and especially women department for sponsoring and making the V.B.S a very grant success.
CPO general meeting on July 27
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): The Chakroma Public Organisation (CPO) has convened its general meeting on July 27, 10:00 am at CPO Hall, Chumukedima Town. All village council chairman, GBs and executive members, office bearers of the frontal organisations, CWO, CYO, CGBU, CAKU, CSA , CSU and all members of the CPO have been requested to attend the meeting.
DBA expresses grief
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): The Dimapur Bar Association (DBA) has expressed profound grief and sadness over the demise of Kaina Yeptho, S/o Nikato Yeptho and Bethan in Dimapur. The DBA while extending its deepest condolences to the bereaved family has prayed for God to grant peace and solace to the departed soul.
KBCM Mission Week from Aug 5
MoN, JULY 25 (MExN): Konyak Baptist Church, Mon Town Mission Week Programme will be held from August 5 to 11 with the theme ‘Mission work in the Christian home. Rev Dr Anjo Keikung, general secretary NBCC will be the main speaker. Shapa Konyak, missionary, Yunnan Province China will also participate in the programme. KBCM Mission Board chairman Y Ponga Konyak in a press release has requested all the KBCM Christian members to attend the programme.
‘Fish farming Alder College Kohima felicitates BA toppers KohIMA, JULY 25 in scenario of (MExN): Alder College, Kohima on Wednesday climate change’ felicitated Reihii Chao,
DIMAPUR, JULY 25 (MExN): Indian agriculture at present is concerned with more food production, nutritional security, sustainability etc. in the wake of much talked about climate change or global warming. The National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project going on at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre has been trying to create awareness amongst the farming community time to time through various activities like training programmes, trials etc. Accordingly, a daylong training programme was organized on July 25, 2013, at Molvom village, Dimapur about ‘Integrated Fish Farming System in the Scenario of Climate Change’. Participants comprised farmers and rural youths, including nearby villagers. They were apprised of the impact of climate change on agriculture and allied sectors through topics like importance, specifications, management of fisheries, selection of fingerlings, integrated fish farming and selection of soil types for different components of integrated farming systems. Queries of the participants were satisfactorily answered by experts namely, Dr. Ebibeni and James Kikon, SMS, KVK Dimapur, Bikash Sharma and Meren Jamir Technical personnel, ICAR. The trainees gained knowledge to adapt to the changing situations and improve the agricultural production system with improved technological knowhow on the different components as well as aspects of integrated fish farming.
topper in BA Economics (Honours) and Salanthung Kikon, the second topper in BA Economics (Honours), during the recently declared Nagaland University, BA examinations 2013. The college authority acknowledged both the toppers with meritorious students’ award for excellence in academic career. Speaking at the felicitation function, Kevi Liegise,
Toppers with the faculty of Alder College Kohima on July 24.
Chairman of Alder College urged upon the students not only to rely on memorization, but understand
the subject matters so that their learning will aid them in life by providing wisdom.
NBCC teaches ways to reach out to kids
Participants during the two-day kids’ games training held at Kenneth Complex, NBCC Office on July 23 and 24.
KohIMA, JULY 25 (MExN): A two-day kids’ games training was held at Kenneth Complex, NBCC Office on July 23 and 24. The Education and Communication Department of NBCC organized the programme. The rationale behind the training was to help people in Children
Ministry in Baptist Churches to effectively reach out to the kids through different kids games. The training started with the opening note by Dr. Botoholi, Education and Communication Secretary, NBCC. Pongjei, Christian Education Secretary, KBBB led the different sessions
during the training. The resources persons were Mongzeung Mpom, Pastor, Julukie Baptist Church and Vishiho Shohe, Christian Education Secretary, WSBAK. The programme was a blend of activities such as seminars, interaction time, games and devotions.
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The Power of Truth
The Morung Express FrIDAy 26 July 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 203
Along Longkumer Consulting Editor
Developing Agri Potential
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ewly appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture Dr. Benjongliba Aier has expressed optimism that Nagaland “can become the agricultural bowl of the North East”. He said this during the recent State Level Agriculture Officers Conference 2013. No doubt Nagaland has the potential given its diverse agro-climatic conditions. Even the British during the nineteenth century when they first came to the Naga country had commented on what it described as fertile and well-watered soil of the Nagas. We are indeed blessed and there-in lies the tremendous scope and potential for development of agriculture in Nagaland. Only thing we need is proper application. To do that will however require streamlining of the Agriculture sector besides other course correction. During the last Northeast Agri Expo held in Dimapur, one of the recommendations of the national seminar cum farmer-scientist interaction was the need for regular coordination meetings of agri. & allied departments with Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR), Universities, Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH) and other R & D Depts. This was to be organized at six months interval under the chairmanship of the Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) of the respective state in order to avoid gaps and duplication in different interventions. This was an important suggestion because what is perhaps lacking in the agriculture and allied sector of the region is poor planning, absence of coordination and incoherent programmes, just to name a few. Whether any such coordination meetings have taken place is the question. If our agriculture and farm sector is to do well, we need to improve the way we function and run our programmes. If as recommended, regular coordination meetings can take place, this will lead to better performance and output. And this is what we should be aiming for, especially in the light of the current plan of achieving sustainable food security (Vision 2025 Food for All of the Nagaland government). One of things that will require streamlining is the countless number of department and agencies trying to implement similar or the same programmes. Each State can make efforts to correct this anomaly. For instance in Nagaland we have so many separate departments running programmes related to agri and allied sectors. It’s almost like the innumerable factions operating under different heads but essentially doing the same thing. We have the different departments like Agriculture, Horticulture, Land Resource, Soil & Water Conservation and Rural Development. A few years ago, the government had appointed a state coordination committee headed by APC to oversee the overlapping and duplication of projects by various departments. There is definitely a need for streamlining and even amalgamation although it is likely to be resisted by different power centers within the departments themselves. Besides streamlining the different implementing agencies and also the numerous programmes available, it will be good if such coordination meetings can also come out with concrete suggestions on how to improve programme implementation and the delivery of services. Policy design and measures is one thing but implementing them on the ground will require even greater effort and proper monitoring and direction. There are obvious flaws within the present system. Any number of policy, innovation or approaches will not produce the desired result unless correction is made on the way our government functions. In a majority of cases, our farmers are not benefiting. Even the funds allocated for our farmers are siphoned off. Result oriented (good) governance is the need of the hour. A corrupt-outdated government system and an indolent public could well explain the disturbing fact about Nagaland that in spite of 80% of the population in the State being agrarians, the state could not produce enough food and we continue to depend on others. The point is that good policy and planning alone will not do. The flaws within the system and the attitude of the people will also require correction if we want to see output or for Nagaland to become the agricultural bowl of the North East. (Feedback can be send to consultingeditormex@gmail.com)
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Shilpa Raina Source: IANS
Marching 12,000 km on the road less travelled
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esembling Darth Vader of "Star Wars", this six-foot-tall figure in a hooded kurta and a rucksack on his broad shoulders walks on the Indian road unfazed by the curious gaze he receives from passersby. These sartorial fashion choices are a deliberate attempt to attract attention, says Max Chandra, who is on a mission to walk 12,000 km across India for raising funds. The 47-year-old's ambitious project is generating funds for his charity foundation - One Step at a Time that has various projects to promote education, provide school equipment and help people in disaster-hit zones. And to generate money for these activities, he has chosen the unusual way of walking and covering 28 states on foot. "When people look at me on the road, they wonder who is this ninja guy," Chandra told IANS in an interview. "It is a deliberate attempt to make people curious. The more people know about my mission, the more people will talk about this unusual way of generating funds, and more helpful it will be for my foundation," he added. Born to a German father and an Indian mother, Chandra was brought up in Britain. He started his epic journey in Novembner 2011 from Goa and has crossed Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana. He reached the capital recently after covering Rishikesh, Chandigarh, Simla, Manali and then back to Delhi via Punjab and Haryana. He has so far covered 6,000 km in 15 states. He has an equal distance and 13 states to go. "It will take me another year to complete the walk," says Chandra, who has been selffinancing the effort. "I don't walk at one go. I walk for three months, then take a month's break to work on my projects and recuperate . Then I walk again for three months and so on. It balances my work and this mission," said Chandra, who carries the bare minimum essentials in his rucksack, two cameras and a spare pair of shoes. Chandra plans his own itinerary, starts walking by six in the morning and stops for five minutes after an hour-long walk. At times he sleeps under the stars and if he is lucky to have received an invitation from a local, he will stay with him. His daily routine also includes washing clothes, making notes and looking at the pictures he has taken during the course of the day. He tries to cover 40 km a day. "I can't plan in advance as there are so many factors: weather, terrain and area. So, it is an everyday process," he explained. It wasn't by chance that Chandra decided to quit his job as a CEO in London after his first visit to India in 2005. His mother had given him a fairytale description about the country. "She would talk of cobras and snakes. It was so mythical. But later I discovered for myself what it meant to be in real India." Chandra, who has the backing of Social Access Communications, a communication firm that works for the social sector, candidly admits if he wasn't walking, no one would have heard about his project. "When I walk I see there is so much to be done in the rural sector: education, sanitation, roads, environment, garbage... there is so much. But no one is doing anything," Chandra said.
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Mara Hvistendahl Source: Foreign Policy
Where Have All the Girls Gone?
