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Amidst mounting pressure, the Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) on Sunday reiterated its stand to go ahead with the proposed bandh on June 30. The NFHRCC on Sunday unanimously resolved that it will “under no circumstances” retract the bandh call.

Clearing the confusion surrounding the bandh, the NFHRCC referred to the March 19, 2014 joint meeting of the ten tribe hohos; whereby the NFHRCC was mandated by the ten apex hohos. It was resolved in the meeting that “whatever the NFHRCC acts or does the same is to be treated as an act or action of the apex hohos.” It further stated the Dimapur-based affiliates of the ten apex hohos on Sunday extended support to the NFHRCC bandh call.

Clarifying on allegations of favouritism, it reiterated that when the foothill road movement gained momentum, the NFHRCC was assigned by the PWD (R&B) to take up the construction of the ‘jeepable’ road, which was further endorsed by the R&B Minister. Meanwhile, when the stage for implementation of the project came, the department expressed that its financial position was not strong enough to immediately take up the project. The department thus proposed that the NFHRCC approach Nagaland Steel Engineering Works (NSEW) to take up the project on credit, the NFHRCC stated.

As suggested, the NFHRCC approached NSEW with a proposal.

Initially, the proprietor of NSEW, Yashitsungba Aier, also the treasurer of the NFHRCC, was reluctant to take up the work for the entire Dimapur-Tizit stretch but relented to the Committee’s appeals on the condition that he will take up only the Mokokchung sector, the NFHRCC stated. Subsequently, the firm was issued work order for a portion of the Mokokchung sector at Longtho segment, which was completed.

Further, the NFHRCC stated that on March 6, 2014, the R&B Minister alongwith the Chief Engineer visited the project site and observing that the work was satisfactory, the Minister asked the firm to start work on the remaining portion eventhough the work order was pending. Accordingly the firm started work but in the meantime, the department issued the work order to another firm, it was added.

Maintaining that the initiative of the NHFRCC is as per the people’s aspiration, the NFHRCC asserted that its driving principle is in no way inclined towards the “politicisation or commercialisation” of the foothill road.

It clarified that the allegation “made by some section of people... that the Committee is inclining towards monetary benefits is far beyond the imagination of the Committee.”

Commenting on the June 28 meeting with the Cabinet Sub Committee (CSC) in Kohima, the NFHRCC made clear its demand for revocation of the NIT dated May 8 based on the fact that the department had assigned the construction of the ‘jeepable road’ to the NFHRCC. At the meeting, the department led by the Commissioner & Secretary, Temjen Toy, and the PWD (R&B) Chief Engineer admitted that the department had made the mistake of issuing work order through table tender while stating that there are set rules and regulations for issuing NIT, the NFHRCC stated. “The Committee questioned the department if there are no rules and regulations when 70 percent of the jeepable road was done through table tender. Unfortunately, the department failed to give any befitting reply.”

Even the CSC failed to give any remedial suggestion, as a result of which the Committee members chose to walk out, the NFHRCC stated.

Further, the NFHRCC stated that it maintained in the meeting that it will uphold the decision to go ahead with the proposed bandh if the department failed to cancel the work order allotted through the NIT. To this, “the Commissioner & Secretary challenged the Committee saying that the department will not cancel the work order even if the committee imposes bandh a hundred

Dimapur bandh from 6:00am to 6:00pm today

times,” the NFHRCC said of the official’s response to its demand. Thus being the outcome of the meeting, the NFHRCC stated that it was further compelled to initiate the bandh.

It further stated any eventuality arising thereof, the Committee will not be held responsible.

District Administration ‘disallows’ bandh Deputy Commissioner for Dimapur, N Hushili Sema, also the District Magistrate for Dimapur, in an order, dated June 29, has “disallowed” the bandh called by the NFHRCC on June 30. The order, issued by the Dimapur DC’s office, cautioned that “any person/persons or any group of persons found to be violating this order/try to forcefully impose the bandh at Dimapur district shall be seriously dealt with, which may even lead to his arrest/ detention by any order of the Magistrate on duty authorized by me as per provisions of law.” It was informed that the order shall come into effect from 5:00am till 7:00pm of June 30.

Police to ensure free movement Dimapur Police has informed that it will provide security to “ensure free movement” during the 12 hour Dimapur bandh called by the NFHRCC on June 30. A press note from the Dimapur Superintendent of Police stated that adequate security will be provided to the public of Dimapur and travelers to and from Dimapur from 6:00am to 6:00pm on June 30.

orgs oppose bandh DIMAPUR, JUNE 29 (MExN): The Tenyimi Union Dimapur (TUD) has decided to oppose the 12 hour Dimapur bandh called by the NFHRCC on June 30. Several tribe organizations have submitted a representation to the Dimapur DC stating that the proposed bandh should be “thwarted by the government” for which the bodies are ready to give their “fullest support.” It suggested as a “preventive measure” for the government to “immediately arrest and put behind bars all leaders who are trying to disturb peace and tranquility in Dimapur by forcibly imposing such bandhs.” It further urged the government to “immediately stop” construction activities of the Nagaland Foothill Road until the issues are resolved.

The representation was appended by Khalo Kapfo, President, Tenymi Union Dimapur (TUD); Zhasa Vupru, General Secretary, TUD; TL Angami, Advisor, TUD; Vekhosayi Nyekha, President, Western Chakhesang Hoho; Abou Sote, President, CAKU; K Lokho, President, Mao Hoho; Soutsutho, President, Pochury Hoho; MK Joseph, President, Poumai Hoho; Heikim Meru, President, Zeliang Hoho; Charinggambou, President, Inpui Hoho; Thaban Rongmei, President, Rongmei Council; P Keppen, President, Rengma Hoho and Phuba James, President, Maram Hoho.

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The Diphupar Village Council (DVC) has resolved not to allow imposition of the Dimapur bandh called by the NFHRCC on June 30 within the jurisdiction of Diphupar village. A press note from the DVC Chairman, I Vitoshe Kinimi and Secretary, Lanutoshi informed that the Council resolved to “fully support the district administration in this connection.”

‘15-day ultimatum is a complete deviation from core-contention’

DIMAPUR, JUNE 29 (MExN): The NSCN (K) Military Supervisor, Lt General Niki Sumi today stated that the GPRN/ NSCN’s ultimatum to “hand over Mulatonu’s Bull Dozer within 15 days or face confiscation of house at Padam Pukhri, Dimapur is a complete deviation from the core- contention.”

A press note from the Military Supervisor, Nagaland for NSCN (K), Lt Gen Niki Sumi informed, “I only acted upon in the capacity as Military Supervisor, Nagaland NSCN/GPRN and therefore implicating me

and my family should not arise,” he stated. He further termed allegations by the GPRN/NSCN that the latter had “taken away weapons of the 7 Battalion” as “simply illogical and childish.”

He disclosed that the “issue is about Mulatonu’s defection to Khehoi Camp with huge quantities of weapons and ammunition belonging to NSCN/ GPRN and consequent seizure of his Bull Dozer until recovery of NSCN/GPRN’s properties.” “Confiscation of my house therefore is irrelevant,” he added.

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formed that the “seizure of Mulatonu’s Bull Dozer

by NSCN/GPRN has been preceded by Mulatonu’s embezzlement of NSCN/ GPRN’s funds and resources in monstrous proportions.” “He served as NSCN/ GPRN’s Finance Kilonser for 9-10 years and not once has financial accounts submitted in black and white or his records allowed to be audited,” it was stated.

The NSCN (K) Military Supervisor then stated that the “sequence of events spanning over a decade and half with regards to Mulatonu’s demonic manifesta-

tion amongst Naga families and his espionages against NSCN/GPRN finally culminated into the recent episode.”Hefurtherquestioned: “the Khehoi camp and Kitovi Zhimomi may therefore be asked to clarify if knowingly, the entire camp is providing backing to Mulatonu.”

He then advised the GPRN/ NSCN to “exercise wisdom before plunging fully head long into unnecessary crisis being happily orchestrated

by Mulatonu, lest the unprecedented consequences assumes ugly counter productivity.”

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Moving forward through shared experiences Morung Express news Imphal | June 29

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“Arigato, Ano ne!” exclaimed 95 year old Leivon Achung Kom, playing with the few Japanese words he learnt 70 years ago. Kom, who lived and worked with the Japanese as a local guide during WW II in Imphal, still holds on to this memory with pride, though the present generation will never understand what they had to live through.

Kom has come all the way from his village, Kom Keirap to Red Hill to meet the Japanese delegation, including Y. Kawamura, Charge de’Affairs and Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan, who had arrived to pay tribute to the departed souls of WW II. As part of a three month long commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Imphal, which was held from March 23 to June 28, delegates from Japan, Australia, UK and the United States visited Imphal.

“After 70 years, every time we remember the battle, we renew our commitment to peace. Despite its intense history, Manipur is also a symbol of renewed cooperative ties with countries,” said Y. Kawamura, who also plans to visit Nagaland. He stated that such events are motivation for forging ties in the North East region and that there is a possibility of future Japanese investments in the region. He also hoped for more foreign investment in the region and noted that peace is built on the principles of democracy, freedom and rule of law.

The three month commemoration, and what has being termed as

‘War Tourism’, is the initiative of the Manipur Tourism Forum, WWII Imphal Campaign Foundation and supported by the Government of Manipur. The closing ceremony at MDFC auditorium, Imphal was attended by dignitaries from Japan, UK, Australia and the United States, including Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and VK Duggal, Governor of Manipur.

“What happened in 1944 will always be a shared experience of countries who took part in the war. It is because of this shared experience that Australia, Britain, Japan and USA can come together along with our Indian friends,” said Scott Furseddon Wood, British Deputy High Commissioner.

He added that future generations need to acknowledge the shared experience of Imphal in order to move forward to a shared future.

Manipur Governor, VK Duggal expressed concern that many, excluding the ones who were witness to it, have started to forget the battle of Imphal. “We often wonder at the difficulties the soldiers from both sides must have faced fighting against each other and the sacrifices they made in a place which was possibly never heard of by them before they came here for the battle. The commemoration has again brought the memories back to the Manipuri psyche and the changes it made to Manipuri society,” he said “Looking ahead, we feel that Manipur’s experience of WW II can be of much interest for people around the world,” said Okram Ibobi, Chief

Minister of Manipur at the closing ceremony of the 70th Anniversary.

He hoped that it would prove beneficial not just to people associated with the war but to students, historians, military enthusiasts and that the challenge lies in how well the people of Manipur tell their story.

For L Achung Kom, the WWII was the first time he and his villagers saw saw air planes. The hardest moments were when they had to go hungry for days and sometimes bury the dead on the way. Like many villagers in Kohima and Imphal, Achung Kom’s village too lost their homes and property.

When the war ended and the Japanese surrendered, all they saw were waves of goodbye from the Japanese soldiers.

He was later tortured for five days by the British for co operating with the Japanese. Kom asserts that there is a need to acknowledge the people, who despite having lost their homes, continued to support the soldiers.

The70th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal and its three month long commemoration may have set the prelude of ‘war tourism’ in the state, which will be of great interest to the visitors as well as to Manipur, as Ibobi stated. But for Achung Kom, there is no greater joy than shaking hands and having his photo captured with Y. Kawamura, as he continue to wish that someday Japanese delegates will visit his village.

A 30 minute film titled ‘Imphal 1944’ by Japanese filmmaker Junichi Kajioka, which is yet to be released, was also screened at the closing ceremony.

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‘Stringent laws need of the hour Nagaland observes 8th to combat corruption & extortion’

Mokokchung, June 29 (Mexn): Lokayukta and stringent laws are the need of the hour to combat corruption and extortion in Nagaland. Kezhokhoto Savi, Convener, ACAUT Nagaland (Legal Cell) & President, Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organization (NVCO) asserted this while speaking at the 6th biennial general conference of Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) held from June 25 to 27 in Mokokchung.

Speaking on the topic, “The role of youth in combating corruption”, Advocate Savi said the legislators have to legislate stringent laws such as Maharashtra Crime Control Act & U.P. Goondas Act to combat extortion in the state.

He termed unabated

taxation, illegal collection of cash at check gates, highways, in the markets, deduction of certain percentages by way of commission from public funds/contractor bill, toll tax collection without providing any services to the taxpayers, illegal dealership and syndicate system, yearly tax on property/ machineries/ vehicles, and fundraise by way of donation and wellwishers, etc as “extortion”.

The extortion committed in different forms is law and order problem and it is the sole duty of the government to maintain law and order for the security and safety of its citizens, he elucidated.

Savi further said the word ‘corruption’ is a household talk, but very less action is coming for-

ward in combating the same. “The best action and measures would be to institute ‘Lokayukta’ in the state to combat with corruption.

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act provide for the establishment of a Lokapl for the Union and Lokayuktas for the states to inquire into corruption charges against public functionaries.” The Act, Savi stated, is important to curb corruption in order to provide clean and efficient administration and bring the government systems and processes to make them citizens-friendly, corruption-free and accountable.

“Corrupt practices such as appointment without going through proper competition like adhoc/ backdoor appointments are to be banned and proper

NCC cadets’ annual training camp

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advertisement should be made giving opportunity to all deserving candidates so as to select the most capable and eligible candidate to hold the post,” he added.

As a democratic state, Savi also stressed on empowering citizens in exercising their fundamental rights without any manipulation. He asserted on being truthful and honest in electing representatives with a belief and practice of ‘One Man One Vote’ and not selling democratic rights or powerful franchise.

The NVCO also submitted its representation to completely stop illegal collection of cash at the check gates and highways to the DC Mokokchung, copies of which were also served to the SP, and civil societies of the district.

PGSU Kohima Campus, NU parting social

kohiMa, June 29 (Mexn): The Post Graduate Students’ Union, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus will hold its 22nd parting social on June 30 at the State Academy Hall, Kohima at 10:00 AM. Rev. Shan Kikon, senior pastor, Faith Harvest Church Kohima, Retd Brig.

K.K. Roy Choudhury, director, Rajya Sainik Bhavan, Kohima will grace the occasion as chief guest and guest of honour respectively. The PGSU executive members have requested all Nagaland University postgraduate students, teachers, non-teaching staff, well-wishers and NCC cadets participate in rock climbing during the combined annual training camp held at seniors to attend the same.

Sukhovi from June 20-29.

DiMapur, June 29 (Mexn): 532 National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets from all over Nagaland participated in the combined annual training camp conducted by1 Nagaland Girls Bn, NCC, Kohima at Sukhovi from June 20-29.

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addition, the cadets also participated in extracurricular activities like games, extempore speech, debate, and cultural program.

Col Prem Prakash, SM, Group Commander, NCC Group Head Quarter, Kohima in his opening address stressed on the importance of inculcating the spirit of adventure and leadership qualities required by the leaders of tomorrow, informed a press release.

The camp culminated in a grand cultural evening in which the cadets gave a good account of the rich tradition, customs and talent of the Naga people, added the release.

Brg K Narayanan was the chief guest for the cultural programme. He conveyed his appreciation to the cadets for successfully completing the camp and wished them luck in their future endeavours.

YouthNet career & employment counselling at Khonoma

Participants of the seminar on career and employment opportunities held at Khonoma on June 28 with YouthNet officials.

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kohiMa, June 29 (Mexn): YouthNet conducted a seminar on career and employment opportunity on June 28 at Khonoma Community Hall, Terotsiese, Kohima targeting educated youth.

The seminar was hosted by Human Resource Development, Khonoma Ruffuno.

YouthNet Strategist Lezo Putsure shared the various activities of ‘Impact 5000 by 18’ campaign, a collaboration of YouthNet and the Dept. of Youth Resources and Sports, Govt. of Nagaland. He stated, “We plan to travel to each district, working with various stakeholders towards building an entrepreneurial ecosystem – an inclusive support system that will build our state.” He told the participants, “Our parents invest half their hard-earned money in our education and when we graduate but stay unemployed, we burden local

growth, by being employed or doing productive work that brings income to yourself, you not only add value to your family ‘s investment but you contribute to the local economy.”

YouthNet Training Consultant Susan Ela James shared slides on communication skills and improving attitude, staying positive, creating a growing environment, and how career can be enhanced through part-time jobs, internships etc. She also did a personality test to help the participants understand their strengths and areas to improve on.

Nune Chase (YN Training Lead) shared her experiences of working in the cities and slides on professionalism, work ethics, how to build career smarter at work, skills to excel and also how it’s important to create a positive impact on people.

Meanwhile, Ebibeni Humtsoe, Team Lead, ‘Na-

galand Job centre’, the recruitment wing of YN informed about current job openings in Nagaland and outside and the eligibility.

She said Nagaland was a new growing market with many companies setting up office and needing experienced people, which is difficult to source. Hence, she said, many outsiders take the big jobs in Nagaland and stressed on the importance of gaining corporate experience in the city. She informed NJC has employed over 300 people since its inception (2012).

On special request, Atunuo Ruth explained how to file Right to information (RTI). Proprietor of M/S Seyie Gas, K. Seyie further motivated the young people stating, “We have to all contribute to our economy we have to start, we have to explore, we have to learn and we have to continuously sharpen our skills.”

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National Statistics Day

Improvement in statistical system will ensure realistic socio-economic planning: Tohanba Our Correspondent Kohima | June 29

Parliamentary secretary for CAWD and economics & statistics R. Tohanba today stated that improvement in the statistical system will definitely ensure realistic socio-economic planning and policy formulation for achieving faster, sustainable, and progressive growth.

Addressing the 8th National Statistics Day here at the Directorate of Economic s & Statistics, he said celebrating statistics day provide a great opportunity for creating public awareness about the importance and role of statistics.

He called upon the officers and staff to commit themselves to strengthen their resolve to revamp the statistical system in the state in line with the emerging challenges.

“Statistics influence all major decision we take, whether it is big or small. As our society progress with the developmental activities happening around us, we are transforming our traditional society into a knowledge society and in this context, the role of sta-

Parliamentary secretary for CAWD and economics & statistics R. Tohanba addressing the National Statistics Day in Kohima on June 29. (Morung Photo)

tistics is important and indispensible for our society.

In such a situation, credibility, reliability and transparency in our statistical system are very important,” the parliamentary secretary said.

Stating that over the years, the department has been able to maintain the standard of integrity in its official statistics, he said, it has been made nodal department in the state to collect data for timely dissemination of adequate, reliable, and creditable statistics.

“Our statistics should also help improve the level of confidence to the stakeholders, society and government at the same time this department is responsible for providing accurate and reliable data,” Tohanba said.

He further expressed that the staffs who are engaged in producing official statistics must be capacitated for greater effectiveness and efficiency, adding that the staff must be empowered to utilize modern method of collection of data for good policy and decision making.

