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T (name withheld) who has been residing in Nagaland for four years was beaten up without reason by some Naga youth. Asked if this was ever reported to the Police, he says, “What to do? We cannot do whatever we want on someone else’s land.”

“It is only when we differentiate that conflict arises,” says Dr. P Ngullie, Mental Health ProfessionEmployed, single and lov- al, who is of the view that ing it. Mmhnn. nice post the tendency to feel better honey! than the other is the root cause of discrimination The Morung Express and racism.

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Lok Sabha election dates likely today NEw DElHI, MARCH 4 (IANS): The Election Commission is likely to announce the dates for the Lok Sabha election Wednesday. The term of the current Lok Sabha expires June 1. A new house has to be constituted by May 31. An estimated 814 million voters will be eligible to vote, with 97.1 million new voters added since the 2009 election. The “None of the Above” (NOTA) option will be given to voters -- for the first time in a parliamentary contest. About 800,000 polling stations will be set up across the country, according to Election Commission sources.

Around 1.2 million electronic voting machines will be used in the election and another 250,000 have been ordered from public sector companies. In 2009, there were 714 million voters and 671 million in 2004.

Throw garbage after 6pm or before 6am, says DMC

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DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): The Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) has reminded all business establishments/shopkeepers and residents of Dimapur town within the DMC jurisdiction that all garbage should be thrown in the DMC designated dustbin/places in the evening after 6:00pm and morning before 6:00am only. Administrator, DMC cum Additional DC, Dimapur, K. Tarep Imchen informed this via a circular today. It was also notified that any one found violating the above order shall be penalized with “heavy fine” as per provision under Section 471 (a) of the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001.

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Spice entrepreneurs trained on export business [ PAGE 2]

Military force would be “last resort” in Ukraine [ PAGE 9]

Graeme Smith to retire from international cricket... [ PAGE 12]

racism and Discrimination: looking inwards Kohima | March 4

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Long History of Struggle and Violence The only reason nonlocals like T cannot afford to report such incidents is because there is fear and it is a gamble for survival.

However, the important issue that arises in the Naga society is how Nagas have developed such tendencies of discrimination and how do we stop it.

“We are not racist, neither are we violent. There are too many damaging memories to deal with,” says Kedo Peseyie, Pastor

City Church, referring to the memories of the Naga struggle for independence, who feels that these stories remain fresh. Peseyie adds that Nagas have a strong tendency to protect their tribal identity, which is not wrong but a lot of times it has been channelized in the wrong direction leading to violence between tribes and races, instead of enhancing progress by prompting healthy competition.

“To be honest, it is the way we grew up because of the Naga struggle and the trauma we went through in the hands of the Indian Army, we have looked at any Indian/non-local as bad,” says Dr. Ngullie, further adding that Nagas cannot go on looking at every “non-local” as an enemy.

Many times, the damage and mental trauma passed on to the next generation is far worse than the generation which has actually experienced it, as student leader Zakie Khate says, “The anger and hate that we harbor is more dangerous than the ones who have actually encountered the real suffering.”

Such chain of angry reactions that young Nagas to-

discrimination in Nagaland?

Kedo Peseyie refers to two foundational Christian doctrines that the Naga society can follow to stop discrimination. First is the con-

cept of “original sin” which puts people in the same category. “Because of sin, we are what we are. No race is worse than the other. We are all in the same boat. There

is absolutely no moral or intellectual reason to support racism,” says Kedo. Second, is the fact that everyone is created in the image of God. A Hindu or a Muslim does not appear lesser or hold lower dignity in the image of God than a Christian. All possess equal dignity and deserve equal respect. These two doctrines, according to Kedo Peseyie, are the essence of Apostle Paul’s most countercultural statement: There is no longer Jew of Greek, male or female, slave or free, but all are one.“Try living Paul’s idea, and people from your own tribe will call you a traitor,” he adds, however.

Dr. Ngullie suggests two points from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) introduced

by Bishop Desmond Tutu –confronting the truth and seeking forgiveness in the midst of severe human rights violation committed during apartheid in South Africa. Second, is the Journey of Conscience.

In the year 2000, the Naga Peoples’ Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) took a courageous step to traverse the Journey of Conscience where it, along with other civil society groups, visited parts of the Naga

NAY PYI TAw, MARCH 4 (PTI): Warning about the evolving threat of terrorism in the BIMSTEC region, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday sought stronger cooperation from the seven-nation grouping to effectively counter it, asserting that their security is “indivisible”.

Addressing the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit here, Singh said the region faces many common challenges — from natural disasters to terrorism which have to be collectively addressed to make an important contri-

bution to peace, harmony, security and prosperity in Asia and the world.

“Like our prosperity, our security, too, is indivisible — whether it is the security of sea lanes of communication in our region or the persisting challenges of terrorism and transnational crimes,” he said.

The seven members - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal - bring together over 20 per cent of the world population, which is about 1.5 billion, and a GDP of over USD 2.5

trillion. “The nature of the evolving threat of terrorism in the BIMSTEC region has imparted greater urgency for stronger cooperation to counter it,” he stressed.

As part of this effort, the grouping must seek early ratification of the Convention on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking as also expediting signing of the BIMSTEC Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, he said,

adding that negotiations should be commenced on a BIMSTEC Convention on Extradition.

The Prime Minister also spoke of the many opportunities that BIMSTEC countries share in the fields of trade, economic cooperation and connectivity, saying all of this “presage a bright future for us”.

He said the in realising the BIMSTEC vision, connectivity-physical and digital-was the key to it and could be a drive of cooperation and integration in the region.

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Following a break on March 6, the final three days will exclusively feature various art forms, mainly from the North East, to be choreographed by award-winning folk artiste from Assam, Dr. Prasanna Gogoi. Additional highlights will be folk art forms from the South and North of the country.

“It is a platform for artistes from not only the region but for artistes from various parts of the country,” said Tzudir of the festival. Another important objective of the event will be the promotion of artistes from rural areas. According to him, for too long, information and resources have been, primarily and largely, focused in the urban areas.

However, he said that it has been realised that it is in the rural regions where folk art flourishes. “Our resources, our programs will be channelled to the rural areas...so that there is an understanding of their importance because we recognise the fact that most of the art forms actually are being practiced in the rural areas;” in due course bring-

ing it to the larger domain, he said.

On upcoming events, he added that the Spring Festival is a warm up to the ‘Yatra’ (chain) programme scheduled for an April start.

As an institution of the Ministry of Culture for the promotion and conservation of the indigenous culture of the North East, Tzudir said that the NEZCC will also focus on eradicating misconceptions associated with people from the region. Alluding to the regular incidents of racerelated discrimination and sense of alienation generally experienced by people from the region in the mainland, Tzudir said, “We have understood and recognised the fact that the alarming news (of racists remarks and attacks) that are making headlines are primarily out of ignorance of the NE region.” In this regard, he said that the NEZCC will also work toward debunking myths and prejudice associated with the region; while bringing the North East’s vibrant way of life to the forefront of the national mainstream.

Can Nagas constructively address issues of racial discrimination when we are not done with our past?

While the issue of racism surfaces in India, it is essential to internally reflect on the causes and cures of racism in nagaland as well.

day harbor even without experiencing the real trauma has led to hatred and violence and needs immediate redress.

How do we stop racism or

homeland and listened to the sufferings Nagas went through. The journey took them to New Delhi as well to share the Naga story with the people of India.

The Naga delegation also visited Rajghat, New Delhi, as a gesture of beginning the process of healing and asked for forgiveness from the Indians whose sons and brothers were killed

by Nagas. “A lot of wounding has been done to the Nagas. Our wounds have not healed yet. And we are wounding each other in the process,” says Dr. Ngullie.

Because there are so many wounds left unhealed, which is creating a chain of internal and external wounding, to something as extreme as racism, and so that non-locals like T do not have to live in Nagaland as silent sufferers, Nagas need a kind of restorative justice like the TRC or starting another Journey of Conscience. As Kedo Peseyie puts it, “They say time can heal, but history is written, and even after 100 years they can instigate hate again. I believe only forgiveness can heal. We need to remember history rightly from the perspective of forgiveness.”

20-year old’s body flown to Nagaland PM seeks BIMSTEC cooperation to counter terrorism Morung Express news Dimapur | March 4

A 20-year old Naga boy’s body, who died in New Delhi on Monday, has been flown into Nagaland on the morning of March 4.

Wiribou Chawang (20), who had arrived in New Delhi only a month back from his home in New Jalukie, Peren, looking for a job, became breathless at night in his sleep at his residence—his roommate called the neighbours on hearing him choke, and they took him to the Safdar-

jung Hospital in New Delhi, where he was declared dead on arrival, said a senior police officer.

According to police, Chawang was suffering from a breathing problem. On Sunday evening, he also complained of a breathing problem. Police, however, ruled out any foul play. “Police are awaiting his postmortem report to ascertain the exact cause of his death,” an officer added, which will be available only after 14 days.

Chawang’s body has been sent to Nagaland with the help of New Delhi’s Na-

galand House by the 7am Air India flight on March 4, informed Hollande Ngonamei, former president of the Zeliangrong Students’ Union Delhi who coordinated the efforts. He said that the Deputy Residential Commissioner at Nagaland House extended all help possible, including arrangement of transport and other logistics. Chawang’s company, a call centre at which he worked for the past 12-13 days, also extended his wages, informed Ngonamei.

With PTI inputs

72 year old drugged, robbed in own house Morung Express news Dimapur | March 4

In a chilling daylight robbery, a 72 yearold woman was drugged and robbed in her own house in Dimapur. The victim, Y. Amongla Ao, regained coherence only after 3 days, after which a police complaint was filed.

The incident occurred on February 28 at Amongla’s Duncan Basti residence.

On February 26, as per Y. Amongla’s narrative, a stout middle aged woman came to her house looking for small household jobs. With her domestic help away, she asked the woman to return in two days for work. The woman returned on February 28, morning, along with a seven month old baby girl, and another girl of 15-16 years of age.

When asked by the old lady, they said they were “Mians” and the older, dark complexioned, woman said that she has to take care of a lot of younger children, and that Amongla should employ the young girl as a domestic help. According to the narrative, the older woman wore a black scarf round her head and had silver bangles on the wrists, while the younger one wore a red salwaar suit.

After the introduction, the duo helped out with household chores till around 11:00am, when Amongla offered them tea. Leaving her cup in the kitchen, Amongla said that she went to the neighbouring grocery store to get bread. Returning she finished her cup of tea, at the same time wondering why her tea tasted unusually sweet. She usually takes tea without sugar.

After tea, they sat on the corridor of her house. This is when the older woman asked her, by tapping on her head, if she felt any headache. She recalled feeling a sensation of pain on her knees but not headache. The next thing she knew, she woke up in the ICU of the Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR). She was found unconscious on the floor by a three year-old neighbour, at around 1:00 pm, who alerted the neighbours and later her family.

At first, it was suspected to be a case of heart attack but tests did not suggest such.

She had vomited thrice in her unconscious state. Meanwhile, it was discovered that things were missing at the house. It was not until March 2 that she gained complete coherence to recall what had happened.

“My gold necklace, ear rings, ring, mobile phone and seven pairs of salwaar suits were gone. My whole body still hurts, especially the neck, and my stomach is burning. I was obviously poisoned and robbed,” said Amongla, who cannot “forget the face” of the older woman, with her large eyes. Her Medicolegal Report from the CIHSR suggests “poisoning”. She suspects what happened to her could be part of an organized racket.

“Since we live on the main road, people saw the duo leave with bags from our house but my mother used to donate things to the underprivileged all the time, so no one thought anything was amiss,” said Amongla’s daughter, who filed an official complaint with the West Police Station, Dimapur, which has confirmed that someone from the Dimapur police Women’s Cell will get back to them.

‘Russia has right to use force in Ukraine’

MOSCOw, MARCH 4 (AP): Accusing the West of encouraging an “unconstitutional coup” in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow reserves the right to use its military to protect Russians there but hopes it won’t need to. The Russian leader’s first comments on Ukraine since its fugitive president fled came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kiev to meet with Ukraine’s new government.

Putin declared that Western actions were driving Ukraine into anarchy and warned that any sanctions the West places on Russia for its actions there will backfire. “We aren’t going to fight the Ukrainian people,” Putin said, adding that the massive military maneuvers Russia had been doing involving 150,000 troops near Ukraine’s border had been previously planned and were unrelated to the current situation in Ukraine. He ordered the troops back to their bases. The U.S. announced a $1 billion aid package Tuesday in energy subsidies to Ukraine, which faces a looming financial disaster.

“We are going to do our best (to help you). We are going to try very hard,” Kerry said upon arriving in Kiev. “We hope Russia will respect the election that you are going to have.”

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neZcc spring fest: Promoting culture and debunking myth Dimapur | March 4

The North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) has lined up a series of exciting events for the Spring Festival, 2014. The festival which took off on March 3 will culminate on March 9 with more than 365 artistes, including school children, from across the North East as well as from other Zonal Cultural Centres partaking.

Addressing a press conference on the second day of the festival, NEZCC director, Lipokmar Tzudir, stated that the festival will feature various folk art forms, besides themebased entertainment. The curtain raiser on March 3 was themed ‘Music in the Park’, followed by ‘Movies in the Park’ on March 4.

The entertainment section will conclude on March 5, which will feature magic shows. “Considered almost a dying art in the country,” the NEZCC is happy that it is in a position to promote the art, said Tzudir of the magic show-themed evening on March 5.

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Spice entrepreneurs trained on export business DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): As part of the initiative of Ministry of Commerce & Industry to promote trade exports from the North Eastern Region, a two-day training programme for new entrepreneurs on spice export business got underway here at AIDA complex, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School campus, Dimapur.

The training programme is sponsored by the Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, GoI and conducted

by Indian Institute of EnMLA and vice chairman, NSAMB S Chuba Longkumer speak- trepreneurship, Guahati, ing at the training programme for new entrepreneur in NE Assam.

Region on spice export business at AIDA, Dimapur.

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Nagaland State Agricultural Marketing Board (NSAMB), S Chuba Longkumer who was the chief guest at the inaugural function, in his speech stressed on the importance of spices and its cultivation to improve the economy and living standard of the State and its people. He lamented that Nagas so far knew only two important basic life saving item-rice and meat.

He feels that Nagas need to know and study in detail on the spices grown aplenty in our soil, its value and uses instead of nonchalantly exporting them to other state and countries.

Longkumer also had

some tips for those in attendance on how to become a successful entrepreneur. “Nagas need to be patient when it comes to building-up business; investment should be done for long term enterprise,” he advised.

He also stressed on taking up vocational training and learning the knowhow of marketing, balancing products and disposing products. With growing popularity of social media, Longkumer was also of the opinion that local entrepreneurs can become international with the help of internet facility.

Moreover, with the

world of culinary gaining popularity to a new height as never before, he felt that spice entrepreneur, cultivators are seeing very strong prospect in terms of earning and job satisfaction.

Resource persons for the two day training programme include Bibek Jyoti Roy, Deputy Director (Marketing), Spices board, Kolkota, AS Dewan, Member of Faculty, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guahati, Prasanta Goswami, Member of Faculty, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) and Atuba, Assistant Director, KVIC, Dimapur.

Hindi teachers urge to impart DC Mkg assures polling station at Kangtsung Yimsen quality Hindi language

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tUENsANG, MARCH 4 (DIPR): A training programme for undergraduate Hindi Teachers appointed during 2012-13 serving under the establishment of SDEO Tuensang, Shamator and Noklak was held here on March 4 at GHSS auditorium Tuensang.

EAC Tuensang, Nikesono Kevichusa, as the chief guest, graced the inaugural training programme.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Guest stressed on the importance of Hindi language and urged upon the teachers to impart quality education of Hindi to the students for the upliftment and benefit of the people.

Nikesono also said that, the government is giving more privilege and initiating the Hindi curricular activities in the State and urged the

teachers to educate the students in a proper way.

Also speaking at the programme, Deputy District Education Officer, Tuensang, I. Sashi Ao, said that, Hindi is a national language which is very important and has great advantage in learning the language. He also urged the teachers to render their service with dedication and sincerity towards the students for the common profit of the society.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by Vice principal & Programme Coordinator, Gulab Chandra while invocation was pronounced by Hindi Coordinator, Dr. B.P Philip, welcome speech was delivered by SDEO Tuensang, Temsula Ao. Vote of thanks was proposed by Language Officer, Zakienei Khoubve.

MOKOKCHUNG, MARCH 4 (MExN): Brining relief to the villagers of Kangtsung Yimsen, who had to travel about six kilometers to cast their votes, DC Mokokchung, Muroho Chotso declared that a new polling station would be provided.

The DC Mokokchung made the declaration while addressing the villagers during his first official visit to the Kangtsung Yimsen recognized in 2012. Chotso said that the villagers of Kangtsung Yimsen would not need to travel on foot to Kangtsung Yimtiba to cast their vote after they get their own polling station.

Stating that Foothill road would be passing through Kangtsung Yimsen, he asked the villagers not to be a hindrance for the developmental work but support it. He said, “The village was privilege as it might become a mod-

DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): The annual general body meeting of the Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA) was held on February 22 at Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Representative of tea growing states from various parts of India attended the meeting.

The representatives from Nagaland were D. Hukiye Kibami, President, All Nagaland Small Tea Grower’s Association (ANSTGA), Er Inavito Yepthomi, Press Secretary, ANSTGA, Tonika

Kibami, member and Arha Phesao member, ANSTGA. ANSTGA Press Secretary, Er Inavito Yepthomi in a press release said that during the session, the house discussed and deliberated on various agenda.

The new executive committee member of CISTA were constituted where D Hukiye Kiba, President, ANSTGA was also elected for the next three year.

The annual general body meeting was followed by India International Small Tea Grower's Conference on

February 24 at Jalpaiguri Tea Auction Centre organised

by CISTA and supported by Tea Board of India where in Rachmat Bardruddin, Chairman, Tea Board of Indonesia was the chief guest of the mega event. The delegates from other tea growing foreign countries were Mozambique, Indonesia, Srilanka, Bangaladesh and Nepal. The sessional chairperson of the conference was G Boriah, Former Director, Tea Board of India & Advisor, Small Tea Growers Development Directorate. Some of the key-

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Nagaland Christian Youth Crusade

KOHIMA, MARCH 4 (MExN): The Nagaland Christian (Inter- Denomination) Youth Crusade (Lord’s programme) will be held from April 11 to 13 at Kohima Local Ground. The speakers of the crusade include Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo, pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church, Kohima; Rev. Avi Sophie, pastor, House of Prayer for Jerusalem and for All Nation, New Delhi; and Rev. Dr. Batkupar Dunai, pastor, Now Generation Outreach Revival Assembly Shillong, Meghalaya. “The Nagaland youth have become filled with debauchery, orgies, killing and all kind of wickedness,” a pamphlet received here stated that. “Therefore the Nagaland Christian Prayer Group is directed to conduct a big prayer meeting to save the souls of backsliders and those who are going astray by praying to Almighty God.”

