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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past
Tejpal to fly to Goa Friday; Shoma resigns as editor [ PAGE 08]
Nigella Lawson alleged to have abused drugs ‘daily’
PBCK Youth Fellowship silver jubilee concludes [ PAGE 02]
Thai premier pleas for end to protests [ PAGE 09]
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Stop praising Tendulkar, Taliban warn Pakistan media [ PAGE 12]
‘Positive response from nagaland government’
reflections
By Sandemo Ngullie
ensf calls off 4th phase agitation
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Transporters of ‘Assam sand’ cautioned DimaPur, november 28 (mexn): The GPRN/NSCN today cautioned that any businessmen found selling Assam sand above the prescribed rate “shall be dealt with firmly.” A press note from the GPRN/NSCN Kilo Secretary, Ghukiho T Jimo informed that as per reports received from the Ministry of Forest and Natural Resources, GPRN/NSCN, “there are some local stockiest in connivance with unscrupulous sand stockiest from Assam indulging in disposing of Assam Sand (Ganaikhat, Deopani, Manja etc) at an exorbitant rate in Dimapur.” It said that the sand stockiest union in Dimapur has been “crippled” and that the common man is not in a position to procure Assam sand as the “prescribed rate has been discarded by black marketers.” The rate has been doubled in the last couple of months causing great hardship to the general public, it added. GPRN/NSCN further informed that “sand transporters disposing off directly at exorbitant rate from Assam gate with the Union shall be monitored and both trucks and goods shall be seized.”
President of India to arrive on Dec 1 NGOs ‘interview’ with prez cancelled
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Kohima, november 28 (DiPr): The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to arrive in Kisama at 10:25 am on December 1 to inaugurate the 50 years of Nagaland statehood celebrations. The President will launch the Hornbill Festival 2013. All Administrative Heads of Departments, Heads of Departments, officials and public are requested to be seated at the venue by 10:15 a.m. Meanwhile, the request made by various NGOs for an interview with the President could not be granted. This was communicated from Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi according to a communication from Special Secretary (Home), L. Singsit in a letter dated November 28.
Tribal women carry bundles of bamboo on their heads to sell in a market on the outskirts of Guwahati on november 28. Tribal women in the northeastern region play a major role in generating source of livelihood for their families. (AP Photo)
GPRN/NSCN asserts significance of ‘Naga Unification’
DimaPur, november 28 (mexn): The GPRN/ NSCN today asserted that November 22, 2007, was a “landmark in Naga history.” According to a statement from its MIP, the GPRN/NSCN stated that “Naga Unification” was “an answer to the prayers of the Churches, Mothers, and efforts of Hohos, GBs, DBs, and Students etc.” This found support, as per the GPRN/NSCN, in tribal hohos and civil society until “fresh round of gunfire erupted and silenced the overworked frontal Naga organization leaders.” “So many allegations were invented through the
media on tribal lines in order to dampen Naga people’s participation…The events on the eve of Naga unification in 2007 and immediately after have been justified and countered more than hundred times,” noted the MIP of the organization. “To set the issue in its correct perspective,” stated the MIP, “this is to clarify to the Naga people that GPRN/NSCN did not embark on the concept of solution for Nagas of Nagaland state.” It further reminded that “Nagaland state was the epicenter of Naga freedom struggle and the GOI knows it,” as also that the “GPRN/NSCN desires a po-
litical solution that is honorable and acceptable to the people.” While also stating that it invited Naga organizations on November 22, 2013, “to listen and to be listened to,” the GPRN/NSCN asserted that “Questioning the wisdom and conscience of Naga people for attending 6th GPRN/NSCN Naga unification anniversary at designated Camp Khehoi would tantamount to questioning all documents and positive steps taken by its own leadership Isak Chishi Swu and Th. Muivah since the formation of FNR.” Highlighting the current situation of Naga poli-
tics, GPRN/NSCN said that under the leadership of its President Gen. (Retd) Khole Konyak and General Secretary N Kitovi Zhimomi, it has shown “magnanimity in spelling out practical steps that concerns Naga people living in Burma, Manipur state, Nagaland State, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, while strengthening Naga solidarity and brotherhood.” The MIP stated that the “issue of Naga sovereignty will never die even in thousand years; future generations have enough historical records to question and oppose any force.” Full text on page 4
Tuensang, november 28 (mexn): The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) has called off the 4th phase of its agitation and lifted all bandhs in the four districts of Eastern Nagaland following a “positive response” from the Government of Nagaland. A press note from ENSF president Shahsha L. Menhahu and general secretary Honang M. Jessuhu stated that on completion of its 3rd phase agitation, a meeting was held on November 25 with the State Cabinet headed by the Chief Minister of Nagaland at his official residence. The “four point ultimatum” given by the Federation was resolved on November 26 at the Conference Hall of the Chief Secretary at Civil Secretariat. “As demanded by the Federation, the state government had agreed that 161 posts of Teachers which is the remaining of 825 posts will be recruited once the TET exam is completed to ensure that those appointed are posted by next academic session,” stated the press note on point 1 of the ultimatum. Of the 497 teacher posts, 299 posts will be advertised on December 16, 2013 under RMSA and the remaining 198 teacher posts will be sanctioned by the government by financial year 2014-15 “as dateline for its full implementation.”
Further, the appointment of 220 teachers, informed the ENSF, against Model Schools in four eastern districts will be done once the construction of school buildings is completed. In this regard, the Federation has urged all contractors to complete the same within the stipulated time. On the ‘SCERT-TET’ issue, it was agreed that “the conduct of Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) examination as well as the declaration of results (merit list) will be decentralized keeping in view the Government Notification No: EDS/17/2008 Dated Kohima the 9th Jan’ 2009.” It was also agreed that from next year, TET examination centres will be opened in Kohima and Dimapur for candidates from the six backward tribes of Tuensang, Mon, Longleng and Kiphire. With regards to the Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme, the State Government and concerned Nodal officers have assured the ENSF a “written assurance” for regular implementation of the MDM on all school days. Deputy Commissioners of the four districts of Tuensang, Mon, Longleng and Kiphire have been requested to strictly follow the guide lines of MDM. To resolve point 4 (NAPs-DEFs) of the ultimatum, the State Cabinet has cancelled the order of converting NAPs to DEFs.
tokheho calls for a requisition backdoor appointments to nPsc: nsf change in attitude
‘Somewhere, something is going wrong with the Naga national movement’
Morung Express news Dimapur | November 28
“Our (Naga) national movement was started with good intentions but if we look at what is going on with the national movement, somewhere something is going wrong,” CLP Leader, Tokheho Yepthomi said on Thursday at the golden jubilee celebration of Government Middle School, Naharbari. Without elaborating further, Tokheho cautioned that unless the Naga people change their attitude, they cannot come at par with the rest of the people in the country. He pointed out that while other people are talking about economic independence, Nagas are talking of political independence. “Even if we have political independence unless we have economic independence, we will be subjected to somebody,” Tokheho maintained. Recognizing the importance of political independence, the Congress leader added that people have to simultaneously contribute their part to society for economic survival. Stating that the Government of India was looking ahead towards economic prosperity and equality, he urged Nagas to seize the opportunity to bring themselves at par with the
rest of the country. With Nagaland set to celebrate its Statehood golden jubilee in two days, Tokheho regretted that “things have not taken place as expected” during the last 50 years. However, he said one should avoid recalling past mistakes and appealed for all to render valuable contributions upliftment of the state. On the 33% women quota, Tokheho said serious consultations were taking place in Delhi and that the Bill was likely to be passed in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of the Parliament, which starts on December 5. Tokheho mentioned about the various ambitious schemes and programmes of the central government, which he said had understood the difficulties of the people and aimed to uplift the downtrodden. On the occasion of the golden jubilee celebration of the School, he appealed to the Naharbari village authority and School Management Committee to continue with their noble deeds and leave behind a good legacy for future generations. Stating that the success of the students depended on the relation between the students and teachers, he urged students to be hard-working and called upon teachers to rededicate themselves to achieve a common goal. Songs were presented by the students and Sumi community of Naharbari, while the jubilee monolith and souvenir were unveiled by the chief guest.
Kohima, november 28 (mexn): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has revealed, with the help of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, that as many as 724 jobs of various grades have been given out by 36 departments of the Government of Nagaland through varied “modes of appointments” between 2009 and 2011. In a representation to the Chief Secretary to the Government, NSF vice president Joseph Ngouri and general secretary Esther Rhakho, stated that “as per the information received by the Federation through RTI Act, 551 post of Grade-III, 137 post of Grade-II and 36 post of Grade-I has been appointed in as much as 36 departments under various categories and mode of appointments” since October 31, 2009 to December 31, 2011. In the “interest of Naga educated youth and the students’ community,”
the NSF has demanded for “requisition of all the post which has been appointed through backdoor means.” “At this juncture, when Nagas have thousands of educated unemployed, it is most discouraging and demoralizing to come across such anomalies and lack of transparency in the government establishments, utterly denying the legitimate rights and opportunities of the aspiring candidates which is also creating uncertainty and insecurity among the Naga up-coming generation,” noted the representation. In that, the department concerned has been asked to send “requisition to the NPSC within 25 days of submission of this representation for open recruitment failing which the Federation will not hesitate to initiate any mode of agitation in our effort to cleanse the system and the corrupt practices in the greater interest of every section
of our society.” Departments which have been detected are: Assembly Secretariat, DUDA, Cooperation, Economics & Statistics, Employment & Craftsmen Training, Excise, Election, Fisheries, Forest, Food & Civil Supplies, Geology & Mining, Higher Education, Health & Family Welfare, Khadi & Village Industries, Justice & Law, Irrigation & Flood Control, Industries & Commerce, Information & Public Relation, Legal Metrology, Land Resource, Labour Commissioner, Nagaland Public Service Commission, New & Renewable Energy, Nagaland State Transport, Prisons, School Education, PWD (Mechanical), Rural Development, SIRD, Sericulture, Soil & Water Conservation, Transport Commissioner, Tourism, Urban Development, Women Development and Youth Resource & Sports.
“It was agreed upon that the present estimated 304 posts against all the newly established Police Station, Up-graded Police Outpost to Police Station and New Police Outpost in four Districts will be protected for recruitment for the six backward tribes of Eastern Nagaland and the Advertisement and Recruitment of the same will be completed by next financial year 2014-15. However, those appointed police personnel shall be subject to posting to any place as per the norms of the Police force,” stated the press note. It was also agreed that the recruitment of all the above mentioned vacancies arising under School Education and Police Departments will be protected exclusively for the six backward tribes in the four districts of Eastern Nagaland. In view of the above, the Federation has revoked its standing order to the HODs of the four districts and to all the tribal cultural troops of the six eastern tribes of Nagaland. The meeting was chaired by Nagaland Minister for School Education and was attended by the Chief Secretary, members of the Eastern Nagaland Legislature’s Union (ENLU), Commissioner & Secretary, School Education, Director School Education, State Mission Director SSA, RMSA and Director, SCERT.
NSSA to resume agitation from December 2
Kohima, november 28 (mexn): The Nagaland Secretariat Service Association (NSSA) has informed that it’s Pen-Down (CeaseWork) Phase-II agitation will resume from December 2 and continue until December 4. A press note from NSSA President, Imti Longchar and General Secretary, Johnny Humtsoe stated that the agitation will resume, “as there has been no positive development on any of the demands made by NSSA till date.” It may be noted that the pen down strike was temporarily suspended till November 30.
festivals bring unity & friendship: rio
Rengma Nagas celebrate Ngada festival Chizokho Vero Aghonshu | November 28
Asserting that the platform of tribal festivals bring unity and friendship, Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio has called upon the people of Nagaland to maintain a sense of oneness and live as one family through such platforms. He stated this at the premier festival of the Rengma Nagas - Ngada at Aghonshu on November 28. Stating that festivals are a time for strengthening the bond of friendship, unity, peace and seeking God’s blessing for a bountiful harvest, he called upon the people to imbibe the true essence of the festival. He maintained that festivals are a way of “remembering our forefathers and to keep our cul-
Chief Minister, neiphiu Rio and Deputy Speaker of the nLA, Levi Rengma attending the ngada festival at Aghonshu near Tseminyu on november 28. (Morung Photo)
ture, traditions and identity alive.” Stating that observing festivals out of one’s sweat is the purest form of celebration, he urged people to cultivate the spirit of work culture. Rio said that since 2009, the state government has initiated tribal festivals cum road shows across the state in order to main-
tain Naga identity and to promote Naga culture, tradition, traditional attires, folk songs, dances and Naga food. In this, Rio urged tribal Hohos to continue to playing a major role in translating such visions into reality. Rio also called upon the Naga people to work in unison to preserve Naga culture and tra-
dition. Host of the festival and local representative of 12th Tseminyu Assembly Constituency, Er Levi Rengma, who is also the Deputy Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly, stated that the Ngada festival beautifully encapsulates the rich cultural history of the Rengmas. “Ngada is very special to the Rengma community as this festival strengthens our connections and builds trust in our community,” he said and hoped that through such festivals, Rengmas can make a difference in its relationships and the way people feel about the community. Earlier, the significance of the festival was briefed by Dr. PS Lorin, while the welcome address was delivered by Rengma Hoho president, Sawathang Kez Seb. The programme was followed by a cultural exhibition, fashion show, Ngada feast and a musical feast.
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1. Early ‘bird’ fetches the water: An old woman with a bamboo basket and an aluminum pot moves out of her house to fetch water from a community well in her colony in Mokokchung. 2. ‘Locked’ but waiting: That old woman would be coming down to this well, which has been kept locked by the community so that the water from the natural spring can accumulate overnight. The community opens the well from 6 AM- 7AM during which the citizens can fetch the water. 3. Yes, they are collecting water from drainage: The water is crystal clear, but these young people disclosed that they don’t use if drinking or cooking, only for cleaning. After all, who would want to drink water from the drainage? 4. Good business: A pick-up truck loaded with water tankers rests by the roadside. Every day, such trucks make several rounds distributing water to consumers. Be it summer or winter, such trucks have easy consumers the whole year long, which has made some truck owners to dedicate their trucks solely for fetching water. 5. And it’s a daily routine: Two young people returning after fetching water from a natural spring. As the state celebrates 50 year of statehood with much pomp a gaiety, a large number of the population would be worrying more about their essential daily needs, and with winter here already, the demand for water would grow more and more. (Morung Photos)
Enforce NTLP Act during Hornbill Festival: SAWO
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kohIma, November 28 (mexN): The Southern Angami Women Organisation along with Village level women organizations have decided to appeal to the Government to strictly enforce the ‘Nagaland Total Liquor Prohibition Act’ during the State Hornbill Festival with a view to check alcohol related vehicles accidents, crimes, and immoral activities in our jurisdiction. The SAWO will also keep vigil and anyone found selling liquor will be penalized. Further, the SAWO shall not be held responsible for any untoward incident, as the SAWO shall only be supporting the State Government to enforce Total Prohibition Act
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ADC Wokha informs on constructing of new building
especially during the Festival period, stated SAWO president Lekhono Leno and general secretary Khriesino Rokha in a press release. Therefore, the SAWO being the apex body of Women organization in the Southern Angami area request all to extend full cooperation to ensure that the Festival is held in a peaceful and congenial atmosphere every year so as to bring prosperity to our land. Further, SAWO requests all Southern Angami Frontal Organizations to extend full cooperation to SAWO and deploy volunteers in Kisama and surrounding With just a day away for the Hornbill Festival, people working outside the Naga Chef stall at Kisama on November 27 areas during the festival periods. keep themselves warm near a bon-fire which is the only source of light for them at the moment. Photo by Imcha Jamir
PBCK Youth Fellowship silver jubilee concludes
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Praise and worship team leading in worship during the jubilee celebration of Baptist Youth Fellowship of Poumai Baptist Church Kohima.
kohIma November 28 (mexN): A two day silver jubilee celebration of Baptist Youth Fellowship of Poumai Baptist Church Kohima was concluded on November 24 with Rev. T.S. Piano Pani pastor Kakhulong Baptist church Imphal as the as the main speaker of the celebration. Speaking on the first
day of the celebration on Saturday on the topic “Victorious Christian life,” Rev. Pani said many Christian lives were defeated for not cling to the word of God constantly. He said victorious Christian life should be always and not sometime or good day. Revered said people experienced the successful and victori-
ous Christian life who live according to the word of Christ and trust Him. Parliamentary secretary higher education and SCERT Deo Nukhu in his greeting to the congregation said as the bible says there is time for everything and young people should glorify God and do His will while young before
Community leader trained on child right at Zunheboto
they grow old and regret. He encouraged the young people to use whatever talents they have for Christ and grab the opportunity at the right time. He urged the young people to set example to others and also preserve the good culture to be followed by the coming generations. Poumai Naga Baptist Association (PNBA) youth Secretary R. Th. Paolu in his greeting message congratulated the youth leaders and pioneers of the society and extends his hearty appreciation to the youth members for successfully organizing 25 years of existence. He reminded the youth members that they are 25 years old now and should be mature spiritually and press towards more spiritually mature. Revered Pani speaking
on the last day November 24 on the topic “Revive, renew and shine forward” said we all are sinners and needed revive and renew to shine in our lives. Adding he said any Christian whose life is not revive and renew will never see victory and their lives will shine for others. Challenging the hundreds congregation in church Revered said many Christians fail to know who Jesus is and blindly follow the mass. Encouraging to stands for truth he said the truth may be harassed and painful for a moment but the truth triumph in the long run and it always produce spiritual fruit who stand for it. Quoting from the Bible Psalm 37 he said David experienced the fruit of righteousness and truthful in his old life. He encouraged
the Christian to praise God and use the good opportunity to expand His kingdom here on earth. On Saturday Rev. Th. Thaongaolou pastor PBCK released the BYF silver jubilee souvenir. Hundred youths and believers attended the programme and received blessings the 2- day joyous celebration in worship and also participated the jubilee feast. Former church pastors and ex-chairmen and secretaries also attended the celebration. Many special items were also presented during the celebration from different groups and parties. The church members made a special prayer for the youths and also special offering was given to the youth department for the celebration of Golden jubilee.
Wokha, November 28 (DIPr): Additional Deputy Commissioner, Wokha, Sotsula has informed that, as per the approval of the DPDB meeting held on November 11, it is hereby notified to all concerned that constructing of new building along NH-61 from NST colony to Niropen colony should obtain clearance certificate from the office of the Deputy Commissioner Wokha. This is necessitated to avoid complication in future taking in to consideration the further extension and widening of NH-61.
