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Diesel prices hiked by 50 paise per litre New Delhi, July 1 (AGeNCieS): Oil companies on Monday hiked the price of diesel by 50 paise per litre, effective midnight on account of the depreciating rupee and increasing international prices. The hike is excluding value added taxes (VAT). After the revision, diesel prices in the four major cities stand as follows: Delhi- Rs. 50.84 a litre; Kolkata- Rs. 55.16; Mumbai- Rs. 57.61; Chennai- Rs. 54.15. This is the sixth hike in diesel prices since January when the government permitted state-run oil companies to hike the price of the fuel by 45-50 paise per litre per month till the losses incurred on the sale of the fuel below market rates are wiped out. Oil firms are currently losing around Rs. 8.10 on the sale of every litre of diesel.
NSCN (IM) leaders to attend FNR meeting
DimApur, July 1 (mexN): Senior leaders of the NSCN (IM) have left for Chiang Mai to attend a meeting to be conducted by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR). The MIP of the NSCN’s GPRN informed through a press release that the leaders who will attend the meeting include TT Among, Kilo Kilonser, Angnaikham Makunga, Education Kilonser and O. Mozamo Ngullie, Tatar.
Two held for duping businessman of Rs. 3.5 crores
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DimApur, July 1 (mexN): Two Kolkatabased businessmen were arrested and taken into custody by the Dimapur police in connection with a fraud committed last year. The accused – Sanjeev Narag and Ayush Kapoor were accused of duping a Dimapur-based businessman of Rs. 3.5 crores. According to the SDPO, Dimapur, the complainant identified as Depen Mech, proprietor of Eastern Chemicals, Dimapur got in touch with the main accused – Sanjeev Narag sometime during the middle of 2012 to explore the possibility of investing in real estate in the USA. Narag reportedly runs a business firm called Maiden Travels in Kolkata. After striking a deal, Narag reportedly left for the USA to put the plan to work. Continued on page 5
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Environmentalists will have no qualms when it comes to bandhs. For it means cars going off the road, saving up on fuel and importantly, less carbon emission and less electricity consumption. For the public in general though, it means inconvenience in the form of unwanted restriction coming in the way of their daily activities. ‘Bandhs in Karbi-Anglong and the other districts in Assam bordering Nagaland are trouble enough’ people would generally say, already left at the mercy of the frequent bandh calls in the neighbouring state. In the economic aspect, a day’s closure means loss in terms of crores of rupees recovering which will take days. Business dynamics work in a funny way for it is said that a shop will take days to recover a day’s loss in sales. To get an idea of the scale of loss, one can cite Dimapur municipal area, which alone has more than 10, 000 business establishments ranging from small paan shops to big general stores and many industrial units. That aside, the July 1 shut down generated much public opinion, the likes of which seldom make it as news headlines. The Morung Express reached out
to a number of people to hear what they had to say. “I support NSF’s call for bandh in protest against factional clashes, imposition of illegal taxation, arbitrary harassment and threatening the lives of civilians. But what I cannot understand is why it needed a bullet injury on one of their office bearers to wake them up. The issues they mentioned (as the reasons behind the protest) are almost everyday occurrences...” remarked a Kohimabased social activist. The identity of the person is withheld, as of the others here, in respect of their wish to remain anonymous. A similar tone was echoed by another individual, a senior advocate. “Generally speaking, bandh is not good but in a democracy like India, we cannot do away with bandhs for it is one sure way of protest through which a message can be put out loud and clear and, unlike a rally confined to one particular location, it can be felt in every nook and corner,” was what the advocate had to say. While stating that the bandh deserves public support for it concerns public security, he expressed reservations with the way the apex Naga students’ body reacted to the May 25 shooting incident in Kohima, when one of its executives was injured. Continued on page 5
ing bodies are now posing a massive health hazard. “There are 500-600 bodies which are visible, not only in Kedarnath area, but also in the entire state,” Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said on Sunday. “A number of bodies are stuck in the buildings where they were living but for them (to be extricated) you require some machines. Some JCB machines are being made available,” he added. A 200-strong-team of specialists has been deployed to scour the worsthit temple region of Ke-
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Says official was shot at point blank in life attempt
The commercial capital of Nagaland, Dimapur, is said to incur losses running into crores on a single day of bandh. Compared to the threat of the gun and other force, however, people supported the NSF’s call for total bandh hoping the Naga national groups will stop fighting once and for all. (Photo by Caisii Mao)
12-hour NSF Total Bandh successful DimApur, July 1 (mexN): The total bandh in all Naga inhabited areas called by the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) on Monday from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm passed peacefully, with all sections of Naga society pledging support to the same. All business establishments, government offices and banks remained
closed and no untoward incidents were reported. The total bandh came as a follow up to a public rally organized by the NSF (on June 28) protesting the attempt on the life of an NSF official, against the incessant clashes and killings amongst the underground factions, imposition of illegal taxation by the Naga
darnath for bodies. Rescue workers also have recovered bodies in rivers hundreds of kilometres downstream from the flood zone. The situation, though, has been aggravated by animal carcasses that are also lying unattended; a large number of mules and horses, used to ferry pilgrims to the holy shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath, also perished in the flash floods. The state government has requested the Centre for 100 tonnes of bleaching powder to help dispose of the carcasses.
Central health ministry teams have been sent to all 13 districts of Uttarakhand, but no threat of epidemic has been detected as of now. Three central public health teams have also been posted to the state and are deployed in the affected areas of Chamoli and Joshimath. While nearly 1,000 people have reported to have died, the toll is expected to rise considerably. “We will never know the exact number of those dead and the number of people who have been buried or washed away,” Mr Bahuguna has said.
Uttarakhand now grapples with unclaimed bodies and fear of disease
DehrADuN, July 1 (AGeNCieS): With rescue efforts now winding up, the focus in Uttarakhand has now shifted to the disposal of hundreds of unclaimed bodies and the accompanying fear of an epidemic outbreak. While the process of cremation is on, hundreds of bodies still lie unattended in the open near the near the Kedarnath temple which was hit by a massive wall of water in the flash floods that struck the state two weeks ago. Lying under tonnes of debris, the decay-
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groups and arbitrary harassment endangering the lives of civilians by Naga national workers. The bandh was supported by the Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) in Eastern Nagaland and by the All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) in Manipur. Related news on page 5
DimApur, July 1 (mexN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has stated that it was “utterly shocked and amazed to come across the press statement issued by the GPRN/NSCN which was not only misleading but also ambiguous in nature”. “To set the record straight and to clarify all doubts and confusion, the federation once again makes its point very clear that on 25th June 2013, the first incident was the attempt on the life of the NSF official at lower Chandmari near Lotha Church; where he was shot at point blank”, stated a press note issued by NSF President Tongpang Ozukum and General Secretary Esther Rhakho. According to the NSF, the second incident happened near Hotel Orchid, near midland junction be-
tween the two factions. Therefore the question of ‘got in the crossfire or shot from behind’ does not arise at all, stated the NSF. Therefore, in the light of the above, the NSF reiterated its earlier demand that GPRN/NSCN should own responsibility of the action perpetrated against the innocent NSF official, the culprit involved in the incident should be booked and the movement of the armed cadres in the civilian areas should be curbed by the respective faction so as to prevent further civilian casualties. The NSF pointed out that the vehicle, AS-01 M – 6773 (Maruti 800) in which the GPRN/NSCN cadres were travelling, suddenly pulled over on the left side of the road and the driver (Lieut. Amento Kiba) rushed out of the vehicle and fired upon the NSF official. “Was that action not an attempt on life? Was it not an assassination bid?” the NSF has questioned. “As rightly pointed out by ‘Lieut. Col. Kiyeto Zhimomi, the vehicle AS-01 M – 6773 (Maruti 800) was driven by GPRN/NSCN cadre Lieut. Amento Kiba.”It said Continued on page 5
‘Wildlife trade have cross-border links’
New Delhi, July 1 (iANS): Illegal wildlife trading networks have crossborder linkages and there is need for greater coordination between the security agencies of different countries to deal with this threat, CBI director Ranjit Sinha said here Monday. Sinha also noted that India faces formidable challenges in the protection of tigers in the wild. Speaking at the inauguration of a seminar on “Integrated Investigative Capacity Building and Operational Planning for Asian Big Cat Related Crimes for South Asia” here, Sinha said the estimated 1,706 tigers were spread over 43 reserves, and fell under the jurisdiction of 17 state governments. “India is home to nearly half the worldwide population of tigers. The challenge to protect these is formidable,” he said. Sinha said the loss and fragmentation of habitat, large scale and organised poaching fostered by international demand, unregulated mining in tiger landscapes and increasing demand on forests for developmental projects continue to challenge the efforts to save the tiger. “The most insidious and immediate threat to the tiger is the illegal trade in its bone and other parts.
Wildlife trade is now well entrenched and widespread in India. The problem of demand is one of the most daunting and complex issues facing tiger conservation,” he said. Sinha said five species of big cats, including tigers, lions, leopards, jaguars, and snow leopards, were all are endangered, mainly due to habitat loss, poaching, and dwindling numbers of their prey. The CBI chief said the Indian government has always accorded tiger protection top priority. Project Tiger, launched in 1973, has brought the species back from the brink of extinction, he said. Sinha said a poaching spree in the early ‘90s had threatened to undermine Project Tiger and the stories of loss of tigers in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan in 1997 shocked the nation. “When the tragedy of the tiger continued to unfold in 2005, in Sariska Tiger reserve this time (also in Rajasthan), the nation was jolted into action,” he added. He said the CBI’s investigation revealed the activities of a highly organised and extensive network of poachers actively operating in Sariska during 2002 to 2005.
Noting that Project Tiger has been turned into the National Tiger Conservation Authority, he said the project strives to streamline scientific modules of conservation and co-opt communities as responsible stakeholders. He said the government also constituted the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in 2007. “With this multi-agency framework, I sincerely hope we may succeed in conserving our wildlife heritage,” he said. Sinha said India has nearly 6.5 percent of world’s known wildlife species and global demand for wildlife products puts at risk the country’s mega diversity. The CBI director said that low risk of detection, huge profits and numerous cross-border routes had made illegal trade in animal parts an increasingly attractive business. “The changing market dynamics and lifestyles make the existing regulatory regimes inadequate in dealing with wildlife crimes assuming organised status,” he said, adding that to effectively counter this threat, we need greater coordination between the intelligence agencies and enforcement agencies, transcending national boundaries.”
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‘Time to turn back to the Covenant’
(Left) Rev C Teyong Kichu, Missionary delivering message to the congregation (Right) ‘Sangro’ performing during the DABA YM ‘Spiritual Youth Carnival’ on June 30. (Photo Courtesy/Toshi Longchar)
Dimapur, July 1 (mExN): Speaking to more than 2,000 youths converged at Dimapur Ao Baptist Church (DABA) church on Sunday, the last day of the three days ‘Spiritual Youth Carnival’, Rev C Teyong Kichu, Missionary said, “It is time to go back to the covenant. God is grieved because we have destroyed the covenant.” He reminded the young
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mokokchuNg, July 1 (mExN): The Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Morohu Chotso has informed that the draft list of recognized villages under all headquarters of Mokokchung district as on December 1 has been notified for scrutiny and filing of claims & objections. It is therefore, informed to all concerned to submit claims & objections if any, on the notified draft list of the recognized villages to the DC, Mokokchung within 30(thirty) days from the date of the issue of notification. The notification issued by DC Mokokchung on June 29 informed that the last date for receipt of Claims & Objections is July 30. The exercise is being carried out to have a correct database of recognized villages in the state for all purposes.
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people about three important covenants, which our ancestors have made with God. He said that the covenants are declaration of the slogan “Nagaland for Christ”, pledge to sent “10,000 missionaries to the world”, and affirmation of Nagaland as “Dry State.” “What have we made out of these covenants?” the Reverend questioned and added that because we
have damaged these covenants, there is no place for many young people to “fit in.” “This is the time for us to reclaim the promises of God and turn back to the covenant which our grandparents have made with God,” the Reverend said. Throughout the three days event, Rev Teyong shared about the deceptions of Satan and young
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people are his number one target. He said that the greatest deception of Satan is to prompt everyone in the world to believe that he is not Satan. Rev Teyong said, “The Satan manipulates us to accept something opposite. Satan seeks to deceive us about right and wrong and persuade us that there is no such thing as sin.” He also told the young people to be very “watchful” as many false spiritualist and counselors have emerged as prophesied in the Bible. He also added that ‘there is always power in prayer.’ The ‘Spiritual Youth carnival’ with the theme “Soak in His Spirit” was hosted in DABA church building with the help of about 100 ‘Teintet Lanur’ (senior youth) volunteers. A trio band called “Sangro” witnessed to the congregation with their original songs while all the eight fellowships under DABA Youth Ministry performed one song each composed by the praise and worship team. The DABA YM worship team also led the congregation into an awesome time of A church located on the top of a hillock in Khonoma village. Khonoma village is marked with picturesque scenery, with step farming splattered across the beautiful hilly landscape. (Photo Courtesy/Tia Aier) praise and worship.
‘Doron-Ki’ inaugurated for youth dept SBC Eralibill
Dimapur, July 1 (mExN): Doron-Ki (Gifted House) a rental house of youth department of Sumi Baptist Church Eralibill at Ekrani Pathar was inaugurated and dedicated by church pastor, Rev. Kihoto at a function that was attended by church leaders and members, and community leaders of Eralibill, June 29. The residential building would be rented out for purpose of income generation for youth department, SBC Eralibill. Giving an account of undertaking the project, Hukheshe Swu, youth director, SBC Eralibill stated that the endeavor to construct the rental house began with a humble beginning in 2007. The youth
Church leaders and community leaders of SBC, Eralibill at the inauguration of Doron Ki, Saturday.
director pointed out that the department cannot depend on contributions alone but must do something to establish its own
KIDS FOR FAME – 4: First elimination round on July 13
Dimapur, July 1 (mExN): Pheto Music Association promotional event, Kids For Fame singing contest for participants age between 10 to 15 years will have its first elimination round on July 13 at IMC Hall Dimapur. During the contest, 46 contestants selected from various District Auditions will be coming to perform live on the stage. This time out of 46 contestants, only top 24 contestants will be selected by the Judges to go through to the next round, which will be held in the first week of August to select top 16 contestants. This will be followed by a live round to select top 12 contestants and then 6 fi-
nalists will go through to the grand finale to choose the ultimate winner of Kids For Fame Season 4 2013. Selected contestants are informed to reach the venue at 11:00 am for sound check without fail. All the contestants will be allowed to sing one song with musical track of their choice. Contestants are informed to bring their music track in pen drive or on CD format only. Pheto Music Asoociation, MD Kashito Kiba has informed that the show is a “free public entry” so anyone can come and witness the amazing kids performing live on the stage. Vibeizonuo and Gifty Shitiri former finalists of Kids for fame will host the show.
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source of income. He said the house would earn income which could help the department to carry out other civic projects. He
was of the view that church also can do lots of development such as in the field of health and education. Akashe Zhimo, G.B.
Eralibill also spoke on the occasion. He lauded the youth department for being able to construct the house. He said other departments of the church should also follow suit the good example. He thanked all those who are responsible for the successful completion of the project. Youth department especially acknowledged youth director, Hukheshe Swu for his all-out effort and involvement to make the faith venture a reality. Botoli H member youth standing committee, SBC Eralibill chaired the function, Viholi A, member youth standing committee proposed vote of thanks and Hokali, women leader, SBC Eralibill pronounced benediction.
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BOH conducts medical camp Dimapur, July 1 (mExN): Bridge of Hope (BOH), Chumukedima organized its annual medical camp on June 22, 2013. Dr Athikho, Dr K Clement, Dr Toshi and other three female staff of Christian Institute of Health Science and Research (CISHR) 4th Mile, Dimapur rendered voluntarily service during the camp. Project co-ordinator BOH, Jethro Jemu has extended appreciation to the doctors and staff of CISHR for their service.
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Longleng observes anti drugs day
loNglENg, July 1 (mExN): Joining the rest of the world, Yingli Mission Society (YMS) organized a program commemorating “International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 2013” in Longleng on June 26 with Y. Nuklu, Executive Secretary, PBCA as the guest of honor. The program was chaired by Niamla of Christian School, Longleng, while Shashing, ORW, YMS gave the welcome address. Short speeches were also delivered by Langba, a recovering addict, Phaknyu, Youth Secy., PBCA and Yengcha, Games and Sports Secy., PSC. The program which was supported by PBCA, PSC, Phomla Hoichem, Longleng Chamber of Commerce, District Health Society, Longleng had about 150 participants.
MVC Council elects office bearers
Dimapur, July 1 (mExN): Mount View Colony Council has elected a new team of officers for the term 2013-2016 with chairman-Kughato S Aye; vice chairman-Tsathrikyu Sangtam; secretary-Peter Patton; Joint Secretary-Sunny Hungo; treasurer-V Tetseo. The council also informed in a press release that 15 executive members and team of advisors have been elected to the Council.
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Kohima and Dimapur Lotha hohos resolve
The road connecting Wokha and Merapani was cut off completely on June 30 at around 9.30 pm due to heavy and incessant rain.A press note informed that the in stretch from Yikhum village to Thillong Village area before reaching Doyang Bridge, eight to ten places had been wash off. The road from Sanis to Doyang Bridge was also affected, with around 6 place completely damaged.
