April 3rd, 2016 by The Morung Express

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Part i: Human rights in naga society - today and tomorrow Morung Express News Dimapur | April 2

For the Naga people, the question of human rights has been reduced from the language of ‘peoples’ and ‘political aspirations’ to the status of ‘scheduled tribes’ and ‘special provisions.’ This itself has led to a depraved condition of human rights in Naga society today, particularly after the formation of the Nagaland State. To address the issue of human rights in Naga society today, and its course in the future, Dr. Visakhonü Hibo, Principal of Japfü Christian College and Neingulo Krome, Secretary General of the Naga Peoples’ Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) spoke at the Morung Lecture at DABA’s Elim Conference Hall, Duncan Bosti, here today. The ‘Morung Lectures’ is an initiative of The Morung for Indigenous Affairs & JustPeace, and The Morung Express. Questioning if we are speaking freely and openly about human rights, Dr. Hibo stated that Naga patriotism was inspired by protection of land, culture and dominated our societies ever since. “The past holds a sober emotional attachment for every Naga

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who has an inkling of Naga history,” she noted. “However of late, a kind of nationalism which every day people like me are failing to identify with is fearsomely looming large and thus confuses and often violates basic human rights.” In the self-sufficient Naga villages of yore, natural village citizenry led to “rights of each other regarded, duties and responsibility fulfilled without reminders or compulsion,” she said. Today, the “we feeling” of the yesteryears has been replaced by “mobocracy.” “Rule of law has surrendered to mobocracy. Strength is might and might is right.” For the educationist, “mobocracy” is led by not only about those wielding guns but also those leaders who are residing in “glass houses.” They need change before talking of human rights. “It will take a generation for us (to reach) where rationality clears issue of gender equity, child abuse, community relation, majority-minority conflict, forward-backward dilemmas, difficulties of unity and reconciliation without willing to change at the individual and collective levels,” Dr. Hibo reflected. According to her,

Neingulo Krome, Secretary General of the Naga Peoples’ Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) makes a point during the interaction session of the Morung Lecture at DABA’s Elim Conference Hall, Duncan Bosti on April 2. Dr. Visakhonü Hibo, Principal of Japfü Christian College was the other speaker at the Lecture. (Morung Photo)

to change, rule of law and the government should become supreme and human rights ensured to us. Neingulo Krome drew the picture before the 1997 ceasefire, the conditions that led to the ceasefire and how it changed the scenario of violence in Naga society. Explaining the work done by NPMHR

Dimapur | April 2

Trouble is brewing in the disputed border belt along the western fringes of Dimapur bordering Karbi-Anglong Autonomous district. On April 2, people from Nagaland reportedly numbering in the hundreds had a near face-off with Assam Police (AP) personnel in a patch of the disputed belt of the Daldali Reserve forest. Reports quoting eyewitness accounts stated that the AP personnel carried out a sortie today after detecting development activity during the past week in the disputed belt. While there was no report of clashes or casualty, unofficial reports stated that at least two temporary structures were dismantled before the AP personnel retreated. Despite the Dimapur district administration issuing prohibitory order to prevent entry of people from the Nagaland side, people continue to defy the order and enter the disputed belt. While the Karbi-Anglong administra-

tion could not be reached, the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur stated that the administration is monitoring the development and is in touch with its Karbi-Anglong counterpart. According to the DC, border vigil is getting difficult as people are still able to enter in small groups. At present a platoon of NAP (IR) personnel is maintaining vigil on the Nagaland side of the disputed belt covering an area stretching from Rilan till Sangtam Tilla. As entry into the disputed belt continues unabated, the DC informed that the existing border vigil will be strengthened by an addition of two platoons by April 3 and followed by more deployments on April 4. In 2014, two lives were lost in a series of sporadic skirmishes when tension gripped the Daldali and Dhansiri Reserve Forests areas. The dispute which ensued for months had started in January 2014 gradually fizzling out midyear. As many as 40 persons reported to be encroachers were arrested by the Assam Police during that time.

District Admin requisition police reinforcement

No. 1 in underweight population, India among top 5 in obesity

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NEW DElHI, AprIl 2 (AGENCIES): While India and China continue to have the largest number of underweight people in the world, both the countries have also broken into the top five in terms of obesity, a new study published in The Lancet journal has found. With 102 million men and 101 million women underweight, India leads the world in being home to over 40% of the global underweight population. China is a distant second with about 8% of underweight men and over 12% of underweight women. However, India has also seen a surge in obesity. It had 0.4 million obese men, or 1.3% of the global obese population in 1975, but in 2014, it zoomed into the fifth position with 9.8 million obese men, or 3.7% of the global population. Among women, India has jumped to the third rank with 20 million obese women (5.3% of global population). China has followed a similar trajectory to India when it comes to obesity, rising from 13th rank in 1975 for men and 10th among women to the first rank in 2014 for both men and women. It now has the most number of obese persons in the world edging out the US.

he stated, highlighting how the Naga movement could not carry on without money, guns and bullets at some point of time. “So when ceasefire came in 1997, we thought we must make the most of it. Without any invitation, without any ownership, we said this ceasefire must work,” the Secretary General of NPMHR said, noting how at the

Shared humanity as core of human rights

Editor of The Morung Express, Dr. Aküm Longchari, pointed out that it is the responsibility of the State to protect rights. However, while noting

that 1960 was a key event in Naga history, he questioned whether the 16 point agreement was part of a counter insurgency policy, devoid of the social contract between peoples that gives a State its legitimacy. The State, in this case Nagaland State, thus, has “implications on our rights” as it was not the result of the “democratic will of the people” with majority of the people left out of the process. Human rights are the “foundation of our future” and to get to them, “we have to traverse the trajectory of our evolution,” he said, asserting that “Nationalism that does not respect rights of the people is exhausted nationalism.” Nationalism gains legitimacy only through upholding shared humanity as the core of human rights. The human rights movement, then, has to go beyond the “voice of protest/resistance,” being complemented with “voices of equality and culture of dignity.” The language of human rights, he concluded, has to be rediscovered, and incorporated into everyday life, which will decide its onward course in Naga society.

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since 1978, he noted how slowly the work transformed from addressing the abuses by the Indian State of the Naga people to addressing those within the Naga family. “The situation was beyond any human rights organisation to control or even to talk about. Situation became even more dangerous even to talk about them,”

time in Nagaland, “we had no time to talk about health, education. We were just worried whether we can wake up the next day alive.” As the older generation has completed innovative campaigns such as people-to-people dialogues between the Indian and Naga civil bodies, Krome hoped that the “competent” younger generation will design ways to address human rights through a contextual lens. In a long public discussion on human rights that ensued, while Dr. Sedevi Angami wondered how we can inculcate human dignity, respect and inclusiveness without which “we lose credibility as a society,” child and women rights activist NK Keny asserted how Naga society has no option but to take necessary action on the rights of women and children, on disability, healthcare, the forensics of rape and sexual violence, domestic violence, child soldiers etc.

UNITED NATIONS, AprIl 2 (rEUTErS): China has put a hold on India’s request to add the head of the Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad to the United Nations’ al Qaeda-Islamic State blacklist, U.N. diplomats said on Friday, eliciting an angry reaction from the Indian government. India accused Jaish-e-Mohammad of masterminding a fatal attack on the Pathankot air base in India in January. India had requested that its leader be added to a U.N. Security Council blacklist of groups linked to al Qaeda or Islamic State, the diplomats said, but China objected. The Kashmir-based group Jaish-eMohammad has already been blacklisted by the 15-nation Security Council, but not its leader, Maulana Masood Azhar, an Islamist hardliner and longtime foe of India. “We find it incomprehensible that while the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad was listed ... as far back as 2001 for its well-known terror activities and links to al Qaeda, the designation of the group’s main leader, financier and motivator, has been put on a technical hold,” Indian government spokesman

Maulana Masood Azhar, head of Pakistan’s militant Jaish-e-Mohammad party, attends a pro-Taliban conference organised by the Afghan Defence Council in Islamabad August 26, 2001. (REUTERS/Files)

Vikas Swarup said in Washington. “This does not reflect well on the determination that the international community needs to display to decisively defeat the menace of terrorism,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a nuclear summit in the U.S. capital. It was not immediately clear why

China requested that a hold be placed on the Indian request to blacklist Masood Azhar. Technical holds can be lifted and often arise when a Security Council member wants more information. But sometimes they lead to a permanent blocking of a proposed blacklisting. Asked about China’s decision to place a technical hold on the proposed blacklisting of Masood Azhar, Chinese U.N. Ambassador Liu Jieyi offered no details. “Any listing would have to meet the requirements” for blacklisting, he said. Pakistani security officials have said that a special investigation team set up in Pakistan to probe the Pathankot attack found no evidence implicating Masood Azhar. If Masood Azhar was blacklisted by the U.N. Security Council, he would face a global travel ban and asset freeze. The January 2 attack at Pathankot was followed by a raid on an Indian consulate in Afghanistan that has also been linked to Jaish-e-Mohammad, or the Army of Mohammad. Jaish-e-Mohammad militants are blamed for a 2001 attack on India’s parliament that nearly led to a war between the nuclear-armed rivals.

‘Urbanization’ reaches Meluri; upgraded to town council Chizokho Vero

fledged Town Council, it is now entitled to get the funds from central government for overall development of the town. He also informed a new scheme “Housing for all” for urban poor will also now cover Meluri town.

Meluri | April 2

The ‘urbanization’ wave reached Meluri town as it officially became a fullfledged Town Council - the fourth Adhoc Town Committee to be upgraded this year after Shamator, Noklak and Aboi subdivisions. Meluri, under Phek district is located 167 km away from state’s capital Kohima. Chief Minister T.R Zeliang, who formally inaugurated the Meluri Town Council on Saturday said out of the 17 towns that sought for upgrade to town councils, four were allotted on the grounds of backward and border area. While calling upon the people to gain maximum benefit out of the upgradation of such town councils, Zeliang emphasized on the need to enhance tax collection in the form of toll tax, trade license etc. by the town councils. He maintained that development will flourish

Zeliang appeal womenfolk to accept 25% nomination in ULB

Chief Minister T.R Zeliang, minister for school education Yitachu, parliamentary secretary for municipal affairs R. Tohanba and others during the inauguration of Meluri Town Council on April 2. (Morung Photo)

only when citizens come forward and is willing to pay tax fixed by the respective town councils, which is for the benefit and development of the town. The chief minister also cited an instance on how Delhi city developed to such great extent - largely because it generates more than Rs 10,000 crore out of tax, and the same is being used for city’s development.

He also called upon the landowners to extend their cooperation for overall development of the town. Referring to the memorandum submitted by Pochury Hoho through its president Penthu Pochury, the chief minister assured to consider the same. The contents of the memorandum include creation of Sub-Treasury office at Meluri, creation of Police

Outpost at Avakhung International Trade Centre and creation of Political Assistant to ADC post at Meluri. Minister for school education & SCERT Yitachu, who is the elected representative from 20th Meluri A/C called upon the people to develop broader vision and mentally prepare to face industrialization process with the attainment of the fullfledged town council.

Stressing on the need for proper functioning of town council, Yitachu called for improving sanitation; roads, drainage, systematic distribution of water supply and other basic amenities. Parliamentary secretary municipal affairs and economics & statistics R. Tohanba said with the upgradation of Meluri Town Adhoc Committee to a full-

Chief Minister T.R Zeliang today appealed to the womenfolk to accept 25% nominations to the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) with full voting rights on an experimental basis to begin with. “Instead of 33% reservation which is vehemently opposed by our tribal organisations, I appeal to the womenfolk to accept 25% nominated seats to the ULBs with full voting rights, and if it is found necessary and viable we can have more reservations for our women,” he said while addressing the inaugural function of the upgradation of Meluri Adhoc Town

Council to a full-fledged Town Council. The chief minister also appealed the men-folk to change their mindset in tune with the changing times and “together with our women, work together hand in hand for the uplift of our people.” He also pointed out that due to the reservation issue pending in the Supreme Court; the State Government had been unable to utilize annually Rs 40 crore sanctioned by the Government of India for the ULBs. “Upgradation to Town Council will not benefit the people of the towns much if the Court issue is not resolved at the earliest and we will continue to lose out on funds meant for the ULBs,” he said. In this, the chief minister appealed to the womenfolk to withdraw the case from the Supreme Court and work together with the menfolk so that the purpose of having ULBs is not defeated.

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YM Yollow inaugurates Anghban Schools functioning without Morung of Wakching village textbooks shock PSUN Poilwa, aPril 2 (MExN): Poilwa Students' Union Nagaland (PSUN) today expressed shock to find that government schools in the village have been functioning for the past two months without textbooks and other necessary tools. P o i l w a S t u d e n t s' Union Nagaland President Ihoilung Chuilo in a press release stated that while appreciating the teachers in the village schools who have been managing without proper syllabus and

Parliamentary Secretary for CAWD, YM Yollow along with VC Chairman, Chief Angh and SDO Civil Wakching during the inauguration of the Anghban Morung of Wakching village on April 2. (DIPR Photo)

MoN, aPril 2 (DiPr): Parliamentary Secretary for CAWD, YM Yollow inaugurated the Anghban Morung of Wakching village on April 2. In his inaugural speech, Yollow spoke on the developmental activities of the village and advancement of Christianity that paved the way for modernity in Wakching. Despite various developmental initiated in the past he lamented that certain areas are still lagging behind which needs imme-

diate attention to progress. Informing that the Anghban Morung was constructed way back in the year 1960 he said the morung was renovated and constructed after a gap of 56 years with initiative and contribution by individuals and well wishers. Appealing to the gathering to preserved the rich culture and traditions of the people he said with the advancement of modernity the age old culture of the people are degrading slowly be-

cause the younger generation is not preserving the rich culture. He urged the youths to preserve the cultural and traditions of the people and at the same time to march ahead and compete with the advancement of world. Short speeches were proposed by Longmei Chief Angh, Chingak SDO Civil Wakching, L. Nyeiang Nokha Angh, Y. Ngangpong GB and Yiwang Ban Shimpa. The highlights of the day were traditional dances by various cultural troupes.

books, the Union questioned the department as to why no textbooks has been issued even after lapse of more than two months. The Union further warned that the fundamental rights under article 21-A of the poor village government schools students has been denied by not providing the necessary textbooks and the like. “Embezzling crores of rupees meant to provide free textbooks and kits for the millions of poor is a crime and cannot be tolerated,”

alleged the Union. The Union cautioned that the indifferent attitude of the government towards the government school students has to be done away with immediately to strengthen the principle of the right to education under article 21-A of the Indian Constitution, and to make the dream of education for thousands of students specially in the rural areas a reality. The Union cautioned the concerned department to immediately issue textbooks and the

AASU demand ban on proxy & substitute teachers

DiMaPur, aPril 2 (MExN): The Aghunaqa Area Students' Union (AASU) has extended support to All Sumi Students Union (SKK) mission to ban proxy and substitute teachers in every school. Keeping aside all those lacking amenities AASU demanded the first priority of the teachers to be responsible while discharging their duties and department to provide textbook at the earliest. Meanwhile, as a part of

union social responsibility and student’s welfare, AASU conducted its first phase school tours from March 29 to 31 and interacted with their respective SMC and Teacher-in-Charge. The Union, in a press release issued by its president H. Pito Yeptho and vice president Vinoto Khulu lamented on the irregularities and absence of teachers and lacks punctuality where the students are left without quality education and proper guidance.

Besides lacking many basic amenities, the Union noted that students are left without text book where their academic career had already started and barely a few weeks left for their mid-term examination which effect and hamper their studies. It asked the concerned department that whether ‘Right to Education Act’ is meant for students without textbook. The student had no option to rely on but left on their own, where

HCHSS alumni meeting today DiMaPur, aPril 2 (MExN): Alumni of Holy Cross Hr Sec School Dimapur will hold its general meeting on April 3 at 3:00 p.m. in the school premises. All alumni are requested to attend the meeting without fail as important issues regarding the Alumni Nite will be discussed and finalized.

100th birthday of WW II veteran Sovehu KohiMa, aPril 2 (MExN): The 100 birthday celebration of WW II veteran Sovehu Nienu will take place on April 7 at Phek village at 2:00 pm. Greetings will be shared by MLA Kuzholüzo (Azo) Nienu, while release of biography of Sovehu Nienu will be done by Col. BR. Devprasad, CO, 46th AR, Phek. The function will be chaired by Kupota Khesoh while brief history of Sovehu Nienu will be given by Chovose Nienu.

Doyang Union Philimi-Tsungiki informs

Ganja seized at Khuzama check gate DiMaPur, aPril 2 (MExN): The Excise (Narcotic cell) personnel manning inter-state check gate at Khuzama recovered 70 kg of ganja from a Guwahati bound Imphal truck bearing Regd. No. WB41E-7374, which was fully loaded with used papers and old batteries. In this connection, the handyman of the vehicle identified as Jahar Kumar Hrangkhwal was arrested and forwarded to judicial custody and booked under Sec 20 (b) of NDPS ACT ‘85 as the driver of the vehicle fled from the scene under the cover of darkness. The case is under investigation and the effort is on to arrest the prime accused, informed a press release from Deputy Commissioner of Excise Visedelie Mepfuo.