(From right) DC Mokokchung, Muroho Chotso ADC Tuli, Sehjang Doungel and Tuli 21 A/C Congress ex-candidate S. Imti Jamir.

el village or town and that economically it would be benefited.”

The DC exhorted the villagers to maintain cordial relationship with neighboring state Assam and with the administration for

note speaker of the conference were S Sundararajan, Director, Tea Development, Tea Board of India who lectured on small tea sector in India, Dr Souvik Sen, Tea Research Association on sustainable quality in small tea sector, Er. DK Kushwaha, Project Scientist, IIT, Kharagpur on mini tea factory-it's viability and R. Suchanti, Director, J Thomas on marketing of small tea growers tea.

The conference concluded with the discussion on International Small Tea holding scenario.

Workshop on Law and Rights for PwDs held

DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): People in Need Foundation organized one day workshop on Law and Rights for Persons with Disabilities on March 1, at Book Marc, sponsored by Shishuu Sarothi, Guwahati.

The legal cell of Shishuu Sarothi Amvalika was the resource person. She explained the different legislations on Disabilities. Persons with Disability Act 1995, National Act 1999, Mental health Act, UN Convention on Rights of Persons with disabili-

the betterment of the village. He visited the new site of the village PHC and GPS and assured the villagers of a new community building.

ADC Tuli, Sehjang Doungel, Tuli 21 A/C Congress ex-candidate S. Imti

Jamir, I. Nungkum Pongen, chairman, Kangtsung Yimtiba and a host of dignitaries accompanied the DC Mokokchung during the visitation. Olemmar, chairman Kangtsung Yimsen chaired the programme.

ties, Rehabilitation Council of India Act. Over 70 Persons with Disabilities, Parents, Teachers and Dimapur based CBR NGO staffs (from Prodigals Home, Development Association of Nagaland, People in Need Foundation) attended the Legal Education.

The education on Laws and Rights of Persons with Disabilities, is significant in the context of general awakening of the public to the Disability scenario in the state.

Conference’ on Mar 8 DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): To commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, Town Baptist Church Youth Department is organizing an event called, ‘The Annual Pink Conference.’

Town Baptist Church, Dimapur Youth Director Nividi Kevichusa in a press release stated that this one day event is open to all ladies ages between15 to 50. They welcome teens, high school to college goers, working women, singles and married, housewives, career women etc from all walks of life, denominations, tribe and race to come and be a part of this one day event.

This will be a conference like no other, with worship led by an all ladies team, worship leader by Imtirenla from Sinai Ministry, with presentation by Alongla Aier (OTS) Bambi KL and Acibu Sakhrie, and special songs. There will be only a 30 minutes presentation/talks on various topics and discussions and a very special brunch will be laid out for the ladies, which will be prepared and served by the young gentlemen of the Church.

“As this is a pilot project,

they are apprehensive but excited and request all to uphold this event in their prayers. If it turns out well, they hope to network with the local churches (Youth Department) and Christian organizations in and around Dimapur Town in the coming years,” the youth director said.

Nividi said, “The purpose of this event is basically to encourage all the ladies; and celebrate our place and position from the Biblically, in our society and in the family and celebrate the fact that God has created us in the image and likeness of Him.” There is no feminist agenda behind this event or fighting for our rights whatsoever, rather this event seeks to honour, cherish and celebrate together with all the beautiful and amazing women of this Town.

Registration fee is only Rs 100, and it comes with Juice, Tea and Brunch. To make it more fun, they have requested all to wear something ‘Pink’ on that day. So all the ladies of Dimapur please take a day off from your daily schedule, and come and be a part of this celebration, March 8, Saturday, 10:00 am onwards.

‘We have to receive education in a joyful way’

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DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): North Town Higher Secondary School (NTHSS), Chumukedima observed its 24th annual sports meet today at the school premises.

During the inaugural programme, Chairman of the Managing Board NTHSS, Er. K. Kruse highlighted that the NTHSS is committed to academic excellence, character formation & social concern. He affirmed that the school management and staff continue to stand by this vision. He stated that NTHSS is cosmopolitan in nature, with students from all the tribes. “We have to receive education in a joyful way,” he said. Our goal, he said, is not only academic excellence but to produce citizens who are an asset to their tribe, village and state. To this, he added that NTHSS has been mak-

(Left) Noke Wangnao, Nagaland Minister for PHE, declaring the 24th Annual sports meet open. (Right) Students of North Town Higher Secondary School (NTHSS), Chumukedima during the 24th Annual sports meet today at the school premises.

ing tremendous progress and stated that in the latest HSLC examination, the students achieved excellent results. He also declared, “The celebration held today is

just a heralding for the coming 25th year celebration”.

Noke Wangnao, Nagaland Minister for PHE, graced the occasion as the chief guest. He expressed

Burma Camp Area Bazaar Committee meet held

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DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): Burma Camp Area Bazaar Committee comprising of seven neighboring colony viz. Veterinary Colony, United north block A, United North Block B, Sunrise Colony, Namgalong Rongmei Colony, Niu Colony and Naga Colony had general meeting on March 2 at the residence of its Chairman Tokiye Kibami at Veterinary Colony. Chairman Tokiye Kibami and Secretary Athempu in a press release said that the members present at the meeting had discussed on the deplorable road condition, to uphold the social harmony and the peaceful atmosphere the colony. The committee members appeal to the concerned authority to look into the matter regarding the maintenance of the road stretch from Burma camp police point to till the Assam border. Makuran has been appointed as secretary information and publicity.

CNTC welcomes auto driver uniform code

DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): The Central Nagaland Tribal Council (CNTC) extends support to the RTA & Dimapur District Administration for introducing uniform code for all auto driver of Dimapur. The CNTC in a press release said that te initiative is a welcome step and that it shall be beneficial for the security of the denizen. At this outset the CNTC also implore upon the auto driver’s union to conform to the direction of the RTA and Deputy Commissioner as it is for the security and welfare of the drivers as well as the denizen.

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satisfaction on the fact that NTHSS provides holistic education. He also remarked on the school’s consistent results for the past 24 years in Chumuke-

dima area. He congratulated the staff involved and the students for this achievement. “The reputation of a school is build by the management and staff

and the student combined.

So I encourage everyone to be united and work together for achieving further glory,” he further stated.

Declaring the 24th Annual Sports Meet open, Wangnao also stressed on the necessity of all round development- physical, moral and spiritual growth in an individual. He stated that the playground is a place to cultivate the qualities of sportsmanship.

“This is a training ground for life as school is a place to prepare oneself for the future ahead.”

The 24th Annual sports meet was marked with ‘March Past’ by four house contingents of North Town Higher Secondary School students. Also, lively group dance and song items, and other special entertainment were presented by the students.

DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): All the private schools in Dimapur are informed to follow as per schedule routine for routing through District Planning and Development Board for onward submission to the Directorate of School Education and Higher Education.

Grant- in- Aid application forms will be issued and received on or before April 25. Opening of New School/ College application forms will be issued and received on or before May 25. Up-Gradation of Schools application forms will be issued and received on or before June 25. Henceforth, no application forms will be entertained after the stipulated time under any circumstances. Dimapur District Education Officer Nungshila Sohe in a press release has requested the school authority to apply accordingly as per notification.

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MOKOKCHUNG, MARCH 4 (DIPR): The monthly meeting of Mokokchung District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) will be held on March 7. Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung and vice Chairman of DPDB, Murohu Chotso have informed all the members of the Board to take note of the date and attend the meeting without fail.

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NLA speaker calls meeting

KOHIMA, MARCH 4 (MExN): Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Chotisuh Sazo, who is also the chairman of Business Advisory Committee, has convened a meeting on March 10, 11:00 am at the Assembly Committee room to finalize the Provisional Programme for the ensuing fourth session of twelfth assembly to commence from March 20. Therefore, all Committee members concerned have been requested to attend the meeting, said a press release issued by NLA secretary, AE Lotha.

Nodal officers for conduct of Lok Sabha Election

KOHIMA, MARCH 4 (DIPR): Regarding appoint of nodal officers for conduct of Lok Sabha Election, all heads of offices/departments under Kohima district who have not appointed have been reminded to appoint/nominate responsible officer as department nodal officer and submit the name, designation and contact number of the nodal officer to the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima on or before March 10, 2014. The appointment of Nodal Officer is for the conduct of Lok Sabha Election who shall Supervise and disseminate all election related information to Officers and Staff under the concerned office/department.

Further, with regard to employees list if there are any changes due to promotion and transfer, retirement, major health problem of the employees after submission of employee list to Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, it is requested to intimate the changes at the earliest.

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KOHIMA, MARCH 4 (MExN): There will be NPCC Election Committee Member meeting on March 7 (Friday) at 11:00 am at Congress Bhavan Kohima. Therefore, all the concern members are requested to attend without fail.

NSF 3rd Federal Assembly

KOHIMA, MARCH 4 (MExN): Assembly secretariat of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has informed that the 3rd Federal Assembly of NSF for the tenure 201315 will be held on March 22 from 10:00 am onwards at Pallel, Chamdil district, Manipur. The Maring Students’ Union will host the said Federal Assembly. Therefore, all the federating units, sub-ordinate bodies, tribunals, and senior leaders of NSF have been requested to be at the venue positively on March 21 evening.

PAC Evidence Committee Meeting on March 7

KOHIMA, MARCH 4 (MExN): This is to inform that PAC Evidence Committee Meeting is fixed on March 7 at 3:00 pm. In this regard, Project Directors of DRDAs of Tuensang, Dimapur, Peren and Mon are directed to report to the Directorate at 11:00 am. Rural Development Director Metsubo Jamir informed in a press release that meeting of all the Project Directors and BDOs will also be held on March 10 (Monday) at 11:00 am in the Conference Hall of the RD Directorate. All PDs and BDOs are directed to attend without fail.

Pughoboto SDPDB meeting postponed

PUGHObOtO, MARCH 4 (DIPR): Monthly meeting of Pughoboto Sub-division Planning and Development Board (SDPDB) has been postponed to March 12, 2014. All the responsible board members have been requested to take note of the change of date and make it convenient to attend the meeting.

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Mass prayers to keep Mizoram prohibition aiZaWL, march 4 (TNN): Mizoram Synod's second highest decision-making body, the Synod Executive Committee (SEC) of the Presbyterian Church of India, the most powerful church in Mizoram, decided to organize mass prayers across the state to pray for continuation of the Prohibition law, which has been in force in the state for 17 years.

The church decided that mass prayers should be held at all local churches across the state on March 9 (Sunday) night and also submitted a written statement airing the stance of the church on prohibition to the chief minister.

The SEC, in a statement, said the church believed that Mizoram had been peaceful and the lives of the people pure due to the imposition of the Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1995, since February 20, 1997. "We have information that the state government is contemplating reviewing the dry law and making changes and the Presbyterian Church felt that the stance of the church required to be reiterated," the statement said.

The Synod authority said that in accordance with the teachings of The Bible, alcohol caused serious harm to human beings and should not be allowed to be free-

ly available. "Alcohol causes so many social evils including murder, rape, vehicle accidents and more," the statement said.

The church said it wanted not only continuation of the dry law but also to strengthen it and appealed to the church members to pray for its continued enforcement in the state.

The SEC had convened a meeting of all newly-elected legislators on Tuesday at the J M Lloyd Hall in the Synod Conference Centre when a written statement in which the church's stance on prohibition was mentioned was given to all the legislators.

The state excise and narcotics department had initiated a change in the prohibition and the Mizoram Excise Bill, 2014, to replace the Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1995, was drafted and sent to the state law department for approval.

Excise and narcotics minister R Lalzirliana had earlier said they intended to introduce the bill during the coming budget session of the state legislature commencing from March 18.

Many people in the state, including social workers and civil societies like the Mizoram Journalists' Association (MJA) and

the Mizoram Bar Association had said the dry law was an utter failure and had done more harm than good during the 17 years of its imposition.

Powerful NGO Young Mizo Association and other NGOs also felt that the prohibition had not been successful. Many people also felt that the church was interfering with the policy-making of the government which was against the spirit of secularism.

The church, however, stuck to its guns and it was yet to be seen whether the state government would succumb to pressure from the powerful church yet again.

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The chiefs' body demanded payment of wages and cost of material components under MGNREGA scheme. The decision was taken through a meeting of the leaders of political/ social organizations, six Districts Chiefs’ Association and All Tribal Chiefs’ Forum held at Kuki Inn on Monday. Since the funds are being routed through the Manipur State Rural Development Agency, there have been anomalies in the implementation of MGNREGA resulting in the delay of payment of wages or cost of material components, the organisations alleged.

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watershed management, afforestation and securing livelihood activities.

The World Health Organisation and United Nations Children's Fund estimated that there were more than 620 million people -- over 50 percent of the Indian population -- defecating in open. People defecating in the open due to absence of toilet or latrine are major contributors to various diseases.

Meghalaya to repeal Lokayukta act

ShiLLoNG, march 4 (pTi): Meghalaya government today said it would repeal the Lokayukta Act, 2013 and introduce a new legislation following the passage of the Lokpal Bill by Parliament in December 2013.

"Since the Parliament has passed the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act 2013, we have to re-introduce the Bills in

conformity with the principal Act passed in the Parliament," Chief Minister Mukul Sangma told reporters after the cabinet meeting. "It will be called as the Meghalaya Lokayukta Act, 2014, it is not an amendment but will be a replacement of the existing Act," he said.

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secutive year in executing the MGNREGS flagship rural jobs scheme offering 66 man-days so far in the current fiscal (2013-14) against the national average of 39 man-days.

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and the tour has been postponed. A new date will be fixed at the earliest," he said.

Singh dismissed the suggestion that Pillai's visit had been postponed due to opposition from several organisations, including the All Bodo Students' Union, and calls by them for the boycott of the one-man expert committee.

"Pillai will talk to each section of society -- tribals, non-tribals -- to understand the problem. It is wrong to say that the committee will take a particular decision. It will interact with a cross-section of people and submit its report to Home Ministry," Singh said.

The one-man expert committee headed by Pillai was set up last month to study and examine the demand for a separate Bodoland to be carved out of Assam. The committee is to submit its report within nine months.

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NeW DeLhi, march 4 (pTi): Amidst strong opposition by several groups, the head of an expert committee set up by government to examine the demand for Bodoland today postponed his visit to Assam due to ill health and the non-availability of a helicopter.

Joint Secretary (NorthEast) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shambhu Singh, said that the chopper in which GK Pillai, the panel chief, was supposed to travel to Kokrajhar from Guwahati had developed a snag, leading to his inability to carry out the trip.

Singh also said that Home Ministry had arranged for a special plane to take Pillai, a former Union Home Secretary, to Bagdogra while a helicopter was to have taken him on his onward journey to Kokrajhar. "But due to ill health, Pillai could not travel

en top priority to building individual household latrines (IHL) on order to eliminate open defecation in Tripura in two years," Rural Development Minister Jitendra Chaudhury told reporters. He said: "So far, around 80 percent households have IHL. We would make it 100 percent in two years."

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New DelhI, March 4 (reuTers): Trade minister on Tuesday accused the United States of excessive trade protectionism, launching a broadside that coincided with the visit of a top U.S. official to patch up a stormy bilateral friendship.

Trade friction between the two countries has increased ahead of a general election in India, amid lingering tension over the recent arrest and strip search of a female diplomat in New York suspected of visa fraud.

The ruling Congress party government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not want to be seen as bowing to U.S. pressure on trade issues ranging from the quality of Indian drug exports to software piracy.

“There are issues which India has raised where we feel there is very high and unacceptable protectionism,” Trade Minister Anand Sharma told reporters, adding that Washington made it too hard for Indian nationals to obtain U.S. visas.

He also said that India’s patent law was compliant with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), while India would not agree to tougher

rules to protect intellectual property.

India is furious about a decision by the Office of the United States Trade Representative to drag it before the WTO over the subsidies and local content rules it has set to promote solar power generation.

Trade Ministry officials say India’s rules on local sourcing were fully compatible with the WTO, and they argue that 16 U.S. states have similar local sourcing provisions.

Indian analysts say the Obama administration appears to be seeking trade advantages from a weak government as part of its wider drive to export away the U.S. trade deficit, which despite narrowing last year still totaled $470 billion.

“The U.S. seems to be looking at exports to India, China and other emerging markets to support its economic growth,” said N.R. Bhanumurthy, an economist at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, a Delhi-based think-tank.

“These frictions are likely to continue until a global recovery eases the pressure.” The U.S. embassy was not available for

comment outside office hours.

Sharma’s prickly comments on U.S. trade reflected concern about the sluggish pace of India’s own exports, which he forecast would grow by 4-5 percent in the current fiscal year to the end of March.

India curbed imports of gold last year to narrow a worrying current account deficit, but with external pressures easing, Sharma suggested the curbs should be eased to discourage gold smuggling.

ONLY AT WTO India has made clear it would prefer to see bilateral disputes reviewed under the auspices of the WTO, the global trade rules body, which is adjudicating on more than a dozen cases between the two countries.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Desai Biswal was due to visit India on a trip starting on Tuesday. The trip, originally planned for December, was called off at the height of the row over the arrest of Indian envoy Devyani Khobragade.

Playing down the visit, Sharma said Biswal could meet Trade Ministry officials. Earlier, the government had instructed

its officials not to entertain any request from the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) - a quasi-judicial federal agency - to examine its trade practices.

Referring to intellectual property, Sharma said India was adhering to the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which is administered by the WTO. India opposes any stricter agreements, known in the trade jargon as ‘TRIPS-plus’, that would assure greater patent protection for proprietary medications, potentially dealing a blow to its own generic drugmakers and making it harder for its citizens to get access to affordable medicines.

“India has protected its commitment to the TRIPS agreement. But what is being asked of India is TRIPS plus,” Sharma told reporters. “TRIPS plus, India has made it clear, India will never accept.”

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is also due to travel to India next week. His visit was also postponed because of the diplomatic row.

‘Mumbai least expensive Mukest Ambani richest Indian major city for expatriates’ but global rank tumbles to 40’

loNDoN, March 4 (reuTers): Singapore has outstripped Tokyo as the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, according to annual rankings by the Economist Intelligence Unit released on Tuesday. Mumbai was the least expensive major city in which to live, partly due to government subsidies on some products and low local wages.

The Indian financial capital was followed by Karachi, New Delhi and Damascus as the fourth-cheapest, which EIU said reflected the weakening of the Syrian pound due to the country’s civil war.

It cited a strong Singaporean dollar, the high price of utilities and the cost of car ownership as among the factors contributing to Singapore taking the top spot away from Tokyo, which for years has led the rankings. The calculations are based on the cost of living in U.S. dollars.

