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No fuel shortage DimaPuR, august 7 (mExN)): There is no shortage of diesel and petrol in Nagaland informed Commissioner and Secretary for Food & Civil Supplies, K.T. Sukhalu through the DIPR. He stated that 2200 kilo-litres of Diesel and 540 kilo-litres of petrol arrived in Dimapur on August 7 and said that another 132 kilo-litre consignment of petrol is due to arrive on August 8. It was further informed that these consignments shall be reaching all districts as routine. According to the DIPR, Dimapur district Administration had a meeting with the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Dimapur Municipal Council, Police, Supply department, Petrol pump owners and IOC officials to take stock on the availability of fuel and other essential commodities in Dimapur at the Deputy Commissioner’s office on August 7. The meeting was called in view of the tense situation prevailing in Assam wherein the DC called upon the public not to panic and at the same time called upon the owners/dealers not to hoard goods/fuel and create artificial shortage or strict action will be taken against them. The present fuel stock in Dimapur will last for another 20 days stated the DC. This estimation however excludes the fresh consignment that arrived in Dimapur this evening.
Meeting on Nagaland developmental progs Kohima, august 7 (DiPR): A meeting of the AHoDs and HoDs with the Chairperson and Members of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is scheduled to be held on August 8 at 11:00 am at the Chief Secretary’s conference hall. The meeting has been called to discuss on Development Programmes in Nagaland.
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DimaPuR, august 7 (mExN): The power department has informed that the period of one month grace period to regularize illegal connection/underestimated connected load will expire on August 11. A press note from the Additional Chief Engineer for Power directed that any illegal electricity users desirous of time extension for regularization, before the lapse of grace period, should immediately apply to the concerned Executive Engineer (Elect Division). It cautioned that after the expiry of the grace period, the Anti Power Theft Police Squad would intensify raids “in earnest without sparing anybody” caught indulging in illegal consumption of electricity.
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nagaland to intensify Jaipur case of rescued children “unresolved” fight against HIV/AIDS Our Correspondent
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Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today made a political declaration to combat HIV/AIDS in Nagaland. Rio informed that the government has intensified its efforts to eliminate HIV/ AIDS, with a focus on clear time-bound goals designed to bring about the end of HIV and also improve human health across different communities. Addressing the annual general meeting of the Legislators Forum on AIDS on August 7 at the Capital Convention Hall in Kohima, Rio said the government would ensure that HIV/AIDS is kept in the political agenda. He added that burning issues requiring policies, bills and resolutions will be discussed in the House for necessary action. Rio, who is also chief patron of the LFA, re-affirmed the commitment of elected members, both at Government level and on a personal level, in giving leadership and support to this cause. “We will be sensitive to the cause of HIV/ AIDS in our State to bring down the prevalence rate from 0.78% to below 0.5% by 2015 and we will then move towards zero target
ed departments to enable awareness regarding their various roles. He further called upon elected representatives to be involved in addressing the problems of HIV/AIDS at all levels. “We must give all effort to facilitate prevention, access to services and reduction of stigma and discrimination through meaningful engagement of legislators,” Rio maintained. While pointing out that contribution of Rs. 1 lakh by each elected member was a sign of political will, Rio however termed the contributions as just the beginning.
Expressing serious concern on the issue of stigmatization and discrimination of HIV/AIDS patients, the CM felt that the church could become a platform to look into these issues. The CM also suggested the setting up of a curriculum on HIV/AIDS, so as to create awareness among children. Rio further informed that the Government could provide more funds for specific identified projects in the fight against HIV/AIDS, if the legislators’ contributions do not suffice in carrying out the various activities.
DimaPuR/imPhaL, august 7 (mExN): The case of children rescued from illegal homes in Jaipur remains unresolved, with a charge sheet yet to be filed against Pastor Jacob John. NGOs rescued 53 children on March 12 this year from two illegal children’s homes in Jaipur run by Jacob John. Eight of the children were brought back home to Nagaland on April 4. An FIR was filed against Jacob John at Jalukie Police Station (Nagaland) by Peren District Child Protection Officer on April 6. The FIR was registered on April 9, after a preliminary enquiry, under sections 344, 346, 363, 376 IPC read with 23 and 28 Juvenile Justice Act. Medical tests of the children in Nagaland were conducted at the Dimapur District Hospital. Jacob John is currently in Dimapur sub-jail. The Investigating Officer of the case informed that the investigating agency will need two more weeks to file a charge sheet. The prosecution witnesses in the case are from Ukhrul for which the agency needs to go through proper channels. She, however, confirmed that investigation is going in the right direction. As of now, six of the eight
DimaPuR, august 7 (mExN): The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) today expressed disappointment over the continued extension of Disturbed Area Act (DAA) in Nagaland year after year. A press note issued by the NPMHR states that this extension has been made despite the “prevailing congenial political environment with the steady progress of current political events in the background of Ceasefires with major Political groups and
peace negotiations; and at a time when Nagas are seeking to achieve meaningful reconciliation for a peaceful approach to addressing common issues”. The NPMHR has felt that the continued extension of the DAA reflects what it termed as “a lack of political understanding on the part of the Government of India, which has failed to enable any confidence building mechanisms for a common concern”. The NPMHR has therefore deplored what it described
as “the continuing dehumanizing of Naga society through militarization and enforcement of draconian laws such as the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, through the declaration of DAA which is rooted directly to colonial policy of suppressing peoples’ movement”. According to the NPMHR, ever since India engaged the Naga people under these “terror laws” with an over-whelming presence of military personnel of all shades and sizes, “who
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dian Army. At that time, all the Nagas lived as one. Everyone was for sovereignty. On November 27, 1967, we started our journey to China from Thizama. It took around two-three months to reach China. We started from the 2nd Brigade Naga Army and crossed Kachin land in Burma to reach China. We reached China in February 1968. I was appointed as Captain while returning back from China.”
memorable. Political prisoners were given special treatment. We played volley, chess, and cards the whole day. These recreational activities made life bearable in jail and made our days
want only committed heinous atrocities and gross violation of human rights; and even took upon itself the role of social and developmental activities, the Naga experience has been one of political subjugation, economic exploitation and cultural assimilation”. Another note of concern is the “involvement of bureaucratic judgments, particularly in the sanctioning and involvement of legislations, which is totally opposed to the political will and reasons that is much
required today”, stated the NPMHR. The NPMHR has implored upon the present day Government of Nagaland to initiate an all-party discussion for immediate removal of the Disturbed Area tag which it stated has been the “face of Nagaland” for as long as one can remember. NPMHR has also called for a “wider vigilant public response, not only in developing but also in orienting ourselves the implications of declaring our land as disturbed area”.
tain Sakole had, was the court scene where their trials were to be prosecuted. “We refused to go to court so the Meghalaya police had to forcefully put us in the stretcher and bring us to court. General Mowu had told us in advance that when he arrived he would shout ‘Nagaland for Christ’ and we had to shout back ‘Praise the Lord’. He was the last to be brought in, so when he arrived he shouted ‘Nagaland for Christ’ and all of Eight years in us shouted ‘Praise the jail as a political Lord’ in our stretchers. The judged was prisoner quite taken aback. We It was during the return of their trip did not even listen to from China when Sakole Yhokha, from a soldier to a farmer. the court proceedthey were caught ings, we continued to shout and sing.” by the Indian Army. On being released from Captain Sakole was also shorter. I remember playamong the soldiers who ing volleyball with General jail, he was offered governwere caught and he spent Mowu and Lhevica. Being ment jobs by the Indian eight years in jail as a politi- the short man that I was, I government but he refused. would stand in the middle After fighting for Naga incal prisoner. “The first few years and pass on the ball to the dependence for so many were the most depress- two whenever it came to my years, he could not imaging. We felt lonely and we direction,” he recalled. ine serving a government missed our families, our During his stay in Shil- he had fought against. He homes and our villages. Our long jail, one of the most also found out that Nagas years in Shillong jail were memorable moments Cap- had changed within a span
of eight years, “I was still ready to fight for my nation. But things had changed. We came out from the jail to find out that Nagas had become divided. I decided I would not join the fight until and unless Nagas unite as one.” Instead, he chose to live in dignity by starting his life as a farmer. Today he is blessed with two grandchildren. He named his first grandchild Zhou Enlai in remembrance of his trip to China. Zhou Enlai is the name of the then Chinese Premier when the Naga Army travelled to China. Captain Sakole is still hopeful that Nagas will get independence but says it will be in ‘God’s own time’. He says, “The situation where we Nagas are at the moment is not development. It is an unripe and immature development. We haven’t reached the real wisdom, it is a growing wisdom. But as mentioned in the Bible, where God took 40 years for the Israelites to reach the land of Canaan, I believe and hope that Nagas will be a nation one day but it will be in His time.”
• CM ensures to keep HIV/AIDS in political agenda • Nagaland govt sets 2018 for 0% prevalence rate
Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio addressing the Annual General Meeting of the Legislator’s Forum on AIDS at the Capital Convention Hall, Kohima on August 7. (DIPR)
and achieve our ambitious goal by 2018,” Rio added. The CM stressed on the need for universal access to prevention, treatment care and support for attaining zero prevalence rates and harped on the need to focus on the shortfalls and bottlenecks in strategies. Rio suggested evolving participatory planning at the state and district planning levels, so that there would be increased ownership at both these levels. He requested the Nagaland State AIDS Control Society to have deliberation with each of the select-
without the consent of the children and without consulting the parents. This, they have said, has violated the privacy and rights of the children. "Of the 12 children, one of them refused and no medical test was imposed upon her and some of the children were already suffering from Leucorrhoea (a whitish or yellowish discharge) prior to medical examination. The District Hospital, Ukhrul has compassed its duty and is providing treatment to the rescued children. It is a sinister attempt to stain the intent of the hospital through distorted statements that the rupture of the rescued children’s hymen was caused by the doctors during the medical examination. It is to deflect the focus off Jacob John, who himself has admitted to all the charges levied against him," the TSLD stated. The TSLD has appealed to the media to authenticate information and reports as “false allegations” mock the public, rescuers, Manipur government, Rajasthan government and other organizations involved, as well as add to the ordeal of the rescued children. With inputs from Newmai News Network
children from Nagaland have been put into other children’s homes in Dimapur, while two have been sent back to their respective homes. Meanwhile, in Ukhrul, one of the NGOs that rescued the children has been in a disagreement with some of the parents of the rescued children from Manipur. "As the bail of Jacob John has been rejected, there has been a deliberate attempt by one or two trafficking
After nearly 5 months, charge sheet against accused yet to be filed agents, working with Jacob John, to tarnish the image of the nonprofit civil organization that is fighting for justice for these innocent children. These so called biological parents (also the agents) are bought by Jacob John who has amassed a fortune through this evil business along the years," the Tangkhul Shanao Long, Delhi (TSLD) claimed on Wednesday. Allegations have been made by parents and guardians of the rescued children that they were subject to forced medical tests at the Ukhrul District Hospital on April 25, 29 and 30 this year
‘Road map’ for Wokha ‘Disturbed Area Act’ is an insult to human intelligence: NPMHR district is on the anvil
NSMDC Chairman, Thomas Lotha
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An ambitious “road map” for infrastructure development and systematic tapping of natural resources in Wokha district is being drawn up, stated Thomas Lotha, MLA and Chairman of the Nagaland State Minerals Development Corporation (NSMDC). Talking to the Morung Express, Thomas said the chief concerns in the road map include intra-district and inter-district road connectivity, systematic tapping of natural resources including petroleum and coal, infrastructure development of Wokha district headquarter, improvement in healthcare and education sectors. The NSMDC chairman said that though Wokha district is presently the only district in Nagaland to contribute to the state’s revenue, yet the district had, in the past, not received its due share in terms of infrastructure and other developments. Thomas said the state government was getting 12% of the revenue generated from the 73 MW Doyang Hydel Electric Project (DHEP) as royalty from NEEPCO. Earlier too, when ONGC was extracting crude
oil from Chamgpang oil fields, Wokha district had contributed more that Rs. 33 crores to the state exchequer, he said. The road map proposes setting up of a 132 KVA sub-station of the DHEP at Sanis town to light up the district. “Though late, we are putting up this proposal as the people of Wokha should also benefit as they are contributing not only to the state but the Centre as well”, Thomas said. The proposed road connectivity includes WokhaNiuland-Dimapur road, Wokha-Sanis-Merapani road, widening of NH-61 passing through Wokha town and foothill road connecting the entire Lotha lower range to other districts. On the Dimapur-Sanis-Changki road, he said only a bridge needs to be constructed over the Doyang River as the road already exists. “We will try to convince the state government to approve the road map. Once approved, our district will witness tremendous development and in turn contribute more revenue to the government,” he stated. Thomas who is also the Convener of the Independent MLAs Forum informed that all 8 Independent MLAs had recently met the Roads & Bridges minister, Kuzholuzo Nienu, and that the latter had expressed his seriousness on the urgent need to construct the foothill road. The NSMDC chairman also said that Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio was equally serious on the foothill road and that he is putting in best efforts to arrange funds from the Asian Development Bank and other sources to keep the project on a priority basis of the state PWD.
Reminiscence of a Naga soldier Kohima | August 7
Captain Sakole Yhokha is 76 years old and lives in Kigwema village. He joined the Naga Army when he was 19 years old. His hands are old and creased; a sign of daily work in the fields but those hands once held an AK-47 sub-machine gun. His eyes are grey now, a sign of old age slowly receding in his eyes yet those eyes had once seen death- of friends, comrades and adversaries. His feet have been covered by the camouflaged canvas, which have taken him around the village square, the fields, the church and jungles. And yet those same feet had once crossed Burma and rested and trained in China. “I was born in 1937 February. I was around 19 years old when I joined the Naga nationalist movement. I joined out of my own will because I wanted to fight for my nation. In June 1956, the Naga Homeguard (later named as Naga Army in 1961) was established and we fought against the In-
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Our Correspondent Kohima | August 7
The annual general meet of Legislators’ Forum on AIDS (LFA) was held today at the Capital Convention Hall Kohima and members deliberated on various agenda. Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Chotisuh Sazo, who is also the new Convenor of LFA said that India today with the rest of the world is committed to the goal “Getting to Zero” by 2015. This goal aims at Zero new infection; Zero discrimination; Zero AIDS- related deaths. Sazo said that although HIV prevalence rate in our state has come down from 1.20% to 0.78% there was no room for complacency expressing concern that Crabs tied with bamboo strings are seen for sale at a market in Tuensang. The onset of the monsoon rain indicates in certain districts HIV infecthe season of the crab which is considered to be a delicacy among the Nagas. Crabs are available from October tion was increasing. “Transmission through to November after which they lie dormant and retreat to deep water and burrow into the muddy or sandy bottom sexual route is alarmingly during winter. (Imojen I Jamir Photo)
high in Nagaland and we need to find out the cause of this and address it appropriately,” Sazo said. He also acknowledged the contributions of all the legislators in the form of membership and their contribution from LADP fund and further encouraged them to act in the interest of the entire society by reaching out to the rural populace in their fight against HIV/AIDS. Minister for Roads & Bridges Kuzholuzo Nienu, the then Convenor of LFA informed the challenges ahead of LFA, which includes; to strengthen LFA to provide political commitment and support, to generate schemes for HIV affected persons and orphans, to mobilize more funds through various development funds for sustenance of the programme, to improve health facilities at all levels to pro-
vide easy access to treatment and care, reducing stigma and discrimination, to ensure HIV/AIDS is kept in the political agenda and to explore possibilities of cross border intervention with Myanmar and Bangladesh. Nienu also highlighted an overview of LFA performance, achievements and challenges. Some of the main achievements of LFA are mobilizing fund from LADP fund, formation of State Council on AIDS with Chief Minister as the chairman, adopting HIV and Drugs Policy in 2009, sensitization of Legislators through Exposure Tour to Best Practices in different countries, Registration of LFA as a society under Registration Act, establishing effective coordination and partnership with NSACS at all levels, partnering with NGOs particularly PLHIV
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network to encourage and strengthen greater involvement of people living with HIV, seminars on HIV/AIDS with Legislators, NGOs, churches, bureaucrats etc and advocacy training among police personnel. Azo also informed that LFA presently partners with Nagaland Development Outreach (NDO) under NBCC for training church leaders in the cause of HIV/AIDS. LFA also partners with NSACS, Project Orchid, UNDP for training of Police personnel. NSACS project director Dr. N.L. Changkija enlightened the members on the challenges of HIV/AIDS in Nagaland. ART, Dimapur Civil Hospital medical officer Dr. Hutoka highlighted on STI-HIV/AIDS-TB Coinfection while LFA state coordinator Dr. Vinito L. Chishi presented a brief report of LFA.
BRO doing a great Promoting handloom activities to nurture Sustainable self reliance job: MCCI President
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Mokokchung, August 7 (MExn): The Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industries (MCCI) today commended Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for the efforts in clearing and maintaining the Mokokchung-Mariani road. Despite the difficulties posed by the incessant monsoon rains, MCCI asked the general public to cooperate with the BRO in maintaining the vital commercial lifeline of the district. A press release issued by the MCCI president, Moasangba Jamir stated that the MCCI, on behalf of the traders and consumers of Mokokchung, is appreciative to the BRO for increasing the machineries and manpower in keeping the road motorable for transports traveling in the road. Pointing out that the monsoon season triggers massive landslides in different parts of the road, Moasangba stated that the mudslides and washing away of roads during the monsoon rains cause vehicles – both private and commercial – to get stranded for long hours causing much inconveniences to the public. In this regard, the MCCI deeply appreciated the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for keeping the commercial lifeline of Mokokchung and the neighboring districts open throughout the day and night. “Their relentless efforts in filling the potholes, clearing mudslides
and repairing of roads is well appreciated by the people of Mokokchung especially the traders who have to bring the essential commodities from Assam,” the MCCI president and particularly lauded the Chief Engineer Project Sewak, the Commandant 15 BRDF, OC 100 RCC (GREF) and Officer-in-Charge, KK Gupta for their works. The MCCI further called upon the general public to cooperate with the BRO in every way so that the BRO officers and labourers can clear the roads and serve the public better. Besides, the MCCI also urges the BRO to continue with their dedicated services for the development of the people and make the Mokokchung-Mariani road, one of the best in the country. Meanwhile, the MCCI also expresses deep appreciation to the PWD (NH61) Mokokchung Division for maintaining the roads in Mokokchung. “Despite many difficulties that the department might be facing, it is worth mentioning that the PWD (NH-61), Mokokchung Division is taking all out efforts in filling the potholes and maintaining the roads to the best of their abilities,” the MCCI president stated while urging the general public to extend their cooperation to the PWD (NH-61) so that they can execute their works for the convenience of the public.
5TH DEATH ANNIVERSARIES OF LT. DR. Y. Nyamshing Keikung Died on — 08.08.08
It has been five years since you left us for your heavenly abode but the sweet memories that we shared during your short span of life with us still remain fresh in our hearts. Missing your presence. Lovingly Family Members
DRDA, PHEK TECHNICAL TRAINING UNDERWAY
DiMApur, August 7 (MExn): A thanksgiving and successful conclusion programme of the two months basic training on Handloom concluded on August 7, 2013 at Kenlowa & Groups Handloom and Weaving Centre, K.Station under Tseminyu Sub-Division near NH-2. A press note received here stated that the Kenlowa Handloom and Weaving Centre Kandi station, under Tseminyu Sub-Division was established under the assistance from the Department of Industries and Commerce NaParticipants who successfully completed a two months basic training on galand under Handloom Group Handloom. Approach during the year 2011.