Extending his fullest cooperation to the department, he also urged upon the officers to make concerted and focused efforts throughout the year to fill the data gaps and provide quality data on time. “This reliable data will be used in planning, implementation, monitoring and re-designing of various developmental programmes in the state.”

National Statistics Day commemorates the birth

anniversary of Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalonobis. This day is attributed to Late Professor Mahalonobis for the immense contribution he had made in the field of economic planning and statistics.

Dr. N. Martina Solo, HoD, Commerce, Nagaland University spoke on the day’s theme “Service sector statistics.” She stressed on the need for revival of service sector stating service sector is contributing to the growth of the state economy.

Earlier, Kevileno Angami, secretary, department of economics & statistics chaired the function while vote of thanks was proposed by DEE director, Y. Sacheo Ovung.

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Opioid Substitution Therapy launched at NHAK

kohiMa, June 29 (Mexn): The District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU), Kohima has recently launched Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK), under Nagaland State AIDs Control Society (NSACS).

Addressing the function, Principal Director, Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Neiphi Kire said that OST is a very challenging agent and is very intensive. He added many changes and good outcome is evident in the programmes undertaken by NSACS, particularly in providing a comprehensive range of treatment services to drug users.

The Principal Director stressed on working for the effectiveness of opioid substitution therapy for injecting drug users (IDUs) and the maximum resource utilization. He said that

DNSU invites articles for magazine

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DiMapur, June 29 (Mexn): Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) has informed all the constituent units, students, well-wishers concerned that, during the biennial conference of DNSU tentatively fixed from July 30-31, to mark the end of tenure 2012-2014, the first magazine/ souvenir of the union will be released. Therefore, the union has invited articles, stories, motivational articles, humour etc. for the said magazine. The articles or any print materials can be emailed to dnsu77@ gmail.com or can be submitted to DNSU office during its working days except Sunday. A press release from DNSU general secretary Kambuiga Rongmei informed that the Souvenir Committee members will scrutinize the relevant writings for publishing in the magazine. Space for advertisement will also be provided for entrepreneurs, firms, companies, business houses, it added. For further details, one can contact the DNSU members/officials at 9615459070, 9856683633.

Incinerator installed at NHAK

Our Correspondent Kohima | June 29

With the expansion of healthcare systems and services, the amount of biomedical waste is increasing. This development, combined with increased use of disposable items and poor waste segregation practices, leads to increasingly large quantities of waste being burned.

In response to immediate and pressing concerns about the spread of diseases caused by exposure to healthcare wastes, Naga Hospital Authority Kohima have there was a consistent and marked improvement observed in the quality of life measures when intake is compared with few months after enrolment into OST. While stressing on strategies to scale up and strengthen implementation of the programme all over the State, to reach a larger proportion of clients, Dr Kire also cau-

opted for the combustion or incineration of healthcare waste as a disposal method and have installed it near the Oncology ward of NHAK. Source informed that incineration of waste materials converts the waste into ash, flue gas, and heat.

The wastes are collected and destroyed in a furnace by controlled burning at high temperatures. Incineration removes water from hazardous sludge, reduces its mass and/or volume, and converts it to a non-burnable ash that can be safely disposed of on land, in some waters, or in underground pits.

tioned the clients to be disciplined and religiously follow the treatment provided for a better outcome.

Presenting a Project Status report, Dr Bernice stressed on Comprehensive Package for IDU Clinical Services, Provision of commodities, Enabling Environment, Referrals and Linkages and Commu-

nity Mobilization. She informed some of the immediate goals under OST are detoxification, intervention of psychosocial and medical crisis, prevention of relapse, re-integration in the society and family, occupational rehabilitation and improvement in overall quality of life.

Khrie Rio, who has been

on drugs for past many years, also shared his success and happy story after being enrolled as an OST client. Rio said, "I have been dependent on drugs for the last many years. My Family and friends did not like and want to accept me. My drug addiction pushed me into a web of complete failure in life. But with the coming of OST, my life has changed.

I’m much happier and better.”

Earlier, in a release, District AIDs Control Officer, Dr. Vezokholu informed that OST is a well accepted treatment strategy for harm minimisation and involves replacing the client’s primary drug use with a medically safe drug or the same opioid in a safer mode of administration under medical supervision, thereby improving the quality of life and health of injecting drug users.

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Teengames 2014 launches in Kohima

kohiMa, June 29 (Mexn): The opening ceremony of Teengames 2014, which is part of the ongoing U-link program of the Education and Communication department of NBCC was held on June 29 at Kohima local ground.

Hundreds of people comprising both young and old attended the ceremony, said a press release.

Dr. Viposa, convener, Teengames led the program. The Growth Group (Gg) - 6 of U – Link presented ‘Magnify

the Lord, Oh Nagaland”,the theme song for the U-Link program. Dr. Botoholi, Secretary. Education and Communication, NBCC pronounced the invocation. The Teengames flag was unfurled

by Mongzeung Mpom, Pastor, Jalukie Baptist Church. Arenungla Longkumer, Achamo, and Kezevito enthralled the crowd through dance and juggling.

The Growth Group (Gg) - 1 of U – Link led the praise and worship during the ceremony. Dr. Buno Iralu, Presi-

dent, Education and Communication Department blessed the Teengames with a short sharing and prayer. Teengames is a program targeting children between the ages of 13 and 19 years and will be weeklong until July 4, 2014 with fun games, experimental learning games (bible discovery), team building games and learning how to lead small group and prayer etc. For more information, contact 9856141487, 9867185990, and 9612035866.

Training for women farmers held

LongLeng, June 29 (Mexn): A daylong training programme for practicing women farmers was organized by KVK Longleng under ICAR RC for NEH Region Nagaland Centre on June 23 at Bhumnyu village. The training was targeted for farm women who were mobilized by the women pastor of the village.

SMS (Horticulture) K. Lily Rangnamei delivered lecture on production technology of mango and banana. She emphasized mainly on time of planting, propagation, pit size, spacing and harvesting time. E. Lireni Kikon, Subject Matter Specialist (Plant Protection) deliberated on insect pest and disease management of

Participants during the training organised by KVK Longleng under ICAR RC for NEH Region Nagaland Centre at Bhumnyu village on June 23.

mango and banana. Dr. Patu Khate Zeliang, SMS (Plant Breeding) lectured on utilization of crop plant biodiversity in hill agriculture, with the objective of sustainable agricultural development, subsistence income and contribution to food quality. Dr. Lily Ngullie

discussed on scientific housing system of pig and poultry with locally available materials for better growth and sanitation.

Thungchano Ezung, Programme Assistant (H/S), demonstrated processing of mango pickle. She also encouraged the farmers to take interest in value

addition of horticultural crops available in the district.

Altogether, 128 farm women attended the day long training programme.

The programme concluded with an active interaction between the subject matter specialists and the farmers.

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'NE Peace Process to Develop Gradually' BAngkok, June 29 (PtI): India's Northeast will gradually witness a sea change with the new government committed to finding a solutiontothemilitancyissue, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said, noting that peace talks will henceforth be action-oriented.

Rijiju, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, said several militant groups had sent feelers that they were keen to come over ground and hold talks. "Some militant groups are likely to surrender in coming months you will see," Rijiju said. He, however, did not elaborate.

Rijiju was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangkok, Thailand, where he was leading an Indian delegation.

The minister who has been given the charge of the northeast region emphasised that he wanted talks to be focused on reaching

a solution. "I want actionoriented talks. I want a solution, and don't want to see the talks drag on forever.

The talks with the militant groups have to be comprehensive," he said.

Rijiju observed that a mechanism had to be worked out to hold resultoriented talks. "We don't want a scenario where there is a short ceasefire during the talks and the militants regroup and become stronger in the jungles, in the event the talks fail."

He was of the view that the interlocutor at the talks had to be empowered.

"When an interlocutor talks with militants he has no mandate to talk to other civil societies. He must be empowered to look at the trail of the activities of various organisations linked to these groups, who all they are associated with," he said.

The minister said officials had already been told to prepare and initiate dialogues. "I

have asked them to give me status of talks so far," he said.

"With ULFA (in Assam) and NSCN (in Nagaland) we need a little more time to bring them on board and find a solution," he acknowledged. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has clearly stated that North East India will be developed but this is possible only when peace is in the land," he added.

Rijiju said Prime Minister Modi had clearly stated that the northeastern states will be lifted on par with some of the most developed states in western India, and that is only possible when peace comes to the northeast.

"My work begins there," Rijiju said. "I have full charge of the northeast (NE) division and told representatives from some militant groups see here is your man in Delhi (the minister), and this is your best chance to come on board and shun A woman wades through the flood waters in Guwahati, Assam on Friday, June 27. Several people were killed due to elecviolence," he said. trocution and landslides triggered by incessant rains. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Mizoram to have first GSI Field Training Centre in NE Bus services between Imphal

AIZAWl, June 29 (nnn): The first Field Training Centre in North East under Geological Survey of India will be set up in Mizoram. State Industries Minister H. Rohluna laid the foundation stone for construction of the same today.

This GSI Field Training Centre will be among the centres set up in different parts of the country by Geological Survey of India (GSI) under Ministry of Mining. It will be a centre for study on the geography of Mizoram, its natural resources, and natural disasters like landslides

and earthquakes.

Since 2010, training has been conducted in Mizoram for officers under GSI who have gone through UPSC. The Field Training Centre, when completed, will enhance the training centre in a comprehensive manner.

Dr. S. K. Wadhawan, Geological Survey of India (GSI) Director General on his part said that the Field Training Centre to be constructed at Durtlang is planned to be a 'worldclass training centre'. He expressed hope that there will further be a good cooperation between Durtlang

local authorities and GSI. Meanwhile, Mizoram Technical Education Minister R. Romawia and Parliamentary Secretary Joseph Lalhimpuia also present at the foundation laying function at Durthlang, where the Field Training Centre in will be constructed.

Industries Minister H. Rohluna expressed gladness over the selection of Mizoram as one of the 12 Field Training Centres in India. He also expressed hope that the training centre will be of great help for the North East and for Mizoram

in particular. He further expressed hope that the Field Training Centre will also enhance geological survey and disaster management projects in Mizoram.

Higher & Technical Education Minister R. Romawia said that the Field Training Centre will bring progress to Mizoram in terms of knowledge. He also expressed hope that the Training Centre, as would be a common centre for the entire North East, will also be a centre for sharing their varied cultures and as a result enhance unity among the people in the region.

and Mandalay to begin in October

IMPHAl, June 29 (nnn): From October onwards, the much hyped bus service between Imphal (India) and Mandalay (Myanmar) will begin.

This was stated by Manipur Commerce and Industries minister Govindas Konthoujam today.

Govindas Konthoujam said once the bus service is flagged off Manipur will be the nearest

Northeast Briefs AVBM gets its 54th Church today Malaria kills 55 in Tripura AgArtAlA, June 29 (IAnS): A malaria epidemic has killed at least 55 people, including 46 children, in Tripura this month while thousands have fallen ill, officials said here Sunday. "At least 55 people, including 46 children, have died in malaria since the first week of June," a health department spokesperson said. "Over 70,400 have fallen ill in malaria and fever after the outbreak of the disease. Of the 70,400 ill people, malaria germ was found in the blood of over 12,000," the spokesperson told reporters. The outbreak of malaria and fever were reported from the tribal-dominated mountainous areas of 11 sub-divisions under five districts - Dhalai, Gomti, Khowai, North Tripura and South Tripura.

Tarun Gogoi slams Sushma Swaraj guWAHAtI, June 29 (et): Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday slammed Union external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj for not raising the issue of infiltration with Bangladesh on her recent visit to the country.

He also criticized the Centre's proposal to issue five-year multiple-entry visas to Bangladeshi nationals visiting India. Gogoi said: "We are opposed to multiple-entry visas for Bangladeshi nationals to India. Swaraj had agreed over the multiple-entry visa to India. They [the NDA government] had not taken our consent. However, I am still opposed to the multiple-entry visa provision."

TKSU urges action on road mishap IMPHAl, June 29 (nnn): The Thadou-Kuki Students' Union-General Headquarters (TKSU-GHQ) has urged the concerned authority to take prompt initiatives on the issue of road mishap involving the vehicles of the 7th IRB Commanding Officer (CO) and the chairman, Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC). Meanwhile, the TKSU-GHQ vehemently condemned the acts of vandalism carried upon the vehicle of Hills Today magazine's Editor on June 28 by some bandh supporters. It appealed to all right thinking individuals to uphold the sanctity and integrity of the fourth estate for the prevalence of truth and Justice.

MArIAnI, June 29 (Mexn): Bahoni Baptist Church has been dedicated today at a simple function organized by the Assam Valley Baptist Mission (AVBM). A press release received here stated.

The name Bahoni is basically a tea estate located near Assam-Nagaland border in Titabor sub division in Jorhat district.

“Due to a matrimonial relation of a Hindu boy from this tea estate with a Christian girl from Kharikatia tea estate which is 10 km away from this area few years back, the bride was blessed in convincing the boy’s parents to Christianity through many miracles that prompted accepting Christ by her husband and in-laws. On experiencing the work of God, few other families accepted Lord and took baptism. Later,

Mizoram CM asks for Special Non-Plan Grant AIZAWl, June 29 (nnn): Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has requested Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley a Special Non-Plan Grant to clear the Rs 5000 crore Mizoram debt. Arun Jaitley has reportedly assured Lal Thanhawla to find ways to solve the Mizoram debt problem.

Thanhawla met Jaitley yesterday in New Delhi. He held a 20 minute long interaction with the Union Finance minister. He told Jaitley that Mizoram is lagging behind other states in about 30 years in terms of

Work on Agartala-Akhaura railway link to begin next year AgArtAlA, June 29 (AnI): The proposed 15-km long railway link from Agartala to Akhaura will bring economic prosperity and strengthen people to people contact between India and Bangladesh.

An eight-member delegation from Bangladesh recently met their Indian counterparts during the third meeting of the AgartalaAkhaurah railway Link Project Steering Committee in Agartala. They did a field inspection and visited Agartala railway station and Nischintapur, the bordering village from where the proposed rail line will enter Bangladesh. India will build 15-km railway tracks, coasting Rs. 252 crores, to link Tripura's capital Agartala with Bangladesh's southeastern city

of Akhaurah, an important railway junction connected to Chittagong port, resourcerich Sylhet and Dhaka.

Joint Secretary in Bangladesh Railways, Sunil Chandra Pal, said, "We discussed the decisions taken in the earlier meetings. Both sides are satisfied with the progress. We will finalize the project documents and get approval from the appropriate authority and then start the work, may be by the end of this year or the 1st half of next year." An agreement to implement the railway project was signed in 2010 between the Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh.

With the new rail link, Northeast India would be connected to Chittagong international sea port in Bangladesh. This will help in re-

Assam Valley Baptist Mission extended logistical support and through the mobilization of its existing neighbouring churches a small church got constructed and dedicated today,” the release stated.

A total of four Baptist Christian families will be using this church as their prayer house. Church leaders from neighbouring places attended in large numbers besides the officials from AVBM. Minath Kisan, Pastor of Heeleakah Baptist church presided today’s prayer function where Huni Gogoi, Evangelist of AVBM delivered the gospel. Earlier, the church was dedicated to the Lord by President , AVBM. With today’s church dedicatory function, AVBM is blessed with 54 churches in its fold as on date, the press note stated.

economic progress which is sible way to bring a solution because of the 20 year long to the financial crisis. insurgency in the State.

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He said that this will give a tremendous boost to the economy of the country especially Manipur by virtue of its location. The minister further said that trains will touch the state capital Imphal within few years and in the event of these multi-connections of Imphal with the outside world, the people of the state can take maximum advantage of the

development.

Gonvindas Konthoujam was speaking the 7th Pineapple Fair cum Youth Festival at Thambal Nu Market Complex in Toiroupat Lamkhai under Andro assembly constituency today.

According to the Manipur Industries minister two Asian highways will be touching Manipur as part of the Look East Policy the work of it is under big progress.

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'Create Brahmaputra River Valley Authority' guWAHAtI, June 29 (IAnS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Sunday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention for creation of the proposed Brahmaputra River Valley Authority (BRVA) by revamping the existing Brahmaputra Board.

The chief minister, in a letter to Modi, said the creation of the BRVA was of paramount importance to tackle the perpetual flood and erosion problem and water-related hazards in Assam and the northeast region as a whole. "We are facing formidable challenges in flood and erosion management sector due to non-implementation of integrated water resources management of the complex Brahmaputra river system since long," Gogoi said.

Although the government of India had announced creation of North East Water Resources Authority (NEWRA) for harnessing vast water resources of the region in 2004, he said it did not materialise due to objections raised by Arunachal Pradesh. "Till this matter is resolved, the government of India may constitute the BRVA to tackle the flood and erosion problems in the region," he wrote in the letter.

It may be mentioned that a proposal for creation of BRVA is under active consideration of the central government. The Assam government has already placed its requisite views before the Centre in November 2012. Gogoi also pleaded with Modi for early approval of flood and erosion management project of Brahmaputra and Barak valleys by the union water resources ministry.

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‘Another two years for 4G technology to take off in India’

New Delhi, JuNe 29 (iANS): It has been quite some time that the Indian telecom industry is talking about the fourth generation (4G) technology but is the market and the subscribers ready for it? Experts feel it will take another couple of years for 4G to gain steam and become a mass product and the ecosystem around it to mature.

So far only Bharti Airtel has launched 4G in India and Reliance Jio Infocomm is planning to launch it commercially in 2015. The technology (4G) is intended to provide wireless internet access at a much higher speed than 3G. “4G launch is taking time in India. Availability of devices is a major concern. The readiness of eco-system is important, so is customer readiness.

Perhaps the larger mass has not yet felt the need for 4G in India. It will take some more time to kick-off in India. Pricing will be an important factor as far as getting the mass market is concerned,” Jaideep

Ghosh, partner, KPMG Advisory Services, told IANS. “It will take at least another couple of years before we see LTE (Long Term Evolution) picking up at a faster rate in India - coverage, vast portfolio of affordable devices and right pricing will be key for growth,” Rishi Tejpal, principal research analyst with Gartner, told IANS. “Affordable service and device pricing will be very important in India. The early adopters will be very niche and small market. But for 4G to become mass market, the pricing should be at par with the 3G prices at that time. Charging a premium for LTE services will weaken the adoption rates and service uptake,” he added.

The biggest challenge in front of 4G now is the unavailability of affordable devices.

The device ecosystem is yet to mature in India and availability of affordable and wider range of devices is still a challenge.