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VEBS at Jakhama Baptist Church concludes
Jakhama, July 1 (mExN): The Very Exciting Bible School (VEBS) held at Jakhama Baptist Church with the theme – God’s All Star Champions ended June 30. Every year Jakhama Baptist Church conducts Vacation Bible School (VBS) during summer vacation and this year 237 “athletes” (campers), ranging from 3 to 18 years of age and 33 staff attended the three-day camp, informed a press release received here. The campers were divided into five groups. The five VBC sites of various games were soccer, bicycling, softball, field hockey and mountaineering where the athletes had to wear God’s gear to become God’s All Star Champions. For example, campers had to wear shoes of the gospel of peace in soccer, helmet
of salvation in bicycling, breastplate of righteousness in softball, sword of the spirit in field hockey and belt of truth in mountaineering. The Chairman of Men’s department, Jakhama Baptist Church Kezhokhoto Savi speaking at the closing function said that the real assets of families are the children and encouraged the parents to spend quality time with their children, especially in helping them to accept Jesus as their Lord and personal saviour. “Today we are living in a material world where many parents are materialistic and spend more time to earn wealth for their children, but don’t have much time for their children.” He further told the campers never stray away from the kingdom of heaven as they grow up.
Wokha, July 1 (mExN): According to a press release received here all frontal organizations of Lotha Tribe, until a new Kyong Hoho (KH) is formalized “its responsibilities shall be shouldered” by the four frontal organizations namely Kyong Students’ Union, Kyong Eloe Hoho, Kyong Youth Hoho and Wokha District Village Council Chairmen Association aided by eleven senior members as executive members. The joint press release issued by Kohima Lotha Hoho Chairman, Nchumbemo Tungoe and Dimapur Lotha Hoho Secretary, Zumomo Tsanglao informs that it was resolved during a meeting held on June 7, 2013. It also resolved that until such time that the new Kyong Hoho officials are elected or selected as per the hoho guidelines, the present unrecognized office bearers of KH involving itself in any official activities on behalf of the Lotha Tribe stands null and void is in the interest of Tribe. Lotha hoho, Kohima and Dimapur has urged the Convener of the entrusted four frontal organizations to expedite the matter by convening the urgent joint session of all the units of the Kyong Hoho that includes the 128 recognized villages as decided on the day for early solution to the impasse.
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In this image, a house completely submerged by heavy landslide that occurred at Tesophenyu Lorinyu Village under Tseminyu Sub-division on June 30. The Chairman IRCS Cum ADC Tseminyu along with the IRCS volunteers visited the site and extended financial support and foodstuffs to the affected family.
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Bangladesh to hand over ULFA leader Manipur police grill IRB personnel
Shillong, July 1 (iAnS): United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) general secretary Anup Chetia, who has been in a Bangladeshi jail since 1997, would be repatriated this month to India, a senior union home ministry official said Monday. "He (Chetia) should be reptratriated to India by July 15 or a few days before that," Shambhu Singh, joint secretary (northeast) in the union home ministry, told IANS. Chetia is wanted in India for various crimes including murder, kidnapping and extortion. He was arrested in Assam in 1991, but was freed by the state government. On Dec 21, 1997, the ULFA general secretary was arrested from Mohammadpur in Dhaka for illegally entering Bangladesh and for illegally carrying foreign currency
NE women rescued from Goa prostitution den
PA n A J i , J u ly 1 (iAnS): Eighteen women, most of them from northeastern states and Nepal, were rescued after a raid on a Goa night club which doubled up as a prostitution den, police said Monday. Two people, including a pimp and the night club's owner Ronnie Chakravarthy, were arrested after the Saturday raid in Calangute, said police inspector Nilesh Rane. "The victims are mainly from Manipur, Sikkim and Nepal. There was a Goan girl too. They had been hired as waitresses and dancers, but in fact they were used for prostitution," Rane said. The official said he was not sure about the age of the rescued victims, adding that they had been sent to a government-run home. Calangute, located 20 km from Panaji, is one of the most popular beach villages in Goa and known for its night life.
i M P h A l , J u ly 1 (nnn): Manipur police have started grilling the four arrested Indian Reserved Battalion (IRB) personnel for posting a video of a couple having sex at the restricted Khuga Dam in Manipur south district Churachandpur. Manipur Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur Gaikhangam today told the state assembly that the police have started taking action against the four personnel of India Reserved Battalion (IRB) involved in a sex tape video scandal in Churachandpur district (south Manipur). Mob stormed into the Churachandpur police station yesterday demanding
the four arrested IRB personnel to be handed over to them. The married couple was reportedly caught in the act after which IRB personnel took the video through their mobile phones. Later, the video was posted on the internet. On Monday, Gaikhangam said a case has already been registered with the Churachandpur District Police Station against the four IRB personnel in connection with the incident after being placing them under suspension before taking into custody. He said, “They are now being grilled by the police.” Gaikhangam, who also holds the Home portfolio,
said they will not be spared if found guilty by the law. He described the incident as a criminal act that was seemingly intentional. It has been reported in certain media here that the sex tape video has gone viral on the internet. After the video was found uploaded on the social networking sites, angry local residents of Churachandpur town stormed the district police station and attempted to torch it on June 30. But the police defused the situation by using heavy tear gas shells to quell the protesters. Gaikhangam later informed the House that three protesters were wounded in the police action.
i M P h A l , J u ly 1 (nnn): An RTI activist has alleged that the Government of India has failed to implement the Article 8 (3) of the ‘Merger Agreement’ signed between the then Maharaj Bodhachandra of Manipur and the Indian Government that provides reservation to the people of the state in Central jobs. Dr Suresh talking to reporters at the Press Club here said the Indian Government has not yet implemented the Article which mentioned that the people of Manipur will be given quota while recruiting in the Central jobs. He said he would go to the Supreme Court to seek justice pertaining to the resChildren travel on makeshift rafts as various settlements have been affected by the recent devastating floods in Assam. ervation, which the Centre said. The elite Assam For- and in the Karbi Anglong ling on boats through the Karimganj, Lakhimpur and has denied to the people est Protection Force com- hills outside the 430-sq flooded park. Tinsukia already affected. for about 64 years since Floods and erosion the signing of the Merger mandos have been put on km Park by crossing NaMeanwhile, the flood 24-hour vigil duty to curb tional Highway 37, they situation in the state has have devastated human poaching there. said. The Park authorities turned critical with more habitation and crop fields In Kaziranga National are on alert to protect the districts, including Moriga- in Morigaon’s Bhuragaon Park the flood waters have wildlife from deluge and on and Sibsagar, coming un- and Mayong revenue ciralso forced the animals to poachers by undertaking der water besides Dhemaji, cles affecting about 2000 take shelter on highlands day-night vigil and patrol- Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, people, the sources said.
Agreement. Dr Suresh said the matter has come to light after he sought the information through an RTI application given to the Prime Minister and Home Minister of India in May 2012. In response to the application, the Central Chief Information Commissioner had replied that inquiry would be initiated into the matter within four weeks time, he said. Then, on June 14 this year, the Chief Information Commissioner informed him that the Article was not implemented till date, he added. Dr Suresh further said he would appeal to the apex court regarding the matter soon and that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ensured its support to him including all the things required for the process of approaching it.
and a satellite phone. He is under detention after completion of his jail term. Chetia sought political asylum in Bangladesh on three occasions in 2005, 2008 and in 2011. He also applied to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for political asylum in Bangladesh, contending he had been fighting for a sovereign Assam. But later the separatist leader who is fighting for a "soveriegn Assam" sought that his application for political asylum in Bangladesh should be cancelled and he be returned to India. "He wanted to come back to India after much persuasion by his family members and friends. He wanted to be part of the ongoing peace talks between the government (of India) and the ULFA," Singh said.
signed an extradition treaty earlier this year. Although Bangladesh never officially acknowledged handing over of the several top Indian rebels leaders to India since Sheikh Hasina took office of the prime minister in January 2009, it is now an open secret that Dhaka facilitated their arrests by capturing them and later handing them over to Indian authorities. Those handed over include ULFA chairman Rajkhowa, deputy commander-in-chief Raju Baruah, self-styled foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury, finance secretary Chitraban Hazarika and other leaders of the outfit, as well as National Democratic Front of Bodoland chief Ranjan Daimary, and in the recent time Garo National Liberation Army chief Champion R. Sangma.
Chairman of ULFA's pro-talk faction Arabinda Rajkhowa on several occasion had asked the Indian government to seek Chetia's repatriation from Bangladesh to deportation to India. On May 13, Chetia in his petition submitted to Rajshahi Central Jail, where he has been in detention, said: "Earlier, I wanted to stay in this country. I have changed my mind and I have decided to live the rest of my life with my children in my country (India)." The prison authorites forwarded the petition to the Bangladesh home ministry. India has long been demanding Chetia's deportation but Bangladesh has been saying that the issue needs to be settled by the court as he had sought political asylum. India and Bangladesh had
One dead, 68000 affected in Assam floods
guwAhAti/MorigAon, July 1 (Pti): The first wave of floods in Assam has claimed one life, affected nearly 68,000 people, submerged rhino habitats at Kaziranga and Pobitora and overrun vast tracks of human habitation and farm land. A 12-year old boy was dragged away by the high current of the Brahmaputra at Jengpuri village in Morigaon district on Sunday and his body was recovered today, official sources said. The surging waters of the Brahmaputra on its northern side and the Kopili and Kolong rivers on the southern part have overrun 60 percent of the 38.80-sq km Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in the district. Rhinos, deer, pygmy hog, wild buffaloes and other animals from the Sanctuary, which has the highest density of onehorn Great Indian Rhinoceros population, were taking shelter on the high platforms built for their succour, the sources
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Three bandhs cripple normal life in Manipur
iMPhAl, July 1(nnn): Three different bandhs called by different social organizations paralysed normal life both in the hills and the valley in Manipur on Monday. In Imphal, most of the private and Government establishments including markets were shut down due to the strikes throwing normal life and business activities out of gear. Educational institutions also remained closed. Vehicles were seen moving thinly on the roads. No passenger service was available for the day.
However, no unwanted incident was reported in the strikes so far. The Joint Action Committee (JAC) seeking justice in the alleged rape of a school girl from the Muslim community of Manipur’s Yairipok in Thoubal district has enforced a 48-hour statewide strike against the incident. Another JAC against the murder of autorickshaw driver Laishram Deben, 46, who was allegedly killed by unidentified persons at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex yesterday, has imposed a 36-hour Manipur
Preshow elected deputy speaker
iMPhAl, July 1 (nnn): Congress MLA MK Preshow was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the 10th Manipur Assembly on Monday. Speaker Th Lokeswore announced this in the House after question hour. Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, who is also the leader of the House, and Opposition leader Dr I Ibohalbi escorted Preshow to his chair. Ibobi while congratulating the newly elected Deputy Speaker expressed hope that Preshow would work in the interest of the state. On the last day for filing of nomination papers, Preshow was the lone candidate who filed papers for the post. While thanking the House, the MLA from Chingai constituency in Ukhrul district of Manipur said that he would discharge his duty fully
bandh along Imphal-Dimapur road from 1 am of July 1. At the same time, the All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM)'s supported another 12hour NSF bandh in the 'Naga areas' of the state since 6 am which affected life in four hills districts of Tamenglong, Chandel, Senapati and Ukhrul today. ANSAM has imposed it in support of the 12-hour strike by Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) decrying the current inter-factional clashes among various Naga underground groups.
No fresh PRRS infection in Mizoram
AiZAwl, July 1 (AgEnCiES): There was no report of any fresh death of swines due to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and no pig was detected infected with the virus since May in Mizoram, officials said here today. At least 3,800 pigs died during March and April in the northeastern state and many of them were found to be infected with PRRS. "Barring Kolasib and Mamit, simultaneous outbreak of PRRS and swine fever occurred in six districts of Mizoram during March and April. The outbreak is over and no report of fresh infection or death of swines was reported since May," state Animal Husbandry and Veterinary secretary T Sangkunga told a press conference here. He said there was no longer any reason not to eat pork in Mizoram.
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AgArtAlA, July 1 (AgEnCiES): A special session of Tripura Legislative Assembly held on Monday to mark its 50th anniversary. It was this date in 1963 the territorial council was constituted which culminated into assembly after Tripura attained statehood in 1972. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, PWD Minister Badal Choudhury, acting leader of opposition Ratan Lal Nath and former assembly speaker Jitendra Sarkar and others spoke at the four hour long session. They by and large discussed transition from monarchy to democracy in this remote state. “Despite all hurdles people of the state contributed much to establish rule of democracy in Tripura. I salute them”,
Chief Minister said. He added that some serious works needed to be done to strengthen democratic institutions like Assembly and Lok Sabha. Speaker Ramendra Nath earlier informed programmes to commemorate the golden jubilee celebration of state assembly. He said a meeting attended by representatives of ruling and opposition parties resolved to hold a series of programmes including seminars and photo exhibition. Chief Minister inaugurated the photo exhibition at the assembly lobby. It showcases photos of all assembly speakers and chief ministers, and group photos of assembly members in past five decades. Present assembly building and two past as-
sembly venues including Ujjayanta Palace have been illuminated. A 15 member committee headed by Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar has been formed to oversee the programmes one of which to be attended by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. The territorial council was constituted with 30 members and late Sachindra Lal Singha took over as first Chief Minister of five member odd council of ministers. The 60 member assembly was formed in 1972 after Tripura accorded statehood; Dharmarai Debbarma, a veteran tribal, is only living member of the territorial council. The octogenarian resides at his home in a remote village of Kamalpur subdivision in Dhalai district.
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Clarification to Keiku, President TPO’s accusation
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was willingly pulled into the “NAGALAND TRIBES COUNCIL”(NTC) Move by some young matured Angamis who I highly appreciated for their sacrificial contributions in the effort for a common Cause and I felt I should also put in my ‘widow’s might’ into the Cause. I expected some rough Sea in the journey for the Cause if the “Tenyimie” is recognized as a ‘TRIBE’ in the State of Nagaland because “Tenyimie People” is composed of Tribes from outside the State also and Nagaland Tribe Council is solely for those of the State of Nagaland only. Therefore I wrote, (I quote): “To the best of my knowledge, officially Tenyimie (Tenyimi) is not declared a single Tribe, yet once notified, its contents will act like the Trojan Horse and Zeliangrong or ANY non-Nagaland Tribe combined with one or more from Nagaland, can easily be passed off as ‘Nagaland Tribe’ to the ultimate undoing of the Nagaland Tribes of Nagaland. Once the Fence Wall is breached, the Vineyard is not safe from the Wild Boar, -very unchristian language but 5 wise Virgins of New Testament could not share their limited Oil with their other 5 virgin friends in the middle of the night”. I therefore suggested the disbanding of the TPO and I am not the only one to having such a feeling; some important fellowmen in our Community feels the same. I know powerful people are behind the Organization: I have nothing against them personally. I only felt they would unintentionally and inadvertently find themselves against their own community ultimately just like the TPO President who is against the inclusion of Nagas of outside Nagaland in the Nagaland Tribes Council but in his own Organization he has them included and he calls my view: “perverted version of distortion and destructive Intension” ! I know Keku; I taught him Mathematics in High School, Class 7 in 1960, - large but very good natured, quiet, obedient, of good demeanor, attentive and a nice boy; today, just like the unfortunate young Minister of Nagaland, perhaps he has mouthed, under the compulsion of a difficult world, what he would swallow only with difficulty ! Thepfulhouvi Solo
“No Smoking In Public Area!!”
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hat was an unfortunate and a memorable day. We remember the best and worst moments of life always. On my birthday morning, woke up with undecided mind either to attend the class or get ready for evening birthday gathering. Though I was lazy to attend the class since it was my birthday and even the weather was not good, I went with much laziness. In the class, my entire mind was how to arrange and what to buy for the evening gathering. Then a lecture enter with his laptop for presentation. During his presentation, I slept as usual bending down my head. Hey, the lecture never notice me sleeping because my eyes is small [chinky eyes], can’t differentiate if an eye is closed or open. I was taking full advantage -having my share of sleep in the class. The class got over and we went out for coffee after taking power point presentation from lecture. In the coffee shop, we order coffee with some snack. Since the weather was cold, I order a cigarette and while I was having cigarette the police (happened in Bangalore) came and took me to police station for smoking in college area. There was a law not to smoke in schools and colleges areas since long back but they don’t check and we smoke in college roadside always, the law was implemented just recently. And unfortunately I became an example “not to smoke in school and colleges areas”. Though they took me in police station, they didn’t put me behind the bar. Had a great time in police station for two hours. During my stay in police station, many friends call up some call up to wish me birthday and some wished “not to smoke again in public areas”. I was released only after two hours by paying penalty of Rs 400/with a signature on a document ‘not to smoke in public area’ but in that document there was nothing such as Penalty amount that still worried me. N.B: If the same law is implemented in Nagaland, people won’t smoke and drink in public areas and those policemen who caught the victims would earn side income. H. Kent
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f late there has being a lot of debates on taxation in Nagaland by different groups/ organizations leading to rocketing price rise in essential commodities. This piece is not for or against any group/s but a mirror to look a little deeper on the basic principles of taxation. The word “taxation” may take different meaning. In the first case, it is a set of taxes that the economic agents have to pay, on the other it is the whole fiscal policy of governments. Most of the modern states now follows the policy of consent, that any new tax should be agreed to by the subjects (n’ impose qui ne veult). The famous example is the Magna Carta granted by King John of England in 1215; it stated that no tax should be raised without the consent of the parliament. This of course led to the American war of Independence much later with the cry of “no taxation without representation”. Any unwanted taxation or excess taxation on the subjects has brought kingdoms and nations to their downfall.
First of all, let us understand why a state or governments has to levy tax? Simplest answer for any layman to understand would be to generate more revenue for the state to function. Now what is/ are the function/s of a modern welfare state? Musgrave (1959) in his classic book, ‘The Theory of Public Finance’ points out the three main functions of a government on economic and social front. - Allocation, to provide public goods and remedy market failures - Redistribution - Stabilization Adam Smith opines that the prince must provide three categories of public good to his subjects; defense, justice and public works. Even the so called liberal thinkers agreed that a ‘minimal state’ should provide defense and justice. Thus on the principles of these, to finance public goods, a state has to collect tax because most of these public goods are non rival goods and the optimal production for the public goods cannot be achieved without the intervention of the government.