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ow did more than 160 million women go missing from Asia? The simple answer is sex selection -- typically, an ultrasound scan followed by an abortion if the fetus turns out to be female -- but beyond that, the reasons for a gap half the size of the U.S. population are not widely understood. And when I started researching a book on the topic, I didn't understand them myself. I thought I would focus on how gender discrimination has persisted as countries develop. The reasons couples gave for wanting boys varies: Sons stayed in the family and took care of their parents in old age, or they performed ancestor and funeral rites important in some cultures. Or it was that daughters were a burden, made expensive by skyrocketing dowries. But that didn't account for why sex selection was spreading across cultural and religious lines. Once found only in East and South Asia, imbalanced sex ratios at birth have recently reached countries as varied as Vietnam, Albania, and Azerbaijan. The problem has fanned out across these countries, moreover, at a time when women are driving many developing economies. In India, where women have achieved political firsts still not reached in the United States, sex selection has become so intense that by 2020 an estimated 15 to 20 percent of men in northwest India will lack female counterparts. I could only explain that epidemic as the cruel sum of technological advances and lingering sexism. I did not think the story of sex selection's spread would lead, in part, to the United States. Then I looked into it, and discovered that what I thought were right-wing conspiracy theories about the nexus of Western feminism and population control actually had some, if very distant and entirely historical, basis in truth. As it turns out, Western advisors and researchers, and Western money, were among the forces that contributed to a serious reduction in the number of women and girls in the developing world. And today feminist and reproductiverights groups are still reeling from that legacy. The story begins in the mid-20th century, when several factors converged to make Western demographers worried about global population growth. Thanks to advances in public health, people were living longer than ever before. Projections released by the U.N. Population Division in 1951 suggested what the sum of all those extra years of life could be: Rapid population growth was on the horizon, particularly in the developing world. As pundits forecast a global "population explosion," anxiety mounted in policy circles, and the population control movement that coalesced brought together everyone from environmentalists to McCarthyites. Viewed through a 1960s Beltway lens, mounting numbers of people meant higher rates of poverty, which in turn made countries more vulnerable to communism. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, and the Rockefeller Foundation were among the organizations that poured money into stanching the birth rate abroad, while the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Population Council helped coordinate efforts on the ground. As these organizations backed research into barriers to couples accepting contraception, one of the obstacles quickly identified was that in most parts of the world, but particularly in fast-growing Asia, people continued to have children until they got a boy. As demographer S.N. Agarwala explained in a paper on India he presented at a 1963 IPPF conference in Singapore: "[S]ome religious rites, especially those connected with the death of the parents, can be performed only by the male child.... [T] hose who have only daughters try their best to have at least one male child." Even in the United States, surveys suggested a preference for sons. That raised the question: What if couples could be guaranteed a son from the start? Elsewhere, scientists were working to perfect fetal sex determination tests for women carrying sex-linked disorders like hemophilia, which only manifests itself in males. (The first sex-selective abortions, performed in 1955 by Danish doctors in Copenhagen, were actually done on women carrying male fetuses.) But the technology was still incipient and required a late-term abortion. Proponents of population control began talking about nudging sex selection along. In 1967, for example, when Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Alan Guttmacher received a proposal from an Indian scientist interested in finding a way to "control SEX in human reproduction," he scrawled a note across the top in hasty red pencil, asking the organization's medical director to consider whether the research was in fact "worth encouraging." Planned Parenthood didn't fund the research in the end, but on the technicality that the U.S. government had recently cut funding for fellowships to foreigners. Six months later Steven Polgar, the organization's head of research, went public with the notion that sex selection was an effective population control method. Taking the podium before an audience of scholars and policymakers at a conference sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Polgar "urged," according to the meeting's minutes, "that sociologists stimulate biologists to find a method of sex determination, since some parents have additional children in order to get one of specified sex." At first the language was gender-neutral. But before long the descriptions grew more blunt, and some proponents talked frankly about selecting for sons. In the years that followed, Population Council President Bernard Berelson endorsed sex selection in the pages of Science, while Paul Ehrlich advocated giving couples the sons they desired in his blockbuster The Population Bomb. "[I]f a simple method could be found to guarantee that first-born children were males," he wrote, "then population control problems in many areas would be somewhat eased." In many countries, he wrote, "couples with only female children 'keep trying' in hope of a son." A wide range of population control strategies were on the table at the
It's true: Western money and advice really did help fuel the explosion of sex selection in Asia
time, but by the end of the decade, when the NICHD held another workshop on reducing birth rates, sex selection had emerged as an approach that participants deemed "particularly desirable." Other spokesmen -- for they were mostly men -included Arno G. Motulsky, a geneticist at the University of Washington-Seattle, William D. McElroy, then head of the biology department at Johns Hopkins University, and British microbiologist John Postgate. Postgate was particularly resolute. He extolled sex selection in an article for the New Scientist, explaining that population growth was so great a threat that the drawbacks of a skewed sex ratio would have to be tolerated, grim as they were. "A form of purdah" might be necessary, he predicted, while "Women's right to work, even to travel alone freely, would probably be forgotten transiently." A handful of women got on board as well. In 1978, former ambassador and former U.S. Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce wrote an article for the Washington Star in which she clamored for the development of a "manchild pill" -a drug a woman could take before sex to ensure any children that resulted would be male. Before long, sex selection emerged as a favored solution. In the context of '60s and '70s population politics, it had the appeal of being a voluntary strategy that played to individual behavior. In his paper for Science, Berelson ranked sex selection's ethical value as "high." Postgate pointed out, "Countless millions of people would leap at the opportunity to breed male." And other strategies being tried in Asia at the time entailed coercion, not choice. In South Korea, Western money enabled the creation of a fleet of mobile clinics -- reconditioned U.S. Army ambulances donated by USAID and staffed by poorly trained workers and volunteers. Fieldworkers employed by the health ministry's Bureau of Public Health were paid based on how many people they brought in for sterilizations and intrauterine device insertions, and some allege Korea's mobile clinics later became the site of abortions as well. By the 1970s, recalls gynecologist Cho Youngyoul, who was a medical student at the time, "there were agents going around the countryside to small towns and bringing women into the [mobile] clinics. That counted toward their pay. They brought the women regardless of whether they were pregnant." Non-pregnant women were sterilized. A pregnant woman met a worse fate, Cho says: "The agent would have her abort and then undergo tubal ligation." As Korea's abortion rate skyrocketed, Sung-bong Hong and Christopher Tietze detailed its rise in the Population Council journal Studies in Family Planning. By 1977, they determined, doctors in Seoul were performing 2.75 abortions for every birth -- the highest documented abortion rate in human history. Were it not for this history, Korean sociologist Heeran Chun recently told me, "I don't think sex-selective abortion would have become so popular." In India, meanwhile, advisors from the World Bank and other organizations pressured the government into adopting a paradigm, as public-health activist Sabu George put it to me, "where the entire problem was population." The Rockefeller Foundation granted $1.5 million to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the country's top medical school, and the Ford Foundation chipped in $63,563 for "research into reproductive biology." And sometime in the mid-1960s, Population Council medical director Sheldon Segal showed the institute's doctors how to test human cells for the sex chromatins that indicated a person was female -- a method that was the precursor to fetal sex determination. Soon after, the technology matured, and secondtrimester fetal sex determination became possible using amniocentesis. In 1975, AIIMS doctors inaugurated sex-selective abortion trials at a government hospital, offering amniocentesis to poor women free of charge and then helping them, should they so choose, to abort on the basis of sex. An estimated 1,000 women carrying female fetuses underwent abortions. The doctors touted the study as a population control experiment, and sex-selective abortion spread throughout India. In his autobiography, Segal professed to being shocked to learn that doctors at AIIMS were using a variation on his instructions to perform sex-selective abortions. But he neglected to mention that shortly after his stay in India he stood before an audience at the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development and described sex selection as a method of population control. (The minutes from the meeting describe "sex determination at conception" -- now finally available today through advances in assisted reproductive technology -- but in-utero sex determination was the form of sex selection furthest along at that point.) Sex selection hit China the same year the AIIMS experiments began. The country accepted Western aid belatedly, in 1979. But after years of being kept out of the Middle Kingdom, the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) and IPPF jumped at the opportunity to play a role in the world's most populous country, with UNFPA chipping in $50 million for computers, training, and publicity on the eve of the one-child policy's unveiling. Publicly, officers at both UNFPA and IPPF claimed China's new policy relied on the Chinese people's exceptional knack for communalism. But, according to Columbia University historian Matthew Connelly's account of the population control movement, Fatal Misconception, in January 1980 IPPF information officer Penny Kane privately fretted about local officials' evident interest in meeting the new birth quotas through forced abortions. Accounts of those eventually leaked out, as did reports of sex-selective abortions. In 1982, Associated Press correspondent Victoria Graham warned that those augured a spreading trend. "These are not isolated cases," she wrote, adding: "Demographers are warning that if the balance between the sexes is altered by abortion and infanticide, it could have dire consequences." Today, some of those dire consequences have become alarmingly apparent. Part of that is the extent to which organizations like UNFPA have found themselves unable to perform legitimate services in the developing world because of their historic connection to population control. For it was news of sex-selective and forced abortions that helped fuel a budding antiabortion movement in the United States. Protesters showed up at the 1984 World Population Conference in Mexico City, wielding evidence of abuses in China. The next year, President Ronald Reagan unveiled what would become known as the "global gag rule," cutting off $46 million in funds to UNFPA -- money that might have gone toward maternal and child health as well as population control. The struggle to fund reproductive health continued over the next two decades, with subsequent U.S. presidents withdrawing or reinstating the gag rule along partisan lines. Nowadays, of course, UNFPA and Planned Parenthood are led by a new wave of feminist bureaucrats who are keen on ensuring reproductive rights, and they no longer finance global population control. Thanks to a thriving anti-abortion movement, Planned Parenthood can barely make contraceptives and safe abortion available to the American women who actually want them. But contentious American politics has these and other groups on the left stuck in what Joseph Chamie, former head of the U.N. Population Division, calls "the abortion bind." The United Nations issued an interagency statement condemning sex selection and outlining recommendations for action last week, and UNFPA was among the agencies that helped draft it. The organization has also funded research on sex selection and sex ratio imbalance at the local level. But its legacy in the developing world continues to haunt its leaders, to the detriment of women worldwide. Lingering anxiety over taking on issues involving abortion, activists and demographers have told me, now has UNFPA reluctant to address sex selection head-on at the international level -- a reluctance that has left the organization's enemies to twist the issue to fit their own agenda. (Anti-abortion groups and pundits have proven all too eager to to take on the issue, though they seem far more interested in driving home restrictions on abortion than they do in increasing the number of women in the world and protecting the rights of women at risk.) Meanwhile, as American politicians argue over whether to cut Planned Parenthood's U.S. funding and the Christian right drives through bans on sex-selective abortion at the state level, the effects of three decades of sex selection elsewhere in the world are becoming alarmingly apparent. In China, India, Korea, and Taiwan, the first generation shaped by sex selection has grown up, and men are scrambling to find women, yielding the ugly sideblows of increased sex trafficking and bride buying. In a Chinese boomtown, I watched soap operas with a slight, defeated woman from the poor mountains of the west who had been brought east by a trafficker and sold into marriage. (Her favorite show: Women Don't Cry.) In the Mekong Delta, I visited an island commune where local women are hawked by their parents for a few thousand dollars to "surplus" Taiwanese men. While the purdah forecasted by John Postgate has not yet come to pass, feminists in Asia worry that as women become scarce, they will be pressured into taking on domestic roles and becoming housewives and mothers rather than scientists and entrepreneurs. But what happens to women is only part of the story. Demographically speaking, women matter less and less. By 2013, an estimated one in 10 men in China will lack a female counterpart. By the late 2020s, that figure could jump to one in five. There are many possible scenarios for how these men will cope without women -- and not all, of course, want women -- but several of them involve rising rates of unrest. Already Columbia University economist Lena Edlund and colleagues at Chinese University of Hong Kong have found a link between a large share of males in the young adult population and an increase in crime in China. Doomsday analysts need look no further than America's history: Murder rates soared in the male-dominated Wild West. Four decades ago, Western advocacy of sex selection yielded tragic results. But if we continue to ignore that legacy and remain paralyzed by heated U.S. abortion politics, we're compounding that mistake. Indian public health activist George, indeed, says waiting to act is no longer an option: If the world does "not see ten years ahead to where we're headed, we're lost."