“We have had a very encouraging response for our

4G services across the five cities that we are present in currently - Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune, Chandigarh and Ludhiana - since our first launch in Kolkata in April 2012 when we introduced 4G in the country,” Kartik Sheth, chief executive officer - data & devices, Bharti Airtel, told IANS. He said with the devices market maturing further offering a wider pricing range, the growth of 4G is expected to propel faster over the coming years. “iPhone 5S & 5C were the first devices to be 4G TDD ready in India and the only other compatible devices right now are Xolo LT 900 and LG G2. We expect more devices to be ready soon. Also, given that both India and China, which are of the fastest growing mobile markets globally, are on the 2,300 MHz band, we are sure that other mobile manufacturers will join the 4G bandwagon soon,” Sheth said.

Experts also feel that auctioing of 700 Mhz spectrum by the government will encourage

many other big telecom service providers to rollout 4G services.

“4G will offer data speeds far in excess of what Indian mobile users have experienced till now. This will potentially enable them to access a wider range of applications and services especially video-based content for entertainment, health and education,” Mahesh Uppal, director of telecom consultancy firm Com First, told IANS. “However, it is a physically and commercially challenging task to roll out 4G. Besides the nationwide infrastructure to be deployed, user devices are few and expensive. Similarly relevant digital content, may be limited and both difficult and expensive to procure.

“This is especially true for content in regional languages. Companies are struggling with business models that might offer sustainable revenues to justify the huge investment in networks, spectrum and content. The ecosystem for 4G rollout is manifestly weak,” Uppal added.

UBI asks Mallya, Budget 2014: Govt may hike Kingfisher directors Plan outlay by around Rs 11K cr Delhi, JuNe 29 (PTi): The data, the fiscal deficit in 2013-14 stood to appear on July 9 New new government may enhance the Plan at 4.5% of Gross Domestic Product expenditure for 2014-15 by around Rs 11,000 crore in the Budget next month, which would be about 2% higher than what was provided in the previous fiscal budget.

However, the proposed plan spending for the fiscal would be higher by about Rs 90,790 crore or 19% over the revised estimates for 2013-14.

The plan expenditure, or GBS (gross budgetary support), is the government spending on social sector schemes such as Bharat Nirman, rural employment guarantee and National Rural Health Mission.

“The new government may increase GBS by Rs 11,000 crore which would be around 2% higher than Rs 5,55,322 crore provided in the 2013-14 budget,” a source said .

According him, the GBS figure has already been finalised for the General Budget which would be presented in Parliament next month.

A senior official said that there is little scope to increase the Plan spending over the last budget as the government is required to keep the fiscal deficit in check.

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KolKATA, JuNe 29 (PTi): City-based lender United Bank of India has asked Vijay Mallya and three other directors of grounded Kingfisher Airlines to appear before a panel of the bank at the head office here on July 9.

“The recovery department of the bank has sent a letter to them asking chairman Vijay Mallya and three other directors of Kingfisher Airlines to appear on July 9 before the grievance redressal committee of UBI here,” bank’s Executive Director Sanjay Arya told PTI here.

Arya said that they had been asked to appear so that they could get a chance to defend themselves before the bank declares them as wilful defaulter.

The bank had earlier sent a notice to Mallya and he was given 15 days time to give a reply. Subsequently Mallya requested that he had something to say in this regard.

UBI was the first among other banks in the country to take such a stern step against the grounded airline. The bank’s exposure to Kingfisher Airlines was around Rs 350 crore.

Arya said that a lender declares a person a wilful defaulter when it is satisfied that the borrower does not pay despite having the ability and funds diversion. “We have thoroughly scrutinised all the documents and we are completely satisfied,” he said.

(GDP), lower than 4.6% projected in the revised estimate, mainly on account of curbs on government expenditure.

The fiscal deficit, the gap between government’s expenditure and revenue, in actual terms was at Rs 5.08 lakh crore as against Rs 5.24 lakh crore projected in the revised estimates. Low fiscal deficit reduces the government’s expenditure on interest payment.

The UPA government had cut the total Plan expenditure to Rs 4,75,532 crore for 2013-14 compared to the budget estimates of Rs 5,55,322 crore, to keep a tab on the fiscal deficit. The previous government cut Plan spending substantially for the second year in a row to keep the fiscal deficit under control.

After assuming office in 2004, the UPA government in its regular budget had pegged the total Plan expenditure at Rs 1,45,590 crore, as compared to Rs 1,35,071 crore provided in the interim budget for 2004-05 by previous NDA government.

Similarly, this time, the Plan expenditure would be a little higher over Rs 5,55,322 crore provided in the interim budget for the 2014-15 by the previous government.

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he Khehoi camp’s ultimatum to Lt. Gen. Niki Sumi to hand over Mulatonu’s Bull Dozer within 15 days or face confiscation of house at Padam Pukhri, Dimapur is a complete deviation from the core- contention. First and foremost, I only acted upon in the capacity as Military Supervisor, Nagaland NSCN/GPRN and therefore implicating me and my family should not arise.

Similarly, the issue is about Mulatonu’s defection to Khehoi Camp with huge quantities of weapons and ammunition belonging to NSCN/GPRN and consequent seizure of his Bull Dozer until recovery of NSCN/GPRN’s properties, confiscation of my house therefore is irrelevant.

The sequence of events spanning over a decade and half with regards to Mulatonu’s demonic manifestation amongst Naga families and his espionages against NSCN/GPRN finally culminated into recent episode. The Khehoi camp and Kitovi Zhimomi may therefore be asked to clarify if knowingly, the entire camp is providing backing to Mulatonu.

Few instances of Mulatonu’s evil course of action that ignited killings on tribal lines and divisions within the Naga family as well within the NSCN/GPRN are hereby being provided for ready references.

Way back in 1990’s while Mulatonu was attached as aide to late Dally Mungro, Ato Kilonser, NSCN/ GPRN who was assassinated the very night Mulatonu vanished without trace from Jotsama where killing of late Mungro and late Kilonser Zhekhevi took place, Mulatonu later on commented that late Mungro’s assassination has been aided by India and was necessitated because of Mungro’s dealing with ISI of Pakistan. Mulatonu’s active nexus with RAW and IB became apparent since then.

Mean while, Mulatonu in order to incite fraternal killings and destroy Naga political and social fabric, without the consent or consultation of SS Khaplang or NSCN/GPRN collectively, personally started anti-Tangkhul campaign, orchestrated in his own effort the killings of Tangkhul missionaries in the Church yard in Kohima during the same intervening period.

With situation spiralling out of

control as designed by Mulatonu, SS Khaplang, who advocated for every tribal representation and participation in the NSCN/GPRN was forced to send home, CCM Nikhai Tangkhul, then Tangkhul Region Chairman and dozens of Tangkhul workers stationed with him in the Council HQ and Tangkhul Region of NSCN/GPRN. Mulatonu then confronted late Maj Nivito and former Kilonser Nihoto Chishi then UT-1 authority for latter’s refusal to carry out his instruction to massacre Tangkhul citizens settled in Vihokhu village under Kuhuboto, Dimapur. However, as desired, Mulatonu successfully eliminated all the Tangkhul families in Vihokhu during unification period. He even made phone calls to me from the residence of late Hovikhe Zhimomi, Hd. GB of Vihokhu regarding the massacre of Tangkhuls and in confirmed presence of demised GB. The lands of the massacred Tangkhul families of Vihokhu village were then disposed off by Mulatonu personally.

After the assassination of Mungro, Mulatonu shifted his focus on Kilonser Zulolie Angami, a prominent and senior member of NSCN/GPRN, Kilonser Joseph, Kilonser Tongmeth Konyak etc and gradually Kilonser Zulolie, Joseph and Tongmeth were made to exit from NSCN forcefully.

Mulatonu also demanded resignation of Kilonser Azheto, Kilonser Jack Zhimomi etc from unification and started smear campaign against his brother-inlaw Kitovi Zhimomi. Such divisive policies and evil incarnation in the NSCN/GPRN in the form of Mulatonu resulted in the split of NSCN/GPRN and consequent failure of unification.

After the split, he continued in the NSCN/GPRN under SS. Khaplang’s leadership, and yet true to his colour, he again started to misguide SS.Khaplang and started spreading rumours that Lt. Gen. Niki, Kilonser Hokato and Kilonser Wanting Naga has plans to defect to various groups and asked the President to expel them. Also, as recent as his desertion, Mulatonu attempted to persuade Kilonser Wanting and Kilonser Yanhong Pangmei to ask the President to force dis-charge Lt. Gen. Niki Sumi and simultaneously asked Lt. Gen. Niki Sumi

to dismiss Col. Isak Sumi too.

Such is the monster we are dealing here with, for every actions of Mulatonu speaks in volume, to create havocs and destructions of Naga National struggle at the behest of RAW and IB, the Khehoi camp may therefore exercise wisdom before plunging fully head long into unnecessary crisis being happily orchestrated by Mulatonu lest the unprecedented consequences assumes ugly counter productivity.

The recent seizure of Mulatonu’s Bull Dozer by NSCN/ GPRN has been preceded by Mulatonu’s embezzlement of NSCN/ GPRN’s funds and resources in monstrous proportions. He served as NSCN/GPRN’s Finance Kilonser for 9-10 years and not once has financial accounts submitted in black and white or his records allowed to be audited.

Even during unification period, Mulatonu was paid Rupees two crores in cash(Rs.20000000) for procurement of Arms, but not a single empty case were forth coming, the funds were raised by committee members headed by Nitovi and Hokato both presently Kilonsers in Khehoi. All the while, Mulatonu simply maintained that he has stock piled 30-40, AK’s, HK’s, lakhs of ammunitions etc somewhere in secure area and when the factional clashes between IM and NSCN broke out, he simply vanished from the scene.

It is for the understanding of the entire Nagas and the world that, the present so called GPRN/NSCN camped in Khehoi still enjoys cease-fire dispensations granted to NSCN/GPRN headed by SS. Khaplang by GOI. Every breath of air they take and voice they try to speak comes from NSCN/GPRN and nothing belongs to them in reality. Every single weapon they carry and every single bullet they fire comes from SS. Khaplang. The 7th.Bn.of NSCN/GPRN, People’s Army has been in existence decades back before the formation of Khehoi Camp as recent as 2011, therefore the unfounded allegation that Lt. Gen. Niki Sumi has taken away weapons of 7 Bn. never arises and the contention is simply illogical and childish.

Military Supervisor, Nagaland NSCN/GPRN

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Mokokchung, June 29 (Mexn): The Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) has asked the district administration not to allow any activities of the NPF party within Mokokchung Town “until such time the people of Mokokchung are convinced that their activities shall no longer be a threat to the peace and harmony of the general public.” In a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung, MTLT stated, in the larger interest of the general public, “activities of any organisation whether it be political or otherwise, detrimental to the peaceful existence of society shall not be allowed at any cost, to which we expect the cooperation and support from your esteemed authority.”

The memorandum signed by MTLT general secretary Yanger Namo and president Imkummeren Jamir also strongly condemned the

events that happened at NPF Office on June 23 and 27, “where the hard earned peaceful atmosphere was disturbed by the twin bomb blasts inside the NPF office, followed by promulgation of 144 CrPC in the town due to the unwarranted situation created from amongst the NPF party workers thus creating fear psychosis and uncertainty in the minds of the citizens of Mokokchung.”

“Why should a political party comprising of all prominent and responsible leaders act and behave in such a manner as to disturb the liberty of the common innocent public even up to the extent to damaging government vehicles?,” it questioned. “We are convinced beyond doubt that there is an element of individualistic interest rather than a common agenda for the welfare of the society in general. Whatsoever might be the reason within the party, their actions on those fateful

days had resulted in taking the entire town and thousands of innocent public for ransom, to which we strongly condemn.”

Meanwhile, the MTLT has demanded “unconditional apology” from Minister Nuklutoshi to the Ao community for his “uncivilized action” on June 27 inside the NPF party office, “challenging the public for single fight and brandishing pistol”.

MTLT stated the act is totally unacceptable and shameful and “We take this as an act of insult to the Ao community.” It cautioned that failing to do so; MTLT will be constrained to initiate any action it deems fit, for which, it shall not be held responsible.

Further, the MTLT has appealed to all peace loving citizens to condemn the June 27 incident and join hands to stand united against any such detrimental force and work selflessly to usher in peace, unity, tranquility, and harmony to the society.

peren, June 29 (Mexn): The Peren District Voluntary Consumers’ Organization (PDVCO) has expressed dismay that despite many provisions provided under certain sections of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Peren District Consumer Forum and Peren District Consumer Protection Council have not been set up in the district till today. As such, there are no authorities to look into the affairs of the consumers of Peren district, stated PDVCO secretary Josiah Zeliang and president Haichenbeu Ndang in a press release. Hence, the PDVCO appealed to the authority concerned that such enforcement agency is set up at the earliest possible time frame in the interest of the

general public.

The release informed that PDVCO was set up with aims and objectives to provide justice and equity by bridging the gap between consumers and legal authority for redressal of consumer grievances through proper channel, and make the people aware of their basic rights. PDVCO added that Section 8 (A) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 provides for establishment of District Consumer Protection Council to be headed by the District Collector concerned (i.e Deputy Commissioner, Peren).

Further, Section 10 of the Act provides for formation of District Consumer Forum (i.e Consumer Court) to be headed by District Judge concerned.

ATMA functionaries trained on ‘mainstreaming gender and women empowerment’

DiMapur, June 29 (Mexn): State Agricultural Management Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) Medziphema organized a training on “mainstreaming gender and women empowerment” from June 25 – 27 at SAMETI training hall Medziphema. 22 Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) functionaries such as DPDs, SMS and BTMs from all over districts attended the training.

The trainees were imparted technical knowhow on Gender sensitization, Gender Perspective in Agriculture and Empowering Women, Role of women in agriculture drudgery reduction technologies for women, Mobilization of women resources, Entrepreneurship development among rural women, Extension intervention & techniques for gender sensitization & Strategies for streaming gender concern, SHG- An approach for eliminating poverty through women empowerment, informed Director SAMETI & Principal IETC Medziphema.

The resource persons were Dr. Watila Jamir, Lecturer, IETC, Dr. J. Longkumer, Associate Professor, Department of Extension SASRD, Ch. Roben Singh, SMS- Agronomy KVK, Z. James Kikon, SMS - Soil Sciences KVK, Tasvina R. Borah, Scientist, Plant pathology KVK. The training closed with a valedictory function where certificates were given away by Nguzonyi Wetsah, Director SAMETI and Principal IETC Medziphema.

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MEx FILE CIHSR entrance test rescheduled

DiMapur, June 29 (Mexn): CIHSR entrance test scheduled to be held on June 30 has been postponed to July 1 at 8:30 am.

NCSU supports PWD (R&B)

kohiMa, June 29 (Mexn): The Nagaland Contractors’ & Suppliers’ Union (NCSU) Head Office, Kohima has stated that it will give full cooperation to the PWD (R&B) for total implementation of government standing order. The union in a release also lauded the department for floating open tender to all the contract works as per government norms and procedure as demanded

by NCSU for past many years in order to maintain transparency and to provide opportunity to all the capable contractors.

Dimapur Christian Forum meeting held

DiMapur, June 29 (Mexn): The general body meeting of Dimapur Christian Forum (DCF) was held on June 24 at Bishop’s House, Dimapur. The main task of the meeting was to elect new office bearers, informed a press release. The following persons were elected as the new office bearers: Rev. RP Murry – chairman; Rev. Dr. Weyiete Lohe – vice chairman; Fr. Chacko K – general secretary; Yecto Chophy – assistant secretary; Rev. Thebemo Yanthan –treasurer. Rev. Dr. Shiwoto, Rev. Dr. P Dozo, Dr. Hesheto Chishi, Rev. TN Lotha, Fr. PJ Thoman, and Rev. N Tzudir were elected as the members of executive committee. The meeting deliberated on the future course of action to deal with the urgent problems the Naga society is facing – Corruption in public life, alcohol abuse, and night clubs were shortlisted for follow up action, the release added. The next meeting of the forum has been slated on July 22.

NPF Dimapur division meet held

The 1986 batch of the Holy Cross Higher Secondary School (HCHSS), Dimapur had its first reunion on June 29. To mark the reunion, the former pupils of the school, known as Crossians – Class of ‘86, organised a get together at the school on Sunday, which had in attendance the school’s former principal, Father Matthew Keemattam as well as teachers past and present. As a gesture of appreciation, the former students donated six park benches to be used in the school campus. The Crossians – Class of ’86 has the distinction of three batch-mates securing 2nd, 3rd and 9th positions in the top-ten list of the annual HLSC results. Seen in the picture are the former students alongwith Father Matthew Keemattam and present HCHSS principal, Father Sunil CK and teachers. (Morung Photo)

DiMapur, June 29 (Mexn): The NPF Dimapur division has appealed to all parties concerned in the Foothill Road crisis to settle the issue amicably. A press release from Media Cell, NPF Dimapur division informed that the division had an emergency meeting on June 28 at 2:00 pm along with NPF Central office bearers from Dimapur and Central In-charge of Dimapur district.

In the meeting, the NPF Dimapur Division reminded all that, the NPF party, being the oldest regional party should be honoured and respected by all rank and file of the party and appealed to all that one should be mature and calm in handling tough situations and in times of trials. It also condemned the effigy burning of the party president. The division has requested all to find other means to show their grievances, if any, through democratic means and avoid such practices in the future, as “it is alien to our Naga culture.”

Prevent misunderstanding among Nagas: UNTABA DiMapur, June 29 (Mexn): The United Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) has appealed for all to work towards preventing misunderstanding among Nagas. A press note from the UNTABA Chairman, Hukavi Yepthomi and General Secretary, Ejanthung Lotha made it clear that the association is not “claiming other’s land but reclaiming our ancestral land.”

It affirmed that the association’s aim is to “uphold, promote, protect Neglected for years, this cemented road stretching 600 meters long at Mdipuiram Ward, Peren Town was built by the finan- and preserve the social cial and physical contribution of few residents of the colony. fabric and cultural heritage of member groups (Photo courtesy: Kengim H Zeliang)

and Naga villages in border areas; to foster unity, brotherhood and fraternity amongst the groups and villages recognizing one another as true and equal partners; to fight against all divisive forces that may disintegrate Naga society etc.“ It was further informed that the first Executive Council meeting of the UNTABA was held at Unity Hall of Naga Council Dimapur on June 28.

The meeting thoroughly discussed border issues and decided to organize a “People’s Dialogue on Border Issues and interrelated issues such as in-

flux of illegal immigrants and transfer of Naga lands,” said the UNTABA. The dialogue is scheduled to be held sometime in August this year and will see a host of “prominent personalities well versed with border issues and its related issues,” it added.

The meeting also held discussions on the Nagaland Special Development Zones (NSDZ).

Vacant seats of three Auditors in UNTABA were filled and approved by the House during the meeting. The House also approved a 5-member Finance Committee, it was informed.

