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Colombia to set up truth commission Phenomenal women – living invisible lives Abokali Jimomi Dimapur | June 8

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NSCN (IM) clarifies on report OKING, JUNE 8 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) has once again clarified that solution to the protracted Indo-Naga political issue will be on the basis of the “Unique history and situation of the Nagas” as mutually agreed between the Government of India during Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Prime Minister ship and NSCN on the 11 July 2002 which shall be honorable and acceptable to both the parties/entities. The MIP of the NSCN (IM) gave this statement in view of the “mischievous reportage” that appeared in some national and local media concerning the Naga political solution that will emerge from the current political dialogue with the Government of India. “With due regard and respect for the aspiration of other peoples in the region,” stated the NSCN (IM) referring to the report that appeared in The Telegraph on May 28, “comparing the IndoNaga political negotiated settlement on the line of Mizo Truce is totally unfounded and baseless.”

Chandrababu Naidu takes oath as Andhra Pradesh CM

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GUNtUr (ANdhrA PrAdEsh), JUNE 8 (IANs) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu took oath as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh here Sunday. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan administered the oath to Naidu near Guntur town in the presence of tens of thousands of people. Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, union ministers Ananth Kumar and M. Venkaiah Naidu, the chief ministers of Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Goa and Nagaland and leaders of various parties attended the swearing-in ceremony.

Members of the Mothers of the Candelaria group, an association of relatives of people who were disappeared during the armed conflict in Colombia, protest against the same. The Marxist FARC rebels and Colombian government have agreed to recognise victims on both sides of the country’s conflict and to set up a truth commission (AGENCIES).

BOGOtA, JUNE 8 (AGENcIEs): Negotiators trying to end Latin America’s oldest civil war have agreed to set up a truth commission that addresses the deaths of thousands of people in five decades of conflict. The move on Saturday is seen as a stride toward a possible peace deal in Colombia. “What we are announcing today is a historic step forward on the effort to put victims at the centre of the (peace) process,” said ex-vice president Humberto de la Calle. “These principles are unprecedented - never heard of before in Colombia, or in any other peace process,” the leader of President Juan Manuel Santos’s negotiating team stressed at the Cuban-hosted talks. The Marxist FARC rebels and Colombian government also agreed to recognise victims on both sides of the conflict, as well as address victims’ rights, reparations and safety guarantees. Preliminary truth commission panel hearings are due to start next

month in several locations. “We are taking the first steps in a process full of thorny issues and enormous misunderstandings,” FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez said. The two sides promised in a joint statement that they would “not be trading blame” at this stage. The date of the next rounds of peace talks has yet to be announced. The FARC meanwhile declared a unilateral ceasefire starting on Monday ahead of a June 15 presidential runoff pitting Santos, of the centre-right, against conservative Ivan Zuluaga. The ceasefire will stretch June 9-30, said FARC chief Timoleon Jimenez. Talks to end the FARC’s 50-year-old insurgency have been under way since November 2012. Santos has said he hopes to accelerate the process, but with less than two weeks to go, its future will depend on the outcome of the election. Zuluaga has said there can only be a peace if the FARC - with an estimated 7000-8000 fighters - declares

a permanent ceasefire and its leaders go to jail. Among key issues still to be ironed out are the surrender of weapons by the FARC and how to enshrine a comprehensive peace agreement in law. The cease-fire was announced in a letter addressed to right-wing presidential challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga. “We want to tell the country, through you, our decision to declare another unilateral ceasefire for the occasion of the second round of elections to the presidency of the republic,” read the letter, which was signed by FARC leader Timoleon Jimenez, known as Timochenko. The leftist rebels had also declared a cease-fire during the firstround presidential election on May 25. Incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos won 26 percent of the vote while Zuluaga won 29 percent. A candidate must win 50 percent of the votes in order to avoid a runoff.

“Human beings are more alike than we are unalike,” said Maya Angelou. Norms, barriers etched in the mind, and borders demarcate our existence, like bold, red geographical boundary lines on political maps; yet, humans all, traverse the same pattern of time - living now, gone tomorrow. Our history overflows with stories of wars, glory and defeat; of mighty warriors and villains – about which man conquered which land, or about the most powerful ruler… little is narrated or known about the woman’s story; as though women in history were made to wear invisibility cloaks. Untold and unremembered, our stories are lost in oblivion. It is uncommon to hear something like ‘this is an epic tale of our grandmothers, upon migrating to the new village site this is how they nurtured children… these were their issues etc.’ If both sides of the story were regarded equally important, who knows what refreshing and profound insights we would be privy to? The uncensored plot, more than just the gory blood-bath side of the conqueror’s view. The script has not radically changed today. Rural Naga women are some of the most resourceful members of our society. Village life and economy will not run without women, yet limiting beliefs still hold strong such as, “I am a woman, it would be ’un-womanly’ to speak in Village Council meetings; they wouldn’t take me seriously,” said a Naga woman. We need liberation from the bondages of prejudices. There is no advantage living under suffocating cloaks of obsolete, discriminatory mindsets and laws, viewing the world though self-imposed biases, measuring fellow women by the same rod. In our Naga context, many prejudices can be toppled if women vigorously start supporting each other. In an awkward but rather humorous incident in a village, an elderly woman jokingly chided another woman, “Oye, you barren, childless woman, don’t damage my fruit tree,” in front of many of her peers who had children. The younger woman hiding her pain replied, “Be careful, old witch, I can

curse your tree to be like me.” We unconsciously reinforce biases, causing obstructions rather than paving hope. A young village woman who suffered a miscarriage had to hear this: “Your husband might lose interest in you; he may start an affair with other fertile women.” A great example of overcoming prejudices programmed into the mind that rob the human of her true potential, achieving freedom from fear to live an enriching life, is Maya Angelou, who has been a beacon of hope for millions of women in our time. Her wisdom reminds us that true power lies in how we see ourselves: “When you see me passing, It ought to make you proud. … ‘Cause I am a woman, Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.” A poet extraordinaire, a civil rights activist and a truly enlightened human being, her verses vibrate the richness of her 86 years. A woman and a child of slavery in the United States, victim of racism, rape, violence and sexual abuse, who also resorted to prostitution, her sufferings were as important as her joys, indispensible for her journey of enlightenment. The metamorphosis of a cocooned caterpillar to a butterfly: an icon of endurance and courage embracing beauty and wisdom in fullness that this one life has to offer. For women, and men as well, we learn that the attitude of hope and courage is one of the most empowering weapons to lead phenomenal lives, as the poet wonderfully puts: Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? … Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.

electricity: over-loaded equipment plaguing supply Morung Express news Dimapur | June 8

The problem of ageing and over-loaded electricity distribution system came to the fore again as several localities in Dimapur went without electricity for two days straight. The major reason attributed was ‘over-loading’ resulting in ‘technical problems’. According to department officials, 20 MVA Metha sub-station and 12.5 MVA 4th Mile substation encountered major technical snags on June 7 resulting in a black-out which affected a number of localities. At Metha sub-station, one important instrument (current transformer) conked off completely, paralysing distribution to localities drawing power from the sub-station. It affected Notun Basti, LRC colony, Naga Cemetery area, Khermahal, NST colony and the Clock Tower area. A ‘current transformer’ conked off at Metha substation on the morning of June 7, one official said. The nature of damage demanded a replacement and supply to the affected localities could be restored only on Sunday afternoon, the official explained. The same day at around 6:30 am, the 4th Mile sub-station also encountered a problem. It affected the surrounding area drawing power from

Northeast to receive monsoon rain in 48 hours GUWAhAtI, JUNE 8 (tNN): With the arrival of monsoon in Kerala, the countdown has begun in the northeast. The met department has predicted rain in the next 48 hours. Met officials said a favourable condition for monsoon has been created in the northeast, with many parts of the region expecting heavy downpour. “We are expecting monsoon to hit our region in the next 48 hours,” a met official said. According to met officials, the cyclonic circulation over Assam, Meghalaya and its neighbouring areas has risen up to 3.1 km above

the sea level, making the condition favourable for the onset of monsoon. Several places in Tripura and Nagaland received light to moderate rainfall. Heavy to very heavy rainfall was recorded in certain places of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh during the last 24 hours. Weather forecasts say heavy rain may occur in isolated places of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya during the next 48 hours. The south-west monsoon hit Kerala on Friday, delayed by four days. Northeast, in turn, received a delayed monsoon which generally set in by June 5.

the sub-station, including CIHSR. The problem could be rectified after a lapse of more than 12 hours at around midnight. The restoration however does not mean uninterrupted supply as normal load-shedding will continue till supply from the regional load dispatch centre in Shillong picks up. On Sunday, peak hours, according to the North Eastern Regional Load Despatch Centre power drawal schedule, Nagaland

was drawing well beyond the allocated quota. At one point, the allocated quota went well below 70 MWs, which was almost 50 percent less than Nagaland’s approximate requirement of 110 MWs. Further, with meteorologists predicting the arrival of the monsoon in the north-east, supply is expected to improve over the next few days. However, it hinges on how the rains treat the catchment areas at the generating stations.

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Vikheho inaugurates Ighavito, Laza-Phuyeqa villages ‘Maintain peaceful co-existence with neighbouring villages’ Our Correspondent Ighavito | June 8

Parliamentary secretary for irrigation & flood control and election Y. Vikheho Swu on Saturday inaugurated two new villages Ighavito and Laza-Phuyeqa under Pughoboto sub division of Zunheboto district. Inaugurating Ighavito village in the presence of many dignitaries including neighbouring villages from Kohima and Phek district, Swu called upon the villagers to maintain peaceful co-existence with the neighbouring villages and keep up the traditional relationship. Stating that Ighavito village possesses immense

Electrical office ransacked, DDCF condemns

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Dimapur, June 8 (mexn): The Dimapur District Citizens Forum (DDCF) has condemned the ransacking of electrical office of Sub-Division 1 at PWD Dimapur by unknown persons at the wee hours of Sunday. According to a press release, the DDCF officials led by its President Joseph Lemtur visited the electrical office of Sub Division 1 and found the entrance gate partially damaged, and the telephone, window panes and some furniture damaged. On enquiry from Er. Namheu Khate, SDO (I) and Er. K. Rotokha JEE(I), it was learnt that the Metha colony substation feeder got burnt on Saturday which was restored, but the resultant damage at Dhobinullah sub-station could not be restored till late night, which might have angered few individuals, the release stated. The DDCF has appealed to all citizens of Dimapur to cultivate civic sense and co-operate with the department and not resort to damaging public property. “The department is trying its level best to ensure proper supply of electricity for the upcoming World Cup for which it needs the cooperation of all citizens.”

potential to become one of the important eco-tourism destinations in the state, he urged the villagers to protect environment and conserve wildlife. Swu also challenged the villagers to continue to uphold the good traditional values of the forefathers and adopt friendly attitude with the visitors from near and far. He said the village can also focus on promotion of culture or historical tourism while referring to its own historical background that a pig and cow had turned into stone in the olden days and the same stone still remains in the village. The parliamentary secretary also asked the villag-

Parliamentary secretary for irrigation & flood control and election Y. Vikheho Swu and others during the inauguration of Ighavito village under Pughoboto sub division of Zunheboto district on June 7. (Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero)

ers to go for solar energy for lighting purpose, adding that the department of new and renewable energy is there to meet such requirement. Pleased by the enchant-

ing songs presented by the villagers, he asserted that a time has come to adopt modern outlook with traditional touch. Swu also assured gov-

ernment’s support for the purpose of stag wildlife conservation at Ighanumi village for being a home to scores of stag. In this, he called upon

the villagers to have a pragmatic plan to push forward its conservation mechanism and figure into the wildlife conservation map of the forest and wildlife de-

partment Earlier, Ighanumi Village Council in its memorandum submitted to the parliamentary secretary, informed that the village is blessed with a vast area of green forest and is home to scores of stag which is one of the endangered animals. It said that the village despite giving its best effort to preserve the “pride animal” has been unsuccessful so far. To protect and conserve this animal, it prayed that the location of Ghaji Kuku with an area of 8 kms sq. be recognized as Stag Wildlife Conservation. The memorandum also stated that providing road connectivity between Ighanumi and Ighavito village (8 km) will not only solve connectivity problem for these two villages but most villages of Ghathashi area. Signed by Ighanuni vil-

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lage council chairman S. Kaito Swu and secretary Khumtsa Swu, it also requested the parliamentary secretary to give priority in providing basic amenities such as electrification, water supply and health centre for Ighavito village. The function was chaired by Sotha Saghu while welcome address was delivered by Ighavito village council chairman Tokishe Zimo. Declaration of Ighavito village was made by Ighanumi head GB Nikuto Swu while village founder Zhuwoto Kiba briefed the profile of the establishment of Ighavito village. Vote of thanks was proposed by Saikha Zhimo. Later, the parliamentary secretary inaugurated Laza- Phuyeqa village amidst thunderous applause from the villagers.

3 girls arrested for sex trade in Lahorijan Assam Rifles apprehend four Morung Express News Dimapur | June 8

Three ‘non-Naga’ girls were arrested by Khatkhati police at Lahorijan for allegedly indulging in sex trade on Sunday. This was disclosed by Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) officials who were supposed to raid the place basing on reports that Naga girls were doing sex trade business in the area. The surprise raid was to be conducted jointly with

GPRN/NSCN on Sunday after getting necessary permission from Karbi Anglong Police. However, Khatkhati police conducted early morning raid in the area before the team from Nagaland could conduct the raid, which was postponed without fixing any particular date. Speaking to media persons, DNSU president, Mhachio Lotha who met with Khatkhati police Sunday afternoon said the neighbouring police has

extended their cooperation for similar raids in the future. Meanwhile, the DNSU extended its support to the NSCN (IM)’s stand on “immoral activities” taking place in State Stadium, Agri Expo site, lounges and restaurants etc. However, the DNSU was of the view that Naga entrepreneurs should also be given chance to do business by following the night time limit set by the district administration.

Kohima, June 8 (mexn): Troops of 19 Assam Rifles intercepted one white Gypsy (NL 01W 4307) carrying 682 bottles and 20 cans of illegal liquor in the Old NST area of Kohima Town on June 5. A press release from Assam Rifles informed that further investigation of the apprehended person Biswajit Das, 22, resident of Nabodeep, Nadiya, West Bengal led to recovery of .22 ammunition (75 rounds), 12 bore rounds (08 rounds) and cash Rs. 15,60,000/-. The apprehended person was

handed over to North Police Station, Kohima. Meanwhile on June 6, troops of 17 Assam Rifles and 142 CRPF Bn conducted a joint operation in Merapani and Foothill and apprehended one NNC cadre with one hand grenade. The cadre has been identified as SS Pvt Mhonathung Kikon, 36 years, the release informed. The cadre along with the recovery was handed over to the Bhandari Police station. Further, personnel of 29 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 6 Sect appre-

hended an individual with arms and ammunition during routine mobile vehicle check post in Nagaland Gate on June 6. One .22 pistol with magazine and assorted ammunitions were recovered from the individual identified as Hokiye Sema (47), a resident of 4th Mile, Dimapur, informed Assam Rifles. The apprehended individual alongwith recovered items was handed over to West Police Station, Dimapur. In another incident, troops of 37 Assam Rifles launched an operation in

general area Chumukedima and apprehended one illegal tax collector alongwith nine “extortion slips” and “incriminating” documents related to NSCN (IM) on June 6, informed Assam Rifles. During preliminary investigation, the individual revealed his name as Jungshi Ao, 37 years, Rajapeyu of NSCN (IM), resident of Diphupar, according to the AR. The apprehended individual alongwith recovered items was handed over to Diphupar Police Station, Dimapur.

persons with passengers at Jharnapani on Saturday and stopped the auto. When being confronted, the two persons sitting in front fled leaving the auto and the passengers behind. The auto belongs to one Panna Guha of Burma Camp. The DDADU said that whenever any autorickshaw is lost or stolen the matter should be reported to the police and DDADU office. It also urged the vehicle owners not to charge the auto rickshaw drivers in such cases.

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DDADU recovers stolen autorickshaws

Dimapur, June 8 (mexn): The Dimapur District Auto Drivers’ Union (DDADU) recovered two stolen autorickshaws from different places in the town on June 7. According to DDADU president, K Hokaito Zhimomi, one autorickshaw bearing registration number NL 07 F 3477 was stolen from Burma Camp on June 5 last and was recovered on June 7 from Jharnapani area. Officials of DDADU noticed the said autorickshaw being driven by two

Zhimomi said that the auto driver of NL 07 F 3477 was beaten up by the owner for losing the autorickshaw, which is uncalled for. Meanwhile, the officials of DDADU also recovered another autorickshaw (NL 97 F 6204) on Saturday which was stolen on June 3 last. The Union has urged all auto drivers to keep their Identity Cards and Rate Card always with them and not to drive autos under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Promoting SRI to ensure food security

moKoKchung, June 8 (mexn): In order to increase the production and productivity of rice, so as to ensure food security by bridging the yield gap through dissemination of improved technologies, KVK, Yisemyong, Mokokchung conducted one day training programme on SRI (System of Rice Intensification) under National Food Security Mission (NFSM)-Rice on June 7 at Mokokchung village. Due to changes in weather pheFood Shack at M. K Market, Kohima was inaugurated on June 7 by Dr. Nicky Kire, Minister Forest, nomenon, farmers are facing the Environment and Wildlife. The proprietor of Food Shack is Tsoto Sale.

impact of the climate change in their daily life, stated a press release. “One of the major constraints is that most of the area in the district is under rainfed and the farming situation is affected due to irregular and scanty rainfall.” With rice as the predominant crop dependent on monsoon rainfall, paddy cultivation is in crisis all over the district, it added, stating SRI (System of Rice Intensification) is a new way to grow more rice, but with less water and less inputs and it seems to be an option to address the

issue of dry spells. During the training programme, resource person Samuel Sangtam, SMS(Agronomy), KVK, Yisemyong, explained in detail the various steps involved in SRI technology starting from nursery preparation, water and weeds management etc. Practical demonstration on nursery preparation and seed sowing was also conducted during the programme. Altogether 10 paddy farmers from Mokokchung village attended the training.

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An overview of land resource St Paul Institute stages 2nd “Oliver Twist” musical centre, Ruzaphema Our Correspondent Kohima | June 8

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The department resource centre was established at Ruzaphema in 2004, set within an expanse of 74 hectare which is located about 20 km away from Dimapur town and about 2 km from the National Highway 29 (Jalukie Bridges), according to the annual administrative report of the Land Resources department 2013-14. The report said the main focus of the Centre is to build institutional capacity and cater to the needs of the farming community and extension personnel of the region in upgrading their skill and knowledge on the modern method of farming practices based on local condition and needs. The basic objectives of the centre is to make the centre a productive unit through high valued crops and plantations, livestock and other income generating activities on a sustainable basis, developing a centre of excellence for conducting studies and adaptive trails of various crops for different climatic zone of the region. It also aims to develop and demonstrate suit-

able soil and water conservation models for different soil type and topography, develop the entire Centre into a watershed model by integrating all components of watershed management techniques which would serve as a training and demonstration unit for watershed development. Further, it aims to establish state-ofthe art training centre with multifaceted ICT facilities for conducting in-house training program to farmers, field staff and extension functionaries and also organize from time to time, state, regional and national level conference and workshop. The Centre is still at nascent stage of development, however, in spite of limited facilities, the Centre has been carrying out various activities on a regular basis. It has been growing high valued vegetable crops throughout the year from the Poly Green Houses, contour bunds and bench terraces are constructed over the area of 10 hectare on which various horticultural crops, medicinal and aromatic plants and economic tree species are planted. Soil and moisture conservation works such as gully plugs, check dams, water harvest-

ing structures are constructed at strategic locations for checking soil erosion and to recharge underground water. Apiary (beekeeping) unit has been established with about 20 colonies of different honey bee species, which are reared for not only honey production, but also study their behavioral pattern under different hives and climatic condition. Also, livestock farming of poultry, cattle, piggery and fishery are established for generating income to sustain the centre and for demonstration purpose, hands-on training programmes are organized at regular interval for farmers and extension personnel in various fields. The centre serves as an institution for imparting capacity building training on watershed management to the watershed development team members and field functionaries of not only Nagaland state but also from neighboring states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur. The report also stated that the resource centre has been made as the study centre for Diploma Course on watershed management under IGNOU.

Kohima, June 8 (mexn): Yielding to the popular demand, St Paul Institute of Education, Phesama staged Oliver Twist musical for the second time at St Paul auditorium. The musical is based on a novel written by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Rev. Bro. Melwyn Fernandes SJ. Being a charity show, a big number of audiences turned up, informed a press release. The institute puts up such musicals as part of the teacher training process. It is to give them a firsthand experience in dramatics and to develop self confidence, it said, adding the rigorous practice for the last two months gave the trainees enough chance to be confident.