Paris rose 6 places to become the world’s second-most expensive city, which the EIU said in part reflected a recovery by European economies. “Improving sentiment in structurally expensive European cities combined with the continued rise of Asian hubs means that these two regions continue to supply most of the world’s most expensive cities,” Jon Copestake, editor of the report, which looks at over 400 individual prices, said in a statement.

New York, March 4 (PTI): Business tycoon Mukesh Ambani may have retained his title as India’s richest person for 7th year in a row, but his place among the world’s richest people has dropped to lowest in 8 years.

As per latest Forbes rich list, Ambani is ranked 40th globally with net worth of USD 18.6 billion -- the highest for any Indian.

This is his lowest rank for Ambani since being placed at 56th position in the year 2006 with a net worth of USD 8.5 billion -the first year when Mukesh and his younger brother Anil Ambani were ranked separately by Forbes after their split.

The current networth of USD 18.6 billion of Mukesh Ambani also marks a significant decline from USD 43 billion of wealth recorded in 2008, when he was ranked 5th richest across the world.

It was in the year 2008 itself, when Mukesh Ambani entered the top league of 10 richest people in the world and remained there for four consecutive years till 2011.

“Worth USD 43 billion in 2008 when he was the world’s fifth richest person, Mukesh Ambani has seen a precipitous decline in his fortune since then, a USD 2.9 billion drop in the past year alone,” Forbes said.

Regardless, Forbes said he remains India’s richest person and is “still bullish”.

Ambani plans to invest USD 25 billion in his

businesses over the next two years.

“Ambani has been more in the news for controversies linked to his Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 oil field which is set to reap a bonanza from an upcoming gas price hike,” Forbes said.

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has also been witnessing a steep fall over the last 10 years. In the latest Forbes list Mittal is ranked in the 52nd position, while in the year 2005, he enjoyed a rank as high as the 3rd on the global rich list. Lakshmi Mittal’s firm ArcelorMittal is weighed down by weak demand and heavy debt but remains the world’s biggest steelmaker.

The company reported a net loss of USD 2.5 billion in 2013, lower than that of the previous year, thanks to cost cutting measures. According to Forbes, a weak economy and falling rupee took their toll on the wealth of Indian billionaires.

In the 2014 Forbes list, India has 56 billionaires in all with a collective net worth of USD 191.5 billion which is a tad lower than last year’s haul of 55 names worth USD 193.6 billion.

Among those with evaporating fortunes are brothers Shashi & Ravi Ruia, this year’s biggest dollar losers, down by USD 3.6 billion as shares of their London-listed Essar Energy tumbled.

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am hereby concisely responding to the questions of Khekiye K. Sema a retired servant of the Government of India,w the aggressor on March 3, 2014 in local dailies, Nagaland.

The Naga National Council (NNC) which was founded by the Naga people on 2nd February, 1946 to safeguard the Sovereign Independence and freedom of the Naga people as a Nation is unchanged. There is no prefix or suffix and there

is no plus or minus of the “NNC”. Any educated Naga or the one who senselessly accepts all the fake things as original or all the fictitious written papers as real is mad. Such persons often created problems in the Naga societies and troubled even the Naga Nation.

W. Thiumai Chawong NNC Member

Benefits of including coarse grains in our daily diet

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ood grains like millets, job’s tear, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, and psyllium husk, etc are all known as coarse grains. Coarse grains was once considered to be a poor man’s food but recently it has become a rich man’s food due to the healthy benefits it offer in maintaining a healthy dietary condition in accordance to the present urban lifestyle we are now into.

Coarse grains are rich in essential amino acids and protein as well as vitamins and minerals and fibres. Compared to rice and wheat flour, coarse grains

have lower content of carbohydrates and higher content of dietary fibres that helps to ensure proper functioning of the digestive system. Coarse grain diet helps in reducing the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and also heart diseases. They helps in combating various diseases like stomach cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer and ulcerative colitis. Coarse grains are usually processed into weaning food for babies, etc. they are also use in glucose and other beverages preparation and other malted food production.

Most of the coarse grains food product that are well known in the market are biscuits, multigrain Atta, porridge, vermicelli, etc. Apart from being healthy foods, coarse grains have an additional advantage, as unlike other crops like rice, wheat and sugar cane that depends heavily on monsoon and irrigation or lots of water to grow coarse grains are hardy and flourish in relatively dry weather.

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Sensible Young Bloods In Nagaland

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n old man in the Village developed a wearisome habit of restlessly vanishing from his house frequently without information to the small girls entrusted to keep an eye on him when the grown-ups are away for their own works.

One day, the Man vanished and was not to be traced anywhere in the vicinity. Later, it was learned he had gone to a distant place and returned without any mishap. And when the elderly Aunties ruefully talked about the man’s restlessness, one of the small girls on whose charge the old man used to be left said: “Nowadays even Elderly People have become very disobedient”!

Indeed it is often easier to bring understanding to a young Fool than to an elderly Intellectual. More often than was descent, this Homo sapien has lamented young bloods in the Nagas seemed to have lost the interest to invest on deeper realities in the society and seemed more prodigal, not caring for earnest living.

But now, just as Elijah must have become elated when his Servant on return from an errand to the top of Mount Carmel for the 7th time at end of an endless 3 years without a drop of rain in the land, lastly said: “a cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the Sea”.

Hopefully today, the Naga Society also seems to be raising precious few young sensible bloods, like delicate tender plants, pure and lovely, sprouting from minute seeds on the ground after a shower of rain at the approach of the spring season. Quite a few young bloods today unbelievably are considerably deep-ob-

serving and have sensibility equal to the evolving world around us.

The Naga Society needs to mark these Minds; they are more precious than marble Buildings or the many tired bloods in the State; they are the materials from which the future good of the State can come.

At the moment they appear timid, which is a good right thing; they would attain temperance, not carried away by verbosity. They would attain boldness, most importantly Courage, that comes out of Conviction; they would be able to discern the right from the wrong more and more; proper from the improper; have wisdom to comprehend the real from the ‘nakli’; understand mountain tops far above the cloud, the big from the low frivolous; have inward Humility than the superficial and develop the great humane sense of Equality.

They have the flexibility of Magnanimity but would not compromise a whit with the Evil.

They aim to live simple and pure in the midst of their industrious plenty.

Those are the characters of Mind, Soul and Attitudes that would generate Peace, Prosperity, Greatness and Dignity for Nagaland.

I would love to live in that Nagaland: everyone would: Nagas would do well to know these young bloods the in full Naga Names, than a Joseph Puchuri or a Daniel Konyak or Issac Achumi.

The Angel said: “you shall call His name: ‘Yohoshuah’” –Iasus in Greek, in Roman: Jesus- (letter ‘J’ was developed only in the 16th century).

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NCSU Dmp supports head office Kohima, march 4 (mExN): Nagaland Contractors and Suppliers’ Union (NCSU) Dimapur unit has firmly expressed support to NCSU head office’s resolution on misuse of writing pad by contractors and new registration and renewal of identity card to be recommended by district units.

NCSU Dimapur unit in a press release cautioned its members not to let unregistered members use the writing pad of the union. The release appended by vice president, Hotoshe Chophy and press secretary, A Tureng asked its members to be vigilant and report the matter if any member violates the resolution.

It also cautioned the departments not to issue work order to unregistered NCSU members and without inviting open tender system which is against the government standing order. The Action Committee of the union will organize a visit to all the development departments to check and verify if any works have been allotted to unregistered NCSU members or whether open tender system is followed or not, the release said. The Union also asked all the registered members under Dimapur unit who are yet to renew their identity cards to do it at the earliest. The office will remain open on every Wednesday.

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Purana bazaar and Purana bazaar ‘b’ (bokajan) boundary dispute settled Dimapur, march 4 (mExN): The boundary dispute between Purana Bazaar Village and Purana Bazaar ‘B’ (Bokajan) village was settled at a joint council meeting held on March 3, 2014, according to a press release. The statement of head GBs of both the villages affirmed that Sugar Mill Nullah had been the traditional boundary between the two villages. Hence, it was agreed upon and signed by the authority of the two villages that the Sugar Mill Nullah would remain the boundary and the two villages would abide by the signed agreement.

The agreement was signed by Khagen Mech, head GB, Purana Bazaar

Village leaders and elders of the two villages after signing an agreement between them in Purana Bazaar village council hall on March 3.

‘B’; L. Temjen, council chairman, Purana Bazaar ‘B’; Ripunjoy, GB Purana Bazaar ‘B’; and Pitu Mech, head GB, Purana Bazaar village, the

Hazi Park Welfare Committee appeals

Dimapur, march 4 (mExN): Hazi Park Welfare Committee president I Pihoto Awomi has in a press release stated that, demands for donations have increased manifold in the Hazi Park area “and it seems our Naga brothers are running short of manpower to execute their evil designs.” The president mentioned that it has been observed “the non-locals particularly Bangladeshis are being employed to go for the collection drive and they are doing their part with scant respect for even us Nagas.”

Hence, he has pleaded to all those who use ille-

gal immigrants to carry out the above mentioned activity to desist from the practice “as there is always a threat that they may one day end up as victims of their own designs.”

The president stated that Hazi Park Welfare Committee (Hongkong Market) established in the year 1978, is one of the oldest bodies working for the welfare of the business community of the area. “We have been extending co-operation and support to all organisations over the years and have been working with mutual understanding and brotherhood,” he added.

Assam Rifles apprehends three FGN cadres TuENsaNg, march 4 (mExN): Troops of 23 Assam Rifles apprehended three FGN (Non Accordist) cadres from Post Office Sector, Tuensang on March 3. A press release from Assam Rifles informed that the cadres have been identified as Loyem Chang, Chairman Chang Region, Leacy Yamu Chang and Raja Peyu Shete. One .22 pistol with ammunition and documents were recovered from their possession. The apprehended cadres were handed over to the Police in Tuensang, the release stated.

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release stated.

The boundary dispute came to light when Purana Bazaar ‘B’ (Bokajan) village claimed that a plot of

land belonging to one Dr. Akato Awomi falls under Purana Bazaar ‘B’ (Bokajan) village. However, with an agreement reached be-

tween the two parties, Dr. Akato’s land remains under Purana Bazaar village.

Following various publications in local dailies and filing of complaint in the Village Council by Dr. Akato Awomi, the Purana Bazaar Village Council summoned the GBs and council members of Purana Bazaar ‘B’ (Bokajan) on March 3, wherein a joint meeting was necessitated in the council hall of Purana Bazaar Village.

In this regard, the Purana Bazaar village council has informed the Purana Bazaar ‘B’ (Bokajan) village not disturb Dr. Akato Awomi as the plot belonging to him falls under the jurisdiction of Purana Bazaar village, the release added.

Office bearers and executive members of Nagaland Secretariat Stenographers’ Service Association with Jyotin Kalash, Resident Commissioner, Nagaland House, New Delhi, John B Chawang, DRC and Narayan, ARC during their exposure trip to Delhi from February 6 to 10.

Sumi Council Dmp on auto drivers’ uniform Dimapur, march 4 (mExN): The Sumi Council, Dimapur has lauded the deputy commissioner of Dimapur and the DTO Dimapur for taking the decision to make mandatory for auto drivers to wear uniforms. In a press statement, the Council chairman, Kuhoi Zhimo said that the move will ensure that

“unscrupulous elements are checked and unwanted incidents are curbed and provide safety and security to commuters.”

The Council further appealed to Dimapur District Auto Drivers Union (DDADU) to extend co-operation and support to the administration and implement this order with sincerity and

dedication. As demanded by many organisations, the Sumi Council also opined that names should be displayed along with numbers assigned to each driver on the shirt front. “This will ensure that in case of any untoward incidents, the driver can be easily identified and action initiated accordingly,” it added.

Ash Wednesday today, season of Lent begins

The arms and ammunition recovered from the factory busted at Noklak on March 2.

Arms factory busted In a separate incident, personnel of 23 Assam Rifles busted an arms factory at Noklak on March 2 and apprehended Hatho Khiamniungan from Pathso village, Noklak. According to a press

release, three .22 pistols, seventeen rounds of live ammunition and tools used in manufacturing arms were recovered from his possession.

The accused along with the recoveries have been handed over to Police Station, Noklak.

Dimapur, march 4 (mExN): On March 5, Catholic Church will observe Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent, “the most important season of the Church year.”

In Nagaland, the main Ash Wednesday service will be presided over by Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, the bishop of Kohima, at the Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima at 7.00 am, besides the services in all the parish churches. On Ash Wednesday, all the Catholic schools remain closed

so all can participate in the Church service.

A press release issued by Father Sojan Xavier informed that the bishop has exhorted every faithful of the diocese to avail this time of grace for the spiritual renewal of self, cultivate attitude of forgiveness in the home and between people. He also invited faithful to pray ardently for the smooth conduct of the general election, peace and prosperity in Nagaland. The bishop further wished all the Catholic faithful of Nagaland a fruitful season of Lent.

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The release further informed that in his Lenten message 2014, Pope Francis has reflected on the words of Apostle Paul to Corinthians, “He became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.”

He wrote, “may this Lenten season find the whole Church ready to bear witness to all those who live in material, moral and spiritual destitution the Gospel message of the merciful love of God our Father, who is ready to embrace everyone in Christ...”

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MEx FILE Dimapur DPDB meeting today Dimapur, march 4 (mExN): The Dimapur District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting for the month of March 2014 will be held on March 5. Stating that the time and venue remains the same, deputy commissioner & vice chairman of DPDB Dimapur, N Hushili Sema has requested all members to attend the meeting positively.

Mechanical engineers demand recruitment of vacant post

Kohima, march 4 (mExN): Association of Mechanical Engineers has appealed the authority concerned to advertise and recruit the vacant post of Er. Toshi Sangtam, Asst. Mechanical Engineer (Works & Housing), Mon, who took voluntary retirement with effect from February 28. A press release appended by the Association’s general secretary, Er. Joyson Pfithu and president, Er. Pavito demanded that the vacant post should be directly recruited through NPSC without any biases. The Association further appealed to all the unemployed mechanical engineers to stand firm on clear and fair recruitment through exams conducted by NPSC.

Naiba Konyak inaugurates Eyeang village

ToBu, march 4 (Dipr): Advisor DUDA Nagaland, Naiba Konyak inaugurated the newly recognized Eyeang village under Tobu sub-division on February 28. As the chief guest, he unveiled the monolith. In his inaugural speech, he thanked the chief minister, Neiphiu Rio for his kind contribution to the people of Tobu area. He opined that without the support and concern of the Government of Nagaland and public, the inauguration could not have happened. Meanwhile, the guest of honour, ADC Tobu, Akhup Thangsing in his speech stated that the new village should always give cooperation within the village and have a good relation with the parent body, administration and other neighboring villages.

Refund of security deposits to ex-servicemen in Kohima

Kohima, march 4 (Dipr): The Zila Sainik Welfare office, Kohima vide notice No-ZSWO/RC-50/11/255, dated 19th February 2014, has informed all members of the Kohima district ex-servicemen, that due to stoppage of payment of rations by the army, the security deposits made by ex-servicemen are being refunded.

The refund money may be collected from the Zila Sainik Welfare office during office hours up to March 31, 2014.

WSBAK Pastors Seminar

Dimapur, march 4 (mExN): All the pastors under WSBAK are informed that the Association is conducting a pastors seminar from March 6 to 8, 2014 under the theme, “Imitating Christ Humility “(Phil 2:6-11) at Aküvüto, WSBAK Mission Centre. Therefore, all the pastors have been requested to attend the seminar and be blessed.

BPL & AAY card holders of Industrial Village Razhuphe informed

Dimapur, march 4 (mExN): All the BPL & AAY card holders within Industrial Village Razhuphe, Dimapur have been directed to surrender their respective cards before the Industrial Village Razhuphe Council on or before March 8 as per directive received from the department concerned. Head GB cum chairman of the village, TL Angami in a press release stated that failing to do so, the BPL and AAY cards will automatically stand cancelled and new cards will be issued in order to make up for those ration cards and no further grievances will be entertained.

Clarification by author

Apropos an article titled 'Feasible exploration and extraction of Petroleum and Natural gas in Nagaland', which appeared on March 4 issue of this daily, the author, Charles Mhonthung Ezung has corrected that the last sentence of the last paragraph should read as "...on what ... were some of the reputed oil companies, who are also members of AOGO rejected." The word "rejected" was missing.

As I used to imagine who do we pass the bucks to?

rugs or controlled substances abuses and their fatal fangs, as if the death’s cold fingers crawling in almost every house and wailings and screaming for remedy echoing hopelessness along with reverberating bells announcing another overdosed!Frolicsome youth gratifying urges and selling away to lower passions unabated! Insensitive and rapaciousness of authorities or professedly people-based organisations professing and promising change or revolutionizing whole set of the society! Outstandingly unfair and highly unusual distribution of government resources, collapse and corruptioninstitutionalized state machineries and, above all, hopelessness of people who have tried but have given up trying!These are routines and accepted patterns in the district. This is not ought to be, almost all mothers lament! Unbridled where are we, where to go, who will straighten up all these messes? Who is responsible?

Politicians? Church workers? Social workers? Nation workers? Scholars?

Or learned and better informed people? No one is accountable, and everyone is responsible. Only the blame is shifting from here to nowhere! Shall we blame Satan? Shall we heap up all of these on God or passing phase of time in vogue?

I am sure of one thing: failure of family unit and its control apparatus abandoned. If society is larger extension of the family or, if family is

the total sum of greater social structure, then, the father and the mother are presumed sick, sick all over. If almost all families---of my hundred per cent Christians district, I mean--are regular church-goers, they are worshipping something else other than what they do profess. Because this is never the way where Christ is first, our number one priority. He is last here; or maybe He is away from Ukhrul district most of the time, leaving the whole lot of affairs in the hands of revered church leaders, politicians, underground leaders and social frontal organisations’ heads. And during His sporadic visits or stopovers, He used to find church members aflame with faith and the Holy Spirit consuming all hearts except those huge and palatial structures called places of worship. Maybe it is too hot to go near their hearts lest He be burnt all over.

I used to imagine and wonder if He is the same who walked with those four Hebrew friends inside that Babylon furnace.

Imminent scholars who are trying to take stock of what might come to pass with United States of America portent that the down fall of that gigantic world power is already determined by the standard of their families. Brokenness and bleeding white all over! Outrageous women rights movements, complete downto earth moral culture and of course, too many wastrels and idlers, so de-

S VARAH pendent on state charities, the upshots following total departure from erstwhile work culture. Are we any different from them?