Khapur discharged on health grounds
The Management Coordinator Kenneth Rengma in the note appreciated the efforts of the department in promoting these handloom activities to nurture Sustainable self reliance especially in the rural area. Under assistance from the department, training on handloom was conducted at its centre from June 10 to August 7, 2013. The note also mentioned that seven trainees have successfully completed the basic training and is now all set to start its functioning at the centre. Two Master trainers were deployed by the department of Industries & Com-
merce. Khillo G Rengma Convenor Village Vision Cell K.Station and Rtd DEO spoke on the occasion and encourage the local artisans to put more efforts and participate in such kind of activities which is the best income generating and self sustainable. The Village council and Church leaders appreciated the Department and management for establishing such an income generating mini industrial centre in the village. The function was also attended by Pikhato Kath P.A to DC Tseminyu Village council members, Church leaders and youths.
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DiMApur, August 7 (MExn): Consequent upon recommendation by the concerned CAO and subsequent approval of Dy. Kilonser (administration) Chetie, Khapur of Khiamniungan Region is hereby discharged from active national service on account of health problem. His sacrificial services rendered to the nation shall always be remembered, stated a press note issued by Q. Awomi Kilo Secretary.
Tobu SDPDB meeting on Aug 16
tobu, August 7 (Dipr): The SDPDB meeting for the Vehicles in queue to petrol pump in Kohima on August 7. Kohima DC on Tuesday informed public against panic buying of month of August will be held on August 16 at the office fuel and assured there was no shortage. (Morung Photo) chamber of ADC Tobu. All the SDPDB members has been requested to attend the meeting positively.
New Ministers’ Hill social work on Aug 10
kohiMA, August 7(MExn): All the residents of New Ministers’ Hill colony are informed that the New Ministers’ Hill Panchayat is organizing a mass social work on August 10 commencing from 7:00 am onwards. It is mandatory that at least a representative from each household should be present failing which stern action/fine will be imposed by the Panchayat. Further, residents are to clean up/work in their respective areas. Appraisals will be conducted by the Panchayat for each locations and areas .Your presence and co-operation towards the colony will be highly solicited.
DC Mokokchung prohibits hunting Mokokchung, August 7 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Muroho Chotso in an order has prohibited all kinds of hunting within the geographical jurisdiction of Mokokchung District including shooting, trapping or poisoning with any kind of fire arms, Air Rifles ( Air gun), Bow, Sling Shot/ Catapult, Iron Traps
or any kind of traditional Trapping, and or poisoning of animals. The order further stated that special permit for shooting shall be granted when: the animal is harmful or become dangerous to human life, the animal becomes destructive to crops etc. Such special permit in such exceptional circumstances shall be granted by an of-
ficer not below the rank of Additional Deputy Commissioner with written application with proper justification and duly recommended by the Chairman of the concern Village Council or Ward Chairman. If any person or group of people who omits violation of this order shall be liable to punish with: A fine of Rs. 5000/- (Rs. Five thousand)
UCTM receives ATA accreditation for master degree
DiMpAur, August 7, (MExn): United College of Theology and Missions (UCTM) has received accreditation certificate for its Master program (M.Div.) from Asia Theological Association (ATA) during the ATA AGM meeting in Bangalore held from July 30 to August 1, 2013. This was informed in a press note received here. UCTM serves as one of the premier theological institutions that offer well-balanced Theological and MissiologiThe Principal of UCTM, Rev. Dr. Rabi Pame, with ATA leaders in Bangalore. cal Education in Nagaland. It
is located in an ideal place at model village, 5th mile, close to the National High Way. The note mentioned that UCTM was established in 1990s to equip men and women of God who would faithfully and effectively communicate the ever unchanging Gospel to the ever changing world. And, with the addition of this academic milestone, UCTM stated that it is committed to equipping more men and women for the building of God’s kingdom here on earth.
only for killing bird irrespective of size or species, a fine of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand) only irrespective of the species and size of the animals for the first offence and the amount of penalty for the second third and so on shall be double or triple of the first offence. This order will come into force from August 10, 2013 till further order.
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ENPUK audit on Aug 9
kohiMA, August 7 (MExn): In pursuance of its executive council meeting held on July 27, 2013, the Eastern Naga Peoples Union Kohima (ENPUK) will carry out its audit for 2012 to 2013 on August 9, 2:00 pm at its treasury. As such, three auditors have been appointed and circulars have been dispatched to the auditors concerned, informed a release issued by ENPUK finance secretary Shokum Yim. Further, it informed that there will be a joint meeting of the ENPUK and ENSUK office bearers on August 10, 2:00 pm at its treasury with regard to the upcoming seminar program on “Statehood Demand”. All concerned have been requested to attend the meeting positively.
Dance Rendezvous: Giving a platform to young dancers
From left to right - Shri. Thungjamo Khuvung, Project Director, Er. Ghoshito EE, Shri. Temjenneken PO (MGNREGA), Shri. Watitemjen Accounts Officer, DRDA, Phek.
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Under the aegis of the DRDA, Phek a two days District Level Training of Technical Personnel is underway at Phek from 7th-8th August 2013. Shri. Thungjamo Khuvung, Project Director in his inaugural address thanked all the Technical Personnel who have come for the training. He urged the trainees to be sincere in their assigned work adding that the Technical Personnel are tagged with a price for their special skills and the success of the programme depends upon their endeavours. Shri. Temjenneken P.O. (MGNREGA) spoke about the role of the technical functions in R.D programmes. Shri. Er. Ghoshito, Executive Engineer, will be the main master Trainer, who will be presenting the roles and responsibilities of the technical Personnel in Engineering Set Up, Quality Management in implementation, Method of estimating and costing, preparation of Bills and Shri. Vevosa Khamo will be imparting MIS basic application.
Mokokchung, August 7 (MExn): If you happen to be at Mokokchung on the evening of August 23, 2013, then be there at Town Hall, Mokokchung. It will be a night where young dancers showcase their talents as the Loyal Club of Kumlong Ward will be organizing a one of its kind dance competition in the town. With the aim to tap the young talented dancers in the society, the Loyal Club is organizing the competition titled ‘Dance Rendezvous’ on August 23 at Town Hall, Mokokchung on the theme “Echoing Wave”. This Dance Rendezvous is creating much interest in the town and several
dance groups have already filled up the registration forms to participate in the competition. There is a growing number of talented dancers in the society, especially the younger one, whose ability to entertain the people through their dances have been well appreciated but they lack a platform to showcase their talents. Therefore, the Loyal Club is organizing this Dance Rendezvous with the main aim to provide a platform to the young upcoming dancers. But it will not only be a night of dances. Loyal Club has made elaborate programme to make the night an interesting one
for audience. The Club has some surprises in store for the audience and will be introducing some very young talents like Tiasola,
a Class VI student, who will enthrall the audience with her mesmerizing voice. There are also some other young talents that the Loyal
Club will be introducing to the people. The Loyal Club has earmarked attractive prize money for the winners and the registration form which is priced at a nominal Rs 300 is available in Mokokchung, Dimapur and Kohima. The forms are available at Wapang Counter I.M road (Mokokchung), Furtados, Opps Town Hall (Dimapur), Modern Stationary Corner, near Jafu Ashok, PR Hill (Kohima). It will be a night of pure entertainment, of introducing young talents and of giving the upcoming dancers a platform to showcase their talents. It may be noted that Loyal Club of Kumlong
Ward is one of the oldest clubs in Mokokchung town. It was formed in the year 1990 by some likeminded youths of Kumlong Ward with the objective of working the social, economic and religious uplift of the society. Standing on its Motto: For the Uplift of the Society, Loyal Club of Kumlong has undertaken different activities not only in Kumlong ward but also in the whole town during its past twenty-three years of existence. The Club will be celebrating its Silver Jubilee in 2015, and this Dance Rendezvous is a part of the Loyal Club’s commitment of working for the uplift of the society in all aspects of life.
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Protests against unfinished rail projects in NE Guwahati/aGartala, auGust 7 (iaNs): Over 5,000 DYFI members, demanding early completion of delayed railway projects in the northeastern region, staged a demonstration at the NFR headquarters at Maligaon today. Earlier, they took out a rally through different areas of Guwahati city. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Rajya Sabha member Jharna Das Baidya and party leader Uddhab Barman led the rally and demonstration. The agitators submitted a memorandum to the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) General Manager RS Virdi. "We shall intensify our stir to force the NFR authorities to complete the railway projects at the earliest," DYFI Tripura unit president Tapas Datta told IANS. He said over 500 DYFI (Democratic Youth Federation of India) and TYF (Tribal Youth Federation) activists, accompanied by artists and singers, arrived in Guwahati Tuesday night by bus after travelling 600
km from Agartala. The activists had earlier planned to take a train but changed their plan in view of the violent situation in different parts of Assam over statehood-related protests. Both DYFI and TYF are the youth wings of CPI-M. DYFI Secretary Amal Chakraborty said: "Paucity of funds has held up many railway projects, including those declared national projects by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Both the government of India and the NFR authorities are reluctant to complete those projects." "Besides the new railway lines in the northeastern states, gauge conversion works between Lumding (200 km north of Guwahati) and Agartala, and Agartala-Sabroom (in southern Tripura) railway extension are delayed due to the central government's negligence," he said. The then prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda had laid the foundation stone for conversion of Lumding-
Agartala metre gauge track to broad gauge in January 1996. The cost of the project has escalated to Rs.2,800 crore from Rs.648 crore in 1996. The broad gauge railway line from Guwahati passes through Lumding (in Assam's Nagaon district), connecting Agartala and parts of Manipur, Mizoram and southern Assam with the rest of India by a single 109-year-old metre-gauge railway track. Agartala is one of the newest stations of the Indian Railways, and came up on the country's rail map in October 2008. "After a series of movements since 1952, the metre-gauge railway track was extended from Lumding to Agartala in 2008," Tapas Datta regretted. According to the Left Leaders, the DYFI and TYF activists have been organising protest rallies in Tripura and Assam over the past three months to make Wednesday's demonstration programme in Maligaon a success.
DiMaPur, auGust 7 (MExN): The United Naga Council and the Naga Women’s Union have condemned the death of late Pfokrehe James, Lt Col of GPRN/NSCN, who was by unidentified gunmen on August 6. While condemning the killing of late Pfokrehe
James, the UNC in a press note appealed for all Naga political groups to cease any form of factional violence, so as to create space for real reconciliation among our people. It also extended its condolences to the bereaved family. The UNC further expressed support for the Forum for Naga Reconciliation in its mission to bring together all Naga political groups through reconciliation. Meanwhile, the Naga Women’s Union stated that “such nature of in-
human action creates anxiety and insecurity amongst the people of the district, particularly the young school going children who are witnesses to the whole episode.” A press note from the NWU said that “the three assailants also verbally abused and threatened the Chief of Robunamai Village when he intervened and pleaded for the release of the victim.” It added that the killing “negates the commitments made by all the Naga Political Organi-
A truck handyman prepares a meal on a road near parked vehicles stranded during a mass rally of All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) on a highway in Barama in lower Assam on Tuesday, August 6. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Assam: Manmohan, Sonia to study statehood demand
Guwahati, auGust 7 (iaNs): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have promised to study the statehood demands of the people of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts of Assam. Devajit Thousen, chief executive member of the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council, said this Wednesday after a meeting with the prime minister and Congress leaders in New Delhi as part of a delega-
tion also involving members of the Karbi Anglong autonomous council. "We have presented the aspirations of the people of the two hill districts. Both have promised to look into our demands," said Thousen. "However, maintenance of peace and normalcy is a pre-requisite. So everyone must shun violence and let normalcy prevail in the districts," he said. Protesters demanding a state of Karbi Anglong attacked government offices
NEw DElhi, auGust 7 (thE iNDiaN ExPrEss): Defending the role and actions of armed forces personnel, the Centre and the Manipur government have held as "incorrect and legally untenable" the judicial panel report, indicting the forces for fake encounters and AFSPA's "gross abuse". The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Manipur government, in their affidavits, have urged the Supreme Court to discredit the report of the panel, led by former judge Santosh Hegde, which was formed to investigate cases of alleged extrajudicial killings in Manipur. The panel had said six sample cases considered by it were "not genuine encounters" and that "maximum force" was used. Controverting, the governments have said all these encounters were not only genuine and actions of personnel were "well justi-
fied" but were also within the ambit of the legal protection available to them under AFSPA. Asserting that the panel embarked upon a "faulty" procedure that prejudiced even the "basic human rights" of security personnel, they complained that "unfortunately" the personnel were made to prove their innocence although the law was settled that burden was on a complainant to prove his case. The affidavits also alleged that an ordinary person, facing a criminal trial, would be placed on a much better footing than the way security personnel were considered by the panel. They described the proceedings of the panel as "null and void", while maintaining that all six cases were genuine encounters, "in lawful exercise of powers by security forces" under AFSPA and
iMPhal, auGust 7 (tNN): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to sanction Rs 1800 crore to develop key roads in Manipur, including the 110 Km ImphalMoreh section of National Highway 2. The Manipur component amount comes under the Regional Co-operation and Integration (RCI) project of the bank and the Indo-Myanmar connectivity has included as a non sample sub project, official sources said on Tuesday. An engineering team of ADB is preparing a feasibility report for construction of a new route connecting Imphal and the border town of Moreh and development of the other roads, the sources added. According to its plan,
the new Imphal-Moreh route will link Wangjing and Heirok in Thoubal district and Khudengthabi in Chandel distict. The other roads to be developed by it include Imphal-Kangc h u p -Ta m e n g l o n g Tousem-Haflong road stretching 178.50 Km, Greater Imphal Ring Road (34Km), Imphal-MoirangWangoo-ChurachandpurBehiang Road (120 Km) and Imphal-Ukhrul-Kamjong-Kongkan-Thanna Road (160). ADB has begun paying special attention to the Imphal-Moreh route considering the crucial link it gives between India and Myanmar in the face of the restoration of certain semblance of democracy in the neighboring country, the sources added.
Also known as the gateway of South East Asia, Moreh town is the focal point of India's ambitious "Look East Policy" and notably the ImphalMoreh road is a section of Asian Highway - I. Led by mission leader Hiroaki Yamaguchi, the ADB team landed in Imphal on Sunday and on the next day they called on chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh and discussed in depth about the feasibility report they are preparing about the development of the roads, the sources said. They added that Manipur works minister Kh Ratankumar and senior officials of the department were also present at the meeting. The team, which left Imphal on Tuesday, had also inspected the roads in Imphal and beyond.
ADB grant to improve roads in Manipur
and homes of politicians last week following the decision to carve out Telangana in Andhra Pradesh. The militant outfit Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers had called a shutdown for 12 days in support of their demand. The protests soon spread to the neighbouring Dima Hasao district forcing the leadership of both the autonomous councils to rush to New Delhi to seek the central government's intervention. Meanwhile, Assam
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zations to refrain from any violent activities during the series of reconciliation meetings initiated by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR).” It demanded that the “perpetrators must publicly apologize for the brutal killing and come clean by identifying themselves stating their motive for commission of such deplorable and unjustifiable act.” The NWU further expressed its deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
Mr. HENTOK KONYAK Former Deputy Speaker Sent off service was held at Padum Pukhuri. The last rite will be held today (8th Aug’ 13) at his own native place Wakching. IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DIMAPUR: NAGALAND.
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IED blast in Junk panel report on AFSPA abuse: Meghalaya Centre, Manipur to Supreme Court
shilloNG, auGust 7 (iaNs): Six Meghalaya police personnel had a close shave today when suspected Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels triggered a blast on the route of their convoy in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, police said. No one was injured in the improvised explosive device (IED) blast. "The explosion occurred at Nengkhra area, around 8.30 am, as security forces moved in to clear roads to Williamnagar," JFK Marak, the district Police chief of East Garo Hills, told IANS. The bullet-proof truck carrying police personnel was partially damaged due to the impact of the explosion, police said. The personnel were engaged in ensuring the area was safe, so otherscouldpass.Nengkhrais about 300 km from Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya. A massive combing operation has been launched in the area.
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other laws. The affidavits claimed that 2,192 persons, including security personnel, had been killed in Manipur in the last 20 years and that lifting of AFSPA in Imphal had led to increase in violence. MHA said there was a need to continue with the existing arrangements till normalcy and development were fully restored in Manipur. The state government said it was not possible to withdraw AFSPA until Manipur state police was strengthened, equipped and trained to handle the grave situations. Meanwhile, a Bench of Justices A K Patnaik and J S Khehar directed the Manipur government to submit in the court its Commission of Inquiry reports into allegations of fake encounters and posted the matter to September 17 for hearing.
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FELICITATION Members of the Jalukie Hekuina Gutdi, would like to congratulate our member Shri. Iteisingbe of Old Jalukie village, for having come out successfully during the last NPSC examination, in the post of Block Development Officer (BDO). We are indeed very fortunate that you have attained success today and have made our people proud. We wish you all success in your career and may God bless you abundantly in all your endeavours. (RAMPAUKAI) Secretary Jalukie Hekuina Gutdi Jalukie; Nagaland
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Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday appealed to the leaders of All-Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union (AKRSU) to call off their agitation demanding a separate Kamatapur state. He held an hour-long discussion with the AKRSU delegation in Dispur and said peace was a must for any dialogue. A statement issued by his office said Gogoi had promised AKRSU leaders to study their demands and help facilitate talks with the central government.
iMPhal, auGust 7 (NNN): It is raining major bandhs in Manipur after a long lull, not to talk of numerous minor bandhs, thanks to the Telangana issue. The Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) announced today to impose 48 hours bandh from midnight of August 13, the moment the United Naga Council (UNC) sponsored 48 hours bandh will get over. The Naga body is pushing for a separate administration (Alternative Arrangement) from the Manipur government while the Kuki body is demanding a separate Kuki statehood by carving out 'Kuki areas' in Manipur. KSDC information secretary George Guite said the forth coming bandh is to press the government to address the vexed Kuki issue at the earliest in the form of Kuki statehood. The KSDC appealed for all to extend co-operation to the Committee's movement. Yesterday, the United Naga Council had announced to call 48 hours bandh starting from August 11 midnight. Given thispicture,Manipur,especially the hill districts where the Nagas and the Kukis dominated, will experience four days straight bandh. This would also mean that the national highways and roads linking the state capital Imphal with the rest of the country will be choked for four days.
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INTERVIEW NOTICE FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT ELECTRICIAN All the candidates who have applied for the post Assistant Electrician advertised vide No.CEL/DSC/341/1077-100 Dt. 7th May'2013 are informed of the following: 1. Admit Card of candidates fulfilling the requisite criteria as advertised will be issued from 13/08/2013 to 17/08/13 on all working days. Candidates are asked to collect their Admit Cards personally from the Office of the Chief Engineer (Power) Nagaland, Kohima during working hours on these days. 2. Interview/Practical exams shall be held from 21/08/2013 onward. The detail schedule of the exam date and time shall be indicated in the Admit Card (Er. Imlikumzuk Ao) Addl. Chief Engineer Department of Power Nagaland, Kohima.