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SBAK Platinum Jubilee on Dec 14 and 15
aIzuto, November 28 (mexN): The Sumi Baptist Churches Association (SBAK) Aizuto, Platinum Jubilee of the establishment of Sumi Christian Centre Aizuto will be celebrated on December 14 and 15 under the theme “God’s solid foundation stands firm.” The main speakers will be Rev. Dr. Mar Atsongchanger Executive Secretary ABAM and Rev. Dr. Joshua Rochill Executive Secretary SBAK Aizuto. Greeting message will deliver by Er. Pikuto Shohe Hon’ble MLA Chairman Hotel Limited Nagaland. Song of praise & blessing will present by Sumi Baptist Church Kohima and Anderson Theological College Aizuto. All the executive council members SBAK, chairperson women executive, chairman youth executive, former executive chairman, former chairpersons women executive, former chairman youth executive, and pastor with two members from the local churches are invited.
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DImaPur, November 28 (mexN): The Dimapur District Garage Welfare Trade Union (DDGWTU) has convened a general meeting on November 30 at 10: am at its office in Purana Bazar Dimapur. The Union has requested all its registered garage owners to attend the meeting without fail.
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Eucharistic procession on Dec 1
Wokha, November 28 (mexN): In view of the forth-coming golden jubilee celebration of St. Peter’s Church Longsa, Wokha on December 14 and 15, a solemn blessing of the village along with a Eucharistic procession would be held on December 1. The procession would be commenced from D Khel, A Khel, B Khel and will conclude at C Khel. In lieu of the 50th year celebration, all the Longsa Catholic members residing outside the village are requested to come and participate in the blessing of the village. In connection to this, the jubilee steering committee has also invited all especially Longsai residing at Dimapur, Kohima, Wokha and elsewhere to come and partake during the Golden Jubilee celebration. This was informed in a press release issued by Sebastain Ezung, Press & Media, Secretary, Golden Jubilee committee.
Ex-servicemen of Mkg dist informed
mokokchuNg, November 28 (DIPr): The Zila Sainik Welfare Officer, Mokokchung Lt. Col. R.S.Ahluwalia (Retd) has informed that the Ex-servicemen would be participating a parade contingent during the Nagaland Statehood Golden Jubilee Celebration. In this regard, all Ex-servicemen in Mokokchung district are informed to report by 8:00 A.M at Imkongmeren Sports Complex on December 1.
HCBA elects office bearers
Standing left to right- Miss LUCY (special juvenile police unite), Miss KHETOHOLI (P.O cum legal),
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The district child protection unit Zunheboto, under the department of social welfare held block level sensitization programme for community leader at Zunheboto on "child right" and integrated child protection scheme (ICPS) at Zunheboto town hall on November 22. The resource person, Mr SATAHI SHUJO, programme manager SCPS Kohima, spoke about 'child right and integrated child protection scheme and its components'. The programme was chaired by Miss KHETOHOLI, legal cum probation officer. Vitokhe, councillor pronounced the invocation and District child protection officer (DCP0) Mr PIKATO E MURU delivered the welcome address. The participants were police, GB, teachers, women organization, student body, church leaders and others. The programme created awareness about child rights and its protection. It also bring about where ICPS is contributing to the nurturing of many deprived and neglected children. The main objective of organising this sensitization programme was to educate people so that children in difficult circumstances could be protected, leading to the reduction of their vulnerabilities to situation and action that leads to abuse neglect, exploitation, abandonment and separation from parents. ICPS main concern are children in conflict with law, missing and found children, orphaned, abandoned, destitute children, and also children from families at risk, engage in substance abuse, HIV/AIDS infected/ affected children, affected by conflict and disaster, street children, working children, trafficked children and also abused children. The resource person Mr SATAHI SHUJO also highlighted about the functioning, aims and objective of justice juvenile board (JJB) and child welfare committee (CWC). He also stress that effort should be made to promote non-institutional supportive service like adoption, foster care and sponsorship for the child as per their need and availability. Networking with NGO is important in this area by seeking their support for promotion of this service to children.
Deputy Commissioner, Kohima W Honje Konyak inspects the cleaning and eviction works underway below the Hotel Japfü, Kohima on November 27. (DIPR Photo)
St. Mary Church dedicated in Anatongre village
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With the inauguration of St Mary Church at Anatongre village yesterday by John Tsulise ADC Aboi the Catholic community Kiphire has added one more parish under its fold. Blessing the Church in presence of hundred of well wishers, believes and Catholic community from all over the State, most Rev Dr James Thoppil D.D Bishop
of Kohima, Nagaland greeted the community and said, “We are here not to give but to preach the gospel”. Sharing his concern on ‘Unity and Love’ the Bishop said, “good is one and there it is no many God” and asked the community to love each other. He also said, “When God has given us all we consider God as little good that is the reason why church are divided” and ask the community to share the love of God.
President Catholic association of Nagaland, Elias T Lotha called upon the Catholic community of Anotongre not to be served but to serve. Rev Fr Benny Varghese parish priest St Peter Church Kiphire welcomed the gathering and shared the history of Catholic faith at Anatongre. He also said, “People were reluctant to embrace Catholic faith in Anatongre earlier but with much struggle the Church has been formed.”
kohIma, November 28 (mexN): The High Court Bar Association (HCBA) held its general body meeting on November 25 at the Bar room, Gauhati High Court Kohima bench, Kohima. A new team of office bearers for the tenure 2013-2015 were elected with president Taka Massa Ao, vice president Zhasakhoto Vüprü and Ashipri Zho, general secretary Akito Zhimomi, Joint Secretary Kekhriengulie Theünuo, finance secretary Nchumbemo Mozhüi, treasurer Vihelieü Suokhrie and a team of five executive members.
Prayer call for statehood day
mokokchuNg, November 28 (mexN): The Nagaland Christian Revival Church, Mokokchung Division Women Association has made a prayer call for the Nagaland 50th year of statehood on December 1. The Association in a press note, “called upon all the people who love the Nagas and Nagaland to join hearts and with one accord give thanks to Jehovah, our God and Liberator on this auspicious day.”
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Anger erupts over Lakhimpur gang rape
GUWAhATI, NOvEMbEr 28 (TNN): The reality of rape has hit home hard. The people of the state, especially Lakhimpur, are shocked and angered over the alleged gang rape of a 31-year-old woman in a moving auto in Lakhimpur district on Friday. The 'rapists' not only raped the woman, they allegedly brutalized her before throwing her out of the moving vehicle, leading to her death later at a hospital. The incident has led to a massive public outcry across the state even as locals in North Lakhimpur district took up cudgels for the 'rape and murder' vic-
tim on Wednesday, coming out on the streets in huge numbers, demanding the arrest of and punishment for the culprits. On Wednesday evening, police detained a man for questioning in connection with the case. Police, however, have not confirmed rape and are waiting for the autopsy report. They are also exploring the possibility that the woman's death was the result of a planned murder or an accident. "Though there are allegations of gang rape, we do not rule out the possibility that it was a planned murder or road accident," said
Lakhimpur superintendent of police Prasanta Kumar Bhuyan. He dismissed the allegation, as reported by various news channels and publications, that her eyes were gouged out. "There were some bruises under her right eye, but her eyes were not gouged out," said Bhuyan. In Lakhimpur, activists of All Assam Students Union (Aasu) and women's organizations staged a two-hour demonstration in front of the Boginadi police station on Wednesday, demanding immediate action in the case. The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) too took out a
candlelight rally in Lakhimpur demanding a high-level probe into the incident. The deceased, who hailed from Kulabali area in the district, was last seen travelling in a hired auto on Friday to pick her daughter up from school, about 3km from her home. Later, locals found her lying unconscious near the NH-52 with serious head injuries and informed police. She was rushed to a local hospital and then referred to a private hospital in Guwahati the same day. She succumbed to her injuries at the Guwahati hospital Saturday night. Locals, who suspect the
woman was gang-raped in the auto and beaten up before being thrown out of the vehicle and left to die, have been protesting on the streets of Lakhimpur against the incident and the lack of security for women in the state. Police said she was found some 2km from the spot where she hired the vehicle. A policeman at Boginadi police station said, "Locals said they saw three men coming out of an autorickshaw and looking at her as she lay beside the road. Then they fled the spot. This is why the locals suspect that the woman was possibly gang-
raped by those three men, beaten with an iron rod and then thrown from the vehicle. But we can't comment on that without the postmortem report." Police are investigating the case and waiting for the autopsy report to ascertain the cause of her death. They have not made any arrests so far in connection with the case, but claimed they have got some credible leads. "We have quizzed several people and got some clues," said SP Bhuyan. The SP said that the autopsy report would reveal whether she was raped. Police are expecting the
death due to the diseases in the vicinity of Kannu in the district since last week, the sources said. However, the death of about 100 people as reported by local people were of cumulative nature spread across several months due to various factors including old-age, injury and endemic malaria, Lowang said in his report.
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki yesterday convened a high level meeting here which was attended by Health Minister Atum Welly, chief secretary, development commissioner, DGP besides a host of senior government officials to assess the situation and chalked out a strategy to oversee and implement precaution-
ary measures immediately, sources said. The deputy commissioner of Longding and the DMO have been directed to strictly monitor the situation and deal with it with utmost urgency. The Directorate of Health Services has dispatched a consignment of medicines and a water quality testing team has already left
Khonsa for Longding with kits and medicines. DMO Khonsa has also been directed to depute a medical team to Longding immediately. The Joint Director Health (Malaria) Dr Hage Taki, has been directed to move immediately to Longding with laboratory experts. A medical team from the Arunachal State Hospital
has also been directed to visit the affected places. The chief minister also directed the district administration and Health department to aggressively launch awareness campaigns on water-borne diseases in the district and equip the villagers with know-how on water testing and other precautionary measures.
Malaria, jaundice claim many lives in Arunachal
ITANAGAr, NOvEMbEr 28 (PTI): The Arunachal Pradesh government has sounded an alert in Longding district following outbreak of malaria and jaundice in which many people have lost their lives, official sources said today. The district medical officer (DMO) of Longding Dr Lowang in his report has said there were 14 cases of
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NSCN-IM appeals for peace TAMENGLONG, NOvEMbEr 28 (NNN): Amidst the tense situation following violent clashes in Zeliangrong areas, the deputy kilonser of kilo affairs (minister of state incharge of home affairs), Zeliangrong Region, NSCN-IM, L Gonmei has called for peace to prevail in this festive season. The NSCN-IM leader stated that “every human being irrespective of castes, creeds and communities enjoy the happiness and emotional response to the call of the Christmas.” "In such festive season of the year, the prevailing atmosphere with blood stain filled conflicts among the communities of brotherhood is giving great negative impact to the land," L Gonmei added. Appealing for the people to shun violence, the NSCN-IM leader said, "My dear fellow citizens of the land and the citizens of Nagalim in general, I do hereby appeal for paving a way for peace so that no one is disturbed during this Christmas season."
Tripura deputy collector suspended for forgery
AGArTALA, NOvEMbEr 28 (IANS): A deputy collector in Tripura has been suspended on charges of forgery, an official said here Thursday. "Pintu Lal Das, a deputy collector of Sadar sub-division, has been suspended for putting the name of a woman government school teacher in his voter identity card as his wife. After an inquiry, the government has suspended him," a Tripura government official told reporters. He said there was also an allegation that Das, a Tripura civil service officer, had an extra-marital relationship with the woman.
Three A'chik rebels killed
ShILLONG, NOvEMbEr 28 (IANS): Security forces Thursday busted a hideout of the United A'chik Liberation Army (UALA) in western Meghalaya, killing three rebels of the outfit in a fierce gun battle, police said. A police spokesperson said a critically injured rebel was captured alive from a field, while UALA chief Singbirth Marak alias Norrok X Momin managed to escape. The gun battle broke out at the UALA's hideout in Chiokgre area, 10 km from Williamnagar, the district headquarters of East Garo Hills, when the rebels fired at the security forces who were tracking them, J.F.K. Marak, the district police chief of East Garo Hills, told IANS. "Three UALA rebels died on the spot after the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) commandos retaliated to indiscriminate firing from the rebels," Marak said. One pistol and grenades, besides some incriminating documents, were recovered from the site. "Our men are still on the ground, tracking Norrok (UALA chairman) who managed to escape from the gun battle site. We have no idea if he was injured in the gunfight, but we suspect he is hiding in the Sampalgre area," Marak said.
Visakhapatnam, Tripura zoos to exchange rare animals
AGArTALA, NOvEMbEr 28 (IANS): Visakhapatnam's Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) and Tripura's Sepahijala Zoo will soon exchange rare animals, officials said here Thursday. "Visakhapatnam's IGZP would provide seven endangered animals to Sepahijala Zoo. These include two white royal Bengal tigers, two slow loris bears and three four-horned deer," said Krishna Gopal Roy, director of the Sepahijala Zoo, which was set up in 1972 in west Tripura. The zoo is now home to 655 animals belonging to 53 different species. Speaking to reporters, Roy said both zoos have got the necessary approvals for the animal exchange programme from the union ministry of environment and forests. "We will soon start the exchange process," Roy said. The Central Zoo Authority of India has categorised the Sepahijala Zoo, 25 km south of the state capital, as one of India's 22 large zoos.
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ZSUM concerned by erratic power supply
IMPhAL, NOvEMbEr 28 (NNN): The Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Manipur (ZSUM) has expressed its concern on the erratic power supply in Tamenglong district affecting students in their annual examinations. In this regard, chairman of ZSUM Kadijan Pamai has appealed for the state government of Manipur and the electricity department to see that the power supply is restored immediately in the district. "Most of the students from the district are poor who came all the way from the interior parts to the district headquarters, Nungba subdivisional headquarter, Noney, Khoupum, Tousem
and Tamei, etc, and they are not in the position to even afford to buy candle sticks every day for their studies," said Kadijan Pamai. According to the ZSUM chairman, a family who has more than 3-4 students would spend at least 40-50 rupees on daily basis on buying candles. This has become one of the biggest problems for all the denizens of the district, he added. It may be noted that the district has the lowest percentage in the employment sector either in the private or the government. This problems can be to some extent minimize if the government does the needful at this time of hour by providing electricity at any cost,
particularly at the time of the students' final examenations, stated Kadijan Pamai. As observed, of all the departments of the state, the education department is one of the worse departments as it is expected. This is the responsibility of the government who acts as the guardian of its people, the ZSUM leader added.
report from the Gauhati Medical College Hospital within the next 48 hours. "Only the autopsy report can say whether or not she was sexually assaulted. She was found her with all her clothes intact," said the SP. He added that it might be a case of murder or accident too. "There is a possibility that someone tried to kill her inside the vehicle and she resisted. She might have jumped off the vehicle to save herself and got injured. The auto driver might have fled to escape from the situation. We are looking at all possible angles and are quizzing her husband too," Bhuyan said.
Police dismissed the allegation that her eyes were gouged out. "We have photographic evidence to show that all her body parts were intact when police recovered her body. She was found with a serious injury on the back of her skull and some bruises under her right eye," the SP said. The Assam State Commission for Women has already taken suo motu cognizance of the incident and directed police to ensure a speedy investigation. Even the National Commission for Women has sharply reacted to the incident and demanded arrest of the culprits.
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WORLD AIDS DAY
Khermahal Friends Cinema Hall Road Dimapur : Nagaland
1 December 2013 Theme: "Shared Responsibility: Strengthening Results for an AIDS-Free Generation."
Organized by: District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU), Dimapur in collaboration with District Level Network (DNP+) and Partner NGO's
Venue: Town Hall, Dimapur. Time: 12:00 p.m Guest Speaker: Shri. Joel Nilo Kath, Fin. Secy, Naga Council Dimapur.
ORDER OF PROGRAMME
Chairperson: Mr. W. C. Humtsoe, President N-NAGA DAO. 1. Invocation
: Pastor. Atobo Awomi, All Peoples Church, Dimapur. 2. Welcome Address : Dr. Mulusen Jamir, M.O ART Centre, Dimapur. 3. Significance of the day : Fr, Joe Ngamkhuchung, Director, NEDHIV. 4. One Minutes Silent Prayer : 5. Special No. : Ms. Akhrole Keyho, Naga Kids for fame 2013 finalist. 6. Short Speech : NNP+, Kohima. 7. Our Commitment & Solidarity : i. Mr Kambui Rongmei, Gen. Secy, DNSU. ii. Mr. Sangti Konyak, The Naga Blog. iii. Nagaland Motorcycle Club-The Naga Chiefs 8. Song through action : i/c. Chavara Home. 9. Concern for PLHIV : DNP+. 10. Speech : Guest Speaker. 11. Vote of thanks : DAPCU, Dimapur.
