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Why corruption thrives in nagaland? rAise: imagining an era of empathy

• CAG Report points to State Government’s inaction • As of March 31, 2015 there were 34 cases of misappropriations and loss amounting to Rs. 616 crores in 15 departments Morung Express News Dimapur | April 12

Pervasive Corruption of multi-dimensional nature seems to be thriving in Nagaland State due to government inaction at all levels.

Or so this year’s CAG report suggests.

The Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on State Finances for the year ended 31 March 2015 was recently tabled in State Legislative Assembly but given a silent burial at the implementation level.

Timely submission of utilization certificates (UCs) is a major area of concern, it noted, highlighting that at the end of March 31, 104 UCs involving an aggregate amount of Rs. 217 crore were pending for submission even after a lapse of one to five years from various departments.

Additionally, CAG said that as of March 31, 2015 there were 34 cases of mis-

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

Profile of misappropriations, defalcation or loss Age profile of Pending Cases Years

Number of Cases

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NAture of PeNdiNg CAses No. of Amount Nature of Cases Cases (rs. in Crore) Theft 6 2.11 Misappropriation 22 580.58 Defalcation* 6 33.62 34 616

Source: CAG Report 2016. * Defalcation is an amount of funds misappropriated by a person trusted with its charge

Reason for Outstanding Cases Number Amount of Cases (rs. in crore) 30 210.67 1 0.01

reasons for Pending Cases 1 2

Awaiting departmental or criminal investigation Departmental action initiated but not finalised Criminal proceedings finalised but the execution of 3 0 certificate for recovery of the amount pending 4 Awaiting orders for recovery or write-off 5 Pending in the Courts of Law 3 total 34 Source: CAG Report quoting Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Data. appropriations, defalcation or loss amounting to Rs. 616 crores in 15 departments pending finalisation. The story is same every year.

Business as usual

According to CAG, while the cases of anomalies are reported each year, the case often lies inactive at the implementation level. For instance, out of the 34 cases reported this year, the age profile of the cases range from 0-10 years with the government or respective department/s failing to act on the matter.

A careful analysis of the report further depicts how administrative apathy and

inaction has resulted in these ‘business-as-usual’ responses to such findings, and corruption continues unabated.

For instance, most of the cases (30 nos.) are still are waiting departmental or criminal investigation reflecting the inaction at the implementation level.

Only 3 cases have reached the Court of Law so far.

The highest amount of misappropriation and loss amounting to Rs. 402.66 Crore involves two cases in Food and Civil Supply department where final action has not been taken by the State Government, CAG maintained. Youth Resources Department

0 0 405.63 616.31

at Rs. 74.38 crores is the second highest, ironically followed by the Finance Department at Rs. 43.69 crores. Case-wise, the Health & Family Welfare has the highest number, with 9 cases of misappropriation and defalcation.

Transparency International said corruption thrives where temptation meets permissiveness; where institutional checks are missing; where decision making is opaque; and where civil society is disempowered.

Looking at CAG Report, one can safely assert that Nagaland is the most fertile ground for corruption to thrive unabated.

Regional Action on IncluSive Education for children with special needs is launched Vibi Yhokha Kohima | April 12

The Regional Action on IncluSive Education (RAISE) North East was launched on April 12 in a jubilant and emotional atmosphere of Children with Special Needs (CWSN) along with parents, teachers and stakeholders at Hotel Japfü.

“We need to move from the era of sympathy to the era of empathy,” said Bibhu Dutta Sahu, Director, RAISE NE while highlighting the objectives of RAISE stating that the background work for the project was done for two years. The main motive behind RAISE is to complement the SSA to improve the quality education of children with special needs.

“When it comes to quality education there needs to be change of attitude among parents, other children, teachers and agencies. We are dreaming a dream and within that dream what role can we play as stakeholders to provide inclusivity of the children?” asked Sahu.

RAISE aims to create a platform for making people understand disability where Sahu pointed out the need to understand one’s culture and how to engage the children with special needs within that culture. “Let the children be active stakeholders in this process,” concluded Sahu.

Present at the launch as the Guest of honor was Rovilato Mor, DC Kohima who shared his experiences as a parent of a special child. The Kohima DC, whose second daughter suffers from cerebral palsy, mentioned that the family does not use the words ‘disgrace’ or ‘unfortunate’. “We take it as a pride and special gift in our family. We make it a point to take her everywhere we go on social events and gatherings,” said Mor, asserting the

students from tabitha enabling Academy performing the Chicken dance. (Morung Photo)

need for inclusion of special children in society..

Mor’s daughter is tech savvy, brilliant and continues to score 100 marks in most of her subjects. Sharing the joys of parenthood with a special child, Mor mentioned that despite his daughter’s dependency, the family is dependent on her when it comes to fixing their electronic and technological gadgets. “She continues to be the light, warmth and centre of love and happiness in the family,” said Mor. He challenged the parents, siblings, teachers of children with special needs and other stakeholders to be responsible to provide all opportunities, assistance to develop their skills and talents so that the children become at par with the rest of the society.

“You have to believe in yourself.

You can achieve so many great things in life,” said Dellirose M Sakhrie, IAS, Secretary, Social Welfare who graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. As a representative of the government, Sakhrie also admitted her limitations and shortcomings but gave her commitment to give her best to any help possible.

There are over 29,000 people with disabilities in Nagaland, which

UNTABA asks DC to AcAUt nagaland questions the review prohibitory order ‘unethical practice’ of a private bank

DIMAPUR, APRIL 12 (MExN): The United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) has asked the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur to review the prohibitory order preventing entry to the Daldali Reserve Forest.

Terming the order as defying “all practical, logical and political wisdom,” the UNTABA, in a press release held that the DC should rather adopt i paid you lots of money to means to safeguard the tradibecome a minister, now you tional and historical rights of dare call me a thief?

Naga land owners.

According to the UNTABA, the Dimapur district administration’s stance of stopping Nagas from “occupying and developing our own land” is a portrayal of the Government of Nagaland’s disregard to the “factual history of our people” and a betrayal to the greater CITIZEN UMBRELLA cause of the Naga people.

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“… All the forests and Naga territories were handed over to Assam during British Rule and with tacit approval from the Government of India, our lands are being systematically deforested and occupied by people of questionable origins from Assam with the support of Assam Forest department and Assam Police.”

Basing on this, the UNTABA held that it is not the Government of Nagaland’s duty to assist the Assam Police against Naga land owners. It is the duty of the Nagaland State Government to ask the Government of India to re-transfer all the lands and forests to Nagaland as committed by the Government of India in the ‘9 Point Agreement’ and in accordance to Points No. 12 & 13 of the ‘16 Point Agreement’, the UNTABA said.

DIMAPUR, APRIL 12 (MExN): Action Committee Against Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland has questioned the “unethical practices” of an Indian multinational banking and financial services company based in Dimapur for denying the right to a local entrepreneur in availing loan despite being selected and sanctioned Rs 22 lakh loan under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) Scheme.

The anti-corruption body also found it as “even more condemnable” that the Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) Nagaland despite knowing the fact that the said bank has “never entertained any local entrepreneurs in the last 7 years would still empanel it as loan dis-

pensing agency.”

“It is fishy that KVIC should still patronize the bank despite the latter being openly hostile to the entrepreneurial community,” a press statement from ACAUT Media Cell on Tuesday stated.

It alleged that “KVIC even played mischief by refusing to allot a different bank to the said entrepreneur even when he repeatedly complained to the officials regarding the unprofessional and sick attitude of the bank.”

It further alleged that the local entrepreneur was made to run around for three months by the bank, after which it offered to pay Rs 1 lakh out of the total Rs 22 lakh.

Left with no other option, the entrepreneur had approached ACAUT Nagaland and only after its interven-

tion, the bank released Rs 10 lakhs out of the Rs 22 lakh, the ACAUT statement read.

Also expressing shock that the bank in question was flouting all banking norms, ACAUT suspected that it is “operating simply to collect deposits …. while foregoing its responsibility to customers.”

Pointing out that this is one example out of thousands cases happening all over Nagaland, ACAUT has warned that it will not tolerate such discriminatory policies against locals.

It also appealed to all the PMEGP selected candidates who have faced harassment from the banks to contact its officials. “The ACAUT is ready to expose such dirty-dealings to the public, the RBI, the Finance Ministry, and the Banking Ombudsmen,” it stated.

form one of the larger groups that lack general education in the State as well as in the country. Despite policies, programs and schemes for disabled people, Sakhrie regretted that society has not been able to “pick up momentum to a desired level” while mentioning that both the government and society has failed people with disabilities.

A breakthrough has to be made, viewed Sakhrie, to give empowerment to the children with special needs by giving quality education, to integrate them in the mainstream society so that they become responsible citizens, and to make them assets of the society. “We have mindsets which are not changing and it is a grave concern. It is a wake-up call to all of us to right the wrongs which has stayed in our society for too long,” asserted Sakhrie. Testimonies were also given by parents of children with special needs.

Performing John Lennon’s famous song ‘Imagine’ in sign language, the hearing impaired children moved the crowd as the last lines resonated among the audience ‘You may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one, I hope someday you will join us and the world will live as one.’

RMSA candidates suspend agitation after assurance from Nagaland government our Correspondent Kohima | April 12

The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Phase 2 & 3 candidates suspended its indefinite agitation after receiving a written assurance from the Nagaland Government.

RMSA candidates told The Morung Express that a written statement was received from the Minister of School Education & SCERT, Yitachu in a meeting held on Tuesday assuring that their appointment orders would be issued within the month of April.

Following the assurance, the agitation have been suspended till April 30, 2016, the candidates informed.

The Minister in a letter dated April 12, had directed the Mission Director, RMSA “to issue the appointment order of the 111 graduate teachers waiting list against the post of Headmaster under RMSA post creation by April 2016.”

However, the RMSA candidates cautioned that they would resume the agitation if they do not get positive response as assured by April.

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Nagaland State for implementation of 24x7 Power for All DIMAPUR, APRIL 12 (MExN): ‘24x7 Power for All’ (PFA), a joint initiative of the Government of India and Nagaland Government was signed between Secretary Power, Government of India (GoI) P K Pujari and Secretary, Power, Government of Nagaland, K I Yanger in the presence of Union Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal on April 12 at New Delhi.

This was informed by Er Khose Sale, SE (Distribution), Department of Power, Kohima on Tuesday.

Naga cyclist gears up to embark on an eco-friendly mission Cyclist and eco-activist Sievituo Solo to attempt longest distance travelled on a bamboo frame bicycle across Europe and the USA Morung Express News Kohima | April 12

Cyclist and eco-activist Sievituo Solo has set sight on new frontiers to circumnavigate on his bicycle - and attempt to set a new world record at the same time.

The latest epic challenge for the young adventurer is to bicycle the length and breadth of Europe, and the United States within a span of 180 days, which is six months time. He is expecting to crisscross 20 countries starting with France.

For this expedition, Solo is going solo. His partner of previous cycling expeditions across South East Asia on ‘Re-Cycling for Greener Environemnt’ and ‘Cycling for sustainable world: Wheels of Change,’ Ruokuo Kire, is on a break to devote time to family, and other responsibilities.

Solo, who is gearing up to hit the road by last week of April, or first week of May, said he would be pedaling under the theme ‘Innovative, Eco-Friendly, and Healthy Lifestyle.

For this, he will particularly address awareness on the versatility of the Bamboo plant which are abundant in Nagaland and try to harness investors or companies for its production.

To prove the limitless possibility of the eco-friendly bamboo which can be used and made into almost anything,

sievituo solo with a trial product of the bamboo cycle on which he will pedal across europe and the usA (Photo: facebook)

Solo has his own bicycle framework - harvested and assembled out of bamboo - which sounds very practical and sustainable, of course, if one is not travelling thousands of miles on the thing.

While bicycle frames crafted out of bamboo is not a new con-

cept, bamboo plant is not as easily available in countries outside Asia and therefore its production is expensive.

Besides, hi-tech carbon fiber bicycles have firm stamp of popularity in the west. Which is one reason why Solo will be flaunt-

ing his Nagaland crafted bamboo bicycle on the highways of Europe and the United States while underscoring the importance of eco-friendly travel.

Business is also another agenda. “I want to take this bamboo product from Nagaland, advertise it to the world, and see if I can find business for export of its production,” Solo said.

The components of the bamboo cycle have been sponsored

by Theja Meru’s Dream Corp while Richard Belho, founder of Zynorique, an architecture firm will build the bamboo bicycle.

Chief Minister TR Zeliang is the chief patron for the expedition.

Solo will also be attempting to set a world record in the Limca Book of Records on the ‘Longest distance travelled on a bamboo bicycle.’

The expedition will be like a

fact finding mission of sorts to test the endurance of the bamboo bicycle; whether it can last the whole length of the journey.

This evidently means Solo is undertaking a chancy expedition. But these are concerns Solo seems least bothered about. “I go with my gut. When you have the thing (opportunity) in your hands, just put it on the road,” is his mantra.

According to the young cyclist adventurer, Nagas are so cautious about readinesswhich is obviously one reason why “we start so late in our careers or never start at all.”

So what happens if something goes wrong with the bamboo bicycle while out there?

It’s a question which Solo is not fussy about - “Whatever happens, I will figure it out when or if it happens.”

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Maruti ‘Vitara Brezza’ Farmers’ Fair assembles launched in Nagaland stakeholders in agriculture

The new sport car Maruti ‘Vitara Brezza’ which was launched in the state of Nagaland at Progressive Motors, Dimapur on April 12. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | April 12

Maruti Suzuki launched its new sport car ‘Vitara Brezza’ in the state of Nagaland on Tuesday here at Progressive Motors.

Conceptualized, designed and developed in India, the Vitara Brezza is a “true statement of create in India” and the leading automobile company in the country has come out with an equally impressive slogan for the car –‘When style and sports played double and beat dull and drab.”

“A segment-first dual colour scheme makes the new Vitara Brezza a home run, It’s raised stance and sporty body kit makes it a true head-turner. Add to this muscular wheel arches showing off sporty alloy wheels with wide tyres, and the Vitara Brezza ensures that no matter how big the crowd, you always stand a bit apart”, state a brochure on the new car.

Some of the outstanding features of the car are sporty muscular design, projector headlamp with signature bullhorn led light

guides, dynamic design with dual tone and floating roof, cockpit style instrument cluster with mood light, smart play infotainment system with Apple CarPlay, enhanced safety with Suzuki TECT, convenience driving with cruise control and flip flopped rear seat for flat bed.

The price of variants of the Vitara Brezza including LDI, LDI (O), VDI, VDI (O), ZDI, ZDI+ and ZDI+ (D) ranges from Rs. 7,51,473 to Rs. 10,22,617. (Progressive Motors’ showroom price w.e.f 01/04/2016. )

MedzipheMa, april 12 (MexN): The Farmers’ Fair 2016 organised by Farmers’ Cell, SASRD, Nagaland University, Medziphema Campus in collaboration with Department of Land Resources, Government of Nagaland was inaugurated by Thepsükuolie Vikhrie, Village Council Chairman of Mezoma, one of Farmers’ cell adopted villages on April 12 with the theme ‘Agricultural Technologies for Economic Upliftment.’

The purpose of the Farmers’ Fair 2016 is to bring together farmers, innovators, scientists, government officials and all stakeholders in agriculture, so that through dialogue and mutual understanding there will be exchange of ideas which will ultimately lead to developing necessary strategies to combat challenges faced in the agriculture sector in Nagaland.

Prof. B K Konwar, Vice Chancellor of Nagaland University, in his speech as chief guest lamented that the production level was too poor thus making the people dependent on the neighbouring states. This requires serious introspection and better strategies for the farming community.

The Director of Land Resources Department,

Symbolic inauguration of Farmers Fair 2016 by Thepsükuolie Vikhrie, Village Council Chairman of Mezoma, one of Farmers’ cell adopted villages on April 12.

Mhathung Yanthan was the guest of honour and in his speech said that his department is undertaking many projects and has refined the technologies in rubber plantation and integrated watershed management and is now cautiously working on coffee which is finding good prospects in the international markets.

The exhibition stalls was inaugurated by the chief guest which is the highlight of the programme featuring the SHGs from the adopted villages of Farmers’ Cell, SASRD; progressive farmers and innovators as

well as from SASRD Students’ Experiential Learning modules and various academic departments as well as Land resources department.

The programme was chaired by Prof. NS Jamir, Pro Vice Chancellor, SASRD and welcome address delivered by Prof.

M. Alemienla Ao, dean, SASRD. On the first day after the inaugural programme two technical sessions were conducted. In the first session Dr. Moa Walling, Deputy Director, Dept. of Horticulture, GoN, delivered

a talk on the topic ‘Technology for Hill Farming on Horticulture crops’ while Prof. Sapu Changkija dwelt on the topic ‘Technology for Hill Farming on Field crops’. In the second technical session Dr. Catherine Rutsa, Assistant Prof. NU, SASRD gave a talk on ‘Economic upliftment through livestock farming’.

On the second day there will be field demonstrations of various technologies which will be followed

by Farmers-InnovatorsScientists interaction, after which the valedictory programme will be conducted.

KMC extends last date of trade licenses renewal

KohiMa, april 12 (MexN): The Kohima Chamber of Commerce and industry (KCCI) has informed the traders within Kohima that the Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) has agreed to extend the last date of renewal of Trade Licenses to April 30 as per official notice.

