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Reported crimes against women progressively rising

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lation of women, according to data sourced from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Studied over time, however, internal state figures, sourced from the Nagaland Police Headquarters, Kohima, indicate that reported crimes against women are steadily rising. The PHQ data does not specify what criminal acts are classified as ‘crimes against women.’

From 20 reported cases in 2005, Nagaland reported 79 offenses against women in 2013. Thus, the state witnessed a 300 percent jump since 2005 in reported cases of violence against women.

According to the data, a total of 383 cases were reported between 2005 and 2013.

As documented in the earlier parts of this series, crime in Nagaland has been seen Vote on www.morungexpress.com to be rising. It has remained a debate within citizen circles SMS your anSwer to 9862574165 if this is a product of more Is the Nagaland government crimes taking shape, or extaking adequate measures isting crimes being reported to tackle the rising crime in our society? more. While murder, kidnapping and robbery have seen an upward climb in Nagaland Yes no Others state, violence against women has not remained far behind.

In the state-wise national registry of crimes committed against women in 2012, Moenchengladbach goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen catches the ball behind Nagaland appears at the botKohima, april 28 Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Faehrmann during the German Bundesliga soccer tom in terms of occurrence between FC Schalke 04 and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Gelsenkirch- with the state reporting less (mExN): The Nagaland match en, Germany. Schalke lost the match 0-1. (AP Photo) than 10 cases per lakh popuAYUSH Doctor’s Association (NADA) today announced that it will go ahead with its proposed first phase of agitation at the Directorate of Health newmai news network PREPAK (Pro), RPF and & Family Welfare, Kohima UNLF, has announced Imphal | April 28 from April 29 to May 1. The a 12-hour state-wide agitation has been initiat- On the eve of the Presi- bandh in Manipur state In another operation, ed on account of the gov- dent of India, Pranab on April 29. The Maoist ZuNhEboTo, april personnel of the 19 As28 (mExN): Personnel of ernment’s indifferent atti- Mukherjee’s visit to Mani- Communist Party, Manitude to meet its demands. pur strong security mea- pur (MCPM) has also in- the Assam Rifle, in three sam Rifles apprehended Any private vehicles en- sure have been taken up formed that it will boycott separate operations, ar- one individual identified tering into the premises of by the Manipur state gov- the President of India’s rested four persons and as Aja (28) for illegal posthe Directorate of Health & ernment, as several mili- visit to Manipur on April recovered several arms session of weapons in Kohima recently. According Family Welfare during the tant organizations have 29 by calling a bandh. The and ammunition. to the note, one .22 pistol A press note from the agitation shall be at their announced to boycott CorCom bandh begins own risk, a press release the President’s visit to the from 6 am, while MCPM Assam Rifles PRO in- with magazine, 50 live from NADA stated. NADA state. Pranab Mukherjee is bandh begins from 5 am formed that troops of the 5 rounds of .22 pistol, one President, Dr Kaito Jakha- scheduled to visit Imphal on Tuesday. CorCom has Assam Rifles apprehend- DBBL 12 Bore Gun and lu and General Secretary, on April 29 to inaugurate said that the people of Ma- ed one GPRN/NSCN cad- one .22 Rifle with magaDr Shasinlo Magh have the 14th Convocation of nipur should not welcome re from East Colony, Zun- zine was recovered. The requested the public to Manipur University at the President of India, say- heboto on April 27. He has apprehended individual cooperate with the same, the Centenary Hall of the ing that “India has been been identified as Private was handed over to Kohiadding that the “inconve- varsity. The Coordination suppressing the rights of Shepu Zhimo, (35). The AR ma Police Station (South) niences thereof are highly Committee (CorCom), a the people of Manipur.” team also recovered a .22 for further interrogation regretted.” conglomerate of several CorCom has appealed for pistol with magazine, live and investigation.

Meanwhile, troops of militant outfits includ- all people to endorse the rounds and one mobile the 29 Assam Rifles, unphone from the cadre. ing KCP, KYKL, PREPAK, bandh on Tuesday.

NADA to begin agitation today

Dimapur tops the list with 206 reported cases since 2005 till February 2014.

In 2013, 45 cases were reported from the district, the highest since 2005, when 9 cases were recorded. Longleng reported only one incident in this category during the period; it was in 2011.

A break-up of the reported crimes against women entered in the latest NCRB registry of 2012 indicated that rape is the most common form of abuse in Nagaland. As many as 21 cases of rape were reported in 2012, according to the NCRB registry. There were 16 cases of ‘assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty’, while 4 cases were reported under the Im-

moral Traffic Act, 1956. There was one case of incest.

Of the 21 reported rape cases, 13 cases involved victims under the age of 18 years.

The victim of the incest case was also a minor. Seven cases involved victims between 18 to 30 years of age.

A further break-up of the data on rape cases indicated that in 16 of the reported incidents, the offenders were known to the victim. The data noted that 6 of the offenders were neighbours, 2 were relatives, and 7 were, according to the registry, “other known persons”. In the incest case, the offender was indicated as a close family member or parent.

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Manipur bandh today Assam Rifles apprehends Ensure justice for

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‘Adjournment culture must go’

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NEW DElhi, april 28 (pTi): Expressing concern over the adjournment culture in courtproceedings, the Chief Justice of India R M Lodha today said it must go to ensure speedy disposal of cases. Justice Lodha said he has made special arrangement in the Supreme Court by which a special registrar would be given the task to deal with cases in which lawyers seek adjournment so that such cases are not listed for court proceedings. He deprecated the practise of lawyers circulating letters for adjournment a day before the matter is listed for hearing and said such matter will be taken up at the beginning. “Adjournment culture must go. Writing letter does not give license to lawyers for adjournment.

Even lawyers are present when the case comes up for hearing,” he said while hearing a case in which lawyers sought adjournment. He said only those matters should be listed for court proceedings which could be taken up by bench for hearing.

der the aegis of HQ 6 Sector AR, launched a search operation on April 25 and apprehended two persons from Rangapahar Tinali Petrol Pump in Dimapur.

The security forces recovered one 7.65mm pistol and one .22mm Pistol with magazines. The release informed that the individuals were identified as Hito Yeptho (29) resident of Zunheboto district and Henito Wotsa (34) resident of Dimapur. The apprehended persons along with the recoveries were handed over to West Police Station, it added.

Dikoi village: Sazo

Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): Nagaland Legislative Assembly Speaker, Chotisuh Sazo today urged the concerned authorities to ensure that justice is delivered to Dikoi Village. He stated this in a public meeting in Dikoi, which was attended by the Dimapur SP, SDO (Civil), President of the Western Chakhesang Hoho, Dimapur and his colleagues.

A press note from the Dikoi Village Council informed that the Speaker stressed on the fact that Dikoi Village is “recognized by the state government.”

It added that the Speaker also expressed concern as to why eviction notice was issued to the inhabitants,

whereas other neighboring villages (recognized or unrecognized) “were left alone.” “This unbalance must be sorted out,” he added.

The DVC Chairman presided over the meeting while the invocation prayer was said by M Peter.

It may be recalled that in recent weeks, there has been unrest reported in the Dikoi village area. The DVC called for peaceful coexistence with neighboring villages and further refuted “allegation made by Aoyimkun village that Dikio villagers had encroached on its land.” The DVC also expressed gratitude to the Nagaland Speaker for visiting Dikoi village.

‘Voices of dissent forcing india to change’

GarE VillaGE, april 28 (ap): A man walked into Ramesh Agrawal’s tiny Internet cafe, pulled out a pistol and hissed, “You talk too much.” He then fired two bullets into Agrawal’s left leg and fled on a motorcycle.

The 2012 attack came three months after Agrawal won a court case that blocked a major Indian company, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., from opening a second coal mine near the village of Gare in the mineral-rich state of Chhattisgarh.

For a decade, Agrawal — who has no formal legal training — has been waging a one-man campaign to educate illiterate villagers about their rights in fighting pollution and land-grabbing by powerful mining and electricity companies. He’s won three lawsuits against major corporations and has spearheaded seven more now pending in courts.

“When I started this fight, I knew I’d be a target.

It will happen again. Let it

happen. I’m not going anywhere,” the soft-spoken yoga enthusiast said in an interview this month. On Monday, Agrawal, 60, was recognized in a ceremony in San Francisco as one of six recipients of this year’s $175,000 Goldman Environmental Prize, often called the “Green Nobel.”

Among the other winners are former corporate lawyer Helen Slottje who fought fracking — pumping chemicals and water underground to break open shale rock formations — in New York state and South Africa’s Desmond D’Sa who closed down one of the country’s largest toxic dumping sites. The award was established in 1990 with a grant from philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman to honor grass-roots environmental activists in the six regions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Island Nations, North America and Latin America.

“This is the biggest milestone in my life,”

Indian man recognized for confronting powerful mining industry

A boy baths in the Kelo River, where little black coal nuggets now populate the riverbed, in Gare village, near the industrial city of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh state, India. Villagers say the coal mine dumps waste water into the river at night. (AP Photo)

Agrawal said of the award, which he flew to California to receive. “But it also makes me sad, that someone in a foreign country who I don’t even know is

willing to do so much for us, while so many people here don’t even know us or want to help.”

Activists, lawyers and analysts in India say that’s

changing as hundreds if not thousands of small, scrappy movements are challenging building and mining projects that local residents believe will dam-

age the environment, undermine their livelihoods or even uproot them from their homes.

“People are gaining confidence and losing patience,” environmental lawyer Ritwick Dutta said inNew Delhi. “These are not established activist groups or nonprofits like Greenpeace campaigning on global issues like climate change. These are regular, everyday people worried about their survival, and their voices of dissent are forcing India to change.” “People used to say, ‘You can’t fight with the big guys.’ But once we started winning a few cases, people started believing in themselves and believing in this country again,” Agrawal said.

India’s rapid economic growth over the past decade has boosted the incomes and living standards of millions, mostly citydwellers.

But the environmental impact has often been ig-

nored, and the rural poor largely left behind. The 400 million Indians who live on less than $1.25 a day are dubious about their economic prospects, particularly those who have lost their land or been forced to live with poisoned groundwater, dirty air and fetid rivers.

“Why should these villagers pay for development that is defined by shopping malls and luxury items?”

Agrawal asked. “We have to redefine what development means, and decide if it’s for the few or the many.”

Environmental activists are also increasingly facing violence — at least 908 have been killed in 35 countries over the past decade, including six in India, according to a report this month by the London-based Global Witness group. After he was shot, Agrawal’s attackers turned themselves in, revealing themselves to be Jindal Steel & Power’s security guards. But police never linked the attack with the Indian company.

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‘Research, enhance and preserve’

Kohima, april 28 (Dipr): A one-day literary seminar based on the theme ‘to research, enhance and preserve Ao language and literary treasures’ was held on Saturday, April 26 at the Molu Ki, Kohima. Ao Students’ Union Kohima organised the programme for students beginning from class 7 to post graduate level.

The focus of the seminar was to encourage the younger people to seriously learn and get adapted to speaking their mother tongue or Ao language beginning from their homes; to be acquainted with the numerous folklores and folk songs, to research and seek means to preserve the language and to bring the almost extinct language back into life.

Speaking at the inaugural session, Professor A. Lanunungsang, Pro Vice Chancellor, Nagaland University and who is also the Chairman Ao Senden Literature Board (ASLB), emphasised on teaching the children to learn, speak and write their mother

ASUD literary seminar calls for regeneration of mother tongue

tongue starting from home since early childhood. He lamented that in many homes even the parents were seen and heard communicating with their children in other languages, such as Nagamese and English, which is the root cause of children not being able to speak or write their own language. He said, English and Nagamese can be picked up gradually by the children from schools, colleges and friends around them but mother tongue can mainly be taught by parents at home. Professor Lanunungsang reminded that the first dictionary in a local Naga language was published in Ao Naga somewhere in 1911 by Dr.E.W. Clark. He said that it should be the effort of the younger generation to relive the glory of their forefathers’ effort to preserve

the language and to take up serious research to conceive new words and make the language richer.

Other thematic speakers, ASLB Secretary Temjen Tzudir and Vice President ASLB Rev C. Walu Walling, also spoke on deeper research of language, means to find easier ways of teaching and attracting the children to like learning the language and to encourage book writers to promote the language.

The Seminar had a practical session of teaching and sharing language variations, folksongs and folklores by various resource persons. The practical session was followed by discussion and question hour and drafting of several resolutions, which primarily included: 1. To use only Ao for conduct of meetings and correspondence by

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2. To impress upon parents that Mother Tongue begins at home and therefore to use only the mother tongue in their respective families.

3. To organise ‘Ao Literacy Day’ at least once in a year where workshop/seminar on Ao or competitions in poetry writing/reading, song composition/singing, etc may be held.

4. To nominate experts in the field of art and literature as advisors to the Union.

5. To collect names of persons interested to appear the proficiency tests in Ao conducted by the ASLB and initiate opening of an Exam Centre at Kohima.

6. To impress upon all concerned to amicably correct any objectionable statements made in books written in Ao and refrain from imposing heavy fines on the writers as such practices are hampering the growth of Ao lit- An elderly woman looks out from her door at Salomi Village under Kiphire district.

(Photo by Lipichem) erature.

Mashiku Wild Life Sanctuary gets rest house

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TuENsaNg, april 28 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner of Tuensang T. Mhabemo Yanthan inaugurated the rest house at Mashiku Wild Life Sanctuary, at Noksen on April 26.

Almost all the district administrative officers leaded

by ADC Tuensang accompanied him.

Mashiku Wild Life Sanctuary is a local wild life reserved under the care of the Noksen Village Community. Here in the reserve we can find many wild animal including stag and python etc. to shelter the visitors to the sanctuary a rest house was installed Gaurav Bansal, Consul for Political & Economic Affairs (5th from left) and Sourabh Sen (4th from left) Global Affairs Advisor from US Consulate Kolkata with members from NNP+, KNP+ under the district innovaand NMA, during the Joint Consultative Meeting held at NNP+ Secretariat, Kohima on April 28. tion fund.

Speaking on the occasion the chief quest of the programme stressed on the positive approach towards the reservation of the wild life. The importance of the preservation will be a legacy of the present generation toward the future. He also challenged the governmental officers present in the programme to think on the development of the sanctuary and try to give importance to the project. He also shared the idea of having consultative awareness meetings with the neighboring villages to spread the idea of ongoing preservation project. Economic and Employment agendas should

be generated in a form of a business for the unemployed youngsters. He also congratulated the village community in general and village elders for understanding the intellectuals idea of the having the project which turned out to be a successful one.

ADC Tuensang Robert Longchari, Tia Meren Chang SDO (C) Tuensang, H. Chuba Chang Ex-Minister Nagaland and I. Sanbga Hd. GB Noksen also gave short speeches.

Highlighted the history of the birth and development of this project and how to maintain and keep going setting example to the rest of the state.

DAYO support SSA teachers NBCC conducts teachers’ training

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Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): The Dimapur Ao Youth Organisation (DAYO) has seriously taken into view the ongoing imbroglio between the NSSATA and the State Government (DoSE) whereby 2730 SSA teachers have been denied their due share of salary from the month of December and several other service conditions.

The DAYO appeal to the competent authority to immediately address the genuine demand of the NSSATA by releasing the pending salaries to its employee to avoid the academic career of the innocent students. DAYO calls upon the government to justify as to why this lacka-

daisical attitude to the NSSATA. DAYO affirm and declare its support to NSSATA for their right and call upon the right-thinking citizens to voice against such kind of corruptions in our society.

Meanwhile, DAYO general secretary T Chitenlemba Imsong in a press release condemned the April 25 incident whereby an Ao woman has been outraged her modesty by one Nazmul Hague at 5th Mile, Dimapur. Such kind of incident has been taking place in our society frequently and as such appeals to the law-enforcing agency to book the accused under relevant section relevant section of penal law.

mEluri, april 28 (mExN): The educational wing of NBCC conducted teachers’ training in the disciplines of Mathematics, English and Music for its member schools under Meluri area and Kiphire district from April 23 to25 at Christian Mission School Meluri. Jamie Puro, Neingusalie Khruomo and Kenilo Semp were the resource persons. Forty Trainees attended the three days training.

NBCC School Coodinator, Rev. Dr. Mechiehol Savi has informed in a press release that the same training will be conducted for its member schools under Tuensang district from May 1 to 3, 2014 at CBLT Mission Center Tuensang.

Parliamentary Secretary Er Kropol Vitsu with others during his visit to Kezol Road Construction on April 26.

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AHODs & HODs meeting on April 30 Kohima, april 28 (Dipr): A meeting of all the Administrative Heads of Department and Heads of Department is convened on April 30 at 1 p.m. in the Secretariat Conference Hall. Chief Secretary Banuo Z. Jamir IAS has in a Circular No. SAB (A)-12/26/06(Pt) dated Kohima the 25th April 2014 requested all the AHODs and HODs to attend the meeting without fail.

ATMA Pfütsero conducts field day and demonstrations Kohima, april 28 (mExN): ATMA, Pfütsero block, Phek district, comprising four officials has conducted field day and demonstrations for farmers at Zapami village on April 14 last. ltogether 15 farmers participated.

Resource person Liza Barua Bharali, SMS, Plant Protection, KVK, Phek with a field day topic “Insect-Pest Management in Cabbage” demonstrated on the use of organic products for insects and pests in cabbage while another resource person Keniseto Chücha, Farm Manager, KVK, Phek demonstrated soil solarisation and cabbage nursery management. Farmers of Pfütsero are popularly known for fair production of green vegetables and fruits. The programme was conducted successfully.

This was stated in a release issued by Moalemba Walling, project director, ATMA & DHO, Phek.