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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE
The Fifty Years Itch “N Khekiye K. Sema, IAS (Rtd)
agaland’s first medical College in Kohima” Eastern Mirror 24th July 2013; “Medical college in Kohima soon” The Morung Express 24th July 2013; It’s all very well that the Nagas have finally been given an opportunity to scratch the 50 years itch. However, in our enthusiasm we could land up scratching all the wrong places and bypass the actual itch that needs scratching. The one thing I would categorically say at this juncture is that addressing this issue through a tribalistic prism would be our undoing. This is a time when our thinking box must be tempered with cool contemplation and dispassionate consideration of the ground realities, nothing more nothing less. Setting up a Medical College duly recognized by Medical Council of India (MCI) is no walk in the park. So many technical factors are required to be taken into account. As a lay man I can at best present the peripheral perspective to the subject that would invariably impact on parents with growing up children. We also need to pay attention to the changing times. The Supreme Court’s ruling doing away with joint entrance exams and allowing the respective Medical Colleges to conduct their own entrance examination changes the contours of an even playing field. This necessarily foretells the drastic sequence of event that is about to follow: However brilliant a student, their intelligence will have to be backed up with exorbitant capitation fees that every institute imposes before an admission and this will be beyond the reach of an average Naga parent. With the independence granted to the respective Medical Colleges this situation can only get worse. This only means that the medical field will be opened to the very rich Naga parents being able to afford a medical course for their children if at all, while poorer parents with brilliant children will find it extremely difficult to go anywhere near a Medical College. The unfairness of it all is damning. Our problems could get accentuated with a Medical College of our own: the seat reservation granted to the State as of now could get reduced or withdrawn altogether if we are unable to protect our own. All of these possibilities are going to be real time obstacles that we need to bear in mind as we deal with the business of establishing our own Medical College. We have no choice but to ensure that such a College is a qualitatively functional one at all cost. Extracting lessons from our neighboring State like Meghalaya could balance our thoughts. So let us begin with North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya. This is an autonomous institute established by the GOI in lineage with AIIMS, New Delhi. The foundation stone was laid by no less than the Prime Minister of India, Late Rajiv Gandhi in 1987. The progress and development of the Institute was closely monitored by the PMO and the MoH&FW and was commissioned on June 2006. Even with that much of a concentrated focus it had taken them 19 years to bring this institute alive. The total estimated cost of this project was Rs.422.60 crores. Despite the fact that it was a centrally sponsored project with a very elaborate infrastructure, having a five year budget projection of Rs.1695 crores approximately and so on, it had received a confirmation of recognition by Medical Council of India (MCI) for its Post Graduate course only in December 2012 and its MBBS course only on 5th April 2013. Prior to recognition the students of this institution had to undergo a harrowing time after graduation because they could not get the license to practice. When asked why it had taken so long for this Institute to get MCI recognition for its MBBS course the Director of NEIGRIHMS had reportedly responded saying that it was primarily due to their inability to get adequate teaching faculties and specialists in place apart from deficient infrastructure, laboratories, quality and credibility. He further stated that NEIGRIHMS still suffers from the dearth of faculty team with at least 40 important vacancies still remaining unfilled. Now carefully compare the connectivity and other conveniences of Shillong with that of Kohima. They enjoy an edge over us by way of proximity and better connectivity to the mainland but even they still have critical teaching faculty problems. While Nagas are now very comfortably used to having one unqualified politically appointed teacher in many of the primary schools
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tephen Hopgood contends that we have outlived the era in which the promotion of universal human rights is meaningful and that "the inherent limitations of the global human rights model championed by organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch is becoming painfully apparent." It is not apparent to me. I see a growing global human rights movement made up of thousands of organizations. While they suffer many defeats, they also help to constrain the abuses committed by authoritarian and despotic states like China and Russia; and, despite the savagery of the civil war under way in Syria, they help to mitigate the harm to noncombatants in armed conflicts in many other parts of the world. By now, thanks to the international human rights movement, scores of heads of state and heads of government in different parts of the world have been criminally prosecuted for violations of human rights, an unprecedented development. In responding to Hopgood, I speak from the standpoint of one who had a hand in creating Human Rights Watch, establishing its agenda and developing its methodology. Hence, I will focus on that organization in my response. At the outset, some three-and-a-half decades ago, we thought we could influence human rights practices in other parts of the world by identifying ourselves as an American organization and by devoting a significant part of our time and efforts to attempts to alter the way the United States used its money, its power and its status in its rela-
we cannot afford to apply the same yardstick to run a Medical institute with unqualified teaching faculty. Even our politicians would dread the thought or risk having to be treated by a Doctor groomed from our own Medical institute with teaching faculty they themselves would pick up from the streets because of the inability to get qualified personnel. Coming to the issue of setting up the Medical College along with the proposed new District Hospital still under construction for the past few years in Kohima, sounds like a typical Naga approach to any proposition devoid of any ground reality check. We are so prone to counting our chickens before it hatches. In the first place the question that needs to be asked is: is the new District Hospital in Kohima ever going to be completed in time to complement the Medical College? Development budget being converted to election fodder by the powers that be is not about to diminish. The next natural step of the Government will be to escalate the estimated cost of the project beyond the Himalayas, desperately beg the Ministry to provide additional fund and repeat the dose of additional pilferage to recover the election investment on an emergency basis. Allowing such a cycle of misdemeanor to repeat itself, which is more than likely to follow, it would probably take another two plan period i.e 10 years or more before it gets operational, that too if we run into some freaky unusual luck. Now, according to the MCI criteria of eligibility no Medical Collage can hope to begin its academic pursuit without a hospital in place having a requisite 200 beds (in the case of the North Eastern States) to be increased to 400 beds at the time of recognition of the Medical College with an annual intake of 50 students at the time of inception. The ‘Hon’ble’ Minister H&FW expressing a desire to complete the project within two to three years sounds great but it is a typical political loud mouthing as would be expected from the species of their kind. ‘Desire to complete’ is one thing but actually getting it completed is quite another. With a limited budget of just Rs.200 crores for a project of this magnitude, consider the sequence of events that is bound to follow. We begin with land acquisition exercise that would include tax of the questionable kind; Since it concerns a Medical College, the table tendering will quietly be doctored and nursed by awarding the work to a contractor who would be willing to walk that extra mile and provide additional Thai massage of the same questionable type and then start scavenging the whole countryside for the kind of imitation construction materials that the Chief Minister had said they should avoid using, in order to make a profit and start chasing for work order to repair their work before it is even completed. The funds getting abnormally reduced for all the wrong purposes along the way will not be sufficient to complete the project and the escalation game will then be put to motion. If the Nagas desire to continue dreaming about a Medical college for another fifty years then this approach sounds fine. However if we really do mean business we better take proper stock of our options pragmatically. Taking all factors into consideration, we have a readymade infrastructure at Dimapur which was earlier known as the Referral Hospital now known as CIHSR. The original estimate of Rs.32 crore for a 500 bedded Referral Hospital was escalated to Rs.200 crores and even then only 40% of the work was accomplished. As you can see, this too was once a white elephant establishment having gone through the same corruption pilfered process. Be that as it may, there are at least the existing infrastructures which are not being utilized to its optimum and can now fruitfully be used. The plus points in considering this option are that: 1/ We do not have to incur any expenditure on land acquisition and thereby eliminate the cost for land including the tax of a questionable kind. The minimal land required for a Medical college as stipulated by MCI is 25 acres only whereas CIHSR has 130 acres at its disposal at present, and can comfortably accommodate whatever additional infrastructure as may be required for the establishment of a College and conveniently use the ones that already exist as well. 2/ The infrastructure may not be at par with the requirement of a college as of now but the existing ones would go a long way towards strengthening the needed areas as against starting the project from scratch and thereby lift the burden of fund constraints exponentially.
3/ Time factor will also be reduced to that extent as well in the process for the completion of the project and enable the college to start functioning that much earlier. CIHSR already have 180 beds operational as of now and can enhance this capacity to 250 beds without too much of constraints. 4/ The ability to employ creditable teaching faculties and specialists will continue to pose a major challenge to the establishment but in comparison Dimapur will definitely afford easier choice to the intending candidates in view of communication conveniences of Air, Rail and road connectivity. It would greatly matter to those from the out State environ where Dimapur would definitely be a better comfort zone as compared to Kohima. Small issues like this will make the ultimate difference between a functional and a non-functional institution. From the experience of Shillong we should be prepared not to undermine such minute details. The experienced Doctors opined that a Medical College would be dealing with an average of 90 ( ninety) Faculties involving a minimum of 20-30 Medical Professors and specialists per faculty. In which case we would be looking at 1800-2700 Medical Professors and Specialists needing to be deployed. According to the informed sources, AIIMS is losing many of their top Professors and Specialists to the Private sectors because they would earn a mind boggling Rs.8 crores per month approximately as against Rs. 1-1.50 lakhs p.m in a Government establishment. In a competitive field such as this it is going to be a very challenging task finding the best brains to man the institution. Why add inconveniences of existence and communication to the list of repellants. 5/ With the involvement of CMC Vellore and Emanuel Hospital Association in CIHSR, the one critical advantage that it will possess is the fact of their connectivity ability with the rest of their associate organizations to augment the faculty deficiency related issue which will be critical. One would be inclined to believe that Kohima Medical College on its own would be desperately handicapped to cope with the problem of this magnitude without a proper networking capability. 6/ According to the working experience of some Doctors they believe the variety of diseases in a place like Kohima is much too restrictive and not too conducive towards medical studies. We have cancer, diabetes, alcohol related problems and HIV as the more significant common kinds of ailments. As compared, the plain sector inhabitants bring in a whole variety of diseases that would afford the medical students that much more scope for learning their trade and gaining experience that they must. Nothing much to be envious about but from the academic perspective Dimapur would take the cake and eat it too in this regard. 7/ Cadaver is an elementary prerequisite for any medical course. With our traditional attitudes of emotionally dealing with the dead body to the extent of not even allowing post mortem to be performed, getting dead bodies for the purpose of medical study is way out of Kohima’s league. In other metropolitan stations too they procure cadaver at auctions at a high cost and it is still not enough. The ideal equation in terms of dead body student ratio is supposed to be 1:3 (i.e one dead body being dissected and studied by three students) as against the prevalent reality of 1:16 which is far beyond optimal. We also have to deal with such problems once a Medical college becomes operational. These are sectors which cannot be compromised. It is not going to be an easy proposition but if at all, the possibility of Dimapur in terms of accessibility to cadaver or the acquirement of it from the neighboring state(s) is definitely better placed than Kohima. These are few of the elementary issues that strike one’s mind as important and indispensable consideration to ensure that a Medical College becomes a real blessing for the Nagas. Perhaps the medical fraternity could provide a wider technical input and other perspectives should they be consulted. It would be of utmost importance that the Cabinet dispassionately debates this issue of locating the college in the right place for it to practically succeed and not be diverted by sentiments of any other kinds. We can ill afford to have another sugar mill and Tuli paper mill variety of white elephants in our hands. We are talking about the future of our next generation and the well being of the general health management of our people. We have to make it work. For once let us consciously scratch the 50 years itch where it really itches.