Former deputy commissioner, Ukhrul once said that he would shift the mini-secretariat to Imphal and function there. He said that “Tangkhuls, including underground cadres were purchasable. Frontal organisations can be bought; a matter of few thousand bugs,” so on and so forth. While the community people do not expect such candid and uncultured remark from a respectable person like deputy commissioner, we need to re-examine why and what really prompted the DC to be as blunt and reckless as to keep the whole population as if they are his pocket money. It does sum up the entire spectrum of corruption level; and the deputy commissioner was at the helm of such affairs. Otherwise, what did he mean by ‘purchasable’ if he was not purchasing someone or all of the people there?

In a small state like Manipur we need two governments to run the affairs. The first government asserts legitimate rights because they are people’s elect. The other government’s claim over the people varies on different counts: from the rights to self-determination to the right of secession from ‘a union’ based on historical as well as political merits.

But one thing is common:ultimatum for recognition to what each claim as inherent as birth right. The constitutional and legitimate government is not, as we understand, free from the other government(s). Either to run the government together or be totally segregated from one another is a matter of wise management; it involves seriousness and danger as well.However, the entire gamut of the businesses when prudently handled provides benefit: shifting accountability and freedom from law. Here it is never ‘long arm of the law;’ it is very low arm or short leg of the law. Therefore, our responsibility to tidying up the house is very simple: select appropriate mob either broom or brute and it will do the job; the job gets done, and that is the end of the Right to Information. We may account this as one of the factors to decide what berth or portfolio our people’s representatives deserve. The consequence is long forgotten.

Once I spoke to a congregation: “experts say that fossil energy will be exhausted in fifty years’ time; and that the only source of energy will be wind and sunlight, save water. Therefore, we have to advice Union power Minister to create a department under one powerful Minister to be called as Sky and Firmament Minister.” I was a joker; I can be prophetic too.

In Ukhrul there is light day and nonlight day; power supply alternates between days. There is often total blackout, lasting for a week sometimes. People say we are a technology era. But in the case of my district, it is highly tactical error. Of course, there is that beautiful colour of darkness and blindness: people here are almost free from light bill.

Main source of water supply for Ukhrul district headquarters is that picturesque,renownedShiroi Mountain. The source is perennial and profuse the year round. Some households’ water tanks overflow while majority families are not connected with pipeline. During lean season of the year, population in rent houses wait for hours---under such unmerciful cold---swarming a water hole to take turns over the trickles. One night a boy, having been nudged out of sequenceand out of desperation, vehemently spitted down a mouthful of tallab/ gutka inside the waterhole. What followed next is understandable: a kongfu contest between one to eight and hospitalization!

Ukhrul is full of striking and beautiful contests the year round.

Land grapping contest, headship contest, water contest, work programmes under different packages contests; and with those so many trial courts, and with fair judgements pronounced, there are fights and brawls resulting to grievous Chris-

tianlyinjuries and kills. If one from outside happens to be there one Sunday morning, one will surely be privileged to witness the real beauty pageant: the Sunday-clothes-meeting-go. Don’t miss that. Oh, what a wonderful home sweet house!

Something has gone wrong, seriously wrong, down the line. First and the most disturbing, dynamic influence engulfing the entirety is dual government recognized or unrecognized. Under such clout, a lump sum hostage of citizens, short or tall, squats down as unfortunate. Search for recourse or redress becomes hectic and often catches hold of either blunt weapon or correct standard measure accepted. More often than not, the former gets selected and the rule of law runs cul de sac.

Second: a Christian state or society need not come to this. The paint is peeling away revealing the crux.

Almost a century and half of sermon and confession has sadly failed to answer the knocking at the door. He is still outside. This Christ Deficiency Syndrome need be administered with the correct Remedy. Namesake will continue to take its toll.

Last: dictates must be pronounced ‘unwanted’ for rationale and, of course, the volume of praying sound must be down to allow reasoning support (Voice of the people) better heard through practical living example, and not fiery preaching alone.

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

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 5 MArcH 2014 voluME IX IssuE 61

Naga Jurisprudence

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he contest between customary law and the State’s legal system has created a gap wide enough to be exploited to such an extent that justice is no longer delivered by either. The contest is not so much between the principles of customary law and the legal system, but rather, more at the level of function and interpretation, and their application and jurisdiction. Furthermore, because there is very little public knowledge and public clarity on this issue, there is confusion over the scope and jurisdiction of customary law. For instance, there have been on some occasions where rape cases have been tried by customary law, when in actuality, rape cases cannot be dealt with under customary law, because it falls under the State’s Criminal Procedure Code.

Such inconsistencies have led to the dereliction or gap in how due process is applied that summarily amounts to justice being denied. In order to maximize the two legal components effectiveness, customary law and the State’s legal system need to be perceived and implemented as complementary processes. The differences and the real gap between customary law and the State’s legal system need to be reconciled within practicing legal institutions.

The confusion over customary law’s scope and jurisdiction needs to be clarified. Academic law institutions will need to evolve a more vibrant and resilient evolution of customary law that is consistent with principles of universal law.

Customary law in Naga society requires being critically evaluated and transformed into a jurisprudence that is consistent with the values and principles acceptable by international norms. However, it is important that the existing customary law remains founded on values, a jurisprudence, that is relevant to Naga life. Nagas need to be able to take what is good from the past and transform this knowledge into the present day relevance. As Thomas Sankara put it, 'we must be able to take from our past from our traditions - all that is good, as well as all that is positive in foreign cultures, so as to give a new dimension to our culture.' Further, the structures of the Naga legal system too must be consistent with international standards. Through this process Nagas would have the opportunity address their perspective of laws, conduct and institutions within a new comprehensive ethical framework of democracy, restorative justice, equality, respect and dignity.

Considering the community nature of Naga society, the importance of customary law cannot be negated. It is equally important for customary law to be based on a jurisprudence that affirms and meets acceptable standards of law. Once the process for Naga jurisprudence has evolved, the prevailing inconsistencies can be addressed both at the functional, as well as the conceptual levels.

Through developing our own jurisprudence, the Naga praxis of justice and liberty will be a steppingstone toward our shared future and a respectful coexistence.

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Robert Macfarlane Source: Intelligent Life

Like Nothing On Earth

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hough I am nearing 40, it remains an ambition of mine to climb a previously unclimbed mountain.

I have in mind possible peaks in Bhutan, Sichuan and north-western Tibet—all of them elegant in their architecture and severe in their remoteness. But my first choice would be the shield volcano Olympus Mons.

Its main slopes present little difficulty to the mountaineer, rising as they do at an average angle of five degrees.

Its summit is a caldera, or collapsed crater, whose jagged upper rim requires no ropework to reach. Seen on a plan-view map, indeed, it appears to offer little obstacle to an easy ascent. Except that Olympus Mons is on Mars.

I first heard of the mountain in a Pixies song: "Sun shines in the rusty morning/Skyline of the Olympus Mons/I think about it sometimes", yowled Black Francis, setting my teenage self dreaming. Research revealed its astonishing statistics: the second-highest peak in the solar system, three times the altitude of Everest, one hundred times the mass of Mauna Loa (the largest volcano on Earth), the size of Arizona in area, encircled by an escarpment up to eight kilometres high, and its peripheries engulfed by dust storms that can last for decades.

The ludicrous notion of climbing Olympus Mons only occurred to me when I read Kim Stanley Robinson’s remarkable work of areology, "Red Mars" (1992). The first of a trilogy of novels, it begins in the year 2027, when a hundred-strong team of humans make landfall on Mars.

Their task is to terraform the red planet from a frozen and irradiated wasteland into a habitable environment, ready to receive future waves of colonists from Earth.

The most compelling aspects of “Red Mars” are not its hard-science details or political dramas, but its evocation of the awesome Martian landscape. For Robinson’s pioneers explore an authentic terra incognita. Their footfalls and tyre-tracks are the first to mark the Martian regolith.

They are the first to witness the rich berry colours of each Martian dawn. There is a purity to their discoveries that is now impossible on Earth, where queues of climbers jostle and grump on the upper ridges of Everest, and every square mile of surface has been satellite-mapped.

In an early chapter, a small team push north from their base near the Martian equator, heading for the pole. They wear mesh "walker" suits to prevent expansion bruising in Mars's minimal atmosphere, and breathe from backpack airtanks. For weeks they travel, passing through red deserts cratered by meteor strikes, and then a region webbed with dry-bedded canyons.

Around latitude 60°, they enter the Vastitas Borealis, an immense lava plain of bare rock, which cedes ten degrees farther north to a band of dunes 500 miles wide, formed of hard-packed grey and purple dust. They watch sunset over this petrified sand-sea, while low in the sky hang two evening stars—Venus and Earth. At last, they enter the Chasma Borealis, a wind-carved valley whose floor is crunchy with CO2 frost, whose huge ice-walls are terraced by wind erosion and sublimation, and whose long tongue guides them deep into the Martian Arctic.

Robinson narrates this epic journey as a kind of future history, telling it so calmly, and with such particularity, that it is hard to believe it has not in fact taken place. We have never reached Mars, of course, but for centuries we have projected our dreams—political, cosmogonical, aesthetic—onto it. To me, thanks to Robinson, it represents a last true wilderness, an extreme geography of hyperacids and thermokasts, and a realm of mineral marvels. Gazing at Mars through binoculars as it glimmers orange in the dark, I seek a glimpse of the true sublime, unattainable on our own polluted and post-natural planet.

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Satyadip S Chhetri Source: Himal South Asian

Beyond sausages and poached eggs Fiction: Below are I the ramblings of am 30 years old now. Yet I look 40. I stay in a small hamlet near Darjeeling. It is basically a hamlet made up of tea garden workers. No, I do not own the land; they say it belongs to the tea garden. I am the driver of the Manager and hold a special position among my fellow workers.

When I was four years old I lost my father. He had gone to get sausages from Keventer’s in Darjeeling for the then Manager. My mother used to tell me that the earlier Burra Sahib loved to have sausages and poached eggs for breakfast. My father was the cook of the Manager’s bungalow, and his prized possession; the Manager had filched him from a very famous restaurant in Darjeeling for a bottle of Glenfiddich, the restaurant owner’s weakness. Twelve years later on that fateful day, there was a meeting for Gorkhaland in Chowk Bazaar. The crowd got so excited by the Supremo’s speech that they were almost ready for action. The cops sensed the tension and opened fire.

My father received a bullet to his chest. The packet of sausages still lay clutched in his hand when they brought him to the police station. The Burra Sahib never got to eat those sausages.

Today I stand in Chowk Bazaar with thousands of people listening to the present Supremo. They say that this latest installment of bandhs and rallies has been caused by the Central Government’s decision to form the new state of Telengana. I could well understand why my father had stopped upon seeing such a crowd, but I do not really know if he was actually listening. It’s been twenty six years now and the fight for identity, the fight for land, the fight for Gorkhaland is still on. I wonder if anyone is listening.

I am a class five dropout. I went to the local school in the mornings and did odd jobs at the Manager’s bungalow where my mother was given a job as a maid after my father’s death. Our Burra Sahib was a very benevolent man. He threw lavish parties at Christmas. We all looked forward to when his wife, an Anglo-Indian, would come with their children to celebrate Christmas at the bungalow. We used to bring the best Christmas tree and the children and their mother used to decorate it with different toys and tiny bulbs. All the Managers from the adjoining gardens and important people from Darjeeling used to come to celebrate Christmas at our Manager’s house. The lawn would be full of cars. Some had red lights on their roofs and belonged to bureaucrats and politicians. The other servants in the house used to say that they were all important people who had to be served well as our future was in their hands. I wondered how. But the songs and music of the party generally deafened these questions I had in my head.

I used to wear my best clothes during this time.

My mother used to neatly iron my Dashain clothes so that I could look presentable. I used to carry the trays of pakoras, meat balls, French fries and chips to the Sahibs (I never touched the sausages. I always felt that it was the sausages which took my father’s life). The Sahibs were always happy with me as I was smaller and quicker than the hired staff, and carried matches to light their cigarettes and a bottle opener for their beer. They used to say, “Grow up fast, your Sahib needs a driver. Learn to drive.” As for the Memsahibs, they used to stare at me very intently. For them, I was only ever the son of the cook who lost his life while getting sausages for the Burra Sahib.

And so they often used to say “Grow up fast and become a good cook like your father.” They never told me to study. I always felt studying was useless. After all, they were important people and they knew

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ow do we judge our nation's foreign policies? Can citizens bring standards of right and wrong to international relations?

For followers of foreign affairs the debate lies between realists and liberals. Realists elevate the security of the state and the advancement of its interests as the unavoidable criteria for international action. Liberals more flexibly enhance security goals by promoting a peaceful global community through trade, cooperation and democracy.

Realism's claim to creating a just world lies in accepting the "reality" of an anarchy of conflicting, sovereign states, moderating actions and rejecting crusades. Liberals more ambitiously seek to build a world of peace through greater economic and social ties, and the spread of democracy.

Both approaches judge policies by their impact on their vision for international relations, ie. the security of independent states; the advancement of a democratic peace. Individuals' relations with other human beings, while acknowledged, is not central to their goals. Institutions act toward other institutions.

But how people treat other people is basic to all our lives. The question remains how these approaches to policy reflect human nature and affect real people. Where can we find guidance to the human values affected by policies?

Perhaps from unusual religious traditions including the practice of one monastery of Buddhist monks who have taken vows of silence unless their speech can pass through three gates/thresholds: Is the speech necessary? Is it true? Is it kind?

an inhabitant of Darjeeling whom I often happen to meet. They are the words we have been hearing in the hills since the beginning of the Gorkhaland agitation in 1986

what was best for me. “My life was in their hands,” I thought. I had to grow up fast so that I could cook and drive for my Burra Sahib. So here I am, thirty years old. The Manager’s best driver.

Three years back my new Sahib took me to Kolkata. He always talked about this great city. I went everywhere with him as his assistant and he introduced me to all his friends as his ‘Man Friday’. I did not understand what he meant by that, but from the reaction of his friends, I could well understand that he meant I was an important person, and I felt elated about it. What was strange to me though, was people in Kolkata always asking me where I was from. I didn’t understand what they meant till someone asked me where in Nepal my home was. Well, I couldn’t answer them as I only knew that I was from this small hamlet in Darjeeling.

Every year on 15 August and 26 January we had the flag hoisting ceremony in our garden. I was always one of the most enthusiastic during these ceremonies. Whenever there were cricket matches between India and Pakistan, I always used to wear the Indian jersey my Sahib had given to me. I was proud that I was an Indian. So how could I answer from which part of Nepal I was? My father never talked of Nepal, nor had I ever been there.

Sometimes, some local netas used to tell me that since those in the plains never considered us as Indians, we had to fight for the land we had lived in for generations. At first I did not believe them, but this trip to Kolkata opened up a bunch of questions, and suddenly the Gorkha in me was created. Questions began to germinate in my mind: why was I given the nationality of Nepal offhand? Why did my condition never change? Why could I only serve and never be a master in my own land? Someone told me the other day that the Government of Bengal never cared for us, and asked why the Governments in Kolkata and

Delhi were incapable of providing a basic necessity like water to Darjeeling, when the British could get the train to reach us some 130 years back? Why were there no good colleges, or a University? Why are the people who represent us in Delhi always from Delhi and not from our place? Why is the condition of the road so bad? Why is it that the national highway, which was brought down by a landslide a few years ago, is taking such a long time to repair? Why is it that even though Nepali is on the Eighth Schedule it is still considered a foreign tongue?

They say that in 1956, the different states of India were created on the basis of language. What stopped them from making Darjeeling into a separate territory at this time? If Telengana can be created now, what is wrong in having Darjeeling as a separate territory? I do not understand the meaning of ‘Union Territory’, ‘Gorkhaland Territorial Administration’, or ‘Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council’. However I do know one thing – that the Gorkhas have continuously been asked about their loyalties even though they have been living here for generations, serving masters in both Calcutta and in Delhi. Is it that while we are serving we must also be constantly questioned about our supposed native place? I have heard that there is a statue of Durga Malla in the garden of Parliament and that Ram Singh Thakuri, a ‘Gorkha’ created the music for Kadam Kadam Badaye ja and gave the musical notations for our National Anthem to the Army Band. I do not know if there exists any ‘Bengal’ regiment or a ‘Delhi’ regiment in the Indian Army. But I do know that there exists one called the ‘Gorkha’, which the entire world says is the most fearless. They say so and I have no reason to disbelieve them. So why does the ‘average’ Indian always want to know where I am from?

Today, as I stand in Chowk Bazaar, I do not understand why our leaders are linking our identity crisis with the making of Telengana state. I have heard that there, they are fighting for a capital called Hyderabad. We do not want to take Kolkata, which is Bengal’s capital, so why do people in Bengal feel that we are trying to snatch away something that belongs to them? We do understand the anger when the strikes disrupt their holidays, but then right now we are fighting for something more important. We too love Darjeeling tea the way it is, and even if demand is granted there won’t be any change in its aroma or taste. But we too have grown, and want our own space in this beloved nation, one where we are not questioned about our identity and allegiance.

As I walked away from the gathering, I wanted to cry. I felt jittery as the feeling of disempowerment and hopelessness started creeping into my mind. I did not know how I could face my Burra Sahib with these distraught thoughts. He had been always nice to me, but was worried these days since the tea garden and the factory had been locked up for over a month.

Heading past Clubside and towards The Mall, I saw Keventer’s. It was locked. I walked past and entered a narrow alley. I knew the place where I could get fresh sausages. I knocked on the small creaky wooden door, and as it opened I went in and asked the old guy to give me a kilo of sausages.

The rates were inflated, but I did not mind paying.

I took the small packet that he handed to me and started whistling back to the tea garden. My Burra Sahib loved sausages and poached eggs for his breakfast. He was after all his father’s son.

Satyadeep S Chhetri teaches at Sikkim Government College, Gangtok and writes regularly for Sikkim dailies. This article was published in Himal South Asian, a magazine based in Nepal

How unrealistic ethics shape foreign policy

for the "truthiness" that comedian Stephan Colbert describes as close enough to true for now.

The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was based on falsehoods, intended and inadvertent. Repelling the invasion of Kuwait in 1991 rested on the correct conclusion that a powerful country Gary Wasserman had forcibly annexed a wealthy neighbor. More familiarity with Vietnamese Asia Times Online history rather than a fascination with Is speech necessary? were being butchered, have stopped Cold War domino theories might have We may believe our lives are the killing? Is preventing climate led to hesitation in trying to stop a nablessed if we are religious, privileged if change "necessary" to save lives tionalist movement. Appeasement we are political, or lucky if we are cyni- now and in the future? in the 1930s was based on a false ascal. However we find meaning in our sumption: that Hitler was a convenlives, life itself is a basic value. Saving a Are policymakers lying to tional German leader restoring the stalife or not endangering one is a prima- us or deceiving themselves? tus quo ante bellum. ry justification for political action. TakIs the action or policy based on an ing a life because of differences of ide- accurate understanding of the situa- Is your action kind? ologies or religion or race or tribe or tion? Are policymakers lying to us or Compassion toward others is key. nation is not permissible. Belief, even deceiving themselves? Policy advo- We change the world by changing our for the preservation of faith, does not cates substitute beautifully coherent own behavior. We stop wars when we equal the sacrifice of a life. This is a call concepts for a hard-edged appraisal of stop hating our enemy. If this is not to minimize violence and destruction facts on the ground. Ideas shaping re- a comprehensive view of violence, it in politics. ality substitute for real- has a kernel of truth. Our leaders can Much of what leadity. We become, as Tho- make international affairs better by ers do and say in public reau put it, "tools of our acting better. can hardly be considtools".