New team of Dimapur Lions Club installed Workshop on water

DiMapur, June 29 (Mexn): The new team of Lions Club of Dimapur, Lions Club of Dimapur Blue Vanda, and Leo Club of Dimapur was installed at Lions Centre on June 28. D P Bajaj, Past District Governor of Lions 322-D installed the team. Neeraj Kala, Ravi Poddar, and Vikash Maheshwari were installed as President, Secretary, and Treasurer of Lions Club of Dimapur for the year 2014-15. Further, Apale Angami, Sumita Sharma, and Atoni Wotsa

were installed as PST for Lions Club of Dimapur Blue Vanda whereas Kamal Sharma, Surendar Singh Rathor, and Krishna Rai were installed as PST for Leo Club of Dimapur.

Many of the members were awarded last year’s achievement awards by the presidents of the respective clubs, besides felicitation of the Installation Officer D P Bajaj on the occasion, informed Ajay Sethi, PRO, Lions Club of Dimapur. Bajaj in his speech reminded all about the great services

being rendered by the three clubs. In addition, he guided the respective role holders to maintain discipline and decorum of the house.

Outgoing presidents expressed their gratitude to the members of the respective clubs whereas incoming presidents sought the co-operation of respective club members to make the forthcoming year a successful one. Neeraj Kala was awarded the Lion of the year while Sandip Jain was awarded Leo of the Year on the occasion.

Training on IPM conducted Wokha, June 29 (Mexn): Department of Agriculture, Wokha held a training on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) on June 24 in Seluku village. Resource person, Mhonchumo Erui (AI) spoke on the concept of Farmers Field School (FFS) and the role each farmer has to play in implementing the technologies involved in IPM and disseminating the same amongst the other farmers. He also briefed on the practical aspects of the training programme. He told the farmers that their participation is of utmost importance for the success of any programme.

Another resource person, Chichanbeni Yanthan (AFA), spoke in detail the life cycle of stemborer and its management.

Stemborer is an important insect pest in

rice and can cause huge loss in yield of paddy. Now, being a crucial period for stemborer infestation, she informed the farmers to do regular inspection, keep the fields clean and report if occurrence of infestation is observed. She also recommended cultural and mechanical practices like application of kerosene oil, Neem oil and use of light traps in infested areas.

Earlier, chairperson, Mhathung Odyuo (AO) along with Renphamo (AFA) conducted Ballot Box test on the farmers. The test result showed that most of the farmers were well acquainted on which insects pose threat to crops and which were useful, except for few insect pests. All together 30 farmers attended the training programme.

& sanitation held

Zunheboto, June 29 (Mexn): The District Water & Sanitation Mission, PHED, Zunheboto division organized training on Public Water Supply System (PWSS) and workshop on water and sanitation from June 27 to 28 at Youth Hall, Zunheboto under the aegis of WSSO, PHED, Kohima, Nagaland.

The programme was chaired

by Er. Vinili, SDO, PHED, Zunheboto Division. Speech on communitization, its targets and the steps to be initiated in the near future were presented by Hotolu Sumi,

Illegal consignment of IMFL and drugs seized by Bhandari Police were destructed on June 12 at Public Ground, Bhandari Town in the presence of NGOs, district administration and Police. The destructed items included 3026 bottles of IMFL and 3586 capsules/ tablets of drugs.

JE, PHED Zunheboto. The prevailing water quality, ill effects of water borne diseases and its preventive measures were presented by Benathung Tsopoe, Chemist, DWSM, PHED, Zunheboto.

Meanwhile, Er. V. Mughalu, JE, PHED, Zunheboto spoke on PWSS and Kiyeshe Chishi, IEC Consultant, DWSM, PHED, Zunheboto spoke on sanitation, negative impacts of unhygienic village condition and its measures, importance of cleanliness and the ways to keep the village and its surrounding clean.

More than 95 WATSAN members, Council members and teachers attended the training, informed a press release issued by Executive

Engineer Inashe Kiba, PHED, Zun- field works are done by the women heboto division. folk, informed a press release.

Dr. Lily Ngullie, SMS (Animal Science) shared on awareness of common diseases in poultry and pigs and its management. Lily Rangnamai, SMS (Horticulture) spoke on LongLeng, June 29 (Mexn): package of practices on Okra. She Indian Council of Agricultural Re- emphasised on the cultivation pracsearch (ICAR), Nagaland Centre, Krishi tices. Meanwhile, E. Lireni Kikon, Vigyan Kendra, Longleng organised SMS (Plant Protection) spoke on multidisciplinary training on May 29 Integrated Pest Management in at Dungkhao village, Longleng. paddy. She deliberated on identifiDifferent Subject Matter Special- cation of insect pests and right time ists (SMS) conducted the training for of management practices. awareness on the various activities According to the release, farmKVK is carrying out under OFTs and ers shared that Leaf folder and Stem FLDs programmes every year and borer are the major insect problems how farmers can benefit through both in Jhum and TRC field in the vilthose. Participants/target groups lage. The training concluded with were farm women as most of the an active interaction.

KVK (ICAR) trains women farmers

Children’s summer camp held in Kohima kohiMa, June 29 (Mexn): St. Francis De Sales Parish, Kohima town held its annual Children’s Summer Camp under the theme “Behold I make all things new” (Revelation 21:3) from June 27 to 29 at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Kohima. Fr. Alex Vizo and Assistant Professor Teisovi Gerard Meyase were the resource persons.

“Life is difficult at times when Jesus works in us but we must have courage to face it in order to achieve newness in us,” said Fr. Alex Vizo, Parish Priest, SFS Ko-

“Young and Beautiful” said, “The world is beautiful because we are beautiful and we make it beautiful.” He also narrated some anecdotes to the campers and related to their lives.

203 children participated in the camp. Sessions included creativity and fun, bible recitation, talent show and singing competition.

The Summer Camp is organized by the Parish annually The participants of the summer camp. (Photo courtesy: MM Chasie) to promote unity amongst the Parishioners, revive their hima while exhorting the adhere to His word, said a sue changes in our lives.” children. He also main- release issued by MedonAssistant Professor faith in Christ and impart optained that if our love for guno M Chasie. “We must Teisovi Gerard Meyase, timistic outlook towards life, God is true then we should invoke the Holy Spirit to en- speaking to the children on the release added.

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The Morung Express MonDAy 30 JunE 2014 voluME IX IssuE 177

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Fiscal Accountability

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he new Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang has done well to come clean on the “poor financial status of the State” and admitting it as a “mistake”. “Everyone has gone wrong somewhere down the line and all are responsible”, he had stated while speaking at a joint meeting with his Council of Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Advisors, Chairmen of various boards, Administrative Head of Departments and Head of Departments. While Mr Zeliang has much to prove as a leader given that he has been in office only a few weeks, yet to his credit, he has done what his predecessor failed to do i.e. taking responsibility for the poor financial situation in the State without making too many excuses. This column had in the past tried to bring into focus this aspect and even pointing out that the Planning Commission of India had been wary in allocating any substantial increase in the State’s Plan Outlay for the obvious reasons that there seemed to be no proper financial management and expenditure curbs or reforms. This column had also been pointing out that when it comes to the state of our finances and how our government has been managing public money, there is no system of checks and balances visible.

In the past, the standard response from the Chief Minister’s Office was to divert the issue by pointing to the changes in the funding pattern since 1989-90 and also blaming the high ratio of government employees for which it took cover under the oft repeated claim that “successive governments since the formation of the State are responsible” for this mess.

To his credit, the new CM has been truthful enough to suggest a “u-turn” and “corrective measures” and even making a specific reference on “the need to streamline the financial position by avoiding future excess appointments”. As we have come to know, the non-increase in the State’s plan outlay 2013-14 was basically due to the hue gap in our balance of current revenues (BCR), arising from our high expenditures on salaries and pensions, higher than the level projected by the 13th Finance Commission. Obviously excess appointments have been made without any economic rationale and merely to serve vested political interests. Having recognized some of the problems at hand, hopefully the State government under the new CM would seriously consider where it needs to tighten its belt as far as expenditure is concerned. Since a major part of the State resources are being drained out owing to the salary payment of the government employees, including the excess appointees, the new CM should seriously consider certain corrective measures such as temporary ban on creation of new posts, inter-departmental transfer of existing manpower, Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS).

There is a need to evolve a system of transparency, stability and accountability in the use of government finances. While any government irrespective of the party in power will naturally argue that more funds must be given to Nagaland, more so given the nature of its formation arising out of the 16 Point Agreement and the difficulties it faces, the question remains as to how much funds will satisfy us? Even if the Government of India were to wipe out our deficit with say a special grant or provide sufficiently to meet our administrative costs and development needs, perhaps we would still plead to Delhi saying that we still need more funds. We need to demonstrate our ability to utilize and manage well, whatever funds or projects coming our way. The new CM, who seems willing to listen, learn and change, should put the government on a course correction for which he will need to show the political will. But with a jumbo sized ministry under him, many also doubt as to whether the new CM can enforce fiscal discipline, prudence and accountability. Time will tell and history will judge.

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very day, I spring out of bed at six in the morning intending to spread sweetness and light all day. And then the idiots happen. You know the feeling. One moment you're Mother Teresa and then you're Shiva, the destroyer of worlds.

Example: Mr X (not his real name) was two hours late for dinner. When we finally started eating, he said: "This meat's overcooked."

Now, answer honestly: Would it not be totally morally justified to use the steak knife I was holding to remove this person from the human gene pool?

Lucky for me there was good news in the newspaper the following morning. Governments around the world are making it an actual crime to be an annoying person. Someone has been reading my thoughts again (probably those NSA people).

There are now 5,000 laws on annoying behavior in the US, the Wall Street Journal reported. Many are in New York municipal ordinances, which is weird, since loads of annoying people live there, including Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Tyra "Next Top Model" Banks. It's only a matter of time before someone makes a citizen's arrest. "Tyra Banks, you are under arrest for being incredibly annoying for 20 seasons." That should be good for eight-to-ten without parole.

In most Asian countries, being annoying is not illegal (which is obvious from looking at Asian leaders) except in the Philippines, where "unjustly vexatious" behavior is an offence.

In most Asian countries, if people are being annoying, police stomp around waving sticks and everybody flees.

A law against being annoying in public was recently approved by the British House of Commons and sent to the House of Lords, which vetoed it. This was no surprise since Lords themselves are horribly annoying, with their castles and silly titles.

The aptly-named Lord Dear explained that there was a whole category of people who are perceived as annoying, but are actually key elements of a healthy society, such as political demonstrators, street preachers, carol singers and nudists. I reluctantly admit he's got a point there, since his list sounds remarkably like the cast of a typical dinner party at my place.

Yet rather than ditching the whole law, they should have criminalized only extreme cases of being annoying. Some folk are annoying on a global scale (Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Lance Armstrong, Miley Cyrus, Dennis Rodman et al ).

But for me, most irritating are folk who are consistently annoying in a low-level way, and thus cannot be justifiably killed with a steak knife.

One guy I know posts Facebook updates saying things like: "Sigh, here I am, back in a kid-leather armchair at the airport first class lounge, which is like a second home to me now. I would be much happier at the airport noodle shop."

And I want to scream at him in capital letters: "Well why don't you go to the airport noodle shop then instead of paying a year of my salary to fly first class?" But instead, my revenge is to scroll up without pressing "like". Take that.

Pretty pathetic but that's all we have these days.

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Christine Ahn Foreign Policy In Focus

Seeking truth for 'comfort women'

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n June 9, outside of Seoul, 91-year old Bae Chun-hui took her last gasp of air at the House of Sharing, a communal home established for former "comfort women" in South Korea to live out their remaining years in peace.

Bae was kidnapped at the age of 19 and taken to Manchuria, where she was forced into sexual slavery until the end of the Second World War. Not only did Bae die without achieving justice. In her final days, she also witnessed Japan's shameful efforts to wring its hands of war crimes its military committed against an estimated 200,000 women and girls from throughout Asia during the Pacific wars of the 1930s and '40s.

Bae was among the Korean women who spoke out after the former comfort woman Kim Hak-sun broke her silence in 1991 and publicly recounted her abduction and sexual torture by Japanese soldiers.

In her testimony, Kim painfully recalled: "A commissioned officer took me to the next room which was partitioned off by a cloth. Even though I did not want to go he dragged me into the room. I resisted but he tore off all of my clothes and in the end he took my virginity. That night, the officer raped me twice."

Kim lifted the floodgates for other Korean women to come forward. Burmese, Chinese, Japanese, Filipina, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, and Pacific Islander women also verified that their experiences were not isolated, but were the outcome of a systematic, well-organized government program to establish "comfort stations" for Japanese soldiers throughout Asia and the Pacific.

The Japanese government has vigorously resisted calls to repent for its actions. But a growing global movement is ensuring that if Japan won't hold itself to account for its grievous crimes against these women, then history will.

Coming forward In 1991, three Korean comfort women filed a lawsuit in Tokyo demanding an official apology from the Japanese government, to which Japan responded that there was no proof verifying their stories. These women, many of whom had lived their entire lives in shame and in isolation from their families, had risked everything to challenge the state's official narrative.

They were finally vindicated when Japanese historian Yoshiaki Yoshimi scoured the Japanese Defense Ministry's library and uncovered documents bearing the personal seals of Imperial Army officers that outlined the military's direct management of the so-called comfort stations.

The groundswell of testimonies and official historical evidence forced the Japanese government to respond. In 1993, following an official review, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono acknowledged his government's role in organizing military brothels and forcing women and girls into sexual slavery - an admission that became known as the Kono Statement. "Comfort stations were operated in response to the request of the military authorities," he said. Women and girls "were recruited against their own will" and "lived in misery at comfort stations under a coercive atmosphere".

The statement hinted at a pending formal apology and reparations for the former comfort women who had risked so much to come forward. "We shall face squarely the historical facts as described above instead of evading them", it promised, "and take them to heart as lessons of history".

In 1995, however, the Japanese government endorsed the Asian Women's Fund, a private effort that collected money from ordinary citizens to compensate comfort women. Many of the women refused the money, which did not come from the government and was not accompanied by any formal apology.

Revisionist history Fast forward to 2014.

Not only has Japan failed to compensate the surviving comfort women, but Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has led a nationalist campaign to adamantly deny Japan's shameful criminal past, has revised history textbooks that previously contained information about Japan's military sex slaves and is also threatening to revise the Kono Statement.

The issue is playing out on the international stage. The South Korean government is demanding that Japan formally apologize, as it promised in 1993, and directly give reparations to Korean survivors. But the Japanese government claims that reparations for colonial and wartime atrocities were resolved in a treaty signed between Japan and South Korea in 1965, complaining that Seoul "moves the goalposts" for domestic reasons.

In March 2014, a key aide to Abe suggested that the Abe administration would water down the Kono Statement "if new findings emerge". The Abe government alleges that the Kono Statement was issued under pressure from South Korea and that more research was needed on the testimonies of 16 South Korean comfort women interviewed in the Japanese study that helped produce the statement. A revised statement would almost certainly dilute Japan's culpability or challenge the veracity of the comfort women, most of whom have since passed away.

Abe is in denial of the growing, indisputable evidence documenting Japan's direct management of the brothels. Since 1993, Professor Yoshimi and other historians have compiled 529 documents - 30% of them from the Japanese Defense Ministry - containing proof that the Japanese military and government trafficked girls and women from Asia into sexual slavery.

According to Japanese historian Tessa Morris-Suzuki, a large body of information has been gathered by the Japanese government, UN inquiries, researchers, and NGOs and substantiated by testimonies from comfort women, brokers, military records, and postwar memoirs by Japanese soldiers. "This information", Suzuki concludes, "unequivocally documents the existence of a vast network of 'comfort stations' throughout the empire and including the front lines of battle".

Monuments to the truth In 1992, on the eve of the Kono Statement, there were 237 living South Korean comfort women registered with the government. Today there are just 54 survivors, with an average age of 88.

As the number of survivors dwindles, activists

In this Wednesday, August 12, 2009 file photo, former comfort women who served the Japanese Army as sexual slaves during World War II, shout a slogan in a rally before Korean Liberation Day of August 15, which marks the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Japanese lawmakers met behind closed doors Friday to hear results of a probe into a study that was the basis of Japan's 1993 apology over its use of wartime sex slaves - a review that South Korea and China have slammed as an attempt to discredit historical evidence of such abuses. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

have taken to installing more permanent memorials to preserve their history. Since 1992, at noon on every Wednesday, irrespective of rain or snow, Korean comfort women and their supporters have stood across the street from the Japanese embassy in Seoul, calling upon the Japanese government for justice and reparations.

On December 14, 2011, to commemorate the 1,000th protest, they installed Pyeonghwa-bi, or the Peace Monument - a golden bronze statue of a barefoot teenaged girl sitting in a chair with her hands gently resting on her lap. On her left shoulder rests a small bird symbolizing the innocence of the young girls and women forced into sexual slavery.

The following year, in July 2012, the KoreanAmerican community organized to have a comfort woman statue installed in the Central Park of Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles. Despite tremendous opposition from the Japanese-American community and the Japanese consulate, the Glendale City Council voted in favor of erecting the memorial in tribute to the comfort women. "Despite the pressure that we had not to install this monument," said Glendale City Councilwoman Laura Friedman, "I know that the city is doing the right thing. We stand on the side of history, we stand with the truth, and we stand with the Korean population."

And just last month, in a suburb outside Washington, DC, a comfort woman memorial was erected behind government buildings adjacent to a 9/11 memorial in Fairfax, Virginia.

"The comfort women issue is one of the earlier examples of mass performed human trafficking organized by a military and government," says Jungshil Lee, an art history professor at the Corcoran College of Art and Design and the vice president of the Washington Coalition for Comfort Women. "We wanted to honor their endurance and bravery - especially under a Confucianist society - because many women wanted to kill themselves from the shame."

The memorial, a granite stone, includes language from House Resolution 121, a nonbinding statement organized by Representative Mike Honda (D-CA) urging Japan to apologize for forcing women into sexual slavery. "For the women still alive, and for the countless who have passed, official recognition and acknowledgment is the only way to bring proper closure to this terrible chapter of World War II history," Honda said in a statement." As comfort women die one by one, Lee adds, the story will be forgotten. "The purpose of the memorial is to remember" and to provide "a starting point for public awareness for future generations."

In response to vocal protests from Japanese groups, Japanese government officials, and Japanese residents in Fairfax, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Sharon Bulova countered that the memorial made a symbolic stand against human trafficking happening in Fairfax. And in a letter to the editor of The Washington Post, Siyoung Choi wrote from Seoul: "Korean Americans are the largest minority group in Fairfax County (where I lived from 2002 to 2005). They may have had a particular interest in erecting the memorial. However, it is for every peace-loving soul who cherishes the intrinsic values of humanity. Such is the case with the Holocaust memorials and museum that are scattered widely throughout the United States."