Trainees of St Paul Institute staging Oliver Twist musical at the institute auditorium.

ADG NCC visits Nagaland

Sant Nirankari Mission (SNM), Dimapur branch organised a blood donation camp at Ram Janaki Higher Secondary School on June 8 in coordination with the blood bank, Dimapur. Eighty units of blood were collected at the camp from voluntary donors, who came from Jorhat, Lumding, Uriamghat and from Dimapur. SNM is a spiritual movement, based in Delhi that endeavours to bring about love peace and understanding in the world through spiritual awakening. Philanthropy and welfare of the society is also an integral part of the SNM’s objectives.

Kohima, June 8 (mexn): Maj Gen Uma Shankar Dadu, Additional Director General (ADG), NCC, Directorate, North Eastern Region visited the Group HQ and Units in Nagaland on June 4 and 5 after taking over the Directorate. Lt Col Emron Musavi, PRO Defence, in a release informed that the Major General visited 1 NL (Air), Sqardon NCC in Dimapur and met the officers and staff. He guided them to support motivated youth to participate in various NCC activities. He later visited Sainik School, Punglwa, and interacted with officers and staff. He also carried out a survey of land for proposed NCC Academy in the vicin-

ity of Sainik School. The NCC academy will be a good training facility for conduct of camps and other activities, the note added. The Major General further met IGAR (North), Maj Gen MM Naravane, in Kohima and discussed matters of mutual interest. The ADG later visited Kohima Gp HQ, NCC and discussed various issues relating to NCC. He was apprised of progress on NCC activities by Gp Cdr, Col Prem Prakash. The ADG ended his visit by meeting new Parliamentary Secretary of Youth Resources and Sports, Khriehu Liezietsu. Director, YRS, Kelie Zeliang was also present. A broad spectrum of

issues was discussed from up-gradation of NCC units to establishment of NCC academy, State Advisory Committee Meeting and NCC as elective subject in schools and colleges in Nagaland. The Parliamentary Secretary was very supportive and promised to assist in finalising all pending issues, said the release. It further informed that, Kohima Gp NCC looks after NCC in Nagaland. It is spread over all the 11 districts and has strength of over 9000 cadets. There are four units, out of which, one each is located in Dimapur and Mokokchung and the other two along with Group Headquarter located in Kohima.

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DG BSF reviews situation Refugees in Tripura repatriated to Bangladesh along Indo-Bangla border

AgArtALA, June 8 (IAnS): Bangladesh has taken back the tribals who have been sheltering in the Indian state of Tripura since Monday following an ethnic strife in the former's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region, an official said Sunday. Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after holding a series of meetings on the issue, said 92 of the over 350 men, women and children

were repatriated late Saturday to Bangladesh in the presence of senior civil and security officials of the two countries. "After entering into Tripura, many tribals mingled with the same community people of the state. We are looking for them and if we find them, they would be pushed back to Bangladesh," an official of the Dhalai district administration told reporters. Over 350 tribals, including women and children of

Northeast Briefs ZB (AMN) condemns firing on activist IMPHAL, June 8 (Mexn): The Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland) has condemned the indiscriminate firing into the residence of G. Panti, a Human Rights activist, by some unidentified armed personnel at Langol Tarung, Imphal on the evening of June 6. A press statement from the Baudi General Secretary, Dr. Gairiangmei Maringmei, stated that it created “panic and shock to the inmates” which included minors, aged and sick. It stated that attack seemed to be a threat to stop the defence of human rights and the struggle for justice for helpless victims of rapes, tortures, human trafficking, extra judicial killings and racial discriminations. “They should be booked immediately for justice or else they may be emboldened,” ZB stated. ZB, hitting out at the state apathy and inaction, stated that the law enforcing agencies “should be held responsible for the crimes,” and further warned that the organisation along with the Zeliangrong people shall not remain silent if such acts were to continue.

YMA apprehends 500 without ILP AIZAWL, June 8 (nnn): In a massive operation to curb the illegal intrusion of outsiders into Mizoram, an intensive search operation under the aegis of Young Mizo Association (YMA) on Friday night was launched in Aizawl city and other parts of Mizoram and 500 'outsiders' were apprehended for non-possession of Inner Line Permit (ILP) documents. They were handed over to police the same night. Speaking on the operation, YMA vice president Vanlalrema Rokhum, said it was a follow up to YMA’s year theme - “Safeguarding and protection of land and the nation”. Rokhum blamed Mizos as being responsible for the large-scale influx to Mizoram.“We have allowed a non-ILP possessor to rent our house and employed him at our work. We need to introspect and patriotically judge ourselves in this matter,” Rokhum stated.

over 70 families of Chakma and Tripuri tribes, have taken refuge in four villages of northern Tripura's Gandachara area, around 200 km northeast of Agartala, along the Bangladesh border since June 2. Earlier, the Tripura government communicated the matter to the union home and external affairs ministries. An official of Tripura's home department told IANS that Tripura Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar Panda and

Dhalai District Magistrate Milind Ramteke had separately spoken to Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Pankaj Saran to take up the matter with the Bangladesh government. The district administration has provided food and relief to the immigrant tribals. According to the Tripura government officials, the tribals, mostly Buddhists and Hindus, fled from their villages in Bangladesh after some "miscreants" allegedly attacked their homes in the

Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), a tribal dominated area in southeast Bangladesh that borders India and Myanmar. BGB officials during the meetings, however, told their BSF counterparts that tribals were not attacked. "Only a market was burnt recently and after that the fear-stricken tribals left their villages and took shelter in Tripura." In a similar incident related to ethnic trouble in August last year, over 1,500

tribals took shelter in the border village of Karbook after fleeing from five villages in the same Khagrachari district over the reported abduction of a leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Tripura shares an 856-km border with Bangladesh that is porous because it extends over densely forested mountains. Over 25 to 30 percent of the India-Bangladesh border is still unfenced.

Assam SF bear brunt of counter insurgency drive guWAHAtI, June 8 (tnn): The killing of Hemren police district SP Nityananda Goswami and his personal security officer (PSO) Ratul Nunisa on Thursday night by Karbi militants in Karbi Anglong has taken the number of policemen, security and Army personnel killed in the state while fighting extremists to over 800 since counter-insurgency operations began in 1986. A majority of these were from Assam Police. So far, only Lohit Sonowal, an inspector of Assam Police's commando battalion, has been (posthumously) honoured with the Kirti Chakra for his gallant act while fighting ULFA militants. On April 19, 2013, Sonowal led a team of commandos to Kordoiguri village in Tinsukia district and surrounded a house where militants

had taken shelter. A woman came out of the house with two children and alerted the militants inside on seeing police. The extremists started firing indiscriminately. Anticipating that the woman and the children would be caught in the crossfire, Sonowal braved militants' bullets to safely evacuate them. He died of his wounds. The cycle of casualties began on July 29, 1990, with the killing of Dibrugarh SP Daulat Singh Negi in an ULFA ambush. Six years later, ULFA militants killed IPS officer Tinsukia SP R K Singh in board daylight in Tinsukia. In 2002, militants killed NC Hills (now Dima Hasao) additional SP Niharendu Shil. Five months ago, NDFB (Songbiit) militants gunned down Sonitpur district ASP Gulzar Hussain

when he was returning from a search operation. The state government immediately announced assistance for Hussain's aged parents, wife and two children. The slain ASP's wife Roshanara Begum on Saturday told the media that all that the government granted her were promises. "I met the chief minister, who assured me a job. I still don't have one. Assam Police have helped me. I must thank NHPC for giving me Rs 10 lakh for my children." The state government provides Rs 20 lakh as immediate ex-gratia to the family of police personnel killed on duty. On the other hand, the CRPF offers both immediate financial assistance and schemes for children of slain jawans.

AgArtALA, June 8 (PtI): Director General of BSF DK Pathak on Sunday reviewed the situation along the border in Tripura two days after a BSF jawan was lynched and another person killed in a clash between villagers and the border guards at South Ramnagar here, BSF sources said. Pathak reviewed the security situation at the BSF headquarters at Salbagan near here with senior BSF officers including Inspector General (IG) BN Sharma, DIG BS Rawat. Sources said the DG asked the local BSF authority to expedite erection of barbed wire fencing where work was incomplete along the Indo-Bangla border. A BSF jawan was lynched after a man was killed when the border guards opened fire after they were attacked by villagers while chasing smugglers close to the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura on Friday last. When the BSF personnel were chasing smugglers, villagers of South Ramnagar attacked them with sticks and choppers, DIG BSF BS Rawat said. The BSF personnel initially fired in the air to disperse the irate mob, but later on opened fire in self defence in which a villager, Ismail Mia, was killed and ten persons were injured, the DIG said. The Tripura government has already announced a magisterial inquiry into the incident.

Garo militant beaten to death by mob SHILLong, June 8 (nnn): One suspected Garo National Liberation (GNLA) cadre succumbed after two cadres of the outfit were severely beaten up by a mob in remote Jaksongram near Baghmara in the South Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Today's incident happened five days after the brutal killing of a woman by the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA). According to the police, the two had come to Jaksongram to serve demand notes and had even tried to take a villager to the nearby jungle. Angry villagers surrounded the two and tied them to bamboos. They were then soundly beaten up by the villagers. The incident happened between 4 pm to 5 pm today and the two were taken to the Baghmara Civil Hospital where one Niku Marak (26) succumbed and the other, yet to be identified, is said to be in critical condition.

Assam becoming hotspot for child trafficking

child and have no money left recently even her younger sister ficking according to child rights neW DeLHI, June 8 (tHe ordeal they had been through. was ‘kidnapped’ and reportedly activists. BBA founder Kailash “Our child was kidnapped by even to feed themselves. HInDu): Now penniless and “Whenever we go to the agency, brought through a placement Satyarthi speaking about this without a clue about how to rescue an agent in Assam and brought large-scale child trafficking, their 12-year-old daughter Lak- to Delhi. This we got to know they abuse us and throw us out. We agency to Delhi,” said Sadan. Carrying the passport pho- specially from Assam, said: shmi, who went missing over eight through our people in the village even threatened them with police months ago from their village in As- and so we came here in search of action and still there is no result. We to’s of his grandchildren he has “The place has become a hub sam, Deepak Munda and his wife our child. We even tracked her will go back to Assam only after get- been going to various placement for child trafficking and there are in the Capital looking for their down to the placement agency ting our child back,” said Deepak, agencies with help from BBA. are areas here which are notorichild and stuck with no means to re- and when we went there we were holding onto the shoulders of his “So far I have only got to know ously unsafe for children. Many that my girls have been ‘traf- placement agencies are earnturn home for over six months now. told that if she works for two-three wife, who silently sobbed. Sadly Deepak and his wife ficked’ to Mumbai. So I will now ing huge profits by bringing in The couple is now staying at more days she will get her entire a shelter home run by non-gov- month’s salary. So we waited aren’t alone in this tragedy. Also go to Mumbai. I cannot go back children from these States to the ernment organisation working in and even handed the placement ‘stuck’ in Delhi for over a month is home without my granddaugh- Capital and also sending them the area of child rights, Bachpan agency owner the money we Sadan Tanti from Assam’s (Dula- ters. I have a son who is mentally to Mumbai from here.” He added that in the past were carrying. This, he said, was hat tea garden) whose two grand- unstable and these girls are all I Bachao Andolan (BBA). three years alone, over 77 AsHolding up a black and white to be used as transport charges daughters – Unita (15 years) and have to live for,” he added. Meanwhile, Assam has in samese children who were trafSunita (17 years) – went missing. IMPHAL, June 8 (nnn): A leader of Janata Dal- photocopy of their only child sit- for Lakshmi,” said Deepak. Now, six months later, the “While my eldest granddaughter the recent years emerged as one ficked have been rescued after United (JD-U) who is also the elder brother of Kuki ting in The Hindu office on Friday militant outfit general secretary has been shot at evening, the couple narrated the couple are yet to get back their went missing several months ago, of the ‘hotspots’ for child traf- BBA lodged complaints. and he is now being treated in a private hospital in Imphal. Police informed that Chungzalian Haokip, 45 years, s/o Ngamkhojang Haokip of Tuibong in BRIGHT COACHING CENTRE Churachandpur district was shot at by unknown KKLN BUILDING PERACIEZIE H.S.JUNCTION persons at around 9:30 pm yesterday. Chungzalian KOHIMA-797001 # 9862525581/9402812918 Haokip happens to be the elder brother of Lalmoi SHILLong, June 8 (DIPr): NEC be completed by December 2014. Home, Mokokchung at a cost of Rs. Admission going on Haokip alias Tonglianlal who is the general sec- Secretary, Ameising Luikham on June Luikham also advised the State 253.00 lakhs, Up-gradation of equipretary of Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF) 5 reviewed the NEC funded projects governments to sign MOA with the ment infrastructure at Oking Hospital Class 10 all subjects (both Regulars & Repeaters) Hostel facilities can be arranged for both boys & girls whose outfit is engaged in a conflict with the UKLF for North Eastern States under Health institutes/organizations where the & Research Clinic, Kohima at a cost of Excellent Result since 2004 at the moment in Chandel district. According to the & Medical sector in a meeting held at NEC funds are sanctioned and en- Rs. 437.11 lakhs, Up-gradation of inpolice, Chungzalian Haokip was shot at the abdo- NEC Secretariat, Shillong. The meeting sure that the institute/organizations frastructure of Impur Christian Hospimen and is now being treated at Shija Hospital and was attended by Commissioners/Sec- are providing free/concessional tal at a cost of Rs. 484.58 lakhs, Up-graResearch Institute, Imphal. Police remain clueless retaries (H&FW), senior health officials treatment to the BPL populations. dation of Equipment infrastructure on the identity of the attackers. Haokip had unsuc- of all the eight North Eastern States, Bamin Tada, Adviser, Health, at Aine Nursing Home & Diagnostic cessfully contested as a Janata Dal-United (JD-U) officials from NEIGRIHMS, CIHSR North Eastern Council presented the Centre, Jalukie, Peran District at a cost candidate in Chandel assembly constituency in Ma- Dimapur, Shankaradeva Nethralaya state-wise status report of the on-go- of Rs. 490.88 lakhs, Setting up of North nipur assembly poll of 2012. He is also reportedly a Guwahati, North Eastern Space As- ing Health & Medical Sector projects East Regional Multi Disciplinary Parasociation Centre Umiam Meghalaya, from all North Eastern States. There medical Institute, Dimapur at a cost of member of Central Committee of the JD-U. Dr. B. Borooh Cancer Institute Guwa- are 59 ongoing projects from Health Rs. 4981.31 lakhs. For Manipur, NEC projects are: hati, North Eastern Space Association & Medical Sector in 8 North EastCentre Umiam Meghalaya, Shija Hos- ern States where NEC has provided District Hospital Churachandpur at SHILLong, June 8 (IAnS): Two close aides of a pital Imphal, LGB Regional Institute funds. The list contain 7 projects from a cost of Rs. 435.35 lakhs, EstablishMeghalaya secessionist outfit's key leader were ar- of Mental Health, Regional Director of Arunachal Pradesh, 12 from Assam, ment of Blood Bank by Shija Health rested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Po- Health & Family Welfare, Government 10 from Manipur, 5 from Meghalaya, Care & Research Institute, Imphal, at lice in West Bengal, police said Sunday. "Albert Jyrwa of India and Regional College of Nurs- 7 from Mizoram, 10 from Nagaland, 5 Rs. 343.89 lakhs, Upgradation of Govfrom Sikkim and 3 from Tripura. ernment GNM School to College of and Amar Sinha were arrested late Saturday night from ing & Dental College officials. The NEC projects that are on dif- Nursing Lamphelpet, Imphal, at Rs. Health & Medical Sector of NEC a guest house in Kolkata," Mariahom Kharkrang, the district police chief of East Khasi Hills in Meghalaya, has been supporting various schemes ferent stages of implementation in 452.56 lakhs, Support to J. N.Hospital told IANS. He said the arrested men were close associ- in the North Eastern States. Discuss- Nagaland’s are: upgradation of Naga Imphal, at Rs. 496.06 lakhs, Rs. 277.46 ates of Phyrnai Swer alias Pastor, a former Meghalaya ing the urgent need for the primary Hospital, Kohima for OPD, casualty lakhs support for procurement of adpolice constable-turned-lieutenant of the separatist health care and development and and diagnostic centre complex at a vanced medical devices and equipHynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC). strengthening of the health care fa- cost of Rs. 456.80 lakhs, Up-gradation ments at Chtristian Hospital Imphal, The following courses are offered Swer was arrested April 1 from the Kalikapur area in cilities, Secretary, NEC reviewed the of Zion Hospital, Dimapur for Casu- 370.92 lakhs for establishment of Shi1) Coaching for Class 10(ten) Repeaters in all subjects. West Bengal. "Jyrwa and Sinha are aides of Swer and projects from Health & Medical Sec- alty & Physiotherapy block & Pae- ja Regional Oxygen Plant and Gen2) Coaching for Class 12 (Arts &Commerce) diatric Nursing Unit at a cost of Rs. eration Unit Langol, Imphal, 485.66 tor state-wise. Discussing the slow the arrests are a prized catch for us as both have been repeaters in all subjects aiding and abetting the rebel outfit," Kharkrang said. pace and to speed up the implemen- 453.82 lakhs, modernization of Bethel lakhs for Strengthening of Dental 3) Coaching for N.P.S.C(Prelim),UPSC, S.S.C, and othMedical Centre, Kohima at a cost of Care in District Hospitals & CHCs tation of the Health related projects He said a Meghalaya Police team has left for Kolkata er Competitive Exams. to take their custody. The Khasi outfit is fighting for a NEC Secretary urged for timely com- Rs. 375.00 lakhs, Establishment of 50 in Manipur, 467.13 lakhs for setting 4) Spoken English bedded hospital at Mon at a cost of up of Emergency & Trauma Care pletion of the projects and directed all sovereign Hynniewtrep homeland in the eastern part 5) Computer courses 6) Typewriting of Meghalaya. The HNLC stages hit-and-run opera- states to put in extra efforts to com- Rs. 465.57 lakhs, Nursing School at Unit at Jivan Hospital, Kakching, 7) Stenography 8) Cutting &Tailoring Naga Hospital at a cost of Rs. 226.40 Thoubal District, 513.67 lakhs for plete the projects in time. He further tions from hideouts in Bangladesh. Meghalaya shares 9) Embroidery 10) Knitting a 443-km border with Bangladesh, part of which is hilly mentioned that the projects that are lakhs, Establishment of 5 bedded Procurement of Advanced Medical Contact  Capital Training Institute long pending due to some or the other ICU, HDU, Dialysis Unit & Major OT, Devices & Equipment at Sky Hospiand unfenced and thus prone to infiltration. Near T.C.P.Gate, Kohima reason need special focus and must Up-gradation of Woodland Nursing tal & Research centre, Imphal.

JDU leader shot at

Health & Medical projects under NEC reviewed

Two Meghalaya rebels arrested

ADMISSION GOING ON

NGT to review ban on coal mining in M'laya SHILLong, June 8 (nDtV): The National Green Tribunal will hold a meeting in Shillong on Monday to review its order banning coal mining in Meghalaya. Coal mining has been going on in Meghalaya since early 19th century, but, say estimates by the government, illegal mining has mushroomed across the state in the last two months. Most mines here are of the 'rat hole' variety -- small pits are dug in the ground and people crawl into these pits with next to no safety equipment. The Tribunal had im-

posed a ban on mining as most such activities are illegal, dangerous and extremely polluting. Locals have claimed that the ban will lead to the loss of two lakh jobs and have demanded that the government undertake rehabilitation measures for those who will be affected by the decision. According to latest figures by the Meghalaya government, the state produces nearly 58 lakh metric tonnes coal annually. Most immigrants, who are employed in the numerous coal mines in the region, are now leav-

Locals claim that the ban will lead to loss of two lakh jobs and have demanded rehabilitation measures ing for home. Loud protests by coal miners in the region have prompted a rethink by the National Green Tribunal, which will meet on Monday in Shillong to review its order.

In the monsoons, many mines reportedly get flooded, resulting in a large number of casualties. In 2012, 15 miners drowned in one such incident while in December 2013, five miners lost their lives when the cable attached to the coal bucket they were riding in -- towards the bottom of the mine -- snapped. Because the employees in these mines are immigrants, there are usually no records of deaths or injuries. As many as 200 miners died in Meghalaya's coal mines in 2012, according to reports by the local media.

The Tribunal ban order also points out that coal mining in Meghalaya has led to immense air, water and soil pollution; the damage caused so far is irreparable The locals are not convinced by these arguments and have demanded that the Tribunal should provide alternate employment if mining is banned. In its meeting on Monday, while reviewing the ban, the NGT will have to weigh the environmental hazards and safety issues posed by illegal mining against the loss of employment to lakhs of people.

