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Cars are engulfed in flames after a bomb hidden in a car exploded at a police station parking lot in Hat Yai district in Songkhla province, southern Thailand on Tuesday, May 6. Police say bombs have exploded at the police station and a convenience store in Hat Yai, a tourist city in Thailand’s violence-plagued south, injuring at least nine people. (AP Photo)
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MON, MAY 6 (MExN): The Nagaland Contractors and Suppliers Union (NCSU), Mon Unit has written to the Chief Engineer for PWD (R&B), clarifying that “Phomishi Phom is not the lone contractor from ENPO jurisdiction.” It stated this in reference to a letter from the Konyak Union, dated January 20, 2014, “whereby, the KU had expressed to award the contract work, in respect of the Mon sector, to Phomishi Phom, stating that he is the lone contractor within the ENPO jurisdiction.” NCSU Mon stated that the KU had also “made a blunder by not consulting the Konyak 1st class contractors union,” prior to the said letter. It appealed for the PWD (R&B) “not to award the proposed contract works to Phomishi Phom, so as to avoid any ugly eventualities.” It further declared that the union is “fully in support of the NFHRCC.”
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DIMAPUR, MAY 6 (MExN): The East Dimapur Business Association (EDBA) has informed that all business establishments within the jurisdiction of east Dimapur will be closed down on May 7. EDBA stated that the “total closure” is being initiated to express displeasure at the “numerous complaints of harassment and unabated taxation faced by the business community.” “In some instances, different persons claiming to be from the same organization would collect taxes, telling the business owner that the previous collector was an imposter,” it said. It added that a “certain student body from Model Colony area, Purana Bazaar collects monthly taxes from the shops,” and expressed concern “that a student body, rather than fighting against unabated taxation, are themselves indulging in it.” EDBA requested all members of the business community to assemble at DHO petrol pump, Purana Bazaar at 8:00 AM. EDBA further requested the East Dimapur GB’s union, village councils, student organizations and various Tribal bodies to attend the meeting.
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KOhIMA, MAY 6 (MExN): SDEO offices of all the districts within Nagaland state remained paralysed due to the ongoing picketing by SSA teachers. A press note from the Nagaland SSA Teachers Association (NSSATA) stated that “so far the association have not been granted on any of their demands.” It informed that the NSSATA and the government “could not come to the Negotiation table called by the government on May 6, as the request and demand for the withdrawal of Show Cause Notice (already replied), being served to the Association’s President and General Secretary, could not be revoked.” NSSATA further clarified that the letters submitted to Rahul Gandhi, dated March 27, 2014, “should not be politicized in any form as explained and apologized in the reply to the Show Cause Notice, dated April 28, 2014. “Despite our various representations and appeal letters submitted to the government and its implement-
ing agencies, no transparent response could be obtained,” it stated. NSSATA added that instead, “it was claimed that the centre had not released the funds on time.” It clarified that as a result, the appeal letter was submitted not with any political motives but as an appeal for early release of the 2nd instalment (2013- 2014) and for the latter to appraise the matter to the MHRD for early release of the central share. It then demanded that the Show Cause Notice served should be revoked before any negotiation with the NSSATA, “as it is directly connected with the pending salaries and arrears of 2013 – 2014.” The NSSATA further reminded that the the Department of School Education, in an earlier press statement, had informed that “Rs.7.21 cr has been received on March 4, 2014 for the SSA teachers; which they have declared will be released for the salary of December 2013.” “Also in a press state-
ment, dated May 3, 2014, the Finance Secretary stated that Rs.23 cr had been deposited by the State Mission Authority (SSA) to the State Government account to honour the salary of three months w.e.f. Dec 2013 to Feb 2014.” It asserted that these statements clarify that a total of Rs.30.21 cr has been released. “According to the press statement as claimed by Department of School Education and Finance Department, the salary for the month of Dec 2013 has been sanctioned twice. Therefore, Rs.7.21 cr, which was earlier stated by the DOSE, should be for the salary of Dec 2013 and the Rs.23 cr received by the Finance Department from the State Mission Authority (SSA) should cover the salary for the months of Jan 2014 to March 2014,” it added. As such, the NSSATA alleged that there is “mismanagement of funds” and resolved to continue the agitation until its demands are met.
LUCKNOW, MAY 6 (AP): Of the dozens of criminal charges Atiq Ahmed faces, the one blaming him for the murder of a political rival tops the list. But that isn’t stopping the state lawmaker from running for a seat in India’s Parliament. More than 1,200 candidates running for 545 seats in the national election face criminal charges including rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder, according to a tally by the Association for Democratic Reform. “Criminalization of politics is a bad trend. Earlier politicians used criminals. Now the criminals themselves have entered politics,” said Rituraj Sharma, a 21-year-old first-time voter. In much of India, violence and politics go hand in hand. Political parties use local strongmen to intimidate political rivals. Ahmed, who denies all the charges and calls them politically motivated, is just one of hundreds of Indian politicians who activists say operate at the crossroads of crime and politics. While not unique to India, it stifles progress for the country of 1.2 billion people to have a political class unable, or unwilling, to root out criminals and keeping out idealistic aspirants. On Wednesday, voters in Uttar Pradesh — the most populous state in India — will stream into voting booths where at least 50 candidates, including Ahmed, are on the ballot. Indian law only bars a person from running for political office once they have been convicted by a court and that can take years, even decades, as cases wind their way through woefully overburdened courts. Fearing violence because of the candidates’ backgrounds, the state election commission has declared 10 of the 15 constituencies “red constituencies” and will take
extraordinary measures to ensure that the vote is peaceful, said Uttar Pradesh’s chief electoral officer, Umesh Sinha. “We deploy additional security forces with the candidates having criminal records. The gangs these politicians are associated with are well known and police will keep an eye on the members of these gangs,” Sinha said. All licensed weapons across the polling area are confiscated and petty criminals on the police’s radar are protectively detained. Hundreds of thousands of troops and police are already spread out across India to provide security for the massive election where some 814 million voters are registered. The voting is taking place in phases, with the final phase next Monday and results due on May 16. Ahmed is a candidate of the Samajwadi, or Socialist Party, that rules Uttar Pradesh. After being charged with the rival politician’s murder, he was jailed for 18 months before being released on bail. But he has never been convicted and denies all the charges he faces. “All the cases against him are only because he has fought for the poor. They are all false,” said Moin Khan, an aide to the lawmaker. The Socialist Party isn’t alone in fielding candidates with criminal cases against them. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate Keshav Prasad Maurya faces murder charges. Jitendra Kumar Singh Babloo of the Bahujan Samaj Party, which claims to represent India’s lowest castes, faces 17 criminal charges which include attempted murder. Both men also deny the charges against them.
More than 1,200 candidates running for Parliamentary election face criminal charges including rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder
NPCC reiterates demand to ECI no travel curbs imposed, says MHA
DIMAPUR, MAY 6 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) stated today that “measures befitting the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI)” should be enforced forthwith to “redeem the essence and ethos of our voting rights and values for establishing a vibrant democratic nation.” The NPCC stated this while reiterating its demands for “total re-poll” in all polling Stations that exceeded 90% and (the) above be notified at the earliest possible time and ECI depute impartial Independent Election Observers to all re-polling booths and also by installing CCTVs in all re-polling stations or declare null and void to all
polling stations that exceeded 90% and above polling due to alleged “massive malpractices” on April 9, 2014. It also demanded that web cast recording be made public and telecast the proceeding of polling to ascertain the veracity of our contention and take to task all delinquent official on duty. The NPCC, in the press release from its general secretary (admn), Medokul Sphie, expressed its dismay that “there was no Independent Observer from the Election Commission of India for supervision of scrutiny nor web casting shown and taken into account on 3rd and 4th May 2014 at Kohima in the office of the Returning Officer, 16th Lok Sabha Nagaland seat.”
NEW DELhI, MAY 6 (ENS): The Centre on Monday said no restriction was imposed on the movement of Naga leaders Isak Chishi Swu and general secretary Th. Muviah, after they were absent from a Kolkata meeting of the ‘Forum for Naga Reconciliation’ (FNR). “There is no question of denial of permission, as we have not received any request for travel from the two leaders or state government,” said a senior Ministry of Home Affairs official on Monday. The
Forum claimed that National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isa-Muivah) founders Isak Chishi Swu and Muivah were denied permission to travel by New Delhi. A five-day meeting was organized in Kolkata from April 29 to May 3 by the FNR, which aims to bring together various Naga groups together. On March 28 in Dimapur, several groups had signed the Lenten agreement to form a single platform called the Naga National Government. Following this, the leader-
ship of the three Naga groups, NSCN (IM), NSCN (Khole/ Kitovi) and NNC/FGN decided to hold a closed door meeting in Kolkata. “The representatives, through a process of envisioning, shared their vision for the Naga people, and expressed desire to engage in more confidence building measures as a way to deal with difficult issues in the interest of the shared Naga future,” said an FNR statement. The FNR statement also maintained the “denial” of permission to NSCN (IM)
leaders. “While appreciating the Government of India for its cooperation to Naga reconciliation, the FNR is concerned by this recent attitude, thereby raising questions of doubt and insincerity,” it added. The Forum urged Nagas, their neighbours, and the Government of India, to have more understanding and extend moral support to the process, and said the realisation of Naga reconciliation is in the interest of all those who desire justice, peace, and reconciliation in the region.
Recognize triggers, doctors advice this World Asthma Day Govt permission not needed
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53-year-old Martha (name changed) has been wheezing and coughing for the past 10 years—she medicated herself through recommendations from friends, relatives and other patients for all these years till the wheezing got worse. She had Asthma and professional help was sought. At first, this included an ayurvedic treatment from a clinic in Dimapur. When the problem got worse, she had to switch to allopathic medication, admitted to a hospital in Dimapur. That didn’t help either, taking her to the door of a herbal curist, a Naga quack, who gave her a herbal concoction to drink every night. Her sleepless nights of wheezing have continued nonetheless, and so has her search for a cure. “I heard there is a family in Hyderabad that can cure Asthma by administering an age-old cure through live fishes,” says
few cAutious steps to Avoid AstHMA
Keep the air in your house clean Keep the household free from dust by wet mopping regularly Wash mattresses, carpets, pillows, cushions and other furnishings at least once a month Along with adding ‘No Smoking’ rule in your house, minimize use of mosquito coils and incense sticks Repaint your house and check for leakages to avoid wall fungus Use eco-friendly paints which do not release volatile carbons
Martha, desperate to find some relief. The medicine she refers to, also known as fish ‘prasadam’, is a popular treatment with thousands of patients around India struggling with Asthma. The cure is administered by the Bathini Harinath Goud family: live 2-inch to 3-inch long murrel fish which have been fed a drop of the secret herbal formula the Gouds claim cures Asthma within three years (of consecutive administration— a fish costs Rs. 15). May 6 is World Asthma Day, conjured to bring focus on one of the major
Use plants at home that can reduce indoor air pollution, like Aloe Vera and Gerbera Flower Plant Avoid frequent use of strong perfumes and deodorants if there is an Asthma patient around Avoid using heavy curtains, woolen blankets, and woolen carpets Do not clutter your bedroom with too many books or furniture with upholstery Restrict your pet’s entry into the bedroom Seal cracks and crevices to ban cockroaches Courtesy: DNA
noncommunicable diseases of our times. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), some 235 million people around the world currently suffer from Asthma, a chronic disease of the air passages of the lungs which inflames and narrows them. “While Asthma is not a common condition among the people of Nagaland, most patients here have developed it in their adult years,” informs Dr. Angovi of the Christian Institute for Health Sciences and Research. Exposure to dust, other allergens and change
of season, especially the onset of winter, have been identified to be triggers for patients of Asthma in Nagaland, though the disease has not reached alarming proportions. It is, however, important, says Dr. Angovi, to recognize the problem, if it exists, and avoid allergens like cold drinks, dust or cockroaches to control asthma at an early stage. “Various types of meats, brinjal and axone are also known to aggravate Asthma among patients here,” says Dr. Sentila from Police Referral Hospital, Chumukedima, who has
noticed that Asthma also peaks mid-summer in very hot and humid conditions. She also suggests that “One should figure out and avoid exposure to allergens and recognize reaction to allergic substances,” so that Asthma is not aggravated in patients. According to the WHO, the causes of Asthma are not completely understood. However, risk factors for developing Asthma include inhaling Asthma “triggers”, such as allergens, tobacco smoke and chemical irritants. Asthma cannot be cured, but appropriate management can control the disorder and enable people to enjoy a good quality of life. If nothing works, many like Martha might find themselves on the special train, run by the Northeast Frontier Railway last year for Asthma patients of the North East region, from Kamakhya to Hyderabad, delicately timed to get the fish ‘prasadam’ and be back home, perhaps relieved through faith.
to probe top officers: SC
NEW DELhI, MAY 6 (PTI): The Supreme Court today held as invalid and unconstitutional the legal provision which makes sanction of competent authority mandatory for CBI to probe corruption cases against an officer of joint secretary-rank or above, saying it has the propensity of shielding the corrupt. “We hold Section 6A of the Act, which requires Central Government’s approval for the offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) to make inquiry against officer of the rank of joint secretary and above, as invalid and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution,” the bench said. It said there cannot be any classification of officers for the purpose of inquiry of offence under the PCA. “The corrupt public servants, higher or lower in rank, are the birds of same feather and have to be dealt
with equally,” the court observed. The bench said that it is difficult to make classification of officers in graft cases as it is against the mandate of PCA. It said that the prior approval under Section 6A would result, indirectly, in halting the investigation and if the CBI is not allowed to carry on the preliminary inquiry how the investigation can proceed. “We are of the view that there can be no distinction between certain class of officials for inquiry of the offences under the PCA. How can the status of officials be of any relevance in the offence under PCA and any distinction by way of Section 6A of the DSPEA makes it violative of Article 14,” the bench said. The court vouched for equal treatment and that any official facing corruption allegations has to be treated with the same process of inquiry.
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(R&B), Nagaland; Chief Engineer (Power), Nagaland; Chief Engineer (PHED), Nagaland; Director (Land Record & Survey),Nagaland; Representative of the General Manager, Construction, N.F. Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati and Representative of the Chief General Manager, BSNL, NE-II Circle, Dimapur-Co-opted Member; General Manager, Nagaland State Transport, Nagaland-Member Secretary. The Committee shall meet once in 2 State Level Committee: Chief Secretary, (Two) months and take report from the Nagaland-Chairman; Member-Director District Level Committee on the progGeneral of Police, Nagaland; Home Com- ress of works missioner, Nagaland; Principal Secretary & Commissioner, Nagaland; Principal District Level Committee: Deputy ComSecretary (Power), Nagaland; Principal missioner, Dimapur/Kohima-Chairman; Secretary (Works & Housing), Nagaland; Superintendent of Police, Dimapur/KoSecretary (PHE), Nagaland; Secretary hima- Chairman; Land Record and Sur(Land Revenue), Nagaland; Representa- vey Officer, Dimapur/Kohima-Member; tive of the General Manager, Construction, Executive Engineer (R & B), Dimapur/ N.F.Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati and Kohima-Member; Executive Engineer Representative of the Chief General Man- (Power), Dimapur/Kohima-Member; Exager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, NE- ecutive Engineer (PHED), Dimapur/KoII Circle, Dimapur-Co-opted Member; hima- Member; Representative of Deputy Commissioner & Secretary (Transport), Chief Engineer, (Construction), N.F. Railway, Dimapur- Co-opted Member; RepreNagaland-Member Secretary. The Committee shall meet once in 3 sentative of Chief General Manager, BSNL, (three) months and take report from the NE-II Circle, Dimapur-Co-opted Member; Departmental Committee pertaining to Representative of Powergrid Corporation Limited Dimapur- Co-opted Member; and progress of works. Assistant General Manager, NST, Dimapur/ Departmental Committee: Principal Kohima -Member Secretary The Committee shall meet on a monthSecretary & Commissioner, NagalandChairman; member-IGP (HQ), Office ly basis and submit progress report of works of the DGP, Kohima; Chief Engineer to the Departmental Committee.
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“We need to change our attitude. We need to break all the impossible barriers and build a place where ‘inclusive’ is in all spheres of life” Purnima Kayina from Cherry Blossoms School reaffirmed the statement during the review programme of NGOs receiving Grant In Aid (GIA) from the Department of Social Welfare held at Zonal Council Hall, Kohima on May 6. The programme was graced by Kiyaneilie Peseyie, Minister, Social Welfare. Khevito T. Shohe, Director, Social Welfare Department who gave the keynote address stated that the programme was held to give honor and respect to all the organizations working towards the uplifting of the weaker sections of the society. Shohe further requested the media to give due attention to the department and its works even though the department does not deal with a huge deal of funds. 51 NGOs are receiving Grant-in-Aid from the department. Three minutes of sharing/ speech was presented by fifteen NGOs where they shared on the
Special children present songs during the review programme of NGOs receiving Grant In Aid (GIA) from the Department of Social Welfare held at Zonal Council Hall, Kohima on May 6. (Morung Photo)
works and programme of their respective organizations. Mother’s Hope Dimapur, which deals with adoption services and women with unwanted pregnancies, stated that most of the pregnancies (that comes to their home) which ranges from the age group of 12 years to 42 years are caused by rape, incest, and only 10 percent through consensual sex.
Ko h i m a , m ay 6 (mExN): The Ministry of Rural development, Government of India and Department of Rural Development, Government of Nagaland is organizing MGNREGA convergence workshop and training on operational guidelines & revised schedule from May 7 to 10 at Rural Development Directorate Conference Hall Kohima. The inaugural function will start at 10:00 AM. V. Sakhrie, commissioner & secretary RD will chair the function. Chief Secretary Banuo Z. Jamir will give opening remarks. The inaugural function will witness paper presentation -1 on an overview of the implementation of MGNREGA in the state of Nagaland from rural development, Nagaland, paper presentation II by Sandeep Tambe special secretary RD department, Government of Sikkim, speech and presentation by Aparajita Sarangi, IAS, joint secretary (RE-II), MGNREGA, MoRD. Remarks will be also given by Nilay Ranjan, consultant, MoRD, GoI, D.K. Singh, deputy secretary, MoRD, GoI. Vote of thanks will be proposed by Limasenla Jamir, director SIRD, Nagaland. Day 2 (May 8) programme will be marked by interactive workshop on MGNREGA operational guidelines & revised schedules.