In addition to Glendale and Fairfax, New Jersey also is home to a plaque honoring the comfort women survivors.

Bringing women together In recent weeks, activism on behalf of comfort women has ramped up. From May 31 to June 3, survivors and their families and supporters gathered in Tokyo from Korea, the Philippines, China, Taiwan, TimorLeste, Indonesia, and the Netherlands for the 12th Asian Solidarity Conference on the Issue of Military Sexual Slavery. Its resolution concluded: "The Japanese Government now has the duty to respond immediately to the voices calling for justice for the aging survivors, as well as voices from the international community calling for Japan to take legal responsibility through an apology and compensation for the victims."

This month in Geneva, 87-year old former comfort woman Gil Won-Ok-affectionately known as "Grandma Gil"-delivered 1.3 million signatures urging the Secretariat of the UN Human Rights Council to act on behalf of the hundreds of surviving comfort women throughout the Asia-Pacific. And on June 13, Beijing announced that UNESCO's World Memory program had accepted China's documentation of comfort women and the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.

The comfort women issue has played a significant role in bringing women together across the Asia-Pa-

cific to bring justice to the survivors and to challenge the further militarization of their countries and region. "Through the action for justice for the 'comfort women' survivors, the women in victimized countries and women in Japan have worked together," Mina Watanabe of the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace (WAM) in Tokyo wrote in an e-mail. "At the same time, if we can make the Japanese government accountable for the grave human rights violations of women in the past, it would become a big precedent to make any government accountable for past sexual crimes in conflict, even after half a century."

In Within Every Woman, a forthcoming film by Canadian filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung, the lives of three comfort women from South Korea, the Philippines, and China are woven together. In the trailer, Hsiung travels with Grandma Gil to Tokyo to deliver 680,000 petitions gathered worldwide to the Japanese Parliament. As Grandma Gil and another Korean comfort woman in a wheelchair approach the government building, Japanese men - old and young - curse and shout at the elderly women, "Go home Korean whore! Don't you feel ashamed! Get out old bitch! You're just prostitutes!"

Hsiung also had the rare chance to document the meeting of North and South Korean women this spring in Shenyang, China to discuss how they could strengthen efforts to work together for comfort women justice. It was particularly emotional for Grandma Gil, who could hardly summon enough strength to deliver her testimony, because she was born and raised in North Korea but was unable to go home after the war due to the country's division.

US pressure With geopolitical tensions on the rise throughout East Asia, many activists now hope that the US government will pressure its allies to make peace over their historical grievances. "Politically the United States is now playing a bigger role between Japan and South Korean relations," says Hsiung. "It takes a US president to intervene for Japan to possibly respond to South Korean demands regarding the 'comfort woman' issue."

On his trip to Asia in April, President Barack Obama said in Seoul: "I think that any of us who look back on the history of what happened to the comfort women here in South Korea, for example, have to recognize that this was a terrible, egregious violation of human rights. Those women were violated in ways that, even in the midst of war, was shocking. And they deserve to be heard; they deserve to be respected; and there should be an accurate and clear account of what happened."

In a recent letter to Obama, US Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Tim Johnson (D-SD), and Mark Begich (D-AK) urge him to help resolve the issue.

They affirmed the president's statement that the comfort women deserved "to be heard and respected" and that this issue was critical to improving trilateral relations with Japan and South Korea.

"The survivors' longstanding efforts have kept the issue alive and put the issue in the international concern," WAM's Watanabe writes, but "the role of the US is very important". Watanabe credited US pressure with Shinzo Abe's preservation - thus far, at least - of the Kono Statement, but said she hoped that Washington would do more. Since the Japanese government does not listen to the governments of South Korea or China, Watanabe says, "It was regrettable that the US did not push the government to make a formal apology when Obama visited Japan." She said that 17 foreign embassy staff participated in the 12th Asian Solidarity Conference, including two ambassadors from Africa, but that neither US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy nor any of the US embassy staff accepted invitations to attend.

Despite Abe's shameful efforts to deny Japan's criminal past, he will not be able to shut down a global movement that is uniting to secure justice for comfort women. Steadily and persistently, surviving comfort women are telling their story to millions of people around the world before they die. Their allies are documenting this tragic history through film, by erecting memorials in cities around the world, and having their records preserved by UNESCO's Memory of the World Program, placing their testimonies alongside the Magna Carta and the Diary of Anne Frank.

With or without an apology, comfort women are having their truth recorded around the world. "All of us are over 80 and 90 years old," says Grandma Gil. "After we're all dead and gone, the Japanese think it's all going to end, but it won't."

Foreign Policy In Focus columnist Christine Ahn is a Senior Fellow of the Oakland Institute and Co-chair of Women De-Militarize the Zone (DMZ).

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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

The Morung Express

POLL RESuLTS

Do you support InDIan government’s DIrectIve to use HInDI In all Departments anD socIal meDIa? Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes... fully support it. Hindi is our official language.

English is a foreign language, yet we show our displeasure and ignorance in accepting Hindi language.

• Yes, Ya bharat hai.

• Modi has taken right decision, because hindi is important. english is foren language.

• Yes, we are Indians too.

• Yes. Hindi should be used. But it shouldn't be made compulsory, because all the people will never know how to speak hindi. English should be made as optional. India is a multilingual country with so much of diversities therefore it would be a wrong idea on the government's side to implement only hindi language.

• Like it or not we are Indian, why should we oppose it?

• Yes but it should be an alternative subject not be made as main subject as hindi is like a foreign language/1st century for eastern and southern parts of India.

• yes...that will end racism towards us by mainlanders.

• yes, bt medium of any competitive exam should not be made hindi compulsory.

• Yes. It's high time we realize that our destiny is with India and therefore the importance of this language. The gentle/ passive method of promoting Hindi as a part of school curriculum , especially in Nagaland, has miserably failed due to various factors. If it is imposed on us as part of a national policy, definitely we may discover this language to be easier than mathematical language or formulae.

Some of those who voted no had this to say: • No. The government must support the diversity of languages if it is truly concerned about the welfare of the people. We never were or are used to speaking, thinking in Hindi. It would be cruel to impose on us to suddenly start operating our minds in Hindi.

Our Sino-Tibetan language is different from Hindi.

English conquered us first... we are struggling to preserve our own language, and now Hindi? Invasion after invasion... on the brink of a total massacre. We have our own, original languages that embody our identities and cultures and the Government is supposed to encourage and support the existence of this diversity, not extinguish it.

• No..... i wonder whether d nagaland BJP workers know how to read n write Hindi...

• If i type yes ten i hav to go to school again .so a big nooooooooooooooooo • No. I don’t support that because most of the Naga people don’t know how to read or write. Even the younger generation hates it. English seems quite okay for the Naga people.

• No...but I think the Govt.have clarified that it will be confined to only Hindi speaking states • No … because the govt should realize that there are many states where speak medium is their re-

gional language, not Hindi! got their beloved dialects or languages to preserve.

• No! Because Hindi is not the only official language And it would also undermine minority's rights of lanof India. It is absurd. You might as well be issuing guage. So, its big NO for me. a directive stating to use Spanish or Mandirin to • Think of globalization not localization in this global be used in all departments and social media. Who village. Equip the future for global impact not the wants a copy of The Morung Express in Swahili? It other way round. is absolutely idiotic.

• No. This is killing democracy in India.

• No. Has the Saffron Rule begun? If Hindi is made • No, Hindi is not the official language of manipur, compulsory then its loudly suggesting that India nagaland, mizoram, Meghalaya and its citizens are totally under the thumb and • India as a whole consists of multi racial, lingual and even big toe of Hindutva. religion. This will just be the beginning before the • No. After making Hindi country will further divide compulsory, will the ceninto piece and bits. tral government make • No, More than half eating beef/non veg of the populace speaks tribfood illegal tomorrow? al or local language.

Hamara Bharat Mahan • No, english should hai but minority rights be a medium of language should be ignored? for we Nagas...

• No, Because there are • Absolutely NO. many people who doesn't Cultural imperialism will speak hindi. not be tolerated in multi lin• when modiji hears how guial and divetse state like the NAP speaks hindi in India. Remember the very nagaland, he will cringe essence of India is an Idea and grip his white hair if diversity and failing to and chant and prays in uphold this value will lead some deep hindi sanskrit to complete disintegration words.... and then make and chaos. Other 22 lanhindi speaking illegal guages in the 8 Schedule in our state to preserve are no less than Hindi. Perits honour and prestige. haps in this globalized era hahaha... ham log kiya English is better link lanbolenga na. hunta bi guage. nahi..hindi kotha kol ne • India has numerse bohot phutani hoijaious states that doesn't ga humlog ka police log. speak Hindi. Then why is lekin modiji bi mon biya our Modiji giving priority maat pao ok. naga log to hindi? Better focus on sorom nahi pa ta he. development than creat• No, Non Hindi speaking ing some unwanted situpeople will suffer. ation around the country.

• No... I cant write n read Honestly, i'm quite interhindi, though I can speak ested in speaking hindi, YES no OTHERS better hindi than south though i don't know how Indian. It ll be boring to to write. But giving hindi learn where I am already brought up in english methe priority in social media is not appreciable. It dium. is complete adverse to the citizens in general.

• We call ourselves as being united by diversities n By the way, i've a feeling that our M.P will agree wat is this? For me it's a big no.. The biggest no on with it, after all money talks.

• No i dont support and will never support it. Why the planet earth.

• Such decision goes against the 8th scheduled should they force people like this??? They have no right at all. It is suppressing peoples freedom. The of Indian constitution. India is a land of multi languages and to allow Hindi only, is to make India think tanks who came up with this notion needs to undemocratic society. Every top political leaders be forced to learn some language. knows there are many sections of society who • The whole world may claim dat we r ol indians but i don't speak Hindi nor give damn about it for they remain s a naga so, 4 da abov ans, NO.

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• Only 40% population of india knows hindi... what about the 60% of the people who speaks different languages in india • As a democratic government, it has every rights and duties provided to every citizen of India to adopt and practise to its own choice whether be it social, political, economy, secularism, linguistics, culture and traditions etc under the acts of the Indian constitution. And with regard to the particular principles to be adopted, it doesn't seem any right to freedom provided and therefore to my view, there's a big 'NO' to it.

• No. Its against our fundamental rights.

• Anything likely to divide or communalize the Country must be avoided. I believe in the intellect of the BJP Govt to look into the matter again for maintaining the unity and integrity of the Nation India as One always despite its diversities.

• We are not Indian, why should we use Hindi which is not our language. I totally disagree.

• No, No No this mean we are losing our right to choose any religion.

• No because most of the people especially we Nagas we cant speak as well as understand hindi language. The Govt. should never even think of such irritating idea.

• No. This is a complete anti-minority scheme due to Bjp's nexus with RSS and their ideologies.

• India is a land of diversity. Imposing Hindi is contrary to the spirit of diversity and an insult to the non-hindi speaking people group.

• Now Hindi next Hinduism!

• I say no. This is not about whether Nagas are Indians or NOT. This is imposition of one’s culture and language on others. It is very wrong on the part of the Indian government to impose one language on everyone else when the Indian constitution is very clear on the recognition of official languages. After strong reaction the Indian government has clarified that it pertains only to hindi-speaking states and not to non-hindi states. So when there is a meeting of all states which language will the Prime Minister speak in? I am sure later the BJP government will try again to impose hindi language on all. The agenda of BJP is very questionable. India’s democracy is doomed.

Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say: • hindi n english must b used equally..Bt da court n justice board sud used hindi...

• To please the central govt. for favour i hope our MP N. Rio does not give his consent on the matter • Present generation will say big No because we can't speak and write hindi bt it is good for the future... For me both yes and no.....

• NO and yes as we, not all people, have voted for them. infact we have voted for them.

In India, a pervasive “paranoia” Indian Marxists at a dead end blocks progress on human rights amulya Ganguli

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s a human rights activist, working among Dalits and Muslims, the poorest and most marginalized sections of Indian society, I completely agree with the views of James Ron and Archana Pandya, Ravi Nair and others on India’s draconian, almost Stalinist suspicion of foreign funded nongovernment organizations (NGOs).

Why the paranoia?

It is truly inexplicable, considering the fact that India is a vibrant democracy with an open society. Since the 1991 economic reforms, successive Indian governments have gone out of their way to invite foreign capital into the country, yet when it comes to outside money for NGOs, a wall of opposition sets in and petty officials put up every conceivable hurdle. Unlike government funding of schemes where half the money is wasted and does not reach the people for whom it was intended, foreign funding for NGOs is constantly monitored.

Under India’s rather archaic Foreign Contribution Act, all organizations seeking to receive foreign funding must first apply for permission from the federal Interior Ministry. This brings in the intelligence agencies, which are required to investigate NGOs and determine whether or not they can be enticed by foreign funders to work against India’s “national interest.”

Compounding the suspicions are prejudices surrounding caste and religion, especially in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which are among the more rigidly caste-conscious.

Much of my work is among the Musahar community (loosely translated to “mouse eaters”) in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.

Despite the law of the land, they are considered to be “untouchable,” and prejudice against these poorest and most marginalized people continues unabated. Musahars do the lowliest jobs in the village. The uppercaste men rape their women with impunity.

The men who protest are beaten and humiliated, often paraded naked to keep them in their place and not paid enough for the lowly work they do. Their land is often seized by rich landlords and their houses burned.

Their children are not allowed to attend the schools attended by higher-caste children.

Despite a constitution that grants equal rights to all its citizens, Dalits are at the bottom of the heap. I have personally had government officials ask me why I, an upper-caste person from a “good family’’ (read Thakur warrior), should waste time and money on Dalits and Muslims.

Many of the officials are otherwise good people, but cannot comprehend that Dalits and Muslims are equally citizens of India, and that unless they progress the country cannot prosper.

Lenin Raghuvanshi

NGOs working with untouchables and bonded labour face hostility from upper castes. For these groups, it’s nearly impossible to raise local funds. Without foreign funding, many would have to scale down their activities or face shutdown in tribal areas, where many had converted to Christianity. Accusations abound that poor Dalits and Adivasis are being lured by Christian missionaries, flush with funds from the Christian Right in the United States. Instead of working to uplift these deprived sections of society, it is easier for the authorities to point fingers at a ubiquitous foreign hand.

Soon after independence, when the Naga tribes of the northeast took up arms against the Indian state, the church had backed the bid to separate from the Indian mainland and carve out an independent country. The missionaries, whether they were Presbyterian, Baptist or Catholic, were always looked upon with suspicion, though it was these pioneers who were responsible for building schools and hospitals.

Within a decade of independence, new foreign missionaries found it difficult to obtain permission for residence in India. Once the older generation died, there were no replacements.

Politics are also at play India’s deep distrust of the West is ironic in a country so proud of its Westminster-style democracy inherited from the British. Some of this may have to do with the fact that during the Cold War years, India was aligned with the former Soviet bloc as archrival Pakistan was aligned with the United States and its allies.

More recently, the massive people’s protests against the Russian-built Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu also led to charges that NGOs close to the United States are guilty of sabotage. The simple fact is that since Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, there has been worldwide apprehension over nuclear power.

Intelligence agencies regard many NGOs as working against the government, and lower-level officers work within this framework.

The Peoples Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), where I work, is parThe role of the church Indian intelligence agencies are ex- ticularly targeted because the organization retremely suspicious of the role of the church ceives funds from the Danish Institute Against

Torture (DIGNITY). Indian intelligence is wary of Danish involvement largely due to fallout over the Purulia Arms Drop case in 1995. Kim Davy, a Danish national is alleged to have been on a small plane that dropped arms in the Purulia district of West Bengal in eastern India. Later, he escaped, and efforts to get him back to India to face trial have continued. The Danish government has refused to hand him over, and the motives for the arms drop or who engaged Davy remain a mystery.

Neither the Indian government nor its intelligence wing have been able to crack the case.

Institutional memory of this case makes it hard for the PVCHR to function. Fresh funding from Denmark for 2016 is possible only if the Home or Interior Ministry in New Delhi gives the green light.

Following the money trail of terror outfits is the legitimate duty of all national governments, but senseless suspicion of all NGOs funded by Western governments is not the answer. Unless this myopic vision ends, NGOs that have done excellent work among the most vulnerable groups — on such issues as human trafficking, and bonded labour — will not be able to carry on with their work.

Entrenched interests In India, as in many parts of the global South, local funding for human rights is dismal. Though historically Indians have always contributed to charity, much of this goes to temples and mosques and churches. Temples all across India are extremely rich and get contributions of solid gold. Vijay Malya, the owner of a Kingfisher Airlines, which has been grounded and declared bankrupt, had not paid his crew and owes a huge amount to the government. But on his birthday two years ago, Malya went to a temple and donated three kilograms of gold. His employees were hurt and angry.

Some rich people also contribute to charitable hospitals, usually to help poorer sections of their own caste or religious group, or donate occasionally to schools or colleges.

But, as a rule, the rich do not invest in programs for reducing poverty or community empowerment. Social divisions and desire for ownership of resources brings them into conflict with the poorer sections struggling to claim their bit of the pie.

Unfortunately in India, the elite and the educated middle class continue to control the state institutions that are meant to protect democracy and promote human rights. Their class interests and prejudices harden them against reforms, the rule of law, accountability and reconciliation. To build an equitable and inclusive society, the new government in Delhi needs to seriously rethink the Foreign Contribution Act, as well as implement its constitutional promises of equality.

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alf a century after the formation of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the curtains are descending on what the comrades once saw as the beginning of a Leftist transformation of India.

In the years soon after the 1964 split in the undivided Communist Party led to the CPI-M's birth, a senior leader of the Marxists, M. Basavapunniah, noted the Congress' decline - the latter has always been waxing and waning - and said: "We will not feel happy if this party goes down without the emergence of a viable democratic alternative."

According to him, "such a situation will help imperialist and regressive forces to dismember the country. Our concern for the Congress is because it affects our future. We want to take over a united and not a fragmented India."

This overweening confidence stemmed from the belief, as spelt out by a CPI-M central committee document, that "Marxism-Leninism is a (an) inexhaustible spring that can nourish socialism's new thrust forward".

One reason, however, why the "thrust" never materialized was that the CPI-M itself fell apart when the extremists in its ranks, the Naxalites (as Maoists were known then), left and formed their own outfit in 1969.

Commenting on this "Left deviation", the CPI-M ruefully noted how "a section of party leaders and cadres were carried away by the Left adventurist point of view advocated by the Communist Party of China. Thus, the two successive splits (in 1964 and 1969) sapped the strength of our party".

However, the fact that notwithstanding this diminution of its strength, the CPI-M did make a recovery in the 1970s pointed to a fairly wide measure of popular support for it even if this was confined to the states of West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura.