Aid to the poor, to refugees, to ered necessary. They The self-interest of persecuted groups is kind; seeking may be important to domestic or se- government agencies, budget battles peace is kind; preserving endancurity interests, but are they needed and political rivalries bolster this in- gered species, fostering democratic to save lives? This leads to the caution tellectual distortion. Arrogance im- participation for the powerless, and given to doctors, "First Do No Harm". pedes the search for truth. We are of- enhancing education, healthcare, Minimize deadly involvements, limit ten wrong; we simply don't know. We and employment are acts of kindassertions of military power. Blessed need leaders who listen to opponents ness. Promoting hatred between are the peacemakers. for their insights about us. groups is not kind; nor is restricting In practice, this value provides As George Orwell put it, "Life is migrants from economic opportuboth a caution and criteria for the a constant struggle to see what is in nities or coercively imposing rigid, use of force. Do we believe that an front of one's nose." This means get- self-interested solutions.

American intervention in Syria will ting past the ideologies, the conspirSuch values can shape the "unreend that conflict and minimize the acies, and the current conflicts that alistic" world we want. As citizens in loss of lives? Would outside forces obscure a clear picture of what's hap- a democracy why shouldn't we expect in 1994 Rwanda, as 700,000 Tutsis pening. This also means not settling our leaders to steer toward them.

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Ukraine Explained: A Nonviolent Victory Peter Ackerman, Maciej Bartkowski & Jack DuVall ly mechanized divisions of interior security troops going against radical-flank activists equipped with n February 25, Reuters News declared medieval-era weaponry were still seen as using exthat “a 26-year-old who learned com- cessive force. In fact, most if not all the protesters bat skills in the army cadets may be re- who were shot and killed or beaten to death during corded as the man who made up Viktor the conflict in Ukraine had no lethal weapons. The Yanukovich's mind to cut and run.” The number of casualties in the movement was more young man had taken the microphone at a rally in than ten times higher than that of the police. CivilKyiv, denounced Ukrainian politicians for shaking ians’ use of social media ensured that videos were hands “with this killer,” when they signed a deal widely seen, showing the killings of protesters who with Yanukovych earlier that day, and demanded were equipped only with shields easily pierced by that “tomorrow, by 10 o’clock, he has to be gone” - live ammunition. Public outrage about shootings of unarmed demonstrators grew with each incident. which some took to be a death threat.

Remarkably, in the midst of this turmoil, nonviAs always, the news media were engorged with olent resistance became more imaginative. On Febscenes of barricades and burning tyres. But while ruary 20-21, people placed themselves on railway violence was eye candy for the television networks, it was the exception and not the rule in the 88-day tracks and blocked a train with 500 interior security struggle that placed Ukraine back on the road to gen- troops headed to Kyiv. The troops were forced to disuine democracy. From the start of the protests in Kyiv embark and forced to return to the barracks, never on November 24, 2013 until the day Yanukovych fled reaching their original destination. People in other the capital on February 21, 2014, Ukrainians were cities and towns along the major highway in Ukraine continually using an impressive array of nonviolent set up blockades and stopped buses carrying government-paid thugs (titushki), preventing hundreds of tactics that brought the government to its knees. them from reaching the capital. Some taxi drivers in The Maidan Kyiv were known to offer a pick-up for unsuspectThree days after the government announced on ing groups of thugs that came from outside of Kyiv November 21 that it was cancelling a pending agree- only to find themselves driven right into the center ment for the nation to become affiliated to the Eu- of the Maidan and handed over to the civil resisters. ropean Union – provoking a huge public backlash Residents also set up neighbourhood watch groups – 100,000 Ukrainians marched across Kyiv carrying in order to neutralize and contain the thugs.

European flags, and a mass occupation of “the MaidWith a militant spirit in the air, protesters resortan,” the central square in the capital city, commenced. ed to more disruptive but still nonviolent actions by The “maidan,” as the nonstop protest was it- seizing and occupying government buildings in Kyiv self called, consisted of several thousand regular and elsewhere in the regions. This tactic proved to be campers and tens and then hundreds of thousands troublesome for the authorities because it was diffiof standing and sitting civilians who joined it for cult to recapture the buildings that became well-barmajor demonstrations or on the weekends. During ricaded without committing significant manpower. three months of resistance, Ukrainians created a At the same time, the occupation of central governgenuinely deliberative and self-organized political ment buildings by activists was sending a powerful community in the open winter air. message that the government was losing control.

The Open University of Maidan offered hundreds of Perceptions can sometimes precipitate reality. lectures and discussion forums throughout the occuThe automaidan or the Ukrainian car movement pation in order to inform and educate people. Lawyers that at its peak consisted of more than 1,000 cars, launched the initiative “Euromaidan SOS” that extend- aided communications, violence prevention and deed legal and financial aid to detained activists. Many radicalization. It often served as the ears and eyes people came and offered money, food, clothes, blankets of the Maidan, to learn about the movement of seand tents. Medical facilities - some with equipment that curity forces and government thugs. It was used a local hospitals could envy - and food kitchens with hun- number of times to block the entrances to the sites of dreds of volunteers sprang up across the site. the interior security forces that hindered the latter’s Music was heard often on the Maidan. One of the deployment. It led the blockade of the presidential songs “Vitya Ciao” (or Goodbye Victor, a clear refer- residence in Mezhyhirya, just outside of Kyiv which ence to Victor Yanukovych) was posted on YouTube greatly upset Yanukovych. It also protected hospitals at the beginning of December, went viral and gath- where wounded activists were taken for treatment ered close to one million views. In Kyiv hundreds against police and thugs. And it patrolled the capital of people would stop to sing the national anthem, and other cities to block marauding titushka, bringwhich was also repeatedly heard on the Maidan. ing them to the Maidan where they were publically Handicapped protesters went on the streets and on- re-educated, shamed and eventually released with line with signs that read, “Are you going to shoot us the promise that they would return home – which too?” in reference to the police violence that led to most of them did. the death of activists in January.

These disruptive nonviolent tactics were so efMaidan was a beacon, but its light was re- fective that the regime came down hard on the auflected by many others elsewhere in the country. tomaidan, whose members were regularly stopped By the end of January, the protests had appeared by the police, having their cars burned, vandalized in a number of cities even in the eastern part of or confiscated. the country. They attracted students, intellectuals, professionals, working class people, atheists, Radical flanks, radical restraint If violence by the regime and the titushka backCatholics, Orthodox Christians, and Jews.

As the occupation became a fact of daily life and fired on the government, violence by armed oppothe centre of reference for opposition to a presi- nents of the regime – a phenomenon in civil resisdent who had plainly lost public faith, resisters fur- tance called “radical flanks” – did not, on balance, ther broadened their tactics. A boycott was begun significantly hurt it.

Although a small radical flank - represented by of products and companies owned by or known to some self-defense units and the Right Sector on the have close business ties to the oligarchs who supported Yanukovych and members of the parliament Maidan - might have played a tactical role in defending from his political party. The organizers targeted the square on one occasion, these groups were not necmore than 200 businesses all over Ukraine includ- essarily effective in shielding the Maidan from regime ing banks, restaurants, hotels, shopping malls, car provocateurs. For example, the march on Verkhovna dealerships, online and print media, alcohol prod- Rada on February 18 led by some radical elements in ucts, and dairy companies. Some companies re- the movement was considered a strategic mistake that packaged their products without brand names, to left the Maidan vulnerable to police attacks.

When the regime agreed to engage in negotry to lure back buyers. The main boycott’s Facetiations in the second half of January after violence book group had more than 57,000 members.

The struggle quickly transcended the original is- flared up on both sides of the barricades, this was sue – Yanukovych’s rejection of Europe – that had ini- hailed by some activists as a clear victory for radicals. tially angered the public. It was not primarily framed But it is now known that Yanukovych did not negotiby rivalry between the east and west of the country, ate in good faith and used the truce to prepare for a but by whether Ukraine would be open and progres- violent crackdown in February.

Ironically, the heroic moment of maidan radicals sive, or a relatively closed and corrupt domain run for the benefit of a self-serving elite. In fact, the initial in the eyes of the public may have been a function goal of the protesters to pressure Yanukovych into of their restraint, not their violence. There was a signing the association agreement with the EU rep- significant degree of discipline on the part of radiresented a profound rejection of a future in which cals, whose maidan self-defense units often guarded the country seemed headed for stagnation. It is not policemen and thugs who had been captured. They uncommon for mass nonviolent movements to pro- were shamed by parading them in public, but at the voke the public to re-examine their very identity, and end of the day their safety had been assured.

Likewise, in some crucial moments during the it happened this winter in Ukraine. struggle in Kyiv, even the leader of the Right Sector, Repression and backfire Dmytro Yarosh, showed a sense of limits. He issued In the early morning of November 30, police of- one of the most important declarations on February ficers swinging truncheons and spraying tear gas 9 where he called for decisive action against the recleared out the Maidan. Furious at the brutality, gime that had failed to release all political prisoners thousands more poured into the square calling for as promised and drop their criminal charges. This Yanukovych’s resignation. In broaching the use of vi- meant the end of an informal truce between the olence, the government soon found that that would government and the opposition that had been in efonly quicken the movement, because ordinary peo- fect since the end of January. In the declaration one ple were disturbed by seeing people just like them- looks in vain for a call to arms or threats of physical selves being beaten up without having posed any violence. Instead, the most radical action enjoined physical threat. The state’s violence was automati- was to… block government buildings. cally disproportionate to anything they faced, so long The larger irony about violence in Ukraine was not as the people’s tactics were always nonviolent. supplied by riotous movement hitchhikers but by the The muscle of the developing movement became hyperbolic media coverage devoted to them. It raised obvious on December 14 when two large but different unplanned but frightening street fights to the apparent masses of people occupied public squares less than a level of grand strategy, which they were not. On Januquarter of a mile apart in Kyiv. One was the mammoth ary 24, Fox News breathlessly reported that, “huge fireanti-government assembly that had staked its ground balls lit up the night sky in central Kiev and plumes of the month before, and the other was a smaller rally in thick black smoke rose from burning tires at giant barsupport of the embattled president. One was becom- ricades erected by protesters…Clashes resumed at the ing a movement, and the other was not. barricades, which are just yards from lines of riot poOn January 16, the government dug its even- lice and…angry demonstrators hurled firebombs, rocks tual grave a little deeper. The Ukraine parliament and fireworks at officers.” All of this happened, but none passed sweeping anti-protest laws, which includ- of it determined the conflict’s outcome. ed heavy fines on those who set up tents, stages In most instances, violent radicals in Ukraine or amplifiers on public property. Three days later, were less impressive than the armed wings of other with confrontations between protesters and po- movements, such as the African National Congress lice becoming more frequent, the first Molotov (ANC) in its resistance in the 1980s to the apartheid cocktails were thrown and a police truck was set regime in South Africa. But in that conflict as well as on fire. Some of the perpetrators were young radi- in Ukraine, the radical flank mainly used an “iconogcal activists from the Right Sector. Three days af- raphy of violence” (a term coined by ANC veteran ter that, the first protesters died from the use of Howard Barrell) to boost morale and enhance the live ammunition. Becoming uneasy about how all heroism of radicals, more than it resorted to serious this would end, the parliament repealed the anti- military planning or armed engagements. protest laws, and Yanukovych dismissed his prime Eventually, what politically wounded Yanuminister. But only three days later, a protest leader kovych was not the physical blows of radicals throwwas kidnapped and tortured. Self-generated vio- ing Molotov cocktails, but 88 days of painstaking civilian mobilizing that persistently kept the regime lence was coming from groups on both sides.

While the rising violence diminished civilian off balance. The movement ensured backfire every participation in protests – a common occurrence in time the state resorted to serious repression. It enpredominantly nonviolent struggles – it still gener- larged its public base, put the regime in positions ated “backfire” against the Yanukovych regime. High- to delegitimize itself, and ultimately spurred defec-

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tions of the regime’s enforcers and supporters. This happened not as a result of limited violence used by some protesters, but because the movement made it impossible for the government to demonstrate that it retained the consent of the people.

Defections Defections from the Yanukovych administration, including the diplomatic corps, as well as from the police and from his ruling party, began after the regime used brutal force against the peaceful students on November 30. Yanukovych’s own chief of staff submitted his resignation immediately after that attack (a resignation that was not accepted) and then resigned again after his boss signed the anti-democratic laws on January 17. A number of mayors and governors all over Ukraine voluntarily resigned or were forced to resign by the people.

Repeatedly protesters called on local security forces and the army to declare in public whether they were with the people. In December, retired Berkut officers and veterans called on their serving colleagues to act according to the Constitution and not use violence against demonstrators. Some Berkut police – particularly from western Ukraine – refused to follow the orders of their superiors at the interior ministry. Others in Kyiv came out carrying signs that Yanukovych was no longer their president. In one publicized instance, a young man who served in Berkut defected because, as he explained, he did not want to shoot his father who was on maidan. Local business leaders refused to pay taxes to the government arguing that their money should not be used to pay for thugs or police repression. Even in the stronghold of the Party of Regions – Dnipropetrovsk – two businessmen rebelled and allowed the uncensored news of their defection to be broadcast on local TV stations.

In the final days of Yanukovych in Kyiv, thirty-six members of his ruling Party of Regions (a number that grew to seventy) decided to defect and join the parliamentary opposition in Verkhovna Rada, to vote for the law that ordered the withdrawal of security forces from the streets of Kyiv and their return to garrisons. Yanukovych could no longer rely on an obedient majority in parliament. On the same day, Yanukovych’s main henchman, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, the minister of interior fled to Belarus, and was joined

by Yanukovych’s personal banker, Sergey Kurchenko.

Their departures seem to have been hastened by a more serious defection: that of the Ukrainian army.

During three months of civil resistance, Yanukovych had tried desperately to ensure the loyalty of the armed forces. He reportedly asked Ukrainian army officers to sign loyalty oaths to him, and anyone who refused was fired or reassigned. But in the end, loyalty oaths were not worth the paper they were written on.

When generals refused to carry out Yanukovych’s orders, he demoted and reassigned the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on February 19 and appointed a new chairman – a navy general - considered to be loyal to the regime. On February 20, the admiral ordered an immediate mobilization of four elite army brigades (two airborne and two navy) – all in all 2,500-3,000 soldiers stationed in the southeastern parts of Ukraine, and their immediate dispatch to Kyiv. On the same day the orders were issued, the deputy chairman of the joint chief of staff resigned in protest against the regime’s attempts to get the armed forces involved in the domestic conflict.

Eventually, only one brigade of 500 troops left their location in Dnipropetrovsk on the day the orders came but the train that carried them was stopped by activists. They later blocked the roads to fend off another attempt to transport the same troops, this time by buses. Other brigades remained in their barracks.

Once the parliament enacted the law to withdraw interior security forces from Kyiv in the late evening of February 20, the officers commanding the brigades used it to justify their decisions not to move their troops to Kyiv. It became obvious that Yanukovych had lost the means to put down the movement.

Collapse Between February 18 and 20, almost 100 protesters were killed on the Maidan in Kyiv. With mayhem ensuing on February 19 as Berkut police and other interior security forces swarmed the capital, the government declared an all-out “anti-terrorist” operation against the demonstrators. The next day, however, the government began to crumble with increasing defections, and in the evening of February 21, Yanukovych fled Kyiv.

In terms of the fundamental dynamic of how civil resistance can shred the legitimacy of an abusive government and then induce defections from its own enforcers and supporters, there is no serious discrepancy between the narrative of the collapse of the power of Victor Yanukoyvch in 2014 and the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines in 1986, Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Chile in 1988, the communist politburo in Czechoslovakia in 1989, Suharto in Indonesia in 1998, Milosevic in Serbia in 2000, or Mubarak in Egypt in 2011.

These regimes were very different, much less the societies in which successful civil resistance was organized and mobilized. But the forces that took the form of nonviolent movements in these countries and the action they took were similar: an eclectic but united political coalition, growing and persistent numbers of ordinary people participating in coordinated tactics, challenging the regime’s legitimacy, capitalizing on the backfire from repression to accelerate the momentum of events, and spurring defections from the military and other leaders, even among those who were loyal almost to the end.

In most successful nonviolent struggles, three kinds of violence at the tactical level can complicate the plans of the movement: free rider violence by bands of bellicose sympathizers, street violence by self-mobilized radicals, or organized radical flanks trying to embellish the narrative of a revolution they could then claim to have partly led. Two dangers are posed by undisciplined violent groups: violence in public space diminishes participation by the broader public and can therefore sap the force of a movement, and violence targeting regime defenders can annul the possibility of defections, without which few movements succeed against repressive governments.

These effects were averted in Ukraine, because the claim of the movement that had taken shape in the Maidan last November - that it represented the authentic will of the Ukrainian people - could not be forgotten or dismissed by most onlookers. With that credibility and its resilience intact, the movement in Ukraine was not undermined by violent intruders before it succeeded in its primary mission: dissolving the consent of the people and the loyalty of regime defenders on which the authority and capacity of Victor Yanukovych to remain in power depended.

Commerce students who take up management honours pursue courses ranging from entrepreneurship, Human resources management, business communication to auditing and more. However, if we were to actually take a closer look at Management, than we would see it touch almost every aspect of our lives. Management skills are needed not only for the business professional but the church leader, the parent and the student.

Management: It’s Not Just about Business Rose Mary Apon, Assistant Professor, Commerce

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very individual or organisation has their own goals and desires which can be achieved only through efficient and effective management. Management in simple word means managing things (men, time, finance, resources) tactfully. Management refers to all those activities which are concerned with the formulation of objectives, plans and policies. According to Mary Parker Follett, a great management thinker’, “Management is the art of getting things done through others”. . Henry Fayol, another great management thinker believes that to manage is, “to forecast, to plan, to organise, to command, to co-ordinate, and to control.” Management is also a process (defined as a systematic way of doing activities to achieve the objectives) consisting of interrelated functions like planning, organising, staffing, directing and controlling.. Proper implementation of management makes a person or an organisation stand tallest amongst all.

The word ‘Management’ is a huge subject. It carries different meanings, depending on the context in which it is used.

Here, I would like to stress on some areas which will be important for an individual in achieving its goal and its contribution towards the society or organisation.