LIGHT REFRESHMENT Volunteers: Youngs' Club Dimapur Supported By: Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS), Kohima, Legislative Forum on AIDS (LFA) & NNP +VIHAAN-Nagaland
SITUATION VACANT JUBILEE MEMORIAL SCHOOL (Affiliated to CISCE, New Delhi). Salangtem Ward, Mokokchung, Nagaland
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22nd November 2007, a landmark R&B responds to “The Roads to Hornbill” in Naga History: GPRN/NSCN he attention of the department has been drawn to T a news item that appeared in The Morung Express T dated 28th November, 2013 under the heading “the he mind and spirit of the peace loving Nagas soared to great heights as the news of Naga Unification reverberated across the land after Nov. 22, 2007. This was an answer to the prayers of the Churches, Mothers, and efforts of Hohos, GBs, DBs, and Students etc. Wave after wave of Naga Tribal Hohos and Civil Societies welcomed and supported the move until fresh round of gunfire erupted and silenced the overworked frontal Naga organization leaders. Nagas helplessly watched a situation where leadership had turned into wild beasts eating their newborn cubs. Indeed, many Naga revolutionary cubs perished. So many allegations were invented through the media on tribal lines in order to dampen Naga people’s participation but Almighty God never allowed false accusations to destroy the sanity of the people. The events on the eve of Naga unification in 2007 and immediately after have been justified and countered more than hundred times over the media and no further explanation is required as the people know the facts. To set the issue in its correct perspective, this is to clarify to the Naga people that GPRN/NSCN did not embark on the concept of solution for Nagas of Nagaland state. In the last four years, Mr. Th. Muivah had mentioned a number of times that inclusive solution cannot happen and that integration of Naga inhabited area is not possible at this time. He also said sovereignty and independence in today’s world is nonexistent as no nation can survive in isolation. For posterity, the FNR have all the recorded statements made during Highest Level meets. The 24th Nov. state-
roads to Hornbill..” This press release is being issued to clarify and made it clear that the national highway between Dimapur and Kohima that passes though the State capital to Kisama and onward to Manipur is a road that is exclusively maintained by the Border Roads Organisation, which is an agency of the Government of India. The State Government of Nagaland is not responsible for maintenance and upkeep of any section of this road. In fact, the highest offices of the State Government, including the Chief Minister of Nagaland has taken up with the BRO and the Government of India on several occasions for improvement of this road but unfortunately it still remains in the condition that it is today. The State Government has also expressed its concern to the BRO and the Government of India for the poor quality of works and the poor manner in which patch work repairs are carried out from time to time, however there seems to be no concrete steps taken up to improve this road. In fact, the State government has recently used its own resources to clear up the dumping of materials and maintenance works outside the perimeter of the blacktopping area on this road within and outside the State capital. Therefore, it is unfortunate that the media and the public are reaching its own conclusions without being aware of all the facts. The State Government cannot shoulder the blame for the pathetic condition of the national highway and the BRO, which is an agency of the Government of India is solely responsible for the pathetic condition of this road. D. Mero, Chief Engineer (R&B)
ment of MIP Hebron camp appears to contradict the stated position of its general Secretary. As things stands, Naga integration and Naga sovereignty has been deleted from the charter of demand if there was one. Sixteen years of political talks is still shrouded in mystery. The Alternative Political Arrangement for Nagas in Manipur under the sixth schedule of the Indian constitution has come into the picture and UNC was roped in to propagate it. If it is good for Naga brethren in Manipur, GPRN/NSCN believes Nagas in Nagaland state would not oppose such an arrangement. Mr. S.S Khaplang too has started constructing roads, building schools, improving healthcare etc., in Naga areas in Burma under the terms of the agreement. In 2012, he had also written to FNR convener not to disturb him as he won’t interfere in west Nagaland. Naturally when Nagas in Burma and Nagas in Manipur state seek alternative political arrangement with Burmese Government and GOI respectively, Nagas in the state of Nagaland cannot wait for Great Britain, the U.S, China, the Netherlands or UNPO to troop in and rescue Nagaland Nagas. Nagaland state was the epicenter of Naga freedom struggle and the GOI knows it. GPRN/NSCN desires a political solution that is honorable and acceptable to the people. ‘NAGALAND FOR CHRIST’ and ‘JEHOWA’ are used profusely by Naga leaders in every meeting but what God really wants is perhaps a small space in every leader’s heart to fear Him. Questioning the wisdom and conscience of Naga people for attending 6th GPRN/NSCN Naga unification anni-
versary at designated Camp Khehoi would tantamount to questioning all documents and positive steps taken by its own leadership Issak Chishi Swu and Th. Muivah since the formation of FNR. GPRN/NSCN invited Naga organizations on 22nd Nov 2013, to listen and to be listened to. The Journey of common Hope, the Signing of the Covenant of Reconciliation (COR), the top leadership meetings in 18th September 2010 at the residence of Hukato Naga, Naga Public Meeting at Agri. Expo ground Dimapur in 29thFebruary 2012, five day meeting at Niathu Resort in 2012 &2013, top leaders meeting at OTS in 2012 and 2013, are milestones in the journey of common hope and such outbursts reflects grim mind. GPRN/NSCN, under the leadership of President Gen. (Retd) Khole Konyak and General Secretary N Kitovi Zhimomi, has shown magnanimity in spelling out practical steps that concerns Naga people living in Burma, Manipur state, Nagaland State, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, while strengthening Naga solidarity and brotherhood. The issue of Naga sovereignty will never die even in thousand years; future generations have enough historical records to question and oppose any force. We have historical, social and cultural values that bind us together forever. Yet, today when the Nagas living in Manipur state seek an Alternative political arrangement from GOI and Naga leaders hailing from Burma pursues a solution with Burmese government, what option do the people of Nagaland state have? MIP, GPRN/NSCN
What You Sow You Shall Also Reap Galatian 6:7-8 here are basic rule of sowing vegetables seeds in the garden if we desire to have good produce to eat. We’ve got to plant what we want to harvest. The same basic rules that apply in the garden also apply in garden of the soil of our soul. As we consider this passage with an agricultural theme, I’d like to simply look at the things in order of the beginning, middle and the end. So in our garden and in our lives we begin with sowing the right seed... I. First we must sow the seed. 7-8 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. We are sowing seeds every day. If we have put our trust in Jesus for salvation then we should be sowing the seeds that the Holy Spirit supplies. By doing good works we think we make ourselves acceptable to God to earn eternal life. In his letter to the Ephesians Paul puts it this way, “For it is by grace you
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have been saved, through faith— and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do”. (Eph. 2:8-10).” It is clearly by grace that we are saved, but having been saved we have a purpose--those good works which God saved us to do. Those who have not put their trust in Christ sow different seed. Rather than that which pleases the spirit they plant seed to please the sinful nature, to gratify the desires that rage within them. Those who sow bad seed are not concern with what the outcome of their harvest is going to be because they’ve planned for worldly desire that has become more important for them than the eternal harvest through Jesus Christ. Hence, we’ve got to decide if we’re going to sow with our soul set upon the harvest of our flesh or sow through Christ for the harvest of eternal joy. In any manner when the seed is sowed we’ve got another job... II. Next we must tend the plants
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. There are a few things that happen between planting and the harvest, such as manuering, watering, weeding, pruning, spraying of pesticides against diseases and bugs. Sometimes it takes longer time to harvest, and sometimes the effort becomes overwhelming. But Paul says to us, we will reap the harvest in due time if we don’t give up. III. Finally you WILL Harvest 8 the one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will he reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will he reap eternal life. Now we can talk about the harvest in two different time frames: First there is the temporal harvest, the harvest here on earth and now. Anyone who has lived in this world long enough knows that the law of reaping what has been sown has an application even here and now on this earth. We can all name exceptions to the policy and times when it seems like the guilty live in abundance and no good deed goes unpunished, but far more abun-
dant are the examples of those who have harvested even in this life exactly what they’ve sown: Those who have planted seeds of love and concern for their fellow men, have reaped a harvest of friends. Those who have planted seeds of hatred and bitterness and envy, have harvested enemies. Those who have planted seeds of faithfulness to the Lord have brought in bushels of blessings; those who have rejected the Lord commands have found emptiness,pain and have lives filled with shallow searching. So the law of sowing and reaping definitely has consequences in here and now. It is undeniable principle as we see in each generation. This laws applies to every person lives in this world whether believers or not. This cycle has been in around since human inception. It reminds us that no matter what is happening our GOD is the creator of this world and he is in control of every thing. Nothing is happening without his knowledge. The emphasis of our text seems to be eternally oriented. And the words don’t require a lot of interpre-
tation from me, the one who sows to the flesh reaps destruction, the one who sows to please the Spirit receives eternal life. And what is it that we sow to please the Spirit, first and foremost? The seed of putting our faith in Jesus Christ for our salvation, as we saw earlier that faith makes a change in our life that results in our doing good works, but the primary response that God is looking for in our lives is to trust in Him, in his plan of salvation through the shed blood of Jesus. This is the seed that results in a harvest of eternal life. Those who plant only the seeds which please their own desires will find the fruit of their harvest not so pleasing, their harvest will be destruction. But notice this point: everyone will harvest. Our deeds show our true color of faith in God and for our people that we serve for a moment. This Bible passage will bless or judge us one day. God has not change from this eternal principle. What seed have we been planting in our lives? Remember the seeds are growing every day for us to REAP THE HARVEST SOON. Dr. Tseibu Rutsa
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The NSCN (K) response to JNK
he NSCN (K) responsed to the appeal made by Jotsoma Nuolhou Khehou (JNK) the apex body of Jotsoma Village in regards to illegal seized of a Maruti Gypsy bearing rtg No. 01C9188 (Under repair) belongs to L.Yuccu joint Secy of NSCN (K) by so called Unification Group from the premises of M/S progressive motors, that the NSCN Govt have never been authorised its joint Secy L. Tuccu to deposit his vehicle to M/S progressive motor for repairing or carry out any form of activities as alleged. Rather, the NSCN (K) questions the activities of so called Unification group for touching the private properties of other Naga political group’s functionary. The NSCN/GPRN on its part will carry out justice investigation on the issue as to what causes this incident to find out the best solution. In the mean time the NSCN/GPRN advice the M/S progressive motors to realize that, the entire problem was created by called Unification group, hence certain solution must be found with the victim who lost his service vehicle in the hands of anti element within the premises of M/S progressive motors. The Khole/Kitovi group after broken away from NSCN/GPRN indulged in extortion of public money and targeting NSCN functionary without realizing that, they lost their way and landed at the verge and extinction whose survival depends on the GOI’s mercy. MIP, NSCN/GPRN
NTC on 50 years of Statehood
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he Nagaland Tribes Council greets the citizens of Nagaland on attaining 50 years of Statehood. The NTC urges upon the State machineries and the citizens to rise on the occasion as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Statehood and its achievements and prepare to face new challenges ahead with vision, dedication and commitment to deliver good governance and usher peace and harmony to the people of the State to march ahead in unison for greater political status. The Nagaland State was created out of political agreement between the Government of India and Naga Peoples Convention 50 years ago. History had witnessed differences and controversies amongst the Nagas resulting to even loss of prominent citizens and yet, it could survive. Whatever progress that we are witnessing today are the fruits of Statehood. Had the pioneers not taken a bold step in their time, we would have still remained as a district in Assam. Believing that our Creator had led our forefathers to thus far where we inhabit today from time immemorial we beseech upon the blessings of the Almighty God for prosperity and give thanks for giving this beautiful land for us to cherish His glory and to manifest His marvelous designs for mankind. On the occasion of celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Statehood, the NTC expresses its happiness and joins the celebrations in profound gratefulness to God and to the memory of the founding members of the State. God Bless My Nagaland Theja Therieh Secretary, I&P, NTC
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The Morung Express
29 November 2013
Appeal for speedy establishment of polytechnic institute in Wokha Wokha, November 28 (mexN): The land owners of Renbomo Li Tongti, Chubi Bridge, Wokha has issued an ultimatum to the Department of Higher & Technical Education that if the Department does not take action on establishing the polytechnic institution at Renbomo Li Tongti within December 2, 2013, the land owners will stage a “severe agitation” in the form of “naked protest”. The protest will be launched at the office premises of the Directorate of Technical Education, it warned. In a letter to the Commissioner & Secretary, Department of Higher &
Technical Education, land owner Ekyimo Kikon stated that on November 14, he personally submitted a representation to the parliamentary secretary, Technical Education with regard to establishment of polytechnic institution at Renbomo Li Tongti, near Chubi Bridge, Pangti Village under Wokha district. A copy of the said representation was endorsed to the chief minister and NPF president for their intervention. However, the letter said, the work order is still kept pending even after a lapse of nine months of the tender. Ekyimo Kikon men-
tioned that on May 30 and 31, he staged dharna at the Directorate of Technical Education because the second phase of the work order was issued to all the districts except Wokha district. He noted that the first phase of the work order a ga i n s t Renbomo Li Tongti was issued to M/S Mha-Tum & Co. long before, but the work could not be executed “due to the reason best known to the department”. The letter cautioned that the govern-
ment alone will be held responsible for any untoward incident following the dharna.
kohIma, November 28 (mexN): In view of the President of India’s visit to Kohima from November 30 to December 1, no vehicles will be allowed to park in the following stretch of road from 06:00 AM onwards: Raj Bhavan to 19 Assam Rifles Helipad via LCS building; Hotel Fira Jn. to Lower Paramedical Jn. via Assamese Church; Naga Hospital Jn. to Jn. Below Census Directorate; Red Cross Building to TCP Gate via Ladies Mile Road; MS Classic Island to Lerie Helipad via BOC South Point; Raj Bhavan to Kisama Heritage Village. Su-
perintendent of Police has informed that defaulting vehicles will be towed and towing charge will be realized from the defaulters On November 30, heavy vehicles will not be allowed to enter the town from 08:00 AM onwards till 05:30 PM, and on December 1, 07:00 AM onwards. Further, all the light vehicles proceeding towards main town will be diverted from PR Hill Jn. towards Paramedical Road via Hotel Fira Jn. All light vehicles proceeding towards BOC area from Razhü Point will be diverted towards Naga Bazaar via Sema Baptist
PVSU writes to Parliamentary Secretary Meanwhile, in a separate letter, Pangti Village Students Union (PVSU) has appealed the parliamentary secretary, Information Technology & Communications, Technical Education, Science & Technology, Taxes, to intervene in the matter and re-
solve the issue at the earliest so “we may not lag too far behind other districts in setting up the polytechnic institute”. The letter appended by PVSU information & publicity secretary Yanbemo K Shitiri informed that the government decided to establish the polytechnic institute at Renbomo Li Tongti, for which all formalities including submission of technical feasibility report and land acquisition were completed. However, it said, work order for starting the construction at the site was about to be issued when the project was stopped all of a sudden on one premise or the other.
The letter recalled that the Union had written a letter to the Directorate of ITTE dated 11/07/2013 about the issue, a copy of which was also forwarded to the Parliamentary Secretary, but no action has been taken so far. The letter drew attention of the parliamentary secretary to the “unwanted situation” and “bad blood” among the people that have been “created by the government in going back on its decision”. PVSU further appealed the parliamentary secretary concerned to take action so the government’s order issued during DAN II on the matter is not “dishonoured”.
Church which will be one way. The route from New Market to New NST will be one way and meant for light vehicles proceeding towards the main town area. All light vehicles proceeding towards PWD and Chandmari from PR Hill area have been directed to take the road from Mohonkhola Jn. Vehicles will not be allowed entry into the National Highway through Mezhur Jn. and PWD Jn. once the route diversion starts. The above mentioned traffic route diversions will start from 12:40 PM on November 30 and from 09:00 AM on December 1.
DImaPUr, November 28 (mexN): The election for the Executive Committee of Nagaland Press Association (NPA) has been scheduled on December 18, 2013. The election will be held for the offices of President, Vice-President, General Secretary, Joint Secretary and Finance Secretary. A press release issued by Election Commission informed that to facilitate an open, free and fair election process, the Election Commission has printed a brochure containing the “Rules and
Procedures for the Election” as well as the “Nomination Petition.” The brochure provides the basic information pertaining to eligibility of voters, candidates and the due process to be followed during the elections. Interested NPA members have been requested to collect the brochure from the office of The Morung Express, House No 4, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur. The process of nomination began after the General Body Meeting on November 27, 2013 and will remain open until 5:00pm on December
10, 2013. The Election Commission has urged all NPA members to participate in the process and elect their Executive Committee, so they can with greater responsibility and determination work towards the realization of the aims and objectives of the Association. The 3-member Election Commission was constituted on November 15, 2013 by the Interim Office Bearers of NPA with the responsibility of conducting free and fair elections of the NPA, the note said.
Youth Front (CYF) has vehemently condemned the atrocious killing of Velasayi Keyho at Lerie, Kohima on November 26 evening, whose body was recovered on November 27 morning by the people of the locality. A press note from CYF informed that Velasayi, the only son of Lt. Josahi Keyho hailed from Chozuba village. He was working at Lerie vehicle servicing centre where
taking away by cruel hands is despicable and should be condemned by one and all,” said CYF president Zhopayi Nakro in a release received here. While extending its grief and solidarity with the bereaved family, the CYF urged the competent authority to nab the perpetrators at the earliest and award befitting punishment. Kohima Chakhesang Students' Union (KCSU)
Chizo and General Secretary Kekhwepre Tsuhah has strongly condemned the murder of Velasayi Keyho, of Chazouba, at Lerie Colony, Kohima on November 26. KCSU called upon the law enforcing agency to book the culprit and bring the perpetrators of the crime to face judgement. Leiriechazou Panchayat has expressed deep shock at the murder of
Garage on November 26. In a press statement, the Panchayat vehemently condemned the “heinous inhuman act” and assured fullest co-operation to the law enforcing agency in the process of investigation “so the culprit is brought to book and awarded the severest punishment”. The Panchayat further conveyed its deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
season. It further called for a crackdown on sale of adulterated goods and commodities in and around Dimapur. It further informed that any complaints or grievances will be entertained at the CSDD office at Millennium Building, near Durga Mandir, top floor or can be informed at 9436261538 or 985656970
Landowners warn to launch “severe agitation”
Traffic route during President’s visit Election of Nagaland Press Association
275 bank loan cases disposed Organizations condemn murder in Kohima November his dead body was recov- in a press release issued Velasayi Keyho at Service and Rs1.34 crore settled kohIma, 28 (mexN): Chakhesang ered. “Life is God given and by President Veshekhoyi Station located near NST
Dimapur
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Birthday GreetinGs Happy 77th Birthday Dear Ipu/Isu (Yeshito Chishi) Whishing you a very Happy Birthday! May God bless you and continue to shower His blessings upon you abundantly. We love you. Have a blessed day. Your loving children and grandchildren.
Power dept informs DImaPUr, November 28 (mexN): The Sub Divisional Officer, Electrical Sub Division No-II, Dimapur has informed that the telephone landline of the control room, power house in Burma Camp (03862225676 and 03862-232199) has been damaged due to construction of drainage in the area. As such, the public have been requested to temporarily communicate through the mobile number: 8575913044, till the landline is restored.
Mex FiLe NBCC award ceremony for Kohima top cleanest schools kohIma, November 28 (mexN): An award distribution ceremony to honour the top 10 cleanest schools of Kohima is scheduled to be held on November 29 at 2:00 PM at Platinum Hall, NBCC HQ, Bayavu, Kohima. Kaisa Rio, wife of Chief Minister of Nagaland will be the chief guest and give away the awards. Besides the other invitees, special guests and dignitaries, a total of 5 (ie, 1 teacher and 4 students) from each of the 47 high / higher secondary schools of Kohima and 2 (ie, Pastor and the Convener, Sanitation Committee in the Church) have been requested to come and participate in the program. The award is being organized under the aegis of the Kohima Environment & Sanitation of NBCC for Schools located in and around Kohima town numbering 47 based on factors such as, toilets and urinals (their cleanliness and sufficiency), general cleanliness, awareness level of hygiene & sanitation, solid & liquid waste disposal systems and tidiness of uniform.
NSCN/GPRN discharge cadres
DImaPUr, November 28 (mexN): Commanding Officer of Ihoshe Battalion, NSCN/GPRN has informed in a press release that Dongailung (Army No ST 28216) of Ihoshe Battalion was discharged from active service on health grounds on November 12. Further, L/Corp Dimthuipou Adim of Ihoshe Battalion was also discharged by Col Rawnng Raikhan, Commanding officer, Ihoshe Battalion on October 9 on health ground.
Dept of Art & Culture invites
kohIma, November 28 (mexN): Department of Art and Culture will be organizing daily cultural programme on the theme “Culturally Yours” during the Hornbill Festival at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama from 10 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 2:30 pm. The Department will also organize “State Archives Exhibition” and “Artist Corner” at the Bamboo Pavilion and WW II museum complex respectively. Therefore, Director Vevo has invited all to come and witness the events.