Immanuel College visits Silver Lines Academy DiMaPur, aPril 2 (MExN): Education Honours students (BA 2nd, 4th and 6th Semesters) of Immanuel College in Dimapur visited Silver Lines Academy, Dimapur as part of ‘Learning Education’ on March 30. The students were led by Temjen, Areni Murry, and Abeni Mozhui, Assistant Professors of the department. Silver Lines Academy, established in 2015, is an academy for differently abled children. Department of Education, Immanuel College presented stationery gift sets and provided refreshments to the students of the academy. The College students also conducted a worship programme where the children of the academy showcased their talents. The students of Immanuel College have lauded the Director of the Academy and all its teachers for taking care of the children.

the right to education was meant only for name and not for implementation. The AASU also added that the Union witnessed the shortage of teachers in Government Primary Schools and subject teachers in Government Middle Schools within its jurisdiction and also asked the concern department not to entertain the transferring of teachers with post without the knowledge of school management authority.

KohiMa, aPril 2 (MExN): The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Kohima for the year 2016 was held on March 30 at KVK conference hall, Tesophenyu. The achievement report for the year 2015-16 was presented by Imtisenla, SMS (Agronomy) highlighting the activities of On field Trial, frontline demonstration, training programmes, extension activities and collaborative linkages with Agri & Allied departments while the Action Plan for the year 2016-17 was presented by Longma Yanger, SMS (Agr. Ext). The committee members also provided in-depth suggestions for incorporating in the action plan to be executed during 201617. The programme was chaired by Dr. V. Akashe Zhimomi, PC, KVK Kohima, rapporteur for the meeting was Michael Pienyu, SMS (Plant Protection) and Sesenlo Kath (Farm Manager). The meeting was attended by HoD of Agri and allied Department under Kohima district.

Meeting on NERP 2016 progamme

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DiMaPur, aPril 2 (MExN): The Doyang Union Philimi-Tsungiki is organizing annual traditional community fishing on April 8 within its jurisdiction. Doyang Union Philimi-Tsungiki Chairman Wobemo Kikon and Secretary Khekivi in a press release informed that nominal vehicle fees will be realized from those coming to participate in the fishing.

like without further “delaying, denying and hindering this basic right to education.” The Union has further asked all the government employees within its jurisdiction to perform their duties with utmost sincerity and dedication. Cautioning that the ignorance of the people in the village cannot be taken for granted, the Union warned that irregularity and irresponsibility of all employees within its jurisdiction will be sternly dealt with.

KVK Kohima SAC meeting held

Albert Ezung, SDO (Civil Hqs), Dimapur inaugurating ‘Mega Expo’ at Dimapur Club on April 2. The trade fair organised with support from the Dimapur Naga Students’ Union will continue till April 14 and will showcase crafts, furniture, kitchen items, children’s toys etc from all over the country. Entrepreneurs from several states, including Nagaland have converged for the fair. Mega Expo chairman, Deepak Tomar stated that it organises such fairs to promote business enterprise. (Morung Photo)

Gospel Voice Hunt Season-3 auditions

DiMaPur, aPril 2 (MExN): The audition for Season-3 of Gospel Voice Hunt will begin on April 22 at Dream Café, Kohima. On April 23, audition will be held at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur. The organizers in a press release have said that Season-3 will be totally professional, where contestants can sing any gospel song in English

or Hindi to entertain the public of Nagaland. They will be trained to entertain, how to perform on the stage and interact with the crowd. Total prize money for the winners is Rs.2,00,000/ with certificate and many more gifts, the release said, adding there are also chances to achieve Best Vocal and Performance Awards.

There will also be promotional concert in Kohima and Dimapur with the top 8 finalists to promote them. During the show, contestants will get a chance to perform with the winners of the Gospel Voice Hunt Season-1 (2014) Vania Chawang and Season 2 (2015) Tumchobeni. Some renowned artists will also come as guests to the show.

For registration to the contest, visit: Kohima- Dream Café, near UCO Bank, and New PG Store, opposite War Cemetery, TCP gate; DimapurCitykart, near Sewak junction, Popular Bakery, near Holy Cross, New Popular Bakery, Purana Bazar. For further details contact: +919862094672/ 9774862205/ 9612947394, Facebook Page.

KohiMa, aPril 2 (DiPr): A meeting is convened on April 6 (Wednesday) at Hotel Japfu at 1:00 PM to discuss on issues pertaining to the National Electoral Roll Purification (NERP) 2016 programme and also the Systematic Voters' Education & Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme with the following namely: The Director General of Police; The Commandant, 15 IR Mahila Battalion; The IG, Assam Rifles, Nagaland; The Commandant, SEWAK, Nagaland; The Commandant, CRPF, Nagaland; The Commandant, 164 Naga Territorial Army, Jakhama; The Commandant, 155 BN, BSF, Chedema; The Commandant General, Home Guards & Civil Defense; The Director, Rajya Sainik Board, Nagaland and The Group Commander, National Cadet Corps, All the members have been requested to cooperate and attend the meeting positively. The designated officers may like to bring along one or two of their immediate subordinate officers. In case the designated officers are unable to come, then the next immediate officer only may be deputed. A similar meeting is convened on April 6 (Wednesday) at Hotel Japfu at 11:00 A.M to discuss on issues pertaining to the National Electoral Roll

Purification (NERP) 2016 programme and also the Systematic Voters' Education & Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme with the following namely:President, CANSSEA; President, Nagaland Civil Service Association (NCSA); President, Nagaland Police Service Association (NPSA); President, Federation of Nagaland State Engineering Services Association (FONSESA); President, Nagaland Agriculture Graduates Association (NAGA); President, Nagaland Secretariat Service Association (NSSA); President, All Nagaland School Teachers' Association (ANSTA); President, Nagaland School Education Administrative Officers' Association (NSEAOA); President, Nagaland Govt. Higher Secondary School Officers' Association (NGHSSOA); President, Nagaland Forest Executive Staff Association (NFESA); President, Nagaland Social Welfare Officers' Association (NSWOA); President, Nagaland Rural Development Service Association (NRDSA); President, Nagaland Information Public Relation Service Association (NIPReSA) and President, Nagaland Physical Planners' Association (NPPA). All the members have been requested to cooperate and attend the meeting positively.

Swachh Bharat exercise in Phek town YouthNet Pork Chop- 2 opens in Kohima

Participants during the Swachh Bharat exercise in Phek town bazaar area and NST bus station on April 2.

PhEK, aPril 2 (MExN): Group B and C state government employees of Phek district who are undergoing second phase of induction training programme organised by ATI Nagaland Kohima in DC office Phek carried out Swachh Bharat exercise in Phek town bazaar area and NST bus station on April 2 with Swachh Bharat being one of the

course contents of the training. The trainees were led by EAC Phek & nodal officer induction training Tiayanger Jamir in collaboration with Phek town council. The trainees also donated dustbins to NST Phek with the aim of keeping the bus station premises more neat and clean. EAC Phek emphasized on the officials and staff of

the NST and also the bazaar dwellers to uphold Swachh Bharat not only in letter but also in spirit since bus station and the market places are generally places that travelers including domestic as well as international tourists visit. He also thanked the trainees and town council for their enthusiasm and active participation in the Swachh Bharat exercise.

KohiMa, aPril 2 (MExN): As part of the ‘Impact5000 by 18’ campaign which is a joint programme of YouthNet with the Government of Nagaland (To impact 5000 lives 2018 in the field of entrepreneurship and private job sector). A second outlet of Pork Chop- A local pork retail shop has opened at High School, Junction, Kohima. Chief Analyst Officer YouthNet John Meyase said, “Since we opened Pork Chop in 2014, we are happy to see eight more local pork shops open in Kohima. It is good for the local economy as it creates employment and also livelihood for our piggery local farmers.” He also mentioned it was important for the Government to keep a check on the pricing, quality, hygiene with frequent inspection so all the butchers’ shops can cater well to their customers. The entrepreneur is Kito Chophi who is also the co- founder of the first pork Chop. He says local pork sells out in

The second outlet of Pork Chop- A local pork retail shop opened at High School, Junction, Kohima.

2-3 hours. Initially, supply was difficult because of the huge demand but over time, we have seen more people get into commercial piggery. We need to encourage our farms rather than import pigs from

outside states. Im sure the municipality, Department and entrepreneurs can create an eco-system that will benefit our local piggery farmers in Nagaland and this will help our economy. The Butchers at the Pork

Chop are both graduates Vituo Seyie and Mechal Kikhi who have been there since day 1 of Pork Chop. Pastor Kevichalie Metha from Perachizie Baptist Church said the invocation prayers.

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electoral rolls Modi's popularity test, Congress Nationwide 'purification' drive revival linked to Assam poll results

NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 (IANS): Never since its historical elections in the 1970s -- the peak of the Assam students' movement -- has the northeastern state generated so much interest in its polls nationally. Among the five states going in for assembly elections in April and May, the battle for Assam is turning out to be the mother of all elections for 2016, in more ways than one. It's a battle of prestige for both the Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party. With the so-called 'Narendra Modi phenomenon' having failed the party in bringing any electoral success in 2015 in Bihar and in Delhi, Assam would be keenly watched to see whether the prime minister's image would sway the electorate. For the Congress, which has just lost power in two states -- Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand -- to political manipulations, a win would be an immense booster.

In a peculiar turn of events, both the Congress and the BJP face similar challenges. In no other state where elections are being held in this round are the two major national parties vying for power in a direct contest. Both face internal dissension in the run up to the polls and need to improve their performance in the regional bastions of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF). Congress insiders say the party's revival in national politics would largely depend on its performance in Assam, because this will show whether it has ben able to retain the party's traditional hold among minorities and tribals. "The Congress party's success in Bihar was only symbolic as the entire credit for it was stolen by the caste combination of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav. Assam would is the real challenge," a key Congress leader from Assam

told IANS on condition of anonymity. The leader admitted that the party faced a strong anti-incumbency wave in several seats it had won in Assam in 2011 and the bigger challenge would be to make a dent in the support base of regional outfits the AGP and pro-minority AIUDF of perfume-baron Badruddin Ajmal. For its part, the BJP, which is exuding confidence following a favourable opinion poll earlier this week, hopes to reap dividends from voters' disenchantment in traditional Congress seats, including at least five districts where Muslims are in sizeable numbers. According to the 2011 census, nine out of Assam's 27 districts have substantial presence of Muslim voters -- who can tilt the balance either way. With AGP and Bodo People's Front (BPF) won over as allies, BJP thinks it has an advantage.

Dissension and desertion has hobbled the Congress. Immediately after Congress announced its first list of Congress candidates, rebellion surfaced in key hubs like Lakhimpur, Mahmora and Duliajan. Amia Gogoi, the Congress legislator from Duliajan, was not happy as the ticket went to newcomer Dhruba Jyoti Gogoi. There is also usual allegation of promotion of dynasty in the Congress even at the block and assembly segment levels. In Aamguri, Ankita Dutta, daughter of state unit president Anjan Dutta, has been fielded while in Sarupathar, ticket went to Rosenila Tirkey, daughter of sitting MLA Aklius Tirkey. Gautam Dhanowar, son of Digboi legislator Rameswar Dhanowar, and Pallabi Saikia Gogoi, the daughter-in-law of Teok legislator Membar Gogoi also has angered grassroots workers. Moreover, they say, BJP

is trying to make inroads into the hubs of smaller tribals including Manipuris to wrest Lakhipur seat in Cachar valley. Manipuris in Lakhipur, Sonai and Udharbond constituencies have already given the visiting BJP team from Manipur a warm welcome. The BJP is also trying to make inroads among tribals like Rabha, Missing, Karbi, Dimasa and Rajbongshis. The saffron party's chief ministerial candidate, Sarbanand Sonowal, belongs to the Kachari scheduled tribe. With tribal and community-wise combinations, the BJP's poll managers feel the party and its alliance partners can wrest traditional Congress seats like Marigaon, Bokakhat, Sarupathar, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli (ST), Haflong (ST), Bokajan (ST), Howraghat (ST), Diphu (ST), Sonari, Sibsagar, Duliajan and Digboi. But there are factors which pose a challenge to the BJP-led saffron alliance. "In many constituen-

cies, BJP is still considered a party of traders and will not be acceptable to a large section of the Assamese electorate," says Assam pradesh Congress chief Anjan Dutta. The BJP counters this saying things have changed. The party is playing national security card to the hilt and has pledged efforts to seal the borders with Bangladesh to prevent infiltration. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP riding on the Modi wave, won seven of the 14 seats in Assam and had increased vote share to 36.6 per cent, Sonowal said. "The alliance now expects that in the upcoming polls, the BJP's vote share in Assam will jump to 4445 percent," said BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya. This confidence is also guided by the fact that in 2014, the Congress vote share had declined to 29.9 percent from 39 in 2011. Recent polls, though, predict the Congress vote share in 2016 would be around 37 to 39 percent.

AGARTALA, APRIL 2 (IANS): The Election Commission has asked all the states and union territories, except five election bound states, to launch a fresh drive to correct and update the electoral rolls, an official said here on Saturday. "The actual work of purification of the electoral rolls under the programme 'National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP)' has started on Friday and it would continue till August," Additional Chief Electoral Officer of Tripura Debashish Modak told IANS. He said: "NERPAP was conducted in previous year also and was effective. It will be implemented in various phases." The five month programme would be completed before the publication of the next draft electoral rolls of each state, he said. The next draft electoral rolls would be published for the subsequent summary revision of voters'

list qualifying the age as on January 1, 2017, he said. "All eligible voters with a special focus on 18 years' age group are to be included in the electoral list and multiple registrations of a single person cleansed, while also taking care of the dead, shifted and absent voters." "Sometimes after the shifting of a person or a family from one place to another place and other reasons, their names occur in two or more lists. Under NERPAP, names and other details of the voters would be verified and recorded," Modak said. The election-bound states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry have been kept outside the programme, possibly to avoid any difficulties in the ongoing electoral process. The Election Commission is also collecting the voter's mobile number with his EPIC (Elector's Photo Identity Card) number to provide electoral roll related information to the voters through mobiles.

Rengmas in Assam asked to remain strong & united Nagaland BJP leaders attend election rally in Assam

BJP leader Imtilemba Sangtam along with villagers during a BJP election rally at Jongpha village under Bokajan assembly seat on Friday. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Jongpha Village (Assam) | April 2

Advisor, Co-operation, Government of Nagaland, and senior state BJP leader, Imtilemba Sangtam, called upon the indigenous Rengma Nagas of Assam to remain strong and united in their quest for socio and economic development. Addressing a BJP election rally at Jongpha, a

Rengma village under 17 Bokajan legislative assembly constituency on Friday (April 1), in support of the BJP candidate, Dr. Numol Momin, the Advisor, Co-operation, said the Rengmas in Assam may be minority tribe, but if they remain united then no one can trample their constitutional rights. In the case of the upcoming Assam state as-

sembly election too, Imtilemba said the Rengmas should have consensus and clear direction as to which candidate can best work for their uplift and usher development in their areas once elected. Echoing Chief Minister TR Zeliang’s election address at Bokajan on March 31 last, Imtilemba said if the BJP comes to power in Assam, then relations be-

Sonia likely to sort out reshuffle issue IMPHAL, APRIL 2(IANS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to take a call on the demand of Manipur's dissident Congress legislators for a reshuffle in the state on Monday. It was disclosed by the party's new state unit president T.N. Haokip, a legislator, who took charge from outgoing president Gaikhangam on Saturday. Except a few legislators, no minister was present during the change of guard ceremony,

heldintheCongressofficehere. Haokip said the ball was now in the court of party's national president Sonia Gandhi and Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. Speaking to reporters, Haokip said for a long time the Congress legislators have been demanding dropping of all 10 ministers; there are 12 ministers in the council of ministers. This is in accordance with the assurance given by the chief minister who

reportedly said that there would be a major reshuffle at the end of two-and-ahalf years of the ministry, Haokip said. The demands for the reshuffle have been made in view of the forthcoming elections. The dissidents are demanding a mass reshuffle alleging lack of transparency and non- performance. Chief Minister Ibobi Singh was present at the function but did not say anything.