All traders are therefore directed to comply with the notification by the set date, initially visiting KCCI office for registrations for annual memberships and Smart ID cards. Traders are once again reminded that renewals and issuance of new licenses will be done only on production of official receipt of membership and Smart ID cards issued by the KCCI. The smart ID Cards are for identification as qualified members of the Chamber and will include data of the business enterprise in the embedded Smart Chip.

The cost of the Smart Card shall be Rs. 300/and Registration for annual membership, Rs. 300/-.

Information and related queries can be availed by calling the KCCI office at this telephone number – 0370 2290200.

Public toilet with provision for differently abled people in Kohima 12 Battalion NDRF Itanagar imparts training Our Correspondent Kohima | April 12

A pay & use toilet with provision for differently abled people, constructed under Swacch Bharat Mission was inaugurated here this morning by Central Public Health Engineering & Environmental Organization (CPHEEO) deputy advisor Rohit Kakkar.

Located at Officers’ Hill, between Indoor TT Stadium and Red Cross building, this public toilet is the first of kind in Nagaland where provision is set for the differently abled people.

Kakkar was appreciative of the coming up of such beautiful structure and called for proper maintenance of the provided facility.

He was optimistic that this facility will also go a long way in meeting the goal of Swacch Bharat Mission in the country.

Rohit Kakkar and others during the inauguration of pay & use toilet in Officers Hill colony, Kohima on April 12. (Morung Photo)

This pay & use toilet is billed as “One step towards cleanliness.”

The Officers’ Hill (Thegabakha) Colony Council (OHCC), Kohima keeping in mind the need

for public toilet resolved in its executive meeting to construct a public toilet within the colony jurisdiction. In time of fund constraint, Swacch Bharat Mission came as a blessing

for the project, said OHCC general secretary Ruokuolhouvo Miachieo.

Other factors in making this project possible included, land donated by T. Khel, Kohima village, joint

effort by the government agency and the community, especially the urban development department, Kohima Municipal Council, Public Health Engineering Department and the Sanitation Committee of the Officers Hill Colony Council where each one played their respective role.

The project was completed at the total cost of Rs. 4,17,000. (Rs. 1,40,000 and Rs, 2, 77,000 funded by the government and the community respectively).

The Colony Council will collect a nominal fee for the use of the facility for maintenance of this toilet.

No fee will be charged for the differently abled people on wheel chair.

They can avail the facility free of cost.

Earlier, the function was chaired by Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) administrator Kovi Meyase.

NDRF team imparts training on disaster management awareness preparedness to State Disaster Response. (DIPR Photo)

WoKha, april 12 (dipr): A 30 member team from 12 Battalion NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) Itanagar will be imparting training on disaster management awareness preparedness and demonstration of its tools and equipments for local people.

Topics on MFR (Medical first responder) CSSR (Collapsed structure search & rescue), school safety training, urban search & rescue, earthquake, flood, land slide and community responders will be covered during the five day training programme. There will be an interaction session with team.

The team also had a short meeting with the Deputy Commissioner, Wokha A.Robin Lotha at his official chamber.

While welcoming the team, the DC expressed gratitude for taking out time to impart trainings to various NGOs and expressed hope that whatever knowledge the team is going to impart will definitely benefit the district.

Team leader Asstt Commandant 12 BN, NDRF, Ajay Bahadur Singh also apprised the Deputy Commissioner about the various topics to be covered during the five day programme.

On the first day the team will impart training to SDRF (State Disaster Response Force), second day Don Bosco Higher secondary school, third day NGOs and community Responders and final day de-briefing for all the trainees will be conducted.

OHYO to conduct surprise checking ‘Black Day’ in Wokha on April 14

KohiMa, april 12 (MexN): Taking serious note of anti-social activities under the jurisdiction of Officers’ Hill Colony, Kohima, the, Officers’ Hill Youth Organization (OHYO) has informed that it will be conducting a surprise check.

OHYO stated that it has observed illegal activities like indulging in all kinds of intoxicants and immoral activities while adding that dubious activities have also increased in and around Indoor badminton stadium, over bridge below Raj Visiting Doctors from Mumbai examines patients at the ongoing free medical camp as part Bhavan, Lady Mill’s road of Fellowship Exchange and People to people Programme initiated by the Governor of Na- adjoining the Officers’ Hill galand, PB Acharya held at NHAK on April 12. (DIPR Photo)

and TCP Gate.

The Organization in a press release has informed that the colony youth shall conduct surprise checking and may question any person/persons found loitering after 8:00PM and if anyone is caught involving in immoral activities, drinking, creating disturbances etc, then they would be forwarded to judicial custody and their names, address, etc., published in the local dailies.

Meanwhile, taking note of the vehicular congestion created by the defaulters along Lady Mill’s road, the

OHYO appealed the law abiding citizen of Kohima to strictly follow one way traffic rules at Lady Mill’s road, which connects P.R.Hill road - TCP Gate via Officers’ Hill colony.

The enforce time is from 8:00 AM- 5:00PM within colony jurisdiction.

Defaulters would be questioned and will be forced to take back the same route.

Regular offenders will be penalized and further necessary action will be taken against them, a release received here stated today.

WoKha, april 12 (MexN): The Lotha Students' Union (LSU) will observe 'Black Day' on April 14. The students’ union has been observing April 14 as Black Day every year in memory of Late Chumdamo Tungoe and Late Thungkhomo Ezung, who were killed on April 14, 1977 in police firing during a student procession organised by the Lotha Students’ Union in protest against the manhandling of the then SDO (Civil) Ngurkhuma Mizo by the Assam Police and Assam Forest Guards.

Coinciding with the Black Day, the inaugural function of the 17th Martyr's Trophy 2016 will be held at Local Ground, Wokha Town, informed a press release issued

by LSU General Secretary, T Phyobemo Kikon. Therefore, the union has informed all the educational institutions within Wokha Town to send their students of class 5 (Five) and above to the inaugural function.

Further, all the educational institutions have been informed to declare holiday by observing a minute of silent prayer for the departed souls. The union further informed all the Range/Circle Students’ Unions to see that all the schools within its jurisdiction observe the day.

Neiba Kronu calls on union minister Jual Oram

Imchawati Kichu, Managing Director, Care and Support Society, Ela Director, Prodigals Home, Kezhaleto Zecho, President, Nagaland State Disability Forum with Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Assistant Commissioner for PwDs and State Program Officer, SRC Shillong Meghalaya during their visit to State Resource Centre, Government of Meghalaya Shillong for a learning exposure to the State Resource Centre (SRC- for Persons with Disabilities) on April 12. The trip was sponsored by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Nagaland.

KohiMa, april 12 (MexN): Parliamentary Secretary for Planning & Co-ordination, Evaluation, Monitoring & Taxes Neiba Kronu met Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram in New Delhi recently.

Kronu highlighted the problems faced by the tribal people in the country and Nagaland in particular for which he requested the Union Minister to look into the welfare of the state in order to bring changes and development in the society by granting more funds to the state.

Jual Oram, while interacting with Kronu, said that after a deliberative conference held on April 7 with State Ministers, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries, said that the Ministry

of Tribal Affairs is organizing a Tribal Carnival on April 29 to showcase the rich and colourful tradition of the tribals of the country from all parts of India through which large number of participant is expected for the great show.

The event will be inaugurated by Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.

Oram requested Kronu, and the Government of Nagaland to represent in large number to show its rich culture and diversity.

Kronu assured all support and manpower in whatever the state government could be of help, according to the press statement release by Thomas Thailu, Officer On Special Duty (OSD) Department of planning Parliamentary Secretary for Planning & Co-ordination, Evaluation, Monitoring & Tax& Co-ordination, New Delhi. es, Neiba Kronu and Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram in New Delhi recently.

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British royal couple arrives in Assam to warm welcome

Hyderabad remembers Late Sentitemsu Imsong Morung Express News Dimapur | April 12

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are greeted with a ceremonial welcome as they arrive at Tezpur Airport in Assam, India, on day three of the Royal visit to India ahead of their visit to the world's largest one-horn rhino park.

Tezpur, April 12 (iANS): Britain's royal couple Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton arrived to a red carpet welcome here in Assam on Tuesday evening.

The couple arrived at the Salonibari airport in Tezpur around 5.30 p.m., and were received by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, his wife Dolly Gogoi and senior officials of the state government.

While Gogoi welcomed Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, with a Seleng Chador (shawl) of famous Assamese pat silk and a bouquet of flowers, Dolly Gogoi welcomed the the Duchess of Cambridge also with a Seleng Chador and a bouquet. The state government had lined up cultural troupes at the airport to welcome the royal couple on their maiden visit to the state.

Artistes performed Bihu, Sattriya and Jhumur dances inside the airport to welcome the guests.

Traditional sweets and delicacies like laru, pitha, patot diya mas (fish steamed in banana leaf), chungat diya mangsho (meat cooked inside bamboo shoot) were served. The royal couple tasted some of

Manipur CM reshuffles ministry, inducts three new faces imphAl, April 12 (iANS): Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi reshuffled his ministry on Tuesday by inducting three new faces.

Three senior ministers were dropped earlier.

Manipur Governor V. Sanmuganathan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly-inducted ministers -- Khetrimayum Biren, Manga Waiphei and R.D. Korungthang.

Earlier, forest minister Thoudam Debendra, rural development and panchayati raj minister Francis Ngajokpa and health minister Phungzathang Tonsing were dropped from the ministry.

The reshuffle is far short of the demands of the dissidents.

Political circles are keeping their fingers crossed over what the dissidents will do since their demands were not met.

Th e d i s s i d e nt s numbering 25 in the 48-member Congress Legislature Party had demanded the sacking of all 10 ministers leaving only Chief Minister Okram Ibobi and Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam.

the delicacies and spent about 40 minutes at the airport, exchanging views with the chief minister and others.

They headed directly to the Kaziranga National Park in a convoy of vehicles under tight security.

School children lined up in hundreds outside the airport in Tezpur to have a glimpse of the royal couple.

As their cavalcade drove away, the waiting children waved and cheered.

The Kaziranga National Park has also been put under tight security, and adequate arrangements have been made to welcome the couple.

Prince William and Kate would be taken to the Difflo River Lodge adjacent to the national park.

The couple are expected to go for a jeep safari in the western range of Bagori for around two hours and interact with some of the forest guards.

Senior park officials will give a presentation to the couple on Wednesday about the flora and fauna of the national park, the one-horned rhinos and the park management.

A memorial service in remembrance of Late Dr. Sentitemsu Imsong – a Particle Physicist – was today held at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

Late Sentitemsu was 31 when he passed away at Columbia Asia Hospital, Bengaluru while undergoing treatment for Severe Septic Shock on October 30, 2015.

Dr. Sentitemsu’s PhD supervisor, Professor B. Ananthanarayan from the Centre for High Energy Physics (CHEP), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, led the memorial service. A few faculty and student friends from the university along with well wishers of late Senti joined in the memorial.

After the memorial service on Tuesday, the group of well wishers decided to form a working committee to somehow commemorate late Senti’s achievements and to look into the possibility of extending support to his family.

In his eulogy to late Senti, Prof Ananth, who is also Chairman of CHEP stated, “I did not think a day would come when I would have to stand here in front of you and speak in this manner. His altogether brief life touched every-

one of us. His life streaked across the sky like a beautiful comet. It appeared as briefly as it left.”

Prof Ananth recalled late Senti as having come to IISc in 2008 after his M. Sc. in University of Hyderabad. “You must understand that he actually did not spend a whole lot of time here. In fact, he finished his Ph. D. in a sort of a record 4 years and won the Meera Memorial Award for theoretical physics for his thesis,” he recalled.

Late Senti’s work was in the field of low energy strong interaction dynamics and use of analyticity methods and modern inputs from effective theories and lattice gauge theories to improve our description of form factors.

Prof Ananth observed that Imsong, in his work, showed great diligence and attention to detail and was “not keen on flamboyance”. “Imsong was widely liked and had friends of all ages and from all walks. He had the ability to go for tea with any crowd and had the innate ability to listen and would not speak too much,” the professor from IISc fondly remembered.

“In his simplicity and his humility Imsong has given us all a lesson. That indeed life is short, and we must make the best of it.

Let his sincerity be a bea-

con and a touchstone for us. He will live on in us, as we enshrine these in our lives as a solemn tribute to this noble young man. Unlike us who will age, and grey and grow infirm, Imsong will always be a fine young man,” Prof Ananth stated.

Dr. Sentitemsu was consistent in his academic excellence emerging as topper in both HSLC and HSSLC exams while also winning a Gold Medal in his BSc at Kohima Science College, Jotsoma. He finished his MSc in Physics from University of Hyderabad with First Class.

In 2012, the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore conferred PhD for his thesis, “Improvement on Hadronic form factors using analyticity and unitarity constraints”. His research was adjudged the best thesis in theoretical physics in the university for academic year 20122013. Thereafter, he pursued his post-doctoral studies in Germany for two years and in Israel for nearly a year.

Late Senti had been selected as Assistant Professor in IIT Guwahati and was transiting through Bangalore to join his new post before his demise. He had also been selected for the same post in IIT Hyderabad.

Manipur road blockade suspended ALDER COLLEGE

imphAl, April 12 (iANS): An indefinite road blockade imposed by a Muslim group here has been lifted following an assurance by the state government to look into their demands, the 'joint action committee' of Muslim communities here said on Tuesday.

The 'joint action committee' of Muslim communities said that following Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh's assurance that its demands would be looked into, it was suspending until Wednesday an indefinite road blockade it had earlier imposed.

The lynching of two young men late last week led to violent unrest in Imphal West district resulting in imposition of curfew by the authorities.

Meanwhile, in another violent incident in Imphal West district, three motorbikeborne men fired on Monday night at some women vigilantes who were inside their shed, injuring 12 persons, mostly women.

It's unclear whether this incident is re-

lated to the unrest arising out of the lynching of young men.

On April 7, three Muslim young men were badly beaten up in Imphal West district by local people on the charge that they had stolen a two-wheeler. Two of them died and one was critically injured.

The lynching triggered protests and the road blockade by Muslim communities.

Violent clashes took place on Monday in Imphal West district between Muslim and non-Muslim groups, leaving 50 people, including three police commandos, injured. Most of the injured sustained bullet injuries.

Indefinite curfew has been imposed in the district.

"All three of them were students who had gone to visit a garden. Even if it is made out that they had stolen the twowheeler, they should have been handed over to police," a spokesman of the 'joint action committee' told reporters.

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2. That, in my PAN Card my name has been entered as IMNAINLA WALLING and in my domestic electricity bill as N.IMNAINLA WALLING. 3. That, the names IMNAINLA WALLING and N.IMNAINLA WALLING are one and same person and that is me.

4. That, when the names IMNAINLA WALLING and N.IMNAINLA WALLING appears it should be read, write and understand as IMNAINLA WALLING for all official and other purposes.

5. That the statements made in para 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and nothing material has been concealed therein.

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I, GNANASEKAR, age about 56 years, S/o Late S. Gnanapragasam, permanent resident of Mount View Colony, H.No.507, Purana Bazar, District Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That, in my Department identity card my name has been entered and recorded as GNANASEKAR. G, in my academic certificate my name has been entered as G.GNANASEKAR and in my PAN Card as GNANASEKAR. 3. That, the names GNANASEKAR.G, G.GNANASEKAR and GNANASEKAR are one and same person and that is me.

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Solemnly sworn before me by the above named deponent on this 1st day of March 2016 at Mokokchung, Nagaland.

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Dated Wokha, the 8th April 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE Whereas Shri. Yanba P Yanthan seasonal chairman and Shri. Yanbenthung Kikon seasonal Secy, of “Zujum” Village has submitted an application alongwith related enclosures for recognition of a New Village having 2001 acres/810 Hectares of village territory approximate in area with following boundaries.

East – Akuk New Village West – Assam North – Assam South – Yimpang Now, therefore the public of the neighboring villages under Wokha District are hereby invited to file objections if any within 30(thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. In absence of which the recognition of the village called “Zujum” village will be initiated after the expiry of 30 (thirty) days subject to the fulfillment of all other condition laid down by the government order vide OM/GA-12/74, dated 22/3/96.

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Drought could hit rice stocks at 2.2 mn connections a month in Q1 2016: BSNL exporters, fuel price crisis: analyst PIANO TUNER MANILA, AprIL 12 (reuters): Crippling drought brought on by the El Nino weather pattern could cut rice stocks among the world’s top exporters to levels not seen since 2008, potentially fueling a price crisis similar to one seen that year, an industry expert warned.

Total stocks in top shippers of the grain India, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan and the United States are likely to fall to 19 million tonnes by the second half of the year, from a peak of nearly 41 million tonnes in 2013, said Samarendu Mohanty, head of the social sciences division at the Philippinesbased International Rice Research Institute.

“If we have a bad mon-

soon, with drought still persisting in many parts of Asia, the risk significantly increases in terms of price response,” Mohanty told Reuters in a telephone interview. Dwindling stockp i l e s c ou l d crimp volumes exporters are willing to ship abroad.

Although a severe El Nino is now fading, it has brought drought to swathes of Asia, drying irrigation channels and destroying crops. It has also stoked concerns on the strength of the South Asian monsoon due to start around June.