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y the sixteenth point agreement (16-PA), the erstwhile Naga Hills district of Assam became a State and part of Indian Territory. A section of the Nagas formally and voluntarily joined the Union of India and accepted its Constitution. But the other section of Nagas rejected 16-PA and continued to struggle till today to achieve the goal of Naga sovereignty. The persistence of nationalist element is however all too prominent as the GoI not only failed to contain it in over sixty years of its independence but allow it to thrive. The existence of multiple de-facto governments in Nagaland State is a glaring proof. Nonetheless, 16-PA affected all sections of Nagas in Nagaland State, irrespective of whether one had accepted or rejected 16-PA. Article 371A After the creation of the State of Nagaland, it was conferred with a special status by the provisions of Article 371A. Interestingly, all the clauses of 16-PA were not given constitutional statute when Article 371A was framed. When Article 371A was incorporated into the Constitution of India through the thirteenth constitutional amendment, the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) was given three years time-frame from the date of formation of the State of Nagaland to give suggestions for removal of any difficulty in giving effect to any of the provisions experienced during the transitional period. But the NLA in principle accepted Article 371A as it was. The creation of Nagaland State was unique in that the normal States’ re-organization provisions of the Constitution had no direct consequential effect on Nagaland. Therefore, circumstantially, it has no parallel either with other States or Jammu

What If Article 371A Is Touched? & Kashmir which was granted special status under Article 370 through the Instrument of Accession in 1949. While, in the case of Jammu & Kashmir the arrangement was temporary in nature as clearly defined, the case of Nagaland was not so. Yet, it did not mean that Nagaland was absolutely insulated from review. On joining the Union of India, Nagaland State is also equally vulnerable as any other State. This was so because there was precedence. Firstly, the affairs of the State was shifted from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in 1972. Secondly; the funding for Nagaland as special category State was withdrawn in 1989. Even in the case of Naga Customary laws and procedure, the constitutional jurisprudence is slowly but steadily taking precedence, especially in trying the criminal cases. Under the circumstances, it may not be far from now that the special provisions of Article 371A will unconsciously or sub-consciously evaporate with time. Whether Article 371A will face the same fate as Article 370 is still too early to predict. Nevertheless, the common perception has been already felt. Should Article 371A be reviewed or take spontaneous effect as a consequence of uniform civil code, it is for the State players to respond. The onus is with the NLA to decide on the fate of its people in consultation with the legal and constitutional luminaries as well as the popular opinion of the stake holders. The section of Nagas who still believe that they are not Indians and Nagaland is not India’s territory would continue to say they have nothing to do with the Indian

State’s affairs. Can such situation trigger the Nagas of Indian State that had accepted 16-PA to withdraw from the Union of India and join the nationalist group? Will India use brute force again to quell such so-called anti-India stand? Can the Nagas withstand the brutality of India once more? Such chances and questions, however remote, are something that cannot be ignored. Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Article 44 of Indian Constitution envisaged that; “The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India”. Article 1 (3) (a) of the Constitution defined the Union territory as those including the territories of the States. By this definition, Nagaland State too became the territory of India by the provisions of Article 371A. There is a perceived apprehension that if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government goes ahead with the implementation of uniform civil code as promised in BJP’s election manifesto, Article 371A too will become a natural casualty. But whether UCC’s implementation will have a sweeping ambit on all issues; political, social, economic and religion or selectively include specific subjects is still under wrap. There’s no denying the fact that the core objective of BJP on UCC is to tame all tantrums. On the other hand, it may be interpreted as an attempt to up lift the status of the minorities. If such levelplaying is the objective, will it mean that subjective discriminatory laws such as Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958; Disturbed Area Act, 1955, etc. against the minorities will also become automatically void?

Will it also mean equality of status and of opportunity as promised in the Preamble of the constitution? Can the NDA government bridge the gap in economic development and employment opportunities? Equal opportunity should mean delivering justice; social, economic and political, at the door-step of all sections of people as envisaged in the Preamble of the constitution. As of now those promises are in theory only. Inequality exists not only in economic development and employment but even in the mindset of the higher castes. Can they treat the tribal people as equal human beings? Will UCC be able to stop higher castes’ atrocities against the minorities? As long as this mindset exists, UCC will be a failed experiment. Secularism The Preamble of the Constitution pledged India to be a secular State. In other words, there’s no State religion and all sections of Indian citizens are free to profess, practice and propagate religion of their choice. Right to practice religion is conferred under article 25 to 28. It even ensured freedom for those who have no religion. It also restrains discrimination on grounds of religion. The Preamble promised to its citizens; liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship. The secular sections of Indian citizens suspect that BJP is out to impose Hinduism as the State religion or constitutionally ban conversion of Hindus to other religions. Conversion is a personal choice. Anti-conversion bills and acts are anti-secular and anti-constitutional because it infringe upon the fundamental rights. Christians are accused of converting Hindus through

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MuMbai, June 8 (Mexn): ICICI Bank Ltd, the country’s largest private sector bank, has launched ‘Creative Masters’, a unique online drawing competition where participants can draw a depiction of a social cause such as education for less privileged children, save a girl child or support the elderly. Spanning over nearly two months, the programme aims to connect with lakhs of people, felicitate artists who will be handpicked by an eminent jury and support social causes through donation of proceeds from sale of select entries. In an attempt to drive maximum contributions towards social causes, ICICI Bank invites participation from anyone above four years of age to take part in ‘Creative Masters’ by submitting their drawing online at www.creativemasters.co.in. Participants can also choose to sit and draw at any ICICI Bank branch on ‘Creative Saturdays’ planned on June 14 and upload their entries on the spot. Speaking on the initiative, Rajiv Sabharwal, Executive Director, ICICI Bank said: “It gives me

immense pleasure to be part of the ‘Creative Masters’ programme which offers the participants the opportunity to support a social cause through their own expression of art. With over 75,000 registrations within the first few weeks of the launch, we believe this initiative has touched a chord with a large number of people.” The jury comprises Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather India and South Asia and Prof G. G. Waghmare, Dean of Sir J.J Institute of Applied Arts, among others. Select entries will be offered for sale and proceeds will be donated to support social causes through ‘Give India’, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to provide resources to credible nongovernmental organisations across India. The Bank services its large customer base through a multi-channel delivery network of 3753 branches, 11315 ATMs, call center, internet banking (www.icicibank.com), mobile banking and social media banking.

the medium of education. But have the Christians in Christian majority States created any problem to Sainik schools; believed to be the student wing of RSS? If a Hindu wants to send his child to a Madrasa or Christian run school, it is a personal choice. A Christian institute will indoctrinate Christian culture, a Sainik school will indoctrinate Hindu culture and a Madrasa will indoctrinate Muslim culture. If Hindus want consolidation of their religion in Hindu majority areas, should that be a problem to other religious communities? In the same way, if Christians want consolidation of Christianity in Christian majority areas, should that be a problem to the Hindus? All that matters is that, conversion to any other religion should not be through force, appeasement, inducement and other deceptive methods. Article 48 of the Constitution has clearly defined that prohibition of cow slaughter is only in relation to organization of agriculture and animal husbandry. It has nothing to do with religion. If the BJP-led NDA government wants to give religious face to the article, it has to do away with secularism first. Secularism is the fabric of national integration. For most Indians, we know that national integrity comes before religion. Without secularism there can be no India. If Hindus want Hindustan, no force on earth can compel other religious groups to join it against their wishes. I don’t believe that BJP will be foolish enough to shake this hornet’s nest. In the global politics of today, no nation however strong is absolutely independent. Any law that has conflicts with the in-

ner mind will only ignite and promote rebellion of mind and a rebellion against suppression and oppression. The constitution bars the majority from suppressing and oppressing the minority because democracy is not just about majority but also about minority. Without the minority, it will be nothing but dictatorship. Without dictatorship Hindutva and Hindustan is beyond India’s reach. History has proved that ‘hero worship’ and not dictatorship is in Indian blood. Conclusion: The people of India have given massive mandate to the BJP and its alliance partners including the NPF. BJP received the people’s mandate on the promises made in its election manifesto. Therefore, it is well within its right to implement its manifesto; be it Article 370 or 371A, UCC and/or a rethink on secularism. With a section of Naga electorates giving their mandate to NDA, there’s no space for Nagas to complain even if the worst comes. Number is not the problem for BJP for any major decisions. The only hitch the NDA government may face is Article 368 of the Constitution which prevents amendment to the basic structure of the Constitution regardless of the number. The Preamble contains the basic structure of the Constitution. Any rush in these sticky issues will have far-reaching ramifications which the NDA government will ill-afford to risk. Ultimately, implementation of the promises made may scale down to subjective and regional/local circumstances. In the end, it will be up to the people of India, especially Hindus, whether they will accept or reject the scale down. The future of NDA and its government will naturally be weighed on this delicate balance. Dr. K. Hoshi

T. L. Angami is the real founder and chairman of ‘B’ Khel, New Cm. hrough this press more right to re-claim over the Government including

release, we the undersigned of ‘B’ Khel members would like to substantiate the responds of Shri. T.L Angami over the issue of ‘B’ Khel landowners”published in various local dailies. To speak the truth that the, ‘B’Khel’ of New Chumukedima was established in the year 2001 through the initiative of Shri. T.L Angami who brought back the said area of land Vide. Order No. W.P (C) No. 220(K) 2001, which area of the said land was sold out earlier by some Chumukedima villagers, therefore, if any person who sold out his/her land to others, the same person have no

the said land as landowners as per the law of the land. It is also worth to be noted here that, the said ‘B’ Khel area of land were allotted to many persons at free of cost except Patta allotment fee with all conditions printed over in the allotment Patta form for permanent settlement within the khel which authority cannot be disputed. It is also necessary to mention that various developmental activities such as road connectivity, electricity, school, village play ground, village community church etc. were also brought by Shri. T.L Angami. It is also to be mentioned here that even yearly house tax were paid to

all other taxes for the last 6-7 years as because the allottees failed to live in ‘B’ Khel permanently. And for which, the concerned GB’s could not go from village to villages to collect the yearly house tax from the allottees who were mostly residing in their far flung native villages and town. And as such his leadership at B’ Khel should not be challenged. And for which, calling him as self styled leader by few persons who have no land in ‘B’ Khel record is irresponsible and unfounded. Theja Angami Roko Meyase On behalf of ‘B’ Khellers New Chumukedima

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Monday 9 June 2014

NH-29 deteriorates with onset of monsoon Kohima | June 8

The road condition of National Highway 29 in Nagaland has deteriorated with the onset of monsoon posing traffic as well as health hazards. (Photo by Neikho Shosahie)

is damaged with kneedeep water accumulating in some stretches. Besides the heavy local traffic, the traffic volume is

Students request change of NPSC prelim dates

Kohima, June 8 (mexn): A group of students have written an open letter to the Chief Minister of Nagaland questioning the dates of the NPSC preliminary examinations, 2014. The NPSC prelims are scheduled to be held in June this year, and intending candidates have stated a number of reasons why the said examination is ill-scheduled. The students have informed that the first and second year post graduate students are appearing for examinations “all over India” so they cannot travel during the time. They have also stated that the entrance exam to M.A & M.SC in Delhi University/ Chennai University /Bangalore Central University / Pune University and almost all other Universities in India are scheduled from June 8 through June 16 till June 30. All Technical graduates are also appearing All India Technical examinations outside the State. In this light, the students have asked for the NPSC preliminary examinations to be rescheduled or many students are set to miss the same.

compounded as Imphalbound heavy and light vehicles ply this road daily, day and night. Chances of accidents

are high near the Customs Office stretch as there is a critical blind curve. Though officers and technical field staff of the BRTF

cross this road stretch daily, yet they seemed to have turned a blind eye to the glaring deplorable road condition.

Kohima, June 8 (Dipr): An introductory programme of Parliamentary Secretary, Home Guards & Jail, Er. Picto Shohe was organised by the department of Civil Defence & Home Guards at Kohima Headquarter on June 5. Shohe while addressing sought full cooperation of the department. He urged the officers from different sections to feel free to share with him, their ideas and advice for the betterment of the department. Shohe also called on the officers and staffs of the department, irrespective of size and status to unite in one spirit for uplifting the department and the State as a whole. The Parliamentary Secretary assured the gathering to do his best for the department. The Deputy Commandant General, Medozhalie Pienyu briefed the Parliamentary Secretary that the Nagaland Civil Defence & Home Guards co-exist under one roof. He explained that Home Guards is a state subject with duties like assisting the Police as security guards, static duties as requisitioned by SPs etc.

while Civil Defence is a central subject with matters related to natural calamities and accidents. He said that a Senior IPS officer as Director General heads the organisation. The CD & Home Guards officers and personnel are trained in various Civil Defence subjects within and outside the State. Training on capacity building, disaster management, preparedness, demonstration and mock drill exercises to NGOs, VDBs, students, Police, public and church leaders, government servants etc. are various important activities undertaken by the CD & Home Guards, he explained. He also said that the department is imparting training to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) drawing one company each from NAP (IR) Bn/DEF and Village Guards. Director General, Lungriading meanwhile assured the Parliamentary Secretary full cooperation of the department and hoped the department will improve under his leadership.

Nagaland state to observe Dimapur DPDB meet discusses blood donation day on June 14 establishing hospital at Central Jail

Kohima, June 8 (mexn): The Voluntary Blood Donors Association Kohima in collaboration with Blood Bank, Naga Hospital Authority Kohima, Indian Red Cross Society Nagaland branch, Nagaland State AIDS Control Society, Kripa Foundation, Gorkha Students’ Union Kohima, Nagaland Adventure Club, Naga Darts, Nagaland Motorcycle Club, Rotaract Club and NCC is all set to observe World Blood Donor Day on June 14 under the theme “Safe blood for saving mothers” at the State Academy Hall, Kohima from 10:30 AM onwards. Governor Dr. Ashwani Kumar will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Nagaland Motorcycle Club (NMC) and Nagaland Adventure Club (NAC) will lead an awareness rally on voluntary blood donation from High School Junction to the State Academy hall at 9:00. It will be flagged off by chief secre-

tary Banuo Z. Jamir. Welcome address will be delivered by Dr. Vikato Kinimi, director NSBTC while significance of the day will be briefed by Dr. Nyan, executive convenor VBDAK. Dr. V. Khamo, MO, Blood Bank, Naga Hospital Authority Kohima will talk on the importance of voluntary blood donation. Thekielie Kedistsu will share experience while Fusion Flippers will perform dance. The programme will be chaired by Sentila Tzudir while vote of thanks will be proposed by organizing committee convenor Bharat Prasad. The programme is supported by Nagaland State Blood Transfusion Council, Muslim Welfare Society, Hindu Kalyan Samiti, Niathu Garden, NDFC Bank, Shine Art, Life Pro, Vivela Club, Indrani Club, City Restaurant, Kohima Computer Centre, Flexography and Vizo & sons.

Dimapur, June 8 (Dipr): The Dimapur District Planning & Development Board (DP&DB) meeting was held at the DC’s conference hall on June 5. Deputy Commissioner N. Hushili Sema (IAS) chaired the meeting. The meeting discussed the establishment of a ten-bedded hospital at Central Jail. Stressing on the importance of a hospital at central jail, the board gave recommendation and agreed to write to the appropriate authority for follow up action. It was also disclosed that the Central Jail staff would look after the construction while the Medical department would oversee other technical equipments and logistics.

Further, the board also gave recommendation for opening a new school, i.e., Royal Academy School at Khehoi Village, Niuland, change of nomenclature of Blighting Hoplongpor Memorial School, Dhansiripar to Ebenezer School and grand-in-aid to 25 schools from the district. Participating in the discussion, Revenue Officer Henok Phom spoke on the matter of land encroachment in government land. To curb the problem, he called for active participation, cooperation and alertness from all, and cautioned government employees against conniving with private individuals which many a times has been the case in en-

efforts to orient on importance of evaluation

Nagaland's lone Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio with his wife Kaisa Rio, at Nagaland House in New Delhi after planting a tree to commemorate World Environment Day on June 5. The tree was presented to him by the Union Minister for Environment, Government of India.

Picto Shohe interacts with Civil Defence & Home Guards officials

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THE NH-29 road stretch near Customs Office, Kohima is in a pathetic condition posing not only traffic hazard but health hazard too as water in the crater-like potholes have remained stagnated for a long time since onset of monsoon. Sources said that a meeting was held with the BRTF, State Roads & Bridges Department and the District Administration over the constant negligence of BRTF in this sector and accordingly, the BRTF was asked to act at the earliest. However, till date no action has been taken. Due to non-existence of side drains resulting in waterlogging, the entire stretch

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peren, June 8 (Dipr): The Evaluation Department sensitized the DPDB members Peren during its meeting on June 6 at DC’s conference hall. The department headed by its ex-officio Director Kevileno Angami was at Peren to orient and sensitize the grass root level stakeholders. Addressing the meeting, Kevileno stated that, the primary purpose of the team visiting the district was necessitated as evaluation is as important as planning process itself. Timely and factual information is important for evaluation, she added. She also informed the board that Peren has been chosen as a pilot district and will cover the

rest of the districts in phase manner. PowerPoint presentation was made on the various activities undertaken by the department in different government sectors and undertakings. The meeting also deliberated on the issues of evaluation and lamented that, without remedial and active measures, evaluation alone would not serve the needed purpose. The Vice Chairman DPDB and Deputy Commissioner, Peren, Peter Lichamo, who chaired the meeting, lauded the efforts of the department, while also assuring the district co-operation for the success of the programme.

Later, the board reviewed the minutes of the last DPDB meeting and agenda for upgradation of Ikiesing Memorial School to middle school was approved for onward submission. Henry Zeliang DAO, Peren also informed the board on the overview of the National Food Security Mission Programme (NFSM) and information of district level board.

VDB and Village Chairmen sensitised Evaluation Department also organized a sensitization cum orientation workshop for impact evaluation of Village Development Board at Town Hall, Peren

on June 6. The workshop was held for sensitisation of VDB and Village Chairmen in utilising the schemes and funds provided by the government. Joint Director Chubala explained the role and functions of Evaluation department. She urged the VDB and Village Chairman to co-ordinate between them in utilising the funds provided by the government for the development of the village. Sentimukiu, Asstt. Director also exhorted the VDB and Village Chairman to work with transparency and accountability in their respective villages. He further urged them to give special focus to women.

croaching into government lands. On the matter of 4 laning from Dhansiri to Zubza, the DC called on all department concerned to involve and contribute for smooth execution of the work. Earlier, department presentation was presented by Flood & Civil Supplies and Land Resources department. During the interaction, the Deputy Commissioner suggested that over lapping of schemes and project should be avoided and called on the Agri and allied departments to coordinate with one another to avoid such incidents. The Department of Horticulture and Medical were asked to give their activities report in the next meeting.

Hebron I colony expels 2

Kohima, June 8 (mexn): The Hebron I Colony, Phek Town has expelled Vekuvo and Thomas from the colony on June 6 last for failing to fulfill the colony’s resolution. Further, it condemned the “heinous crime” committed by them, stated a release issued by Hebron I Colony president Venuta Venuh and general secretary Shekhohu Chizo.