Assam polls: Campaigning ends for first phase, 539 candidates in fray GuWAHAtI, APRIL 2 (IANS): Campaigning in 65 assembly constituencies in Upper Assam, the north bank of Brahmaputra river and Barak Valley where polling will be held in the first phase on Monday, came to an end on Saturday. A total of 539 candidates, including 280 Independents, are in the fray including three-time Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi (Congress) and BJP's chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal. The ruling Congress is contesting in alliance with the United Peoples' Party (UPP), which has its presence in the Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD). The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on the other hand has tied up with

the regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF), the ruling party in Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) that governs the four districts of BTAD. The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) led by perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal is going to the polls alone, but has however, stated that they are going to contest only 60 seats of the total 126 and leave the rest for the benefit of the Congress "to keep the communal BJP from out of power". While the Congress has put up candidates in all the 65 constituencies, the BJP has put up candidates in 54 followed by AIUDF 27 candidates, the AGP with 11, BPF three, the Nationalist

Congress Party nine, Bharat Vikash Morcha six, Lok Janshakti Party three, Liberal Democratic Party five seats, the Communist Party of India-Marxist 10, Jai Maha Bharat Party in one and others (including some unregistered parties) in 65 seats. While the Congress has brought in star campaigners like party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi, former ministers Jairam Ramesh, Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Salman Khurshid and many others, the BJP has also brought in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, HRD Minister Smriti Irani and others.

tween Assam and Nagaland would definitely improve and the inter-state border dispute amicably resolved. Terming TR Zeliang as one of the most ‘BJP-friendly’ chief ministers in the North East, Imtilemba said if the party comes to power in Assam, then Naga bethrens in Assam too would be benefitted. “The Congress Party in Assam has already outlived its time. They are now only waiting for a fall,” he added. National vice president, ST Morcha, Johnny G Rengma, in his address alleged that indigenous tribals in Assam like the Rengmas have been discriminated and sidelined by successive Congress governments in Assam. He said the time was to install a non-Congress government in the state if the people wanted a change. Responding to report of threats by rival political party workers, Johnny said “You (Rengmas) are soil of the soil and indigenous inhabitants of this state. You have equal rights as any other citizen or community and so you should exercise your franchise without any fear.” Former Nagaland state BJP Kisan Morcha ex-

ecutives including Lima Longchar, Bendang and Er. D Das also attended the rally. There are 22 Rengma villages and around 5,000 voters under Bokajan assembly seat, which has some 1.27 lakh electorates.

CALLING NOTICE To, R/NO : 9270 Name : Thunchanbemo Rank : THC F/Name : Sanson Village : Longsa P.O/P.S : Wokha District : Wokha It has been reported and found that you have been absenting from your bonafide duty W.E.F 12/02/2016 without any kinds of leave or permission from the competent authority. Hence, 3(three) Calling Notice was issued to you consecutively Vide this office letter of even NO.463 Dated 17/02/16, 486 dated 01/03/16 and 534 dated 2I/03/16.However, you have not reported till date. Therefore you are directed to report for duty within 7 (Seven) days from the date of issue of this letter failing which disciplinary action will be initiated against you as per Nagaland service conduct rule. This may be treated as 'LAST NOTICE'. (KRODI RHETSO) NPS Superintendent of Police, Zunheboto: Nagaland

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Silk Road extended to Nepal, new textile find shows

London, ApriL 2 (iAnS): Textile and dye analysis of cloth remains, dated between 400-650 AD, found in Nepal's Upper Mustang region shows that the Silk Road extended further south than previously thought, say researchers. Silk Road refers to the ancient trade route, across both land and sea, along which silk and many other goods were exchanged between people from across the world, according to Unesco. In the textiles recovered from the Samdzong tomb complex of Upper Mustang region, the researchers identified imported materials from China and India. "There is no evidence for local silk production suggesting that Samdzong was inserted into the longdistance trade network of

the Silk Road," said one of search, University of Camthe researchers Margarita bridge. Gleba of McDonald Insti"The data reinforce tute for Archaeological Re- the notion that instead

of being isolated and remote, Upper Mustang was once a small, but important node of a much

to a fabric, and probably constitutes the remains of a complex, decorative headwear. "These textiles can further our understanding of the local textile materials and techniques, as well as the mechanisms through which various communities developed and adapted new textile technologies to fit local cultural and economical needs," Gleba said. The cloth remains are of further significance as very few contemporary textile finds are known from Nepal. The Samdzong tomb was excavated by Mark Aldenderfer from the University of California Merced in the US. The dye analysis were conducted by Ina Vanden Berghe from the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage in Brussels, Belgium.

larger network of people and places,” Gleba pointed out. The dry climate and high altitude of the Samdzong tomb complex favoured the exceptional preservation of the organic materials, said the study published in the journal STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research. One of the cloth objects recovered is composed of wool fabrics to which copper, glass and cloth beads are attached. It was found near the coffin of an adult along with a spectacular gold/ silver funerary mask. The mask has small pinholes around its edges, suggesting it had been sown

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MuMbAi, ApriL 2 (reuterS): Swiss food group Nestle said on Friday it had not been informed by government authorities of any new health issues with its instant noodles after a newspaper reported tests had detected higherthan-permissible levels of ash in the product. "We have not received any notice from the concerned authorities about samples of Maggi noodles collected from Umesh Chandra, Barabanki. We have also not received any notice from the court and we have heard about this only from a media report," a Nestle spokesman in India said. The Wall Street Journal had cited food safety inspectors in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh

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cM appeals to public for early solution of Naga political issue Our Correspondent Meluri (Phek), April 2

Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang today appealed to the public to come together and work out an early solution to the protracted Naga political problem which he said had been a stumbling block for the overall development of the State for the last many decades. Inaugurating Meluri Town Council here today, Zeliang asserted that the need of the hour is to solve the political problem so as

to ensure the people reap the fruits of good governance and all-round development. “As of now, we have 9 factions of the Naga Political Groups, and if we do not find a solution fast, in a few years more factions may crop up which will only compound the problem,” he said and asked if the “present generation of leaders from all walks of life would like to bequeath the future Naga generations with an unsolved political problem.” Ever since he took over

the Government in May 2014, Zeliang said his Government has strived and worked out an oppositionless Government. “Earlier, when there was Opposition in the Government we could not agree on various issues and the Assembly had witnessed some members walking out of the Assembly to lodge their protests. But now, all the legislators have come together under the NPF-led DAN Government, and we are now all agreed on various issues including early solution to the Naga po-

litical problem,” the Chief Minister said. The CM further noted his Government had also formed a Parliamentary Working Committee which has legislators from all Naga tribes. The PWC had met the Prime Minister, the Home Minister, the Interlocutor and leaders of the NPGs on various occasions, he added, while expressing happiness that the Committee has been assured that all sections of the society would be taken into confidence so as to work out an honourable so-

lution which is acceptable to all. “We have also been assured on many occasions that all the stakeholders would be taken aboard while finalising on the Naga Framework Agreement signed on August 3, 2015 between the NSCN (IM) and the Interlocutor at New Delhi in the presence of the Prime Minister,” he said. As recent as March 9 last, the Committee met leaders of six NPGs at Chumukedima in a Consultative Meet, and different views and opinions were recorded, he recounted.

He made a fervent appeal to the public to also come forward and air their views and opinions, participate in the peace process “so that our common political destiny can be decided which is acceptable to all of us.” “We should not be silent spectators at this juncture, nor should we create hurdles to those parties working out a solution – we should actively participate and support any move that will bring permanent peace in our land,” the Chief Minister said.

Women Welfare Society Meluri celebrates silver jubilee

nagaland Zoological Park received one slow Loris from temsu, assistant sub inspector, Chumukedima Check Post on February 24. admitting that it is encouraging to see everyone supporting the cause of wildlife conservation in the state, assistant Conservator of Forest i/c nZP Obed Bohovi swu thanked temsu and his team for the noble gesture.

mEluri, april 2 (Dipr): Women Welfare Society, Meluri Town celebrated Silver Jubilee on March 30 at Town Hall, Meluri with ADC Meluri, John Tsulise Sangtam as the chief guest. The chief guest in his speech said that women play an important and central role in the society as well in the family. The most important and biggest role in the society is administered by a mother, he said, adding that a mother has to show good attitude to their children and bring them up to become

place to live in. Delivering a keynote address, Zonal Director, NYKS, Jackie Ruivah said that the commemoration was meant to facilitate the people in general and youths in particular to come together and live together, to generate caste free society, to fight against social evils and to foster the feeling of brotherhood and national unity. Stating that Government of India has decided to commemorate the 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar by organizing different types of programs and activities across the country, he informed that NYKS has been entrusted with

the responsibility to commemorate 125th Birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar in 105 districts across the country, financially supported by the Dr. Ambedkar foundation, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, GoI. The peace walk rally was flag-off by the chief guest, Rev. Fr. Dr. A.J. Sebastian at TMGHSS and culminated at Khouchiezie (local ground). The welcome address was delivered by DYC, NYKS Kohima, John Makhabo and Principal of TMGHSS also exhorted the participants. Altogether around 250 students from TMGHSS participated in the rally.

Hi Keneinuo,

Many many happy returns of the day. May our good Lord continue to bless you even more. Spread the smile around as always. Happy birthday, dear. Love, Azefo, Mhasi & all near ones.

Drunk driver creates traffic havoc Morung express news Dimapur | April 2

A pedestrian was injured in a case of drunk driving in Dimapur on April 2. According to the Traffic Police (Zone I), the injured, a woman, was hit during a traffic melee after a car driven by a drunk man rammed three vehicles

at the Kohima Road near Naga Shopping Arcade (Super Market). It brought traffic to a standstill along the stretch before the Traffic police arrived and took the unidentified inebriated driver into custody. The injured woman’s condition was reported to be stable after responding to treatment in hospital.

DC Dimapur orders not to charge money for LLINs

Dimapur, april 2 (mExN): Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome has issued an order stating that no individual/official is permitted to collect/ charge any amount of money for Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) under Dimapur district. The order responsible and successful citi- has been issued as per the directive of the Government zens in the future. and the joint resolution of the Urban Vector Borne DisVirhothsu Nyuwi, the speak- ease Control Scheme (UVBDCS) and the GB Union Dier, dwelling on the topic “Be a real mapur on March 30. woman” said that a woman’s job is not easy as she has to take care NPCC office bearers’ meeting for everything starting from the kitchen to binding a family to- Kohima, april 2 (mExN): NPCC has informed that gether and shaping the society. a meeting of its office bearers, exclusively Vice PresiGracy Nyuwi, Convener, Jubilee dents, Treasurer and General Secretaries, will be held at Committee chaired the function Congress Bhavan, Kohima on April 7 at 11:00 am. Thereand Shikaholi pronounced vote fore, all the officials concerned have been requested to of thanks. The programme was attend the meeting positively. attended by thousands of women, including government heads Phom Union Kiphire of offices and public leaders.

celebrates Monyu

Kohima observes Ambedkar’s birth anniversary J.N. Aier College organises career guidance Kohima, april 2 (Dipr): The 125th birth anniversary celebration of Dr. Ambedkar Youth Convention and Rally for National Unity was held at T.M. Government Higher Secondary School (TMGHSS), Kohima with Rev. Fr. Dr. A.J. Sebastian, SDB, former Prof. HoD, English Department, NU as the chief guest on March 31. In the short function, the chief guest stated, "We have many tribes in Nagaland, we should not fight among ourselves, instead we should together build peace in our land.” He urged the participants to encourage one another in keeping up better relationship by throwing away tribalism so as to have a better

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Dimapur, april 2 (mExN): J.N. Aier College organised career guidance seminar for students on March 30 at college. One of the resource persons for the event was James Swu, SDO (C) Dimapur, who emphasized on various competitive examinations. Zuboni Humtsoe, proprietor of Precious MeLove, a clothing store, spoke on business as a career. Leonard Aier , Principal of City Law College talked on law as a career and North East Institute of Social Science & Research (NEISSR) faculty and students highlighted about master of social resource persons at the career guidance seminar organwork as a career. ised at J.n. aier College on March 30.

KiphirE, april 2 (mExN): The Phom Union, Kiphire celebrated Monyu festival on April 1 at the official residence of Benjamin Longkap, SDO (C) hq. During the short programme, Wangan, EAC gave the welcome address and Takotemjen, BDO presented the significance of Monyu Festival, while special invitees- DC, Vice President USLP and Hd GB Kiphire Town- presented short speeches. Vote of thanks was pronounced by Hongdang, BDO. Monyu festival is one of the most important festivals of the Phom community signifying the season of sowing and the prayer for bountiful harvest and blessing. It is celebrated from April 1-6.

PMFBY programme in Tseminyu Kohima, april 2 (mExN): KVK Kohima is organizing a daylong programme on Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana (PMFBY), a crop insurance scheme, on April 5 at Tseminyu Town Hall at 10:00 am. Parliamentary Secretary (Housing) Er Levi Rengma will grace the farmers’ fair during the programme. Therefore, Programme Coordinator, KVK Tesophenyu Dr. V Akashe Zhimomi has informed all the HoDs of agriculture and allied department of Kohima district and its divisional officers and staff of Tseminyu, Lead Bank Managers, NGOs, Farmers’ Club, SHGs, Village Council Chairmen, and farmers to attend the programme without fail.

Pughoboto SDPDB meeting on April 7

Public SPace

Appeal for Prayer on April 3, 2016

et us be on our knees once again and pray fervently. Let us put our faith, hope and trust in the Lord for He is trustworthy. Let us praise Him with all our heart, soul and might for He worthy to be praised. Yes, He alone is God, who answers our prayer. Today, God has done great things for us through the Talk Team of India and NSCN. In spite of many obstacles, oppositions and troubles in the process to find an honorable solution to Indo-Naga Political Issue, He has let the Talk Team made much progress of the talk towards solution.Thank God. Solution seemed to be drawn ever nearer than before. This Solution, if honorable, is for all sections of the people, both foes and friends of India and Nagalim alike. So much as it is for the rich and the powerful, it is no less for the poor and ordinary people. It is even for the prisoners who are languishing in various jails without hope of freedom. Let God set us free. Just let us go to Him and submit ourselves to Him who is able to save us. Amen! Therefore, at this point of time, we earnestly appeal all the people to join us in fasting and prayer on 3rd April 2016 and offer ardent prayers for theIndian and Naga leaders, so that

by God’s grace and help, they may be able to solve the long pending IndoNaga Political Issue amicably without compromising eachother’s right. We also do earnest solicit to all pastors, priests and leaders of all churches and Organizations who has authority to command over the Lord’s people to organize and conduct fasting and prayer program on this said day. As you do so, may the Lord increase you give you more authority, riches and glory you may powerfully utilize God’s given blessing for the expansion of God’s Kingdom over all of the land, reaching all the nook and corner of the country. Let us no longer engage in paper war, in spreading the bad news of distrust, doubt, denunciation etc. but in prayer. let us be in the ministries ofbearing one another’s burden, doing good things to others, helping, sharing, loving, confidence building, forgiving, healingand thinking for the well-being of one another so that weprove ourselves to be the children of God who fulfill the Golden Ruleand Law of the Bible (Matt 7:12; Jn. 13:34; Rm. 13:8; 1Jn.3:11, 4:7).If we be His children, He is happyto grant us our hearts’ desires. He will bring good days to us in due time. He

has promised us, saying, He will do it for us to the glory of God! (John 14: 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. (NIV). Let us claim His promises through prayer in faith. Let our prayer goes up to heaven and bring blessing down to us. Prayer changes things. Henceforth, watchfully and ardently continue to pray until we achieve and receive our due solution to Indo-Naga Political Issue. May God bless India and Nagalim! May God help Indian Leaders and Naga Leaders! May God help them solve the Issue amicably and honorably! May God bless you abundantly as you pray with heart and soul. PRAYER FOCUS 1. Take time to pray for God’s Presence and Intervention in every sitting of Indo-Naga Political Talk. 2. Take time to pray for an Honorable and Acceptable Solution to be arrived at in this year, 2016. 3. Take time to pray for God’s blessing and help for Prime Minister NarendraModi and Interlocutor RN. Ravi. 4. Take time to pray for

God’s blessing and help for the Collective Leadership, Isak and Muivah. 5. Take time to pray for all the Indian Parliament Members that God may bless them and help them. 6. Take time to pray for NSCN authorities and members that they may be sincere in their service to the nation. 7. Take time to pray for all other Naga Political Groups to be united in the solution process for peaceful living of the Nagas. 8. Take time to pray for all the Naga people to be able to come together and live together as one nation. 9. Take time to pray for the well-being of Meitei people and Assam people so that they may also live peacefully with the Naga as good neighbors. 10. Take time to pray for the forgiveness of the sins of the Nagas and our own ourselves. 11. Most of all, Praise the Lord who hears our prayer, who forgives and saves us. He alone is praise worthy. He alone deserves worship. He alone is our God, the Creator, the Redeemer and the Sustainer. Praise Him and Worship Him as you participate in Fasting and Prayer for the Nation on 3rd April, 2016. Rev. Seksim Kasar General Secretary Council Of Nagalim Churches

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CM extends condolences Kohima, april 2 (mExN): Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang has expressed grief at the demise of the father of Prof Dr Rosemary Dzuvichu, Advisor, Naga Mothers’ Association on April 1 night. “People who have had the opportunity to come across him have all been impressed with his simplicity, humbleness and dedication to spread the Word of God and also promote good quality education to the masses," stated TR Zeliang in a condolence message to Rosemary. “Generations of people will remember him with gratitude for playing a vital role in spreading the Catholic faith and education to the numerous towns and villages.” The CM added that the elder generations of the neighbouring towns and villages remember him fondly for translating the Holy Bible and the hymn books into Tenyidie along with few others in the late 1960s and 1970s. Zeliang and his family further expressed solidarity to Rosemary and prayed that God grant her solace and comfort to get over the tragic bereavement.

pughoboto, april 2 (Dipr): Pughoboto SubDivisional Planning and Development Board meeting scheduled to be held on April 6 has been postponed to April 7 and will be held at Ghathashi town council hall at 11:00 am. ADC, Pughoboto, Avelu Ruho has informed all the members to attend the meeting without fail. Further, the 4th Inter-departmental badminton tournament has also been pre-poned and scheduled for two days from April 5 to 6 and the opening function will be held at 9:00 am.