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Crude Oil Exploration And Politics
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uch have been talked about, written and deliberated on oil/gas exploration in Nagaland and now a stage is nearing its final conclusion. So before that grand finale, it is a dire need to rough out some pertinent features contained in the states’ petroleum and natural gas (P & NG) regulation 2012 vis-a-vis the rights and the privilege of the landowners. To begin with, there is no, no - man’s land in Nagaland. It is either own by a private individual or by a community. For time being let’s keep aside the Article 371 (A) of the Indian constitution. The Nagas only know that the land belongs to them and no one else. Therefore, basing on this inalienable right, the name of the sixteenth state; Nagaland was created. From time immemorial the land and its resources are being enjoyed traditionally by the landowners alone. The owners at their own whims and fancy open up quarries of sand and stones, set up coal mines for its domestic consumption and also continually being supplied
to construction companies, thousands of tons of coal have been excavated and started dealing and exporting to the neighbouring Assam and Manipur state yet never heard of royalty to the state or a state regulation to this effect. As a matter of fact, the state on natural resources assumed significance only when mineral oil exploration comes to the fore. Yes, the state has the power to frame rules for governing matters relating to Petroleum and Natural Gas within the territory of Nagaland. However, while doing so utmost preferential treatment should have been given to the land owners as they are the owner and are the one who will take the brunt of all its ill effects. Where will the state apply its power of rules if the land owners don’t part with the land for extraction? Here instances of Economic Disparity and regional imbalances in development should not take the centre stage. We are the fallen victim of a political tyranny. A region having ninety thousand plus electorates has a mere four elected
representatives to the state Legislature where as other regions having less or equal number has ten or more representatives. How about this disparity? Why economic disparity and regional development imbalance comes only in the case of mineral oil exploration? More debate and discussion should have been attracted over this issue in the State Assembly. The trend is very much prevalent and sadly, in Nagaland, progress and development goes to the region where the Minister belongs. We took the umbrage and learnt umpteen lessons from the history of the abandoned Champang oil field and from the Doyang Hydro Electric Project (DHEP). The state had their due share of royalty from the ONGC company and when the oil field was abandoned, the fate of the Champang and the adjoining villages were left alone to the mercy of nature, never come to the rescue when the people were confronted with its Ecological and Environmental effects. The regions’ 75 MW DHEP was another farce. The effected land owners were
biometric feature of the subscriber when he/she applies for a mobile connection,” Deora said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. He added the suggestion “is presently being examined in DoT and decision on the same is yet to be taken”. Strengthening the rules for taking a new mobile connection, the DoT last year came with tough guidelines which called for physical verification of facts provided by the subscriber. The guidelines also made operators responsible for inaccurate information provided by subscribers for taking new pre-paid and post-paid mobile connections. Under the new rules, the authorised person selling SIM cards has to give an undertaking that he has seen the applicant and matched the photograph attached on the application form. Retailers and franchisees selling mobile SIM cards have to register police complaint against subscribers if they submit forged documents to get the connections.
definitely have an impact on the economic standard of the region, not forgetting its ecological and environmental effects. Therefore, it encompasses a wide range of responsibilities as well. In employment sector, the demand of the landowners/ region is more emphasized during the post production period. Our earlier pursue of justice through diplomacy and means of inclusiveness has come a gutser and so serves as a glaring historical precedents. As it were, the installation of a refinery of a bottling plant is the regions’ non-negotiable agenda. The ‘go ahead’ and the liberal policy of the region should not be misconceived as a sign of naivety or giving in all rights and privileges. Hence, a pragmatic approach to manage the claim of the landowners and a slight review of the 2012 P & NG regulation will be highly recommended. Nzanthung Kikon Former President Lotha Middle Range Students’ Union Dist, Wokha
EPFO on settlement of employment claims
Now your fingerprints will be required to buy new sim
NEw DElhI, AUGUST 7 (PTI): The Department of Telecom is examining a proposal for making it compulsory for mobile operators to take fingerprint or any other biometric feature of the subscriber at the time of receiving application for a new mobile connection. Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said DoT has recently received a suggestion from the Ministry of Home Affairs indicating that a central database be maintained by DoT of all subscribers which maintains biometric parameters akin to the ‘Aadhaar’ system.” As per this proposal, this would entail taking fingerprint/thumb impression or any other unique
not adequately compensated in terms of employment and facility. The promise of 24x7 regular electric supply at the subsidized rate to the effected villages has remained a distant dream till today. We are always marginalized and never able to take advance step due to external policy of ‘ism’. Back to the states’ P & NG regulation 2012 regarding revenue share in production of Petroleum and Natural Gas – out of 16% total value of production of petroleum and 12% of Natural Gas, only 6% of petroleum and 4% of natural gas are the royalty share of the landowners. The rest is for the state and for other agencies. The states’ job reservation policy of 50% for unskilled category and 10% of non technical white collar jobs is open for the entire oil /gas bearing district. Another 10% of all non technical white collar jobs are reserved for the youth from all over Nagaland state. So then, where are the rights and the privileges for the landowners? Oil/gas exploration and extraction, once started, would
DIMAPUR, AUGUST 7 (MExN): The Employees Provident Fund Organization has through a press note informed that during this financial year 2013-2014 (as on 31/07/2013); 55.59 claims of employees were settled within 10 days and that the organization’s endeavor is to settle all claims within 10 days. The note said that taking one step further towards online settlement of Claims; the Organization has also started registration of digital signature of the Authorized Signatories for online submission of Transfer Claims for transferring the Provident Fund Accumulations of the employees when they change Jobs. Detailed instructions are provided in at Online Transfer Portal (OTCP) through EPFO website www.epfindia. gov.in. A helpdesk number 1800118005 (Toll free) has also been established to respond to the queries of the employers.
It was informed that employees can now register themselves in the “Member’s Portal” and view/download member passbooks which show the contributions deposited by the employers. They can also view the status of their claims through the “Know your claim” status provided in the website. From April 2013 to July 2013, 101 new establishments under the jurisdiction of the Regional Office Guwahati were brought under the purview of the Act. During this period, show cause notices to 239 establishments for non deposit of contributions and to 100 establishments for non production of records were issued. For non deposit of contribution and non production of records employers can be punished with imprisonment extending up to one year, the note informed. From April 2013 to July
2013, 101 EPFO, Guwahati have issued 50 ( fifty) notices under Section7A for assessment of dues. Major establishments against whom notices were issued are: Assam State Transport Corporation , Guwahati; Rhino Infotech Pvt Ltd, Guwahati; Desting HR Solutions; Seven Security Force, Imphal; Ozone Aurvadic , Guwahati; Imphal Minucipal Council, Imphal; Dimapur Municipal Council , Dimapur; Loktak Development Authority, Imphal; Horizon Security Service , Guwahati; BGS, SGS- Soma JV, Lakhimpur Etc. During July 2012 also the EPFO have filed complaint under Section 110 of CrPC before the Sub Judicial Magistrates against 10 (ten) establishments for non deposit of Provident Fund Contribution. This was informed in a press note from the Regional PF Commissioner – 1 for NE region, SK Sangma.
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Stray Dogs and Rabies: Safe & Sane Management
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t was 2008 in Pfutsero a police vehicle was on duty. It was not just an ordinary routined duty but with orders to ‘shoot at sight’ any dog straying/ roaming in the heart of the town or in any of the colonies. Thus the silence of the morning was disturbed. Shots rang from 303 Rifles and dogs were dead. There are also reports of such cases from other district across Nagaland. The order must have come from the administration and probably because of pressure from public on hearing from the veterinary department that rabies is spreading. I have learnt that rabies is a fatal viral disease of dogs and other mammals that can cause madness and convulsion and even be spread to humans. Hence without proper and timely treatment the consequences are fatal. Fast forward to may 2013 at BTC Pfutsero: This time a dog that must be infected (already showing signs) was ready and charging at humans and other dogs. Luckily the owner himself killed the dog for good having no other better options that he can think of. The same month a dog was shot death by the police to which I was a witness again. Thanks to the cops! However, this time the dog had already bitten two innocent children and was on the prowl for more targets and it behaved like a real mad dog. The dog was killed but there was nobody to claim ownership of probably because the injured party may take double revenge on the owner of the mad dog. Killing the dogs suspected of having rabies is one thing but killing every other healthy dog on the pretext that it might be stray or sick is absurd and senseless. I was wondering if the dogs are shot because the law states that all dogs are: i). to be chained at home only, ii). If they don’t have a color to show that they are owned they are to be shot or iii). Because there is an outbreak of rabies and dogs need to be exterminated thus. I consider myself safe to say that there will be hardly any cases of stray dogs in our state. Further if there is the outbreak of rabies how can we be sure that all colored dogs are vaccinated because the colors are not given by the veterinary department but adorned by the owners at random. On the other hand dogs without color may be owned and vaccinated at the same time. The point that I am trying
to make is that firstly, stray dog menace should be taken care of by the concerned authority and as per proper law. Secondly, it should be made mandatory that all dogs should be vaccinated against rabies. Thirdly, sealed dog colors (around the dog’s neck) ought to be provided by the veterinary department and be made available in veterinary clinics. Owners of dogs may pay for the color. This will show that the dog is not only owned but also vaccinated. It will prevent the citizen from panicking even though there is spread of rabies because they will notice that the dogs have sealed colors. Fourthly, when there are instances of rabies the administration, police and veterinary department can go on patrol. This time not with real bullets but guns loaded with sedative injections to make the dogs unconscious and thus capture them. The owners may later claim it from the police station. If the dog is not yet infected the dog should be vaccinated and fines should be imposed on the owner and then the dog may be released. If at all the dog has already contracted rabies it may be treated accordingly and owners should pay heavier fines. Unclaimed dogs may be sold to interested parties. Here I am not just trying to be an animal activist only but to advocate for safe and sane dog keeping and management too. It will also ensure that we do not traumatize the children and owners with unskilled methods of killing the dogs. The method of exterminating the mad dogs should not appear so heinous on the part of the humans. Thus we shall be able to display sanity and show that our civilization is a progressive one with sensible remedy for any problem we encounter. My (uninformed) observations may be incomplete or even flawed at certain points but I am playing the ball into the courts of those who are best authorized, equipped and expert in dealing with the problem at hand. We all know that the dog is among the most loved pets and the strong bonding between humans and this canine can not be underestimated. Let us make it even more beautiful. I’m earnestly hoping for some positive outcome from those who can make things happen. Rukuzo Ruho B.T.C Pfutsero
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60. Murres 61. illogical 63. actors in a show 64. Proven information 65. Muzzle 66. if not 67. Run away 68. Canvas shelters
DOWN 1. Sexual assault 2. how old we are 3. Blowgun missile 4. Dogfish 5. Violent disturbances 6. Floral necklace 7. go up 8. unmindful 9. Expunge 10. Muscle-building exercises 11. angered 12. homeric epic 13. Obdurate 18. D 24. indian bread 25. Moon of Saturn 26. Stow, as cargo 27. adjoin 28. Sitcom set in Korea 29. Expect
31. Savvy about 33. Belonging to a duke 34. iridescent gem 36. away from the wind 37. Connecting point 38. Journey 42. genuine 43. Small portable bed 45. Compel 47. Draw forth 48. wall painting 49. awry 51. Eastern Standard Time 52. Slightly wet 54. Minor quarrel 56. not a single one 57. nameless 58. Tight 59. anagram of “Salt” 62. Consumed food
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The Morung Express
Thursday 8 August 2013
Dimapur
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Adopt work culture and change the mindset: DC Mon moN, august 7 (Dipr): A co-ordination meeting of the Mon District Health Society, Mon and District AIDS Prevention & Control Unit (DAPCU), Mon was held on August 6, 2013 at DC’s Conference hall, Mon. Exhorting the doctors and medical staff of the district, the Deputy Commissioner & Chairman of the District Health Society, Mon Angau I Thou called upon the District Health Society to rededicate in their noble profession and provide yeoman service to the people. She also urged all to retrospect and reflect whether they were in their places of posting and contributing to the welfare of the people. Asserting that ‘work culture’ has changed the District Hospital, Mon as the best hospital in the region, she urged the gathering to adopt work culture, and change the mindset and have the ownership of the noble profession to
NBOADD meeting Dimapur, august 7 (mExN): There will be an executive meeting of Naga Business Owners Association Dimapur District (NBOADD) on August 8, 3:00 pm at the residence of its treasurer at 89 Sector (A) Aoyimti, Dimapur. All members and advisors of NBOADD have been requested to attend the meeting positively.
deliver best service to the people. Describing that medical service is a noble profession which cannot be done by untrained persons, she said keeping proxy should not be allowed at any cost and would be viewed seriously and no work no pay would be strictly implemented. Stressing on the irregularity of doctors and staff, she said the policy of the centre and state Governments is to provide medical service at the door step of the people. She questioned how one can expect to deliver medical service at the door step when we are not in the place of posting. “When we are not in the place of posting we deprive the opportunity given by the Government to the people,” she asserted. Manpower and infrastructure status was briefed by the CMO, Mon Dr. U.K. Konyak. He informed that in Mon District Hospital requirement of specialists as per
the norms is nine, whereas it is functioning with only 2 specialists. There was a mention of urgent requirement of additional Obstetrics, Gynecologist, Anesthetist, Pediatrician, Medicine Specialist, eye specialist and Pathologist. Regarding general medical officers he said two MOs are on study leave and the hospital needs five more MO urgently. Meanwhile, Dr. U.K. Konyak said the two CHC centers in the district are supposed to have 14 specialists as per the norm, but no specialists are posted so far in the existing CHCs. The two CHCs are functioning with only three MOs presently and require three MOs urgently as per the norms. He said Tobu CHC needs a dentist and Ayush MO. Regarding Primary Health Center (PHC) the CMO said out of the 15 PHCs only Wakching and Oting PHCs have one specialist each posted at present. Out of the 15 MOs required,
only seven PHCs have MOs posted and eight MOs are urgently required. He said the MOs of Wanching, Naginimora, Chingkhao and Changlangshu PHCs are on study leave while Yongkhao, Shangnyu, Angphang and Mopong PHCs have no MOs. He also said that 11 PHCs in the district have nil Laboratory Technicians. The CMO also pointed out that out of the 50 subcenters in the district, 42 sub-centers are functioning without second ANM and pharmacist. The CMO also said, out of the 68 Health Units in Mon district, 21 health Units (8 PHCs & 12 SCs) need construction. 10 health units (1 Dist. hospital, 1CHC and 8 PHCs) do not have medical officers’ quarters. 58 health units (1 DH, 2 CHCs, 11 PHCs and 44 SCs) have no staff quarters. He also said two storey buildings for doctors and nurses and a quarter for MS need urgent construction.
Residents gather at the site of the cylinder blast at a private residence near Marwaripatti in Dimapur on Wednesday, August 07, 2013. (Photo by Caisii Mao)
DC Tuensang calls meeting tuENsaNg, august 7 (mExN): Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer of Tuensang T Mhabemo Yanthan has convened a meeting of the Head of Offic-
CEO issues order on use of vehicles during election
Kohima, august 7 (Dipr): The Chief Electoral Officer Nagaland has issued a statement emphasizing on the Election Commission of India’s directives on use of vehicles during the period of electioneering and on the poll to prevent misuse of vehicles during election. Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police and Police officers have been directed to strictly enforce the order of the Commission. The CEO informed that during the period of electioneering, private vehicles can be used by the contesting candidates or agents only after registration of vehicles with the DEO or any other officer specially authorized by the District Election Officer furnishing the details of registration number and type of vehicles and the area to be covered for such campaigns. All details of such registered vehicles for campaign shall be handed over to the Expenditure observers. Any vehicles that has been found campaigning without such registration with the District Election
Officer shall be deemed to be unauthorized campaigning by the Candidate and this may attract penal provisions under IPC and therefore be taken out of the campaigning. In order to curb any misuse of campaign vehicles for smuggling illegal arms/ liquor or other illegal activities, the District Administration and Police have been told to launch special drive for checking vehicles immediately. Such checks will continue till the completion of the process of elections. Apart from impounding of vehicles engaged as unlawful activities, criminal action against the owner, occupant and the candidate/political party which is involved in such illegal activities shall be taken as per law, it added. It has been warned that vehicles being used for electioneering purposes shall, under no circumstances, be allowed to move in convoys of more than three vehicles from the date of notification till the completion of election process in any constituency. All bigger convoys shall be broken up, even if they are carrying any minister
of central or State Government. This shall, however, be subject to any security instructions issued in respect of any person plus the security gradation of that particular person. No relaxation can be made to any person with regard to absolute ban on the use of Government owned/funded/hired means of transport for any reason other than security. The number of vehicles to accompany the carcade including pilots etc. will be in accordance with the instructions laid down by security authorities and these vehicles shall be prominently marked with the sticker issued by the police. The restriction on the use of official vehicle for campaigning electioneering or election related travel will be equally applicable to the case of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly at the time of General Election to the State Assembly. In case of persons provided with Z-Plus security cover and allotted bullet proof vehicles in view of security consideration, it said ECI has permitted use
officials from District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Dimapur and RD Block Chumukedima inspected various ongoing MGNREGA road projects at Diphupar ‘B’ village and Sovima village on August 5 as part of routine inspection. Informal discussion with the members of village development board and village council was also held. Block Development Officer, RD Block Chumukedima Tsukti Ao, and Assistant Engineer, DRDA Dimapur Pillai
calities in implementing the schemes with the villagers and that they (villagers) should work together hand in hand along with proper utilization of fund for development of the village, informed a release received here. The two officers were satisfied over the progress of the road construction works, it stated. Commenting on the completed roads, Tsukti said construction should be followed by maintenance. He stated that there should be proper maintenance of re-
board etc. Meanwhile, stating that village administration should be efficient for development of the village, PIllai advised the villagers not to divert the scheme, but create durable assets. He informed that the department should be consulted for any developmental work. Both the villages are emphasizing on construction of roads and it may be noted that MGNREGA job-card holders have even constructed concrete road, the release added.
Kohima, august 7 (mExN): Department of Agriculture officially bid farewell to its former Director, EH Lotha on August 7 at its Directorate’s conference hall. EH Lotha completed 35 years of “tireless and dedicated service” to the department on July 31, 2013, a press release from the Director of Agriculture Kohima informed. The outgoing Director thanked the departmental officers and staff for their co-operation and unity in discharging their duties. He further encouraged the
Dimapur, august 7 (mExN): Parliamentary Secretary for Justice & Law, Land Revenue, Labour & Employment, Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire today visited two campuses of Women Industrial Training Institute (WITI), Centre of Excellence on Apparel Sector at Seithekeima and Kushiabil, Dimapur. A press release received here said Dr. Kire expressed hope that the students would venture out of the State and excel and become renowned designers in future through participation in bigger platforms. He urged the management of the Institute to maintain database of the former students so that their career path could be monitored,
at the same time, information on placement avenues could be disseminated promptly to the alumni of the institute. He also encouraged the trainee designers to promote unique Naga motifs and designs in the national as well as international arena. WITI, which is run on Public-Private-Partnership with Window Media as the Industry Partner provides vocational courses in secretarial practice, beautician, COPA, electronics, knitting, hair and skin care, mechanic, cutting and tailoring and fashion technology. Earlier, chairman of the WITI Management Committee and Chief Executive Officer of Window Media, Dr. Aotoshi presented a brief
account of the institute and its achievement so far. He also highlighted the salient features of the adoption of ITIs under PPP mode and its historical background. Nicky Kire is on his first leg state wide visit to ITIs and other establishments under the departments of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Labour and Land Revenue, covering Wokha, Mokokchung and Dimapur districts. He was accompanied by Muthingnyuba Sangtam, Director of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Y. Vandanshan Lotha, Additional Director of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Yanger Aier, Joint labour Commissioner, Labour Department and Haizing, Deputy Labour Commissioner.