Export restrictions by major rice producers including India fed panic in

the market in 2008, forcing big purchases by countries such as the Philippines that caused Asian benchmark prices to nearly triple

ket if there’s any shortfall.

I think we don’t have that luxury anymore this year,” he said.

The price of Thai 5-percent broken rice touched an e i g h t- m o n t h high of $378.50 a tonne in March, while Vietnam’s own 5-percent broken rice last month rose to a 2-1/2-month peak of $385 a tonne.

Mohanty said India and Thailand, the world’s top two exporters, would have combined stocks of around 16 million tonnes by the third quarter, around 70-percent lower than levels in 2013.

That buffer will be much smaller than recent

“If we have a bad monsoon, with drought still persisting in many parts of Asia, the risk significantly increases in terms of price response....” to around $1,000 a tonne.

After that, consumers and exporters, mainly in Asia, rebuilt rice inventories to avoid another crisis, but Mohanty said stocks have been declining since 2013.

“Last year, nobody was panicking because they were sure that there’s plenty of rice in the mar-

stock levels of 16.2 million tonnes for India and about 12 million tonnes for Thailand.

India will be “very cautious in exporting” if its rice output is hit by a weak monsoon, said Mohanty.

That could push big buyers such as the Philippines and Indonesia to accumulate the grain, a staple food for nearly half of the world’s population, similar to what happened in 2008.

“We might see the same thing as we move forward and countries get scared about the weather situation around them,” Mohanty said.

The Philippines is considering importing another 500,000 tonnes of rice this year to boost state reserve stocks.

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Naga Shopping arcade buildings Mkg sanitation drive to observe World Malaria Day unsafe, says tenants’ association Resolves to down shutters if DAN Secretary is not transferred immediately Dimapur, april 12 (mExN): The Tenants’ Association of Naga Shopping Arcade (TANSA), Dimapur has resolved to down shutters of the Naga Shopping Arcade as a mark of protest if the Secretary of DAN is not transferred immediately.

In a representation to the Chairman, Development Authority of Nagaland (DAN), TANSA pointed out that the Naga Shopping Arcade complex has become very unsafe for the tenants as well as shoppers due to cracks inside and outside the buildings, roof leakage. It highlighted that the doors and windows need to be

replaced, there has been no white washing of the buildings for the last fifteen years, public toilets are to be made, huge losses used to be incurred by the tenants every year owing to flood in the basement area, due to poor or no drainage system, stagnant water and garbage have made breeding place for mosquitoes in the basement area.

The Association also mentioned that auto drivers refuse to come to the market due to parking tax. 15% service charge is imposed without any maintenance, it said.

All these problems, according to

the representation issued by TANSA Secretary Yarmong and President Pukhaho Yepthomi, were addressed and verbal discussions were held with the Secretary of DAN on many occasions, but the Secretary failed to acknowledge any of the suggestions. “Instead, (the Secretary) took all these in a negative side and never pay heed to reply any of our complaints,” TANSA said. Therefore, the Association demanded the transfer of the Secretary.

The Association also urged the Chairman of DAN to address the problems listed above within 15 days.

Kohima Police arrest one with gelatin sticks Kohima, april 12 (mExN): Kohima Police personnel manning Peducha check gate recovered 50 numbers of gelatin sticks, 11 meters of

cortex fuse wires and 130 detonator caps concealed inside three cartoons of eggs from a Tata Winger intercepted on April 12. In this connection, one Md.

Nasir (25) from Thoubal, Manipur was taken into police custody and examined, a press release from PRO, Kohima Police informed. A criminal case

vide Sechü (Zubza) P.S Case No. 0009/2016 U/S 5 Explosive Substances Act 1908 IPC has also been registered against the arrested person.

Kohima, april 12 (mExN): In observance of World Malaria Day on April 25, the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland has instructed that a “sanitation drive to create awareness” be undertaken in all the district headquarters of the State in collaboration with the respective district Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) committees. The sanitation drive will be competitive and the best three localities (wards) adjudged by a panel of judges will be awarded cash prizes, a press release from Mokokchung District SBM informed.

As instructed by the Department, the youth organization/association of the respective wards is to be incharge of the sanitation drive.

To make the sanitation drive a success, the Mokokchung District SBM has invited the cooperation of all the respective ward authorities, youth organization/association of the respective wards and all responsible citizens.

To this effect, a joint consultative meeting between the Mokokchung District SBM, District Vector Borne Officer (NVBDCO) on behalf of the H&FW department and all the ward authorities under Mokokchung Town was held at the IMDH Conference

Hall. A set of guidelines was adopted in the meeting in respect of the sanitation drive competition as follows: 1. The sanitation drive shall be an inter-ward competition.

2. Respective youth organization/association of the wards shall be incharge of the competition.

3. The formal function in observance of WMD shall be held at IMDH Conference Hall on April 25, 2016.

Declaration of results and prize distribution ceremony shall also be held there. (Program details to be announced later).

4. The respective wards may start initiating the sanitation drive from the date of publication of this information/announcement.

5. There shall be no restriction/s on the number of participants, days engaged or projects undertaken.

However, it is suggested that the respective youth leaders maintain proper record and that the projects undertaken conform to the objective of organizing the sanitation drive.

6. The objective of organizing the sanitation drive is to motivate the community to think and plan for a cleaner environment.

7. All the wards are instructed to cap-

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Demand to appoint Maths teacher at GHSS Dimapur Dimapur, april 12 (mExN): The United Colony Council, Ward No. 20 today said it has observed certain anomalies in the recent transfer of Maths teacher from Government Higher Secondary School Dimapur to Government High School Diphupar.

The Council held a meeting on April 9 regarding the issue and observed that the post of the Maths teacher transferred from GHSS Dimapur is the only sanctioned post in the school, thus leaving GHSS Dimapur without any permanent Maths teacher

post, the Council said in a letter to the Commissioner & Secretary, Department of Education & SCERT. The letter further informed that the high school section of GHSS Dimapur with an enrolment of 585 students from Class 6 to 10 at present has 11 sections and 17 Maths periods per day. Considering this fact, the transfer of Maths teacher has made it almost impossible to teach the Maths subject, and presently, the lower class is manned by Arts teacher, it stated.

In view of the above, the United Colony Council,

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Ward No-20, which represents seven sectors, has requested the Commissioner & Secretary, School Education to appoint a Maths teacher immediately at GHSS Dimapur or retrieve the Maths teacher post transferred from the school for the welfare of the students within 15 days.

Failing to comply with the request, the United Colony Council, Ward No-20 will be compelled to take further course of action, stated the letter which was issued by G Kits, Chairman Parliamentary Secretary for Higher & Technical Education and Phek DPDB chairman and Imlitemsu, General Deo Nukhu and others inspect construction of bridge at Tuphaleri River between Secretary.

Chizami and Khomi after addressing Phek DPDB meeting on April 11.

Guv happy over Ambedkar’s anniv celebration at UN Hindi teachers unpaid for 4 Kohima, april 12 honour as it marks the rec- 125th birth anniversary on heb Ambedkar to achieve months; demand early payment (mExN): Governor of Na- ognition by the world of his April 13 at the UN head- social justice and equalgaland & Assam, PB Acharya has expressed happiness and satisfaction that the architect of the Indian Constitution, Bharat Ratna, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary will be observed on April 13 at the United Nations for the first time, with focus on combating inequalities to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.

The Governor has said that India should feel proud and happy for the

contributions as an architect of the Constitution of the largest democratic nation of the world – India, according to a press release from PRO to the Governor.

He was the voice of the suppressed people of India, Acharya added.

The Permanent Mission of India to the UN in association with the Kalpana Saroj Foundation and Foundation For Human Horizon will commemorate Ambedkar’s

quarters, a day before his birthday.

On the occasion, a panel discussion will be organized on the topic, ‘Combating inequalities for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals’ with the objective of raising awareness on the importance of addressing all forms of inequality for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the release said.

The vision of Babasa-

ity also finds resonance in the core message for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, it added.

The Governor has expressed hope that with the observation of the birth anniversary of Ambedkar, the champion of the downtrodden and the suppressed, at the UN, his great vision will reach out strongly to the world and will be implemented throughout in a pragmatic manner.

Kohima, april 12 (mExN): The 1379 Hindi Teachers appointed under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) 2012-13 have not received their salaries for the last four months (December 2015 to March 2016). Informing this in a press release, the All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (ANHTU) stated that due to the nonpayment of the salaries, the teachers are facing lots of financial hardships to maintain their family and their children’s education.

“As Hindi is a technical subject and many teachers are posted in the remote areas of Nagaland, they (the teachers) don’t even have any source for transportation,” the release issued by ANHTU General Secretary AS Yarthotngam said. In light of this, ANHTU has requested the Government of Nagaland and Director of School Education to look into the matter seriously and release the pending salaries as early as possible.

LYH on selection of Lotha Peace Club leaders in Dimapur attend training principles of SMART. The speaker language teachers under RMSA also stated that motivation is the inWoKha, april 12 (mExN): The Lotha Youth Hoho in its executive meeting has “seriously observed the unhealthy attitude of the Nagaland Education Mission Society, RMSA with regard to the selection of the Lotha Language teachers.”

According to a press release from Media Cell, Lotha Youth Hoho, RMSA has selected only three candidates in spite of ten posts advertised for Lotha language teachers. “Reports with substantial proof also had reached the Lotha Youth Hoho office that even the selections of the candidates have not been done on merit basis,” the release said.

Therefore, the Youth Hoho has suggested that the concerned office pay immediate attention to the letter of the Lotha Hoho dated NO.LH/WKA/MEMO/2015 January 25, 2016 and set the records straight in order to avoid confrontation in the near future.

The Lotha Youth Hoho asserted that it will not settle or compromise for anything less than justice, adding all the concerned tribes should get their due share whoever they may be.

19 join NSCN (IM) Dimapur, april 12 (mExN): The Joint Council meeting of Steering Executive and Cabinet, NSCN (IM) today welcomed 19 “comrades” from various groups and conveyed immense appreciation for responding to the “call for unity and reconciliation”.

A press release from MIP, NSCN (IM) informed that Shikuto Shohe, Kilonser, NNC lauded the leadership under Isak Chishi Swu and Th. Muivah for extending a warm gesture. He also expressed hope and trust that Nagas through NSCN and its leadership will surely bring political solution, the release stated.

Meanwhile, Yanpvuo Jungi, Tatar from GPRN/NSCN conveyed happiness with the signing of “Framework Agreement” with the Government of India. “By taking such a huge political step, the hope for solution and peace for the Naga people has become much closer than ever before. This is the reason why they have come to be a part of finding the final settlement,” the release said.

The 19 “home comers” comprise of cadres from NNC, GPRN/NSCN, NNC (N/A), NSCN (K).

Students leaders of Peace Club of different schools in and around Dimapur.

Dimapur, april 12 (mExN): A training was held for leaders of Peace Club of different schools in and around Dimapur recently. It was attended by 54 Peace Club leaders, a press release from Peace Channel informed.

Speaking on “Motivation and

Goal Settings”, Elow Chaju encouraged the student leaders of Peace Clubs to think positive, aim higher and be with the successful people to succeed. He also stressed on encouraging each other and talking positive about oneself. He further reminded them to set their goals based on the

ner drive for success and it is much easier to sustain it if one has clear dreams and goals.

Janthuiyang RK John, Project Coordinator, welcomed the participants and introduced about the training.

Vikhuli Achumi highlighted the origins and activities of Peace Channel and how it has molded and touched the lives of many youths, especially in the state of Nagaland. She stressed on the importance of acquiring inner peace to transmit peace to others. She also presented the seven principles of Peace Channel and how it can transform people by following the seven principles. The uniqueness of Peace Channel lies in the regular practice of Peace Celebration, she added.

Kuo-u descendants from 26 villages meet Kohima, april 12 (mExN): The Naga Kuotsu Union held its 14th general conference with over 650 delegates from 26 different villages. The triennial conference was held at Zhadima Village Council Hall on April 9.

Zapuvisie Lhousa Kuotsu, the first Secretary of Naga Kuotsu Union, spoke about the closeness and affinity of Kuo-u descendants though scattered in various villages today, a press release from Naga Kuotsu Union President, Bizo M Kuotsu informed. He blessed upon all Kuo-u descendants to be successful in life and wished

ture “Before and After” pictures of the sanitation drive projects in their respective localities.

8. A panel of judges, appointed by Mokokchung District SBM, shall adjudge the best three wards. Decision of judges shall be final and binding.

9. Awards: 1st Prize - Rs.30,000/-, 2nd Prize - Rs.10,000/-, 3rd Prize - Rs.5,000/10. Criteria for judging (as promulgated by the Department): Cleanliness of the locality/ward with sustainable implementations like installation of garbage bins, etc.; Unclogging of drains; Filling up of ditches and other unwanted water clogging sites; Innovative ideas to prevent collection of stagnant water.

All the respective wards are to submit their reports, preferably in both hard and soft copies, to the Mokokchung District SBM latest by 4:00 pm of April 24, 2016 at Longkumer Kilem, Mokokchung. The report may contain details of the projects undertaken, number of people involved, number of days engaged and/or other details as may be deemed fit. The report should also include relevant “Before and After” photos of the projects undertaken, the release stated.

them well with good health and prosperity.

FP Solo Kuotsu exhorted the gathering to be farsighted and have a clear vision in life. He advised everybody to be hard working and set clear goal for future by emulating the life of their forefather Kuou. He expounded that every new discovery and invention evolve only from ordinary people, but from people with innovative and creative thinking who later become millionaire and billionaire. He also advised the gathering to be skillful in one’s own profession and work.

Meanwhile, Dr. Niu Francis Whiso Kuotsu shared about his research knowledge on the life of Kuo-u. He mentioned about the construction of “Great Wall of China” which started during third Century BC and took over 2000 years for its completion by successive kings, where various tribes escaped to various places to avoid slavery. Accordingly, Nagas also escaped to various places in Assam, Manipur, Burma, and Kuo-u also came to MekhroraKhezhakeno-KigwemaKuozhüjou (present LFHSS site)-Khonoma where he

breathed his last, he said.

He also shared in depth about the genealogy of Kuo-u and settlement of his descendants to various villages today.

A special song and duet were presented by Phesama Village Kuotsu and a folk song in traditional attire was also presented by Zapami Village Kuotsu. A new team of office bearers for the tenure 2016-19 consisting 13 members from various villages was also declared. The team will be led by Er. Neisievilie Lhousa Kuotsu as President and Haikambe Haikam as General Secretary.

Morung Express News Dimapur | April 12

A young man of 25 years was killed in a tragic bike crash at Nyamo Lotha Road, Dimapur on April 12. The deceased, identified as Otohito Shohe of C Block, Darogapathar, died on the spot. The accident occurred around 2:40 am when the bike with Shohe and a pillion rider hit a lane divider. The pillion rider, identified as Simol Pochury survived with injury.

Executive Er PWD (NH) Kohima informs on parking Kohima, april 12 (mExN): PWD, National Highway Division- I is carrying out Periodical Renewal works (Black Topping) along the National Highway - 02 within Kohima Town from TCP Point to Indira Gandhi Stadium Jn. Therefore, Executive Engineer, PWD (NH) has requested the public not to park their vehicles which may cause obstruction for smooth and timely execution of works along the highway stretch during the working hours (i.e from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am). The public have also been requested to bear with the inconvenience caused.

CCCRC prayer and fasting Dimapur, april 12 (mExN): In response to “the Divine revelation”, the Council of Chakhesang Christian Revival Churches (CCCRC) has convened a prayer and fasting programme at Mission and Prayer Centre Chetheba from April 15-17. Therefore, the Council in a press release has requested all the frontal organisations, government officials and bureaucrats, church leaders irrespective of denominations, CPO office bearers, Mothers’ Association, CYF representatives to the Students’ Union to attend the programme without fail.

Nagaland Bar Association meet Dimapur, april 12 (mExN): The Nagaland Bar Association will hold a meeting at the NBA room, Deputy Commissioner’s office, Dimapur on April 15 at 11:00 am. NBA Joint Secretary Nathaniel Kevichusa in a press release has requested executive members from all districts to attend the meeting positively.

NNC/PGN informs Dimapur, april 12 (mExN): The NNC/People's Government of Nagaland (NNC/PGN) has warned individuals found indulging in contribution/donations in the name of NNC/PGN. A press release from MIP, NNC/PGN informed the business owners to contact +91-7085994092 for necessary details.

Public SPace Rejoinder to open letter and clarification To Tejmen Jamir, Chairman S Manen Pongener, General Secretary

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his is in connection with the article published in local daily on April 7 regarding joint signature in a map purported due to survey of Nagaland Map showing the land for recognition on Rilan Village, survey session 2009, wherein I was made a party to the above alleged signature. However, the fact is that I was transferred from LRSO Dimapur to Senior Instructor/Training Officer, Survey Training Institute, Purana Bazaar, Dimapur vide order No. LR/-21/92 dated 13/11/2003.

Secondly from there I was promoted to Assistant Director and accordingly took overcharge in the head office on 9/11/2004 and on to Director and retired on May 2014.

The above facts are on office record.

I therefore would like to request you to establish the fact first before going to the press.

P John Odyuo Retd Director Ao Khel, Nuton Bosti, Dimapur The Morung Express “Public Space” is to provide space for diverse opinions to be expressed and heard.