AR apprehend NSCN (IM) cadre Dimapur, april 2 (mExN): 37 Assam Rifles apprehended an NSCN (IM) cadre on March 27 in Chumukedima during an operation, which was conducted based on confirmed information about NSCN (IM) cadre attempting to sell a weapon in the area. One .32 pistol with two live rounds and one mobile phone were recovered from the accused identified as Shikuto Awomi (41). On spot questioning, the apprehended cadre admitted himself to be a Captain of NSCN (IM) with No 11397. The cadre further confessed that he was attempting to sell the recovered weapon to a potential customer, the release added. The apprehended cadre and recovered weapons were handed over to police the same day.

Mission Indradhanush Phase-3 to be launched on April 7 Kohima, april 1 (mExN): The District Task Force meeting in connection with Mission Indradhanush Phase-3 was held on April 1 in the office of DC Kohima. DPO (RCH-UIP), Dr. Avile Zao gave report on the background and concept of Mission Indradhanush Phase-3. She stated that India has an annual birth cohort of 2.7 crore, where around 70 lakhs of children less than 2 years are either partially vaccinated or completely unvaccinated. During the phase I and II of Mission Indradhanush 2015, a total of 20 lakh sessions were organised and more than 37 lakh children were fully immunized and about 37 lakh pregnant women

were vaccinated with Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccines. She also mentioned that the objective of riding on the success and learning from MI Phase I and II in 2015, the Government of India has decided to continue with the initiative and the MI Phase-3 will be launched on April 7 with the main objective of accelerating the momentum by planning to target 50% of estimated 70 lakhs partially vaccinated or completely unvaccinated (missed) children. The plan is to reach out to the 216 high focused districts (HFDs) across 27 states/UT for achieving 90% coverage earlier than 2020, a press release quoted Dr. Avile as saying. The target popula-

tion comprises of children up to 2 years to be focused upon to increase full immunization coverage; however, in MI Phase-3 focus also will be given to 5 years old children and efforts will be made to increase DPT booster coverage in addition with TT injection to pregnant women. Dr. Avile further stated that India has achieved a landmark by eradicating polio; the last case of polio in India was in January 2011 and the country was officially certified polio free by the World Health Organization on March 27, 2014. The next step to eradicating polio from the world is by removing oral polio vaccines (OPVs). The switch to trivalent oral polio vaccines

(tOPV) will globally coordinate and take place in two weeks window from April 2016. In India, the National Switch Day will be held on April 25, 2016, when bivalent oral polio vaccines (bOPV) will replace tOPV. Programme Officers from Social Welfare and Education departments attended the meeting. The CMO Kohima, Dr. Avino Metha also stressed on the need to create awareness and sensitize the public on immunization, for which active participation and support from the concerned departments, NGOs, community leaders, ward councils, religious institutions are required for the successful implementation of the programme.

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Facts Corner Airplane Facts

Attitude Influence Children's Ministry Magazine

se this children’s message: Attitude Influence with kids ages 6 to 12. Boys will love this fun message! You’ll need a Bible, a

Leading the whoLe ChiLd

basketball and a tennis ball Say: The kind of person you are rubs off on other people. Ask: What happens when you’re in a rotten mood at home? Pause

for answers. Pretend this basketball is you in a really bad mood. And this tennis ball is your friend who’s in a fine mood. But then your friend starts hanging around with you. Take the two balls and hold them with the tennis ball on top of the basketball, putting one hand under the basketball and the other hand on top of the tennis ball. Release them simultaneously. When dropped at the same time, the tennis ball should bounce off the basketball and fly into the air. Ask: How was what happened to the tennis ball like or unlike what happens when you spread a good or bad

mood? Pause for answers. Say: In our experiment, the energy from the basketball transferred to the tennis ball. This is just like your attitude. The longer people hang around you, the more your attitude transfers to them. Ask: What happens to others around you when you have a good attitude? Tell about a time you were a positive influence on the people around you. Read aloud 1 Thessalonians 5:16. Say: The Bible tells us to be joyful always. That’s part of living a God-centered life. When we’re joyful always, we’re a good influence on our friends and classmates.

allow for folding). • Place the transparency paper onto the end of the kaleidoscope and cut slits at the corners so the edges can be folded down. • Tape the transparency paper into place. • Draw another triangle, making this 2cm bigger than the last. • Decide what kind of colored see-through plastic you would like to put inside your kaleidoscope. Cut out small pieces that will sit on top of the transparency

paper. • Put the colored plastic over the end of the kaleidoscope that has the transparency paper, and on top of that add the other (slightly bigger) triangle transparency paper. Tape the second triangle down on top so that there is still just enough room for the plastic to move between the two transparencies. • When your kaleidoscope is finished feel free to design and decorate a cover using

cardboard, felt pens, glitter, tubing or anything else you want to use.

• Airplanes are fixed-wing aircraft that are propelled through the air by engines. • They are used for transportation, recreation, research and military purposes. • Engines provide the thrust needed to move a plane forward, overcoming drag and allowing the wings to create lift. • Aircraft wings feature a shape called an airfoil which is designed to create lift as the plane moves through the air. • The long, thin body of an aircraft is typically called the fuselage. • Pilots usually control the plane from a cockpit located at the front of the fuselage. • Some aircraft (usually military or experimental) are capable of supersonic flight (breaking the sound barrier) by traveling at speeds faster than sound (1235kph, 768mph). • There have only been two commercial aircraft capable of supersonic transport, the most well known of these was the Concorde which flew between major cities such as London, New York and Paris until 2003. • It took Concorde just three and a half hours to travel from New York to Paris while it took other commercial aircraft around eight hours. • Unmanned aircraft controlled remotely or by computers are known as drones. • American aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright (The Wright Brothers), are believed to be have created the first successful airplane.

njoy the beautiful colors and symmetrical patterns formed by a kaleidoscope by making your own. Understand how light bounces between the mirrors of your kaleidoscope and have fun decorating it when finished. What you'll need: • 3 pieces of mirrored perspex • A roll of duct tape or masking tape • Overhead transparency paper • Colored see-through plastic • A pencil

Instructions: • Take 3 pieces of mirrored perspex and tape them together to form a triangle shape. Make sure it is solid and the tape is on the outside of the triangle. • Trace around the small triangle at the end of the kaleidoscope onto the overhead transparency paper (add another 1cm all the way around the triangle to

What's happening? The patterns inside your kaleidoscope are made by light bouncing between the mirrors on the inside. While you look through one end, light enters through the other and reflects off the mirrors. Varying colors and patterns are formed thanks to the symmetric pattern created by the well placed mirrors.

The Olive Tree and the Fig Tree

n a forest, there were an Olive Tree and a Fig Tree. The Olive Tree was very beautiful. It was very proud of its beauty, therefore it never spoke to the Fig Tree kindly. One day, the Olive Tree said to the Fig Tree, “I have leaves on me throughout the year. You are not evergreen and do not have leaves on you in the month of autumn. I am prettier than you.” The Fig Tree never said anything to the Olive Tree and always quietly listened to it. Soon winter came and it started getting cold. One day, it started snowing Big flakes of snow were falling on the ground. The branches of the Olive Tree had lots of leaves; therefore, the snow could not pass through its branches. The snow settled on the Olive Tree. The branches of the Olive Tree could not take the weight of the snow. The branches started falling to the ground one-by-one, spoiling the beauty of the Tree. The Fig Tree did not have any leaves, so the snow easily passed through its branches and did not injure the Fig Tree.

Changing our attitude gives us hope to live a better life.

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INSPIRATIONAL STORIES, MESSAGES, POEMS & SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES

Worshipping the Lord with Praises Selie Visa

tion of his name with which all of his beneficent acts are associated. As always, the occasion for praise is the eviPraise for God: I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell dence of the Lord’s love and faithfulness. As the priests and Levites prepared the morning and evening sacrifice, of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will the Levitical singers led God’s people in worship, using a sing praise to your name, O Most High.” (Psalm 9:1-2) ten-stringed instrument, a harp and a lyre. Praise, as David said, should come from the whole heart. Praise involves showing forth, or telling others, Fear the Lord, praise him: about God’s marvelous works. Praise involves being glad Throughout the Psalms, David as well as other writers and rejoicing, the giving of thanks, and often involves the gave praise unto the Lord as well as called God’s people singing of hymns. to live their lives in praising God. In Psalm 22:22-23, DaIn response to a distressing situation, the psalmist vid penned, “I will declare your name to my brothers; in brings himself to praise God in anticipation of the hour the congregation I will praise you. You who fear the Lord, of deliverance. He exhorts himself to such praise, not only praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Reas a therapy to forget his troubles for a moment, but also vere him, all you descendants of Israel!” to deepen his trust in the Lord. He praises God with all The psalmist declares the name of the Lord in the conhis heart, for he loves the Lord without reservation. God gregation of the faithful. The Lord has responded to his is none other than the God of wonders i.e., God’s mar- prayer and has removed the suffering from his servant. velous acts of redemption and judgment. These acts were No longer need he ask why his God has forsaken him, beregularly rehearsed as a reminder of God’s goodness and cause the Lord has blessed him by not hiding his face. The love, especially for comfort in time of need. The psalm- Lord has been faithful. The congregation of the righteous ist praises the name of God who is also the Most High, in will honor him with devoted hearts. hope that the name of God will protect his servant and that the Lord will manifest again a miracle on his behalf. Worshipping God with praises: An Australian pastor recounts a conversation he had Why do we Praise the Lord? with his praise and worship leader just prior to a two One of the obvious reasons is because of the splendor, day seminar. The worship leader asked, “How long do glory, and majesty of our God, the One who created the you want us to worship? Twenty minutes?” The pastor heavens and the earth, and the One who is to be exalted responded “What about two days.” “I don’t think I could in his holiness. We are to praise him for his might acts, play my guitar that long” the worship leader retorted. The his salvation and redemption, and for his unfailing mer- pastor responded, “You’re talking about music and I am cy, grace, and love. We are to praise him for his healing talking about worship”. provision, for his wondrous acts of deliverance, and for Praise is the key in the corporate worship of God’s his providential care. For everything, whether physical, people. The psalmist wrote in Psalm 100:4 “Enter his mental or spiritual, we are instructed to praise the Lord. gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give Psalm 150:6 says, “Let everything that has breath praise thanks to him and praise his name.” The worshiping community enters the temple courts through the gates. They the Lord.” come with thanksgiving and with praise, appropriate sacrifices for all the benefits they have received from God. Hymn in praise of the Most High: “It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your The angels are to praise the Lord. Even creation, the sun, name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morn- the trees, the snow, and the wind are to praise him. The ing and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten- people of all nations from children to adults are to praise stringed lyre and the melody of the harp” ( Psalm 92:1-3). the Lord. Every human being and “everything that has The Lord expects his people to respond in exclama- breath” is to praise the Lord.

What has Christian music become? Donald Bloesch writes: “Worship has become performance rather than praise. The praise choruses that have preempted the great hymns of the church do not hide the fact that our worship is essentially a spectacle that appeals to the senses rather than an act of obeisance to the mighty God who is both holiness and love. Contemporary worship is far more egocentric than theocentric. The aim is less to give glory to God than to satisfy the longings of the human heart. Even when we sing God’s praises, the focus is on fulfilling and satisfying the human desire for wholeness and serenity. This motivation is not wrong in itself but becomes questionable when it takes priority. Some of the new choruses speak of “falling in love” with Jesus. A sentimental love, not an adoring love, characterizes our relationship to God.” Look at what the Christian music industry has become. We see thousands of young people (and adults) being led astray. Jesus says in Matthew 15:8, “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Over the past decades music has gained an unprecedented prominence in the church. So much so that music has replaced faith and preaching as the new means of grace. The influence of music has become so dominant that worship ministers and worship teams spend more time in ministry with the congregation than pastors do expounding the word of God. So what shall we do? Things may be going wrong with our music and praises. But the Bible has the answers. The apostle Paul exhorted the church at Ephesus, “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:18-20). The Bible tells us what exactly is genuine praise and worship, “So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind” (1 Corinthians 14:15).

Rules for raising kids who love Jesus Dale Hudson hen we help kids see that God doesn’t want anything to hinder the relationship they have with Him, it changes how they see the rules.” Every parent who is a believer has a deep desire to see his or her child grow up to love Jesus. Every children’s ministry leader serves with the hope that the kids in his or her ministry will become lifelong followers of Jesus. While there is no ironclad guarantee that the kids you’re leading will grow up to love Jesus (if you’re thinking about Proverbs 22:6 right now—you might want to read this), there are some rules involved when you see a kid’s faith flourish into his or her adult years. Here are seven of them. #1—Parents and leaders model genuine faith. Yes, faith comes from being taught the Word of God. But it’s also caught by kids who see it modeled by their parents and leaders. Kids are great “fake” detectors and they see right through fake faith. What happens at home and during the week must match what is heard at church. #2—Help them clearly understand what it means to follow Jesus. Many kids who walk away from their faith never had a genuine faith to begin with. They went forward, someone announced to the church that they were “saved” and they were baptized. And yet … they never had a clear understanding of what it means to follow Jesus. This is a big reason why I’m not a fan of large group salvation prayers with kids. It is critical that we help kids understand clearly what it means to follow Jesus. This is why we moved away from praying

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the salvation prayer with kids in a children’s ministry service or classroom. Instead, we have them attend a class with their parents where the Gospel is clearly presented and we have time to talk with them and follow up with them to make sure they understand the commitment they’re making. If you’d like to know more about the class, you can get info here. #3—Emphasize relationship over rules. When rules are elevated above relationship, God becomes a hard task master to kids. You may gain outward conformity through fear, but eventually they will bolt when they get the chance. Yes … rules are important, but the basis for rules is even more important. When we help kids see that God gives us commandments because He loves us and wants what is best for us, it can be a game-changer. Always explain the “why” behind the rules. And the why is a God who passionately loves them and wants to be their best friend. #4—Always teach life application. Faith without works is dead. It’s not enough to fill kids’ heads with Bible knowledge. The devil knows more Bible than you and I. We must show kids how to live out the Word of God. Always … always … always … take the next step and help them apply God’s Word to their life. #5—Show them how to grow their faith. Yes. It’s vital to pray with kids and read God’s Word with kids. But we must also show them how to grow their own faith. This means showing them how to have a quiet time, how to meditate on God’s Word, how to pray and how to walk with God. As they grow into their pre-teen years, there should be a shift to their primary source of spiritual food

coming from themselves. #6—Talk about the hard questions now instead of later. How do you know God created the world … is this compatible with science? If God is real, why does He allow evil? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God allow devastating storms and natural disasters that kill thousands of people? How do you know the Bible is the Word of God? Why is Jesus the only way to eternal life? Kids who grow up to love Jesus aren’t faced with these type of questions for the first time in a college classroom. They were encouraged to ask and explore these kind of questions when they were kids. And instead of being given cute, one-line answers, they were shown how to dig deep for answers. #7—Get them involved in serving. When it comes to physical health, the reason working out works is because you are using your muscles. They respond to the movement and grow. Exercise stimulates muscle growth. The same is true with kids’ spiritual health. The vast majority of time when a kid grows up to love Jesus, you will see a pattern of the kid “working out” his or her spiritual muscles through serving. One of the best things you can do as a parent or leader is involve kids in serving. Serving is super glue when it comes to seeing kids’ faith stick. Your turn. The floor is yours. What are some other rules for seeing kids grow up to love Jesus? Dale Hudson has served in children and family ministry for over 24 years. He is the Director of Children’s Ministries at Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach, Florida. He was recently named one of the Top 20 Influencers in Children’s Ministry. He is the co-author of four ministry books, including Turbocharged: 100 Simple Secrets to Successful Children’s Ministry.

Billy Graham: Christians should openly tell God their feelings and trust in His plan

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hristians should be open with God about their feelings and ultimately trust in His plan for them, the Rev. Billy Graham advises in response to those who feel that God isn’t solving their problems quickly enough. The 97-year-old Baptist minister was responding to a question published in the Kansas City Star Wednesday that read, in part: “I’m kind of angry at God because he doesn’t seem to be doing anything about my problems. What would happen to me if I told him?” In his response, Graham encourages Christians to present their true feelings to God openly, saying that He already knows all of our thoughts and emotions anyway. “Let me assure you that we can be absolutely honest with God. After all, He already knows what’s going on in our minds and hearts, so why shouldn’t we express our true thoughts and feelings to Him?” Graham questions. The evangelical leader goes on to say that this openness means it is also important that Christians allow God to be honest with them and accept His divine will. Too many Christians will become upset with God when He doesn’t immediately answer their prayers, Graham says, but they must remember that God has a plan for everyone.”Yes, we can dump all our negative thoughts and emotions on Him, and He won’t get angry with us for doing so. But God also wants to help us overcome them, and He will, if we’ll only seek His wisdom and strength,” Graham writes. “Sadly, some people get angry or upset with God and are content to stay that way. But when they do, they miss the blessing and hope God has in store for them,” the evangelical leader adds. Graham then encourages Christians to pray to Jesus, that He help them with their problems and they enhance their commitment to Him. The well-known preacher has discussed the importance of speaking to God through prayer before, writing in the “My Answers” section of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s website on March 29 that as long as Christians maintain a sincere relationship with Jesus Christ, He will hear their prayers, regardless of their eloquence. “When we pray, God isn’t concerned with the eloquence of our words but with the attitude of our hearts. If you have sincerely invited Jesus Christ to come into your life, you can be sure God has heard your prayer,” the evangelical leader says. Graham adds that God desires for all Christians to commit their lives to Him, as seen through His death and resurrection. The evangelical leader asks if God would have gone through all of that trouble if He didn’t want to offer salvation to His children. “Would God have done this if He were reluctant for us to be saved? Would Christ have gone through the agonies of the cross if He didn’t want us to be with Him in Heaven forever? No, of course not. God loves us —and the proof is Jesus Christ,” Graham writes, encouraging those who are uncertain of their salvation to “turn to Christ today.”