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Friends of 80 Plus foundation day Kohima, april 28 (mExN): The 9th foundation day of Friends of 80 Plus will take place on April 30 at Vimedo Rütsa Kitie, P. Khel at 10:30 AM. Social activist Niketu Iralu will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Greetings will be shared by Khrienguü Kesiezie, president Kewhimiapfü Mechü Krotho while Pelesielie Khezhie & family will offer gift to Friends of 80 Plus. The function will be chaired by Neidonuo Angami while Zeneizo Rutsa, chairman P. Khel will propose vote of thanks. The programme will be followed by feast hosted by Pfuchatsumia khel. Further, there will be a medical check up and care for 80 plus citizens sponsored by Kohima Village Doctors Association.

The participating teachers and resource persons during the teachers’ training conducted by educational wing of NBCC.

All the member schools are requested to send three or more teachers for the said training. For Music, youth leaders from neighboring

Kropol visits Kezol Road construction site Kohima, april 28 (Dipr): Er Kropol Vitsu, Parliamentary Secretary, Information & Public Relations, Printing & Stationery accompanied the Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) during their visit to Kezol Road Construction on Saturday, April 26. The road is towards west from Khuzama’s village peak to the dzukou valley at the Kezol area.

Er. Kropol Vitsu, Parliamentary Secretary speaking on the occasion appealed to the people to join hand for the good work like road construction. The Parliamentary Secretary also informed that Kezol

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Road Construction was already initiated to the government for taking up the project. He further urged SAPO to maintain the expenditure accounts in a transparent manner. He was optimistic that the road construction would bear good fruits in the years to come.

Zadeho Rikha, President, SAPO expressed happiness to the MLAs and Parliamentary Secretaries Er. Kropol Vitsu and Er. Vikho-o Yhoshü for sparing their precious time and in guiding the developmental activities. SAPO informed that already nine kilometers length has been completed.

Churches irrespective of tribes are also invited.

Kelevino Kirha and Aneile Nuh from DIET Tuensang, Neingusalie, Chair-

man Music Board ABCC and Kenilo Semp, Senior Lecturer DIET Mon will be the resource persons for the training.

KMC informs shopkeepers Kohima, april 28 (Dipr): The Administrator Kohima Municipal Council, Lithrongla Tongpi has informed all concern shopkeepers and residents residing near the road side that: 1. All the shopkeepers should compulsorily keep the signboard of the shop with the KMC Trade Licence No. inserted. This exercise should be completed within a months time from the date of issue of this circular.

2. All waste should be disposed off at the designated location after wrapping in a big black poly bag so as to avoid the waste being blown off.

3. The timing for disposing the waste is before 6:00 am and after 5:30 pm.

4. The shopkeepers are also directed to immediately remove all the commodities that are being displayed on the footpath and on/near the drains.

NAFO strengthens ban on logging vehicles

Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): The Nsong Area Frontal Organisation (NAFO) has extended support to Deputy Commissioner Peren and DPDB for the ban on all the logging vehicles under Peren district during the rainy season, effecting from May 1 till October 31. The ban has been imposed in order to prevent further damage of the existing PWD road for the safety and convenience of all walk of life in the area.

NAFO, general secretary, Levi Pame in a press release said, the organisation felt that it is very much deemed to be maintained and comply with this order for the welfare of public in the district that every log

contractors under Peren district is requested to cooperate till necessary further order is lifted.

The Organisation inform and appeal to all the log contractors and businessman that the existing bridge at Maguiki river is fallen weak and the foundation wall is also crack down due to the flood during the rainy season and it has become risky to all of us in the area.

NAFO strictly prohibit and ban all the logging trucks and heavy load trucks that violation of this order shall be impose with Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) per truck by the Organisation and youth enforcement shall be conducted in the area.

KLLRU 10th triennial conference held

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Kohima, april 28 (mExN): The 10th triennial conference of the Kohima Lotha Lower Range Union (KLLRU) was held at Highland Park, Kohima on April 26 last with MLA Mmhonlumo Kikon, chairman MARCOFED as the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Kikon expressed appreciation to the members for having the zeal to live in unity and for creating such a platform to introspect and retrospect oneself.

He enlightened vision towards streamlining of governance and prioritizing developmental activities for speedy uplift of rural masses. Earlier, Woben Kithan, Asso. Director CNY of KLBC invoked God’s blessing for the programme. Further, the Union has elected a new team of office bearers with Chonthungo Kikon as chairman, Alex Humtsoe- vice chairman, general secretary – Renbemo Kithan, joint secretary- Robin Yanthan, treasurer- Mhonrao Mozhui. Advisors- K. Elias Lotha, Thungbemo Mozhui, Dr. Limha Jami, Chumdemo Kikon, P.Y. Oving and T. Liban Patton.

KPC meeting on April 30 Kohima, april 28 (mExN): The Kohima Press Club has informed that there will be a general body meeting on April 30, 2014 (Wednesday) at the KPC Conference Hall at 11:00 am. In this regard, it has requested all its members to attend the meeting positively.

SCERT to issue certificate to all qualified teachers of N-TET Kohima, april 28 (mExN): The State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) today informed that it will issue certificate to all the qualified candidates of Nagaland Teacher Eligibility Test (NTET) 2013 from May 5 to 9 at the office of the SCERT from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. The qualified candidates are required to bring their original N-TET 2013 admit card. An amount of Rs. 100 will be collected for the certificate. Candidates who cannot collect their certificates personally may send an authorization letter along with the required documents. Certificates will not be sent by post, a release received here said. The release also added that certificate will not be issued under any circumstances unless all the requirements as mentioned are met.

SSATA Kohima district meeting today Kohima, april 28 (mExN): SSATA Kohima district will hold an emergency meeting on April 29 at 1:00. pm, Khonoma Riipfhiino Building, D'Block (near central church) pertaining to latest development and relevant issues. “No lame excuse will be entertained and absentees will be sternly penalized,” the SSATA Kohima district informed in a press release.

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Climate affecting tea production in Assam Planters fear crop loss of nearly 10 percent this year GUWAHATI, APRIL 28 (ET): Heat wave and scanty rainfall have badly affected tea production in Assam, India's

largest tea producing state, with planters fearing crop loss of nearly 10% this year.

Pest attacks in some areas have worsened the situation, and it is feared that production of second flush will take a knock. The second flush, which comes in first week of May and accounts for at least 15% of the total production, is exported and commands a premium price in the domestic market.

The first flush, which makes up

10% of the total output, was also damaged.

"Due to radiation and temperature stress, scorching of tea leaves has been reported from many tea estates. Food manufacturing capability of tea declines rapidly above 35 degree Celsius leaf temperature, and there's no food production from 39 degree C to 42 C leaf temperature.

The visual signs of wilting of tea leaves have been noticed

but physiological, biochemical and anatomical damages have occurred much earlier," said Prafulla Bordoloi, a consultant tea scientist.

Tea planters of three prominent tea associations have done a sample survey on crop loss in tea estates in five districts of the Brahmaputra valley in Assam. According to survey, the five districts - Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia - that produce about 450

million kg tea annually (which makes up 70% of the state's total tea production) face huge damage to tea plantation because of six rainless months.

The all-India rainfall anomaly is only 2% less, whereas in Assam it is 67% less between March 1 and April 23, this year. Assam has received 64 mm rainfall against a normal of 196 mm. "The present extended dry and hot spell has scorched, and in some cases,

defoliated bushes, placing them under severe stress and even causing plant death," said Prabhat Bezboruah, a tea planter from Jorhat.

Many tea estates have suspended plucking and stopped production because there are no leaves. "The weather condition leading to phenomenal crop loss and shutting down of manufacturing facilities on the eve of second flush is unprecedented," said Mayank

Mizoram government concerned by misuse of social media AIZAWL, APRIL 28 (NNN): Concerned over the rising trend in misuse of social media by people, the state government of Mizoram has come up with a plan to carry out comprehensive awareness programmes in order to sensitise the people of certain legal consequences over misuse of social media.

Alongside the sensitization drive, the people are also to be

oriented on the advantages of modern information technology depending on its rightful usage.

Departments concerned under the state government will carry out the public awareness campaigns in various forms like seminar, workshop etc.

In connection with the said matter, a meeting was convened today by state’s Chief Secretary L Tochhong which was attended by

Police, Home, Information Communication Technology, Information &Public Relations, Law & Judicial Departments, besides representatives from NEILIT and NGOs. The meeting which was held at CS Conference Hall discussed over how to take steps so as to make aware for the people on cautious use of social media and also to instruct them on the advantageous use of the same.

The Chief Secretary of Mizoram said that the meeting was called as being felt necessary to discuss the matter with the Departments concerned. She added that many awareness programmes over social media are necessary.

The meeting with the Chief Secretary dwelt on the ill effects of Information Technology, particularly of social media. The discussion also included certain law and order re-

lating to Information Technology.

The meeting, which discussed at length over the need to instruct the people to carefully use the social media acknowledging the penalty under IT law, came up with a thought to set up Cyber Security Cell under Police, and also thought it good to organise talk shows, workshops, seminars and other forms of awareness campaign.

Agarwalla, a tea planter from Doomdooma, which is known as a rainfed area.

Some planters even said that they haven't seen anything like this in the last 25 years, fearing that if it continues like this, the crop up to May-end will be 60% less. Things might improve if the area receives at least 200 mm rainfall in May along with lower temperature and proper distribution of rainfall, a planter added.

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The chief minister directed the Power Department to take immediate measures to improve the power position by procuring additional power from other sources. He also instructed the Irrigation and Public Health Engineering Departments to take appropriate steps to deal with the situation arising out of low rainfall, sources said. Chief Secretary Jitesh Khosla was also asked to monitor the situation and to brief the chief minister at regular intervals. The meeting was attended among others by Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi, Additional Chief Secretary Agriculture and Irrigation V K Piparsenia, Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd Chairman Rajiv Yadav and Power Commissioner and Secretary Anurag Goel.

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IMPHAL, APRIL 28 (NNN): The Association of Manipuri Diaspora (AMAND), Pune organized a one day Legal Awareness Interactive Session with BI Talekar (Advocate) as the Legal Advisor yesterday at the Officers' Mess, R&DE(Engs), Pune. The main motive to organize this interactive session is to educate on relevant legal matters so as to be aware of rights and issues related to social justice. A good number of senior members of AMAND and students' representatives were present in the interactive session. Talekar gave a brief account of the societal and legal issues related with accidents, hit and run cases, rape, molestation cases and racial discrimination on different communities. Related IPC and CrPC acts were also discussed during the session. The session was coordinated by Warrant Officer T. Pakasana Singh (Retd).

The Association of Manipuri Diaspora (AMAND) Pune is a non-profit, non-government community organization founded by Manipuri professionals residing in and around Pune. The Association aims at providing a common platform for Manipuris, irrespective of their caste, creed and religion, for propagating awareness on rights and issues related to social justice, with a goal to enhance communal harmony and national integration through fair practices. The association was founded on September 2011 and is registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 at Pune, Maharashtra.

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The parties also advocated for the control of jhum cultivation and deforestation in the hill areas of Manipur and restoration or construction of water body. They then suggested that for the massive plantation in the hill areas in coordination with all related departments in the state. The six political parties then considered the state Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFCD) as outdated and hence they suggested for the upgradation of the said department as 'State Department of Water Resources' under the mandate of the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India.

Meanwhile, BJP, Manipur unit president Th Chaoba asked the state government to immediately avail the drinking water to the people saying "whether water is available in the Singda Dam or not the state government should supply the water at any cost by any means". The BJP leader said the patience of the public is being tested and likely to burst out soon.

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ITANAGAR, APRIL 28 (PTI): Former social welfare, woman and child development minister Newlai Tingkhatra has been admitted in Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon (Delhi) after he suffered a stroke on Thursday last, family sources said. Tingkhatra's condition was stated to be critical and was kept on life-support system in the ICU ward of the hospital, they said adding, he was reportedly in a coma after a massive heart attack causing brain hemorrhage.

Tingkhatra, who had contested the April 9 Assembly elections from Kanubari constituency in Longding district on aCongress ticket, was previously admitted at Aditya Hospital in Dibrugarh (Assam) for treatment, but was referred to Medanta Hospital, the sources added.

IMPHAL, APRIL 28 (NNN): Six politcal parties in Manipur have decided to exert concerted effort while pressing the government to address the water scarcity problem in the state.

The BJP, the NCP, the JD-U, the RSP, the MPP and the AAP will apprise the Manipur Governor on April 29 on the issue by submitting a joint memorandum.

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Q1. What is rabies?

It is a deadly disease caused by a virus. The virus is found in the saliva of a rabid animal and is transmitted by a bites/licks of an open cut or the eyes.

Q2. Is it curable?

Rabies (in man and animals) is 100% fatal even today and there is no cure anywhere in the world.

Q.3. How do I know my dog is having rabies?

Any change in its normal behaviour suggesting either undue aggression or depression.

Running aimlessly and attacking others without any provocation.

Becomes too drowsy and withdraws itself to a corner.

Excessive salivation.

Change in its voice/bark.

Refusal to feed or eating unusual objects like stone, paper, wood, metal pieces, etc.

Death of the animal.

Q.4. What should I do if I am bitten by an animal?

Wounds should be washed and flushed immediately with soap and water for 10–15 minutes. If soap is not available, flush with water alone. This is the most effective first-aid treatment against rabies.

Apply any household antiseptic like Dettol, Savlon, and Povidone iodine (preferred).

In extraneous circumstances other alcoholic (>40%) preparations like Rum, Whisky, after-

shave lotion may be applied on the wound if a person is bitten by an animal: As soon as possible, take the person to a healthcare facility for further treatment.

Q.5.What should not be done with an animal bite wound?

Do not Bandage or dress the wound Use tincture iodine.

Suture the wound.

Not to apply any local applicants like turmeric, neem, red chilli, lime, plant juices, coffee powder, coin, etc. as these will act as irritants and propel the virus in the wound deeper to cause nerve infection and resultant rabies encephalitis and death.

Q.6. What should I do if my pet dog is bitten by a stray dog?

Thoroughly wash the wound with a detergent soap. Apply a household antiseptic viz. Dettol, Savlon, etc., and consult a veterinarian immediately.

Q.7. How long does it take for dogs and cats to develop rabies, and how long does a rabid animal survive?

The incubation period ranges from a few days to several months, whereas the duration of illness – until death – varies from 1 to 7 days.

Q.8. Can consumption of meat from an infected animal transmit rabies?

The consumption of raw meat

Otherwise an appropriate post- Stay away from bites exposure prophylaxis (PEP) Train your dog not to bite. Train esearchers worldwide have discovered that should be given. your dog to obey simple comeating fish regularly may reduce the risk Q.12.What should I do to prevent mands (sit, stay, come, no). of diseases ranging from childhood asthma to and control rabies?

Don’t play aggressive games Be responsible by vaccinating like wrestling or tug-of-war with prostate cancer. Fish is an excellent and the only readily available source of long-chain omega-3 pet dogs or cats against rabies, your dog. as recommended by veterinarDo not stare at dogs or provoke fatty acids. Fish is low in Fat and high in Protein.

Eating fish during pregnancy may reduce the ians or animal health workers. any animal.

Keep the dog vaccination cerDon’t leave children unattend- risk of a premature baby. Women must recogtificate safe and present it dured with dogs. More bites involve nize that avoiding seafood altogether is likely to harm their babies brain development. Environing annual vaccination. children under 12.

Do not sell meat from rabid or Talk to your children about mental Protection Agency and Food and Drug suspected rabid dog avoiding strange dogs and Administration recommend for women who are or may become pregnant, nursing mothers, Q.13.What is the rabies vaccinagrowling dogs. tion schedule for pet dogs?

Teach children not to take food and young children must not eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel, or tilefish because they It is recommended to vaccinate at 3 and toys away from dogs. months of age, then at 9 months Don’t run past a dog. They nat- contain high levels of mercury. There are varietof age and revaccinate annually. urally love to chase and catch ies of fresh water fishes and shellfishes that are Puppies and dogs must be given things. More attacks are seen with lower in mercury such as shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon and catfish are low-mercury fish. anthelmintic drugs regularly bejoggers and people out walking. fore vaccination.

Some people carry a stick when Farm raised fresh water fishes are fast growing Personal safety against rabies walking to protect themselves fishes that are very low unwanted contaminants found in the flesh. Science proves over and over Do not touch animal bite from dogs. wounds with bare hands.

If dogs are fighting don’t try to again that farmed raised fresh fishes are low in Do not touch the fomites viz. break up by hand. Spray with wa- contaminants such as mercury and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs).Omega 3 fatty acid levchain, food plate, etc. of an animal ter, yell at or make loud noises. suspected or proven of rabies.

Senior citizens are also at in- el in farm raised fresh water fishes are among creased risk of dog bites. It is the highest found in fish. Fish contain unsatuDo not touch stray or sick animal. more difficult for them to move rated fatty acids, which, when substituted for Take pre-exposure vaccination away due to arthritis, weak mus- saturated fatty acids such as those in meat, may if you are in constant touch with lower your cholesterol. But the main beneficial cles and poor eyesight. animals.

Obey leash laws. Dogs on a pub- nutrient appears to be omega-3 fatty acids in Veterinarians shall always be on lic street, park or other property fatty fish. Omega-3 fatty acids are a type of unpre exposure prophylaxis, wear saturated fatty acid that may reduce inflammamust be restrained by a leash. gloves, glasses, masks and long Neuter your dog, as neutered tion throughout the body. Inflammation in the sleeved overall while examining body can damage your blood vessels and lead dogs are less likely to bite. rabid animals. Besides all instruto heart disease. Omega-3 fatty acids may dements used shall be sterilized eiDr. Chubala Bernard crease triglycerides, lower blood pressure, rether by boiling or by placing them Mokokchung duce blood clotting, decrease stroke and heart in a strong antiseptic solution. failure risk, reduce irregular heartbeats, and in children may improve learning ability. Eating at least one to two servings a week of fish, particularly fish that is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, appears to reduce the risk of heart disease, particularly sudden cardiac death. Children who Hi! Joshua & eat fish may be less likely to develop asthma.