If a government collects taxes, what are their effects? In the economic world an economic action, a law or a new tax generate not only one effect but a series of cascading effects consequent upon the first. The first effect is manifested with its cause which can be seen; the others may not be seen. So now comes the question, who pays the taxes? The one who signs the check and handed it over to the authority? On whom does the burden of taxation falls? Who actually pays the tax at the end of the day? How is the burden of taxation shared among the economic agents? This leads us to another very important argument of the incidence of taxes. Assume a rise in tax on the sales of onions. The effects of such a move can be predictable; onion sellers will complain that their sales will decrease and the onion buyers will fear a rise in the price of onions. But who actually bears the consequences of such a rise and in what proportion? In most cases the incidence of tax falls on the consumers who have to actually pay a higher
price for the same goods. Now coming back to our very own state, most of the taxes levied by different organizations or governments are indirect taxes in the form of sales tax and excise. Thus the incidence of tax is transferred to the consumers by the sellers in the form of price rise, so the brunt is on the public. Therefore it is the moral obligation of every government who taxes its citizens to provide certain public goods for the welfare of its citizens. A government failing to provide this has no moral right to tax or collect in any kind. Or else it becomes a perfect example where despotic regimes resort to taxes for his/their own whims and fancies. Insensitive taxes and the very autocratic attitude of the French Emperor Louis XVI causes his own downfall and the beginning of a new era in the history of France based on the principles of Liberty, Equality and Justice. Neiwe Mero Asst. Prof (Economics) Phek Govt. College
Fundamental Rights denied to Rengma Nagas, Assam
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ur Preamble of the constitution adopted on 26th November 1949 promised fundamental rights, such as Justice and Equality under Article 14-18 to every citizen of the country. The right to equality is an important right provided, and it is the principal foundation of all rights and liberties. It says, there shall be equality of opportunity to every Citizen. No citizen of the Country, similarly placed, should be discriminated, provided they are similarly circumstanced. The Constitution also seeks to secure to all its citizens justice, equality and fraternity. But, these basic fundamental rights have been denied to the Rengma Nagas of Assam living in Karbi Anglong district. The Rengma tribe in Assam has been intentionally neglected by district council and the state government. No basic amenities are provided to the tribe under the article right to equality and justice. The Rengmas tribe are left pathetic with no roads, schools, hospitals, electricity, water supply etc. One has to wake up at 3am and start travelling through jungles 25-30 Kilometres crossing mountains and rivers to get transporting service which is also very limited. The nearest dispensary or emergency service is at 20-30 kilometers with no communication. People die needlessly and suffer under the neglected government without any basic life support. The Rengmas are deprived from political, social, economical, employment activities in the district. The only source of education from decades ago to present day is Agriculture and Farming. Even the hardly earned education has no employment under the government. The Rengma Nagas had been suffering under a political strategy administration and also under a constant threat and harassment form the Karbi Militants. Taking away cattle’s forcibly, imposing tax and serving extortion on a daily wage earner which is the only source for sustaining and support for their chil-
dren education. Grabbing Lands and Fields forcefully, the only source of livelihood which the ancestors inherited and cultivated peacefully for decades and centuries. Such treatment is beyond discrimination, inhuman and inexpressible misery. The term ‘justice’ in the Preamble embraces three distinct forms- social, economic and political, secured through various provisions of Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles. Social justice denotes the equal treatment of all citizens without any social distinction based on caste, colour, race, religion, sex and so on. It means absence of privileges being extended to any particular section of the society, and improvement in the conditions of backward classes (SCs, STs, and OBCs) and women. Economic justice denotes on the non- discrimination between people on the basis of economic factors. It involves the elimination of glaring in equalities in wealth, income and property. A combination of social justice and economic justice denotes what is known as ‘distributive justice’. Political justice implies that all citizens should have equal political rights, equal voice in the government. The term ’equality’ means the absence of special privileges to any section of the society, and provision of adequate opportunities for all individuals without any discrimination. However, this constitutional safeguard implemented is not exercise and provided to the Rengma Nagas of Assam. Disregarding to provide the basic life support and proposing a reserve tiger forest in the Rengma inhabiting areas, Serving Ultimatum at gun point to accept the Karbis identities or leave the ancestral land is unfortunate and pathetic to the tribe. The Karbi Anglong Council had strategically proposed tiger reserved forest covering the indigenous inhabitant areas, stating “We want to expose the natural beauty of Karbi Anglong to national and inter-
national level. The dream tiger reserve might bring us close towards the goal,” which appeared in The Telegraph (North-East) paper on 28th August, 2012. This proposal was made with a joint communication between the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) under the aegis of Joyram Engleng, CEM and Rakibul Hussain, Forest Minister of Assam and the state forest department representatives without the consent of the inhabiting people. Again on June 9th 2013, a meeting was forcibly called by KPLT at one Karbi village, Tisso village, where Rengma village GBs, leaders, pastors and elders were gathered. At the meeting, KPLT allegedly told the Rengam Nagas to decide their fate within one month i.e. on or before July 9 next to accept the identity of Mikirs or leave the ancestral land or face dry consequences. The leaders were force to sing an ultimatum at gun point. Hence, hundreds of Rengmas fled leaving all their belongings and suffered homeless and without food. But with an utter dismay, the government kept mute spectator to the suffering of Rengma Nagas. Animals have rights and allocations but the basic right of human (Rengmas) has been denied under the government of KAAC and Assam. The Preamble declares and secure to all citizens justice, social, economic and political. But this has been denied, therefore seriously breached the constitution of India and hence discriminated the people of Rengma Nagas and violated the laws. Therefore, I appeal to all the citizens, human right organisation, civil societies of the country, irrespective of cast, tribe and religion to condemn such violation against the law and discrimination against the particular tribe of Assam for justice. John Rengma Phentsero Village, Karbi Anglong, Assam
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5 LOCAL Catholic youth retreat held at Lozaphühü No state on lawlessness in Nagaland: NPF Tuesday
The Morung Express
DIMAPUR, JULY 1 (MExN): A three-day long spiritual retreat was held for the youth of St. Mary’s Parish, Lozaphühü from June 28-30 with Rev. Fr. Sojan Xavier, Youth Director of the Diocese of Kohima and Fr. Loyola Antony as resources persons. They were accompanied by Sylvester, Francis and Patricia, members of Jesus Youth Movement. The highlights of the retreat included eight talks, confession, Eucharistic adoration, rosary
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procession with candle light, Holy Mass, Praise and worship, and movies on the life of St. Paul and life of a missionary. The topics dealt during the talks were: God’s Love and our response, Sin and Forgiveness, Marks of the Catholic Church, Holy Spirit, Evangelization, Prayer, Rosary and Word of God. The retreat enabled the participants to have a personal encounter with Jesus and thus enabled them to carry forward the missionary
mandate to bear witness to Jesus as well as serve those in need, a press release received here said. On the last day, the youths were visited by delegates from Nagaland Catholic Youth Movement and Chakhesang Catholic Youth Movement. It may be mentioned that the retreat was organized as part of the year-long silver jubilee celebration of the Catholic Youth of St. Mary’s Parish, Lozaphühü which culminates in December this year.
DIMAPUR, JULY 1 (MExN): The Nagaland People’s Front today asserted that there is “definitely no state of lawlessness in Nagaland.” In a press note issued by the NPF press & media bureau, the party stated that facts and figures prove that the overall law and order situation in Nagaland is much better than many other States, “especially neighboring States which are being governed by the Congress party.” It added that this has been “acknowledged even by the Government of India, which is also run by the Congress.” Terming the statements of the NPCC on the issue of law and order as ridiculous, the NPF stated that “the NPCC would do well to make comments on any issue only after studying in detail the facts of the matter.” The NPF affirmed that the state government is not failing in carry-
ing out its responsibilities and informed that arrests related to law and order are being carried out on a daily basis. “The law enforcing agencies are not sleeping over any matter,” it added. The NPF said that “in so far as the comments of the NPCC on the NPF are concerned, all can safely conclude that the NPCC is indeed in a deep state of frustration and depression.” It reminded the NPCC that “thousands of Congress workers and leaders have joined ranks with the NPF in the past decade due to the wrong policies, disconnect and disunity of the Congress in Nagaland.” It claimed that “these workers have realized the satisfaction of working in the regional party where there is open transparency and inclusive participation from all rank and files.” It said that the NPF culture is regional in nature and that its respects and upholds the
12- hour NSF total bandh passes peacefully
KohIMA, JULY 1 (MExN): The 12hour total bandh called by Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) in all Naga inhabited areas passed off peacefully today without any untoward incident. In Nagaland’s capital, government establishments, educational institutions and shops and commercial establishments remained closed during the total bandh from 6:00 AM till 6:00 PM. Vehicular movement was restricted, and the town wore deserted look with no movement of public on the street. No untoward incident was reported from any corner, NSF official said. The bandh strictly imposed upon vehicular movements, pedestrian, government and private functions and programmes or any other related events. However, administration, security personnel, medical and press media were exempted from the purview of the bandh. Talking to media persons, NSF president Tongpang Ozukum said that the total bandh was organized by NSF to express its resentment against the incessant clashes
Nagaland's capital, Kohima, remained shut today following the NSF's call for a total bandh on July 1. (Morung Photo)
and killings amongst the underground factions, imposition of illegal taxation and arbitrary harassment and endangering the lives of innocent civilians by Naga national workers and the recent attempted life of NSF official. Ozukum said the bandh was total and peaceful, and successfully observed in all the Naga inhabited areas. He added that reports of the successful conduct of the bandh were received from Naga inhabited areas in Manipur, Assam and
Arunachal Pradesh. He however said that reports from Myanmar side are yet to be gathered but was hopeful that it was observed there too. NSF president said the NSF will stand firm and continue to fight against all evils in the society so that one day public may live in peace. Meanwhile, the NSF expressed sincere gratitude to the Eastern Naga Students Federation (ENSF), all the federating units, subordinate bodies, volunteers, All Naga-
land Taxi Association (ANTA), mass-based civil societies and all the public in Naga inhabited areas for responding positively to the call of the federation showing “concern and unflinching support towards this genuine cause”. The Federation acknowledged the respective district administration, police personnel and all the government machineries for extending fullest cooperation during the total bandh. “The support and cooperation shown by the public towards the total bandh speak volumes of public resentment and discontentment against ceaseless bloodshed amongst the different Naga underground factions, where the innocent public is being harassed and threaten, when people are being taxed unreasonably and when innocent civilians are being targeted without any rhyme or reason,” NSF stated in a statement released to media. The Federation further sought cooperation and solidarity from all sections of the society in its endeavour for restoring peace and normalcy.
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sentiments of the people in every manner. Stating that there is no hierarchy or differentiation of class, it added “From the Chief Minister down to the grass root workers, there are no barriers and we are all part of one big family.” The NPF further said that “the culture of the Congress is alien to the Naga people and the system of high commands at the State and Central level does not need any elaboration.” It added, “The NPCC speaks of the Congress being the grand old party of India with inner democracy but the elections to the post of NPCC president in Nagaland is still fresh in the minds of the people.” Stating that Police and Para-military forces had to be called in to control the law and order problem created by the NPCC elections, the NPF alleged that “if there is authoritarianism in politics, then it is within the Congress party.”
The image shows an empty street in Ukhrul, Manipur during the observance of 'total bandh' called by NSF in all Naga inhabited areas on July 1, 2013.
Kiphire district imposed bandh on vehicular movement and business establishments from 6 am to 6 pm on July 1. The bandh was initiated by the United Sangtam Students’ Conference (USSC) with directive from the ENSF as a gesture of extending solidarity to the NSF.
Bandh passes quietly in Mokokchung Total bandh in Dimapur passes peacefully
MoKoKchUNg, JULY 1 (MExN): The twelve hour total bandh passed off peacefully in Mokokchung district with all educational institutions, shops, banks and offices remaining closed for the day. The NSF bandh was enforced by the Ao Kaketshir Mungdang, the apex students’ organizations of the Ao community. Bandh enforcers were deployed in different parts of the town like Sewak Gate, IOC junctions, and Sungkomen Ward. Volunteers were also deployed at Tsutapela Gate (near Mariani) and
Tuli town (near Amguri) to enforce the bandh. No untoward incidents were reported during the bandh hour. A taxi (Tata Sumo) coming to Mokokchung from Lumami (Zunheboto) was halted at Sewak Gate by AKM volunteers and the drivers were asked to collect the vehicle after 6:00 PM, after the bandh period expired. The AKM President, N Akok Longkumer, speaking with The Morung Express, declared the bandh as total and peaceful in Mokokchung district. He said that the AKM
is ready to render all kind of support to the Naga Student’s Federation in their stand against the assassination attempt on the NSF Assistant General Secretary. He appealed for the state government to arrest the culprit and award befitting punishment. The AKM President also expressed deep appreciation to the district administration, police, the civil societies like Ao Senden and Watsu Mungdang and also to the general public for their cooperation in making the dawn to dusk bandh a success.
Total bandh successful, peaceful in Phek
KohIMA, JULY 1 (MExN): In response to NSF total bandh, the Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) successfully observed the bandh today from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The bandh was peaceful and no untoward incident has been reported, CSU officials said. CSU President, Thupukutho Lohe lauded the denizens of Chakhesang for their positive response to the call of students community in the fight to maintain peace and tranquility in Naga society. The total bandh was successful with the collective
support from all sections of the general public, district administration, police personnel and all commercial set up, Lohe said. The CSU extended heartfelt gratitude to PCCI for material assistance during the 12 hour total bandh. The Union also acknowledged all its affiliated units and subordinate bodies for the successful observance of the bandh within their respective jurisdiction. The Union expressed hope for continuous support from all likeminded organizations and public “till justice is delivered.”
DIMAPUR, JULY 1 (MExN): The total bandh in all Naga inhabited areas called by the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) on Monday from 6am to 6pm was a “success” in Dimapur. All business establishments, government offices and banks were closed. However, pedestrian movements were seen in many parts of the town, even as such movement was restricted. Addressing a press conference at DNSU office, NSF Finance Secretary, Shikavi Achumi said that the bandh was called not only in protest against the attempted murder on its official but on other issues wh ich included expressing strong resentment against incessant clashes and killing among the Naga national groups. The other issue was imposing illegal taxation by the Naga groups causing unnecessary harassment and threatening the life of innocent citizens. “We have appealed them enough to stop fratricidal killing but they turned a deaf ear to our pleas and
this protest is an outburst of the public,” Shikavi added. NSF vice president, Joseph Nguori said citizens no more feel secure to go out to town as the Naga groups frequently involve in shootouts in public areas. He appealed the Naga brethren to immediately stop such senseless killings. He thanked the public and NGOs for making the bandh a success. The NSF also thanked the ENSF and all federating units for their cooperation in making the bandh a success. DNSU president, Mhachio Lotha said unlike other
times, no volunteers were deployed during the bandh in Dimapur which was monitored by DNSU. “Rather, we appealed for all Dimapurians seeking their co-operation and the denizens extended their all out support by adhering to the call,” he said. However, groups of young people were seen at certain places attempting to enforce the bandh, particularly in the 3rd and 4th mile area. Mhachio further thanked the district administration, security forces and citizens of Dimapur for extending their cooperation.
In Tseminyu, Rengma Students Union initiated the bandh called by NSF on July 1. The whole community, including village leaders and well wishers voluntarily came out in support of the bandh along the stretch of National Highway 61 inhabited by Rengmas.
The Zeliangrong Student's Union, Nagaland with the directive from Naga Students' Federation (NSF) conducted a total bandh in Peren district. The Union appreciated all the units and the public for their co-operation.
In view of the NSF bandh, Ahthibung town in Peren district bore deserted look on July 1, 2013. (Photo: Min Hangshing)
Streets in Wokha town were deserted as the town observed the total bandh called by Naga Students’ Federation on July 1. (Photo: Amos Odyuo)
Condolences on ex-MLA UCRC Vacation Bible School concludes in Kma Nsemo Ovung’s death
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Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Speaker Chotisuh Sazo has expressed sadness over the death of Nsemo Ovung, ex-MLA, S/o Lt. Lanwomo Ovung on June 30, 2013 at 6:30 pm at Vankhosung Mission Compound, Wokha. Sazo mentioned that Nsemo was first elected as member of the NLA from Moilan Wozhuro Assembly Constituency in 1964 with Democratic Party ticket, and again re-elected in 1969 with UFN ticket. “His death is a great loss to the Nagas in general and the Lothas in particular,” Sazo acknowledged and prayed that God give solace and comfort to the bereaved family.
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NPF Central headquarters has expressed grief upon hearing the demise of Nsemo Ovung, ex-MLA from Wokha district on June 30, 2013 at Vankhosung, Wokha after a prolonged illness. A condolence note issued by the party Secretary General KG Kenye stated that Late Nsemo was one of the 12 MLAs who got elected on Democratic Party of Nagaland (DPN) ticket in 1964 among whom, only five were alive till Ovung’s death. It further acknowledged that Late Ovung was a “life member” of NPF till his death. All the members of NPF Central headquarters have also sent their deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
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Minister for Forest and Border Affairs, Nagaland, Y Patton has mourned the demise of ex-MLA Nsemo Ovung on June 30, 2013 at his residence in Wokha town after prolonged illness. Y Patton acknowledged that Late Nsemo was one of the pioneer politicians from Wokha district as well as in the state. During his stint as an MLA in early seventies, he had contributed a lot of yeoman’s services to Lotha community in particular and to the people of the state in general, he said. “Untimely demise of an elderly person of his stature is a great loss not only to the Lotha community alone, but to the entire Naga society.” The minister also conveyed his deep condolences to the bereaved family members.