Traditional Interpretation of Modernity
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t is a well known fact that in this era of modern civilization we have become so much immune to a diverse system of issues and problems and at times we are endlessly engaged in trying to understand the human conditions from the global discourse. We have also been engaged in the process of rationalising and empirical analysing of the invariant laws that confront towards our existence. On the other side we have also attempted to manage our human diversity and imperfectability in terms of violence, corruption or level of development of reason (or even in the presence or absence of the ability to reason) in particular groups of persons. However, though with varying degrees of success and different consequences which brought about social, cultural, political and economic transformation. But the characteristic point is the fact that consciousness has not yet attained to the realization of any substantial objective existence- God or law, for which at present the dominant intellectual framework for systematic reconstructions and explanation of our human natural world and our social history is preeminent. Notwithstanding that reason is never pure, never without specific historical and cultural clothing appropriate to the particular persons of particular groups, situated in particular ways in a particular social order, thus we are in the midst of conjuncture that is highly charge by the efforts to achieved the ideals of democracy or to put sovereignty in a multi- and diverse society, where group thinking is a decisive features of social and political life. Neither liberalism nor socialism is a sufficient mediator. To this end i join the concerned others in calling for a serious revision of the traditions, we must rethink if some of the challenges to practical life are to overcome. Perhaps to become “postmodern”, it also open us to many challenging possibilities for social learning that may provide us with bases of enhanced living, by realizing the futures and learning the failures and to evolve. The paradigm of knowledge has to be replaced by the paradigm of mutual understanding between groups, persons and civil society at the same time remains aware of the Global context, for the behaviour of the groups and its members is determined by their place and its nature of environment. As committed and beliefs in reviving the traditions in the modern complex society. It would be a universal truth to say that in the development of men and society the cultural factor cannot be ignored or denigrated. The reason is that any meaningful human development takes place in a cultural milieu, and is in fact conditioned and influenced by it, which is therefore a necessary condition for the development of our society in all its complexities. In the absence of this condition, development becomes distorted, uneven and without sure foundation. Today we are trying feverishly to develop in modern cultural framework with modifications or distorting the conditional framework of our traditional culture with little or without a room to develop or hardly taken into account for instance the modern political institutions. Where Many of the essential ingredients of the modern democratic idea were to be found within the tradition, such ideas and values of politics as free expression of opinion, reconciliation, consensus all of which have not allowed to affect or shape but similar were being imposed by the alien system. To argue and to revive such traditional values and ideas in the modern political life and thought may not be necessary to glorify but it is to point up their worthwhileness, for it is tradition that has provided us ideas, values, institutions, and so forth but if we were to accept or reject we can therefore examine the functionality of past ideas and institutions in shaping the present. For we cannot abandon such basic human values that have been valued for generations and continue to exist as human society as it is the fundamental core which makes for a society to continue with stability and smooth functioning. In being aware of modern complexity, the relevant ideas of the past to a present would only be determined by their meaningful role in the attainment of present goals and vision, therefore such ideas and institution that have stood the test of time and have prove their worth should be considered suitable for the present moment; otherwise, they should be replace by a new ones, such as our traditions of democracy, our tradition of hospitality, our traditions of sentiments, our traditions of personal commitment to community, our traditions of humanism and so forth , if proved worthwhile should stand to replace the modern complexities that have been swallowing the very essence of our Naga cultural traditions and our natural social environment, which we cannot continue to witness the brutality of inhuman that distort our pristine values. It must also be noted that the distance between the government and the governed consequently lead the general attitude of the citizen which is possible to injure the state without injuring oneself, an attitude that has open the floodgate of corruption, carelessness, bribery and other unethical or antisocial acts, thus the traditional commitment of personal sentiments towards community requires the modern state to create in its citizens. The upshot of this short write-up is that the ideas and values of traditional system should be thoroughly and critically examined and sorted out in a sophisticated manner and thereby to give a modern interpretation which would be acceptable and democratic in the setting of the modern world. When this task has been done, the traditional ideas at any rate will be found to be immense value towards our socio-political development and yet bring us the much waited political salvation.
Misunderstanding our Mission
tions with other countries. Since then, the capacity of the United States to affect human rights practices elsewhere has declined greatly. It has not disappeared. Sometimes for better and sometimes for worse, it is still a factor in a number of parts of the world. But, to retain and extend the organization's influence, it makes sense for the current leadership of Human Rights Watch to change this aspect of the way the organization identifies itself. It is doing so by globalizing itself; that is, it is enlisting leadership and financial support from different parts of the world and it is diversifying the geographical basis of its operations. Human Rights Watch hopes that this will help it to increase its influence over the way that other governments in different parts of the world deal with human rights internationally. There are signs that this strategy is working. Though it has a long way to go, over time I think it will prove effective. In other respects, Human Rights Watch has largely adhered to the modus operandi of its origins. Its work focuses on core human rights issues, appropriately embracing some concerns - such as the rights of the disabled - that deserve to be considered core human rights issues but were not widely thought about in that way when we founded the organization. HRW's methodology is recognizably the one we started using very early on. It consists in documenting thoroughly and with
aryeh Neier
The founder of Human Rights Watch tells Stephen Hopgood that this organisation is globalizing itself; though it has a long way to go, over time it will prove effective. But human rights and social justice are not the same thing great care abuses of human rights by governments and those exercising the power of governments; pointing out the responsibilities of various international actors; comparing the practices that are documented to international standards; and generating pressure on those directly and indirectly culpable to end or alleviate abuses. What is different today is mainly that HRW has grown greatly in its sophistication and generally does a much better job in a much wider range of circumstances than we were capable of doing during the early years of the organization. Stephen Hopgood seems to suggest that Human Rights Watch (and others) should transform themselves in other ways. These include an argument that HRW should em-
brace a broad social justice agenda rather than focusing on core human rights issues and that its methodology should emphasize mass mobilization. Hopgood thereby implies that social justice is the same thing as human rights or an overlooked aspect of human rights. It is not. Each is important in itself, but they are different. It makes no more sense to ask a human rights organization to transform itself into a social justice organization than to ask it to become an environmental organization. Human rights, in my understanding of the concept, are a series of limits on the exercise of power. The state and those holding the power of states are forbidden to interfere with freedom of inquiry or expression. They may not deprive anyone of liberty arbitrarily. They are prohibited from denying each person the right to count equally and to obtain the equal protection of the laws. They are denied the power to inflict cruelty. And they must respect a zone of privacy. Social justice, on the other hand, is about the distribution, or redistribution of wealth and resources. It is often the case that those resisting social justice movements engage in abuses of human rights. Unfortunately, it is also frequently the case that partisans of social justice violate human rights when they have the power to do so. Achieving social justice often involves the exercise of power and not merely placing restraints on power. In the past centu-
Thepfusalie Theunuo Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Sazolie College, Phezhu Jotsoma Email:thepfusaletheunuo@ymail.com
ry, both opponents and proponents of social justice have committed serious human rights violations against hundreds of millions of persons. I believe that an organization such as Human Rights Watch should call attention to abuses of human rights whenever and wherever they are committed either by opponents or proponents of social justice, as has been the case since the organization's founding. Recasting itself as a social justice organization would contradict this essential role. As for mass mobilization, it is often one of the means whereby proponents of social justice seek power. Of course, it does not necessarily follow that such power will be used abusively. Yet it sometimes happens. The methods traditionally used by HRW are less susceptible to abuses and, I believe, more in keeping with HRW's mission. Moreover, I doubt it is possible to use mass mobilization regularly as a means of preventing or limiting abuses of core human rights. Circumstances may arise from time to time in which mass mobilization may be effective in curbing such practices as arbitrary imprisonment or torture. Yet it is unlikely that an organization such as HRW could rely on mass mobilization as an ongoing means of advancing its agenda. It seems wiser to pursue the methodology that has helped the organization to achieve what it has accomplished up to now. It is healthy for the international human rights movement to be subjected to criticism and to have to think of new ways to pursue its goals. On the other hand, I don't think it makes much sense to ask it to alter its mission and to adopt methods that are unsuited to its mission.
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Millions of Bihar schoolkids go without midday meal In Madhya Pradesh, meal tasting order goes to dogs
PATNA, July 25 (IANS): Millions of school children, mostly the poorest of the poor, in Bihar were not served their midday meal on Thursday as 300,000 school teachers began a boycott of the scheme. Ignoring the state government’s appeal to continue their participation in the midday meal scheme, teachers began their boycott on Thursday. Ten days after the death of 23 children from eating a contaminated midday meal in Saran district, teachers are in no mood to assist the government in running the scheme. Bihar State Primary Teachers’ Association president Barajnandan Sharma said the teachers have boycotted the scheme. “With teachers staying away from the preparation and distribution of the midday meal, hundreds of thousands of children did not get it,” he said. Bihar midday meal director R Lakshamanan admitted that due to the teachers’ boycott, millions of children will return from school without having food. “We had appealed to the teachers to cooperate in running this scheme,” Lakshamanan said. In view of teachers demand to hand over the scheme to NGOs or some other agency, Akshay Patra, a charitable organization, had been invited to take it over in Patna and Muzaffarpur districts. Soon after association announced its boycott of the scheme, Bihar education minister PK Shahi said it was difficult to arrange for an agency to run the scheme in 72,000 schools across the state. “The government does not have the resources to hire an agency for the huge task of serving mid day meals to 1.60 crore students,” Shahi said. Last Saturday, a forensic science laboratory report confirmed the presence of toxic insecticide strains in the cooking oil used for making food at the school where the children died. The poisonous substance, organophosphorus, in oil samples collected from school was more than five times the commercial preparation available in the market, police said. Organophosphorus compounds are degradable organic compounds containing carbon-phosphorus bonds used primarily in pest control.
AllAhAbAd, July 25 (PTI): The duty of school teachers and principals is to teach students and not to supervise cooking of meals, the Allahabad High Court has observed, close on the heels of Bihar mid-day meal tragedy. The observation by the court in Uttar Pradesh came even as three lakh primary school teachers across Bihar boycotted midday meal duties today on the grounds they interfered with teaching work. “The duty of teachers and principals of schools is to teach the students and not to supervise the cooking of meals,” a division bench comprising Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice Vikram Nath observed yesterday amid questions wheth-
chANdIgArh, July 25 (IANS): Haryana ministers are known to spoil themselves with luxuries like the most-expensive SUVs but when it comes to doing something for the state’s farmers, the story is a little different. The self-proclaimed farmer-friendly Haryana government has doled out cheques worth royal amounts ranging from Rs 2-6 to a number of farmers of Jhajjar district as compensation for their damaged crops. Moreover, adding insult to injury, the compensation has been paid after a wait of nearly two years. Water-logging and excessive rainfall had damaged crops in 2011. A special
survey, set up in 2011 to assess the damage, decided on these paltry amounts. Upset over the “cruel joke” played on them by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government, the farmers have decided not to accept the measly sum of money. “This is a cruel joke on the hard-working farmers. The expense incurred in encashing these cheques is more than the compensation given,” farmer Vijender said. Farmer Satyanarayan got a cheque of Rs 2 while another, Tek Chand, received Rs 3. Farmers allege that officials deliberately miscalculated the loss to the crops by understating the damage in their sur-
Indian children eat free school lunch at a school in Bodhgaya, Bihar state, on July 17, 2013. (AP File Photo)
Teachers should teach, not supervise cooking of meals: Allahabad HC er teaching staff at government schools should be saddled with the implementation of the scheme. The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by Meerutbased UP Pradhanacharya Parishad. The PIL had challenged an order of the District Inspector of Schools, dated June 19, whereby the earlier system of NGOs being entrusted with preparing mid-day meals was scrapped and principals were directed to get the food prepared in their respective schools under their personal supervision. The petitioners had contended that the new system would interfere with the duties of teachers in Meerut and pointed out that NGOs were taking care of mid-day meals in a number of neigh-
bouring districts. Expressing surprise over the submission, the court said, “There must be uniformity across the state with regard to who shall be entrusted with a specific task like preparing mid-day meals”. Directing the state government to submit its policy with regard to mid-day meals by the next date of hearing on 5 August, the court ordered that in Meerut, the previous system (of NGOs preparing mid-day meals) would continue until further orders. 23 children died in Bihar after taking poisoned food during a mid-day meal. In Bihar, Primary teachers began boycott of mid-day meal duties as announced even as the state government said it would inform the Supreme Court, at the di-
rective of which the scheme was being implemented. Three lakh primary school teachers across the state kept away from the midday meal duties as per a decision by the Bihar Primary School Teachers Association on July 23, it’s President Brajnandan Sharma said. The flagship programme of the Union government is implemented in 70,200 schools in the state benefiting over 1.30 crore students. Sharma reiterated that the midday meal duties interfered with teaching duties and also brought a bad name to them because of corruption indulged in by others. Repeated requests made to the government to remove primary teachers from midday meal duty
Haryana gives farmers Rs 2 as compensation for damaged crops vey. The Hooda government claims that it has been paying compensation of Rs 3,500 per acre for crop damage. Hooda himself defended the compensation saying that adequate amount had been given. “The Haryana government has released a compensation of Rs 1.14 crore for the farmers affected by water-logging in Beri tehsil (administrative division) area of Jhajjar district in 2011. This amount has been distributed to the affected farmers at a rate of Rs 3,500 per acre for 3,365 acres of land, according to their share in khewat (the number of the owners’ holding),” an official spokesman said here Thursday.