The opinions in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper nor the editor.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 100 Dr. Asangba Tzüdir

“The Anthropological Machine” and the ‘Animalization’ of Beings

C O M M E N T A R Y

Shyam Saran Inter Press Service

IndIan Economy: Fading Promise or Gearing for Growth

Of text books etc…etc…and the systems failure

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he “anthropological machine,” a term used by the Italian philosopher Agamben, is a description of the dichotomy between man and animals in the form of a working entity, the machine. In his reading of the “anthropological machine” from both ancient and modern perspective, the ancient “anthropological machine” worked by ‘humanizing the animal’ wherein the outsiders, barbarians and slaves were treated like animals in human form having human features but nowhere close to being a human while the modern “anthropological machine” worked on the opposite of the ancient by way of ‘animalizing the human’.

The extermination of the Jewish people during Nazi Germany is a classic paradigm of the modern form.

It is this “anthropological machine” that creates a missing link between human and animals as well as creates a divide in terms of value thereby ethical and human considerations are easily compromised. Contextually in our present Naga society, a similar “anthropological machine” seems to be in operation where those in positions of ‘authority’ holds the switch to the machine even as nonchalant minds that are comfortably nestled in one’s own comfort zone are stuck in certain mindsets in the same notion of thought. The faculty of critical thought that allows the mind to envisage possibilities and chart alternatives seems to be shut off. It has set a dangerous precedent where any ‘systems failure’ is simply seen as a norm even as its citizens are slowly led into the ‘Naga Caravan’ of ‘dehumanization’ or ‘animalization.’

Looking at the state of affairs in our Education department as a case in point, so much is happening in the struggle for existence, let alone a qualified life. Teachers especially under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) are denied a right to life through pending salaries; Hindi teachers too; the ongoing struggle by the concerned teachers selected under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for want of appointment letters is another telling episode of a painful story. But what is more concerning and compelling is the fact that even as the first quarter of the academic session closes in, the students in Govt. Primary Schools are yet to get their text books. Schools seem to have become a ‘killing field’ for the “anthropological machine” to operate where both teachers and students in their own rights are either ‘animalized’ or ‘dehumanized’ through the denial of their basic ‘rights.’

The unprecedented delay in the delivery of school textbooks could have been avoided. The comment of the Director of School Education on his helplessness about the delay stating that “things were being handled by the higher-ups” is just another woeful tale of such ‘helplessness.’ Considering the huge number of textbooks to be printed, it defies all logic on the part of the Education Minister to place the trust of such a voluminous job on one single business firm. But what good is a blame game when there is Pilates bowl of water to wash off while students and teachers continue to suffer. The short-term effects will be very painful indeed but the longterm effect induces a more painful effect through the production of a life that is not allowed to live, thereby, a form of death though not departed.

So long as this “anthropological machine” continues to exist in our systems, change will never happen and this machine needs to be switched off. It is through such machines that the very edifice of violence on humans through denial of rights is legitimated and built. In order to stop this machine, our very thought processes and mindsets should change because this machine is deeply implanted in our society and we ‘helplessly’ or ‘ignorantly’ or ‘complacently’ treat its presence as a norm.

It is not a simple task because it is deeply rooted in our fundamental beliefs. Thus, our fundamental beliefs needs to evolve within a value oriented system and start treating the ‘other’ or one another as an equal human with value and dignity and not a human waiting to be ‘animalized’ or ‘dehumanized.’

For now, the denial of the rights of the teachers and students is just a case of the many “anthropological machines” working towards systems failure. Thus, within the longings and possible solutions for change, there is already a ‘permanent disorder’ in the system. It is not a philosophical propaganda but one that throws questions concerning human life and its associated moral dilemmas.

(Dr. Asangba Tzüdir is an Editor with Heritage Publishing House. He contributes a weekly guest editorial to the Morung Express. Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

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Hearing loss a global public health issue: Brett Lee says

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arents and family members should not ignore the smallest signs of hearing loss in children and should take speedy action, former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee said here in Bengaluru on April 11.

Lee was here for his 'Sounds of Cricket' hearing loss awareness campaign.

"Through the 'Sounds of Cricket' campaign, I am keen to spread the message about how Cochlear implants help individuals with hearing loss lead a normal life. Hearing loss is a huge global public issue," he said.

As the global hearing ambassador for Australian implantable hearing solutions company Cochlear, Lee aims to highlight the functional, social, emotional and economic impact of hearing loss on people and their families.

Asked what drew him to the campaign, Lee said his son suffered from hearing loss which made him play an active role and reach out to around 360 million in the world suffering from varying degrees of hearing loss.

"My son suffered hearing loss due to a head injury. He was lucky to regain it naturally but in most cases it does not happen that way," he said.

In India, the 'Sounds of Cricket' campaign was first unveiled in Mumbai in October 2015.

Shankar B. Medikeri, ENT doctor and president of the Cochlear Implant Group of India, said: "There is definitely an urgent need for universal newborn screening in India.

Universal newborn hearing screening can identify hearing loss in babies at brith."

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 60 percent of hearing loss in children under 15 years of age is preventable, while five out of every 1,000 infants suffer from disabling hearing loss in early childhood.

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t was in 2001 that the Chief Economist of Goldman Sachs, Jim O’Neill, coined the acronym, BRICs, to denote the special category of large emerging economies, which he predicted were destined to transform the structure of the global economy, through sustained growth in the twenty first century. According to him, the BRICs, namely, Brazil, Russia, India and China, which at the turn of the century accounted for 25% of global Gross domestic product (GDP), could double their share to 50%.Since then, these emerging economies have traversed differential trajectories. China is the second largest economy in the world after the U.S. but it is now experiencing an inevitable slow-down. Both Brazil and Russia are in deep economic crisis, with their commodity-based economies hard hit by the continuing stagnation in global GDP and trade. It is only India which has maintained a stable 7-7.5% of GDP growth over the past decade and a half and is today, the fastest growing large emerging economy. What are the prospects of India sustaining an accelerated rate of GDP growth over the next several decades?

Will it be able to narrow the as yet expanding gap with China, which is a 11 trillion dollars economy to India’s 2 trillion dollars GDP?India enjoys sound economic fundamentals.

It has a large and still growing young population, which with proper education and skills, could constitute a “demographic dividend” precisely when most advanced economies, as well as China, are confronting challenge of an ageing population. The country has followed a policy of fiscal prudence and conservative monetary policies

which create a stable environment for investments and innovation.

The latest budget has pegged the fiscal deficit to 3.5% of the GDP. It has introduced several important reforms such as allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) into agro-processing and marketing which has the potential of transforming Indian agriculture. A bankruptcy law is in the offing and legislation has been passed on linking all subsidies and benefits to the ‘Aadhar’ , or the unique identification number which has by now enrolled over 900 million Indians (out of a total population of 1.2 billion). This will allow direct benefit transfer, through bank accounts, to those entitled to subsidies, such as on LPG, kerosene and essential food items. This is expected to reduce leakages and corruption significantly. However, the Government has so far been unable to pass legislation instituting the General Sales Tax (GST) which is indispensable to creating a true national market and reducing barriers to inter-State commerce and movement of goods.

India today has a pro-reform and pro-business government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A most important change from the past has been the public embrace by the political leadership of economic reforms, including unrolling a welcome mat for foreign investment, a commitment to improving the ease of doing business and providing incentives for the burgeoning start-up domain. The Prime Minister has been unequivocal in courting foreign direct investment, this being a major priority in his foreign visits. In this sense, India is no longer engaged in “reforms through stealth”.

Reforms have entered the political

mainstream and this provides assurance and predictability on the sustainability of the reform process.

Despite this congenial political environment for economic reforms, there has been mixed record of progress on the ground. This is, to some extent, the result of a much less favourable international economic environment since the global financial crisis erupted in 20072008. The advanced economies of the U.S., Europe and Japan, are struggling to restore health to their severely impaired economies. The Chinese economy, which had emerged as the engine of global economic growth in the past 3 decades, is now slowing down more precipitously than expected.

Global trade, which was growing at double the rate of global GDP (6% against the GDP growth of 3% per annum) since 1990, is now expanding at a slower rate than global GDP (2.5% per annum). Since the 2007 – 2008 crisis, protectionist trends in major economies are on the rise, further shrinking market access for goods and services from emerging economies like India.

Thus, the investment and export driven strategies which were successful in transforming East Asian economies, including China, are not as effective as before. India will need to find other drivers of growth, including within its domestic economy, to sustain accelerated growth. In this context, innovation becomes important. The surge in start-ups in India is an encouraging development. In having to deal with a more competitive and slower-growing global market-place, India will need to leverage is strengths. One key asset it has is the very size of its market and its significant growth prospects. For example, it has a mobile market of 900

million and the prospects for similar growth in its smart-phone market are immense. Its e-commerce sector is expanding at a rapid rate. It is in these new lines of business that opportunities for leap-frogging exist. However, the Modi government has not so far been able to formulate an overall economic strategy which takes into account the altered global economic environment and the implications for India’s economic prospects. Exports have been declining 15 months in a row and domestic investment is at a standstill. The banking sector, in particular, public sector banks, are heavily exposed to non-performing assets and foreign investors are confused by bureaucratic decisions which contradict the Prime Minister’s positive messaging. There appears to be a lack of capacity and leadership at the ministerial and senior bureaucratic level, leading to contradictory policies and lack of implementation. More recently the development narrative which won the elections for Modi has been in danger of being overwhelmed by the politics of polarization and communal and sectarian divide which appear to be driven by short term electoral calculations. This also acts as an inhibiting factor on foreign investment .

While India may have the best prospects today among emerging economies, it is likely to achieve only suboptimal results unless some of these structural problems are resolved.

Shyam Saran is a former Foreign Secretary of India. He is currently Chair of Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries (RIS) a prestigious think tank and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi.

Learning from History for Progress Jomo Kwame sundaram

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he Chinese character for crisis combines the characters for ‘danger’ and ‘opportunity’. Our ability to improve the human condition depends critically on our ability to recognize and address dangers, but also to seize opportunities made possible by recognizing that crises offer rare opportunities to pursue extraordinary options not normally available.

New Post-War Consensus World War Two was a case in point. The Bretton Woods Conference in July 1944 committed to create the conditions for enduring peace through post-war reconstruction and post-colonial development through sustained growth, full employment and reducing inequality.

Thus, Bretton Woods created the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Development and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IBRD, better known as the World Bank, was created to support long-term investment and development. The IMF would help countries, not only to overcome balance of payments difficulties, but also “to direct economic and financial policies toward the objective of fostering orderly economic growth with reasonable price stability”. Similar concerns were behind the International Labour Congress two months earlier. On 10th May 1944, the Congress had adopted the historic Philadelphia Declaration which emphasized that “lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice”.

For decades after the war, labour’s share of output and gross in-

come increased as other inequalities declined. This Golden Age also saw greater investment in health, education and public services, including social protection. The underlying post-WW2 consensus endured for over a quarter century before breaking down in the 1970s.

Marshall Plan As the Cold War began, US Secretary of State General George Marshall announced a re-industrialization plan for war-torn Europe. Politically, the Marshall Plan was intended to create a cordon sanitaire to contain the spread of communism. Generous infusion of US aid and support for national developmental policies ensured the rebirth of modern Europe.

For many Europeans, this is still seen as America’s finest hour.

In the decades that followed, the Marshall Plan developed into what is probably the most successful economic development assistance programme in history. Similar economic development policies and assistance were introduced in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, especially following the establishment of the People’s Republic of China and the outbreak of the Korean War. This experience offers valuable lessons today. Europe and Northeast Asia rebuilt quickly, industrialized and achieved sustained and rapid growth through policies including economic interventions such as high duties, quotas and other non-tariff barriers. Free trade was only pursued as international competitiveness was achieved.

George Marshall knew that shared economic development is the only way to lasting peace, as John May-

nard Keynes had warned in his criticisms of the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany after the First World War. Marshall also emphasized that aid should be truly developmental, not piecemeal or palliative. National economic capacities and capabilities had to be nurtured to ensure sustainable development.

Counter-Revolution Each era, no matter how successful, sows the seeds of its own end. The celebration of markets and private property were the major new economic norms invoked from the 1980s to undermine the post-war consensus. Nobel laureate Simon Kuznets’ hypothesis – suggesting the inevitability of inequality rising with growth before its eventual decline – was invoked to justify related inequality.

The higher propensity to save of rentiers and profiteers, compared to wage earners, became the pretext for the tolerance, if not deliberate promotion of inequality in favour of the former, ostensibly to accelerate investment and growth. Conversely, progressive redistributive measures were deemed bad for growth, as they allegedly not only lowered savings and investment rates, but also deterred investors.

From the early 1980s, the so-called “Washington Consensus” – the policy consensus on developing countries uniting the American government and the Bretton Woods institutions located in the US capital city – emerged to rationalize the counter-revolutions against development economics, Keynesian economics and progressive state interventions.

Macroeconomic policies became

narrowly focused on balancing the annual budget and attaining low inflation – instead of the previous emphasis on sustained growth and full employment with reasonable price stability. A relentless push for deregulation, privatization and economic globalization followed. Such measures were supposed to boost growth, which would trickle down, thus reducing poverty – hence, we were not to worry about inequality.

But the ‘neo-liberal’ measures largely failed to deliver sustained growth. Instead, financial and banking crises have become more frequent, with more devastating consequences, exacerbated by greater tolerance for inequality and destitution, which have undermined effective demand, in turn forming a vicious cycle, impeding sustained economic recovery and growth.

Global New Deal The new global priorities from the end of the Second World War remain very relevant today. Empirical evidence has disproved the previous conventional wisdom that progressive redistribution retards growth. Instead, inequality and social exclusion have been shown to be detrimental to development.

After the last three and a half decades of regression, we have to recommit ourselves to the more inclusive and egalitarian ethos of the Philadelphia Declaration, Bretton Woods and the Marshall Plan with a global New Deal for our times.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram was United Nations Assistant SecretaryGeneral for Economic Development, and received the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought in 2007

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Prof. col. PS Bajaj and irrelevant system of curriculum; examinaheritance laws in India. ing contradictory to one another. s it reasonable to expect personal laws and had directed (Former Chairman of IMT tion based on rote memorization which hampers the • Personal laws and related ethi• Hardliners in various religious Uniform Civil Code in sec- the government many time to Ghaziabad, Senior Prof and ular India? bring legislation to this effect, Adviser IIPM Group of Institutes, groups: There are many hardlin- cal issues with respect to the fol- creative development of the children; and lack of profesDue to the following reasons, but all government in past had currently he is with ALS as faculty ers in each religious groups who lowing: a) Live in relationship. sional ethics on the part of the teachers to execute their have fixed mindsets and diffi- b) Surrogacy and child rights. duty with dedication, sincerity and firm determination.

India should have uniform civil not been able to do so. for IAS & SSC-CGL courses) cult to convince towards uni- c) Lesbian, gay, bisexual and Commercialization of education is also another inherent code: • All modern nations have unitransgender (LGBT) and allied factor leading to poor system of education. Many schools • It will integrate country: There is form civil code: All modern implemented. This very es- form civil code. and colleges in Nagaland are established with the sole lot of heart burning among peo- and progressive nations have sential for our country to prog- • Lack of political will: In spite of legal issues.

The Supreme Court, in its motives for personal profit-making. ple because of contradictory cus- it, which is a sign that the na- ress. This hurdle needs to be re- clear directions from Supreme Tiatemsu, PGT Teacher observation in the Shah Bano Court of India to frame laws for toms and traditions prevailing in tion is devoid of caste and poli- moved. uniform civil code, the govern- case, has asked for a Uniform various religious groups, which tics based on religion. Even in ducation is all about making sure that the next ment in power have not been Civil Code in India. Almost Why it is not seeing light not only creates divide and po- our country, one state, Goa has generation knows what our representatives three decades have passed, but able to do so till date because of of the day? larize the society, but also work a uniform civil code. If Goa can think they should know. Quality of Education in in spite of repeated observations selfish motives. against national unity. If imple- implement it, why not other • Vote bank politics: Politicians Nagaland is good but not up to that level as com• Generation gap and earnest instructions by top mentable uniform civil code is states. If India has to develop fast are exploitative and find it conpared to other states. Nagaland is a corrupt State and court in other cases, the govformed with consultation and and become super power, uni- venient/beneficial to play cheap Possibility of getting Uniform ernment has chosen to remain we see its effects as well in the educational system like consensus of all religious groups, form civil code has to be formed vote bank politics by trying to Civil Code for secular India: a mute spectator in framing or books not being issued on time or teachers get paid on appease different caste and though a herculean task, the so- without any further delay.

India needs uniform civil code at least having discussion with time resulting in de-motivation to learn more or teach ciety will have better harmony • It will help in women empow- groups instead of trying to inte- badly, but it seems almost im- various stakeholders in build- effectively which hampers the growth of education itand understanding which will erment: Uniform civil code is in grate the nation as already men- possible as the political will to ing up a consensus on the need self. These in a way shows how the Government is serihelp in national integration and great interest of women, espe- tioned above. bring about this change is miss- for a uniform civil code. Recent- ously taking into account the development of the future overall country’s progress. cially Muslim women, who are • Minority appeasement policy: ing and also as China calls it, ly, after the court declared fat- youths. The state should give more importance to child • Controlling vote bank politics: the worst sufferers. Its imple- This policy of minority appease- there is too much of democracy was and Sharia courts as illegal, education and academic career of excellence in the field Currently the politicians are ex- mentation will improve the fate ment is also towards cheap po- in India. There is an essential Union Minister of Law had ex- of acquiring knowledge which they are lacking behind. ploitative and they divide the of women and work towards litical gains but against overall need to bring uniform civil code pressed the government desire Also the system of re-tests spoils children's mentality as population based on caste, co- their much awaited empower- interest of the country. by conducting national level de- to have a uniform civil law. The they do not take exams seriously.