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Oken Jeet Sandham

t’s always adventurous to explore the new areas, locations, mountains, lakes, caves, trees and other historical objects. From time to time, scientists, enthusiastic and curious people used to venture out to areas unseen and unexplored. In Nagaland also, there are many areas which still remain unknown. Most of these areas are highly potential for making tourist destinations if they are properly developed with basic infrastructures. Rural tourism can really be developed and that will give economic and social benefits to the rural people. This is also one development that will discourage the exodus of rural people to the urban areas searching for their livelihood. With this idea in mind, Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly Chotisuh Sazo organized a whole day survey on May 31 with a team that included tour operators, officials and media persons to many sites which are highly potential for the development and promotion of tourism. After briefing all of us by the Speaker, the team under his stewardship left Kohima at about 8:00 AM for a day’s trip to survey many sites highly prospective for the development of tourist circuits. The route is Kohima-Mao Gate-Makhel-Khezhakeno- Pfutsero- Phesachodou- Thepuzu- Chesezu-Chozuba-Kohima. It is like a one-day tour package. We reached Mao Gate, Manipur at about 9:00 AM and had early lunch there. Generally, travelers stop and have food, besides buying local fresh fruits and vegetables here. Hundreds of passenger vehicles ply on this NH 39 daily and have stopover at this bazaar. Every tourist passing through this historic bazaar can visit the Mao Village which also preserves 2nd World War wreckages. Foreign goods are also sold here at relatively cheaper rates. Travelers can enjoy shopping here. Then we left for the Makhel Village. It is about 10-minute drive from Mao Gate. The Village bears the testimony of the Nagas. The Makhel Village holds a central place in Naga

A day’s journey to explore the unexplored tradition in connection with a belief that the Nagas at one point of time settled here and later dispersed to their present areas of habitation. The village of Makhel and the surrounding areas have several historical as well as mythological monuments and relics that are of interest to ethnographers, historians and cultural anthropologists. Monolith written about the significance of the Nagas is still preserved at this village. Some village elders narrated us the importance the village. After spending about 40 minutes at the Makhel Village, we proceeded to Chida Lake which lies at the periphery of Khazhakenoma Village under Phek district. The Lake can have boating facilities and variety of fishes which can give attraction to tourists. You can move around the scenic green hilltops which surround the Lake. Form the hilltops; you can see the beautiful Tungjoy Village of Manipur. In fact, the areas are pristine sceneries which will have vast tourist fascination. We had light refreshment at the hilltop overlooking the Tungjoy Village before proceeding to Khezhakenoma Village. On the way to Khezhakenoma Village, you will find a wayside Medicinal Plant Conservation Area where herbal nursery of locally available medical plants is maintained. The locally found Naga ginseng and other medicinal herbs are grown in the place. Many of us were thrilled seeing

at the way medicinal plants were grown in this place, more so of the Naga ginseng plants. These unique herbal medicinal plants will give a charm blend to the tourists. The tourists can also get treated if they so desired. While going to Khezhakenoma Village, you will come across Zuketsa junction. There is a monolith erected which had inscription written of a friendship treaty between the Phesachodouma and Khuzha Netho Ketshu. It said a stone got split into two. One erected at this Zuketsa Junction while the other at Phesachodou village with the same inscriptions of the friendship treaty written. At Khezhakenoma Village, historical objects are still preserved. The Speaker was kind enough narrating the significance of the Village. C Kemvu Koza, Village Council Chairman, also shared of the Village’s history. Visitors will never return without knowing the story of this village. After spending about an hour at Khezhakenoma Village, we set out for the next destination towards Pfutsero Town. Pfutsero Town is the commercial hub in the Phek district. We inspected the Mini Tourist Lodge maintained by the Pfuteromi Women Welfare Society. The doublebedded room is charged at Rs 700 while twin-bedded at Rs 500. They are bathroom-toilet attached and reasonably cleaner and cheaper. Sazo also personally checked all the rooms, din-

ing and conference halls and the records of visitors. Pfutsero headquarters has two Tourist Lodges and a few hotels. And accommodations for the tourists should not be the problem. The town also has a Baptist Theological College and also Government College. Churches of various denominations add to the beauty of the town. From the Mini Tourist Lodge you can not only see the complete town but also beautiful pristine peripheries of the magnificent town. From here, we proceeded to Pfutsero’s Glory Peak. From this Glory Peak, you can see the birth’s eye view of Pfutsero Town. Picnics, workshops, meetings etc. can be organized in this place. This place can also be one of the tourist circuits as they can see the town, far off Chakhesang villages and even Kohima and Manipur. Speaker was narrating every nook and corner of Pfutsero Town to us and the tour operators while having our 2nd light lunch here. Sometimes, we joked with him that “your head is the dictionary of Chakhesang areas.” Although he is Speaker of the Nagaland Assembly, he acted like a tour guide to all of us. In fact before setting out for the trip, he briefed all of us at his official residence saying that, “Today, I will be your tour guide and not as Speaker of Nagaland Assembly.” We spent about one-and-half hours here. Then we again proceeded towards Phesachodou village. The Speaker is from this village. His

village has cultural significance and that is widely known to outsiders. The villagers can present variety of traditional dances and songs to the visitors at the drop of a hat. It is a cultural hub itself. This could be one of the important tourist destinations. On the way to Chesezu Village, one can see K-Basa Village below the highway. This village has been declared as “Green Village” with all village house roofs painted green under the initiative of Sazo in 2010 when he was Parliamentary Secretary for Social Welfare. And before reaching Chesezu Village, we had one stopover at Thepuzu hilltop. It was leveled purposely to construct a new village church there. From this hilltop, you can see a very steep mountain peak called Curhanyi from where it said the Naga army shot an Indian army chopper that was carrying a GOC. He was grievously injured. In retaliation, the Indian army started herding the village male folks but the GOC ordered not to harass them. The last and the most important one come here. That is Chesezu Village where one of the historical significances took place during the infamous 2nd World War. The leader of the Indian National Army (INA), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, came to this village and lived here. The villagers extended material helps to Netaji and his INA troops during their stay in the village. In memory of him, a Committee constituted

started constructing a Memorial Center of him. A huge statue of Netaji carved out of stone in sitting position yet to be given a final touch is also here. Near the statue, there is a spring well from where Netaji used to fetch water for his personal use. All these important places including the spring well are still well preserved. Just one km away from the statue, a guest house with amphitheater in the name of Netaji Memorial Center is about to be completed. This will be one of the important tourist destinations once it is dedicated. So the survey of the tour mapping is unique in the sense that “one-day complete tour package” can be organized - Kohima to Mao Gate to Makhel to Chida Lake to Medicinal Plant Conservation Area to Khezhakenoma Village to Pfutsero and visit Glory Peak at Pfutsero and from there have a birth’s eye view of the town (Pfutsero). Then proceed to Chesezu Village to have a final look at the INA Chief Netaji Shubas Chandra Bose Memorial Center. On the way to Chesezu, one can still enjoy looking at the green village of K-Basa Village and also visit Thepuzu maintain peak from where one can see a very steep and historic mountain peak called Curhanyi from where the Naga army shot an Indian army chopper that was carrying a GOC who suffered grievous injury. In fact, ecotourism has become one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry, growing by 10-15% worldwide. One definition of ecotourism is “the practice of low-impact, educational, ecologically and culturally sensitive travel that benefits local communities and host countries.” Rural tourism can thrive as we can showcase our rural life, art, culture and heritage at rural locations and in villages, which have core competence in art and craft, handloom, and textiles as also as asset base in the natural environment. The rural tourism will also give economic dividends to local communities so also socially. By developing rural tourism, there will be economic development in the villages and thereby preventing the exodus of rural people to the urban areas.

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The Morung Express MonDAy 9 JunE 2014 voluME IX IssuE 156

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‘Low Voltage Power’ The state of our decadence & hopelessness

ith the summer heat comes not just soaring temperature but the harrowing experience of erratic supply of electricity. Load-shedding is a common practice undertaken by the Power Department to tide over the shortfall of electricity during the lean season. The commercial hub of Nagaland, Dimapur along with the rest of the State is currently facing the usual power breakdown. And bear in mind that Dimapur is supposed to be the most developed in terms of having basic infrastructures in place such as road, power and water supply only that none of it actually works well. Here we will not go into the technical aspects of how power is generated, transmitted or distributed. Today’s column will instead try and focus on the spiritual aspect, the moral abyss, as also the lack of conviction and honesty in our people. Why and where have we gone wrong and what is the remedy? To draw a comparison, those especially in Dimapur will notice that over the last few years, we are faced with not just load-shedding but even the electricity that we receive at our homes is so weak (low voltage) that it cannot even run our appliances properly. The Air Conditioner (AC) and Refrigerator do not cool neither does the Microwave generate enough heat to warm our food. Due to the low voltage, the power generated is quite useless. Our daily Christian life, the church, society at large and even our politics appear to be like the low voltage power—ineffective. There is no life or conviction in what we do. Call it lethargy, lack of vision or just plain uninspiring, there is nothing good and productive in what we do. What does the future hold for us? Will we see peace, progress and prosperity for our people or will we continue where we are—hopelessness? While the sweltering temperature during this time of the year is a global phenomenon and we cannot do much about it, what we can do however, is to take the right kind of measures to help revive and restore our land from the present state of decadence that we find ourselves in. The point really is that if we truly love our land and its people, then we should be motivated to work hard and be honest in whatever endeavor. We want to earn, possess or become rich through dishonest means. Let us be warned that corruption is causing more inequality than ever before and this in turn leads to greater social divide-tension, economic insecurity among people and the resultant turmoil that we are witness to—the evolving culture of extortion, cheating, land encroachment, tribalism, conflicts and other corrupt practices. By tradition Nagas were known to be honest, truthful and brave. In contrast, modern Naga culture has come to center around the love of money, “the root cause of all evil” as prophesized in the Bible. And perhaps this weakness of ours has been fully exploited by others, including the devil. Several instances from Naga history has been recorded, which mentions about how money and wine was used to weaken the Naga people’s resolve. On our own, it would be impossible to find the solutions to our dilemmas. As a respected Naga theologian once said, ‘only God can save the Nagas”. We need guidance and wisdom from above to lead us in the right path. We need the power of the Holy Spirit to work in our individual lives and churches so that we can become more effective as Christians in our social and political endeavors. Right now we are like the low voltage power—hopeless. (Feedback can be send to consultingeditormex@gmail.com)

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‘Indian football needs a hero’

ootball fanatic John Abraham is ready and steady to make the country "live the magic" of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The actor-producer, who is doing a film based on the sport and has even invested in a football franchise, believes the fever for the game will scale new heights once Indian football finds its "hero". "One sporting hero can totally change the fabric of a sport in a country. For example, in tennis, it was Sania Mirza, or for badminton, a Saina Nehwal and much before her, Prakash Padukone...look at what Tiger Woods did to golf in the world. I think Indian football requires that one hero," John told IANS over the phone from Mumbai. "Bhaichung Bhutia nearly made it there, but we need one hero. The minute we get that hero, watch football change in this country. It will take time, but it will change," said the multi-faceted talent, who has been roped in by sports and entertainment channel Sony SIX as the 2014 FIFA World Cup brand ambassador in India. John grew up watching Argentine footballer Diego Maradona's skilful play thanks to his father, who woke him up early morning to catch up on football matches. He started playing himself, so much so that he now says, "I would have played for India, but I had to make a choice between football and MBA." But here, at 41, he is living his childhood passion - via different ways. Apart from widely promoting the World Cup here, he has bought the Guwahati franchise of the Indian Super League (ISL) and his home production "1911", to be directed by Shoojit Sircar, will see him reprise late Indian footballer Sibdas Bhaduri on the big screen. It's football, football everywhere! "Yes right… so much of football happening! My production officer and my production partner are wondering whether this (my office) is a production office or a football office," John quipped. But on a serious note, John is all for efforts on the part of his celebrity clan's to bring eyeballs to any sport, "be it kabaddi, football, badminton, hockey, golf or boxing. I wish to promote so much more". As for the World Cup which gets underway in Brazil June 12, John himself will be living the magic of the games via the television and a studio, where he'll get to analyse the matches for the viewers with football icons such as Peter Crouch, Robbie Fowler, Peter Shilton, Mikael Silvestre, Ellyse Perry and Sunil Chhetri. "Cafe Rio" and "Football Extraaa" are the two shows that Sony SIX has planned to dole out during the matches to inculcate prime time football viewing in the country. Who's John backing? "Well, I need to study the teams very carefully to be honest. but if I had to put a little bit of money on three or four teams, I would go with Germany and Argentina but I wouldn't rule out Spain and maybe Brazil," he said after much deliberation. And who's his all-time favourite? "No one plays football like the Brazilians do! When they play it, it's like poetry in motion. Besides, this time, the World Cup is in the Mecca of footballing – so, watching Brazilians play would be great," he said, adding that if his "duties" allow him a three-day break, he would love to fly off to Brazil to catch up on at least a few matches live. Now, that's the spirit!

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Jonathan Fenby

Tiananmen Square: official silence, public restiveness

isiting Hong Kong at the end of the 1990s, the US president, Bill Clinton, set out a win-win scenario for China. Earlier, he had warned the then Chinese leader, Jiang Zemin, that the last major state ruled by a Communist Party was “on the wrong side of history”. Now, he was more positive: the economic growth of the People’s Republic should be encouraged because it would create a substantial middle class, he told a small dinner at the residence of the former British colony’s chief executive. That would push mainland China towards democracy as the middle class had done in north America and western Europe. So the end result would be positive, economically and politically, producing a world in which west and east could work together for global progress. Clinton was wrong. The middle class which has flourished in this century has not shown the disposition towards pressing for political democracy he envisaged. Since the party declared class warfare dead in 2002, it has done far too well out of the system to want to spread political rights to hundreds of millions of poorer citizens or to dismantle the system that gives it good incomes and the ability to pay for private health care, private education, old-age provisions and foreign travel. This is symptomatic of the way in which the Communist Party has been able to sustain the implicit bargain it struck with the Chinese public when the leadership, under Deng Xiaoping, sent in the tanks to crush the protests in Tiananmen Square twentyfive years ago. Ten years before the students occupied their country’s most iconic open space, Deng had introduced economic reform spearheaded by free-market methods, even if the state retained control of the commanding heights. The result had been spectacular, as Chinese were free to better themselves and shackles which had held the country back under Mao Zedong were partially removed. Local enterprises flourished. A wave of low-paid workers entered the labour stream. There was abundant capital from household savings. Consumers in developed economies welcomed cheap Chinese goods and governments applauded the deflationary effect of exports from the mainland, without worrying too much about the transfer of jobs to the People’s Republic. Deng’s basic motivation was not to promote greater economic freedom for its own sake. After two-and-a-half decades of disastrous adventurism under Mao, he knew that the country was in a terrible state and the Communist Party’s legitimacy and cohesion had been brought low—especially by the ten years of the Cultural Revolution, ending only with the death of the Great Helmsman. Deng’s aim was to use growth to make China a great power once again and to ensure that the party was the sole vehicle through which that enrichment took place, thereby giving it a claim on legitimacy to rule. Growth's downsides The downsides of the race for growth—especially wealth disparities and corruption—corroded the political message and were the prime drivers of the protests of the spring of 1989. Democracy came to be a watchword but the political message was confused. The movement in Beijing and other cities was primarily against the political system rather than for any set agenda of change. But that was quite enough to spur the repressive reaction on 4 June. The power of the party had been challenged. That had to be out down by a leadership group for whom monopoly power for the movement to which they had devoted their lives was a sine qua non for China. Huge crowds joining the demonstrations added a fresh challenge. Were the people at large also turning against the regime? Given the numbers who took to the streets, including some who were in the employ of the party-state, it might be impossible to draw a credible political line against a student spearhead backed by millions of people for whom the party had always claimed the right to speak and act. The way ordinary citizens peacefully blocked the army when it first tried

quarter of a century has passed since the events of 3-4 June 1989 in Beijing. There is still controversy over what exactly happened that evening and precisely how many died. But one thing is certain: the event just won’t go away. It seems the more the Chinese government tries to erase it, the more its stain becomes resistant. Those who participated in the events around Tiananmen Square, and the many demonstrations linked to it across the country, divide into two groups: the committed activists who paid a high price by being either imprisoned or exiled, and those (many more) for whom their activities were a brief period of youthful rebellion. Most likely, the latter had no deep thoughts about the reasons for the protests or what their intention was; rather, they were caught up in the moment. For this group, life after the event was more straightforward: they compromised, got on with their lives, and in many cases conformed. A good number has been immensely successful and form part of the new establishment. One element does surely connect people in both groups. This is that all live with their memories - and at least once a year, in whatever way, revisit and think about the meaning of that time. Another, much smaller group exists, however: of those individuals for whom June 1989 continues to be a daily part of their lives. Sun Baoqiang is one of these. She is a writer who was based in Shanghai at the time of the uprising, and wrote a lengthy memoir of her experiences during and after the events: Shanghai Woman Prisoner,

to move in on Tiananmen, lying down in the street in front of tanks and fraternising with soldiers who had thought they were being sent to quash a foreignbacked insurgency, added a further troubling twist. So the leaders gathered at Deng’s home felt that extreme force was required to achieve shock and awe, not riot police but tanks—even though most of the students were leaving the square. By the night of 3 June, the die was cast and, acting under cover of the declaration of martial law, the tanks not only did not stop but claimed by far the largest number of the night’s victims by firing at residential buildings on the boulevard to Tiananmen.

tion exhibit at the National Museum, national pride is high and the present leader, Xi Jinping, popular. The equation set by Deng at the end of the 1970s and renewed after 4 June has thus worked in its own terms. Repression of critics and human-rights lawyers arouses no public protests. Dissent is equated with subversion. The law exists to strengthen the party. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 2010, Liu Xiaobo, is serving an 11-year jail sentence for circulating a petition calling for democracy. People who call merely for the application of the constitution are denounced by articles in the official media, branding them as foreign agents out to subvert the system.

The "republic of amnesia" The official version was set immediately. Deng castigated the protests as an attempt “to establish a totally western-dependent bourgeois republic” and a western imperialist plot to bring socialist countries “under the monopoly of international capital and onto the capitalist road”. The events of the Beijing Spring (replicated in other cities) became a nonsubject in mainland China—leading to what Louisa Lin, the American journalist and writer, calls “the People’s Republic of Amnesia” in her excellent eponymous new book. When she showed a hundred students at four university campuses in Beijing the famous photograph of the anonymous man in a white shirt and black trousers facing down a line of tanks on Chang’an Avenue in the capital on 5 June 1989, only 15 identified it. “Oh, my God!” said one young man. “This is a sensitive topic. This picture maybe is related to a counter-revolutionary incident.” Thousands marched through downtown Hong Kong on 1 June but, on the mainland, nobody will mark the anniversary—at least not in public. Official history in China has always been fashioned to serve the interests of the ruling group. Imperial dynasties looked to scholars to write accounts of their predecessors to show why their misdeeds had forfeited the Mandate of Heaven, and so why their overthrow was justified. The main exhibit at the grandiose National History Museum overlooking the huge square in the centre of Beijing is an attempted demonstration of why only the Communist Party is fit to rule—since it, alone, was able to reverse the course of imperialist intervention and semi-feudal rule that had brought down China since the mid-1800s. By this version, the Communists did all the fighting against the Japanese, the Great Leap Forward and the famine that killed more than 40 million people around 1960 are passed over, and Mao is ’70 per cent good, 30 per cent bad’. History is dangerous, so it has to be controlled and made to conform with the reigning narrative. That fits in with the continuation of Deng’s original basic recipe—economic growth and rising living standards in return for acceptance of one-party rule. Political liberalisation remains off the agenda: if there is talk of political or legal reform it means making the current system work more efficiently. Though the wealth disparity widened and corruption blossomed in the decades after 4 June, the bargain has remained in place, reinforced by the concentration on ensuring ‘stability’ as defined by the regime. The budget for internal-security operations is larger than that for the armed forces and the extreme sensitivity about 4 June is shown by incidents such as the banning of a software programme whose name, by coincidence, included the numbers of the calendar date of the crackdown. China’s growth has been the major global event since the end of the cold war. The country that was on its knees at the time of Mao’s death in 1976 leads the world in construction, in its high-speed rail network, in the size of its automobile market and in consumption of everything from pork to cigarettes. It holds nearly $4 trillion in foreign exchange reserves and its demand for raw materials vitally affects the health of supplier nations, from Australia to Angola, Brazil to Zimbabwe. Underpinned by the Patriotic Education programme launched in the 1990s, which hammers home the message set out in the Road to Rejuvena-

Need for change At the same time, the need for change is evident. If it does not pursue political democracy, the middle class requires action on quality-oflife problems arising from the nature of China’s growth, especially air, water and soil pollution. The big current anti-corruption campaign, launched by Xi Jinping, shows just how widespread graft has become: there are reports that a clan round a former Politburo member has amassed $15 billion and growing numbers of senior executives in state enterprises have been found guilty of taking large bribes. Xi put his name last November to a party document recognising the need for economic reform—a tricky, long-term process which will involve facing down powerful vested interests and introducing structural change, while seeking not to disturb the foundations of the party-state. Xi insists that only the Communists can lead China and has amassed an unprecedented array of posts from which to exert his authority: he is general secretary of the Communist Party and the state president, and he chairs the Central Military Commission, the new National Security Committee, the new Reform Committee, the Cybersecurity committee and a body set up to oversee military modernisation. In the Deng tradition, he accepts the need for economic change but insists on continuing party rule. In the first field, he wants to meld “the dynamic forces of the market” with state dominance; in the second, he holds up Mikhail Gorbachev and his late-Soviet reform experiment as the example to be avoided. The question for the rest of this decade (Xi will be in office till 2022) is whether those aims are compatible. To maintain its claim to rule, the party has to deliver. Though portraits of Marx and Lenin look out over its meetings, it is no longer an ideological party. Just as the mass of Chinese accepted the bargain of material betterment for political acquiescence, so the party has, itself, changed. It has become a managerial outfit which has to keep its side of the bargain. It has ensured that there is no political alternative and Xi is intent on centralising authority through policies designed to strengthen Party power—down to the re-invocation of the Maoist “mass line” to ensure everybody marches in step. Will that work in a society which is evolving very quickly, where social media have introduced a new communications matrix, where Chinese make 80 million foreign trips each year and where the second generation of the middle class wants more than simply material advancement? Clinton’s analysis 15 years ago was wrong because it applied western history to China. The official Chinese framing of growth has been acceptance without political correlates— the amnesia that surrounds 4 June shows that. But material progress does bring change beyond the increase in earnings gained. And the party is committed to maintaining growth, even if the crude annual increase in gross domestic product is falling. The real question is whether a one-party state of the kind which holds sway on the mainland can cope with the changes which that material progress bring and with the impact of globalisation on a country that has always sought to march to its own drum. In retrospect, the period since 1989 may be seen as the easy time for the regime. The years ahead will prove more testing as the stakes rise and society evolves.

