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DIMAPUR, AUGUST 11 (MExN): The Yimchunger Union Dimapur (YUD) has expressed concern over the July 7 incident, where a “random mob representing Chendang village” had allegedly “slashed” standing crops at Tsundang Saddle village. A press note from the YUD alleged that the “mob with pre-mediated plan ravaged the field assuming that no one would be on guard during.” It further alleged that “three watchmen, detailed to check from Mithun entering their field, were assaulted off-guard by the mob.” “According to Yimchunger customary tradition and culture, intentional damage to standing crops is tantamount to life attempt. It is indeed shocking to witness such barbaric act in this civilized society. This lowly act has deeply hurt the sentiment of all the Yimchungrer’s, particularly in this festive season,” stated the YUD. It urged the concerned authorities to solve what it termed is a “long standing issue between the two neighbouring village, and grant compensation for crops damaged and the injured person.” It further demanded that the culprits be brought to book at the earliest. The YUD cautioned that failure to take appropriate action would compel the union to “intervene using our set of cultural land laws.”
CLOU demands security for oil fields WOKHA, AUGUST 11 (MExN): The Changpang Land Owners Union (CLOU) today apprised the Nagaland state government to deploy additional police personnel in order to ensure adequate security measures for the oil filed under its jurisdiction, in which exploration is scheduled to begin. A press note from the CLOU informed that this request was made to the Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang and Home Minister, Y Patton on August 9. The CLOU further submitted a memorandum to the CM expressing its commitment to extend cooperation to embrace development in the area in particular and Nagas in general. “The land owners on whose land and village oil is extracted appeal every Kyong intellectual to come together with a positive motive and curb the act of prejudice from our soil,” it added. It asserted that the union would not “bear responsibility whatsoever of any defaulters within the oil field if found guilty and would continue to resist tooth and nail for a better cause in the near future.”
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A man, carrying liquor in a black polythene bag, is seen emerging from a shop in Dimapur town, while a Naga couple passes by after attending devotional service at noon, Sunday, August 10. The issue of total alcohol prohibition in Nagaland state has given rise to points and counter points being raised frequently in recent weeks. (Photo by Imojen I Jamir)
Nagaland needs neutral interlocutor: Naga Hoho DIMAPUR, AUGUST 11 (MExN): The Naga Hoho today stated that it is “seething with multiple questions and tension over the appointment of RN Ravi, a retired Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau as the Centre’s new Interlocutor for political negotiations with Naga political groups.” A press note from the Naga Hoho stated that, at this point of time, “Nagaland needs a neutral Interlocutor without any prejudices.” It referred to the newly appointed interlocutor’s “recent article - Nagaland: decent into chaos,” which it informed was published in The Hindu on January 23, 2014.” The Naga Hoho stated that the article “clearly affirmed his bent of mind and his preset notions of different Naga underground groups.” It viewed that “such a person will never strive to bring political settlement, rather sacrifice the hard earned ongoing peace process by using its mighty Indian forces, which has always been advocated by different Indian Intelligence.”
The Naga Hoho stated that the Naga people have “happily accepted the signing of Cease-fire between the Government of India (GOI) and different Naga political groups,” and “appreciated” the GoI and its leaders for “realizing the futility of the military way of solution.” It reminded that the GoI has also “recognized the Indo-Naga political problem as a political issue and not a law and order problem.” However, it lamented that despite various mutual steps taken by both the sides through political dialogue, the Government of India has “wasted the last seventeen years without bringing out any tangible solution to the protracted Indo-Naga political problem.” As such, the Naga Hoho appealed to the Government of India and its leaders to “seriously ponder on this matter and appoint another Interlocutor who does not possess military or IB background and cares for the Naga people in particular and the people of North East in general.”
The objective of the Local Area Development Programme (LADP) in Nagaland state has been “defeated,” reveals a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India for the year ending March 31, 2013. With a view to decentralize planning process at the grassroots level, the Nagaland Local Area Development Scheme was introduced in 199394. The name of the programme was changed to the Local Area Development Programme (LADP) from 2003-04, covering all sixty assembly constituencies in the state. The objective of the programme was to take up developmental programmes in critical areas through mass participation of people and to create durable community assets, particularly in the pockets which are relatively less developed. The CAG report stated that instead of decentralizing the entire planning process by involving the Village Development Boards (VDBs) in identification of projects, “the department mostly relied on recommendations of elected members. The CAG stated that village profile was not created to identify the critical areas wherein developments were required and that there was random selection of projects by elected members. This, it stated, not only resulted in “duplication of projects but also
• 146 projects worth Rs 5.18 Crores found to be ‘non-existent’ • Several instances of ‘unexecuted’ projects detected
cAG recommenDs • Village profiles need to be framed to identify critical areas to bridge development gaps to eradicate poverty in villages. • Identification and selection of projects should be streamlined in order to ensure inputs from the grassroots level as envisaged in the guidelines. • Guidelines need to be devised to structure planning process, selection criteria of beneficiaries and technical estimates at appropriate levels to achieve fruitful results. • Quantity and quality control mechanism of the projects needs to be strengthened. • Monitoring and evaluation mechanism needs more attention • Impact analysis of the scheme needs to be undertaken. defeated the objective of the planning mechanism.” It added that despite preparing technical estimates of the project, the estimates were “either incomplete or deficient. The CAG reported that the technical estimates were prepared without appropriate inputs and that “the inadequate technical estimates approved by the DPDB resulted in short execution, diversion of projects and overlapping of projects.” The report added that the heads of development departments neither furnished any works programmes to the DPDB nor discussed in the meeting to avoid duplication of works. It further revealed that the Nodal Officer for LADP programme did not collect annual works plan/ action plan from other allied departments. Various “deficiencies” were detected by the CAG while test checking 430 Technical Estimates (TEs) prepared and approved for implementa-
tion of LADP projects. The report stated that specific locations of the projects to be implemented were not available in the TEs. They neither disclosed the background nor history of the required projects to describe the intended benefits out of the projects, it added. The TEs, according to the CAG, were not approved as per the financial powers delegated to the competent authorities and did not provide separate data for material cost to be procured and issued to the work by the DPDB. It further detected that the TEs were not prepared in accordance to the standardized funding scale of schemes in respect to 43 items of model schemes under individual based schemes. It informed that during 2008-13, an amount of Rs 270.42 Crores was spent on four categorized LADP programmes in Nagaland state. While conducting joint physical verification of proj-
ects in 15 constituencies, the CAG revealed that 146 projects, which were taken up at a cost of Rs 5.18 Crores during 2008-13, were “nonexistent.” This, according to the CAG report, pointed to “possible misappropriation.” It further detected “overlapping of four works valued at Rs 0.73 Crores under the Roads and Bridges.” The CAG stated that several instances of unexecuted projects were noticed and that execution of non permissible projects outside the purview of the scheme guidelines had defeated the purpose for which the scheme was created. The CAG further stated that the verification committee had certified works without recording measurement to support the nature of assets created. It further lamented that the nodal department and the implementing department was “deficient” and that monitoring and evaluation was also “not effective.”