KohIMA, JULY 1 (MExN): Closing ceremony of the fiveday long Vacation Bible School (VBS) organized by Children Ministry of Union Christian Revival Church (UCRC), New Market, Kohima was held on June 30 at UCRC under the theme “Called to love”. Rev. Dr. Luozilie Sanchu, secretary NCRC spoke on faith, hope and love, and said
love is the greatest. He said Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. During the camp, Best
GPRN/NSCN statement... The NSF added that, “Therefore they should seriously note the claim of the Federation that the person who was driving the Maruti 800 was the one who shot at the federation official at lower Chandmari near Lotha church”. The state police investigating the case have also clearly substantiated the report, informed the NSF. “Then what more proof do they need to take action against their own cadre?” The NSF went on to term as “quite surprising that without properly ascertaining the facts of both the incidents, the GPRN/NSCN is trying to shelter the culprit who almost killed an innocent students’ leader”. “Why is the GPRN/NSCN so reluctant to accept the truth that our official was directly fired upon by their cadre in lower Chandmari, which infact, the real truth and was not got in the crossfire in mid lane?” Also it was mentioned that the NSF, Naga civil societies and the general public have been repeatedly appealing to all the factions not to move around with arms in civilian areas, to shun violence and to be confined in their own designated camp. Therefore, the accusation by the GPRN/NSCN of demand-
discipline of all classes were awarded to Koleto Chale, Keduvito Kiso, Kekhrieseto Rio, Vizoshieto and Ruokuosienuo; Best campers to Mhaleto and Vikhonuo; Best leader to Athito; Best vice leader to Kekhriesenuo; 2013 VBS Prince and Princess were awarded to Mhalevi and Videno. Painting competition on the theme was also held in ev-
ery class and best three were selected in each class. Primary class – Keneisano, Kevivono and Nutalü; junior –Vebühzolü Keyho, Zilü Keyho and Vezelü Keyho; intermediate – Sarah, Leno and Vizoshietuo; teenz – Vimenuo and Neiketounu. All the winners were awarded certificates and surprise gift hampers. Altogether 220 children attended the camp.
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ing only to GPRN/NSCN cadres to confine in their designated camps while other factions are allowed free movement is baseless, the NSF stated. Further, the allegation that the ultimatum was drafted in line with the version of the injured NSCN (K) cadre was intended to defame the image of the Federation, the NSF stated while pointing out that the NSF “has never even tried to meet the said injured cadre, leave alone taking the version as propounded by the GPRN/NSCN”. The NSF stated that it “never expected that GPRN/NSCN will stoop so low, countering the students with such unfounded allegations instead of addressing the issue with a matured approach in the greater interest of the Nagas”. Mentioning that since its inception in 1947, the NSF has stood firm for the common interest of our Nagas, the press note stated that the “Federation wants security, peace and tranquility in our land” and that “we want all sections of the society to co-exist peacefully”. Therefore, the federation stated that it cannot and “will not remain a mute spectator when there is ceaseless bloodshed amongst the different Naga underground factions, when inno-
KTK condemns WoKhA, JULY 1(MExN): Kithamo Tsoerue khümshum has condemned the bomb blast at the private residence of Dr. N.M. Kithan, CMO Wokha on June 26. General Secretary KTK, Akhyow Kithan while condemning the bomb blast urged upon the District Administration to look into the matter seriously and book the culprits at the earliest. Meanwhile, the KTK has expressed its gratitude to all forums and organizations for condemning the incident and urged upon every right thinking citizen to condemn such “act of cowardice”.
cent public is being harassed and threaten, when people are being taxed unreasonably and when innocent civilians are being targeted without any rhyme or reason”.
nessman who runs a shop in Dimapur. But one positive aspect of the bandh he pointed out was “it is in protest against use of weapons in civilian populated areas.” “The undergrounds may justify that the victim was caught in the crossfire but why do they need to fight in civilian popuHis central concern was why the NSF lated areas?” reacted only when the injured civilian turned out to be one of their working members. A citizen from Tuensang had a rather He then started corresponding with different take on the matter. “While aware of the complainant via email, stating that he the economic loss and other inconveniences had located a place while asking the comcreated to the public because of the bandh, I plainant to send him money. The money support it,” said the citizen. Commenting on totalling Rs. 3.5 crores was sent in instalthe frequent factional clashes, the citizen said ments but the deal never saw the light of that it is high time that public rise up against day. The money was transferred to a bank it. “Public is and should be more powerful account created under a fictitious name by than any or all the factions put together and Narag, it was added. should lead and direct ways. Solution for a Finally in June this year, Mech lodged a peaceful co-existence will be possible only police complaint against Narag resulting when the voice of the common man is heard in his arrest along with his accomplice in and not threaten genuinely concerned pub- Kolkata on June 30. The duo was brought lic when they utter the truth.” to Dimapur on Monday and is now in po“Whenever there is a call for bandh, lice remand. The SDPO added that two lapwe have no option but to cooperate be- tops and three mobile phones were also cause we’re soft targets,” said a busi- seized, which will be examined.
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The Power of Truth
The Morung Express TuEsDAy 2 July 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 179
Public Opinion: Where are you?
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he process of formulating 'critical public opinion' is a fundamental need towards democratization of a peoples’ and their progression in the search for justice, peace and freedom. There is a distinction between 'public opinion' and the 'mind of a crowd.' Public opinion is a more systematic process of sensitizing the people. It represents the collective expression and wisdom of a people based on their aspirations and vision. Formulation of critical public opinion presents a participatory process of dialogue that is inclusive in nature and thus seeks to help facilitate conditions that would promote democracy, justice, dignity and freedom to all people - not only a chosen few. This inclusive process of creating 'critical public opinion' not only represent a process that seeks to liberate ourselves but also contributes in liberating those that oppress us - for they too are victimized and oppressed through their own blindness. The question that naturally emerges is where is public opinion in Naga society? Does it even exist? Or is it in a condition of arrestation within the hegemony of the State system and its structures? Over the last 190 years or so, the Nagas have been vulnerable to many internal and external alien influences - mostly negative - because of the various transitions they had to undergo. Thus the fact that we have not really healed from any one of them has only contributed to a greater sense of disconnection and disunity. These created conditions that fragment the struggle and Naga identity have crippled and frozen our capacities and capabilities to handle the awesome impacts of changes within ourselves, our society and beyond. The irony is that Nagas have not been able to adequately confront the State because the State has created a relationship of dependency and a relationship of domination and control. The State presents itself as the only 'legitimate' unit of organization that represents the people through controlling the educational system, the sole authority to provide 'employment' or what it considers as employment, socio-economic policies and most importantly it has systematically colonized the minds of the people. As a result the unjust status quo is being established time and time again by the State and the ruling elite both from within and without. The majority of the people feel an overwhelming perceived sense of powerlessness and hopelessness and often face the moral dilemma - that even though they feel the great sense and desire to liberate themselves through transformation of the imposed power structure - they feel that they cannot survive. The State has ensured that the people not only feel powerless but also feel they cannot survive without patronage from state politics. As a result of the colonization of the Naga mind, the State has for the moment been successful in creating a status quo where truth is suppressed, where mercy is blinded, where justice has been kidnapped and peace does not exist. This cognitive imperialism seeks to promote the dominance of a particular reality and has greatly damaged Naga creativity and their inherent ability to create alternative options. It is within this reality that one must ask: Where is public opinion?
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Thieves save on storage costs with steal-to-order policy
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friend described landlords as "greedy, blood-sucking vultures", causing me to immediately make a note for the Mixed Metaphor Police. I pointed out that he himself was a landlord. "Exactly," he said. "That's how I know." Like every decent human being, I think being a landlord is a crime which should be punishable by death. So I was delighted to hear that these moneygrubbers are being bypassed by one particular profession: thieves. An increasing number of burglars are offering "steal-to-order" services, cutting out storage costs. I learned this from a Tokyo-based business executive who was clearly impressed by the thieves' professionalism, momentarily forgetting, as business executives do, about the troublesome existence of the law, morality, and the like. He sent me a cutting about a Tokyo thief who specialized in breaking into people's backyards and taking photos of sports bicycles. The thief posted the pictures on internet sales sites. Whenever a buyer offered a good price, he would steal-it-to-order. After a long period of success, he was caught last week when he took so many bikes from a single victim that a detective was assigned to the case. The cop did an internet search to see if the bikes were for sale -- and was astonished to find they'd all been advertized and sold BEFORE being stolen. In a wonderful example of synchronicity, a Britsh reader sent me a cutting about a woman caught shoplifting in the town of Spalding a few days ago. She was carrying four shopping lists, each in different handwriting. Yes, another case of stealing-to-order. Then a reporter colleague told me about a gang of god thieves in China. They took photos of idols (stone ones, not singers) in Chengdu and Meishan which they circulated to antique collectors. When bids were made, the thieves would wait for bad weather. "They usually stole the statues on rainy days, when the supervision of authorities was found to be more lax," the Huaxi Dushi Bao newspaper reported. A drop of rain would fall, screaming guards would flee for shelter, and the thieves would set to work. With careful timing, they godnapped 300 deities with no warehousing costs before they were caught last year. When I was a young reporter in Hong Kong, a police unit called the Serious Fraud Squad uncovered a massive ring of steal-to-order salad thieves. The villains asked restaurant buyers for their daily requirements of bak choi, lettuce and broccoli and then made targeted veggie-heists at fresh food markets. (Oddly, this has never been made into a movie.) But perhaps the most daring case of stealing-to-order is one taking place in Britain right now. Police last week warned householders in the town of Alsager that thieves have been locating homes containing dogs and then painting a "K" (short for "K9", as in "canine") on the front of them. Once buyers are found, thieves steal the dogs. Reporting the thefts must be embarrassing. VICTIM: "My house has been robbed." COP: "Have you thought about getting a guard dog, sir?" VICTIM: "That's what they stole." Thank you for reading this column. Now kindly forget it. If I am having an off-day in a year or two, and need to re-use something, I may steal it. (IANS)
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Indigenous Women: Never Idle
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very morning this week I have woken up to my email inbox and social media feed filled with inspiring stories and images of resistance as part of the Idle No More and Defenders of the Land call for Sovereignty Summer. Sovereignty Summer is “a campaign of coordinated non-violent direct actions to promote Indigenous rights and environmental protection in alliance with non-Indigenous supporters.” Colonialism in North America has been designed to ensure the forced displacement of Indigenous peoples from their territories, the destruction of autonomy and self-determination within Indigenous governance, and the attempted assimilation of Indigenous cultures and traditions. This has been justified through racist civilizing discourses, such as the discovery doctrine and terra nullius, whichuphold the political and legal right for colonial powers to conquer supposedly barren Indigenous lands. Colonialism continues today in many forms. In particular, resource extractive development projects, including mining, forestry, and oil and gas development, are devastating Indigenous lands and communities without governments or corporations obtaining free, prior and informed consent from impacted communities. Given Canada’s current push towards a petro-state, it comes as no surprise that Indigenous opposition has been most vocal to the tar sands boom in Alberta and to oil and gas pipelines from coast to coast. At the helm of this opposition to industrial genocide are a number of Indigenous women. Crystal Lameman is a member of the Beaver Lake Cree nation, leading the struggle to prevent expansion of the tar sands. The Beaker Lake Cree have launched a significant legal action arguing that tar sands projects and big oil are violating their treaty rights to meaningful access their traditional hunting grounds and fishing waters. They are taking the government to court for no less than 17,000 treaty violations. As Crystal says, “We have every major oil company on our territory. None of them was given permission by our nation to be there… In less than 20 years an area the size of England has been completely destroyed and there are further plans to develop that ten times. This territory that is being conquered is our traditional hunting territories, the land that we subside on, the land in which we live… It is my obligation as a mother, my obligation to my ancestors to ensure we have our rights respected. It’s my obligation to my future generations and most of all to our own true mother, Mother Earth.” Another young Indigenous mother who has traveled the world speaking out against the tar sands is Eriel Tchekwie Deranger. Eriel is Dene from the Athbasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN), who are right in the heart of this mega industrial project. Last year, ACFN launched a legal challenge against notorious oil giant Shell. Eriel does not mince her words; she is explicit that what is happening in her community is genocide and that her community and its traditional way of life are dying. As she poignantly and painfully describes, “I’m still eating the fish, because I don’t want the tar sands to change who I am. But I still get these moments of panic after, because I don’t know what toxins are in the fish and going into my body — nobody knows.” Eriel also notes the significance of Indigenous women taking the lead in this struggle, “Women are very impacted, not just by tar sands, but through the very extension of colonization of this continent and this country, women lost their rights; women lost their identities, and patriarchy was forced upon our people… When the earth is being
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damaged, hurt and destroyed through industrial development, that feminine entity is being hurt. The women feel it.” For the past four years, Eriel has been organizing a Tar Sands Healing Walk, which brings together hundreds of people to walk together in a spiritual gathering to protect culture, environment and climate from the reckless expansion of the tar sands. This year, the Healing Walk is taking place from July 5-6th and has drawn notable support from across Canada and the US. One of Eriel’s co-organizers for the Healing Walk is Melina Laboucan-Massimo, a Lubicon Cree environmental activist. Over 1400 square kilometers of leases have been granted for tar sands development on Lubicon lands, and almost 70% of Lubicon territory has been leased for future development. Such economic development not only destroys the land and sustenance for Indigenous communities, but also creates massive inequity and impoverishment. Deliberate impoverishment is a key structuring of colonialism, creating cycles of desperation and destitution. In the case of Melina’s community, for example, she explains, “Since 1978, over 14 billion dollars have been taken out of our traditional territory. Yet my family still goes without running water.” A network of oil and gas pipelines including Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, Kinder Morgan pipeline, Pacific Trails Pipeline, Ontario Line 9 reversal, TransCanada West-East Pipeline, and the Keystone XL pipeline also threaten Indigenous communities. The past few years has seen widespread resistance to many of these projects, and in many cases effectively stalling them as in the case of Keystone XL and Enbridge Northern Gateway. Over 100 Indigenous First Nations have signed the Save the Fraser Declaration. This sovereign Indigenous law bans Enbridge pipeline, tankers and other tar Sands projects from their lands, territories and watersheds. Most recently, an Enbridge terminal in Southern Ontario was occupied from June 20-26, 2013. Line 9 pipeline would carry toxic bitumen from the Alberta Tar Sands through approximately 14 Indigenous communities and over 100 towns in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. “We have to protect the land – this isn’t just a side project for us, we have to protect our future. It’s our responsibility,” says Missy Elliot of Six Nations of the Grand River, whose territory the pipelines cross through. The Swamp Line 9 occupation resulted in dozens of arrests but resisters vowed to keep up the pressure against environmental racism and colonialism. One of the most inspiring direct actions against pipelines is the Unist’ot’en Camp. This ongoing land reclamation in the province of BC has resulted in traditional log cabins being built and inhabited in the direct pathway of approximately ten proposed pipeline projects. Over the past three years the Unist’ot’en have escorted drillers right off their territories. This year, they are hosting their fourth annual action camp from July 10-July 14, 2013 Freda Huson is a host of the action camp and spokesperson of the
wo magical doctors in two different continents. Dr. Long’s ‘Ether’ numbed the surgical pain of the patient, while Dr. Roy administered a balm to soothe social injustice. Dr. Crawford M. Long was born in 1815 at Danielsville in Georgia, U.S., got his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and practised as surgeon. The pain of the patient during surgery upset him and he wanted to find a solution — a dream of a painless surgery. For years it was known that the ‘sweet oil of vitriol’ (a mixture of ethanol and sulfuric acid) sent chickens to sleep, but no one thought of its clinical use. The credit for transformation of the ‘sweet oil of vitriol’ to ‘diethyl ether’ as an anaesthetic agent goes to Dr. Long. On March 30, 1842, at the age of 27, he administered ‘diethyl ether’ to a patient and removed a tumour in the neck, the first-ever painless surgery. It was like sheer magic that took away the pain and anxiety of surgical procedure. But, unlike the usual magician, he never bothered about the audience. No wait for claps, no expectation of applause. Despite this stunning achievement, this medical milestone remained only a matter of scientific transaction among his colleagues. Four years later, Dr. T. G. Morton, at Boston, Massachusetts, did the famous public demonstration of ‘Ether’ anaesthesia, earning his name as the trailblazer in the history of modern day anaesthesia. Dr. Long died in 1878, after attending to a delivery case,
Unist’ot’en clan. Freda describes matriarchal and matrilineal governance in her nation, “The true traditional decision-making is carried through the clans and through the women who carry the clans. This is unceded Indigenous lands and we will not permit any pipelines through our territory.” Indigenous Feminisms – Land is Life It is no coincidence that Indigenous women, who are most impacted by the interlinked systems of colonialism, criminalization, environmental degradation, poverty, inequality, and family separation, have been at the forefront of movements to affirm Indigenous nationhood, exercise personal and collective sovereignty, end sexual violence, grow healthy communities, and restore relations to the land. As Bonnie Clairmont, Bear Clan of the HoChunk nation has previously told me, “I’m reminded of how Indian women are strong because we protect our treaty rights, grandmother earth, resources, our children and our people.” The mainstream feminist movement’s fixation with gender equality and a liberal discourse focused on individual choice (and often, consumption) has marginalized a more systemic feminist framework rooted in a paradigm of land, community, intersectionality, and responsibility. This marginalization is not unintentional; it has in part been legitimized through a Eurocentric feminist discourse that perpetuates the global imperialist myth that certain cultural identities and traditions are either apathetic or antithetical to women’s rights. Yet Indigenous women unapologetically articulate how community autonomy and self-determination is intrinsic to gender justice struggles. Anishinaabekwe activist Winona LaDuke writes, “Most indigenous women understand that our struggle as women is integrally related to the struggle of our nations for control of our land, resources, and destinies… It is not about civil rights for us. It is not about equal access to something. It is about ‘Get off my neck.’” Indigenous feminist Andrea Smith, in her seminal book, Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide, outlines how sexual violence against Indigenous women has been a founding pillar of colonialism. Her book, a thorough historical examination, reveals how the rape-ability of Indigenous lands has been connected to the rape-ability of Indigenous women; they are both forms of violent domination and extraction without consent where “needs of the taker are paramount.” Smith summarizes: “gender violence is not simply a tool of patriarchal control, but also serves as a tool of racism and colonialism. That is, colonial relationships are themselves gendered and sexualized.” Colonial gendered violence against Indigenous women continues today – from the crisis of missing and murdered women in almost every urban and rural community to the displacement of Indigenous women from their lands by corporate resource extraction projects as well as federal Indian Act policies. Ev-
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Two doctors, two missions Dr. Tiny Nair
ery February 14th for the past twenty two years, women’s memorial marches take place to honor women who have been gone missing or been murdered. Audrey Huntley, of No More Silence in Toronto, describes these marches as an act of sovereignty: “[We] practice ceremony in honoring our missing sisters both as an act of love for those who are gone and those who remain behind to mourn as well as an assertion of sovereignty… [S]ettler violence against Indigenous women is inherent to ongoing colonization and land theft. Indigenous women who are at the centre of our communities have always presented an obstacle to the colonial project.” Decolonization With Canada Day (July 1) and US Independence Day (July 4) creeping up with their customary erasure of settler-colonialism, we all need to renew our commitment to fighting colonization. In addition, decolonization of settler-colonialism also necessitates a resurgence and recentering of Indigenous worldviews of another way of living and stewarding the land. In particular, decolonizing our views of the natural world would bring us closer to Indigenous worldviews. Taking only what we need from the land and sharing it, understanding that humans are not superior to other species but are just one part of the natural world, and fostering a consciousness of the earth as a lifesource to be protected and not private property to be exploited and traded on the market are all critical to decolonization. Such teachings defy the capitalist and colonial system’s logic of competition, commodification and domination, and instead, generate interdependency and respect among all living things. Decolonization also calls on us to affirm community. One of the contradictions of capitalism and colonialism is that while we are increasingly dependent on global production processes for our basic clothing and food, we are increasingly isolated from one another. The strength of our relations is, therefore, subversive to the logic of alienation within capitalism and colonialism. Black-Cherokee activist Zainab Amadahy uses a relationship framework to describe the process of decolonization: “Understanding the world through a Relationship Framework … we see our roles and responsibilities to each other as inherent to enjoying our life experiences.” Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox similarly writes, “Relationship creates accountability and responsibility for sustained supportive action.” Decolonization encourages us to think of this interconnectedness as we strengthen alliances and enact solidarities to dismantle colonial structures and ideologies. Decolonization’s most transformative potential thus rests in a vision that is far more than the politics of inclusion, and is something fundamentally different from equal opportunity within state structures or in the performance of wage-labor. Such a vision brings in ancestral resilience and frees us from a colonial and hierarchical relationship of domination, frees us from a dehumanizing and isolating social organization that robs us from one another, and frees us from a capitalist economy that destroys the land and our collective future. The Two Row Wampum, for example, is a living agreement of peace, friendship, and respect between the Indigenous Haudenosaunee and settlers and is premised on the revolutionary notion of respectful coexistence and land stewardship. Decolonization is as much a process as a goal; the journey of how we get there is as critical as the destination we reach. This must be a process grounded in humility and acts of responsibility as we constitute kinships based on respect to Indigenous nations, to one another as self-determining individuals and communities, and to the land that sustains us all.