The need for an importance of management to become successful in life, assumes great significance. It requires a special skill and knowledge to seek the fullest co-operation to achieve one’s objectives set by an individual or an organisation. Management is important for an individual or an organisation because it helps in achieving its goals and objectives through effective utilisation of time and different resources.

Those Organisations that performs management functions effectively, survives. The success of an organisation, both formal and informal, depends largely on how well the various activities and resources are managed, planned and organised. Likewise, the success of an individual depends on how effectively he/she manages the activities of life.

Management exist everywhere. In fact, each one of us practices management in every walk of our life, but the fact is, we don’t actually realise it. When we hear the word ‘management’, the first thing that comes to our mind is business or managing money or finance or human resources. We must realise that management is not only for institutions, organisations or companies but it is also related to our personal life. When I mention this, some of us will question how do I exercise managerial functions? But the fact is, everyone, irrespective of our different profession, job or position, performs management, starting from our own doorstep. As rightly defined by Louis Allen, ‘Management is what a manager does’. Every individual is responsible for one’s own life, depending on how one decides, plans and implements its objectives. We are all managers of our own life as we are all managing our life in our own way. Our success will be determined by how effective we use our management skills in dealing with different situations of life.

Parents have the responsibility of bringing up their children as well as managing their activities. Parents perform managerial activities to a large extend. They have to manage their time for their work, for their children, and other social responsibilities as well. Parents should guide their children in a way that they get the right thing at the right time, and also at the right place. If their managing skill is effective, their children will grow up to be responsible citizens, else the wheel will turn the other way round. Parents should realise the interests and capabilities of their children, nurture them and point them to the right direction, where they best fit.

Students are the ones who need proper management in every aspect of life. Every morning, they manage themselves by standing in front of the mirror, to groom themselves and make sure that their uniforms are immaculately put on for the class. If all these formalities are not taken care of, the whole thing will be a mess. In order to be a better performer, one needs to be a responsible student. They need to know how to manage their time, studies and other co-curricular activities. In the end, those students who manage well will excel in every area of life, for instance, in academic, sports or in any other co-curricular activities.

Even teachers, preachers, bankers, businessman, administrators, social workers or any other profession requires management so as to flourish in his/her work, as well as in personal life. They should manage their time and resources (human and non-human) efficiently in order to achieve the desired goals. Proper planning, organising, executing and controlling are mandatory in attaining greater heights of goals.

Management is, therefore, basically concerned with getting things done at a right time with the right resources and at the right place. Ultimately, it is understood that a meticulous manager is on the absolute track of attaining the goals without any delay.

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SC sends Subrata Roy to judicial custody

New Delhi, March 4 (iaNS): The Supreme Court Tuesday sent Sahara chief Subrata Roy and two directors of his company to judicial custody till they present a concrete proposal to return the balance of Rs.19,000 crore they had collected from investors through optionally fullyconvertible debentures.

The money through OFCD was mobilised by two Sahara Companies - Sahara India Real Estate Corp Ltd and Sahara Housing Investment Corp Ltd. The court has fixed March 11 as the next date of hearing. Sahara in December 2012 had deposited Rs.5,120 crore with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Directing the judicial detention of Subrata Roy and two other directors Ashok Roy Choudhary and Ravi Shankar Dubey - the court noted that despite being given sufficient opportunities, there was no proposal to “honour” its Aug 31, 2012 judgment and the subsequent orders of Dec 5, 2012 and Feb 25, 2013, to return the investors’ money.

“In exercise of the powers conferred under articles 129 and 142 of the constitution, we order detention of all the contemnors, except Vandana Bhargava (the fourth respondent) and send them to judicial custody at Delhi, till the next date of hearing,” said the bench of Jus-

Sahara commits to sell assets to pay Rs 22,500 crore to investors

Chairman of Sahara India Pariwar Subrata Roy is escorted away by policemen after his arrival at the Supreme Court for a hearing in New Delhi, on Tuesday, March 4. A lawyer threw ink at the top Indian businessman as he arrived at India’s highest court Tuesday to face charges that his company failed to return billions of dollars to investors. Roy’s Sahara conglomerate is well known throughout India because it co-owns a Formula One team and sponsored the Indian cricket team until recently. (AP Photo)

tice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar. The court held that the “contemnors have maintained an unreasonable stand throughout the proceedings before SEBI, Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), high court and even before this court”.

The court said the concession to Bhargava was being extended “because she is a woman director,

and also to enable the contemnors to be in a position to propose an acceptable solution for execution of our orders, by coordinating with the detenues”. It said Bhargava, “who herself is one of the directors, is permitted to be in touch with the rest of the contemnors and submit an acceptable proposal arrived at during their detention, so that the court can pass

appropriate orders”.

“Preservation of market integrity is extremely important for economic growth of this country and for national interest,” the court said in its order. It also said the Sahara claim that it had returned the investors’ money is “apparently” falsified by documents and affidavit submitted by Sahara companies.

“Maintaining inves-

BIMSTEC shedding narrow definitions: Manmohan

Nay Pyi taw, March 4 (iaNS): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said the seven-nation BIMSTEC was shedding narrow definitions of geography and listed trade, energy, physical connectivity and people-to-people exchange as priority areas to build upon.

“In coming together, we are not only stepping out of narrow, traditional definitions of regions such as South Asia or Southeast Asia, but we are also building a bridge across Asia’s most promising and dynamic arc,” the prime minister told the BIMSTEC Summit in this Myanmar capital.

“Today, as connectivity and integration across a fragmented Asia are becoming the new vehicles for advancing peace and prosperity in the region, BIMSTEC is one of the more promising examples of such initiatives,” he added.

Manmohan Singh said even as the region faced many common challenges such as from natural disasters and terrorism, it also shared many opportunities in areas as such as trade, economic cooperation and connectivity, all of which signaled a bright future.

Besides India and Myanmar, the BIMSTEC regional grouping comprises Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Thailand, accounting for 21 percent of the global population and $2.5 trillion in GDP. Listing the Indian contribution to the regional grouping, Manmohan Singh said the proposed centre for predicting weather and climate and providing early warnings will be operational at Noida soon.

tors’ confidence requires market integrity and market abuse is a serious financial crime which undermines the very financial structure of this country and will make imbalance in wealth between haves and have nots,” the court said in its order.

Pointing to the SEBI’s Feb 18 analysis of the submissions, documents etc. furnished by the contem-

New Delhi, March 4 (ageNcieS): Sahara chief Subrata Roy on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that its order will be followed by him and sought more time for refunding money to investors. Subrata Roy said that Sahara will sell its assets to pay up to Rs 22,500 crore. The sell of properties can start from tomorrow onwards.

Personally arguing his case, Subrata Roy said that while sell of assets are on, the companies will try to give bank guarantee for rest of the amount which are due to investors. Subrata Roy added that he wanted one more chance to honour the court order and said that if he failed in this last endeavour, he would come back to stand before the court to take the punishment.

nors, the court said it “indicates that they are filing and making unacceptable statements and affidavits all through and even in the contempt proceedings”.

“Documents and affidavits produced by the contemnors themselves would apparently falsify their refund theory and cast serious doubts about the existence of the socalled investors. All the

On this, the SC bench asked why the payments were not done for the last one-and-a-half years and why was Sahara giving one excuse after the other.

The apex court said that sale of assets of Sahara group is the responsibility of the company and the SC would have no role to play except strictly ensuring compliance of its orders.

Subrata Roy personally tendered apology for his absence in the Supreme Court on February 26, saying reasons for his absence were very genuine. “I am sorry for my absence,” Subrata Roy said.

The SC bench accepted the apology of the Sahara chief.

threw ink at the Sahara chief Subrata Roy on Tuesday outside the Supreme Court premises here. Manoj Sharma, who claimed to be an advocate from Gwalior, threw ink at Roy as the latter got out of a car and was heading towards the court amid security personnel and a large number of mediapersons.

“I threw ink at Subrata Roy as he is a thief and has robbed the poor,” Sharma shouted, after which he was hurriedly taken away by police. Roy was brought to Delhi on Monday after he was arrested by the Lucknow police on February 28.

The apex court on February 26 had issued a non‘Lawyer’ throws ink at bailable arrest warrant Sahara chief Subrata against Roy for failing to Roy, calls him a thief appear before it in person Earlier, a lawyer as directed by the court.

fact finding authorities have opined that majority of investors do not exist,” it said.

Passing the detention order, the court said: “Sufficient opportunities have been given to the contemnors to fully comply with those orders and purge the contempt committed by them but, rather than availing of the same, they have adopted various dilatory

BIMSTEC leaders set year-end deadline for trade pact Nay Pyi taw, March 4 (iaNS): Mindful of the delays, the two-day BIMSTEC Summit concluded in this Myanmar capital Tuesday with the leaders now setting a year-end deadline for a free trade pact among the sevennation grouping. In a declaration, the leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, directed the negotiating committee to expedite work for concluding the Agreement on Trade in Goods by the end of 2014.

In 2004, the finance and trade ministers of the BIMSTEC countries had agreed to establish a free trade area by June 2012. A few years later, the deadline was advanced to June 2010. But differences over issues such as tariff lines and quantum of concessions have kept the proposed pact from being inked.

The agreement, when signed, will lead to reduced tariff on commerce among the member countries as also liberalise trade in goods, services and investment.The grouping comprises India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The declaration also said the trade committee must continue its efforts for early finalization of the agreement on services and investments, besides the pacts on settlements of disputes and assistance in customs matters.

“Since 2007, India’s National Tsunami Warning Centre is providing early warnings of Indian Ocean Rim countries on a regular basis,” he said, adding that New Delhi was also partner in space sciences, resource management and economic development.

The prime minister said terrorism and cross-border crimes also deserved the attention of BIMSTEC leadership be it for security of sea lanes or communication channels.

“The nature of the evolving threat of terrorism in the BIMSTEC region has imparted greater urgency for stronger cooperation to counter it,” he said.

“As part of this effort, we must

seek early ratification of the Convention on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism, TransNational Organized Crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking,” he said. The prime minister also sought the early signing of the Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters among the seven countries and start negotiations for a convention on e xtradition.

Manmohan Singh also lauded the decision for a permanent BIMSTEC secretariat in Dhaka as a key milestone in the evolution of the group. He also proposed 2015 to be declared as a year of BIMSTEC tourism.

Acid attack victim Laxmi to receive International Women of Courage Award

waShiNgtoN, March 4 (Pti): Laxmi, a victim of acid attack and a standard-bearer for the movement to end acid attacks, has been selected by the US for prestigious International Women of Courage Award. Laxmi will receive the award from US First Lady Michelle Obama at an awards ceremony at the State Department. She was 16 when an acquaintance threw acid on her face while she waited at a bus stop in New Delhi’s busy Khan Market in 2005, disfiguring her permanently. Her attacker, a friend’s 32-year old brother, planned to use the acid to destroy Laxmi’s face after she refused to respond to his romantic advances.

“Many acid attack victims never return to normal life: they often go to great lengths to hide their disfigurement, many forgo education or employment rather than appear in public, and suicide is not uncommon. But Laxmi did not hide,” the State Department said. “She became the standard-bearer in India for the movement to end acid attacks. She made repeated appearances on national television, gathered 27,000 signatures for a petition to curb acid sales, and took her cause to the Indian Supreme Court,” it said.

“Laxmi’s petition led the Supreme Court to order the Indian central and state governments to regulate immediately the

sale of acid, and the Parliament to make prosecutions of acid attacks easier to pursue,” the State Department said. “Much is left to be done, and Laxmi continues to advocate on behalf of acid attack victims throughout India for increased compensation, effective prosecution and prevention of acid attacks, and rehabilitation of survivors,” it said.

Secretary of State John Kerry, who was earlier scheduled to be present at the awards ceremony, is now travelling to Kiev in the aftermath of the Ukrainian situation. He would be represented

by Deputy Secretary of State Heather A Higginbottom. Last year, Nirbhaya, a courageous 23-year-old girl whose brutal gangrape on a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012, triggered widespread protests, received the prestigious award.

The award would be presented to Laxmi along with other awardees from countries across the globe.

Established in 2007, the annual Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award honours women around the globe who have exemplified exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for human rights, women’s equality, and social progress, often at great personal risk. This is the only Department of State award that pays tribute to emerging women leaders worldwide.

Greenpeace activists lift a giant banner with a caricature of Indian Minister for Environment and Forest Veerappa Moily to hang on his office building as a sign of protest in New Delhi, on Tuesday, March 4. The activists were protesting the Indian government’s decision to permit multinational seed companies field trial of genetically modified crops across the country. (AP Photo)

tactics to delay the implementation of the orders of this court.”

“Non-compliance of the orders passed by this court shakes the very foundation of our judicial system and undermines the rule of law, which we are bound to honour and protect. This is essential to maintain faith and confidence of the people of this country in the judiciary.”

‘Indo-Chinese relations important for growth’

BeijiNg, March 4 (iaNS): Strategic talks between China and India can empower both countries as well as other developing nations to have a bigger say on global issues, a leading Chinese daily said.

An opinion piece in the Global Times said emerging economies such as India and China have been shaken by the global financial crisis, and that weakened their influence in the reform of global governance. India and China together can get more respect from the West than if they remain rivals, the daily said.

Echoing the success of the 17th India-China special representatives’ meeting on the boundary question and the annual defence and security consultation last month, the daily said both nations will see a few rounds of economic and strategic talks this year. The leaderships of China and India have drawn lessons from the past, and were determined to resolve controversial issues such as the border problem, it said.

Both sides have reached a consensus to control the elements that might trigger tensions along the border, the daily asserted. “Peaceful and friendly cooperation is a positive factor in the changing international situation. In the international sphere, strategic talks between China and India can empower both countries as well as other developing nations to have a bigger say in global issues,” it said.

“China and India must strengthen their mechanism of coordination and consultation, and work together with other neighbours such as Pakistan, Russia, Iran and Central Asian countries to promote reconciliation among different political factions within Afghanistan,” the daily said. It said cooperation between the two countries will help in boosting the slowing Indian economy. “If the next Indian administration is willing to draw more investment from China, it can become a major step to facilitate India’s economic growth and the economic cooperation between China and India,” the daily added.

Health ministry ends invasive tests on rape victims NagPUr, March 4 (Pti): The Union Health Ministry, which has drawn new guidelines for treating rape victims, has asked all hospitals to set up a designated room for forensic and medical examination of victims besides outlawing the two-finger test performed on them, dubbing it as unscientific.

The Department of Health Research (DHR) along with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) with the help of experts formulated this set of national guidelines for dealing with criminal assault cases, which will hopefully put an end to the “horrendous” medical process, which the victims are subjected to after the sexual abuse.

The DHR has also drafted a new manual to address the psycho-social impact of sexual violence including counselling that the victims should receive to alleviate her woes. These guidelines have been made available to healthcare providers who work with victims of sexual violence.

A experts’ group on Gender and Health was formed by Dr V M Katoch, Secretary to GOI-DHR and Director General ICMR in November 2011 under the chairmanship of Dr M E Khan (Secretary, Sexual Violence Research Initiative) to for-

mulate these guidelines which can be used at Primary Health Centres and district hospitals whenever a rape victim approaches them.

Later, Indrajit Khandekar, incharge Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit (CFMU) & Associate professor at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) Sevagram-Wardha (on whose study report titled “pitiable & horrendous quality of forensic medical examination of sexual assault cases” a PIL was filed in Bombay High Court) was given the responsibility to draft these guidelines.

The guidelines drafted were made available to public and experts and their opinion was sought.

Following this, the guidelines were released for circulation on December 16, 2013. Dr. Khandekar, who pursued the matter single handedly, told PTI that he had successfully impressed upon the state government on how to handle such cases and now at national level too, the Centre has come out with fresh guidelines.

“It has been observed that the rape victims are usually put under a horribly judgemental microscope from the moment they call up the cops. They are often subjected to judgmentally attitudes by

both the doctors and other medical staff in the hospital. The new guidelines include that every hospital must have a designated room to deal with Medico Legal Cases (MLC) of sexual assault to provide privacy to the victim and must have essential equipments listed in the guidelines,” he said.

There must be provisions to provide alternative clothing for the victims and smooth collection of MLC evidence keeping in mind the sensitivity of the circumstances. Also, there must be training sessions for sensitising doctors and other medical staff for the protocols and guidelines for MLC examination/reporting of such cases, it has been outlined.

As per the guidelines, while carrying out medical tests no third person must be present in the room other than the doctor. If the doctor is male, a female attendant must be there, Dr. Khandekar said. The new set of rules also provide comprehensive care which must address issues such as physical injuries, STDs, HIV, Hepatitis B, etc. Also the psychological effects must be recognised and the patient shall be provided counselling, social support and appropriate referrals, it said.

The maligned two-finger test that was used by doctors to opine whether the girl is habituated to sexual intercourse or not, has been outlawed and the manual recognises that it is no way scientific and shall not be performed. Doctors are asked not to use word rape in their opinion, as it is a legal definition and not a medical diagnosis.

For the first time, names of samples, its preservative and purpose of analysis for forensic lab has to be printed itself on the form before sending it to FSL (forensic science lab). This will avoid inadequate preservation of sample and analysis of sample for wrong purpose, the guidelines said. A provision for DNA analysis has also been done. A separate form for medical management as a check list has been provided too.

In the past, rape survivor examination was done only after receiving police requisition. Now this is not mandatory for a rape survivor seeking medical examination and care. The doctors should examine such cases without an FIR if the survivor reports to the hospital first. Also, it is now mandatory for the forensic medical report to state precisely the reasons for each conclusion.

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Military force would be “last resort” in Ukraine

MOSCOW/KERCH, MaRCH 4 (REutERS): President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia saw no need to use military force in the Crimea region of Ukraine for now, in remarks apparently intended to ease East-West tension over fears of war in the former Soviet republic.

The use of force by Russia in Ukraine would be a choice of last resort, Putin said, and sanctions being considered against Moscow by the West would be counter-productive.

Putin told a news conference at his state residence outside Moscow there had been an “unconstitutional coup” in Ukraine and ousted leader Viktor Yanukovich, an ally of Russia, was still the legitimate leader of the country despite giving up all power.

Earlier on Tuesday, Putin ordered troops involved in a military exercise in western Russia, close to the border with Ukraine, back to their bases.

Russian financial markets rebounded after sharp falls on Monday, and the euro and dollar rose in Japan, though Moscow’s forces remained in control of Ukraine’s Crimea region, seized bloodlessly after Yanukovich was ousted last month.

Russia paid a heavy financial price on Monday for its military intervention in Ukraine, with stocks, bonds and the rouble plunging as Putin’s forces tightened their grip in Crimea, whose population is mainly ethnic Russian.