Gideon Liezietsu Fish rich in omega 3 fatty acids can contribute Today (29th April 2014) as to the health of brain tissue and the retina (the A revision of the ban will take you celebrate your 8th Birthlight sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of place before December 31, 2015. day, i want to wish you both – the eye). The omega 3 fatty acids in fish may reBusinesses claimed they will My twin cousins, a very Happy duce the risk of many types of cancers by 30 to 50 lose hundreds of thousands of Birthday! May you be blessed per cent, especially of the oral cavity, oesophapounds due to the ban. with wonderful years ahead. gus, colon, breast, ovary and prostate. Eating fish Wholesalers and retailers in In- Have fun be blessed! every week reduces the risk of heart disease and dian-dominated regions A friend & a brother stroke by reducing blood clots and inflammaof the UK have opposed Wetso Krome tion, improving blood vessel elasticity, lowering the ban, which comes into blood pressure, lowering blood fats and boosting effect on May 1, saying it Dear Wife, Mom , Otsu n motherinlaw, will hit them hard.

We’re so thankful that we not only have a ‘good’ cholesterol. Elderly people who eat fish or “This is Euro-nonsense magnificent Wife, Mom, Otsu n motherinlaw, seafood at least once a week may have a lower and bureaucracy gone mad. Indian but an amazing friend that stands by us and risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimmangoes have been imported into supports us, You are one person that knows all er’s disease. People who regularly eat fish have Britain for centuries. I am furious our weaknesses yet you always love us. A heart a lower incidence of depression (depression is with the lack of consultation with that it’s so huge that can fit both the best and linked to low levels of omega 3 fatty acids in the those who will be affected by the the worse side of us. Thank you so very much. brain). Fish may help people with diabetes manban,” said Indian-origin MP Keith age their blood sugar levels. Breastfed babies of Happy Birthday!

Vaz, who has written to the EuropeI am thankful to god who gave a loving per- mothers who eat fish have better eyesight, peran Commission president after his son, an amazing friend. Today is your birthday haps due to the omega 3 fatty acids transmitted constituents in the city of Leicester and let it remain as special as you are. Wish you in breast milk. Regular fish consumption may made a plea. tons of happiness and good fortune in your relieve the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, life. Happy Birthday to the Most wonderful in psoriasis and autoimmune disease.

He has also written to Indian the Wife, Mom, Otsu n motherinlaw world!!

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Dr.Y.Nchumbeni Humtsoe (Achum Kyon) Loving Grandson tailimeren, lima, Shilu, ascertain if the Indian government Wokha. sons, daughters, inlaws and husband was consulted on the matter.

from an infected animal requires post exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Cooked meat does not transmit rabies; however, it is not advisable to consume meat from an infected animal.

Q.9. Why is it advised to observe the biting dog/cat for 10 days?

Observation of an animal for 10 days (from the day of biting the person) for signs of rabies is applicable only to dogs and cats and not to other domestic or wild animals. The rational for observation is that if the dog or cat is incubating rabies itwill show signs of disease in the next 3-5 days and die subsequently in another 3-5 days If the animal shows no sign of the disease after 5 days, the risk of infection can be considered as slight, and non-existent if the animal is still healthy on the 10th day Q.10. Is simply observing the biting dog or cat for 10 days without starting treatment justified?

No. In countries where rabies is prevalent in a large population of dogs and cats, it is compulsory to start treatment and keep the biting dog/cat under 10 days of observation.

Q.11. Do I have to take vaccination against rabies if a vaccinated dog bites me?

No, not if the dog is properly vaccinated against rabies and the efficacy of the vaccine is confirmed by laboratory evidence.

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EU ban on Indian mangoes, veggies takes effect on May 1

LONDON, APRIL 28 (PTI): The 28-member European Union has temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes, the king of fruits, and four vegetables from India from May 1, sparking protests from the Indian community, lawmakers and traders.

The recent decision by the grouping’s Standing Committee on Plant Health came after 207 consignments of fruits and vegetables from India imported into the EU in 2013 were found to be contaminated by pests such as fruit flies and other quarantine pests.

The temporary ban, proposed by the European Commission, includes mangoes, eggplant, the taro plant, bitter gourd and snake gourd. It prohibits the import to tackle the “significant shortcomings in the phytosanitary certification system of such products ex-

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ported to the EU“.

Though the prohibited commodities represent less than 5 per cent of the total fresh fruits and vegetables imported into the EU from India, the potential introduction

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Sparks protest from Indian community, lawmakers & traders of new pests could pose a threat to EU agriculture and production, the committee noted.

UK’s Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) that is backing the ban said it was necessary due to pests which could threaten the country’s 321 million pound salad crop industry of tomato and cucumber.

The UK imports nearly 16 million mangoes from India and the market for the fruit is worth nearly 6 million pounds a year.

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ne of the most humiliating chapters in the history of Nagaland since Statehood would be, perhaps, its inability to conduct elections on its own soil at Ladaigarh under Longleng District, bordering Assam, due to Assam Police’s deliberate threat and refusal to vacate a Nagaland school building wherein the polling was supposed to take place.

Everyone including the media in Nagaland were stunned when they saw the news along with a picture showing the Assam Police blocking the road preventing Nagaland polling officials from proceeding toward Ladaigarh to conduct polls for the Ladaigarh Polling Station No. 1 under 49 Tamlu A/C. Later in the day, it was declared that the polling at Ladaigarh could not be conducted due to Assam Police’s blocking of road leading to Ladaigarh and thus it (polling) had been adjourned.

In the past also, the Assam police did the same thing. But the previous elections, somehow a makeshift polling station was arranged nearby and allowed the voters to exercise their franchise. But this time, the situation was altogether different that not only murdering the rights of the voters to exercise their franchise but also not allowing the Nagaland polling officials from proceeding to-

wards their polling station at Ladaigarh. But the saddest part was the state government’s inability to make any arrangement for the voters to exercise their franchise. If the Assam police refused Nagaland polling officials from proceeding to Ladaigarh, the Nagaland government could have airlifted those polling officials to conduct the polls there. But they did not.

It is unfortunate that when the state of Nagaland was created in the early 60s, the drawing of the new state boundary was not properly carried out. And once the new state was carved out from the existing state, the boundary had to be drawn and the necessary border machineries should be put into place. These unresolved border issues have really taken quite a toll on the lives of people on both sides.

It is only understandable that such border skirmishes would take place from time to time but they should not be misinterpreted as threatening to the aged old relationship between the two neighboring people. The people of the two states should not, at any cost, allow this issue lingering.

Most of the incidents including the Ladaigarh episode that have been taking place in the AssamNagaland border areas were some-

thing to do with longstanding unresolved inter-state border issues.

Many issues were to do with paddy fields, farmlands, forests, etc. as per the past records. There were allegations from Nagaland border side that some people from across the border descended on their ancestral paddy fields, farmlands and even forcibly grabbed their lands with the help of Assam armed police as well as neutral forces. On the other side, there were also allegations that the Nagas from across the border encroached Assam’s lands or killed wild animals.

And sometimes, clashes took place on either side while stepping into either side. Sometimes, such issues became hot debates even during assembly sessions of both the states.

Yet, they were also resolved through series of dialogues at various levels.

Regrettably, large numbers of non-locals have been systematically occupying the long stretch of Assam border over the years and their numbers keep increasing leaps and bounds. And the people of Assam have little knowledge of what these non-locals have been doing on the state’s border areas.

To ease the border problem between the two states, the Assam-Nagaland Interim Border Agreement as early as 1972 was made. This Agreement was meant to lessen border

tension, while trying to find long lasting solution to the border issue.

The problem is this Interim Border Agreement was not implemented in toto. Rather it became a tool for the Assam government to strengthen their state forces along the border, while Nagaland relegated to a helpless position as they had to oblige to the terms of the agreement. According to information, Assam has 44 Assam armed police posts set up all along the Assam-Nagaland border in violation of the Interim Agreement; whereas there is reportedly 1 Nagaland armed police post all along the border. In other words, Nagaland was sincere if not over-sincere.

As per the Agreement, the Disputed Area Belt (DAB) should be placed under the neutral forces. Interestingly, such forces are placed again under the command of an IG of Assam police. And also Nagaland government temporarily allowed the Assam forest department for the management of the border reserved forests in the DAB. But due to the mismanagement by the Assam forest department, people from both sides started settling in the disputed reserved forest areas. Subsequently both the Assam and Nagaland governments had given recognition to those settlers.

Today, the problem is more

complicated because the people living in the border areas of Assam are mostly non-locals but the Nagaland side becomes helpless as they do not know to whom they will talk.

We have seen that some non-locals started talking the language of locals to restore aged old relationship between the Nagas and the Assamese. This interesting development might have confused some leaders in Nagaland. We started seeing some statements made by some responsible Naga Ministers saying they would not talk to “Adivasis” for resolving Assam-Nagaland border raw. But they failed to realize that by uttering this way, you would be paying attention to them instead of focusing on the right persons. It looks like you have been asked to talk to these people to resolve border raw with Assam. Let us be wiser and focus on the real issue plaguing both the states.

This so-called Assam-Nagaland Interim Border Agreement 1972 is a blunder and it has become a bond of contention between the people of the two neighboring states. The first step to find solution to the chronic border issue is this “Assam-Nagaland Interim Border Agreement” should be scrapped.

At the same time, both the states should immediately engage in seri-

ous business to frame new Border Agreement. Only then should they constitute an Assam-Nagaland Border Committee wherein persons with high social standing from both the states should be appointed as Members for a period of 5 years and their term can be extended on periodic basis. Their main job is to check the border irregularities and also examine the process of implementation of the Agreement.

It is still afresh in our memories about the infamous interstate clashes at Merapani in 1985 over border issue. No one thought the relationship would return as good as before.

But the aged old relationship had fast returned. Because both sides can’t afford remaining un-neighborly as they will remain as neighbors till this beautiful God given earth exists.

The construction of “Foothill Road” on Nagaland border is very important for the development of the state. But this should not be misinterpreted as solution to the AssamNagaland border issue. The failure to find solution to the Assam-Nagaland border issue is not due to not constructing “Foothill Road.” Nevertheless, you can construct hundreds of new roads. It is your prerogative. But the Assam-Nagaland border raw can only be resolved provided both parties are sincere.

The Morung Express is introducing “Public Space” as part of our intention to provide deliberate space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper. Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

MEx FILE NIIT parents-teachers meet today Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): All the NIITians of Dimapur and their guardians have been informed to attend parents-teachers meet to be held on Tuesday, April 29 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm one by one. This was informed in a press release issued by the Head of Centre, NIIT Dimapur Centre, Imsurenla Imchen.

DDGWTU meeting on April 30 Resource person of the one-day seminar of Wameken Sensotsür Union Tuli Town, Esther, Evangelist (IEF) and the participants pose for a photograph. The seminar was held at Yimkűmmer House on April 26 with a theme “Move Forward.”

Chen Union Dimapur holds Call to strengthen ACAUT Nagaland movement april 28 unabated taxations/cor- ture developmental works, Excise, Forest and Taxes de18th general session Kohima, (mExN): ACAUT Naga- ruption committed by both deduction of high percent- partments, etc. As a citizen Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): The Chen Union Dimapur (CUD) held its 18th general session at the union’s office on April 19.

A press release from the president, Chenlip Yakha Salymn, informed that a special speech was delivered by Shaboh, former MLA 45-Tehok. He emphasized on the importance of the Union for the community’s benefit. He cited that Union body has to intervene in every basic needs of the community to check anti-social activities and to eradicate poverty and safeguard each and every member’s interest so as to attain ones’ goal in every field of profession or work.

Further, the speaker added that the presence of a union also brings a sense of security to every individual and promote values that transform us into good human beings and make society healthier to live in. He also

stated that, it preserves our rich cultural heritage and tradition and thereby preserving our distinctive identity.

The programme was presided over by M. Nokpai, former president. Invocation prayer was pronounced by Yanon Konyak, CASK-Dimapur president, which was followed by a special song from Ahpa Konyak of Chingkao Chingnyu.

Meanwhile, the House also adopted the Constitution and flag of the Chen Union Dimapur. Further, the new office bearers for 2014-17 tenure were nominated with Er. K. Chenlip Yakha Salym as president, W.Yanath as vice-president, N.Chingkim Walim as general secretary, Y.Bohngam Veholym as asstistant general secretary, Akham as organizing & publicity secretary, Ato as finance secretary, and W. Wangyuh, former MP as treasurer.

MGNREGA convergence seminar & training

Kohima, april 28 (mExN): MGNREGA Convergence Seminar and Training organized by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India will be held from May 7 to 10, 2014 at the conference hall of the Directorate of RD, Kohima. A press release issued by Metsubo Jamir, convenor and director, Rural Development stated that it is compulsory for all Project Directors, BDOs, POs/APCs of the Department of Rural Development to attend the seminar & training.

The release also informed the HoDs of the following departments along with their Convergence Officer in-charge to ensure attendance at the seminar and training: Agriculture, Irrigation & Flood Control, Roads & Bridges, Education, Forest, Land Resources, Horticulture, Co-operation, Sericulture, Soil & Water Conservation, PHED, Food & Civil Supplies, SIRD, Labour, NRLM. Details of the programme will be intimated shortly, it added.

land convenor (Legal Cell) Kezhokhoto Savi on April 27 asserted that ACAUT Nagaland is committed to the truth; “the truth that unabated taxation is corruption; that unabated taxation is the cause of factionalism and that factionalism is the reason why Indo-Naga solution eludes us even after 60 years of armed struggle.” Addressing the Southern Angami Baptist leaders (men’s department) during the two-day Japfuphiki Baptist Thepfuko annual meeting held at Kidima Baptist Church from April 26 -27, Savi stated that as long as the Naga National Movement remains unresolved, there will be no real peace in Nagaland.

In his speech, which was released to the media, Savi assured that Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland will continue to fight

Naga political groups and established governments.

In this regard, he urged the congregation consisting leaders from 14 churches of different villages, to take the “One Government, One Tax” resolution made during the public rally held in Dimapur on October 31, 2013, to their respective village councils for support and strict implementation.

The “One Government, One Tax” is the single-minded motive of ushering reconciliation, peace and prosperity in our land, he added.

Savi told the congregation that ACAUT Nagaland is people’s movement to stand for the truth, stating “our fight against corruption is solely for public interest and to protect individual from illegal collection of cash and illegal taxation.” The fight against corruption, he said, includes “the misuse of public funds meant for infrastruc-

ages from project money/ contractors’ bill by way of ‘commission’, deduction of government employees’ certain percentages of their monthly salaries, collecting cash on highways/checkgates by Nagaland Police/ public organization/federation/govt departments, municipal/town councils collecting toll tax on highways without providing any services to the tax payers, fund-raise by way of requesting donation/ selling lottery tickets/ calendar/ newspaper/ home delivery food & buffet ticket at exorbitant rates, etc.”

He also reminded the citizens about the Government of Nagaland’s standing order vide dated 22.06.2009 which clearly stated that no collection of cash will be allowed in check-gates or in any highway by any organization or individual, government departments such as Police,

of the state capital, Savi expressed his happiness “for the strong wave of ACAUT Nagaland coming up in Kohima which is the heart and soul of the state of Nagaland.” He cited that the Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) expressed its strong support and commitment for the cause of public welfare in a joint meeting with ACAUT Nagaland at APO building on April 26, 2014 after getting endorsement from Angami Public Organization. On behalf of ACAUT Nagaland, Savi further called upon all the civil societies in Kohima to join hands in the endeavor to put an end to the menace prevailing in “our” society.

“Today, let us all stand up together and fight against these illegal practices and unabated taxation in our land so that none of us would be blamed by our children or generation in future,” he added.

Camp held to learn role and responsibility of a father Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): Sensing the need to keep abreast with the fast changing world and to motivate young fathers to be actively involved in Christian belief, the Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur (LBCD) organized a three days camp for young fathers with a theme “Role and Responsibility of a Father” at Governor’s Camp, LiphanYan, Wokha from April 25 to 27.

According to a press release, Rev. Dr. Ezamo Murry, who has published number of books on husband and wife relationship and related issues while speaking on the father’s role in the family as one of the main speakers said family harmony depends on proper understanding of each other. “Parents, spouses, children and other dependents, relate and function like a system and we need to review in which direction we are heading for,” he stated. He said Christian families bounded

Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): Dimapur District Garage Welfare Trade Union (DDGWTU) has convened a general emergency meeting on April 30, 10:00 am at its registered office, Purana Bazar, Dimapur. Therefore, all the registered garage owners have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

NMM and FMPB sign MoU Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): The Nagaland Missions Movement (NMM) and Friends Missionary Prayer Band (FMPB) signed a “partnership agreement” on February 21, 2014. Secretary NEI, FMPB Dimapur, Yecto Chophy in a press release said that the MoU focuses mainly to identify common areas of cooperation, exchange, intervention and support in the field of evangelism for the extension of the kingdom, to plant vibrant churches in places where no church exists.

WSBAK Youth Special Sunday observed Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): Sumi Baptist Church Purana Bazar Youth Department observed the WSBAK Youth Special Sunday (Lhothemi Akimichi Hoho) on April 27 under the theme “Amikuchou Lhothemi” (Righteous Youth). A press release from Abeto Shohe, Worship Committee member, informed that around one thousand youth attended the service. Mughayi Achumi, Youth Leader was the speaker. In his message, he encouraged the youth to live faithfully, be obedient to God and to their parents. He exhorted that, for people who obey God fully, they do not have to run for blessing, but the blessing will run after them. He also encouraged the youth to live a clean life in an unclean world. The praise and worship was led by Higher Praise worship team, special prayer was offered by Khetoi Shikhu, Assistant Pastor, SBAPB. The Youth Department has expressed gratitude to the church staff, participants and all the Youth Committee who assisted in various ways for the success of the programme.