Thritongchum, ICFAI University • Anti-National operative forces: lour and creed to appease the ment. bates for creating wide aware- moot point is whether India is voters towards vote bank poli- • All Indians need impartial The anti-national forces, which ness and consensus, keeping prepared to have a Uniform Cive Nagas are also catching up with others tics. With uniform civil code, equal treatment: All Indians, are operating within and out- the following clearly in mind: il Law. Should all the personal in various fields, but is it enough? Teachthey will not be able to indulge irrespective of caste, colour, side India are against India’s na- • Gender equality, Muslim per- laws be done away with? Instead ers, barring some, seem to take it as a form in such dirty politics. creed, religion, region, sex, etc tional integration and progress. sonal laws, codified and uncodi- of being imposed, is consultaof business instead of taking pride in lay• Personal laws implementa- need unbiased and impartial • Too much of democracy: India fied personal laws and judicial tion and consensus the only way ing a foundation for the students. The best of teachtion against Constitution: The treatment, which is possible if is a secular country, with many response. to get the law through? ers supposed to be found in Government institutions (concluded) are missing in action. Some put up substitute in their Constitution of our country is uniform civil code is form and religious groups having varied • Conflicts of personal laws in place, while they go for teaching in private schools for extra money. Private institutes also seem to focus on SBI RECRUITMENT for 17140 Clerk Posts Downloading of Prospectus & Submitting the On- higher classes for results, while less priority is given to line Application: April 13 - May 10 lower classes. Education as a whole is where everyone tate Bank of India (SBI) has given a notification for Last Date for Submitting the Online Applications: participates in unison. Only then will we see results. the recruitment of 17140 Junior Associate, Junior May 10 Roko Angami, Govt Employee, Kohima Agricultural Associate vacancies for Clerical Cadre In Downloading of Hall Tickets from: May 24 State Bank of India. Eligible candidates can apply onDates of Entrance Exams: May 30- June 5 Why is corruption thriving line from 05-04-2016 to 25-04-2016.

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Survival of the Fittest!

World Health Day was celebrated in Dimapur on 7th April 2016 in true fitness style as health enthusiasts took to learning zumba and other forms of exercise at an event organized by cIHSR. The urgency of living healthy is being strongly felt in our State with the increase in life threatening diseases and sicknesses. In most cases, it has been revealed that a lot of these sicknesses could be prevented or minimized by a simple change in our lifestyle. Both physical and mental health are equally important to live a sound, balanced and long healthy life, and there are different ways to achieve this. This week’s writer looks at health from a spiritual perspective, serving as a comforting reminder of the relation between physical and spiritual food for healthy living.

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ood health is an asset, a very vital factor for one to enjoy life and experience happiness in its entirety. There is no doubt about this fact. This article I am writing is based on this important part of daily life and might even probably run the risk of sounding clichéd if I stress on the usual dos and don'ts of maintaining sound health. One can easily access the internet and fish out that mine of information and be immensely benefitted in this area. So, in order to infuse a different view on this popular topic, I want to share some views on health as a believing and practicing Christian, traversing through the pages of the Bible.

To start with, the source of good health and longevity is none other than our Creator God himself. As stated in Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth”.

Isaiah 58:11 says, “The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

It is disheartening to see that there is a deficit in health awareness in today’s world. Governments, health organizations, and individuals have come together and applied their wholehearted efforts in an attempt to make this world suffering and disease free. We have, starting from the apex authority on health, the World Health Organization (WHO) to local and primary level organizations tenaciously working to combat various health issues. Respect and kudos to all who dedicate their life and resources for this cause and this good fight must go on.

Health can be classified into three subdivisions 1) Physical Health, 2) Mental Health, and 3) Spiritual Health.

Many of us tend to focus on physical health alone and view it as the prime

factor for well-being and longevity, and a key ingredient for happiness. But this is a very narrow understanding of the wholesomeness of health, for good health consists of all the three. In fact, in many cases, the mental and spiritual state has a tremendous effect on the workings of the physical body.

According to the Bible, death and degeneration had already set in our earthly realm ever since the fall of man and the entry of sin. Longevity and fruitfulness of the earth had been declining. Many view the Bible as a source of moral standards and conduct and guide for spiritual living only. But if we look closely, we can discover that our much loved Bible is a very practical book that is applicable to every aspect of life, and it has even a lot to say about health and well-being.

There are many health ailments that have been categorized as lifestyle diseases.

Naming a few would be obesity, hypertension, cancer, depression, stroke, heart disease, type-2 diabetes cirrhosis etc. When we look at our lifestyle and the choices we have made about our habits it has directly or indirectly led to many serious health issues. Health conditions like STIs/STDs and HIV/AIDS have very much do to with the life choices of an individual. A very gloomy and sad reality I got to know just recently is that Nagaland has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases in India. There are 20-30 new cases every month just in Prevention of Parent-To-Child Transmission (PPTCT), Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) centers alone, with the bulk of patients being the youth.

Let's look at what the Word of God has to say about our bodies: In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, the Bible posits the question, “Do you not realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who live in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself; for God brought you with a high price so you must honor God

with your body.” This verse encapsulates the idea of what our attitude should be, with reference to our physical bodies.

When we understand the original design that our creator intended for us, we won't waste our precious life making bad choices for our bodies. We will abstain and refrain from many foods and beverages as well as activities that the world deems pleasurable. When it comes to HIV/AIDS, again, the same principles apply. They say there is nothing as more effective as abstinence for this battle.

This tenet is in accord with the word of God. Respect your body, keep it clean.

God has our best interest at play. He knows the fragility of human beings and the consequences of sin in our bodies.

The Bible is also peppered with verses that deal with our emotional and mental well-being . “A cheerful heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit makes it sick” -Proverbs 17:22. “Peaceful heart leads to a healthy body, jealousy is like cancer in the bones” -Proverbs 14:30 are just some of them. Research has proven how our thoughts and attitudes affect health. The Bible encourages us to have a positive attitude and to speak kind and positive words even to others, not to think ill of others, not to be driven by jealousy ,and above all trust in the Lord. We have too many worries in life which lead to stress and mental breakdowns, and our careless attitude and harsh words often wound people around us emotionally and disturb them mentally.

It is true that when a person is physically sick, there are, most times, a deeper cause underlining the individual’s personality. Various researches, details of which flood the internet, point out that depression, anxiety, and stress are often very common reasons for various physical ailments. I had an uncle once, who always complained of high blood

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pressure. He consulted many doctors for treatment, but his blood pressure would always remain high. Eventually, 4. The total number of government employee in Nagaland as of March 2014, according to the through the intervention of his caring Nagaland Economic Survey 2015-16? wife, he came to realize that the cona. 95903 stant stress level his business gave him, b. 95607 was one of the main contributing factors c. 95910 of his ailment. As he would later learn to d. 95345 control his anxiety through healthy lifestyle choices and learning to live happily, his blood pressure levels finally came 5. The ‘Panama Paper' relates to? a. Outsourcing company under control. Finally the Bible holds b. Offshore company that sin is the main cause of physical c. Offshore Marketing sicknesses pointing out to stressing on d. Offshore Hiring our spiritual health and purifying our emotions, as without that, true physical Send in your answers to morunglearning@gmail.com or health cannot be achieved.

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Complex, 2nd Gate, Chumukedima As practicing believers, we are account*Winners should bring along a valid ID to claim the prizes able to God about how we take care of our bodies. He is our source of life – the elan vital. Wouldn’t He be pleased and bless us with more, if we are faithful in what He has already given us? I will leave you with this thought to ponder and act upon.

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Triple dose of good news for India: On monsoon, inflation, industry

A roadside fruit vendor uses a tarpaulin to protect herself from rain in New Delhi, India, August 7, 2015. (REUTERS/Files)

NEW DElhi, April 12 (iANs): Tuesday could well be a day to raise the toast for the Indian economy. Official data forecast rains during the upcoming monsoon season to be above normal, retail inflation has fallen to a six-month low, and factory output is up after three straight months of decline.

First came the forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department that after two straight years of drought, India is likely to be showered with above-normal rains during the upcoming monsoon season, with a probability of more than 94 percent precipitation.

Then came the twin dose of positive news from the Central Statistics Office that India's factory out-

put for February logged a growth of 2 percent after three straight months of decline, even as annual retail inflation fell to 4.83 percent in March from 5.26 percent in the month before.

The annual food inflation for the month also showed a decline to 5.21 percent from 5.30 percent. But the manufacturing sector continued to be pressured, barely managing a growth of 0.7 percent in February, as per data released by the Central Statistics Office on Tuesday.

Data on consumer price index also showed that for rural India, the annual inflation fell to 5.7 percent from 6.05 percent, while for the urban dwellers, the prise rise in the 12-month period till March was 3.95

percent, as opposed to 4.30 percent for the like previous ended February.

In the case of the Index for Industrial Production, the overall growth was mainly led by a 9.6 percent growth in electricity output, even as mining activity in February -- the latest period for which data is available -expanded by 5 percent.

The markets appear to have sensed the positive outcomes. The sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE was rather flat for the bulk of the day. But as soon as the preditions on monsoon came, it shot up to eventually end with a gain of 0.49 percent. On Monday, it had gained 1.41 percent.

Data on industrial production and retail inflation came after the close of trad-

ing hours.

India Inc. was naturally elated by the forecast on the upcoming rainy season.

"The prediction would be a great mood changer for industry, as revival of rural demand leads to a turn in investment cycles. This will take the economy to a higher trajectory of around 8 percent growth," said Chandrajit Banerjee, director general of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

He said the prospect of above-normal monsoon will help bolster farm productivity, alleviate rural distress, boost rural incomes and consumption demand, augment food supply and keep the inflation under check.

“For the last 31 years years, we have had deficient rainfalls. But there are better days ahead,” Lakshman Singh Rathore, director general of the Indian Meteriological Department, told reporters here.

“The monsoon (rains) is likely to stay between 104 percent to 110 percent of the normal and it is likely to have a fair distribution across all the parts of the country," Rathore said.

"There is a possibility of excess monsoon also."

As per the Met's prediction, the chances of a normal rainfall during the upcoming monsoon season was 30 percent, for above-normal it was 34 percent and for excess 30 percent. On the flip side, the chances of belownormal rain was just five percent and for deficient rain barely one percent.

Britain's Prince William shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, smiles during a photo opportunity at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on April 12. (REUTERS)

NEET practically not possible this year: Health Ministry

NEW DElhi, April 12 (pti): A day after the Supreme Court recalled its order scrapping NEET for admission to MBBS, BDS and PG courses, the Union Health Ministry today said that it is "practically" not possible to conduct the examinations this year.

Supreme Court had yesterday recalled its controversial judgement scrapping single common entrance test (NEET) for admission to MBBS, BDS and PG courses in all medical colleges, saying it was delivered by a majority verdict without any discussion among members of the bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on the day of his retirement. "This year it is practically not possible to do it as the examinations have already been set in motion from way back in December. One or

Kerala toll 112, HC pulls up police

KollAm/thiruvANAN thApurAm, April 12 (iANs): Three people injured in the deadly fireworks show at a temple in Kollam died on Tuesday, taking the toll to 112, even as the Kerala High Court pulled up police for not preventing the horrific tragedy.

Surendran, 67, who had the contract for the fireworks display at the Puttingal Devi temple in Paravur town, succumbed to his injuries at the Medical College Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, two days after he was admitted with 90 percent burn injuries.

The first to die on Tuesday was Sathyan, 55, who too passed away at the same Thiruvananthapuram hospital. Late in the evening, a 14-year-old boy, Sabari, also succumbed to his 90 percent burn injuries. The teenager had been on ventilator support.

An apparently illegal fireworks display set off huge explosions and a massive fire at the temple

just before dawn before dawn on Sunday, raining death and destruction in the area. More than 350 people were badly injured, suffering burns and other injuries.

Doctors said that while most were responding to treatment, four people in Thiruvananthapuram and 20 in Kollam remained serious.

Thirteen bodies were yet to be identified, officials said, while 21 people remained unaccounted for since Sunday morning. Surendran had been named an accused by police. His son Umesh, who suffered 50 percent burn injuries, is undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Temple officials arrested for the tragedy told police that Surendran was given Rs.7 lakh to conduct the fireworks display.

Five temple officials who fled after the tragedy surrendered to police on Monday night. A sixth was arrested on Tuesday, Deputy Superintendent of Police Radhakrishnan Pillai said. Earlier, police had

detained five workers of the now dead contractor Surendran.

In Kochi, the Kerala High Court ordered a ban on exploding high decibel firecrackers at night. Firework shows during the day too should not exceed the decibel levels of 125-145.

A division bench of Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Anu Sivaraman came down heavily on Kerala Police for not preventing the Kollam deaths.

The judges asked if the probe by the Crime Branch into the incident was enough or whether the Central Bureau of Investigation should be roped in. The judges demanded to know if "anti-national forces" were involved with the Sunday explosions.

Authorities in Kollam on Tuesday took steps to conduct DNA tests on unclaimed bodies. Officials said family members of those missing to reach Kollam on Wednesday with identity proof of the missing ones.

The Kerala government has,

meanwhile, called an all-party meeting on Thursday to see if a consensus can be reached on total or partial ban on firecrackers, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said. There had been suggestions that fireworks which give more prominence to visual treats must be taken up and sound levels be brought to the minimum, like in the UAE and Singapore, he said.

Police have been asked to conduct raids across Kerala to seize explosive materials possessed either illegally or in excess of permitted quantities, he said. State BJP president Kummanem Rajasekheran said a total ban on firecrackers may not be feasible. "What Kerala needs is proper mechanisms," he said.

The temple tragedy has drawn global sympathy. China became the latest country to offer condolences. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday announced Rs.10 lakh for relief and rehabilitation work.

India and U.S. reach preliminary agreement on sharing military logistics amid China challenge

NEW DElhi, April 12 (rEutErs): India and the United States have agreed in principle to share military logistics, the countries' defence ministers said on Tuesday, as both sides seek to counter the growing maritime assertiveness of China.

Washington has for years urged New Delhi to sign a Logistics Support Agreement that allows the two militaries to use each other's land, air and naval bases for resupplies, repair and rest.

India has had concerns that a logistics agreement would commit it to hosting U.S. troops at its bases, or draw it into a military alliance with the United States and undermine its traditional autonomy.

But after years of delays, the two sides said an agreement was in hand, although not yet ready for signing.

"We have agreed in principle that all the issues are resolved," U.S. Defence Secretary Ashton Carter told reporters in New Delhi after talks with his Indian counterpart, Manohar Parrikar.

The two sides would finalise the text of an agree-

exchanging information on commercial shipping.

Minister of Defense Manohar Parrikar (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter (C) inspect a jet engine in the hanger deck of the USS Eisenhower off the coast of Virginia, in the Atlantic Ocean, December 10, 2015. (REUTERS)

ment in coming weeks, Carter said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration, faced with an assertive China expanding its influence in the South China Sea and into the Indian Ocean, has signalled its desire to draw closer to the United States.

China is also a close ally of India's arch rival, Pakistan.

The U.S. military has made clear it wants to do more with India, especially in countering China.

Carter is on his second

visit to India in less than a year, aimed at cementing defence cooperation in the final months of Barack Obama's presidency.

Washington's desire for deeper security cooperation with India has been tricky without the signing of the logistics agreement, as well as two other pacts that would allow for secure communications and the exchange of nautical and other data. The agreements are considered routine between the United States

and its other defence partners.

Reaching the logistics agreement would make it easier to conclude the other two pacts, a senior U.S. defence official said.

"There's increasing recognition on the Indian side that there's real mutual benefits to doing them, so I do think that the prospects are good," the official said, on condition of anonymity.

Carter said the two countries would also soon conclude an agreement on

COLLABORATION ON CARRIER He said the two countries were also advancing collaboration in aircraft carrier design and technology, potentially the biggest joint project since they launched a Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) in 2012.

India, which operates a re-tooled Russian-built carrier, plans to build its biggest indigenous carrier, for which is it looking at U.S. technology to launch heavier aircraft.

"We have decided to take forward discussions under DTTI more aggressively on key areas such as jet engine technology. We will also continue our very useful and productive discussions on cooperation ... on aircraft carriers," Parrikar said.

India is concerned about China's growing presence in the Indian Ocean, traditionally New Delhi's backyard, and it said on Tuesday that it had agreed with the United States to launch discussions between the countries' two navies on anti-submarine warfare and submarine safety.

two exams have already been held.

"In other places last dates have gone by. Our own all India PMT which is held every year in May is probably in the first week of May. So practically it is not possible to do it this year," Union Health Ministry sources told PTI. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice AR Dave was unanimous that the July 18, 2013, 2:1 verdict of the three -judge bench, which had paved the way for private colleges to conduct their own examination, "needs reconsideration" as "the majority view has not taken into consideration some binding precedents".