Clarifying on the low compensation, he said: “Some khewats have more share holders and the compensation was given as per their land share. In ‘Girdawari’ (record of land cultivation), efforts were made to ensure compensation was given to every marginal farmer in the khewat.” The opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leaders accused the Hooda government “of making a mockery” of the compensation. “The farmers handed over the original cheques when we asked for photocopies. They said photocopy will cost more than the compensation value,” INLD leader and legislator Abhay Chautala said.
Ready to return Bharat Ratna One can eat in Delhi for Rs.5: Cong leader delhI, July 25 (IANS): Congress “Even today in Mumbai city, I can have a full if Vajpayee asks: Amartya Sen NeW leader Rasheed Masood Thursday claimed that meal at Rs.12. No no, not vada paav (snack).
NeW delhI, July 25 (PTI): A major slugfest erupted on Thursday over BJP MP Chandan Mitra’s demand for stripping nobel laureate Amartya Sen of the Bharat Ratna award and the economist offering to return it if Atal Bihari Vajpayee asks him to do so. While BJP steered clear of the controversy, Congress waded into it with an attack saying it reflected the “fascist mentality” of BJP. “Mr Chandan Mitra may not know that the Bharat Ratna was given to me by the BJP-led government and was handed to me by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. If Mr Vajpayee wants me to return it, I will certainly return it,” Amartya Sen told Times Now. He said it was unfortunate that such a demand had come forth and termed it as a “personal” view of Mitra. “To get into a political debate and somebody takes a view which seems to me is rather unfair...to all the people as well....I think it is unfortunate....It is so unproductive actually,” Sen said. He added that during the BJP-led NDA government, he has had a lot of discussion with leaders like L K Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Arun Jaitley. Demanding that Sen be stripped of his Bharat Ratna, Mitra had said he was not even a voter in India and wondered whether a Bharat Ratna awardee should speak for or against any party or a leader. Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari hit out at the BJP for its attack on Sen, who had raised the heckles of the saffron party saying he did not want to see Narendra Modi as prime minister since he did not have secular credentials.
“one can eat well” for Rs.5 in the national capital, a day after Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar said that one can have a full meal for Rs.12 in Mumbai. “You can eat well for Rs.5 in the Jama Masjid area of Delhi,” Masood, a Rajya Sabha member from the Congress, told reporters here. The comment has opened floodgates of criticism. “The government is just trying to perpetuate poverty,” Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said. “They are very happy to have a Rs.34 poverty line. While rolling down the benchmark, they are trying to roll people out of BPL (Below Poverty Line) category, depriving them of welfare benefits. This is an anti-poor statement,” Javadekar said. Senior BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi said: “These are tactics of diverting attention from other issues. They are trying to reduce the number of poor.” Raj Babbar Wednesday said that one could have a meal in Mumbai for Rs.12.
Lack of exercise makes Indian bones weaker
PANAJI, July 25 (IANS): Indian bones are conventionally weaker, deformed and more osteoporosisprone compared to Americans or Britons, say leading knee replacement surgeons who participated in a knowledge-sharing exercise here on replacement surgeries. The exercise also threw up insights about how Africa could also emerge as a major resource pool for tapping patients in India’s quest for medical tourism. Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of the event, Erik Zeegan, a leading Las Vegas-based orthopaedic surgeon, said that knee replacement surgeries in India tended to be a lot different from those in the US owing to the more deformities of the bones found in the sub-continent. “The deformities here are significant. The knees are more worn out. We do not see such deformities in the US,” Zeegan said, adding that knee sizes of patients in the US also tended to be larger than those found here.
bhoPAl, July 25 (AgeNcIeS): Teachers in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh would rather have dogs taste midday meals than be guinea pigs themselves. The local chapter of Rajya Adhyapak Sangh, the teachers’ association, has asked its members to feed the meals to stray dogs that abound near schools, observe the effect for 20 minutes and only then eat it and feed to the children. The advice was in response to the government’s order to teachers, issued in the wake of the deaths in Bihar, to taste the meals before offering it to students. “What’s the logic in carrying out experiment on teachers? Why not on those who run Self Help Groups or people’s representatives? Never subject yourself to the experiment. Feed it to stray dogs that visit the school daily,” reads the one-page advice issued by the Sangh’s Jabalpur president Narendra Tripathi on July 20. In large municipal areas, midday meals are cooked in a centralised kitchen and distributed by an NGO; elsewhere it’s cooked by SHGs near the school. Jabalpur has 2,389 schools and about 4,000 teachers. “We want to ensure safety of kids but should we be made guinea pigs?” Tripathi said when asked about the advice which, he said, is being followed. The authorities, however, would have none of this. “If they don’t taste the food, they will be punished as it’s their duty,” CEO, Jabalpur District Panchayat, Shailendra Singh said. “They can do it jointly with SHGs but they can’t avoid it. Don’t doctors on VIP duty taste the food?”
One of the reasons for this, according to Ameya Velingker, a Goabased specialist, is that Indian patients tend to take their osteoarthritic knees to the very terminal stages before choosing the surgical option to overcome a bad knee situation. One of the reasons why over 700,000 knee replacement surgeries are conducted in the US every year as compared to 70,000 in India, is because the procedure is considered a natural extension of knee treatment there, Velingkar said. “In India, a lot of people still give it a lot of thought because of a few failed cases of knee replacement surgeries which have happened because of bad medical advice,” Velingker said, adding that there were instances in the past when knee replacement surgery was relatively new and doctors in some cases recommended the surgery even when it was not required. He further said that a distinct lack of a physical regimen in India had largely contributed
to the “bad bones” phenomenon here. “Indian bones are of poor quality, plus lack of exercise further deteriorates their growth in most cases in India,” Velingker said, adding that the more the exercise the better the quality of bones. Obsession with fitness in Western countries has resulted in better quality and denser bones there, he said. “Most people hit the gym or go running in the West which ensures that they have much better bones than most of us,” he said. Giving a practical example, Velingkar said that while one surgical saw blade suffices for three to four knee replacement surgeries for Indian patients, the scenario was much different when it comes to operating upon patients from Britain. “For UK patients I need to use one new saw every time,” he said. Velingker said that Europe and North America apart, Africa was emerging as a great potential market to tap patients for knee replacement surgeries.
So much of rice, daal-saambhar and with that some vegetables are also mixed,” Babbar said. Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Atul Anjan took a jibe at Babbar, saying he was reciting scripted dialogues. “Raj Babbar is in a habit of reciting scripted dialogues. This script was written by Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh,” he said. The Planning Commission Tuesday said poverty ratio in the country had declined to 21.9 percent in 2011-12 from 37.2 percent in 2004-05 on account of increase in per capita consumption. Using the Tendulkar methodology, the commission estimated the national poverty line for rural areas at Rs.816 per capita per month and for urban areas at Rs.1,000 per capita per month for 2011-12. This would mean that the people whose daily consumption of goods and services exceed Rs.33.33 in cities and Rs.27.20 in villages are not poor.
and to appoint an agency for the task, were ignored, he said. The Association was forced to take the step and the boycott would continue till the government appointed an agency for the scheme, Sharma said. Terming the decision by the primary teachers as irresponsible, Principal Secretary Human Resources Development Amarjeet Sinha said the situation was being evaluated and the Supreme Court would be informed about it. “The scheme is being implemented on the directives of the Supreme Court … how can you boycott duty suddenly?” Sinha told PTI. He said he had appealed to the primary teachers to call off their boycott for the welfare of the students.
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Bush shaves head in support of 2-yr-old cancer patient
This Wednesday July 24, 2013 photo provided by the Office of George Bush shows President George H. W. Bush with Patrick (last name withheld at family’s request), 2, in Kennebunkport, Maine. (AP Photo) This combo image taken from security camera video shows clockwise from top left a train derailing in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wednesday July 24. Spanish investigators tried to determine Thursday why a passenger train jumped the tracks and sent eight cars crashing into each other just before arriving in this northwestern shrine city on the eve of a major Christian religious festival. (AP Photo)
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, JuLy 25 (REuTERS): A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday night, on the eve of a major religious festival, killing at least 78 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe’s worst rail disasters. In what one local official described as a scene from hell, bodies covered in blankets lay next to the overturned carriages as smoke billowed from the wreckage after the disaster. Firefighters clambered desperately over the twisted metal trying to get survivors out of the windows, while ambulances and fire engines surrounded the scene. Cranes were still pulling out mangled debris on Thursday morning, 12 hours after the crash. The government said it was working on the assumption the derailment was an accident. One official source said speeding was a likely cause of the derailment, which occurred as the train reached a curve in the track, but the public works minister said it was too early to draw conclusions on what had happened. El Pais newspaper cited sources close to the
investigation as saying the train was travelling at over twice the speed limit on a sharp curve and Santiago’s mayor said the train was probably going too fast. “We heard a massive noise and we went down the tracks. I helped getting a few injured and bodies out of the train. I went into one of the cars but I’d rather not tell you what I saw there,” Ricardo Martinez, a 47-year old baker from Santiago de Compostela, told Reuters. The Santiago de Compostela train operated by state rail company Renfe RENFE.UL, which had 247 people on board, derailed as the city prepared for the renowned festival of Saint James, when thousands of Christian pilgrims from across the world pack the streets. The city’s tourism board said all festivities, including the traditional High Mass at the centuries-old cathedral, had been cancelled as the city went into mourning following the crash. Passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station the train approached the curve at high speed, twisted and wagons piled up one on top of the other. “A lot of people were squashed on the bottom. We tried to squeeze out of
the bottom of the wagons to get out and we realised the train was burning. ... I was in the second wagon and there was fire. ... I saw corpses,” he said. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who was born in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of Galicia region, visited the site on Thursday morning. He was due to go to the main hospital later in the day and hold an emergency meeting with local authorities. “In the face of a tragedy such as just happened in Santiago de Compostela on the eve of its big day, I can only express my deepest sympathy as a Spaniard and a Galician,” he said in a written statement late on Wednesday. Both Renfe and state-owned Adif, which is in charge of the tracks, had opened an investigation into the cause of the derailment, Renfe said. The official source said no statement would be made regarding the cause until the black boxes of the train were examined, but said it was most likely an accident. “We are moving away from the hypothesis of sabotage or attack,” he said. “It’s too early to be 100 percent sure but speeding is a likely cause for the accident.” Santiago mayor Angel Curras told Cadena
Ser radio: “It seems the speed of the train was likely not the right one.” Clinics in Santiago de Compostela were overwhelmed with people flocking to give blood, while hotels organised free rooms for relatives. Madrid sent forensic scientists and hospital staff to the scene on special flights. The death toll was 78, a spokeswoman for Galicia’s Supreme Court said, adding that the figures were still provisional. Judges in Spain are responsible for recording deaths. Up to 131 people were injured, a Galicia-based spokeswoman for the office of the central government said earlier. “The scene is shocking, it’s Dante-esque,” said the head of the surrounding Galicia region, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, in a radio interview. He said he had declared seven days of official mourning in the Galicia region. The eight-carriage train was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol on the Galician coast when it derailed, Renfe said in a statement. The disaster stirred memories of a train bombing in Madrid in 2004, carried out by Islamist militants, that killed 191 people, although officials do not appear to suspect an attack this time.