God finishes what He starts Rick Warren

“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6 NIV)

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Colorado school district will soon distribute satanic and atheist literature to middle school and high school students after pressure from atheist groups. Beginning April 1, the Delta County School District will provide students books from Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Satanic Temple, and Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers after the groups complained. FFRF Co-president Dan Barker said the push to hand out satanic books happened in response to Gideon Bibles being distributed in a passive way to students while school is in session. “The Delta County School District could have resolved the issue by not allowing religious groups inside their schools,” Barker said in a FFRF news release, according to The Christian Post. “But since it has chosen to be obdurate, it’s left us with no option than to respond to the religious propagandizing.” Earlier this month, FFRF stated that the refusal by leaders in another school district to distribute books cost taxpayers. “Public schools have previously attempted to deny FFRF permission to distribute literature,” FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel said. “That resulted in a lawsuit that cost the (Orange) County Public Schools nearly $90,000, and they ended up approving all the literature for distribution anyway,” he said. “Shortly after approving all the literature they closed the literature distribution forum - what FFRF had been asking for (and what FFRF has been asking DCSD 50J for) from the beginning.” Candi Cushman, education analyst with Focus on the Family, disagrees with why the atheist groups are allowed to hand out their literature. “Common-sense standards of decency should apply to these (books),” Cushman told The Christian Post. “From the images displayed on recent television reports on this story, it appears that some of the materials may be disparaging of other religious viewpoints and even lewd in their depictions.” “So a decision to make this literature available to stu-

dents should also be reviewed in light of other school policies that may protect students’ exposure to inappropriately lewd images and overtly disparaging and insulting content,” she said. But Cushman said the Colorado school district’s goal to allow a variety of beliefs on its campuses is positive. “It is commendable that the school is making an effort to avoid unconstitutional discrimination in a public forum against a group simply because of its faith-based perspective,” Cushman said. “As Americans, we believe the truth will rise to the surface when allowed to be heard.”

Cushman said God’s truth will ultimately have the victory over the lies of Satan. “As Christians, we know the truth of the Bible will win out in a competition with any other belief system,” she said. “It would be unfortunate to let intimidation from groups -- with an apparent agenda of shutting a public forum down -- to succeed in censorship for all.” Leaders of the Delta County School District are now discussing revising their policy regarding the handing out of literature on school campuses, according to a local news outlet, KJCT-TV.

hilippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (NIV). What God starts, he finishes. Where God guides, he provides. And where God leads, he meets our needs. But he’s going to test you first, because there is no testimony without a test. The question, then, is: Are you willing to trust God completely? God tells us to remember to remember. Often in the Bible, God had people create a memorial so they’d never forget what he taught them. The idea of creating a stone of remembrance comes from the book of Joshua. Right after the Israelites crossed the Jordan River and were going into the Promised Land, God had them create a memorial to remember what he had done for them. Each person picked a stoned and used it to build a memorial. In the future, when their children asked what the stones meant, the Israelites could explain that they were a reminder of God’s faithfulness to the children of Israel. If you were to build a memorial, what would you want to remember? What would it stand for? What do you want to make sure you don’t forget? It’s not the things that matter — your job, your house, your salary, or your accomplishments. You are God’s legacy, and your legacy is made up of the moments that made a difference for God’s Kingdom, the relationships that had eternal significance, and the ways you worshipped the Savior. I invite you to pray a prayer of remembrance right now. Say these words back to God in your heart: “Father, I remember right now the love of Jesus. Thank you for the miracles you’ve worked in my life. God, help me to remember your grace and to be gracious. I remember your generosity toward me. I ask you for the strength to be generous toward others. I trust that you will be with me, and I trust that you will finish what you have started in me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.” Talk About It • What are the miracles God has done in your life? • What are some meaningful ways that you and your family can remember together what God has done for you? Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., one of America’s largest and most influential churches. Rick is author of the New York Times bestseller “The Purpose Driven Life.” His book, “The Purpose Driven Church,” was named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th century. He is also the founder of Pastors.com, a global Internet community for pastors.

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Kolkata flyover collapse toll Modi in Saudi Arabia to boost ties, 26; opposition slams Mamata deepen counter-terror cooperation Riyadh, apRil 2 (pTi): Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Governer of Riyadh Faisal Bin Bandar al Saud at the Riyadh airport on Saturday. PTI Photo by Shirish Shete Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Governer of Riyadh Faisal Bin Bandar al Saud at the Riyadh airport on Saturday. PTI Photo by Shirish Shete Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Riyadh on Saturday on a two-day visit to energy-powerhouse Saudi Arabia during which both countries are set to sign a raft of pacts to bolster their strategic partnership besides exploring ways to deepen security and counter-terror cooperation. Modi was given a warm welcome at the ‘Royal Terminal’ of the Khalid International Airport with Governor of Riyadh Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, a key member of the Royal family, receiving him along with a number of high- ranking Saudi officials. From the airport, located 35 kilometres north of Riyadh, the Prime Minister drove straight to the majestic and highly fortified King Saud Guest Palace in the heart of the city where Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud is hosting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Governer of Riyadh Faisal Bin Bandar al Saud at the Riyadh airport on Saturday. (PTI Photo)

the Indian leader and his delegation. The entire complex has been elaborately decorated. “Reached Saudi Arabia. I look forward to a productive visit that will strengthen our bilateral relations,” the Prime Minister tweeted in Arabic as well as in English just after his arrival. In the last seven months, it is Modi’s second visit to the Gulf, a strategically important region which is home to over 8 million Indians and key to India’s energy security. Combating threat of terrorism and radicalisation are expected to figure high on the agenda of talks between Modi and the leadership of Saudi Ara-

bia, a country known as the spiritual home of Islam, which recently formed a major coalition of 34 Muslim nations to fight terror, particularly the ISIS. The visit is expected to put bilateral ties on a new trajectory. India’s ties with Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s leading oil producers, have been on an upswing over the last two decades based on burgeoning energy ties and both countries may look to move beyond the buyer-seller relationship in the sector and go for joint ventures and investment in refineries and oil fields. In this context, Modi may seek deeper involvement of Indian companies

Aadhaar to cross 100cr mark, to boost govt plans

New delhi, apRil 2 (pTi): Aadhaar enrolments are set to cross the 100 crore mark in a couple of days, a development which will boost the government s plan to provide subsidies and benefits under various social sector schemes directly. As per the website of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which is implementing the Aadhaar project, "99.91 crore is the total number of Aadhaars issued as on date. Portal counts/reports are not updated due to maintenance activities. Portal will be updated shortly." Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will hold a press conference on Monday to announce the 100 crore mark of Aadhaar

enrolments. The government has already passed the Aadhaar Bill, providing statutory backing to the scheme. The government wants to complete the enrolment process under the unique identification project at the earliest to use Aadhaar as a tool to provide subsidies and benefits under various social sector schemes directly. Under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, benefits like scholarships, pension and cooking gas subsidy are directly transferred to beneficiaries' bank accounts. The government intends to use Aadhaar as a tool to authenticate the identity of people to weed out ghost beneficiaries and plug leakages in spending on various social sector schemes.

India failed to provide evidence about Pathankot attack: Pak JIT

iSlamabad, apRil 2 (iaNS): New Delhi failed to provide evidence to Islamabad's Joint Investigation Team, visiting India to probe the Pathankot attack, to prove their allegation that Pakistan based militants stormed the Air Force base, sources close to the team said. The JIT members visited Pathankot airbase on March 29 where Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials briefed and showed them the route from where the attackers stormed the airbase. Pakistani investigators were allowed to

enter the military airbase from the narrow adjacent route instead of the main entrance and the duration of their visit was just 55 minutes, enough to take a mere walk through the airbase, Geo News quoted sources as saying, adding that the JIT could not collect evidence in this limited time. However, the team was informed about the negligence of the Indian Border Security Force, sources added. It was said that at the time of the attack the BSF personnel were sleeping even though the organisation had been alerted about a possible attack 48 hours earlier, sources said.

Electoral reforms are long-awaited: SC New delhi, apRil 2 (pTi): Supreme Court today accepted that electoral reforms are "long awaited" but refused to entertain a PIL of several eminent citizens, including former air chief S Krishnaswamy and top cop Julio F Ribeiro, seeking a direction to Election Commission to verify details of persons contesting polls. The apex court also said poll reforms have to be carried out by the legislature but simultaneously expressed apprehension that they may not do it. "The election reforms are long awaited. Only they (legislature) can make law, but we know that they will not do this," the bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said. Terming the task of verifying details including assets of candidates as "cumbersome", the bench, also comprising Justices

R Banumathi and U U Lalit, said it was for Parliament to act, as the court cannot ask the Election Commission to undertake this exercise. At the outset, the court said, "how do you expect the Election Commission to go on verifying details of thousands and thousands of candidates...". The bench then asked counsel for Ribeiro and others to make a representation before the poll panel and other authorities concerned and allowed them to withdraw the plea. "Persuade them outside the court. Let us see how they respond," it said. Besides Ribeiro, twelve others including former CAG Vijay K Shunglu, former Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy, former DGP Prakash Singh and ex-IIT Director S K Dubey had co-petitioned the apex court on the issue.

ITC shuts its cigarette factories over warning confusion

KolKaTa, apRil 2 (iaNS): Cigarette maker ITC on Saturday said it has shut down its cigarette factories until "clarity emerges" on the rules on health warning". "ITC has been compelled to shut its cigarette factories with effect from April 1, 2016 until clarity emerges in the current uncertain state of the rules on health warning," the company said in a BSE filing. Until now, cigarette packs carries a warning covering 40 percent of the front of the pack. A parliamentary committee, in its report tabled in the Lok Sabha on March 15, recommended that the new health warnings be modified to occupy 50 percent of the front and the back panels of the cigarette package. However according to a government notification, the pictorial warning should cover 85 percent of the front and the back panels of the cigarette packs effective from this month. The company said: "Parliamentary committee was actively engaged in hearing and considering the representations of var-

ious interested parties, but MoHF (ministry of health and family welfare), contrary to its earlier decision to await the Committee's findings, on September 28, 2015 notified that the new warnings would come into effect on April 1, 2016." According to the filing, the industry was led to believe that the government would re-notify new health warnings after considering the committee's recommendations. The company said the implementation of any change in the health warnings on the cigarette packages required elaborate process for the manufacturers, entailing months of preparation involving substantial cost and effort. "In this situation, the company, as any prudent person would, did not commit to wasting substantial resources in creating the large number of cylinders and other tools necessary for a change-over of the warnings," it said. As a result, the company is at present not in readiness to print the health warnings as now once again notified, it said.

in upstream and downstream oil and gas sector projects in the Gulf nation whose economy has been hit due to falling crude prices, cut in oil exports and slowing down of domestic consumption. The Prime Minister will hold extensive talks with King Salman on a range of bilateral issues tomorrow following which both sides will sign a number of MoUs. Separately, he will also meet Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Naif and Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman. The Prime Minister arrived in Riyadh from Wash-

ington on the final leg of his three-nation tour that began on March 30 with a visit to Brussels. Security and counterterror cooperation between India and Saudi had gotten a boost after then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit here six years back during which both countries had elevated their ties to the strategic partnership level. The security cooperation has been improving since then. Saudi Arabia has close ties with Islamabad and India may raise the issue of Pakistan-based terror groups carrying out attacks on it. Modi had visited the United Arab Emirates, another close ally of Pakistan, in August and both sides, in a joint statement, had called on all states to abandon use of terror against other countries which was seen as a message to Islamabad. Modi is the fourth Indian Prime Minister to visit Saudi Arabia after Singh in 2010, Indira Gandhi in 1982 and Jawaharlal Nehru in 1956. His visit here comes amid the current turmoil in the Middle East and the issue is likely to figure promi-

KolKaTa, apRil 2 (iaNS): The toll in flyover collapse rose to 26 with two more bodies recovered on Saturday, even as political slugfest over the city's worst flyover tragedy heightened with the opposition sharpening its attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress, two days ahead of the first round of assembly elections. Rescuers on the day pulled out two decomposed bodies two days after the under-construction Vivekananda Road Flyover in north Kolkata's market area Posta collapsed, crushing people and flattening vehicles. At least 90 people were injured in the accident of which several are still admitted in various hospitals. Tightening the screws against the Hyderabad-based IVRCL Infrastructure, which was executing the project, police arrested one more of its officials Tanmay Sil, taking the total of number of arrests to four. Bringing charges of murder and criminal conspiracy among other offences, police, which have constituted a special investigation team (SIT), had on Friday night arrested the company's senior assistant general manager M. Mallikarjun, structural manager Pradip Kumar and assistant manager (administration) D. Majumdar. The trio on the day was remanded to police custody by a city court. Besides sealing off the companys' city offices, a Kolkata police team also visited its headquarters in Hyderabad. The chief engineer and an executive engineer of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA)- the state government unit in charge of the JNNURM project - have been placed under suspension. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited the collapse site and also interacted with the injured at a city hospital. Later addressing his maiden rally for the assembly polls in Niyamatpur of Burd-

wan district, he hit out at the Trinamool describing the collapsed flyover as a "symbol of the state of affairs in West Bengal". "People died. Mamataji said it was not a political issue. She said there should be no politics with it. She was right... But the flyover is a symbol. "No work was done in the flyover project for five years. It remained as it was," said Gandhi alleging "Trinamool men" were constructing the flyover. "The flyover collapses and people die. After all who suffers? It's not the Trinamool men. The ones I met in the hospital have suffered," he added. The Bharatiya Janata Party which has been demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation probe, claimed the IVRCL Infrastructure had links with the Trinamool since 2011 when Banerjee was the railways minister. "The company's links with the Trinamool goes back to when Mamata was the railways minister. She then had awarded a contract for building the Srinagar-Udhampur-Baramula tunnel," BJP national secretary S N Singh said quoting an IRCON document. "The chief minister is now trying to evade responsibility by saying that the contract of the flyover was awarded to IVRCL by the (erstwhile) Left Front government. "But the TMC government continued to engage the company for the project, despite knowing the fact that it was not only blacklisted, rather a CBI probe was being done against it for alleged irregularity in a housing project," said Singh demanding Banerjee to go for a CBI probe. Referring to reports of alleged nexus between the Trinamool and the subcontractors involved with the project, the Communist Party of India-Marxist called for a time-bound, high-level independent enquiry.

Mamata and Modi both want to crush all opposition: Rahul Gandhi

NiyamaTpuR (weST beNgal), apRil 2 (iaNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying they wish to crush the entire opposition. Stating that both leaders wish to run their governments single-handedly, he called on people to vote for a Left-Congress coalition in the upcoming Bengal assembly polls. Gandhi, who addressed his maiden election meeting for the polls in the eastern state, said his party has teamed up with the Left Front to take on Banerjee. "In Delhi, Narendra Modi is the prime minister. And across India, Congress is fighting against him," he said. Accusing Modi of trying to "finish off democracy" in the country, Gandhi said the Congress governments in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand were brought down through money power. "In Arunachal Pradesh, he caused the fall of our government by giving money. He did the same in Uttarakhand because he wants there should be only one leader in India Narendra Modi," the Congress vice president said. He said Modi only wanted the ide-

ology of Nagpur (the RSS headquarters) to prevail in the country, and tries to crush any contrary viewpoint. "He wants there should be only one ideology in India, one view point, that of Nagpur, which he wants to impose on the country. And wherever one stands up against him, be it in a university, or any Congress leader in any state, or any bureaucrat, Narendra Modi wants to crush it." Stating that what Modi is doing across India, Banerjee was emulating in West Bengal, Gandhi said: "She also wants the monopoly of one person." He was speaking during a rally here in Burdwan district. Gandhi said whenever he met MPs of the Trinamool and Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party in parliament, they complained that they were not given any importance. "I meet her (Banerjee's) MPs in parliament, and they say only one person matters in Trinamool. They tell me 'What we think, what we want, that is not paid any attention to.' The BJP Mps say the same thing." Attacking Banerjee on the issue of corruption, Gandhi raised the Saradha scam and Narada News portal's purported sting operation that showed a number of Trinamool leaders accepting bribes in return for favouring a fictitious company.

Gandhi said when the Congress had formed the government along with the Trinamool, both had promised to fight against corruption. "But when the country's biggest scam, the Saradha ponzi scheme scandal, came into the public domain, Mamataji did not say anything against it. Her partymen straightaway took money. The sting operation showed her partymen taking money, but Mamataji is quiet." Stating that the Congress did not want Bengal to be steeped in corruption, Gandhi said strict action must be taken against all those involved in graft. He said the Congress-LF would not run a government of "one person". "It will be a government by all. It will be a government of the poor and the common people, a government of tribals and dalits, weaker sections." Explaining the reason for his party aligning with the LF, Gandhi said, he has gone by the wish of the state Congress leaders and workers. He urged the Congress workers to hold the hands of LF cadres. "I have agreed to whatever you wanted. Now you go along with Left Front workers, hold their hands, and defeat Mamataji and the Trinamool Congress here. Bring a coalition government in Bengal," the Congress vice president said.