Sources said that as far conducting the examinations next year is concerned, it will be depend on what the Supreme Court says as it has not given a final verdict. "However while

this thing is going on in the SC, the government is also contemplating amendment of MCI Act to provide for a common exam in the act itself.

"That process is also on. If there is nothing in the next six months, either through SC mandate or amendment of the act, we should be able to put it (examinations) in place," sources said. Asked about the way forward, sources said that as of now, nothing happens and examinations will continue the way they are. "Infact all exams will be completed by end of May as the admissions have to be closed

by September," they said.

The Health Ministry sources had yesterday said that the NEET regulations are restored and MCI can conduct the examinations pending the fresh directions.

Two youth killed in security force firing in Kashmir

sriNAgAr, April 12 (iANs): Two youth were killed and three others were injured on Tuesday as security forces opened fire after clashes with a stone-pelting mob in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said. High tension has gripped Handwara town where clashes are still continuing between a violent mob and the security forces, they said.

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, expressing her tremendous shock at the incident, said she had spoken to army's Northern Command chief, Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda, who told her that an inquiry had been ordered and the guilty would not be spared.

A police statement said that on Tuesday afternoon, "an alleged incident of misbehaviour with/molestation of a girl by an army man took place in Handwara town" of Kupwara and "within minutes public in large numbers gathered there and attacked the army bunker in Handwara chowk", assaulting personnel there, ransacking and attempted to set it afire".

"In retaliation, the security forces deployed used force to disperse the violent rampaging mob. In the process two individuals namely Mohammad Iqbal, resident of Bomhama, Kupwara and Nayeem Qadir Bhat, son of Gulam Qadir Bhat, resident of Banday Mohalla, Handwara, sustained fire-arm injuries.

"They were evacuated to hospital where they, unfortunately, succumbed to their injuries," said, the statement, adding the state police "deeply regrets the loss of life". Three other civilians including a woman identified as Raja Begum, resident of Langate (Kupwara), have been injured in the incident.

Reports reaching here said the condition of the injured woman was "very critical". A criminal case has been registered in police station Handwara and investigation launched to ascertain the facts, it added.

The army has also regretted the loss of life in Handwara incident and assured that those found guilty would be punished.

Indian Jews approach govt for minority status NEW DElhi, April 12 (iANs): The Indian Jewish community has reiterated its demand for recognition as a minority community in the country. The community has moved an application with the union minority affairs ministry to this effect, official sources said. “We have received a request from the Jewish community to be notified as a minority community. We have forwarded their request to the concerned department,” an official told IANS. Currently, there are around 5,000 Jews who are Indian nationals, living in various parts of the country. The majority -- around 4,000 -- live in and around Mumbai. At present, there are six notified minority communities in India, namely

the Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis and Jains.

“Jews have been part of the Indian society for 2,300 years now. But post Independence, we have not been recognised as a minority,” Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar, the head of the Jewish community in Delhi, told IANS. “If we get the official recognition as a minority community, a lot of things would become easier for us. For example, it would become easier for us to register our marriages, which are currently registered under special categories,” he said.

“We would also be able to set up our own educational institutes and practise and promote our culture,” Malekar said.

Supreme Court irked over lack of air connectivity to Shimla, Northeast

NEW DElhi, April 12 (pti): Supreme Court today took strong note of lack of air connectivity to places in the North East and Shimla and rapped the government and Air India for "promoting interests" of private operators.

"Is it not part of your policy guidelines to provide services to far-flung places like North East and Shimla," a bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice R Banumathi asked.

"You (government/Air India) are only promoting interests of operators and you don't think about connectivity," it said, adding that the private operators have been granted licenses as "largesse" and they were interested in "lucrative" routes like Mumbai-Delhi.

"This (granting licenses) is like largesse, as you grant them without asking them (private operators) to run services on not so lucrative routes," it said.

The bench, which had earlier sought a status report from Air India on feasibility of air service connecting Shimla with Chandigarh and Delhi, was unimpressed and said, "we do not want this dilly-dallying.

We thought you will do something, but things remained as they were."

Additional Solicitor General P S Patwalia, appearing for the state-run carrier, sought time and said Air India would come out with a response. The court then posted the matter for further hearing on April 21. While the bench was expressing displeasure and keeping the matter for passing an order on appointing an independent person and even suggested the named of former CAG Vinod Rai, the ASG sought a last opportunity to address the issue.

Earlier, the apex court had wanted to know from the airline about its "ultimate plan" to connect Shimla with New Delhi and Chandigarh and asked Air India's Chairman and Managing Director to place a report within six weeks.m It had however ordered maintenance of status quo on the December 7, 2015 direction passed by the Himachal Pradesh High Court asking Air India, Airports Authority of India and others concerned to start scheduled flights on a trial basis from Jubbar-Hatti airport, 22 km from Shimla.

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As Islamic State is pushed back in Iraq; US and UN worried about what is next

WASHINGTON, AprIl 12 (reuTerS): As U.S.led offensives drive back Islamic State in Iraq, concern is growing among U.S. and U.N. officials that efforts to stabilize liberated areas are lagging, creating conditions that could help the militants endure as an underground network.

One major worry: not enough money is being committed to rebuild the devastated provincial capital of Ramadi and other towns, let alone Islamic State-held Mosul, the ultimate target in Iraq of the U.S.-led campaign.

Lise Grande, the No. 2 U.N. official in Iraq, told Reuters that the United Nations is urgently seeking $400 million from Washington and its allies for a new fund to bolster reconstruction in cities like Ramadi, which suffered vast damage when U.S.-backed Iraqi forces recaptured it in December.

“We worry that if we don’t move in this direction, and move quickly, the progress being made against ISIL may be undermined or lost,” Grande said, using an acronym for Islamic State.

Adding to the difficulty of stabilizing freed areas are Iraq’s unrelenting political infighting, corruption, a growing fiscal crisis and the Shiite Muslim-led government’s fitful efforts to reconcile with aggrieved minority Sunnis, the bedrock of Islamic State support.

Some senior U.S. military officers share the concern that post-conflict

A military vehicle of the Iraqi security forces is driven in the streets of Ramadi, in this January 16 photo. (REUTERS File Photo)

reconstruction plans are lagging behind their battlefield efforts, officials said.

“We’re not going to bomb our way out of this problem,” one U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Islamic State is far from defeated. The group still controls much of its borderspanning “caliphate,” inspires eight global affiliates and is able to orchestrate deadly external attacks like those that killed 32 people in Brussels on March 22.

But at its core in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State appears to be in slow retreat.

Defense analysis firm IHS Janes estimates the group lost 22 percent of its territory over the last 15 months.

Washington has spent vastly more on the war than on reconstruction. The military campaign cost $6.5 billion from 2014 through Feb. 29, according to the Pentagon.

The United States has contributed $15 million to stabilization efforts, donated $5 million to help clear explosives in Ramadi and provided “substantial direct budget support” to Iraq’s government, said Emily Horne, a National Security Council spokeswoman.

Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged the need for more reconstruction aid while in Baghdad last week.

“As more territory is lib-

erated from Daesh, the international community has to step up its support for the safe and voluntary return of civilians to their homes,” Kerry said, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.

Kerry, who announced $155 million in additional U.S. aid for displaced Iraqis, said U.S. President Barack Obama planned to raise the issue at a summit of Gulf Arab leaders on April 21.

“PILE OF RUBBLE” Ramadi’s main hospital, train station, nearly 2,000 homes, 64 bridges and much of the electricity grid were destroyed in fighting, a preliminary U.N. survey found last month.

Thousands of other buildings were damaged.

Some 3,000 families recently returned to parts of the city cleared of mines, according to the governor, Hameed Dulaymi, but conditions are tough.

Power comes from generators. Water is pumped from the Euphrates River. A few shops are open, but only for a couple of hours a day.

Ahmed Saleh, a 56-year-old father of three children, said he returned to find his home a “pile of rubble,” which cannot be rebuilt until the government provides the money.

With no indication of when that might happen, authorities have resettled his family in another house whose

owner is believed unlikely to return before this summer.

Saleh earns less than $15 a day cleaning and repairing other people’s homes. There are no schools open for his children, and he lacks funds to return to a camp for internally displaced outside Baghdad where he says life was better.

Obama administration officials say they have been working to help stabilize Iraq politically and economically since the military campaign against Islamic State began in 2014.

“The success of the campaign against ISIL in Iraq does depend upon political and economic progress as well,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday. “Economically it’s important that the destruction that’s occurred be repaired and we’re looking to help the Iraqis with that.”

Asked about the upcoming $400 million U.N. request, Horne said the United States welcomed the new fund’s establishment and “will continue to lead international efforts to fund stabilization operations.” The United States hasn’t yet announced what it will contribute.

U.S. officials said Washington is also pushing for an International Monetary Fund arrangement that the head of the fund’s Iraq mission has said could unlock up to $15 billion in international financing. Baghdad has a $20 billion budget deficit caused by depressed oil prices.

Washington has helped train 15,000 Sunni fighters who are now part of the Iraqi government’s security forces.

But there has been little movement on political reforms to reconcile minority Sunnis, whose repression under former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Shiiteled government led thousands to join Islamic State.

Unless that happens, and Sunnis see that Baghdad is trying to help them return home to rebuild, support for the militants will persist, experts said.

“If you don’t get reconciliation, the Sunnis will turn back to ISIS,” said former CIA and White House official Kenneth Pollack, who is now at the Brookings Institution think tank and conducted a factfinding mission in Iraq last month.

“It’s just inevitable.”

The United States has prevailed militarily in Iraq before, only to see the fruits of the effort evaporate.

President George W. Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, deposed dictator Saddam Hussein and disbanded his army without a comprehensive plan for post-war stability. Civil war ensued.

REBUILDING GETS HARDER International funding to rebuild towns and cities ravaged by Islamic State has always been tight, said Grande, deputy special representative of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq.

“This meant we had to come up with a model that

could be implemented quickly and at extremely low cost,” she said.

International donors contributed $100 million to an initial fund to jumpstart local economies, restoring power and water and reopening shops and schools.

The model worked in Tikrit, the first major city reclaimed from Islamic State in March 2015, Grande said. After initial delays, most residents returned, utilities are on and the university is open. Total spending was $8.3 million.

But Ramadi, a city of some 500,000 people before the recent fighting, poses a much greater challenge.

“Much of the destruction that’s happening in areas that are being liberated ... far outstrips our original assumptions,” Grande said.

Restoring normality to Mosul, home to about 2 million people before it fell to Islamic State, could prove even more difficult.

It remains to be seen whether Islamic State digs in, forcing a ruinous battle, or faces an internal uprising that forces the militants to flee, sparing the city massive devastation.

If Islamic State is defeated militarily, it likely will revert to the guerrilla tactics of its predecessor, al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), current and former officials said. AQI and its leaders, including Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, “survived inside Iraq underground for years and there’s no reason they couldn’t do it again,” a U.S. defense official said.

Taliban announces start of spring offensive ‘Kenyan police used force to put Taiwanese on plane to China’ KABul, AprIl 12 (reuTerS): The Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive on Tuesday, pledging to launch large-scale offensives against government strongholds backed by suicide and guerrilla attacks to drive Afghanistan’s Western-backed government from power. The announcement of the formal start of “Operation Omari”, named after the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, comes just days after Secretary of State John Kerry visited Kabul and reaffirmed U.S. support for the national unity government led by President Ashraf Ghani.

“Jihad against the aggressive and usurping infidel army is a holy obligation upon our necks and our only recourse for reestablishing an Islamic system and regaining our independence,” the Taliban said in a statement.

The insurgency has gained in strength since the withdrawal of international troops from combat

at the end of 2014 and the Taliban are stronger than at any point since they were driven from power by U.S.-backed forces in 2001. As well as suicide and tactical attacks, the operation would include assassinations of enemy commanders in urban centres, the Taliban statement said. “The present Operation will also employ all means at our disposal to bog the enemy down in a war of attrition that lowers the morale of the foreign invaders and their internal armed militias,” it said.

In line with recent statements, it also said it would establish good governance in areas it controlled as well as avoiding civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure.

How far the announcement will lead to an immediate escalation in fighting, which caused 11,000 civilian casualties last year, remains unclear. However, NATO and Afghan officials have said they expect very tough combat in 2016. Heavy fighting has continued for months

China expresses anger at G7 statement BeIJING, AprIl 12 (reuTerS): China expressed anger on Tuesday after foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies said they strongly opposed provocation in the East and South China Seas, where China is locked in territorial disputes. “We urge the G7 member states to honour their commitment of not taking sides on issues involving territorial disputes,” China’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

The G7 should focus on global economic governance and cooperation against the backdrop of weak economic growth rather than hyping up disputes and provoking problems, it added. On Monday, G7 foreign ministers said after meeting in the Japanese city of Hiroshima that they opposed “any intimidating coercive or provocative unilateral actions that could alter the status quo and increase tensions” in the East and South China Seas.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to have huge deposits of oil and gas, and is building islands on reefs to bolster its claims. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims to parts of the waters, through which about $5 trillion in trade is shipped every year. China also has a separate dispute with Japan over a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea. China has every right to build on the Spratly Islands and there are no problems with freedom of navigation and overflight for the East and South China Seas, the foreign ministry said.

China is committed to resolving disputes through talks with countries directly involved via international law and on the basis of respecting historical facts, to maintain peace and stability while safeguarding its sovereignty, it said.

It repeated that China will neither accept nor participate in any arbitration “illegally forced upon it”, a reference to a case lodged by the Philippines against China.

across Afghanistan, from Kunduz, the northern city that fell briefly to the insurgents last year, to Helmand province bordering Pakistan in the south.

In Helmand, where thousands of British and American troops were killed or injured fighting the Taliban, government forces have pulled back from many areas and are struggling to hold on to centres close to the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. Understrength Afghan security forces, struggling with heavy casualties and high desertion rates and short of air power, transport and logistical support, have struggled in their first year fighting largely alone.

According to NATO commanders, the Taliban exerts control over only six percent of Afghanistan but up to a third of the country is at risk from the insurgents and government forces control no more than 70 percent of the country’s territory.

TAIpeI, AprIl 12 (reuTerS): Kenyan police broke through a police station wall and threw tear gas canisters to force a second group of Taiwanese on to a Chinese plane on Tuesday, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said, in a bizarre diplomatic row in which Taiwan has accused China of abduction.

The Kenyan government and police were not immediately available for comment.

Taiwan on Monday accused China, which regards the self-ruled island as a breakaway province, of kidnapping eight of its nationals, who it said had been acquitted in a cyber crime case in Kenya, and deporting them to China on Friday from the Nairobi district of Kilimani.

It said China had pressured Kenyan police to put the eight on the plane.

On Tuesday, another 37

Taiwan nationals were forced on to a Chinese plane, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said.

“The 15 locked up at the police station steadfastly refused to be deported (to China),” said Antonio C.S. Chen, the chief of Taiwan’s foreign ministry department in charge of West Asian and African Affairs.

“So police broke through the wall, threw tear gas and then about 10 police entered with assault rifles,” Chen told a news briefing in Taipei.

Kenya’s attorney-general said in January it was considering a request from Beijing to extradite 76 Chinese charged with cyber crime in Kenya for trial in their homeland.

But Taiwan said some of these people were actually from Taiwan and that a total of 23 of its people had been acquitted last Tuesday by a

Kenyan court and given 21 days to leave.

China views Taiwan as a wayward province, to be brought under Beijing’s control by force if necessary. Defeated Nationalist forces fled to the island in 1949 after a civil war with the Communists now in control in Beijing.

Only 22 countries recognise Taiwan, with most, including Kenya, having diplomatic relations with Beijing, recognising its “one China” policy.

Taiwan has been in an uproar since the eight were forcibly deported.

Chen said the 15 Taiwanese put on the plane on Tuesday likely had barred the door into the room they were being held in, while video footage carried by Taiwan media showed young men speaking the Taiwanese di-

alect in a cramped room, readying for a fight against a closed door.

The video footage could not be verified by Reuters.

“China, at the first moment, when it took our nationals without consulting us, acted improperly,” said Chen Wen-chi, chief of the international and cross-strait legal affairs department of the Ministry of Justice.

Taiwan’s top China policymaker said that it was negotiating with Beijing for the return of the first eight Taiwanese, who are in Beijing.

“We think this has affected cross-strait ties even though China sees this as a joint effort fighting crime,” said Jeff Yang, spokesman for Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council. Yang said it was unclear how soon the Taiwanese in Beijing could return to Taiwan.

UN lifts secrecy in race for next chief, backroom deal may still prevail uNITeD NATIONS, AprIl 12 (reuTerS): In a departure from 70 years of secrecy, candidates for United Nations secretary-general will this week make campaign-style pitches to the General Assembly as it hopes to influence the private Security Council poll that picks the winner.

The search for a successor to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - a former South Korean foreign minister who steps down at the end of the 2016 after two five-year terms - has also sparked a push by more than a quarter of U.N. states for the organization’s first female leader.

While the 15-member Security Council will formally recommend a candidate to the 193-member General Assembly for election as the eighth U.N. secretary-general later this year, the General Assembly vote has long been seen as a rubber stamp. The council’s veto powers, the United States, Russia, Britain, China and France, must agree on the nominee. That effectively makes the five veto-power countries kingmakers - or queenmakers. After changes instituted by the General Assembly last year, the list of candidates is for the first time public with nomination letters and candidate resumes post-

for a much more open process where they get real influence,” Mogens Lykketoft, the Danish diplomat who is president of the General Assembly, said in an interview.