On printing of election pamphlets and posters
Major fire averted in Kohima Our Correspondent Kohima | August 7
A major fire was averted here this evening at Naga Bazar due to the timely intervention of the fire service personnel around 5:20 PM. The fire was a result of gas cylinder blast. A source said the fire started from a kitchen located at Naga Bazar Church when a LPG burst because of a leakage. No casualties or major damage to properties have been reported yet.
es, Tuensang on August 12, 2013, 12:00 noon at the conference hall of his office in connection with the by-election to 51 Noksen Assembly Constituency.
of such state owned bullet proof vehicle during the period of operation of Model Code of Conduct. The cost of Propulsion of such person should be borne by the person concerned if it is for non-official purpose. In no case, the expenditure will be borne by the Government in such cases. As directed by the Commission, suitable follow up action shall be initiated by Deputy Commissioner/Superintendent of Police and this will be reflected in the daily situations report of the Deputy Commissioner/ Superintendent of Police, it stated. On use of road transport by party campaigners
Under Sec. 77 (1) of the Representation of people Act 1951, the recognized and registered Political Parties can communicate to the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer within seven days of notification of Election in the State, the list of leaders of the party for propagating programme’s of the of the political party. The expenditure incurred in respect of such
leaders on account of their travels by road or any other means shall not be reckoned as the part of the expenditure incurred or authorized by a candidate of that political party. In order to avail this benefit, the political parties who have submitted the list of such leaders to the Election Commission or the CEO within seven days of Notification of Election are asked to obtain the permit from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer for the vehicles to be used during the Campaign. The following conditions will be applicable: All requests for permits will give details of the registration number of the vehicle, the area to be covered and the party leader who will be using the vehicle; The Permit will be issued against the name of the person concerned; The Permit will be issued centrally by the Chief Electoral Officer and the permits may be collected in any working day; Only one party flag can be hoisted on the vehicle of the leader of the political party; All such vehicles registered with the CEO shall display the permit prominently in the vehicle.
Villagers urged to create durable public assets Retiring director encourages officials Dimapur, august who inspected the projects cords and reports and also to achieve “Vision 2025-Food for all” 7 (mExN): Departmental discussed various techni- photographic evidence, sign
EH Lotha at the farewell prog
officers and staff to keep up the team spirit so the department can achieve “Vision 2025- Food for all”. During the programme, a brief profile of the retiring officer was presented. EH Lotha joined Nagaland gov-
ernment service as lecturer IETC, Medziphema on July 4, 1978. He organised Nagaland Agriculture Graduate Association and became the first president in 1986. He was also awarded the Governor’s Commendation Certificate on January 26, 2012 for his meritorious service in the Department. The departmental officers lauded and appreciated his dynamic leadership, optimistic outlook, farsighted vision for Agricultural development and his statesmanship, the note stated.
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Few JEE Engineering seats available Kohima, august 7 (mExN): Director of Technical Education A Kathipri has informed all concerned that few seats in Engineering are available under State Reserved quota. Therefore, all JEE (MAIN) candidates who had applied for such seats and not selected, but desirous of availing still may report to the Directorate of Technical Education on August 13, 2013 during office hours. However, there are no vacancies in Civil, Electrical, and Electrical & Electronics branches, he informed.
NSCN/ GPRN seize vehicle ferrying liquor
Dimapur, august 7 (mExN): The NSCN/GPRN UT-1 staff of Chumukedima area seized one Maruti Alto bearing Regd. No. WB-02Z-4218, which was on its way to Zunheboto district on August 3, 2013. According to a press release issued by CAO (Caretaker) UT-1, NSCN/ GPRN Col. (Retd) Kilonser, Ape Venuh the vehicle was carrying thirty five cases of MC Rum and two cases of can beer. The accused identified as Hokbu, Phutho, and Kambo supply liquor to the whole of Zunheboto district, the note stated, adding, “The seized materials / vehicles shall not be returned by any means.”
CTC informs on banners and billboards
Dimapur, august 7 (mExN): In view of private enterprises and government departments putting up kiosk, billboards, banners in Chumukedima, without the prior consent/approval of Chumukedima Town Council (CTC), despite repeated notifications, SDO cum administrator (CTC) Temjensangla has issued an order. The order stated that it is mandatory to get approval for putting up banners and the likes, as per Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001. Therefore, all concerned have been reminded by to seek prior permission from the CTC office. The civic body will be compelled to initiate necessary action against the defaulter(s) as per provision of law, it warned.
Kohima Tsüswüzu students’ session
Kohima, august 7 (mExN): The Kohima Tsüswüzu Students’ Union (KTSU) will hold its 17th annual session-cum-freshers’ social on August 10, 11:00 am at State Academy Hall, Kohima under the theme “Creating Connections: Co-operating with competition.” Parliamentary secretary for higher education and SCERT Deo Nukhu will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Kerezo Ringa, president KTSU will deliver presidential address. Veprayi Nienu, Head GB will also exhort the gathering. It is mandatory for all the Tsüswüzumi students in and around Kohima to attend the session, the Union said adding, freshers must attend and absentees will be penalized according to the norms of the Union. Parents and well wishers have also been invited to the session.
SNUNS meeting
Kohima, august 7 (mExN): South Nagas’ Union of Nagaland State (SNUNS) has convened a general meeting on August 10, 11:00 am at the conference hall of PeopleIn-Need Foundation, opposite Hotel Saramati, Dimapur. In a release appended by SNUNS general secretary, all the presidents of South Naga Tribal Hohos based in Nagaland have been informed to attend the meeting along with their colleagues and elders. No information letter will be served to the federating unit hohos, it added.
PFSD and GB’s Union Pungro condemn
puNgro, august 7 (mExN): The Public Forum Sub-Division (PFSD) and GB’s Union Pungro sub-division have vehemently condemned the factional clash in Mutinkhong village on July 24, 2013. A condemnation note appended by PFPS president and general secretary GB’s Union Pungro sub-division said the clash “breached the public tranquility and created fear psychosis to the local populace while all sections of Naga society are striving for peace.” Further, stating that Mutinkhong village belongs to the Yimchunger tribe under Pungro sub-division and is under ENPO jurisdiction, it requested the ENPO to probe into the said incident to avoid further incident in the said area in the interest of the general public.
Nicky Kire encourages designing students to promote Naga designs Tuensang DC issues directives for upcoming by-election tuENsaNg august 7 (mExN): In order to ensure maintenance and accurate election expenditure accounts by all political parties and candidates, and to further ensure conduct of free and fair by-election to 51 Noksen Assembly Constituency, printing of election pamphlets, posters etc in the district should be strictly regulated as contained under the Section 127 A of the Representation Of The People Act 1951. This was stated in a notification issued by the Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Tuensang T Mhabemo Yanthan. According to the Representation – No person shall print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any election pamphlet or poster which does not bear on its face the names and addresses of the printer and the publisher thereof. No person shall print any election pamphlet or poster unless a declaration as to the identity of the publisher thereof, signed by him and attested by two persons to whom he is personally known, is delivered by him to
the printer in duplicate; and unless, within a reasonable time after the printing of the document, one copy of the declaration is sent by the printer, together with one copy of the document to the District Election Officer. Any person who contravenes any of the above provisions shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fines which may extend to two thousand rupees or both, warned the notification.
Warning against defacing properties during election
With regard to the by-election in 51 Noksen Assembly Constituency, the Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Tuensang informs all concerned that no political party or candidate will permit their followers to make use of any individual’s land, building, wall etc without their permission for erecting “flags, staffs, suspending banners, pasting notice, writing slogans etc.” He warns that if any political party/ association body or candidate or their workers, supporters or sympathizers indulge in defacement of private and public
building during election campaigns without the written permission of the owner of the building, whether private or public, proceedings for prosecuting the said person/ party/ candidate/ organization/ body etc will be launched. The above provision as contained in the Model Code of Conduct shall be strictly followed by all candidates/political parties within the district, he stated.
Restrictions during nomination process
In pursuance of the standing directives of the Election Commission of India, the Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer of Tuensang enforces the following restrictions during the nomination process in the 51 Noksen Assembly Constituency by-election: The maximum number of vehicles in the convoy of a candidate or accompanying him to be allowed to come within the periphery of 100 meters of the Returning Officer’s office shall be three. The maximum number of persons who will be allowed to enter the Returning Officer’s office shall be five (including the candidate).
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IN-FOCUS
The Power of Truth
The Morung Express THursDAy 8 AuGusT 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 216 By Aheli Moitra
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Evil arm of the Devil
n June this year, Jawaharlal Mura was dragged out of his house in Southern Assam, lynched by his fellow villagers and then buried near the village temple. Malaria and diarrhoea had earlier hit the poor region with limited medical faculty and a goddess appearing in another villager’s dream said to him that Mura was to blame for the large scale illness. Devoid of education, poverty becoming more than a state of mind, the village was convinced that black magic had been cast upon them by Mura. This is not new to Assam. Faith has been (mis)used time and again. From 2001 to 2011, 61 people became victims of witch-hunts in Assam, suggest official reports. There are plenty unreported cases. The districts where such practices are rampant are marked by illiteracy, poor accessibility and a severe lack of basic infrastructure, including in health care, education, sanitation, and potable water. But blaming the devil for the ill is hardly a new phenomenon. In fact, services of the devil were sought for “greater” purposes throughout western history. The Reformation, explains one historian, could not convert the people of Europe to orthodox Christianity through a kind word, which made the Church create the elaborate concept of “devil worship.” It was used to wipe out dissent, subordinate the individual to authoritarian control and control women. Parallel to this, the Protestant church clashed with the Catholic church over legitimacy in countries like Germany, France and Switzerland. The “Burning Times” (aka witch executions) that the rivalry led to easily became searching out and exposure of opponents alleged to be disloyal to the state, an organisation or institution. Nagaland is perhaps a bit of both the past and the present, tumbling towards a troubled future. There is ignorance: a post made on a popular blog had the author wondering if a sharp voiced singing in the middle of the night was the work of “satan.” Rumour catches on here and spiced up “realities” are coooked up with air. Wearing black clothes, playing video games and surfing the internet become conduit to “satanic influx”—with some chest pounding, all of this replaces faith with fear. Hunting people down based on these biases is not a far cry, as has been postulated by a youth from Wokha, being slowly and mindlessly persecuted. There is politics: this well constructed “satanic” hysteria either marks the beginning of the weakening of certain sections of the Church in Nagaland, and rise of another, or armflapping to gain legitimacy. There will be free boarders, no doubt, who will jump on to this wagon and use it to curb dissent, political, economic or social. The context of devil worship has been extrapolated throughout history to identify and discriminate against sections of society. It led to 300 years (14th to 17th century) of women being tortured and killed for being “evil arms of the devil.” Historical analysis has now found these women to be those who lived outside patriarchal norms. In contemporary times, witch-hunting has been recognized as a menace that violates human rights. Ignorance does not go well with politics, and it will do well for Christianity in Nagaland to avoid going down either way. For feedback and ideas, please write to moitramail@yahoo.com
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Naresh Newar Source: Inter Press Service
Nepali, but not in the eyes of Nepal
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en years after she was trafficked to an Indian circus, 22-yearold Radha has returned home stateless, with no document to prove she is a Nepali citizen. Her parents are Nepali but she married a fellow Indian circus member, and does not qualify to be a Nepali citizen any more. Her husband died without supporting her for Indian citizenship, and now she has no proof she ever married him. "I don't know where I belong any more," Radha told IPS. She is struggling to start a new life with her two young children. But without a Nepali ID it's hard. She cannot get a job in public service or the private sector, she cannot pursue higher education or buy property, and she cannot claim any inheritance. She cannot open a bank account, and cannot register the birth of her children, or even register their marriage eventually. There are tens and thousands of young women in Nepal like Radha who don't have citizenship. Trafficked victims have particular difficulty getting citizenship, according to Shakti Samuha, an organization set up by trafficking victims. According to the NGO, women who are trafficked or lured to India by Nepali traffickers are usually minors, and the minimum age for applying for citizenship is 16. When they return, most are already married and have lost contact with their parents, who could confirm their credentials. The only choice for most is to work in the most exploitative informal sector - the so-called entertainment industry, especially 'cabin restaurants,' dance bars, cheap motels and massage parlors which harbor prostitution. "Most of the trafficked victims or sexually exploited young Nepali women are further victimized when they have difficulty getting citizenship," Biswo Khadka, director of Maiti Nepal, an NGO fighting trafficking and rescuing victims, told IPS. Precise numbers are hard to come by because lack of registration means lack of accurate data. According to a report, "Acquisition of Citizenship Certificate in Nepal", by the Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD) published in April this year, an estimated 4.3 million people in Nepal do not have citizenship certificates, in a total population of 26.6 million. Activists say most of these are women and their children. At the heart of the problem is the constitution. Following the end of a decade-long armed conflict in 2006 and elimination of the monarchy the same year, an interim constitution was framed in 2007 to introduce significant social reforms to end discrimination based on caste, ethnicity and gender. The Nepal Citizenship Act 2007 states that a Nepali can acquire citizenship based on either mother or father. But the chief district officers usually ask for the father's citizenship. FWLD executive director Sabin Shrestha told IPS that the law also does not apply if the child's mother was married to a foreign national. "A Nepali woman married to a foreign national is literally stripped of her national identity, and her children become the worst victims," said advocate Sushma Gautam. She has successfully fought many cases of citizenship for women in the Supreme Court. Government officials say it is incomplete documentation and not the gender bias that is the problem. "Citizenship is a crucial issue for the government and it is making efforts to help its rightful citizens," Umesh Dhakal, chief district officer of Parbat, about 300 kilometers northwest of Kathmandu, told IPS. He is former coordinator of the citizenship cell at the home ministry. Dhakal said the government had organized mobile camps in remote areas all over the country from April to June this year and distributed more than 600,000 citizenship certificates. "As long as there is complete documentation, whether from the mother's or the father's side, every citizen will get the citizenship," he said. The National Women's Commission says the chief district officers (CDOs), who are the sole authority for issuing citizenship, should implement the law without being discriminatory in their decision. "The CDOs need to change their attitude and be more gender-sensitive on the citizenship issue," said Ansari.
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Maung Zarni Source: AsiaTimes
Capital insecurity in Myanmar
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ver the past three years, change in Myanmar has transpired at a dizzying pace. A cursory look at the turn of events, ranging from the release of hundreds of political prisoners to restored diplomatic relations with the West, indicates on the surface a new national direction after decades of dictatorship. But what is Myanmar transitioning towards and how best to understand the changes? Thomas Carothers and Larry Diamond, two of the world's leading authorities on democratization, reached more or less the same conclusion after recent visits to the country: that Naypyidaw's goals, definition and modus operandi of "democracy" are at odds with the essence of a truly representative government. Carothers likened Myanmar's reforms with Arab leaderships' top-down reforms in the decade prior to the Arab Spring convulsions that swept through the Middle East and Northern Africa. In his own words: "The steps taken by Arab governments were not democratizing reforms, rather they were carefully circumscribed efforts designed precisely to head off the possibility of true democratization by alleviating popular dissatisfaction with regimes." Diamond was more direct in his assessment of Myanmar's situation: "I think the transition is still very much in an early stage, and it is not clear by any means at this point that electoral democracy will be the outcome of it or that electoral democracy is the intended outcome." Myanmar's domestic barometer of reforms, opposition leader and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, initially endorsed President Thein Sein, an ex-general and former prime minister of the previous ruling junta, as a man she could engage in working towards democracy. However, in May she said there have been "no tangible changes" since his government's much-lauded "democratic" reforms were launched beginning in 2011. Why then is the international community coddling the country's former and current generals and extending them aid packages worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the name of people, reforms and democratic transition? Why do Western governments continue to shower praise and prestige on Thein Sein and his supposed reformists even as they preside over a campaign of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity against ethnic Rohingya, mass anti-Muslim violence perpetrated by state-backed neo-Nazi Buddhist groups, and a humanitarian crisis driven by their escalation of war in Kachin State? The short, blunt answer is the pursuit of capital interests. Myanmar's generals have agreed to the externally driven, market transformation of its ailing political economy in exchange for access to Western aid and investment. It is noteworthy, however, that this re-engagement after year of sanctions-imposed isolation with the liberal West has been largely on Naypyidaw's own terms, apart from a few symbolic concessions for public relations purposes. From the perspective of global capitalists, Myanmar is viewed variously as a "resource brothel", a "frontier market" and/or a strategic linchpin for respective "grand strategies" in the unending game of Great Power rivalry, currently waged mainly between China and the United States. In the last decade of the 19th century, in parliamentary discussions in London, Burma, as the country was known under colonialism and military rule until 1989, was framed as "one of the world's last unexplored markets" that awaited Britain's "exploitation" - then a perfectly honorable word in reference to non-European communities and their natural resources. In the days of Bible-and-gunboat imperialism, facilitated by Europe's intellectual advances and the resultant Industrial Revolution, the expansionist rhetoric focused on so-called "civilizing missions" and the "white man's burden". In the post-World War II period, when overt empire-building was no longer fashionable, paternalistic discourses shifted towards "modernization" and "stages of development". New lingo, same agenda Fast forward to the World Economic Forum held in Naypyidaw in June 2013 and the buzz phrases ranged from "top-down democracy", "empowering civil society" and "socially responsible investment" and "corporate-assisted free markets". Transnational corporations, government aid agencies and international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) now effectively serve to deliver so-called progress, modernity and development on a capitalist platter. But at their darkened heart, international policies towards Myanmar are designed to extract optimal spoils out of one of the world's last untapped frontier markets. Civilizations may indeed still clash over abstract faiths and manufactured belief systems, but the more consequential actors are capitalist elites and their supporting institutions geared towards the pursuit of maximized quarterly profits. The feeding frenzy over Myanmar has revealed the paper thin line between the US policy establishment and its associated corporate interests. This June, former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright was seen downing Coca Cola straight out of a plastic bottle at a ceremony in Yangon. The occasion: the soft drink manufacturer, one of Albright's corporate clients for her Albright-Stonebridge Consulting firm, had just opened its first-ever bottling factory in Myanmar. As chair of the US National Democratic Institute, Albright was also reportedly in the country to promote democracy and interfaith dialogue. Her lesser known mission was to teach, as the Coca Cola website puts it, "the people who have never had a sip" how to drink Coke properly on behalf of one of her top corporate clients. She is not the only one with an apparent conflict of interest between democracy promotion and personal profit. New York-based hedge fund honcho-cum-philanthropist George Soros has also bid to join Myanmar's gold rush. He recently made an unsuccessful bid through a business consortium for one of the country's two mobile telecom concessions offered for international bidders. His bid was placed while his Open Society Institute doled out funds for democracy, education and civil society development from a prime real estate Yangon office
Visitors look at a painting of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her late father Gen. Aung San displayed at an event marking the 25th anniversary of Myanmar's pro-democracy uprising at Myanmar Convention Center (MCC) in Yangon, Myanmar on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. The uprising against the 26-year socialist military dictatorship which spread nationwide on August 8, 1988 was referred to as 8888 uprising. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
secured from the Ministry of Commerce. Former US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs Kurt Campbell, President Barack Obama's initial point man for his Asian "pivot" policy, claimed while in government to oversee "the historic normalization of US-Myanmar bilateral ties". Now, in his capacity as founding partner and chairman of the Asia Group, a private strategic advisory and investment group, Campbell "tirelessly advocates American interests, especially the promotion of trade and investment", according to his company's website. That includes his group's current bid to win a lucrative contract to upgrade and modernize the Yangon airport. "This is a thrilling opportunity to help advance the progress Myanmar has made over the past couple years by enhancing prospects for economic investments, and ensuring connectivity for Myanmar with ASEAN and the world," he was quoted as saying about the still pending airport contract in a March 11 Foreign Policy article. To be sure, the Americans are not alone. Amid the unfolding pogroms against the Rohingya and other Muslims, the Islamic Gulf state of Qatar apparently had no qualms in accepting a multi-billion dollar telecom contract from a government complicit in ethnic cleansing fellow Muslims. Nor did Norway's telecom giant Telenor, a concession some commentators saw as a nod to Oslo's decision to wind down its funding for exile groups, including the Oslo-based Democratic Voice of Burma broadcaster that for years criticized military rule but now faces financial difficulties with the withdrawal of donor funds.