WASHINGTON, JuLy 25 (AFP): Former US President George HW Bush shaved his head this week in solidarity with the young son of a member of his security detail who is suffering from leukemia. A photo released by Bush’s office shows two-year-old Patrick, who is undergoing leukemia treatment, and the elderly ex-president sporting bald heads and similar blue polo shirts and khakis. A smiling Bush sits in his wheelchair, now his primary mode of mobility, and Patrick sits on his lap. The 41st president took the no-hair plunge after noticing that members of his security detail, known as the Bush Protective Division (BPD), had done the same. Another photo shows the former president and some two dozen members of his security team, all of whom have shaved heads, with the young patient. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush, lost their second child, Robin, to leukemia 59 years ago when she was four. The couple have contributed to a fund set up to help with Patrick’s bills. Apart from his lack of locks, the former president has made a fashion splash in recent months as his penchant for colorful socks has gained traction in the media. Bush dressed his feet in a superman motif for his 89th birthday in June and put on a bright-pink pair for the unveiling of his son George W. Bush’s presidential library in Texas in April. Also known for his love of skydiving, Bush celebrated his 75th, 80th and 85th birthdays by parachuting to earth. Last week Bush was honored for his “Points of Light” volunteer program by US President Barack Obama. Bush, who served as president from 1989 to 1993, is the oldest living former US president, part of an elite club that includes his son, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
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The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi had sanctioned 65 ( sixty five) number of Projects to various voluntary Agencies under Grants-in Aid to Greening India Scheme during 2003-08 for afforestation/ plantation works in the State of Nagaland. Out of this, 23 (twenty three) projects implementing agencies did not turn up to the Ministry after getting the first installment of release of fund by the Ministry and 33 (thirty three) project implementing agencies did not turn up after getting the second installment of release of fund. The abstract of such agencies is given below. ABSTRACT OF PROJECTS SANCTIONED UNDER GRANTS-IN-AID TO GREENING INDIA SCHEME FOR WHICH 4 Visi Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Daklane, Kohima Daklane, Kohima 13.75 2005-06 Kohima VOLUNTARY AGENCY DID NOT TURN UP AFTER RECEIPT OF 1st INSTALLMENT. 5 Garkie Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., C/o Nguto P.C.C.F Of- C/o Nguto P.C.C.F Office, 8.37 2004-05 Kohima Sl No
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Appu Multipurpose Society,Tseminyu, Kohima IWU Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Chekiye Village, Dimapur Woodland Development Welfare Society, Opposite Forest Colony, Dimapur Asola Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Darogapathar, Dimapur Laisaa Multipurpose Co-operative Society, Sub jail Colony, Dimapur
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Kissa Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., B.P.O. Nsong, Peren Integrated Rural Development Society, Nagaland, Peren District SOL Society, Kanjang Village Phek Tsironsha Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Paangti Village, P.O. Wokha, B.P.O. Sungro, Wokha
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11 Doyang Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Wokha 12 Changlangshu Village Cultural Association, Changlangshu, Monyakshu Circle, Tobu Block and Sub-division, Mon 13 Aboi Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Aboi Village, Mon 14 Telong Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Sangsangyu Village, Tuensang 15 Yangsi Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Chimonger Village, P.O. Longkhim, Tuensang 16 Meyilenden Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Mokokchung 17 Jonger Multipurpose Co-operative Society, Yajang Village, Mokokchung 18 Pupangdong Welfare Society, Mokokchung 19 Bethel Welfare Society, RITZ Building, Naharbari, Purana Bazar, Mokokchung 20 Nibolo Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Sukomi Village, Zunheboto 21 Kinimi Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd, Zunheboto 22 Pughoboto Town Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Zunheboto 23 Yimci Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd,
Location,Village, Division Tseminyu, Kohima Chekiye Village, Dimapur Opposite Forest Colony, Dimapur Darogapathar, Dimapur Sub jail Colony, Dimapur B.P.O Tening, P.O Peren, Peren B.P.O. Nsong, Peren New Jalukie Village Kanjang Village Phek Paangti Village, P.O. Wokha, B.P.O. Sungro, Wokha Wokha Changlangshu, Monyakshu Circle, Tobu Block and Sub-division, Mon Aboi Village, Mon Sangsangyu Village, Tuensang Chimonger Village, P.O. Longkhim, Tuensang Mokokchung Yajang Village, Mokokchung Mokokchung RITZ Building, Naharbari, Purana Bazar, Mokokchung Sukomi Village, Zunheboto Zunheboto Zunheboto -
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fice, Kohima Nisami Mowosuqa Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Purana Bazar, Dimapur Mount Mary Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Chumukedima, Dimapur Sara Multipurpose Co-operative Society, Tenyiphe Village, Dimapur Three Sister’s Welfare Society, Sematilla Colony, Dimapur Tolu Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Dimapur Tricom Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Dimapur AQU-U Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Sema Tilla, Dimapur Nike Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Dimapur V.V. Welfare Association, Bank Colony, Dimapur Charity Welfare Society, Kezhakeno Village, Phek Lanzhupen Multipurpose Society, Wokha Village, Wokha Nyimlem Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Tizit Town, Mon Chungdok Welfare Association, Tuensang Mulonglam Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Phed Colony, Shamator Town, Tuensang Shauli Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Longleng Town, Longleng Tsuwar Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd., Mokokchung
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ABSTRACT OF PROJECTS SANCTIONED UNDER GRNT-IN AID TO GREENING INDIA SCHEME FOR WHICH All the project implementing agencies are requested to contact the respective Divisional Forest VOLUNTARY AGENCY DID NOT TURN UP AFTER RECEIPT OF 2nd INSTALLMENT. Sl No 1 2 3
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10 DFoN Championship: Defending Champs move into semifinals Dimapur
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DImAPUR, JULY 25 (mExN): Defending champion Lamkang Brothers made an easy entry to the semifinals where they will face 164 Bn. Naga Regiment (T/A) in the first semifinal. Tribe Sewak will face Molungyimsen Sports Association in the second semifinal on Friday at 9:00 am in the ongoing 2nd DFoN Open Volley Championship at DDSC Stadium. Third and fourth place play-off will be held at 3:00 p.m. which is scheduled to be graced by Tokuho Suhoi Neho, vice-president, NPF Central Office as match patron. The Final is scheduled to be played at
today," he added. The 27-year-old Rayudu scored an 84-ball 63, forging a crucial 159-run partnership with skipper Virat Kohli that guided India to victory in the opening ODI against Zimbabwe on Wednesday. "It feels marvellous. It's been pretty emotional," he said. "More than nervous, I was very emotional," he added. Rayudu lauded Kohli, whose swashbuckling hundred blew away the Zimbabweans. "I think he's playing the best cricket possible," Rayudu said. "I defi-
nitely feel that he's the best in the world right now in the one-day format. He made it a lot easier for me, and I was just looking at the way he was constructing his innings. It's a very good learning experience," he added. Rayudu, who has played 80 first-class matches averaging over 46 for his 5183 runs, also thanked his family for standing by him during the struggling days. "My family, my friends and especially the Mumbai Indians support staff (have been there for me)," Rayudu said.
Federer inspired by Hewitt
GSTAAD, JULY 25 (AFP): Roger Federer begins his quest for the title at the Swiss Open on Thursday inspired by the fighting spirit shown over the years by Australian contemporary Lleyton Hewitt. The fifth-ranked Swiss who holds the record of 17 grand slam singles titles but has claimed just one trophy of any kind (Halle) in 2013, will start on Thursday in the second round against Daniel Brands, the German who took him to three sets last week on clay in Hamburg. The 31-year-old Federer, who grew up in tennis with Hewitt, 32, told Swiss media that his motivation remains as strong as it always was, with his confidence high despite his lowest ranking in a decade. "Lleyton Hewitt is a good example for me," he told Zurich's NZZ am Sonntag. "The ranking could be 170th, 20th or 5th - it's fun just to play." Hewitt, ranked 64th, has been denying the years in recent seasons after his comeback from multiple foot surgeries. The Australian has reached the quarter-finals in Atlanta a fortnight after
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5:00 p.m. under flood lights. DC Dimapur Hushili Sema (IAS) has agrees to grace the closing function as guest of honour. In first quarter final Lamkang Brothers defeated Merangkong Youth Club 25-16, 25-21 while in second quarter final Tribe Sewak defeated Unified Club 25-17, 25-18, in a closely contested match. In the third quarter final 164 Naga Regiment defeated Khelhoshe Memorial Club, VK Town 13-25, 25-22, 25-21, while in the fourth quarter final Lakhuni Sporting Club lost to Molungyimsen Sports Association 17- The Quarter final match between 164 Naga regiment and Khelhoshe memorial club at the ongoing 2nd open volleyball championship, 2013 organized by Dream Foundation of Nagaland (DFoN) at DDSC stadium, Dimapur on July 25. (Photo by Manen Aier) 25, 19-25.
Rayudu thanks Sachin, Robin Singh for help
hARARE, JULY 25 (PTI): Elated after a successful ODI debut following years of struggle, Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu thanked Sachin Tendulkar for helping him through the tough days of waiting. "Sachin (Tendulkar) and Robin Singh especially. They've helped me a lot, and I'd definitely like to thank them for that," Rayudu said. "I always had the belief that if I could get things right and I could get my mind right I could make it into the team one day, and I'm really happy that I got my chance
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playing a grass final in Newport. Federer added: "My motivation is at the top. If I got to the point where I'd had enough of the travel and training then I would ask serious questions. But that's not the case now. "There comes a time when the ranking is not so important. Quite honestly, I don't even know exactly what my current ranking. 4th? 5th? 3rd? It doesn't matter to me so much. "After Wimbledon (second-round loss to Sergiy Stakhovsky), I was burning to play." The Swiss who looks consistently at the big picture in his career, said that he has dealt with doubts and harsh critiques before: "I have no problem with criticism, but I expect us to be honest," he told NZZ. "This situation is not new for me. In 2009 and 2010 already, people said: 'He's won everything, now it's finished.' The more people that comment, the more likely that someone will be talking nonsense." Federer will be looking for his 10th victory at Gstaad and his 31st of the season on clay when he plays Brands.