At the same time, the party's gains were due more to the Congress' follies than to its own endeavours. For instance, but for the "excesses" of the Emergency in 1975-77, it is unlikely that the CPI-M would have been able to dislodge the Congress from these three states in 1977.

It is the stints in power, however, especially in West Bengal, where the CPI-M had an uninterrupted 34-year reign from 1977 to 2011, which can be said to have led the party into a blind lane.

The reason is that it turned out to be no different in terms of administrative aptitude or ethics from its "bourgeois" adversaries. The earlier claim, therefore,

that the party was engaged in ending the "exploitation of man by man inherent in capitalist production" was no longer believed even by its own supporters.

Hence, the sardonic observation of a fellow traveller, Samar Sen, editor of Frontier, that if the revolution continued after 5 p.m., the workers will ask for overtime payment.

It isn't only the negation of the CPIM's assertion of being a party with a difference - echoes of a similar claim by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - which led to its downfall but also the fact that its cadres acquired the reputation of being hooligans, one of whom, wearing a helmet, had assaulted Mamata Banerjee (then a Congress leader) on Aug 16, 1990, at a prominent street crossing in front of police and media personnel.

The year is significant because, a year earlier, the Berlin Wall had fallen, denoting the terminal stage of Communism and, a year later, market-friendly policies were introduced in India. These two doctrinal and economic changes were beyond the CPI-M's capacity to withstand.

As it is, the party had been rocked by previous upheavals in the Communist world, notably by Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization speech in 1956 and by the Sino-Soviet rupture at about the same time, which was behind the splits in the Indian Communist parties as well.

But even if these events did not undermine the CPI-M's belief in the veracity of "scientific socialism", they shook the faith of a large body of its supporters in India. The ease with which it could earlier rally thousands to respond to its calls such as "amar nam, tomar nam, Vietnam, Vietnam" was no longer possible because the middle class, which had been its main base of support in West Bengal and elsewhere, had drifted away.

But it was the economic liberalization which accelerated this exodus. As CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat noted after the party's setbacks in the 2009 general election, there was "a disconnect between the Left and sections of the middle class".

Moreover, this disconnect was more pronounced in the case of the "young who had benefited post-reforms in terms of better opportunities, jobs, income".

Not surprisingly, the CPI-M suffered even greater setbacks in this year's general election, with its tally of Lok Sabha seats dropping from 16 in 2009 to nine.

Since governments in New Delhi, whether led by the BJP or the Congress, are likely to continue to favour an open economy, there isn't much chance of the CPI-M, and of the Left in general, improving their position as they fight the lost wars of the dead Soviet Union against American "imperialism".

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rape remark ‘insensitive’, say women’s group PAnAJI, June 29 (IAnS): Goa’s leading women rights group has called Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar “arrogant and insensitive towards women” after he publicly suggested that entrepreneurs starting an industrial unit suffered an ordeal worse than that experienced by a raped woman.

Sabina Martins, convenor of the Bailancho Saad, Goa’s most active women’s group, told IANS Sunday that comments made by Parrikar Friday night in his speech at the annual general body meeting of the Goa State Industries Association was an insult to all women.

“The comments were arrogant and insensitive.

It completely demeans the victim of rape. But this is not the first time that the chief minister has shown his contempt for women’s issues,” Martins said. On Friday, Parrikar had said: “If a woman is raped, she has to deal with enquiries only from one inspector, but if someone wants to start an industry they have to deal with 16 inspectors.”

After making the comment, the chief minister told the media that he had made the comment on a lighter note. Parrikar in his speech also said that he was working towards simplifying the process for setting up industrial

units and curbing inspector raj by bringing down the number of inspectors involved in the process from 16 to six.

“Even his basic understanding of the trauma suffered by a rape victim is poor. She not only has to face the enquiry of one inspector, but has to narrate the story over and over again to counsellors, senior police officers, hospital authorities,” Martins said. She recalled an instance where Parrikar had accused all women’s activists protesting against an increase in bar timings of having “an itch for media publicity” in Konkani, the region’s language.

“If this is the kind of attitude towards rape victims at the top, imagine what signals it will send to those working at the lower levels of politics, bureaucracy and police,” she said. The comment comes in the wake of a report of assault on a woman who was first beaten up and then her private parts were smeared with chilli powder. Finally, the police refused to file a first information report for five days.

An FIR was registered Friday only after intervention by a women’s NGO. An assistant police inspector was suspended for non-registration of the FIR and an enquiry was initiated.

Lowering the age of juvenile is against child rights: NCPCR new DeLhI, June 29 (PTI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Sunday opposed the Women and Child Development ministry’s proposal for lowering the age of a juvenile from 18 to 16, calling it “against child rights”.

The Women and Child Development ministry has proposed a draft bill to repeal the Juvenile Justice Act 2000, calling for lowering the age of a juvenile in cases of heinous crimes from 18 to 16. The ministry uploaded its draft bill on its official website on June 18 and gave fifteen days time for comments and

recommendations on it.

The NCPCR has opposed some provisions of the draft bill. “There is no need to change the entire Act. If something needs to be changed, it needs to be incorporated in the existing Act,” NCPCR Chairperson Kushal Singh said.

“We have always opposed this kind of proposal as it would be against child rights. There should be a lot of discussion and debate before repealing the Act. I will write a letter to the ministry regarding this,” Singh said. Last week, NCPCR held meetings with various NGO’s working for child rights.

India makes fresh request to Switzerland seeking info on secret accounts new DeLhI, June 29 (PTI): India has made a fresh request to Switzerland seeking bank details and names of Indians having unaccounted money in Swiss banks, as the government expands its efforts to combat the menace of black money.

The latest request has been made by the Finance Ministry after a Swiss government official recently said that Switzerland was ready to cooperate proactively with India to share details on a ‘spontaneous’ basis about persons and entities suspected to have untaxed assets in Swiss banks.

“We have written to the Swiss authorities seeking details in this regard. Finance Minister Arun Jaitely had promised that such a step will be taken,” a senior Finance Ministry official said.

The official said that the request letter has cited the existing bilateral treaties and global protocols applicable to the two countries for getting information about bank

and other details of Indians holding untaxed funds or hidden wealth.

A spokesperson for Switzerland’s Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF) later said that Swiss authorities were in touch with India and “Switzerland looks forward to working together with the new government of the Republic of India in its fight against tax evasion.”

The Swiss government has been reluctant to share details about the Indians named in a socalled ‘HSBC list’, which was reportedly stolen by a bank employee and later found its way to tax authorities in various countries including India.

Despite repeated requests from India, including through at least four letters written by former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Switzerland has maintained that its local laws prohibit administrative assistance in matters where information has been sourced illegally, including through stolen lists.

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Eyes on defence deals, Western powers court Modi

New Delhi, June 29 (Reuters): Western governments are rushing to visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi, drawn by the prospect of multi-billion-dollar deals as the Indian government prepares to open the nascent defence industry to foreign investment.

Senior politicians from France, the United States and Britain arrive in quick succession over the next 10 days as Modi prepares to accelerate the modernisation of the country’s mostly Soviet-era weaponry. Modi intends to build up India’s military capabilities and gradually turn the world’s largest arms importer into a heavyweight manufacturer - a goal that has eluded every prime minister since independence in 1947.

On the table is a proposal circulated within the new government to raise caps on foreign investment - with one option to allow complete foreign ownership of some defence projects. “All the countries are trying to make their case, especially as there is the sense that the Indian market will undergo a shift,” said Harsh Pant, professor of international relations at King’s College London.

“They get a sense from their dealings that something dramatic is going to happen and they want firstmover advantage,” said Pant, who specialises in Indian defence. First to arrive in New Delhi will be French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, whose top priority is to close a stalled deal to sell India 126 Rafale fighter jets, built by Dassault Aviation, for an estimated $15 billion.

Fabius, who arrives on Monday, will meet Modi as well as his most powerful minister, Arun Jaitley, who holds the twin portfolios of defence and finance - and can therefore decide both whether to sign the deal and when to release the money. U.S. Senator John McCain is also due in India

cow as India’s top defence supplier, according to IHS Jane’s. The Western nations will have noted that India’s foreign minister expressed displeasure with Russia’s recent offer to sell Mi-35 attack helicopters to India’s arch-rival Pakistan.

“I don’t think it’s a competition,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal said after an early post-election visit to New Delhi. “India will have strong and positive relationships with a variety of countries and that is to be encouraged,” said Biswal.

UK STILL HOPEFUL ON “We want to see India taking on a stronger and a FIGHTER JET leadership role in the reIn the second week of gion and around the world July, Britain is likely to send so we welcome that.” in Foreign Secretary William Hague and finance $6 BILLION SPREE minister George Osborne, India spent some $6 bila British government source said on Friday. Brit- lion last year on weapons ain has drawn some cheer imports. It makes few of its from the slow progress of own weapons, beyond balthe negotiations for the Ra- listic missiles and assemfale deal. The Eurofighter bly lines for foreign jets. On Typhoon was shortlisted Thursday, the government along with the Dassault signalled it was in the mood fighter before India an- for liberalisation by allownounced the French jet was ing manufacturers to build more defence components the winner.

Cost escalations and without licences, making disagreements about it easier for Indian firms to building the Rafale in part- partner foreigners.

At present foreign comnership with India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Lim- panies can only invest 26 ited have complicated talks percent in Indian defence with France, and London projects without commithas never entirely given up ting to technology transfer, hope that it will return to the which has put off many inrace. However, on Thurs- vestors. Before the election, day, one source at the Indi- sources in Modi’s Bharatiya an defence ministry said the Janata Party said there was deal was likely to be finally a plan to increase the cap to closed during Fabius’ visit 49 percent.

“For higher-tech inteland could be signed this year. A French foreign min- lectual property we would istry source said talks were want to go over 50 percent ongoing, but refused to pro- to be in a position to share technology that we have vide more detail.

Russia, for years In- significant investments in,” dia’s top weapons supplier, said Phil Shaw, chief execupipped all three countries tive of Lockheed Martin Into the post, sending Dep- dia Pvt Ltd. “An uplift from uty Prime Minister Dmi- 26 to 49 percent maintains try Rogozin to visit the new the status quo and may not government in Delhi two be sufficient incentive to weeks ago. Washington make an investment here.”

Lockheed Martin allast year replaced Mosnext week. McCain, whose Arizona constituency includes weapons makers such as Boeing and Raytheon, told the Senate on Thursday that Washington should seek to bolster India’s economic and military rise.

“This is an area where U.S. defence capabilities, technologies, and cooperation - especially between our defence industries - can benefit India enormously,” McCain said of India’s drive to modernise the armed forces.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, speaks to media on his arrival at the Indian Parliament House in New Delhi, India on June 4. (AP File Photo )

ready has a 26 percent investment in an Indian joint venture with Tata Advanced Systems that manufactures airframe components for the C-130J Super Hercules cargo lifter. India’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has circulated a discussion document that proposes allowing up to 100 percent foreign direct investment, or FDI, in defence production, two government officials told Reuters.

The note suggested allowing 100 percent FDI in manufacturing of state-of-

the art equipment, one of the officials said. It also recommends a cap of 49 percent for investments which do not involve transfer technology and a 74 percent ceiling in such cases where the foreign investor is ready to share technology knowhow, the official added.

Last week, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said foreign investment in the sector would help increase defence preparedness of the country and reduce import dependence, saving billions of dollars in foreign

exchange.

However, she said the government was yet to take a final call on increasing the FDI ceiling and the decision would be taken by Jaitley and Modi. The proposals face pockets of resistance in Indian industry, Modi’s party and the military establishment.

A.K. Antony, who was India’s longest serving defence minister until his Congress party’s election defeat in May, said this week that allowing higher foreign investment in defence would be “suicidal”.

2 arrested, 22 dead in India building collapses

new DeLhI, June 29 (AP): Police in southern India detained two construction company directors Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for dozens of workers believed buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains. It was one of two weekend building collapses that killed at least 22 people.

The 11-story apartment structure the workers were building collapsed late Saturday while heavy rains and lightning were pound-

ing the outskirts of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state. Police said 31 construction workers had been pulled out so far and the search was continuing for more than a dozen others. Four of the workers died on the spot and another seven succumbed to injuries in a hospital, said police officer George Fernandes.

Feeble voices were being heard from those trapped in the debris, said T.S. Sridhar, the disaster management agency commissioner. Rescuers used

gas cutters, iron rods and shovels after cranes lifted concrete blocks to get to the survivors.

Nearly 90 contract workers were believed to have been in the basement of the structure to collect their weekly wages when it collapsed, Sridhar said, adding that the exact number of those trapped was unknown. The collapsed structure was one of the two towers being built in the area, he said.

“Removing debris is a major challenge. It may take two to three days to

clear the rubble,” said S.P. Selvam, who is heading the rescue operation.

Police officer Kanan said two directors of the construction company, Prime Sristi, have been detained for questioning as authorities began investigating the collapse.

The officer uses one name.

Balaguru, one of the builders, said the structure collapsed possibly due to the impact of lightning.

“Usually, once the construction gets over we install the equipment to prevent the building from a

thunder strike. It was nearing completion,” the Press Trust of India news agency quoted Balaguru, who uses one name, as saying.

Earlier Saturday, 11 people died and one survivor was being treated in a hospital after a four-story, 50-year-old structure toppled in an area of New Delhi inhabited by the poor, said fire service officer Praveer Haldiar.

Most homes in that part of the capital were built without permission and using substandard materials, police officer Madhur

Verma said.

Building collapses are common in India, where high demand for housing and lax regulations have encouraged some builders to cut corners, use substandard materials or add unauthorized extra floors.

In April last year, 74 people were killed when an eight-story building being constructed illegally in the Mumbai suburb of Thane in western Maharashtra state caved in. It was the worst building collapse in the country in decades.

271 crorepatis but UP MLAs still want salary hike!

Lucknow, June 29 (IAnS): Legislators, cutting across party lines during the ongoing budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly, are worried, among other things, about their perks and salaries now at Rs.50,000 a month.

Citing the price rise and inflation, these otherwise feuding politicians have struck a rare unanimity on their pay hike - if not for combating the spiraling crimes against women or resurrecting the power sector.

And so, amid the bedlam the house is now becoming so used to, senior leaders have openly aired the “urgent need” of revising their salaries and perks to at least enable them “offer tea and snacks to visitors”. This in a house that boasts of 271 crorepatis (multi-millionaires) among its 403 members.

A report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) compiled on the basis of affidavits submitted ahead of the 2012 assembly polls, puts the figure of

multi-millionaires at 67 per cent of the house strength.

Of them, the maximum crorepatis belong to the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) which has 140, followed by the BSP (63), the BJP (32), the Congress (18) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (7). Prominent among them are Nawab Qazim Ali (Congress), Subhash (SP), Sanjay Jaiswal (Congress), Noor Rana (BSP) and Vimla Singh (BJP). The voiceferous demand for a higher salary and revision of perks caught many seated in the visitors gallery by surprise as the fervent appeals came minutes before they drove off in their swanky SUVs. The salaries and other emoluments of the state’s legislators were last revised February 7, 2010, when the government, then headed by chief minister Mayawati, had announced: “The government has decided to hike the salary and perks of members in both houses to Rs.50,000 per month from existing Rs. 30,000.”

Till then, legislators received Rs.3,000 a month as salary, Rs.15,000 as constituency allowance, Rs.6,000 as medical allowance and Rs.6,000 as secretarial allowance. Then, on March 7, 2013, political expediency prevailed on economic prudence as Minister of Parliamentary

er than this, they are entitled to free rail travel of Rs.125,000 in a year and a monthly telephone bill of Rs.6,000. Cabinet ministers, junior ministers and the speaker and the deputy speaker, obviously, get more benefits.

The BJP’s Suresh Khanna, who has been raising

“The government has decided to hike the salary and perks of members in both houses to Rs.50,000 per month from existing Rs. 30,000” Affairs Mohd Azam Khan announced that very soon there would be another hike. Predictbly, the announcement was greeted by the thumping of desks, both from the treasury and opposition benches.

Legislators now get a basic pay of Rs.8,000, a constituency allowance of Rs.22,000 and Rs.10,000 each as secretarial and medical allowance. Oth-

the matter every now and then, finds nothing wrong in the demand. “Our post, rights and prestige are defined separately in the Constitution. Members of parliament are placed at 22 while legislators are placed at 22A in the warrant of precedence, while the chief secretary is placed at 24. When we are above him, we should also get more salary,” he said

matter-of-factly.

Going a step further he pointed out that at times, they do not get respect (from bureaucrats) “because we get less salary. They enjoy more salary and perks while we stand nowhere in comparison.

They thus take the liberty to ignore us,” he said while also demanding that salaries should also be linked to the consumer price index.

The parliamentary affairs minister, though not on the same page politically as Khanna, echoed similar sentiments in 2013. Responding to the salary hike demand Azam Khan had said: “Our legislators are getting very little salary. In foreign countries, the legislators get good salaries, well-maintained offices and efficient staff. Our salary is nothing compared to them.”

On Thursday, Khanna again pleaded with the state government to immediately consider a salary hike and even found

support from the Congress camp. Congress Legislature Party leader Pradeep Mathur dittoed the demands and urged the government to prioritize action on their salaries. The request is said to be under “active consideration” of 41-year-old Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who, however, does not seem to be in a hurry to act, sources said.

“The CM is open to the idea but for now, the consultative process with the finance department is under way,” claimed an official. Yadav had burnt his fingers in a similar attempt when soon after being sworn in as the state’s youngest chief minister 2012 he had mooted providing luxury SUV’s to all legislators from the government kitty.

After public outrage and media spotlight, the move was quietly buried.

With a majority however in favour of a salary hike this time, a decision in favour of the legislators seems to be in the offing sooner than later!

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Iraq gets Russian Sukhoi warplanes as it crucifies 8 rebels in Syria’s takes fight to ISIL militants ISILAleppo: Human rights group Baghdad, June 29 (aFP): Iraq said it received the first batch of Sukhoi warplanes from Russia as it pressed a counter-attack Sunday against Sunni militants whose offensive threatens to tear the country apart.

The arrival of the fighter jets comes with Iraqi forces, backed by aerial cover, pushing to retake the militant-held city of Tikrit and world leaders urging a speeding up of government formation following elections in April.

The newly-purchased Su-25 ground attack jets are expected to be pressed into service as soon as possible, bolstering Iraq’s air power as it combats a sweeping offensive by militants, led by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), that has killed more than 1,000 people and sparked a humanitarian crisis with hundreds of thousands displaced. But it remains unclear who will fly them – executed dictator Saddam Hussein’s air force had Su-25s, but even if they were both trusted and willing, those pilots are unlikely to have had time in the aircraft in more than a decade.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday announced that Baghdad was buying more than a dozen of the warplanes from Russia in a deal that could be worth up to $500 million (368 million euros).