Ex-servicemen of Mkg dist informed
mokokchUNg, November 28 (DIPr): The Zila Sainik Welfare Officer, Mokokchung Lt. Col. R.S.Ahluwalia (Retd) has informed that the ex-servicemen would be presenting a parade contingent during the Nagaland Statehood Golden Jubilee Celebration. In this regard, all ExPeople avail assistance during the national Lok adalat DImaPUr, Novem- ing occasions such as Durga representation and to stop of consumers and cooperate servicemen in Mokokchung district have been informed organised by KdLsa. ber 28 (mexN): In or- Puja, Diwali and other fes- tampering with the price for the welfare of the people to report by 8:00 A.M at Imkongmeren Sports Complex on kohIma, Novem- Services Authority (KDL- der to protect consumer tivities; “such discounts are of goods and commodi- especially during the festive December 1.
CSDD stresses on consumer rights during festivity
ber 28 (mexN): A total of 275 bank loan cases were disposed off and a total amount of Rs.1,34,67,630/- (Rupees One Crore, Thirty Four Lakhs, Sixty Seven Thousand, Six Hundred and Thirty only) were settled on the occasion of National Lok Adalat organised by the Kohima District Legal
SA) on November 23 at Kohima Law College campus. Further, one traffic violation offence was also settled and a fine of Rs.500/was imposed upon the offending driver. This was stated in a press release issued by KDLSA secretary Yangerjungla Longkumer and its Dy. Secretary Inalo Zhimomi.
rights, the Consumer Society Dimapur District has cautioned the business community “to exercise restraint and avoid unfair means” in the name of festivities. A press statement appended by CSDD President, T Hetoyi Yeptho and Finance Secretary, Nihoto Chopy stated that while discounts are offered dur-
rare and instead the business community tends to raise the prices of various goods and commodities” during this period. It further urged the public to be vigilant and exercise their rights as consumers. It cautioned any individual, shop, vendor, and seller not to indulge in any form of adulteration, mis-
ties and to sell according to the MRP. While urging consumers to report any discrepancies to the CSDD, it cautioned that defaulting persons will be dealt with according to relevant provisions of the law. The society also called upon authorities to extend their full co-operation for the protection of the rights
Wokha, November 28 (mexN): King’s Sound in association with Team Metamorphosis Wokha is set to organize the first edition of Wokha Music Festival (WMF) from December 18 to 19. The festival which will provide platform to all genres of music is aimed at promoting the local musicians of the district in particular and the state in general, a press release issued by the Organizing Committee of the festival said, while
assuring it will be a good exposure for the upcoming musicians. As a co-organizer of the event, King’s Sound will provide 20,000 Watts RMS Sound System and its 20 by 30 feet stage free of cost while Team Metamorphosis will coordinate with the event management. This non profitable task, the release said, is for the benefit of the people. The organizers have requested the upcoming
musicians of the district to contact King’s Images/ Hotel Hornbill for participation. An audition will be held so as to avoid technical hazards during the event. Soloists (Vocal), Guitarists (Classical/ Rock/ Blues), bands can seize the opportunity to expose their talents while being promoted. Prominent artist like Oren Mozhui will be featured during the Music Festival. These two days festival will be totally free for public.
DImaPUr, November 28 (mexN): Yimchunger Akheru Arihako (YAA), the apex students organisation of Yimchunger tribe has vehemently condemned the “life attempt” and “intimidation” meted out to Rhakila Lakiumong, ex-candidate of 54 A/C Tuensang sadar-II and former chairman of NSSWB
Nagaland reportedly by cadre of NSCN (K) on November 22 at Helipong junction “without any rhyme and reason”. The YAA, in a press statement stated that the incident which is “tantamount to life assassination cannot be tolerated when every Naga is yearning for peace and unity”. It declared, “Such unscrupulous
TUeNsaNg, November 28 (mexN): Thsotokur Students’ Union (TSU) has expressed that it is “saddened by the everincreasing atrocious mindset of some cadres of Naga political groups amidst the unabated demand for peace and tranquility in the State.” TSU President C. Kanito and Vice President K. Hankam in a condemnation note stated that the "life attempt" of Rhakila Lakiumong at Helipong Junction on November 22, without
any reason by handful of “untamed” cadres of NSCN (K), by means of firing a revolver point blank was another instance of atrocity. The student union also stated that the top-leaders must be doing good for the Nagas, “but unfortunately behind the contented scene, there are some cadres holding an average files and ranks running with a free mischief hands demeaning all human dignity and political ideologies.” Further, they demand-
ed that those cadres should be “tamed” instantly “lest the public spit over the faces in few days to come”. Offenders who were directly or indirectly involved in the Helipong junction should be punished befittingly as a deterrent measure to forbid such occurrences in future, the Union stated. TSU also fully endorsed the decision made by Thsotokur Village Council of its non-cooperation towards NSCN (K) if demands are not met within 15 days.
DC Wokha informs on Statehood Day
Wokha, November 28 (DIPr): Deputy Commissioner, Wokha, Vyasan R. IAS has informed all the heads of offices under Wokha District that, in view of the 50th Anniversary of the Statehood Day on December 1, 2013, there will be compulsory attendance for all the employees. The heads of department have been directed to submit the attendance sheet to the Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil). Strict action shall be taken against the absent employees.
Mon shop owners informed
moN, November 28 (mexN): Chamber of Commerce Mon District has informed in a press release that all the business establishments in Mon Town must not pay any illegal taxes/donation. Further, all the shops in Mon Town have been asked to display Christmas decorations in their act of our National workers respective shops before December 10. According to the reshould be highly condemned lease, the shops are to be open until 6:00 pm during Decemby every right thinking citi- ber 1 to 31, 2013. zens for not even sparing the innocent mother.” YAA ques- Timing rescheduled tioned the higher authority for Statehood prog in Mkg of NSCN (K) about the mo- mokokchUNg, November 28 (DIPr): The celetive behind the incident and bration programme of the 50th Anniversary of Nagaland urged to hand over the cadres Statehood at Mokokchung will be held at Imkongmeren involved to the law enforcing Sports Complex on December 1 from 9:00 a.m. The change agencies at the earliest. of timing for the main function, which earlier was notified at 10:30 a.m., has been changed to 9:00 a.m. in order not to coincide with the Sunday Devotional service. The programme will be graced by Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Murohu Chotso as the Chief Guest. The programme also includes presentation of Awards and cultural items by Cultural Club, Khensa Village and Sangtam Community Mokokchung. DC Mokokchung has directed all Head of Offices and their employs under Mokokchung town to attend the function. He also informed all Controlling Officers to submit attendance with their counter signature to the DC after the function. Further, all Head of Offices were informed to deduct one day wage from the salary of all absentees.
First Wokha Music Festival starts Dec 18 YAA condemns 'life attempt' on ex candidate
Thsotokur Students’ Union condemns attack
dBC releases Christmas album DImaPUr, November 28 (mexN): Discipleship Bible College (DBC) today released a Christmas DVD album titled “Glory To God in The Highest”. According to a press release, the DVD was brought out with threepronged objectives. Firstly, it said, many young people seem to be neglecting the choral singing which comes with heavy music notations and arrangements. Therefore, it was released with an aim to encourage young people for choir or choral singing. Secondly, often when Christmas time approaches, “our” people like to listen to Christmas songs sung by local people. Unfortunately, the note stated, we have very few Christmas Choir songs
Parl Secy Tohanba extends condolences
(L-r) Kilang Longkumer, Music director, er. Obang Longchari, Chairman, Board of Governors, dBC and rev. temsu imchen, acting Principal.
sung by local people. Therefore, the project was aimed at sharing Christmas message through songs sung by local youth. Thirdly, the funds raised will be used for the development of the college. The album was released by Er. Obang Longchari,
Chairman DBC Board of Governors in a small function chaired by Anuo Solo. Kilang Longkumer, Music Director pronounced words of thanks and Rev. Temsu Imchen said the words of appreciation. The dedication prayer was pronounced by the teachers.
kohIma, November 28 (mexN): Parliamentary Secretary for CAWD Tohanba has expressed shock at the death of T Lakiumong Yimchunger in Guwahati on November 27. In a condolence message, Tohanba informed that Lakiumong was born at Chessore village, Tuensang district. Earlier, he served as headmaster of Christian High School, Shamator. According to the note, he is the first person from Yimchunger tribe to achieve M.Th, LLM degrees. He also has a BA, B.Th, LLB degrees besides the two. He was serving as Associate Professor at Leonard Theological College, Jaipalpur during the time of his death. He was 45. Stating that in his death, Yimchunger tribe in particular and Nagas in general have lost an upcoming leader, Tohanba extended his condolences to the bereaved family members.
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The Power of Truth
The Morung Express FrIDAy 29 NovEmbEr 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 325
Along Longkumer Consulting Editor
Collective Shame Nagaland @ Fifty Years—I
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he YouthNet Post Election Watch Report 2013 for Nagaland made public recently has only confirmed what has been known all along—the huge amount of money spend during elections here in Nagaland. Thanks to the effort of YouthNet, we now know how much was actually spend—around Rs 937 crores. For a small and resource crunch State like ours, this is big and precious money. As rightly mentioned by them at the outset, the YouthNet report will hopefully ‘educate the masses’ so as to ‘shift from the vicious circle’ and to ‘bring checks and balances in the system for the overall development’ of Nagaland. Perhaps as a suggestion, the ‘YouthNet Post Election Watch Report 2013’ should bring out a booklet to be widely disseminated through the network of our local churches, tribal bodies, schools, colleges etc. The possibility of translating into local dialects besides the English version should be explored. The State Election Commission as part of its Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Campaign should support such a venture. So who is to be blamed for this corruption? It takes two to tango right? The bribe giver as well as taker are both to be blamed for corruption taking place. The political class (read candidates and political parties) have used money to buy votes. Equally, the public (read voters) have taken money in lieu of votes. During the time of election, despite the clean election campaign by the Church, there were reports that section of our public were demanding a high price for their support (vote). This is now proved by the YouthNet report. The facts mentioned in the section, ‘amount per household and amount per vote’ is shameful to say the least. According to the report, the average amount per household overall stands between Rs 10,000-20,000 and some households are said to have received Rs 10 lakhs or more. Likewise, the average amount per vote overall stands between Rs 2000 to Rs 5000 and one voter had in fact received 1 lakh Rupees for a single vote. That public morality is as close to zero can be seen from the fact that some candidates who spend as much as Rs 5 crores and above went on to lose the election. Astonishingly, the candidate who reportedly spent the highest amount of Rs 40 crores lost. This means that for many of the voters, election was a time of carnival to loot those in the fray. This speaks volumes about our character—to be deceitful in order to get rich illegally. It also shows us in bad light as double-crossing and a people that cannot be trusted. We take money from one and vote for the other—indeed a dishonorable act. And all this corruption we indulge ourselves in despite professing to be Christians. One reader whose letter was published in a local daily (Nagaland Page, November 9 issue), in response to the YouthNet report, summed it up really well. According to the letter ‘Election spending, borrowed money?’ the general public cannot complain because they (i.e. the public) have taken borrowed money from the candidates during the elections. “The Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries are just taking back what they have given the voters during elections, albeit with huge interest rate”, states the letter with the conclusion that perhaps this should be a lesson for all of us. Corruption exists in Nagaland because an equally corrupt public motivates the political class to indulge in looting funds to be later passed on to them for their support or votes. The YouthNet Post Election Watch Report 2013 is without doubt a matter of fact, clear exposition of all round corruption in Nagaland. Anyone who reads this damning report will hopefully realize that corruption starts with the self through our dishonest action and that we cannot simply blame only our politicians for this sorry state of affairs. As we step into 50 years of Statehood, let this be a time of collective shame so that we can at least make some effort towards self introspection and correction. The above is the first in a three part series of editorial under the theme ‘Nagaland @ Fifty Years’ (Feedback can be send to consultingeditormex@gmail.com)
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Anjuri Nayar Source: IANS
‘Internet secures future of documentaries’
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he internet is a boon for short films and documentaries as it serves as a platform to grab more eyeballs, says Indo-Canadian filmmaker Keshhav Panneriy. He feels that the medium has exposed docu-dramas to a bigger commercial market and that the revenue generated through the domain also helps recover costs. The filmmaker, a first generation Indian in Canada, is known for his documentaries like "Eternal Love 2013" and "Chemical Farming: Boon or Disaster?" Documentaries in India were on the brink of extinction, but "today they have a much bigger commercial market and buyers than earlier", Panneriy told IANS in an email interaction from Mumbai, where he is working on a new project. "With so many technological advancements, there are huge numbers of online platforms and thousands of online film festivals which help documentary filmmakers generate revenue through each single click directed towards their film," he added. "Nowadays the narrative of documentaries has become more engaging, attracting larger audiences via the online medium," he said. Originally from Udaipur, Rajasthan, the filmmaker made Canada his base in 2004 by starting a film company, A.K. Films Inc. He came back to India in 2009 to establish the Keon International Film Academy film school, now based in Mumbai. Apart from a gripping narrative, it's imperative for filmmakers to resort to the latest technology to attract more moviegoers. "I wish to give a movie a modern and updated take in terms of technology so that it can stand in an international podium," Panneriy said. The treatment of the film is another element which decides how the end product turns out to be, feels the filmmaker, who graduated in Film Production from the Toronto Film School, Canada. "It all depends on the treatment, which sometimes makes a simple story look very beautiful. Otherwise, a good story can also appear flawed if not complemented with advanced technique and modern vision," he said. Now Panneriy is planning to make a feature film penned by US-based author Purnima Mead. The film revolves round the struggle of an Indian woman, who dares to dream - and the hardships she faces in trying to achieve her goal. It also speaks about the way in which women are perceived in Indian urban society with its bias towards men. Panneriy feels India provides the perfect backdrop for his film and is perfect to support the story. "Where else do you think I would have found the ambience, the colours, the street noise, the traffic, the hustle and bustle, the order that we find in chaos, the mood... it is a story of an Indian woman; hence to bring in the original touch to it, India is the place (to shoot it)," he said. The leading lady of the film still remains to be found. The director is looking for an actress who is willing to shed her glamorous avatar for the role. "We are considering a face that does not have a screen image or one that may dare to break her screen image. The industry generally categorises a heroine as glamorous, arty, mainstream or so, but my actress should be the one who can be glamorous and strong with the same ease," he said. He further added: "We have approached a few Bollywood mainstream actresses and they are hesitant to accept the solo lead role because of their image. As soon as my team and I settle with a leading lady, we will let everyone know."
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Thomas Goodfellow, Dennis Rodgers, and Jo Beall
FROM CIVIL TO CIVIC CONFLICT? Violence and the city in 'fragile states'
The increasing ubiquity of riots, gang crime, and terrorist attacks in cities, would suggest the hallmark of the contemporary period is one of rising 'urban conflict' rather than 'peace'. But what is the link between the 'fragility' of states, and increasing violence in the city?
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or a fleeting moment during the final decade of the twentieth century, the general trajectory of conflict across the world seemed clear. With the Cold War over, the number of interstate wars was in free-fall and the dominant form of violence was internal, within fragmenting states no longer propped up by their superpower sponsors. The age of ‘total war’ between states had thus been largely superseded by a wave of civil conflicts, often characterised as ‘new wars’, fought for the most part in rural hinterlands and widely considered as limited in scope and scale. Over a decade into the new millennium, however, the trajectory now looks far from straightforward. Like international wars, civil wars too have been steadily declining in number. Yet from Colombia to Cairo, Brazil to Baghdad and Kenya to Kandahar, each month brings new manifestations of what Arjun Appadurai (in)famously termed the ‘implosion of global and national politics into the urban world’. Although riots, gang crime, and terrorist attacks have afflicted cities for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, the increasing ubiquity of such events – even if not ‘wars’ in any conventional sense - suggest that the hallmark of the contemporary period is one of rising ‘urban conflict’ rather than ‘peace’. These developments raise questions with respect to a category of countries often described as ‘fragile’, ‘failed’ or ‘failing’ states, since most definitions of ‘fragility’ explicitly refer to the state’s inability to prevent ongoing violence within its territory . What, if anything, is the link between weaknesses at the level of the state in particular parts of the developing world, and changes in the spaces in which violence plays out? What, moreover, can be said about why some cities in troubled regions remain remarkably peaceful and resilient, seemingly against the odds? These are some of the questions we address in a new Special Issue of Urban Studies on ‘Cities, Conflict and State Fragility in the Developing World’. One way of re-thinking violence in contemporary ‘fragile states’ is to turn to European history – particularly as it was analysed by the late Charles Tilly, whose work reflects on the central role that cities and violence played in building states in early modern Europe. Today, by contrast, all too often it seems that cities are where state-building projects in the developing world unravel rather than consolidate. This is partly because we are moving from a world where conflict over cities fuelled the need for taxation and state power, to one where conflict in cities undermines state-building efforts even as it necessitates them. Yet we should not dismiss the historical parallel altogether: cities can be (and sometimes are) still central to processes of state-building when the conditions are right. To understand when such an outcome is possible we
H
ealth is wealth’; preventing of food from contamination is one of the major concern for every one because consuming contaminated foods and drinks causes food borne illness. This mean that contaminated foods and drinks are harmful for ones’ health and can cause illnesses like typhoid fever and bacillary dysentery. Some illnesses are enteric in that the symptoms are confined to the gastro intestinal tract with mild to severe nausea, vomiting, stomach ache and diarrhea. Other food borne diseases are systematic that is the organism invades the circulation and produce symptoms in organs and tissues. Almost all reported cases of food borne illnesses or diseases are caused by the followings: By bacteria. - Bacteria multiply fast when food is kept at an unsafe temperature. By moulds. Moulds usually grow in humid area. By Fungi. This usually grows in lack of sunlight. By the presence of some natural toxicant in the food. The toxin is formed in the food before it is eaten and cannot be detected by taste, odor and colour. By contamination of food with toxin chemicals or sensitivity of a given individual to one or more food. Initially the “Big Three” are reported to be the main causes of foodborne illnesses. These are: o Salmonella o Clostridurm o Staphylococci Other microorganism known as Germs is also one of the causes of food borne illnesses and diseases.