ANSWFSA elects new office bearers Kohima, april 28 (mExN): The All Nagaland Social Welfare Field Staff Association (ANSWFSA) convened a general conference on April 25 at Red Cross Building, Kohima to deliberate on issues pertaining to service matters. T Khevito Shohe, director and his colleagues also exhorted the members during the meeting, a press release informed. Following members were elected/ selected as office bearers for the tenure 2014-2017: President – Renchano Odyuo; Vice president – Menoukrielie; General secretary – Chotangse Sangtam; Assistant general secretary – Nikuto Chishi; Treasurer – Sentimenla; Advisors – Bendang, Chirhotsey, and Yesumong Sangtam.

NPYC condoles

Participants of the three-day young fathers’ camp organized by Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur with the resource persons.

by marriage vows should honor the vow taken in the name of God and should be selfless, understanding, accommodating and forgiving as these are the keys to hold the union for long.

Rev. Dr. E. Nrio Ezung, who has also published a number of books, including Husband and Wife relationship (Kichungi Boni Ekum) and Real Chris-

tian life (Christian Njum Ekum) which are highly recommended among the Lotha community, also shared his experiences on healthy relationship between husband and wife.

Basic foundation on family sustainable economic planning was delivered by Deputy Director (Horticulture) Dr. R. Elithung Lotha, while Dr. Renpon Kikon

spoke on family health care, and Sungsabeni Jamio spoke on wife’s aspiration towards her husband.

The camp included bible study, question hour, praise & worship and sharing. While expressing their experiences, the campers opined that it was an enlightening experience and a fruitful one, the release added.

Kohima, april 28 (mExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Youth Congress (NPYC) has mourned the sudden demise of Tsansow Yanthan, GB, village council chairman of Longsachung and brother of Yankithung, former MLA & treasurer of NPCC on April 25 in Dimapur. NPYC in a condolence message today expressed its deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

NWHD condemns Dimapur, april 28 (mExN): Naga Women Hoho Dimapur (NWHD) has strongly condemned the rape attempt on a woman reportedly by one Nzamul Haque on April 25, 2014 in Dimapur. NWHD has appealed to the authority concerned not to release the culprit, but award severest penalty according to the law of the land.

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The Power of Truth

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Decisions, for whom?

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n a truly democratic and just society, decisions are not just simply made with the active participation of people; they are made in response to a society’s collective need and for the common good of all. Unfortunately, a glance into the prevailing trend in Naga policy making, will indicate that decisions are only being made by those ruling, and of course in their interest as well.

There is a nagging feeling that decisions being made are pro-rich. The visible cleft in Naga society is the straining relation between those with economic power and those without; and for a people that prides of an egalitarian history, nothing could be more tragic.

Take for instance, the roads. Though Nagaland state has one of the highest ratio of vehicles, it is a matter of fact, that majority of the people are without vehicles. Yet, the roads are not pedestrian-friendly at all. With the growing population of people, as well as increase of vehicles, there is a constant ongoing struggle for space on the roads; often making it unsafe for pedestrians. Would it not be wise to construct a durable and safe walking pathway? Is it not in the interest and safety of those without vehicles, after all they are the majority! The practice of just identifying problems and acting on them without providing alternative remedies only induces the problem.

Inspite of an uncertain political future, the ongoing uni-lateral and bi-lateral ceasefires between Government of India and Naga political organizations over the years have changed the face of Naga society. Internal and external business investors have seized this opportunity to take risks in initiating new business ventures. While it is much appreciated and needed, yet, the direction it has taken is raising quite a bit of concern. It would be a matter of political positioning and perspective as to define what the priorities of the Naga people ought to be.

Yet, it is a matter of fact that the question of poverty must be addressed and though the issue of ‘reconstruction’ continues to be ignored; it is of utmost importance to take steps towards this end at every given opportunity. This period of ceasefires has been a good opportunity to address both poverty and reconstruction at varying levels.

It would be fair to say that Nagas as a whole have failed to utilize this period of ceasefires to engage with the social issues facing the people. Instead, the response has been reactive, and people have gone into a frenzy of stockpiling and filling up their pockets, just as if they are preparing for another storm. This social behavior itself is negative and defensive. It is not a forward looking behavior. It implies that there will be another storm.

From this point of view, the direction in which Nagas are moving is only in the interest of a few. Unless this trend is addressed, the cleft between the haves and have-nots will become the most difficult issue for Nagas to resolve in our time.

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Nury Vittachi IANS

Why I'm giving up being politically correct

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on't you think that everyone who has to listen to sermons should be supplied with a button that says "Skip to end and agree", like on websites? I know that's a politically incorrect thing to say, but it is becoming increasingly hard to be PC these days.

Consider this true story: A teacher recently took out a lawsuit complaining that school bosses sacked her because of her disability. How mean! Or at least that's what I thought until I read that her official disability was "fear of children". It seems this is an actual disease now, not just any intelligent person's reaction to being swarmed by sticky irrational creatures which emit astonishing amounts of biochemical acids from both ends.

You'd have thought that somewhere along the line this woman might have thought "schoolmarm" was not her ideal career, but no. It happened, of course, in the US, where you can sue anyone for anything, including saving your life, giving birth to you, glancing momentarily in your direction and the like.

The reader who sent me the story, Margie K. Chen, commented: "I'm opposed to discrimination, but it's getting hard to be politically correct." I so agree. For example, people-smugglers are among the baddest of bad guys, right? But a reader sent me a report about cops in Madhya Pradesh, India, struggling to close down a mobile shop selling brides. Police located two out-of-town brides who had been sold to men in a village but the women refused to be rescued, saying they were happy.

Husbands applauded the human-traffickers for their flexible pay plans. One bachelor couldn't afford the "recommended retail price" of a bride; so the trafficker accepted a used buffalo as part-payment. Try that in your local department store; see where it gets you.

I used to be politically correct in parenting matters until a reader sent me a report about police using pepper spray to subdue an out-of-control child. The kid in question, an eight-year-old Colorado boy named Aiden, was smashing down a door to fulfill his declared aim of slaughtering the staff of his school. Afterwards, a TV reporter asked little Aidan whether he really intended to kill his teachers. "A little," the child admitted. Personally, I don't see a lot of difference in being killed a little or a lot; you're dead either way, right?

One TV host in New Zealand was criticized for being non-PC after he said on air that reasoning with toddlers was "like trying to explain bad behavior to drunken rugby hoons (louts) with the language skills of chimpanzees". I was shocked. How could he get away with insulting chimpanzees like that?

Personally, I never use pepper spray when my children get out of control. I keep totally calm and we come to a compromise. I compromise by giving them what they want and they compromise by shutting up. This is known as "good parenting".

Meanwhile, I am seriously considering getting myself diagnosed with fear of children as an official disability so that the government will be forced to relieve me of the stress of parenting. I'll have a miraculous recovery as soon as they've graduated from university.

Sounds like a plan?

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Hilal Elver www.aljazeera.com

Climate Change and Food Security A new report emphasises that climate change will affect us all, and fundamental changes are needed to avoid the worst

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he world's most authoritative body on climate change science recently published a report emphasising that climate change is happening even faster, and with more damaging effects, than previously anticipated.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report made clear that climate change will be harmful for all of us - and not only for a few remote island states or polar bears - by affecting the world's food supply.

Although the Panel has a deserved reputation for being a conservative and careful intergovernmental body, it declared its concern in this report using bold language. Even though the report repeated many of the findings of its Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007, some commentators nevertheless called its conclusions "alarmist".

The report has sparked a discussion as to whether such alarming assessments are useful to spur people and governments to action.

Similarly, a new nine-part documentary series on American Showtime TV, "Years of Living Dangerously", is attracting lots of attention - akin to the reaction to Al Gore's 2006 movie "An Inconvenient Truth", which introduced the general public to the threats associated with climate change.

Warming temperatures will have major effects on global food supply, according to a new IPCC report.

world that our children and grandchildren will in- World Bank President Jim Yong Kim of the IPCC report.

"The water issue is critically related to climate herit, but think of how to protect ourselves! change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change, water is the teeth. Fights over water 'Global implications' Food security is an immediate concern for every and food are going to be the most significant direct human being, and ensuring it calls for fundamental impacts of climate change."

Diplomats have been trying since the late 1990s changes in our daily habits. Individual and common action will be required to achieve a viable global ag- to put in place legally binding agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But they have not been sucricultural policy and trade in a warming world.

In March, Oxfam, a global non-governmental or- cessful. Now, disappointed by diplomatic efforts, many ganisation, published its own report called: "Hot and have turned their eyes towards the world's major enHungry: How to stop climate change derailing the ergy companies, the biggest contributors to carbon difight against hunger." In a press conference, Oxfam's oxide emissions. This will be the key battleground if a head of policy for food and climate change said: "This coherent plan to fight climate change is to emerge. is no longer a picture about poor farmers in some regions being hit by climate change. This is a picture Regressive politics about global agriculture being hit - US, Russia and If climate change is reframed as primarily a food Australia - with global implications for food prices." security issue, is it possible some climate sceptics The negative impact of climate change on food will lose their influence, especially the members of production is no surprise. Farmers and herders the US congress who have taken them so seriously? are the best observers of how changing climate, The prospects are not encouraging. Just after the drought, flooding and other extreme weather IPCC report was published, some US congressmen events affect their harvesting of crops or animals. outrageously proposed a bill limiting the research As early as 2008, the United Nations Food and Agri- activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospherculture Organization (FAO) emphasised that: "Cli- ic Administration to exclude climate change from mate change will affect all four dimensions of food its work and to focus only on forecasting severe security: food availability, food accessibility, food weather events. These legislators don't want to utilisation and food system stability." hear about climate change science.

While many countries are inadequately preWe cannot have much hope, given the powerful pared for climate change's effects on food supply, fossil fuel lobbyists who so generously support climate it is the world's poorest and most food-insecure deniers. Their political influence seems sufficient to countries that will likely be most affected. Never- block all reasonable efforts to move towards a posttheless, no country's food system will be unaffected carbon economy. Instead, the United States is ready by worsening climate change. to become the "Saudi America" of the 21st century by Greater food insecurity could even pose a securi- pioneering a new energy revolution based on fracking ty threat as competition intensifies for water and ar- technologies and huge deposits of natural gas. able land. The IPCC Report warns about an "increase Can this regressive trend be stopped? Not a in risks of violent conflicts in the form of civil war and chance - unless a massive grassroots movement intergroup violence". The decade-long armed contakes hold and changes the political climate in flict in Sudan, the ongoing civil war in Syria and unrest in Egypt are all example of how severe drought, the United States and elsewhere, possibly by sayinternal migration and economic hardship can lead ing to the peoples and governments of the world: "Enough is enough!" to devastating instability.

Polarising or mobilising?

Social scientists continue to disagree about the effects of such alarming publications and films, and debate whether the message is polarising, rather than mobilising, the public.

Most people assume that the effects of climate change will never affect our daily lives. The famous picture of a polar bear precariously floating on a fragment of a melting iceberg, for instance, did little to convince people - especially in the developing world - that they should divert resources from economic growth, increased consumption and an improved standard of living.

But refusal to heed earlier warnings about climate change might be overcome by this most recent IPCC report, which reframed climate change as a food security issue. "Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change," said Rajendra Pachauri, an Indian scientist who serves as the distinguished chair of the IPCC. For a long time, environmentalists exhorted the public to "think of your children and grandchildren".

No more. This report warned that negative impacts on declining crop yields due to climate change could become more likely in the 2030s, just around the corner.

Meanwhile, crop yields could decline by two percent per decade, at a time when demand is projected to increase by two percent each year.

Given the World Bank's report predicting temperature increases of four degrees Celsius by the end of the century, those gaps would widen dra"Battles over water and food will erupt within the matically. We should stop worrying about the next five to 10 years as a result of climate change," said

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or Leslie Jamison, the written word is a safe and risky place. "So much of writing that has felt alive and electric is because I grant myself permission to write about what's obsessing me," the author of the best-selling "The Empathy Exams" said during a recent interview in the living room of her Brooklyn apartment.

At age 30, Jamison has achieved commercial success not through dystopian fiction or visions of the afterlife, but through a collection of poetic, painfully searching essays about violence, sex, illness, self-esteem and self-expression.

"The Empathy Exams," published by the Minneapolis-based Graywolf Press, has caught on almost entirely through strong reviews and word of mouth.

"I'm not sure I'm capable of recommending a book because it might make you a better person," New York Times critic Dwight Garner wrote.

"But watching the philosopher in Ms. Jamison grapple with empathy is a heart-expanding exercise."

Jamison's essays were completed over a period of six years, but read as a unified story of the author's quest to relate as strongly as possible to her subjects, and to herself, while standing back just enough to enable her to write.

Life has blessed her with natural curiosity — on her left arm she wears a tattoo reading "homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto," Latin for "I am human: Nothing is alien to me" — and tested her with physical and emotional hardship. When she isn't learning about the suffering of others, she is opening up about her own: her abortion, heart surgery, being punched in the face in Nicaragua — experiences so haunting that writing about them was not a decision, but a necessity.

"I didn't feel like I was dragging myself back into it; it actually felt like the opposite," she says. "It felt like it was so present to me and hard to shake. This

The art, and empathy, of author leslie Jamison Hillel Italie AP National Writer

This April 8, 2014 file photo shows author Leslie Jamison during an interview in her apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

was a process of not sloughing it off, but through the process of writing kind of making sense of it."

Her essays are officially "nonfiction," but they're admittedly selective accounts born out of the conflict between what she wanted to write and what the subjects wanted. At one point during the interview she referred to the people in her work as "characters," as if she were crafting protagonists for a play.

"I don't mean to imply that they're not a person in real life," she says. "For me, it's a way of acknowledging that when I take actual people and put them in an essay, I'm choosing what to

leave in and what to leave out."

In "Fog Count," Jamison profiled an ultradistance runner and family man imprisoned for mail, bank and wire fraud. Jamison noted during her interview that the runner, identified as Charlie, wanted to talk about his legal battles. Jamison wanted to know about his many worlds and identities, leading to a "pull and tug" with her subject.

When writing about her abortion in the book's title essay, she consulted with her boyfriend from that time. "Some of that editorial work was a product of those conversations where we saw the gap between our remembered ver-

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Hilal Elver is Research Professor in Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Co-Director of the Climate Change Project.

sions," she says. "The version that ended up in print is not the way he would tell the story, but it is different because of the way he shared those memories."

Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Los Angeles, Jamison has been telling stories since she was little and writing actively since high school.

She majored in English at Harvard University, received a master's from the University of Iowa's Writers Workshop and is working on a Ph.D. at Yale University. She has written for The New York Times, Harper's and Tin House, among other publications.

Her resume is elite, her imagination beyond category. Jamison's first book was "The Gin Closet," a novel published in 2010 about a young woman attempting to know her long-missing aunt, who is living in a Nevada trailer park and drinking herself to death.

Some of the story's outlines are close to real life, including the estrangement of an aunt, but the aunt's experiences in "The Gin Closet" are entirely made up.

"I've still never met that aunt," Jamison says. "So often for me fiction is not a vaguely distorted version of what happens, but an imagining of what could have happened that didn't happen."

Jamison's essay collection ends with "Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain," a manifesto for how, and whether, women should write about pain.

She notes the risk of being labeled selfindulgent, of "wallowing," suffering for its own sake. Writing, ideally, is the means and the end to reaching a greater, more hopeful place.

"The wounded woman gets called a stereotype and sometimes she is. But sometimes she's just true," Jamison writes. "Pain turned trite is still pain.

I think the charges of cliche and performance offer our closed hearts too many alibis, and I want our hearts to be open. I just wrote that. I want our hearts to be open. I mean it."

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The Clash of Two Philosophies J esus Christ and Mahatma Gandhi are undoubtedly two of the most iconic and influential personalities that ever walked on the surface of the earth. Their lives and teachings have inspired and influenced millions of people around the world.

Gandhi was born almost 1900 years after the times of Jesus. But many say that Gandhi was a Christ-like figure and the one who resembled Christ the most of all the personalities in human history. In fact, Mahatma Gandhi was not someone who was untouched or uninfluenced by the life and teachings of Christ. Gandhi read the Bible and the life and teachings of Jesus and he was so much touched and influenced by Jesus especially the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ and Jesus’ advocacy of ‘Non-Violence’ so much so that Gandhi made the principle of ‘Non-Violence’ his chief weapon in his fight against ‘Apartheid’ in South Africa and ‘Colonialism’ in India. Perhaps this was the reason why Martin Luther King (Junior) once said ‘it was Christ who gave me the idea of Non-Violence… but it was Gandhi who gave me the method’.

However, despite the similarities and resemblances that one find between Christ and Gandhi, we find that Gandhi’ philosophy came into direct conflict with that of Christ when it comes to the assertion that Jesus was divine and that he was God himself in the human flesh.

Yes, despite his sincere appreciation and reverence for Christ, Gandhi could never accept that Jesus was god. It is said that Gandhi was someone who made a thorough study of all the major religious books of the world including of course the Bible. And Gandhi said that ‘all religions are true… but all religions have some errors in them’. But Gandhi also openly declared that of all the religions, the one that was closest to him was his own - Hinduism.

One of the fundamental policies of Christianity is to spread the gospel message to all the nations and people of the world because Christians believe that Christ is the only true God. It was Jesus himself who called upon all his disciples, followers and believers to be part-takers in this noble mission of introducing the gospel of salvation to the world. But Mahatma Gandhi was someone who was tooth and nail against this conversion policy of Christianity. According to Gandhi, there was no point in trying to convert a person from one religion to another religion. In fact, he said, “if you are a Christian, strive to be a good Christian, if you are a Muslim, strive to be a good Muslim, and similarly if you are a Hindu, strive to be a good Hindu’. In other words, Gandhi saw no point in the western missionaries preaching the gospel of Christ in India and in trying to convert Hindus and Muslims to Christianity.