China, 1989-2014: one woman's story Kerry Brown published outside China in 2011. The book tells how, when Sun was working in the local cooking-oil company, she was swept up in protests against corruption. The date of greatest significance to her is 6 June when she was involved in a protest in central Shanghai that brought her to the attention of the police, and led to her being jailed. This was the start of three years of incarceration, and a lifetime thereafter of carrying the label of "counter-revolutionary". Sun’s account has all the grim humour and anger of a survivor bewildered by the situation she finds herself in. She was sentenced after the most cursory of trials, and describes the separation from her young son as the most painful torture she faced (he was looked after by her husband while she served her sentence). There is in her account a degree of camaraderie amongst her fellow convicts, but also endless mean bullying, physical violence, and inhumanity. The simple fact is that Sun was - before, during and after her imprisonment - no threat to anyone; in most other cultures she would have been able to express her views without

serious consequences. It was the very treatment meted out to her for her role in 1989 that turned her from a critic into an opponent of the authorities. It was a loselose outcome for everyone. Sun makes clear at the start of her story that the status of political prisoner in modern China is a very distinctive one. Amongst her cellmates, this meant she (and anyone else with a similar label) occupied the bottom-most rung,lower even than murderers or thieves. But when Sun has a conversation with one of the prison officials, she is struck by their staggering ignorance of the politics they are charged with defending. The person she speaks to in late 1989 is unaware that Hua Guofeng, Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang had either retired or been removed from party leadership positions, and simply asserts that whatever the party says is true.

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The long shadow The party itself, in Sun's version, is very far from an abstract entity that occupies a rarefied zone of ideological and moral purity. It is rather a daily, living reality embodied by endless officials, who occasionally show sporadic

flashes of humanity and at other times seek the opportunity to prosecute their personal vendettas. When Sun, on one of her husband's rare and brief visits, apologises for putting him in this predicament, he replies: "It is not you who need to apologise. It is the party." That, in essence, is what many Chinese people still want - people who are similar to Sun, and whose memories of the 1989 events remain close to them each day. An apology, an admission that wrong was done, a simple declaration that using lethal force against its own students and citizens was wrong - this is what they want from the party. As long as some party elders directly implicated in the events live on, It is unlikely that that apology will come. But it is clear now that the shadow of 1989 is not going to shift. In this it resembles the pernicious smog that sometimes descends on Chinese cities, only to be blown away by strong gusts of wind. There are indeed plenty in the party who are thinking deeply about how to come to terms with the legacy of that time. For people like Sun Baoqiang, June 1989 was a moment of searing spiritual agony and loss. All the economic development thereafter in China has done nothing to heal these feelings, and never could. In the end, it was a moment of revelation, exposing the party's decision over where its loyalty lay: with the good of the people, or with itself. The party, twenty-five years later, lives with the choice it made. Sun Baoqiang's book is but one eloquent testimony of the terrible price everyone had to pay, and is still paying, for the events of that long night in Tianamen Square.

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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

Brazil’s economy of violence Henrique Tavares Furtado n 2014 the world’s gaze is turning to Brazil. The country is, after all, holding one of the globe’s most anticipated mega events, the football World Cup. As it were, Brazilian authorities are expected to perform accordantly, which they have consistently failed to do, leading to a major delay in the infrastructure preparations. On the verge of the World Cup Brazil has ‘ceased up’, leaving it in doubt whether some stadiums will even be ready by the time the first match kicks off. This is certainly unacceptable in a host country, but has generated even more unacceptable responses from anxious northern spectators. Impressively enough, but hardly surprising, this renewed interest in Brazil has managed to resurrect some of the worst, most condescending, and excruciatingly derogatory stereotypes long used to explain why the country struggles, and has always struggled, to keep up with modern times. This sort of stereotypical response can be seen, for instance, in a recent Economist piece entitled “Brazil’s Economy: The 50-Year Snooze”. Assessing the reasons for Brazil’s poor economic performance, the piece puts forth a classic neo-liberal argument built upon a frightful array of detrimental clichés. The Economist explains Brazil’s inefficiency by its workforce’s notorious unproductivity and stupor. But, however flawed the text itself may be, it is the piece’s header that is most shocking, alongside a decontextualized picture of an unproductive ‘native’ snoozing – someone probably relaxing on vacation. This is offensive, paternalist, and quasi-colonial. This discourse of ‘Brazilian belatedness’, in which specific historical problems are explained as the projection of an inherent slowness of the Brazilian ‘condition’, proposes too easy answers for extremely complex issues – the lack of infrastructure, low levels of productivity, and poor economic performances. The workers’ ‘cultural laziness’ then translates into the country’s eternal belatedness. The discourse is quite widespread, and abounds within the mass media, within academia – in some traditional branches of Political Science and Economics – where the country is still studied as if it were trying to ‘catch up’. Brazil is never democratic, never developed, and never active enough as a regional leader. When the country does not have to catch up with Europe and North America, it struggles to echo the pace of its fellow BRICS colleagues. And thanks perhaps to a very successful process of colonisation, this same discourse emanates from Brazilians themselves. Nevertheless, a belief in a ‘country of the future’, with an ever-unfulfilled potential, conceals the systematic construction of a ‘country of the past’, always delayed in relation to more ‘advanced’ societies. Stick to this particular discourse, and the World Cup deferral comes as little surprise: Brazil is stuck in the past. Brazil is indeed stuck in the past. However, this temporal disjunction is less the outcome of an economic or (and) institutional delay, but more of an insistence on resorting to violence as a mean of managing political anxiety. Brazilian authorities and society seem hooked on a logic of ‘either love or hate’ inherited from times when the country heatedly fought the Cold War, a violent event usually forgotten by anxious northern spectators awaiting the World Cup, or economic experts providing different solutions for Brazilian belatedness. But this disproportional focus on the Brazilian economy and World Cup hysteria risks overlooking the pernicious consequences of a Brazilian economy of violence. But 2014 also marks the fiftieth anniversary of 1964, the culmination of a series of events leading to the ‘Lead Years’ of authoritarianism and state repression (1964-1985). 2014 is also the year when the National Truth Commission (CNV), instituted in 2012, is due to release its report on the past violations of human rights. This act of remembrance is not only fundamental to understanding how the Brazilian authorities strive to manage the political anxiety arising from World Cup hysteria, but also poses the question of whether the country will be able to leave behind it this historic dynamics of violence. So far, responses to the threat of social unrest and insecurity are sadly still exhibiting strong traces of the extremist logic permeating the events of half a century ago. This can be seen in three different violent forms of managing political anxiety which – having been systematically used in the authoritarian past – are currently employed in the democratic present.

the chaos. But the president failed first and foremost by omitting any reference to the police brutality shown during the demonstrations. A survivor of torture during the dictatorship herself, she attempted a strange sort of justification for the repression carried out by the militarized police throughout the country: it was their defensive duty to inhibit the rioters. Second, Rousseff invoked the past in the way some leftist intellectuals commonly do, insisting that their resistance against the dictatorship was “democratic”. Here Rousseff, a former urban guerrilla, forgot that from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, when the armed struggle rose and till it finally succumbed, her generation was not exactly fighting for “democracy”. Recent research confirms that the dictatorship was in fact marked by a generalized disrespect towards democratic values. For a president who, in instituting Brazil’s truth commission, insisted that “truth is the precise contrary of forgetfulness” this is disappointing

Managing social unrest with repression In June 2013 a spectacular phenomenon occurred in Brazil: the massive and widespread wave of protests that took over the country leaving society, the authorities and academics stunned. The protests, initially raised under the flag of free public transport, suddenly became much wider, gathering a multitude of different demands united through a feeling of general discontent with the Brazilian Government. This series of protests, later named the “June Journeys”, produced a lot of anxiety. Interestingly, the demonstrators’ motto during the protests was that, “The Giant has awakened”. Such a co-optin of the discourse of ‘Brazilian belatedness’ reflects the movement’s elitist, misguided perception that Brazilian society had been indeed ‘snoozing’ for a long time, stuck in a period of political apathy and state-phobia until the young intelligentsia “finally left Facebook and went on the streets”. Some demonstrators, and journalists too, eager to portray the “journeys” in their uniqueness, managed to wipe out decades of Brazil’s social struggle in this account. The June Journeys grew in orders of magnitude once they reached São Paulo. To make their indignation heard the demonstrators took over the major avenues of South America’s biggest city. They metaphorically forced the “city that never sleeps” to a sudden halt. Aware of their actions, some elegantly apologised in banners stating: “sorry for the inconvenience, we are changing the country”. Using a rather interesting logic, the June Journeys needed to stop São Paulo’s time, just to put it in motion, to promote the very change they pursued. They disturbed the country’s financial heart to question the

A woman protests with tape on her mouth that reads "Child Education", demanding better salaries and labor conditions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. The protest was against the money being spent on the upcoming World Cup, which demonstrators say would have been better used on education. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

market-like necessity of economic policies, stating the powerful political value of 7 pence. Following São Paulo, another 200 cities scheduled their own demonstrations nationwide and overseas, including London. Unfortunately, their so called ‘awakening’ turned out to be deeply traumatic. Forcing the ‘city that never sleeps’ into a snooze made the authorities and society at large particularly anxious. After all, for productivity reasons, it was imperative to keep the country’s financial heart fully functional. On top of that, no one seemed able to understand a movement with such a vast, and at times contradictory, set of claims. In São Paulo, the response to a mostly pacific, if confusing, wave of protests was the resort to police repression, brutality and arbitrariness. The city shock troops – a special section of the militarized police – was called in to restore the city to its normal pace and they did it with a repertoire of (expired) gas bombs, arbitrary arrests, repeated beatings, and other less-lethal weaponry. Rubber-bullets soon reminded demonstrators of the reality they were ‘awakening’ into. Shock troops are aptly named. The militarized police brutality to restore order reminded the Brazilian upper classes of a time when the military used electric shocks to repress political opposition. This police brutality left the constricted boundaries of deprived areas, where torture has been routine since the democratization of Brazil, and ventured into the spotlight for everyone to see, where it immediately became appalling. Forgetting the past to order the present After the events in São Paulo, the June Journeys kept on growing in both size and violence. On the June 21, when 1.25 million people had gone to the streets and the protests had clocked up two deaths, President Rousseff gave an official speech broadcast nationwide. She stated, with a surprising twist, that the event had shown the force of Brazilian democracy, and the youth's desire to lead the country forward. However, Rousseff warned people against turning what she called a “new political energy” into a pure violent impulse, with a clear reference to the ravaging, depredation and chaos waged by some demonstrators. According to her,letting violence set the tone of this movement, could not only missing a historic opportunity for political action, but also threaten some of the country's dearest achievements. She stressed that, “public security sections have the duty to restrain, under the limits of the law, every form of violence and vandalism”, emphasising the fact that the demonstrators “authoritarian violence and ravaging” had “shamed Brazilian society”. Later on, Rousseff turned to personal reminiscence: “my generation fought so the voices on the streets could be heard. Many were persecuted, tortured and died for that goal. Those voices need to be heeded and respected, but they cannot be mistaken with the noise and truculence of some rioters”. Rousseff showed here how general acts of remembrance can serve the purpose of managing social and political unease. In her attempt to control the anxiety surrounding the June Journeys, the president revealed the political importance of remembering the past in order to forget it. The June Journeys threatened not only the 2014 World Cup, but also of course, the 2014 presidential elections. For some, by addressing the nation, Rousseff tried to portray herself as a reasonable democratic president capable of dealing with political opposition; that is, she tried to profit from

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Naming terrorists to secure the future Rousseff was not the first to viciously attack demonstrators, while blindingly forgetting and at times even praising the violence of the militarised police. During the June Journeys the governor of São Paulo state and the mayor of São Paulo city, alongside a famous right-wing oriented Veja Magazine, framed the on-going demonstrations as a series of “unbearable acts of vandalism”. In a distasteful vein, Veja also praised the shock troopers’ “strong measures to secure order”. But it was Reinaldo Azevedo, Veja’s columnist, who first stated what would set the tone of the debate from then onwards. Azevedo not only described the demonstrators as “lunatic fascists playing at direct democracy”, completely disqualifying whichever political claims they possessed, but proceeded to perform the contemporary world’s ultimate act of de-politicization: he named the wave of protests, ‘terrorism’. Azevedo’s comment would probably have been dismissed as unnecessary exaggeration, had the wave of protests not taken a violent turn. As the initial strength of the June Journeys was progressively undermined by several attempts at appropriating the “movement” from both left and right, large numbers gave way to a series of scattered, smaller demos. This loss of momentum of course reminded everyone involved that Brazilians were tired and would finally resume their customary ‘snooze’. In fact, the demonstrations were becoming increasingly violent, and in a different way. The initial ravaging carried out by some demonstrators was turned into violence against the police officers themselves. Of course this can be seen as the progressive radicalization of the Black Blocs, an anarchist organisation, or even as a response to the shock troop’s brutality, but the fact is that violence grew out of control. Perhaps the first time this happened was in 2013 on the days after a hundred thousand people took to the streets of Rio’s city centre. In one particular episode, 300 demonstrators seized a group of 50 militarized policemen when trying to invade the local state court building. The rioters attacked with petrol bombs, and the officers replied with fire. The engagement left at least 34 injured, of which 20 were policemen. This escalation in violence was crowned with the death of a cameraman in February 2014. During a demonstration in Rio, Santiago Andrade was hit by a firecracker’s explosion, and left brain-dead by a man associated with the Black Blocs movement. His death generated a major outcry. Among claims that the Black Blocs were a fascist organization, and concerns with insecurity during the World Cup, Azevedos’ words resonated more strongly: surely this was terrorism. Shortly this death, the National Senate returned to a discussion of the Anti-Terrorism Law (bill 499/2013) as an urgent matter. There was a clear desire to legally categorise a crime condemned by the Federal Constitution, but left with no clear legal definition, before the World Cup. In justifying the bill, senator Viana urged a problematic pre-emptive logic: “Today, the state of Brazilian legislation allows a citizen to explode in rage first, hit someone’s head […] and then we see what we make of it”. Viana – from Rousseff’s Worker’s Party – further echoed the president’s speech: “I myself, during the dictatorship, took part in dozens of demonstrations without any kind of aggression”. The past was once again used to vindicate nefarious consequences of present political actions. The Anti-Terrorism Law was largely criticized by intellectuals and practitioners as a vague text that could lead to the criminalisation of whole social movements. Some deemed this a “hysterical outbreak”, harsher than the dictatorship’s 1969 National Security Law - preoccupied with the safeguarding of Brazilian territorial autonomy against communist-subversive terrorism. While the discussion surrounding Bill 499 was left aside after such a commotion, a current review of Brazil’s penal legislation supported by Gilson Dipp – the first coordinator of the Truth Commission – is now tackling the issue. The 50-year noose Responses to insecurity in contemporary Brazil show a conflation between past and present. In the quest to manage anxiety and secure order, authorities and social groups alike have resorted to the dismissal of opposing ideas, the denial of legitimacy to the political opposition and, at extreme times, the physical obliteration of dissidence. The internationally praised “country of differences” has insistently shown a rather peculiar tendency to obliterate pluralism in the name of order. It is this persistence that grounds Brazil in the past. This politics of obliterating difference was at play in the 1964 eve of coup, when the radical left pushed for land reforms disregarding political resistance; it was at play during the “Lead Years” when a striking repressive apparatus was organized to eliminate the communist “threat”; and it has been kept alive in the “war against crime” by a still deeply militarized police force who perceives torture as a legitimate professional technique, supported by a still punitive society who believes “a good thug is a dead thug”.

POLL RESuLTS

Are educAtionAl quAlificAtions necessAry for A ministeriAl post in the government? Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes. ‘Judge me by my works’ as said by HRD Minister Smriti Irani is also true by educational qualification is also equally important. Both are synonymous and essential. • Yes, Education backed up by Moral values.... • Yes. Education makes us confident, see through every problems, read the society etc. without education a person is incomplete and useless. if education is not necessary why people invest, go for higher education. • Yes, Its good to have a qualified minister. • Yes, Need to know the basic. • Yes, why not. Education is very much important, how will it look good if our minister/politicians do not even know how to write his own name or stamp his signature? A true born leader will be good but he/she will be polished greatly with education. • Education is an all round development. So it is very much essential. • Yes it is very necessary to have educational qualification to hold public office. • Yes education along with honesty. • Yes, educational qualification is needed for a ministerial post in the government because education imply all round development and without which it is impossible for an uneducated and average people to administer the government well and lead the people in a right direction. • How can we expect to bring changes and innovative ideas in a society/nation without education. • Education definitely is a criteria needed in all

walks of life. It is needed even for the post of drivers and peons so why not for those that have higher responsibilities. On the other hand, being educated does not necessarily make one a better person, administrator or even a driver. One should therefore not discriminate merely on this criterion but ultimately nothing like having someone who is educated and is able to do what he or she is set out for.

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sist the Minister. if necessity arises a translator can also be appointed. NOT NECESSARY ....... for Ministerial post in the Government ... as of today. • Not necessary cause those politicians are backed with powerful ias officers and highly educated people. • No. Anyone who has been elected to represent the people must necessarily be smart. They only need one certificate and that is, People's mandate. • NO.....Skilled in the art of discovering the aspiration, expectation, needs, and articulation of the view of people whom they represent should be the sole criterion instead.. Educated thieves are far more dangerous than uneducated thieves.

Some of those who voted no had this to say: • No. Democracy • Not necessary but preferred. • To elect an educated person or to set certain education qualification criteria to 14% contest election would be more appropriate then to Some of those who voted bring in the question of neOTHERS had this to say: cessity of education for ap• Though it may be handy, YES no OTHERS pointment to a ministerial formal education is not manpost in a government. as it datory to be a great leader or is, highly qualified bureaucrats are also there to asa politician. It is the role of the bureaucrats to be edu-

cated and learned on all matters of the department. • Self taught or formal education? I think both are essential • Doesn't matter so long as he/she's not corrupt.. men r born equal we need honest n fair persons in dis present damn twisted political scenario. • In Nagaland no education only money power • Only money can win election in nagaland. • Educational qualification is an eligibility criteria of a person. Education is a continuous process of learning in every sector of life that a person faces and experiences. Everything we hear, listen, study, learning, exam, hardship, seeing etc. is a continuous process of education. Many great scientist, Nobel laureate, writer, industrialist, politician, etc. did not obtain the certificate of qualification, but they achieve great thing for humanity and development. Skill, maturity, leadership, knowledge and quality of personality are not totally based on certificate of qualification. Therefore, Ministerial post should be based on the quality of Skill, Personality, Intelligent, Wisdom and Leadership of a person. • Some people say all a minister needs to do is supply of idea and instruction; well and the minister most also be adept at doing what is right for his/her time and age and we the rational beings ought to step back and support his/her endeavors: but what about the requisite knowledge and skill needed to maneuver the nittygritty of labyrinthine system of higher education in this shady complicated world of politics.

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India and China hold first major talks since Modi win

NEW DElhi, JuNE 8 (PTi): In the first high-level interaction with the new dispensation here, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Sunday held talks with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in key areas including trade and investment. Wang, who is special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, arrived in the wee hours to establish political contacts with the new Indian government amid hopes of an upswing in bilateral ties due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s familiarity with China. Both Wang and Swaraj were assisted by their delegations which comprised of senior officials from the foreign ministry. During his two-day visit, he will call on President Pranab Mukherjee and Modi on Monday. Wang will also be meeting leading Indian officials and will have in-depth exchanges on how to push forward bilateral relations. The new Chinese leadership is keen to improve relations with India in the face of serious challenges it faces over its maritime disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and with Vietnam, the Philippines and other maritime neighbours in the South China Sea

amid a major US military push into the Asia-Pacific.