transforming the young doctor into a magical angel of health. But he was sucked into the independence struggle and he quickly realised that treating an individual patient may not cure the sufferings of society at large. The ills of society ramified much deeper than the roots of any disease. Dr. Roy was forced to join politics where he proved that a real leader can stand tall, above the petty bickering for fame and power. He was elected to the AllIndia Congress Committee in 1928 and nominated to the Congress Working Committee in 1930. In 1948, when the party proposed his name for Chief Minister of West Bengal, a reluctant Roy was forced to don the mantle. Under his leadership, the transformation of West Bengal was magical. He showed that a thorough professional could as well become an able administrator, fulfilling both responsibilities if the job demanded. Call it magic or sheer chance, Dr. B.C. Roy died the day he was born but became immortal. The nation pays its homage to this great doctor by celebrating July 1 as ‘Doctors Day’ in India. The magic of Dr. Long made people numb to sail past the crucial hours of surgery without pain. Dr. Roy’s spell woke up a numbed society out of its slumber. Your doctor may not be as great a magician like them, but don’t forget to thank him on ‘Doctors Day’ for treating your kid for that fever or earache.
working till the last hours of his life. In 1990, 122 years later, President George Bush and the Senate passed a resolution appreciating his efforts, designating March 30 to be celebrated as ‘Doctors Day’ in the U.S., in remembrance of this magical doctor. Bidhan Chandra Roy, famously known as Dr. B.C. Roy, was born at Bankipore, Patna, on July 1. Losing his mother at a young age of 14, Roy, the youngest of five siblings, wanted to become a doctor. He studied in the Presidency College, Kolkata, and later joined the Calcutta Medical College. After MBBS, he decided to pursue his studies in England. The Dean of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital rejected his application but the persistent young Roy applied and re-applied 30 times and it paid off. He proved the Dean’s academic doubts wrong by successfully obtaining both MRCP and FRCS in less than two years and confirming his magical proficiency in surgery and medicine, an extremely rare feat. On returning to India, as he started practising medicine, his magical diagnostic skills started making waves. The news of Dr. Roy’s quick analysis of chronic (The writer is Head, Dept. of Cardiology, PRS Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. Email: tinynair@gmail.com) ailments and simple, affordable treatment spread,
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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE
4-Lane Foothill Highway Imagined
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he conventional understanding of most people is that, the United States entered the World War II after Japanese forces ‘treacherously’ attacked Pearl Harbour in December 1941. That Japan first attacked the American naval base Pearl Harbour causing the US to formally declare war is a fact. But is this the whole story? Is Japan only to be fully blamed and the US an innocent and reluctant entrant to the war? The colonial system during the 18th and 19th century and even till the earlier part of the 20th century was physical occupation of land and people to extract resources and concessions for trade and economic benefit of the occupying powers. Almost all the European powers were masters of this game. Their footprints were spread all over Asia. Japan, also a rising power of the 20th century, took a leaf out of their manual and started a policy of expansionism in east Asia. She needed almost all kinds of natural resources for her industries and economy. The modus operandi during this time was military occupation of the land from where the resources would be available. This led Japan into direct conflict of interest with other western powers already entrenched in most parts of Asia. In 1940 the United States imposed an embargo on the export of scrap-iron and petroleum to Japan. She refused to recognize the Japanese installed government in Nanking in 1940, and instead extended financial credit to Chiang Kai--Shek’s regime. Finally the United States in 1941 froze Japanese assets and thus, brought the Japanese trade with her to almost a stand still. It was under such circumstances that on December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbour. The historical map of Naga Hills as published in “A History of Assam” by Sir Edward Gait, 1905, extends towards Lumding and Nowgong. This was uncontested by Assamese scholars of Gauhati University as recent as 1963 in a revised Edition. But because of British colonial need for expansion of their tea gardens, administrative convenience etc., the boundaries of the Naga Hills kept getting reduced. This has led to conflict of interest between Nagas and now tea gardens in Assam and their migrant workers such as Adivasis and other illegal migrants. Now when such people, who are actually landless ‘new comers’ and not even Assamese, fight over land and resources with the Nagas in the name of Assam, and impose economic blockades against the Nagas from Assam, what does our Naga political thinkers have to say? And what does Assamese people have to say? By no stretch of imagination can we equate the Japan--US relation with Naga--Adivasi/illegal migrants relations, but I think the concept of conflict and struggle for land and economic resources remain the same. While awaiting a reply to that, a corollary is now the 4--lane foothill highway. While the foothill highway had been a need and a demand for the last several decades, it is unfortunate that even before the first pebble has been moved, bickering amongst the public has already started as to which alignment the road has to take. In this regard the declaration taken by the representatives of nine tribes on 29th June in Dimapur is most welcome. If the recent case of 2--lane roads under Special Accelerated Road Development Projects (SARDP), where the works were abandoned even before a single kilometer was completed, and the non--starter 4--lane Dimapur--Kohima highway is any indicator, the traditional model of road development is a failure – at least in Nagaland. We therefore need a new model. The method which the nine tribes has worked out, “no compensation, no taxation, non--politicized and within the definition of ‘foothill’ through the shortest and convenient route” appears to be taking shape towards such a model. We can add transparency and monitoring of the works implementation. While NH--61 was being constructed, the public, the student unions and the Village Councils of Langpangkong Range in Mokokchung district took active part in monitoring the works, and extended their coop-
eration. As a result, the NH--61 portion through this Range is relatively better. If a single Range could do it during that time, why not the Nagas this time for the 4--lane foothill highway? To be fair to everyone, the foothill road alignment can be first taken using google map and toposheets without any reference to which tribe/village/landowner the route may pass through. Only after this shortest and most convenient route is finalized on paper, and agreed in--principle, ground survey and verification can be taken using GPS for fixing geo coordinates. And once the coordinates are fixed, there should be no deviations while implementing. Secondly, before the start of implementation, the road specifications should be transparently made known to all concerned and monitoring mechanism should follow the specifications. The tribal hohos can set up such a monitoring committee, which will work together with the implementing agency. Some costs will be required for the monitoring committee, which should be budgeted and contributed by the public. So how do we imagine this proposed 4--lane foot-
The Seoul Busan Gyeongbu Highway.
hill highway? It should, and it can be more than just a highway. It can define our future as how we want it to be. As 1872 was the defining moment in religion and our faith when Rev.Dr. Edward W.Clark came to Naga Hills, as 1929 was the defining moment in politics when Naga Club submitted the memorandum, which was cemented by the 1951 plebiscite, the 2013 Foothill highway can the defining moment for Naga unity, progress and development. This can complete the tripod of religion, politics and economics, on which firm foundations the Naga people can stand. Such defining moments in the life of a nation comes but once in a century – literally! At present Nagas are strong in religion and politics, but weak in economy. Can we afford to miss this opportunity to lay a stronger foundation for our economic development? As we are looking for the shortest route length we can look at some examples. There two main Highways connecting the two major cities of Australia, Sydney and Melbourne. The first is the Princes Highway, which more or less follows the coastline, connecting many other towns and habitations en--route. The route length of this highway is about 1,040km between Sydney and Melbourne. However, this was not the most efficient route as it was too circuitous. Hence construction for a new direct route was started, called
the Hume Highway. This highway follows the most direct inland route and bypasses even major towns and cities along the way. The route length is in comparison only 807km between the Sydney and Melbourne. With a speed limit of 110kmph, enforced by speed cameras, the Hume highway is the main highway for freight and passenger traffic between Sydney and Melbourne. “A Road to Modernization and Unification: The Construction of the Gyeongbu Highway in South Korea”, is the title of a Journal by Jeon, Chiyung (2010). Constructed between 1968-70, the Gyeongbu Highway, which connects Seoul and Busan in South Korea, cutting across the country from west to east, symbolizes the ways in which the nation's agendas of industrialization, modernization, and unification were imagined, implemented, and challenged from the 1960s to the present. Without much public support for the highway construction project, President Park Chung Hee wanted to build it as expeditiously and inexpensively as possible, associating it with a fight against North Korean communism. Under these constraints, Korean civil engineers struggled to make the highway signify Korea's future as a modernized and unified nation. President Park Chung--Hee was the virtual foreman when the Gyeongbu highway was built, a product of a sheer "just do it" spirit at a time when the country had no capital, technology and know--how to build a highway. Park was very impressed with the Autobahn during his visit to West Germany in 1964. When he came back to Korea, he would often make sketches of road networks on a piece of paper whenever he had free time. In 1967, for his presidential election campaign, he pledged to build a highway connecting Seoul and Busan. A highway? The term sounded unfamiliar enough to raise the eyebrows of many. The opposition party, spearheading the resistance, dismissed it as a plan to build a road for the excursions of the rich. "Why would a country with a per capita GNP of US$142 need a highway?" it protested. But Park did not give in. Without a penny in the budget, he mobilized military engineering squads and started building the highway between Seoul and Busan three months prior to the ground--breaking ceremony. The project exacted a lot of sacrifices, especially in difficult terrain. During the two-anda- half years of construction, 77 people died. On July 7, 1970, one year earlier than originally planned, all parts of the 428 km Gyeongbu Highway, including 305 bridges and 12 tunnels, were open. The highway today runs 416 kilometers as some parts were straightened out, and it has 353 bridges. It had been the largest public work project since Korea's founding father Dangun created the country 5,000 years ago. An emotional Park praised the work as "a great piece of art produced in the shortest period of time with the least amount of money" -- W100 million per kilometer (US$0.1 million) and poured a bottle of champagne on the road. Completion of the highway made it possible to travel from one end of the country to the other in a day, and opened the era of the personal car in Korea. The speed limit in this highway is 100kmph. The Korea Expressway Corporation estimates that the Gyeongbu highway generates W13.55 trillion of economic benefits annually (Source: 60 Years of the Republic. The Gyeongbu Highway, The Chosunilbo, www.english.chosun.com). Indeed, the foothill highway should be politicized. Not only of state politics, but also of tribal, range, village or landowner politics. But at the same time, it also needs strong political support from the State as well as the central government. One can only hope that such wisdom shall be forthcoming from all sections. So, how do we imagine the proposed 4-lane Foothill Highway? We will know the answer when we actually travel on it – hopefully by next year, 2014? Er. Moa Aier, Dimapur
Fight water-borne diseases before they happen
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Diarrhoea, cholera and dysentery are often rampant after the monsoons. The state of Assam piloted a programme to teach people to prevent their occurrence rather than to treat the illness later.
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he monsoon brings with it water-borne diseases like diarrhoea, cholera and dysentery, which cause suffering and death. Although this is a recurring theme annually, not enough measures are taken to prevent this. The state of Assam decided to take some action in May of this year. The Water Quality Task Force put together a campaign to prepare communities to manage their water sources along with taking precautionary measures to curb widespread water-borne disease incidence during the monsoon. This pilot program, which was implemented in three districts viz. Kamrup, Morigaon and Nagaon, used mobile testing vans for onsite analysis of drinking water sources in addition to creating awareness programs through information, education and communication.
The Approach Labs mounted on trucks were sent out to remote areas of the three selected districts. Water sources including tube wells and ring wells were tested for six water quality parameters: pH, turbidity, hardness, residual chloride and arsenic. The results of these tests along with suggested remedial measures like chlorination and disinfection using bleaching powder were circulat-
ed to the communities. Affected areas were advised to get further detailed tests done. 270 water samples were tested over five days of which 180 tested positive for bacteriological analysis. The information, education and communication approach roped in local theatre troops who performed Duhlia Jatra, a traditional form of drama, to generate awareness on water, sanitation and health. Posters with messages on water and sanitation, stickers on hand washing and using soap were given to school children telling them how to prevent water borne diseases such as acute diarrheal disease. Lessons learnt While the communities were concerned about water quality and wanted to get their drinking water sources tested, there was a general lack of awareness about where they could get these tests done. This was found in all three districts. So for sustaining such initiatives, focused information, education and communication activities are required at regular intervals to reinforce the link between water sanitation and hygiene. The pilot program now needs to be rolled out in the remaining districts. The campaign should be prioritised specially in the tea garden areas in Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sibsagar, Golaghat and Jorhat districts, which have had many cases of recurrent water borne disease incidence in the past. Lastly, to sustain this initiative, the data generated based on the analysis of water samples must be updated on a system that makes it easy for the public to read and understand the data and information and take the required action.
Facts and figures: Water, sanitation and hygiene links to health
diarrhoea • 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases (including cholera); 90% are children under 5, mostly in developing countries. • 88% of diarrhoeal disease is attributed to unsafe water supply, inadequate sanitation and hygiene. • Improved water supply reduces diarrhoea morbidity by 21%. • Improved sanitation reduces diarrhoea morbidity by 37.5%. • The simple act of washing hands at critical times can reduce the number of diarrhoeal cases by up to 35%. • Additional improvement of drinking-water quality, such as point of use disinfection, would lead to a reduction of diarrhoea episodes of 45%. Malaria • 1.2 million people die of malaria each year, 90% of whom are children under 5. • There are 396 million episodes of malaria every year, most of the disease burden is in Africa south of the Sahara.
• Intensified irrigation, dams and other water related projects contribute importantly to this disease burden. • Better management of water resources reduces transmission of malaria and other vector-borne diseases. Intestinal helminths (ascariasis, trichuriasis, Hookworm disease) • 133 million people suffer from high intensity intestinal helminth infections, which often leads to severe consequences such as cognitive impairment, massive dysentery, or anaemia. • These diseases cause around 9400 deaths every year. • Access to safe water and sanitation facilities and better hygiene practice can reduce morbidity from ascariasis by 29% and hookworm by 4%. Japanese encephalitis • 20% of clinical cases of Japanese encephalitis die, and 35% suffer permanent brain damage. • Improved management for irrigation of water resources reduces transmission of disease, in South, South East, and East Asia.