It is understandable that Mahatma Gandhi was against the conversion policies of the western missionaries because he saw it as just an effort to convert people from one religion to another. But for a missionary who really believes and works for Christ, it was never a case of trying to convert people from one religion to another… but rather it was a case of telling the world the truth of the gospel and that Jesus is the only true God. In other words, a true Christian missionary never preaches because he wants to convert as many people as possible to Christianity… but rather because be believes that Jesus Christ is God and that Christ is the only way though whom mankind can have salvation and eternal life. This was something which someone like Gandhi miserably failed to see and comprehend.

I have always wondered what an impact it would have created on human history (especially Christian history) if someone like Gandhi had been actually able to truly find Christ and become a Christian. If that had

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or the last ten years I have been involved in development projects in Rwanda. This month, in April 2014, Rwandans are marking the twentieth anniversary of the genocide that killed an estimated 800,000 people, more than one in ten of the country’s population at the time. Non-Africans frequently ask me, “Have the people there healed yet?”

As a British woman working on Rwanda, it seems to me that the Western tendency to focus on this nation’s healing process reflects our own priorities rather than Rwanda's. In the West we tend to address psychological health on an individual basis, because we assume that everyone analyses their emotions as carefully as we examine our own feelings. “Am I comfortable with what she just said to me?” we ask ourselves. “How am I reacting to that piece of news?” Our society is so well-versed in Freud and Jung that we are no longer aware of measuring each event or exchange according to its emotional impact.

People in many other cultures put less emphasis on individual experience, thinking more about the feelings shared by their community. They also see themselves in the context of generations or geographical groups. There is a vital connection between their ancestors and the great grandchildren they may never meet. Asking how a nation is ‘healing’ would require a view reached by consensus. In the meantime, people display admirable resilience and stoicism, getting on with their daily challenges which are not insignificant.

We Westerners also yearn to be assured that everyone in Rwanda has ‘healed’ because some of us feel guilty that our nations ignored what was happening there, conniving to ensure the UN Security Council did not discuss the unfolding massacre. We have leaders who still pretend that they did not know well in advance that the “Interahamwe” militia had compiled lists of potential victims, and that they had been training and stockpiling weapons for years.

Those same leaders perpetuate the lie that there was nothing that could have been done. Yet the UN commander at the time, Romeo Dallaire, believes that a few thousand peacekeepers would have been sufficient to signal to the murderers that the world was watching. Failing that, we

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turba died, it is said that Gandhi was devastated and he went into depression. And it took many days for Gandhi to come out of the depression and regain his normal self. This story clearly illustrates the fact that Gandhi was intimidated by ‘Death’. In other words, he did not understand the real meaning of ‘Death’. But for all believers in Christ, ‘Death’ is no longer as intimidating as it used to be because we now know the real meaning of death as well as the fact that physical death is not real death but only a step unto eternity.

It is also noteworthy to mention here that both Christ and Gandhi were murdered by religious fanatics.

In the case of Christ, it was the Jewish religious leaders, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, who planned, initiated, trialed, condemned and handed over Jesus to the Romans to be crucified because they thought that Jesus was an imposter and a heretic who claimed to be the messiah prophesied by the prophets of the Old Testament. In the case of Gandhi, it was a Hindu fanatic named Nathuram Godse who murdered him. Godse vowed to kill Gandhi because of Gandhi’s liberal attitudes towards the Muslims. Jesus was only about 33 years old when he was crucified while Gandhi was already 78 years old when he was gunned down in Delhi in January 1948. And here it is worth admitting that the impact created by the short life of a 33 years old man has far overshadowed that of the 78 years old iconic personality of the 20th century. And this is so because many consider Christ as not only history but also the present and the future.

The auto-biography of Mahatma Gandhi is titled “The Story of My Experiment with Truth”. Yes indeed, Gandhi had a meditative mind and he dedicated all his life in search of the ultimate truth. Gandhi even dedicated his time and efforts in reading and meditating about Christ but he failed to truly find Christ because he was searching only from human perspectives with human understanding, reasoning, and logics. I guess this is what happens when human philosophy and divine revelation collide and this is the reason why Mahatma Gandhi has remained just as another name in history books…… while Christ has been hailed as ‘God incarnate’, ‘God in the flesh’ and ‘the only way, truth and life’…..

HAVE THEY HEALED YET? Western dreams about Rwanda Rebecca Tinsley

In this photo taken on Monday, March 24, 2014, Rwandan students have lunch in the cafeteria at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village near Rwamagana, in Rwanda. Most of the kids in a school set amid the lush green, rolling hills of eastern Rwanda don't identify themselves as Hutu or Tutsi. That's a positive sign for Rwanda, which is now observing the 20th anniversary of its genocide, a three-month killing spree that, according to the official Rwandan count, left more than 1 million people dead, most of them Tutsis killed by Hutus. The teenagers attending the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, a school with dorms that creates tight-knit student families, say the ethnic slaughter that their parents or grandparents were a part of either as victims or perpetrators won't be repeated. The school director echoes the sentiment. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

could have jammed the radio towers that broadcasted hate messages that directed the killing machine. No wonder we want to think that everything is better now.

Our certainty that a shattered society can be quickly mended also reflects an assumption that all problems can be fixed with pills or analysis or technology.

It makes us uneasy to consider the possibility that some pain is too dreadful to disappear, or that many memories will linger on long after the last commercial break.

We want quick solutions, and prefer not to have to dig through too many layers of complexity to understand the issues involved. Hence our fondness for dismissing other nations’ conflicts as ‘tribal.’

We yearn for feel-good closure, under-

estimating how long it takes a country to process its history while ignoring our own unresolved conflicts. It is 150 years since the American Civil War, yet how many Americans have expunged its legacy from their consciousness completely? How many Northerners, for example, still hold onto the stereotype that all Southerners are racists? Why is it that an Irish teenager can describe some obscure battle or skirmish that happened several hundred years ago as if it was fought last week? And why do so many people in Britain and Russia still have prickly feelings towards the Germans and the Japanese?

If the answers to these questions are difficult and complex, why do we expect Africans to forgive and forget so quickly?

Reflections on Trivial Matters: James H.K

History, Politics, Culture… been the case, millions and millions of people (including multitudes of Indians) would have been led to Christ.

If we make a thorough examination of the utterances of Gandhi on religion and on the life and teachings of Jesus, we can say that his sayings and comments are all very reasonable and thought-provoking – at least from the human point of view, perspective, reasoning and understanding. Gandhi never denied the powerful impact that the life and teachings of Christ had had on human lives and history. But for Gandhi, Jesus was just another great human-being to have adorned the pages of history. Gandhi could never accept the claim of Christ that he was God in the human flesh. This is the reason why Gandhi miserably failed to become a follower of the true God. Mahatma Gandhi was an extra-ordinary man to have ever walked the face of the earth. But today, he remains confined only to the pages of history books. We read and study about him as an influential man who changed the course of human history by his philosophy, ideas and actions. We may learn many lessons by reading and studying about him. But Gandhi is dead and gone and there is no much point in congregating in his name or glorifying him other than coming to know his struggles in life and how he changed the course of history especially that of South Africa and India. We also do not compose or sing hymns in the name of Gandhi and we also do not worship in Gandhi’s name because Gandhi was just a mere mortal like all of us. However, it would be a great fallacy and folly on our part if we are to confine Jesus Christ to the pages of human history as just another historical name. Of course, there is no denying the fact that Jesus is a part of human history …but Christ is much more than that. His life and teachings are a testimony to his divinity and his message of love, atonement, hope and salvation still appeals to all humanity.

Now let us examine the stands of Christ and Gandhi on the matter of ‘Death’. Mahatma Gandhi himself was a victim of child marriage. He was married off to a girl named Kasturba when he was hardly 13 years old.

Gandhi and Kasturba lived together under the same roof for many years and thus the attachment between the two was obviously immense. As a result when Kas-

“Arena of Mind” portrays a space for idea germination, a field where ideas from multi-disciplinary viewpoints fertilize the world of intelligence. The writers aspire to envision a new future by exploring the mind, discovering new seeds of insights and unleashing them to enlightenment.

Our need to hear that Rwanda is ‘healing’ tells us more about ourselves than it does about Rwanda. It also explains why some of our ‘development’ efforts are futile: we impose what we want for ourselves on different cultures and political realities - what ‘we’ believe will solve ‘their’ problems rather than examining the unique circumstances in which we are meddling. We fail to ask local people what they think would be most useful because we are convinced that our analysis of their needs will be superior to their own understanding.

Some charities exploit this eagerness to ‘fix’ Rwanda's psychological scars in order to raise money in the West by promising projects that will ‘heal.’ But in the experience of my organization, Network for Africa, helping people to manage their trauma is far more realistic than claiming that survivors can be healed.

The former child soldiers with whom we work in Northern Uganda will never recover completely from the ‘kill or be killed’ initiation forced upon them by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. However, they can learn some useful techniques to control the frequency and devastating power of their traumatic flashbacks, thereby unblocking their capacity to acquire new skills and rejoin society.

Many people who live in countries that are emerging from conflict spend much of their day trying to provide the next meal for their families. They worry that climate disruption means another year of drought on their farms. They fear that their children will die of malaria or diarrhea. Forgiving the unrepentant person who killed your parents may be a secondary consideration when you are always hungry and tired. That’s why we focus so much on training people to develop sustainable livelihoods so that parents can feed and educate their children.

As a cursory glance through history suggests, there is little evidence that we in the West know much about the healing of nations. We are better equipped to help with the more prosaic fundamentals: clean water, sustainable agriculture, literacy, family planning, and accessible health care. We should have the humility to base our support on what the agents of change in African civil societies tell us that they need.

agaland- the land of celebrations and festivities, since its inception, has come a long way- this very far!!! In the process of its development and progress, Government of India (GoI) has always been the greatest benefactor and supporter of the state; thanks to the special schemes, grant-in-aids, mammoth budget allotment and miscellaneous financial assistances it provides us. Oops, the great GoIsupporter and benefactor has been so benevolent, acted as the father and mother of our state, our all-provider; Nagaland has become so indolent. Don’t dare blame the GoI. So indolent has Nagaland become, the Nagas, woe us! We are so lethargic and apathetic.

Regretful in saying that but how have we become so? Our fore parents worked hard and earned their livelihood. If they didn’t work, there was no grain. Just wait… they were naturally industrious; languor never found rooms in them. They were natural fighters and fought all through their way. Do we fight today? If at all, to what degree? And for what reasons? Lots and lots of lacunae and loopholes have found easy tread on the soil of Nagaland. It will not be a time fritter to succinctly scan them.

Indolence: It is so important that we stay active and fit. There can be no achievements by a lazy buffoon. There seems to be a strongly-in-built system that we the Nagas are non-workers; naturally positioned to do no work ourselves. So, the Mias and other outsiders occupy our farms, gardens, bathrooms, our streets, our compounds and even the laundry in our bedrooms.

If they aren’t there, heaps of jobs are undone, especially the manuals. The work culture in our society is a history now. The highly enthusing maxim ‘dignity of labour’ doesn’t find a place here. Labour, of course, is of various kinds and nature. We are conscientious in none of them; visibly seen through the results our state produces in diverse arenas. We have enslaved ourselves to this viral fever of indolence and can no longer break from its clutch. This clutch is getting tighter and tighter, a day will come when we have to tap out like an MMA fighter does in the gruesome cage.

Complacency: This is another crazy malady which is tenderly and bit by bit walloping our people. If I get Div I in my HSLC examination, I am most satisfied and even if I get simple pass, I am as happy and satisfied as the one who got Div I. The guy who got Div I in fact, doesn’t think that one or at least half was a grace mark and he got Div I with exact 60%. The kind gesture of the examiner cannot hold twice, the guy continued his further studies with the same happiness and satisfaction. So, he/s becomes a second class but not unhappy. In the long run, he/s becomes a total third class certificate holder; still satisfied to the very end. It is palpable that our complacency is the outgrowth of our beloved indolence. In the first place, we’ve been slothful and sluggish for any dynamism.

So, come what may, we are most satisfied with our situational downfall and ends.

Lack of Competition: If one can steal a moment to stand beside, ask the students coming out from examination halls on how they did, the most common answer is,”Pass Mark”. Just as complacent as we are the urge and the spirit to be competitive hardly finds a scale in us. The aspiration to do things better is far flung. Except in profligate things like SUV cars and other grandiose possessions, we don’t seriously have a positive competition. If my friend scores 80% in exams, I don’t say to myself that I will score more than 80%. In this way, my friend never gets a chance to score more than he’s ever scored. He doesn’t really get a challenging competition- nobody scares him fairly. So, even that friend never improves him/herself in the end.

This made the thing called ‘excel soar’ rare to find a consignment amongst the Nagas.

In-combatibility (combat + ability): When the state is populated by the indolent, complacent and who lacked the spirit of positive competition, it will surely be a dudgeon state which will never beat any other states in any fields. Poor me! That is exactly our state. We can never beat our immediate sister Manipur in any sports. We are just so proud that we the Nagas are singers by nature. Have we beaten the Mizos or the Khasis- our brethrens, in singing? Likewise, we are never at the top in anything. Our sense of fight and the ability to fight seem an absolute hollowed catacomb. A tomb where even a cadaver has not been laid, what is it good for? What is the worth? Futile indeed and Nagaland is just that…

A state with no inhabitants to fight for anything worthwhile, a mere state of in-combatable hoaxers. What a true pity! what a shame!

Well, time is right here for us to take a ride into our own hearts, do a serious meditation like the mendicants do in pagodas of the Buddhist sect and drive some way through to make our state a healthier entity. It is Nobody’s business to earnestly embark on thinking of ushering Nagaland to the stead of pinnacles. Oops… I mean it is Mr. Nobody’s; you and I- we are all Mr. Nobodies. Now, time to cease thinking but to launch the combats.

Apropos the exceptional Nagas, apology tendered.

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Mamata hits back at Narendra Modi KolKata, april 28 (iaNS): Lashing out at BJP prime ministerial candidate narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said the country would go back to the dark ages if such a person occupies the top post. a day after Modi launched a no-holds barred attack on Banerjee, accusing her of joining hands with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to save the saradha scamsters and ruining the state by vote bank politics, Banerjee hit back at him, saying he was trying to cause a “sea of bloodshed” in Bengal. “he is free to do politics. If the man being projected as a prime ministerial candidate, becomes prime minister, takes charge of the country. then it will be unfortunate for the country, the country would be back in the dark ages,” said Banerjee, also the trinamool Congress supremo. she accused Modi of trying to “drive a wedge between Bengalis and non-Bengalis, and threatening to throw out people bag and baggage.” “Who are you? Which Charlie? he has caused a river of bloodshed in Gujarat, now

Apologise or face action: Trinamool to Modi

File photo of Mamata Banerjee painting at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata.

is he trying to cause a ‘sea of bloodshed’ here?” Banerjee asked. addressing an election rally in sreerampore of hooghly district near here, Modi sunday alleged that Banerjee had no love for people from outside the state who have settled in Bengal, but “your face glows when immigrants come from Bangladesh”.

“But I tell you, you can

write it down, after May 16, immigrants from Bangladesh will have to leave bag and baggage,” Modi said. stating that one should be brave, but not “reckless”, Banerjee said she spoke about Modi politically, but never attacked the people of Gujarat. “that’s because I love them, they are very good, it is their misfortune, that such a devilish, danger-

ous man is in power there. he does not do any work.” asked about Modi raising questions about the purported sale of one of her painting for Rs.1.80 crore, Banerjee shot back: “Finance Minister amit Mitra and trinamool general secretary Mukul Roy has already replied to that. Why are you asking this personal question again?” “do I have to answer

what he says? There are lot of people in our party to give reply to what he has said. I don’t reply to such things. I reply to the people. I know myself. I don’t need his certificate.” Issuing a warning, Banerjee said she was now keeping her mouth shut because she did not want to get personal. “I will say later. and if I start saying, it will open a Pandora’s box.”

KolKata, april 28 (iaNS): the trinamool Congress Monday sought an apology from BJP’s prime ministerial candidate narendra Modi, threatening to file a defamation suit over his raising questions about Mamata Banerjee’s painting allegedly being sold for Rs.1.8 crore. The Bharatiya Janata Party hit back, saying trinamool’s attack on Modi was indicative of its “political bankruptcy”. trinamool’s national general secretary Mukul Roy said Modi’s charge against their chairperson was a “blatant lie” and shot off a letter to the election Commission. “Yesterday (sunday), he claimed that one of Banerjee’s paintings was sold for Rs.1.8 crore. either he should prove it or take his words back ... we seek an unconditional apology,” Roy said. he said it was a violation of the model code of conduct, and was “tantamount to character assassination”. “We strongly oppose it,” Roy told reporters here. addressing a party rally in sreerampore in hooghly district sunday, Modi attacked the state government over the saradha chit fund scam and raised questions about Banerjee’s painting being sold at an exorbitant price.

“You (Banerjee) are a good painter. I have heard earlier your paintings used to be sold for Rs.4 lakh, Rs.8 lakh, Rs.15 lakh.

But what is the reason behind your painting once being sold for Rs.1.8 crore,” Modi asked at the rally. describing Modi as “arrogant and a snob”, trinamool spokesperson and state Finance Minister amit Mitra threatened to file a defamation suit and accused the BJP leader of misleading the nation with his “baseless claims of development”.

“someone, whose hands are stained with the blood of riots in Gujarat, is making personal attacks against didi (Banerjee).