ACUAT affirms support for Naga National Movement nagaland BJP concerned by state’s financial quandary DIMAPUR, AUGUST 11 (MExN): The Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland today stated that it is “in support of the Naga National Movement fighting for sovereignty, which is the Historical and Political Rights of the Nagas.” ACAUT, in a press note, clarified that it “at no point of stated that it is against the movement.” It further stated that ACAUT is not against paying tax towards the Naga National Movement and reminded that the “One Govt One Tax adopted on
October 31, 2013 clearly states that the Naga people will pay tax once the NPGs come together under a common platform and form One Government.” The ACAUT further questioned whether it is “anti- national or a crime to ask the NPGs to come under one umbrella?” It further questioned why the “NPGs are so much against One Government One Tax or in other words refuse to come under one umbrella?” Clarifying that ACAUT is “not for or against any particular NPG,” it stated: “it is totally wrong to in-
terpret the ACAUT movement as ACAUT versus NPGs.” It appealed to the Naga Political Groups “not to misunderstand or undermine the ACAUT movement since it is working towards strengthening the Naga National Movement so that a Naga political solution is arrived at the earliest.” ACAUT, while expressing support for the cease fire between the GoI and NPGs, also demanded that the FNR initiative for reconciliation and modalities for One Naga National Government be “heeded to by
all the NPGs.” It further stated that the “refusal of the common man not to pay tax unless the NPGs unite should not be misunderstood by the GoI to undermine the Naga National Movement.” “The GOI should know that the Naga National Movement is dear to every Naga and the Historical and Political rights of the Nagas are at the core of our identity,” it added. As such, it called upon the Government of India to resolve the Indo-Naga Political issue at the earliest. Full text on page 4
Innovative schemes needed to ‘promote tourism’ in Nagaland Our Correspondent Kohima | August 11
Nagaland state Commission & Secretary for Tourism, Himato Zhimomi today stressed on the need to build up innovative schemes to promote tourism in the state. He stated this while addressing a ‘Bed & Breakfast scheme’ workshop here today at Hotel Grandeur. The workshop was conducted to highlight the advantages of the ‘Incredible India Bed & Breakfast/ Home stay Establishments,’ envisioned by the Ministry of Tourism to provide comfortable home stay facilities of standardized world class services to tourists, and to supplement the availability of accommodation in the metros and tourist destinations. The idea, under this initiative, is to provide a clean and affordable place for foreign and domestic tourists
alike including an opportunity for foreign tourists to stay with a local family to experience their customs and traditions and relish authentic cuisine. Addressing the workshop, Zhimomi felt this scheme to be very interesting and a different sort of activity. “The benefit that is going to come from this will revolutionize hospitality in our State,” he stated. Zhimomi said the government is trying to improvise, streamline, structure, institutionalize and augment the hospitality sector, which he stated is booming in the state of Nagaland. Zhimomi further expressed optimism that the ‘Bed & Breakfast’ initiative of the Tourism Ministry would be beneficial for the state’s tourism industry and enable tourists to experience the local culture and life. “I have strong faith in the capacity of the Nagas and people in Nagaland to latch on to this
scheme because Nagas are very hospitable by nature,” he said. He further hoped to implement this scheme at the earliest and opined that this push from the government of India will take the state to the next level in attracting tourists. Sanjay Shreevats, Deputy Director General/Regional Director (NE), India Tourism, Ministry of Tourism felt that most of the tourist inflow in the state is during the Hornbill festival only. He expressed hope that the state will begin to work towards making itself a 365 days destination. “It should not only be limited to the Hornbill festival or a certain season where tourist flow in and leave a vacuum after that”, he remarked. In this, he said that the Bed & Breakfast scheme, when it comes into play, would prove helpful and at the same time generate revenue, while offer-
ing an alternate accommodation other than merely hotels. As per the Ministry of Tourism, government of India, the Regional Classification Committee will inspect and assess the Bed & Breakfast/Home stay Establishments based on facilities and services offered. The Establishments, once approved by the Ministry of Tourism, will be duly publicized and a directory of all such approved establishments will also be prepared. This will enable domestic as well as foreign tourists to live in a homely environment and to take advantage of the scheme. In addition, efforts will be made to organise short term training in hospitality trade to those who would opt for such training. The workshop was chaired by Tourism Director, P Angami; while the vote of thanks was proposed by Additional Director, KT Thomas.
Calls for judicious utilization of funds
DIMAPUR, AUGUST 11 (MExN): The Nagaland State Unit, BJP has expressed serious concerns over the ongoing precarious financial situation of the state. In a press note, Dr. M. Chuba Ao, the State Unit President, however asserted that, the present crisis is not “something out of the blue” but “cumulative in nature” and singled out the “changed funding pattern since 1989” as the main culprit. The state ceased to the enjoy the ‘special category States’ in funding pattern since then and the incumbent Congress government of Nagaland of that time had failed to protect state interest, it stated. It further added that “UPA government in its decade rule had meted out step-motherly treatment in fund allocations to the State” and “the adverse Thirteenth Finance Commission (TFC) award was a glaring example of utter neglect” of the state by the previous UPA regime and its ramification was felt by “the entire population in Nagaland alike and not necessarily the nonCongress government only.” The erstwhile UPA government, it continued, had done “little or nothing” to help the state tide over the huge balance of current revenue (BCR) deficits, other than the normal allocation under State plan and centrally sponsored schemes (CSS). Despite having differences in principle, the DAN-II government had extended unconditional outside support to the UPA-II but such support was taken as granted and
the plight of the state was not addressed, the BJP further noted. The State BJP unit, however, was optimistic that the present NDA government will be sympathetic to “to the plight of the people of Nagaland” and stated that “the question of neglect does not arise only if we are honest to ourselves.” As a pre-poll alliance partner of the DAN-III government, it assured that the BJP is doing everything under its power to ensure that the state’s finance position is stabilized soon and expressed hope that the state would receive generous fund from the Centre soon. However, the BJP cautioned that such generous funding will materialize only if the centre was convinced that it was judiciously utilized for the intended purposes. It further assured that the state BJP would ensure such developmental funds do not disappear before reaching the beneficiaries at the grass root level. It stated that the release of pending installment for ongoing projects is entirely dependent upon judicious utilization of the installments received already and urged the “DAN-III government to discharge its duty in timely submission of utilization certificate for those installments due, so that development activities are not stalled.” The BJP further asserted that the present NDA government will pursue zero tolerance policy on corruption. It urged the people of Nagaland “to be vigilant and work as the government’s watch-dogs on utilization of development funds” and stated that “misappropriation of public funds takes place in an unresponsive society.”
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JakhaMa, august 11 (Mexn): The Science Department of St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama, held their first ever Science Fest: ‘EUREKA’, a two-day event on August 8 and 9. Zavi Hiese, Senior Science Officer, Department of Science and Technology, was the chief guest for the event. The chief guest in his address, expressed earnestness to help the young students, and urged them to continue their studies with enthusiasm and hard work. He reminded everyone that Nagaland is rich in biodiversity and is still largely unexplored,
in short, “A Heaven for Researchers”. The Principal, Rev.Fr. Abraham Lotha welcomed the chief guest and deemed the fest as a perfect example of creativity, imagination and innovation coming together among bright young minds. According to a press release, the fest had a flurry of activities and competitions ranging from pantomime, street plays, slideshow presentations, singing, cultural dances, exhibitions, quiz, all successfully contributing to a new awareness and awakening towards the bright prospects of Science.
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Zavi Hiese, Senior Science Officer and others during the first ever Science Fest of Science Department of St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama held on August 8 and 9.