In this Wednesday, December 5, 2012 file photo, a Sunni gunman fires his weapon during clashes that erupted between pro and anti-Syrian regime gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon. The conflict has rippled across the Middle East, sending more than 2 million refugees spilling across Syria’s borders, stoking Sunni-Shiite tensions to levels unseen in years and rattling the very foundations of the region’s nation states. The most fragile of those is Lebanon, which is still recovering from its own bloody 15-year civil war and has long been seen as no more than a nudge away from tumbling back into full-blown confessional conflict. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla/File)
need to understand the drivers of the apparent urbanisation of violent conflict, as well as analysing the ways in which different political actors have responded to it in different places. Many forms of violence across the world today can be characterised as ‘civic conflict’: a concept that is both distinct from civil war and eschews the simplistic tendency to think of forms of urban violence as being either ‘social’, ‘political’, or ‘economic’ in nature. The word ‘civic’ is suggestive of cities on the one hand, and of citizenship (and by extension, the state) on the other. From sectarian riots to gang violence, terrorism, and ‘turf wars’ between urban landlords, these forms of conflict are all linked both to the city as a distinct space and to contestation over citizenship and entitlements, often reflecting a sense of neglect by the state. These forms of conflict are quite different from ‘conventional’ civil war, which generally involves an effort by a rebel organisation to fully take control of the state, and in which cities are often the ‘end-point’: their ‘capture’ signifies victory, usually followed by the laying down of arms. Civic conflicts instead represent expressions of discontent, demands for attention, claims of entitlement to the resources of the city, and sometimes the establishment of parallel structures of control that take the place of (or fill the gaps in) state institutions. In many parts of the developing world, both of these forms of conflict exist simultaneously. In others, however, civil wars have largely ceded to civic conflicts, which may be equally or more devastating but which do not require formal peace settlements so much as new political settlements in cities - and between urban and rural communities. As the world becomes more urban, our understanding of violent conflict and routes to its resolution must keep pace; therefore alongside national politics, urban politics – a complex and often neglected area of study in relation to the developing world – needs to be factored into conflict analyses. It is true that some of the most war-torn countries of recent decades, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and, until recently, Northern Uganda, have been mired in rural-based civil conflicts where cities and towns were relative havens of peace for
long periods of time. Even in such cases, however, cities rarely remain so peaceful when civil wars draw to a close. All too often, urban havens can become flashpoints of violence later on, precisely because they attract people in droves but their governments neglect to ‘think urban’ in post-war reconstruction efforts, usually perceiving urban growth as temporary. While politics is certainly not all about elites, how struggles over urban citizens’ needs are managed by political elites has crucial impacts on both the incidence of violent conflict and prospects for long-term development. In cases such as Colombia, which until recently was home to some of the most violent cities in the world, and the Kwa-Zulu Natal region of South Africa, elites have risen to this challenge with relatively impressive results. In other cases, including parts of India, Pakistan, Nicaragua, and East Timor (to name just a few) urban violence was precipitated or exacerbated by elite strategies at particular moments in time. In yet other cases from our own research programme, including Mozambique and Rwanda, there is the distinct possibility that latent urban conflicts are simply being ‘deferred’ to a later date by particular elite approaches towards conflict management. Critically important for reducing violence in a sustainable way is the evolution of systems of institutionalised bargaining between urban groups that cohere around socioeconomic identifiers that go beyond ethnic, religious or racial ones. Making demands on the state is vital for state-building itself; yet when demands are based on fixed exclusionary categories and individual patrons, a likely outcome is either violence or the kind of unproductive rentsharing that does little to bring development. Actively increasing urban citizens’ capacity to make collective demands in ways that are non-violent – rather than denying them political agency by hoping either that they will return to the countryside or that economics will somehow save the day – is now in order. This is a challenge for local political leaders and international development actors alike, and implies a deliberate (though cautious) reinvigoration of urban political contestation in fragile states: something that has largely been ignored in the policy debates on fragility over the past decade.
Causes of Food Contamination and Its Preventing Measures and Controls
Equipment to Food Contamination can also be passed from kitchen equipment and utensils to food. This type of contamination occurs because the equipment or utensils were not properly cleaned and sanitized beJessica Dohtdong tween each use. Some examples are: • Using unclean equipment, such as Prog. Asstt. (H.Sc) slicers, can openers, and utensils, KVK, Wokha, ICAR Nagaland Centre to prepare food. storing of food source. There are three main ways • Using a cutting board and the same • improper washing of hands and fincross-contamination can occur: knife when cutting different types gernails • Food to food of foods, such as cutting raw chick• poor personal hygiene habits of • People to food en followed by salad preparation. food employees • Equipment to food. • Storing a cooked product, such as a • people who may seem well but who sauce, in an unsanitized container carry bacteria that can make other Food to Food that previously stored raw meat. Food can become contaminated by people sick Preventing measures and con• improperly cleaned and sanitized bacteria from other foods. This type of trols: Preventing cross-contamination cross-contamination is especially daneating and cooking utensils and gerous if raw foods come into contact is one step to help eliminate food- equipment • contamination of food, utensils, with cooked foods. Here are some ex- borne illness. Cross-contamination of and equipment from flies, roaches, amples of food-to-food cross-contam- food is a common factor in the cause of foodborne illness. Foods can become ination: and other insects and pests • use of foods from unapproved • In a refrigerator, meat drippings contaminated by microorganisms from raw meat stored on a top shelf (bacteria and viruses) from many difsources might drip onto cooked ferent sources during the food prepaPreventing measures vegetables placed on ration and storage process. and controls: Pay atlower shelf. Follow these steps to prevent tention while prepar• Raw chicken placed cross-contamination and reduce ing food to prevent acon a grill touching a hazards to food: cidental contaminants. steak that is being cooked. • Wash your hands thoroughly between handling different foods or Remember: WHEN IN DOUBT, People to Food after using the toilet. THROW IT OUT! People can also be a source of • Wash and sanitize all equipment • Plan for a minimum of leftovers. cross-contamination to foods. Some and utensils that come in contact • Throw away food that is cloudy, examples are: with food. mushy, or has an off odor. • Handling foods after using the toi- • Avoid touching your face, skin, • Throw away food from a leaking let without first properly washing and hair, or wiping your hands on can. DO NOT taste. This could be a your hands. cleaning cloths. possible source of Botulism. • Throw away food that changes ap- • Touching raw meats and then pre- • Store foods properly by separating paring vegetables without washing washed or prepared foods from pearance, color, and/or Shape over hands between tasks. unwashed or raw foods. a period of time. • Using an apron to wipe your hands • Try preparing each type of food at between handling different foods, Cross-contamination: Cross-condifferent times, and then clean and or wiping a counter with a towel Germs that cause disease are spread by: tamination is the contamination sanitize food contact surfaces beand then using it to dry your hands. tween each task. • improper handling, preparing, and of a food product from another
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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE
Cricket’s link to depression Dennis Passa
Green Audit in educational institutions and its implication on our environment Charles Mhonthung Ezung, Vice Principal Immanuel College Lengrijan, Dimapur
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The issue of environmental degradation and adoption of measures for its preservation is directly related to our educational system. In other words what we teach our children during their formative years will have a direct impact on the effort of preserving our fragile environment. Today the biggest threat to humanity is not war or physical violence but the degradation of the human habitat by our lifestyle or behavior. The concept of ‘Green Audit’ is a right step aimed at the right set of audience. It is basically a programme which starts at the initial stage of educational system and aim the younger generation who at one point of time in the future will be decisions-makers. Our state being endowed with large quantity of fossil fuel and mineral resources, which are yet to be exploited, the citizens need to be educated thoroughly in the issues of the impact of the exploitation of natural resources to our environment. No doubt many measures have been initiated by governmental and Non-governmental agencies in the field of raising awareness to the issue of preservation of our environment and all of them appears to be bearing fruit. The case of the conservation of Amur Falcon is a notable effort of both the government and the non-governmental agencies in our state, including the citizens. One such measure which can contribute to the raising of awareness and subsequently contribute to the preservation of our environment is the process of Green Audit. This measure not only provides theoretical knowledge but also involves the students to the dynamics of preservation and conservation of our environment practically, by involving them in assessing the damage inflicted upon our environment by the activities of man practically. It also enables the students to formulate measures which are feasible for the protection and conservation of our environment. What is ‘Green Audit’? As stated earlier, it is the process of assessing the environmental impact of our activities in our day-to-day life and also to find ways and means to protect and conserve the same. In order to have a proper understanding of the concept, we need to be aware of the different terms associated with green audit.
he process of assessing the environmental impact of an individual, organization, institution, process, project, etc is termed as Green Audit. A green audit of our home or institution can reveal ways in which we can reduce energy consumption. Analysing the given definition of the term ‘Green Audit’, it is pertinent to introspect and ask ourselves whether we are also contributing to the degradation of our environment and if so, in what manner and how can we minimize this contribution so that it is brought down to zero level so as to preserve our environment for our future generations. In short, the process of Green Audit enables us to assess our lifestyle and actions and assess its impact on the environment and to make changes or adjustment if necessary. The paper here attempts to apply the process of Green Audit to educational institution; however this process can also be applied to an individual’s life so as to have an idea regarding our lifestyle’s impact on our environment. Taking the example of our state let us assess whether we are doing enough in the direction of the preservation of our environment. Till now not too many denizens of our state appears to be concerned with the environmental issues that are crucial to the survival of our planet earth in general and to our land in particular. If we are to analyse the response to the need for preservation and conservation of our environment from the older generation of our state, we find a complacent attitude which basically indicates the lack of awareness and information regarding how our activities compound the problem or to be precise how our lack of information in this issue compound the problem. This conclusion is arrived at by looking at the way we disposed off our garbage, solid waste matter and other trash that is generated by our daily activities. In short, there is no proper disposal of waste product. Both the government and we the citizens are to be blamed for this sorry state of affairs. Moreover, the approach that is adopted for any developmental project is basically undertaken without proper study regarding its environmental implications. The introduction of the subject of Environmental Stud- a) Carbon Neutral: It is a term that recognises all the ies in the syllabus of our educational system is of recent actions of man, project, or an institution, that redevelopment. In other words, it seems to appear that sults in zero net carbon-di-oxide emission. It can we have woken up to the issues and problems regardbe achieved by increasing energy efficiency and ing our environment a little late. However, it is better improving energy conservation as well as using relate than never. The impact of science and industrializanewable energy like, wind power or solar power as tion is still in its nascent stage in our state, but its full a source of energy for our activities or comfort. blown development is not too far away, since we have to keep pace with the level of progress and development b) Carbon Footprint: It is a term used to measure with the rest of the advanced world if we are to survive the amount of carbon-di-oxide put into the atmoas a nation. Therefore the need to create awareness sphere as a result of an individual or institution’s about the issues of the degradation of our environment actions like – driving, flying, home heating, home concerning our state is very important and imperative. cooling as well as the use of electricity. The usage
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n 1958, north east India was declared as a 'disturbed area' and the draconian legislation Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) was imposed to fight the 'enemies', who claimed to fight for freedom from a colonizing power. To date, the law and the declaration have achieved nothing. The fight of self-determination by the people of the north-east continues. The region remains 'disturbed'. In fact, over time, the number of militant groups has only compounded and armed forces deployment has only escalated. The bad has become worse. Intelligence and security forces in Assam have claimed that over the last two years insurgency activities have come down in the state. The same goes for human casualties. However, the notion of 'enemy' has not changed and state oppression continues under different excuses. Last year, the government of Assam apprehended that nine of its districts (Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Golaghat, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Cachar, and Karimganj) are affected by 'Maoists' and that his apprehension and label could become useful in inventing enemies. Finally, Assam has now been declared Maoist affected and the tag of 'disturbed area' has been extended. The 'disturbed' area status will now apply to the entire state and the 20-km area I the bordering states of Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya for one more year, effective December 4, 2013. This is the first time the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cited Maoists as one of the reasons for continuing with the 'disturbed' tag. A notification issued by Joint Secretary (northeast) Shambhu Singh states that a review of law and order in the state indicates that "Maoist presence in Assam and border areas of Arunachal Pradesh has been noticed and hence their activities were noticed in Golaghat, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Tinsukia districts of Assam and Namsai area of Lohit district in Arunachal Pradesh." The notification aims at continuing the application of the draconian piece of legislation AFSPA, which allows armed forces to use lethal force against any person. The notification states that the review by MHA indicates that "the law and order situ-
of all the above adds to our carbon footprint.
c) Campus Carbon Neutrality: To achieve a state where an individual or an institution contributes to net zero carbon-di-oxide while performing its activities. It is to find out a sustainable future by working to become carbon neutral. An institution should take up the responsibility to neutralise the effect of carbon-di-oxide emission into our environment. To become carbon neutral the institute should work to reduce the emission of green house gases, reduce the use of energy which contributes to green house gases emission. The institute can also encourage the use of renewable energy so as to reduce green house gas emission. In order to participate in the process of ‘Green Audit’, an institute should first of all constitute a ‘Nature Club’ or an ‘Environmental Cell’ within the institute, consisting of teachers and students. The mandate of such body is to perform ‘Green Audit’ for the institute. However, before performing the Audit, a pre-audit stage is observed, where the carbon-neutrality parameters are identified. Subsequently, the Club or the Cell must adopt a three- pronged approach to tackle the issue of environmental degradation practically. 1. Firstly, the institute should conduct workshops to sensitize and develop skills on environmental monitoring of the staff and students. Subject experts can be invited from the State Pollution Control Board or any NGO involved in the field of preservation of our environment. 2. Secondly, quality monitoring of air, soil and water of the area surrounding the institute should conducted over a period of time. The institute can initiate a simple project which is aimed at studying the sample of soil or water or air of the town and analyse the extent of degradation in terms of the pollutants and the contributing factor of the human populace of that particular place. The results can be published in the local newspaper, so that the project also contributes to the enhancement of the awareness among the citizens of the town about the state of our environment. This exercise can be initiated in collaboration with the governmental agencies or NGO’s involved in environmental issues. 3. Thirdly, the institute should conduct regular training modules to guide the students on remedial measures to maintain environmental balance. The above steps will enable the students to get involved practically in the effort to tackle environmental issues. This effort has a long term implication, as the students are the future decision-makers of our state, and therefore if they are made to inculcate the values of maintaining environmental balance while planning for material development of our state in the near future, the preservation and maintenance of a healthy environment is assured.
Inventing Enemies – The indian Way anjuman ara Begum Source: AHrC
ation in the state of Assam continued to be a matter of concern due to the violent incidents caused by underground outfits." Assam was first declared 'disturbed' in independent India in 1955 under the Assam Disturbed Areas Act 1955. However, such declaration never addresses concerns with regard to excessive militarisation and uneven development witnessed in the last 60 years of conflict in the region. The history of Northeast India has been dominated by multiple conflicts between armed insurgent groups seeking independence or greater autonomy and the Government of India, as well as inter-ethnic tensions that have resulted from competing demands for self-determination. Of late, North East India is witnessing growing conflict over resources, especially over access to water and hydropower. Many activists in the region believe that the next cycle of conflict in North East India will be over water. The potential for hydro-electric power (HEP) generation has made the region the 'future power house' of India and, as a result, hundreds of small-scale hydro projects have been established over the years. A combination of under-development in the region and a growing demand for electricity throughout the country has led the Government of India to pursue an ad hoc strategy of 'mega-dam' construction. About 168 mega-dams have been planned in Arunachal Pradesh alone; several others in Assam. However, such a plan has been resisted by the people of the region on the grounds of social and environmental security. According to a study 'Damming Northeast India' by environmentalists Neeraj Vagholikar and Partha J. Das, North East India is
a part of 34 bio-diversity hotspots in the world and construction of a large number of mega dams in this region is going to result in irreversible damage to this biodiversity. Neeraj Vagholikar states that 'this [mega-dam construction] will greatly affect agriculture and wildlife in the floodplains and wetlands of Assam, including the Kaziranga National Park, a World Heritage Site'. Adverse impacts of mega-dams are well known. Hence there is genuine concern about the conservation of eco-systems, about water volumes dictated by annual monsoons, and about the seismic nature of the region. People are concerned that the dam construction may impede natural flow of rivers & block fish migration, destroy forests, habitats, lands, and cultural heritage. For example, according to a report published in The Telegraph newspaper on January 20, 2012, seventy-eight lakh trees will be chopped as part of the forest clearance process for the 1,500 MW Tipaimukh hydroelectric project in Manipur state, an exercise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says will be taken up for "national interest". In Assam, Subansiri dam construction has witnessed wide protests by civil society groups and has put the government in an uneasy position over completion of its construction. Assam and other parts of north east India have been witnessing wide protests against the proposed dam constructions and extraction of natural minerals by multinational corporations. Though the HEP projects are promising better access to power and energy not only for the region but also for the whole of India, what troubles the inhabitants of North East India are the social and environmental impacts of 'mega-dams', the in-
creased militarisation that is seen to accompany controversial projects, and the perception that the region's abundant resources are not being used for local development but for the 'greater good' of 'mainland' India. The modes of popular resistance against dam constructions are mostly economic blockades, road blockades, mass protest marches, voluntary mass arrests, and hunger strikes. Popular resistance to resource extraction in North East India is further undermined by corrupt local and state governments and the misapplication of planning and environmental protection laws which exclude local communities from planning decisions and marginalize environmental concerns. Branding of human rights activities and anti-dam activists as 'Maoist' and silencing them is a common state practice. Central India, affected by Maoist movement, was never declared as 'disturbed', and armed forces empowered by a special law like AFSPA has not been used to counter the movements. However, in the case of north east India, government prefers to depend on armed forces; it appears as an extension of the notion of 'enemy''. With respect to the extraction designs on the North East India's natural resources, there is growing concern that 'counter-insurgency' is being used as a pretext to secure areas required for controversial projects that include HEP and mining. And, there is concern that India's repressive security laws are being used to clamp down on protests, particularly those by settled indigenous communities facing displacement. The current declaration of Assam as 'Maoist' affected will make it easier for the government to paint the growing antidam movement in Assam and northeast India as part of the 'Maoist' insurrection taking hold in other parts of the country, and to falsely accuse protestors of links to armed insurgent groups. Hard days are ahead for anti-dam activists and for the future of the anti-dam movement, not to mention average people and the ecology. Anjuman Ara Begum is Program Officer - India Desk at Asian Human Rights Commission and can be contacted at e-mail india@ahrc.asia
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decision by England batsman Jonathan Trott to withdraw from the remainder of the Ashes series due to a stress-related illness brought predictably insensitive reactions from some sections of the Australian media. One depression expert, however, hopes Trott's high-profile case might help other athletes come forward without fear of ridicule. And a sports psychologist suggested why verbal taunts which often lead to anxiety and possibly suicide seem to be so pronounced in cricket. Brisbane-based sports psychologist Dr. Phil Jauncey, who has worked with many cricketers, pointed to the slow-paced nature of the sport that enables players to get up close and personal with their opponents, allowing taunting — known locally as "sledging" — to have more effect. "In many other sports, you are too busy, maybe one-on-one in tennis, or in rugby, the game is just moving too fast," Jauncey said in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press. "In cricket, you are standing around this guy, you can keep talking at the batsman, you have your mates around. In a sense it's bullying. And if you've got some issues, it could get to you." Jeff Kennett, a former premier of Victoria state and now chairman of the Beyondblue group that promotes awareness of depression and anxiety, says the clichéd old 'If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen' mentality only makes it worse for athletes. "For every Jonathan Trott, there are hundreds of sportsmen and women in the same position, with the same condition, who now may feel if they seek help they're going to be ridiculed," Kennett said in a reproachful statement after the initial local reporting of Trott's departure. "If Jonathan Trott had returned to the U.K. for a physical injury you would not have got these headlines. Because it's a mental health illness or a stress-related illness, some in the media have seen fit to actually mock him." Certainly Sydney's Daily Telegraph was among the newspapers that did. The tabloid newspaper did, however, quote Sandy Gordon, the former psychologist of the Australian cricket team, as saying "we all need to get over this macho view that someone dealing with a psychological condition is somehow less worthy than others. I find that view quite worrying." England coach Andy Flower suggested he might meet with his Australia counterpart, Darren Lehmann, in talks designed to place limits on sledging ahead of the second test starting Dec. 5 in Adelaide. The England coach and captain Alastair Cook both said comments by Australian opening batsman David Warner regarding Trott in a news conference last weekend were "disrespectful." Flower said those comments had nothing to do with Trott's departure after just one of five test matches. After Australia's 381-run win in the first test, Warner admitted his comments "probably went a little bit too far." Former Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden told a breakfast television show Wednesday that Australia should rebuff any attempts by England to scale down the amount of sledging, saying "it's all part of the game." And Jauncey admits that while Flower's suggestion of peace talks makes sense in the context of the last few days, it might work against him and England. "The very fact that Flower is asking for it, the Australians might think they're getting under his skin, 'so we must be getting to them,'" he said. "Or it might show strength from Flower, let bygones be bygones. Perception is in the eye of the beholder." Lehmann said he has no intention of changing Australia's tactics for the Adelaide match. "Jonathan Trott has gone home and we hope he gets well soon," Lehmann told an Adelaide radio station. "We do care about that but we are still going to play hard cricket." "From my point of view, Andy looks after his side and I look after my side, that's what you do in the game of cricket," Lehmann said. "I played with Andy at South Australia, I talk to him all the time, but at the end of the day, he's in control of the England cricket team and we've got to try and get the Ashes back." Australia and England have been contesting the Ashes since the 1880s, and tension sometimes boil over. England has won the last three series, increasing the angst among players and fans in Australia. Fairfax Media sports columnist Greg Baum wrote Wednesday that Jonny Bairstow, who could replace Trott in England's top six, experienced depression and anxiety in his family. Bairstow's father, David, an England and Yorkshire wicketkeeper, died by apparent suicide 15 years ago at the age of 46 after suffering from depression. Baum wrote that in the 10 years between cricket historian David Frith published "By His Own Hand," a book examining the incidence of suicide among cricketers, in 1991 and a follow-up a decade later, the number of reported cases had increased from 85 to more than 150. The reason Frith gave was that cricket was often a one-chance sport, where if a batsman is out early in his innings — as Trott was twice in Brisbane — the fans, opposing players and media can be brutal. "Now Trott has gone home to untangle his mind, without prejudice to his future, and with his team's blessing and — save for a Sydney newspaper's infantilism — Australia's sympathy," Baum wrote. Jauncey says the issue transcends all sports. "For most players in any sport, verbal taunts or sledging is like water off a duck's back," Jauncey says. "Usually players don't allow it to put them off what they are trying to do. It's only going to affect people who have something else going on in their life, something outside of the sport itself. It might be the level of sledging that pushed him over, but probably it's more the self-doubt and lack of performance. "Every player has off-field pressures," he says. "It's not the pressure, but how you deal with it. The more we get pro-active about it, the sooner we can deal with the issues."