Representatives of government officials from urban development department, CEO Kohima Municipal Council, Angami Public Organization (APO), Northern Angami Public Organization (NAPO), Kohima Village Council and Mereima Village Council (MVC) on Tuesday inspected the Medi, Kohima dumping site. The new KMC dumping site will cover an areas of 93 acres, is located 8 kms away from high school junction, Kohima. In March, Nagaland’s chief minister Neiphiu Rio also visited the site and since then work construction such as road cutting, culverts and drain-
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Officials pose for camera during inspection to new KMC dumping site on May 6. (Morung Photo)
completed at the earliest before the onset of monsoon. The new dumping site needs to be completed at the earliest so the denizens
Tyrannus Hall in Dimapur now
Through this column we would like to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to all those who stood by us and helped us in various ways during the untimely demise of Late Kapani Lohrii (Alex) on 27th April 2014 from Bethel Hospital, Kohima:
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DimaPuR, may 6 (mExN): The much acclaimed Tyrannus Halls ministry, which was started in the fifties by an American Navy chaplain Dr. Charles Corwin, has reached Dimapur. Launching the session for students at its new facility at DC court area, Dimapur, Chairman of Dimapur Tyrannus Hall, Rev. Dr. Coppe Mero stated that the primary purpose of the hall is to make student Disciples of Christ and responsible citizens of the country. According to a press release, the chairman also informed that several have already started applying for seats, and urged parents and
1. Mao Baptist Church, Kuda, Dimapur 2. Mao Baptist Church, Kohima 3. Mao Baptist Church, Punanamei 4. Mao Baptist Church, Shajouba 5. Mao Hoho, Dimapur 6. Shajouba Village Authority 7. Shajouba Upper Khel Village Council 8. Shajouba Upper Khel Women Society 9. Kapemei Khel, Shajaoba 10. Pudunamei Village Council 11. Rabunamei Village Council 12. Rabunamei Student's Union 13. Asufii Village Council 14. Upper Punanamei Lapfomei Society 15. Robvena Baptist Church Nolopfii Mu 16. Mao New Generation Society 17. Shri L.Dikho, Hon'ble MLA, 48th Mao A/C 18. Dr. Alexander, Hon'ble MLA, 49th Karong A/C 19. Tamlu Buhu Union, Kohima 20. Phom brothers (group) 21. Patkai Christian College old Classmates We regretted for our inability to mention all the names but we pray that God Almighty abundantly bless all the well wisher friends for their love and sympathy shown to us. From: Beloved wife, children and relatives
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age works are on. However, it was observed the state government need to activate and more funds be allotted so that the works to the site is
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Committees to monitor ‘We need to change our attitude’ of NGOs New Railway Line Project Review receiving GIA from
Kohima, may 6 (DiPR): The Government of Nagaland in a notification vide NO. TPT/RAIL-9/97 (Pt.II) dated 1st May 2014, has constituted the following committees for the purpose of proper and effective monitoring vis a vis close coordination between the State departments and the Northeast Frontier Railway for execution of the Dhansiri (Assam) to Zubza – Thizama (Nagaland) new railway line project.
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students to apply immediately before the seats run out at the “quality and affordable residential hall.” Dr. Mero was accompanied by members of the management board: M. Kikon, retired government official and educationist; Bukchem Phom, commissioner of RTI and former minister; Thepfuzekuo Khatsu, Geologist, Dr. N.R. Newmai, retired Medical Superintendent; Wochamo, Deputy Commissioner of Taxes; Rev. Bonny Resu, general secretary, Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF) and the consultant for Dimapur Tyrannus Hall; and Mark Herie, the warden.
of state capital get from respite to dispose of their waste materials and garbage’s. Further, it was learn that the new dumping was surveyed through the GPS.
NSF 3rd presidential council meet
Kohima, may 6 (mExN): The 3rd presidential council meeting of the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) will be held on May 9 at the NSF Conference Hall, Kohima at 11: 00 AM. Stating this in a release, NSF general secretary Esther Rhakho requested all the federating units/ sub-ordinate bodies to attend the same positively. It also invited the tribunals, senior leaders to the meeting.
Community Education Center, Dimapur requested the department to enlarge their schemes and further look around the needs of many other deserving NGOs. The Center further appealed the department not just to come and inspect and spent time with the staffs, build relationships, advise, extend their support and not just provide funds or projects because
projects lasts only for a few years but relationships sustains for long. Special songs were presented by the special children from Tabitha Enabling, Kohima and Cherry Blossoms Kohima. The Grant in Aid (GIA) was also disbursed to the NGOS followed a speech by Kiyaneilie Peseyie. In total, 41 lakh in total was given as GIA to the 51 NGOs.
Organisations in Tening inspects government offices
T E N i N g, m ay 6 (mExN): Members of Tening Town Youth Organisation, Tening Town Women Welfare Organisation and Tening Town Students’ Union conducted surprise checking of all government offices located at Tening on April 14. Tening Town Students’ Union President, Namsilung Pamai in a press release stated that it came as a rude shock to come across many offices locked during office hours. “Except for the Sub-Divisional Agri Officer (SDAO), none of the head of offices was found present,” the note stated. It was noticed that attendance registers in
some offices were not even maintained. During the surprise checking, only few staffs and peon/chowkidars were present. “The conditions of the offices were terrible with broken windows, doors, glass and torn ceilings, almost like that of an old abandoned haunted house.” The three organizations, has reminded all officers and staffs posted at Tening to remain present in their offices during office hours and stop neglecting their jobs for which they are being paid for. “If anyone has any problem like finding suitable accommodation or other issues, they may con-
tact these organizations to sort out the problems faced by them for which TTYO, TTWWO and TTSU will extend necessary help and support,” the note added. Further, it stated that if any officers/staffs are found absent again in the next surprise checking, which will be conducted very soon, their names and designation will be published widely. These organizations will not hesitate further to initiate any action deemed fit and take up their case to the highest level for the consequences of which, the organizations will not be held responsible.
‘Bamboo Craft Working Shed’ inaugurated in Khar village DimaPuR, may 6 (mExN): As part of its enterprise development initiative of the Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency, Khrienuo C. Metha, Secretary, Government of Nagaland & Team Leader, Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency inaugurated a ‘Bamboo Craft Working Shed’ in Khar village, Mokokchung district on May 6. The inauguration programme was chaired by Alem Longkumer, Member, NBM-IT. Pastor Lanukumzuk of Khar Baptist Church pronounced invocation prayer and Imtinungba,
Chairman of Khar Village Council, delivered the welcome address. The keynote address on the occasion was given by Er Lipokmeren Ao, Member, NBM-IT. A press release issued by Dr. Tolto metha, Member, NBM-IT, Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency, stated, “through this initiative, the NBDA is hopeful that the people of this region will be benefitted immensely so far as promotion and development of Bamboo craft are concerned with the timely providence of this working Khrienuo C. Metha inaugurates the ‘Bamboo Craft Workshed in the village.” ing Shed’ in Khar village, Mokokchung district on May 6.
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DimaPuR, may 6 (mExN): Jacob Zhimomi, MLA and Chairman of Development Authority of Nagaland inaugurated the new Kuhuboto Primary Health Centre (PHC) building on May 6. The sixbedded PHC is equipped to conduct institutional delivery and basic laboratory testing besides handling daily OPD. The new building was constructed under NRHM and the Department of Health & family Welfare, Nagaland, constructed the Staff quarter. Speaking on the occasion as chief guest, Jacob Zhimomi informed the gathering that the proposal for staff quarter has been already approved and construction will begin at the earliest. He also appreciated the Chief Medical Officer and his establishment for their constant support and dedication for the welfare of the people of Kuhuboto area in particular. He therefore, requested the village authorities to set aside a plot of land for the construction of the Staff Quarter. K. Kakiye Zhimomi, President, KGPO enlight-
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Jacob Zhimomi along with Dr. M. A. Wati, CMO and staff during the inauguration of the new Kuhuboto Primary Health Centre (PHC) building on May 6.
ened the gathering on the brief history of PHC Kuhuboto since its creation in 1987 which was functioning in the GB’s residence for 15 years and was moved to another community building and later to one of the vacant house under SDO (C) for another 5 year before the construction of the new designated PHC building by the Department of Health & Family Welfare. He also stated the need for a proper PHC
compound fencing, electrification from the concerned Power department and the need for a full time Chowkidar. He further suggested the need for creation of another Health Sub- Centre at Vihokhu village to effectively provide medical services to the vast population covered under Kuhuboto area. Dr. M. A. Wati, Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur thanked the MLA for his humanitarian works and
looked forward to his participation in bring quality health care to the people. He also specially thanked the land donors for their contribution and support. Dr. H. MlatoShikhu chaired the inaugural function and attended by Programme Officers and Staff under Chief Medical Officer Dimapur, Government Officials under Kuhuboto, GBs and public leaders of neighboring villages and the public of Kuhuboto area.
Ko h i m a , m ay 6 (DiPR): The Government of Nagaland has constituted a High Power Committee to examine various grievances and demands of the Directorate Ministerial Staff Association. The terms and reference for the High Power Committee are to examine the NDMSA Service Rule, 2006 with particular reference to the reservation of posts for the district ministerial employees. The Committee will examine the gradation of pay vis-a-vis the Central 6th Pay Commission and other State Government Directorate and District service conditions, upgradation of posts of the ministerial cadre in the Directorate and any other relevant issues for the welfare of the Directorate employees. The Committee constitutes of the following members: Rajiv Bansal, Principal Secretary, Youth Resources & Sports-Chairman; Member include Neihu C. Thur, Commissioner & Secretary, Transport; V. Kezo, OSD (Gen), Finance; K. N. Chi-
shi, Secretary, Law & Justice; Kesonyu Yhome, Principal Director, School Education; Chanbemo Ngullie, Chief Engineer (Housing), PWD; and Chubasangla Anar, Additional Secretary, P&ARMember Secretary The Committee shall submit the report within 2 (two) months from the date of the constitution of the Committee. Guidelines for grievances of DMSA The Department of P&AR has issued guidelines for submission of details by all departments in the format furnished, in view of the State Government having constituted a High Power Committee to examine various grievances and demands of the Nagaland Directorate Ministerial Staff Association. In order to examine in detail by the HPC, all Departments are requested to submit the relevant information to the P&AR Department on or before 23rd May, 2014 vide No AR8/19/84(2) dated, Kohima the 5th May, 2014.
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‘WE SHALL INDEED OVERCOME’ 4th anniversary of martyrdom of Loshou, Chakho observed at Mao gate Chizokho Vero Mao Gate | May 6 The 4th anniversary of the martyrdom of Neli Chakho and Dikho Loshuo took place here today at the Martyrs’ Park organized by Mao Council, under the aegis of the United Naga Council (UNC) in collaboration with All Naga Students’ Association Manipur and Mao Students’ Union. In a reaffirmation during the observance of the 4th anniversary, it stated, “Today we remember and honour late Neli Chakho and late Dikho Loshou whose young and promising lives were abruptly cut short by the bullets of the armed police of the Government of Manipur and also the hundreds of women and men who were subjected to inhuman police brutality at Mao Gate.” “But as always, we have refused to be cowed down by violent suppressions.
On this fourth anniversary, as we pay our respects to the martyred students and the other victims of police atrocities, we also manifest our unwavering commitment to the world for an immediate alternative arrangement outside the communal Government of Manipur, pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue.” It also stated that the 6th May, 2010 incident at Mao Gate breaks open the flood of facts that calls for severance of ties with the Government of Manipur. “We are not safe - our lives and properties are not safe, our land is not safe, our culture and traditional practices are not safe, our political aspirations as a people are not safe, our dignity and honour is not safe, our future is not safe,” it added. The reaffirmation also stated that the Naga people in Manipur will hold steadfast to the conviction
and commitment demonstrated by Neli Chakho and Dikho Loshou. “Their sacrifices will continue to inspire us and strengthen us in our struggle. We shall indeed overcome,” it added. The reaffirmation, read out by UNC general secretary Gaidon Kamei, was jointly signed by United Naga Council, Anal Naga Taangpi, Moyon Aanchung Puh, Tangkhul Naga Long, Kharam Union, Zeliangrong Baudi (Manipur), Chiru Union, Thangal Khanglong, Chothe Lim Abom, Inpui Naga Union, Poumai Naga Union, Tarao Tribe Union, Mao Council, Maring Uparup Assembly, Maram Union, Sirti Upa Ruh, Monsang Tribe Union, Lamkang Naga Kver Kunpun, Naga Peoples’ Organisation (Senapati), Chandel Naga Peoples’ Organisation, All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur, Naga Peoples’ Movement for Hu-
the aegis of UNC. In a landmark agreement, he said, it has been decided that a special committee would be instituted by the GoI to address “our demand of an alternative arrangement and to translate it into a political reality.” “The GoI must exercise its political will and commitment to bring this process to its logical conclusion. We will continue to vigilantly engage with it and with sincerity, seriousness and in good faith in the democratic process of dialogue,” Adani said. Father of Dikho Loshuo and mother of Neli Chakho after receiving mementoes from ANSAM President Seth Satsang, during the 4th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Neli Chakho and Dikho Loshuo, at Martyrs Park, Mao gate, May 6. (Photo: Mashangva Somi)
man Rights (South) and Naga Women’s Union. Earlier, UNC president L. Adani said that people have gathered to reaffirm the spirit with which Chakho and Loshou performed the ultimate sacrifice. “They died because they would not take injustice and brutality laying down. They gave their all for the rights
of a people to their identity, their inspirations and for a future with honour.” “The day of martyrdom of Loshou and Chakho is a good day to reaffirm once again our political position as a people- on the Ist July, 2010 NPC, we had declared that we will sever all political ties with the communal GoM and demand an
Give North East textbook Child beggars on the rise in Manipur space, fight bias: UGC CHENNAI, MAy 6 (TNN): To put an end to on-campus discrimination against students from the northeast, the University Grants Commission has asked universities to include the history, cultural heritage and involvement of the region in the freedom movement, in the curriculum of schools and colleges. The suggestion was first made by the North East Students' Federation to various official bodies in the country, including the human resource development ministry and the NCERT, a couple of months ago. "We approached various organizations and submitted our memorandum soon after the death of Nido Tania, 20, of Arunachal Pradesh, who was beaten to death in Delhi," said Taba Toni, general
secretary of the federation from Arunachal Pradesh. UGC deputy secretary Shakeel Ahmad has written to vice-chancellors of universities across the country about the recommendations of a task force set up by HRD ministry to promote educational opportunities and the welfare of students from the Northeast, after Tania's death sparked an outcry from northeastern students. The task force has recommended the curriculum be changed or modified to include novels or short stories from the region, translated from different languages, at the university level. Universities have been asked to ensure the syllabus features important personalities from the region who participated in the freedom movement.
IMPHAL, MAy 6 (NNN): Child beggar population in the Imphal market area is alarmingly on the rise since the past few months. As such, street vendors of the market have urged the concerned authority to take immediate intervention in the matter and solve the problem. Speaking to media persons today at Manipur Press Club, Imphal, N. Bina, secretary of Khwairamband Keithelgi Mataida Potpham Phambi Lup told that many children between the age group 7-15 often in the disguise of being orphans come to the vendors sitting in the market area and beg saying that either that they have no parents or their parents are sick or dead. Bina said that the vendor association had already informed the Child Help Line committee to monitor
NEDF condemns FELICITATION Assam violence “The Sungratsu Officers Forum conveys its heartiest congratulation to all the successful candidates who I M P H A L , M Ay 6 (MExN): The North East Dialogue Forum (NEDF), a network of NGOs and Civil Society Organizations in the North East Region working on the issue of human rights, conflict transformation, etc. has expressed shock at the violence in Assam. A press release from the forum’s convener U. Nobokishore condemned the killing of innocent civilians and gutting down of houses in Assam’s Kokrajhar and Baksa district on May 1 and 2 by armed groups. Stating that it was not the first time that innocent civilians were attacked, NEDF questioned the governments of India and Assam for not taking steps against the recurrence of such attacks. NEDF appealed to the governments of India and Assam to implement a 5-point charter of demands which included action against those involved in the violence, solving the issue of illegal immigrants, repeal of AFSPA.
1971 war shells found in Tripura AgArTALA, MAy 6 (IANS): Two live mortars dating to the 1971 Bangladesh war have been recovered in Tripura, an official said Tuesday. The mortars were found Monday at the Kamalasagar Lake here, where another shell was found on March 13. "Labourers engaged in digging the lake found the shells. The mortars would be handed over to the Indian Army," a police spokesman said. Kamalasagar, 20 km south of Agartala, was a base camp for the Bangladesh liberation war fighters in 1971. The place, now a tourist spot, had also witnessed a fierce battle between the Indian and Pakistani armies.
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the activities of child beggars in the market and take up necessary measures to stop the children from indulging in such inappropriate activities. She informed that even after repeated reminders to address the issue, the authority has
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He also urged the people to believe in the position that the people have taken at this crucial phase of history and at the same time reminded the people of the collective responsibility of proving “ourselves worthy of the vision and goal that we have sat before us.” The occasion also witnessed solidarity messages from Naga Hoho, Naga Students’ Federation, Naga People’s Organization Senapati, Naga Women’s Union, NPMHR, Zeliangrong Baudi (Manipur) and others.
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geNeva, May 6 (iaNs): By the end of this year, there will be almost 3 billion internet users, two-thirds of them coming from the developing world. And the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally, new figures released by International Telecomuumications Union (ITU) Monday show. Fifityfive percent of these subscriptions are expected to be in the developing world. “The newly released ICT figures confirm once again that information and communication technologies continue to be the key drivers of the information society,” said ITU secretarygeneral Hamadoun I. Touré. The data show that fixed-telephone penetration has been declining for the past five years. By end 2014, there will be about 100 million fewer fixed-telephone subscriptions than in 2009. Mobile-cellular subscriptions will reach almost 7 billion by end 2014, and 3.6 billion of these will be in the Asia-Pacific region. The increase is mostly due to growth in the developing world where mobilecellular subscriptions will account for 78 percent of the world’s total.