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BHSS Mangkolemba felicitates HSLC & HSSLC students
MangkoleMba, august 11 (DIPR): Baptist Higher Secondary School, Mangkolemba held a felicitation programme for the passed out students of HSLC and HSSLC on August 10 in Baptist Church. Imtitoshi AT chaired the programme while Dr. Akok Amer Pastor spoke on the Theme ‘Go and Teach’ and special number was presented by teaching staff. Associate Pastor B. Wati Lkr invoked God’s blessing upon the school. These were the students who got letter marks. Moanaro, Moitreyi, Karilong, Sentiben, Sennungmenla, Nokmanen, Shijungkala, Onenlemla, Sentiyangla, Md.Barif, Taokir Alam, Imtisanenla. Moanaro who got letter marks in five subjects. All the students got certificate and cash from school and seven teachers whose students got letter marks also got certificate and cash along with their students.
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kohIMa, august 11 (Mexn): The Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) informed that there will be consultative meeting of Naga Students’ Federation(NSF) in Phek District along with the Chakhesang Students’ Union, District Education Officer and the faculties of the Government High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools on August 13 at SIRD Hall, Phek town at 11:00 AM. The Union requested the presence of all the DEO staffs and two representatives each from Government High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools for the said meeting.
DGU Medziphema Unit to commemorate 70th martyr’s day
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DIMaPuR, august 11 (Mexn): The Dimapur Gorkha Union, Medziphema Unit will be commemorating the 70th Martyr’s Day of the first Gorkha Martyr Maj. Durga Malla (INA) and also remember Kargil Martyr Capt. N. Kenguruse (MVC) on August 25 at Medziphema Town Hall from 10:00 am onwards. As a mark of respect and tribute to the Gallant Martyrs, the programme will be followed by ‘Blood Donation Drive’ by the members of the Dimapur Gorkha Union, Medziphema Unit with Zhaleo Rio, Parliamentary Secretary, Urban Development, Govt. of Nagaland and Col. Ananya Boral, Commandant 37th Assam Rifles as Chief Guest and Guest of Honour respectively. All the Units of the DGU, Gorkha GB’s, Gorkha Students and Gorkhas of Dimapur District are cordially invited to be part of the programme.
Mass social work at Bhandari town
bhanDaRI, august 11 (DIPR): In view of the forthcoming Independence Day Celebration, ADC, Bhandari, Orenthung Lotha has directed all government officials and citizens of Bhandari town for mass social work at government offices, public ground, wards and colonies within Bhandari town on August 13 from 6.00 a.m. onwards. In this regard, all the GBs of respective wards and colonies are asked to supervise the work without fail.
PMEGP applicants notification
kohIMa, august 11 (Mexn): All applicants of the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Program (PMGEP) for the year 2014-2015 under Kohima District are informed that the interview will be conducted at the Conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima on August 19, 20, 21 and 22 from 10 am onwards. A press note issued by A. Temjen Jamir, General Manager, District Industries Center, Kohima stated that the applicants of the District Industries Centre (DIC) Kohima will be held on August 20 and 21 followed by KVIC applicants onAugust 21 and 22. It further notified that no separate calling letter will be issued and all candidates are to bring their original documents without which they will not be entertained for the interview.
Wokha DPDB meeting held
Wokha, august 11 (DIPR): The monthly Wokha District Planning and Development Broad meeting was held on August 11 at DC’s Conference Hall, Wokha with ADC Wokha, Sotsula chairing the meeting. The chairperson welcomed its new member, District Statistical Officer, Peter Chumlanthung to the board. During the meeting, the Board approved for the reorganization of Living Faith Bible College & Seminary to higher authority. The Social Welfare Department and District Urban Development presented its programmes and activities in the district. The ADC requested all Heads of Offices to finish up their respective assignment by August 14 for the successful conduct of the Independence Day Celebration. She also reminded all Head of Offices to submit their staff attendance list to SDO (C) headquarter right after the programme.
TCMA Nagaland 8th annual general meet
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tenIng, august 11 (DIPR): Tening Chekam mai Aruang (TCMA) Nagaland will organise its 8th annual general meet on September 12 and 13 at Tening Village Council Hall. Unlike other time, the Union will organise a jumble sale, sale on local products and other items brought from outside. Tening Chakam mai Aruang President, Rutmakbo and General Secretary, Mejikam in a press released informed all Tening lun government/ private employee to attend the Annual General Meeting compulsorily and submit their membership fee for the year 2014. The Union also informed that a fine of Rs. 1000/- will be imposed to those who does not attend the meeting without reason and proper leave from the Union. The organizing committee also urged the representative from Kohima, Dimapur, Jalukie and Peren Units to be well organised with their members for the meeting as well as to collect the sale lottery money from their members and submit on or before August 20.
Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation ltd officers and staff during the tree plantation drive conducted on August 8.
kohIMa, august 11 (Mexn): Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd led by the Managing Director conducted a social work whereby, tree plantation drive spearheaded by other officers and staff was conducted on August 8. A press note stated that with a missionary zeal, the plantation drive was performed within the Corporation’s allotted plot of land at Lierie colony, Children of Wondang-Ki charitable foundation are seen enjoying a “summer treat” meal Kohima measuring 16.67 that was sponsored by Nzano Tungoe proprietor of the Yonc Restaurant, which is located acres, as an earnest effort for conserving the ecology opposite NU SETAM, Dimapur on July 29.
ENSU St. Joseph’s College clarifies
JakhaMa, august 11 (Mexn): The Eastern Naga Students’ Union (ENSU) St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama has issued a clarification to all the Alumni and present members of ENSU, St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama that there had been an error in the record book of the union concerning the year of establishment. Therefore, after an enquiry made with the first office bearers of the union, the union has come to a conclusion that the year of establishment was on 1992, not 1990. Therefore, it is to inform that the year of Silver Jubilee Celebration will be on 2017. This was informed in a press release issued by the union President A. Ngamba Konyak and Atoy M. Phom general secretary.
and to foster the right kind of space and atmosphere around the area. “This initiative was part of the special projects taken up by the Corporation to commemorate the 50 years of Statehood Celebration, which is, to have a plantation drive in all the three (3) project sites and the site at Lierie so as to create awareness for eco-friendly environment amongst the people,” the press note added. The drive involved planting of about 500 various saplings that are appropriate to the local en-
vironment. Through this campaign, the employees of the Corporation were not only involved in a healthy exercise but it also made them learn about team work, their environment and filled them with a sense of responsibility. During the plantation drive, illegal structures like barbed wire fencing etc, which were erected by unauthorised persons within the allotted land of NSMDC without the knowledge of the Management were also demolished and pulled down.
CMHSS Impur marks growth with Children Park
Ao churches urged to take CMHSS as a home mission
IMPuR, august 11 (Mexn): The Clark Memorial Her Sec School (CMHSS), Impur on August 8 inaugurated its children’s park in the school campus with Rowainla, Deputy DEO as the guest of honour. Rev R Teka, pastor of Impur Baptist church said the dedicatory prayer in the presence of the School faculty and students. CMHSS principal Chubainla in a press release stated that on the same day, the School also conducted handcraft and fete day cum parents-teachers meet. After the inauguration, the guest of honour in her speech said that education is like a triangle and the parents, teachers and students
Rev R Teka, pastor of Impur Baptist church saying the dedicatory prayer. Rowainla, Deputy DEO (Right) and CMHSS principal Chubainla (left) are also seen during the inauguration of the CMHSS, Impur children park held on August 8.
forms the vortices of education. To the parents, the deputy DEO said that home is the first institution where basic learning takes place. Family planning is not just
to minimize population but also to plan for the child acc to their character, capacity and capabilities. To the church leaders and representatives pres-
ent, she said that CMHSS is a mission school so Ao churches should take it as a home mission. Exhorting the student, she said that there is no
substitute for hard work. She congratulated the achievement of Imnatula who secured top seventh position in HSSLCE 2014 and encouraged the students to follow her footsteps. Calling on the teachers, the Deputy DEO said, “the world is not running but it s flying. Therefore, teachers need to keep updated in everything. Teachers are builders of a nation so work hard and sacrifice expecting nothing in return. Teachers are the best guide to knowledge and wisdom.” Rongsentsula chaired the programme, CMHSS principal Chubainla delivered the welcome address with presentation by students. T Moa Kubza, pastor and Rev Jongpong Mopungchuket pastor respectively pronounced invocation and benediction. Many parents and well-wishers attended the programme.