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Tehelka case spotlights powerful predators
NeW deLHI, November 28 (THomSoN reuTerS FouNdaTIoN): The man at the centre of a sexual assault scandal that has whipped media into a frenzy is no average Joe. Tarun Tejpal is one of India’s most powerful journalists, and accusations that he sexually assaulted a colleague have uncovered what lawyers say is an often buried truth - such violence is common in the highest echelons of society. An investigation into Tejpal, who denies the accusations, has dominated headlines for eight days as news outlets follow every twist and turn. It comes days after similar accusations were made by an intern against a retired Supreme Court judge. For Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising, both cases show how hard it is for women to press complaints against colleagues in the workplace, particularly if they are powerful individuals not used to having their authority challenged. Yet they also present authorities with a rare opportunity to demonstrate that no one is above the law - that sexual abuse, no matter who it involves, will be dealt with thoroughly and, if proven, properly punished. “I think sexual harassment in the work place is pervasive in India, yet the
Tejpal to fly to Goa Friday; Shoma resigns as editor PaNajI, November 28 (IaNS): Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal told the Goa Police Thursday evening he will appear before them Friday, after officials made it clear that they were ready to arrest him on charges of sexually assaulting a junior colleague. After first seeking two days more to reach Goa, Tejpal made a U-turn in the evening and informed the police by fax that he would reach Panaji Friday, police sources said. The dramatic development came on a day the Tehelka’s managing editor, Shoma Chaudhury, resigned from the news magazine after insisting that she had not tried to cover up Tejpal’s alleged crime. Tejpal also withdrew Thursday his anticipatory bail application filed in the Delhi High Court and also skipped a 3 p.m. deadline by which he had to re-
culture of silence is huge,” Jaising, a senior legal adviser to the Indian government, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “That’s why I think that these two cases, both that of the law intern and the Tehelka journalist, are highly significant. If we fail in addressing these two issues, we will have failed the nation.” The allegations against Tejpal, the 50-year-old founder and editor-inchief of India’s leading investigative magazine Tehelka, surfaced on the Internet last week when
port to the Goa Police officer probing the case in Panaji. “The IO (investigating officer) has not accepted the request for extension taking into account the seriousness of the crime,” Goa’s Deputy Inspector General of Police O.P. Mishra said. “She is proceeding as per law,” Mishra said, adding that Tejpal had formally sought extension till Saturday through a fax sent from New Delhi. This was before Tejpal decided to go to Goa Friday. Asked earlier if Tejpal would be arrested, Mishra said it could be the “next logical step”. Informed sources said a special police team had been created, and it would travel to New Delhi, if needed, to arrest Tejpal, who has accused the Goa government of acting with malice. The first fax sent by Tejpal seeking extension of two days did
an email from a 23-yearold female journalist to her superior was leaked. The woman, whose identity has not been revealed, accused Tejpal of assaulting her on two occasions in a hotel elevator. The incidents in Goa occurred during an event bringing together intellectuals, activists and celebrities, including Hollywood actor Robert De Niro. The journalist did not press charges against Tejpal, but police launched an investigation based on media reports. Tejpal could be booked for outraging
pledge his “full cooperation” to the police. Mishra rejected Tejpal’s contention that he did not have adequate time to leave for Goa from Delhi. “When the summons were issued, the journey time from Delhi to Goa was taken into account,” Mishra said. He refused to comment if a non-bailable warrant had been issued against Tejpal. In the Delhi High Court, Tejpal’s counsel claimed that he would “approach the appropriate court for appropriate remedy”. “We told the judge that we are withdrawing it with a liberty to approach appropriate court for appropriate remedy, which also includes anticipatory bail, and the court allowed our plea,” advocate Sandeep Kapur said. In a related development, managing editor Chaudhury suddenly resigned Thursday.
the modesty of a woman and rape. Tejpal admitted in a leaked email to the magazine’s management that an “unfortunate incident” had occurred between himself and the journalist, describing it as “a bad lapse of judgment”. But in a more recent statement to a Delhi court he called what happened consensual. CASES COME TO LIGHT In recent months, the media have focused on alleged abuses within the upper echelons of Indian society.
The legal fraternity was shaken after a young lawyer said a retired Supreme Court judge had sexually harassed her in a Delhi hotel room last year while she was an intern. About three months ago, a Hindu guru popularly known as Asaram Bapu was arrested for sexually molesting an ailing girl child on the pretext of exorcising evil spirits said to be inhabiting her body. Asaram calls the charges fabricated. But it is the Tejpal case, above all, that has revived the intense debate about
Andhra escapes devastation as cyclone weakens
Hyderabad, November 28 (IaNS): Andhra Pradesh escaped devastation as the cyclonic storm Lehar in the Bay of Bengal weakened before crossing its coast Thursday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the cyclone weakened into deep depression as it crossed the coast near Machilipatnam in Krishna district. It is likely to weaken further. The deep depression triggered rains in Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, East Godavari and West Godavari districts. Winds with the speed 50-60 kmph would prevail along and off Andhra Pradesh during next 12 hours, said an IMD bulletin. It also forecast rainfall at most
places with isolated heavy falls over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam district of Puducherry (geographically a part of Andhra) during next 24 hours. Rainfall at many places with isolated heavy falls would also occur over Telangana during next 36 hours. Earlier, the IMD withdrew the cyclone warning, much to the relief of the people in five of the nine coastal districts which feared devastation. The meteorologists had Wednesday said the cyclonic storm weakened due to low temperature of the water at the coast, wind shear at the coast and also the winds blowing from central India. The IMD had earlier warned the state of very severe cyclon-
ic storm with the wind speed gusting to 200 kmph. The state government had sounded an alert as the intensity of the cyclone feared to be more than that of 1996 cyclone that killed hundreds of people and caused widespread destruction in Konaseema region of East Godavari district. The authorities have evacuated more than 26,000 people from vulnerable areas in four districts, requisitioned four helicopters and six columns of the army for rescue and relief work. With the IMD withdrawing the cyclone alert, the warning signals hoisted all ports in the state were also taken back. Lehar was the third cyclone to threaten the Andhra coast in
This coincided with a demonstration outside her New Delhi house by Bharatiya Janata Party supporters. The BJP later distanced itself from the noisy protest by a party leader, Vijay Jolly. Chaudhury said in a statement that she had “taken a series of actions in response to this (junior colleague’s) complaint”. She said: “To my mind, I acted on instant outrage and solidarity for our colleague as a woman and co-worker. “I could have done many things differently and in a more measured way. I reject the allegations of a cover up because in no way could the first actions that were taken be deemed suppression of any kind.” Chaudhary’s resignation came 10 days after a woman journalist with the news magazine first wrote to her and accused Tejpal of sexual assault at a luxury hotel in Goa.
violence against women first triggered by the gang rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus 11 months ago. That landmark case, in which the four culprits were sentenced to death, dispelled some of the stigma attached to discussing sex crimes in largely patriarchal India, and emboldened more women to come forward with their accounts. Police in New Delhi, for example, believe a rise in rape reports is due partly to victims’ greater willingness to complain.
There were 1,036 cases of rape reported in the capital this year by August 15, an increase of nearly 2-1/2 times from 433 cases in the corresponding period last year, police data show. Parliament passed a law to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace in February, although similar public and private sector guidelines had been in place for more than 16 years. The new law covers women working in the informal sector and requires employers to set up internal complaints panels, although Jaising said the guidelines had been ignored. “The two cases - one of the intern and the journalist - we notice a failure of the institutions,” she said. “Neither the Supreme Court of India nor Tehelka reported what clearly constituted cognisable offences to the police.” But the vast majority of victims are still too scared to speak up, say rights activists, despite the highprofile sexual abuse cases in the headlines. “Women are not encouraged to come forward,” said Rebecca Reichmann Tavares, India representative of UN Women, a grouping set up by the world body to encourage gender equality and empower women. “They are encouraged to just try to forget it. No
one wants to be confronted with the ugly reality and the men who perpetrate these crimes often have power not only over the women they abuse, but over the other people in the workplace.”
SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS In the case of the retired judge, Stella James, an intern at the time of the alleged incident last December, noted in a blog posting on November 6 that it occurred, ironically, during huge protests over the gang rape case. “I won’t go into the gory details, but suffice it to say that long after I’d left the room, the memory remained, in fact, still remains, with me,” James wrote. She said she had not come forward earlier because she did not want to ruin the judge’s reputation, but now felt “a responsibility to ensure that other young girls were not put in a similar situation.” Rebecca Mammen John, a prominent Supreme Court lawyer, said she had heard of many such cases. “I’ve heard complaints made by junior lawyers against their seniors, I’ve heard serious allegations made against judges by interns,” she said. “But I also see it in all the other environments where the powerful preside. It’s fairly widespread.”
a month. Helen had crossed the coast at Machilipatnam last week, killing six people and damaging crops over four lakh hectares. Phailin, which hit Odisha-Andhra coast last month, had caused some crop damage and claimed one life in Srikakulam district bordering Odisha. However, the subsequent heavy rains and floods claimed 58 lives and damaged crops over 13 lakh hectares. According to initial estimates by department of disaster management, Helen caused damage of Rs.1,628 crore. The state government has sought an assistance of Rs.6,500 crore from the central government for relief and rehabilitation in Phailin-hit areas.
BJP to release comic book on Sheila Dikshit’s misdeeds NeW deLHI, November 26 (aGeNcIeS): The Delhi Congress is unlikely to see the humour in Sheila ke Karname, a comic book that the Delhi BJP plans to release to highlight the chief minister’s misrule in the capital in the last 15 years. The BJP’s creativity is aimed at targeting the Sheila Dikshit government’s credibility ahead of the December 4 assembly elections in the capital. The BJP, which has lost the last three assembly elections to the Congress in Delhi, says the comic book is an attempt to point out serious misdeeds in a lighter vein. “All the issues raised in the comic book touch the everybody life of people. The comic will help us raise the issue in a creative and interesting way,” said a senior Delhi BJP leader on condition of anonymity. The 15-page comic book has been created by cartoonist Haneef Azhar, the creator of comic characters Nagraj and Parmanu and the person behind the comic
An homeless girl living under a flyover carries bags of old cloths for sale in Jammu, on Thursday, Novemebr 28. The Action Aid in 2003 found out that there were 78 million homeless people in India alone. The comic will be given to candidates (AP Photo)
An illustration from BJP’s comic book Sheila ke Karname (Sheila’s misdeeds), created by cartoonist Haneef Azhar. (DNA)
version of the TV serial Tarak Mehta ka Oolta Chashma. “The creative work is done. The party will release it by the end of month,” Azhar told dna.
across Delhi’s 70 constituencies to distribute among their electorate. Each page of the comic book will highlight the many scams that took place as well as the false promises made under the Dikshit government. These include the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam, alleged irregularities in Delhi Jal Board privatisation, the government’s failure to regularise colonies given provisional regularisation certificates before the 2008 assembly election, etc. “The comic will highlight the common man’s suffering due to high prices of essential commodities,” said Azhar. “High onion prices is one of the most topical issues along with sky rocketing vegetable prices. The Delhi government’s failure to control onion prices will be highlighted.” Incidentally, the BJP had lost the 1998 assembly elections over a sharp spike in onion prices.
In prison, dentists Talwars earn Rs.40 a day
GHazIabad, November 28 (IaNS): Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, sentenced to life imprisonment for a gory double murder, are earning Rs.40 each a day at the Dasna Jail here, a prison official said Thursday. The Talwars have been read out the jail rules: they cannot meet daily although their barracks are close to one another. They can meet once every week -- just for 40 minutes. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have been lodged in barracks 11 and 13 respectively. Rajesh Talwar has been allotted prisoner number 9,342 while Nupur’s number is 9,343. Jail Superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma said that husband-wife prisoners meet in the Dasna prison, located on the outskirts of Ghaziabad district, on Saturdays. “They would be allowed to meet for 40 minutes in the
park situated inside the jail,” Sharma said. On Nov 25, when a Special CBI Court convicted them for the May 2008 murders of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, the Talwars were upset and refused to have their dinner in the jail. They cooled down the next day, even though they were sentenced to life imprisonment, and took to work allotted at the prison. “They have been provided jail uniform which they have to wear all the time,” Sharma told IANS. “They have been allotted work as per their qualification.” Rajesh Talwar will work as a doctor and treat dental patients -- and earn Rs.40 a day. This would come to about Rs.1,200 a month. Nupur Talwar has been assigned to teach the women and children -- this is what she did during her last term in jail. She too will be paid Rs.40 a day.
Rural India shows signs of economic revival but wider outlook glum
NeW deLHI, November 28 (reuTerS): Pandurang Ghorpade has the weather to thank as he hands out celebratory sweets to neighbours eager for a ride on his prized new possession, a gleaming red tractor bought in anticipation of a bumper harvest. “Unlike last year, there wasn’t any shortage of water this year,” Ghorpade said. “My earnings are likely to rise from sugar cane and ginger crops that have grown vigorously.” The best monsoon in six years means similar scenes to the one in Shirdhon southeast of Mumbai are being played out across much of rural India, home to two-thirds of the 1.2 billion population. It also means sales of tractors and motorbikes are surging, raising hopes this pick up in activity will spread and feed a wider revival in an economy that has
slumped to its worst growth in a decade. “As we sit in mid-November, we have not seen signs to suggest that there is a significant increase in output,” Tushar Poddar, chief India economist at Goldman Sachs, said in a conference call last week. The economy is battling to recover from a significant slump. Growth slid in the fiscal year to March 2013 to just 5 percent, the lowest pace since 2002/03, as a stalled reform agenda prompted investors to flee. A vulnerable current account swelled to a record deficit, knocking the rupee to a record low. Since then, rural demand and other encouraging signs - a revival in exports and a narrowing of the current account deficit - have given India’s policymakers reason to think the worst of the two-year slump may be over. Tractor sales in India rose
nearly 29 percent in October from a year earlier, reaching a record high of 94,227 units. Sales of motorbikes, bought when farmers graduate from bicycles, jumped 18 percent in the same month. Consumer goods companies like Hindustan Unilever and natural health care firm Dabur are trying to boost rural sales. Helped by the boon, Dabur’s net profit jumped by 23 percent in the September quarter from a year earlier. “We are seeing demand from rural India outpacing the urban markets,” Dabur said in its earnings release late last month. Finance minister P Chidambaram also sees the rural rebound and exports revival as encouraging, suggesting they would help the economy recover in the second half of the fiscal year ending on March 31. But by the government’s own
estimates, expansion for the full fiscal year could be as low as the 5 percent recorded last year, a far cry from the 8-9 percent growth rates the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has aspired to in recent years. Some economists, such as Poddar, argue even 5 percent may be ambitious. High inflation is impinging on urban demand and businesses are holding back investment until they can see the shape of a new Indian government due to be elected by May 2014. The central bank under new governor Raghuram Rajan has already raised its policy interest rates twice to counter inflation, adding to borrowing costs. The competing pressures on the economy are expected to be reflected in a report on Friday on India’s GDP for July to September. Although annu-
al growth is seen rising to 4.6 percent, a little better than the previous quarter, the data will likely show the economy is not firing in all areas. That is familiar to India’s largest utility vehicle maker Mahindra and Mahindra. While the company’s tractor sales jumped 21 percent as the monsoon rains fell between July and September, sales of passenger vehicles including SUVs, mostly bought in the cities, slumped 25 percent. Bright spots Exports have gained sharply from the competitive boost from India’s weak currency, which is now above its record low but still near historically weak levels. Overseas sales generate nearly a quarter of GDP and merchandise exports have been posting double-digit growth since July, the best run in nearly two years. Textiles, in
particular, have made the most of a weak rupee. Exports from the sector have grown an annual 12 percent this year compared with a 9 percent fall last year. Most garment exporters are either running at full capacity or have outsourced manufacturing jobs to meet rising overseas demand. But the good times have so far not encouraged other industries to make the kinds of investment in adding production capacity that would help kickstart wider economic growth - partly because domestic demand remains depressed. India’s iron and steel industry, for example, is relying on its idle capacity to sustain double-digit growth in overseas sales that it recorded between April and September. Seshagiri Rao, joint managing director of JSW Steel, blamed subdued domestic demand
from major steel consuming industries such as real estate, infrastructure and autos. “This will have to come back again only then we will see steel consumption growth in India,” he said. Weak investment lies at the heart of India’s economic malaise. Capital investments crawled at a decade-low of 1.7 percent last fiscal year. Goldman Sachs expects investment growth to slow further to 1.2 percent this fiscal year, dragging down overall economic growth to 4.3 percent. To lift the sagging investment rate, the government has expedited clearances for big ticket infrastructure projects. But the impact on the ground has yet to be felt. “Do I see a significant improvement in (investment) activity over the next three to four months? I would say we have not seen evidence to suggest that,” Poddar said.