Primitive accumulation If Karl Marx were alive, he would clearly recognize the process underway in Myanmar - characterized by pervasive land grabs, economic disempowerment, armies of working poor, and filthy labor conditions that mirror the conditions of the English working class in the mid-19th century - as the often ruthless capitalist process he termed 'primitive accumulation.' Unlike Europe's history where capital accumulation created a strong middle class and thus democratized feudal societies, Myanmar's current economic and political reforms are simply aiding the ruling military-crony class. Those top generals have effectively refashioned themselves from ham-fisted isolationists to market friendly proxies for the global market forces driven by the European Union and United States. Looking beyond the rhetoric of democratization, reforms, elections, and the limited binary perspective of hardliners and reformers, it is important to understand the driving forces behind the capitalist transformation of Myanmar into a global frontier market. Those forces are best understood through what I term a "Triple Insecurity Perspective", or TIP, namely traditional national insecurity, global insecurity and human insecurity. First, national insecurity straightforwardly refers to the permanent sense of in-security of nation-states, which in its crudest form is about the uncertainties with respect to "regime survival". Second, global insecurity is defined as the overall sense of insecurity and vulnerability of the world's economic and political order, which in turn rests on the security of the nation-states which make up the global political economy. Third and finally, human insecurity refers to the absence of "the security of the individual and communities in which he or she lives as opposed to the security of the states and borders" - my own inversion of the definition offered by the London School of Economics Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit. TIP argues that since the end of the Cold War global capitalism has been bringing communities, natural environments and national political-economies into a single overarching whole in a process widely referred to as "globalization". Here the three discourses of security compete for primacy in policy making and practices. While talking about the rule-based, predictable international order, every nation-state is preparing for eventualities such as calamity and war. Driven by a profound sense of insecurity, both domestically and internationally, even the United States is now known to be spying on its own allies, citizens and rivals alike as the global surveillance PRISM scandal clearly showed. While all three of these insecurities are not necessarily mutually exclusive, the issue of vulnerabilities - such as refugees, internally displaced persons, the unemployed, etc - typically get placed on the policy backburners. The security and well-being of persons and communities are trampled upon, liter-
ally and figuratively, especially when the other two insecurity regimes - national and global - team up to form an exclusive symbiosis out of strategic calculations and political expediency. That is why we often read stories about how the policies and practices of states, corporations, multilateral agencies and international financial institutions collectively contribute to the detriment of grassroots communities and faceless human persons, their natural habitats and their access to livelihoods, safety, freedom of movement, association and so on.
Military crony capitalists Seen through this prism of insecurity, or TIP, Myanmar's "top-down democratic reforms" are less about democratization and more about global capitalism. They are primarily about the country's national ruling elites making an elite pact with globalist capitalist forces while morphing into a social class of their own, namely military crony capitalists. In this pact, national leaders open up their hotly sought after markets and resources in exchange for normalization, recognition, legitimacy and access to capital and technology. Naypyidaw is opening the country up only on the terms agreeable and favorable to its most powerful stakeholders, that is, the military and its national insecurity regime. In this process even the country's most influential politician and global icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, has found herself on the global capitalist stage where she no longer controls the script, setting, or tone. The still unfolding case of ethnically cleansed Rohingya Muslims presents an empirical and potentially revealing test case for the Three Insecurity Perspective. Having forged a symbiosis with Myanmar's national security regime, the West and its capital interests have so far continued to unconditionally embrace Thein Sein's "democratic" regime despite its well-documented complicity in the brutal pogroms against marginalized Muslim communities. In spite of the abject poverty in Rakhine State, the areas the Rohingya co-inhabited with the Buddhist Rakhines until the pogroms last year are strategic and potentially lucrative in Myanmar's emerging capitalist economy, including a strategic deep sea port, fertile agricultural land with potential for industrial agriculture, a resource-rich fishing industry, and the site of origin of China's 2,100-kilometer long twin gas-and-oil pipeline designed to carry fuel across Myanmar into southwestern China. The emerging symbiosis between global capitalist forces and the security interests of Myanmar's ruling military-crony class has not been sufficiently weighed by most Western scholars and other Myanmar watchers. Most have ignored the hard fact that ethnic and religious minorities, 40% of the country's total population, are being further marginalized and disenfranchised, pushed from their traditional lands or otherwise decimated. In 2006, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization published a report which highlight the enormous commercial importance of the country's minority regions. The report noted that the Irrawaddy Delta, the historical rice bowl of the country and the world in the 1920s and 1930s, is now saturated, while lucrative virgin lands are situated in Kachin, Chin, Karen and other borderlands. Norway is now bidding to broker "peace" between the Myanmar Army and its subject ethnic peoples in these same borderlands while Norwegian capital interests are already investing in Myanmar's emerging mono-crop plantation sector. In the civil war between East and West Pakistan in 1971, West Pakistani General Tikka issued a chilling order to his troops: "I want the land, not the people." Chillingly, Myanmar's national security regime is now bidding to reacquire perceived as lost land in western Myanmar without the Rohingya people. In the Karen and Kachin areas in eastern and northern areas, the army has reportedly "marked" for expropriation farm lands that now belong to the Karen and Kachin communities who lived under armed resistance groups. Indeed, peace and development appear to be on the horizon as the Myanmar gold rush accelerates behind the push of foreign funds and local impunity. But without properly contextualizing Myanmar's transition in this entangled web of three insecurities, understanding of supposed reforms, political change and democratization will remain half-baked - no less half-baked than a democracy being midwived by Naypyidaw's national insecurity regime and its new global capitalist backers. Maung Zarni (www.maungzarni.com ) is Associate Fellow with the University of Malaya Centre of Democracy and Elections and concurrently a Visiting Fellow at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit, London School of Economics.
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uring his earthly ministry about 2000 years ago, Jesus mentioned to his disciples that there would be a time when the world would come to an end. Jesus mentioned that he would descend down from heaven in glory and would be seen by mankind in the clouds. The dead would be resurrected back to life and all would be judged of their accounts and deeds committed during their lifetimes. When the disciples heard this from Jesus, their attention was immediately drawn and they became very curious. They wanted to know when this return time would be, they wanted to know how many more years it would take for this to happen and they wanted to know how man would be able to discern the nearing of the end of times. However, Jesus refused to be specific about the time here. Instead Jesus said that he himself does not know the exact time when this would happen and that the exact time of the end of times is known only to the Father. Nevertheless, Jesus told his disciples to be on the look-out for the signs of the end of times. These signs would be wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes etc. Jesus said that in the end times, nations would rise against nations, kingdoms would rise against kingdoms and there would be famines, earthquakes and pestilences in diverse places. And all these would be the beginning of sorrows. Jesus also mentioned that in the end times, the gospel would be preached in all parts of the world. Jesus also warned his disciples to be aware of false prophets and teachers because there would be many false prophets and teachers in the end times who would lead many astray by claiming to be the Christ. Ever since these predictions made by Jesus 2000 years ago, men (especially believers) have been on the look out for the signs of end times mentioned by Jesus. Whenever wars, battles, earthquakes, famines and pestilences occur, many start giving their own predictions and interpretations about the meanings of these occurrences. However, biblical scholars of recent times have brought out some very interesting information about the signs of the end times predicted by Jesus 2000 years ago. Whenever powerful earthquakes jolt any part of the world, many are quick to predict and come to their own conclusions about the probable meaning of these happenings. However, biblical scholars believe that earthquakes hitting earthquake-prone areas should not be interpreted as a sign of the dawn of the end times. There are many areas that are on fault lines (earthquake-prone areas). These places are all similar. Jerusalem sits on a fault line. So does Los Angeles, California and much of Japan. And according to biblical scholars, in the end times, earthquakes would hit areas that are not earthquake-prone or that are not on fault line. And yes, biblical scholars do believe that we are in the end times now because earthquakes are rattling many areas around the world that are not in fault lines (earthquake-prone areas). Biblical scholars also believe that the end time is here because nations are rising against nations all
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lcoholism and alcohol abuse has sneaked into many individuals and thus has made its invasion in all walks of life destroying health and the fabric of family life. It has affected me and you either directly or indirectly and has made its negative impact on families and children. It’s not always easy to see when one’s drinking has crossed the line from moderate or social use to problem drinking. But if one consumes alcohol to cope with difficulties or to avoid feeling bad, then the individual is in potentially dangerous territory. So it’s important to be aware of the warning signs and take steps to cut back if one recognizes them. Understanding the problem is the first step to overcoming it. Since drinking is so common in many cultures and the effects vary so widely from person to person, it’s not always easy to figure out where the line is between social drinking and problem drinking. The bottom line is how alcohol affects the individual and the family in particular. If your drinking is causing problems in your life, you have a drinking problem; it is as simple as that. Over the last few decades, the use of illegal drugs has spread to practically every part of the globe and we too are not spared by this menace. No society remains immune to the devastating problem of substance abuse. Substance abuse poses various problems impacting not just the individual user, but also his or her family and community. The adverse impact of drug use on families is tremendous. Relationships suffer; financial sources are depleted, health care costs increases, employment problems and increased emotional stress. There is also a serious risk of transmission of HIV/AIDS, STI’s and other blood borne viruses to partners of infected persons. Within the family, it is often the women, in the role of wife or mother, who is most affected by an individual’s drug abuse and has to bear a significant part of the burden on the family. Some factors that one needs to keep in mind in order to help an individual who has this habit of drinking alcohol and abuses substances that are harmful to him and to the family, Feel guilty or ashamed about drinking, Lie to others or hide your drinking habits, Have friends or family members who are worried about drinking, Need to drink in order to relax or feel better, “Black out” or forget what you did while on was drinking, and Regularly drink more than one intended to drink. Like many other societies and communities, our region is also undergoing transition with the impact of globalization with regard to development and advancement in all sectors. Changing roles, increased demands on work that adds stress and alterations in lifestyle brings with them this menace of substance abuse. The magnitude and dynamics of substance abuse has not been well researched as there are no resources available. There is a great demand for parents today than before to care and to cultivate values that can protect and preserve their kids from falling into any addictive habits. Contemporary society generally views
PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE
Signs of the End Khrietuonyü Noudi
Straight From The Heart History, Politics, Culture… over the world. From Palestine versus Israel to Pakistan versus India, nations are rising up against each other everywhere. Similarly, kingdoms are rising against kingdoms. If we count kingdoms as spiritual entities, Christianity and radical Islam are at war in some places. Likewise, radical Islam and Hinduism are at war as is radical Islam and Judaism at war. Radical Islam and Buddhism are also at war. These spiritual kingdoms are waging wars for the hearts of mankind that sometimes even sprout into full-fledged wars with armies. In the case of the Sept. 11 attacks, abhorrent interpretations of Islam’s teachings led radical zealots to murder thousands of people in the name of the very religion the zealots were twisting – Islam. These kingdoms are rising up against each other, despite the best efforts of responsible Muslims and responsible Christians to avoid the conflict. In Mathew 24:14, Jesus also said that the end would come after the gospel is preached in all parts of the world. Biblical scholars also believe that this requirement is also now fulfilled to a large extent. Over the centuries, missionaries have taken the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far reaches of the world – even to those places where preaching is very costly and risky both in terms of money and life. Inspired missionaries have trudged forward even when everyone else would have preferred to give up under normal circumstances. In this way, the gospel has been effectively taken to the far corners of the world.
According to Biblical scholars, there are several “ends” in the Bible. One “end” is the end of time prophesied in the book of Revelation. The other is the end of the heavens and the earth when God would create a new heavens and a new earth. But one “end” which many do not know about is the end of the age of predominantly Gentile Christianity. In the 2000 years since the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the church has been predominantly Gentile as the Jews have gone out of their way to reject their Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth. But biblical scholars say that one of the Bibles’s most overlooked prophesies is that the age of the Gentiles will come to an end. And the end of the Gentile church will bring about the beginning of the age of the Jewish Church. However, this predominantly Jewish church will not come to prominence until after a specific event called ‘the Rapture of the Church’. Both the Jews and Christians alike have long held the belief that a specific event will either precede or immediately follow the return of the Messiah. Biblical scholars believe that this event is the War of Gog and Magog which is prophesied in Ezekiel 38 and 39. This war would be one event during which Russia and a confederation of its allies will invade Israel and be defeated by the power of the living God. Biblical scholars also believe that there are specific smaller prophesies inside the larger prophesy of the War of Gog and Magog that have to be fulfilled be-
fore the larger prophesy is fulfilled. One of the small prophesies is found in the passage Ezekiel 38:11-12. In this passage, there are two specific mini-prophesies that must be fulfilled before the war of Gog and Magog. The first one is that, to invade Israel, Russia must first have a nation to invade. In other words, as Ezekiel says, Israel must be “gathered out of the nations” to inhabit the formerly “desolate places”. Interestingly, this mini-prophesy was fulfilled in 1948 when Israel declared itself a nation. Here, it is not difficult for us to comprehend that it was impossible for this prophesy to be fulfilled before 1948. Ever since the dispersal of the Jews by the Romans in 70 A.D., the Jews of Israel had been scattered among the nations. They had lost their cohesion as a nation and had been literally scattered all over the world. But in 1948, the scattered people who had begun inhabiting the “desolate places” suddenly once again gained their identity as a nation. But the other mini-prophesy that must be fulfilled has not been fulfilled yet. This prophesy is that Russia will invade a people that are “at rest” and that “dwell safely”. But we all know that Israel is not at all “at rest”. Similarly, the people of Israel are also not at all “dwelling safely”. The actual fact is that Israel and its people are constantly on guard. In recent times, armed uprisings in the Middle East have made the situation even more complicated. Because of terrorism and the threat of violence striking out of the blue, Israel is neither at rest nor dwelling safely. And biblical scholars believe that as long as there is terrorism, Israel will never fulfill the conditions of that mini-prophesy. Immediately after Sept 11 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush declared that America was at war. But for the first time in history, America was at war not with a nation or a state. America was at war with an idea and with a tactic. America was at war with terrorism itself. And if one day, America’s war against terrorism is successful, conditions for Israel to live in peace and safety could indeed materialize. Biblical scholars also assert that God created the heavens and the earth 6000 years ago i.e. 4000 B.C. and that Jesus Christ came into the world 4000 years after the creation of the universe. And now 2000 years have passed since the life of Jesus on earth. The creation story mentioned in the book of Genesis says that God worked for six days and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, by equaling 1 day with 1000 years, biblical scholars believe that six days (6000 years) have passed since God created everything and now we are in the seventh day (7000th year). And since God rested on the 7th day, biblical scholars believe that we are now in the times when the end would happen. And here in Nagaland, as we go about ever busy attending to our daily chores as if we still have plenty of years ahead of us, it is quite an eye-opening revelation to know that many biblical scholars actually believe that we are in the end times and that we would see Jesus Christ coming down in the clouds in our own lifetime…..