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Livestock Insurance Scheme in Zbto DC Mkg informs on I-Day celebration
Pughoboto, august 11 (Mexn): Under the aegis of the Nagaland Livestock Development Board (NLDB) Kohima, the state implementing agency of Government of India’s National Project on Cattle and Buffalo Breeding (NPCBB), the SDVO Pughoboto office has so far conducted the camp in seven villages on Livestock Insurance Scheme for dairy farmers of the area. A press note issued by Dr. Toshi Aier, Sub Divisional Vety and AH Officer Zunhebotostated that Dr. Tekasangba Jamir and Dr. Toshi Aier, as resource persons explained on the objective, importance, criteria, procedures,
do and don’t and importance of insurance etc. According to them LIS is a subsidised scheme where 50:50 percent of the very minimum premium would be shared between the insured (owner) and the implementing agency (NLDB). It was disclosed that the insured would not have to run or kept pursuing knock and corners for the claim in event of their animals dead. However, they have to inform them (agency) through phone contact and the rest would be done accordingly by the officer/staff concern. According to the SDVO Pughoboto, they have already conducted this awareness camps for nine
villages including Lazami, Mishilimi, Pughoboto, Asukiqa, Kitami, Punepoqa, Ghokimi Natsumi and Tsaphimi and further more villages would be covered/conducted under Zunheboto district. He was optimistic of a fruitful result with the feedback response of the participants and expressed happiness to all the VCCs/ VC secretaries, VDB secretaries, dairy farmers and individuals for their keen interest participation and extending every possible help to the team. However, he appealed them of availing the opportunity in averting economic loss through likely chances of untold reasons of their animals dead.
Mokokchung, august 11 (DIPR): Mokokchung Town is preparing to celebrate the Independence Day at Imkongmeren Sports Complex from 8:00 a.m. In this regard Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung, Murohu Chotso has informed all the Village Council members and GBs of Ungma, Mokokchung, Chuchuyimpang and Khensa Villages, GBs of Mokokchung Town, Ward Council of all wards in Mokokchung and the general public to make it convenient and attend the function. Further Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung has directed all Government Servants posted within
Mokokchung Town to attend the function without fail. All District Head of Offices are asked to take the attendance of their respective staff and to submit the same for necessary action. Further, all the Head of Department, Ward Authorities, GBs and general public that there shall be a mass social work on August 13 from 6:00 am to 10:00 am in view of the forthcoming Independence Day. Therefore, all the HODs, Ward Authorities, GBs and public of Mokokchung town are hereby informed to carry out the social work in their respective ward/vicinity.
Free medical camp at Tohoi vill conducted successfully
DIMaPuR, august 11 (DIPR): A free medical camp was successfully conducted at Tohoi Village, Aghunaqa on August 9. The camp was organised by the Dimapur District Administration and Border Department, Nagaland in collaboration with District Health Medical Services, 155 Bn CRPF, Nagaland Medicine Dealers Association (NMDA), Red Cross, Rotary Club, Lions Club and Peace Committee Disputed area A,B,C sectors. Altogether around 550 patients were given free medical checkup and medicines by the medical team which included 16 Doctors, 8 Pharmacists, 35 Nurses, 10 Paramedicals and 6 Laboratory Technicians. The
Patients waiting to avail the free medical camp conducted at Tohoi Village, Aghunaqa on August 9. (DIPR Photo)
patients that attended the health camp were from the neighbouring villages of Tohoi (Aghunaqa) and also from the bordering villages of Assam inhabiting the Disturbed area belt. Patients
were examined by a team of doctors which included the following sections: Surgery/ Ortho (64 patients were treated under Surgery/Ortho and other 6 under minor O.T, Medicine, Pediatric, Gy-
nae, E.N.T, Dental, Immunisation, Lab, Eye section and a medicine stall. The free medical camp which is the first of its kind in the area was being well received and greatly appreciat-
ed by the masses. The Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur said that the camp was an initiative to reach out to the villages in the bordering area (DAB) where villagers hardly get access to medicines and
modern treatment facilities unlike in the towns and this opportunity was seized to give them the best available to their door step. The public were also very appreciative to the neutral forces, the 155 Bn, CRPF for putting up of makeshift tents, providing drinking water and other logistic support. The yeomen service which they rendered speaks volumes of their concern for the public by ushering in harmony in the disturbed area belt. Besides the organisers, hosts of volunteers which included staff & students from Tohoi Public School and Village leaders also actively participated in the day long health camp.
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Arunachal seeks Assam's cooperation for hydel project Itanagar, august 11 (PtI): Arunachal Pradesh has sought cooperation from Assam in expediting the execution of 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydro-Electric Project, which has been halted since December 2011. State Home Minister Tanga Byaling discussed the issue with Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday during a courtesy call with the latter while returning from New Delhi, an official statement said here today. The largest project in the country being executed
by the NHPC, had run into rough weather when the work came to a halt in December 2011, when Assam anti-dam activists raised safety related issues even after completion of more than 55 per cent work. Since then, the project is incurring Rs 10 crore loss daily. Alleging vested interests were taking upper hand in straining the ageold relations between both the neighbouring states by creating law and order problems, Byaling suggested a coordinated approach by both the Congress ruled
state governments to defeat such divisive forces. On the inter-state boundary row, Byaling advocated status quo till the union home ministry came out with an acceptable and amicable solution to the decades-old imbroglio on the basis of Supreme Court constituted Local Boundary Commission (LBC) report submitted to Union MoS for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju recently. Rijiju during his maiden visit to the state had told media persons here on July 6 last that once the
Supreme Court gives its directive on the basis of LBC report, the ministry would study it and contemplate action. "I shall try to win the confidence of the chief ministers of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to find an amicable and lasting solution to the decades-long interstate imbroglio," Rijiju had assured. Gogoi after giving a patient hearing to all issues, assured all possible steps to strengthen the bilateral relations in the greater national interest, the statement added.
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Green building concept workshop conducted KohIma, august 11 (DIPr): A workshop on green building and green building rating system was held in the NEC Secretariat on August 8. The aim of the workshop is to conserve environment especially in the urban areas of North East. M. P. Bezbaruah, Member of North Eastern Council, inaugurated the workshop organized by CII-IGBC in association with North Eastern Council. Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), formed by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 2001, is spearheading the green building movement in India. CII with IGBC is making constant efforts towards wider adoption of green building concepts through
its’ various initiatives. The CII has informed that as on today India has 2,700 Green Building Projects equivalent to 2.1 Billion sq.ft of green building footprint. The initiative was an eye opener to showcase how the green building brings together a vast array of practices, techniques, and skills to reduce and ultimately eliminate the impacts of buildings on the environment and human health. Apart from discussing different techniques of waste water management, waste management, reducing the heats inside buildings etc., the Structure Design Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Materials Efficiency, Indoor Environ-
mental Quality Enhancement, Operations and Maintenance Optimization were discussed in details. Earlier, M.P. Bezbaruah, Member, North Eastern Council while inaugurating the Workshop emphasized on adopting the green technologies for combating the climate change taking place in the world. He said that innovation and appropriate technology can go a long way in this regard. He also stressed that CII, IGBC and Government should collaborate in making India a truly global leader in Sustainability. The adoption of green should not be for individual buildings, it should extend for green townships and greener cities.