We will bring out facts to prove how Modi is misleading the nation with his baseless claims of development,” said Mitra. he also raised questions about alleged underselling of the government-owned BaLCO and a scam involving the Unit trust of India (UtI) when the BJP-led national democratic alliance (nda) was in power. “he should apologise in public or we will file a defamation suit because his charges are patently false,” said Mitra. he claimed that the sale proceeds of Banerjee’s paintings were donated to a relief fund and used for funding the election.

The state BJP strongly condemned the trinamool’s attack on Modi.

“Unable to counter the allegations politically, trinamool leaders have stooped to a new low, making offensive comments, and trying to belittle the political discourse. The comments reflect the trinamool has become politically bankrupt,” the BJP said in a press statement. state BJP president Rahul sinha too condemned the attack and asserted that the “sale of a painting at exorbitant prices was a well known fact and did not need to be proved”.

The man at the centre of the chit fund controversy, saradha promoter sudipta sen, who the opposition parties allege is the buyer of the paintings, has denied having purchased Banerjee’s artwork. sen, now behind bars for the scam, during one of his court appearances told media persons that the painting was not bought for any money, only to subsequently claim that he did not make any such purchase.

Qazmi quits AAP, alleges party-corporate nexus NEW DElhi april 28 (iaNS): adding to the heat and dust of general elections, Maqsood ul hasan Qazmi resigned Monday as a member of the aam aadmi Party (aaP)’s national council, expressing his displeasure over the alleged nexus between the party and certain corporate groups. at a press conference here, Qazmi, also the president of Imam Council of India, made a number of allegations about the aaP and said aaP founder-

leader arvind Kejriwal mentioned only two business houses in his public speeches - referring to the party’s scathing attacks against Reliance Industries and the adani Group.

“You always attack ambani but praise Ratan tata.

Why?” asked Qazmi, resigning from the aaP’s highest decision-making body. “Is it because you (Kejriwal) worked with tata from 1989 to 1992?” Qazmi asked.

“I know that a member of an influential business

family is the source of all the documents and information used by aaP leader Prashant Bhushan. Mr. Bhushan is using arvind Kejriwal on behalf of a certain group to settle scores in the business rivalry,” Qazmi alleged.

“It is a fact that aaP has now become a part of this corporate war.” accusing Kejriwal of not being true to his words, Qazmi also alleged that while delhi’s former chief minister had used the Muslim leader’s

influence to “enter” the city’s areas with large Muslim populations, he had not condemned the riots in Muzzafarnagar, that had severely affected the minority community in the area.

“Why did you not condemn Muzaffarnagar riots?” Qazmi asked. he, however, was unable to give a satisfactory reply to a reporter’s query about why he was coming out with these allegations after voting has been completed in majority of the constituencies.

President’s power to grant clemency should not be questioned: Centre to SC NEW DElhi, april 28 (pti): The Centre on Monday told the supreme Court that courts should not inquire into a decision of the President to grant pardon to a convicted person, saying the power of the head of the executive is beyond the pale of question.

“The power to grant clemency is an attribute of sovereignty. The court ought not to inquire into the merits of the exercise of the prerogative,” the government said in its affidavit filed in the apex court.

The response was filed in compliance with the apex court’s order which had on november 18 issued a notice to it on a PIL challenging former President Pratibha Patil’s decision to commute death sentence of five condemned prisoners in child rape cases.

“The manner of consideration of a mercy petition lies within the discretion and prerogative of the President of India. The court in the exercise of its judicial powers must give due deference to the decision of another Constitutional authority. It is submit-

ted that the exercise of power by the President is beyond the pale of question,” it said.

It said in case of a decision being rendered in favour of or against the convict, the courts in exercise of the powers of judicial review ought not to nullify the decision of another Constitutional authority.

“If the courts are to nullify the effect of President’s order after such a decision is taken by him, it would amount to sitting in appeal over the decision of the President and substituting it with a judicial decision, which could never be the intention of Constitutional makers,” it said.

The apex court had in november last year agreed to hear the PIL, filed by journalist Pinki Virani, questioning the then President’s decision to commute the death penalty in the cases of extreme brutality. she had contended that out of 35 cases in which death sentence was commuted by Patil, five cases are pertaining to brutal child rape and submitted the relief should not have been granted by the President

in those cases.

Questioning the decision taken by the President, the petitioner submitted these are shocking cases and death sentence should not have been revoked. the petitioner had contended these convicts are a menace to society and if they are out on short-term parole they will be an immediate threat to the people.

“The five convicts are guilty of gruesome and socially abhorrent crimes and therefore do not deserve Presidential pardon. The death sentence awarded by this court to the convicts is required to be re-instituted by this court by exercising its power of judicial review of the decision taken by the President under article 72 of the Constitution,” the petition had said. she pleaded these cases were glaring examples of how routinely the files were forwarded by state governments and Ministry of home affairs (Mha) for proposed pardon to the President without application of mind.

An Indian woman holding a baby on her lap sits amid charred debris after a fire at a slum in Ghaziabad, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Monday, April 28, 2014. A massive fire broke out at a scrap yard and spread to the adjacent slum area leaving hundreds of impoverished residents homeless and injuring two. Shantytowns in India are mostly built illegally without any safety standards. (AP Photo

‘People free to move court against false affidavits’

NEW DElhi, april 28 (pti): Flooded with complaints of alleged falsification of election affidavits, the election Commission has said people were free to approach the courts directly against candidates for concealing information in nomination papers. The eC said while earlier the aggrieved persons could approach the returning officer with a complaint against a candidate for concealing information or making a false declaration in the election affidavit, now it is open to people to move a petition before the

appropriate court on the issue directly.

The eC circular issued to chief electoral officers of all the states last week comes in the wake of the poll panel being flooded with complaints against various candidates for making false disclosures in their affidavits. In most of the complaints, the eC has been requested to either direct the returning officer to move court against the candidate or issue directions to concerned magistrates to take cognisance of false affidavits.

In June 2004, the eC had

India’s quality of higher education must match enrolment Amit Kapoor | IANS

IndIa has the third largest education system in the world. This in itself is a remarkable achievement. But the severity of challenges that the system faces is exceedingly high, daunting, and at times looks insurmountable. The challenges confronting the Indian higher education system are also challenging, complex and have different hues. the education system has seen a scorching growth over the last decade, trebling in size. In 2013, India had 727 universities, over 35,000 colleges and about 13,000 stand alone institutions.

If we look at enrolment numbers, the achievement looks stunning, doubling in the last decade to 23.6 million people.

The current state of affairs, however, looks dismal if we dig deeper and try to understand the system better. the most alarming figure is of the average enrolment across universities, colleges and autonomous institutions that stand at 550 students. The distribution is highly

skewed and is characterized by small number of extremely large institutions and very large number of very small institutions. to give a perspective, nalanda University at its peak had 10,000 students who came from across asia. The average number of enrolments within the system reflect the scale of problems our educational institutions face today. We have not yet touched upon the idea of dismal global impact of our institutions pertaining to research and enrolments from across the globe.

The issue of enrolments takes the centre stage as India looks at improving the gross enrolment ratio (GeR) to 30 percent by 2020 and this would require an additional capacity of about 10 million to be created over the next five years.

India without a doubt has to pursue the goal of improving the share of population that is pursuing higher education. Though increasing GeR has to be more than just building universities or institutions as this would be

insufficient and untenable solution given the short time frame to create an impact. It would have to be about access and availability.

The whole perspective on access and availability could be defined by financial capacity, opportunity costs being rendered, language of teaching etc.

Increasing GeR for India is a massive undertaking though using and leveraging existing infrastructure is a possible solution wherein the utilisation of educational assets is dramatically improved. this would as well have to be done keeping in mind the idea of excellence in teaching and research institutions. excellence here need not be just focused on publications and research though, rather looking at curriculum and the knowledge being imparted to the students.

In India, we have clear evidence that quality is not there and this is reflected in educational institutions where most of the graduates do not end up finding a job.

This clearly is a reflection of the

state of affairs where the corporates have either shunned graduates or do not attach enough premium to the youth educated through our institutions.

The debate in the Indian context can as well move into the direction of job seekers versus job creators, though this would open a Pandora’s Box on the efficacy of our educations system, the ethos we live by and values we impart in our Universities and colleges. to put it bluntly, we could probably say that quality is simply not there and urgent attention is required to set our house in order.

One simple aspect on quality is further reflected through the process of accreditation of our educational institutions and the seriousness with which it is seen in the country. Improving quality is clearly about accreditations and externalreviewsthatcouldcomefrom the University Grants Commission (UGC) or external institutions.

This though is not reflected in the conversations one has with vice chancellors, directors or

deans who end up making statements that accreditation and ranking processes are biased, not reflective of reality and digress the institutes from path of academic excellence, among other anomalies. One would immediately retort on this that in case an institute was achieving academic excellence then it would be ranked at the global level and receiving accreditation wouldn’t be an issue.

It is important for us as a country to recognize and appreciate that GeR and quality education are always related to increase in nations wealth, GdP and prosperity. In India, we seem to be missing the idea. We clearly need to fix this urgently if we wish to continue on the path to achieve the status of being an economic superpower.

(Amit Kapoor is chair, Institute for Competitiveness, and editor of Thinkers. The views expressed are personal. He can be reached at amit.kapoor@competitiveness.in and tweets @ kautiliya)

said that if complaints are filed before the returning officer on false affidavit, the official would approach the court for action against the candidate if prima facie the allegation was found to be true. The rules relating affidavits were amended in august 2012 allowing any person to move court directly under section 125 a of the Representation of the People act against a candidate for filing a false affidavit or concealing information.

The poll panel said after 2012 amendments, “there is no stipulation that com-

plaints under that section (125a) have to be made by the public servant (returning officer).” Congress had approached the election Commission over the issue of the marital status of Modi seeking action by the poll body against the BJP leader for allegedly “hiding” facts in election affidavits filed by him. BJP leader subramanian swamy had moved the Commission alleging that Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk and law minister Kapil sibal had “wilfully” not disclosed details of companies owned by his wife.

Ramdev booked in Rajasthan, faces court case in Bihar

Jaipur/patNa, april 28 (iaNS): troubles seem to be mounting for Baba Ramdev for his remarks on dalits and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the yoga guru being booked in Rajasthan and a court case filed against him in Bihar. Ramdev’s comment on Rahul Gandhi visiting dalit homes for his “honeymoon” has sparked outrage. he apologised saturday and said he was misinterpreted.

In Jaipur, a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against him. “some people showing newspaper cuttings, lodged a complaint against Ramdev sunday in Jyoti nagar police station here. They said that their sentiments have been hurt by Ramdev’s remarks and demanded action against him,” a police officer told Ians in Jaipur Monday.

Ramdev said in Lucknow Friday: “he (Rahul Gandhi) goes to dalits’ houses for honeymoon and picnic. had he married a dalit girl, his luck could have clicked and he would have become the prime minister.” In Bihar, a minister Monday filed a case against the yoga guru.

“I have filed a case in the court against Ramdev for insulting and humiliating dalits,” Food and Civil supply Minister shyam Razak told reporters in Patna. he said he has demanded jail term for the yoga guru.

“The right place for Ramdev is in jail. he has hurt the dalits by saying that Rahul Gandhi goes to dalits’ houses to celebrate honeymoon,” the minister said. The Jd-(U) leader demanded the central government should lodge a case against Ramdev under the scheduled Castes and scheduled tribes (Prevention of atrocities) act. The Congress has accused Ramdev of insulting dalits and women.

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Death sentence for 683 Brothershood supporters MinyA, April 28 (reuters): An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters to death on Monday, intensifying a crackdown on the movement that could trigger protests and political violence ahead of an election next month.

In another case signaling growing intolerance of dissent by military-backed authorities, a pro-democracy movement that helped ignite the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011 was banned by court order, judicial sources said.

The death sentence passed on Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s general guide, will infuriate members of the group which has been target of raids, arrests and bans since the army forced President Mohamed Mursi from power in July.

The movement says it is committed to peaceful activism. But some Brotherhood members fear pressure from security forces and the courts could drive some young members to violence against the movement’s old enemy the Egyptian state. Badie was charged with crimes including inciting violence that followed the army overthrow of Mursi, who is also on trial on an array of charges.

In a separate case, the

Egyptian women mourn after a judge sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya, Egypt, Monday, April 28, 2014. Under the law, Monday's verdicts in Minya have to be referred to Egypt's Grand Mufti, the top Islamic official, said one of the attorneys, Ahmed Hefni. (AP Photo

court handed down a final capital punishment ruling for 37 others. The death sentences were part of a final judgment on 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death last month. The remaining defendants were jailed for life, judicial sources said.

Death sentence recommendations in the case in-

volving Badie will be passed on to Egypt’s Mufti, the highest religious authority.

His opinion can be ignored by the court. Mass trials in the biggest Arab state have reinforced fears among human rights groups that the government and antiIslamist judges are using all levers of power to crush opponents.

“The decisions are possibly the largest possible death sentences in recent world history. While they’re exceptional in scale, they’re certainly not exceptional in kind,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director for Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch. “It seems that these sentences

are aimed at striking fear and terror into the hearts of those who oppose the interim government.”

In an early reaction from a Western government, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote on Twitter that the mass trials were an “outrage”.

“The world must and will react!” There have been

Western reactions to Egypt’s approach to dissent. But it mostly comes in the form of statements, not action.

Egypt’s relations with the United States - the source of $1.5 billion in annual aid, most of it to the Egyptian military - have been strained in the three years since the overthrow of Mubarak. Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy is currently on an official visit to the United States, describing it as a trip to “redirect relations between Egypt and America”.

The United States froze some of its military aid to Egypt last October following Mursi’s overthrow and the state’s violent crackdown on his supporters.

Last week, Washington said it would deliver 10 attack helicopters to help the government in its fight against Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula.

Monday’s rulings can be appealed. Many defendants are on the run. Nevertheless, the cases have raised new questions about Egypt’s stumbling political transition three years after an army-backed popular uprising ousted Mubarak and raised hopes of a robust democracy.

The political turmoil that has gripped Egypt and an Islamist insurgency based in the Sinai have hammered the economy, which grew by a meager

2.1 percent last year. “In a month, Egypt sentences more people to death than the rest of the world combined. It is not the kind of news to rekindle confidence,” Angus Blair, chairman of business and economic forecasting think-tank Signet, wrote on his Twitter feed.

PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT BANNED As soon as word spread of the death sentences, relatives of the defendants screamed and cried outside the court in the town of Minya. “This is a corrupt government. This is a failed regime. We have no real police. We have no real state,” said Sabah Hassan, whose son was sentenced to death.

Others collapsed on the street as soldiers with AK47 assault rifles standing on an armored vehicle looked on. Relatives blamed Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who deposed Mursi. The former head of military intelligence under Mubarak is expected to easily win presidential elections on May 26-27 in a country long ruled by men from the military, Mursi’s time in office representing the rare exception.

“Sisi is ruling like a king” and “May God punish you for what you did” some people chanted. Authorities have extended a crackdown to secular ac-

tivists. A ruling on Monday banning the activities of the April 6 movement follows the imprisonment of three of its leading members last year on charges of protesting illegally.

The charges against April 6 included “damaging the image of the state”.

Authorities still see the Brotherhood as the most dangerous threat. Egypt’s biggest political party until last year, the Brotherhood has been outlawed and driven underground.

It has vowed to bring down the government through protests, despite a security campaign that has weakened a movement believed to have about one million supporters in the nation of 85 million. Despite decades of repression under one Egyptian ruler after another, the Brotherhood has managed to survive, winning over Egyptians with its social networks and charities.

The judge who handed down the death sentences, Saeed Yousef, has a history of imposing the maximum punishment. In one case, he sentenced someone to 30 years in jail on charges of shoplifting clothes and illegal possession of a knife. He is not always tough on defendants. Last year, Yousef acquitted a police chief and 10 policemen accused of killing 17 protesters during the revolt that ousted Mubarak.

Iraq’s army, police force vote for new parliament Tornadoes kill atleast 12 in Arkansas BAGHDAD, April 28 (Ap): Iraqi army and police personnel began voting for a new parliament on Monday, two days before the rest of the nation’s 22 million registered voters can go to the polls in the first nationwide elections since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. forces.

The early balloting is meant to free up the 1 million-strong military and security forces for election day on Wednesday, so they can protect polling stations and voters. More than 9,000 candidates are vying for 328 seats in parliament, which is widely expected to be won by an alliance led by Shiite Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki, who is expected to seek a third four-year term in office.

Security was tight amid concerns that Sunni militants blamed for a recent resurgence of sectarian violence could target polling stations.

At one central Baghdad polling station, policemen went through four ID checks and search stations before they could enter the building on Monday. Inside, police dogs were used to search for explosives. Some policemen came to cast votes dressed

in civilian clothes, to attract less attention.

“These are crucial elections that we hope will make things better in Iraq,” said one voter, policeman Hatef Yidam. “We want peace and a life with dignity.” Hospital patients, medical staff and detainees were also voting on Monday. Abroad, Iraqi expatriates in more than 20 countries will also be able to cast ballots for a second day.

Iraq is experiencing a surge in sectarian violence, with Sunni militants increasingly targeting security forces, army troops and members of the nation’s Shiite majority. The resurgence of the bloodletting, which nearly tore Iraq apart in 2006 and 2007, underscores the precarious politics of a democratic, but splintered nation.

It also mirrors the three-year-old conflict in neighboring Syria, where the civil war pits forces loyal to President Bashar Assad whose powerbase stems from followers of a Shiite offshoot sect, against mostly Sunni Arab rebels whose ranks are dominated by Islamists and militants from al-Qaida-inspired or linked groups. Iraqi Shiite militiamen fight on the side of

Assad’s forces.

The biggest election-related violence in Iraq came on Friday, when a series of bombings targeted an election rally for a militant Shiite group, killing at least 33 people. The rally for the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq was held at a sports stadium in eastern Baghdad to present the group’s parliamentary candidates.