Women In Peace Building In North East durang Basu Mullick
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ased on my limited reading about the people from north east India from my school text books, I had drawn some similarity between the people there and the people in my home state, Jharkhand-that both of them are tribals; are similar to each other and are different from the non-tribals. However it was only during my post graduation, the syllabus of sociology gave a detailed narration of the diversity of the tribal groups existing in this part of the country. For example, there are as many as 272 ethnic groups comprising around 80 tribes among the Nagas with a population of about three and a half million spread across four states of India. Similarly in Manipur there are 32 ethnic groups with 29 major tribes and 2 ethno denominations. Similar diversity is also found among other north eastern states. North Eastern states have a total tribal population of 8,142,624. During when I was enthralled to know about the vast culture of the area, I was disturbed to learn about the separatist movements going on there. The apathetic and negligent attitude of the central government for the development of this part of the country and its residents seem to me to be one of the reasons for continued separatist movements. While India takes pride in its character of ‘unity in diversity’, of late It seems to be a country which is quite ‘divided’ and has led to what may be termed as ‘culture of conflicts’. Quoting a line from the bible would be relevant here: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God!’ But, how am I thinking of peace, when there are more than 40 battalions of the Indian Army and Paramilitary forces present and active in the North East region and have gunned down thousands of inhabitants? And where there are numerous rebel and armed groups within the ethnic communities themselves! Ethnicity and separatism We have seen how religion and ethnic movements have consolidated different groups and instilled separatist ideologies to push for group autonomy under the garb of their welfare and social reform (‘Brahma’ being one of them among the Bodos). The struggle for self determination and fight against the armed forces has turned into internal strife amidst traditional groups. It is observed that in any conflict situation the women are the worst sufferers. Here also in such movements, intolerance, aggression and violence to the women of the communities are witnessed. Through all these strife, women have been the sufferers of the most heinous crimes and injustice. No wonder that it’s only the women who have sacrificed for their families and community along with maintaining respect for their own cultural protocols and traditional values. Women are not generally entitled to property rights under their un-codified customary laws and practices. However it feels nice to know of the existence of still some matrilineal communities like the Khasi women of Meghalaya which believes in property rights of women.
Peace building by women’s organisations We have seen that with time several women’s organisations in the north east have come up to protect and promote the rights of tribal people especially the women. They are the Assam Boro Women’s Justice Forum, Nagaland’s Naga Mother’s Association, Naga Women’s union, Manipur Hmar Women’s Association, Arunachal Pradesh’s R.K Mosang Memorial Society, Tripura’s Borok Women’s Forum of Twipra, Dimasa women’s society, Manipur’s Zomi Mother’s Association, Assam’s All Tiwa Women’s Association, Rabha Women’s Council, The Manipur Women Gun Survivor’s Network, Control Arma Foundation of India etc. These women’s groups have helped the women deal with trauma and agony owing to armed conflicts. They also have worked towards the economic empowerment of the women affected by violence. In this effort and struggle, two strategies have been adopted. One, which looks at building leadership among women and enabling them to understand the concepts of disarmament and non- military techniques to establish peace, and then focussing on their economic empowerment. The other strategy is to first economically empower the victimised women by compensating their loss and then creating an enabling environment to nurture their leadership. Both the models have helped in developing individuals into an organised and empowered group. Both strategies emphasises on placing women on the negotiating table and representation of women in the various committees which can contribute toward governance and peace building. Some initiatives like ensuring enhanced presence of women in elected bodies, reservation of women in government services, creation of strong women’s pressure groups, larger women participation in national forums, employing more women in the para-military forces and designated women guards in relief camps during armed conflicts will go a long way in real empowerment of women and their role in conflict resolution and development of society. One such significant example is the establishment of women’s cell in Nagaland Dimapur district followed by formation of women’s cell in Kohima and Mokokchung districts handling and interrogating all criminal cases related to women and children and such cells have been designated as anti-human trafficking units. All these efforts carry the legacy of significant women’s groups in the North East that are still proactive like the Naga Mother’s Association. Matri Manch in Gauhati is formed by mothers whose sons had disappeared. They have fought against abuse of women. Similarly Mire Paibis (Women Torchbearers) that started in Manipur as Nashabandi to combat the ever increasing alcoholism got popular support and eventually it is campaigning against atrocities by the security forces. However, whether all these strategies which are invoked by the women’s groups lead to their greater say in the peace building process in wake of apathy of the state toward promoting women’s groups and the inaccessibility of the groups and civil society to the administration is a question that remains unanswered. The women's bodies promoted by the government like State Women's Commission and women's bodies attached to the Department of Social Welfare at the dist levels are not active as per expectations. Members are mostly appointed on political preferences and govt has hardly any political will to make them effective. Similarly the role of media in highlighting the role of women in peace building and conflict resolution cannot be underestimated. But media has hardly played any visible proactive role in this sphere. Durang Basu Mullick is working as a social activist in Delhi
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Modi very divisive, BJP will bite dust again: PC
New Delhi, July 1 (Pti): Dubbing Narendra Modi as a “very divisive figure”, finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the BJP has “not changed its spots” and people will reject the party in the next Lok Sabha elections as it represents an idea which is against secularism and inclusiveness. He accused the BJP of raking up divisive issues like Uniform Civil Code, Ayodhya and abrogation of Article 370 and people will reflect upon all these issues while voting. Refusing to get into a discussion whether Modi as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate would be good or bad for Congress, he said his party was not fighting any individual but an idea represented by BJP which was rejected in 2004 and 2009. He mocked at the elevation of Modi as election campaign committee chief, saying he was such a divisive person that there is a “lot of rebellion” within his party, starting from the top, apparently referring to the resignation by L K Advani. “We think Mr Modi is a very divisive figure, which is why there is a lot of rebellion within his party. For the first time I have seen there is a rebellion starting at the very top,” Chidambaram said. “I think there are large sections of people in the country who will be very apprehensive of voting for the BJP if Mr Modi is their candidate. But that is the choice they have to make. But once they make their choice, the people will make their choice,” the senior Congress leader added. He was responding to a question whether Modi as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate would be good for the Congress. “I think this is not a valid argu-
ment. Who will be the BJP’s candidate is their concern. Who will the people vote for is our concern, is everybody’s concern,” he said. Chidambaram stressed that Congress was “not fighting against a candidate” but is pitted against other parties in terms of what its idea of India is. “Our idea of India is an India that is secular that believes in inclusive growth. An India that does not leave
behind any section, especially the more disadvantageous sections. “The BJP’s idea of India is a very different idea of India and that was roundly defeated in 2004 and 2009. In 2004, it was defeated even when they were led by the formidable Mr Vajpayee. They didn’t accept the fact that the six years he had given a kind of governance which deserved another term. They rejected it,” he said. In an appar-
ent dig at Advani, Chidambaram said in 2009, people of the country rejected “someone who was presented as a strong leader as against someone who was painted falsely as a weak leader. The people once again rejected their idea of India.” Attacking BJP’s policies, he said, “I don’t think they are reflecting on what the idea of India should be. They are persisting with the old idea
New Delhi, July 1 (iANS): India is emerging as one of the fastest growing markets for olive oil, largely due to rising cases of diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases. Imports of olive oil in India surged by 66 percent to 11,916.76 tonnes in the financial year ended March 31, 2013, according to Indian Olive Association data. “Main driving factor for olive oil demands in India is health-related problems like increasing cases of diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases,” V N Dalmia, president of the Indian Olive Association, told IANS. He said in 2012-13, growth in import of olive oil was the highest in India among the major economies, followed by Japan with 29 percent, China 17 percent and Brazil 16 percent. Olive oil is considered good for health as it contains low saturated fat and high percentage of mono-unsaturated fat that help in reducing the risk of heart diseases, diabetes and hypertension. In addition, the high anti-oxidants in olive oil fight cancer and increase life expectancy. Dalmia said rising purchas-
ing power and growing awareness among common people have boosted demands for olive oil, mainly in urban areas. Imports of olive oil have increased sharply in India in the past few years. It had jumped by 42 percent in 2011-12 and by 49 percent in the previous year. Dalmia said imports surged by 66.36 percent in 2012-13 year-on-year, which is a record high. Imports have jumped despite a sharp jump in prices. “Prices of olive oil have jumped by almost 40 percent in producing countries. It is now at a record high,” said Dalmia, who is also chairman of Dalmia Continental, one of the biggest importers of olive oil in India. Spain and Italy together supply over 90 percent of India’s olive oil import. Of the total imports, 59.18 percent came from Spain in 201213, while 31.26 percent came from Italy. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), heart diseases would be the single largest killer in India by 2015. India has the largest number of cardiac patients, with an estimated over 100 million people or nearly 10 percent of the total population affected. India also has the
second largest number of diabetes patients with an estimated 61 million people affected. Nearly 140 million people in India have high blood pressure, which is 14 percent of the world’s total such patients. Dalmia said considering the enormity of these health-related problems, the demands for olive oil would remain strong in India in the coming years. According to the Indian Olive Association, imports of olive oil is estimated to increase by an average 40 percent annually over the next five years. Dalmia said growth may drop in the current financial year due to high prices and a sharp depreciation in the value of the rupee that has made imports costlier. “Our import cost has gone up by almost 50 percent in the past one year due to increase in prices in the producing countries and rupee depreciation,” he said. The Indian rupee has depreciated by almost 10 percent since the beginning of this year. It hit a record low of 60.76 against a dollar last week. Dalmia said nearly one-fifth of olive oil in India is used for massage and external use and the rest for cooking.
New Delhi, July 1 (Pti): Government will seek financial aid from multilateral bodies such as World Bank and Asian Development Bank for reconstruction and rehabilitation in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Monday. He said funds will not be a constraint for rebuilding the mountainous state which had witnessed the worst-ever floods last month that killed several hundreds and destroyed properties worth crores. “We are trying to develop a (financial) package for rehabilitation and reconstruction for which we will go to multilateral bodies, like we did in the (Indian Ocean) tsunami case,” Chidambaram told PTI. “Prime Minister has already announced Rs 1,000 crore. Different ministries are using their own funds. Tourism has announced Rs 100 crore. Funds will not be a constraint. I have said it on the first day,” the minister said. Besides, the government will soon send a joint team of Finance Ministry and Home
Modi to rope in top leaders for big rallies across country New Delhi, July 1 (AgeNcieS): Days after what was his first public rally since being appointed BJP’s chief campaigner, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has hinted that he will rope in top BJP leaders for a series of big rallies at various cities across the country. The indication came during his meeting with BJP’s Maharashtra core group leaders at Mumbai last week. While his first rally after becoming the party’s campaign committee chief was held on June 23 at Madhopur (Punjab) on Jan Sangh founder S P Mookerjee’s death anniversary, BJP sources present there reveal that he informed them that his next rally was slated for July 27 at Hyderabad. The Hunkar Rally is already scheduled for October 27 at Patna. Modi has informed, the sources say, that the party’s top leaders will also accompany him to these rallies and that there is plan for more such rallies. They claimed that there was a plan to gather about five lakh supporters from across Bihar for the Patna rally to send a message against Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) government after the bitter parting of ways. The Hyderabad rally holds significance in the wake of BJP’s strong objections to the political stance of local MP and AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, who is one of the bitterest critics of Modi. The Gujarat Chief Minister is likely to send a clear message on the issue of Telangana as well
as on the issue of secular-communal faultline in the polity for the next general election. At the Maharashtra meeting, Modi was learnt to have suggested to the state’s core group of leaders to finalise a firm schedule for next 10 months with an eye on mobilising popular support for elections and finalising slogans for local issues. In addition, he was learnt to have suggested strengthening of the databse of party’s boothlevel workers to reach out to them for effective communication in the run-up to elections. In this context, he also suggested party’s state leaders to start sourcing “youth volunteers” to reach out to first time voters. Modi, according to sources present in the meeting, stressed the importance of social media and was learnt to have claimed that there were 165 Lok Sabha seats where social media could be used to enhance their campaign pitch for the elections. As for Maharashtra (48 Lok Sabha seats), during the meeting, the sources said it emerged that BJP’s dependence on its alliance partner Shiv Sena was far more at booth levels in the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies that it contests than vice-versa. It was decided that the BJP should not rely completely on the Shiva Sena booth managers and intensify their booth management in coordination with Sena booth committees. The sources also indicated that differences
between the factions loyal to former BJP president Nitin Gadkari and deputy leader of the BJP in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde came to fore and it emerged that the BJP general secretary incha-rge of Maharashtra, Rajiv Pra-tap Rudy, will have to strike a balance between the two.
of India, which was rejected in 2004, which was rejected in 2009 and I’m sure if they repeat that idea of India and in an even more distorted manner, under an even more divisive leader, it will once be defeated again in 2014.” Asked if Congress was afraid of facing a “stronger” leader in the form of Modi, Chidambaram said, “I don’t know who is stronger or who’s weaker. We had a ‘loh purush’ (iron
man) in 2009, but we got 61 more seats. They got fewer seats than they had previously.” The comment was yet another dig at Advani who was showcased by BJP as a “strong man” pitted against “weak” Manmohan Singh. “Stronger or weaker are all part of the mythmaking and I’m afraid the media is becoming drawn into this mythmaking,” he said. “The BJP, if it sticks to its idea of India which was rejected in 2004 and 2009, thinks it poses a challenge, but let me remind you that that idea of India was rejected twice in 2004 and 2009,” he added. Hitting out at BJP, he said its president was “mocking at secularism” by calling it ‘secularitis’, a disease. “It shows that they have no faith in secularism.” He also referred to Advani’s recent statement, calling for repeal of Article 370 (which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir) and talking about Uniform Civil Code. “Some other BJP leaders say demolition of Babri Masjid was right and temple should be built at that place,” he said, adding “It means BJP has not changed its spots. You think people of India will not reflect on all this? He emphasised that howsoever “noisy and loud our democracy may be, it must be secular and genuinely, deeply and unwavering to inclusive growth.” Conceding that there could be problems in the UPA government, he said, “Nobody is denying that. There will be successes and failures but ultimately people vote for... ultimately people vote not according to their immediate interests but in the interest of future of their children and grand children, to preserve the idea of India.
Heart diseases boost olive oil demands Govt to seek aid from WB, ADB to rebuild Uttarakhand
Ministry to discuss with Uttarakhand state officials the redevelopment plan for the calamity-hit state. “What I have approved is that a team from the Finance Ministry and Home Ministry will go to Uttarakhand to sit (and discuss) with Uttarakhand Government officers,” Chidambaram said. In view of the gravity of the situation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had last month announced financial support of Rs 1,000 crore to Uttarakhand for disaster relief, of which Rs 145 crore was released immediately. Dr. Singh had also announced exgratia assistance of Rs 2 lakh each to families of those who had lost their lives and Rs 50,000 each to the injured, from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF). The government had also decided to provide from the PMNRF, an ex-gratia assistance of Rs 1 lakh each to those whose houses have been completely destroyed and Rs 50,000 each to those whose houses have been damaged.
Pakistan intruder along LoC dies after grenades in hands explode
JAmmu, July 1 (Pti): A Pakistani intruder was killed along the Line of Control in Poonch sector early today when the Army foiled an infiltration bid by firing at him, resulting in detonation of explosives carried by him. The incident took place in Saujiyan sector of Poonch at 0430 hours when alert troops noted a movement from across the border into the Indian territory, Army said. When challenged, he tried to run away back into the Pakistan territory under the cover of darkness, the Army said, adding the troops fired at him. In the exchange of fire, a blast was heard by the troops and the intruder was blown to pieces, they said, adding possibily the grenades carried by him had detonated.
Army moved in close to the operations area and found the badly mutilated body of the intruder. Army had foiled an infiltration bid in the same sector on 26 June when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was flagging off the first train connection between Banihal in Jammu region to Qazigund in Kashmir division. General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lt General K T Parnaik, who retired yesterday, had expressed his concern on 17 June over the presence of terrorists at the high altitude sector along LoC in Poonch. Nine suspected Pakistan Army Border Action Team men had allegedly intercepted BSF porters in this sector on 14 May and snatched supplies from them.
‘Indian embassy among 38 ‘targets’ spied upon by US National Security Agency’
wAShiNgtoN, July 1 (Pti): The Indian embassy in the US is among the list of 38 diplomatic missions which were being spied upon by American intelligence agencies, as per the latest top secret US National Security Agency documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. US was using a wide range of spying methods including bugging, the Guardian daily in London said quoting the leaked report. “One document lists 38 embassies and missions, describing them as ‘targets’. “It details an extraordinary range of spying methods used against each target, from bugs implanted in electronic communications gear to taps into cables to the collection of transmissions with specialised antennae,” the Guardian said. It added, “along with traditional ideological adversaries and sensitive Middle Eastern countries, the list of targets includes the EU missions and the French, Italian and Greek embassies, as well as a number of other American allies, including Japan, Mexico, South Korea, India and Turkey. “The list in the September 2010 document does not mention the UK, Germany or other western European states”. It said that one of the bugging methods mentioned is codenamed Dropmire, which, according to a 2007 document, is “implanted on the Cryptofax at the EU embassy, DC”, an apparent reference to a bug placed in a commercially available encrypted fax machine used at the mission. The NSA documents note the machine is used to send cables back to foreign affairs ministries in European capitals. Snowden, 30, had blown the lid off National Security Agency’s secret spy programme and is charged with violating American espionage laws. He is currently in Moscow airport after fleeing from Hong Kong. Snowden worked as a Hawaii-based computer network administrator for Booz Allen Hamilton before he fled to Hong Kong last month with laptops full of confidential information.
An Indian woman fruit vendor takes shelter from rain under an umbrella as she sits on her cart in Allahabad, India, Monday, July 1, 2013. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people. (AP Photo)
Kolkata schools tweak classics to teach gender sensitivity
KolKAtA, July 1 (iANS): Red Riding Hood no longer needs the woodcutter to come to her rescue. Armed with training in self-defence, she is now well-equipped to protect herself. This and many more such interventions by a clutch of schools in the city are the latest weapons to bring about gender sensitisation at the grassroots. Brought into practice following the brutal Delhi gang rape incident last December “that revealed flaws in our society, especially pertaining to the mindset of the people”, teachers and students in Kolkata have taken up the initiative to bring about winds of change by including “innovative ideas” in their curriculum geared towards gender sensitisation and equality. Both boys and girls schools have shown the way ahead through workshops, campaigns and regular discussions and talks. Most importantly, educators are adopting modified poems and stories that debunk stereotypes that relegate women to the kitchen and see them as only homemakers. A case in point is Little Red Riding Hood, where a hungry wolf disguises itself as her grandmother and attacks the unsuspecting child. In the original a
woodcutter saves the girl but she is now well-prepared to deal with such situations. “Such steps are necessary because our stories and poems show women as homemakers and getting married. Women have so many roles to play other than that. Modifying contents will go a long way because such poems are taught to us from our childhood. So we must educate our children about gender equality from the very beginning to strengthen their foundations,” sociologist Saswati Ghosh told IANS. Anjana Saha, principal, Mahadevi Birla World Academy, said: “Apart from regular talks at assembly and sensitization during life-skills classes, our students were part of the One Billion Rising (OBR) campaign in association with Seagull Media Arts.” The school has turned to evergreen nursery rhymes like “Humpty Dumpty”, “Georgie Porgie” and “Rain Rain Go Away” for aid. In traditional children’s literature when Humpty Dumpty, the egg, fell down a wall, “scores” of men were summoned to help him get back on his seat. Now, the beloved plump character calls upon both boys and girls to deliver him from his plight.