PDSA executive council meet
KOhImA, JULY 25 (mExN): Phek District Sports’ Association (PDSA) has convened an Executive Council consultative meeting on July 26 at 11:00 A.M. at D.C. Circuit House Phek Town. All the concerned have been requested to attend the meeting.
Donovan's 2 goals lead US into Gold Cup final
Usain Bolt included for London Diamond League
KINGSTON, JULY 25 (IANS): Usain Bolt is among 29 London Olympics medallists who have so far been confirmed for the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London this weekend. The IAAF says Bolt will compete in the 100m on Friday evening and in the 4x100m on Saturday afternoon in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The Jamaican sprinter will compete at the London Diamond League for the first time since 2009. “I’m looking forward to coming back to the UK, especially since winning three gold medals in the Olympic Stadium. The crowd was amazing at the Games, and I hope they will be out again in their numbers at the end of July,” Bolt said. “I haven’t competed at the London Diamond League since 2009 but it has always been a great meet with lots of Jamaican support; it almost feels like running at home.” The London Diamond League is the last major meeting before IAAF World Championships in Moscow, which will be held between August 10 and 18. The IAAF also announced that St Kitts’ 2003 World champion Kim Collins, will run against Bolt in the 100M. “To have the opportunity a year on to run in the stadium is something that I’m really grateful for. The support I get from the British crowds every year is incredible,” said Collins, who is 11 years older than Bolt. “I’m looking forward to hearing that roar when I come out on to the track in July. This is my Olympic final, and I’m going to take full advantage of the occasion and show that, even at 37, I’m still a force to be reckoned with.”
Treat all icon players as same: Ashwini NEw DELhI, JULY25 (TNN): Badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa was aghast when she was sold at much lesser than her base price at the auction for the upcoming Indian Badminton League (IBL). Pegged at a base price of $50,000, Ashwini fetched just half of that when she was sold to the Pune Pistons, despite being among the icon players of the tournament. While the IBL will pay her the differential, what irks Ashwini is that there was no communication about lowering the price. "I wasn't informed about it. Even if there is no women's doubles event, it doesn't explain their actions because Jwala (Gut-
ta) and I've been performing very well. In the mixed doubles arena, my partner Tarun Kona and I have the highest international ranking." Does that mean that she won't be a part of the tournament? "I will keep my commitment to play the league, irrespective of whether they keep up their end of the bargain or not," she says. Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, meanwhile, got their base price. "All icon players need to be treated the same. If you are calling a player an icon, it must have been based on performance, and Jwala and I have been performing consistently. There is no need to discriminate between players based on price," she says.
Samples taken at the 1998 race were re-tested in 2004, and anti-doping investigators passed that information to the French government inquiry. France's Senate, after a five-month investigation focused on fighting sports doping, confirmed Wednesday that use of the banned substance EPO was rife in cycling in the late 1990s, before a test for the drug had been developed. Pantani was suspended in 1999 from the Giro after failing a random blood test. He died in 2004 of an accidental drug overdose. Ullrich, the 1997 Tour winner, has admitted to blood doping and was stripped of his thirdplace finish in the 2005 Tour. O'Grady rode for GAN in 1998. He joined Orica-
GreenEdge last year, his fifth pro team, and rode his last Tour with the Australian team, which issued a statement about the veteran rider's admissions.
Honduras' Roger Rojas (21) battles United States' DaMarcus Beasley (7) and Kyle Beckerman (14) for control of the ball during the first half of the Gold Cup semifinals at Cowboys Stadium, Wednesday, July 24 in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo)
ARLINGTON, JULY 25 (AP): By even the very high standards of coach Jurgen Klinsmann, Landon Donovan is regaining top form after taking a break from the national team. Donovan scored two goals and set up another on Wednesday night, helping the United States beat Honduras 3-1 to advance to the CONCACAF Gold Cup final. Klinsmann said the performance was "wonderful to watch." "I have told him in our conversations that 'I measure you. Your benchmark is the best Landon Donovan ever,'" Klinsmann said. "I'm not taking anything less than that. And he is trying to catch up with that. Give him more games. Give him time." While Klinsmann has declined to confirm that Donovan will be rejoining the World Cup qualifying team later this year, the top goal scorer in U.S. history is leaving little doubt that he belongs. Donovan has five goals in the tournament, tying him with teammate Chris Wondolowski for most in the Gold Cup. Donovan has set up seven goals, including four in the last two
games. Entering the game, he was the only U.S. player to play every minute of the tournament. He finally was subbed out in the 72nd minute, having earned a rest. "It's the most relaxed I've felt," Donovan said. "I feel good, and I'm really enjoying it." The Americans will play the winner of the PanamaMexico match on Sunday in Chicago. The U.S. has won a team-record 10 straight games. The U.S. struck first when Donovan found Eddie Johnson running through the middle of the Honduran defense. Johnson took a dribble and powered a shot past goalkeeper Donis Escober, giving the U.S. a lead 11 minutes into the game. In the 27th minute, Johnson started another scoring sequence with a pass to midfielder Alejandro Bedoya. Donovan received Bedoya's short chip off his chest in the middle of the goal box and poked a shot past Escober. "The first 30 minutes was brilliant football. Brilliant, high pressure, high tempo," Klinsmann said. "We wanted to move the football around and create
chances, and that's what we did." Nery Medina of Honduras made it a one-goal game in the 52nd minute, heading in a cross from Marvin Chavez. The Americans countered a minute later when Bedoya ran down a long ball from Clarence Goodson and crossed it to Donovan, who scored from a few yards out. "In the end, the U.S. was able to beat us in every aspect of the game," Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez said. After the game, it was uncertain whether Klinsmann would be suspended for the final after being ejected in the 87th minute for slamming a ball into the ground. A CONCACAF official said the referee would file a report with CONCACAF's disciplinary committee, which will announce a decision in the next day or two. Klinsmann said he was reacting to a number of hard fouls over the game's final 30 minutes. "It was a reaction out of frustration," he said. "It was not meant against the referee, against anybody. It was just frustration. I apologize for that."
Veteran cyclist O'Grady admits doping in '98 Tour
SYDNEY, JULY 25 (AP): Only days after retiring from professional cycling, Stuart O'Grady admitted to using a blood-booster during the scandal-plagued 1998 Tour de France. The 39-year-old Australian rider, a six-time Olympian who wore the leader's yellow jersey for a total of nine days in 17 Tours de France, announced his retirement earlier this week after the 100th edition of the race. He admitted he had used erythropoietin (EPO) for two weeks before the 1998 event, saying he had acquired it himself and used it without the knowledge of his team. His admission in an Australian newspaper came after the French senate inquiry into doping in
sport released its findings and implicated dozens of cyclists for suspicious test results, uncovering evidence that 1998 Tour de France champion Marco Pantani and runner-up Jan Ullrich used EPO to fuel their performances. "You win Olympics, Paris-Roubaix and now all of that is going to be tainted by this action," O'Grady, who won the Madison gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and was a silver medalist in the team pursuit at the 1992 Olympics, was quoted as saying Thursday in News Corp Australia newspapers. "That's the hardest thing to swallow out of all this - it was such a long time ago and one very bad judgment is going to taint a lot of things."
O'Grady told the newspapers he just had to "drive over the border and buy it in a pharmacy" and used "extremely cautious amounts" of EPO. The 1998 Tour de France was notable for the major scandal that emerged with the discovery of widespread doping on the French Festina team. The subsequent police crackdown led to seven of the original 21 teams either withdrawing or being ejected from the Tour. "When the Festina affair happened, I smashed it, got rid of it and that was the last I ever touched it," he said. "It wasn't systematic doping, I wasn't trying to deceive people. I was basically trying to survive in what was a very gray area."
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 1998 file photo, Tour de France winner Marco Pantani of Italy, right, and second-placed Jan Ullrich of Germany pose on the podium after the 21st and final stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Melun and Paris. A French parliamentary inquiry into doping in sports has uncovered Wednesday, July 24, 2013 the names of cyclists who used banned blood booster EPO during the 1998 and 1999 Tours de France. Among those outed in the report are 1998 yellow jersey winner Marco Pantani and runner up Jan Ullrich. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
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o dream is too big and no dreamer too small". This is the mantra of this simple underdog sports movie, which spurs the audience to pursue one's dreams. It is an animated tale of Theo, the snail who dreams big after being motivated by a French car-racing champion, Guy Gagne, whom he hero worships by watching late night TV and VHS cassettes of his idol. Adventurous and inspired, Theo moves out of his comfort zone to explore his surroundings and one day, accidentally falls into the engine of a car that contains nitrous oxide. And lo and behold, he gets magically transformed from a sluggish to a speedy snail. With this sudden power of speed, he longs to realise his dream of being a car racer. He rechristens himself as Turbo and parades himself before his clan. But will he
crash and burn into the real world? This is the question thrown in by his colleagues and brother. Soon circumstances make him move away from home to a rundown strip mall into the care of Tito, a truck driver selling tacos, whose hobby is snail racing. On noticing Turbo's speed, Tito is kicked into making Turbo participate in the Indianapolis 500 car rally. Turbo's protective older brother, Chet worries that Turbo is aiming too high in thinking he can become a speed demon. But Turbo chants his mantra, which his hero, Guy repeatedly expresses "No dream is too big". As Turbo takes up this challenge, his worried brother Chet asks him: "What happens if you wake up tomorrow and find most of your power gone?" Turbo replies: "I'll make the most of it today". Stimulating! The plot smoothly progresses,
in excess of 200 mph is absurd but in Turbo this is made believable. The cocky yet vulnerable energy that Ryan Reynolds gives the little snail Turbo, works wonder. Giamatti as Chet, Samuel L. Jackson as Whiplash and Michael Pena as Tito are excellent. The fellow snail racers voiced by Maya Rudolph, Snoop Dogg, Samuel L. Jackson and owners of establishments in the mall, voiced by Richard Jenk i n s , Ken Jeong and Michelle, just fit the bill. Director David Soren, in his first animated feature, manages to keep things moving faster than a speeding TURBO. The script manBut ages to create a very enterthe containing ride with the 3D element. trast in the Kids are bound to love this film, premise is what makes Turbo ap- as for the adults they would find pealing. Especially, a snail tracking "Turbo" a bit trivial.