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: Effects And Impact On Families
family as a haven from the world, supplying absolute fulfillment. The family is considered to encourage "intimacy, love and trust where individuals may escape the competition of dehumanizing forces in modern society from the rough and tumble industrialized world, and as a place where warmth, tenderness and understanding can be expected from a loving mother and protection from the world can be expected from the father. However, the idea of protection is declining as civil society faces less internal conflict combined with increased civil rights and protection from the state. To many, the ideal of personal or family fulfillment has replaced protection as the major role of the family. The family now supplies what is “vitally needed but missing from other social arrangements”. The idea of family implies an enduring involvement on an emotional level. Family members may disperse around the world, but still be connected emotionally and able to contribute to the dynamics of family functioning. The family system can be divided in many ways for this paper the family has been divided into Rural and Urban. In rural areas people are still ignorant about the family system of functioning with clear cut roles and responsibilities. In Urban areas due to employment and other opportunities families are influenced by the globalization. Extended families, which include grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and other relatives; there are nuclear families in the cities; In search of quality education many young people travel to urban areas from rural areas and stay as guests in some rented place or stay with one of their relatives; Hostels are also on the increase that increases the vulnerability of the young adolescents who are coming from rural areas; In rural areas agriculture being the main source of income, most of the elders become bread winners of the family and spent time in the fields from morning to evening. Hardly have they time to interact with the children; there are some families where a single parent is playing double role. Especially mothers, whose husbands are alcoholics, take the role of father and mother; broken relationships and inconsistencies in marriages are also on the increase and many have not understood the institution called marriage as a life long journey. Positive and healthy atmospheres at home along with a supportive nurturing environment at school are of prime importance. However, many homes and schools are not ideal and even if so, temptation is so great that youngsters succumb and start on the road to addiction. Family as the important variable of my thesis explores the Naga Family System and the values that are
Fr. Joe Mariadhas st. Joseph’s College Jakhama – Nagaland eroding in the passing of time and the social organization which leads to changes in the young generation. Children with substance abused parents are more likely to have emotional problems than whose parents are not addicted to any substance. The addict is the symptom carrier of the family dysfunction and it is a manifestation of society’s illness. In the earlier times, in a joint family system, if one members of a family fell on hard times, other members used to help him out. But in the present age, where joint family has given way to nuclear family, there is no way to help an individual out from his crisis. In order to come out of the web of addiction, families of drug addicts (co-dependants) have to start living their own lives in order to help the addicts. Instead of becoming frustrated and pessimistic with their own kith and kin, who have taken to drugs, they should learn balancing their energy, time and dedication between their own activities and their responsibilities towards the abusers. Family is the primary potent influence upon the direction, which an individual takes and maintains in his life. A study shows that the cause of drug usage was influenced by the quality of affectionate family relationships and bonding. Parents take an interest in the career of their children and are conscious of their parental obligations and when these demands are not fulfilled there exist family problems. The nature of family control, the discipline imposed by the parents over the children, the parents’ interest in their friends, leisure activities and their future career prospects and parents remaining conscious of their obligations towards their children were found to be important factors which determine the children’s inclination to step into the world of drugs. The drinking, smoking and drug taking behavior of family members also had a bearing on the use of drugs. So it is that family environment is an important factor in drug usage. One of the major problems in Dimapur among the young people is that many of them are experiencing the dissolution of the marriage of their parents. A young boy of 18 who is on to drugs says that ‘my father and mother are separated for more than a year now after a heavy fight. I did not know what to do or how to manage this situation and drugs gave me a solution. And I am a full-blown addict now. Whose fault is it? Inadequate parenting could be also considered a valuable point because most of our parents are not educated. Even if they are educated they do not know how
to bring up the children with moral values. There are more educational institutions that are within the city. Many parents keep their children in the boarding or in rented houses. This creates a chance for non-guided young children to enter into drugs. Many parents do not spend quality time with their children and not bothered about what is happening to him. In the name of freedom and growth there is widespread misuse of money. Money is replaced by love and care and this trend is very high among the affluent families. Easy availability of money makes them to buy drugs and to experiment at the end are not able to give it up. The fact is that not all alcohol abusers become full-blown alcoholics, but it is a big risk factor. Sometimes alcoholism develops suddenly in response to a stressful change, such as a breakup, retirement, or another loss. Other times, it gradually creeps up on you as your tolerance to alcohol increases. If one is a binge drinker or you drink every day, the risks of developing alcoholism are greater. Alcoholism is the most severe form of problem drinking. Alcoholism involves all the symptoms of alcohol abuse, but it also involves another element: physical dependence on alcohol. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can affect all aspects of one’s life. Long-term alcohol use can cause serious health complications, affecting virtually every organ in one’s body, including the brain. Problem drinking can also damage emotional stability, finances, career, and the ability to build and sustain satisfying relationships. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can also have an impact on family, friends and the people you work with. Despite the potentially lethal damage that heavy drinking does to the body including cancer, heart problems, and liver disease, the social consequences can be just as devastating. Alcoholics and alcohol abusers are much more likely to get divorced, have problems with domestic violence, struggle with unemployment, and live in poverty. But even if one is able to succeed at work or hold the marriage together, one cannot escape the effects that alcoholism and alcohol abuse has on personal relationships. Drinking problems put an enormous strain on the people closest to you. Often, family members and close friends feel obligated to cover for the person with the drinking problem. So they take on the burden of cleaning up your messes, lying for you, or working more to make ends meet. Pretending that nothing is wrong and hiding away all of their fears and resentments can take an enormous toll. Children are especially sensitive and can suffer long-lasting emotional problems or trauma when a parent or caretaker is an alcoholic or heavy drinker. Families have high risk for domestic
violence, mental illness, divorce, and sexual and physical abuse than other families. These issues are very detrimental and can lead to children with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Children in these situations may be withdrawn and have trouble bonding with others. Often they feel that the problems of the family are their fault or that it is their job to conceal the problem, and this can lead to low self esteem, lack of desire to perform well in school, or fear of failure. It would be difficult for these children to make friends because of the fear that someone in the outside world will find out about their secret, or will witness the chaos firsthand. The majority of people misunderstand the addicted individual. Typically, the alcoholic or addict has been contrasted with the drinker or drug user that society accepts as normal. The normal drinker or substance user can consume and then behave within a range of conduct that our society prescribes as normal. These individuals possess immunities that the addicted individual lacks. The normal drinker and substance user does not have socially defined problems with their consumption practices. Nor do they have the chronic, deadly disease. Society struggles to accept individuals who do not drink or use drugs within the normal range of conduct. As a general rule, abnormal drinkers are considered enigmas. This group of individuals exists in perpetuity whether or not they are understood by society. These individuals need help. Many of them have a disease. The family is the fertile bed where the children strike roots and grows mentally, emotionally and spiritually. It is in the family that children learn their social skills and the ways of interacting in a civilized manner with those they encounter. Nothing can replace the family in one’s life. According to Randolph Sanders, ‘Strong families, cultivate certain specific qualities: Commitment, Appreciation, Spending quality time together, Keeping lines of Communication always open, Having a high degree of religious orientation and the Ability to deal with crisis in a reasonable way’. The recovery depends on the family and friends. And the continued recovery depends on continuing mental health treatment, learning healthier coping strategies, and making better decisions when dealing with life’s challenges. In order to stay alcohol-free for the long term, one has to constantly keep in touch with the family members and communicate with them all possible issues and also have to face the underlying problems that led to alcoholism or alcohol abuse in the first place. The good news is that children of alcoholics and drug abusers often develop an inner strength that helps them get through the tough times at home. With much love and encouragement from a sober parent, another relative, or even a social worker or teacher, these children can go on to live happy, successful lives. And of course, the best scenario is if the addict in the family receives treatment and overcomes the problem, and then the child can continue their life and work on a brighter future.
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UPA Government under fire over handling of LoC attack
NEW DElhi, August 7 (REutERs): Parliament was paralysed on Wednesday as opposition lawmakers angrily protested over the government’s response to an ambush in which five soldiers were shot dead on the border with Pakistan in the disputed region of Kashmir. The uproar, for the second day in a row, derailed the government’s legislative agenda and raised question marks over whether it will be able to drive through long-pending economic reforms during the short session, which ends on August 30. Defence Minister A.K. Antony told parliament on Tuesday that a group of about 20 heavily armed militants accompanied by “persons dressed in Pakistan Army uniforms” had ambushed an army patrol earlier that day near the 740-km (460-mile) Line of Control (LoC) in the Himalayan region. It was one of the worst such attacks since the two nuclear-armed rivals signed a truce in 2003 and it cast a pall over planned talks by top Pakistani and Indian bureaucrats on disputed territorial and water issues. The talks, frozen after a border clash in January, had been expected to resume this month. While Antony stopped short of blaming the Pakistan army for the latest attack, his ministry later issued a strongly worded statement directly accusing Pakistani soldiers of taking part in the ambush. Army officers, speaking on condition of anonymity, made similar accusations even as Pakistan strongly denied any involvement. The defence ministry statement and army officers said the attack had been carried out by Pakistan’s Border Action Team. The unit includes members of Pakistan’s commando Special Services Group and irregular forces like Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based militant group, the army officers said. But, in a sign that India’s army and politicians were not singing from the same hymn sheet, the ministry later retracted its statement and said Antony’s account represented the official record of what had happened on the border. India is under pressure from the United States to ratchet down tensions with Pakistan to stabilise the region as foreign forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan. Both
Sukhbir Badal calls Rahul ‘alien’
chANDigARh, August 7 (iANs): Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday described Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi an “alien” who is “oblivious about the ground level situation in villages”. Slamming Gandhi for saying that “poverty is state of mind”, Badal said: “It is surprising that leaders who have not fought even panchayat elections are ruling the country. Without any knowledge of ground level situation, they are framing policies from air-conditioned rooms in Delhi.” Taking a dig at the Congress leadership, Badal said: “Indira Gandhi gave the slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’ (Remove Poverty), and now her grandson (Rahul Gandhi) is bent on removing the poor from the country.” He said the Akali Dal government introduced several welfare schemes for the poor but the Congress leadership tried to scuttle these. Badal said it was laughable that PM Manmohan Singh, who decried Punjab’s ‘Atta-Dal’ scheme a wasteful expenditure, was copying the scheme in the food security ordinance.
luckNoW, August 7 (iANs): Twenty two children took ill at a Jhansi village after they were administered a deworming medicine under the Aasheervad Child Health Guarantee Scheme of the Uttar Pradesh government. On Tuesday, a little after being given the medicines, the children started vomiting and complained of nausea. The incident took place in the Durgapur village of Babina area, 313 km from state capital Lucknow. The children were rushed to a nearby medical facility, even as parents stormed the health centre and roughed up the team of health department officials who administered the medicines. The medical team was held hostage, and released hours later on the intervention of police. The district magistrate of Jhansi, Tanveer Zafar Ali, has ordered a probe. The scheme has been put on hold for a month, officials told IANS. Doctors said that the 22 children who complained of nausea, stomach pain, headache and vomiting were later discharged. The children were given the medicine on Tuesday under a scheme launched in February this year by the Akhilesh Yadav government to address the health needs of the nearly six crore children in Uttar Pradesh’s rural areas, ranging in age from two to 18 years.
Much-touted Food Bill introduced in LS
Activists of India’s Congress party’s youth wing try to break barricades as police use water cannon to stop them during a protest against the death of 5 Indian army soldiers in cross-border exchanges, New Delhi, August 7. India’s army says five of its soldiers were killed and another wounded when Pakistani troops fired at a patrol near the cease-fire line in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Tuesday. The incident could threaten recent overtures aimed at resuming peace talks between the nuclear-armed rivals. (AP Photo)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry have visited New Delhi in recent weeks to discuss Afghanistan, where India and Pakistan are vying for influence. Opposition lawmakers chanting “Apologise! apologise!” demanded that the Indian government explain the contradiction between the two statements and accused Antony of misleading the nation about Pakistan’s role in the attack. “The defence ministry held Pakistani army fully responsible for the incident. But the defence minister gave a clean sheet to the Pakistan army and completely absolved them,” Sushma Swaraj, a leader of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), told parliament. “The government must admit that the Pakistan army is responsible for this incident,” she said.
DIPLOMATIC TIGHTROPE Antony stood by his statement and said as defence minister he had an obligation to be careful not to repeat information that had not been verified. But rowdy lawmakers did not accept his explanation and continued to disrupt proceedings until parliament was adjourned. Antony’s cautious statement appeared to reflect a reluctance by the government, at least for now, to let the border incident damage efforts to restart the peace talks. But with elections due by next May, there are questions over whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government can pursue dialogue with Pakistan without being painted as weak by the opposition. The BJP has repeatedly accused Singh of being soft on Pakistan and China, whose troops are also accused of border incur-
pre-event on social networking site Facebook, Ediga managed to garner the support of around five-dozen NRIs who expressed similar concerns and joined the case. Renowned RTI activist and former chief information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi was impressed by the NRIs’ zeal. “It’s a very innovative initiative,” he said in a Facebook post. Ediga went a step ahead and posted on his blog some basic instructions and phone numbers of as many MPs he could lay his hands on to enable the NRIs launch the CallA-Thon. The response was truly enthusiastic and the participants vigorously started dialing the MPs in India, working late hours after returning home from work (in the US). On the other side of the globe, activists and friends in India kept up the tempo by making their own phone calls to the MPs, notching negligible success. According to Ediga, last week, around 300 MPs got calls from NRIs in the US and a majority of the responses were eye-openers for the long-distance callers. “I don’t have any opinion (on this issue). The party will decide,” was the terse response of a few Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party MPs. A vast majority were furious at receiving direct calls from concerned citizens, even though they were NRIs, Ediga said. A handful of Shiv Sena, CPI-M, MDMK and Trinamol Congress MPs expressed plans to vote against the RTI amendments, but did not appear fully committed. By and large, the NRI callers were stonewalled by the MPs’ aides, who asked them many suspicious questions, demanding to know what their interest was in asking such questions when
they were not living in India. A few dismissed the calls by asking them to send emails to the MPs concerned - which the callers did, but again with negligible success. A sample conversation with an MP’s secretary: Secretary (suspicious): Who are you? Caller: “I am a concerned citizen and want to request the MP not to vote for these RTI amendments.” Secretary : I’ve never received or heard of a concerned citizen calling an MP. I cannot tell my opinion but will relay your message to the MP. (Bangs down the phone). “Around four dozen MPs from across the country spoke to one of us calling them, but their responses were guarded and most preferred to excuse their stand citing the party directives on the issue,” Ediga said. Among those who spoke were Rajya Sabha MPs, Shantaram Naik, Trinamool Congress MP S.S. Roy, JD-U’s Sharad Yadav, TDP’s K.N. Rao and N.M. Rao. Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani was not available, cabinet ministers were impossible to approach due to the bureaucratic ring around them and many others ignored repeated calls and emails. “For all of us, it has been a great learning experience since we believed that we could never speak with any MP directly. To that extent, we appreciate all the MPs who actually took out calls, but that is not enough. They are expected to work for the people and the main question still remains: Why don’t the political parties want to come under the RTI Act’s ambit though the public demands it,” Ediga said.
NRIs join campaign to keep political parties under RTI
MuMbAi, August 7 (iANs): Trust India’s honourable Members of Parliament to save their skin when confronted with uncomfortable questions on the proposed amendments to the Right To Information (RTI) Act. This was the experience of scores of NRIs settled in the US who last week initiated a unique Call-A-Thon to Indian MPs, requesting them to save the RTI Act - which is sought to be diluted by the new amendments to keep political parties out of the ambit of its questioning - and urge them to ensure that, in public interest, political parties be covered by the RTI Act. The activist NRIs, perturbed by the amendments to the RTI Act, decided to take some direct action and attempt to stall the tinkering of the law that has brought so much transparency into government functioning and empowered the common man, said its main initiator Suresh Ediga, a software engineer from New Jersey. “Last week, a few of us decided to directly call up the MPs and personally request them to vote against the proposed amendments which could make the RTI Act virtually toothless,” Ediga told IANS on the phone. He said that ever since the amendments were announced, RTI activists across India have been making frantic attempts to get the amendments democratically stalled through parliament. “Our initiative had two prime concerns - to complement the activities of the ground activists in India, and register our concerns as ordinary citizens with the MPs and urge them not to accord parliamentary sanction for the RTI amendments,” Ediga said. After running a brief
22 kids take ill in UP after deworming dose
sions. Political heat over the killing of two Indian soldiers in a clash in Kashmir in January forced Singh to suspend the peace talks. In the intervening months, diplomats and officials from both countries have been quietly working to relaunch them. New Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made improving trade with India a central plank of his election campaign and has said he wants to ease mistrust between the two countries. Two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire with Indian troops on Tuesday, officials on both sides said Wednesday. A Pakistani military official blamed “unprovoked Indian firing” and said senior army commanders on both sides had spoken over a hotline. A senior Indian army officer in northern Kashmir said Pakistani forces had opened fire first.
NEW DElhi, August 7 (Pti): The much-touted Food Security Bill, which proposes to give the country’s three-fourth population the right to highly-subsidised food, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with the government rejecting apprehensions that it would impinge upon the rights of states. Food minister KV Thomas introduced the fresh Bill after withdrawing an earlier one along with the ordinance which was promulgated on July 5. Moving the National Food Security Bill, 2013, which promises to give right to the country’s 80 crore people to get 5 kg of foodgrains every month at Rs 1-3 per kg, Thomas said there is nothing in it against the states. “It does not impinge upon the rights of states. It protects the Constitution,” he said to allay apprehensions expressed by Tamil Nadu parties, AIADMK and DMK, over the new law. He said any concern could be debated upon when the bill comes up for discussion in the House. Earlier, AIADMK member M Thambidurai opposed introduction of the Bill saying it is against the Constitution and federal system. “It is not Food Security Bill, it is actually Food Insecurity Bill,” he said, adding it should brought only after consultations with states. Contending that the bill has “several flaws that have created serious apprehensions”, he said the legislation amounts to “interfering with state governments”. Thambidurai, whose party is in power in Tamil Nadu, said the bill will affect his state where a universal scheme for providing subsidised food is already being implemented “successfully” by the state government. He said the bill would result in additional financial burden of around Rs 3,000 crore to the state exchequer. DMK leader TR Baalu also said his party has issues with the bill in its present form and would move amendments.
A member of the Indian army balances himself as he walks on the edge of a damaged road next to a landslide which tumbled down onto buildings belonging to the Indian army in Dharmsala, August 7. Fearing more landslides the nearby village of 60 residents also evacuated. No injuries were reported. (AP Photo)
Man who beheaded 5 daughters to be hanged today
bhoPAl, August 7 (AgENciEs): Maganlal Barela — man who beheaded his five daughters in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh in 2011, would be executed in the central jail, Jabalpur on Thursday morning. According to reports, he will be hanged by the executioner of Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir
Kasab. The Sehore district and sessions court has issued Maganlal’s “black warrant” for execution of sentence on August 8. President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected Maganlal’s plea for clemency on July 22, 2013 after subsequent dismissal of his pleas for converting capital punishment into life imprison-
ment by MP high court (Jabalpur bench) and Supreme Court of India. He was found guilty of beheading his daughters Arti 4, Savita, 5, Leela, 6, Jamuna, 1, and Phool Kanwar, 2, to death with an axe following a dispute over property with his two wives on June 11, 2010. Police charged him under Section 302 of the IPC.
A school of hope for kids with cancer
MuMbAi, August 7 (iANs): It’s called Canshala and is an island of peace and learning for a group of ailing children for whom education had, at one stage, become a distant dream due to their treatment for life-threatening cancer. The children mingle with normal children in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) school in south Mumbai’s Parel area, where they are taught by regular teachers, two of whom are provided by the civic agency and the remaining by NGO CanKids. This formal education helps them make up the time lost due to staying away from school or dropping out for treatment. This special school has come about thanks to a public-private partnership between the BMC and CanKids, which also has a family support group for children with cancer. Four rooms in the Jagannath Bhatankar Municipal School have been provided by the civic agency for the special
school. Two of these serve as classrooms for the brave hearts, one as a therapy room and another as an office. “The school bridges the gap in education these children have so far been facing during treatment,” Canshala mentor Surabhi Kakar told IANS. “Now, with continuity of education, the children not only get a feeling of normalcy but they can carry on with education in their regular school after treatment, reducing chances of their becoming dropouts,” Kakar added. Corporation employee Neelima Vijaykumar Rawler, who teaches the children with cancer, said: “They are all hardworking students...after coming to school they forget about their painful brush with cancer.” Of the 80 cancer patients registered with Canshala, at least 20 attend classes daily. Free books, meals, uniforms and school bags provided by the civic agency add to the attempt to make them feel at par with
other normal children in the school. Another BMC teacher, Suvidya Ramchandra Shinde, says there’s not much difference between the two groups of children. “But the hunger for learning in children with cancer has to be seen to be believed,” said Shinde, who teaches Marathi, Hindi, English and Mathematics to the brave hearts. A majority of the cancer-afflicted students of the school hail from Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. “They attend school when they are not undergoing treatment at city hospitals like Tata Memorial, Sion and Bai Jerbai Wadia,” CanKids director Enid A. Kerr told IANS. “We contact parents in hospitals or dharamshalas meant for patients’ families and motivate them to send their kids to our school when they are not required at the OPDs,” Kerr added. Shuba Devi Singh, mother of Gaurav Kumar Singh, 12, a patient of Hodgkin’s lymphoma that weakens
the immune system, is happy with her son’s exposure at the school. “He is a talented artist and got the first prize in an inter-school BMC art competition in Mumbai,” she said proudly. “Gaurav is always eager to head to the school. Interaction with the other kids has made him forget his trauma and he is no more an introvert,” she added. Niyali D. Chaurasiya, 11, who hails from Madhya Pradesh and is undergoing treatment for bone tissue cancer, acknowledged the gains from Canshala. “I am making up for the lessons I have missed over the last two years,” she said. Kerr said the syllabus for the cancer patients is on the lines of that for other children but has been refined by experts. “On completion of the course, we give them a certificate of our own depending on the standard they have achieved. We are trying for an arrangement under which the certificate would be awarded by the BMC,” she said.