The data show that mobile-cellular growth rates have reached their lowestever level (2.6 percent globally), indicating that the market is approaching saturation levels. Africa, Asia and the Pacific, where penetration will reach 69 per cent and 89 per cent respectively by end 2014, are the regions with the strongest mobilecellular growth (and the lowest penetration r0ates). Penetration rates in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Arab States, the Americas and Europe have reached levels above 100 per cent and are expected to grow at less than two per cent in 2014. The region with the highest mobile-cellular penetration rate is the CIS. By end 2014, fixed-broadband penetration will have reached almost 10 per cent globally. Forty-four per cent of all fixedbroadband subscriptions are in Asia and the Pacific, and 25 per cent are in Europe. In contrast, Africa accounts for less than 0.5 per cent of the world’s fixed-broadband subscriptions, and despite double-digit growth over the last four years, penetration in Africa remains very low.
Africa, the Arab States, and CIS are the only regions with double-digit fixedbroadband penetration growth rates. The Americas region stands out with the lowest growth in fixed broadband penetration, estimated at 2.5 per cent and reaching a penetration rate of around 17 per cent by end 2014. Europe’s fixedbroadband penetration is much higher compared with other regions and almost three times as high as the global average. Globally, mobile-broadband penetration will reach 32 percent by end 2014; in developed countries, mobilebroadband penetration will reach 84 per cent, a level four times as high as in developing countries (21 percent). The number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally and 55 percent of all mobile-broadband subscriptions are expected to be in the developing world. Mobile-broadband penetration levels are highest in Europe (64 percent) and the Americas (59 percent), followed by CIS (49 percent), the Arab States (25 percent), Asia-Pacific (23 percent) and Africa (19 percent). By end 2014, 44 per cent of the world’s households will have internet
access. Close to one-third (31 percent) of households in developing countries will be connected to internet, compared with 78 per cent in developed countries. The analysis shows that household internet access is approaching saturation levels in developed countries. More than one out of two households in the CIS will be connected to internet. In Africa, only about one out of ten households will be connected to internet. However, household internet access in Africa continues to grow at double-digit rates. By end 2014, the number of internet users globally will have reached almost three billion. Two-thirds of the world’s internet users are from the developing world. This corresponds to an internetuser penetration of 40 per cent globally, 78 per cent in developed countries and 32 per cent in developing countries. One-third of the population in Asia and the Pacific will be online by end 2014 and around 45 per cent of the world’s internet users will be from the Asia-Pacific region. More than 90 per cent of the people who are not yet using internet are from the developing world.
Hyundai launches Eon ‘Minors over 10 yrs can operate bank accounts’ “Banks are free to offer addiNew Delhi, May 6 (PTi): open a savings/fixed/recurring variant priced at Rs 3.8L Minors above 10 years of age can bank deposit account through ei- tional banking facilities like In-
New Delhi, May 6 (PTi): Hyundai Motor India today rolled out a new variant of its entry level car Eon, priced at Rs 3.83 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The new variant, which comes with 1 litre Kappa engine, will be available along with the current 0.8 litre variants of Eon, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) said in a statement. “Hyundai consistently innovates to meet and exceed the demands of the customer and the 1.0 litre Kappa engine now offered in Eon is an extension of our modernpremium brand philosophy,” HMIL Managing Director & CEO B S Seo said. The new variant will further consolidate Hyundai’s position in the domestic market, he added. The Euro-5 ready 1 litre Kappa petrol engine, which will be available in Magna+ variant of Eon, is designed to deliver high engine performance with enhanced fuel efficiency and low emissions, the company said.
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open and operate independently savings bank account and use other facilities like ATM and cheque books. The Reserve Bank on Tuesday issued the guidelines allowing minors to operate bank accounts independently with a view to promote financial inclusion and bring uniformity in opening of such accounts in banks. RBI had earlier permitted minors to open fixed and savings deposit bank account with mothers as guardian. Modifying the guidelines, the RBI said that all minors can now
Fare’ tab on the home page of the airline’s Web site (www.goindigo.in). If one family member opting out from travel, there will be no need to cancel the entire booking, but just partial cancellation with normal cancellation fee. Similarly, changes in the flights for one or more passengers are possible upon payment of the normal change fee. “In order to enhance the overall experience of the families travelling together, our first-of-its kind offer is a benefit to such families, regardless of the reason they are travelling -- leisure, education, business or to see loved ones. With these special attractive fares, this is the perfect opportunity for the families to experience our hasslefree and on-time performance,” Aditya Ghosh, President of IndiGo, said.
New Delhi, May 6 (Bl): Flying with family this summer will have less pressure on the pocket, as the nation’s largest carrier IndiGo has announced a special family fare. “Family Fare will offer discount up to 25 per cent for a family of four or more travelling together,” a statement issued by the airline said, while adding that the facility could be given to a total of nine passengers on a single PNR (passenger name record). The offer is available from Tuesday on all domestic flights and destinations. Passengers will be able to book family fares by checking-in the ‘Family
ther his/her natural guardian or legally appointed guardian. The minors who have attained 10 years of age, would be allowed to open and operate savings bank accounts independently. “Banks may, however, keeping in view their risk management systems, fix limits in terms of age and amount up to which minors may be allowed to operate the deposit accounts independently,” the RBI said. Further, the banks can also decide on the minimum documents which are required for opening of accounts by minors.
The airline has also introduced an all-inclusive display of fares in the fare column on flight result page of the Web site, where passengers can view the break-up of the total fare.
Soon, Boeing spacecraft to send astronauts in space washiNgToN, May 6 (iaNs): Leveraging its expertise in the spacebound flight operations, Boeing has unveiled a concept of a manned spaceflight that is expected to send astronauts into space by 2017. The new Crew Space Transportation (CST-100) vehicle, funded by NASA as part of its ‘Commercial Crew Integrated Capability’ initiative, is de-
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ternet banking, ATM/debit card, cheque book facility, etc, subject to the safeguards that minor accounts are not allowed to be overdrawn and that these always remain in credit,” the RBI said. On attaining majority, the minor would be required to confirm the balance in his/her account. If the account was operated by the natural/legal guardian, fresh operating instructions and specimen signature of the minor should be obtained and kept on record for all operational purposes, the RBI said.
signed to transport crew and cargo to low-earth orbit. To begin with, the spacecraft will be used to take astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). “We are moving into a truly commercial space market and we have to consider our potential customers - beyond NASA,” Chris Ferguson, Boeing director of crew and mission operations for the commercial crew programme was quoted as saying. Boeing, along with partner Bigelow Aerospace, recently showcased the future commercial interior of the spacecraft. The spacecraft would be able to accommodate a crew of seven and take cargo into orbit. The seats are lightweight and plastic to keep the weight of the capsule down, media reports said.
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f today I was to ask the Nagas the question - who can change the world? Then I am pretty sure that there will be thousands of hands pointing towards individuals who are holding posts in various fields. Change is the biggest issue in the history of mankind. If we look at the history of the world only through the individual`s ideology and hard work and vision not the community or group. Today, in our context many people want to see changes in society but they are not willing to change themselves then how do we expect change to take place? Many of us are very good in judging others but not ourselves and very good in passing comments by saying about bad road conditions, bad electricity, bad governance and so on. But how many of us have the goodwill to repair our own road, our problems and the government? If we were to view our society today there are thousands of areas for change because we have not been truthful to ourselves in many ways. And in our generation today the word “trust” is becoming valueless as individuals are not allowing God to be in us and not willing to see the map of life from the book of life “BIBLE”. Today in our own land we are not secure in many ways and the trust that we had in our own people is vanishing as there are multi rape cases, murder cases and stealing is on high speed. And in various departments we point that the system is corrupted but in fact the system is not corrupted but the individuals are polluted. I too have encountered many people in my life who seems to be very good, religious and loving but not worthy to be trusted because their minds are corrupted with selfish motive, proud nature, hatred heart and jealousy. And it’s not surprising to learn that many suffer from it. In fact life is a change and change is a part of life. We all want to see change in various ways but there is a saying “if you
want to change the world, first we must change ourselves”. There was a young boy who wanted to change the world. So, he prayed to God that he wanted to change the world. So God answered his prayer and He asked the young boy,” what do you need to change the world?” then the young boy said that he needed ‘money’ so that he can travel all over the world and will change the mind of people and thus change the world. Then God said, “I will give you money to travel all over the world, but you must complete your mission to change the world within ten years”. So the young boy agreed and started his journey to change the world. He first went to USA to change the mind of the people. And he spent four years in trying to change the world. But all his efforts went in vain and nothing happened. So, he thought that USA was such a developed country that he won’t be able to change. Then he came back to INDIA to change the world and started trying to change the world by changing the mind of people and he spent three years but nothing happened. Then he decided to come to NAGALAND and to change the mind of the Nagas for two years, but nothing happened and change did not take place. And there was only one year left for the boy to change the world so he started changing himself day by day within that one year and when the tenth year ended, God smiled at the boy and said, “You have changed the world because you have changed yourself”. Mission was successful and he learned that “change begins from oneself”. And it is very true to say that change begins within oneself. So change the pattern of our thought not the system by taking a right decision in every field to be truthful and strong enough to fight for our rights, while electing leaders, while paying taxes, while receiving. Lumtsase C Sangtam Japfu Christian College Kigwema: Kohima
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Wednesday 7 May 2014
Workshop for medical officers underway Kohima, may 6 (mExN): Principal Director of health & family welfare today stated that, with the launching of National Health Mission (NHM), there has been a considerable expansion in the health delivery in the State, however, improvement in quality of health services at every location has not been perceived generally, which leads to non-availing of services provided. Dr. Neiphi Kire was speaking during the inaugural function of the two-day workshop on “Quality Assurance in Public Health Facilities” at the conference hall of Directorate of Health & Family Welfare. In order to enhance the satisfaction level among users of government health facilities and reposing trust
in the Public Health System, Kire said, the Quality Assurance Programme has been initiated in the State encompassing all services envisaged under the
spasmo seized
Team Metamorphosis meets Association of Mechanical Engineers aggrieved SSA teachers demands implementation of ESR
DimaPuR, may 6 (mExN): Police personnel manning the Chumukedima check-post confiscated restricted drug from a Manipurbound vehicle on May 6. The police recovered 12, 000 capsules of spasmo proxyvon from the vehicle, a Maruti Alto (DL 2CAH 5754). The driver of the vehicle, identified as Thotngachan (28 years), who is a resident of Diphupar, was arrested and the car impounded. It could not be ascertained where the drug was procured. Police said that investigation was on in this regard.
Dr.Neikietuo Chiesotsu, M.D, NHM delivering the welcome address during the inaugural function on May 6.
WoKha, may 6 (mExN): As a solidarity gesture, Team Metamorphosis Wokha met the aggrieved SSA teachers at SDEO office here. A press release informed that the Team encouraged the teachers to be bold and strong in their fight for justice until their legitimate right is achieved. "The government has become so corrupted, but unfortunately, we are all responsible in electing our politicians. So, democracy in its real term is not applicable in Nagaland anymore as it has become by the people, of the politicians and for the politicians," stated the Team. “We also should not
RMNCH+A, disease control programmes and other hospital services by restructuring and expanding the scope of the existing Quality Assurance Scheme for Ster-
resort to any form of violence but fight for our right in a peaceful way and if the situation demands we shall even go for hunger strike/ fast unto death and for which the government will be held fully responsible,” the Team asserted. “As and when the demand of the teachers is met we should also be sincere in our assigned duties.” Further, the Team said, "If change is to come it has to be through us; the younger generation." It further questioned why the Centre was keeping quiet at this juncture when it already had firsthand knowledge.
DMC discourages dumping garbage in drains
Staff of sanitation branch, Dimapur Municipal Council clearing the Dhobinala drain near Holy Cross Higher Secondary School on Tuesday morning.
DimaPuR, may 6 (mExN): Rampant dumping of garbage directly into the drains is one of the main reasons drains get clogged each year in Dimapur. Similarly, Dhobinala drain which is one of most vital drains of the town remained completely blocked near Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, with plastic, bottles, damaged household stuff, electrical items and even tree
branches. With intervention of the Dimapur Municipal Council, the garbage blocking the drain was removed by staff of Sanitation Branch, DMC using manual labour and machinery, on Tuesday morning, bringing much relief to the residents in the area. DMC’s intervention came after land owners and residents between Holy Cross Hr. Sec. and
Dhobinala Police Point led by K.K. Yepthomi, proprietor of Khakhu’s Building approached the DMC. Wapang Longchar of sanitation branch, DMC who was leading the massive cleaning of the drain discouraged the people from throwing garbage in the drain. On behalf the residents, K.K. Yepthomi has acknowledged the DMC for timely cleaning of the drain.
ilisation Service under Family Planning Programme. A press release informed that, in his keynote address, Dr. Parminder Gautam, Senior Consul-
Kohima, may 6 (mExN): The Association of Mechanical Engineers (AME) has written to the Commissioner and Secretary, Work & Housing, demanding immediate implementation of the Engineer Service Rules (ESR). A press note from the AME informed that, as per the ESR, “The criteria for recruitment or promotion of various posts are 60 percent for direct recruitment, 40 percent promotion of Assistant Mechanical Engineers, 90 percent for direct recruit-
tant, Quality Improvement, National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi, GoI, said that, with the launching of NRHM there is a significant increase in the quantity of all the components, but when it comes to quality, it has not translated to the desired goals. “But now with the GoI’s multiprong approach to quality assurance policy the question here is how can we implement or provide the limited resources in order to achieve the desired outcome,” he added. The welcome address was delivered by Dr.Neikietuo Chiesotsu, M.D, NHM and vote of thanks by Dr.Limaakum, SPO, NHM. The two-day
ment and 10 percent for Junior Engineers (JE).” “It has come to notice from information that no such Engineer (JE) and 11 Assistant Mechanical Engineer during 2003 to 2013,” stated the AME. It demanded clarification as to “why recruitment was not done according to ESR.” The AME posed, “why the provision of ESR is being ignored for direct recruitment and why have the unemployed degree holders been deprived of the chance to compete?” It further sought information regarding the number of
workshop is being attended by the Medical Superintendent, District Programme Officer RCH & UIP, District Programme Manager and one Senior Medical Officer of all the districts in the State. The resource persons are Dr. Parminder Gautam, Senior Consultant, Quality Improvement, NHSRC, MoH&FW; Asha Kumari, Consultant HA&QI, NERRC, Guwahati; Dr. Deepika Sharma, Consultant Quality Improvement, NHSRC; Dr.Nikhil Prakash Gupta, Consultant (QI), NHSRC; and Sanyukta Kashyap, Programme Associate, NERRC. The workshop is being jointly organised by National Health Mission, Nagaland and National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), MoH&FW, GoI.
Mechanical Overseer (MO) posts “advertised during the period of 2003” and the procedures for recruitment of MOs. Calling for immediate implementation of the ESR, the AME further demanded that the post vacated due to the voluntary retirement of Er I Toshi Sangtam be advertised for recruitment through “open competition.” The AME cautioned that failure to address these demands would compel the association to “address the grievances legally or resort to our own course of action.”
CondolenCes for deo dukru Kohima, may 6 (mExN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has mourned the demise of Deo Dukru, former social and cultural secretary of NSF during the tenure 1980-81. “His immense contribution towards the students community as a leader and also being served as DEO, Pfutsero and Headmaster, Nerhema has untold deeds to be remembered by the students community,” a condolence message received here said. NSF general secretary acknowledged and honoured his “selfless sacrifices” rendered towards the students’ community. All the good deeds that he has left behind to the younger generation will be followed with all good faith and confidence, it added. The Federation also expressed deep condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for his soul to rest in peace.
mourned the tragic death of Deo Dukru on May 2 while on his way to Guwahati. In a condolence message, Zhavame Students’ Union acknowledged that Deo Dukru dedicated his life to teaching and was the headmaster of Nerhema Village government school at the time of his demise. He served in different students’ organizations and Chakhesang frontal organizations and played a pivotal role throughout the time and was instrumental in many junctures in the course of the village history, the note stated. Adding that Zhavame village has lost a tall and upright leader who had additional attachment with the village youngsters, the union expressed deep pain at the loss of a “great leader who dedicated so much for the uplift of the village youngsters.” The students’ union further recognized that the contribution rendered by him was adorZhavame Students’ Union able and worth rememZhavame Students’ bering. It prayed that the Union has also deeply almighty God comfort the
bereaved family members and give peace to the departed soul. Razeba Students' Union In a separate note, the Razeba Students' Union (RSU) also expressed shock and grief over the sudden and untimely demise of Deo Dukru, leaving his wife, three sons and three daughters. RSU president Dapulu Leah and Finance Secretary Vipanyi Krome called him one of the key pioneers and the guardian of RSU. He was the ex-president of Razeba Students’ Union and Zhavame Students’ Union, ex-general secretary of Chakhesang Students’ Union and continued to serve the students community in the field of education till his last breath, RSU stated. “We salute his wisdom, acknowledges his contributions, sacrifices and hard works for the welfare of the community.” It further conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family members and relatives.
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MEx FILE World AIDS Orphans Day on May 7 Kohima, may 6 (mExN): Nagaland will be observing World AIDS Orphans Day on May 7 at 9:30 AM at LCS Building Kohima. Dr. Joyce Z. Angami will grace the function as special guest. The programme will be followed by outing for the children to Dimori Cove, Kigwema.
Cooperation dept to launch website Kohima, may 6 (DiPR): The Department of Cooperation will be launching the department official website at the Registrar of Cooperative Society office, AG road, Kohima on May 7 at 11:30 a.m. Commissioner & Secretary, B.P. Chetri will inaugurate the website.