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Thai premier pleas for end to protests BANGKOK, NOvemBer 28 (AP): Thailand’s prime minister begged protesters Thursday to call off their sustained anti-government demonstrations and negotiate an end to the nation’s latest crisis. But the protesters marched instead to new targets, including the national police headquarters, where they cut power lines. Yingluck Shinawatra issued the plea after she easily defeated a no-confidence vote pushed by her opponents, who are heavily outnumbered in Parliament but have taken to the streets in droves to demand not only her ouster but changes that would make the country less democratic. They say they want to uproot the political machine of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck’s brother, who was ousted by a military coup in 2006 for alleged corruption and abuse of power. The protesters accuse Yingluck of being a puppet of her billionaire brother. “Please call off the protests for the country’s peace,” said Yingluck, who is facing the biggest challenge to her rule since taking office in 2011. “I’m begging you ... because this doesn’t make the situation any better.” Suthep Thaugsuban, who resigned as an opposition Democrat Party lawmaker to lead the protests, has insisted he will n ot negotiate. The demonstrators, most of them sympathetic to the Democrat Party, have taken over or surrounded several ministry buildings, which Yingluck said failed to shut down the government but
with him have won every election since 2001. Yingluck responded that a change to a non-elected council is impossible under the constitution. Thaksin, who lives in Dubai to avoid a two-year jail term for a corruption conviction he says was politically motivated, is a highly polarizing figure in Thailand. An ill-advised bid by Yingluck’s ruling Pheu Thai party to push an amnesty law through Parliament that would have allowed his return sparked the latest wave of protests earlier this month. Thaksin won over much of Thailand’s rural underclass while prime minister by introducing populist policies designed to benefit the poor. His political movement became the most successful in modern Thai history. But his opponents, largely members of the urban middle class and elite, see him as a threat to democracy and their own privileges, and have fought back hard. After the 2006 coup that ousted Thaksin, a new constitution was drafted to reduce his influence. Controversial judicial rulings removed two proThaksin prime ministers, and army-backed parliamentary maneuvering allowed the Democrat Party to form a government. Since taking office with a landslide electoral victory, Yingluck has managed a fragile detente with the military that toppled her brother, and faced major crises including floods that ravaged the country in 2011, the worst in half a century.
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Mali coup leader charged with murder
File photo of Mali’s then military junta leader captain Amadou Sanogo.
BAmAKO, NOvemBer 28 (AFP): Amadou Sanogo, leader of a 2012 coup that plunged Mali into chaos, was on Wednesday charged with murder and complicity to murder and placed in detention, a judicial source said. Investigating judge Yaya Karembe ordered his arrest and charged him at a hearing in the capital Bamako, the source said. Sanogo was also charged with kidnapping, said the source, adding that “no one is above the law”. “Other people” close to Sanogo would be questioned shortly, he said. Sanogo was ordered in October to answer questions about deaths that occurred during a mutiny against him Anti-government protesters gives a rose and whistle to Thai soldiers to invite him to join their rally at at his former headquarters in the central town of Kati, Defense Ministry during rally in Bangkok Thursday, November 28. Thailand’s embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra begged protesters who have staged the most sustained street rallies in Bangkok in near Bamako. He ignored the summons, sparking indigyears to call off their demonstrations Thursday and negotiate an end to the nation’s latest crisis.(AP Photo) nation among Malian politicians and activists. Sanogo was controversially promoted from captain to created the potential for violence. law to provide order,” she said in people dead. lieutenant-general in August, prompting fellow ex-junta Police spokesman Piya Utha- a televised speech. The crackdown was ordered members also seeking promotion to mutiny at his Kati yo said a total of about 15,000 Hordes of demonstrators by Suthep, who was deputy prime barracks, and forcing the army to intervene. The bodies of protesters were grouped Thurs- marched to the police head- minister of the Democrat Partythree missing soldiers were subsequently discovered in day at about six locations in and quarters in the center of Bang- led government at that time. On and around the barracks and around 20 officers, includaround Bangkok. kok where they cut the electrical Sunday, more than 100,000 peoing Sanogo’s former deputy, were arrested. Yingluck has been reluctant to lines to the compound. Helmeted ple rallied in Bangkok against Sanogo led a group of mid-level officers to overthrow use force to evict the protesters for riot police with shields remained Yingluck’s government. then-president Amadou Toumani Toure on March 22 last fear of escalating the conflict and holed up inside, but did nothing Suthep says his goal is to reyear, upending what had been considered one of west Afsparking bloodshed, which would to stop them. place the government with a nonrica’s flagship democracies. The coup precipitated the harm investor confidence and the The police headquarters is elected council — an apparent fall of northern Mali to militants linked to Al-Qaeda, but lucrative tourism industry. just down the street from the site call for less democracy, not more. an intervention by French and African troops in January “The fact that the govern- of pro-Thaksin demonstrations He says the change is necessary chased the rebels from the region’s main cities. ment has followed peaceful in 2010 that tied up business in to uproot the Shinawatra politiIn the months that followed the March coup, the Kati means does not mean the gov- central Bangkok for two months. cal machine from Thai politics. barracks were the site of numerous atrocities allegedly ernment cannot administer the Violence, capped by a military Thaksin remains highly popular committed by his men against military considered loyal country or cannot enforce the crackdown, left more than 90 in rural areas, and parties allied to the ousted president. In May last year, Sanogo and his former junta were granted a general amnesty and the captain received the status of former head of state, with all the accompanying benefits. That status was later withdrawn, but Sanogo then leapt from the rank of captain to general KATHmANDU, NOvemBer 28 (IANS): The The commission will divide the seats among in August. Human Rights Watch described his promotion Nepali Congress, a moderate democratic force in the political parties according to the vote ratio. as a “shameful act” and argued the former captain should Himalayan country, has emerged the largest party af- Around 20,000-25,000 votes will be equivalent have been investigated for alleged involvement in torture. ter counting of votes ended Thursday in the propor- to one seat, according to a rough estimate. This tional representation (PR) system of the Constituent means the the Nepali Congress may get 91 seats Assembly polls. Under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) in the PR category, the CPN-UML may get 84 seats election system too, the Nepali Congress emerged the and the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-Maoist) may get 54 seats. The Maoist parleading party, securing 105 out of 240 seats. According to Nepal’ Election Commission, in ty got 1.43 million votes in the PR category. The Rashtriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N), votes counted for 335 seats under the PR category, the Nepali Congress secured 2.42 million votes considered a rightist party that has been advocating against the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified return of the monarchy and declaring Nepal again a Marxist-Leninist’s (CPN-UML) 2.24 million votes. Hindu state, secured more than half a million votes in In the FPTP category, the CPN-UML had secured the PR category. The RPP-N, which could not secure a 91 seats. Election Commission spokesperson Bir single seat under the FPTP system, is in fourth place Bahadur Rai told IANS that his office will call on with 6,24,281 votes, while the Madhesi Janadhikar political parties to provide names of their candi- Forum-Loktantrik (MJF-L) garnered 2,66,276 votes dates for seats under the PR category. and the RPP got 2,59,238 votes.
I’m no saint or icon: Suu Kyi Nepali Cong largest party in final poll results
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, right, meets with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Canberra, on Thursday, November 28. Suu Kyi is making a 5 day visit to Australia. (AP Photo)
SYDNeY, NOvemBer 28 (AFP): Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday insisted she was no saint and no icon, saying she disliked the titles and had always seen herself as an honest politician. The celebrated activist and democracy champion endured years of house arrest at the hands of Myanmar’s military regime and has been feted since her release, but she insisted she was just an ordinary person. “I always thought that I was a politician, I look upon myself as a politician, not as an icon,” she told an audience in Sydney during her first visit to Australia. “I always object to the
word icon, because it’s very static, it stands there, sits there, hangs on the wall, and I happen to work very, very hard.” The Nobel Peace Prize winner said she disliked being called a saint even more than an icon. “Let me assure you I am no saint of any kind; this I find very troubling, because politicians are politicians, but I do believe there is such a thing as an honest politician and I aspire to that,” she said. The Oxford-trained daughter of the country’s independence hero was released from house arrest in 2010 and said her dream for the country under the reformist government of President Thein Sein was “unity”.
Pope Francis slams ‘throwaway culture’
BUeNOS AIreS, NOvemBer 28 (reUTerS): Pope Francis took on the issue of high youth unemployment in his first interview aired exclusively in his home country of Argentina on Wednesday, warning that today’s “throwaway culture” had discarded a generation of young Europeans. A day after issuing an 84page platform for his eightmonth-old papacy that blasted unfettered capitalism as “a new tyranny,” the pontiff used the interview aired on the TN TV channel to link high European unemployment to its twin problem of neglecting older people who are past their earning prime.
“Today we are living in unjust international system in which ‘King Money’ is at the center,” he said in the interview. “It’s a throwaway culture that discards young people as well as its older people. In some European countries, without mentioning names, there is youth unemployment of 40 percent and higher,” he added. “A whole generation of young people does not have the dignity that is brought by work.” European leaders pledged earlier this month to make fighting youth unemployment a priority but came up with no new ideas to tackle a problem that risks fueling social unrest. Near-
ly 6 million people under the age of 25 are without work in the European Union, with jobless rates among the young at close to 60 percent in Spain and Greece. Francis’ skepticism of free markets and concern about the lack of ethics in finance were shared by his predecessor, Benedict XVI. But Francis’ unassuming style and rejection of the traditional trappings of office lend his words particular weight. “A people that cares neither for its youth nor for its older people has no future,” the pope said. “Young people take society into the future, while the older generation gives society its memory, its wisdom.”
US offers to destroy Syrian chemical arms at sea
WASHINGTON, NOvemBer 28 (AP): The Obama administration is offering to destroy some of Syria’s deadliest chemical weapons in international waters aboard a nearly 700-foot (213-meter), U.S. government-owned ship, U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The plan, still subject to final approval, would involve destroying the weapons, likely aboard the MV Cape Ray in the Mediterranean Sea, with U.S. Navy warships patrolling nearby. This approach would avoid the vexing diplomatic, environmental and security problems posed by disposing of the materials on any nation’s soil. The Obama administration has used international oceans in other sensitive cases where land-based options were precluded. The U.S. Navy buried al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden at sea to avoid his tomb becoming an attraction for extremists. The government has been questioning terror suspects for as long as it takes aboard Navy ships since the CIA closed its secret prisons overseas and President Barack Obama has refused to send more prisoners to the detention center at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The decision to proceed with the chemical disposal plan would be made by the Organization for
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a global chemical weapons watchdog agency with 190 member states. In a statement Wednesday in the Netherlands, the watchdog agency said the effort to ship Syria’s chemical arsenal out of the country “continues to pose challenges due to the security situation on the ground.” No country has committed to disposing of the chemical weapons on its own soil, which is why the U.S. offer to destroy the deadliest of the chemical components at sea is seen as a likely option. The U.S. officials who disclosed aspects of the U.S. portion of the plan spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about it by name. Jonathan Lalley, a spokesman for the president’s National Security Council, stressed that no decisions had been made regarding destroying chemicals outside of Syria. “We and our international partners are pursuing alternative means of destruction, and we will continue discussing with other countries how they might best contribute to that effort,” Lalley said in a statement. “We remain confident that we will complete elimination of the program within the milestones agreed upon.”
In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, a citizen journalism image provided by the United Media Office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the United Nations investigation team take samples from sand near a part of a missile that is likely to be a chemical rocket, according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. (AP File Photo)
The MV Cape Ray would host the destruction of some of the deadliest of Syria’s chemical materials using a process developed by the Pentagon but never employed in an actual operation. The U.S. would use what it calls a mobile Field Deployable Hydrolysis System to neutralize the chemical material, making it unusable as weapons. The system was developed by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, which is an arm of the Pentagon. The titanium reactor uses heated water and other chemicals to make the chemical warfare
material inert. According to several U.S. officials, two of the hydrolysis units would be mounted on the Cape Ray. It will take some time to retrofit the ship and conduct training to insure that the process can be done successfully at sea. Once the mission is finalized and the Cape Ray is ready, it would be transferred to control of the Defense Department’s Military Sealift Command. The ship is owned by the Transportation Department’s Maritime Administration and it would have a civilian crew.
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Rooney sparkles as ManU crush Leverkusen
LeverKuseN, No vember 28 (aFp): Manchester United confirmed their place in the Champions League's knock-out phase with an emphatic 5-0 win at an overwhelmed Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday. It was United's biggest away win in Europe since beating Shamrock Rovers 6-0 in September 1957 in the now defunct European Champions Clubs' Cup as David Moyes' side ran riot. "This is probably the best performance of the season. For us to come away from home and score five goals is really special," said Moyes. A volley from right-back Antonio Valencia and an own goal from Leverkusen centre-back Emir Spahic gave United a commanding early lead before defender Jonny Evans added a third with an hour gone. England defender Chris Smalling added their fourth on 77 minutes after he met Wayne Rooney's chip at the back post. Nani then latched on to a Ryan Giggs long ball for a fine solo goal for the fifth on 88 minutes with the Leverkusen defence in tatters. England's Rooney proved he can create as well as finish as he had a hand in the first four goals in an outstanding performance. It was his cross which Valencia converted
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Kiessling. "We should never have allowed them so many chances to shoot." Now unbeaten in 11 matches since September, United got their wish to be able to focus on improving their sixth place in the Premier League. Despite all their prematch talk about not being intimidated, as they were for their 4-2 defeat at Old Trafford in September, Leverkusen allowed United to dominate. United's opener came when Kagawa won the ball in midfield, squared to Giggs, who found Rooney on the left wing. The England striker floated his pass over two Leverkusen defenders and Kagawa, but found Valencia at the back post on 22 minutes. Students of Government Primary School, Longphaoh village, Mon district enjoy mid-day The Premier League meal during the annual meeting on November 27. side doubled their tally when Rooney's free-kick was headed into his own net by Spahic, under pressure from United right-back Chris Smalling on 30 minutes. Leverkusen had a brief passage of pressure just before the hour mark, but at the other end, Rooney slipped his marker and threatened a third goal. It came moments later from a corner when Rooney forced Leno into a save and centre-back Evans collected the rebound, rounded the stranded Bayer goalkeeper and tapped home on 66 minutes.
PNGOs exposure trip cum study tour
Leverkusen's Emir Spahic, right, and Manchester United's Wayne Rooney challenge for the ball during the Champions League group A soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester United in Leverkusen, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 27. (AP Photo)
and his free-kick which Spahic headed into his own net. His shot led to Evans' goal and his deft chip beat Leverkusen's goalkeeper Bernd Leno and found Smalling unmarked for the fourth. The result keeps David Moyes' United top of Group A and three points ahead of second-placed Shakhtar
Donetsk, who United host at Old Trafford in a fortnight. Donetsk's 4-0 win at home to Real Sociedad means Leverkusen drop to third in the group and a point behind the Ukrainians. Having offered little resistance against United, Leverkusen now need to win at Real Sociedad in
their final game, and hope United beat Donetsk. Leverkusen deservedly suffered their first home defeat in 14 games since losing 2-1 to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga back in March. "When you conceded five goals, there isn't much more to say," said Leverkusen striker Stefan
First inter department sports meet concludes
Kiphire, November 28 (mexN): The first inter departmental sports meet at kiphire concluded on November 27 at the public ground kiphire, with all the departments actively taking part in the sports meet. Deputy Commissioner Kesonyu yhome declared the sports meet open. Addressing the sport meet, the deputy commissioner said that the objective of such an event is to enhance the relationship between departments and employees in the district. He
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added that the sports meet is also in line with the 50th year celebration of the state. After the end of the two day sports meet; in the 100 meter race, Deputy Commissioner, Kesonyu yhome was adjudged the fastest runner among the staff in the department. In the exhibition match between DC 11 and the rest of the department, the match ended as a three all draw. The sports meet was concluded with a vote of thanks by Benjamin EAC followed by the prize distribution.