Chinese foreign minister’s visit: Tibetans stage protest Tibetans staged a protest in New Delhi on Sunday over the visit of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raise the Tibet issue with him. The demonstration was held at North Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila area which is home to substantial Tibetan population. The demonstrators raised anti-China slogans and carried placards urging Modi to raise the Tibet issue. “There were around 100 protesters. They have dispersed on their own,” said deputy commissioner of police (north) Sindhu Pillai. Security has been beefed in Majnu Ka Tila and New Delhi’s Chanakyapuri area which houses the Chinese embassy. Additional commissioner of police (New Delhi) S B S Tyagi said that there was no such protest in the New Delhi district. China is India’s biggest trading partner China is India’s biggest trading partner, with twoway commerce totalling

Dehradun shootout: Sentencing against 17 policemen Monday

NEW DElhi, JuNE 8 (iaNs): A Delhi court Monday will pronounce its verdict on sentencing 17 of the 18 policemen convicted of killing a 22-year-old MBA student in a staged shootout in Dehradun. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge J.P.S. Malik will pronounce the sentence. The CBI has sought death penalty for the convicted policemen saying they behaved in a “predatory manner”, which falls under the act of “rarest of rare”. Asking for harsh punishment to the guilty policemen, CBI counsel and senior public prosecutor Brajesh Kumar prosecutor said: “They (police) were the protectors of law but they behaved in a predatory manner. They should have given protection to the victim, but they killed him in a fake encounter (staged shootout).” He said harsh punishment to the guilty policemen will send a strong message, and “no public person in future can even think of doing such crimes”. Friday, the court convicted 18 policemen involved in the case that rocked the hill state in 2009. The 18 convicted policemen are then inspector Santosh Jaiswal, sub-inspectors Gopal Dutt Bhatt, Rajesh Bisht, Neeraj Kumar, Nitin Chauhan and Chandra Mohan, constables Ajit Singh, Satbir Singh, Sunil Saini, Chander Pal, Saurabh Nautiyal, Nagendra Nath, Vikas Chandra Baluni, Sanjay Rawat, Mohan Singh Rana, Inder Bhan Singh and Manoj Kumar and Jas-

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, right, shakes hands with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, before their meeting in New Delhi, India on June 8. Wang is here to meet Indian officials to push forward bilateral relations with the newly elected Narendra Modi led Indian government. (AP Photo)

pal Singh Gossain. Of them, 17 accused were convicted for murder, for conspiring to murder and one was convicted for framing incorrect record. Gossain, the head operator at the city control room, was convicted under section 218 of the IPC (public servant framing incorrect record). He was left off Friday after he furnished a bail bond as he was only convicted for fabrication of evidence and had already undergone what could have been the maximum jail term for the offence. Meanwhile, the court asked police to provide “high security” to the policemen during transit between jail and court after it was informed by the Tis Hazari lock-up in-charge that there may be trouble. The lock-up in-charge said in an application that there was apprehension the convicts may harm each other after their conviction. He claimed it was heard the convicts were blaming each other for the outcome of the case. The policemen were arrested after evidence showed that Ranbir, a resident of Ghaziabad, was gunned down in cold blood by the Uttarakhand Police. Following the staged shootout, the police claimed to have caught Ranbir and his companions on Mohini Road where they were allegedly “trying to commit some crime” July 3, 2009. The trial was transferred from Dehradun to Delhi on the orders of the Supreme Court on a plea by Ranbir’s father Ravindra Singh.

close to $70 billion. But India’s trade deficit with China has soared to over $40 billion from just $1 billion in 2001-02, Indian figures show. Experts say Modi must bridge the deficit by seeking greater access to the Chinese market, with the two sides targeting annual bilateral trade of $100 billion by 2015. Modi warned China to shed its “expansionist mindset” at an election

rally earlier this year. China hit back, saying it “never waged a war of aggression to occupy any inch of land of other countries”. The nuclear-armed nations, both with one-billion-plus populations, are expected to focus on economic ties and border issues during Wang’s visit, following a territorial flare-up in April 2013. India accused Chinese troops of intruding nearly

20 kilometres (12 miles) into Indian-claimed territory, triggering a threeweek standoff that was resolved when forces from both sides pulled back. The border between China and India has never been formally demarcated, although they have signed accords to maintain peace. Meanwhile Tibet’s government-in-exile, based in India, has pinned its hopes on Modi’s government to

speak up for Tibetans during Wang’s visit. “This is in the interest of India as well because Tibet, as a buffer zone between India and China, has served the interests of all neighbouring countries,” exiled Tibetan premier Lobsang Sangay said. The government-inexile launched a renewed push this week for greater autonomy from Beijing, which has ruled the Himalayan territory since 1951.

them to slouch and sit in a bad posture, with hardly any physical activity, leads to Repetitive Strain Injury. It has become fairly common for youngsters to come with complaints of such nature,” Malchira S. Somanna, consultant orthopaedician at Narayana hospital, told IANS. Indications of RSI could be a tingling sensation in the hands with numbness, called Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, pain around the neck and upper shoulders, and feeling a “heavy burden” on the shoulders. Nearly 90 percent of the orthopaedic patients in the out patient department (OPD) of Narayana hospital are RSI patients from vari-

NEW DElhi, JuNE 8 (agENciEs): After the meeting between External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over the bilateral ties, the MEA held a press conference and told reporters that the talks between the two leaders were productive, useful and substantial. MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin while briefing media on the Indo-Sino talks told reporters that all issues of significance were raised and discussed in a frank and cordial manner during the meeting, however he stop short of telling the issues raised by both sides.

Saying that China will support development of India, Akbaruddin told reporters that China is ready to engage with the newly formed government of India. “Discussion included possibilities of bilateral, multilateral level meetings between India-China during the course of the year,” he told, adding that, “EAM talked about increasing Chinese investments in India. Foreign Minister Wang also said that economic development is supported by China.” Both leaders felt that there was untapped potential for growth of economic ties, the MEA spokesperson said.

But China last week dismissed any possibility of discussions on Tibet, calling Sangay an “out-and-out separatist”. India hosts the world’s largest Tibetan exile population after offering refuge to the Dalai Lama. The spiritual leader fled across the Himalayas to India after a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule.Foreign policy expert Ranjit Gupta said the visit was a

“good augury”. “China has gone all out to woo the new Indian government, which is a great gesture,” Gupta, a member of the Indian Security Advisory Council of the US-India Institute, a Washington-based thinktank, said. “India and China are emerging global powers and with better relations, India will hopefully resume its growth path and reclaim its position in Asia.”

Voters lured by money sent in bank accounts during polls: EC BJP warns Mamata it would NEW DElhi, JuNE 8 the roofs of buses in five Lok Sabha polls, it was de- ties during campaigning is take Bengal govt to task (PTi): Innovative meth- bags was also seized. Cash manded that the existing not added to their contesods like transfer of funds through the RTGS banking system and concealment of currency wads inside car bonnets were detected by Election Commission (EC) as it took steps to curb the use of black money during the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls. The poll panel’s election expenditure monitoring wing, under its director general (expenditure) PK Dash, seized total cash of Rs 313 crore and 2.25 crore litres of liquor along with other illegal inducements for bribing voters during the recently held parliamentary and Assembly polls. “As a fear was created among miscreants, they were constantly changing methods. For example, since vehicles were being checked, it was noticed that some carried cash in the bonnet of the vehicle and, when it was recovered, the currency notes were burnt and the teams seized halfburnt notes. “Similarly, Rs 8.31 crore in cash being carried on

was being transferred through Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) to accounts of voters. Several innovative methods were being adopted to avoid being caught by the checking teams,” Dash said. Under RBI rules, the minimum amount that can be sent through the RTGS system is Rs 2 lakh. Dash said that notwithstanding the innovative means, EC and its teams were able to effectively contain black money use in the polls. Talking about the recent raising of the ceiling of expenditure for candidates for Lok Sabha and assembly polls, Dash said the current limit of Rs 70 lakh for Lok Sabha candidates and Rs 28 lakh for assembly poll contestants was “adequate”. Dash said EC’s evaluation was that 80 per cent of the candidates show less than 90 per cent of the ceiling amount in their election expense statements after the polls are over. “During the all-party meeting held just before

ceiling of 40 lakh be revised. Hence, the Commission recommended that it be raised to Rs 70 lakh. This was done keeping in view the inflation rate, increase in number of voters and, consequently, the number of polling stations and also changes in method of campaigning due to changes in information, communication and technology techniques. “Some argue that the current ceiling of Rs 70 lakh is not sufficient, while others say that the limit is too high and will lead to corrupt practices as many cannot afford (to spend) Rs 70 lakh in view of the low average income of people. The question arises here what should be the ceiling? The reality is quite different. Eighty per cent of the candidates show less than 90 per cent of the ceiling in their election expense account,” he said. He said the candidates have a good sum which they are allowed to spend under the ceiling as the expenditure incurred by par-

tants’ accounts. The ceiling for candidates is applicable only for expenses incurred by them from the date of filing of their nominations. Dash, who has headed the exclusive EC wing since its inception in 2010, said that raising the expenditure ceiling for candidates would not serve any purpose. “Parties can spend any amount as, under existing laws, there is no ceiling on their expenses. In view of this, I consider the existing ceiling is adequate for the candidates who campaign by just means. “On the contrary, even if the ceiling is raised, it will not be sufficient for those who indulge in distribution of cash, liquor and bribes. “I raise a question for those who demand a higher ceiling. Will those who indulge in distribution of bribe and liquor at all show such expenses in their accounts? The answer is obviously no as these are corrupt practises and they use black money for such illegal activities,” he said

KolKaTa, JuNE 8 (iaNs): Observing that West Bengal was heading the Uttar Pradesh way where “goonda raj and vote-bank politics hold sway”, the BJP Sunday asserted it will take the Trinamool Congress government to task. Addressing media persons after the BJP’s two-daylong state committee meeting here, the party’s state coin-charge Siddarth Nath Singh said the Trinamool Congress was conspiring with the Congress and the CPI-M to halt his party’s rise in the state. “Bengal is steadily heading the UP way where goonda raj and vote-bank politics hold sway. Unfortunately, neither the Trinamool nor the Samajwadi Party are willing to learn lessons from the Congress which was decimated in the Lok Sabha election. “It’s a wrong impression that the BJP is cosying up to the Trinamool, in fact we are daggers drawn. We will take Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to task if the Trinamool doesn’t mend its ways or Bengal is denied its share of development,” he said. The BJP leader said a central delegation of the party will visit Illambazar in Birbhum district where one of its activist was killed and several others injured in an attack, allegedly by the Trinamool Saturday. Spelling out the party’s plan for the 2016 assembly polls, he claimed that the BJP has performed exceedingly well in the general election in Bengal, which has made the state government nervous. “We took lead in 24 assembly segments and stood second in another 26. Besides, our vote share was quite high in another 100. Naturally, Mamata Banerjee is nervous and agitated because Trinamool lost ground to BJP,” the BJP leader said. He claimed that Trinamool’s 39 percent vote share was 10 percent more due to rigging and violence the party activists unleashed during the polls. “Their traditional votebank -- the minorities -- are steadily heading towards BJP, so the Trinamool is conspiring with the CPI-M and Congress to stoke communal unrest. “Much like Narendra Modi fulfilled his vow of making India Congress-free, the BJP is determined to free Bengal of Trinamool,” he added.

Ordinances should be brought only if necessary: Speaker Government vows to uphold NEW DElhi, JuNE 8 ordinance, it still needs to na with Andhra Pradesh, position is important in freedom of expression (iaNs): Ordinances to be brought to parliament the other was to appoint parliament. We will have for approval and after the former Telecom Regula- to think of what to do reimplement government policies should be brought “only if necessary” and in the “rarest of cases”, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said Sunday. “It should not be the case that ordinance after ordinance is promulgated. There are some issues on which instant decisions need to be taken. There is a difference between the two (approaches),” she said. “Even after passing the

due period of time, it becomes law. Ordinances should be brought in the rarest of cases and only if necessary,” Mahajan said. The new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was criticised for promulgating a couple of ordinances after taking charge. While one of them was promulgated to merge parts of Telanga-

tory Authority of India chief Nripendra Mishra as the principal secretary to the prime minister, overriding the legal impediment. On the issue of appointing Leader of Opposition, Mahajan said she will “have to consult” legal experts to reach a decision as “different opinions” are being expressed. “The role of the op-

garding the Leader of Opposition. There should be one. I will have to follow the rules (on the issue),” she said. The Congress, which has the most seats (44) after the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha, falls short by 11 members in order to be accorded the status of the main opposition, which would have guaranteed Leader of Opposition from the party.

Long hours in front of the computer? Beware of RSI

BaNgalorE/NEW DElhi, JuNE 8 (iaNs): Pain around the neck and upper limbs? Beware! It could be Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) that comes from spending long hours before a computer. At the NH Narayana Multispeciality hospital in Bangalore, an average of 200 patients, all in the age group of 20-30 and mostly from the IT crowd, come with complaints of RSI), which is increasingly becoming common among youngsters in high-stress jobs and can take months to recover from. “High stress jobs like in the IT industry that requires one to sit in front of the computer for 14-16 hours every day, leading

Indo-Sino talks ‘productive’, China ready to support India’s development

ous multinational companies and IT industry. It’s a similar scenario in the national capital, where J.D. Mukherji, director, Neurology at Max Hospital, says that he gets two-three patients every day complaining of Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. “Carpel Tunnel syndrome is very common and I get about 20 cases every week. This happens when the median nerve gets compressed, leading to tingling sensation in the hand that worsens at night,” Mukherji told IANS. Carpel Tunnel syndrome patients, he added, are however not just young workers but also those suffering from diabetes, hypothyroidism, and

rheumatic arthritis. Treatment of RSI is usually multi-pronged, involving exercises and physiotherapy, and not just medicines, and it could take three weeks to six months to recover. Doctors say that if one ignores the pain and tries to live off painkillers, the condition has every chance to worsen and recovery may take longer. “The treatment of RSI is to avoid using the affected tendons and nerves. For example overusing the phone can result in the inflammation of the elbow. So overusing the injured muscles can result in weakening of the muscle, and can even lead to disability. So the best prevention for such a situation

is to avoid overusing affected muscles,” Mukherji said. Doctors suggest various ways to avoid overusing affected muscles. For instance, using a pen to hit the keyboard, changing the inclination of the computer to 15-20 degrees for a better posture, or using a chair that is more comfortable and is at an ideal height. Raju Vaishya, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Apollo Hospital and president of the Arthritis Care Foundation, further said that writer’s cramp (cramp in the hands), tennis elbow (elbow pain), and osteoarthritis (knee pain) are also common. “RSI is caused because of repetitive use of the

musculoskeletal system in performing certain sets of work without adequate breaks, and sometimes in a bad posture. This is why most of our patients, in the 25-35 age group, are into jobs that require long hours in front of the computer,” Vaishya told IANS. “Such stress causes pain and sometimes longterm disability. The prevention lies in avoiding repetitive stress at work by understanding the ergonomics of your job and taking mini breaks after every one hour. Sitting in a good posture at your work desk and using the computers in the most efficient and correct way can prevent a lot of RSI,” he added.

NEW DElhi, JuNE 8 (rEuTErs): The new government sought to ease concerns that freedom of expression is under threat on Saturday, promising to strengthen the independence of the state-run broadcaster and to consider allowing more foreign investment in Indian media. Fears for freedom of expression have grown this year, particularly after a controversial book on Hinduism was withdrawn from sale following criticism from hard line Hindus. The withdrawal of “The Hindus: An Alternative History” by academic Wendy Doniger in February by publisher Penguin came months before the Bharitiya Janata Party (BJP), a conservative Hindu nationalist party led by Narendra Modi, won a landslide election victory. The Information and Broadcasting Minister said he understood that many publishers feared prosecution under a law that bans acts intended to offend religious feeling, which Penguin said made it very difficult to uphold international standards of free expression. “I am willing to meet publishers and listen to them,” Prakash Javadekar told the TV channel Headlines Today. Concerns that Modi’s government will take a tougher line with the press and publishing industries are “absolutely unfounded”, he said. Javadekar said the government will consider allowing foreign direct investment in India’s news industry above an existing cap of 26 percent, although he did not believe in 100 percent foreign ownership. The government will also restructure the state-owned broadcaster to strengthen its editorial independence and improve accountability, so that it more closely resembles the British Broadcasting Corporation, Javadekar said. The BJP accused the previous government of meddling with the broadcaster after parts of an interview with Modi on the state-owned TV channel Doordarshan in April were allegedly removed. The then-government strongly denied any interference. India will also allow private FM radio broadcasters to run news bulletins from official and state-run providers before the end of the year, Javadekar said, although they would not immediately be allowed to produce their own news. While India has long had a thriving private newspaper industry, private and foreign broadcasters were only allowed to set up operations under economic reforms enacted in the 1990s. Javadekar said he believed that a democracy did not need a ministry for information and broadcasting, and that his long-term aim was to make the ministry redundant.

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Sisi sworn in as Egypt’s president, cool reception from West

Cairo, June 8 (reuters) : Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt on Sunday in a ceremony with low-key attendance by Western allies concerned by a crackdown on dissent since he ousted Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi last year. Last month’s presidential election, which officials said Sisi won with 97 percent of the vote, followed three years of upheaval since a popular uprising ended 30 years of rule by former air force commander Hosni Mubarak. Security in Cairo was extra tight, with armoured personnel carriers and tanks positioned in strategic locations as Sisi swore to protect Egypt’s republican system, unity, law and the interests of its people before a panel of judges at the Supreme Constitutional Court. Commentators on state and private media heaped praise on him, turning a blind eye to what human rights groups say are widespread abuses, in the hope that he can deliver stability and rescue the economy. Many Egyptians share that hope, but they have limited patience, staging street protests that toppled two leaders in the past three

years, and the election turnout of just 47 percent shows Sisi is not as popular as when he toppled Mursi. Western countries, who hoped the overthrow of Mubarak in 2011 would usher in a new era of democracy, have watched Egypt’s political transition stumble. Mursi was the country’s first freely elected president, but his year in power was tarnished by accusations that he usurped power, imposed the Brotherhood’s views on Islam and mismanaged the economy, allegations he denied. After Sisi deposed him and became Egypt’s de facto ruler, security forces mounted one of the toughest crackdown on the Brotherhood in its 86-year history. Hundreds were killed in street protests and thousands of others jailed. Secular activists were eventually thrown in jail too, even those who supported Mursi’s fall, because they violated a new law that severely restricts protests. Mursi’s ouster was applauded by Egypt’s Gulf Arab allies, who were alarmed by the rise of the Brotherhood, the international standard-bearer of mainstream Sunni political Islam.

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, and interim President Adly Mansour shake hands after signing a "handover of power document," transferring the presidency to el-Sissi in the presence of dozens of local and foreign dignitaries at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt on June 8. Egypt's newly sworn-in president called on his country Sunday to build a more stable future after years of turmoil and revolt, asking them to work hard so that their rights and freedoms could grow. Retired Field Marshal el-Sissi, the former military chief who ousted Egypt's first freely elected leader last July, addressed a ceremony held at a presidential palace in Cairo hours after he was sworn in by the Supreme Constitutional Court. (AP Photo)

GULF LIFELINE The movement, which won nearly every election in Egypt since Mubarak’s fall, is seen as a threat to Gulf dynasties. Saudi Ara-

bia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait pumped billions of dollars of aid into Egypt after Sisi appeared on television and announced that the Brotherhood was finished.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia urged Egyptians this week to back Sisi and said they should disown “the strange chaos” of the Arab uprisings. Kuwait’s Emir, the King

of Bahrain, the Crown Princes of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi are attending Sisi’s inauguration, according to a list provided by the Egyptian presidency. In contrast, the United

States only sent a senior advisor to Secretary of State John Kerry and most European countries only planned to send ambassadors. Diplomatic manoeverings pale as a problem for Sisi compared with an urgent need to fix state finances and tackle an Islamist insurgency to lure back tourists and investors. Officials forecast economic growth at just 3.2 percent in the fiscal year that begins July 1, well below levels needed to create enough jobs for a rapidly growing population and ease widespread poverty. Child nursery employee Kamal Mahmoud, 25, is optimistic about Sisi but says he will give him only two years to bring change. If he doesn’t succeed “he has no right to hold that position and he should join the others sitting in prison”, he said. Sisi, the chief of military intelligence under Mubarak, has Egypt’s barren landscape on his side. Government opponents have been crushed and political parties weakened. Only one other candidate contested the presidential election. The military is unlikely to turn against Sisi unless mass

street protests erupt. “Sisi was the best option we had, so even if I still have worries about his stand on freedoms and even if he lets Mubarak’s people come back, he is still the best candidate for now,” said Mohamed Ahmed, a 26-year-old employee in a private firm. “So I hope he will consider my concerns and act well for the sake of the country.” Sisi, the sixth Egyptian leader with a military background, is likely to face the same protracted challenge from Islamists as his predecessors. Although the Brotherhood has been declared a terrorist group and driven underground, it has survived repression in the past and made a strong comeback. Radical Islamist groups, who have threatened to bomb their way into power, have proven resilient despite army offensives. Militants based in the Sinai Peninsula have stepped up attacks on police and soldiers since Mursi’s ouster, killing hundreds. Aside from Sinai-based groups, militants operating along the border with chaotic Libya are now seen by Sisi as a major threat.