KSUD informs on membership fee DimaPuR, may 6 (mExN): Konyak Students’ Union Dimapur (KSUD) will be collecting annual membership fee for statistical record for the year 2014 from May 7 onwards. Therefore, KSUD has urged upon the principals and authorities of schools, institutes, and colleges within Dimapur to cooperate stating it is mandatory for every Konyak student. For further details, call 9089844518/ 9612292843.
TSUD union assembly on May 8 DimaPuR, may 6 (mExN): The Tenyimi Students’ Union Dimapur (TSUD) will hold its union assembly on May 8, 3:00 pm at its office. Therefore, all the tribal units and senior leaders have been informed to attend the assembly positively. The union secretary, information & publicity, also informed that the subordinated bodies can also attend the assembly.
ANSTA Kiphire unit informs KiPhiRE, may 6 (mExN): The All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (ANSTA) Kiphire Unit has informed all its office bearers, area executive members, headmasters, head teachers and teacher in-charges of Government High Schools, Government Middle Schools, and Government Primary Schools that there will be an emergency meeting on May 9, 2:00 pm at Government High School Yangphi, Kiphire town. All heads of schools have been asked to send their teacher representative in case they cannot attend the meeting. The association would impose stern action against the defaulters as per ANSTA Resolution Article 3, stated a press release.
NICGOA executive committee meeting Kohima, may 6 (mExN): A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Nagaland Industries & Commerce Gazetted Officers’ Association (NICGOA) has been scheduled on June 9, 1:00 PM in the conference hall of the Directorate of Industries & Commerce, Nagaland Kohima. Stating that there are important issues to be urgently discussed in the meeting, NICGOA president Er S Temsulong has requested all concerned to make it convenient to attend the meeting positively.
DSE inform heads of school institutions Kohima, may 6 (mExN): The Directorate of School Education, Nagaland has directed the heads of institutions of both government and private schools to collect the state teachers’ award and financial assistance form from their respective DEO for higher and secondary schools and SDEO for elementary school from May 31. The duly filled up forms are to be submitted back to the DEO latest by June 15 for selection by the District Selection Board, and the documents of the selected candidates shall be submitted to Directorate of School Education latest by July 15 by the respective DEOs for final selection by the State Level Committee. No canvassing in any form by any candidate for the award shall be allowed except on merit basis, stated a release issued by school education director Zaveyi Nyekha.
Maintenance work from Changki to Mkg moKoKchuNg, may 6 (mExN): The maintenance work from Longtho to Changki section is almost completed and from Changki to Mokokchung section is in passage and all necessary required machinery has been shifted from Longtho to Changki. While informing this, P Chandra, OC 100 RCC (GREF) in a press release stated that the remaining portion from Changki to Mokokchung is expected to complete within one month.
TSUD reaffirms support to ACAUT Nagaland DimaPuR, may 6 (mExN): Tenyimi Students’ Union Dimapur (TSUD) has reaffirmed its “unflinching” support to the Action Committee Against Unabated Taxation Nagaland. TSUD in a press statement hoped that ACAUT Nagaland continues to “strive for noble goals in eradicating corruption and uplift the society torn by selfish vested interests.” Stating that the Nagas have remained silent for a very long time, TSUD congratulated the office bearers of ACAUT Nagaland or braving all odds for the interest of the future generation.
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Benito. Z. Swu
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t is universal that there is always an advantage and a disadvantage in everything that we see, look, analyze and react to things and facts as they are. Let us look at Mizoram. The Mizos have no such identity of different tribes as we do have in the Naga community. They are all Mizos. They have just one language, one tradition, one set of traditional dress code, one dance, the same menu in their food and it is the same even with their own brand of religion. Mizos have been smart in the fact of the matter that they have been able to take the maximum advantage of this oneness. They did not allow the disadvantages of oneness to overshadow the advantages in their community and as such has prospered. As for us Nagas, much as we are of a small state it is indeed unique that we do have so many tribes, each with their own unique way of living, be it with language, food, dance, dress and even different ways of for-
Much to learn from Ireland (II)
malizing the traditional matrimonial relationships. Unique is definitely what we are, but the sad part is that we have not been able to take advantage of this uniqueness, of this diversity. On the contrary, it is turning out to be a big disadvantage. In fact, unless checked and nipped from the bud, unless this disadvantage is turned into an advantage, this diversity and uniqueness will ultimately prove to be the 'Achilles heel' of the Nagas in general. 'Unity in diversity' is a slogan and a topic on which we as school going students and our children today study and expand on the idea. However, sadly, today for the Nagas it is 'disunity in diversity'. It is our own undoing that instead of taking advantage and making use of this diversity by cementing it with unity we are doing just the exact opposite and is playing right into the hands of the 'intelligence agencies' of mainland India. Forget about tribal unity, we have knowingly and also unknowingly even divided ourselves on clan lines from within a tribe. The
goal posts of the spirit of brotherhood which fosters love and concern has been so narrowed, and we are failing to see beyond it giving more room for cynicism, unhealthy competition and thereby disunity. I think I am straying much from the title of the article (in fact I haven’t even touched it) but the absentmindedness of 'yours truly' is forcing me to stray least I forget to air what I am doing now and hence do bear with me. Yes, I do eat my words as far as my definition of 'unique' in my much earlier write-up is concerned. But again, I feel I cannot be faulted because I and definitely many like me had not been offered any explanation as to what being 'unique' is not what 'unique' is all about in the general term. And just as the word 'unique' has to be made known to the multitude, so is the message that as being unique, Nagas do very much deserve a better arrangement than what we have today as a member state of the Indian Union. It really borders or
better boils down to that of an insult when some loose tongue comes up with different theories of even undoing or downgrading what little extra provision is there in the present form of governance in Nagaland. However, we fear that such theories will only become more vocal if the current state of affairs i.e. disunity as it is now is allowed to fester. Not discounting voices against the government of the day for certain narrow government policies (and that proves people manning the govt. human) our best and the safest bet is CM Rio. And if not him then who and what has that 'who' got to offer? The Congress under Sonia Gandhi has downgraded Nagas to that extent where any new dispensation in the centre if to maintain the continuity of the negotiations will only end up in more divisions among the Nagas. And as such, once again playing directly into the hands of the Indian intelligence agencies. I feel we have no option but to go back in time and start anew and afresh. Going by
the positive track record of former Prime Minister A.B Vaypayee to the Naga Political problem and more importantly the huge conflict of interest between the Congress and the BJP we can safely have no hesitation in predicting that any government and all the more a BJP led government will be much more understanding to the Nagas than the ceasefiring Congress. By the way, why can't we (both overground & underground) just leave the politics of the day aside, at least till the time we the Nagas in one voice achieve something concrete, something at least in that category which Jammu & Kashmir enjoys. On the contrary, going by the speed of the tone and divisiveness of agendas, instead of at least an enhanced status, the very possibility of us even loosing the little that we have is staring in our face. And it is all thanks to our disunity in diversity. Here the role of the Church cannot be overemphasized. The Bible as the greatest book ever is open for interpretation by any
individual believer. Knowingly misinterpreting it is a huge sin and I do pray for forgiveness if I am seen to be misinterpreting Luke 23:28 with a secular student's point of view. Our Christian faith has indoctrinated in us everybody without exception the fear of the Lord, and it is again the Least Common Multiple (LCM) where every Naga amens to. As such, is it not the primary duty of the caretakers of our souls - the apostles of today to give us the correct interpretation of the said scripture verse? Not at all discounting the selfless missionary work of taking the Gospel to the unreached far beyond our borders, much ground needs to be covered and worked upon at home with the singular aim of bringing about peace, reconciliation, unity, brotherhood and earning the eternal gratefulness of the generations to come. Isaiah 43:19 says, "I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." What more assurance do we need? Feed us and mould us into one.
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The Power of Truth
The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 7 MAy 2014 voluME IX IssuE 123
Freedom isn't easy Melvin T
Freedom of speech Freedom of thought are these the things that you sought? Freedom is what everyone wants But Freedom looks at us and mocks Only a few get what they wish for they are the ones that soar like hawks We all know that we have right yet Freedoms looks at us with spite We all want to say what we wish today we all wish to do what we desire yet that is only what we can aspire we all want to break free from our chains to run away from our restrains So work hard for Freedom It isn't free like it says work hard for Freedom and look toward blissful days
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Prasar Bharti needs autonomy, from elected leaders and bureaucrats too
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he debate is raging on the independence of Prasar Bharti. The contours of the debate are pertaining to political interference in the functioning of Prasar Bharti, especially programming, editing, influence on editors, and compromised ability of editors and contributors to act independently. All said, the debate, put succinctly, is about operational autonomy of Prasar Bharti. This all sounds interesting though we are missing the underlying struggle this country is seeing at this juncture after 67 years of existence as an independent nation. The struggle is about who would be controlling, ruling or managing this country? Further still it is about who -- elected leaders or bureaucrats -- decides the direction or path this country would follow. The fight clearly is about bureaucrats trying to wrest control of whatever independence is left away from the hands of the political and elected leaders. The danger here is that operational autonomy is being construed and painted as one wherein the bureaucrat would have supreme independence to control the resources within Prasar Bharti. This is not only true for Prasar Bharti, but rather any enterprise that could be functioning under the realm of the state. Quite clearly what we can see is that the very idea of democracy is in danger and one single institution, the bureaucrats' lobby, is working exceedingly hard to annex control of this country, its independence, the ability to contribute, decide the direction etc. In the least scathing manner, I can only suggest that the lobby cannot be construed to be fair, just to people and not absolutely corrupt under the influence of absolute power. Not that they don’t control this country right now though the fight today is to control the country’s resources and towards having and yielding unimaginable power. The ethical and moral standards have gone down dramatically within the bureaucracy and it compels us to understand and dig deeper into the creation of the service. Our system of bureaucracy started with the Indian Civil Services (ICS) which was primarily built to deal with the people of India to be controlled and regulated to behave in a certain manner. The fundamental fact thus remains that creation of ICS was to have power in British hands and manage the country through the ‘brown sahibs’. The system was not built to enable real democracy rather to control its population. Incidentally the system should have changed in the last 67 years though this is the last remnant of the Raj that is still visible and compromises our freedoms. A common man even today sees the bureaucrat as sahibs, maibaap, lordship et al and somebody to be afraid of and not somebody you can be friendly with. It could be said that most of the bureaucrats join to better the state of affairs of the country or any such noble ideas but they soon turn to doing something else, bettering their prospects while doing harm to others. The system forever has remained feudalistic and shall remain until we revisit and dismantle the existing systems of governance in the country. This piece is clearly not against the persons involved but about the system they represent. The agony is not directed against a person per say but a general anguish at what the bureaucrats have come to represent i.e. great power and no accountability. Anyhow I do agree with all in this case that Prasar Bharti needs independence, but independence from bureaucracy, and that too urgently. For sure Prasar Bharti needs to have independent management that is not subservient to the wishes of the lobby of the bureaucrats (babus) and urgent action is required to move it out of their clutches or they (bureaucrats) could control opinion and wrest further control of this country. The ideal situation would be to privatize the organization and let the market forces decide on its fate in the long run. Narendra Modi (expected by many to be India's next prime minister) has clearly said he is dismayed to see the national TV channel struggling to maintain its professional freedom. I am for sure in agreement with him and I believe what he wants to say is “Prasar Bharti needs independence. Absolutely without a doubt. Independence to operate as free media and out of the clutches of the bureaucracy”. The call for action thus should be “It is time we dismantle the bureaucracy, take away the brute power they have within and outside the system, and let the country have Swaraj”. I would like to bring forth the ever echoing and golden words of Bal Gangadhar Tilak “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”.
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Anatol Lieven CommonDreams
Ukraine: The Only Way to Peace
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s the first heavy fighting begins in eastern Ukraine, with an attempt by Ukrainian forces to retake the town of Sloviansk, and as violent clashes spread elsewhere, including now Odessa, in the country’s southwest, there is a growing sense that a larger confrontation, one that could involve Russia and the West, may be unavoidable. Such a perception is a terrible mistake. There is nothing inevitable about the future course of the conflict. It is absolutely essential for Western governments to focus on what they can do to avoid war, preserve democracy, and keep Ukraine united. What they cannot do is help the government in Kiev to win with military force in the east. The rebel forces that have taken control of cities of the Donbas, the Russian-speaking industrial and mining region in the east, appear well organized, have much local popular support, and are implicitly backed by the 45,000 Russian troops deployed to the Ukrainian border. It would take many months—more probably, many years—for Ukrainian forces to reach sufficient strength to retake the Donbas swiftly and relatively bloodlessly, or to defeat a Russian invasion of the east and south of the country. Moves to raise Ukrainian nationalist volunteer forces should be strongly discouraged by the West. The intervention of such groups would risk repeating what has just happened in Odessa, where dozens of people were killed in street battles on May 2. It would make a Russian invasion a certainty. And the West itself will not fight for Ukraine. All the blowhard posturing of US and European government officials cannot hide this essential fact. In these circumstances, to give the unelected interim government in Kiev the idea that we are giving it military backing is irresponsible, immoral, and contemptible. Did we really learn nothing from the experience of Georgia in 2008? For that matter, did we learn nothing in the playground at the age of six? If Ukrainian forces continue their assault on rebel strongholds in eastern Ukraine, then only three things can happen, separately or in sequence: they will be beaten back with the help of Russian weaponry—such as that used to shoot down two Ukrainian helicopters at Sloviansk on Friday; they will retake one or two towns, after which Russia will reinforce other towns with lightly-disguised Russian special forces, making their capture much harder; and if Ukrainian forces resort to heavy weaponry to blast the rebels from their positions, Russia will invade. The only question then will be where the Russian army will stop: whether Moscow would be content to hold the Donbas, as it previously held South Ossetia and Abkhazia as quasiindependent statelets formally still part of Georgia, or whether it would go on to seize half of Ukraine. What is truly strange and terrible about this looming disaster is that all the leading players already know and agree about what the only solution can be, even if they disagree on the details and the timing: a federal Ukraine with elected regional governments and robust protection for regional interests. This, not further separation, is what Moscow is proposing; and this is what the Ukrainian interim president, Olexander Turchynov, has publicly hinted at for the Donbas. Although the rebels in Donetsk and other eastern cities have declared the Donetsk Republic and are now planning an independence referendum on May 11, many easterners, too, have indicated that they want some kind of federalization and not independence or annexation to Russia. As interviews published in Sunday’s New York Times make clear, even some rebel commanders themselves hope to keep Ukraine united. It is extremely important to note that regional autonomy—accompanied by a threat of indepen-
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his is the sub theme of this year’s (2014) World Asthma Day (WAD), which was first celebrated in 1998 in conjunction with the first World Asthma Meeting in Barcelona. It is an annual event aimed at improving asthma awareness, diagnosis, treatment, and, ultimately, control and is organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) on the first Tuesday of May. The main theme of WAD 2014 continues to be 'You Can Control Your Asthma.' Asthma is a common chronic non communicable disease (NCD), affecting more than 300 million people worldwide. It is the most common NCD among children and a major public health problem in developed as well as developing countries. In Western Europe as a whole, asthma incidence has doubled over the last ten years; USA has seen an increase of over 60% since the early 1980s; while 8% of the Swiss population suffers from asthma as against only 2% some 25-30 years ago. However, most asthma-related deaths occur in low- and lower-middle income countries as most cases of asthma go undiagnosed, untreated or mismanaged. Asthma affects all age groups but often starts in childhood. It is characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing, which vary in severity and frequency from person to person. This condition is due to inflammation of the air passages in the lungs. In an asthma attack, the lining of the passages swell causing the airways to narrow and reducing the flow of air in and out of the lungs. Although asthma cannot be cured, it can be treated and managed effectively. The severity of asthma can be reduced dramatically, and the person's quality of life significantly improved. Untreated or mismanaged asthma causes unnecessary suffering and disability, putting a significant economic burden on poor families as well as huge financial drain on struggling health systems. World-wide, the economic costs associated with asthma are estimated to exceed those of TB and HIV/AIDS
dence—is what the government of the western region of Lviv, controlled by Ukrainian nationalists, declared for itself back in February, when it seemed that President Yanukovych would remain in power and take Ukraine into the Russian-dominated Eurasian Union. If Lviv could demand this as an insurance for its identity and interests when the national government was going in a direction it did not like, it is very hard to argue that Donetsk does not have the right to do the same. Nor is there any moral reason why the West cannot support federalization. The United States, Germany, Canada, and half a dozen other Western democracies are all federal states. Of course, we all know that a fundamental moral principle of Western foreign policy is that sauce for the goose can never under any circumstances be sauce for the gander—but to oppose a federal solution for Ukraine on such grounds is ridiculous. Indeed, a constitutional solution to the crisis has already been supported by all sides—including Russia, the US, and Ukraine—in the Geneva Declaration of April 17, which called for Ukrainians from all parts of the country to disarm and take part in a national dialogue that would recognize regional interests. The problem with Geneva is that it did not set out an outline of the constitutional settlement— which will have to be agreed in advance before the rebel militias in eastern Ukraine will put down their weapons. There is also of course profound disagreement on the process by which constitutional change should be introduced, and how much regional autonomy should be granted. President Turchynov suggested a referendum on autonomy for the Donbas to accompany the new presidential elections planned for May 25; but after the latest developments in Odessa and east Ukraine, it must surely now be acknowledged that these elections cannot take place on schedule, or until peace is restored. Nor, given the precedent in Lviv and the current protests elsewhere in Ukraine, can a case be made for a special status for the Donbas region alone. Far better to have an equal federation across the whole territory of Ukraine. (As for Crimea, we will have to content ourselves with formal statements to the effect that we regard Crimea as still legally part of Ukraine, while in practice making Crimea the subject of separate processes and talks—rather as with the northern Cyprus issue in the past. Unfortunately, if we make a peace process in Ukraine conditional on Russia giving up Crimea, there will be no peace process.) Reality, and the long experience offered by such conflicts, shows that agreement on a new federal constitution for the country as a whole must be reached first, and ratified by a national referendum. The rebel militias in eastern Ukraine and the camp of demonstrators on the Maidan in Kiev should both agree not to use force and not to disrupt such a solution–-since clearly neither regional nor national democracy is possible if governments have to submit for approval to unelected crowds. Elections for the presidency, parliament, regional assemblies, and regional governorships can then be scheduled to take place simultaneously later in the year. Ideally, some kind of observer force would need to be put in place with United Nations backing to report on compliance by all sides. Since the tragic killings in Odessa, it is no longer possible to deny that the Ukrainian crisis involves a serious threat from extreme nationalist groups as well as proRussian ones—and some of the extreme nationalists are sitting in the present interim government in Kiev. On the other hand, Russia undoubtedly has armed local allies in eastern Ukraine, which it has strengthened
with some disguised Russian officers. But the masses of civilians who have blocked the path of Ukrainian troops in the Donbas show that the rebels also enjoy a very considerable measure of local support. What all this reveals is something that should have been blindingly obvious ever since Ukraine became independent in 1991 and that is deeply rooted in Ukrainian history: Ukraine contains different identities, and cannot be ruled unilaterally by one of them alone, or pulled in a single geopolitical direction, without risking the breakup of the country itself. The huge demonstrations in Kiev this winter showed that Yanukovych’s and Moscow’s hope of taking Ukraine into the Eurasian Union was impossible, because many Ukrainians would literally give their lives to prevent it. Now, events in the east and in Odessa make clear that a Ukrainian state that defines itself purely in proWestern and anti-Russian terms is also out of the question, because a great many Ukrainians will not tolerate this either. In these circumstances, it is no good for one side to hope for absolute victory. When Russia tried for this with Yanukovych, the result was a fiasco, which among other things destroyed Russia’s influence over Ukraine as a whole. The West is now risking an even greater failure in the opposite direction. Critics of federalization say that it would allow Russia to block Ukrainian moves toward NATO and the EU. What is surely apparent however is that Moscow and its allies in Ukraine have already done this. The goal of the West must be to get all the opposing forces in Ukraine off the streets and back within a legitimate democratic process that is recognized by a majority of Ukrainians, and that will allow the possibility of economic and political reforms by democratic means. Time is short. We saw again and again, in the Balkans, the Caucasus, and elsewhere in the 1990s, that once fighting begins, previously possible solutions quickly become impossible. This would be a tragedy—Ukraine does not need to be Yugoslavia or Georgia. Contrary to what is said in much of the Western media, most of Russia’s allies in eastern Ukraine are not separatists. Rather, what many in the Donbas fear is that a government in Kiev—one that is either unelected or elected by a small majority, and which is under the sway of extreme nationalist demonstrators—will be able to decide their fate unilaterally. Thus, they are deeply opposed to the interim government in Kiev, but many of them continue to envision being a part of Ukraine in which they would have greater autonomy and recognition of regional rights and interests, rather than full independence. Until now, every opinion poll and election in the east has also suggested this. But once a few hundred people have been killed, this reasonable position will quickly be destroyed. To return power to a reasonable majority, the international community must put forward the outline of a constitutional settlement on which a majority of Ukrainians can agree. It is hopeless to expect that the opposing sides themselves will be able to abide by a compromise proposal on their own, without outside help. The question then is whether Russia, the US, the EU, and the various parties in Ukraine including Ukrainian government can reach agreement on the outlines of a federal constitution, which the UN Secretary General could then put forward. This will be an immensely difficult task in the days and weeks ahead. But the alternative could be catastrophic. Anatol Lieven is a Professor in the War Studies Department of King’s College London and a Senior Fellow of the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C.