10-man Madrid rallies to beat Galatasaray
maDriD, November 28 (ap): Real Madrid overcame Sergio Ramos' early sending off and Cristiano Ronaldo's absence to seal its spot in the Champions League last 16 with a 4-1 hammering of Galatasaray on Wednesday. Ramos had the hosts in trouble after seeing a red card just 26 minutes in when he sent Umut Bulut to the ground. Madrid rallied after the setback, with Gareth Bale scoring with an exquisite free kick from 30 meters in the 37th minute. Bulut equalized a minute later but the Turkish club wilted in the second half as Alvaro Arbeloa, Angel Di Maria, and Isco all scored to complete an emphatic win at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Madrid has 13 points and will
finish top of Group B regardless of its result at FC Copenhagen in the last matchday. Galatasaray must beat Juventus, which beat Copenhagen 3-1 on Wednesday, in a winner-takes-all game to advance. Madrid featured a makeshift starting lineup with Ronaldo and Sami Khedira injured, and Luca Modric suspended. Jose Rodriguez led the attack in front of Bale, Isco and Angel Di Maria, while Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso were left on the bench — the latter in place of Asier Illarramendi. Carlos Casimero was given his first Madrid start in midfield. "With Cristiano our team is quite different," coach Carlo Ancelotti said. "The team reacted well. We played with courage and personality, we played really well. It's
not always easy to play with 10." Bale wasted no time in trying to lay down his claim as the catalyst up front, but he side-footed wide four minutes in with only goalkeeper Eray Iscan left to beat. There was little excitement until Ramos was sent off for getting a hand to Bulut on the edge of the area as the last defender, and Selcuk Inan curled the ensuing free kick straight at goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Bale gave Madrid the lead when he floated a free kick that flew high before dipping over Iscan. Only Ronaldo could probably emulate the Wales international's goal. But the momentum didn't last, with midfielders Casemiro and Illarramendi failing to set the tempo, with Ronaldo watching on from the stands. "The first half was
not our best," Ancelotti said. Galatasaray striker Didier Drogba perfectly toe-poked with the outside of his foot to meet the run into the box of Bulut, who slid his shot under the onrushing Casillas to equalize. "The first half we were perfect. The second half, I don't know," Galatasaray coach Roberto Mancini said. "I need to talk to the players to understand what happens. We changed everything. "This is strange because we had a big chance to win here." Madrid was the better team after the break and Di Maria found Arbeloa in the area with a cross from the left, the Madrid defender dragging his foot back to meet the pass in the 51st minute and guide home his first goal in three years.
Participants of exposure trip cum study tour.
Kohima, November 28 (mexN): With an aim to create awareness on women centric activities and programmes, the department of women has organized an exposure trip cum study tour to Kolkata from November 15 to 23 for the partner-NGOs (Frontal Women Organizations of Nagaland) of the department. The tour team, comprising of three women
development officers and 25 representatives of the apex women organizations of Nagaland had an audience with the Kolkata based NGO SANLAAP that works in prevention of sex trafficking in girls and runs a shelter home. The team visited Nari Seva Sangha (NGO) that houses the destitute women where the women were assigned with different income generating activities
viz; embroidery, designing, block-printing, weaving, knitting, catering, food processing, recycling of water paper etc. Various products are marketed/sold during the fete day organized by the Sangha. They also undertake welfare activities like crèche, school and computer education for destitute children. Finally, homage was paid to Mother Teresa at her house in Kolkata.
Awareness campaign on Rural Postal Life Insurance held Dimapur, November 28 (mexN): An awareness campaign on the Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI)/Postal Life Insurance (PLI) organized by the Nagaland Postal Division was held at the Jotsoma village Community Hall on November 26. Nikono chaired the programme and Kenei Nagi enthralled the audience with a special number. Kobouno Z Dolf introduced RPLI and PLI where he talked about the different policies under the RPLI and focused on the aim of the Department of Post, which is to implement RPLI in every household in
Som Kamei Director, Postal Services, Nagaland addressing the awareness campaign on the Rural Postal Life Insurance on November 26.
the villages starting from Jotsoma as a model village. “RPLI has been very successful all over the country
but it is very surprising that many people n our villages are not aware of it. Money cannot replace a person but it can overcome our basic needs,” said Som Kamei Director, Postal Services, Nagaland while speaking on the awareness on Postal service. Dreamz Unlimited presented a theatrical play on RPLI. The Chairman of the Jotsoma Village council also gave a short speech. He emphasized on the need for villages to be aware about insurances and exhorted all the villagers to get necessary details from the department and be careful of fraudsters today.
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PSG beats Olympiakos to reach knockout stages
paris, November 28 (ap): A 10-man Paris Saint-Germain showed its resilience by scoring a last-minute winner to beat Olympiakos 2-1 on Wednesday and secure a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League. With PSG a man down for most of the second half after midfielder Marco Verratti's sending off, Olympiakos looked to have done enough to seal a valuable draw when center half Kostas Manolas equalized from close range in the 80th minute following a corner. But Cavani ran onto substitute Adrien Rabiot's pass and finished with a powerful shot that gave goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez no chance. "It was a little bit difficult but we managed to reach our objective," PSG coach Laurent Blanc said. "The players showed solidarity and that's an important quality to have. All great teams have this, and it helps you go get through tough moments." The temperamental Italian midfielder Verratti's sending off in the 46th handed the visitors a way back into a contest that looked easy
PSG's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 2nd left, challenges for the ball with Olympiakos' players David Fuster, 2nd right, and Olympiacos' Andreas Samaris, right, during the Group C Champions League soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Olympiakos FC at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, Nov. 27. (AP Photo)
when Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in the seventh minute on his 100th appearance in the competition. Ibrahimovic swept in a cross from Gregory van der Wiel in the 7th minute to get his eighth goal of the competition and set
a new single-season club record. Manolas tapped in after 'keeper Salvatore Sirigu saved an Alejandro Dominguez attempt. "I have the impression that when we equalized, PSG really wanted the game to finish and were waiting
for the whistle," Olympiakos coach Michel said. "We have one game left against Anderlecht and if you look at the five games I think we deserve to qualify." PSG drew 1-1 with Anderlecht in its previous game and again looked vul-
nerable to counterattacks — even before Verratti's red card. "I think we respected PSG too much," Michel said. "We saw that we could get into their penalty area very quickly and we just needed to show more audacity." Verratti had only himself to blame after the first yellow was needless — a blatant handball to stop an Olympiakos attack from midfield — and the second was careless as he tugged back David Fuster's shirt. "Marco deserved the first yellow. It's stupid but sometimes you don't really think about things because you're doing it to break up a move, to help the team," Blanc said. "He put us in difficulty, but I don't hold it against him." PSG started the game at its usual frenetic pace. Fullback Gregory van der Wiel was given far too much space down the right and delivered a perfect cross for Ibrahimovic, who thumped the ball into the roof of the net from the edge of the box to break George Weah's singleseason club record of seven. "I'm lucky enough to have two great players who can score goals," Blanc said.
Rev. Luolehou Yimsung exhorting the officers and staff of RD and SIRD at Leaders Arise 2013, a motivational seminar.
Dimapur, November 28 (mexN): Leaders Arise 2013, a motivational seminar was conducted for the officers and staff of RD and SIRD on November 26 at SIRD Conference Hall with Rev. Luolehou Yimsung as speaker. A Naga by birth and a citizen of Australia, Rev. Luolehou has been giving Seminars for Leaders in the bureaucracy, administration, business, NGOs, entrepreneurs and youth as part of his Leaders Arise 2013 ministry in
Nagaland. The seminar for RD & SIRD was chaired by V. Sakhrie, Commissioner & Secretary, RD who introduced the speaker and gave a brief overview of his ministry. Rev. Yimsung challenged the gathering to serve humanity with boldness, courage, hard work and to be a thinker to lead the people citing examples from the book of Ezekiel. Stress was made on qualities and key factors of leadership like relationship,
knowledge, experience and ability. The speaker also encouraged the gathering to learn and manage emotion, time, priority, energy, thinking, words and one’s personal life to be a true leader. Realizing that the enlightened seminar has greatly benefitted the gathering and the positive response given, the Speaker was conveyed the desire to have another session in the coming year where all the officers and staff from the districts will be invited.
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Nigella Lawson alleged to have abused drugs 'daily' N igella Lawson allegedly took cocaine and marijuana ''daily'' for a number of years, a court has heard. Two former assistants to the celebrity chef claim she was using drugs behind the back of her ex-husband, Charles Saatchi, for a decade and bought their silence by allowing them to use his company credit card for personal expenditure. Sisters Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo were charged with defrauding Charles out of more than £300,000 - which they spent on holidays, designer handbags and other items in 2012. The sisters worked for Miss Lawson for more than 10 years and put forward their ''tacit understanding'' with the 53-yearold celebrity chef as part of their evidence in their case,
which a judge has ruled can be used in court. At an earlier hearing, Anthony Metzer QC, representing Elisabetta, told a court in London ''The bad character application relates to Miss Lawson's alleged use of both class A and class B drugs and also her unauthorised use of prescribed drugs as a matter which is highly relevant to the defence case. ''In a nutshell we submit that she had a guilty secret from her then husband. She did not want him to know of her use of cocaine and that is highly relevant to the defence case. ''The defendants will maintain that they were fully aware of her illicit drug use and she essentially would consent to their expenditure on the understanding that there would
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be no disclosure to her husband of her usage.'' Art dealer Charles whom Nigella walked out on in June after pictures of him with his hands around her throat were published in a national newspaper - was upset when he saw Francesca and Elisabetta's claims and sent an angry email to his ex-wife, which was then seen by the police. Trial judge, Robin Johnson, read out part of the email in court, in which Charles wrote ''Of course now the Grillos will get off on the basis that you were so off your head on drugs you allowed the sisters to spend whatever they liked ... And yes I believe every word they have said.'' The Grillo sisters face accusations of committing fraud using company credit cards. The trial continues.
evin Savino, a seventeen year old piano prodigy from Dimapur is one of the youngest Indians and the youngest Naga to have completed an Associate Diploma in music performance. A student of Pranab Vidyapith Higher Secondary School, Kevin is currently in the 12th standard (Science stream). Kevin is scheduled to perform this week along with the Nagaland Chamber Choir during the Indian President’s visit. He began piano lessons at the age of 8 and is the youngest Naga to have completed grade 8 exam under Trinity Guildhall, London. Kevin is a recipient of the Best Exhibition Award in
therapy to heal his broken heart. Actor Ernie Lively has battled health problems since suffering a mas-
sive heart attack in 2003, but thanks to a groundbreaking medical procedure he is now feeling bet-
ter than ever. The 66 year old tells People magazine only half of his heart has been functioning properly in recent years, sapping him of energy and making it a real task just to walk up a flight of stairs. On 7 November (13), the father-of-four underwent retrograde gene therapy, in which a patient's stem cells are injected into the heart to repair damaged muscle and arteries, and he's already beginning to notice a health boost. He says, I woke up the other morning and told my wife, 'I haven't felt this good in years'. And Ernie is now making big plans for the rest of his life, adding, I moved to Utah because of the snow, but I haven't been able to ski. I literally didn't have the heart to do it. Now, I'm excited about living the rest of my life instead of sitting around. And he can't wait for his youngest daughter Blake to start a family, adding, She is newly married (to actor Ryan Reynolds) and wants a big family. She says she wants 30 kids. I said, 'Why don't you start with one'
comes to electronic music in Nagaland, starting off as a young DJ and taking over the country by grabbing the 1st runners up at the Palm Expo Battle of DJ's. Since then there has been no turning back for this humble, God fearing electronic music wizard, who has been recognized and acknowledged by the world's top EDM producer Steve Aoki. MoTo, a Naga EDM producer, based in Germany, made his debut
entry into the Indian electronic music scene with his EP comprising of three explosive tracks; Angry Machine, Breathe and Chase. Moto has set a new benchmark in high quality electronic music production and has already generated a lot of buzz and interest in the music industry. Dj Jinx, with his new single 'Azazel' on indihut headlined his entry into the music industry. Dj Jinx is a young and talented Of-
ficially Certified Dj/Producer from Nagaland practicing the art of DJ'ing and Music Production since 2009. Jinx was trained under Dj MNV and Bollywood music production Guru Dj RYK @Spingurus Dj & Music Production Academy(New Delhi). Jinx brings in a new element with unique mixes that Officials of Cultural department, Vaxjo, Sweden, are seen felicitating the band while on tour in Sweden. azzpoetry is hold- will be performing at two tact person for the concert is Kisama. Band members, would make a full house ing a concert at events in Nagaland to create Jorje Kiso on Facebook. The Jon-Eirik Boska and Eastgroove to his beats. The Jumping Bean cafe; awareness for children with second event will be on De- erine Kire will be performnew releases are all available for free download on Dimapur on November disabilities. A press note re- cember 2 at the Hornbill Lit- ing with local musicians, in30, at 5:00 pm. Jazz poetry ceived here stated the con- erature Festival at 2:30 pm, cluding Kevi Neibulie Kiso. indihut.
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Grade 8 piano exam, India. It may be noted that Kevin completed his ATCL diploma at the age of 14. He has collaborated with Sittu Singh, one of India's most renowned soprano singers in Delhi. Kevin has also performed for the Piramals, top industrialists in Mumbai along with Nise Meruno. Kevin performed in the Neemrana Fort Palace in Rajasthan along with the Zowe Madrigal and also for the President of India in 2011. He has also performed in ACE concert sponsored by the Yamaha Company in Guwahati (2011) and is the winner of Virtuoso Instrumentalist (2011).
To add to this repertoire, Kevin has also collaborated with many artists from the state including Alobo Naga, Renbeni Odyuo etc. He has also accompanied the Nagaland Chamber Choir for their 10th jubilee concert in Dimapur and Kohima this year Kevin began his appearances in churches, competitions, concerts, weddings and musical shows at a very young age. He has secured distinctions in all grades till date and has been a part of Naga idol during the piano rounds. He has also been a part of the hornbill ball (Annual event) for charity. Besides music, Kevin loves to cook and is a huge Manchester United fan.
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The finalist of NOH 2013 along with the House band 'In the Name' and the three esteem Judges.
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he final recording of the NOH 2013 was held on November 27 at Cosmos Entertainment Hall under the theme “80s Rock,” where the seven finalists covered rock songs from the 80s, accompanied by songs of 80’s Rock with the house band “In the Name” The event saw covers from bands like Europe, Warrant, U2, Vixen, ACDC, Heart, White Snake and Lida Ford. Meyalemba, Proprietor of the Royal School of Music and a Professional musician appeared as the guest Judge. Tali Angh, Chief Judge of NOH 2013 stated, “Particularly from last recording round I have a strong
impression that most of the contestants are at their thresh-hold point to experience the next major breakthrough in their singing. Some of the executions were too impressive and I am more convinced from the last recording round that this year we have one of the best talents in the Orpheus Hunt show” Moanungsang, CoJudge and 1st Naga Idol expressed satisfaction and stated “it’s quite encouraging to have witnessed the recording of 80’s Rock which is a means of introducing the 80s music to youngsters.” The house band ‘In the Name’ expressed gratitude to Roots for the opportu-
nity to tune in with the talented contestants. “It was fun, calm, friendly, catchy experience we had with the contestants as we jammed up. It was totally a great experience and this edition of NOH is tighter with talented contenders and we wish all the best,” stated Arsashi Ozukum, vocalist for In the Name. The final voting round will be open from November 29, which will be availed from all the outlets and District Partner Offices. Additionally SMS voting will also be validated till the December 13. The seven finalists are all geared up for the ultimate battle of winning the most prestigious title
of NOH 2013, which will be declared at the finale at Mokokchung Town on December 14 during the Mokokchung Festival (M-Fest) 2013. The seven finalists are Alemkaba Jamir (01), Meyinungsang Longkumer (08), Sentimenla (09), T Apenla Sangtam (11), Nogheli Z Muru (12), Lijem Atsongchanger (14) and Yapangtula (15). The public can vote for their favorite contestant by texting their contestant number. Alem01, Meyi08, Senti09, Apen11, Nogheli12, Lijem14 and Yapang15. For example: To vote, one can type NOH Alem01 and send it to 56263.
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hree EDM (Electronic Dance Music) producers from Nagaland, DJ Ina, Dj Jinx and Moto have released their brand new singles for free on Nagaland based e-commerce website www.indihut.com. DJ INA released his new single 'X.tasy' on the website. DJ INA is the top EDM (Electronic Dance Music) producer in India (Reverbnation) and also ranks at Number 50 in the world. Ina is a pioneer when it
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Stop praising Tendulkar, Taliban warn Pakistan media ISLAMABAD, No veMBer 28 (PTI): The banned Tehreeke-Taliban Pakistan has asked Pakistani media groups to refrain from praising Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar. In a video message, Taliban spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid, flanked by two AK-47 wielding masked men, talks about Sachin's farewell to international cricket. "There is this Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar. It was unfortunate to see Pakistani media go to great extent to pay tribute to him," Shahid said in the video message. "On the other hand, it was sad to know same Pakistani media badly criticized captain Misbah-ul-Haq. No matter how good Tendulkar is, don't praise him because he is Indian. No matter how bad Misbahul-Haq plays, he should be praised because he is a Pakistani," the video shows the Taliban spokesperson as saying. The Pakistan media had extensively covered Tendulkar and his farewell speech was covered live. Pakistan media praised Tendulkar after he retired from the game on November 16. Newspapers paid rich tributes to Sachin saying "the game of cricket will surely be the poorer without him". Dawn wrote Tendulakar's retirement marks the end of a truly memorable career that spanned nearly a quarter of a century. Rated by critics and contemporaries as arguably the greatest postwar batsman to have played the game, Tendulkar continued to rewrite the record books with his brilliant batting skills since making his debut against Pakistan in Karachi way back in 1989, it had said. The Express Tribune and Daily Times wrote Tendulkar is rightly considered the most complete batsman of his age, possessing every shot in the book and having the ability to both, tear apart bowling attacks and to control his natural aggression to suit the needs of his team. Insaaf, an Urdu daily, wrote 'Tendulkar like cricketers are not born every day. His is widely loved and respected.' His fans must be sad as "cricket without him is surely the poorer."
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Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, left, and UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Karin Hulshof display a certificate declaring Tendulkar UNICEF ambassador for South Asia, in Mumbai on Nov. 28. (AP Photo)
MUMBAI, NoveMBer 28 (PTI): Recently-retired batting legend Sachin Tendulkar today became UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South Asia and is all set to work in promoting hygiene and sanitation in the region. "Thanks for allowing me to start this wonderful second innings of my life. I'm looking forward to
being an ambassador for UNICEF and serve to the best of my ability. This is an innings that is really really important to me, so I will try my best," said Tendulkar. The batting icon, who has been involved with the global organisation for the last 8-10 years, was today named its ambassador for South Asia region for two
difficult to digest," he said. "If a person defecates in the open and goes back home and that happens to be a mother, because in most of the family it is the mother who runs the house. She is the one who is cooking food for all the family members, she is the one who is feeding the baby with her own hands because that is the attachment and a bond that any mother and child would share. And if the hands are not washed with soap, can you imagine the result. It can actually take away the
child's life. For an adult's negligence, a child cannot lose its life," he added. The 40-year old said he was baffled by the statistics on the high number of children dying due to lack of proper hygiene. "Also another statistics which baffles me and I was disheartened to know was that 1600 children die everyday because of diarrhoeal infected diseases. I just want to help UNICEF to make more people aware of this initiative that I am part of. It is as simple as washing your
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playing along with UNICEF is really important and it means a lot to me," he said. Recalling his childhood days, Tendulkar said there were times when he didn't bother to wash his hands after playing. "There was a stage where I would play downstairs with my friends, cricket with tennis ball, and occasionally didn't bother washing my hands, and wanting to eat after coming back home. My mother made sure that I washed my hands properly and ate with clean hands," he said.
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