Rs 1385 cr deficit Budget presented for Assam
Police personnel confront students during a protest regarding the ILP issue in Imphal, Manipur on Monday, August 11. (NNN Photo)
guwahatI, august 11 (PtI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today presented a Rs 1,385.77 crore deficit budget for the state for 2014-15 financial year. "The Budget estimates of 2014-15 show a receipt of Rs 57,311.39 crore under the consolidated fund of the state. Out of this, Rs 52,696.81 crore is on revenue account and the remaining Rs 4,614.58 crore is under capital account," he said, while presenting the budget for the current fiscal. After adding the receipt of Rs 3,29,365.94 crore under public account and of Rs 50 crore under contingency fund, the aggregate receipts amount to Rs 3,86,727.33
crore, Gogoi, who also holds Finance portfolio, said in his Budget speech. The total expenditure from the consolidated fund of the state in 2014-15 is estimated at Rs 58,104.54 crore. Of the total expenditure, Rs 48,631.30 crore is on revenue account while the rest Rs 9,473.24 crore is on capital account. "Taking into account the expenditure of Rs 3,29,958.56 crore under public account and Rs 50 crore under contingency fund, the aggregate expenditure for the year is estimated at Rs 3,88,113.10 crore. Thus, estimated transactions during the year will result in an estimated deficit of Rs 1,385.77 crore," Gogoi said.
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2 policemen hurt in accidental firing shIllong, august 11 (nnn): Two policemen were hurt in a case of accidental firing in the remote village of Purakhasia about 35 km from the town of Tura. The two, one a driver and the other a battalion constable were hurt when a carbine accidentally went off when the constable was about to board a Gypsy on his way to an operation. The two injured policemen have been identified as Battalion Constable (BNC) Mridul Ch Rabha while the driver has been identified as Trepatin T Sangma. While Rabha is from Mendipathar, Sangma belongs to Tura. The incident happened at about 8 am on Monday morning. While details are still unclear on what exactly happened, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) (Operations) GHP Raju explained, “Sangma was in the driver’s seat and the incident happened when Rabha was about to board the car. His gun went off accidentally when he was adjusting his seat. Rabha was hit in the stomach and Sangma in the chest.” The two injured were rushed to Tura Civil Hospital for treatment from where Rabha was airlifted to Guwahati for further treatment as the injury caused by the bullet lodged in his stomach was too sensitive to be operated on in Tura. Rabha has been taken to GNRC in Guwahati for further treatment.
Assam CM wants Bharat Ratna for Bhupen Hazarika NAGALAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION The Bangladesh govguwahatI, august ally take up the matter with cist, musician, singer, poet 11 (Ians): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bestow the coveted Bharat Ratna on the state's cultural icon, late Bhupen Hazarika. Gogoi sent a letter to Modi and said he would person-
the prime minister. "I have written to the prime minister today (Monday) asking him to consider the music maestro for Bharat Ratna. I will also personally take up the matter with the prime minister," said the CM. Hazarika was a lyri-
Bangladeshi rice-laden truck for Tripura overturns, driver hurt agartala, august 11 (Ians): A Bangladeshi truck, carrying rice from Ashuganj port of that country to Tripura, met with an accident here Monday in which the driver was injured, police said. The driver of the rice-loaded truck Mohammad Suman Mia suffered head injuries and was admitted to the government-run Govind Ballabh Pant Medical College and Hospital here. Doctors said his condition is stable. "The foodgrain-laden truck, after crossing the Akhaura India-Bangladesh checkpost, suddenly overturned while negotiating a
sharp curve before reaching the FCI (Food Corporation of India) godowns at Nandannagar on the outskirts of Agartala city," police inspector Subrata Chakraborty told IANS. He said the police did not register any case as none except the vehicle driver was hurt in the mishap. For the first time, 5,000 tonnes of rice in small ships from Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh reached Ashuganj river port in (eastern) Bangladesh via Kolkata port Aug 5. From Ashuganj port (40 km from Agartala), Bangladeshi trucks have been carrying the rice to FCI warehouses in Nandannagar.
and filmmaker. His songs, written and sung mainly in the Assamese language by himself, speak of humanity and universal brotherhood. They have been translated and sung in many languages, including Bengali and Hindi.
ernment awarded Hazarika the "Muktijoddha Padak" (friend of the freedom struggle) posthumously in 2011. Chief Minister Gogoi had moved then prime minister Manmohan Singh over the matter in 2011. Hazarika died in November 2011.
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Mizoram govt calls for halt to Chakma Census aIZawl, august 11 (nnn): The Mizoram government has asked Central Young Mizo Association (YMA) to put on halt their plan to conduct Chakma Census. The state government told the YMA leaders that it acknowledged that their plan to conduct Chakma Census arises out of their love of the Mizo nation and to safeguard the same. He thanked YMA for its genuine love for the 'Mizo nation'. In the meantime, said the Mizoram Home Minister, it is necessary to take caution that conducting census out of sheer nationalism could result in disunity. The Home Minister stated it would be against the Constitution to conduct a census for one particular community within Mizoram, and therefore, asked YMA not to go ahead with their plan as of now. Saying that no government in Mizoram ought to ever allow illegal entry of outsiders, Home Minister called on the Young Mizo Associa-
tion leaders to cooperate with the government in properly maintaining village register which is meant for keeping record of genuine settlers of each village. He further suggested that a systematic plan be made such that this village register is tabled in the Legislative Session, adding, the same would be a good means of preventing illegal entry of outsiders.