It Is Time To Control Asthma Shobha Shukla
Citizen News Service combined. For example, annual asthma care costs (direct and indirect) exceed US$6 billion in the USA and are nearly US$460 million in Australia; while Britain spends about US$1.8 billion on health care for asthma and because of days lost through illness. Asthma control is the focus of the GINA Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention, a comprehensive and practical resource about how to diagnose, assess, and manage asthma. A revised version of this report is being launched on World Asthma Day 2014. “Scientific understanding of what asthma control means and how to achieve it has evolved significantly in recent years,” said Mark FitzGerald, MD, Chair of the GINA Board of Directors. “We need a practical strategy for implementing this knowledge to inform patient care worldwide, and that is what GINA aims to provide.” India has an estimated 15-20 million people living with asthma and roughly a prevalence of 10% to 15% in 5-11 year old children. In an interview given to CNS, Dr Surya Kant, Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, King George Medical University, rued that incidence of asthma is on the rise, mostly due to rapid industrialization, modernization and urbanization and changing life styles. He busted many myths around the disease-- “There is still very poor awareness about asthma. The first myth is that an asthma patient has to lead a compromised life. But asthma, if managed properly, does not interfere with the quality of life. Many sports persons and many of our cinema heroes are living with asthma. An asthma patient is as fit as any other healthy human be-
ing and can take part in all sports and activities. This message needs to go across to the public. Secondly, people think that one gets into the habit of using an inhaler. But we must remember that habit is different from addiction. So one may get habituated to an inhaler but cannot get addicted to it. Using an inhaler is same as the habit of brushing our teeth, taking bath, eating breakfast, etc. The ideal treatment for asthma is still the inhalation therapy which is targeted delivery of very small doses of the medicine directly to the lungs. If your bronchial tubes are weak, use an inhaler, same as you would use spectacles if your eyes are weak. This has no side effects even in long term.” Dr Chiang Chen-Yuan, Director, Department of Lung Health and NCDs at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (the Union) cited the low affordability of essential asthma medicines as one of the main barriers in providing proper asthma care in low- and middle-income countries. He told Citizen News Service (CNS) that, “Asthma Drug Facility has demonstrated that it is possible to provide essential asthma medicines at affordable price in low- and middle-income countries. Governments should raise sufficient funds, reduce the reliance on direct payments to finance services, and improve efficiency and equity in order to achieve universal health coverage. Meanwhile, the revolving drug fund of asthma may help maintain an uninterrupted supply of essential asthma medicines, which has been demonstrated in Benin.” However, Dr Chen felt that medicines alone will not help solve the problem. He said, “Patients who pres-
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ent themselves to health care facilities may not be diagnosed, and those who are diagnosed may not be managed properly. Health care providers need to be trained to provide standard case management of asthma. Asthma projects, piloted by the Union in Benin, China, El Salvador and Sudan, have demonstrated that training of health workers in the use of inhaled corticosteroids, for long term management of asthma, result in proper asthma control, and reduce emergency hospitalization. Countries where asthma patients still have poor access to proper asthma care should adopt this strategy piloted by The Union and partners to reduce suffering and to improve the quality of life of asthma patients.” Dr Karen Bissell, Consultant at The Union shared with CNS that, “Following important meetings at the United Nations in 2011, countries have been preparing strategies to prevent and manage NCDs, including asthma. However, many health services are finding it a challenge to introduce asthma management into the general health services. Many are still struggling to access quality-assured essential asthma medicines that are affordable for their populations.” So, according to Dr Bissell, there is a need at the global level to increase the commitment of governments and donors to invest in asthma as a means of reducing poverty; implement standardised and effective management of asthma within primary health care and general health services; make essential quality-assured asthma medicines available and affordable for people in lowand middle-income countries; monitor and evaluate quality of care and gain more accurate global estimates about its epidemiological and financial burden. The author is the Managing Editor of Citizen News Service - CNS. She is a J2J Fellow of National Press Foundation (NPF) USA and received her editing training in Singapore. She has earlier worked with State Planning Institute, UP and taught physics at India's prestigious Loreto Convent. She also co-authored and edited publications on childhood TB, childhood pneumonia, Hepatitis C Virus and HIV, violence against women and girls, and MDR-TB.
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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE
THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD: Gabriel García Márquez on journalism S
ome 50 years ago, there were no schools of journalism. One learned the trade in the newsroom, in the print shops, in the local cafe and in Friday-night hangouts. The entire newspaper was a factory where journalists were made and the news was printed without quibbles. We journalists always hung together, we had a life in common and were so passionate about our work that we didn’t talk about anything else. The work promoted strong friendships among the group, which left little room for a personal life.There were no scheduled editorial meetings, but every afternoon at 5pm, the entire newspaper met for an unofficial coffee break somewhere in the newsroom, and took a breather from the daily tensions. It was an open discussion where we reviewed the hot themes of the day in each section of the newspaper and gave the final touches to the next day’s edition. The newspaper was then divided into three large departments: news, features and editorial. The most prestigious and sensitive was the editorial department; a reporter was at the bottom of the heap, somewhere between an intern and a gopher. Time and the profession itself has proved that the nerve centre of journalism functions the other way. At the age of 19 I began a career as an editorial writer and slowly climbed the career ladder through hard work to the top position of cub reporter. Then came schools of journalism and the arrival of technology. The graduates from the former arrived with little knowledge of grammar and syntax, difficulty in understanding concepts of any complexity and a dangerous misunderstanding of the profession in which the importance of a “scoop” at any price overrode all ethical considerations. The profession, it seems, did not evolve as quickly as its instruments of work. Journalists were lost in a labyrinth of technology madly rushing the profession into the future without any control. In other words: the newspaper business has involved itself in furious
competition for material modernisation, leaving behind the training of its foot soldiers, the reporters, and abandoning the old mechanisms of participation that strengthened the professional spirit. Newsrooms have become a sceptic laboratories for solitary travellers, where it seems easier to communicate with extraterrestrial phenomena than with readers’ hearts. The dehumanisation is galloping. Before the teletype and the telex were invented, a man with a vocation for martyrdom would monitor the radio, capturing from the air the news of the world from what seemed little more than extraterrestrial whistles. A wellinformed writer would piece the fragments together, adding background and other relevant details as if reconstructing the skeleton of a dinosaur from a single vertebra. Only editorialising was forbidden, because that was the sacred right of the newspaper’s publisher, whose editorials, everyone assumed, were written by him, even if they weren’t, and were always written in impenetrable and labyrinthine prose, which, so history relates, were then unravelled by the publisher’s personal typesetter often hired for that express purpose. Today fact and opinion have become entangled: there is comment in news reporting; the editorial is enriched with facts. The end product is none the better for it and never before has the profession been more dangerous. Unwitting or deliberate mistakes, malign manipulations and poisonous distortions can turn a news item into a dangerous weapon. Quotes from “informed sources” or “government officials” who ask to remain anonymous, or by observers who know everything and whom nobody knows, cover up all manner of violations that go unpunished.But the guilty party holds on to his right not to reveal his source, without asking himself whether he is a gullible tool of the source,manipulated into passing on the information in the form chosen by his source. I believe bad journalists cherish their source as their own life – es-
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pecially if it is an official source – endow it with a mythical quality, protect it, nurture it and ultimately develop a dangerous complicity with it that leads them to reject the need for a second source. At the risk of becoming anecdotal, I believe that another guilty party in this drama is the tape recorder. Before it was invented, the job was done well with only three elements ofwork: the notebook,foolproof ethics and a pair of ears with which we reporters listened to what the sources were telling us. The professional and ethical manual for the tape recorder has not been invented yet. Somebody needs to teach young reporters that the recorder is not a substitute for the memory, but a simple evolved version of the serviceable, old-fashioned notebook. The tape recorder listens, repeats – like a digital parrot – but it does not think; it is loyal, but it does not have a heart; and, in the end, the literal version it will have captured will never be as trustworthy as that kept by the journalist who pays attention to the real words of
the interlocutor and, at the same time, evaluates and qualifies them from his knowledge and experience. The tape recorder is entirely to blame for the undue importance now attached to the interview. Given the nature of radio and television, it is only to be expected that it became their mainstay. Now even the print media seems to share the erroneous idea that the voice of truth is not that of the journalist but of the interviewee. Maybe the solution is to return to the lowly little notebook so the journalist can edit intelligently as he listens, and relegate the tape recorder to its real role as invaluable witness. It is some comfort to believe that ethical transgressions and other problems that degrade and embarrass today’s journalism are not always the result of immorality, but also stem from the lack of professional skill. Perhaps the misfortune of schools of journalism is that while they do teach some useful tricks of the trade, they teach little about the profession itself. Any training in schools of journalism must be based on three fundamental principles: first and foremost, there must be aptitude and talent; then the knowledge that “investigative” journalism is not something special, but that all journalism must, by definition, be investigative; and, third, the awareness that ethics are not merely an occasional condition of the trade, but an integral part, as essentially a part of each other as the buzz and the horsefly. The final objective of any journalism school should, nevertheless, be to return to basic training on the job and to restore journalism to its original public service function; to reinvent those passionate daily 5pm informal coffee-break seminars of the old newspaper office. Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, who died on 17 April, 2014, wrote this piece on the evolution of journalism for Index on Censorship magazine in 1997. Before gaining worldwide acclaim for novels including One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera, Márquez was a journalist for newspapers in Colombia and Venezuela. This piece shares his love of the profession and his concern that reporters have become “lost in labyrinth of technology madly rushing the profession into the future without any control”
The UN: Is the world ready to work for women?
siva Thanenthiran omen’s NGOs turned up in full force at the 47th Commission on Population and Development in April only to find a genuine discussion and debate on the critical issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights sidelined. In the lead-up to 2015, every single international event is perceived as a critical battleground calling upon women’s NGOs to actively participate in these events, sometimes even at our own cost. The organisation I work for – the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women is a regional organisation which works at national, regional and global levels. Because our work traverses many different arenas, we are familiar with but torn by the tensions between local and global needs especially when these imply an investment of resources and time. At the beginning of 2014, we met with all our partners across the region to discuss a common strategy of participation in key global meetings in the coming two years. Although many partners felt very strongly that global players often call on their local counterparts for support at these international meetings, this support is not reciprocated when and where the frontline battles take place. But in the interest of defending the sexual and reproductive health and rights agenda, our partners agreed to engage. Thus is with anticipation as well as trepidation that we entered into the battleground of the 47th Commission on Population and Development (CPD). Asian governments are known for their reticence, but this time our partners were able to strategically place themselves in key national delegations – Nepal, Mongolia, the Philippines and Fiji. We were also able to forge good working relationships with the Cambodia, Vietnam and Lao PDR delegations. This year’s Commission on Population and Development had a key reference document produced by the comprehensive ICPD Beyond 2014 review process called the ‘Framework of Actions.’ This is an evidencedriven report of the gaps in the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action. It was mandated by the General Assembly resolution. For those advocating and working for a comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights agenda, these gaps have become familiar over the years. Hence it was deeply satisfying to witness that these issues were finally being discussed and recommendations being made in a seminal UN report. This presented a platform for discussion and action for member states – something many of us have long been waiting for. But these are not new battles: they already existed at the time of previous conferences in Cairo in 1994 and Beijing in 1995 – access to safe and legal abortion, non-discrimination on the basis of sexuality, young people’s access to comprehensive sex education, information and services - and they persist because member states continue to frame sexual and reproductive health and rights agendas within ideological and religious parameters rather than health, rights and equity parameters. However CPD 47 was mired in its own difficulties and controversies, beyond the perennial issues that needed urgent attention and discussion. The lack of agreement in the bureau of the Commission (every year a bureau is elected from among the members of the commission including a Chair and two co-chairs) on whether there would be a procedural outcome or a substantive outcome was turned into an opportu-
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nity by the opposition to make it look like the Uruguay Chair was forcing text onto the bureau representatives and onto the work of the Commission. Only a week prior to the CPD the Chair insisted on a resolution in the bureau despite the disagreement of the Africa Group. The selection of the facilitators – one from Denmark and the other from Georgia, added fuel to the fire, as an indication of having a Northern agenda imposed upon the South. More careful thought being given to this selection might have helped. However, the Chair was probably ill-advised. And in the end, though he started off boldly enough he was unable to defend his actions, and each consequent step made the process veer further off the tracks. In addition the logistics left much to be desired. For the first time in the course of the previous six CPDs I have attended, NGOs were allocated a small number of tickets issued on a first come first serve basis; and the others were carted off into an NGO ‘overflow’ room. All of us who have participated in these events know that the full participation and presence of NGOs is essential. In the regional population conferences by ESCAP in Bangkok and ECLAC in Montevideo, our right to space, to attend, participate and speak were successfully defended and the strong regional outcomes testify to that. I fully expected the same would be true in New York but was severely disappointed. Even worse was the failure to allocate a room large enough for negotiations, and one whole day of negotiations was therefore lost. These are all critical factors which enable the facilitation of negotiations around crucial issues that spell life and death for women and girls. In the course of the week we witnessed a process that unravelled very quickly. The discussions and negotiations on the text were poorly facilitated - allowing all present have their say but without any resolution or consensus. On the last day, the Chair carried out separate and secret negotiations with selected ‘regional’ representatives consisting of individual member states such as Oman and Pakistan (a non-member of the commission, much to the consternation of the Philippines and the Pacific island countries.) Hence at the end of the week, the process revealed itself as flawed and indefensible. This was reiterated in the comments of the member states at 7.00 am on Saturday morning when the meeting finally ended. The Philippines delegation in their comments to the Chair said “Consensus despite poor process, no meaningful engagement and inclusion is not the way to move forward. Our obligations start with ourselves and with our governments. Our governments will not be pushed backward.” Yet though the Africa group was led by a small number of aggressive member states (Kenya, Cameroon, and Egypt) who dominated the discussions, there was still much support in the room for SRHR from other African member states (Mozambique, Liberia, Ghana, Zambia and South Africa.) It was difficult for progressive states to break with the group on the actual content of the SRHR issues because the problems of process and procedure mentioned above undermined discussions on SRHR. In such situations ensuring the integrity of the process is crucial to ensuring strategic discussions and negotiations. The 47th CPD failed to provide this opportunity. However member states should not be let off the hook. Admittedly, many participate in the spirit of consensus decision-making, but a few, vocal mem-
ber states – Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Nigeria, return to the scene, time and again, misusing the process and misrepresenting even the sexual and reproductive health policies which are in force in their own countries – for example HIV/AIDS policies which would specifically mention vulnerable groups such as sex-workers, transgender people and men having sex with men, non-discrimination on the basis of SOGI and their rights to services. These are un-elected bureaucrats who use critical spaces such as the CPD and the CSW to further an agenda which is not true to the ground realities and does not reflect the needs and preoccupations of citizens in their own countries. Who then holds them accountable for their actions? The disconnect between the delegations from the capitals of member states and the Permanent Missions of their countries was blatantly evident during that week. Government delegations from Africa were reading out statements in support of SRHR in the plenary session while the negotiators were singing a completely different tune in a different room. On the other hand we also need to recognise that some member states were working genuinely in order to advance the SRHR agenda, wanted an honest discussion about the issues on the table and a process which would enable negotiations to take place. These member states were trying their very best to utilise this space to set standards and move ahead and support women and girls. It was rewarding to see member states from the Asia-Pacific region – the Philippines, Nepal and Mongolia and all of the Pacific island countries trying to raise the bar in the room on the inclusion of the language sexual and reproductive health and rights (all), access to comprehensive sexuality education (Philippines), access to safe and legal abortion (Nepal), non-discrimination on the basis of SOGI. I have never been more proud to be from the region. But at the same time to see Egypt where the Cairo consensus was formulated, and Bangladesh which was influential in Cairo twenty years ago, adopt positions not to push the agenda, is a signifier that progress does not always travel a linear path. It is especially infuriating that UN member states lost a critical opportunity, yet again, to achieve consensus about standards and to send a very important message to those member states who reserve the right to harass, report on, imprison, even execute members of targeted population groups. We can easily infer from this that if international processes and negotiations continue along this path, the world is only going to see ‘sub-par standards’ emerge from this process. The Cambodia representative remarked that the standards being discussed were lower than existing national standards in his country. What level of programmatic and policy direction would be set by these so-called ‘standards’? A number of member states are currently using this space irresponsibly and hypocritically to push their own diplomatic and geopolitical objectives rather than engaging in a serious discussion of the issues on the CPD agenda which have a direct bearing on gender equality and women’s rights. Are member states ready and willing to work with and for women and girls? If they are, they need to demonstrate this more clearly than they have done in the past few years. If the UN absolves itself of its responsibility to uphold the rights of the world’s citizens, it will not be able to enable the transformation the world so desperately needs.