An al-Qaida breakaway group, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, claimed responsibility for the attack, which triggered a wave of revenge killings late on Friday and Saturday.

On Sunday, 10 people were killed in Baghdad’s Shiite Sadr City district when a bomb went off at an outdoor market. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of militant Sunni groups.

Voters in Wednesday’s polls are widely expected to cast ballots along sectarian and ethnic lines. But balloting will not take place in parts of the vast and mostly Sunni Anbar province west of Baghdad, where alQaida spin-off militants control parts of two cities, including the provincial capital, Ramadi.

‘MH370 search area being widened’ CAnBerrA, April 28 (iAns): Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday that the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 entered a new phase after 52 days of searching failed to find any sign of the plane wreckage.

Abbot announced that the seabed search would be expanded to a much larger area, Xinhua reported. “If necessary, the entire probable impact zone which is roughly 700 km by 80 km,” Abbott said at a press conference after US submarine drone Bluefin-21 complet-

115-yr-old ’s blood unlocks life’s secret

lOnDOn, April 28 (iAns): Do you know that our body does have an expiry date set by our cells ability to decide? A blood analysis of the world’s oldest woman may have revealed this secret. Born in 1890, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper died in 2005. She reportedly enjoyed crystal clear cognition and a disease-free blood circulatory system till death. Now, after inspecting her blood sample in great detail, Dutch scientists have discovered that once a stem cell has reached its cap, it can no longer replenish tissues. According to researchers, van AndelSchipper was down to just two stem cells at the time of her death- fueling two-thirds of her white blood cells.

ed a sea floor search of a focused area in the Indian Ocean and found no contacts of interest.

The focused area was defined as a circle of 10 km radius around the spot where the second suspicious signal of aircraft blackboxes was heard April 8. Abbott said the new phase of search would be focused on the seabed of the expanded area, which would involve commercial contractors specialised in deep ocean search and may take six to eight months if weather conditions permit.

Contractual equipment could be deployed in weeks and the Bluefin-21 would continue its mission in adjacent areas, he added. Acknowledging that it was possible to never find the ill-fated plane, Abbott vowed to continue the search as thoroughly as “humanly possible”.

Up to 9 military aircraft and 12 ships are planned to assist Bluefin-21’s mission 16 Monday, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) Australia confirmed. Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)

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has planned a visual search area totalling approximately 54,921 sq.km.

The centre of the search area lies approximately 1,667 km northwest of Perth. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished mysteriously about an hour after taking off for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur shortly after midnight March 8. The Boeing 777200ER was scheduled to land in Beijing the same morning. The 227 passengers on board included five Indians, 154 Chinese and 38 Malaysians.

A r kA n s A s / O k l A HOMA, April 28 (reuters): Tornadoes ripped through the southcentral United States on Sunday, killing at least 12 people in Arkansas and Oklahoma and wiping out entire neighbourhoods, authorities said as rescue workers searched in darkness for survivors.

Winds ripped houses off their foundations and flipped cars on top of the rubble in the small town of Vilonia in central Arkansas’ Faulkner county, one of the worst-hit communities, television pictures showed.

Arkansas authorities said at least two people had died in Vilonia, three in other parts of Faulkner and six more across the state - the first reported casualties of this year’s tornado season.

Another death was reported in neighbouring Oklahoma.

Searchers were continuing to dig through rubble in Vilonia and a spokesman for the County Sheriff’s office said there was a “mass casualty situation”. “An entire neighbourhood of 50 or so homes has been destroyed. Many homes are completely gone except the foundation ... There is more devastation like this in other parts of Arkansas,” U.S. Representative Tim Griffin told Reuters.

Cable television’s Weather Channel showed videotape of mangled, overturned cars, some with people still inside, lining miles of Interstate 40 near Mayflower, 22 miles (35 km) northwest of state

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This photo provided by James Bryant shows tornado damage, Sunday, April 27, in Mayflower, Ark. A powerful storm system rumbled through the central and southern United States on Sunday, spawning several tornadoes, including one in a small northeastern Oklahoma city and another that carved a path of destruction through several northern suburbs of Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo)

capital Little Rock.

Motorists searched crushed vehicles for victims while others stood dazed on the road. Authorities closed the route.

A tornado hit the east side of Mayflower at around 7.30 pm, killing at least one person, tearing up trees and bringing down power lines, making it difficult for the emergency services to find stricken areas in the dark, officials there said.

“It’s extremely hazardous here right now,” said Will Elder, an alderman in the city. “The power lines are down, roads are

blocked and they will have to proceed with caution.”

The Arkansas National Guard was deployed to help out in the state. An aide to Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe said five people had died in both Faulkner and Pulaski counties, with another fatality reported in White County. Brandon Morris, a spokesman for the Arkansas Emergency Management Agency, said Mayflower and Vilonia appeared to have been the hardest hit communities.

At least one person was killed in a tornado a small town in the northeast cor-

ner of neighbouring Oklahoma, according to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Derek Derwin. Media and the National Weather Service reported that two people were killed.

That twister was spotted in Quapaw, 200 miles (322 km) northeast of Oklahoma City at about 5:45 p.m., according to the weather service. An Ottawa County, Oklahoma, police dispatcher said a search and rescue effort was under way in Quapaw, but could not confirm reports of fatalities.

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calmness has rubbed Onus on Man City to grab EPL title KP's off DD players: Parnell

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28 (AP): The Premier League title race swung back in Manchester City's favor Sunday as the team took full advantage of Liverpool slipping up against Chelsea. Liverpool still tops the standings despite losing 2-0 to Chelsea, which is now only two points behind with two games remaining.

But it's City that now has matters in its own hands after winning 2-0 at Crystal Palace. Despite still sitting third in the table, three points behind Liverpool, the 2012 champions have a game in hand and a superior goal difference.

With City playing at Everton on Saturday, Liverpool needs a huge favor from its neighbors at Goodison Park to regain the initiative in the title race. It's a race which is likely to go down to the final day on May 11.

City has Yaya Toure back from a thigh injury at just the right time. The influential midfielder scored one goal and set up City's second to overcome a Palace side that had secured its Premier League status by winning its previous five games, including against Chelsea.

Toure whipped in a cross in the fourth minute in south London that Edin Dzeko headed into the net.

Just before halftime, Toure started and concluded a collective attacking advance by sending a curling shot past Julian Speroni.

"It was a tricky game but we did well," Toure said.

Manchester City's Edin Dzeko, centre, scores a goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Manchester City at Selhurst Park stadium in London, Sunday, April 27. (AP Photo)

The match at Anfield wasn't as lively — despite the same score-line — as a resilient Chelsea side successfully nullified a team on an 11-game winning streak.

Liverpool gifted Chelsea the opening goal in first-half stoppage time.

Captain Steven Gerrard, usually the reliable heartbeat of the team and inspirational one-club player, slipped near the halfway line, giving away the ball to Demba Ba. With Gerrard unable to chase him down, the Senegal striker advanced un-

challenged before slotting the ball past goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.

After Chelsea withstood a series of attacks, Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge lost possession in the 90th minute to allow a rapid counterattack that Willian completed.

It was Liverpool's first league loss since a trip to Chelsea four months ago, and manager Brendan Rodgers was frustrated at the way counterpart Jose Mourinho set up his team.

"They obviously sat very deep — I think there were two buses parked today,

never mind one," Rodgers said. "It was clear that they'd come certainly not wanting to win the game, with the time wasting."

Mourinho, who rested some players ahead of Chelsea's Champions League semifinal second leg against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, took on critics of his game-plan.

"When a team defends well you call it defensive display," he said. "When a team defends badly and concedes two or three goals you don't mention a defensive display."

The day's biggest-scoring game saw Sunderland rout 10-man Cardiff 4-0 to climb out of the relegation zone and send the Welsh club bottom.

Connor Wickham made it five goals in three games by heading Sunderland in front in the first half, and then nodding in the northeast team's fourth late on.

Juan Cala was sent off for a challenge on Wickham and Fabio Borini converted the resulting penalty on the stroke of halftime.

Emanuele Giaccherini received a through ball from the Italian striker to score in the 76th and then set up Wickham for the fourth as Sunderland survival hopes were boosted.

"I talked about miracles, let's see if in two weeks' time I am here telling you that miracles happen," Sunderland manager Gus Poyet said.

ShARjAh, APRIL 28 (PTI): Delhi Daredevils pacer Wayne Parnell is all praise for his skipper Kevin Pietersen, saying that the Englishman`s calmness has rubbed off on his team-mates in their IPL campaign so far.

"Pietersen brings his own energy to the team and his calmness rubs off on the other players. If you have a calm captain, you have a calm team as well," Parnell said after his side`s six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians.

"Having confidence helps you and having the backing of the support staff and the captain is massive for any cricketer. Everyone wants to be backed by the leaders, and I feel I have that backing," he said.

Parnell (1/17) played a big role in Delhi restricting Mumbai to a modest 125 for 6 in their IPL match yesterday, a total which they overhauled in 18.5 overs.

The left-arm pacer, however, insisted that it`s all about teamwork.

"I was actually speaking to one of the owners the other day. He mentioned to me that the Delhi Daredevils play for the badge and not for themselves. As a collective bowling unit, we share information. The constant sharing of information between us helps us perform well as a unit," he said. With three losses and two wins, Delhi are at the lower half of the IPL table but Parnell said that the team morale was still high

after the win over Mumbai.

"It is nice to get some momentum going in to India. I feel we have been playing really good cricket over the past few games.

Most of our losses in the tournament have been close, barring the game against Chennai Super Kings where we were outplayed," he was quoted as saying by IPL official website. Parnell, 24, has been in and out of the Proteas side since his debut in January 2009, but the lanky bowler insists that he has matured with time.

"Over the last 12 to 16 months, after being out of the national team, I went back to domestic cricket and put up some decent performances to get back into the South African side.

I have also learnt to wait for my chances and do well for the team when I do get a chance.

"You have the likes of Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn in the pace attack for South Africa, and for me as a young guy, I have to hang in there and perform well when I am required," Parnell said. Twenty20 cricket is all about innovation and Parnell also believes that adapting to the situation was the need of the shorter format. "I was speaking to Gary Kirsten earlier regarding the pace I have to bowl.

Normally, I bowl close to 130-140 kph, but today on this surface, it was crucial to take the pace off the ball rather than getting more pace on the ball," he said.

Atletico move towards title, Nishikori beats Giraldo to win Barcelona Open Barca stage comeback BARCELONA, APRIL 28 (AP): Atletico Madrid moved one step closer to its first Spanish league title in 18 years on Sunday with a 1-0 victory at Valencia, while Lionel Messi completed an emotional 3-2 comeback win for Barcelona at Villarreal two days after the death of former coach Tito Vilanova.

Atletico midfielder Raul Garcia scored with an impressive header in the 43rd minute, and its defense did the rest as it gave Valencia no chance to rally at its Mestalla Stadium.

Diego Simeone's side moved six points clear of Real Madrid, which has a game in hand, while Barcelona remained within four points after coming from two goals down to beat Villarreal in its first game since the death of Vilanova.

Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets wept as the two teams gathered at the center circle before kickoff at El Madrigal Stadium to observe a minutes of silence for Vilanova, who died on Friday after a battle with cancer, having led Barcelona to the league title last season. Vilanova was honored similarly across Spain's first division this weekend.

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said his team had been "very affected" by Vilanova's death, who was honored this weekend by more than 50,000 people who attended a memorial site at Camp Nou. "It has touched all of us," Iniesta said. "I will take with me the example he set for us, both when he was with us and after."

Ruben "Cani" Gracia and Manuel Trigueros scored from counterattacks for Villarreal to go 2-0 up by the 55th minute.

But Villarreal then selfdestructed with own goals

by Gabriel Armando in the 65th and Mateo Musacchio in the 78th, both redirecting passes by Dani Alves into their team's net.

Messi finally beat goalie Sergio Asenjo after Busquets and Cesc Fabregas combined to set the forward up to net his 27th league goal of the campaign and reach the 40-goal mark in all competitions for the fifth straight season.

Earlier, Garcia's ninth goal of the league season

BARCELONA, APRIL 28 (AP): Kei Nishikori of Japan beat Colombia's Santiago Giraldo 6-2, 6-2 to win the Barcelona Open on Sunday for his first career title on clay.

Giraldo started well with an early break but an argument with the chair umpire about a line call seemed to rattle the unseeded player. Shortly af-

terward, Giraldo failed to reach Nishikori's drop shot before hitting a costly double-fault to cede back his serve. The fourth-seeded Nishikori went on to win eight straight games to claim the first set and take control of the match. He ended up converting five of seven break chances while Giraldo committed five double faults. Nishiko-

ri said he hopes his maiden win on clay will carry over to upcoming tournaments and the French Open.

"This title and (my showing in) Miami helped my confidence, especially this week on clay," said Nishikori. "There are three big tournaments coming up in Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros so I hope I can do well and increase my

(ranking) points. My next goal is to get to the top 10."

It was Nishikori's fifth career title on all surfaces and his second of the year.

This is the first time a non-Spaniard has won the tournament at the Real Club de Tenis since 1996.

Rafael Nadal won the tournament eight times during that period.

Nishikori is coached by

former French Open winner Michael Chang and Dante Bottini.

"I was good on clay when I was little," Nishikori said. "I was winning all the European juniors events.

Now it's much tougher than hard courts and I was struggling a bit, but I've been playing well these past couple years so there's no fear to play on clay."

Del Piero plays last game for Sydney FC

SYDNEY, APRIL 28 (AP): Alessandro Del Piero has played his last game for Sydney FC but could remain with the A-League club in an off-field capacity.

Sydney FC announced Monday that the 39-year-old Juventus great, the highest-profile player ever in Australia's domestic competition, had ended his "playing role with the club."

Del Piero confirmed it in a statement under the title "Ciao Australia," saying the time had arrived "to say arrivederci" after two seasons with Sydney, but adding that he was happy to exAtletico's de Madrid Diego Godin from Uruguay heads the plore other opportunities with ball with Valencia's Jeremy Mathieu from France during a the club. "I'm really grateful for Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, on Sunday, April 27. (AP Photo)

kept Atletico on course for its first league title since 1996. With a better headto-head record against Madrid, Atletico can clinch the domestic crown by winning two of its remaining three games. It first plays at Levante, then hosts Malaga, and finally travels to Barcelona.

"We have two very powerful teams behind us that will surely win all their games and we can't relax for even one day," Simeone said. "I ask my team to go forward with the same sense of calm knowing the importance of each result."

Atletico can now focus on the Champions League semifinals as it travels to Chelsea on Wednesday after a 0-0 draw in the first leg.

Again, Atletico snuffed out their opponents' attack for a ninth straight victory.

The pacesetters have only conceded one goal during their winning run while scoring 14. Atletico resisted Valencia's early push and then went forward in search of an opening goal that came just before halftime.

Garcia used an exquisite flick of the head — with his back to goal — to lift Gabi Fernandez's lobbed pass over goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and bouncing in off the post.

Atletico defender Juanfran Torres was shown a direct red card for tackling Pablo Piatti in stoppage time.

Also, Athletic Bilbao routed 10-man Sevilla 3-1 at home to deal a blow to its main rival for fourth place and Spain's last Champions League berth, while Almeria fought back for a 2-1 win at nine-man Espanyol to move to within two points of safety. Forward Markel Susaeta got the Basques rolling in the fifth minute by scoring a rarely seen goal directly from a corner kick, curling the ball from the corner flag inside the near post to beat goalkeeper Antonio "Beto" Bastos.

Right back Andoni Iraola then served two crosses for Iker Muniain to volley in the 54th and Ander Herrera to head home moments after Sevilla's Diogo Figueras picked up a second booking in the 72nd.

Kevin Gameiro scored Sevilla's consolation goal in the 79th. The win lifted Bilbao six points clear of fifth-placed Sevilla. "This win over Sevilla is huge, but this isn't over," said Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde.

"We are knocking on the door. We are three points away from the Champions League, which would be a dream for everyone."

the last two years and for the club's request for me to remain and with whom I am happy to explore new opportunities to continue our relationship," the Italian striker said on his website.

Sydney FC last week fired Frank Farina as head coach after finishing fifth in the 2013-14 season, sparking speculation that Del Piero was a contender to go straight into management. He is not widely considered a frontrunner for the head coaching role at Sydney FC, but the club wants to keep him involved.

"Today is bitter-sweet. While we would have liked to see Alessandro remain at Sydney, his de-

cision now allows us to further our discussions about some exciting new opportunities for our ongoing relationship and to build on the legacy that has been started," Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow said.

Del Piero scored 24 goals for Sydney and was the club's leading scorer in both seasons he played.

When the 2006 World Cup winner was signed in September 2012, season ticket sales at Sydney FC surged by several thousand overnight. And in his first season in the league, attendance increased by more than 100,000.

Khushiabill lifts first Chekiye trophy

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DCAs hold meeting Class 1 Contractor, Ghovishe Kiba being introduced to players.

DIMAPUR, APRIL 28 (MExN): Khushiabill villlage on Monday beat Ikishe village in a penalty shoot out to clinch the trophy of First Chekiye Memorial Football Trophy organised by Highway Area Sumi Sports Association at Ikishe village local ground.

Class -1 contractor, Ghovishe Kiba who was the guest of honour at the valedictory programme pointed out that people coming together during such events should go beyond sporting activities but learn good traits of each other and strengthen the bond.

He said it was necessary that people change along with the change of time while keeping their focus and dreams intact and continuously strive to achieve their goals. “You cannot keep dreaming about your dreams but to fulfil it you have to strive,” Ghovishe encouraged the gathering.

Pointing out that government jobs were not the only means for survival, he said sports can also be made a lucrative profession for which people have to start from local levels.