“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall..To boys and girls he gave a call..Fetch a ladder, fetch a rope..You can save me, I do hope” goes the new version. Similarly, ‘Rain Rain Go Away”, tweaks ‘Little Arthur’ (a male) to be gender inclusive. It now reads, “Rain, Rain go away, Come again on a Saturday, Boys and girls are ready now, To go to school right away.” According to Megha Malhotra of Seagull Foundation for the Arts, storytelling, literature, film and photography are channelled to communicate such sensitive matters. “We are currently conducting workshops with teachers to get an indepth idea of the issues they face in the classroom and to understand the areas where they think work needs to be done,” Malhotra told IANS. Boys’ schools like the prestigious La Martiniere for Boys (LMB) have formed committees to formulate plans for the entire academic year. “Our boys, encouraged by our principal S.Chakraverti, have participated in the One Billion Rising campaign. They had come out with a dance programme and designed posters on the occasion. We view them as agents of social change to spread the message,”
school counsellor Ruvena Sanyal told IANS. Moreover, the teachers themselves are being oriented in workshops so that they can effectively disseminate the message. On the anvil are storytelling sessions where stories based on gender equality will be the focus. While interacting with children is important to ingrain the significance of equality of sexes, Devi Kar, director of Modern High School for Girls, underscored the importance of talking about changes in sync with time. “We don’t look upon gender sensitisation as a separate programme. It comes very naturally to us, being an all-girls school. We discuss them in our general awareness and value education classes. Recently we talked about the Slutwalk as well. We try to focus on the current issues, what’s been going around,” Kar told IANS. Kar believes in an all-round approach - highlighting genders other than male or female, when it comes to gender equality. The director stressed on the need to strike a balance and not be “over-aggressive” while discussing the topic. “At the end of the day, we want them to be self-sufficient but not anti-men,” Kar added.
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Egypt’s protesters give Morsi deadline to go CaIro, JUly 1 (aP): The organizers of anti-government protests that brought millions of Egyptians into the streets this weekend gave Islamist President Mohammed Morsi until Tuesday afternoon to step down or else it will hike up its campaign, as protesters overran and ransacked the headquarters of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood. In a sign of Morsi’s growing isolation, five Cabinet ministers met Monday to consider resigning their posts and joining the protest movement, the state news agency said. The meeting gathered the communications, legal affairs, environment, tourism and water utilities ministers, MENA reported. The ultimatum issued Monday by Tamarod, the protest organizers, increases pressure on Morsi a day after the opposition’s massive show of force on the streets, with millions packing Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the streets outside the presidential palace and main squares in cities around the country on the anniversary of Morsi’s inauguration. The main rallies in Cairo were largely peaceful, but deadly violence broke out in several parts of the country, often when marchers came under gunfire, apparently from Islamists. At least 16 people were killed and more than 780 injured, Health Ministry spokesman Yehya Moussa told state television. Tamarod, Arabic for “Rebel,” issued a statement giving Morsi until 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Tuesday to step down and pave the way for early presidential elections or else it would bring the crowds back out, march on more palaces and launch “complete civil disobedience.” Protesters were already gearing up for new rallies Monday. The group also called on the powerful military and the police to clearly state their support for the protesters. Police mostly stayed on the sidelines Sunday, and some officers have vowed they will not protect the Brotherhood. The army has sent reinforcements to bases on the outskirts of Cairo and other cities across the nation. Its chief, Defense Minister AbdelFattah el-Sisisi, had given Morsi and the opposition a week to work out their dif-
Oil rises above $97 as protests in Egypt continue
An Egyptian protester leaps over burned debris at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in the Muqattam district in Cairo, July 1. Protesters stormed and ransacked the headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood group early Monday, in an attack that could spark more violence as demonstrators gear up for a second day of mass rallies aimed at forcing the Islamist leader from power. (AP Photo)
ferences — a deadline that passed Sunday. The call reflected opposition hopes that a sign from the military could tip the balance against Morsi and avert what could be a destabilizing standoff. Morsi has said he will not quit, saying that street action must not be allowed to remove an elected president or else the same could happen to future presidents. At the same time, he has offered no concessions — though his opponents appear in no mood to accept anything short of his removal anyway. His Islamist supporters, some of them hard-liners who belong to formerly armed militant groups, have vowed to defend him.
The concern is that violence could escalate with the two sides dug in and anger mounting on both sides. Morsi’s Islamist supporters showed Sunday they were willing to unleash deadly force when protesters approached their positions, with clashes erupting in multiple cities. In Cairo, protesters Sunday night attacked the Brotherhood’s main headquarters, pelting it with stones and firebombs. Brotherhood backers barricaded inside opened fire on them in clashes that went on for hours and left eight dead. In the early hours Monday, protesters breached the walls of the sixstory luxury villa and stormed inside. They carted off furniture, files, rugs,
blankets, air conditioning units and portraits of Morsi, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scene. One protester emerged with a pistol and handed it over to a policeman outside. Footage on local TV networks showed smashed windows, blackened walls and smoke billowing out of the fortified villa in the Muqatam district in eastern Cairo. A fire was still raging on one floor hours after the building was stormed. One protester tore down the Muslim Brotherhood sign from the building’s front wall, while another hoisted Egypt’s red, black and white flag out an upper-story window and waved it in the air in triumph.
CaIro, JUly 1 (MExN): The price of oil rose above $97 a barrel Monday as concerns over protests in Egypt and their possible effect on Middle East oil supplies outweighed fresh data showing a slump in China’s manufacturing sector. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for August delivery was up 81 cents at $97.37 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 49 cents to $96.56 on Friday. Protests in Egypt aimed at ousting Mohammed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, continued Monday. Officials said at least 16 people have been killed across the country in violence connected to the rallies against the Islamist leader and the Muslim Brotherhood group which propelled Morsi to power. Traders are concerned that the protests in Egypt and the civil war in Syria could affect the production and transport of oil supplies in the Middle East and North Africa. “Oil could see some real volatility, as a result of the geopolitical tumult,” said the Kilduff Report, a market research paper edited by Michael Fitzpatrick. “With the protests in Egypt and reports of more strife in Libya, the geopolitical risk premium is being reflated. The battle within Syria, which is a battle for the region, is escalating still.” Earlier in Monday’s trading session, oil prices fell to near $96 as China’s manufacturing weakened again in June amid a credit crunch and slower U.S. and European orders, two surveys showed Monday. The findings added to signs that growth in the world’s secondlargest economy is decelerating. Oil’s fall was braked by better economic news from Japan, where business confidence among major manufacturers turned positive for the first time in nearly two years, and by improving figures in the eurozone’s purchasing managers’ index. In London, Brent crude was up 80 cents at $102.96 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. In other energy futures trading on Nymex: — Natural gas lost 2.1 cents to $3.544 per 1,000 cubic feet. — Heating oil gained 2.76 cents to $2.8864 per gallon. — Wholesale gasoline added 2.03 cent to $2.7359 per gallon.
Nelson Mandela remains critical as family feuds Nineteen firefighters die in US blaze
Get well soon messages and drawings are seen outside Nelson Mandela’s house in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 1. Former president Nelson Mandela remained in a critical condition at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria on Monday. (AP Photo)
JOHANNESBURG, July 1 (AP): Former South African President Nelson Mandela has now been in critical condition for more than a week. There have been no official updates since President Jacob Zuma said Saturday that the beloved 94-year-old former leader’s condition was stable but unchanged. Over the weekend, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu said South Africans were praying for Mandela’s “comfort and dignity.” Mandela’s legacy also focused prominently during a three-day
visit to South Africa by President Barack Obama and his family. They left Monday en route to Tanzania. Nelson Mandela’s grandson, meanwhile says he will contest a court order for him to move the remains of three family members to their original gravesite. The grandson, Mandla Mandela, issued a statement Sunday saying he was compelled to take action against 16 other family members who had pressed the case. The court orders that the remains of
Nelson Mandela’s three deceased children should be moved back to the family gravesite in Qunu from the nearby village of Mvezo, according to South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper. The Mandela family feud over the gravesite is apparently a prelude to a disagreement over where Nelson Mandela’s remains will stay. Mandela became South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison for his fight against racist white rule.
PrESCoTT, arIzoNa, JUly 1 (rEUTErS): An elite team of 19 firemen were killed on Sunday in one of deadliest U.S. firefighting disasters in decades as flames raced through dry brush and grass in central Arizona, destroying scores of homes and forcing the evacuation of two towns. It was the greatest loss of life among firefighters from a single wildland blaze in the United States in 80 years, since 29 men died battling the Griffith Park fire of 1933 in Los Angeles, according to National Fire Protection Association records. Art Morrison of the Arizona State Forestry Commission told CNN the firefighters, members of a specially trained “hot shot” team who serve as the shock troops of a firefighting force, were killed on Sunday afternoon when they were overtaken by flames. “It was a hand crew, a hot shot crew,” he said. “In normal circumstances, when you’re digging fire lines, you make sure you have a good escape route, and you have a safety zone
set up. Evidently, their safety zone wasn’t big enough, and the fire just overtook them. By the time the other firefighters got in, they didn’t survive,” Morrison said. The crew was initially reported missing before the U.S. Wildland Fire Aviation service said the team had perished in the blaze, which erupted on Friday near the small town of Yarnell about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix, the state capital. President Barack Obama, traveling in Africa, issued a statement hailing the fallen firefighters as “heroes”. “They were ... highly-skilled professionals who, like so many across our country do every day, selflessly put themselves in harm’s way to protect the lives and property of fellow citizens they would never meet,” the president said. Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo called the tragedy “one of the worst wildfire disasters that’s ever taken place”. He said one member of the 20-man crew had been in a separate location and survived.
Oz court moved for ill-treatment of Indian chef
SyDNEy, JUly 1 (IaNS) Australia’s workplace relations ombudsman has moved court against a restaurant in that country for discriminating against an Indian chef. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has launched legal action against the restaurant in Perth in Western Australia state for denying the Indian pay for four months and then sacking via a text message for calling in sick, the WA Today online newspaper reported Monday. Both the restaurant, located in the Perth suburb of Nedlands, and the chef have not been named.
According to the report, the chef, who was in Australia on a bridging visa - a temporary visa that is issued while the substantive or main visa is processed - was recruited by the restaurant in May 2012 through classified advertisements website Gumtree. The chef, then aged 25, was paid A$200 for his first few days of work. Thereafter, he was not paid anything even as he worked six evenings a week. In September 2012, when he sent a text message stating that he could not attend work as he was unwell and that he would
produce a medical certificate in this connection, he reportedly received a series of text messages terminating his employment. The chef was owed A$15,000 in wages and entitlements for work he had rendered. The FWO has alleged that the restaurant has violated workplace laws in its treatment towards the Indian chef including taking adverse action against him when he had applied for sick leave, which he was entitled to. The FWO has also sought full back-payment for the chef and compensation and damages.
Oil thefts threaten Nigeria’s economy, environment
DIEBU, NIgErIa, JUly 1 (aP): The first drops of crude float in the languid muddy currents of Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta, then slowly grow into the splatter of a massive crime scene. Oil thefts, long a problem in the Niger Delta, are growing at an ever-faster rate despite government officials and international companies offering increasingly dire warnings about the effect on Nigeria’s crude production. Some 200,000 barrels a day — representing about 10 percent of Nigeria’s production — are siphoned off pipelines crisscrossing the region. While drums end up leaking in villages and used to make crude kerosene and gasoline, the major thieves appear to belong to international criminal gangs that sell it into world markets, analysts and experts say. And the same Nigerian politicians and military leaders now targeting the small-scale local refineries that dot the delta likely are the ones benefiting from those massive thefts. “This oil that you are buying is bought is the same thing as blood diamonds,” said Patrick Dele Cole, a former Nigerian ambassador now spearheading a group trying to call attention to the thefts. “It is bought at the expense of people’s blood in the Niger Delta.” Oil is the lifeblood of Nigeria’s economy. Since the company that would become Royal Dutch Shell PLC discovered the first commercially viable well in 1956, oil earnings grew to account for some 80 percent of all government revenue in Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people. While corruption sees much
of that money frittered away, it still provides needed funding for projects in the country. A government-sponsored amnesty program largely halted militant attacks in the delta in 2009, allowing production levels to return to more than 2 million barrels of oil a day. But while production grew amid the relative peace, the level of thefts grew quietly and quickly across the region of winding creeks and mangroves about the size of Portugal. Locals call the practices “bunkering,” which sees thieves use hacksaws and blades to cut into the pipes. When the companies see the pressure drop on their lines, they dial back the pressure on the lines just long enough for thieves to attach spigots to the lines. As the pressure rises back up, the thieves simply divert some of the oil out of the line to their own uses. In Diebu, a village in Bayelsa state, the home of President Goodluck Jonathan, children ran and played around leaking drums of stolen crude oil. The crude likely came from lines run by Shell and Italian oil company Eni SpA, though residents there demanded money from visiting journalists to see the sites of the thefts. Many here view the thefts as their opportunity to have a taste of a commodity that built Nigeria’s sterile central capital of Abuja, a city of gleaming towers and massive highways. In Diebu, the locals pointed out a large clinic of empty rooms without medicine and a local doctor’s quarters that appeared to have squatters inside. The dilapitated schools had large holes where windows were supposed to be. Amid the neglect, locals rationalize the thefts
In this photo taken Saturday, May 18, 2013, an abandoned illegal refinery is seen at the creeks of Bayelsa, Nigeria. (AP Photo)
with a simple question: If governors, politicians and everyone else stole the money, why shouldn’t they steal a taste as well? “We are bleeding,” said one man working at a nearby illegal oil refinery, who gave his first name as Prince. “We need this one to balance out our life.” But that balance comes at an environmental cost as well. Operations at local refineries, which produce crude gasoline, kerosene and diesel fuel, see oil spilled everywhere, soaking
the ground into a mix of mud and crude that can swallow a leg up to the knee. Large dugin pits hold the crude until it passes through makeshift piping to create fuels sometimes so volatile they can explode at will. Massive fires that send plumes of smoke towering into the air fuel the process. “It is the only job we are doing,” said an illegal refiner who gave his name as Ibeci. “There is no other job.” Nigeria’s military, which main-
tains a presence in the delta since the militant attacks, has begun targeting illegal refineries in the region. Local refiners like Ibeci say they now work only at night, as the smoke plumes draw soldiers to their operations during the day. The military claims to have dismantled dozens of such illegal refineries, though Associated Press journalists in the region in May came across multiple sites where the ground was still warm from refining the night before. Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, a military spokesman for the region, declined several interview requests regarding the military’s efforts in the region. But as Nigeria’s government focuses on illegal refineries, Cole said the vast majority of the thefts actually see the oil taken out of the country into eastern Europe, South America and Asia for sale. Cole’s organization, which received initial seed money from Shell and later received support from the Dutch government, wants there to be stricter monitoring of oil entering international markets, as well as testing done to ensure that such stolen crude can’t be slipped into the system. However, he acknowledges the true challenge facing the effort: Those supporting the thefts include Nigeria’s military and the nation’s political elite. “There must be some kind of collusion,” Cole said. “The whole thing started really because of the political need to raise a lot of money during the elections. The whole idea of selling oil illegally was sponsored and maintained by our political leaders. There is no doubt about that.”