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With Mother’s day just around the corner, we take a moment this week to reflect on the importance of mother’s in our lives. Ponglem Konyak, a 4th Semester student reflects on a mother’s love and expresses her gratitude to her mom.
Dear Mothers
Ponglem Konyak, B.A. 4th semester (English Honours)
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he whole world will be celebrating Mother’s day on 11th May 2014, a very special day for all the mothers on earth. It is a time for each and every one of us to thank our sweet loving mother for their unconditional love, their care, sacrifices made and comforts they have given us. It is a day to honour and appreciate our dear mothers. Mothers, you are all amazing. What a great inspiration you are to us. What we are today is all because of you. Mothers are great magicians, our teachers, our doctors and our angels on earth. As we celebrate Mother’s day this year, let’s make this day count for what it is. Let us honour our mothers with what they deserve. Mother’s only want our sincere love, care and happiness. We never know when our last day on earth will be so let us not miss this chance to say thank you to our mothers. Let her know how much you love her and how much she means to you. Words can never express how much my mom means to me. Thousands of ‘thank you’s’ will not be enough to thank her for the sacrifices she has made. I would like to thank her for all that she has done, for giving me a life worth living. I am so fortunate to have her as my mother and also thankful to God for this precious life. Dear mom, Thinking back, from the very start you took care of me both before and after my birth. I still remember how you taught me the alphabets, the simple mathematics and giving your all to teach me the 3Rs. You would sing nursery rhymes and devotional songs to me and every day, you would accompany me to school, carrying my heavy bag on your back and holding my hands. It is only now I realise that you had to leave behind all the household work and wait for me until school got over. I still remember how we used to sit together and you would feed me during lunch break. Gradually, as I grew up, you taught me to be kind, you made me feel what love actually means, taught me to be a responsible girl and also taught me to respect everyone. You let me see the world through your eyes. I am ever grateful to you because of all these. Thank you mom for being there to listen to every stupid thing I share with you. Though it does not even make any sense to you sometimes, yet, you still listen to my story patiently. Thank you for correcting my every mistake, and leading and guiding me to the righteous path. All the values I have learnt are your precious gift to me. Since childhood I was sickly and weak, but you were always there to take care of me. All those sleepless nights and watching over me has made me who I am today. Thank you mom for giving me new life. You are my saviour and my angel and I owe you a lot. During my exams you would be so nervous and frightened, even more than me. It was funny sometimes to see you so stressed about my exams. My examination was like your examination. You would bring me tea and snacks so that I could keep my mind fresh and study well. I know you have high expectations on me, and I will try my best to reach your expectations, but if someday I ever fail to do so than do forgive me but know that I have always tried to make you proud and I will continue to do that. Thank you mom, for being my best friend. I can trust you blindly, share all my happiness and worries with you. You understand me best and you make my dark days turn bright and happy. There is a quote that says, “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness”. You justify that so well. You have always forgiven me for my every fault. I know I did so many things which were not right. I know sometimes I made you sad, disobeyed you, hurt you with my actions and words. Sometimes I forget the things you did for me, but despite all these you still accepted me and gave all your love and most of all you pardoned me for every little mistake I made. I cannot tell you how great you are. You hold the most special place in my heart dear mom. You encouraged me in everything, gave me hope and made me believe in myself. Thank you for believing in me and being there for me all the time. You hold me with your love and comfort me during my hardest time. It is said that ‘A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity; it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path’. I know even when the whole world stands against me; you will still take my side and will always protect me. Like a tree that gives shade, comfort and shelter, you will always hold me dear with the warmth of your divine love. I have seen you living a hard life, overcoming sickness and hardships, but you still kept quite without complaining. Though broken and worried inside you manage to put a smile on your face. You would smile when you see us happy but when we are in pain your heart aches. They say that no mother can see her child in pain. And I can testify to that first hand when I saw the same pain in your eyes when I was in pain. Life has been so cruel on you sometimes. You have faced hardships, but as a mother you never gave up on anything to raise me. As the saying goes, “God could not be everywhere and so He created mothers”. This is so true; you are the true angel sent by God to look after me. You renounced all your comfort and your dreams in the quest of taking care of your family. Thank you for everything. I love you mom. “Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. For feedback or comments please email: admin@tetsocollege.org”.
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India on course for record election turnout
New Delhi, May 6 (ReuteRs): India is on course for a record turnout in its general election as a young electorate and women engage with politics more than ever before, with unpredictable results for a contest that opinion polls say opposition leader Narendra Modi will win. The Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are seen as favourites to come to power when results of the five-week election are announced on May 16, displacing the Congress-led coalition that is battling public fury over a slowing economy, high inflation and a spate of corruption scandals. But regional parties will also play a key role, with most polls indicating that Modi’s alliance will struggle to achieve a majority, falling short of winning 272 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. “We have to be cautious. It’s very hard to tell that increased turnout is good for the incumbent or bad for the incumbent,” said Vivek Dehejia, an economics professor at Canada-based Carleton University. “It seems to represent people coming out to vote out the Congress-led government (but) every vote taken away from Congress does not necessarily mean it’s for the BJP.” The rising
Ladakh, India’s largest Lok Sabha seat, votes today
Weapons for policemen deployed on election duty are brought in a cart for distribution on the eve of the eighth phase of voting of Indian parliamentary elections in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh state, on Tuesday, May 6. Hundreds of thousands of troops and police are already spread out across India to provide security for the massive election where some 814 million voters are registered. The voting is taking place in phases, with the final phase next Monday and results due on May 16. (AP Photo)
leh/BaRaMulla, May 6 (iaNs): The cold desert region of Ladakh, the largest Lok Sabha constituency in India in terms of area, and Baramulla in north Kashmir will elect their parliamentary representatives in the penultimate round of polling May 7. In Ladakh, the Congress-National Conference alliance has fielded Tsering Samphal, a Ladakhi Buddhist. He is the alliance’s official candidate, but Congress rebel Ghulam Raza is also in the fray. In the past, Ladakh has witnessed polarisation on religious lines between Buddhists and Muslims. Buddhist voters have always viewed that their interests were safer with New Delhi than with leaders in Srinagar, while the Muslims, for religious reasons, are closer to people living in the Valley. Syed Kazim Sabri, a Muslim, is also fighting the election as an independent. The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Thupson Chewang, another Ladakhi Buddhist, who is being supported by Congress legislator from Leh and Urban Development Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora. In 2009, the seat was won by Ghulam Hassan Khan, an independent who is not contest-
turnout is largely attributable to increased participation of younger and first-time voters, as well as women. These demographic groups have been targeted by the election commission with an outreach campaign since the last general election in 2009.
percent during the 198485 parliamentary election, when Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi rode a sympathy wave to come to power after the assassination of his mother, then prime minister Indira Gandhi. The record is likely to be broken this year, Sanjay Kumar, di-
The country has added over 23 million people in the 18-19 age group to voter rolls this time. This group now constitutes about 3 percent of total voters, against 0.75 percent in 2009. Among the first-time voters is 33-yearold Mriganka Dadwal, who feels “ashamed” to have nev-
er voted in elections after she turned 18, the minimum age required to cast vote in India. “I am proud of the fact that I realised and voted this time ... I am one of those who was very angry that why this kind of government is there,” said Dadwal, who is the founder of an activist
group promoting women’s empowerment. In the first eight phases of the 10-phase election, 66.2 percent of registered voters exercised their right to vote, provisional data from the election commission showed. That compares with the previous best turnout of 64
ing this time. Ladakh has four assembly segments - Kargil, Zanskar, Leh and Nobra - with around 159,000 voters. Some of the world’s most inaccessible inhabited places are situated in Ladakh. About half a dozen such places still cannot be reached by road. The Election Commission will ferry poll staff and election material by air. Some polling stations here also have less than 90 voters. In Baramulla, the main contest is between the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party, but people say two independent candidates in the fray could change the game. National Conference’s Sharief-ud-Shariq is seeking reelection, while former deputy chief minister and lawyer Muzaffar Hussain Baig of the PDP is challenging him. Of the 15 assembly segments in the three districts of Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora, the National Conference has seven members, the PDP five, the Congress one and independents two. The Peoples Conference led by Sajad Gani Lone has fielded Salamuddin Bajad from Baramulla, while independent legislator from Langate, Engineer Rashid is also in the fray.
rector at the respected Indian polling group CSDS, told Reuters. CSDS expects a turnout of 65 percent, Kumar said. “We are looking for a very good turnout, it should be much better than before,” said Akshay Rout, head of the election
commission’s voter education programme. “It is likely to be one of the highest.” Of the 28 states and union territories that have gone to polls, 26 have recorded a higher turnout compared to the last parliamentary election, election commission data showed.
CBI should question Manmohan in 2G spectrum case: BJP
New Delhi, May 6 (Pti): BJP on Tuesday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh be questioned by the CBI in the 2G spectrum case after former telecom minister A Raja told a court that every decision was allegedly taken with the PM’s “concurrence”. Describing Raja’s deposition in the court as “shocking”, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, “Now CBI must interrogate the PM on 2G issues as the matter is in court and the probe will not be completed if PM is not interrogated. Now it is clear that PM is also involved in the scam.” Raja, a key accused facing trial in the 2G spectrum case, had on Monday sought to drag Singh’s name by saying that all actions were taken with the PM’s “concurrence” and not “unilaterally”. Javadekar said, “It is very
serious revelation of former telecom minister A Raja in the CBI court. While answering thousands of questions he has made it very categorically clear that every decision about 2G was taken after PM okayed it.” He said the PM owes an answer to the nation on the issue. Terming the UPA government as “most corrupt government that India has ever seen”, the BJP leader also referred to the Commonwealth Games scam. “Sunil Dutt, who was made chairman first, was replaced in a day by Suresh Kalmadi.” Referring to the coal scam, Javadekar said, “As far as coal is concerned, the PM himself was the minister and every decision taken on coal mines has been done with his clear orders.” The BJP spokesperson also condemned Priyanka Gan-
dhi’s “low-level politics” statement as “casteist” “Congress is showing its real face now. In face of imminent defeat in Amethi they are unsettled. Therefore, Priyanka used bad language for Modiji saying “neech rajneeti” (lowlevel politics). “This is absolutely untenable. That is the way they are treating backward people. People have not forgotten how they had treated Sitaram Kesri and T Anjaiah. It is casteist politics,” he charged. He said every abuse hurled by the Congress will turn into a complement for the BJP. Priyanka had hit out at Modi on Monday, saying he had insulted her “martyred” father Rajiv Gandhi during his speech in Amethi and accused BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate of indulging in “low-level politics”.
BJP also criticised TMC and Left, saying both have joined hands to defeat BJP in the elections. “Today CPI leader AB Bardhan has said that to stop Modi we will support TMC. It is now clear that to vote for Left is to vote for Mamata Banerjee and vice versa because both are together now.” He said their agenda is “negative” and it is a last ditch attempt by the Opposition to stop Modi from becoming the Prime Minister. Terming it as new “political polarisation”, the BJP leader said, “Even the Left has joined hands with its traditional rival TMC. What Bardhan said has exposed Left politics. They were perceived to be against Mamata but now it seems their only priority is to stop Modiji in the face of support he is getting throughout the country.”
Indian school children stand in a queue to receive a free mid-day meal at a government school on the outskirts of Jammu, on Tuesday, May 6. The Mid-Day Meal is the world’s largest school feeding program reaching out to millions of children in primary schools across India, mainly to enhance school enrollment and attendance and improve nutritional levels among children. (AP Photo)
SC orders Sahara chief Chandigarh’s public toilets in corruption stink Tejpal rape case: De Niro municipal corporation allowed adChaNDigaRh, May 6 (iaNs): conditions to favour the company. replies to Goa police to remain in jail The company was originally allot- vertising on the toilet blocks in violaBuilt for the convenience of residents
of this city, public toilets in Chandi- ted the tender for maintenance and tion of the provisions allowed by the PaNaJi, May 6 (tNN): Hollywood star Robert De garh are now raising a stink of a dif- advertising of these 86 toilet blocks Chandigarh administration. Niro, in his reply to the crime branch of the Goa police, from 2007 to 2012. The tender was Following the controversy, the has said that he was not aware of the incident of alleged ferent kind. municipal corporation has got the rape of a woman journalist by Tehelka’s founder-editor The allotment of tenders for later extended till 2013. The municipal corporation advertising boards from the toilet Tarun Tejpal in Goa in November last year. maintenance and advertising of these public toilets is now raising a house, which is led by the Congress, blocks removed over the past few In an one-page email response sent through his New multi-crore stink, with the city’s civic earlier this year allotted the tender to days. Sources in the CBI said the York-based attorneys, De Niro said that the woman jourbody and the Central Bureau of In- the same company under controver- probe is being made regarding the vestigation (CBI) probing the whole sial circumstances even though the allotment and maintenance fee ap- nalist had been given the responsibility of chaperoning him and his daughter during the Thinkfest, which was corporation’s engineering wing had proval of the toilets. affair. held at a starred hotel in Bambolim, 5km from here. The CBI is looking at the allotcancelled it a few days back. The comThe CBI, after registering a preThe crime branch had sent a detailed questionnaire ment of toilets since 2000 and the fee liminary enquiry recently, is probing pany’s tender ended March 31. seeking information from the actor in connection with The toilets, which are strategically charged earlier. the alleged involvement of officers “The municipal corporation the incident. The police said that De Niro has confirmed of the Chandigarh Municipal Cor- located in markets and other public poration’s public health wing in the places, generate a lot of advertising house was led by the BJP when the the presence and role of both the woman journalist and allotment of these toilets to a private revenue annually. The company that tender was allotted in 2007. The Tejpal in the hotel. The police said that the alleged rape company, Selvel Media Private Lim- gets the maintenance contract sells names of councillors involved in the took place in the lift when he asked the woman journalist ited. The officers have been accused the advertising space on the outer allotment at that time should be re- to accompany him on two occasions to the actor’s room. New Delhi, May 6 (ReuteRs): The Supreme of causing a loss of Rs.17 crore to the walls of these toilets. vealed,” Congress councillors Sub- The crime branch will file a supplementary chargesheet. Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to release Sahara exchequer in the allotment of the toiAdvertising is strictly controlled hash Chawla, Pradeep Chhabra and De Niro said he was not aware of the alleged incident until conglomerate Chairman Subrata Roy, who has been in lets contract by tweaking allotment in Chandigarh by the city’s rules. The others demanded recently. he read it in the media a few days later. jail for two months over his group’s alleged failure to refund investors in an outlawed bonds scheme. Roy, one of India’s most enigmatic corporate personalities, is mired in a long-running legal battle between his group and the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The 65-year-old chairman was detained on Feb. 28 after KolKata, May 6 (iaNs): voted April 30, the opposition even as Trinamool’s trade union reported from the region, the two other Maoist-affected states failing to appear at a contempt hearing, and has been in a Amid the opposition gunning for Left Front, Congress and the president Dola Sen hopes to administration and the Elec- - have claimed 21 lives. Delhi jail since March 4. Roy, who has denied any wrong- the Election Commission over its Bharatiya Janata Party have make a mark in this industrial tion Commission have taken no Besides setting up 10 satellite doing, has yet to be formally charged. chances and put up elaborate phone terminals in Junglema“failure to curb massive rigging”, unanimously attacked the com- belt. The court had asked the group to make an interim pay- six constituencies in four districts mission and even demanded the However, CPI-M’s two-time security arrangements includ- hal, the poll panel will use roving ment of 100 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) to secure Roy’s of West Bengal go to the hustings removal of special observer Sud- MP Bansa Gopal Choudhury ing ending the polling process camera-mounted vans ferrying release on bail. Last month, Sahara proposed to the court Wednesday as the Lok Sabha poll hir Kumar Rakesh. seems confident of retaining in six assembly segments two security personnel for live monpaying the money in installments, saying the amount was carnival moves into the Maoist Giving boost to the opposi- the seat which has been electing hours prior to the schedule itoring of sensitive booths and too large to be paid in one go. On Tuesday, the court re- heartland. tion claims of massive rigging a Marxist nominee since 1989. time. transmitting the feed to the comjected the proposal, and asked Sahara to come up with While the ultras have not mission offices in Kolkata and An electorate in excess of 88 against the ruling Trinamool There are 12 candidates in the another repayment schedule. lakh - including 42 lakh female Congress, BJP’s prime ministe- fray including youth Congress called for a poll boycott this time, New Delhi. Keshav Mohan, one of the lawyers representing the voters - is eligible to exercise its rial nominee Narendra Modi leader Indrani Mishra. they have urged people to use the A fascinating contest is in the group, said the company may consider making a new franchise in 11,321 polling sta- launched a scathing attack on Eyes will also be on Jhargram NOTA (None of the above) option offing in Bankura where nineproposal, but declined to specify a date. The regulator ac- tions to decide the fate of 72 can- the commission during an elec- - for long the epicentre of Maoist available on the electronic voting time CPI-M MP Basudeb Achacuses Sahara of raising billions of dollars from small in- didates in the fray covering West tion rally at Asansol Sunday. violence - Purulia and Bankura, machines. ria is facing a challenge from Trivestors through an outlawed financial scheme and failing Midnapore, Purulia, Bankura Unperturbed by the opposi- parts of which are affected by the Inspector General OF Police namool star candidate, actress to comply with a court order to refund the money. (Western Zone) S.N. Gupta told Moon Moon Sen. districts, besides a part of Burd- tion charges, the Trinamool is Left extremism. Sahara argues it has repaid most investors and that wan. hoping to dent the red bastion on Making development the ful- IANS that strict vigil was being Daughter of Bengali screen its total liability is less than the 51.2 billion rupees it Incidentally all the seats - the strength of its impressive per- crum of its campaign, the Trin- kept at the Bengal-Jharkhand legend Suchitra, Moon Moon is had deposited with the regulator after the bonds were Jhargram, Medinipur, Asansol, formance in the 2011 assembly amool is aspiring to bag the three border, with check-posts at stra- making her debut in politics unoutlawed. The unlisted conglomerate is best known as Bishnupur, Bankura and Purulia and 2013 rural polls. seats. tegic locations. der her real name Sreemati Dev the lead sponsor of the Indian cricket team and more - are held by the CPI-M led Left Among the six seats, Asansol CPI-M’s Pulin Behari Baske “We will conduct air surveil- Barma. recently as a buyer of overseas luxury hotels. Based in Front. has been generating consider- and Forward Bloc’s Narahari Ma- lance and sanitise routes to the The BJP has nominated gynLucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, Roy calls himself Peeved at the poll panel able interest among poll watch- hato are fighting to retain Jhar- polling booths using anti-land- aecologist Subhas Sarkar, while managing worker and chairman of Sahara, and “chief rejecting repeated demands ers where BJP’s candidate Bol- gram and Purulia respectively. mine vehicles,” he said. Nilmadhab Gupta represents the guardian” of the world’s biggest family, with nearly a for repoll in a large number of lywood singer Babul Supriyo is Though no records of any Attacks on polling personnel Congress in the battle that has a million staff and agents. booths in constituencies that hoping for the lotus to bloom subversive activity has been in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh - total of 14 combatants.