In this June 28, Iraqi security forces hold up a flag of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant they captured during an operation to regain control of Dallah Abbas north of Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State, which already controls vast swaths in northern and eastern Syria amid the chaos of that nation's civil war, aims to erase the borders of the modern Middle East and impose its strict brand of Shariah law. (AP Photo)

commanders and is flying armed drones over Baghdad, Iraqi officials have voiced frustration that multi-billion dollar deals for US-made F-16s and Apache helicopters have not been expedited.

Iraqi forces have for days been pressing a campaign to retake Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit, which fell to the militants on June 11. Thousands of soldiers, backed by tanks and bomb disposal units, have been engaged in the battle for the city – with air strikes adding Frustration at US delays firepower to the counterWhile Washington offensive.

According to Maliki’s has begun sending military advisers to help Iraqi security spokesman, Iraqi

Children forced to watch as Pak couple who married for love were ‘murdered as an example’

IslamaBad, June 29 (The TelegRaPh): A young couple murdered in Pakistan barely a week after they had married for love were killed as a warning to other girls not to marry without the permission of their parents, according to witnesses.

Residents of Satrah, Punjab, said relatives of the bride slit their throats and forced children to watch as they bled to death.

A string of similar murders has provoked revulsion around the world and promises of action inside Pakistan. But the nature of the latest deaths is savage even by the warped yardstick of the country’s grisly honour killings. Local police said they had arrested five people in connection with the murder of Sajjad Ahmed, 31, and Muafia Bibi, 17, including the bride’s father and grandfather.

Muhammad Pervaiz, the local police chief, said: “It is a case of honour killing. The couple were not beheaded but were killed with the knives and had severe signs of torture on their heads.” Satrah is close to the city of Sialkot in an area known for its conservative customs and where women have little value beyond their worth as a bride.

Residents said relatives of Mrs Bibi had told the couple they supported the marriage and invited them to the town, where they were drugged. Muhammad Ijaz, who runs a mobile phone shop, said: “Their legs and arms were tied while their mouths were gagged with pieces of cloth. The father of the girl announced loudly that he was going to slit the throat of her daughter and her husband.”

A crowd gathered as they were brought to the courtyard of the family house. Someone said the

children should be sent away but Mrs Bibi’s father told them to stay and watch, said Mr Ijaz “He said they should learn what would happen to them if they married someone of their own choice,” he explained, adding many in the town – where 15 girls had eloped in the past year - supported the murders.

Honour killings are nothing new in Pakistan.

Hundreds go unnoticed every year, written off as domestic accidents or suicides. Human rights groups say almost 900 were reported in 2013 but the real number may be much higher. The practice came to global attention last month when a pregnant woman was bludgeoned to death by her relatives in a busy Lahore street.

Farzana Parveen was murdered close to the city’s court complex which was teeming with police officers. She died amid a dispute between her husband and her parents over the bride price to paid for her hand. She and her husband were on their way to court to when they ambushed by relatives armed with sticks and bricks from a building site. Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister, demanded that police chiefs explain why officers failed to intervene. The case also prompted moderate clerics to issue a fatwa condemning honour killings. It seems to have made little difference.

The weekend’s newspapers continued their roll call of shame. In one story, a young couple were shot dead by the wife’s father for apparently marrying without permission. Police are investigating another case in nearby Gujrat, where two parents are accused of setting a woman alight for marrying without their approval.

forces are coordinating with US advisers over “important targets” of the air attacks. The spokesman has said hundreds of soldiers have been killed since the offensive was launched on June 9, while the UN puts the overall death toll at over 1,000, mostly civilians.

The US has publicly pushed for political reconciliation and while it has stopped short of calling for the premier to go, it has left little doubt it feels he has squandered the opportunity to rebuild Iraq since American troops withdrew in late-2011. US officials have also said a proposed $500-million plan to arm

and train moderate rebels in neighbouring Syria could also help Iraq fight ISIL, which operates in both countries.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday in Damascus, meanwhile, that Moscow “will not remain passive to the attempts by some groups to spread terrorism in the region”. “The situation is very dangerous in Iraq and the foundations of the Iraqi state are under threat.”

Ryabkov, whose country is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main backer, did not elaborate on what steps Russia might

take.

World leaders have insisted on a political settlement among Iraq’s Shiite Arab, Sunni Arab and Kurdish communities and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, revered among the country’s Shiite majority, has urged political leaders to quickly form a government after parliament convenes on Tuesday.

Maliki, who has publicly focused on a military response to the crisis, has acknowledged that political measures are also necessary, but politicians have nevertheless cautioned that naming a new cabinet could still take a month or more.

BeIRuT, June 29 (aFP): The jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has publicly executed and crucified eight rebels fighting both President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the jihadists in Syria, a monitor said on Sunday.

The report comes amid fierce clashes on the outskirts of Damascus between ISIL, which is spearheading a major offensive in Iraq, and rebels, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

“ISIL executed eight men in Deir Hafer in the east of Aleppo province” on Saturday because they belonged to rebel groups that had fought against the jihadists as well as Assad’s forces, it said. ISIL then “crucified them in the main square of the village, where their bodies will remain for three days”, the Britainbased monitor said.

Also in Aleppo province, a ninth man was crucified for eight hours as a form of punishment in AlBab town near the border with Turkey. He survived the ordeal.

ISIL first emerged in Syria’s war in late spring last year and was initially welcomed by some Syrian rebels who believed its combat experience would

help topple Assad. But subsequent abuses quickly turned the Syrian opposition, including Islamists, against the group.

Rebels launched a major anti-ISIL offensive in January 2014, and have pushed them out of large swathes of Aleppo province and all of Idlib in the northwest. However, ISIL remains firmly rooted in Raqa, its northern Syrian headquarters, and wields significant power in Deir Ezzor in the east near the border with Iraq.

Activists say the group’s Iraq offensive and capture of heavy weapons – some of them US-made – appears to have boosted its confidence in Syria.

Until recently, the regime had rarely targeted ISIL bastions, but ever since the jihadists’ Iraq offensive, the air force has intensified its strikes against ISIL areas.

“On Sunday, there were intense air raids on Raqa and Buseira” in Deir Ezzor, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said. “It appears Assad’s regime wants to make the United States, which fears ISIL’s advances, see it as a partner in the war on ter-

ror,” he told AFP. Nonetheless, most of the victims in the air strikes in recent days, “some 80%”, have been civilians, Abdel Rahman added.

East of Damascus, “fierce clashes broke out early Sunday between rebels from the Army of Islam and ISIL near the town of Hammuriyeh”, the Observatory said.

The Army of Islam is a major component of the Islamic Front, Syria’s largest rebel coalition which has been fighting ISIL for months, but such fighting in Damascus province is unprecedented. Regime soldiers and warplanes backed by Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah, meanwhile, pounded rebel positions near the capital, said the Local Coordination Committees activist network.

Syria’s war began as a peaceful movement in March 2011 demanding political change, but became an armed insurgency when Assad’s regime unleashed a brutal crackdown. Many months into the fighting, jihadists began to flock to Syria where upwards of 162,000 people have been killed and millions displaced in more than three years of conflict.

Despite unity calls, Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani in particular has said Baghdad could no longer object to Kurdish self-rule in Kirkuk and other areas from which federal forces withdrew as the in-

surgents advanced.

International agencies have sounded the alarm over the humanitarian consequences of the fighting, with up to 10,000 people having fled a northern Christian town and 1.2

million displaced in Iraq this year. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) warned that aid could not reach tens of thousands of displaced Iraqis, and called for humanitarian corridors.

‘Intense air raids’

Seoul: North Korea fires more short-range missiles

seOul, June 29 (aP): North Korea fired two short-range Scud missiles into its eastern waters Sunday, a South Korean official said, in an apparent test just days after the country tested what it called new precision-guided missiles.

A South Korean military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing department rules, said the missiles were fired from Wonsan and are presumed to be short-range Scud ballistic missiles. The official added that the military is determining what kind of Scud missiles the projectiles were. South Korean

media quoted officials as saying the missiles are presumed to be Scud-C missiles, the same as ones fired in March. North Korea fired the missiles without designating no-sail zones, which the South Korean military views as provocative.

North Korea regularly test-fires missiles and artillery, both to refine its weapons and to express its anger over various developments in Seoul and Washington. North Korea has in recent days criticized alleged South Korean artillery firing drills near a disputed maritime boundary in the Yellow Sea that has been the scene

of several bloody skirmishes between the rival nations in recent years. The missile displays also come days before the leader of North Korea’s only major ally, Chinese President Xi Jinping, is set to meet with South Korean President Park Geunhye. Seoul and Beijing have long pressed North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions.

North Korea said Friday that leader Kim Jong Un guided test launches of a newly developed precision-guided missiles, in a likely reference to three short-range projectiles South Korean officials say

the North fired a day earlier.

It’s not possible to tell if this assertion about the new missiles is an exaggeration, something North Korea has frequently done in the past when trumpeting its military capability, analysts say.

Its army is one of the world’s largest but is believed to be badly supplied and forced to use outdated equipment.

Still, the impoverished North devotes much of its scarce resources to missile and nuclear programs that threaten South Korea, Japan and tens of thousands of U.S. troops in the region. Outside analysts say North Korea has developed a handful of

crude nuclear devices and is working toward building a warhead small enough to mount on a long-range missile, although most experts say that goal may take years to achieve.

After a brief period of warming ties earlier this year, animosity has risen on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea has in recent months threatened South Korea’s president, calling her a prostitute, and the South has vowed to hit North Korea hard if provoked. Pyongyang conducted a series of missile and artillery tests earlier this year in response to an-

nual U.S.-South Korean military exercises it says it considers preparations for an invasion. North Korea also test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles and exchanged artillery fire with South Korea near the disputed boundary in the Yellow Sea. On Thursday, North Korea’s army accused South Korea of firing shells into the North’s waters near the sea boundary. Both Koreas routinely conduct artillery drills near the maritime boundary. A North Korean artillery attack in 2010 killed four South Koreans on a front-line Yellow Sea island.

First War Was Impossible, Then Inevitable Anatole Kaletsky

Maritime Executive

Why does the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand — the event that lit the fuse of World War One 100 years ago Saturday still resonate so powerfully? Virtually nobody believes World War Three will be triggered by recent the military conflicts in Ukraine, Iraq or the China seas, yet many factors today mirror those that led to the catastrophe in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.

The pace of globalization was almost as dramatic and confusing in 1914 as it is today. Fear of random terrorism was also widespread. The black-hatted anarchist clutching a fizzing bomb was a cartoon cliché then just as the Islamic jihadist is today. Yet the crucial parallel may be the complacent certainty that economic interdependence and prosperity had made war inconceivable, at least in Europe.

A 1910 best-selling book, The Great Illusion, used economic arguments to demonstrate that territorial conquest had become unprofitable, and therefore global capitalism had removed the risk of major wars. This view, broadly analogous to the modern factoid that there has never been a war between two

countries with a MacDonald’s outlet, became so well established that, less than a year before the Great War broke out, the Economist reassured its readers with an editorial titled “War Becomes Impossible in Civilized World.”

“The powerful bonds of commercial interest between ourselves and Germany,” the Economist insisted, “have been immensely strengthened in recent years … removing Germany from the list of our possible foes.”

The real “Great Illusion,” of course, turned out to be the idea that economic self-interest made wars obsolete.

Yet a variant of this naïve materialism has returned. It underlies, for example, the Western foreign policy that presents economic sanctions on Russia or Iran as a substitute for political compromise or military intervention.

The truth, as the world discovered in 1914 and is re-discovering today in Ukraine, the Middle East and the China seas, is that economic interests are swept aside once the genie of nationalist or religious militarism is released. Russia has in past conflicts withstood economic losses unimaginable to politicians and diplomats in the Western world, and the same is true of Iran and China. Thus

the U.S. strategy of “escalating economic costs” cannot be expected to achieve major geopolitical objectives, such as preserving Ukraine’s borders or Japan’s uninhabited islands. Either territory must be open to renegotiation or the West must be prepared to fight to protect the “sanctity” of borders, which shows the really unsettling parallels with the world of 1914.

Though historians continue to debate World War One’s proximate causes, two key destabilizing features of early 20th-century geopolitics created the necessary conditions for the sudden spiral into allconsuming conflict: the rise and fall of great powers, and the over-zealous observance of mutual-defense treaties. These features are now returning to destabilize geopolitics a century later.

The great power rotation of 1914 saw the AustroHungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire in decline with Germany ascendant.

Meanwhile, Britain, with France and Russia as junior partners, sought to maintain dominance in Europe.

But their money, military resources and political perseverance were running out.

Today, Russia is a declining power and China is rising, while the United

States is trying to maintain the 20th-century balance of power, with Europe and Japan as junior partners. Under these conditions, both rising and declining powers often conflict with nations currently in control.

The rising powers want to extend their territory or correct perceived historic wrongs. They challenge the status quo as China is doing in its neighboring seas. The declining powers, meanwhile, want to prevent territorial erosion and avoid diplomatic humiliations.

Countries like Russia today or Austria-Hungary in 1914 clash with the dominant powers presiding over what seems to them a natural and inevitable decline. The United States and Europe see no reason why Russia should object to the enlargement of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But to Russia this looks like territorial aggression and encirclement by hostile forces.

Rising and declining powers naturally tend to unite against the status quo leaders. In 1914, for example, Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire did this against France, Britain and Russia; today it is logical for China and Russia to collaborate against the United States, the European Union and Japan.

This logic has been reinforced recently by the Obama administration’s odd decision to re-emphasize its support for Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in their territorial disputes with China, at the same time as it confronts Russia in Ukraine.

Which brings me to the clearest lesson from 1914: the pernicious nexus of treaties and alliances that commit great powers to fight on behalf of other countries. This turned localized conflicts into regional or global wars and did so with terrifying speed and unpredictability.

The obvious examples today are NATO and the U.S.-Japanese mutual defense treaty, which in theory commit the United States to launch wars against Russia or China if they encroached on disputed territories in Eastern Europe or the East China Sea. Could such treaties act as a hair-trigger for global war, as in 1914?

Consider this statement

by General Sir Richard Shirreff, formerly NATO’s second most senior military officer at a debate about Russia: “Everyone surely agrees that we would be ready to go to war to defend Britain’s borders. Well, as a NATO member, Britain’s borders are now in Latvia.”

It may seem almost impossible that Washington would go to war against Beijing to defend some uninhabited Japanese islands, or against Moscow over some decrepit mining towns in Donbas, if Ukraine ever joined NATO. In early 1914, though, it seemed almost impossible that Britain and France would go to war with Germany to defend Russia against Austria-Hungary over a dispute with Serbia. Yet by June 28, war moved straight from impossible to inevitable without ever passing through improbable. Four years later, 10 million people had died.

Anatole Kaletsky is an award-winning journalist and financial economist who has written since 1976 for The Economist, the Financial Times and The Times of London before joining Reuters. His recent book, “Capitalism 4.0,” about the reinvention of global capitalism after the 2008 crisis, was nominated for the BBC’s Samuel Johnson Prize, and has been translated into Chinese, Korean, German and Portuguese. Anatole is also chief economist of GaveKal Dragonomics, a Hong Kong-based group that provides investment analysis to 800 investment institutions around the world.

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Serena Williams of U.S. gestures after losing a point to Alize Cornet of France during their women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 28. (AP Photo)

Alize Cornet of France celebrates defeating Serena Williams of U.S. in the women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 28. (AP Photo)

LONDON, JUNE 29 (REUTERS): Top seed Serena Williams' challenge for a sixth Wimbledon singles title fizzled out with a shock 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat

by France's Alize Cornet on Saturday. The 32-year-old American seemed in a hurry to make up for lost time following a long rain delay when she raced through the first set but when Cornet began to dig in her powerful game began to crumble in front of a stunned crowd on Court One. Persistent rain at the All England Club meant only two games were possible

serve again to lead 5-2.

World number one Williams looked set to launch a late escape as she clawed back to 4-5 but Cornet held her nerve when she served for the match for a second time, moving to match point when Williams bundled an easy volley into the net. Williams suffered her earliest exit from the All England Club since 2005 when she chased down a Cornet dropshot but smacked an attempted backhand pass into the net.

"I just cannot believe it," Cornet, who has reached the last 16 of a Grand Slam

before the players were running for cover from the showers. When they returned four hours later Williams took charge.

The 24-year-old Cornet, who had already beaten Williams this year, refused to fade away though and with her opponent looking uncomfortable moving on the grass she took the second set with some accurate shot-making.

A desperate-looking Williams fought off break points in the opening game of the decider but Cornet turned the screws at 2-2 to move ahead and then broke

for only the second time in 34 attempts, said in a courtside interview.

"After the break because of the rain I couldn't move my legs, I was so slow. After 6-1 in 15 minutes I was like this will be tough. But I finally made it through, I don't know how just with my heart and the help of the crowd."

Serena's defeat follows that of sister Venus to Petra Kvitova in the third round on Friday. Cornet, the 25th seed, will face Canada's rising force Eugenie Bouchard for a place in the quarterfinals.

President Nagaland Badminton Association & Parliamentary Secretary IFC &Election, Y Vikheho Swu; NBA State Badminton Coach, Sungit and Officials of Pughoboto Sub-Division Badminton Association (PSBA) along with young badminton enthusiasts at the Badminton Training Camp. The Training Camp is organized by the PSBA from 23-28 June 2014 at Pughoboto Badminton Stadium.

Brazil strikers continue to struggle at WCup

BELO HORIZONTE, JUNE 29 (AP): Brazil is not getting enough help from its strikers when it needs them most at the World Cup, and the lack of attacking options nearly proved fatal on Saturday.

Apart from team star Neymar, the team's top forwards have disappointed at their home tournament and were lackluster again on Saturday, when Brazil secured its place in the quarterfinals.

Brazil avoided a humiliating elimination with a 3-2 penalty shootout win against Chile following a 1-1 draw after extra time.

Neymar was not at his best, while Fred and Hulk failed to provide the spark that the five-time world champions needed. Jo, who came on as a substitute, made little impression.

Brazil's lone goal was scored by defender David Luiz in the first half.

"We struggled a lot, but in the end it all worked out," Fred said. "We know in our heads that we have to improve. But what mattered today is that we advanced, even with the difficulties." Fred is the only central striker to have scored for Brazil so far.

Neymar has four of the team's eight goals, with Luiz, Oscar and Fernandinho getting the others.

Hulk had the worst day of them all on Saturday.