U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon addresses the Conference on the Prevention of Violent Extremism at the United Nations in Geneva on April 8.

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ed online.

In another first, the eight candidates who have so far been nominated will hold town hall meetings with the General Assembly on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. They will each pitch their credentials and answer questions in a two-hour session.

On the surface, it is a shift towards democratization of a secretive process controlled by the five veto powers. But there is no requirement for the five to pay attention to the popularity of candidates with the General Assembly, and the winner could still be selected in a backroom Security Council deal as has been the case

for seven decades.

When asked if the meetings could have any influence over the veto-power countries, Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said: “It might.”

“For us it’s important to hear what others think, and I’m sure they will not be shying away (from) telling us who they like, so it’s going to be an interesting process,” said Churkin.

But there will be no vote or informal polls by the General Assembly to signal to the Security Council who the favoured candidates might be.

“Even the biggest of powers need friends and a majority of their friends are actually asking

HALF OF CANDIDATES ARE WOMEN Diplomats say that privately Russia has shown no enthusiasm for the new transparency, and it views the town hall meetings as irrelevant. Moscow’s main interest, they said, is ensuring the U.N. chief comes from Eastern Europe, in line with an informal tradition of rotating the post between regions.

The council will likely hold its first “straw poll” - an informal vote - behind closed doors in July and aims to have a decision by September so the General Assembly can elect the next U.N. chief in October.

At least 56 countries, led by Colombia, and several civil society groups want the world body’s first female secretary-general since its creation at the end of World War Two. Even U.S. President Barack Obama is being lobbied by a group of senators who want him to push for a woman.

Half the candidates nominated so far are women: U.N. cultural organization UNESCO Director-

General Irina Bokova of Bulgaria; former Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic; Moldova’s former Foreign Minister Natalia Gherman; and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who heads the U.N. Development Programme.

Also in the race are former Macedonian Foreign Minister Srgjan Kerim; Montenegro Foreign Minister Igor Luksic; former Slovenian President Danilo Turk; and former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, who is also a former Portuguese prime minister.

Since the power to authorise military force or sanctions lies with the Security Council, the U.N. chief has little more than a bully pulpit. Many diplomats say the veto powers prefer a “secretary” rather than a “general”.

Ban’s predecessor Kofi Annan infuriated the United States by calling the 2003 invasion of Iraq illegal. Some diplomats say this led the United States to push for someone more pliable and resulted in the selection of Ban. Some countries want a “general” this time who can clean up the U.N. in the wake of U.S. indictments over a bribery scandal and allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in Central African Republic.

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Kobe Bryant leaves indelible stamp on NBA

los ANgeles, ApRIl 12 (AFp): With breathtaking skill and a ruthless will to win Kobe Bryant stamped his authority on the NBA, leaving a mark that will linger long after the Los Angeles Lakers guard plays the last game of his 20-year career on Wednesday.

Bryant, 37, will walk away with five NBA titles, having secured his place not only among such Lakers icons as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Jerry West but also in the pantheon of NBA greats still presided over by Michael Jordan. "I studied him, wanted to be like him," Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant, the 2014 NBA Most Valuable Player, said when Bryant announced in November that this season would be his last.

"He was our Michael Jordan," Durant said, "a guy who changed the game for me as a player mentally and physically ... someone I'm always going to look to for advice for anything. Just a brilliant, brilliant intelligent man."

Such accolades have poured in since November, even fans in long hostile arenas showering Bryant with affection as a dismal Lakers season evolved into a Kobe farewell tour that concludes at Staples Center against the Utah Jazz.

Courtside seats for what promises to be a glittering event were going on ticket resale site StubHub for just under $20,000, with the cheapest seats going for more than $600.

Those who don't get in can still attend a Lakers-sponsored fan-fest outside the arena. "He deserves it after 20 years," said Eric Pincus, who covers Bryant and the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times and Basketballinsiders.com. "Very few players play 20 years of basketball, a typical career might be five years, seven years."

The celebrations are an ironic final twist in the career of a player whose uncompromising nature has made him a polarizing figure.

Bryant has produced some of the NBA's most dazzling scoring performances -- topped by his 81-point outburst against the Toronto Raptors in 2006 -- and stands third on the league's all-time scoring list behind

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) loses control of the ball on the way to the basket against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Monday, April 11, 2016. (AP Photo)

only Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone and ahead of Jordan.

But critics have hammered him as an "inefficient" shooter, selfishly unwilling to share the ball with teammates, a knock Bryant dismissed on Twitter last year with the succinct comment: "Count to 5".

For Bryant, titles trump all, a philosophy that propelled him to global superstardom even as it turned teammates into rivals and opponents into mortal enemies.

Bryant feuded famously with Shaquille O'Neal after teaming with him to lead the Lakers to titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002, the public hostilities lingering long after

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O'Neal departed and Bryant had gone on to win two more championships.

Phil Jackson, who guided the Lakers to those three titles and to two more in 2009 and 2010, labelled his sometimes surly star "uncoachable" in his autobiography. "Kobe is not necessarily known as the nicest guy, he would tell you himself that he didn't win by being nice, he won by being competitive and being vicious," Pincus said. "That turned people off along the way, so he has a lot of enemies, a lot of fans who love him, and a lot of fans of other teams who hated him.

"But now as it all comes to an end, I think everyone respects him."

Off the court, a 2003 accusation of rape by a 19-year-old Colorado woman clouded Bryant's reputation and cost him several endorsement deals.

The case was dismissed when the alleged victim refused to testify, and Bryant's stock rose again.

Forbes estimated this month that Bryant's endorsement deals and commercial partnerships have swelled his career earnings to $465 million, and the figure is expected to top $680 million by the time he bows out for good.

That would make him the highest grossing team athlete in history, with only boxer Floyd Mayweather, golfer Tiger Woods and Formula One driver Michael Schumacher piling up bigger fortunes in sports.

Some pundits have questioned the Lakers' loyalty to Bryant as the injuries piled up and his contribution dwindled, suggesting they should invest more in rebuilding rather than propping up an ageing figurehead.

Reports before the 2014-15 season that top free agents were wary of joining such a task-master team-mate in Los Angeles were dealt with roundly by part-owner and president Jeanie Buss, who said any one afraid of playing with Bryant was "probably a loser".

But the fact remains that Bryant, who was limited by injury to just six games in 2013-14, has toiled the two seasons since on a Lakers team whose young talent has failed to gel around the veteran star.

Lakers coach Byron Scott described a dream scenario for Bryant's final game, the "Black Mamba" draining a trademark fadeaway jumper to clinch victory in a close contest.

But for Bryant, the competitive fire that fueled his rise to stardom means there can be no Hollywood ending in a season in which the Lakers have again set a club record for defeats.

"Win a championship, and that ain't happening," Bryant said of his only dream scenario. "The dream's done."

Zeliang Wrestling Association elects new team KoHIMA, ApRIl 12 (MexN): The Zeliang Wrestling Association (ZWA) has elected its new team of office bearers for the tenure 2016-2020.

The new team is headed by K. Mark Guing as president, Amos Pame and Namchaulakpe as vice presidents.

Other executive members included; general secretary- Perangteilu, treasurer- Heikedaung, finance secretary- Iliading Nampeung, joint secretary- Puilung N. Hau and property secretary Ada Zeliang. Advisors- I. Daniel Hemang, former president, Gaigong Hau,

former treasurer and K. Francis Zeliang, PS to Chief Minister.

The new team was elected by all constituent units, public leaders, DBs of Peren district, Zeliangrong Baudi Nagaland and ZWA representatives of Nagaland Wrestling Association on April 8 last.

Will use treated sewage water for ground maintenance: BCCI MuMbAI, ApRIl 12 (ptI): With the Bombay High Court raising questions, the BCCI today said that it will procure treated sewage water for ground maintenance for IPL matches in drought-hit Maharashtra.

"We have tied-up with Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) to procure treated sewage water for the IPL matches to be played in Pune and Mumbai," Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) counsel Rafiq Dada submitted.

The high court bench of Justices V M Kanade and M S Karnik was hearing a PIL filed by NGO Loksatta Movement, challenging the use of large quantities of water in stadiums

despite the state being drought-hit.

Nine Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches would be played in Pune and eight in Mumbai. Of the eight in Mumbai, one has already been held, the BCCI's counsel told the court.

Three matches are slated to be held in Nagpur, and IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab has agreed to shift matches to Mohali or elsewhere if the HC tells it, he said.

Everyday, 7-8 tankers of treated sewage water would be supplied to the stadiums, Dada said.

The concept of using treated sewage water should be encouraged because after treating the sewage water, it is released

into the sea and goes waste, he said.

"In this case, instead of discharging treated sewage water into the sea, we are using it in the stadiums," the BCCI counsel said.

The high court had pulled up the BCCI during the last hearing on the use of large quantities of water for ground maintenance.

The BCCI has taken very seriously the issue of using water in stadiums in view of the drought situation in Maharashtra, he said.

The matter has been adjourned after lunch as government pleader Abhinandan Vagyani sought time to file an affidavit on the stand of the state administration on the issue.

Misfiring Barca seek response at Atletico Barcelona's Lionel Messi during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg against Atletico Madrid at the Nou Camp, Barcelona, on April 5. (Reuters)

MADRID, ApRIl 12 (ReuteRs): Barcelona can redress their stuttering domestic form by sealing their passage to the Champions League semi-finals when they visit Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.

Last season's treble winners Barca are in their worst run of form in La Liga since coach Luis Enrique took charge in August 2014, losing their last two games to Real Madrid and Real Sociedad and drawing with Villarreal.

Although those results have seen their La Liga lead over second-placed Atletico cut to three points, Barca are still on track to become the first Spanish team to win the treble two years in a row, with the King's Cup final against Sevilla coming up next month.

The visitors take a 2-1 lead from the first leg into the return match at the Vicente Calderon, Luis Suarez's double having can-

celled out Fernando Torres' opener after the former Chelsea striker was sent off in the 35th minute.

"There's no time for apologies or excuses, we need results. It's not the time to sink low and think that we're on a horrible run," said Luis Enrique.

"There are reasons to be optimistic although the results have not been what we want."

Thomas Vermaelen is out and Rafinha doubtful due to injury but Barca top scorer Suarez returns after the Uruguayan served a suspension.

Luis Enrique is also likely to recall Jordi Alba, Andres Iniesta and Ivan Rakitic after starting them on the bench in the 1-0 defeat by Sociedad at the weekend.

The plan to rest those players ahead of the trip to Madrid backfired when 18-year-old Mikel Oiarzabal headed Sociedad in

front in the fifth minute and Barca struggled to break down the opposition for the remainder of the game.

Despite having seven shots, Lionel Messi could not find a way through and the Argentine talisman has now gone 362 minutes without scoring, his longest drought with Barca since 2011.

Atletico are dreaming of a repeat of their 2014 quarter-final second leg against Barca when an early goal

by Koke delivered a 1-0 win and 2-1 aggregate victory.

"The stadium will be buzzing. I'm sure it's going to be a great night," said midfielder Koke.

"The other day we couldn't win because of circumstances but at home we're going to turn it around." Atletico defenders Jose Gimenez and Stefan Savic are doubtful while Tiago Mendes is definitely out and Torres suspended following his dismissal at the Nou Camp.

Dimapur Motorsports AC Milan sack Mihajlovic, appoint Brocchi Club inducts new officials MIlAN, ApRIl 12 (AFp): AC Milan have announced the sacking of coach Sinisa Mihajlovic, replacing the Serbian with youth team boss Cristian Brocchi until the end of the season.

A statement from the struggling Serie A giants on Tuesday read: "Sinisa Mihajlovic has been relieved of his role as AC Milan coach.

"The club would like to thank Mihajlovic for the dedication and hard work

carried out this season.

"Cristian Brocchi will now be in charge of the first team until the end of the season. AC Milan would like to welcome Mr Brocchi and wish him all the best."

Mihajlovic, 47, lasted only eight months in the job after replacing former club and Italy striker Filippo Inzaghi but failed to resurrect the flailing giants' past glories.

Milan currently lie sixth following Saturday's home

defeat to the reigning champions and leaders, who they will face again in next month's Italian Cup final.

Under his tutelage, Milan won just 13 of 32 Serie A matches, losing nine times and drawing the other 10.

However, Mihajlovic was not helped by meddling from Berlusconi, one day demanding a change in formation while on other occasions demanding that certain players be picked.

Rooney unscathed on Cold Trafford return

DMSC officials along with its chief patron, Hokivi Chishi and Advisor, Kakheho K. Yepthomi.

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Dimapur Motorsports Club (DMSC) on Tuesday inducted additional office bearers during a brief programme held at Dimapur in the presence of its chief patron, Hokivi Chishi, and Advisor, Kakheho K. Yepthomi.

Hokivi lauded the efforts of the DMSC in promoting motorsports in

the state. He said positive sports of any kind should be encouraged and promoted. Kakheho extended his support and cooperation towards the activities of the DMSC. The next motor event is tentatively scheduled to be held towards the last of May and the event would be sponsored by JK Tyres.

The additional office bearers were handed appointment letter by DMSC

President, Along Aier. The list of DMSC office bearers include: Along Aier-President; Atzung Chankija- Vice President; Bento Swu- General Secretary; Philip LamAssistant General Secretary; Lamthang Hansing- Finance; Mughahito ZimoAssist. Finance; Nitoka Chophi- Sect. Information & Public Relations; Temsu Aier- Asst.Sec. I≺ Unoka Assumi- Treasurer; Timmy Jamir- Spokesperson.

MANCHesteR, ApRIl 12 (ReuteRs): England captain Wayne Rooney emerged unscathed when he played just over an hour for Manchester United's Under-21 side at Old Trafford on Monday, having missed 12 firstteam matches with a knee injury.

The striker last featured for his club in a 2-1 defeat at Sunderland on Feb. 13 but looked fit, if ring rusty, in a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough's Under-21s.

The only goal came from Paddy McNair eight minutes after the over-age Rooney's planned exit.

Manager Louis van Gaal was among a 6,000-plus crowd who turned up on a

cold, wet night to see the return of England's 51-goal record scorer as he began his comeback two months before their opening European Championship match against Russia in Marseille on June 11.

Rooney, 30, had a speculative long-range shot early on that posed no problem to Middlesbrough keeper Joe Fryer and also sent a free kick high over the crossbar in the second half.

England manager Roy Hodgson has indicated Rooney will be in the squad for the Euros when he names it in a month's time, as long as he is "mechanically fit".

Rooney now has a maximum of nine United first-

team matches before the end of the season to regain his sharpness.

They have six Premier League games left and could play three more matches in the FA Cup if they win Wednesday's sixth-round replay at West Ham United and go on to reach the final.

Van Gaal would welcome a fully-fit Rooney back to his first-team squad as soon as possible to help revive their chances of claiming a Champions League place next season. After losing 3-0 at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, United are fifth in the table, four points behind Manchester City who occupy the fourth and final Champions League slot.

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Penta School of Music in Kohima Priyanka Chopra, Rajinikanth, Sania Mirza receive Padma honors

V. Khamo Riivekro 2016 led by Vilelie Khamo presents special number during the inauguration of Penta School of Music in Kohima on April 12.

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enta School of Music (PSM) was formally inaugurated here this morning by first Class contractor Vilelie Khamo at Sundry Homestead, AG Road, Kohima.

Addressing the inaugural function, Khamo complimented his comrade Keneikriil Noswe for accomplishing his vision and dream to groom the aspiring musicians through the setting up of the music institute.

Keneikriil Noswe’s passion for music led to establishment of PSM in the name of his five children.

Khamo stressed on the need to make the best use of one’s talent, saying that opportunity will not come all the time for which one must grab the opportunity at the right time.

Sharing the background and vision of this music school, PSM

advisor Keneikriil Noswe said that this institute has a vision to spread quality music education which will go a long way in building and nurturing our society towards a better future.

The PSM aim to nurture this breath of the society, in the form of the much loved musical instruments “The Piano,” associated with its peripherals.

The PSM also aims to provide students with musical knowledge and experiences that would truly enable them to achieve their musical dreams, be it professional or as a hobby.

PSM director Lozinii Noswe, MCM Conducting PBTS, Philippines said that students will be expected to develop an awareness of the importance of music in daily life and to respect the role music plays on their heritage and other cultures.

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The PSM will provide opportunities for children to experience music through movement, dance and the different approaches of music, she said adding that it would also involve children in a variety of enjoyable activities and facilitate discussion about feelings experienced.

It will also focus perform patterns emphasizing the accented beat in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8 metres, discuss appropriate posture for piano playing and the possible effects of poor posture and also provide opportunities for students to rehearse and perform classroom repertoire for a variety of settings i.e church, weddings.

As students practice classroom repertoire, specific articulation of their instruments will be introduced, she said.

The programme also witnessed special number from Tsiiphiekro

Ladakh inaugurated the opening. This is her second outlet in India after her recent launch in Delhi.

She will be opening a store in Ladakh and has plans to be retailing globally in the next few months.

KOA, is a classy and elegant line of leather accessories for men, they also provide customised and personalized services to clients.

Their success has seen them sending orders to Europe and all over Asia with celebrity clients such as Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth and Bollywood actor Karan Kundra using their products. KOA will be retailing through Dapper, a store that exclusively caters to men with salon services and clothing and accessories.