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Clashes, mistrust overshadow Kachin peace process Yangon, MaY 6 (aFP): Fresh clashes in Myanmar’s Kachin state and signs that the Army is hardening its negotiating stance with ethnic armed groups are casting a shadow over efforts to put an end to decades of civil war, observers say. Conflict in remote, mountainous Kachin near the border with China has displaced 100,000 people since a 17-year ceasefire collapsed in 2011. A week of heavy fighting near several displacement camps in southern Kachin caused 2,700 people to flee in mid-April, according to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), many for the second or third time. Those clashes have fed mistrust of the military, casting a pall over talks aimed at securing a nationwide end to hostilities, which are entering a crucial phase, observers said. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in April warned the violence had “ominous implications”. “Unless they (both sides) step back from the brink and stop tit-for-tat actions, the prospects of progress towards a comprehensive nationwide ceasefire and
In this file photo a soldier is dug into a frontline hilltop in Kachin state, northern Burma. (AFP Photo)
political dialogue could be seriously jeopardised,” he said. Rebels have also expressed alarm at the military’s refusal to set out a framework towards agreeing a federal political and security system -- a key demand of minority regions.
“The military cannot accept the building of a federal union and ethnic equal rights at the moment,” Naing Han Tha, leader of the armed groups’ Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team, told AFP. “But ethnic minorities cannot accept being swal-
lowed by their (the military’s) ideology of superiority... Until we can resolve this there will be conflicts,” he added. Ethnically diverse Myanmar has suffered the longest-running civil war in the world with multiple insurgencies in its ethnic minority border-
lands that flared soon after independence from British colonial rule in 1948. The former junta saw maintaining the country’s unity as a key justification for its grip on the nation. A quasi-civilian regime that took power in 2011 has signed ceasefires with 14
Thai PM Yingluck testifies in abuse of power case BangKoK, MaY 6 (aP): A Thai court will issue a ruling Wednesday that could remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office, raising the possibility that the legal system could accomplish what protesters have been trying to do for six months through street demonstrations. Yingluck defended herself Tuesday against abuse of power allegations in a key case that is one of several legal challenges that could force her from her job. She is accused of abusing her authority by transferring her National Security Council chief in 2011 to another position. A group of anti-
government senators, who lodged the case, say the transfer was to benefit Yingluck’s ruling party and violated the constitution. “I would like to deny all allegations I am accused of,” Yingluck said calmly, seated beside her legal team. “As the prime minister, I am entitled to carry out responsibilities I have toward the people ... and for the utmost benefit of the general public.” Judge Charoon Intachan said after her testimony that the court would rule Wednesday. Members of her Cabinet who were in office at the time of the transfer could also be found liable. Yingluck’s testimony at the
Constitutional Court marked the latest twist in Thailand’s ongoing political crisis. Supporters accuse the courts of trying to topple Yingluck through unfair use of the legal system after six months of anti-government protests failed to unseat her. Her supporters say the courts are biased against her and her political allies. In February, another court ruled that the official, Thawil Pliensri, must be restored to his job. That ruling by the Administrative Court found that while it was within Yingluck’s right to reshuffle civil servants, she had failed to address the reasons for the transfer. If Yingluck
is found guilty of interfering in state affairs for her personal benefit or that of her political party, she would have to step down as prime minister. Thailand has been gripped by political conflict since 2006, when then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck’s billionaire brother, was ousted in a military coup after being accused of corruption and abuse of power. Thaksin’s supporters and opponents have each taken to the streets for extended periods in a power struggle that is currently focused on removing Yingluck, who took office in 2011.
UN warns Boko Haram over selling schoolgirls as slaves
gEnEVa, MaY 6 (REutERs): The United Nations warned Islamist Boko Haram militants on Tuesday that there was no statute of limitations if they carried out their leader’s threat to sell more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last month. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video released on Monday that Allah (God) had told him to sell the girls taken by his fighters from a secondary school in the village of Chibok, in northeastern Borno state, on April 14. “We warn the perpetrators that there is an absolute prohibition against slavery and sexual slavery in international law. These can under certain circumstances constitute crimes against humanity,” U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville told a news briefing in Geneva. “That means anyone responsible can be arrest-
Crossed 65? Walk faster to lower heart attack risk
nEw YoRK, MaY 6 (Ians): If you are 65 or older, just by keeping up the pace of your morning walk or adding an extra stretch to your regular walk can help you lower risk of heart attack. “If you feel comfortable with your usual physical activity, do not slow down as you get older - try to walk an extra block or walk at a faster pace,” said Luisa Soares-Miranda, a researcher at Harvard School of Public Health. People who walk more and faster and have more physically active leisure time have fewer irregular heart rhythms and greater heart rate variability than those who are less active. Heart rate variability is difference in the time between one heartbeat and the next during everyday life.
Women attend a demonstration calling on government to rescue kidnapped school girls of a government secondary school Chibok, in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 5. (AP Photo)
ed, charged, prosecuted, and jailed at any time in the future. So just because they think they are safe now, they won’t necessarily be in two years, five years or 10 years time,” he said. He also urged Nigeria’s federal and local authorities to work together to res-
cue the girls. Local states have a lot of power and control over their territory, and the authorities in Borno are not of the same political party as the president, Colville said. Any buyer could also be held liable, Colville said, noting that enslaved girls are likely to be exposed to
“continuous physical, psychological, economic and sexual violence” and that forced marriage can have a “devastating” impact on victims. “The power differentials between girls and their ‘spouses’ is likely to undermine all autonomy, all freedom of will and expression of the girls.
The situation they will be in will be tantamount to slavery, or slavery-like practices within the socalled marriage,” he said. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said after a visit to Nigeria in March that abuses by the security forces are boosting support for the group which has waged an increasingly bloody five-year-old insurgency in the north. Pillay, a former U.N. war crimes judge, also said at the time that Boko Haram’s actions were more and more monstruous. She wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan on April 28 urging him to spare no effort to ensure the girls’ safe return. Any rescue attempt must be made in line with international human rights standards, Colville said, noting previous “allegations of excessive use of force by the Nigerian military in anti-Boko Haram operations”.
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of the 16 major armed ethnic groups, but deals with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in Shan state have so far proved elusive. The government insists political dialogue will only be possible after the end of hostilities is agreed. Myanmar’s army is now “taking a front seat” in the ceasefire negotiations as talks reach the “core substance” of the conflict, said a Western observer with knowledge of the peace process, who asked not to be named. A recent report from think-tank International Crisis Group said the military’s actions in the ongoing conflict in Kachin “have been deeply troubling”, but added it was not clear that clashes were an attempt by the Army to derail the peace process as a whole. Despite their concerns, a coalition of ethnic armed groups seem determined to stay at the negotiating table, with the next round of dialogue set for May 19 and 20. The Kachin rebels’ political arm has also proposed a new set of ceasefire talks in their state capital Myitkyina this month.
While the peace process reaches a pivotal point, suffering continues for thousands of civilians in Kachin. In his final report on the country last month, the United Nations’ human rights envoy to the country Tomas Ojea Quintana praised progress on the peace talks, but called on the military and armed groups to do more to include human rights issues in the national agreement. Quintana said he heard allegations of “sexual violence against Kachin women and the arbitrary detention and torture, during detention, of young Kachin men” during a visit to northern Myanmar earlier this year. The total death toll since fighting began in 2011 is unknown, although a report in an army-owned newspaper said at least eight government soldiers and 14 KIA troops were killed in April alone. Nearly three years of conflict has brought deep hardship to the tens of thousands of displaced people in the camps. Many of those made homeless are farmers who have been cut off from their land and livelihoods, while the shelters
meant as temporary housing have taken on an air of shabby permanence. Around half of those displaced are in rebel-held areas and were almost completely cut off from international aid until late last year when authorities began granting limited permission for humanitarian access. Landmines are also of serious concern in the region as the fighting continues, with both sides accused of using the munitions. Deacon Maji Naw, 71, has been displaced three times since the ceasefire was broken in June 2011. First fleeing to the KIA stronghold of Laiza and then to Myitkyina, he was urged by the military to return home in November 2012. Once there he found government soldiers had occupied much of his village, forcing him to leave again. “Now we will only go home when the government and the KIA sign an agreement on the ceasefire and when they both say we can go home,” he said at the Bethlehem camp near Myitkyina in a governmentcontrolled area. “Only then we will go back.”
Negative emotions may increase heart attack risk
London, MaY 6 (Ians): Stop worrying too much for an unfinished task as anger, anxiety, and depression not only affect the functioning of the heart but also increase the risk for heart disease. According to research, persisting stress increases the risk for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease by evoking negative emotions that, in turn, raise the levels of proinflammatory chemicals in the body. “We hypothesised that brain activity linked to negative emotions - specifically efforts to regulate negative emotions - would relate to physical signs of risk for heart disease,” explained Peter Gianaros, an associate professor at University of Pittsburgh. Stroke and heart attacks are the end products of progressive damage to blood vessels supplying the heart and brain, a process called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis progresses when there are high levels of chemicals in the body called pro-inflammatory cytokines. To conduct the study, researchers recruited 157
healthy adult volunteers who were asked to regulate their emotional reactions to unpleasant pictures.
also exhibit elevated blood levels of interleukin-6, one of the body’s pro-inflammatory cytokines. These new findings agree with the popular belief that emotions are connected to heart health which may lead to protect against heart disease, said the study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry.
New findings concur that emotions are connected to heart health They found that individuals who show greater brain activation when regulating their negative emotions
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Sachin gets life membership at Dubai's Els golf club
DUBaI, May 6 (PTI): Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar may now be seen swinging on a different pitch after the legendary batsman was awarded a life membership at The Els Club golf course from Dubai Sports City partner Abdulrahman Falaknaz. "Sachin (Tendulkar) has given so much to the world of sport, both through his performances and also the way he has conducted himself over more than two decades at the very highest level. Therefore, it was fitting for us to have given him something whilst expressing our thanks and recognition for all that he has achieved," said Falaknaz. The picturesque golf course and club, which is designed by legendary South African golfer Ernie Els, is honoured to have Tendulkar as their life member, who graced the clubhouse during his IPL
stay as the icon of Mumbai Indians team. The Els Club general manager Chris Brown informed that Tendulkar indulged in a nine-hole golf session with teaching professional Jamie McConnell and also received a two-hour lesson from Butch Harmon School of Golf Director of Instruction Justin Parsons. "Having Sachin Tendulkar spend time with us and receive his honorary life membership of The Els Club was a huge pleasure, and his presence extends the list of star names we have had over the past few months," said a beaming Brown. That list of lifetime members includes former World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, Hollywood actor Will Smith and ex-Manchester United and Denmark goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel. But Tendulkar, who retired from cricket last November as the most capped player and the leading run-scorer of all-time at international level, is in a league of his own and the club management understands the responsibility of having the batting great on board. "We look forward to Sachin making The Els Club his golfing home away from home. One thing he will be guaranteed when he does return is a world-class welcome," said Brown.
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Chelsea still infatuated with Mourinho LONDON, May 6 (aP): Jose Mourinho is perhaps the only manager who can complete a season at Chelsea without a trophy and not face any calls for his sacking or a fans' revolt. What a difference to the way Rafa Benitez was treated — and the many managers before him. The Spaniard led Chelsea to the Europa League title last year — a competition sneered at in England but still a leading honor — and yet jeering supporters were still counting down the days until Mourinho would return to replace him. Yet it is Benitez, not his nemesis, ending this campaign with a trophy, having won the Italian Cup at Napoli. It seems that little, though, can diminish Chelsea's infatuation with Mourinho, however dull the football has been at times this season, however antagonistic he has been toward referees, however much he has scolded his players in public. Mourinho knows he can get away with it, for now, without facing backlash from owner Roman Abramovich and the fans who spent so long calling for the return of the selfstyled "Special One," who
won all three domestic trophies at least once during his 2004-07 reign. Despite an acrimonious exit from Real Madrid after finishing last season without silverware, Mourinho points out how he rebuffed other employment opportunities to rekindle the Chelsea love affair. "I had lots of chances to have easy fairytales, I decided not to have it," Mourinho said after Chelsea's realistic hopes of winning the Premier League ended on Sunday. "If I want to win leagues easily, I would choose another league. I would choose another club with another moment that in this moment Chelsea does not have. ... I chose with my heart every aspect the club I want, the club I love, a competition I like very much to play, a city where I like very much to live." Mourinho's missive: Be grateful I returned. Having exhausted so much energy during Mourinho's absence pleading "We want our Chelsea back," the fans can hardly complain that there will be no parade down King's Road this year. Abramovich, who acceded to the crowds' demands, has put away his axe after going
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho smiles as he watches their English Premier League soccer match against Norwich City at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday May 4. (AP Photo)
through seven managers in the six years between Mourinho's reigns, and is giving the Portuguese the time to forge a new squad without instant silverware. "Chelsea had a fantastic decade but that team, step by step, is disappearing," Mourinho told the BBC. "I came in a moment when there is a transitional mo-
ment of the big players of the last decade. Some are not here (anymore) and some are at a certain age, and the younger players are at the beginning of a process." Captain John Terry, left back Ashley Cole, and midfielder Frank Lampard, whose contracts are expiring, were deeply emotional as the stalwarts
left the pitch after Sunday's final home game of the season, a drab 0-0 draw with Norwich. Chelsea would need Manchester City and Liverpool to lose their two remaining games while winning its own season-ender at Cardiff to win the title. There's little chance of that happening, so the focus
is on the summer transfer window when Mourinho has to bring in a goal-scorer — Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa is the top target — to ensure Chelsea doesn't endure another campaign of malaise up front. Samuel Eto'o has 14 goals, Fernando Torres 10, and Demba Ba eight. That's just 32 goals between them.
Ex-IPL chief Modi elected Rajasthan cricket president Mary Kom to return after two-year break
New DeLhI, May 6 (aFP): Lalit Modi, the disgraced founder of the Indian Premier League, was Tuesday declared the winner of elections to head a state cricket association in the first step of an unlikely comeback bid. Modi, who is exiled in London after his passport was revoked by the Indian government over corruption allegations, was finally named as president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association following elections last December after the Supreme Court allowed the results to be announced. But his former colleagues at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which had been trying to block the
announcement, refused to recognise the results and suspended the Rajasthan association until further notice. "The Supreme Court had directed that if it is found by BCCI that any person has acted against its rules, regulations or law, it would be open to it to take action against such a person," board secretary Sanjay Patel said in a statement. "In pursuance of the order, Shivlal Yadav, interim President, BCCI, has suspended the Rajasthan Cricket Association from the membership of the BCCI, pending disciplinary proceedings against it on charges of misconduct." The release added that an ad-hoc com-
mittee would be formed to and their future". run cricket in Rajasthan "in The BCCI last Septemorder to safeguard the best ber imposed a life ban on Modi holding any cricket post after finding him guilty of "serious" acts of indiscipline and misconduct over allegations that he had siphoned off funds. The life ban came a little over three years after Modi was removed as Indian Premier League chairman and BCCI vicepresident following the end in 2010 of the third edition of the popular Twenty20 league. The 50-year-old scion of a business family, who is also being investigated by the government on Lalit Modi (AP File Photo) corruption and moneyinterests and welfare of the laundering charges, has in cricketers playing the game the past denied all allega-
tions against him. The life ban was unrelated to spot-fixing and betting scandals currently swirling around the IPL, which caused the Supreme Court to force BCCI chief N. Srinivasan to stand down until investigations were completed. The IPL, which began in 2008, features the world's top players signed up for huge fees by companies and individuals in a glitzy mix of sport and entertainment. International news organisations, including Agence France-Presse, have suspended their onfield coverage of matches hosted by the BCCI after the board imposed restrictions on picture agencies.