India jumps to 6th place in top-10 manufacturers list New delhi, apR 2 (pTi): With its ranking going up by three places, India has now been ranked sixth among the world's 10 largest manufacturing countries, a UNIDO report has said. The country previously held the 9th rank. The Yearbook, published by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), finds that in India, the Manufacturing Value Added (MVA) grew by 7.6 per cent in 2015 compared to the previous year. It also said that the quarterly index of industrial production (IIP) shows 1 per cent growth of manufacturing output in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to the same period of previous year. The report also said that the global growth rate of manufacturing production has slowed to 2.8 per cent in 2015. China tops the list of 10-top industrial producers followed by the US, Japan, Germany and Korea. Indonesia was at the bottom of the list.

After liquor ban, Bihar to focus on de-addiction of alcoholics

paTNa, apRil 2 (iaNS): For the Bihar government, enforcing a liquor ban that came into effect on Friday is not the only challenge. De-addiction of hundreds of thousands of alcoholics is going to pose a tough task for the state government. After a partial liquor ban came into force in Bihar from Friday, the state government has decided to take on the responsibility of de-addiction of alcoholics. In the past de-addiction of alcoholics was mainly given to NGOs and voluntary organizations that run rehab centres to help people kick the habit. The Bihar government has set up 39 de-addiction centres across the state for treatment and counselling of alcoholics. "Around 150 highly trained doctors will be deployed at de-addiction centres in all 38 districts in the state for treatment and counselling of alcoholics," N.K. Sinha, state programme officer of de-addiction centres, told IANS here. Doctors have been trained at the Bengalurubased National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)

and New Delhi and Patna -based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). "The state government sent these doctors for special training in February and March for de-addiction of alcoholics," he said. According to officials of the state health society, these doctors have been trained to carry out various methods of de-addiction, including counselling and treatment, to help overcome the mental and health problems of patients. In Patna, the government has set up a 25 bed de-addiction centre at the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital and a 10 bed de-addiction centre in all

sadar hospitals in the districts. Doctors will also provide free counselling to families, particularly the women, of alcoholics to deal with the stress at home. Health experts pointed out that alcoholics are prone to withdrawal symptoms, including body pain, anxiety and irritability after they leave alcohol. Bihar Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan told IANS that other than enforcing liquor ban in the state, the state government's focus will be de-addiction. "With the liquor ban, alcoholics will now have to live without alcohol or

they have to quit the habit. In such a situation, all of them would develop some health related problems; counselling and treatment would be provided to them by doctors at de-addiction centres," Mastan said. He said that de-addiction of the poorest of poor in rural areas will be the focus. "It is not an easy thing in view of the big number of alcoholics in the state," he added. Mastan said in the first phase, manufacture and sale of country and spiced liquor would be banned, followed by Indian-made foreign liquor later this year. Last year, during campaigning for the 2015 Bihar

assembly elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that an alcohol ban would be implemented from April 1. Bihar police chief P.K. Thakur has announced that prohibition and its 100 per cent implementation is a priority of state police. "We have decided to set up a helpline number and control room to register country liquor related complaints," Thakur said. The state minister said the poorest of the poor were consuming liquor, leading to family problems and domestic violence which was affecting their children's education. "Women are suffering more than anyone else due to increasing liquor consumption." According to officials, the ban decision is expected to impact the government's financial health. Bihar earns an annual revenue of around Rs.3,650 crore from liquor sale. To provide livelihood to those involved in the liquor business, the government has offered them to sell products of the state-run Bihar State Milk Cooperative Federation Ltd. under the brand name "Sudha Dairy"

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‘Madmen’ must not be allowed to get nuclear material

WASHINGTON, AprIl 2 (reuTerS): U.S. President Barack Obama urged world leaders on Friday to do more to safeguard vulnerable nuclear facilities to prevent “madmen” from groups like Islamic State from getting their hands on an atomic weapon or a radioactive “dirty bomb.” Speaking at a nuclear security summit in Washington, Obama said the world faced a persistent and evolving threat of nuclear terrorism despite progress in reducing such risks. “We cannot be complacent,” he said. Obama said no group had succeeded in obtaining bomb materials but that al Qaeda had long sought them, and he cited actions by Islamic State militants behind recent attacks in Paris and Brussels that raised similar concerns. “There is no doubt that if these madmen ever got their hands on a nuclear bomb or nuclear material, they would certainly use it to kill as many innocent people as possible,” he said. “It would change our world.” Obama hosted more than 50 world leaders for his fourth and final summit focussed on efforts to lock down atomic materials to guard against nuclear terrorism, which he called “one of the greatest threats to global security” in the 21st century.

Obama has less than 10 months left in office to follow through on one of his signature foreign policy initiatives. While gains have been made, armscontrol advocates say the diplomatic process – which Obama conceived and championed - has lost momentum and could slow further once he leaves the White House in January. A boycott by Russian President Vladimir Putin, unwilling to join in a U.S.-dominated gathering at a time of increased tensions between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine and Syria, may have contributed to summit results marked by mostly technical measures instead of policy breakthroughs. At the closing news conference, Obama, a Democrat, made clear that the raucous Republican presidential race, particularly controversial comments by party front-runner Donald Trump, weighed on leaders’ discussions on the summit sidelines. Obama sternly dismissed as proof of foreignpolicy ignorance Trump’s recent suggestion that Japan and South Korea should be allowed to build their own nuclear arsenals, putting him at odds with decades of U.S. policy. “The person who made the statements doesn’t know much about foreign policy or nuclear policy

bomb-making materials or reduce and safeguard stockpiles, much of the world’s plutonium and enriched uranium remain vulnerable to theft. Obama convened a separate meeting of world powers to take stock of the landmark nuclear pact they negotiated with Iran last July. It is a critical component of his nuclear disarmament agenda and a major piece of his foreign policy legacy.

U.S. President Barack Obama opens the first opening plenary session as world leaders gather at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington April 1, 2016. (REUTERS)

or the Korean peninsula, or the world generally,” Obama said, adding that Americans don’t want anyone with such views to occupy the White House. ‘DIRTY BOMB’ THREAT Deadly bomb attacks in Brussels last month have fuelled concern that Islamic State could eventually target nuclear plants, steal material and develop radioactive

Mass grave found in Palmyra after city recaptured from Islamic State BeIruT, AprIl 2 (reuTerS): Syrian troops have identified 45 bodies so far in a mass grave in the city of Palmyra, which was recaptured from Islamic State last Sunday, a military source told Reuters on Saturday. The communal grave, on the northeastern edge of Palmyra, is the only one found so far in the city by the Syrian forces, the source said. It held the bodies of both civilians and Syrian army members captured by Islamic State. Syrian state news agency SANA said on Friday the grave contained many women and children and some of the bodies had

dirty bombs. Militants were found to have videotaped the daily routine of a senior manager of a Belgian nuclear plant, Obama said. Obama said the required 102 countries have now ratified an amendment to a nuclear security treaty that would tighten protections against nuclear theft and smuggling. “We have measurably reduced the risks,” he said.

But he acknowledged that with roughly 2,000 tons of nuclear material stored around the world, “not all of this is properly secured.” Obama, wrapping up the summit, said leadaers had agreed to strengthen their nuclear facilities against cyber attacks, something that outside experts see as a major weak point. The United States and

Japan also announced they had completed the longpromised task of removing all highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium fuels from a Japanese research reactor. Japan is an avowedly anti-nuclearweapons state as the only country to have ever suffered a nuclear attack. Despite significant strides by Obama in persuading dozens of countries to rid themselves of

LANDMARK PRAGUE SPEECH Obama inaugurated the first Nuclear Security Summit nearly six years ago, after a 2009 speech in Prague laying out the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons. There is no guarantee that Obama’s successor will keep the issue a high priority. Obama made no public mention of Putin as a summit no-show. But he did say that because of the Russian’s leader’s emphasis on building up his military, there was unlikely to be any further deals for reducing the two countries’ vast nuclear weapons stockpiles during what is left of the Obama presidency. For now, U.S. experts are less concerned about militants obtaining nuclear weapons than about thefts of ingredients for a low-tech dirty bomb that would use conventional

explosives to disperse radioactive material and sow panic. U.S. officials said they had no doubt that Islamic State, which controls swaths of Syria and Iraq, was interested in obtaining such materials, but authorities had no explicit evidence that the group had tried to do so. Obama held a special summit session to coordinate the overall fight against Islamic State. He touted gains against the group in Iraq and Syria, which he said were forcing it to lash out elsewhere, and called for stepped-up efforts to stem the flow of foreign fighters to and from the battlefield. Also looming over the summit was continuing concern about North Korea. Obama joined South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday in vowing to ramp up pressure on Pyongyang in response to its recent nuclear and missile tests. But So Se Pyong, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, told Reuters on Friday that Pyongyang will pursue its nuclear and ballistic missile programme in defiance of the United States and its allies, saying there is now a state of “semi-war” on the divided peninsula.

Vietnam swears in top policeman as president

arms embargo. HANOI, AprIl 2 (reuTerS): Vietnam’s A resolution approving Quang’s presidency parliament swore in Tran Dai Quang as presiwas backed by 460 of the 465 lawmakers who dent on Saturday, elevating the head of a concast votes on Saturday. He swore his loyalty to troversial internal security agency to one of the the party and people. communist nation’s most powerful political Among his first duties will be meeting U.S. posts. counterpart Barack Obama in May, the first Quang’s approval was a formality since he visit to Vietnam by a U.S. president in a decade. was the only candidate put forward by the parObama’s trip will cap off a two-year charm ofty’s five-yearly congress in January. The outgofensive by Washington that has coincided with ing National Assembly is overseeing the transiHanoi’s deteriorating ties with communist tion to a new government three months earlier Vietnam’s Public Security (Police) Minister neighbour China. than scheduled. Tran Dai Quang (C) stands with ComLe Hong Hiep, a visiting fellow at SingaVietnam has no paramount ruler and is of- General munist Party’s General Secretary Nguyen Phu ficially led by a triumvirate of president, prime Trong (R) and Politburo member Dinh The pore’s ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, said Quang minister and Communist Party chief, although Huynh (L) at a closing ceremony of 12th Na- may aspire to rise further up the power chain experts say the presidency is more ceremonial tional Congress of the Party in Hanoi, January and his clout among the security apparatus 28, 2016. (REUTERS) could come in handy. than the other posts. “Party leaders may see the selection of Mr. The party runs Vietnam’s complex politi- and foreign threats to the party. Quang as a safe bet due to his public security cal system by consensus, with big decisions It has been a focus of Western pressure on background, and that he will be able to protect reached in secret by its 19-member politburo. the regime at a time when the party is coming Quang, 59, is a police general who hails from Vietnam to improve its human rights record under increasing pressure for political changthe Ministry of Public Security, an organisation and stop arrests, harassment and imprison- es,” Hiep said. ment of activists in return for closer trade and On Quang’s presidency, he said: “It’s highly mented with TCC through- with broad powers and a remit that includes defence ties, including the full lifting of a U.S. possible that it is just a stepping stone for him.” intelligence gathering and thwarting domestic out pregnancy and a 16day nursing period after the rat pups were born. The investigators performed DNA sequencing of the gut microbiota from the collected samples. They compared the results with gut microbiota analysis of rats and their pups that were not exposed to TCC. tion, like now, the ideal leader is one By postnatal day 16, the rIO De JANeIrO, AprIl 2 who is neither too much nor too lit(reuTerS): His manners and pups exposed to TCC had a tle of anything,” said Eliane Cantandress are so impeccable that the significantly different comhede, a political commentator with man who may soon be Brazil’s next position of gut microbiota the Estado de S.Paulo newspaper president is quietly known by pofrom that of unexposed and Globo TV who has covered the litical allies and enemies alike as pups. Those differences “The Butler.” vice president for decades. became noticeable start“Temer is assertive, but not agYet Vice President Michel Teing at day 12, according to mer, a respected constitutional gressive. He speaks, but not too the study. much. He’s restrained. Yet he has scholar who would step into the “The ability of TCC an- presidency should President Dilshown he can negotiate with anytimicrobial exposure to one, on the right or left.” ma Rousseff be impeached in change the composition Despite his low-key demeancoming weeks, is not quite what of the microbial commuour, Temer is not above splashes of nity warrants future inves- you might expect. vanity. Several years ago, he had a Married to a former beauty tigation to determine the nose job that corrected a deviated health outcomes resulting pageant contestant 43 years his juseptum but also, he acknowledged, from TCC exposure dur- nior who has his name tattooed on improved his looks. The son of ing sensitive windows of her neck, Temer has also released a prenatal development and book of poetry titled “Anonymous Lebanese immigrants who arrived early life,” Kennedy said. in Brazil in 1925, Temer was the Intimacy.” Vice President Michel Temer gestures during the Brazilian Dem- youngest of eight children and beIts terse verse was penned on Brazil’s ocratic Movement Party (PMDB) national convention in Brasilia, Brazil, gan his political career in the 1960s. airplane napkins while he travelled March 12, 2016. (REUTERS) As vice president since Rousseff from the capital Brasilia to his base in Sao Paulo. It includes praise for accused by a senator turned state’s temperance, prudence and wis- took office in 2011, Temer has mostthe female form and oblique allu- witness of having a hand in shady dom ... He works more as a peace- ly been relegated to rallying support maker than somebody who gener- in Congress and ensuring his fracsions to Brazil’s polarized politics, Petrobras ethanol deals. Both leaders deny any wrong- ates conflicts.” tious party’s support for her agenda. which some hope he can ease with doing. Temer, 75, has said he will Rousseff and her ruling WorkBut that deteriorated in the his consensus-building manner. The United Nations It is by no means guaranteed not contest the next presidential ers’ Party say that impeachment past year as Rousseff’s popularity said this week that it has plummeted to single digits in polls. that Rousseff will be impeached election in 2018 - unsurprising, would amount to a coup. expanded an investigaTemer put his relationship with on accusations of accounting ir- considering a recent survey from tion into new allegations NEGOTIATOR Rousseff on ice in December, when regularities in the government polling group Datafolha showed of sexual abuse by foreign Temer honed his craft over sev- he sent her a letter full of laments that budget. But the chances of that just 1 percent of those surveyed peacekeepers in Central eral years in Brazil’s bare-knuckle dramatically opened with the Latin sharply increased when Temer’s would vote for him. For 15 years, he has led the lower house of Congress where he proverb “Verba volant, scripta maAfrican Republic. U.N. Brazilian Democratic Movement officials said they have Party (PMDB) broke with the rul- PMDB, a regionally fragmented served as speaker three times and nent” - “Words fly, writings remain.” party with no consistent ideology, was an ally to both centrist Presi“This is a personal letter. It’s a ing coalition this week. interviewed some 108 The impeachment push has yet which holds more Congressio- dent Fernando Henrique Cardoso rant I should have made long ago,” alleged victims, most of and leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula Temer wrote in the note dated Degained force from widespread pub- nal seats than any other. them minors. cember 7. wHe complained about Temer’s supporters say his long da Silva. lic anger over near-daily revelaThe U.N. peacekeepDespite the voracious and var- being sidelined and taken for tions of graft in Brazil’s biggest-ever political career working across the ing mission in Congo, corruption investigation involving ideological spectrum would make ied political food fights that played granted, of only being used to win which was initially put in kickback schemes at state-run oil him a strong transition leader and out in Brazil’s lower house, Temer Congressional votes and to tackle place during a civil war help set the PMDB up for a presiwas known for remaining above crises, and about not being invited company Petrobras. that took place in 1998to a meeting with U.S. Vice PresiRousseff is not facing charges dential win two years down the line. the fray. 2003, is the world’s largHe rarely raises his voice, is said dent Joe Biden. despite serving as chairwoman of “He is a good, experienced polest, with around 20,000 “Finally,” Temer’s 875-word Petrobras for several years as the itician,” said Wellington Moreira not to curse and refrains from the uniformed personnel. schemes played out and testimony Franco, a top advisor to Temer and seemingly obligatory wild gesticu- break-up letter with Rousseff conThe Security Council from state witnesses that she knew the main architect of the PMDB’s lation and theatrics his peers em- cluded, “I know, madam, that you renewed its mandate eardo not trust me or the PMDB today, about the graft. Temer also faces plans to lead Brazil out of its eco- ploy during debates. lier this week for one year. no charges, although he has been nomic crisis. “His values include “In moments of crisis and transi- nor will you trust us tomorrow.”

been beheaded. In May last year, as Islamic State took control of Palmyra, the hard-line Islamist militants were reported by Syrian state media to have killed at least 400 people in the first four days of control. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the five-yearold Syrian conflict through a network of sources on the ground, said that Islamic State had killed a number of people at an earlier time and buried them on the outskirts of the city.