Asalie Peseyie, Proprietor of Dapper expressed his excitement for the collaboration with KOA and says there is a good market for the brand here and Naga men would be attracted to the quality workmanship and classy designs of KOA.

ABCC, V. Khamo Riivekro 2016 and The family.

Rev. Atha Neikha, pastor VBC prayed for the team while Rev. Hosato Kiso senior pastor VBC and Pastor Neichiiriazo Chiicha pronounced invocation and benediction respectively.

Earlier, the function was chaired by Dr. Hovithal Sothu while vote of thanks was tendered

by Swedele Noswe.

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ore celebrities have been awarded Padma awards conferred by President Pranab Mukherje today. After Ajay Devgn, Saina Nehwal, and Madhur Bhandarkar last month Udit Narayan, Rajinikanth, Priyanka Chopra and Sania Mirza have been awarded with Padma awards in Civil Investiture ceremony.

Udit Narayan has been given Padma Bhushan by the President for his contrubution to the film music industry. The singer is one of the most known voices in Bollywood and has given more than 100 hit songs in his career.

Tennis Star Sania Mirza has also been awarded with Padma Bhushan for her contribution in the world of tennis.

South superstar Rajinikanth has been conferred with Padma Vibhushan for his extra oridinary contribution to the cinema world. In 2000, the ‘ Thalaiva’ was honored with a Padma Bhushan.

Bollywood’s global icon Priyanka Chopra has been awarded Padma Shri for taking Indian cinema and talent to another level. The ‘Quantico’ star has even bagged a Hollwood film, “Baywatch”, alongside Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

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India’s top woman biker VEENU PALIWAL dies in road accident

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eenu Paliwa died in a road accident in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday evening. In a tragic incident, Veenu Paliwal, India’s top woman biker died in a road accident in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh’s on Monday evening.

Paliwal was on a nationwide tour on her on Harley Davidson along with fellow biker Dipesh Tanwar. The 44-year-old Jaipur resident’s death

took place after her bike skid off a road near Gyaraspur, 100 kilometers from state capital Bhopal.

Paliwal was rushed to a primary health centre and then to the Vidisha district hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead, police said. Paliwal was also planning to make a documentary on her motorbike journey across the country.

A post-mortem will be conducted today.

William and Kate meet vulnerable street children in New Delhi

T Led Zeppelin’s Plant, Page to face ‘Stairway to Heaven’ trial

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ed Zeppelin’s lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page must face a U.S. jury trial over whether they stole opening chords for their 1971 classic “Stairway to Heaven.”

In a decision on Friday, U.S. District Judge Gary Klausner in Los Angeles said “Stairway” and the 1967 instrumental “Taurus” by the band Spirit were similar enough to let a jury decide whether Plant and Page were liable for copyright infringement.

A trial is scheduled for May 10.

The lawsuit was brought by Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the late Randy Wolfe, also known as Randy California, who was Spirit’s guitarist and the composer of “Taurus.”

Skidmore said Page may have been inspired to write “Stairway” for Led Zeppelin after hearing Spirit perform “Taurus” while the bands toured together in 1968 and 1969, but that Wolfe never got credit.

The defendants said Wolfe was a songwriter-for-hire who had no copyright claim, and that the chord progressions were so clichéd that they did not deserve copyright protection.

But the judge said a jury could find “substantial” similarity between the first two minutes of “Stairway” and “Taurus,” which he called “arguably the most recognizable and important segments” of the songs.

“While it is true that a descending chromatic four-chord progression is a

common convention that abounds in the music industry, the similarities here transcend this core structure,” Klausner wrote. “What remains is a subjective assessment of the ‘concept and feel’ of two works ... a task no more suitable for a judge than for a jury.”

Klausner dismissed claims against Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and Warner Music Group Corp.

He also said the trustee can get only 50 percent of any damages awarded, citing a 1967 contract that Wolfe signed.

“This case, from our perspective, has always been about giving credit where credit was due, and now we get to right that wrong,” Francis Malofiy, a lawyer for Skidmore, said by phone.

A lawyer for the defendants did not immediately respond on Monday to requests for comment.

According to the complaint, Wolfe complained about the similarities of the songs in an interview shortly before he drowned in 1997 in the Pacific Ocean while attempting to rescue his son.

“Stairway to Heaven” is a track on Led Zeppelin’s untitled fourth studio album, often referred to as “Led Zeppelin IV.” The case is Skidmore v Led Zeppelin et al, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, No. 15-03462.

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he Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have met some of India’s poorest and most vulnerable children fending for themselves at New Delhi railway station. Kate and William heard first-hand from a number of street children about how they had run away from home due to abuse or poverty.

They ended up at Delhi station where they were a target for prostitution, people trafficking or sexual and physical abuse.

The royals visited a drop-in centre run by Salaam Baalak Trust at the capital’s station - where on average 6,600 children travel to each year, often on their own. The charity helps children aged from five to 18 years providing food, education, healthcare and shelter.

Kate, wearing a striking full-length patterned red dress, and William first joined in a lesson with boys who were living in the nearby station. The couple sat down and William asked: “What’s the game you’re playing? Ah, karom board. Can you show us how to play?” Flicking the draught, he laughed as it went too far and invited his wife to have a go.

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The charity’s director Sanjoy Roy told the couple about the charity’s work: “The boys come here for four hours of lessons and some food every day. When they’re not here, they’re at the railway station.” William asked: “Is that dangerous?” Mr Roy replied: “Yes, so they try to stick together. “We look after around 7,000 kids a year, but every day around 40 to 50 new children arrive at the station.

“They often have to deal with trauma, learning dif-

ficulties, ADHD and we have special programmes to help them with that.

“These children that we look after are the most vulnerable. Some may have their eyes gauged out or hands hacked off. “The primary reasons they run away from home are misunderstanding with stepparents, physical and mental abuse, incredible poverty or a life event such as forced marriage.”

The charity has six homes, 21 contact cen-

tres and three Childline

centres near stations, bus stands and railway stations across Delhi.

William asked: “What can we do to help?” Mr Roy replied: “Spread the word.

People think of them as street kids, beggars, thieves but they are just children.

“They deserve an education, future and a life. They have a right to a childhood.”

The Salaam Baalak Trust was set up in 1998 with the proceeds from the film Salaam Bombay, which told the story of vulnerable street children.

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Los AngeLes, ApriL 12 (AFp): LeBron James scored 34 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers assured themselves homecourt advantage through the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 109-94 defeat of the Atlanta Hawks.

James produced a dominant performance in the first three quarters before sitting out the final quarter as Cleveland laid down a marker for the postseason with an impressive win that guarantees them top spot.

James scored 19 of his 34 points in the third quarter to help Cleveland take a 90-75 lead before team-mate Kyrie Irving led the Cavaliers home with 35 points.

Irving reeled off 11 of Cleveland's first 12 points in the final period, leaving James safely with his feet AB de Villiers of Royal Challengers Bangalore cuts a delivery to the square during an IPL up and already contemmatch against Sunrisers Hyderabad at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, on April plating the playoffs.

12. The Royal Challengers defeated Sunrisers by 45 runs. (Photo by IPL) Kevin Love chipped in with 10 points and 14 reBrief Scores: bounds while Matthew RCB - 227/4 [Virat Kohli 75, AB de Villiers 82; Mustafizur Rahman 2/26] Sunrisers - 182/6 [ David Warner 58, Ashish Reddy 32; Shane Watson 2/30] Dellavedova also scored 10 C M Y K

points off the bench.

Kent Bazemore topscored for the Hawks with 23 points but was restricted to just two points in the second half as Cleveland took control.

The defeat left Atlanta at 48-33, firmly entrenched in a tight battle for the third, fourth and fifth seedings in the East with the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat.

James has averaged 28.4 points per game in his past 10 games while shooting at 63 percent. He is also averaging 52 percent from three-point range over the same stretch, a sharp improvement on a poor season average.

Elsewhere on Monday, the penultimate stop on Kobe Bryant's farewell tour ended with the NBA icon's Los Angeles Lakers taking a pounding from the Oklahoma City Thunder who ran out 112-79 winners.

Bryant will say goodbye to basketball in the Lakers final regular season game

at home on Wednesday.

However, his final game on the road was one to forget as Kevin Durant scored 34 points and Russell Westbrook bagged his 18th triple-double of the season in a blowout victory for the Thunder. Westbrook's triple-double was constructed in only 18 minutes, the quickest triple he has ever scored and the secondfastest in NBA history.

Bryant meanwhile played only 19 minutes, scoring 13 points on four of 12 shooting, as he prepares for what is set to be an emotional final curtain call at the Staples Center later this week.

Oklahoma City's win saw them improve their home record to 32-9, the fourth best in the league behind Golden State, San Antonio and Cleveland.

The Lakers meanwhile dropped to 16-65 for the season, deepening the gloom surrounding the franchise.

LeBron James dunks during the game against Atlanta Hawks. (AFP Photo)

February 2017 date proposed for FIFA trial start BCCI paid Rs 50 Alonso taking nothing for granted before China medical new York, ApriL 12 (AFp): US prosecutors on Tuesday set a February 2017 target date for the start of the huge FIFA corruption trial that has ensnared dozens of world football's top executives. "The proposed schedule set forth below contemplates that jury selection would commence on February 27, 2017,"

prosecutor Robert Capers wrote in a letter late Monday to federal Judge Raymond Dearie, who is presiding in the case. Under the proposed schedule, evidence in the case would have to be submitted to the court by June 30 of this year, to give both defense and prosecution attorneys time to prepare their cases.

Motions in the case would be presented through the end of January. All told, 40 people have been charged in the massive corruption scandal, which first came to light in May 2015. Fifteen have already pleaded guilty.

Most of the accused are top football officials from the Americas, as well as sports marketing executives.

F1 returns to old qualifying format pAris, ApriL 12 (Ap): Formula One's governing body has officially approved a move back to last year's qualifying format for this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix after the new system proved widely unpopular.

The new rolling-elimination format - in which

the slowest driver is eliminated every 90 seconds - was used in the first two races this season in Australia and Bahrain, but heavily criticized both times for a lack of on-track action.

With leading drivers such as Sebastian Vettel increasingly unhappy, all the teams voted against the

new format last week, forcing FIA president Jean Todt and series commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone to backtrack.

The return to 2015 qualifying still needed to be officially approved, however, and the FIA said Monday that the World Motor Sport Council had approved it.

Sharapova in Olympic plans despite doping case

MosCow, ApriL 12 (Ap): Russia says Maria Sharapova is still in its plans for the Olympic tennis tournament in August

despite her provisional suspension for failing a drug test. Sharapova has been suspended since last month, when she admitted

she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at January's Australian Open. Sharapova said she had been taking meldonium for medical reasons for 10 years and had not seen a World Anti-Doping Agency ruling last year that it would be banned for 2016. Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev says in a statement ''we really hope that Sharapova will still be allowed to take part in the Olympic Games.'' No date has been announced by the International Tennis Federation for a hearing into the case of Sharapova, who won Olympic silver in 2012.

crore as income tax last month

new DeLhi, ApriL 12 (pTi): The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) paid a whopping Rs 50 crore as income tax for the year 2013-14, its monthly disclosure on spendings has revealed.

Giving details of spendings exceeding Rs 25 lakh on its official website, the BCCI also revealed that it paid service tax of Rs 2.74 crore. India's Under-19 and A team coach Rahul Dravid was paid half of his professional fees during the month gone by and the figure for that stood at Rs 1.30 crore.

Besides, the Assam Cricket Association was paid Rs 3.37 crore as part of its annual dues for the year 201415. Likewise, the Cricket Association of Bengal has been given Rs 6.75 crore as part of their dues, while the controversial Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) was reimbursed Rs 29.22 lakh for holding the Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy's league and knockout matches. The Board also made payments to three IPL franchises for the ongoing season. The Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils have been given advance payments for the IPL which started April 9. The Punjab franchise (KPH Dream Cricket Private Limited) was paid Rs 21.90 crore, while the Mumbai team (Indiawin Sports Private Limited) has been given 22.90 crore. The Delhi team (GMR Sports Private Limited) has been paid Rs 22.90 crore.

LonDon, ApriL 12 (reuTers): Fernando Alonso hopes to be racing for McLaren at this weekend's Chinese Formula One Grand Prix but the Spaniard says he is taking nothing for granted ahead of a fitness test at the Shanghai circuit. The double world champion fractured his ribs in a crash at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 20 and the governing FIA's medical team then ruled him out of the subsequent race in Bahrain. He will undergo more tests at the Chinese circuit on Thursday before the third round of the 21-race season. "It was disappointing to be told I couldn’t

race in Bahrain, but I fully respected the decision of the FIA medical team," he said on Tuesday in a team preview for the race. "While I hope I’ll be back in the cockpit on Friday (for practice), until I get the all-clear from the doctors to race, whenever that may be, we cannot assume anything. "But I’m continuing to prepare for the race weekend as normal." The Spaniard was replaced in Bahrain by the team's Belgian reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who ended up 10th to score McLaren's first point of the season after team mate Jenson Button failed to finish. The Belgian remains on standby for China.

Totti and I should be protected, like pandas: Federer MiLAn, ApriL 12 (AFp): Roger Federer has offered his backing to embattled Roma icon Francesco Totti, claiming both sportsmen belong to a special breed of athlete and should be protected -- like pandas.

Uncertainty over the future of 39-year-old Roma legend Totti, who steered the Giallorossi to their third and last title in 2001, has overshadowed the club's Serie A campaign all season.

Now in his 23rd season at Roma, one-club man Totti is being pushed towards the exit door after an injury-hit season that has seen him make only a handful of appearances for Luciano Spalletti's side.

Roma are stalling on offering Totti a 24th and final year's contract, reportedly in the hope he hangs up his boots to take a director's role at the club.

But Federer believes Totti should be allowed to decide when to quit the

game. The 17-time Grand Slam winner is a long-time admirer of Totti, who regularly meets with the Swiss star when he comes to watch him play at the Rome Masters event every June.

Asked jokingly if he and Totti should be given protection from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Federer told Corriere della Sera: "It's a good joke, but there's some truth in it because, in a certain sense, we belong to another species.

"Francesco and I embody our respective sports.

What he has done for football is unrivalled. He's an example, a contemporary icon."

Speaking ahead of the start of the Monte Carlo Masters, Federer added: "No one should tell you when to stop, it's such an intimate and personal decision.

"If he wants to keep on going, I'm right behind him. With me, he's always been super nice. This year, if I see him, I'll be asking him for some restaurant tips."

Roma sit in third place

in Serie A, 13 points adrift of leaders and champions Juventus and seven points behind Napoli ahead of hosting Bologna later Monday.

But whether Totti plays or not remains to be seen.

The iconic captain fell foul of Spalletti six weeks ago after claiming he deserved more playing time and should be shown more respect.

Spalletti's firm reaction did little to help Totti's cause.

"He's Roma's biggest ever player, but it's my duty to make sure there is a balance in the dressing room," said Spalletti.

With 244 goals in Serie A, Totti is only second to retired, all-time record-holder Silvio Piola (274).

A World Cup winner with Italy in 2006, Totti has won two Italian Cups with Roma but has suffered finishing runner-up in the league an incredible eight times.

HC asks if IPL matches could be shifted out of Pune

MuMbAi, ApriL 12 (pTi): The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the BCCI whether it could shift IPL matches out of Pune in view of the grim water crisis in Maharashtra even as the cricket board said it would procure treated sewage water for maintenance of pitches in Mumbai and Pune.

A bench of Justices V M Kanade and M S Karnik, hearing a PIL by NGO Loksatta Movement challenging use of large quantities of water in stadiums at a time when the state was reeling under severe drought conditions, asked the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) to respond to this on Wednesday.

The judges also asked the board whether it can

contribute to the Chief Minister's drought relief fund.

As the BCCI said it had supplied 40 lakh litres of water to stadiums per day for Indian Premier League (IPL) tournaments so far, the judges asked whether it was ready to supply the same quantity to waterstarved villages in and around Pune in Western Indian state of Maharastra.

During the hearing, the Cricket Board counsel Rafiq Dada informed the bench that BCCI had tied up with Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) to procure treated sewage water for IPL matches to be played in Mumbai and Pune.

Nine Indian Premier League (IPL) matches have been planned in Pune and

eight in Mumbai, where the opneing match was held on April 9 at Wankhede stadium here, the BCCI's counsel told the court.

Three matches are slated to be held in Nagpur, and IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab has agreed to shift them to Mohali or elsewhere if the HC tells it, he said.

Everyday, 7-8 tankers of treated sewage water would be supplied to the stadiums, Dada said, adding use of treated sewage water should be encouraged because after treating it is released into the sea and goes wasted now, he said.

"In this case, instead of discharging treated sewage water into the sea, we are using it in the stadiums,"

the BCCI counsel said.

The bench also asked RWITC to give an undertaking whether it would supply treated sewage water for the ground maintenance in Pune.

The HC had lambasted the BCCI during the last hearing on the use of huge quantities of water for the pitches.

The BCCI Counsel said that after the High Court pulled up the cricket Board for using water in stadiums it has taken the issue very seriously.

In another development, Maharashtra acting Advocate General Rohit Dev informed the court of the immediate and long term measures the Government would adopt to meet the drought situation.

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