First he made a mistake in defense that led to Chile's equalizer in the first half. He then had a goal disallowed for a handball in the second period, and in the penalty shootout Hulk was

Brazil's Jo, right, replaces Brazil's Fred during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and Chile at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, June 28. (AP Photo)

one of the Brazil players who missed from the spot, along with Willian.

Fred has struggled for the entire tournament and was ineffective again on Saturday at the Mineirao Stadium, being jeered by part of the crowd when he was substituted in the 64th minute. He had two good chances in the first half but couldn't capitalize on them. His lone goal of the tournament was in the 4-1 win over Cameroon, when Brazil was leading 2-1. Jo replaced Fred against Chile and looked just as weak, making basic mistakes and not creating any significant threat to Chile's defense.

"I think the important thing is the

squad is united, regardless of failures," Brazil captain Thiago Silva said.

The other attacking option for coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is youngster Bernard, who also hasn't done much in the few minutes he has played as a substitute in the tournament so far.

When Hulk wasn't available for one of the group matches, Scolari used midfielder Ramires a replacement, instead of picking another striker.

Brazil hasn't had a star striker since Ronaldo stopped playing after the 2006 World Cup. Luis Fabiano was the team's starter in the 2010 tournament in South Africa.

RIO DE JANEIRO, JUNE 29 (AP): With a spectacular swivel-and-strike, James Rodriguez provided one of the highlights of the World Cup and gave Brazil reason to worry.

Rodriguez scored one of the best goals of the tournament and added a second to put Colombia into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time with a 2-0 win over Uruguay on Saturday — setting up a meeting with the host nation.

Rodriguez added to his growing list memorable moments in Brazil when he gave his team the lead with a long-range volley as he turned in the 28th minute.

He scored the second from close range shortly after the break as Colombia dominated an Uruguay side that sorely missed banned striker Luis Suarez. "I think now the toughest is coming up," Rodriguez said of the quarterfinal match against Brazil. "I'm happy because we are making history and as a young man I dreamed of being here. And of course we want to do even more."

Rodriguez now has a tournament-leading five goals in Brazil and further enhanced his status as perhaps the World Cup's biggest revelation. In the absence of injured star Radamel Falcao, the Monaco winger has become the focal point of a Colombia team that won all three of its group games with impressive attacking play.

Uruguay, meanwhile, simply couldn't find anyone to fill the absence of Suarez. The team struggled badly in attack and replacement striker Diego Forlan was substituted in the 53rd after a disappointing performance in what was likely his final World Cup appearance. Colombia is playing its first World Cup since 1998 and has already achieved its best-ever result. "Congratulations to all the Colombian people," said coach Jose Pekerman, who is from Argentina. "The people in Colombia deserve this." Colombia will play Brazil in the quarterfinals on July 4 in Fortaleza after the host nation beat Chile in a penalty shootout earlier Saturday. But Rodriguez showed once again that the Brazilians have every reason to be wary of Colombia.

The opener was his most spectacular goal yet. He chested the ball down with his back to goal well outside

Uruguay's Cristian Rodriguez, left, and Colombia's Abel Aguilar go for a header during their World Cup round of 16 soccer match at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 28. (AP Photo)

the area and in one fluid motion turned around and fired a left-foot volley that went off the underside of the crossbar and into the net.

It was a goal that came seemingly out of nowhere and provided another example of the technique and creativity that has made Rodriguez one of the standout players of the tournament.

Uruguay defender Alvaro Pereira tried to clear

the ball with a diving header, but it went straight to Abel Aguilar, who headed it forward toward Rodriguez.

His maneuver only took a split second and left goalkeeper Fernando Muslera flailing helplessly as the ball looped over him and into the net. Rodriguez ran over the corner flag and thrust both hands out to his sides in a "how about that" gesture. "I think he is the best

player of the tournament so far," Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said. Rodriguez's second was a perfectly executed team move as Colombia worked the ball over from the right flank to the left, where Pablo Armero sent in a cross that was met

by Juan Cuadrado at the far post. Cuadrado headed back across goal toward Rodriguez, who slotted in from just a few yards (meters) out.

Suarez idolized, not blamed for Uruguay's exit RIO DE JANEIRO, JUNE 29 (AP): Dejected but defiant, and still defending Luis Suarez.

Uruguay's support of the banned, biting striker was steadfast on Saturday even as the team was toothless in his absence and went out of the World Cup with a 2-0 loss to Colombia.

Among the Uruguay fans in the stands, in the team dressing room and in the dugout, Suarez's global pariah status is still mystifying. To them, the 27-year-old player is not a pariah but a footballing hero, even if the bite on an opponent will prevent him representing the national team in competitive games for more than a year.

"People have been after him for a long time," Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said in the Maracana, echoing recent attacks on a perceived FIFA and English-language media campaign against Suarez.

World football's governing body acted swiftly after the bite on Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Tuesday's Group D finale, banning Suarez for four months, disrupting his Liverpool career, as well as nine international matches.

"It is an outrage," veteran defender Diego Lugano said. "It is a violation of human rights which is far beyond winning or losing a football game."

While Suarez was more than 1,000 miles at home, his usual No. 9 jersey was hung in the dressing room as usual, tweeted out for the world to see by the team. Outside the Maracana, some fans pretended to bite each other, inside many watched the game wearing Suarez face masks and "Ole, ole, ole, Suarez" was sung throughout.

Uruguay fans wear masks of Uruguay's Luis Suarez before the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Colombia and Uruguay at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 28. (AP Photo)

"We all know the things that happened, but we had to take only positive things out of that situation," Tabarez said. "In fact, it gave us a lot of strength for this game. We really wanted to win."

But apart from Suarez's name, there was little to cheer as Uruguay fans were outnumbered by the swathes of Colombian yellow. Just like in the group stage opener when Suarez was still recovering from a knee injury, Uruguay couldn't find a way to win in this round of 16 match without the lethal marksman, who scored twice in the victory over England. At 35, Diego Forlan made little impact up front during his 53 minutes on the pitch. Only in the closing min-

utes was there any intensity from the 2010 semifinalists, but Cristian Rodriguez, Maxi Pereira and Edinson Cavani were all denied.

Still, though, no fan in a Uruguay shirt could be found blaming Suarez as they left the stadium.

"He is not a criminal, he is a good boy," said 43-year-old Santiago Pineyioz. "He has a problem."

Suarez has now been handed a third biting ban after previous incidents with Ajax and Liverpool.

But with the FIFA sanction preventing Suarez playing in next year's Copa America, a perception is growing in Uruguay that the country of around three million is being unfairly targeted.

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he no longer has Harry, but Cressida Bonas has found herself a William – in the form of dashing young English actor Will Poulter. While the mud-covered masses were caught out in a storm on Friday night, Cressida, 25, and Will, 21, were busy cosying up together in the hospitality bar backstage. The duo were spotted by several onlookers who commented on their rather affectionate display. I’m told Cressie’s closest pals were thrilled to see their friend looking so happy and relaxed after a troubled few months.

A source told me: ‘They were all over each other in the hospitality area. ‘Everyone was talking about how close they looked. It was all very exciting. They looked like they were having a really great time.’

This time last year budding actress Cressida set tongues wagging when she and Harry turned up at the festival. But since their split in April, they have been busy focusing on their own lives, with Cressida pursuing a career on the stage, and Harry busy with his official duties, including a trip to the World Cup in Brazil.

Sources close to the pair say they may reunite after spending a few months apart, but Cressida certainly didn’t seem to be thinking of Harry over the weekend. Another pal said: ‘It was snug in the hospitality bar. When the rain came down everyone had to huddle together, but there was no doubt that Will and Cress were closer than they needed to be.’ Later, the pair snuck away to Glastonbury’s exclusive nightspot The Rabbit Hole, which is open only to a special few who know where it is.

Cressida and Will – who starred with Jennifer Aniston in 2013 film We’re The Millers – were joined for the evening’s partying by Harry’s close pal Tom ‘Skippy’ Inskip, who may well have been keeping a beady eye out for any sign of romance between the two.

The trio danced away the night before returning to the VIP area for some rest and refreshment. It seems the late night may have taken its toll on Cressie, however. After stocking up on a plate of pizza and chips yesterday at backstage eatery Butts Bar, she was overheard complaining to a chum about how ‘hungover’ she felt. Just as well she was staying in the most glamorous accommodation Glasto has to offer.

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inger Lana Del Rey has always wanted to be a leather-clad, cross-country driving motorbiker and hopes to fulfil her dream when her music career quietens down. Discussing the casting of bikers in her video for ‘Ride’, she explained: “The reason why bikers and biker culture is so important to me is that we have the same principle in mind, freedom and staying free. For them that means being on two wheels on the road, which is why that’s a recurring motif for me. “I’m not able to be free like that right now, I still have a lot of work. What I aspire to be is probably on a bike on the road at some point.” Lana’s lyrics always paint her as a Lolita-style ingénue embroiled with an older man, and she revealed she needs a more mature boyfriend to give her the intellectual stimulation. The 27-year-old star told the ‘Laura Leishman Project’ show on French radio: “Knowing what I’ve wanted to do for so long, and being tamed in my own way for so long, the person I’m looking for is a more serene, intelligent and probably an older figure. “I was aware that people would take [the older men] literally as an archetypal already been done, played on relationship. But for me I have more personal connection with the concept of a very giving, affectionate, older than me character.”

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ollie King longs for the “biggest family” and “the most incredible wedding”. The Saturdays star admits she has become obsessed with settling down after some of her bandmates have got married and had babies and hopes to one day start a family with music producer boyfriend Jordan Omley. The Saturdays singer Mollie King wants to marry boyfriend Jordan Omley and have lots of children. She said: “I want the biggest family and I want the most incredible wedding. It definitely gets you thinking about it.” Quizzed about marriage, she added: “Definitely one day, but not soon.” The 27-year-old starlet finds it difficult to maintain a long-term relationship - as she’s based in the UK and her American boyfriend lives in

Los Angeles - but believes her and Jordan’s similar careers makes it easier for them to understand one another’s busy schedule. Mollie explained: “He’s so kind and loving, he really looks after me. And because he’s in the same industry, he gets it. He’ll be talking about his day in the studio and I’ll be talking about a performance.” As for communicating from different countries, the ‘What About Us’ hitmaker prefers video chats over Skype to phone calls. She told Britain’s OK! magazine: “With Skype I can put him there and walk around the kitchen and make my dinner.

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usic composer Himesh Reshammiya says that superstar Salman Khan is working on a big “musical surprise” for his fans. Reshammiya has refused to divulge any details but says it would be out before Eid (July 29). “I can`t reveal what surprise is in store for you but I can promise you that there is a great surprise from Salman bhai to

all his fans and you all will love it. But at the moment it is very difficult for me to say anything,” the composer said here Friday at the 75th birth celebrations of legendary composer Rahul Dev Burman, fondly called Pancham Da. “But definitely before Eid you all will get a very big musical surprise from Salman bhai and you all will be more than happy,” he added. Reshammiya has composed the music for Salman`s new film `Kick` and the two are now working on a song reportedly sung by Salman. “Kick” also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Jacqueline Fernandez and hits theatres July 25.

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he underwent a gastric bypass procedure in 1999 after spending years battling with her weight. But now, Sharon Osbourne has admitted she felt like a ‘cheat’ because she wasn’t losing the pounds healthily. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, she said: ‘I felt like such a cheat when I had that band on my stomach. It makes you vomit the whole time. Nothing goes down because it goes out.’ The former X Factor UK judge - who is married to Ozzy Osbourne and has three children Aimee, Kelly and Jack - now controls her weight by sticking to the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet after having the band removed in 2006. But she admits she still has ‘cheat’ days. She explained: ‘I’d be fibbing if I said I don’t cheat because I do cheat. I cheat a lot on my diet. We all do, but I don’t guilt myself out because the next day I’ll start with my Atkins breakfast sandwich and I’m right back on it.’ Meanwhile, Kelly, 29, recently admitted that Sharon, who underwent surgery for colon cancer in 2002 and had a double mastectomy in 2012, is her biggest inspiration. She said previously: ‘She taught me to be a fighter, that a smile can

be the best medicine, to live every day as if it’s your last, that family is all that really matters, and that love is the only true thing that lasts forever. ‘ Sharon certainly isn’t the only member of her family to have struggled with her weight. Her children, Kelly and Jack, have both successfully shed the pounds under the public eye. In 2013, Kelly, 29, opened up about her diet to Huffington Post, revealing: ‘Once I learned how to work out right and eat right, it’s one of those things that you just have to commit to a life change rather than being on a diet.’ Since 2009, Kelly has shed an impressive 70 pounds, the website states. Like her mother, Kelly has admitted she still gives into tempting meals: ‘I always cheat....Pizza, I have to say...’ As for Sharon’s son

Jack, the 28-year-old’s now defunct reality show, Adrenaline Junkie, played a part in his weight loss, Men’s Fitness reports. The reality show - which aired from 2005-2007 - documented Jack as he challenged himself to extraordinary physical feats. ‘I think having issues with weight is clearly a universal problem these days,’ Jack shared with the publication. He added: ‘We weren’t designed to sit in cars and sit behind desks for 9 to 15 hours a day. We have two legs, we’re natural hunter-gatherers, and we’re meant to be on our feet all day. So it’s something a lot of people have to battle in some aspects.’

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op stars One Direction have apologized to fans after a sales website crashed as fans rushed to scoop up bargain price $13 tickets to the band’s show in Italy. Sorry to all those who tried to buy the new 10 Euro tickets for tonight The Best Song Ever hitmakers are set to perform two concerts in Milan over the weekend (28-29Jun14), and they thrilled devotees by announcing plans to slash some ticket prices for the Saturday night (28Jun14) show. The bargain seats at the Stadio San Siro have a restricted view, but fans flooded an Italian sales website in a bid to get their hands on the cheap tickets, crashing the online portal and prompting an apology from One Direc-

tion’s Niall Horan, who writes in a post on Twitter.com, “Sorry to all those who tried to buy the new 10 Euro tickets for tonight. The site crashed! But it’s back up and running”. The gig will be filmed for a concert DVD and Horan revealed the special ticket scheme was introduced to make sure the venue is packed out. He previously explained, “Milan! Filming our DVD... at San Siro! Tickets have been sold out for a year but we’re releasing a few more restricted view seats... Want as many of u guys 2 (to) come and be part of it... A few restricted view tkts (tickets) will go on sale for 10 Euros!... Milan you are gona (gonna) be watch (sic) from all over the world! You gotta be loud, crazy”.

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saw the World Cup hosts go through to the quarter finals after a nail-biting encounter that went to extra time, with Brazil finally winning 3-2 in the penalty shoot-out. The final moments of the match

-- which saw Chile miss their final penalty -- generated 388,985 tweets a minute, Twitter said. This broke a record previously set during the Super Bowl, when 382,000 tweets were sent per minute.

Unsurprisingly, Brazilian striker Neymar, who scored the team's final penalty, was the player mentioned most frequently on the site during the game.

Twitter said on Friday that more than 300 million messages had been sent about the tournament since the group stages of the football competition began, with the event "already becoming one of the most talked about events on Twitter of all time". Before Saturday, the record for the mostcommented-on match on the network was that between Brazil and Croatia on June 12, which saw 12.2 million messages sent.

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The 24-year-old Saina, who enjoyed a 1-0 head-tohead record against Marin going into Sunday's match, logged the first point and displayed some deft net play against her rival, stroking in some delectably timed volleys to take a 5-2 lead in the opening game.

But the 21-year-old Marin was not the one to give up easily and showed just why she is considered one of the most feisty play-

ers on the circuit. She narrowed the gap to 6-8 but seemed distinctly out of her comfort zone every time Saina dragged her towards the net. Also, Marin didn't help her cause by committing a service error to gift an easy point to Saina, who went into the interval leading 11-7 after an intriguing rally which ended with the Spaniard smashing the shuttle wide. Marin raised her game and the decibel levels after the break but Saina was quick to counter-attack and returned her rival's attempted smashes with quiet intensity.

In between, Marin played some fine strokes but they never came consistently enough as Saina made it 17-12. Marin's dogged determination was there to be seen in every point she played for but that alone was never going to be enough to upstage a composed Saina.

The Indian, who didn't seem affected at all by Marin's aggressive outpouring of emotions after every claimed point, sealed the opening game 21-18 after her world number 11 rival smashed one into the net 23 minutes into the match. In the second game, Marin's determination helped her take a 3-1 lead

A Brazilian supporter reacts after watching Brazil win their match against Chile on penalties on June 28. (AP Photo)

PARIS, June 29 (AFP): A record 16.3 million tweets were sent during Saturday's World Cup game between Brazil and Chile, the most ever for a live event on the social network. The game

Mexico's Hector Herrera, center, challenges for the ball with Netherlands' Stefan de Vrij, left, and Ron Vlaar during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the Netherlands and Mexico at the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil on June 29. (AP Photo)

RIO, June 29 (AGenCIeS): The Netherlands scored a dramatic 2-1 victory over Mexico in the teams’ Round of 16 match at the FIFA World Cup on Sunday.

Down 1-0 with minutes remaining in the match, the Dutch found goals from Wesley Sneijder and Klaas Jan Huntelaar to overturn the Mexican lead.

Wesley Sneijder's 88th-minute strike seemed to have forced extra time, but Arjen Robben was then brought down in the box two minutes into injury time, and Klaas Jan Huntelaar slotted the spot kick home to seal a shocking win. A stunning goal from Giovani Dos Santos and a string of magical

saves from Guillermo Ochoa looked to have put Mexico into the last eight. Mexico had the better chances from the first half and finally made the breakthrough in the second when Dos Santos shot from the outside of the box bounced it's way into the bottom corner.

The Netherlands had their best chance when De Vrij had his point-blank shot saved on to the post by Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa who has been having a brilliant tournament. Heat was a major factor in the match, forcing FIFA to implement the first two cooling breaks at the World Cup. The Netherlands will play either Costa Rica or Greece in the quarter-final.

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SYDneY, June 29 (PTI): Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal produced a dominating performance to lift her second title of the season, winning the $750,000 Star Australian Super Series after beating Spain's Carolina Marin in the summit clash on Sunday.

The sixth seeded Indian, who had won the India Open Grand Prix Gold earlier this year, prevailed 21-18, 21-11 in a 43-minute contest which left her

to start with but it was not too long before Saina came back into the fray, this time on the back of some wellplaced strokes from the baseline. Perhaps taking a cue from Marin, Saina too let some emotion show as she clenched her fist and shouted 'come on' after every clinched point. But one of her screams came about in the middle of a rally, prompting Marin to

complain to the chair umpire, who merely asked her to continue. The distraction didn't do any good to Marin as Saina raced to a 11-4 lead against the Spaniard, who looked to be in disarray.

After the interval, Saina kept up the pressure, regularly inducing errors from Marin, who struggled to maintain the intensity she displayed in the opening game.

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