JaIPUR, May 6 (TNN): It's been a long break for MC Mary Kom. After helping India clinch a bronze in the London Olympics a year and a half back, the boxer from Manipur decided to give more time to her family. But when the women pugilists hit the ring in New Delhi on Tuesday for the Core group tournament ahead of the selection trials for the Commonwealth Games, all eyes will be on the Olympic medallist. The two-day tournament will see country's top boxers make a bid to impress the selectors ahead of the main trials later this month. With Sarita Devi and Pinky Jhangra also taking part in the meet, it
may not be a cakewalk for the Olympian. Even Mary agrees. "I have been out of the ring for quite sometime and it's difficult to stage a comeback. But I have worked hard in the last one month. Hopefully things will go my way," Mary told TOI on Monday. After the bronze in London, Mary gave birth to her third child, which delayed her return to the ring. "I had to undergo a few surgeries as well, so it was not easy to return. I started training last month, after almost two years. It was difficult initially but things got better with every passing day," she said. There were doubts whether the boxer would
be able to reduce her weight before the tournament, but Mary claims to have worked hard to ensure that her body weight is back to 51kg. "I still need to regain my fitness level and I'm working on that. At the moment I am nearly 80 per cent fit. But I'm happy to have lost my weight. I had gained a few kilos after surgeries but things are back to normal now," the boxer said. "Every bout is important for me. With the youngsters coming in, I will be facing tough challenges. My job is to concentrate and ensure that the refereeing decisions don't go against me. I need to regain self-confidence," she added.
Clippers roll pass Thunder Don’t worry over late start: Usain Bolt
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (9) and guard Russell Westbrook (0) watch a loose ball along with Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) and guard Chris Paul (3) in the second quarter of Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series in Oklahoma City, Monday, May 5. (AP Photo)
OKLahOMa CITy, May 6 (aP): Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers showed what they can do when their minds are on basketball. Paul made a career-high eight 3-pointers and scored 32 points to help the Clippers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-105 Monday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal. The Clippers acknowledged that the racial comments by owner Donald Sterling that got him permanently banned from the league were a distraction during their first-round series against Golden State. Once they put the initial shock behind them, they beat the Warriors and carried their momentum into
Game 1 against the Thunder. Los Angeles shot 55 percent from the field and made 15 of 29 3-point attempts. Paul, who had never made more than five 3-pointers in a game, also had 10 assists. "When somebody's got it going like that, you just try to stay out of the way as much as possible, but also help keep that fire going," Clippers forward Blake Griffin said. Though Paul is a career 36 percent 3-point shooter, he doesn't usually shoot them so often. Once he started hitting them, he became increasingly aggressive. He made 8 of 9 for the night. "I came over here early and got in a lot of shots, so I think that had a lot to do with it, too," Paul
said. Oklahoma City didn't anticipate Paul taking on the scoring load for Los Angeles, but he took advantage of good screens and knocked down the shots. The Thunder felt they defended him relatively well. "I thought on a lot of those 3s, especially early in the game, we had a hand in his face and a hand in his shots," Thunder guard Thabo Sefolosha said. "So we did a decent job, but those shots went in and that boosted their whole team." Griffin scored 23 points, Jamal Crawford had 17 and J.J. Redick added 12 for the Clippers. Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, Kevin Durant had 25 and Serge Ibaka added 12 for the Thunder,
who suffered their worst home loss since moving to Oklahoma City. "We have to get more physical," Durant said. "I'm not talking about hard fouls, I'm talking about jamming the lane, fighting through screens and not letting guys run free. We just have to be more physical." Game 2 is Wednesday night in Oklahoma City. "We just understand that we don't go into Game 2 with a 17-point lead," Paul said. "You know, you've just got to come back and be hungry and not be satisfied with one." Both teams were coming off Game 7 wins in the first round on Saturday night, but only the Thunder looked weary. Oklahoma City opened by taking a 1610 lead, but the Clippers responded with a 24-6 run. Paul hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter, matching his career high for 3s in a playoff game in the first 12 minutes. The Clippers shot 67 percent in the first quarter to take a 39-25 lead. Los Angeles extended its lead to 24 points in the second quarter and took a 69-52 halftime lead with Paul getting 22 points and six assists. Durant and Westbrook scored 16 points each in the first half, but the Thunder committed 11 turnovers before halftime. A quick 3-pointer and a pull-up jumper by Paul pushed the Clippers' lead to 78-56 in the opening minutes of the third quarter. The Clippers reached 100 points with just over a minute left in the period and led 10478 heading into the fourth quarter. The score that matters to the Thunder is 1-0. They were behind 2-1 and 3-2 against Memphis in the first round and rallied to win the series.
KINgsTON, May 6 (IaNs/CMC): Sprint sensation Usain Bolt is seeking to allay the fears of his fans who may be worried over his late start to the 2014 track and field season. Bolt is yet to make his debut for the season with a quarter of the year already elapsed, reports CMC. "There is never anything to worry about," Bolt said in an interview with
the Jamaica Observer. "For me, I take my time throughout my seasons and you know the season is never perfect -- niggles here, niggles there, but the coach will decide when I start and hopefully I'll start very soon." Bolt, 27, the first man to win six Olympic gold medals in sprinting said the next two years will be crucial in his already glittering career.
"I am just taking my time and going through the season because in the Commonwealth year, I try to take it as easy as possible," said Bolt who entered the 2012 London Olympics and became the first runner to win back to back 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles. “I want to run fewer races because the next couple of years will be very important."
Woods says healing from back surgery PONTe VeDRa BeaCh, May 6 (aP): Tiger Woods described his recovery from back surgery as a "very slow process" that offered him no timetable on when he can return for a summer filled with big championships. Woods already missed the Masters, choosing to have microdiscectomy surgery on March 31 to relieve pain from a pinched nerve. In a wide-ranging blog on his website on Monday, Woods said he was still sore from the incision and his only contact with golf clubs was a few putts and chips that do not require him to rotate his back. He said tests showed no arthritic changes, which he attributed to being in good shape and strong in his legs and abdomen. "I made the decision to have surgery because physically I just couldn't make a golf swing," Woods wrote. "The pretty much sums it up." Though he was uncertain when he can even start hitting half-shots, Woods made it sound as though he would not be ready for the U.S. Open on June 12-15 at Pinehurst No. 2, the major championship course where he has the most experience. "I hope to be back sometime this summer, but I just don't know when," Woods said. The one non-major that
FILE - In this March 24, 2014 file photo, Tiger Woods looks down during a news conference at the Newseum in Washington. Woods says his recovery from back surgery is going slowly and he's not sure when he'll be able to return to golf. In a wide-ranging blog on his website Monday, May 5, 2014, Woods says he remains sore from the incision during the March 31 operation for a pinched nerve. (AP Photo)
is important to him is the Quicken Loans National at Congressional, with a new title sponsor stepping in at a tournament that benefits his foundation. "Whether I'm able to play or not, I'm going to be there to support it," Woods said. That tournament is two weeks after the U.S. Open and three weeks before the British Open, with the U.S. PGA Championship, FedEx Cup playoffs and Ryder Cup filling out a busy lineup of big-time golf. "You can understand why I want to hurry up and
get better," Woods said. Woods, who last played on March 9 at Doral, said all he could do was to follow a strength program, listen to the doctors, chart his progress and wait. "I haven't used a sand wedge yet," he said. "I've done putting and chipand-runs using the same length of motion. I haven't really rotated yet. As far as taking a full swing, I have conference calls with my doctors every couple of weeks to see how my progress is and just kind of chart it out from there.
PSG, Man City face squad caps, fines over FFP breaches
LONDON, May 6 (ReUTeRs): Paris St Germain and Manchester City face fines of 60 million euros ($83.3 million) and limits on their Champions League squads for next season for breaching UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules, a source close to the process told Reuters on Tuesday. UEFA said last week that nine unnamed clubs faced punishment under new rules designed to force teams to limit their financial losses. Confirmation of the sanctions could come by the end of this week. French sports daily L'Equipe reported on Tuesday that Qatariowned PSG would be fined and have their Champions League squad capped at 21 players instead of 25 next season under a proposed settlement. The club's wage bill would also be capped. A similar settlement is believed to have been offered to City but the English club are disputing the terms. "PSG are close to agreement but it's fair to say that City are haggling a lot harder," the source said.
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t's billed as the most glamorous night of the fashion calendar and last night's Met Ball, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, did not disappoint. After last year's punk theme, old-school elegance once again was the order of the evening, as the museum celebrated the
opening of its show dedicated to couturier Charles James, with a theme of 'White Tie and Decorations'. The annual event is hosted by American Vogue editor Anna Wintour - who this time round raised the price of a ticket from $10,000 to $25,000. 1. Australian actor
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and veiled headpiece and was joined by her husband Jay Z 9. Karolina Kurkova was a stunning sight in a dramatic midnight blue Marchesa gown printed with a flower design at the Met Gala on Monday 10. Charlize Theron wore a white gown with
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LiLo uses her 'miscarriage Did Reese Witherspoon's 'arrest Eva Longoria launches excuse' to buy time in court in 2013' save her marriage? Latino political group
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his exemption had expired on Monday. Samba Gowda, who was the first witness to depose in the court earlier last week, had said he had drawn a panchnama of the articles seized by police on the day of the incident on September 28, 2002. The witness had told prosecutor Jagannath Kenjalkar
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Crystal Palace's Dwight Gayle, scores his side's second goal of the game during the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Liverpool at Selhurst Park stadium in London on May 5. The match ended in a 3-3 draw. (AP Photo)
LONDON, May 6 (aP): Liverpool regained the lead in the English Premier League but the crown slipped further from its grasp as it threw away a three-goal lead in a 3-3 draw away to Crystal Palace on Monday. The stunning outcome put Liverpool a point above Manchester City, but City has a game in hand and can win its second title in three years with four points from its last two games. When asked if the title race was now over, Liverpool coach Brendan Rodgers said, "Yes, it probably is," and rued the irony of his team's leading league position but fading title hopes. "We're going top with 81 points with a week to go in the season and we're sat here devastated," he said, insisting Liverpool's title challenge was not a oneseason flash in the pan. "I'm here to fight, to win titles, and I'll be re-
lentless in my quest," he added. "We're trying to build something that's sustainable." Overconfidence sowed the seeds of Liverpool's downfall against Palace, Rodgers said, and suggested his team at times was reminiscent of "Roy of the Rovers," a British football comic strip famed for depicting swashbuckling play. "We maybe thought we could play 'Roy of the Rovers' football and make up the goal difference (to City) but tonight was about winning the game," he said. "We didn't manage the game well at 3-0." Liverpool was romping to a bonus big win to help its goal difference thanks to a first-half goal by Joe Allen before Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez scored in quick succession in the second to be leading 3-0 by the 55th minute. Then, Damian Delaney exposed Liverpool's vulnerability to counter-
attacks as he scored in the 79th, launching a dramatic turnaround and deflating the Reds. They didn't recover, as Dwight Gayle cut the deficit to one two minutes later, and drew level with his second goal in the 88th. Suarez, the league's new player of the year, was in tears on the final whistle and covered his face with his shirt as he left the pitch, with his team highly unlikely to claim a first title in 24 years. The title race is certain to go to the last day of the season on Sunday, and City's superior goal difference means a win and a draw from its last two games will guarantee the title. City faces Aston Villa on Wednesday, and West Ham United on Sunday, both at home. Liverpool started strongly and seemed to have put the preceding 2-0 defeat to Chelsea behind it when Allen darted to the far post to head in Steven Gerrard's corner, his first
league goal in over two years. Leading only 1-0 at the break, Liverpool came out fighting in the second half, forcing Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni to tip a Sturridge shot onto the post in acrobatic style, before Suarez missed an open goal on the rebound. Sturridge doubled Liverpool's lead with a deflected shot on 51 minutes, and Suarez combined with Raheem Sterling to make it 3-0 with a calm low finish two minutes later. Chasing a big win to reduce City's goal-difference advantage, Liverpool continued to pour men forward and was repeatedly caught on the counterattack as Palace scored three goals in the space of nine minutes. Delaney's 25-yard speculative shot veered in off Glen Johnson's leg into the top right corner of the net, then Gayle scored his first, coolly finishing off a Yannick Bolasie cross.
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at the Juventus Stadium. Conte made eight changes to the side which failed to overturn a 2-1 deficit in their Europa League semi-final with Benfica and they were rarely troubled by an Atalanta team who stayed in 11th on 47 points and now have no chance of European football. Stefan Colantuono's Atalanta are eight points behind sixth-placed Torino with two games remaining after losing four of their last five matches, falling away dramatically after winning six in a row in March. They are also six behind Lazio and Hellas Verona, who are still in the Europa league hunt after playing out an entertaining 3-3 draw featuring a red card for each side as Verona fought back from 2-1 to Juventus players lift their coach Antonio Conte as they celebrate at the end of a Serie A soc- lead 3-2 through goals from cer match againsts Atalanta, at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Monday, May 6, 2014. Iturbe and Romulo. Juventus clinched its third straight and 30th overall Serie A title. (AP Photo)
ROMe, May 6 (ReuteRs): The Juventus fans were in a mood to party and their team lived up to expectations as they celebrated winning a third successive Serie A title with a 1-0 victory over Atalanta on Monday. A second-half Simone Padoin strike enabled the champions to enjoy the moment in front of their supporters by maintaining their 100 per cent home record. Antonio Conte's side, handed their 30th cham-
pionship thanks to AS Roma's 4-1 defeat at relegation-threatened Catania on Sunday, are on 96 points, 11 ahead of Roma and only a point away from equalling the all-time record set by Inter Milan in 2007. “Winning the league three times in a row after finishing seventh twice and making a bit of a mark in Europe, with a quarterfinal finish the Champions League and the semi-finals of the Europa League... I don't think Juventus could
have done any better,” Conte told Sky Italia. “Tonight is the latest confirmation of what my team is made of, both as a team and as men. I think my greatest satisfaction in is having transmitted a exceptional mentality.” Padion's powerful 72nd-minute strike which careered in off the post following a nifty flick from Paul Pogba secured Juve's 18th straight home league win and they only have to beat Cagliari to finish the season unbeaten
LONDON, May 6 (ReuteRs): Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes Manchester City will win the Premier League title but said his side had made great strides this season despite conceding three late goals to draw 3-3 at Crystal Palace on Monday. City's 3-2 victory at Everton on Saturday put them in control of the title race and Liverpool needed three points at Palace to stay in the running for a first English championship since 1990. “For me we needed to win tonight to keep the pressure on,” Rodgers told reporters. “It’s still in the hands of Manchester City, so us winning tonight would have given them a little bit of pressure in the Aston Villa game. “Aston Villa will go and make it difficult like they have done against the top four teams this season, but I think everyone will look at Manchester City’s squad and know they can get the job done.” Liverpool were sitting pretty at the top of the table after 11 successive wins and there was growing belief on Mersey side that the team were on the brink of the title. But Chelsea ground out a 2-0 victory at Infield last weekend to put Manchester City in control of their bid to claim a second title in three years. As the Liverpool players trudged off the Elmhurst Park pitch with their heads in their hands, Rodgers admitted his side were deflated but spoke of his pride at the way they have performed this season. “It feels like a loss when you are 3-0 up and concede goals like that,” said the Northern Irishman, whose side host Newcastle United in their final match of the season at Anfield on Sunday. “For 78 minutes we were outstanding and done everything we wanted to do. We didn’t have many scares and they end up getting three goals. “I think we got carried away and thought we could get one or two more. We lost the defensive structure to our game and to concede the three goals we did at the end was hugely disappointing as we worked so hard to get 3-0 up. “But for us to keep improving like we have been gives me immense pride and when we have got time to reflect on it at the end of the season, we will see it has been an outstanding season.”
Maria Sharapova from Russia serves during a Madrid Open tennis tournament match against Christina McHale from US, in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 6. (AP Photo)
MaDRID, May 6 (aP): Maria Sharapova avoided an early exit from the Madrid Open on Tuesday, rallying to beat Christina McHale to reach the third round. Trailing 4-1 in the final set, Sharapova steadied her erratic service game and took command again to beat the 56th-ranked American 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory on clay at the Magic Box. Earlier, Li Na continued her recent dominance of Zheng Jie by easing into the third round 6-2, 6-3 for her fourth straight victory against her fellow Chinese player. Zheng hasn't won a set from the second-ranked Li since her last victory in 2006. Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic also advanced with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia.
Federer pulls out of madrid to be with pregnant wife
MaDRID, May 6 (aFP): Roger Federer has pulled out of the Madrid Masters this week as his wife Mirka is due to give birth to the couple's third child. "I've decided to withdraw from Madrid to be with my wife Mirka during these next few exciting weeks for our family," he said on his official Facebook page. "I apologize
to my fans and hope to be back in Madrid next year. I'll be training near my home, and am excited to rejoin the Tour soon!" The 17-time Grand Slam champion's withdrawal comes just two days after world number two Novak Djokovic also pulled out of the tournament in the Spanish capital due to a wrist injury.
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CONTROVERSIAL POINT However, Lazio captain Stefano Mauri scored a soft-looking stoppage-time penalty given for a foul on Miroslav Klose by Michelangelo Albertazzi, who was sent off, to snatch his side a dramatic and controversial late point and enrage Verona. “It’s horrible to stop dreaming because of a refereeing error,” said Verona director Sean Sogliano. “I want to see if that would ever happen to a big club... Perhaps in Italy they don’t like fairytales.
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