While most of the students afflicted with cancer are at the primary level, there is one at the Class 7 and another at the Class 9 level, Kerr said. Shinde said that as a teacher, she has been experimenting with the curriculum’s content. “We need a different approach. The students come after long breaks from formal schooling and need a lot of background material to cover the lost time.” The school also helps the patients overcome their trauma. Apart from support from the NGO in travelling between the hospital, school and dharamshalas, the special students also get a helping hand from European volunteers. Worldwide, 70-80% of children can be cured of cancer. According to CanKids director Priti Dhall, in India just 40% of the affected children manage to do so. “Imparting education to kids with cancer is one way of empowering them to lead normal lives as cancer survivors,” Dhall said.
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Study disputes link between combat & suicide
A US soldier walks atop his armored vehicle at sunset as he prepares for a nighttime military exercise in the Kuwaiti desert south of the Iraqi border on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002. (AP File Photo)
CHICAGO, AuGust 7 (AP): Combat appears to have little or no influence on suicide rates among U.S. troops and veterans, according to a military study that challenges the conventional thinking about war’s effects on the psyche. Depression and other types of mental illness, alcohol problems and being male — strong risk factors for suicide among civilians — were all linked to self-inflicted deaths among current and former members of the military. But the researchers found deployment and combat did not raise the risk. “The findings from this study are not consistent with the assumption that specific deployment-related characteristics, such as length of deployment, number of deployments, or combat experiences, are
directly associated” with suicides, the authors wrote. The results echo smaller studies focusing on specific branches of the military, but this is the first to look at a sampling from the entire military population, said lead author Cynthia LeardMann, a researcher with the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego. But Rachel Yehuda, director of traumatic stress studies at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, said the study “calls into question the previously assumed relationship between length of combat exposure and suicide” but doesn’t address other ways combat affects mental health. More than 145,000 people from all branches took part in the study, including active-duty service members, reservists and retirees, and they were fol-
lowed from 2001 to 2008, a period in which the U.S. waged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The findings were published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A recent increase in the military suicide rate has raised concerns about a possible link between suicide and deployment, including long or repeated tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the new results should lay those concerns to rest, said Dr. Nancy Crum-Cianflone, another researcher with the Navy center. She is leading a larger study on the health effects of serving in the military. The newly released findings are based on a subset of participants in that study. The 200108 study looked at a small portion of the thousands of suicides among active-
duty service members and veterans during that time. There were 78 suicides among the study participants, or an average of almost 12 per 100,000 people followed for one year. The rate was about two times higher among men and people with depression, and a little higher than that among those with alcohol problems. But it was four times higher among those with bipolar disorder. Pentagon data show there were 349 suicides last year alone among active-duty troops, the most since 2001. Crum-Cianflone said the military suicide rate climbed sharply between 2005 and 2009, to about 20 per 100,000 people followed for one year. At the same time, there was an increase in the number of people with mental illness in the military. The reason for that is unclear, the
study authors said. The suicide rate in the general population also increased in recent years, to almost 18 per 100,000 in 2010, according to a JAMA editorial. David Rudd, scientific director for the nonprofit National Center for Veterans Studies, said the study provides only a snapshot and doesn’t answer whether combat exposure increases the lifetime risk of suicide. Rudd said evidence suggests most service members who attempt suicide had pre-existing psychiatric problems and may have been suicidal before entering the military. That, he said, suggests a need for better screening and treatment. In the study, depression was present in about 23% of those who committed suicide and almost 11% of those who didn’t take their lives. Six percent of the suicides involved bipolar disorder, compared with less than 1 percent of the nonsuicides. Alcohol-related problems afflicted 30% of the suicides and 14% of the non-suicides. Posttraumatic stress syndrome was uncommon and by itself was not found to be a suicide risk factor. But Dr. Charles Hoge, a study co-author and retired Army psychiatrist, said: “Service members with PTSD often experience co-existing depression or alcohol problems, which would increase their risk” of suicide. Hoge said service members are routinely and extensively screened for mental illness before enlisting and afterward and those who are seriously ill are rejected. But he noted that some mental illnesses typically emerge first in young adulthood. He said the military has made great efforts to offer treatment to those affected.
Big fire, slow response: Kenya airport hall gutted
NAIROBI, AuGust 7 (AP): A massive fire destroyed the arrivals hall at Kenya’s main international airport early Wednesday, forcing the closure of East Africa’s largest airport and the rerouting of all inbound flights. No injuries were reported, said Michael Kamau, the cabinet secretary for transport and infrastructure. The fire broke out on the 15th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy bombings in Nairobi and neighboring Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, but there were no immediate signs of terrorism. Kenya’s anti-terror police boss, Boniface Mwaniki, told The Associated Press that he was waiting for the fire to be put out so that he could inspect the scene before making a judgment. Dark black smoke that shot skyward was visible across much of Nairobi as emergency teams battled the blaze. Passengers reported a slow response by the under-resourced fire brigade, and the blaze raged for four hours before being contained. “It was huge, the smoke billowing, and it didn’t seem
to be stopping,” said Barry Fisher, who had hoped to fly to Ethiopia on Wednesday morning. The fire gutted the international arrivals hall, where passengers pass through immigration and retrieve their luggage. The Kenya Airports Authority closed Jomo Kenyatta International Airport until further notice. “We reassure international and local travelers that arrangements are being put in place to restore normal operations. The airlines are working to assist stranded passengers and advise them on the measures being put in place to resume services at JKIA,” said Stephen Gichuki, the director of the Kenyan Airports Authority. The Nairobi airport is the busiest in East Africa, and its closure is likely to affect flights throughout the region. Kamau said the fire began at 5 a.m. in the immigration section of the arrivals hall. Inbound flights were diverted to the coastal city of Mombasa. As in many countries in East Africa, public sector services like police
and fire units in Kenya are hobbled by small budgets and outdated or no equipment. Many of the responding units to Wednesday’s fire were from private security firms. A British passenger, Martyn Collbeck, said he was surprised that the airport wasn’t shut sooner so that emergency vehicles could respond. “When I arrived there were one or two fire engines parked outside the international arrivals. It spread very fast,” said Collbeck, who had been scheduled to fly back to London on an early morning KLM flight. “There were a couple of explosions which I think were a couple of gas canisters.” “I would have expected more fire engines to respond faster,” he added. There may not have been fire engines available to respond. The country’s largest newspaper, The Daily Nation, reported last month that Nairobi County doesn’t have a single working fire engine, and that three fire engines were auctioned off in 2009 because the county
hadn’t paid a $1,000 repair bill. “It is a disgrace of biblical proportions that the entire Nairobi County does not have a public fire engine in working condition,” the paper wrote in an editorial last month. “When (government leaders) were debating their budgets, they did not deem it fit to set aside money either to buy new ones or repair the old ones. But they did set aside money to build mansions for governors, (buy) big vehicles for county executives and other needs without a direct benefit to Kenyans.” The paper said the collapse of the fire department means responses to disasters is in the hands of private companies and the military. Fisher, a trade specialist who lives in Nairobi, described the scene as chaotic. “There was no one stopping any traffic going to the road to the airport,” he said. “A number of fire trucks and ambulances were trying to negotiate their way through the lane. ... They were trying to weave their way through a solid two lanes of cars.”
grams. “There have been times where they slip back into Cold War thinking and a Cold War mentality,” Obama said of Russia. “What I say to President Putin is, that’s the past and ... we’ve got to think about the future. And there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to cooperate more effectively than we do.” During the interview, Obama also said the recent threat that caused the United States to close its embassies throughout the Middle East was significant. “It’s significant enough that we’re taking every precaution,” Obama said. “It’s a reminder that for all the progress we’ve made ... this radical, violent extremism is still out there,” Obama said. “We’ve got to stay on top of it.” Asked whether the controversial surveillance programs helped lead to the intelligence that sparked the warnings, Obama said the programs were critical to counterterrorism work. But he said more needed to be done to assure Americans they were not being spied on themselves. “We don’t have a domestic spying program,” he said. “What we do have are some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an email address that we know is connected
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Escape artist pulls off locked coffin skydive
sERENA, AuGust 7 (AP): A daredevil freed himself from shackles and a locked casket while plummeting to the earth at 130 miles per hour on Tuesday, eventually parachuting gently into a northern Illinois field. Anthony Martin, 47, waved to the cameras and the crowd that turned out to watch his stunt after he landed at a farm in Serena, Illinois, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) southwest of Chicago. Martin said the escape was exhilarating but that he was disoriented because the plywood casket whipped wildly from sideto-side while he picked the locks, and he struggled to open the door. “I didn’t feel any force, but what I felt was lot a of jostling,” he told the Associated Press. “It seemed to me like I had a glimpse of the ground for a second then it (the door) came back and I had to give it another push.” Martin, who began teaching himself to pick locks at age 6, somersaulted out of the box as he pushed his way to freedom. “I didn’t know where I was ... but I was hypnotized as I watched the box falling behind me,” he said. The mood on the plane was somber as it ascended to 14,000 feet (4,267 meters). All the skydivers involved in the stunt carefully checked the others’ equipment before Martin climbed into the box and was handcuffed to a belt around his waist and chained to the inside of the casket. A prison door lock for which no key exists was screwed into place to hold the door tight as two of the skydiv-
In this photo provided by Skydive Chicago, escape artist Anthony Martin falls while handcuffed and locked inside a box after being dropped from an airplane over Ottawa, Ill., on August 6. (AP Photo)
ers checked for sight of the proposed landing area from the open door of the plane, a Short SC.7 Skyvan. When everyone was ready, a drogue attached to the top of the box was tossed from the door, sucking the casket from the aircraft. A drogue is a small parachute similar to those used to slow drag-racing cars and fighter jets. Two skydivers also held on to handles to further steady the casket as others shot video and stills of the escape-or-die jump. The box rocked from side to side until around 6,500 feet (1,980 meters) when the Wisconsin native emerged and tracked away from the casket before deploying his parachute. “It was one of the greatest feelings ever knowing that one
of your best friends has again escaped death,” said Rook Nelson, a national champion skydiver. He coached Martin in the weeks leading up to the jump. Everyone involved in the stunt landed safely and no one was seriously hurt, although one of the skydivers trying to steady the box slammed into the door of the plane as they exited, giving him a fat lip and a scraped arm. Martin performed the same stunt once before, in August 1988 on just his 17th skydive. He decided he wanted to learn to skydive specifically so he could escape from a casket in freefall. He has chronicled his more than four-decade career as an escape artist in a book released this month, “Escape or Die.”
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Obama ‘disappointed’ with Russia over Snowden
BuRBANK, AuGust 7 (REutERs): U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed on Tuesday that he would go to Russia this fall for a G20 summit but said he was “disappointed” that Russia granted temporary asylum to former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. Speaking on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” with host Jay Leno, Obama said Moscow sometimes slipped into a Cold War mentality, despite being cooperative with the United States on some issues, including counterterrorism efforts in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. Obama was not asked and did not mention whether he would attend a separate meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his Russian trip. That meeting was put in question after Moscow rejected U.S. pleas and granted Snowden a year’s asylum. The White House has said it is evaluating whether a one-on-one with Putin makes sense. Washington wants Snowden, who was in hiding in Hong Kong before flying to Moscow in June, to be sent home to face criminal charges including espionage for disclosing secret American internet and telephone surveillance pro-
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President Barack Obama, left, smiles as he talks with Jay Leno during a commercial break during the taping of his appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in Los Angeles, August 6. (AP Photo)
to some sort of terrorist threat.” The odds of dying in a terrorist attack were less than dying in a car accident, Obama said, and Americans should be careful but did not need to cancel planned vacations to places such as Europe as a result of the recent travel warnings. Lighter Side In lighter notes, Obama said he had invited his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, to her recent lunch at the White House
and described her as having a post-administration “glow.” “We have become genuinely close, and I could not have more respect for her,” Obama said. Obama also confirmed - more or less - a budding “bromance” with his former 2008 presidential rival, Republican Senator John McCain, who has been supportive of Obama’s push to reform US immigration laws. “That’s how a classic romantic comedy goes,
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Kirilenko, Ivanovic open with wins at Rogers Cup
Daniela Hantuchova of Russia, left, and doubles partner Martina Hingis of Switzerland pause during their Rogers Cup women's doubles match against Angelique Kerber of Germany and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 6. (AP Photo)
Djokovic light on his feet in opening win
MONTREAL, AUGUST 7 (AFP): Novak Djokovic returned to competition after a post-Wimbledon pause on Tuesday and coasted into the third round at the ATP Montreal Masters. The Serb world number one easily defeated Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-1, then proceeded to dance with a tennis ball mascot with choreography he said he and friends worked out last month on holiday in Croatia. Mayer double-faulted to lose the 29-minute opening set and never made an impression on the top seed. "After a month off I didn't know what to expect," said Djokovic, who lost the Wimbledon final to Andy Murray. "I was extra careful against a tough opponent. I'm keeping my mind-set of step-by-step, one match at a time. "I needed extra commitment from the start and
Novak Djokovic from Serbia, returns to Florian Mayer from Germany, at the Rogers Cup men's tennis tournament Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, in Montreal. (AP Photo)
everything went well on court. I'm looking forward going into the US Open even if I'm defending a lot of points -- it's not the first time for that." Djokovic, champion in 2007, 2011 and 2012, won his 11th straight match in
Canada and stretched is career lead over Mayer to 5-0. He now stands 40-6 on the season as he seeks his 15th career Masters 1000 trophy. It was an historic days for locals, with four first-round victories insuring a record-equalling
five Canadians in the second round. The last time that happened was 1972, when some had byes. Vasek Pospisil produced the most dramatic victory as he powered to a 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4) win over John Isner to send the big American back across the border. Isner's defeat means the US will have no man in the top 20 for the first time since the ATP rankings began 40 years ago. Pospisil, the number 71 who claimed a Challenger title at the weekend in Vancouver, led the home charge, which also included wins for wild cards Filip Peliwo and Frank Dancevic. They joined Jesse Levine, who advanced on Monday. Canadian number one Milos Raonic, the 13th seed who has been struggling, needed to work to get past Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
TORONTO, AUGUST 7 (AP): Venus Williams lost in her first match in more than two months, falling 0-6, 6-4, 6-2 to Kirsten Flipkens at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday. It was Williams' first tour match since she lost in the first round of the French Open on May 26. The 33-year-old missed Wimbledon, after 16 consecutive appearances, because of a lower back injury. "I wasn't really expecting to play that well in the first set," Williams said. "In the second, I just didn't handle it well. But I was pretty close there to closing that match out and then got down in the third." Maria Kirilenko and Ana Ivanovic won in straight sets to advance to the second round. Kirilenko cruised past qualifier Petra Martic 6-2, 6-1, and Ivanovic defeated Su-Wei Hsieh 6-1, 6-2. In other matches, American qualifier Lauren Davis edged Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 7-5, 7-5; Dominika Cibulkova stopped Angelique Kerber 6-7 (0), 6-2, 7-5; and Canada's Eugenie Bouchard beat Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 6-1. Cibulkova needed nearly 3 hours to win the match. "My serve was not working like I was expecting," she said. "But in the end I made it, so I was really happy." Bouchard, a 19-year-old from Montreal, mixed up her effective ground strokes with some slick cut shots that left her Russian opponent stymied. There were more service breaks than holds early in the 79-minute match, which forced the Canadian to adjust her style. "I just decided to go for
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia hits a forehand to Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan during their first round Rogers Cup women's tennis match in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 6. (AP Photo)
it and started to play aggressive," Bouchard said. "That definitely helped me." Jelena Jankovic needed three sets to defeat qualifier Anna Tatishvili 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3. Ekaterina Makarova beat Anastasia Rodionova 6-1, 7-5, and Alize Cornet topped Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-3. American Sloane Stephens made her debut at the Rogers Cup with a
6-2, 7-6 (5) victory over France's Kristina Mladenovic in the opening round. The 17th-ranked Stephens will face Germany's Mona Barthel on Wednesday. Serena Williams is the top seed at the $2.3 million tournament. Also, in a match between Canadians, Toronto's Sharon Fichman advanced with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 win over Stephanie Dubois. In other matches, Mag-
dalena Rybarikova of Slovakia defeated Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 6-4, 6-3; Italy's Francesca Schiavone defeated South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland beat Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer 6-2, 6-3 while Sam Stosur, the No. 12 seed from Australia, defeated Julia Glushko of Israel 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
Billie Jean King talks life ahead of PBS profile Sri Lanka wins 3rd T20
BEVERLY HILLS, AUGUST 7 (AP): Billie Jean King said that she couldn't have revealed herself as being gay in the 1970s because it would have damaged the fledgling women's professional tennis tour. King became the first prominent female athlete to come out as gay in 1981 after her partner filed a palimony lawsuit against her. "I don't think it would have helped the situation. I think it would have hurt us more because we were just getting started," she told a Television Critics Association session. The 69-yearold King will be the first
sports figure to be profiled on the Public Broadcasting Service's "American Masters." Her episode airs Sept. 10 in commemoration of the 40th anniversaries of her match with Bobby Riggs and the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. King told the assembled TV critics that the women's pro tour was just in its third year of existence in 1973 when she beat Riggs in their landmark "Battle of the Sexes" match. "It was such a tenuous position," she said. "We were labeled all the time 'women's libbers.' We were just always under the gun from the
media. When I played Bobby Riggs, there wasn't one woman sports reporter (covering the match)." King said she fought for 48 consecutive hours with her attorney and publicist about holding a news conference to announce her sexuality after she was sued by partner, Marilyn Barnett. "The essence was I was outed, and at that time, I was still trying to find myself," she said. "My poor parents are homophobic. I grew up homophobic, so you can imagine this challenge. I didn't get comfortable in my own skin until I was 51 about being gay."
King also recalled her reaction when promoter Gladys Heldman told her she had signed Virginia Slims as a sponsor for the startup WTA Tour. "I, personally, never smoked. I didn't like it, but I dealt with it. It was difficult," King said. She was playing a full schedule of matches at the same time she was helping launch the women's pro tour, which lacked infrastructure in its early days. "When people say, 'What do you remember about the '70s?' I go, 'I was tired,' " King said. "I was exhausted every moment. But God gave me extra energy, so I'm very fortunate."
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Suarez says Liverpool should let him leave 'Make fixing a criminal offence'
Luis Suarez. (AP Photo)
LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 7 (AP): Luis Suarez accused Liverpool of breaking an agreement in his contract by refusing to let him leave Anfield, saying he had been promised permission to join another club if the Reds failed to reach the Champions League. In his first public comments since Arsenal made a 40-million pound bid for the Uruguay striker, Suarez told British newspaper The Guardian on Tuesday that he is ready to take his case to the Premier League, and called on Liverpool to "honor our agreement." "Last year I had the opportunity to move to a big European club and I stayed on the understanding that if we failed to qualify for the Champions League the following season I'd be allowed to go," Suarez was quoted as saying. "I gave absolutely everything last season but it was not enough to give us a top-four finish - now all I want is for Liverpool to honor our agreement." The comments will increase
the pressure on Liverpool to reach a deal for the disgruntled player, and will likely boost Arsenal's hopes of signing the kind of top-class attacking talent the club has been going after this offseason. "They gave me their word a year ago and now I want them to honor that," Suarez said. "And it is not just something verbal with the coach but something that is written in the contract. I'm not going to another club to hurt Liverpool." Suarez was left out of Liverpool's squad for a preseason match in Norway because of a foot injury, and his comments were published hours later on the Guardian's website. Arsenal reportedly made the 40-million pound believing it triggered a release clause in Suarez's contract, but Anfield officials have maintained that they are under no obligation to sell the player, and that his value is much higher. Suarez accused Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers of going back on his promise by stating in public that he was planning for Suarez to stay at the club. "I spoke with Brendan Rodgers several times and he told me: 'Stay another season, and you have my word if we don't make it then I will personally make sure that you can leave,'" Suarez said. "I just want them to abide by the promises made last season." Suarez has scored 51 goals in 96 games for Liverpool and was one of the best players in the league over the last two seasons. But his stint at Anfield has been marked by controversy, including a ban for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and another lengthy suspension for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic toward the end of the last campaign. "I'm 26. I need to be playing in the Champions League," Suarez said. "I have to put my career first. People say Liverpool deserve more from me but I have scored 50 goals in less than 100 games and now they could double the money they paid for me."