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND
DIRECTORATE OF VETERINARY & A.H. NAGALAND : KOHIMA
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Dated, Kohima the 11th Aug, 14
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The Department of Vety & A.H. inform all the successful candidates for undergoing VFA Training during 2014-15 to note the following:1. Dated of admission - 12th -14th Aug,2014 2. Venue - office of the principal VFATI Medziphema 3. Time - 10 am-4pm Sd/Dr. TIMOTHY LOTHA Director of Veterinary & A.H. Nagaland: Kohima
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Dated Kohima, the 11th August, 2014
NOTIFICATION
In pursuance of the Nagaland Public Service Commission Advertisement No.4/2013 dated 03.12.2013 and corrigendum dated 28.1.2014 and with reference to Notification of even number dated 30.06.2014, the Commission conducted Written Examination and Viva-voce for CTE-2013. On the basis of marks obtained in the Written Examination and Viva-voce, the Commission is pleased to declare the result of successful candidates in order of merit for the following post(s) under the Government of Nagaland: I, 8 (Eight) Posts of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (Cl-I Gazetted), under Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st GWAZENLO TEP 3004 2nd MENGUZENUO CHIELIE 3008 3rd KETHOLELIE MERE 3053 4th MHATHUNG LOTHA 3055 5th WAPANGSASHI 3036 6th GWATHONLO TSELA 3003 7th SUIDING HINGLAK 3044 Zeliang 8th TANGNIO SHIU 3020 Khiamniungan II, 1 (One) Post of Assistant Geologist (Cl-I Gazetted), under Geology & Mining Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st AIENLA OZUKUM 3886 III, 2 (Two) Posts of Sub-Divisional Officer (Cl-I Gazetted), under Irrigation & Flood Control Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st PHUTHEGUO KHAWAKHRIE 3214 2nd KARIPONG WALLING 3590 IV, 6 (Six) Posts of Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) (Cl-I Gazetted), under PHE Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st NEILHOUKHOLIE CHIELIE 3322 2nd WONJANBENI ODYUO 3321 3rd NARISEN Y. JAMI 3250 4th MYANBEMO OVUNG 3396 5th K. NEITELO KOZA 3304 Chakhesang 6th CHINGTENG KONGNYEIHU 3221 Phom V, 7 (Seven) Posts of Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) (Cl-I Gazetted), under PWD Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st REBECCA K. ACHUMI 3280 2nd IMLIAKUM AIER 3247 3rd IMTITUSHI 3352 4th PANGJUNGKALA LONGCHAR 3224 5th AKUMDONG AO 3394 6th P. CHILLIA 3355 Khiamniungan 7th THRIMHOKIU R. YIMCHUNGER 3252 Yimchunger VI, 1 (One) Post of Lecturer (Computer Engg.) (Cl-I Gazetted), under Higher & Technical Education Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st N. YIBENTHUNG TUNGOE 3116 VII, 1 (One) Post of Lecturer (Mechanical Engg.) (Cl-I Gazetted), under Higher & Technical Education Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st PAVITO V. YEPTHOMI 3057 VIII, 1 (One) Post of Lecturer (Mathematics) (Cl-I Gazetted), under Higher & Technical Education Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st ACHUMBENI T. KITHAN 4152 IX, 1 (One) Post of Junior Lecturer (Cl-II Gazetted), under Soil & Water Conservation Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st ALIKA N. ZHIMO 3674 X, 4 (Four) Posts of Junior Soil Conservation Officer (JSCO) (Cl-II Gazetted), under Soil & Water Conservation Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st RENTHUNGLO TUNGOE 3713 2nd ZUCHUMI OVUNG 3660 3rd SUIYIHEILE 3719 Zeliang 4th ISSACTHO POJI 3684 Pochury XI, 1 (One) Post of Assistant Soil Survey Officer (ASSO) (Cl-II Gazetted), under Soil & Water Conservation Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st WONDANGBENI KIKON 3680 XII, 1 (One) Post of Assistant Research Officer (ARO) (Cl-II Gazetted), under Soil & Water Conservation Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st KHROTEÜ RITSE 3757
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XIII, 2 (Two) Posts of Ranger (Cl-II Gazetted), under Soil & Water Conservation Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st SIVI MOR 3860 2nd KRUTALU TUNYI 3825 Chakhesang XIV, 2 (Two) Posts of District Evaluation Officer (DEO) (Cl-II Gazetted), under Planning & Coordination Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st SHELLEM 4048 2nd SEPOZO PHESAO 4041 Chakhesang XV, 2 (Two) Posts of Junior Engineer (Cl-II Gazetted), under Irrigation & Flood Control Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st VILINI Q. WOTSA 3366 2nd CHOMBENTHUNG EZUNG 3603 XVI, 1 (One) Post of System Analyst (Cl-II Gazetted), under Power Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st MANORI 3182 XVII, 2 (Two) Posts of Junior Engineer (Civil) (Cl-II Gazetted), under Power Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st NITOHO L. CHOPHI 3450 2nd NGAKO SOMBA 3570 Chang XVIII, 15 (Fifteen) Posts of Junior Engineer (Civil) (Cl-II Gazetted), under PHE Department Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st ZUCHAMO KIKON 3449 2nd L. MANGYANGER JAMIR 3332 3rd ABINUO PEKI 3424 4th KENISEVI MEYASE 3315 5th NEILHOUZHALIE KENSE 3341 6th LONGCHENDI WATI LONGCHAR 3295 7th TAYONGZULU PONGEN 3342 8th MOATEMSU 3442 9th MEDOZEU CHATSU 3334 10th NGUTISIE KATIRY 3282 11th ZACUKHO THINGO 3374 Chakhesang 12th WESHUSIE POJAR 3474 Pochury 13th KHITANGPILA 3482 Sangtam 14th KINGPHU YIMCHUNGER 3363 Yimchunger 15th PAUSUIPEULE GANGMEI 3314 Zeliang XIX, 26 (Twenty Six) Posts of Junior Engineer (Civil) (Cl-II Gazetted), under PWD Rank Name Roll No Remarks 1st IMTIYANGER T. IMCHEN 3326 2nd I. ALIKABA IMSONG 3300 3rd MOAMONGBA 3388 4th PANGERNUKSUNG JAMIR 3301 5th BENDANGNUKSHI JAMIR 3454 6th MERENBA LONGCHAR 3433 7th BENSI KEPEN 3381 8th KEKHUZORE KISO 3327 9th MOACHUBA PONGENER 3345 10th MHALENUO ZATSU 3288 11th MERENSOBA IMCHEN 3372 12th AVIKA CHOPHY T. 3303 13th VIKISHE S. AWOMI 3476 14th SEYIEKHRIETUO SOLO 3406 15th DIETHOKETOU KEHIE 3348 16th TEAKUM AO 3382 17th JEMIMAH THONG 3515 18th ZUNGATEMBA JAMIR 3435 19th DIETHONILE LUHO 3439 20th LIPOKSANGLA CHANG 3420 Chang 21st JACKSON NGOURI 3353 Pochury 22nd AIMONG 3440 Khiamniungan 23rd KUOSIETHO NGOURI 3281 Pochury 24th NOKNEI KONYAK 3438 Konyak 25th N. LONGPOKSANG 3387 Chang 26th LALAL 3286 Zeliang
• Any selected candidate intending not to accept the post for which he/she is selected may submit a Non-Acceptance Letter within 10(ten) days from the date of issue of this notification. Sd/- SARAH R. RITSE Secretary, Nagaland Public Service Commission, Kohima
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The truthful correction of the distortion of the doctrine of the baptist doctrine of separation of church & state with reference to the liquor prohibition in Nagaland (part II) 1. Introduction have been fully disturbed as a staunch Baptist Biblical Scholar to continue to witness the continuous distortion of the Baptist doctrine of the separation of the church and State with reference to liquor prohibition in Nagaland ever since twenty five years. I wish and pray that the continuous, never ending blame game will come to a fruitful conclusion after such a quarter of the century mark. Enough is enough. Let is now face the reality following the core philosophy of God, the truth in action following the doctrine, “tell the truth and shame the devil”. I have been really saddened that the church – the body of Christ has turned fully heretic and apostates by throwing the basic doctrine of the Baptist distinctive doctrine of the separation between the Church and the State in matter of faith and practices for reasons best known to her. She must recall that Baptist Christianity originated from the American Baptist Christianity in 1872 who still contin-
ue to practice the basic doctrine. But unfortunately, the young child of the American Baptist Christianity – the Nagaland Baptist Church Council has fully departed her original root and became just an opposition political party ever since 1989 with reference to the Nagaland Total Liquor Prohibition Act, 1989. 2. The foundation stone of the Church and the State There is no dispute to accept the fact that Christianity is based on the Bible in matter of faith and practices, whereas, the State is based on the Constitution as the primary guide book of the State. The basic duty of the church is spiritual, whereas, the basic duty of the state is material. We are extremely sorry to note that the Nagaland Baptists Church Council has become a material body ever since 1989. She has joined the opposition political party indulging in fasting and noncooperation movement which was purely political in nature. She even forced the state to pass the impossible law of liquor prohibition. She has fully
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forgotten her spiritual duty to the people plunging the state into full spiritual bankruptcy followed by miserable state of affairs in all fronts. Today, no one has faith in the existence of the Church as an agent of spiritual growth as witnessed in the daily newspapers. She continues to hunt only for power and money as rightly pointed out by S.C. Jamir in his recent press conference. She has become a parasyte church driving only for money collection never concerning the dying church as pointed out by Rev. Dr. V.K. Nuh. She is only concerned about big palatial building construction of the church forgetting the spiritually dead Christians as rightly pointed out by Rev. Dr. Ricky Medom. She has fully forgotten that the modern church is self supporting church as demonstrated by Saint Paul through the tent making ministry and the shoe making ministry demonstrated by Dr. William Carey. The Church has become lukewarm-neither cool or hot like the Laodicea Church rejected by God.