The Moscow stock market fell more than 10

A child plays near a Russian soldier, right, while Ukrainian soldiers look on from behind gates as the Russian soldier guards the gate of an Ukrainian infantry base in Perevalne, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow reserves the right to use all means to protect Russians in Ukraine as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was on his way to Kiev. Tensions remained high in the strategic Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea with troops loyal to Moscow firing warning shots to ward off protesting Ukrainian soldiers. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

percent on Monday, wiping nearly $60 billion off the value of Russian firms, but Russian stock indexes rose more than 4 percent early on Tuesday before slipping back again slightly, though still up on the day.

Putin said the turmoil in Russian markets was a “tactical, temporary” decision by investors.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will propose ways for a negotiation between Russia and Ukraine to be overseen by a multi-

lateral organisation when he visits Kiev on Tuesday.

NATO allies will hold emergency talks on the crisis on Tuesday, for the second time in three days.

GAZPROM PRICES In further pressure on Kiev, Russia’s top gas producer Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research) said it would remove a discount on gas prices for Ukraine from April, Interfax news agency cited the company’s chief as saying

on Tuesday.

However, Gazprom chief Alexei Miller also said the company could offer Ukraine a loan of $2-3 billion to pay off the country’s debt of more than $1.5 billion after Ukraine said it was unable to pay in full for gas deliveries in February, Interfax news agency said.

Putin said at the weekend that he had the right to invade Ukraine to protect Russian interests and citizens after Yanukovich’s downfall following months

of popular unrest. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has a base in Crimea.

But the military exercises in central and western Russia, which began last week and raised fears that Russia might send forces to Russian-speaking regions of east Ukraine, were completed on schedule.

“The supreme commander of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, gave the order for the troops and units, taking part in the military

exercises, to return to their bases,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.

Although the end of the exercises had been planned, the announcement sent a more conciliatory message than much of the rhetoric from Russian officials, who say Moscow must defend national interests and those of compatriots in Ukraine.

Putin is dismayed that the new leadership in Ukraine, the cradle of Russian civilisation, has plotted a course towards the European Union and away from what had been Moscow’s sphere of influence during generations of Soviet Communist rule.

Moscow’s U.N. envoy told a stormy meeting of the Security Council that Yanukovich had sent a letter to Putin requesting he use Russia’s military to restore law and order in Ukraine.

Ukraine said observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a pan-European security body, would travel at its invitation to Crimea in an attempt to defuse the military standoff there.

WESTERN RESPONSE The United States has begun spelling out its response to Russia’s incursion, announcing a suspension of all military engagements with Russia, including military exercises and port visits, and freezing trade and investment talks with Moscow.

President Barack Obama met national secu-

rity advisers on Monday to discuss how the United States and its allies could “further isolate” Russia, a White House official said.

“Over time this will be a costly proposition for Russia,” Obama told reporters.

The State Department said the United States was preparing to impose sanctions on Russia, although no decisions had yet been made.

Members of the U.S. Congress are looking at options including sanctions on Russia’s banks and freezing assets of Russian public institutions and private investors, but they said they wanted European states to step up their involvement.

A Kremlin aide said that if the United States did impose sanctions, Moscow might drop the dollar as a reserve currency and refuse to repay loans to U.S. banks.

An International Monetary Fund mission is in Kiev to discuss financial assistance for Ukraine to help it avoid bankruptcy. Kiev’s new leaders want a financial package worth at least $15 billion, with a quick release of some of the cash.

The European Union has threatened unspecified “targeted measures” unless Russia returns its forces to their bases and opens talks with Ukraine’s new government.

Western leaders have sent a barrage of warnings to Putin against armed action, threatening economic and diplomatic consequences, but are not considering a military response.

There was no immediate sign of any new move-

ments by Russian forces in Crimea overnight although Ukraine’s acting president said on Monday that Russia’s military presence on the Black Sea peninsula was growing.

Ukrainian officials said Russia was building up armour on its side of the 4.5km (2.7-mile) wide Kerch strait between the Crimean peninsula and southern Russia.

Russian forces shipped three truckloads of troops by ferry into Crimea after taking control of the border post on the Ukrainian side, Ukraine’s border guards spokesman said.

Vladimir, a 50-year-old cab driver, said people do not want the Russians to leave. “When they are here, it is safer,” he said, voicing the opinions of some in the region who fear a return to the chaos in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Kiev’s U.N. ambassador, Yuriy Sergeyev, said Russia had deployed roughly 16,000 troops to Crimea since last week.

Both sides have avoided bloodshed, but the market turmoil on Monday highlighted damage the crisis could wreak on Russia’s vulnerable economy, making it harder to balance the budget and potentially undermining business and public support for Putin.

EU foreign ministers held out the threat of sanctions if Moscow fails to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, while offering to mediate, alongside other international bodies. EU leaders will hold an emergency summit on Thursday.

Exiled Uighur leader urges calm Thailand may extend state of emergency

BEIJING, MaRCH 4 (REutERS): A prominent exiled Uighur leader has urged China’s government to respond calmly to a knife attack in southwestern China and not “demonise” ethnic Uighurs after Beijing blamed the mass killings on extremists from the far western region of Xinjiang.

Rebiya Kadeer, President of the World Uyghur Congress, also said tension could only be reduced in Xinjiang if China acknowledged rights issues the large Uighur minority faces. China has vowed to crack down on what it says are militants bent on transforming Xinjiang into an independent state called East Turkestan. But it has also emphasised ethnic unity after what it described as a terrorist attack on Saturday in Kunming in which 33 died, including four assailants.

Many Muslim Uighurs object to Chinese curbs on their culture and religion, though authorities say they enjoy broad freedoms. “At this time of heightened tensions, it is important for China to deal with

the incident rationally and not set about demonising the Uyghur people as state enemies,” Kadeer said in the Englishlanguage statement, using the group’s spelling for the Uighur minority.

“The fact remains that peaceful dissent against repressive government policies targeting Uyghurs is legitimate, so the Chinese government must not conflate this constructive criticism with the events of 1 March. “It is absolutely vital the Chinese government deal with the longstanding and deteriorating human rights issues facing Uyghurs if tensions are to be reduced.” Kadeer is a former Chinese political prisoner accused of leaking state secrets in 1999 who left China on medical parole and settled near Washington with her husband and part of her family in 2005.

She previously had been a celebrated millionaire who had advised China’s parliament, and is now condemned by Beijing as an “anti-Chinese splittist”. The statement added that the World Uyghur Congress

“unequivocally condemns the violence that took place at Kunming railway station” and expressed condolences to victims’ families. The government has not explicitly accused Uighurs of carrying out the attack, though by calling them Xinjiang extremists the implication is clear. The one person identified

by Beijing as being an attacker, Abdurehim Kurban, appears to be Uighur, judging by his name.

In Kunming, capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, many hundreds of km from Xinjiang, members of the small Uighur community have said they felt under suspicion.

The government has responded with anger to suggestions that its policies may be to blame for violence in Xinjiang, saying that it faces a real threat from “terrorists”. Fu Ying, spokeswoman for China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament, which opens its annual session on Wednesday, told reporters that the Kunming attackers were “inhuman” killers and that the world should unite to combat terrorism.

BaNGKOK, MaRCH 4 (REutERS): A state of emergency in Bangkok could be extended until anti-government protests end completely, Thailand’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding that he feared more violence even though the protests had subsided.

Protests aimed at overthrowing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra are in their fifth month but at the weekend the remaining protesters closed down several big protest sites and moved to a central Bangkok park.

“If Suthep continues with his protest and there are more violent incidents, including grenades thrown, shootings and acts of violence by provocateurs, the emergency law will have to stay until the situation improves,” Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul told reporters. The protests are led by Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister in a government led by the Democrat Party, now the main opposition party.

“We will wait for security forces, the army and the cabinet to de-

cide before the emergency expires on March 22,” Surapong said. The government imposed the 60-day emergency in Bangkok on January 21 to prevent an escalation of the protests ahead of a general election on February 2, which nevertheless was disrupted.

The demonstrations are the latest chapter in a conflict that has gripped Thailand for eight years and broadly pits Bangkok’s middle class, southern Thais and the royalist establishment against mostly rural supporters of Yingluck and her brother, ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The protests began in November with attempts to occupy government buildings and spread in January when major roads in the capital were blocked. Those roads reopened on Monday after the protesters withdrew and regrouped in Lumpini Park.

The protesters have lost faith in elections, which parties of the populist Thaksin keep on winning, and want to reform the political system to end the influence of the former telecoms tycoon

A farmer laughs while listening to slogans during a protest aimed at claiming back-payment for government rice subsidies in front of the Nation Police Headquarters in Bangkok, on Tuesday, March 4. (AP Photo)

who they accuse of being a corrupt crony capitalist. Thaksin has lived abroad since 2008 to avoid a jail term for a graft conviction he says was politically motivated.

Labour Minister Chalerm Yoobumrung, who is in charge of enforcing the state of emergency, said the protests were unlikely to end soon and the demonstrators were banking

Obama: Tough choices nearing in Mideast talks

WaSHINGtON, MaRCH 4 (aP): President Barack Obama pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to make the “tough decisions” needed to move forward on talks with the Palestinians, as he sought to salvage an elusive Middle East peace plan. But facing a U.S.-imposed April deadline, the Israeli leader declared that, “Israel has been doing its part and, I regret to say, the Palestinians have not.”

Netanyahu’s comments underscored the slim prospects of reaching an agreement to the long-running conflict, despite a robust effort led by Secretary of State John Kerry.

Obama and Netanyahu’s Oval Office meeting marked a more direct foray into the peace negotiations by Obama, who will also meet at the White House later this month with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

“It is still possible to create two states, a Jewish state of Israel and a state of Palestine, with people living side by side in peace and security,” Obama said. “But it’s difficult. It requires compromise on all sides.” While the relationship between Obama and Netanyahu has improved after early tensions, the two leaders still wrestle with deep differences, particularly on Iran. Israel sees Iran’s nuclear program as an existential threat and fears Tehran is using U.S.-led negotiations to stall while it builds a bomb.

Obama, seeking to reassure Netanyahu, affirmed his “absolute commitment that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon.” Netanyahu insisted Monday that Iran must suspend all uranium enrichment, though any final deal between the international community and Iran would likely leave the Islamic

President Barack Obama listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 3.

Seeking to keep a pair of delicate diplomatic efforts afloat, Obama will personally appeal to Netanyahu to move forward on peace talks with the Palestinians, while also trying to manage Israel’s deep suspicion of his pursuit of a nuclear accord with Iran. (AP Photo)

republic with a small enrichment capacity.

“No country has a greater stake in this,” said Netanyahu, who is in Washington to speak at the annual meeting of AIPAC, the largest pro-Israel lobby. Obama, who has twice addressed the conference, is not speaking this year, though Kerry was scheduled to speak Monday night. In excerpts released ahead of his speech, Kerry outlined what he called “the endgame” in the peace negotiations. He said

a peace deal must include security arrangements that leave Israel more secure, mutual recognition of states for the Jewish and Palestinian people, an end to all conflict, a just solution for Palestinian refugees, and an resolution “that finally allows Jerusalem to live up to its name as the city of peace.”

Kerry has made nearly a dozen trips to the region over the past year and is seeking to get both sides to sign a framework by the

end of April that would serve as a guide for negotiations on a permanent solution to the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians. The framework aims to address the core issues in the dispute, including borders between Israel and a future Palestine, the fate of Palestinian refugees and the status of the holy city of Jerusalem.

New Israeli housing statistics showed that Israel began building more than twice as many West Bank settlement homes in 2013 than it did the previous year. The Palestinians consider settlements built on territories captured by Israel in 1967 to be illegal and an obstacle to peace. The Palestinians seek the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip for an independent state. They have demanded that Israel agree to base the final borders with a future Palestine on the pre-1967 lines, with small land swaps that would allow Israel to keep some of the Jewish settlements it has built in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

Netanyahu has refused to recognize the 1967 lines as a starting point. He wants to retain an Israeli presence in a strategic area of the West Bank along the border with Jordan and keep large blocs of settlements closest to Israel. He has given no indication as to how much territory he is willing to cede, and he has rejected any division of east Jerusalem, the Palestinians’ hoped-for capital.

Netanyahu has also demanded that the Palestinians recognize Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people. The Palestinians reject this, saying it would undermine the rights of displaced Palestinian refugees who claim properties in what is now Israel, as well as the rights of Israel’s Arab minority.

on intervention by courts widely seen as hostile to Yingluck to bring down her government.

“The protests will go on for a while because Suthep has not reached his target ... but I don’t believe he can reach his goal so demonstrators are waiting for some sort of intervention by independent organisations,” Chalerm told reporters.

Ancient virus revival poses threat to humans

LONdON, MaRCH 4 (IaNS): A 30,000-yearold giant virus frozen in ice has been revived owing to global warming. Scientists now warn that melting ice around the world could uncover new biological threats to human or animal health.

The research team incubated a 30,000-yearold Siberian permafrost core sample taken from coastal tundra in Chukotka, near the East Siberia Sea, with acanthamoeba castellanii -- a common host of giant viruses. They found the presence of a giant virus particle known as a pandovirus, a type previously unseen.

The find could reveal viruses are far more diverse than previously thought -- and warn that ancient viruses could affect humans. According to a statement issued by France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the work shows that viruses can survive being locked up in the permafrost for extremely long periods.

The team of French and Russian researchers identified the virus by taking a culture of amoebas found in the permafrost. It is so big - 1.5 millionth of a metre - that it can be seen through an optical microscope rather than the more powerful electron microscope.

“It has important implications for publichealth risks in connection with exploiting mineral or energy resources in Arctic Circle regions that are becoming more and more accessible through global warming,” said CNRS in media reports. The researchers warn that rising temperatures could release more viruses from areas such as Siberia.

They believe the finding could mean there are far more diverse types of virus than previously thought.

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Oscar Pistorius, hugs his sister Aimee, right, inside court at the end of the second day of his trial at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, March 4. (AP Photo)

PrETOrIA, MArCh 4 (AP): The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial broke down in tears on Tuesday, saying she still remembers the terrified screams of a woman on the night the double-amputee Olympic athlete killed his girlfriend by shooting four times through a toilet door.

Michelle Burger, who lives near Pistorius' home and who had been composed through two days of grueling cross-examination, wept as she finished her testimony.

Earlier the trial was interrupted and the judge ordered an investigation into allegations that a South African television channel was broadcasting a photograph of Burger - against a court order guaranteeing privacy to witnesses who request it. Gerrie Nel, the prosecutor, asked Burger about her emotions at the time when she made her statement to police. "It was quite raw," Burger said, her voice breaking.

"When I'm in the shower, I relive her shouts," she said of hearing the woman screaming before the sound of gunshots in the pre-dawn hours of Valentine's Day last year. Burger lives about 177 meters (193 yards) from Pistorius' house. Nel asked her how she was coping. "I'm coping fine," Burger said. "It's

been a year."

Burger's testimony about events on the night of Feb. 14, 2013, contradicts the Olympian's story. Pistorius says he shot four times through a toilet door, hitting Steenkamp three times in the head, arm and hip or side area after thinking she was a dangerous intruder.

He pleaded not guilty to the murder charge lodged by prosecutors, who say Pistorius intentionally killed Steenkamp.

During cross-examination of Burger, Pistorius lawyer Barry Roux insisted the university lecturer was mistaken in saying that she heard a woman screaming and that she actually had heard Pistorius screaming for help in a high voice after accidentally shooting Steenkamp. Giving sometimes grisly details of the 29-year-old model Steenkamp's killing, Roux said Steenkamp had been shot in the head, which would have resulted in brain damage and "no cognitive function" and so she wouldn't have been able to scream just after the last bullet struck, as Burger testified.

"With the head shot, she (Steenkamp) would have dropped down immediately," Roux said. Burger disagreed. "I heard her voice just after the last shot," she said. "It faded away."

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CAPE TOWN, MArCh 4 (rEuTErs) raeme Smith, one of the most dogged batsmen of his generation, stunned South Africa on Monday by announcing he will retire from international cricket at the end of the ongoing third test against Australia at Newlands.

The 33-year-old captain told team mates after the third day's play, catching all unaware, including Cricket South Africa (CSA) chiefs. His departure comes after arguably the world's greatest all-rounder Jacques Kallis quit the South Africa test team in December.

"This has been the most difficult decision I have ever had to make in my life. It's a decision that I have been considering since my ankle surgery in April last year," Smith said in a statement released by CSA. "I have a young family to consider, and I felt that retiring at Newlands would be the best way to end it because I have called this place home since I was 18 years-old." The opener is a veteran of 117 tests, 109 of those as captain, and is the world record holder for the most test wins as skipper of a five-day team with 53. In the lead-up to the series-deciding third test against Australia, Smith had spoken of still wanting to achieve milestones in the game but having managed just 42 runs in five innings in the series, his form has been wretched.

"I have been fortunate to have had many highs, amongst them leading and being part of the best test team in the world. I will cherish these memories for the rest of my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I bid my career a fond yet sad farewell," he continued.

Stunned CSA chief executive Haroon Lorgat praised Smith for his service to the game. "Although Graeme's decision to retire from all forms of international cricket comes as a surprise to all of us, we must respect him for deciding to call time," Lorgat said. "Knowing him as well as I do, having been instrumental as a selector in appointing him as a young captain, he would not have taken this decision lightly or without a great deal of thought. "Following the recent retirement of Jacques Kallis from test cricket, there is no doubt that we are now ready to move into a new era and it is our job to build on the solid foundations that these great players leave behind."

Smith made his test debut against Australia in Cape Town in March 2002 and was surprisingly handed the captaincy aged 22 a year later. The most capped test captain in the history of the game has amassed 9,262 test runs at an average of 48.49 with 27 hundreds and 38 half-centuries.