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West Indies defeat India by one wicket in second ODI
West Indies' Tino Best, front left, high fives with his batting partner Kemar Roach after they beat India by one wicket in their Tri-Nation Series cricket match in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, June 30. (AP Photo)
KinGSton, July 1 (pti): Kemar Roach got himself a perfect birthday present as he guided West Indies to a thrilling onewicket victory over India in a nail-biting encounter in the second ODI of the Triseries on Sunday. Chasing a modest target of 230, West Indies made a heavy weather of the chase despite a sparkling knock of 97 by opener Johnson Charles but finally managed to register their second win in the tournament with 14 balls to spare. With nine points from two matches, West Indies are in with a bright chance of making it to the finals. Roach (14 no) kept his cool as he flicked Umesh Yadav (3/43) towards square leg to bring up the victory
in a match where fortune swung like a pendulum. The foundation of the victory was laid by opener Charles who faced 100 balls hitting eight boundaries and four huge sixes. He added 116 runs for the fourth wicket with Darren Bravo (55) and the victory didn't look out of sight. Credit to Indian bowlers who made a fantastic comeback as they got some quick breakthroughs including to come right back into the match before Roach finally sealed it for the hosts. At the start of the chase, West Indies were in dire straits as they lost both Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels within the first five overs as they were precariously placed at 26 for three. Yadav removed
opposition's best batsman Gayle (11) and followed it up with wicket of Devon Smith (0) while Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled Samuels (1) to reduce West Indies to 26 for three. Gayle was dismissed as a delivery from Umesh rose awkwardly and it hit the upper portion of his bat. The resultant catch was taken by Suresh Raina stationed at short cover. In his next over, Yadav removed left-hander Smith with an inswinger while Samuels dragged one from Kumar back onto his stumps. Opener Charles however batted positively. The first six scoring strokes were boundaries as he punished both Yadav and Kumar. With minimum backlift and least footwork,
Charles successfully hit through the line whenever it was slotted in his zone. He found an able ally in Bravo as the duo resurrected the innings. The 50-run partnership came off 70 balls. Bravo, who was slow to begin with but chanced his arms against Ravindra Jadeja hitting the bowler over his head for a six. The duo batted sensibly as the 100 came up in the 22nd over and Charles completed a well-deserved half-century off 60 balls. To celebrate his 50, Charles gave Jadeja the charge to hit him into the stands. The 100 runs for the fourth wicket partnership came off 131 balls and in the 26th over. With the pitch easing out a bit compared to first
half, the West Indian pair didn't have any problems in negotiating the Indian bowlers. Spin twins Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin weren't as effective as one expected them to be. A desperate Virat Kohli leading the side in regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's absence brought back Yadav for his second spell but Charles greeted him with one of the biggest six of the match. Finally, after a 116-run partnership, Bravo was gone for 55 trying to dispatch a halftracker from Ashwin but only managing to find Shikhar Dhawan at short midwicket. The wicket rejuvenated the Indians as Ishant Sharma came back for his second spell and bowled a perfect length to induce an edge off rival captain Kieron Pollard which was smartly taken by Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps. From 142 for three, West Indies suddenly became 155 for five. From 155 for five, it soon became 161 for six as Ashwin operating from round the wicket pushed one which breached Denesh Ramdin's defence. Sammy announced his arrival with a huge six off Ishant and followed it up with a backfoot cover drive off Ashwin. If this wasn't enough, Sammy used Yadav's pace to hit him over deep square leg for a second six to bring down the required runs to below 50 with 15 overs still remaining. The former skipper scored a quickfire 29 off 25 balls before he was holed out in the third man region of Ishant's bowling. Earlier, Indian batsmen battled hard on a difficult track as they managed 229 for seven in stipulated 50 overs.
Life Sports under 14 Boys Football Coaching concludes Andy Flower glad to have
'superstar' Pietersen back
Participants of the Life Sports under 14 boys football coaching held by the Pochury students union at Meluri.
DiMapur, July 1 (Mexn): The Life Sports under 14 boys football coaching held by the Pochury students union has concluded at meluri. A press note informed that a total of 77 boys, aged 5-14 from Meluri Town and surrounding villages participated. Sentiwapang Aier, ADC, Meluri graced the Closing Ceremony as the Guest of Honor on June 29. He appreciated the PSU for the innovative program. He further acknowledged Life Sports for taking their football mission even to the rural areas. Müluote Nyuwi, Director, CEC pronounced the invocation prayer and Yigo Pichurü, Games & Sports Secretary, PSU gave the vote of thanks. Colo Mero, Direc-
tor from Life Sports, Nagaland while giving the closing remarks appreciated the Pochury Students Union for organising the program. He further stated that it was a privilege for Life Sports to be able to reach out to the people of Meluri sub-division through football and that Life Sports are willing to reach out to any part of the State given the support of the people. The closing function was also marked by three exciting Football Exhibition Matches of Under 10, Under 12 and U-13 vs U-14 boys. It may be mentioned that through the support of well wishers free sports kits including jerseys, boots, stockings and balls were distributed to every participant.
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Farmers of Ghathashi Block with ATMA staff during their visit to an organic field in Lukhai village.
Zunheboto, July 1 (Mexn): Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Ghathashi Block under Zunheboto district visited Akumto SHG organic field, Lukhai Village under Satakha Block on June 27. During the visit SHGs from Ghathashi Block witnessed
different activities carried out by Akumto SHG that included use of portable Vermicompost pit, line plantation of Soyabean, mulching techniques using gunny bags. A total of 9 women farmers including a Farmer friend and ATMA staff visited the Field.
KohiMa, July 1 (Mexn): State Bank of India , Lerie Branch, Kohima conducted a tree plantation programme on June 26, 2013 along with officials and staff of office of the Accountant General, Kohima in
and around the A .G. Office complex , Lerie. The plantation programme was taken up under State Bank of India Community Service Banking in commemoration of the 58th Bank's day which falls on July l.
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Members of Ao Baptist Church Diphupar, Youth Department at the central Jail, 4th mile during their visit on Father's Day. The team conducted a fellowship with the male inmates who were mostly fathers.
lonDon, July 1 (aFp): England coach Andy Flower has welcomed Kevin Pietersen back to England duty by saying he's pleased to have the "superstar" batsman in the squad ahead of the defence of the Ashes against Australia. The 33-year-old Pietersen was included Sunday in the England side playing Essex in a four-day Ashes warmup match at Chelmsford. The South Africa-born batsman last played for England in New Zealand in March before being sidelined by a knee injury that kept him out of all cricket until he made a dominating 177 not out for Surrey in their recent County Championship match against Yorkshire. Flower has had his run-ins with Pietersen, notably last year when England dropped arguably their most talented batsman during the South Africa series for allegedly sending "provocative" texts to Proteas players. Seen in the image are the participants of ‘Awakening Camp’ organized by the Zeme Baptist But the Zimbabwean, himself a world-class batsman in Church, Baptist Youth Fellowship Jalukie town. The three-day camp held at Life Spring Corner Dimapur concluded on June 21, 2013. his playing days, was in no doubt of Pietersen's ability.
Super six cricket tourney
DiMapur, July 1 (Mexn): The 3rd Archers Super Six cricket tournament is scheduled to commence from August 1 to 3 in Kohima. A press note informed interested teams to get ready for the tourney. Attractive prize money along with certificates and other individuals prizes i.e. six Sixes, hat-trick, hit the board etc will be given. Entry forms are planned to be issued in the coming week. It was further informed that limited teams will be entertained based on first come first basis.
Suhoi SU wins KGSU inter-unit cricket tourney
Tournament winners (red jersey) and runners-up (grey jersey) along with the guest of honour of the closing function, dignitaries and union officials after the prize distribution, Sunday.
DiMapur, July 1 (Mexn): The KGSU 1st Inter-Unit Cricket Tournament, organized by Kuhuboto Ghakhu Students’ Union, in commemoration of KGSU tree plantation week concluded on
Sunday at Kuhuboto. Suhoi Students’ Union team lifted the championship title after defeating Vihokhu Students’ union by 37 runs. Tokuho Suhoi Neho, member CEC NPF and 1st president, KGSU graced the
witnessed the final match as guest of honour and gave away the cash prize to winners and runners-up and also the player of the tournament award, which was bagged by Jalal of Suhoi SU. Batting first Suhoi SU
scored 116 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted overs and bowled out Vihokhu SU for 78 runs. Delivering a short speech, guest of honour said it was encouraging to see students giving impor-
tance in the conservation of trees and was optimistic that the noble venture to save the environment would be momentous in the area. He also challenged the organizers and players of the tournament to make the event as a regular activity in the area, whereby many young and talented would be given an ample opportunity exhibit their talent of the game. As a token of love Tokuho donated a sum Rs. 50,000 to the KGSU. Host of NPF party office bearers of 4th Ghaspani-I A/C accompanied the guest of honour. Proposing vote of thanks, H. Aboka Zhimomi, president, KGSU thanked the chief guest, guest of honor and all those who helped the union to make week-long event a successful one. Kihoto Yeptho, youth leader, KTBC pronounced the vote of thanks.
Governor of Nagaland, Dr. Ashwani Kumar acknowledged the achievements of Narola Chang, Principal of Rashtra Bhasha Hindi Institute, Tuensang, for being the recipient of ‘Hindi SeviSamman’ at the Progressive Multipurpose Organization Wardha (Maharashtra) International Hindi Conference organised at Bangkok, Thailand recently. Narola Chang presented her Citation to the Governor when she called on him at Raj Bhavan on June 17 and shared her experiences in winning the award. (DIPR Photo)
Teachers, and students of Salesian College during the ‘extension lecture’ by Dr. Easterine Kire organized by Salesian College, Department of English at the Paul Bernick auditorium on June 26. As the Nagaland University has prescribed the novel ‘A Terrible Matriarchy’ by Easterine Kire, the students were inspired listening to the author herself.
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he 'Les Miserables' actor is sick of being constantly questioned about his sexuality, especially because it upsets his wife Deborra-Lee Furness. Speaking in a joint interview with Deborra-Lee, 57, on CBS' '60 Minutes', he said ''If I was [homosexual], I would be. I don't think - to me, it's not the most interesting thing about a person anyway, but I do get frustrated for Deb, because I see Deb go, 'Ah, this is crazy.' ''On some level it's a compli-
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ment, you know, because it only happens when you've got to a certain point in your career.'' Deborra-Lee - who has been married to Hugh, 44, for 17 years and has adoptive children Oscar, 13, and Ava, seven, with him - angrily added the rumours are extremely ''offensive'' to their family. Hugh has also spoken out about his constant battle with inner aggression, claiming that playing Wolverine in the 'X-Men' films and spin-off movies is a form of ''therapy''
for him to channel his anger. He told the new edition of Men's Health magazine ''Nine out of 10 characteristics of Wolverine I don't share, but aggression is a primal thing and needs to be exercised in some way. ''When I was younger I was very explosive. I used to let most of it out playing rugby. I'm not as explosive now but in a sense it's still there. ''It's in our DNA ... far better to have it in a controlled violent environment. So in a way playing Wolverine is good therapy.''
Celebrity Facts The Guy who played Mr. Bean has a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering Rowan Atkinson, the guy who played “Mr. Bean”, has a master’s degree in electrical engineering. Atkinson originally received an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering (EE) at Newcastle University before enrolling in an EE master’s program at The Queen’s College Oxford in 1975. While working towards this degree, he also pursued acting on the side with a variety of clubs, including: the Oxford University Dramatic Society; the Oxford Revue; and the Experimental Theatre Club.
Behind his perfect figure as a soccer player and model, he has a weird phobia that is called ataxophobia or fear of disorder. He hates everything that is not neat or not in order. A Weird phobia for a rich people.
She is sexy but it is weird that she is afraid of mirror. Pamela suffers eisoptrophobia (fear of mirrors) for a long time and it remains a misery till this date. I wonder how could she properly dress up without looking up her own reflection on a mirror.
Elvis didn’t naturally have black hair. He was born a blond and when he got older, his hair was more of a sandy blond color. He started occasionally dying it black all the way back when he was in high School and eventually just always kept it black.
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studying martial arts in 1964 in Kentucky and later moved to California. He said the role in the Bruce Lee film came about when his agent called him. It was his second film role. "It was one of the best experiences in my life," he told Salon.com of working on "Enter the Dragon." ''Bruce was just incredible, absolutely fantastic. I learned so much from working with him. I probably enjoyed working with Bruce more than anyone else I'd ever worked with in movies because we were both martial artists. And he was a great, great martial artist. It was very good."
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icole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton have split after five years together. The X Factor judge and the Formula 1 racing driver, who went public with their romance back in 2007, are believed to have ended their relationship as their busy work schedules meant they just didn't get to see each other. A source said: 'Nicole is just so heartbroken and completely devastated.' A spokesperson for Nicole confirmed the split to Mail Online. The sad news comes just a matter of weeks after 28-year-old Lewis hinted that he was planning to propose to Nicole, 34. He said: 'We’ve been together for five years, which is quite a milestone really. But hopefully in the near future. Maybe before we get to six years.' Nicole has regularly been seen supporting Lewis at his various Grand Prix commitments, but admitted previously she is only there for her beau, rather than knowing anything about the sport as a whole. She said: 'I only go to a Grand Prix to support Lewis. I am in awe of Formula One because there is so much money, technology and talent, but as for the racing, it really is like trying to understand rocket science when I’m there, trackside. ‘For me there’s only ever one winner and a lot of people would agree with me on that – Lewis is the best.'
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Brazil dominates Spain to win Confederations Cup Brazil's Neymar poses with the golden ball trophy, left, Confederations Cup trophy, center, and the bronze boot trophy after the soccer Confederations Cup final match against Spain at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 30, 2013. Brazil won 3-0. (AP Photo)
Brazil's Neymar, center, lifts the trophy after winning the soccer Confederations Cup final between Brazil and Spain at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 30. (AP Photo)
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 1 (AP): The crowd at Maracana Stadium was noisy, hoping for and maybe even anticipating a triumph by Brazil. The Selecao rewarded the fans with a comprehensive victory over the best national team of the 21st century, an egoboosting 3-0 smothering of world champion Spain in the Confederations Cup final on Sunday night. Nice, yes. But Brazil is focusing on the really big prize: the World Cup that it hosts next year. "We know that the tournament that we will be playing next year will be a lot more difficult," Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said. "Now we have more confidence. That's what we needed." In the stadium that will host the 2014 World Cup final next July 14, Fred put Brazil ahead in the second minute, Neymar doubled the lead in the 44th with his fourth goal of the tournament and Fred added his fifth in the 47th. While there was a crowd of 73,000 in the renovated stadium, outside protesters clashed with riot police on the final night of the two-week prep
Neymar nominated for Golden Ball RIO DE JANEIRO, July 1 (IANS): Brazil`s Neymar has been included on a sixman shortlist for the FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball award. He will vie with Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Luis Suarez (Uruguay), Paulinho (Brazil) and Sergio Ramos (Spain) for the tournament`s most valuable player award, reports Xinhua. The players were named Saturday by FIFA`s technical study group who will announce the winner after Sunday`s final between hosts Brazil and Spain at Rio`s Maracana Stadium. Brazil have dominated the award in the past with four of the six previous winners. Neymar and Paulinho have the chance to join countrymen Kaka (2009), Adriano (2005), Ronaldinho (1999) and Denilson (1997).
tournament. "Brazil has shown to the world that this is the Brazilian national team and that we must be respected," said 21-year-old Neymar, awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament's top player. "I think that today we had a great victory against the best team of the world, with some of the best players in the world." In a matchup of new and old powers, the five-time world champion defeated the reigning world and European champion and ended Spain's 29-game, threeyear winning streak in competitive matches. Spain lost a competitive game by three goals for the first time since a 3-0 defeat at Wales in a World Cup qualifier in
April 1985. "We are happy with what we have done over the last few years," Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque said. "But one loss — you have to look at it, but not overreact to it. We are not content with the loss. But when a team is superior, you have to accept it. It was a deserved defeat." Brazil won its third straight Confederations Cup, and is unbeaten in 57 consecutive home competitive matches since 1975. Yet, no reigning Confed Cup winner has gone on to capture the following year's World Cup. Spain, which had not lost a competitive game since its 2010 World Cup opener against Switzerland, had a miserable night.
Sergio Ramos sent a penalty kick wide in the 55th and defender Gerard Pique was ejected by Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers with a straight red card for fouling Neymar in the 68th. "The first minutes and the last minutes of the halves are critical," Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta said. "And they scored their three goals at the beginning and ends of the halves, which is the worst time. Those are the most demoralizing moments." Eliminated in the quarterfinals of the last two World Cups, the Selecao entered the tournament having not played a competitive match since the 2011 Copa America. Brazil had slipped to 22nd in the FIFA rankings, between Ghana
and Mali. Spain, ranked first for the past 20 months, is the most accomplished national team of recent decades, winning its first World Cup in 2010 between titles in the 2008 and 2012 European Championships. But in the stadium where 170,000plus watched Brazil lose to Uruguay in the last game of the 1950 World Cup, Brazil dominated La Furia Roja. "The champion is back," the crowd chanted. It also didn't take long before the fans — in a sea of yellow jerseys — started teasing the Spaniards, chanting "Wanna play, wanna play!? Brazil will teach you."
Spain had been unbeaten in 26 matches overall, including friendlies, since a 1-0 loss to England in London in 2011 and had outscored opponents 6911 in competitive matches since the loss to Switzerland in South Africa. But Spain had not played Brazil since a 1999 exhibition, and they hadn't met in a competitive match since the Selecao's 1-0 win in the first round of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. "We knew we were going to encounter a physical game with lots of fouling," Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta said. "We lost to a very strong team, and the small
details let us down." Fred opened the scoring after a cross into the area by Hulk in the second minute. The ball bounced off Neymar near the far post and Fred, who had fallen while trying to reach for the cross, shot with his right foot while still on the ground. Brazil added to the lead after Neymar exchanged passes with Oscar and then sent a powerful left-footed shot over goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Fred got the final goal from just inside the area, sending a low shot to the far corner. Hulk started the move with a pass to Neymar, but the striker let it go as Fred came running be-
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hind him. Spain was awarded the penalty kick after Marcelo fouled Jesus Navas inside the area. Ramos, who skied a penalty kick for Real Madrid against Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champions League semifinals, sent this one wide. A wave of anti-government protests has swept across Brazil in recent weeks, and many affected the Confederations Cup host cities as demonstrators complained of the costs of hosting the World Cup. On the field, it was a heated match from the start, with players from both teams pushing and shoving each other a few times.
Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts after beating Serena Williams of the United States in a Women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, July 1. (AP Photo)
World number one Serena Williams saw her winning streak and hopes of a sixth Wimbledon title end with a shock defeat by Germany's Sabine Lisicki.
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did not need any luck but from 40-0 down, two net cords helped her to an early break in the decider. When Williams racked up her ninth straight game to move 3-0 clear, it was turning into a procession, but Lisicki stuck to her task. The German got the better of three breaks in a row as she fought back from 4-2 down, thrilling the 15,000 spectators on Centre Court. Williams had been in the ascendancy for well over an hour, but at 4-4 in the final set she found herself facing break points and, stretched to the limit, the champion could not control a smash, which flew over the baseline. One more service game was required by Lisicki, and it was never likely to be straightforward. After being pegged back to 30-30, she blasted long on her first match point and double-faulted to offer up a break point for Williams, but the German's serve came to her rescue. When a second chance to clinch the win of her life arrived, Lisicki played a fearless rally, pounding away from the baseline until Williams could no longer cover the gaps and had to watch as a forehand flew past her.
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