insurgent, rebel or hostiles and we are not secessionists. We do not demand independent or sovereignty from India, but we are a nation, yet, started to fight against aggressors only because we wanted to defend our sovereignty. The truth we should say is that the Naga nation never surrendered and will never be. We should stand as a nation and speak as a sovereign people. The NNC General Secretary Late Tubu Kevichusa said; "It is important to say clearly as to who we are. If we say we are a Nation, then ultimately men of good reason will recognise us as a Nation. It is not only important to speak one voice. It is equally important to speak on one issue only.” From the beginning, the Naga national body was the NNC/FGN, but not the revolutionary government. The sovereignty of Nagaland therefore did not affect with the surrendering of revolutionary government to Indian Government in 1973 after four years of its life. But in 1975, there was no NSCN or other Naga national organization except only the NNC/FGN a mandated body of the Naga nation. If the NNC/FGN surrendered, the Naga nation might have been surrendered, because there was no other parallel Naga national government or organization to save Nagaland. But God our Lord saved our nation by making the accord as an invalid document. Yet, some Nagas don't want to accept this truth because their intention is to keep the Nagas as divided people. We should not be trapped in such people's policy too if we are true to stand for our sovereignty.
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against paying Tax towards the NNM or is it the public which has made the conscious decision not to give in to unabated taxation? As stated, the ACAUT supports the NNM. At no point of time has the ACAUT declared that it is against paying tax towards the NNM. ACAUT Nagaland’s stand on “One Govt One Tax” adopted on 31st October 2013 clearly states that the “Naga people” will pay tax once the NPGs come together under a common platform and form “One Government.”
since it’s the people’s decisions. ACAUT Nagaland is, therefore, a platform for the whole Naga people. Today, there are approximately 7-8 factions imposing multiple-taxations upon the public and it has gone far beyond any tolerable limits of the public. 5. Is it anti- national or a crime to ask the NPGs to come under one umbrella? It is for the NPGs to answer and Naga public to judge. However for ACAUT to ask the warring NPGs to come under one umbrella is an expression of highest patriotism and this is the cry of the Naga masses too. Therefore, the ACAUT, as a people’s movement is doing great justice to the NNM because if the faction-ridden NPGs are united, the support of the Naga people for the One Naga National Government will be solid and the 67 years old Indo-Naga political problem may see an honourable settlement at the earliest.
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2. Is ACAUT Nagaland against the Naga National Movement? ACAUT Nagaland is in support of the Naga National Movement (NNM) fighting for sovereignty which is the Historical and Political Rights of the Nagas. At no point of time has ACAUT stated that it is against the NNM. One of the 3 (three) resolutions adopted on 31st October 2013 public rally at Dimapur was the demand to the Government of India for “Early Indo-Naga Political settlement.” This stand is certainly not Anti-Naga and Anti-NNM as ACAUT is always accused of and we leave it to the wisdom of the Naga people to judge.
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1. Is the ACAUT Nagaland an organisation? No, the ACAUT is a people’s movement. It’s a movement mandated by Naga people to tackle the issue of unabated multiple taxation and fight the evils of corruption. Anyone who is against unabated taxation and corruption is an ACAUT member and part of this movement.
4. Is ACAUT Nagaland dictating the public against paying tax? The NPGs have accused ACAUT of not allowing tax collection but in the first place let’s not forget “Who or what the ACAUT is?” “ACAUT is the public and the public is ACAUT.” The massive turnout of the Naga people from all walks of life on 31st October vouching for One Government One Tax with a thumping Yes is clear that it is wrong to accuse 6. The bone of contention Thomas, ACAUT of dictating the between the NPGs and the NNC Member 3. Is ACAUT Nagaland public against paying tax ACAUT is on “One Gov-
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4. Refusal of the State to interfere and intrude into the boundary of the state The State should no longer allow the Church to interfere and intrude into the law making power of the State to the Church as their roles differ to a great extent. She should no longer transfer the power of the State to the Church as her role is spiritual and not material. The state should not allow the church to take the rule of law into their hands thereby becoming lawless plunging the state into the state of anarchy. The state must be able to maintain the administration of justice as her prime duty no matter what come may. She must be patriots and not simply politicians aiming for votes. 5. Prosecution of criminals and anti socials In case the church continue to interfere, intrude into the boundary of law making of the state, the state has every constitutional and legal rights to book them under various appropriate sections of criminal laws, because ev-
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ery citizen from the President down to the Peon of an office is answerable to the same rule of law. No one is above the law. Unfortunately, Nagaland today had earned the distinction of being lawless land in the international, national levels. Let us try to regain the prestige that Christ is for Nagaland with respect to the rule of law, let us respect the state instituted by God according to the Bible. The church must not become too proud like Lucifer to be thrown out by God. 6. Advice to the Nagaland Baptist Church Council The Church has done irreparable damage by throwing away the basic doctrine of the separation of the church and the state which is the first part of Baptist distinctive. If she cannot practice what she preaches, she should humbly avoid the term, “Baptist” so that defamation of the Baptists around the world may be avoided as soon as possible. Dr. E. Renphamo Lotha Research Scholar, GSM
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s one of Eastern Nagas, I am glad and also feel unhappy for your statement which appeared in Morung Express on August 11, 2014 under the caption: "ENNWA affirms fight for Naga sovereignty" Glad: because you said, Eastern Naga (Konyak, Khiamniungan, Chang, Sangtam, Yimchunger, Phom) National Workers Association (ENNWA) affirms to fight for sovereignty. Unhappy; because you said, Naga nation was betrayed or surrendered by signing an accord in 1975. If you said, Naga nation has surrendered; how you will start to fight for sovereignty? As a secession or as a revolutionary movement? Muivah and his henchmen have their own program and policy, thus played their political game with telling lies that Naga nation has surrendered, and then started their movement as revolutionary movement and demanded greater Nagaland with federal relationship with India. Their treacherous motive behind was to let the world see Indo-Naga conflict as if an internal affairs of India. Should we follow the foot step of Muivah? The other educated Nagas, like some Semas, Lothas, some of Chakhesangs, Angamis or Aos have talked more about the accord, because they wanted to play for their own leadership. But they achieved nothing. Should we follow those people's foot step again? If you say, Naga nation has surrendered; how you will talk with India for your stand? How you will say to the world as to who you are? Will you say yourselves as secessionists or underground, rebel, revolutionary or insurgent group? From the beginning, we are not underground,
3. Interferences and intrusion of the church into the state The Nagaland Baptist Church Council has directly interfered, intruded and trespassed into the boundary of the State becoming criminals forgetting the role of the spiritual healing brought by Jesus Christ. Thereby, she has become intruders and trespasses rather than blame spiritual role of the salt and the light outlined by Jesus Christ. She has totally forgotten her basic duty as the salt and the light to the alcoholics who are chronic patients as per medical science. Instead of forcing the state to pass impossible law of liquor prohibition, she should have participated in the prevention, treatment, counseling, rehabilitation, information, education, communication, trainings-seminars, workshops freely as healing mission of Jesus. I am not taking about their role in exchange for money through the Nagaland AIDS Control Society but to join the mission of healing practiced by Jesus Christ as the greatest physician.