Families launch appeal for alternative Iran, US announce surprise nuclear talks approach to MH370 search syDney, June 8 (the teLegraph): Families of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight have launched a $5 million (£2.98 million) crowdfunding campaign to hire private investigators and reward any whistle-blower who comes forward with information about the plane’s disappearance. As the search for debris moves to a new uncertain phase covering a vast stretch of the Indian Ocean, some of the distraught families used the three month anniversary of the disappearance of the Boeing 777 to launch a “Reward MH370” campaign to try to unearth new clues. Despite intensive aviation and police investigations, authorities have been unable to explain why the plane carrying 239 passengers made a sudden turn westward and vanished. Sarah Bajc, whose American partner Philip Wood was aboard the plane, said a group of families wanted to approach the mystery with “a fresh set of eyes”. They plan to raise the money on fundraising website Indiegogo and use

$3 million (£1.8m) as a reMike McKay, a New ward for information and Zealander who said he $2 million (£1.1m) on pri- spotted the plane while working on an oil rig off vate investigators. “Governments and the coast of Vietnam, was agencies have given it their reportedly fired for makbest shot but have failed to ing the claim. Mr McKay turn up a single shred of emailed his employer with evidence, either because of the claim but was cona faulty approach or due to cerned no action was beintentional misdirection by ing taken and contacted one or more individuals,” Vietnamese authorities and the New Ms Bajc said “Governments and Zealand in a statement. agencies have given it e m b a s s y . S o m e their best shot but have The alleged sighting, reof the families have ac- failed to turn up a single ported soon after the cused aushred of evidence” plane went thorities of a cover-up and claim the air- missing on March 8, was line and governments have then picked up by the mefailed to release informa- dia and reported widely. tion about the flight. Mr McKay said that his Ethan Hunt, a technol- contractor and rig owner, ogy company chief who Songa Offshore, released is heading the campaign, him from his contract five said: “We are convinced days early and did not rethat somewhere, someone hire him after it was inknows something, and we undated with calls which hope this reward will en- blocked its communicatice him or her to come tions. “This became intolerforward.” The failure to find wreckage or confirm able for them and I was rethe plane’s whereabouts moved from the rig and not despite a massive interna- invited back,” he told New tional search has sparked Zealand’s Sunday Starnumerous claims, sightings Times. and conspiracy theories. “Contracts meant little

in the oilfield. The oil patch is a rough, unforgiving game.” Mr McKay reportedly made a statement to New Zealand police for Interpol when he returned home. His sighting has largely been discounted because it is at odds with radar sightings which indicate the plane travelled west and then south, rather than head towards Beijing, its intended destination. Authorities in Australia continue to believe the flight ended in the south Indian Ocean and have pledged to press ahead with the underwater operation, releasing a tender calling for companies to conduct the search. The tender documents released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau say the search could take up to a year. Private firms have been invited to bid to undertake “an intensified underwater search” from late August. A lead contractor, to be overseen by the bureau, will be expected to “bring together and manage the expertise, equipment and vessels to carry out the search”.

tehran, June 8 (aFp): Iran and the United States will on Monday and Tuesday hold their first direct talks in decades, in an unprecedented move toward securing a comprehensive nuclear deal between Tehran and the West. The discussions will take place in Geneva, with the US delegation led by deputy secretary of state Bill Burns and undersecretary Wendy Sherman, who is responsible for Iran negotiations. Iran will be represented at vice foreign minister level in what is the most senior direct bilateral contact on the nuclear issue so far. The talks will be the first between Iran and the US to fall outside the P5+1 group — Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States plus Germany — which is pursuing talks in the quest for a landmark nuclear settlement. Jake Sullivan, national security adviser and deputy assistant to US President Barack Obama will join the US team. Helga Schmid, the political director of the EU which has been overseeing the nuclear talks with Iran, will also join, the European Union said in a statement. A senior US administra-

tion official said the latest developments signal that “the talks are intensifying.” The meeting is “a timely opportunity” to make progress, the US official said, stressed however that the talks would be “consultations” that would feed into the P5+1 process, which resumes between June 16-20 in Vienna. Iran and the US, at odds since the 1979 Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis that followed, have in the past year taken tentative steps to rapprochement. President Hassan Rouhani, a self-declared moderate elected last June, spoke by telephone with Obama shortly after taking office. Such a step had not occurred since the revolution and would have been considered unthinkable under Rouhani’s predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, under whom relations with the West plummeted. US secretary of state John Kerry also briefly met Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Geneva last year. The apparent thaw is aimed at ending decades of enmity, with an agreement on Iran’s nuclear activities the main prize sought by the US and oth-

er world powers. In return, Iran wants an end to wide-ranging economic sanctions, imposed as punishment for its atomic programme and resisting extensive international inspections, that devastated its economy. In Saturday’s announcement the foreign ministry also said two days of direct talks with Russia in Rome would immediately follow the US discussions. A French diplomat told AFP that the Geneva meeting concerned specific issues over sanctions between Iran and the US and that other P5+1 members had been consulted. Iran’s meetings with the US and Russia will be interpreted as the start of an all-out diplomatic push to close glaring gaps that officials from both Tehran and major powers nations have said are blocking a deal. Iran is also “working to arrange” bilateral discussions with remaining members of the P5+1 before the next meeting in Vienna, the ministry said. The talks are aimed at securing a final deal ahead of a July 20 deadline imposed under an interim agreement last November, under which the US and its

partners released $7 billion from frozen funds in return for a slowdown in Iran’s controversial uranium enrichment programme. Iran has consistently denied it is seeking nuclear weapons but wants an independent atomic energy programme and has repeatedly defended its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. But Israel and lawmakers in the US Congress have repeatedly warned against lowering the pressure — in the form of sanctions — on Iran. Several rounds of talks have already been held in Vienna but the latest in mid-May ended with no apparent progress. Iran within days urged western powers to resist influence from third parties not directly involved in the negotiations, in a clear reference to Israel. Major issues between Iran and the P5+1 remain outstanding. These reportedly include the scope of Iran’s enrichment of uranium, which if further purified could be used to trigger a nuclear explosion, and its unfinished Arak research reactor, whose by-product waste could provide an alternative route to an atomic bomb.

‘Raping makes us feel free’: DR Congo’s soldiers reveal astonishing stories

LonDon, June 8 (the inDepenDent): The Congolese soldiers march through the night, but not towards battle. In the dark, they are hunting for women who have fled their homes in Minova to hide in the bushes. The women know that if they are seen, they will be raped and maybe killed. The army has been ordered to retreat to the town, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Its young soldiers, 2,000 of them, fire gunshots in the air. The commander gives an order. “Go and rape women,” he says. The soldiers obey. “It’s true that we raped here. We found women because they can’t escape. You see her, you catch her, you take her away and you have your way with her,” says one soldier later. “Sometimes you kill her. When you finish raping then you kill her child. When we rape, we feel free.” Nzgira was one of the victims on that night in November 2012, when the mass rape took place. Three men attacked her at once, two of them from the front. She says: “The other said he wouldn’t go where the others left their dirt. So the

third took me from the back. I thought I was going to die.” The women had been raped by militia groups before, but this time their Congolese brothers were their torturers. “I didn’t see their faces,” says Nzgira. “How do you see someone who is hitting you in the eyes? How will you know someone who is inserting a gun barrel in your mouth?” Masika, the founder of a rescue centre for rape survivors, said: “They made me sit and started touching me,” she remembers. “All the children were around me. Then they started to rape women from the dormitories [of the rescue centre].” Masika was 15 when she was first raped by a schoolteacher. Later, the militia raped her and her two daughters before killing her husband. After being cast out by her parentsin-law, she decided to offer counselling and shelter to other women who had experienced the same trauma. She has now become a target for the rapists. “Since I have been doing this work, I have been raped three times,” she says. “I have been beaten, tortured and left to die.” On one occasion, a soldier raped her with his foot.

“When he finished, he spat on me. That’s when I thought about killing myself. I am constantly haunted by this,” she says. The mass rape in Minova was not an isolated instance. Research from the American Journal of Public Health says that in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 1,152 women are raped every day, or 48 women every hour. Despite the Congo’s conflict officially ending in 2003, fighting has never stopped, claiming more than five million lives since the war started nearly two decades ago. Throughout, sexual violence has continued. A total of 12 per cent of the female population of the DRC have been raped at least once. Sexual violence in conflict is a worldwide issue, but in the DRC it is so endemic that it has earned the Central African country a reputation as most dangerous in the world for women. Minova is a market town in South Kivu, on the border with North Kivu, the region with the highest concentration of sexual abuse in the DRC. An attack in South Kivu yesterday killed 37 people, including 18 women and eight children, who had been shot,

stabbed or burned inside their homes. The day after the army attack in Minova, 130 rape victims arrived at Masika’s displaced women’s camp. Seventeen of the girls were under 18. The youngest was 11. “The pain of these women is created by Congolese men,” says Masika, who is featured in a new documentary by the award-winning film-maker Fiona LloydDavies. “Every day, they take the women and rape . You see a three-year-old child who has been raped. Why would they do that?” Rob Williams, the chief executive of War Child UK, a charity working to reduce rape in the Congo, says that sexual violence rises in conflict because men lose their role in society, are sometimes mentally scarred, and able to commit crimes with little consequence. “The sense of law and order collapses. It’s not just the police forces becoming ineffective; the community structures that help police behaviour collapse,” he says. He adds that sexual violence in conflict is used by the military as a way of weakening opposition. “We’ve seen cases where sticks have been used, or bottles, or rifle butts, or

even bayonets,” he says. “Obviously, there is very little about sex there, it’s mostly about an experience of horror and power.” This kind of rape is experienced by both men and women, with victims often dying from their injuries. Rape has been used as a weapon in war throughout history. To take recent examples, in the Bosnian conflict in the early 1990s, Muslim teenage girls were systematically targeted. In Darfur, women were subject to sexual attacks from the Sudanese army, as well as from the rebels and the Janjaweed militia. There were claims that forces loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi carried out a campaign of rape during clashes with rebels who eventually ousted the dictator. In a survey of families affected by the conflict, 259 women said that they had been raped, but the actual number is thought to be far higher. Nor is the physical act of rape the end of the nightmare. The stigma surrounding Congolese rape survivors often means they are more likely to be cast out from their villages or leave for displaced people’s camps and cities. “Rape de-

stroys communities as well as destroying people,” Williams says. However, the organisers of a summit against sexual violence to be held this week in London hope that this can change. The fourday End Sexual Violence in Conflict conference, starting on Tuesday, will be cohosted by the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and the actress Angelina Jolie, who have been campaigning together on this issue for the past two years. The main aim of the summit is to ensure that people who commit crimes can be arrested and successfully prosecuted. It is a process that relies on peacekeepers and local authorities being able to effectively investigate and document cases of rape. “In some countries, it is not normal to investigate rape, as it isn’t seen as a high priority,” says Williams. The Minova massacre is one of the few cases that resulted in a trial, but of the 39 soldiers accused, only two ended with convictions for rape. Lloyd-Davies’ documentary Seeds of Hope, which will have its premiere on Tuesday, focuses on Masika’s mission to help rape victims to rebuild their lives.

The director hopes to portray the women as survivors, not just faceless victims. “Can anyone really recover completely from the kind of violence they’ve had to endure? What you do see is that they are surviving, and are getting on with their lives — some better than others. Masika gives them a sense of self and confidence that helps them move on,” Lloyd-Davies said. Masika, she says, is one of the reasons why she keeps being drawn back to the DRC: “She’s an extraordinary character, there’s an inspirational sense in everything she does. Her story is so profound and touching.” Interviewing perpetrators of rape, on the other hand, can be chilling, but she adds: “It’s important to find out their motivation, to try to understand what goes through their mind, in order to stop this from continuing. “Sometimes young men are kidnapped at a very young age and forced to do repugnant things. They’re numb, they have been skewed, they have a different sense of what is normal. But this doesn’t mean they’re not aware of what they’re doing.” The soldiers in Lloyd-

Davies’ documentary describe their actions in vivid details while masked by a shade that protects their identity. “The commander gave us an order and he was the one who started to do it,” says one. “There was shooting everywhere. He told us to surround him so he wouldn’t get shot. Then he started raping. When we enter homes, we open the door and find them hiding. They try to scream so we tell them to stop screaming. When we see that she is screaming sometimes we let her go. Or you’ll find her hiding in the bush and have sex with her there.” One soldier in LloydDavies’ documentary does express remorse. But he says that he would not admit his crimes unless his superiors were brought to justice. “They are the ones who sent us,” he says. “If those who committed these crimes can be arrested and judged, then that would be good.” Lloyd-Davies’s youngest interviewee shows no repentance, however. He speaks without hesitation: “We met other people and we killed just for the sake of it. We raped, we destroyed everything. Everything that was in our path.”

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Rosberg on pole for Costa looks healthy as Canadian Grand Prix Spain tops El Salvador 2-0

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, center, from Germany, teammate Lewis Hamilton, left, and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, right, from Germany, pose after qualifying at the Canadian Grand Prix, Saturday, June 7 in Montreal. Rosberg finished first, Hamilton second and Vettel was third. (AP Photo)

MONTREAL, JuNE 8 (AFP): Nico Rosberg continued to enjoy his ascendancy over Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday when he snatched pole position for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. Championship leader Rosberg produced a nearflawless lap of controlled speed around the barrierlined Circuit Gilles Villeneuve to outpace his nearest championship rival by just 0.079 seconds in the final seconds of a dramatic qualifying session. Two weeks after his controversial pole success at the Monaco Grand Prix, the German erased all doubts about his raw speed and talent as he drove with precision and pace to secure his first pole in Canada, his second pole in succession and the seventh of his career. It was his third pole performance this year and came at a track where Hamilton has always shone and previously claimed three poles. It was also the Mercedes team's fourth front row lockout this year. "I know it's a track where Lewis is really strong," said Rosberg. "I'm very happy it worked out. It has been a fantastic day

and through the weekend we have been progressing all the time and I'm in the best position for tomorrow so I am very happy." Asked how he achieved his success against Hamilton on one of the Briton's favourite tracks, he added: "It's just working at it all the time, looking at the data, working with engineers and trying to understand areas where I can do better. It's just a process and I'm glad it's worked out." Hamilton said: "Nico did a fantastic job so congratulations to him. It was not a particularly bad lap, it just wasn't the greatest qualifying - sometimes you have a good qualifying, sometimes you have bad one. "But it's a great to get a one-two for the team and a fantastic performance. Let's hope we can make history tomorrow." Defending four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel bounced back from an inconsistent weekend to grab third place in his Red Bull car ahead of Valtteri Bottas and his Williams team-mate Felipe Massa. Daniel Ricciardo was sixth in the second Red Bull ahead of two-time champion Fernando Alonso of

Ferrari, Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso, Jenson Button of McLaren and Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari. On a much warmer afternoon than Friday, the session began with plenty of early action for the 21 cars involved, Esteban Gutierrez of Sauber having been forced to sit it out after damaging his chassis in a heavy accident in final free practice. Pastor Maldonado continued his ill luck when he went off and parked his Lotus at Turn Three and he was soon followed by Swedish rookie Marcus Ericsson who hit the barriers on the exit of turn eight, damaging the left rear quarter of his car. Hamilton topped the opening stint which saw Maldonado, Marussia duo Max Chilton and Jules eliminated along with the Caterham pair of Kamui Kobayashi and Ericsson. Massa then set the pace in Q2 with Bottas close behind but in a final flurry Rosberg took over at the top before Hamilton snatched it from him by two-tenths in the final seconds as Mercedes improved significantly.

LANDOVER, MD., JuNE 8 (AP): Diego Costa's hamstring withstood 74 minutes on a hot and humid afternoon just six days before Spain opens the defense of its World Cup title. He showed bursts of speed, jostled with defenders and drew a penalty when he was the knocked to the ground by the goalkeeper. On Sunday, he and his teammates will board a flight to Brazil, knowing that his performance all but alleviates La Roja's biggest concern of the last few weeks. Spain beat El Salvador 2-0 in a final tuneup Saturday, with Costa showing no hitch in his step from the strained right hamstring that limited him to nine minutes in the Champions League final May 24. "It was good to get rid of the fear I had," Costa said through an interpreter. "I am not 100 percent, but about the injury, it is clear that I am very well, that I am better. So this week I must work hard." David Villa scored in the 60th and 88th minutes amid numerous nearmisses for the Spaniards, who will face the Netherlands on Friday in a Group B opener — a rematch of the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa. Facing an overmatched El Salvador squad being rebuilt after a match-fixing scandal, Spain coach Vicente del Bosque was mostly concerned about form and fitness. The mid-80s temperature was as much of a test as the opponent, with the Spaniards controlling 80 percent of the possession and goalkeepers Iker Casillas and David de Gea splitting a shutout without either having to make a save. Costa, who missed Spain's friendly against Bolivia on May 30, was there-

El Salvador’s Alexander Larin (13) makes on overhead kick as Spain’s Pedro Rodriguez (11) defends during the first half of an exhibition soccer game, Saturday, June 7 in Landover, Md. (AP Photo)

fore front and center, and not just because he was stationed in his customary spot at the top of the attack. The game was less than five minutes old when he got behind the defense to chase down Xabi Alonso's long ball and was taken down by Henry Hernandez near the top of the box. The penalty was given,

but Cesc Fabregas failed to take advantage when his spot kick sailed over the crossbar. Costa went on to have several more of his team's scoring chances. None was better than his point-blank header that was somehow saved by the outstretched right hand of the leaping Hernandez in the second half.

Costa nearly played a part in Villa's first goal in the 60th minute. When Alonso crossed to Sergio Ramos, Hernandez committed himself to the ball and left the net open. Ramos headed the ball back to the middle, and Costa swung his right leg high for a sure-fire strike — but Villa barely got there first and

headed it in. Costa was subbed for Xavi Hernandez in the 74th minute. With the leg looking fine, the final step is to get back in full game shape. "He did some good things," del Bosque said. "But obviously he hadn't played in a couple weeks, so he's regaining his fitness. But overall, I thought he did well."

Mayor: Rio will fail to keep pledge to clean bay

RIO DE JANEIRO, JuNE 8 (AP): Rio de Janeiro will not keep its promise of cleaning polluted Guanabara Bay for the 2016 Olympics, Mayor Eduardo Paes said on Saturday. Cleaning the giant bay was part of the pitch Rio made in being awarded the games, saying this would form an important part of its legacy. Olympic sailors have described the 2016 venue as a "sewer" with almost 70 percent of sewage going untreated into area waters. Sailors have talked of dodging floating sofas, animal carcasses, and plastic trash bags that foul rudders. "I'm sorry that we did not use the games to get Guanabara Bay completely clean," Paes said in his first public admission that the problem will not be solved. Rio's Olympics have faced mounting criticism over delays, with International Olympic Committee mem-

bers saying openly the games are at risk and preparations are the "worst" in recent memory. In April the IOC sent special advisers to Rio to help organizers get on track. Any hope Brazil would be able to clean up the sewage-filled bay was quashed in a document obtained last month by The Associated Press. In a May 7 letter to sports minister Aldo Rebelo, Rio's state environment secretary, Carlos Francisco Portinho, acknowledged in a best-case scenario that pollution flowing into the bay could be cut to "over 50 percent" — well below the promised reduction of 80 percent. Paes said he was "not afraid for the health of any of the athletes. It's going to be fine." He said sailing would take place in a part of the bay that was less polluted. Some parts are worse than others, but water movements and

tides make it difficult to predict the trajectory of human waste and floating debris. The medal races for the Olympics are planned off Flamengo beach, where warnings are posted telling people not to swim. The few swimmers there appear to be children from neighboring slums. Asked if the government would be morally or legally responsible for any athletes who became ill, he replied: "Sure, I think it's our responsibility. Yes." Venues for rowing and distance swimming also face questions over water quality. And the world governing body for sailing, the ISAF, has said it may test water quality to protect athletes. That could come as soon as a test event that opens on Aug. 2, the first test of any kind for Rio. Paes argued on Saturday that the beleaguered games were on time and spending was moder-

ate. He ran off a progress report on venues and projected estimated spending, which is about $17 billion in a mix of public and private money. He suggested the figure might rise by 10-20 percent. He said Rio could leave a legacy comparable to the 1992 Barcelona Games, which are viewed as the best at improving urban development. Many doubt the claim, citing Barcelona as a unique situation in a country that receives about 60 million foreign tourists annually. Brazil gets about 6 million, fewer than Orlando Disney World. The main infrastructure improvements for the games are a subway line extension, the redevelopment of an old port, and a high-speed bus system linking the international airport to the Olympics in an area in west Rio known as Barra. Several other lines are also planned.