NEw DELHI, AUG 7 (IANS): Former India captain Rahul Dravid wants matchfixing and spot-fixing to be made criminal offences so that it would act as a deterrent to potential fixers. "I don't think only education can work, policing it and having the right laws and ensuring that people when they indulge in this kind of activities are actually punished. People must see that there are consequences to your actions. That will create fear for people," said Dravid. Dravid, who is prosecution witness in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spotfixing and betting scandal, also stressed the need for educating young cricketers. The comments by Dravid, who led Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, came in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal involving his three
team mates S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. "My personal belief is that education and counselling at a junior level is really important. I think we've got to start early, we've got to start young but ‌ that part of it is already being done. I know that India has its own ACSU and even for Ranji Trophy teams this education is given," Dravid was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.com. On the police case against his three team mates, Dravid said: "The case is still on and I don't want to make any judgement on whether people are guilty or not and I think everyone has a right to be innocent until he's proven guilty and I'm glad the police is going ahead and doing what needs to be done and taking it to its logical conclusion."
HAMBANTOTA, AUGUST 7 (AP): Tillakaratne Dilshan hit an unbeaten 74 off 51 deliveries to take Sri Lanka to a six-wicket consolation win in the third and final Twenty20 match over South Africa, which won the series 2-1. South Africa captain Faf du Plessis led from the front scoring 85 in his team's imposing 163 for three in 20 overs after electing to bat first at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium. Jean-Paul Duminy continued his top form with a run-a-ball unbeaten 51. Sri Lanka took off to a strong start as Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene added 67 runs before Jayawardene (33) was out in the sixth over. The start and 20 runs in the 18th over by Thisara Perera enabled Sri Lanka to chase down the score with 11 deliveries to spare. "Obviously we are disappointed with tonight. I thought we were not as good in our execution as in the previous games and Team captains take oath prior to the commencement of in the field today," du Plesthe sports meet. (Morung photo) sis said. "All in all really, re-
Unity College sports meet
DIMAPUR, AUGUST 7 (MExN): Annual sports meet of Unity College Dimapur started on Wednesday at the college premises with Controller of Exams (in-charge) & Prof. Department of Zoology, Nagaland University, Dr. Pardeshi Lal as the chief guest. In his speech, Dr. Lal lauded the college for making remarkable strides at the academic front and expressed the hope that the institution would grow from strength to strength. Stating that sporting activity inculcates a person to organise and march towards achieving the goal as a team, he urged the students to maintain sporting spirit throughout the sports meet. Later, the chief guest declared the sports meet open which will culminate on August 9. The students have been divided into four groups namely Dolphin, Cheetah, Panther and Leopard.
Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan plays a shot during their third Twenty20 cricket match against South Africa in Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug. 6. (AP Photo)
ally happy to come and beat the best team in their own country." Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal praised his batsmen for their good performance after failing in the first two matches. Dilshan, who was named man of the match, hit two sixes and nine boundaries while Jayawardene's runs came off 16 deliveries including seven boundaries. Perera hit a six and three boundaries for an 11-ball 25 not out. Medium pace bowler David Wieser returned 2-24 for South Africa. Earlier, du Plessis hit three sixes and 10 boundaries for a career-best 85 off 65 deliveries to lift South Africa to a strong total. Du Plessis went in to bat at No. 3 after losing his opener Henry Davids with no score on the board. Duminy hit two sixes and three boundaries and was man of the series for scoring 132 runs in three matches with an average of 66. He also picked up three wickets. Sri Lanka won the one-day international series 4-1.
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Sylvester Stallone slams 'greedy, lazy failure' Bruce
s Rambo he always liked to draw First Blood. And Sylvester Stallone channelled his famous character as he launched an astonishing attack on fellow ageing action man Bruce Willis. Moments after announcing the Die Hard favourite was being replaced by Harrison
Ford in the third film in his Expendables franchise the 67-year-old branded his former colleague 'greedy,' 'lazy' and a 'failure.' It would have been a surprise for fans of the series, as Bruce appeared in both the previous films as Mr Church, a CIA agent who would pay the film's eponymous band of mercenar-
ies to carry out dangerous missions. Sylvester's announcement on Twitter initially seemed upbeat, as he said: 'WILLIS OUT... HARRISON FORD IN!!!! GREAT NEWS!!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!' However it seems there is more to the casting change than meets the eyes, as moments later he wrote: 'GREEDY AND
LAZY ...... A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE.' A spokesman for Mr Stallone, who created the franchise, confirmed the actor had been talking about his old colleague and rival, but refused to comment further. Bruce, 58, has yet to respond to his old boss' online caning, though he has never been afraid
go doctor-recommended preventative treatments to minimize the chance of a recurrence in years to come.' Hoffman's rep did not reveal the type of cancer, but perhaps that's a wise move after Michael Douglas' eyebrow-raising comments about contracting throat cancer through oral sex. The Rain Man actor was last seen looking healthy and in good spirits while on the Los Angeles
set of Jon Favreau's food truck flick, Chef. Favreau posted two videos of Hoffman goofing around with co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Bobby Canavale in mid-July. The comedy - due out May 9 - also features Robert Downey Jr., Amy Sedaris, Sofía Vergara, John Leguizamo, and Garry Shandling. In the fall, the six-time Golden Globe winner will shoot Roald Dahl's Esio
Trot alongside Dame Judi Dench. Dustin certainly has plenty of familial support during his recovery, including his wife of 32 years Lisa and his six children. The longtime couple are parents to 32-year-old Jacob, 30-year-old Rebecca, 28-year-old Maxwell, and 25-year-old Alexandra. The Graduate star is also father to Jenna and step-daughter Karina from his previous marriage to Anne Byrne.
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Jessie J dedicate new single to her haters
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essie J's new single was inspired by her ''haters''. The 25-year-old singer says feel-good pop song 'It's My Party' is dedicated to all the negative people who spend their time criticising her, and she hopes to prove ''being miserable is not the way forward''. She told InDemand with Alex James: ''A lot of the time the haters - I hate calling them haters but that's the easiest way to sum it up - they need love more so than anyone else. ''There's a reason they have that. I
to give forthright opinions in the past. He openly mocked the title of A Good Day To Die Hard when he was promoting the film in the UK last year, and is an avid supporter of gun rights, previously saying, 'If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who have guns are the bad guys.'
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indsay Lohan is following all of Oprah Winfrey's advice. The talk show host has confirmed that she warned 'The Canyons' actress, who left rehab after 90 days of court-ordered treatment last week, not to travel to Europe this week because the "temptation to relapse would be too great", and Lindsay is determined to do everything Oprah tells her to do. The 59-year-old star told 'Good Morning America' on Tuesday: "I just came from Europe, and
Europe is the place to go when you want to feel really good and relax. It's hard to go to Capri and not have a Bellini." She added: "I thought that she's in the best place that I've ever seen her. I believe that she believes that she is now ready. And she admitted that there were other times when she was pretending to be ready and not quite sure. And sometimes resentful that she was being, you know, put in a position where she had to go to rehab. I think this is the first
time I could see it really benefited her." Meanwhile a source told UsMagazine.com that Lindsay, 27, is determined to focus on her upcoming OWN documentary series, which will premiere in early 2014. The insider said: "She is doing everything Oprah tells her to do. "It'll show her going to meetings, working on herself and doing different things she hasn't done in a while. "She really wants to get back to living a normal life and not being around negative people."
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don't think hate does anything for the world. It doesn't do any good. I wanted to make sure I had a song that represented what I'm about.'' The pop star has divided opinion with her no-nonsense attitude and daring style, and although she appears incredibly thick-skinned, she admits the harsh comments can be hard to take. Jessie sighed: ''It's a lot to stomach. I'm taking a break from Twitter at the mo- make people see that being miserable ment. I think life is about choices... I think is not the way forward in life. Everyone negativity is a choice. ''I'm just trying to should just get on and have a party!''
Moba Inggang releases debut music video
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his Audio Album, titled ‘The Consequence’ was released in 2007. The first Album was experimental, playing with different genres. The video was produced by ‘The Naga Headhunters,’ Nagaland. The music video features Miss Mon 2012, Esang konyak. The video ‘Silent Years’ was released on YouTube on June 29 this year. It aims to encourage music enthusiasts and young Naga
youths to venture out and discover their talent in music while contributing to the Nagaland music industry. The music video has been nominated in the 5th Music Awards of Nagaland, 2013 in the Soft/ Rock Alternative Category. Inggang holds a Master of Divinity degree and resides in Dimapur. He is a winner of Summer Jam in 2004 as a soloist and in 2006, with his band ArkCovenant. He was also one of the ten Winners of the NSACS "Write a song contest" in 2009. In 2012, he has also won Hope Music Festival Solo competition organized by Adonai Ministry. Besides his music, he is also a privately trained artist/ painter who owns an Art Studio (Home Based) called "Lost n' Found Art Studio" at Dimapur. Recently, he has also been appointed as one the three Regional/ State ICON(s)/Brand Ambassadors for promotion of
Voters’ Participation under SVEEP Programme. He can be reached at Mobainggang@gmail.com and music fans can check out his official Facebook page at www.facebook. com/moba.inggang.
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GUANGzhoU, AUG 7 (IANS): India's Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu advanced to the women's singles prequarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships at the Tianhe Indoor Stadium here Wednesday. World No.3 Saina overcame Russia's Olga Golovanova 21-5, 21-4 in only 23 minutes in their first ever encounter. In the third round, Saina will face Thailand's 15th seed Porntip Buranaprasertsuk against whom the Hyderabadi has a 5-0 record. Saina's citymate Sindhu reached the pre-quarters after she overcame Japan's Kaori Imabeppu in one of the longest matches of the day. The 10th seed won 21-19, 19-21, 21-17 in one hour and 11 minutes. The Hyderabadi now has a 2-0 re-
cord over the Japanese. Sindhu next faces an extremely tough task against second seed and defending champion Yihan Wang of China, who beat the Indian at the Sudirman Cup in May in their only meeting. However, it was the end of the road for Ajay Jayaram who started the tournament on a promising note. Jayaram lost to Spain's Pablo Abian 9-21, 17-21 in 31 minutes after ousting Hong Kong's 12th seed Wing Ki Wong in the first round. India's doubles campaign also came to an end as Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu also lost their men's doubles second round match. Indonesian 15th seeds Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Markis Kido beat the Kerala shuttlers 21-15, 13-21, 2117 in 40 minutes.
Fenerbahce, Lyon, Basel advance in CL GENEVA, AUGUST 7 (AP): Fenerbahce advanced in the Champions League on Tuesday, eliminating Salzburg to reach the playoff round where Arsenal and AC Milan are potential opponents. The Turkish club — which is still threatened with expulsion from the competition by UEFA in a match-fixing case — won 3-1 in Istanbul after trailing early, and progressed 4-2 on aggregate. Lyon, another Champions League regular, endured a nervy evening against Grasshoppers Zurich, until highly rated prospect Clement Grenier's 82nd-minute goal secured a 2-0 aggregate win. Basel maintained Swiss interest in the competition, despite letting a three-goal lead slip at Maccabi Tel Aviv. A 3-3 draw meant Basel advanced 4-3 on aggregate. Also advancing to Friday's playoffs draw: Steaua Bucharest, the 1986 European champion, Maribor of Slovenia and Ludogorets of Bulgaria. Shakhter Karagandy of Kazakhstan joined them, and the No. 324 in UEFA's club rankings will likely be the lowliest team left after the third qualifying round is completed Wednesday. Fenerbahce started as favorite at home, after a stoppage-time equalizer earned a 1-1 draw in Austria last week, but gave
back that away goal when Salzburg's Jonathan Soriano scored in the fourth minute. Portugal midfielder Raul Meireles began the comeback in the eight minute, Moussa Sow put his team ahead in the 17th and Pierre Webo put Fenerbahce in full control in the 34th. Fenerbahce continues in the competition while awaiting a hearing date at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to appeal a two-year ban from UEFA competitions. It was imposed because club officials were convicted in a criminal trial of helping fix Turkish league matches in 2011. Basel expected a hostile night in Tel-Aviv, where host Maccabi had warned its fans to expect UEFA disciplinary action if the visitors' two Egyptian players were verbally abused. Still, the Swiss side enjoyed a commanding start. Fabian Schaer scored a fifth-minute penalty, then Egypt midfielder Mohamad Salah scored in the 21st with a neat finish. He kissed the Bloomfield Stadium turf in celebration. Basel's Chilean midfielder Marcelo Diaz scored with a sweet, curling shot in the 32nd to build a seemingly unassailable fourgoal overall advantage. But Maccabi pulled back two goals within five minutes,
Salzburg's Sadio Mane, right, and Fenerbahce's Joseph Yobo challenge for the ball during their Champions League qualifying round soccer match at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 6. (AP Photo)
through Schaer's own goal and Eran Zahavi's jinking solo run. The match was leveled in the 54th by forward Maharan Radi but Basel goalkeeper Yann Sommer helped repel a wave of late attacks. With home wins rare, Romanian champion Steaua needed only a 1-1 draw
against Dinamo Tbilisi to advance 3-1 on aggregate. Maribor's 0-0 draw with APOEL, after a 1-1 draw in Cyprus, was enough to advance on the away goals rule. Ludogorets beat Serbian champion Partizan 1-0 in Belgrade to complete a 3-1 aggregate victory. Hristo Zlatinski scored an 88th-
Milan beat Juve in Champions Cup
TURIN, AUGUST 7 (AP): After a parade of tiebreaking penalty kicks, Inter Milan goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo had enough. Carrizo stopped a penalty shot to give his team the upper hand, and then blasted one of his own past Juventus goalie Marco Storari as Inter Milan prevailed in the seventh-place game of the Guinness International Champions Cup on Tuesday night. Inter Milan won the tiebreaker, 9-8 on penalty kicks. ''I like how the team responded,'' Carrizo said. The Serie A teams finished 90 minutes of play tied at 1, with the goals coming in the first half. Ricky Alvarez struck first for Inter Milan, and Arturo Vidal scored on a penalty kick for Juventus just before intermission. And it stayed that way until the end on a sultry night in South Florida, the championship-round site for the inaugural event that brought eight club teams - seven international ones going through their preseason training, and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer - together for a series of exhibitions that culminates Wednesday night. Carrizo and Storari each saved the
Juventus goalkeeper Marco Storari misses the game-winning penalty kick by Inter Milan goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo during the second half of an International Champions Cup soccer game Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, in Miami. Inter Milan defeated Juventus for seventh place in the summer tournament. (AP Photo)
first shot they saw in the tiebreaker. From there, the goals kept coming, players on both sides at times laughing at the game that wouldn't end. It was the
second time Juventus lost in penalty kicks during the tournament, which it officially finished with a loss and two draws. Inter Milan had been shut out in its first
two games, losing to Chelsea and Valencia. With about 15 minutes left in the match, Carrizo had been fooled on a direct kick by Juventus' Andrea
Pirlo that nearly put his team up 2-1. Pirlo's shot from about 25 yards out curled left and froze Carrizo, who replaced starter Samir Handanovic. Car-
Dalmiya: India will accept DRS when it's foolproof
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NEW DELhI, AUGUST 7 (AGENCIES): Despite the flaws in the Decision Review System that have been revealed during an Ashes series full of umpiring controversies, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has continued to back the system vociferously. A recent report, in fact, has claimed that the ICC has made progress in convincing the hitherto sceptical Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to accept a modfied version of DRS during bilateral series involving India. Interim BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, however, rubbishes these claims. "We will accept DRS when technology is foolproof. There's nothing in between. Full stop," Dalmiya said. "Let them come up Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) with a system which is 100 per interim President, Jagmohan Dalmiya. cent correct. They couldn't fix
the Duckworth-Lewis problem in 15 years, what guarantee do we have about an error-free DRS? The Duckworth-Lewis method is beyond most of the players and administrators, let alone the common fans. I am still trying to figure out how can a team total be increased on basis of projection. The whole process is very complicated and confusing. And rather than solving the riddle, DRS creates more confusion in its present form." India were part of the first-ever Test series involving DRS, on their tour to Sri Lanka in 2008. But their players weren't happy with the experience, and almost the entire team voted against the system. Ever since then, the BCCI has supported the players. BCCI's president-in-exile N Srinivasan's opposition to DRS
minute penalty. Shakhter lost 3-2 in Albania against Skenderbeu, but went through 5-3 overall. Basel, Maribor, Ludogorets, Shakhter and Steaua enter Friday's draw in the section reserved for national champions. Fenerbahce joins Lyon in the section for non-champions.
Potential opponents are AC Milan, Arsenal, Real Sociedad, Schalke and Portuguese newcomer Pacos de Ferreira which enter the competition in the playoff round. The 10 playoff winners join 22 elite teams already qualified for the lucrative group stage. That draw is made Aug. 29 in Monaco.
rizo remained still and just watched the flight of Pirlo's shot, which hit the inside of the left goalpost and bounced back into play. Inter Milan opened the scoring in the 29th minute, after Juventus' defenders seemed to just give up on a play. Fredy Guarin fired a low shot from about 30 yards out that was blocked by Juventus goaltender Gianluigi Buffon. The rebound skipped to Alvarez, who tapped it home. Alvarez nearly added another in the 41st minute, a stepover feint along the right side of the box shaking him clear of Juventus' Leonardo Bonucci. He tried a left-footed shot toward the near post, pushing it just wide and into the outside of the net. And less than four minutes later, Juventus had its equalizer. Whether it was deserved or not was the subject of more than a little on-field discussion. Mirko Vucinic backed into the box against Inter Milan's Juan Jesus, then tumbled to the grass. Replays showed there wasn't much in the way of contact, but Jesus received a yellow card and Vidal's resulting penalty kick sailed into the right side of the net.
was one of the main reasons why the ICC failed to make it mandatory in all bilateral series. With Srinivasan watching from the sidelines, a section of the ICC and at least one cricket board tried to persuade Dalmiya to take a softline approach when he attended the parent board's Annual Conference held in London this June. According to a BCCI official, the world body and its allies on DRS were categorically told that the BCCI would only discuss the issue when the system became free of controversy. "Before going to the ICC meeting I was a bit iffy as I was told by some quarters that India would be completely isolated on the DRS issue," said Dalmiya. "But after I was done with my presentation on that day, there was not a single voice of protest."
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