Mother’s antibacterial soap use may affect baby’s gut bacteria NeW YOrk, AprIl 2 (IANS): Use of antibacterial bar soap, especially those containing a compound called triclocarban (TCC), during pregnancy and breast-feeding may alter the offspring’s composition of intestinal bacteria and other micro-organisms, called the gut microbiota, a study warns. The gut microbiota contains both beneficial and harmful microbes, and changes in its normal composition are linked to diseases including obesity, diabetes, irritable bowel disease, colon cancer, multiple sclerosis and asthma. TCC is frequently added to antibacterial bar soap. Many antibacterial personal care products are commonly used during pregnancy and by nursing women to protect against infectious disease, said the study’s lead author Rebekah Kennedy from Uni-

versity of Tennessee, Knoxville, US. “Our research adds to the growing body of scientific literature suggesting unintended health consequences related to nonprescription antimicrobial use and will allow pregnant and nursing mothers to make informed decisions regarding use of these antimicrobial products,” she said. The findings were presented at the Endocrine Society’s 98th annual meeting in Boston, US. In previous work, Kennedy and her colleagues found that TCC passes through breast milk from rat mothers to their young, an exposure pathway that is relevant to humans. In their new work, the investigators studied the consequences of TCC exposure early in life on gut microbiota. The researchers fed female rats chow supple-

UN investigating sex abuse allegations against peacekeepers in Congo kINSHASA, AprIl 2 (reuTerS): The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said late on Friday that it has received allegations of sexual abuse against Tanzanian peacekeepers based in Congo’s northeast, the latest in a series of such accusations against U.N. forces. The mission said in a statement that it received the allegations against members of its Force Intervention Brigade, tasked with offensive operations, in the village of Mavivi on March 23 and immediately launched

an investigation. “Initial results suggest that there is evidence of transactional sex and sex with minors,” the statement said. “There are also a number of paternity claims.” The statement did not say how many cases of abuse had been alleged or provide any further details about the accusations. U.N. peacekeeping missions have been beset by accusations of sexual abuse. The United Nations reported 99 such allegations against staff members across the U.N. system last year.

Brazil’s Temer: Poetry, quiet power, restrained calculator

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10-northern angami t20 bash

KohiMa, april 2 (Mexn): T. Khel Knights and High School Daredevils emerged victorious in their respective quarterfinal encounters on Saturday in the ongoing 3rd 10-Northern Angami T20 Bash 2016 being played at Kohima Village Ground, Ziekezou. Khrienyü (37) and Mukham (29) led Knights to a 55 run victory over Zienuobadze High Flyers to book its semifinal berth. Knights had managed to score 127 in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply High Flyers were bowled out for 72 with Diethozo (3/12) the pick of the bowlers. Mukham was awarded man of the match for his 29 runs and 1 wicket. The Daredevils defeated Middle Bayavü Lions by 42 runs to book the last semifinal berth. Daredevils had managed 162/7 in 20 overs with Inito (34) and Temsu (46) leading from the front. In reply, despite a half century from Ramkuding (56), the Lions could only manage 120/6 as the overs ran out. Temsu was awarded the man of the match.

April 4 mAtches:

Lower Bayavü Giants vs North Block Warriors (9am) High School Daredevils vs T. Khel Knights (12:30pm)

Might not continue as manager next season: louis Van Gaal

Manchester, april 2 (ians): Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has admitted that he might not coach the English Premier League side next season. The Dutchman has come under severe pressure this term, with the Red Devils unlikely to improve on last season's fourth-place finish. United could even finish outside the Champions League places altogether -- they are currently sixth with eight matches remaining -- and Van Gaal has conceded for the first time he could pay the price with his job. "I think the board has to evaluate after the results of this year, what they have to do. I cannot predict that when I do not know the facts. First you have to see the facts, I have always said that," van Gaal was quoted as saying by goal.com on Friday. "The results and the titles and Champions League positions you can only say at the end. I am a rational person. I know a Manchester United manager has to win something, but I am still working on that," he said. Van Gaal has been criticised for failing to get the best out of many of the players at his disposal, with former Manchester United attacking midfielder Angel di Maria recently claiming that he struggled at United because he was played out of position. But the 64-year-old Dutchman has hit back at the Argentina international, insisting he must take some of the blame for an underwhelming single season at Old Trafford in 2014-15. "I have never seen a player who doesn’t look at himself (like him). He looks at the way he performed here and [claims] it is always the fault of the manager. So he is one of the players who has no self-criticism. Unfortunately it is my life as a manager. It is always like that," van Gaal concluded.

loses to new-look england face resurgent saina Xuerui in india West Indies in World Twenty20 final open semis Faisal Kamal

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new-look England and a resurgent West Indies will battle to become the first two-time winners of cricket's World Twenty20 in a big-hitting showdown Sunday that promises to rain sixes. A year after exiting the 50-over World Cup with egg on their face, Eoin Morgan's England will hope to complete their redemption by outmuscling a West Indies team who are themselves a team reborn. Inspired by the ultimate game changer Chris Gayle, the men from the Caribbean are hoping to go home with the shortest format's biggest prize on the same day that their women are also gunning for glory at Kolkata's iconic Eden Gardens stadium against Australia in an earlier final. Gayle will be looking to become the first player to crack a century of sixes in T20 internationals, having already smashed a record 98 -- 11 of them in the current tournament. England meanwhile will hope to add to their tally of 34 sixes in the tournament, more than any other team, underlining their transformation into the game's great entertainers. Jason Roy, one of the stars of the new-look England, promised they would come at their opponents "with all guns blazing" and continue in the same aggressive vein that has confounded their old conservative reputation. "It's going to be an in-

KOLKATA, INDIA - APRIL 02: Darren Sammy, Captain of the West Indies and Eoin Morgan, Captain of England pictured during a Captain's Photocall ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 Final at Eden Gardens on April 2 in Kolkata, India.(Getty Images)

credible experience but we are going to play our natural way and the brand of cricket we have have been playing for the last year or so," said Roy after smacking 78 in just 44 balls in the first semi-final against New Zealand. England won the 2010 World T20 but they failed to build on that triumph and were widely ridiculed for their demise in 2015 when they lost to every major side in the World Cup. That embarrassment came a year after their meek exit from the last World T20 in Bangladesh which included a defeat to the Netherlands.

But pundits have been showering praise on Morgan's team in India, with former skipper Nasser Hussain among those won over by "a side who don't fear anyone". 'Not a one-man show' The criticism heaped on England would have sounded familiar to a West Indies team which has had to put up with brickbats from stars of their heyday in the 1980s when the likes of Viv Richards and Malcolm Marshall ruled the world. But while the Test team is a shadow of its former self, the West Indies' limited overs side has been a formidable unit for some

time and won the 2012 World T20 in Sri Lanka. Gayle, ridiculed for a clumsy bid to chat up an Australian TV reporter in January, has long been their dangerman. But the 36-year-old, who could be playing in his last major tournament, has failed to notch up a decent score in his last two innings after earlier setting the competition alight with an unbeaten century against England. Unsung sluggers such as Lendl Simmons, Jonathan Charles and Andre Russell have instead come to the party, with India's spin bowlers the lat-

est to be carted around the park in Thursday's second semi-final. "England will certainly be aware that it is certainly not a one-man show in this team," Simmons said afterwards. Following their early setback against the Windies, England gave themselves a major confidence injection by chasing down a record 230 target against South Africa in their next game. And after sometimes nervy wins against Afghanistan and holders Sri Lanka, England halted the previously unbeaten New Zealand juggernaut in its tracks in New Delhi. Joe Root, who has scored 195 runs in five matches, has been the pick of their batsmen. But England have also relied heavily on allrounder Ben Stokes whose near-perfect death bowling has taken them over the line in crunch ties. The West Indies have also shown their metal at the death, with Simmons and Russell completing their chase in Mumbai with two balls to spare, reaching their total with a six. teams: England (probable): Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (wkt), Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey West Indies (probable): Darren Sammy (capt), Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Lendl Simmons, Chris Gayle, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels

new Delhi, april 2 (ians): India's premier shuttler Saina Nehwal failed to get the better of Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China in the semi-finals of the $300,000 India Open Superseries here on Saturday. The Indian second seed lost the first game 20-22 but turned it around in the second game with a 21-17 victory over the third seed at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. However, defending champion Saina lost another close fight, this time 19-21 to exit the competition. With this win that came in an hour and 12 minutes, double World Championship silver medallist Xuerui has taken a massive 11-2 advantage in career meetings against the 2015 World Championship runner-up. In the final on Sunday, two-time Asian champion Xuerui will face former world champion Ratchanok Intanon, who moved past Bae Yeon Ju of South Korea 21-8, 21-11 in 36 minutes. The 21-year-old Thai Intanon is also a former winner here and will be a tough nut to crack for Xuerui even if the latter leads the head-to-head record 7-4. The men's singles final will be contested between Japanese second seed Kento Momota and Danish fifth seed Viktor Axelsen. World Championship 2015 bronze medallist Momota was trailing 17-21 and 3-6 when his opponent, Xue Song of China decided not to continue with the match due to fitness issues. Axelsen crushed South Korean Wan Ho Son 21-11, 21-11 in 35 minutes. Momota, 21, will be a heavy favourite as he leads the head-to-head records over 22-year-old Axelsen 5-2.

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tribute to the survivors of the battle of Kohima

s the last rays of the setting sun faded away and darkness enveloped the sleepy Kohima Village, gun fire and a hail of bullets supported by artillery and mortar fire broke the silence and peace of the night. The Japanese units had commenced their onslaught of the Kohima ridge. More than seventy years ago, it was the night of 4th April 1944 when the first of the advancing Japanese forces announced their arrival at Kohima. Thousands perished from both the opposing forces as the Battle raged on till the end of June 1944. As we enter the month of April, our thoughts may go out to the sacrifices made by the brave defenders of Kohima against the Japanese offensive. A small band of men barely in their twenties and the local populace stood against the mighty Japanese. The Japanese forces ultimately suffered their greatest defeat of the Second World war at the hands of these tiny bunch of determined men who were bent on holding on to their posts, come what may and until their very last breath. Historians have called Battle of Kohima

“one of the bitterly fought battles of the Second World War” and a “battle of Attrition” involving “fierce hand-to-hand combat”. The reasons are many. The most savage battle ever fought lasted for three months. The conflict in around the areas of Kohima and Imphal cost about 20,000 of the 100,000 Japanese who had come to invade India and the allies has been 17,857 British, Indian and local population killed, wounded and missing. The Japanese units with their numerical superiority and combat prowess had the ulterior objective to control the Air base and Rail head at Dimapur to further make inroads to the mainland. Unlike Imphal, Kohima’s strategic importance was entirely favored by the Japanese for the capture of Dimapur would give the Japanese the best route from Burma into India. Arthur Swinson, in his words, “Their information and choice of routes was vital and their work, must rank as one of the most brilliant feats of reconnaissance in the history of war”. More than any other land Battle the last stop at Kohima for the Japanese War machine may be considered a true test

of their invincibility. While Dimapur was their main objective The Japanese were stopped in their tracks at Kohima and ultimately retreated to Burma. If the Japanese captured Dimapur, it could have turned the tide of the Second World War in favour of the Japanese. The Japanese lost their men in thousands, while the remaining survivors retreated demoralized, diseased and starving. As per estimates most of the Japanese death of almost 53000 personnel in and around Kohima and Imphal areas occurred due to starvation and disease. Almost 4000 personnel of the Indian, British and local population also died in the conflict. The dreams of the Japanese Imperialist forces of overrunning the small garrison at the Kohima ridge and comfortably rolling down to the plains of Dimapur became their ultimate nightmare. The Japanese defeat at Kohima eventually turned the tide of the Second World War in the far East eventually leading to their surrender in 1945. Many historians place the Battle of Kohima above the battles of El Elamein, Stalingrad and Midway.

The Battle of Imphal/Kohima, when British troops fighting in horrendous jungle conditions turned the tide against the Japanese army in World War II, has been chosen as Britain's greatest battle. Kohima was picked over the more celebrated battles of D-Day and Waterloo in a contest organised by the British National Army Museum. "Great things were at stake in a war with the toughest enemy any British army has had to fight," historian Robert Lyman said, making the case for Kohima in a debate at the museum. The contest's criteria included a battle's political and historical impact, the challenges the troops faced, and the strategy and tactics employed. The winner was something of a surprise given the enduring prominence of Waterloo and D-Day/Normandy in Britain. Indeed, the troops who fought in India and Burma in World War II called themselves "The Forgotten Army". He ranked it with Midway, El Alamein and Stalingrad as the main turning point battles of World War II. Whether friend or foe, let us put our thoughts together for all who have fallen in

the line of duty and pray for their souls and may peace prevail forever in this beautiful land. The Kohima Cathedral mostly supported by funding from Japan silently conveys the message of peace and brotherhood. As a mark of respect, for their contribution and as tribute to the remaining survivors in Nagaland the State Government of Nagaland and the Directorate of the Sainik Welfare and Resettlement have considerably raised the pensions of the last surviving Battle of Kohima veterans. The Battle of Kohima may have ended, the cemetery erected, but the scars still remained. Kohima since then has become a place for pilgrimage and reconciliation for peace for all irrespective of caste, colour or creed. The memorial at Kohima in memory of the fallen: “When you go home, tell them of us, and say: ‘For your tomorrow, we gave our today.’” Rajeev Dong Wing Commander Retd , Deputy Director Directorate of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement (Home Department) Govt of Nagaland

Land of Prayer and Mission Jesus called peter 'satan'!!?

agas take pride in our rich cultural heritage and festivals. There are scores of festivals celebrated by each communities round the year. For that reason, the tag “Land of festivals” has come into play. There are differing opinions as to whether all these old practices of festivities should be inculcated and popularised in this post-modern Church era. I’m not here to argue on any camps’ view but to propose a simple yet unappealing spiritual term “Land of Prayer and Mission” to the Christianised land. The “Land of Festivals” as it were, has an attractive feeling of onenessand unity among the people of Nagaland. But what have we witnessed for all these past decades? The root of tribalism, group-ism and all other evil –isms seems to have overridden every sphere of departments in Nagaland. The land of festivals with the worst roadways, no proper water connections and the lists could go on. I’m wondering if the Nagas have really missed out the whole point of pledging allegiance to Christ. All things have not become new, there are still some old habits and practices that are holding us back from turning into new leaf.Seeking to preserve and protect the olden practices maybe a legit argument. But it’s sober doubtful whether God approves of our misguided interpretations of culture and Christianity. The Christianizing of the Hindu festivals will be vehemently opposed by many professing believers but for our local animistic

agricultural festivals, they’re relativelytolerable, but on what ground? Only the profestival camp can answer that. This tag “Festival of Festivals,” as of now, is not bringing any positive outcome to the people of this land. It is only creating walls of division among many small tribes in our land. All the unity and progress talks in almost every festival have gone into thin air without any effect. We have become a laughingstock and a byword for the other pagan states watching our dominated Christian society with recurring rampant daylight corruptions and frauds. The root of the issue lies in our duplicitous relation with Christ in not departing from the old ways of life. Nonetheless, the state of affair can be recovered if the Nagas are willing to return to the new path of spirituality in totally forsaking the olden practices of our forefathers. The return to the topic of “Prayer and Mission” will radically affect our society to the route of integrity and integration among the various tribes in our land. The “Land of Festivals” is the old path of our belief system but now, “Land of Prayer and Mission” should be flung open high and wide for the world to see this small nation, Nagaland as a land completely transformed by the message of the Gospel of Christ. To this end, I propose to the people of Nagaland to start proclaiming and prophesying to ourselves as a “Land of Prayer and Mission.” God bless my Nagaland. Vebu Khamo Kohima Bible College.

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t was about the final year of his Ministry, around 33-34 AD, just after Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch beheaded John the Baptist and Jesus left CapernaumBethzaida Area of Galilee and went to the high mountain t region of Israel -Caesarea-Philip- (Mt 16:13, Mk 8:27, Lk 9:20) towards snow bound Mount Harmon the Northernmost Point of the Land. After 6 days of Journey on foot, Jesus asked his disciples on the Road: "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" They said that people say different things; some say Elijah the Prophet, some say John the Baptist, others say 'one of the Prophets'. Then Jesus pointedly asked them: "Who do you say I am" Simon Peter replied: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God". Jesus replied: "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you upon this rock I will build my Church" Peter must have felt happy to hear Jesus say it in front of the other disciples and he must have felt

much enthusiastically bolder. And as they were on their way, Jesus began to plainly tell them closely that soon he must go down far South to Jerusalem in Judea and die "at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law" but on the third day he would rise again to life. It is interesting to imagine the relative positions of Jesus and his disciples as they walk on the Road in their journey at that moment: They were in one Group together but when Jesus talked of his death, emboldened, " Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him" (Mk8:32) Gospel Writer Mark wrote. We can imagine Jesus being led away from the Group: Peter was walkeed ahead followed by Jesus. They went a little away from the Group. Then Peter rebuked Jesus as if he (Peter) was the elder Leader: Peter said: "This shall never happen to you" (Mt 16:22). At that moment Jesus and Peter was face to face looking at each other: Jesus facing forward at Peter who was turned back and looking at Jesus. The other disciples were a little further back on the road. Amazingly, with great discernment, Mark brilliantly put the scene in Papyrus as no other Gospel Writers had.