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tants and then to the grand Finale which will be held in the month of October 2013. Followed by grooming and training session to all the selected top 16 contestants by the penal of judges in various ways in Music field. During the mentoring sessions the selected contes-
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tants will be taught by way of vocalizing skill & technique, stage performance, and career guidance etc. Since from the very first Districts Audition till the Public Voting Round, Judges has involved Intensively to chose the Best Talents to go through to the Public Round
Hugh Jackman is taking a break from acting
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which will be telecasted in all the local cables in Nagaland very Soon, So that the people of Nagaland could watch and chose The Best Contestant to be the ultimate winner of Kids For Fame Season 4. Following are the top 25 contestants vying for the next elimination round.
he little prince was in need of a name, and now, by George, he's got one. The announcement Wednesday that Prince William and his wife, Kate, had selected a moniker steeped in British history came as royal officials said the new parents were seeking quiet family time away from the flashbulbs and frenzy that accompanied the birth of their first child. While the news put to rest intense speculation over what name the couple would choose, the extreme interest around it illustrated how the 2-day-old future heir is already on his way to a lifetime of fanfare and public glare. Kensington Palace said William and Kate were "delighted to announce" their son's name, adding that the baby will be known as "His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge." The name George — borne by six kings — befits the boy now third in line to the British throne and was a favorite among British bookmakers, evoking the steadfastness of the queen's father, George VI, who
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rallied the nation during World War II. Alexander is a name shared by three medieval Scottish kings, and Louis could be a tribute to Lord Louis Mountbatten, uncle to the queen's husband, Prince Philip, and the last British viceroy of India before it gained independence in 1947. William's father, Prince Charles, was close to Mountbatten, who was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army in 1979. The announcement of the name, just two days after the baby's birth, was quick by royal standards. Queen Elizabeth II and Philip took a month before settling on the name Charles for the Prince of Wales. Charles and Princess Diana took a week before settling on William's four names. While a king usually rules under his given name, precedent shows that the prince is not hidebound by George. The first name of George VI was actually Albert, but he picked his fourth name to use as sovereign in honor of his father, George V. For now, palace officials say, William and Kate are spending "private and quiet time for them to get to know their son."
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aylor Swift has fallen victim to another online prank after jokers swayed a web vote to help a 39-year-old man win a competition to meet the singer. The singer hosted a web contest with Massachusetts radio station Kiss 108 FM offering one lucky fan the chance to meet their idol. However, the competition was axed after users of 4chan.org and Reddit.com teamed up to sway the voting in favor of a 39-year-old entrant named only as Charles Z, described as a “creepy 39 year old (who) would like to crush all those little girls (sic) dreams.” A statement from radio station bosses reads, “Disappointingly, we have determined that the integrity of the Taylor Swift’s Biggest Fan contest has been compromised. In accordance with our contest rules, effective immediately, the contest has been terminated. We apologize to all of our loyal listeners who have participated.” Swift was previously targeted in a similar scheme when pranksters tried to rig a competition offering a performance from the star at a school. The contest’s rules were rejigged after jokers swayed the votes in favor of sending her to sing for deaf students.
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movie 'The Wolverine' - which is part of the 'X-Men' film universe - but he admits he has no qualms about stripping down as it's his job as an actor to flaunt his hunky body, and he feels at ease wandering around back stage without any clothes on as it's deemed ''normal''. Hugh - who has portrayed the claw-wielding mutant on six occasions - explained: ''You know the guys that really like being naked, I'm not one of those, but I have no issues, actors you've kind of got to, that's part of the territory. If you've ever been to theatre backstage nudity is pretty much as normal as wearing clothes.''
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interrupting periodically for musical montages featuring rap tunes. But the scenarios witnessed also bring along strong feelings of deja vu. What different is this snail who longs to be a racer from a rodent who longs to be a chef in "Ratatouille"? Or that building up to a big auto race set in Indianapolis different from one set in "Cars" and at the very end, there's even a brief nod to "Transformers".
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her looks, and is glad that curves are in. "I am glad that curves are in. Youth should not blindly follow trends and standard, you need to first crack what is your body type, once you get that right, then you will like experimenting," said Desai said.
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Harare, july 25 (PTI): An expectedly comfortable win to start with, the young Indian team under Virat Kohli would look to continue asserting its supremacy over minnows Zimbabwe when the two sides clash in the second one-dayer of the ongoing five-match series on Friday. In a perfect start to the tour, India thrashed Zimbabwe by six wickets with Kohli leading from the front, scoring a hundred on Wednesday. But the win was not without a few glitches with the inexperience of Indian bowlers exploited by a couple of Zimbabwean batsmen. Sikander Raza nearly got a hundred while lower down the order Elton Chigumbura managed
to torment the Indians for quite a while with a 34-ball 43 which included half a dozen boundaries. In fact, India's lead pacer R Vinay Kumar ended up conceding at a rate more than six in his nine overs. But on the brighter side, the rest of the attack made up for his off day with spinner Amit Mishra picking up three wickets in his 10 overs. The Zimbabwean batsmen did not exactly disgrace themselves and posted a decent total which was, however, no match to the sheer individual brilliance of Kohli. Among others, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan had a bad day but they too should get some big scores in the series which has been described as be-
ing terribly lopsided despite India being a depleted team. Another positive to emerge for India apart from Kohli's swashbuckling knock, was the halfcentury by debutant Ambati Rayudu. A veteran of first-class cricket, Rayudu finally got his ODI break on Wednesday and delivered well with a calculated 63-run knock. If he can continue in the same vein in the coming games, the 27-year-old's confidence would certainly head northwards. It would be interesting to see whether the Indians stick to the same line-up or try out the likes of batsman Cheteshwar Pujara and spinner Parveez Rasool. For the Zimbabweans, Raza and Chigumbura
showed that application and patience can make the home team a lot more competitive than many would perceive it to be. The home team played its full 50 overs, was not all out at the end of it all and did expose some chinks in the Indian bowling attack's armoury. But their own bowling left a lot to be desired although it is difficult to control an on-song Kohli even for the best of attacks. Prosper Utseya was the lone bowler to make an impact with two wickets in his 10 overs. With a better understanding of conditions, the Zimbabwean bowlers would be expected to produce a better effort, the one in which they at least man- British Formula One driver Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes, right, and his girlfriend Jessica Michibata arrive in the age to create some unease paddock on the Hungaroring circuit near Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, July 25, 2013, three days ahead of the Formula for the Indians. One Hungarian Grand Prix. (AP Photo)
Atletico wins 1st Copa Libertadores title Verheijen blasts Moyes'
Belo HorIZoNTe, july 25 (aP): Ronaldinho added a Copa Libertadores title to his collection of honors as Brazil's Atletico Mineiro defeated Paraguay's Olimpia in a penalty shootout to win the continental club championship on Wednesday. Trailing 2-0 after the first leg, Atletico needed an 87th-minute goal by defender Leonardo Silva to draw level, after striker Jo had scored at the start of the second half. After a goalless extra time, goalkeeper Victor used his feet to stop the first penalty in the shootout by Herminio Miranda, and Matias Gimenez hit a post with the final spot kick to give Atletico its first major international title. Former two-time world player of the year Ronaldinho thrived internationally with Barcelona and Brazil, winning the Champions League and the 2002 World Cup, but had craved the South American title since returning home in 2011. "This is why I came back to Brazil," Ronaldinho said. "Not long ago people were saying that I was done, but we showed today that isn't the case." Alecsandro, Guilherme, Jo and Leonardo Silva scored for the Brazilian club in the shootout. Juan Ferreyra, Salustiano Candia and Lorenzo Aranda converted their penalties for Olimpia, which was trying to win its fourth Copa Libertadores title, and first since 2002. Olimpia, which also won the competition in 1979 and 1990, played a man down from the 85th
runner-up to Fluminense in last year's Brazilian championship, but its lone league title came in 1971. Internationally, it only won the 1992 and 1997 CONMEBOL Cup, which was similar to the current Copa Sudamericana as the continent's secondstring continental competition. It was the ninth straight year that at least one Brazilian team made the final, and Brazilian clubs have won the past four titles. Corinthians won it last year, Santos did it in 2011 and Internacional in 2010. Victor had also made the decisive save in the shootout against Newell's Old Boys of Argentina in the semifinals, when Atletico Mineiro also erased a 2-0 first leg loss. The goalkeeper was key in the quarterfinals too, when he made a stoppage-time penalty save against Tijuana of Mexico to allow Atletico to stay alive in the competition. "If feels even better to win it like this," Victor said. "We had to go through a lot to get to where we are now."
Brazil's Atletico Mineiro's Everton holds up the trophy after winning the Copa Libertadores championship in a match against Paraguay's Olimpia, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Wednesday, July 24. (AP Photo)
after defender Julio Cesar Manzur was sent off with a second yellow card. Jo, the tournament's leading scorer with seven goals, had opened the scoring in the 46th with a rightfooted shot after a cross by Rosinei, who had just entered the match as a halftime substitute. Ferreyra had a golden
chance to score a late away goal for Olimpia and virtually end the contest as he dribbled past Victor on a breakaway and had the open net in front of him, but slipped and fell, allowing the goalkeeper to recover. "You can't miss so many chances in a Copa final," Olimpia coach Ever Almeida said. With nearly 60,000
fans at the Mineirao Stadium chanting "We believe, we believe," Atletico made the most of that reprieve as Leonardo Silva rose above the defenders to head a cross into the far corner and make it 2-2 on aggregate, sending the game to extra time. Leonardo Silva had already struck the crossbar with a header in
the 61st, and fellow defender Rever also hit the bar in the first half of extra time. Olimpia's best chance after 90 minutes came with midfielder Wilson Pittoni, who missed just wide with a free kick. Atletico is traditionally one of the power clubs in Brazil but it had not had a lot of success recently. It was
Man of the match and man of the series Misbahul-Haq was the one to steer his team home with a 63run knock. When he offered a catch to Dwayne Bravo at mid-wicket off Jason Holder, Pakistan needed just one run to win the match. The Pakistan captain struck five fours and a six in 93-ball effort. He featured in a crucial fifth wicket partnership of 66, with Umar Akmal. Akmal, who contributed 38, had survived a review for caught behind off Tino Best. He was later caught at long-off by substitute fielder Kemar Roach off Best when rain interrupted the match, leaving Pakistan on 226 for five with 14 deliveries remaining. Best finished with three for 48 from 10 overs with a wicket each going to Holder and Darren Sammy. The West Indies managed to reach near 250 thanks mainly to a 53run seventh-wicket part-
nership between Dwayne Bravo (48) and Sammy (29 not out ) and a third-wicket stand of 54 between Johnson Charles and Marlon Samuels. Bravo and Sammy's effort proved to be the most
crucial for the West Indies when they came together at 170 for six after 44.1 overs. Bravo's 48 came off 27 deliveries with five boundaries and three sixes while Sammy's undefeated 29 was off 18 balls.
Charles and Samuels were not at their fluent best. Samuels needed 89 balls for his 45 while Charles used up 71 in getting 43 -both falling to attempted swats in the deep off Mohammad Irfan.
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Beausejour, july 25 (IaNs): Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi scrambled a single off the penultimate ball to enable Pakistan win the fifth and final One Day International against the West indies by four wickets and clinch the series 3-1 at the Beausejour Cricket Ground here. Pakistan ended on 243 for six off 49.5 overs in reply to West Indies 242 for seven Wednesday. Opener Ahmed Shehzad led the way for Pakistan with a top score of 64, his second One Day International half century against the West Indies and third overall. Shehzad shared a third wicket stand of 59 with his captain Misbah-ul-Haq and 51 for the first wicket with Nasir Jamshed. Shehzad struck eight boundaries off 100 balls before falling to a running catch to long on by Dwayne Bravo as he attempted a pull off Tino Best.
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scientific cowboys," Verheijen further said. He criticised coaches who still relied on the oldage methods and said that most of them were in "denial". "All over the world in pre-season you see the pattern ‘overtraining-fatigueinjuries’. Always avoid accumulation of fatigue in pre-season," he tweeted. "But as long as most dinosaurs are still in denial & ignore how things develop in other countries, nothing will ever change in Jurassic Park. Obviously, players like RVP should learn to protect themselves better against ‘overtraining’ & ‘punishing training’."
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