His highest test score of 277 at Edgbaston in 2003 was followed a week later by 259 at Lord's as the English bowlers scratched their heads over how to dismiss a limpet-like left hander whose determination made up for any lack of flair. He also played 197 one-day CAPE TOWN, MArCh 4 (rEuTErs): He was seen fans have struggled to warm to him, few would argue that internationals and 33 Twenty20 internationals but as a brash, arrogant and aloof South African but no one he deserves a place among the game's greats as he has failed to rid the Proteas of their choker tag when it can dispute the impact Graeme Smith had on the world won a record 53 tests as captain, many of those thanks to came to major international limited overs tourstage as he became the most successful captain in test his- his own prowess with the bat. naments. South Africa are on the verge of losing Never the most elegant to watch, he bludgeoned his tory. Smith's decision to retire from international cricket the current series to Australia with the tourjust nine weeks after Jacques Kallis quit will usher in a way to 27 test centuries, five of them double-hundreds, ists well on top in the final test and the series the last of which came new era for South Afrilevel at 1-1. Despite possibly bowing out in a less than five months can cricket, which now losing home series against their most bitter ago against Pakistan in finds itself shorn of exopponents, Lorgat said Smith had helped Dubai. It has been his perience and potenwrite a glorious chapter in South Africa's Born: February 1, 1981 in Johannesburg, Transvaal ability to grind out fourth tially in a leadership cricketing history. innings runs, something crisis. The 33-year"I would like us to remember Graeme TesT deBuT: March 8, 2002 vs Aus in Cape Town that will likely be needed old's runs at the top for his nerves of steel and his matchof the order will be TesT Hs: 277 (July 24, 2003 vs England in Birmingham) again in his final, ongowinning performances that were syning, test in Cape Town, missed but so too will onymous with some of the most remarkodI deBuT: March 30, 2002 vs Aus in Bloemfontein that has made him so his strength of charable fourth innings victory chases of all acter and grit in times time." he said. "These included setting odI Hs: 141 (Sept 27, 2009 vs England in Centurion) well respected in the international game. He of adversity. He has, in up the 414 runs chase against Ausled his side to two series many ways, been the T20I deBuT: October 21, 2005 vs NZ in Johannesburg tralia at Perth and his series-clinchwins in Australia and a face of South African ing innings at Edgbaston in 2008, T20I Hs: 89* (Feb 24, 2006 vs Aus in Johannesburg) triumph in England in cricket over the last denot to mention the unbeaten cen2012 that took the team cade and played a key tury the last time he faced Ausrole in taking the side to the number one position in the to the summit of world cricket. Despite facing the possitralia at Newlands in 2011. "His test rankings. Thrust into the captaincy role at the age of bility of a series defeat to Australia in his final test match, role in setting up the famous 22 following the resignation of Shaun Pollock after South he leaves the side at the very top of the game. Smith had 438 win over Australia in 2006 Africa's miserable first round exit at the 2003 World Cup spoken in the build-up to the third test of still having the was also a performance never on home soil, Smith admitted it took him four or five years passion and desire for international cricket, of wanting to to be forgotten." to settle into the job. While many South African cricket achieve more with this team.

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rio calls for ‘protection and Masked LeBron James scorch Bobcats promotion’ of naga wrestling

Rio captures action at Naga wrestling at the 24th Naga style wrestling in Kohima on March 3. (Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero) Our Correspondent Kohima | March 4

The 24th Naga Style, 9th Senior & 5th Junior Freestyle Wrestling tournament of the Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA) got underway here today at Kohima Local Ground with Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister & President of Nagaland Olympic Association (NOA) as the chief guest.

Addressing the gathering, Rio lauded NWA for upholding and preserving the oldest traditional and indigenous sport of the Nagas, i.e., wrestling. Calling Naga style wrestling “a very popular indigenous game,” Rio vouched for protecting the game and further advocated enhancing the game’s popularity to the world. The Chief Minister pointed out that the state government is serious about protecting and promoting Naga style of wrestling. In this regard, he urged NWA to give more efforts to promote Naga indigenous wrestling at a national as well as internation-

al level. He also called upon NWA to make documentaries on Naga wrestling to showcase to the world.

To promote sportspersons, the state government in its cabinet meeting had earlier decided to promote Chekrovolu Swuro to the rank of DSP. Rio, lauding Chekrovolu Swuro for becoming the first Naga lady olympian from Nagaland, stated that Swuro is an inspiration to sports lover for reaching the highest level.

Earlier, NWA president Nikhrolo Khalo in his address stated that wrestling is a favored indigenous game nationwide. “Though the styles and techniques are different, Naga style is one of the most unique and fairest games,” Khalo stated. He informed that in free style wrestling for the national level, the NWA conducts free coaching camp from time to time for cadets (16-18 years), Juniors (18-20 years) and senior (20 years and above). Khalo stating that the nation today needs sports person further added that there is vast

scope and avenue for employment through sports.

Keku Zeliang, former NWA president lighted the tournament torch with reigning NWA champion Kezhalelie Keretsu as torch bearer.

Administration of oath was administered by NWA technical secretary Hukhoneyi Soho.

Altogether, 54 wrestlers, from Chakhesang Wrestling Association (CWA), Angami Sports Association (ASA), and Zeliang Wrestling Association (ZWA), are vying for the coveted championship title under Naga style.

Meanwhile, free style wrestling will commence on March 5. Free style weight categories to be conducted include: Senior: Men- 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96 and 120 kgs; Women- 48, 51, 55, 59, 63, 67 & 72 kgs. Junior: Men50, 55, 60, 66, 74 & 84 kgs; Women44, 48, 51, 55, 59, 63, 67 and 72 kgs.

Prizes for free style (both male and female in all categories): Senior- 1st Rs. 10,000 and 2nd Rs. 5,000; Junior: 1st Rs. 5,000 and 2nd Rs. 3,000.

MIAMI, MArCh 4 (AP): Best player. Best game of his career. LeBron James clearly isn’t ready to concede his MVP award to anyone yet.

Dazzling from inside and out, James put on the best scoring show of his NBA life Monday night, pouring in 61 points — a career high and franchise record — as the Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Bobcats 124-107. It was the eighth straight win for the twotime defending champions, who are starting to roll as the playoffs get near.

James made 22 of 33 shots from the field, including his first eight 3-point attempts. ‘‘The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball,’’ James said. ‘‘I just try to take advantage of it every night. I got the trust of my teammates and my coaching staff to go in there and let it go.’’

His career best had been 56 points, on March 20, 2005, for Cleveland against Toronto. Glen Rice scored 56 to set the Heat record on April 15, 1995, against Orlando. James had 24 points at halftime, then added 25 in the third quarter. The record-breaker came with 5:46 left, when James spun through three defenders for a layup that fell as he tumbled to the court. ‘‘There was an efficiency to what he was doing,’’ Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. ‘‘The rim looked like an ocean for him.’’

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Miami Heat's LeBron James celebrates afer scoring two points with Chris Andersen during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Miami, Monday, March 3, 2014 against the Charlotte Bobcats. LeBron James scored a team recond of 61 points. (AP Photo)

his postgame news conference with a confession: He nearly took James out after the third quarter. Good thing he thought better of that plan. ‘‘He was in a great groove, obviously,’’ Spoelstra said. Al Jefferson had 38 points and 19 rebounds for the Bobcats, his huge night merely an afterthought. This was all about LeBron. ‘‘You take away his 61 points,’’ Jefferson said, ‘‘and we still had a fighting chance there at the end.’’

Yes, even the Bobcats were marveling at James.

He was hitting from everywhere, even a pull-up 3-pointer from about 30 feet — Spoelstra joked it was from 40 — late in the third quarter, as the crowd roared and the Heat bench jumped with joy. ‘‘Yeah, that

was a designed play,’’ Spoelstra deadpanned. ‘‘We've been working on that one for a while.’’

That was the moment, James said, when he knew he was in the midst of a special night. ‘‘I felt pretty good in the first half but halftime can always kind of derail things and slow things up,’’ James said. ‘‘But I was able to get things going once again in the third quarter and I knew it could be one of those nights.’’

Not ‘‘one of those nights.’’ Even for James, this was like no other. Most points in a game. Most field goals in a game. Most points in any quarter in Heat history, with the 25 in the third. Most points in the second half, 37, by any Heat player ever. ‘‘Once he

sniffed 60, we knew he was going for it,’’ Heat forward Shane Battier said. ‘‘And the amazing part is the efficiency. Good Lord. Sixtyone on 33 shots, that’s Wilt Chamberlain-esque. That’s pretty amazing. Incredible performance.’’

When James checked out with 1:24 left, the entire Heat roster met him near midcourt for high-fives and hugs, and the sellout crowd gave him a standing ovation. A second huge roar followed when he waved to the crowd, as ‘‘M-V-P’’ chants rained down. Charlotte has allowed the two biggest single-game scoring totals in the NBA this season. Carmelo Anthony had 62 points for the New York Knicks against the Bobcats on Jan. 24.

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They were last seen together in January riding Segways. The two had also posted an Instagram photo where they were in an embrace at about the same time. Bieber did not attend the Oscars and it's believed he was in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday evening.

The star has been residing in that city for the past several weeks, and even spent his 20th birthday there on Saturday.

Justin has been hanging out with several scantily clad women since he ended it with Selena for good.

On the evening of his Miami arrest, he was spotted with model Chantel Jeffries. The exotic looker was also seen exiting the artist's Miami rental, and days later she was seen with him on the beach in Panama. The former You Tube sensation has been in the company of strippers as well. He was seen at a Texas strip club making it 'rain' on the dancers with $75,000 worth of one dollar bills.

In January Gomez - who looked happy next to Bill Murray at the Oscar bash - had complained to the March issue of Seventeen magazine that she had an ugly split with the Beauty And A Beat singer. 'This year is when I really started feeling powerful,' the looker started. 'I had always

been the underdog secretly. I was on Disney when it was Miley [Cyrus], the Jonas Brothers, and Demi [Lovato]. I questioned the way I looked, acted, sang, and wrote.'

She then let it drop that she had a nasty split with Justin - who was arrested for a DUI in Florida in February. 'Then I turned 20, went through a really bad breakup,

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The picture is still being shown in movie theatres worldwide and with one more opening in Japan set

for next week (14Mar14), Frozen is inching ever closer to the record set by Toy Story 3, which grossed $1.06 billion upon its release in 2010.

Frozen, which features the voices of Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, is already the highest-grossing animated non-sequel. The film

also won the Best Original Song Oscar for Let It Go for husband and wife songwriting team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.

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and realized I needed to have Come & Get It be amazing. I wanted it all to be me. 'I'm glad it's taken me this long to get where I am because now I am ready for it.' The Love You Like a Love Song crooner has been linked to singer Austin Mahone, but has said

she's single.

She said she was looking for a man who can have her back. 'I actually talked to Katy Perry about guys who are intimidated by strong girls. I haven't found someone yet who could understand my lifestyle, sup-

port it, love me through it, and not be threatened by it,' Gomez said. 'It's hard. I do think I might scare some guys, because I'm like, "I want to change the world!

I have dreams! What do you want to do?" But I only know how to be me.'

he overjoyed star was delighted to accept the trophy for his role in ' Dallas Buyers Club' - which saw him lose 50lbs to play A.I.D.S. patient Ron Woodroof - and kissed his wife and hugged fellow nominee Leonardo DiCaprio as he went to accept the award. He said ''First off I want to thank God, because he's the one I look up to, he's graced my life with opportunities which I know are not of my hand or any other human hand. ''He has shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. In the words of the late [British actor] Charlie Laughton, who said, 'When you got God you got a friend and that friend is you.' '' Mathew then went on to thank his family, including his mother, Mary, his father, James, his wife, Camila Alves, and their three children, Levi, five, Vida, four and Livingston, 14 months.

He added ''To my family, that's who and what I look

You Say So' from the album, which is about Cory, who was found dead in his hotel room in Vancouver, Canada, in July last year, after

an overdose. Lea told Billboard ''It has both sides of the spectrum. Listening to it, it's therapeutic and difficult. It will always repre-

sent the most devastating thing that's ever happened to me in my whole life. ''But at the same time, music is therapy. It has been therapy for me in the entire grieving process and in my entire life.''

The 27-year-old singer says she has to ''acknowledge'' what she has been through and claims another song on the record, 'Cannonball', represents finding strength and hope. She said ''These are the two sides of my life right now. The grief, but also the search for strength and hope. I really wanted those two songs to bookend the album. Really

let everyone know where I'm at.''

'Louder' will be released on March 17 and Lea is already looking towards her second album after completing her debut last summer. She said ''I'm already thinking about what I want it to look like.

This record is such a strong representation of what the last two years of my life were like and I don't know what's next for me in my life. But I can't wait. Making music is so incredible, you tell the story of your life through music. I plan on it being very happy, very bright. Maybe not as dark.''

forward to. To my father, I know he's up there right now with a big pot of Gumbo, he's got a lemon meringue pie, he's probably up there in his underwear, he's got a cold can of Miller lite and he's dancing right now. ''To my dad, you taught me what it means to be a man, to my mother, who's here tonight, you taught me and my two older brothers, demanded, that we respect ourselves. What we in turn learned was, we were then better able to respect others.''

Matthew, 44, also thanked his cast mates, including Jared Leto, who earlier in the night won Best Supporting Actor for his role in the same movie.

He said ''Thank you to the other nominees, all these performances were impeccable in my opinion. I didn't see a false note anywhere.

I want to thank Jean-Marc Vallee, our director. I want to thank Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner, who I worked with daily.''

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The 22-year-old made fun of the complaint made by parents because they thought the lyrics of `Live While We`re Young` were too explicit for them to sing, reports a website.

Louis took to Twitter and defended the lyrics Tonight let`s get some, and live while we`re young by posting Dear Mr and Mrs Stone, I`m deeply saddened by your complaint to Chelsea High School regarding our lyrics (sic). He added I hope the two of you `get some` very soon. (sic). The response was retweeted by more than 70,000 people.

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Irrfan was in talks for the film since quite some time and few media reports state that Khan will be seen playing the role of a Patel, who is a billionaire owner of the new Jurassic Park. The film is set to release in 2015 and it will also star Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake Johnson and Nick Robinson.

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Naga wrestling champion Atoto Kire with other winners, guest of honour, dignitaries and NWA officials. (Morung Photo) Chizokho Vero

28-year-old Atoto Kire representing Angami Wrestling Association (ASA) today emerged as champion of the coveted Naga style wrestling which took place at Kohima Local Ground under the aegis of Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA).

Standing 6 feet and weighing 85 kilos, Kire son of Sizo Kire from Kigwema village, bagged a cash prize of Rs 2 lakhs sponsored by 1st class contractor Rokolhou Angami.

Kire beat Rovilhoulie Pier in the pre-quarters, and Visevo Zashumo in the quarter finals. He then defeated Vevohu Swuro in the

semifinal to enter the final.

In the final, Kire defeated Vekuzo Vezhu (29) representing Chakhesang Wrestling Association (CWA), to become champion of the 24th Naga Style Wrestling Championship. Vezhu, son of Vecuta Vezhu from Khomi village, stood slightly shorter then his champion opponent at 5’10 but weighed 5 kilos more at 90 kg.

Vezhu was awarded a cash prize of Rs 1,50,000 sponsored by CK Enterprises proprietor Kudechoyi Khamo. On route the final, Vezhu had defeated Zasivikho Meyatsu in the prequarters, Zeliang Wrestling Association (ZWA) champion Nlumrai in the quarters, and Thupukhoyi Swuro in

the semifinal.

Vevohu Swuro (23) son of late Husazo Swuro from Thenyizu village representing CWA bagged third place.

Swuro was awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh sponsored

by Kuchi R. Zeliang, MD Hi-Tech Construction. He downed Venuzo Dawhuo in the prequarters, and defeated strong contender and ASA champion, Megosier Khate, in the quarter finals before losing to Kire in the semi final. He defeated Thupukhoyi Swuro in a fight for the third place.

Fourth place Thupukhoyi Swuro (21) representing CWA, son of Mahi Swuro from Chetheba village was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 sponsored by Vike-

dosie Kehi, Chief Engineer, Police Project. He entered Japanese champion Ayaka Miyao, left, hits a left to the face of Thai challenger Buangern OnesongchaiGym in the second the quarter finals after de- round of their WBA light minimumweight women's boxing title bout in Tokyo, Monday, March 3, 2014. Miyao defended her feating Vekuyi Medeo in title with a knockout in the fifth round. (AP Photo) the pre-quarters, and then beat Vezhopo Chuzho in the quarters, eventually losing to Vezhu in the semi final.

Meanwhile, ASA emerged group champion with 151 points, followed

by CWA – 132 points and ZWA 24 points.

Meanwhile, guest of honour T.R Zeliang, Minister of Planning and Coordination, Evaluation, Geology and Mining, in his speech stressed on the need to take Naga style wrestling to the world and challenged sports persons to move to the global arena through sports channel.

NEW DELHI, MarcH 4 (TNN): Shahid Afridi's brilliant blitzkrieg proved too hot for Bangladesh to handle as Pakistan registered a thrilling 3-wicket win that knocked India out of the Asia Cup. Afridi (59 off 25) hit 2 smashing boundaries and 7 scintillating sixes in his stupendous innings that also involved quick-fire 69run partnership with Fawad Alam, who himself scored a 70-ball 74 to seal the match for Pakistan. Afridi reached his half-century in just 18 balls thereby equalling his own record for the second fastest one-day international half-century.

Pakistan seemed to lose the plot in their 327run chase as they lost quick wickets; however, the arrival of Afridi turned to be the game-changer as his onslaught resurrected Pak-

istan after the dismissal of centurion Ahmed Shehzad.

Abdur Razzak gave Bangladesh the muchneeded breakthrough when his yorker was too good for Shehzad (103) to handle and he was comprehensively bowled.

Shehzad hit 12 boundaries and one six in his innings that also involved a swift 105-plus run partnership for the 4th wicket with Fawad Alam. Pakistan were jolted earlier when Mominul Haque struck twice in quick succession.

Mohammad Hafeez (52) was the first to be dismissed soon after he hit his fifty when Mominul forced him to mistime a loopy ball towards long-on where it was comfortably taken by Imrul Kayes. Hafeez reached his half-century with the help of 8 boundaries and also

put up a determined 97-run partnership for the opening wicket with Shehzad. Soon after, Misbah-ul-Haq (4) returned to the pavilion when Shakib Al Hasan breached the Pakistan skipper's defences and got the better of his stumps.

Mominul then dismissed Sohaib Maqsood (2) when the Pakistan batsman tried to cut the ball but instead was caught by wicket-keeper Anamul Haque. Earlier, Bangladesh feasted on a below bowling and fielding effort from Pakistan to pile up their highest-ever ODI total of 326 for three in a must-win game. While opener Anamul Haque build the foundation with a patient 100 off 132 balls with six fours and four sixes, it was their seniormost stars Mushfiqur Rahim (51 no, 33 balls) and Shakib al Hasan (44 no, 16

balls), who finished the innings with a smashing 77run partnership in only 5.3 overs. Opener Imrul Kayes (59 from 75 balls; 5x4, 2x6) who added 150 runs for the opening stand with Anamul and Mominul Haque (51 off 47 balls) also made useful contributions to prop up Bangladesh total. Returning from a three-match suspension, premier all-rounder Shakib's innings was studded with six fours and two sixes as Bangladesh scored 68 runs in the last five overs to eclipse their previous best score of 320/8 against Zimbabwe during their tour of 2009. Skipper Rahim also struck eight fours while Mominul with six boundaries also made their presence felt with eye-catching knocks. A win for Bangladesh would also boost India's hopes as they would have to win by a bonus point against Afghanistan tomorrow. Should there be a tie in the points tally net run rate would come into play. Nothing went Pakistan's way in the match. From spilling a catch at slip when Kayes was on zero in the first over to some woeful misfieldings that had Misbah-ul-Haq dumbfounded, Pakistan looked disjointed and disoriented right from the start.

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