England, Honduras draw physical WCup warm-up

Wavin’ Flag: The FIFA World Cup 2014 which will kick-start on June 13 (1.30 am IST) has generated much interest among football fans in Mokokchung town with many homes putting up national flags of their favourite teams on their roof tops. Seen here are flags of giant football nations put up in a home in Mokokchung town. Legendary Naga footballer, Late T Ao, who captained the MIAMI G ARDENS, FLA., JuNE 8 (AP): EngIndian football team in the 1948 London Olympics, hailed from Mokokchung district.

ANSKA Dimapur holds tourney

DIMAPuR, JuNE 8 (MExN): The All Nagaland Shaolin Kung-Fu Association (ANSKA) Dimapur Branch conducted a tournament on June 7 at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School (DBHSS), Dimapur with 85 participating. The tournament was declared open with a prayer by Rev. Fr. Joshua, Principal DBHSS Dimapur. The tournament was conducted by master Ruokuo John, International Coach and Referee as chief jury, master Meyiesielie Albert, International Coach and Referee as judge and instructor David Keneingutuo as coach. Deputy Grand Master and Chief General, master Neivo-o Sorunuo congratulate the participants for the successful conduct of the tournament. The deputy grand master expressed satisfaction with the participants for keeping up good discipline and maintaining

Shaolin Kung-Fu students participating the tournament.

good spirit. Meanwhile, ANSKA in a meeting has elected a new team of office bearers for the tenure 2014-16. The team is led by Medolhoulie Rio as president cum technical director, vice president - Ruokuo John Sorunuo, general secretary - Kekhrieselhou Theünuo, secretary - Razouleu Caroline Sorunuo,

treasurer - Thepfungulie Khubve, Information secretary - Meyiesielie Albert Sorunuo, Asst. Info Secy Sumito Swu, student representative - Kenneth Seyie and advisor - Rokoselhou Kewhuo. The association is headed by Grand Master Prof. Dr. Ketholezo Sorunuo and Deputy Grand Master Neivo-o Nicholas Sorunuo.

land and Honduras drew 0-0 in a fiery and physical final World Cup warm-up match that saw Honduras defender Brayan Beckeles sent off at Sun Life Stadium on Saturday. The weather was as wild as some of the action on the pitch in Miami Gardens, with the game halted midway through the first half for 45 minutes due to a lightning storm. England struggled to create scoring chances even with a man advantage, and the pressure will grow for Ross Barkley to start in Brazil after the 20-year-old midfielder raised the tempo when he came on at half time. "If you look at the chances we had the better, but we're quite frustrated," captain Steven Gerrard said. "The ref was poor, the game was interrupted, there was a big one in the first half and they were doing stupid fouls. There was no rhythm. We're frustrated but relieved at no injuries. "There were some horrific tackles for a friendly. I got caught with a bad one."

Honduras' Jorge Claros (20) and Englands' Danny Welbeck (11) battle for the ball during the second half of a friendly soccer match in Miami Gardens, Fla., Saturday, June 7. ( AP Photo)

Beckeles, who had been booked for a lunge on Danny Welbeck, was shown a second yellow card in the 66th minute after catching Leighton Baines' face with his elbow. "The lesson is we can't play with 10, we need to be more careful," Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez said through a translator. Honduras kicks off its

World Cup campaign next Sunday against France, a day after England opens against Italy. The hot and humid conditions were exactly what England came to Miami for, but not the storm that worsened during the opening 20 minutes. Before the disruption, Wayne Rooney's free kick was spilled by Noel Val-

ladares but no England player was primed to exploit the goalkeeper's shakiness. And, when Rooney set up Daniel Sturridge, the striker struck wide on the turn. Warning messages flashed up on stadium big screens urging fans to first leave their uncovered seats, and then for the players to go off the pitch. "We were

just about to slice through them and it was a great relief for them when the rain came," England goalkeeper Joe Hart said. When they returned, Emilio Izaguirre was fortunate not to be sent off for tripping Sturridge and then kicking the striker as he was on the ground. The defender was only booked by Ricardo Salazar. "I don't understand refs seeing balls slammed into players' chests," Gerrard said. "It's a clear red card." England was more threatening after the break when Rooney and captain Gerrard were replaced by the youthful legs of Barkley and Jack Wilshere. Barkley quickly unleashed a shot from outside the penalty area, and later burst forward unchallenged to feed Sturridge, who chipped wide. It was surprising that it took until the 66th for a red card to be shown, but England could not exploit its man advantage. Although Barkley was adding energy and pace with his runs, Sturridge squandered another opening when he headed wide from Glen Johnson's cross.

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11 Tracy Morgan in Fashion World Spotlight critical condition Meet Kekhrieluotuo (Kekhrie) Yhome after fatal wreck

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midst the glamorous world of fashion industry, there is a system, which contributes silently and tirelessly towards its success - the talent acquisition group. These are the ones in the fashion industry who recognises and recruit talents from all over the country or world. In fact, the fashion industry depends on them for every niche, be it a designer, a stylist, a makeup artist or a hair stylist or most importantly, a model. They are more than a HR recruiter because they not only find the right person for the right job at the right time, but they also groom the talent according to the industry’s requirement and help in finding their footing at the cutthroat fashion industry. They more or less become a guardian of the fashion industry. Meet one such tal-

ent acquisition executive, Kekhrie Yhome who has been working for few years at a talent management company known as Vogati Talent in New Delhi. He reveals that his job is to scout, groom and market the talents into a brand. From a very young age, Kekhrie was always inclined towards the creativity side, thus his interest in fashion especially on photography and modelling made him plunge into the industry at a very young age. Born to a family of five siblings with both the parents deceased early, Kekhrie after his 12th standard move to New Delhi to find a place in the fashion industry. Through his good friend model Carol Humtsoe, he found a job at a talent management company. This led him to slowly scout models not only from India but from South Africa, Argentina, Spain, London etc. It is also worth mentioning that it was Kekhrie who signed up the upcoming model and the winner of Kingfisher Calendar Model Hunt, Ketholeno Kense. “I have learned so much about marketing, business and brand development working in this industry. To make a talent into a brand has

always been incredibly high and to push and mould a talent and make them grow and bloom into what they can be is the best part about my job. I feel like they are my children because I have seen them grow in their profession. It’s always a full circle moment in my career when I see my models in magazines and in big campaigns,” reveals Kekhrie about one of his perks as a talent acquisition specialist. He also state that even without proper education and taking life as it is and by being in tuned with reality but having dreams and expectations had made him grow. He still continues to push himself to his limit in order to acquire his goals which he feels is an achievement for his soul and mentality, not the materialistic gains. He further state that everyday life is true education and that to experience and to learn from it is the kind of knowledge that never leaves one side. It is, thus, challenging to know such individuals making a mark in a competitive industry without higher education. With perseverance and passion, it is inspiring to know that Kekhrie can achieve what he always dreamt of.

L’Wren Scott’s sister slams Mick Jagger and brunette S

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reunited with them. Jan said: ‘’Well at least my sister is happy now. She is with mum and dad in heaven and not hurting in any way now. ‘’She never recovered emotionally after my father passed away, so now they are reunited she will be at peace away from this world.’’ Meanwhile, friends of Mick claim he has been ‘’drowning his sorrows’’ with women since L’Wren, 49, took her own life. A friend said: ‘’Some men drown their sorrow in drink. Mick doesn’t drink much but he drowns his sorrows in women.’’ It has been claimed the woman he spent time with in Zurich was not the first lady to have entertained him since the death of his girlfriend. Those close to Mick, 70, think he’s gone ‘’back to his old ways’’ and he sees sex as a coping mechanism. A friend added: ‘’He grieved hard but Mick is someone who has always loved life and loves women. This is just Mick being Mick and moving on the only way he knows how.’’

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Truck driver Kevin Roper, 35, was charged with one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto after the tractor-trailer he was driving crashed into the limo bus, a statement from Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Walmart spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan said the truck driver is an employee. “This is a tragedy and we are profoundly sorry

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a long break since the release of their hit single ‘Painted Dreams’, Alobo Naga & the Band(ANTB) made headlines in the music circuit across the country and the region with their latest single ‘All we have is now’ setting the notch higher, redefining musical standards by roping in Grammy Nominee Mixer/Music Producer - Tim Palmer, the man behind the success of artists like David Bowie|Ozzy Osbourne|Porcupine Tree|Goo Goo Dolls | Pearl Jam| U2| Switchfoot|Jason Mraz and others. ANTB decided to give away their latest single for free exclusively on Nagaland based e-Commerce website www.indihut.com and youtube to all their supporters

who have stood by the band all these years and encouraged the band to continue making music for all the beautiful people of North East India and the rest of the country. As reviewed by indihut, ‘All we have is now!’ kicks off with the signature style of ATNB’s vocal harmonics echoing behind Theja’s groovy drumming beats filled in with perfectly synchronized and uber cool sounding bassline by Fung. Akum’s ear lickin’ tasty licks on the guitar puts the coupled with turntablist Sumika’s samples resonating effect leaves you with a blissful experience! The new single gives out a powerful and motivating message to all those who are struggling to make it big, to stop hating and start loving because all we have, is now.

Zayn Malik Thanks Fans for Support At Wembley Show One

Direction star Zayn Malik thanked fans for their support following his marijuana controversy at the boy band’s first of three sold-out Wembley Stadium gigs in London on Friday night. The pop star upset many young fans and their parents when video footage of himself and bandmate Louis Tomlinson smoking pot and joking about cannabis culture during a car ride in Peru surfaced last week. Thank you for everything you’ve done for us from The X factor until now Neither Malik nor Tomlinson had addressed the video or the fall-out from it before the band took the stage on Friday, but the singer took a moment to thank fans, stating, “Thank you for everything you’ve done for us from The X factor until now. You’re the best fans in the world”. The controversy may have kept a handful of fans from attending the big gig, but the band still played to a full house as 90,000 devotees packed into Wembley. Liam Payne was awestruck by the sight of so many people and told the audience, “Hello Wembley. I genuinely can’t believe I’m saying that. Right now is the most surreal moment of my life. “It’s the best day of my life and you’ve made all our dreams come true”. He previously confessed that he had dreamed he was performing at Wembley naked the night before the concert. Bandmate Niall Horan added on stage, “This is absolutely incredible. We were put together as a band less than 100 yards away from this arena and now here we are stood in front of you.

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that one of our trucks was involved,” Bill Simon, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., said in a statement. “The facts are continuing to unfold. If it’s determined that our truck caused the accident, Walmart will take full responsibility.” Chain-reaction crash The wreck occurred about 1 a.m. ET on Saturday on the turnpike in Mercer County, Sgt. Gregory Williams of New Jersey State Police said. “The driver of the tractor-trailer failed to observe slow-moving traffic ahead,” Williams said. “At the last minute, he swerved to try and avoid the Mercedes limo bus but struck it from behind, forcing the limo to rotate and overturn.” Four other vehicles were involved in the crash, the prosecutor’s office said, but no one in those vehicles was injured. Williams said he does not believe alcohol played a role in the crash, but that is under investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate “safety issues related to commercial trucking and limousine safety,” said agency spokesman Keith Holloway.

Miranda Kerr Youthful Miranda Kerr, 31, exudes radiance as she models haute couture in glamorous shoot for Vogue

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New Jersey, JuNe 8 (CNN): Actor Tracy Morgan and two others remained in critical condition Sunday after a chainreaction wreck that killed a fellow comedian. The three patients were being treated at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey on Sunday, hospital spokeswoman Zenaida Mendez said. The crash early Saturday morning killed James McNair, 63, who was riding in a limo bus with Morgan. McNair was a comedian who performed under the name Jimmy Mack, said his sister, Valerie Daniel. “He spoke very highly of Tracy,” she said. “They go way back.”

ir Mick Jagger has angered L’Wren Scott’s sister after being photographed with a mystery brunette. The Rolling Stones frontman, who dated the fashion designer for 13 years before she was found hanged at her apartment in New York on March 17, was spotted getting close to the woman who is decades his junior on his hotel balcony while in Zurich, Switzerland, last week, and L’Wren’s sister Jan Shane has hit out at the star for moving on just 11 weeks after her death. Speaking to the Sunday Mirror newspaper, she said: ‘’And people wonder why L’Wren was so depressed? ‘’These pictures make me really wonder what Mick is thinking and feeling. His daughter says that he is still heartbroken and so devastated about losing my sister. ‘’And then you see these photos he will never change.’’ Jan, 53, claims her sister was at her happiest when she was with her adoptive parents Ivan and Lula Bambrough, who have both passed away, and is glad she has now been

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her plump cheeks, radiant glow and sea blue eyes, Miranda Kerr’s ethereal beauty has helped her become one of the biggest supermodels in the world. And the stunning 31-yearold model showed precisely why she was snapped up to grace the cover of Vogue Australia when she struck an exceedingly graceful pose in a rosy-coloured coat for the glossy magazine. The stunning supermodel worked her magic in front of the camera in a recent fashion shoot which also featured her three-year-old son, Flynn. Modelling the offt h e -s h o u l der coat and a violet silk dress, Miranda showed off her natural radiance. The Australian beauty, who first rose to prominence in 2007 as one of the Victoria’s Secret Angels, tells the magazine she is ‘mad’ about her son Flynn, whose father is the model’s estranged husband, actor Orlando Bloom. She has said of her cherubic son, who is pictured in a series of striking black and white shots standing on cranes kissing her that he is the ‘centre’ of her life. Vogue editor Edwina McCann said the curly-haired tot, whose face is partially concealed in the photos, was an eager subject. ‘He loved it. Loved being involved and working with mummy, and the crew fell in love with him. He’s such a confident little kid and they have a playful relationship,’ she said. It was Miranda’s idea to allow Flynn to make his magazine debut. Ms McCann added. ‘She had to approve the image and had to check with Orlando in advance.’ She recently told QG magazine that she and Orlando, 37, were still a ‘family’ and very close,’ despite splitting last October. ‘I think it’s really important to have two happy parents. He’s really happy and I’m happy,’ she told popular morning

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show, Good Morning America in April. ‘He’s a great dad. I’m really lucky to have him in my life.’ She also spoke about the immense pressures of body image after giving birth. ‘I had t o s u r-

render completely to the fact that maybe my body would never get back into shape and I was fine with that,’ she admitted. But it looks like Miranda doesn’t have anything to worry about, as it was perfectly clear that she had bounced back to her sizzling model figure in her latest photoshoot. ‘I’m dating. I’m loving it... This is my time to explore and have some fun. I’m not looking to fall in love again quickly,’ she had told the men’s magazine.

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Nadal still ‘King of Clay’

Spain's Rafael Nadal holds the trophy after winning the final of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris on June 8. Nadal won in four sets 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. (AP Photo)

PAriS, June 8 (AgencieS): Rafael Nadal of Spain won an unprecedented ninth French Open championship Sunday, denying Serbia's Novak Djokovic his quest to secure a career Grand Slam with the only major he lacks. On Philippe Chatrier Court, No. 1 Nadal wore down No. 2 Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4, in a match that went 3 hours, 31 minutes, becoming the first

man to win five consecutive titles in Paris. Nadal, 28, now owns 14 Grand Slam titles, tying him with Pete Sampras in second place on the all-time list behind only Roger Federer. The Swiss has 17. Nadal also kept his grip on the No. 1 ranking, which six-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic could have wrested away with the win. Nadal arrived at his favorite tournament on un-

even ground, for him. He lost three matches and won just one title on clay in Europe heading into Paris – his worst output since he was a teenager in 2004. But as the tournament wore on, he confidence clicked in. His pinwheel forehand started to find its mark, his backhand found depth, and he began to look like the nine-time champion he was. He blew past dogged

David Ferrer 6-0, 6-1 in the last two sets of their quarterfinal and then completely outclassed Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in straight sets, calling it his best match of the season. Djokovic, however, had won their last four meetings, including the final on clay in Rome last month. And the 27-year-old Serb, who finished runnerup to Nadal in the 2012 Paris final, had come close to beating him in last year's semifinal. He led 4-2 in the fifth set and finally succumbed 9-7. But there is no more immovable object in tennis than Nadal on the terre batteu of Paris. With the win Sunday, the Mallorca native improved to 66-1. His only loss came to Swe-

den's Robin Soderling in the 2009 fourth round. The Spaniard is also an unfathomable 90-1 in best-of-five set matches on clay in his career. Still, for an hour on a warm and sunny afternoon it looked like it might finally be Djokovic's moment. The Serb had hired legend Boris Becker this year to help him win more majors after losing in two major finals last year, and he started the match playing with precision and depth. He dictated from the baseline as Nadal struggled to land his shots, misfiring often on the backhand side. But just as Djokovic seemed to seize control in the second set – he broke to lead 4-2 – the Serb lost his concentration and played a sloppy service game to give the break back. Emboldened, Nadal lifted his game, and started to push the elastic Djokovic around with wickedly spinning inside-out forehands. He broke Djokovic to win the second set – firing a series of fist pumps at his camp and yelling his trademark "Vamos!" – and twice more in the third as he began to wear the Serb down. No two men have played more in the Open era – this was their 43rd meeting. While their rivalry has had some of the sport's longest and most stirring matches and its share of twists and turns – Nadal leads Djokovic 23-19 overall –- the Spaniard has built a one-sided record in Grand Slam events. He is 9-3 in all majors, 4-3 in major finals, and 6-0 at Roland Garros. Nadal's five consecutive French Opens eclipse his own mark from 2005-08 and that of Bjorn Borg, Russia's Maria Sharapova poses with the trophy in front of the Eiffel Tower, one day after who won four straight defeating Romania's Simona Halep in the women's final of the French Open tennis tournafrom 1978-81. ment in Paris, France, Sunday, June 8. (AP Photo)

Ganguly to join IPL probe panel?

new DeLhi, June 8 (PTi): Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today joined the Supreme Court—appointed Mudgal committee, which is probing the IPL betting and spot—fixing scandal, as an expert on cricketing affairs. The panel is headed by Retd Justice Mukul Mudgal and includes advocates L Nageswara Rao, Niloy Dutta and senior IPS officer B B Mishra. “We had requested Sourav Ganguly to join the IPL probe panel and he has agreed to join us in the investigations. I had telephoned Sourav and he confirmed me about coming on board. We haven’t yet decided on the day when we will meet,” Justice Mudgal told PTI today. “Since our committee member L Nageswara Rao was not present today, we couldn’t fix the date of our next meeting. We will let you know when the committee meets next,” he added. The Supreme

Court had directed the probe committee to select a cricketer of ‘impeccable integrity’ who would help the committee on the cricketing matters related to IPL betting and spot—fixing. The expose led to arrests of former CSK team principal Gurunath Meiyappan as well as India discard S Sreesanth, first—class cricketers Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila along with Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh to name a few. Ganguly’s name was doing the rounds for quite some time as he is one of the contemporary cricketers having played in IPL till 2012. He is conversant with the modern day game and has an unquestionable reputation when it comes to integrity. Actively doing commentary as well as writing columns, the Prince of Kolkata will be allowed to carry on with his media commitments.

Messi sends Argentina to World Cup with goal

Argentina's Lionel Messi kicks the ball during an international friendly soccer match with Slovenia in La Plata, Argentina on June 7. (AP Photo)

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LA PLATA (ArgenTinA), June 8 (reuTerS): Substitute Lionel Messi scored his 38th goal for Argentina as they breezed past Slovenia 2-0 in their final World Cup warmup on Saturday. Messi, his country's second highest scorer after Gabriel Batistuta, had not found the net in an international since a 5-2 qualifying win over Paraguay in Asuncion in September. Argentina's captain began the match on the bench along with other key players like Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria, with coach Alejandro Sabella fearful of his squad being caught up in the spate of injuries affecting other World Cup finalists. Sabella used the friendly at the Estadio Unico to test an alternative tactical plan with three at the back and five across the middle before changing things in the second half. Winger Ricky Alvarez opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a low left-foot shot from the edge of the box but two minutes later midfielder Lucas Biglia came off after receiving a knock and was replaced by Hugo Campagnaro. In the 76th minute Di Maria lobbed the ball from the edge of the box to the left where Aguero headed it down to Messi, who had come on for Alvarez in the 57th, and he dinked it between two defenders and the goalkeeper. "Now the hour of truth has come, the friendlies are over and we're going to Brazil full of desire," Messi told reporters after winning his 86th cap. "We've managed to be a united and very strong squad and we did that as Alejandro wanted. We're more together than ever because of the dream we all have." Biglia joined Rodrigo Palacio, who twisted his ankle in the 3-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday, and Martin Demichelis in nursing minor injuries as the squad headed for their tournament base in Belo Horizonte. Published, Printed and Edited by Aküm Longchari on behalf of Morung for Indigenous Affairs and JustPeace from House No. 4, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur at Themba Printers and Telecommunications, Padum Pukhuri Village, Dimapur, Nagaland. RNI No : NAGENG /2005/15430. House No.4, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur 797112, Nagaland. Phone: Dimapur -(03862) 248854, Fax: (03862) 235194, Kohima - (0370) 2291952

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