Ghovishe appealed the youngsters not to be liabilities to the society but to be assets.

He encouraged HASSA to expand their horizon to higher level by inviting other clubs from the state and northeast as well.

During the programme, the guest of honour also gave away various individual prizes including best goal keeper – Otoka of Ikishe village, best defender – Tohovi of Khushiabill village, best player – Nighato of Khushiabill village, two best disciplined teams – Valley View and Sughuna village, highest scorer –Kakhevi of Mishikito and Vika Chishi of Unity village. The third place was bagged by Mishikito village.

DIMAPUR, APRIL 28 (MExN): The District Cricket Associations of Mokokchung, Wokha and Kohima with the consent and confidence of the other District Cricket Associations – Tuensang, Zunheboto, Kiphire, Longleng, Mon and Phek conducted a meeting on April 26, 2014 at Wokha.

The meeting dwelt on certain grievances of the district cricket associations and the “inadequacies” of the Nagaland Cricket Association’s functionary.

Some of which are highlighted below. These included election and tenure of NCA officials and selection of different committee members, fund allocation and distribution details to district associations, conduct of Inter-State Tournaments at Sovima and non-conduct of Inter District Tournaments, players’ registration to BCCI and selection of state players of different age groups, opportunity for local players and promotion of the game of Cricket judiciously.

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Keira Knightley shows off her 23-inch waist

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fter causing a frisson at Paris Fashion Week with her handspan waist, Keira Knightley has been flaunting her waspish figure in even more cinching outfits. The 29-year-old actress wore a tiered oyster coloured couture Chanel dress accentuating her much talked about 23 inch waist at the closing night of Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Saturday. The layered sequinned skirt and beaded top with scalloped overlay highlighted her already svelte midsection as she attended the annual festival’s gala premiere of her latest film ‘Begin Again’. And the actress continued the waist-cinching theme into the night by changing into yet another corseted outfit for the evening’s Chanel dinner held in honour of her closing night film at Tribeca Grill. She arrived in an above the knee pastel pink coloured dress with the lose fitted arms and flowing skirt accentuating her corseted waist. The London-born actress, who is the face of Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle perfume, caused a stir last month in a similarly tailored outfit showcasing her middle section. Wearing a monochrome Karl Lagerfeld-designed dress, the Pirates Of The Caribbean star’s waist looked painfully thin at Paris Fashion Week. The German designer’s black and white boxcut A team sings at the ‘Spring Concert’ presented by Music Ministry of Chakhesang Baptist Church Kitsubozou on April 26 where Chotisuh Sazo NLA Speaker was the chief patron.

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Awards also known as 'Bollywood Oscars' ended with pomp and show on Sunday at Tampa Bay, Florida. The event saw scintillating dance IbestIFA performances by Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Madhuri Dixit and Priyanka Chopra among others. The starry night also showcased the of fashion on the IIFA green carpet.

Lifetime Achievement Award role (Male) Award: FarAditya Roy Kapoor for Yeh 2014: Shatrughan Sinha han Akhtar for Bhaag Milka Jawani Hai Deewani Best Entertainer of the Year: Bhaag Best Performance in a SupportDeepika Padukone Best Performance in a Leading role (Female) Award: Best Picture Award: Bhaag Miling Role (Female) Award: Divya Dutta for Bhaag ka Bhaag Deepika Padukone for Mikha Bhaag Best Debutant Award map: Chennai Express Best Performance in a Comic Dhanush for Raanjhanaa Best Performance in a SupRole Award: Arshad Warsi Best Performance in a Leading porting role (Male) Award: for Jolly LLB

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Harry Styles ditches the quiff Chris Martin reveals how his own personal for a matted down hairdo issues contributed to 'conscious uncoupling'

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Best Performance in Negative Award: Arijit Singh for ‘Tum role Award: Rishi Kapoor Hi Ho’ from Aashiqui 2 for D Day Best Female Playback Singer Best Story Award: Prashoon Award: Shreya Goshal for ‘ Joshi for Bhaag Milkha Sun Raha Hai Na Tu’ from Bhaag Aashiqui 2 Best Lyric Writer: Mithoon for Best Direction Award: Rakeysh Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2 Om Mehra for Bhaag Milkha Best Male Playback Singer Bhaag.

e is known for styling his curly brown locks up and away from his face. But it seems Harry Styles is having to try out a slightly new look while on the South American leg of One Direction's Where We Are world tour.

The teen hearthrob's new style was shared with fans by his hairdresser Lou Teasdale on her Instagram page. In the snap, Harry stares intently at the camera, with his tattoos on display in a grey t-shirt. His curling brown locks were matted down in a side parting that covered his forehead, a stark difference from the quiffy look the world is so used to seeing.

Making a reference to the rocker style of the hairdo, hairdresser Lou simply captioned the image: '#indie' Naturally the group's passionate fans had an immediate response to the image as one fan wrote: 'LOU THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU'. Another fan gushed: 'He's so perfect I can't handle this anymore' The 'Directioners' soon began to compare the 20-year-old to characters such as Tarzan.

Harry too shared a photo to his Instagram account

of some of the guys on the tour playing a game of basketball - shirtless. 'Lads I guess?' the singer wrote.

Liam Payne recently set up his own Instagram account, and shared a selfie in his new Raiders hat having lost his old one. The pop band began their mammoth stadium tour in Colombia on Friday and were protected with ‘military precision’ by a security team ‘bigger than President Obama’s’. A huge entourage of guards and police were on hand to ensure their safety while they performed in an area known for being a kidnapping hot spot. It’s claimed the boys had more than 200 people protecting them and have even been given ‘hostile environment’ training. An estimated 40,000 fans packed into the the El Campin Stadium as the group performed hits from their new album, Midnight Memories. Immediately after the show the band flew straight to Peru for the next show. The epic Where We Are tour then opens in Europe in Croke Park Ireland on 23 May before landing in London's Wembley Stadium on 6 June.

hris Martin has spoken about how his p e r s o na l i s s u e s played a part in his marital split from Gwyneth Paltrow. In a revealing interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe, the Coldplay frontman gave the first real insight into troubles within his ten-year marriage to the actress. 'About two years ago I was a mess really because I can't enjoy the thing that we are good at and I can't enjoy the great things around me because I'm burdened by this,' the 38-year old said. 'I've got to not blame anyone else and make some changes.'

He continued: 'I wouldn’t use the word breakdown, this was more a realisation about trying to grow up basically. 'If you can’t open yourself up, you can’t appreciate the wonder inside. So you can be with someone very wonderful, but because of your own issues you cannot let that be celebrated in the right way.

'What changed for me was - I don’t want to go through life being scared of it, being scared of love, being scared of rejection, being scared of failure.' Chris revealed how the end the couple's troubles began as he said: 'Up to a certain point in my life I wasn’t completely vulnerable and it caused some problems.' He added: 'If you don’t let love really in then you can’t really give it back.

So what Ghost Story means to me is like you’ve got to open yourself up to love and if you really do, of course it will be painful at times, but then it will be great at some point.

The musician took part in an hour long interview, which will air on Monday 28th April, and while he did not mention his estranged wife by name, he spoke about candidly about his love and life. Chris mused: 'I

think in life everyone needs to be broken in some way. 'I think everyone in their life goes through challenges, whether it’s love or money, kids, or illness... You have to really not run away from that stuff. 'Life throws these

Hollywood's most solid partnerships, stunned fans when they confirmed their split less than two months ago on March 25. The interview also saw Chris reveal his admiration for pop boyband One Direction. Chris

colorful challenges at you … what we decided to do on Ghost Stories was to really be honest about it and say, this is what’s been happening.' Speaking about his new single magic, Chris explained: 'It’s about saying this person is really awesome and is magic, and of course certain parts of it have to change because that’s life but not everything has to be black or white or clear cut and that’s okay.

'It’s not a question of you either really love someone or you really hate someone, its more nuanced than that - especially with the modern world’s complications – like travelling and all the stuff that come to life, and illness and addiction and all that sort of thing.

While the video sees Chris saving a damsel from an unhappy relationship, Chris said: 'It’s just saying - ultimately there is magic between two people no matter what anyone else thinks.' The couple, who were considered one of

admitted: 'I think One Direction are the biggest band in the world, their songs are great. 'I’m saying One Direction are brilliant and I’m not kidding. You know why? Because their songs are really good and I don’t think that any of them are going to go solo. I think they appreciate their chemistry from watching their movie. He spoke candidly about his appreciation of Harry Styles as he added: 'Harry has come to a couple of our shows, I think I probably said the same thing about chemistry. 'I can’t remember - I was too enamored with his hair cut. I was like this: ‘I was pretty sure I was a straight guy before’ - I was having a hot flush.' The rocker also admitted that Zane Lowe's infamous interview with rapper Kanye West was the reason why he chose to sit down with the DJ. Chris said: 'I have to say the reason I wanted to do this was because I love your Kanye interview. 'That guy is amazing and I think he is misunderstood by people

who only look on the surface. I understand what he is talking about and I understand what he means.' The full hour-long interview with Chris Martin will be broadcast at 8pm on Monday 28 April on Zane Lowe's BCC Radio 1 show.

top and A-line skirt made her middle look as if it was an optical illusion, almost hovering between the two pieces. The married star has previously told how lacing herself in corseted costumes for period roles had often left her close to fainting. She has said how she found wearing corsets ‘positively awful’ when filming blockbusters such as Atonement and Anna Karenina.

‘It is not really a surprise we were known as the weaker sex, because you literally cannot get a breath,’ she said.

‘It’s no wonder they were fainting all over the place.’

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Suarez voted player of the year in England PFA Premier League team of the year: Petr Cech (Chelsea), Luke Shaw (Southampton), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Yaya Toure (Manchester City), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Southampton), Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool).

Liverpool's Luis Suarez kisses his wrist as he takes to the pitch for his team's English Premier League soccer match against Chelsea at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday April 27. (AP Photo)

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28 (AP): Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has been voted player of the year by his fellow professionals in English football, capping a season in which his scoring prowess helped erase memories of previous bans for racism and biting.

The 27-year-old Uruguay international became the first South American to collect the Professional Footballers' Association accolade on Sunday, having led Liverpool's unexpected Premier League title challenge with 30 goals.

"The Premier League is full of really great players and so it is a great honor when these players recognize your work on the pitch," Suarez said. "I al-

ways try my best for the team and it is nice to get awards but really this is for my teammates and the staff at Liverpool because without their help I wouldn't have this prize."

But it was a bittersweet day for Suarez, who flew to London from Liverpool after failing to score as the leaders' title charge was halted by a 2-0 loss to Chelsea. Suarez missed the first five league matches of the season while completing his 10-match ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic. He was previously suspended for eight games for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

After Liverpool fans backed Suarez as his repu-

tation was repeatedly damaged, they could have turned against him for pushing to join Arsenal last year. But he was quickly forgiven, and even critics have started to warm to one of football's most gifted players after a year free of misdemeanors.

"He is a brilliant talent," Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said. "I think the supporters have seen him mature over the course of the last season. I think he was in a real low moment after that game (against Chelsea last year) but he has gone away and probably looked in the mirror and reflected on himself because he is not that type of guy and it probably just spilled over.

"He is a really intelligent man who fits the values of this club, which is all about humility, class and he has all of that." Suarez had a marred reputation even before joining Liverpool in 2011 from Ajax where he was branded the "Cannibal of Ajax" after a biting incident. He was also vilified for being sent off in a 2010 World Cup quarterfinal for a cynical handball on the goal line against Ghana.

For the last year, though, he has regained the admiration of his rivals by ensuring he is no longer a magnet for controversy. Suarez was also named alongside strike partner Daniel Sturridge and Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard in the PFA's Premier League team of the year. Chelsea winger Eden Hazard was also voted into the team, as well as being named PFA young player of the year at the age of 23.

Indian girls go down fighting 2-4 to Korea

GLASGOw, APRIL 28 (IANS): The Indian women's hockey team went down fighting 2-4 to South Korea in their first encounter at the FIH Champions Challenge 1 here.

India sounded the board through Vandana Katariya (12th) and Poonam Rani (69th) but lacked the edge to get past the Koreans here Sunday night.

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lead in the 12th minute through Vandana's field goal. But the lead lasted just two minutes as the Koreans found the equaliser through Mihyun Park in the 14th minute. The Koreans again scored twice in a gap of one minute in the 24th and 25th minute taking the scorecard to 3-1 at the end of the first session.

The Indian team maintained a steady attack in

the second half but was unable to stop the opponent to score its fourth goal in the 42nd minute which they converted through the penalty corner. The Indian women did not give up and in the 69th minute they scored their second goal through Poonam's field goal and lost the match 2-4.

India will now face Scotland in their next Pool A group match here Monday.

IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko from Ukraine, right, punches his Australian challenger Alex Leapai during their heavyweight world title bout in Oberhausen, western Germany, Saturday, April 26. (AP Photo)

Marquez makes it 3 out of 3 in Argentina

MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain posses with promotion girls on the podium after winning Argentina's Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, Argentina, Sunday, April 27. (AP Photo)

TERMAS DE RIO HONDO, APRIL 28 (AFP): World champion Marc Marquez clinched his third win in three races this season with victory in the Argentina MotoGP on Sunday. The 21-year-old Spaniard also became the first rider in 43 years to win the the first three rounds from pole position.

His Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa was second with Yamaha duo Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi

in third and fourth spot respectively.

Marquez, who had won in Doha and Austin, slipped back to fifth place after a poor start which saw 2010 and 2012 world champion Lorenzo storm to the front. Nine-time world champion Rossi moved into third, but it was Lorenzo who stayed in front.

However, with nine of the 25 laps remaining, Marquez pounced to take the lead which he would not

OAKLAND, APRIL 28 (AP): Stephen Curry made a career playoff-high seven 3-pointers and scored 33 points to leading the Golden State Warriors past the Los Angeles 118-97 on Sunday to level a firstround series that has been pulled into a race-related scandal involving the Clippers' owner. Clippers players made a silent protest against Donald Sterling by shedding their warm-up

jerseys and going through pregame routine with their red shirts on inside out.

They also wore black bands on their wrists or arms and black socks in a show of solidarity.

Curry and the Warriors made another kind of statement. The All-Star guard made his first five 3 pointers to give Golden State a 20-point lead in the first quarter that held up most of the way. Curry shot 10 for 20 from the floor, including 7 of 14 from beyond the arc, and had seven assists and seven rebounds to help the Warriors snap a two-game skid. Game 5 is Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Andre Iguodala added 22 points and nine assists, and David Lee, Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes each scored 15 as the Warriors regained their shooting touch.

Jamal Crawford scored 26 points, and Blake Griffin had 21 points and six rebounds for a Clippers team wrapped up in the most talked-about topic in sports. Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge had 29 points and 10 rebounds as the Trail Blazers claimed a 123120 overtime win over the Houston Rockets to take a 3-1 advantage in the series.

Nicolas Batum added 25 points in the first win for the home team in the series, which moves to Houston for Game 5 on Wednesday.

relinquish.

Lorenzo tried desperately to cling on to second spot, but Pedrosa's Honda had too much power and his compatriot passed him on the last lap. Marquez won by 1.837sec from Pedrosa with Lorenzo 3.201sec off the pace and Rossi finishing almost five seconds behind.

Marquez has a perfect 75 points in the championship standings with Pedrosa on 56 and Rossi in third

on 41 points. "The beginning was difficult. My tyres were not good and I span as I was on the dirty side of the track," said the world champion.

"But it was fun. Jorge opened the gap and I just kept pushing to catch him at the end." Lorenzo admitted that the Yamahas are struggling to match the pace of the Honda duo.

"I didn't expect to stay in front for so many laps," he said. "I was pushing

hard but Dani was faster than me. It's a hard time for us at the moment but we need to keep strong.

"I want to improve my physical condition still and also the bike and when the moment arrives I think we will be ready to win races.

We have to keep improving and have patience and wait for our moment."

Rossi, who raced in the old 250cc class when Argentina last hosted a grand prix in 1999, said the Honda of Stefan Bradl may have cost him a podium place.

"I had the potential and the pace to end on the podium and especially to fight with the three guys in front," said the Italian, who had been running in second place early in the race.

"Unfortunately in the first laps I made a mistake and lost a bit but I lost some more when Bradl made a mistake. He arrived too deep in braking and he pushed me out of the track and I lost two seconds and so the podium." Moto2 world championship leader Esteve Rabat clinched his second win of the season as the 24-year-old Spaniard consolidated his domination of the division.

NBA: Warriors top Clippers 118-97

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Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, center, celebrates after blocking a shot during the second half in Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, April 27 in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won 118-97. (AP Photo)

It was the third overtime game of the series.

The Blazers haven't advanced out of the first round since the postseason in 2000 James Harden had 28 points and Dwight Howard added 25 points and 14 rebounds for the Rockets.

At Washington, Trevor Ariza had a career playoff-high 30 points as the Wizards scored the first 14 points of the game and barely looked back to beat the Chicago Bulls 98-89 and take a 3-1 lead in the

Eastern Conference series.

John Wall added 15 points and 10 assists for the Wizards, who forced 16 turnovers and committed only six. Washington played without forward Nene, who was suspended for grabbing Jimmy Butler by the head in Game 3.

The Wizards are looking to win a playoff series for only the third time since the 1970s. They can finish off the Bulls in Game 5 on Tuesday in Chicago.

Taj Gibson scored a ca-

reer-high 32 points on 13 for 16 shooting for Chicago.

To ro n t o' s D e Ma r DeRozan scored 24 points and Kyle Lowry added 22 as the Raptors downed the Brooklyn Nets 87-79 to level the first-round series at two games each. Amir Johnson had 17 points for the Raptors, who started fast, gave up all of a 17-point lead, then shut the Nets down over the final 5 minutes to snap a 13-game road losing streak in the playoffs that went back 13 years.

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