Marks says: At that moment Jesus "turned and looked at his disciples"(Mk 8:33) and not at Peter! Jesus did not look at Peter for an important historical point. He turned his head backward towards the disciples and his back towards Peter! What a brilliant observation and revelation by Mark! A small sentence of a great Point, very important; the Kingdom of God is like a minute Mustard seed, not like a big Pumpkin! Why did Mark add this apparently small sentence ("Jesus turned and looked at his disciples") while other great Gospel Teachers did not clearly? Mark was not an Apostle; he was just an accompaniment of the Apostle Group. Mark was an accompaniment only of the Apostles on many occasions and recorded many small but very important points in the life and actions of Jesus and his disciples for the enlightenment of all future generations like us. It was Mark who said the Fig Tree Jesus cursed had "green Leaves", it was Mark who said the Tree was withered "down to the Roots" and Mark recorded even the direction Jesus looked as he scolded Peter: Jesus rebuked Peter: "Get be

behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men". It is obvious Mark accompanied the Apostles and Jesus on many occasions. It was most probable Mark himself ran away naked leaving with his pursuers with the only linen cloth he was wearing on the night of Jesus' arrest. If it were not Mark no other would be able to know whether the deserter was having only a 'linen Cloth' cover and no other garments and no other would know whether man ran away 'naked' or that the Cloth was of linen. Jesus himself has given the reasons why he called Peter as 'Satan'. When Jesus said this, he was looking at the disciples and not at Peter. That has great significance of implications. Jesus looks at his disciples of which all of Us are, including the Church "at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law". There is another pertinent significance why Jesus said what he had said to 'the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law', to all of us, particularly the 'Learned' that they should not behave leading Jesus. They need to follow Him and not try to lead Him.

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Evening with Vivaldi

Four SeaSonS & Gloria

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nce again, the people of Dimapur got the opportunity to experience classical music up close and personal. A touching Vivaldi concert was held at the Covenant Hall, Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur. For attendees who are not professional musicians or lovers of classical music, it was a great introduction to

one of the greatest Baroque composer who ever lived, Antonio Lucia Vivaldi. The first half of the concert was a compilation of 'Vivaldi Four Seasons' which was performed by the Hope Centre String Quintet. This Vivaldi Concerto is unmistakably his most famous work where he attempts to describe natural phenomena such as storms, wind, rain, and the sound of bird calls. The second half was a compilation of Vivaldi's 'Gloria' which is the

Composer's best known Choral work. The combination was irresistible. This brilliant ensemble of musicians belongs to the Hope Centre of Excellence, Joey Woch Music Studio, Patkai Christian College, and Nagaland Chamber Choir. Stunning performances by Soloist Ajeen Longchari, Asin Shurhozelie, Renthunglo Shitri only added to the spectacular evening of music. Credit must be given to the expertise of Conductor Pastor Razo Vazo

who led the choir expertly. The musicians were clearly very talented and professional. In an interaction with The Morung Express, minutes before the concert, the organisers expressed that last year with the 'Handel's Messiah' concert, the response from the people was overwhelming. They also expressed the view that there are not many platforms for classical music, but they are encouraged and inspired when they receive

such positive reaction from the people. "We need to work hard in the area of classical music. With proper training we can even reach the world stage," said Pastor Razo Vazo, Conductor of the concert. Zubeno Mozhui, Director of Hope Centre for Excellence also stated that attempts are consciously being made to organise more shows so that classical music is not thought of as 'exclusive and elitist' but is more readily available

for all music lovers of Nagaland. Louise Shishak, of Patkai String Ensemble also shared her view that music is for everyone. But people should not take it for granted because there goes a lot of hard work and dedication. She also added that besides music being entertaining it is also educational. But this evening we just hope people witnessed the quality of music and be inspired to sing more, play better and perform more, she said.

Drew Barrymore 'divorcing her third husband’

rew Barrymore and her husband Will Kopelman are to divorce after three years of marriage. The 41-yearold actress and her art consultant third husband wed in 2012 and have two children - daughters Frankie, three and one-yearold Olive. 'They’ve been having some difficulties, but they remain close for the sake of their kids,' one source told Page Six, which broke news of the split.

Another source said: 'Drew had a very rebellious and wild childhood, with no family around her, and while she is a very different person now, and a great mother, some of that can stay with you.' The news broke as a casually dressed Drew was pictured shopping with a friend in Beverly Hills on Friday. Born into a famous acting dynasty, Drew was just sevenyears-old when she starred as

Gertie in E.T. She had a wild childhood, and had been to rehab twice before she was 20-years-old. That unstable past showed in the way she chose to parent her young daughters - whose names she had tattooed onto her wrist on Thursday night, in a move she documented on Instagram. Since becoming a mother herself Drew has focused on life outside the Hollywood world, determined to ensure her chil-

dren have as normal an upbringing as possible. She now runs a business empire that includes her own film production company, a cosmetics line and range of eye-wear. Speaking to April's Marie Claire, Drew expressed her intense dislike of the Hollywood lifestyle. Despite counting Steven Spielberg and Sophia Loren as her god-parents, and coming from a family of successful actors, the Missing You Already star re-

vealed that she doesn't buy into the Hollywood showbiz circuit. Drew first tied the knot aged just 19, but the marriage to bartender Jeremy Thomas in 1994 lasted less than two months. Her second wedding, in 2001, to her Charlie’s Angels co-star Tom Green fell apart nearly as quickly and the pair split after five months. Representatives for the couple did not immediately get back to DailyMail.com.

Autopsy finds strangulation marks on Pratyusha’s neck, last rites held

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Participants at the ZUMBA Kids held at The Garden, Supermarket in Dimapur on April 2 featuring well known Zumba choreography artists, Talien Pongentsur and CRT of the Performing Arts with Fitness (PAWF) Nagaland. The event was organised by ‘Joy of Giving. ’ It is a prelude to the World Health Day 2016 celebration where the Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (Referral Hospital), the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Nagaland and PWAF are co-hosting an event on April 7, 4:00 pm at the Referral Hospital football ground. Zumba fitness by PAWF will be featured as the main attraction at the event. Admission is free for the public. (Photos by Caisii Mao)

trangulation marks were detected on the neck of popular TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, indicating death due to asphyxiation and hanging, according to a preliminary autopsy on Saturday evening. The “Balika Vadhu” actress was found hanging from a fan in her suburban Goregaon residence on Friday evening by her boyfriend and television actor Rahul Raj Singh. She was taken to hospital but succumbed there later. A team of doctors conducted the post-mortem for over three hours and the entire procedure has been videographed. The viscera samples have been sent for forensic analysis even as the final autopsy report is expected later. Though officials declined to comment, a tattoo bearing the name ‘Rahul’ - purportedly referring to her boyfriend - was found on her upper back. Pratyusha’s last rites were subsequently carried out at the Oshiwara Crematorium in the presence of her tearful parents, other family members, her friends, actors and costars from the television

industry. Rahul was questioned by Mumbai Police on Saturday in an attempt to unravel the probable reasons behind her shocking suicide that left the entertainment industry stunned. The glamour industry is rife with speculation about her disturbed personal life, her suspected uneasy relationship with Rahul and other aspects that may have prompted her to resort to the extreme step. Several television industry personalities have claimed on social media networks that Pratyusha was a strong-willed personality and they could not digest she could end her life in this manner. Prior to Pratyusha, several highprofile suicides of several young women rocked the entertainment capital of India, including models-actresses like Nafisa Joseph, Kuljeet Randhawa, Viveka Babajee, Jiah Khan, Shikha Joshi and Ruby Singh, in the past decade or so. Source: IANS

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Hamilton beats Rosberg to Bahrain pole position

Mercedes F1 driver, Lewis Hamilton of Britain (C) flashes victory sign after securing pole position for Bahrain F1 GP as Mercedes F1 driver, Nico Rosberg of Germany (L) and Ferrari F1 Driver, Sebastian Vettel of Germany wave at crowd after securing second and third place. (REUTERS)

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MAnAMA, ApriL 2 (reuters): Triple Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton smashed the Bahrain circuit lap record on Saturday to take pole position ahead of Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg for Sunday's grand prix. The Briton's best lap of one minute 29.493 seconds was the fastest ever at the Sakhir track. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen qualified third and fourth for the second race of the

season. The much-criticised new qualifying format was again in the spotlight, still underwhelming if marginally more exciting than the disappointing debut at the Australian season-opener two weeks earlier. Hamilton is chasing his third successive Bahrain Grand Prix victory on Sunday while Rosberg, the winner in Melbourne, is seeking a fifth win in a row after ending last season with three straight victories.

Arsenal, City stroll, Olsson stuns Newcastle

London, ApriL 2 (AFp): With the pressure off, Arsenal and Manchester City each breezed to one-sided 4-0 victories on Saturday as they kept their Premier League title hopes flickering. Nigerian teenager Alex Iwobi scored for the second game running as Arsenal crushed their FA Cup conquerors Watford, while Kevin De Bruyne netted on his return from injury as City eased to victory at Bournemouth. Both teams remain some distance below leaders Leicester City, whose lead could be trimmed to two points if Tottenham Hotspur win at Liverpool later on Saturday. Leicester host Southampton on Sunday. "I am very happy because it was a good performance," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. "We have to be very pragmatic and realistic. This is a start, but we have to keep it going and focusing on the process, the quality of the game. But today's result gives us a chance." West Ham United dropped points in the race for Champions League qualification after Cheikhou Kouyate was sent off in a 2-2

home draw against London rivals Crystal Palace. Meanwhile, Newcastle United were left six points adrift of safety after Martin Olsson's dramatic 93rdminute strike earned Norwich City a potentially pivotal 3-2 win in a relegation tussle at Carrow Road. Watford's 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium last month ended Arsenal's two-year reign as FA Cup holders and Wenger's side claimed a measure of revenge as the teams resumed hostilities in north London. Alexis Sanchez broke the deadlock in the fourth minute, scoring at the second attempt after Heurelho Gomes had parried his header from Iwobi's cross. Sanchez returned the favour to Iwobi by teeing up the 19-year-old for a cool finish seven minutes before half-time and second-half goals from Hector Bellerin and Theo Walcott completed victory. City had a similarly straightforward afternoon at Dean Court as Manuel Pellegrini's men tuned up for their mid-week trip to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarter-finals by steamrollering

Dan Cormier out of UFC 197 headliner with Jon Jones

LAs VegAs, ApriL 2 (AgenCies): Light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier suffered a leg injury and has been forced to pull out of his April 23 grudge match against Jon Jones that has been set as the main event of UFC 197 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. BJPenn.com first reported the news, noting that Cormier was seen at a wrestling tournament recently favoring his left leg. Yahoo Sports has confirmed that Cormier is out of the bout, but can not independently confirm the specifics of his injury. The Cormier-Jones bout is a rematch of a 2015 bout that Jones won by dominant unanimous decision. The build-up to that match was intense, with a brawl between them in the lobby of the MGM Grand at a news conference setting the tone. Jones had an incident in Albuquerque, N.M., earlier this week which led him to spend two nights in jail. He was on probation for his involvement in a 2015 hitand-run accident when he received five traffic tickets. But Jones was expected to be able to fight.

Bournemouth. Fernando opened the scoring in the seventh minute with a neat finish from a Jesus Navas corner before De Bruyne -- back in the team after two months out with a knee problem -- volleyed home sweetly from David Silva's flick. Sergio Aguero added a third goal in the 19th minute with a header from Navas's cross before Aleksandar Kolarov slammed home a fine fourth in stoppage time.

Pato opens account

City trail Leicester by 12 points, with Arsenal four points better off in third place. West Ham are now three points below City in fifth after dropping points against Palace, who went ahead through Damien Delaney's 15th-minute header. Manuel Lanzini swiftly equalised before Dimitri Payet put West Ham ahead with another sublime freekick, but Kouyate was then contentiously dismissed for a high foot on Dwight Gayle, who netted Palace's equaliser. Rafael Benitez's mission to steer Newcastle to safety received a serious setback at Carrow Road.

Twice Norwich went ahead, through Timm Klose's header and Dieumerci Mbokani's rasping strike, only for substitute Aleksandar Mitrovic to equalise on each occasion, the second time with an 86th-minute penalty. But deep into added time Olsson drove home from Jonny Howson's layoff to earn Alex Neil's side a vital victory. "Now it is more difficult, but we have to keep confident that we can still do it," Newcastle manager Benitez told the BBC. "What upsets you more is the way that we concede in the last minute of each half. If we start winning games, we still have time." Newcastle are now six points below Norwich, albeit with a game in hand, while northeast rivals Sunderland are two points above them after drawing 0-0 at home to West Bromwich Albion. Bottom club Aston Villa are 15 points from safety after their wretched season continued with an abject 4-0 home defeat by Chelsea, for whom Pedro Rodriguez scored twice. Ruben Loftus-Cheek opened the scoring with

Arsenal's Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez in action. (AFP Photo)

his first league goal and Alexandre Pato crowned his long-awaited debut following his January loan move from Corinthians with a penalty in first-half stoppage time. Villa, who parted company with manager Remi

Garde on Tuesday, lost Alan Hutton to a late red card following a pair of bookings. In the day's remaining game, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Alberto Paloschi scored as Swansea City came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Stoke City.

Zunheboto gets new Taekwon-do instructor diMApur, ApriL 2 (Mexn): The Nagaland Taekwon-do Federation (NTF) has assigned Limakumba Aonok, Black Belt 2 degree as Instructor of schools and Taekwon-do clubs in Zunheboto town for the period of 2 years with effect April 1, 2016. A press release from the NTF stating this informed that Limakumba Aonok is an international instructor, national medallist and international player. The following are the first batch of schools and club where Taekwon-do is introduced: Olympic Higher Secondary School, Emmanuel School, Cornerstone Higher Secondary School, Bloomfield Hill High School, Zunheboto Taekwon-do Academy. Anyone interested in enrolling may contact the instructor at 9862370303.

Warriors' home win streak halted by Celtics

Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas (R) goes to the basket. (EPA Photo)

Los AngeLes, ApriL 2 (AFp): The Golden State Warriors' record-setting home winning streak ended Friday as the Boston Celtics defeated the reigning NBA champions 109-106. The Warriors had won 54 straight regular-season games on their home floor in Oakland, California, a record streak dating back 14 months -- to January 27, 2015. "It's a weird feeling," said Warriors star Stephen Curry. "We've just got to be able to move on from it. Maybe it's a good reminder going into the playoffs we don't want this feeling." The Warriors had won the last 18 home games of last season and had opened this campaign with 36 straight in front of fans in Oakland. "We wanted to

stop that," admitted Boston's Isaiah Thomas, who scored all 22 of his points in the second half. "As a team, we just settled down and got a win in a hostile environment." The Warriors, who suffered just their eighth defeat of the season, are still chasing regular-season history in the shape of the NBA record of 72 wins in a campaign set by the 199596 Chicago Bulls. The Warriors, now 68-8, must win five of their last six games to beat the Bulls' record. Warriors coach Steve Kerr had his criticisms of his players, but said after the defeat he congratulated them. "They just won 54 home games in a row," Kerr said. "What our guys have accomplished is incredible.

I don't know if people understand the intensity it takes and the work it takes to put together a streak like that." That said, Kerr said the Warriors' execution was "bad." "You know, 22 turnovers that led to 27 points ... We just weren't able to get a rhythm until it was really late and then we needed to make every play and we didn't do that." After Harrison Barnes drained a three-pointer to pull the Warriors within 107-106 with 10.2 seconds to play, the Celtics called a timeout and got the ball to Thomas, who snuck behind the Warriors' defense for the game-clinching basket. The Warriors still had two chances to tie, but Curry misfired from three-

point range and although Golden State corralled the rebound Barnes was offtarget with a desperation attempt. The Celtics, who had taken the Warriors to double-overtime before losing in Boston on December 11, were coming off a 116-109 loss at Portland on Thursday night but kept pace with the Miami Heat in the battle for the third seed in the Eastern Conference. Miami defeated the Kings 112-106 in Sacramento on Friday. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said the key was his team's ability to hang on in the face of Golden State's 36-point third quarter -keyed by Curry's 21 points in the frame. The Celtics scored 37 themselves in the period to take an 82-79 lead into the fourth. "I thought the biggest moments to the game were us scoring consecutively when (Curry) scored," Stevens said. "Because when he got going -- that's usually when they run away with a 10-0 or a 12-0 run." The Warriors maintained a 4 1/2-game lead over the San Antonio Spurs atop the Western Conference standings.

said of Robertson, a star of the 1960s and early 70s. James, a four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and two-time NBA champion, started the season in 20th place on the scoring list. He had passed Dominique Wilkins for 12th on Thursday night in Cleveland's win over Brooklyn. Elsewhere on Friday, the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz boosted their playoff bids, Dallas with a 98-89 victory over the Pistons in Detroit and the Jazz with a 98-85 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. With matching records Dallas and Utah occupy the last two playoff spots in the West, one game ahead of the Houston Rockets.

James rising

Eastern Conference leaders Cleveland blew a big lead but came through in overtime to down the Hawks 110-108 in Atlanta. LeBron James scored 29 points with 16 rebounds and nine assists. He took his career points total to 26,718, moving past Oscar Robertson (26,710) into 11th on the NBA's all-time scoring list. "It's special to be linked with a guy like that," James

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