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ernment One Tax.” Why the NPGs are so much against “One Government One Tax” or in other words refuse to come under one umbrella? ACAUT is not for or against any particular NPG but is simply expressing the desire and wish of the Naga people that all the NPGs should unite. So it is totally wrong to interpret the ACAUT movement as ACAUT vs NPGs. The NPGs have to be sincere and explain to the Naga public as to why they are not willing to come under one umbrella. 7. What is the message of the ACAUT Nagaland to NPGs? ACAUT would like to appeal to all the NPGs not to misunderstand or undermine the ACAUT movement since it’s working towards strengthening the NNM so that a Naga political solution is arrived at: at the earliest.
reconciliation and modalities for One Naga National Government- to be worked out by FNRshould be heeded to by all the NPGs so that no stone is left unturned to resolve the Naga Political issue at the earliest since this is the burning desire and aspiration of every Naga all over the world. 9. How should the GoI read the ACAUT movement? The ACAUT movement is a clear message to the GOI that the former’s appeal to the NPGs to come under one umbrella is a people’s initiative to strengthen the NNM. The refusal of the common man not to pay tax unless the NPGs unite should not be misunderstood by the GOI to undermine the NNM. The GOI should know that the NNM is dear to every Naga and the Historical and Political rights of the Nagas are at the core of our identity.
8. What is ACAUT Nagaland’s stand on the cease 10. What is the ACAUT fire between the GoI and message to the GoI? NPGs? Resolve the Indo-Naga The ACAUT supports Political Issue at the earlicease fire between the est. NPGs and GoI. However, Issued By the ACAUT also demand’s that the FNR initiative of ACAUT Nagaland
Where are we headed?
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am compelled to pour my heart out here because recent events reveal a dangerous path our civil society is headed towards. A society that considers social status and official declarations to be always right, I am afraid, is headed in the wrong direction. A society that turns a blind eye to public officials riding roughshod over long established social norms is a society in decline. A society that permits an office to abuse the powers and trust entrusted upon it, and permits none to speak against it, is nothing more than a Communist state. The individual’s freedom to express doubts and dissent is a must for any developing society. The moment we behave like a dictator, we begin to lose a bit of our own self-respect and integrity. And slowly but surely, society is the ultimate loser. And we as Christians know that even God does not stop us from making a choice. Despite His clear-cut instructions in the Bible, we are free to make our own observations. Heaven or Hell depends on my choice. Someone once said, ‘Truth is not a Democracy.’ In your innermost hearts, ask yourself if the God we claim to love is really pleased with our decisions and our kind of Christian society? A society that has no honourable role models for the youth to emulate is headed for disaster. Unfortunately, a vast majority from the current crop of public leaders and some influential elders are setting a very dangerous trend. Their use of force, money and abuse of official powers to get their own way is leading to the downfall of a once well respected people. The youth are desperately crying out for God-fearing public leaders, leaders who will stand for truth and justice, though all alone; leaders who will speak up for the voiceless and the helpless. They are looking for leaders who will stand firm and cry foul whenever the need arises and not just when it suits their purpose. Show me such a person, and I shall stand with him, giving my all. I am not asking for perfection but real men and women who understand what is happening and will not hesitate to stand true and speak true. Is there no more honour in us? Is this our legacy? Allen Mark Longkumer Mokokchung
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Tuesday 12 August 2014
‘NSDZ is an ill conceived notion’
Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): The Ao Senden today expressed concern over certain clauses in the Nagaland state government’s proposal to set up Nagaland Special Development Zones (NSDZ), based on the NLA resolution, dated March 21, 2014. Taking note of “historical facts,” and in view of the ongoing Indo Naga political process, the Ao Senden stated that the concept of the NSDZ “is an ill conceived notion for development without considering the implications, which will destroy our future.” While appreciating the State government for their concern for the economic aspiration of future Naga generation, it however lamented that there are “no
• Ao Senden censures lack of safeguard measures in NSDZ proposal • Laments that policy has been drafted with only economic agenda in sight safeguard measures in place” in the NSDZ proposal. “It is very obvious that the policy has been drafted and resolved by the legislators keeping only the economic agenda in sight without any serious thought to the social, culture, security and environmental consequences,” the Ao Senden added. A press note from the Ao Senden President, Sangyu Yaden and General Secretary, Tsupong Longchar referred to three particular points in the NSDZ resolution. It first pointed to the suggestion for a mechanism for “cadastral survey of landregistration of ownership
and issue of Patta.” The Ao senden termed this as “undermining to our traditional systems and practices.” It further termed the NSDZ resolution’s proposal to “evolve a system of permanent settlement for non Nagas for the purpose of investment in the NSDZs in the form of special land access permit to be issued by the state government” as “nothing short of insult to the Nagas who have inherited land from their forefather and are the rightful owner of their land.” The said clause, it stated, “can become tools in the hands of the dominant and powerful Indian or illegal immi-
grants’ culture to annihilate our Naga culture.” On the proposal to “liberalize the system of entry and stay of non-Nagas in the NSDZs for the purpose of investment,” the Ao Senden stated that this clause is in “total discord with the Naga peoples attempt to safeguard our identity by making the ILP mandatory, which is also a legal provision for the Nagas.” Introduction of such clause, it stated would “nullify all the efforts of the Naga Students’ Federation and other Naga youth organizations,” who it stated have been “working diligently to make the ILP more affective.”
The Ao Senden further termed this as an “inappropriate time” to discuss an agenda such as the NSDZ. At present, it lamented that the Nagaland state government is “not in a position to protect our land and people in the border areas thereby making them more vulnerable in the hands of the Assam police and the so-called neutral force, the CRPF.” “It would be more appropriate for now to resolve the border crisis and complete the most needed Foothill road in the larger interest of all Naga people for now and the future,” it asserted. As such, it stated that the proposed NSDZ “should be a
closed chapter.” It further stated that the Ao Senden has the “supreme power on traditional systems and practices over its inherited land,” and asserted that “no alien group/parties shall impose any rules and acts without the permission of the Ao Community.” The Ao Senden reminded that every Naga tribe “has its own ancestral land and well defined territory, wherein the tribe exercises its supreme authority.” “Our land is our history and it gives identity to each and every Naga citizen,” it added. The Ao Senden stated that “amidst all powerful forces that threaten to engulf our land and the people, we have survived as a people because we have land in our hand.”
Legal seminar in Longleng Deo Nukhu visits Wakching, Wangkhao Govt. college
Participants and resource persons of the seminar.
LoNgLENg, august 11 (mExN): The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Longleng conducted a legal awareness seminar at Sakshi Village for seven villages of Sakshi area in Longleng district on August 8. The resource persons in the seminar were Victo Sema, (Chief Judicial Magistrate, Longleng), Abraham (Assistant Public Prosecutor, Longleng), Imsongmeren (SDO (C), Sadar, Longleng), Thiba
(Advocate) Panel Lawyer, and L.S Mane (Advocate). A press release from Victo Sema informed that the topics of the seminar were: Legal Service Authority, Legal Aid Clinic Scheme 2010, Right to Information Act, Domestic Violence Act, Nagaland Village Council Act and VDB Model Rules, MNREGA and MACT. A village legal care and support centre was also set up at Sakshi Village, Longleng on the day.
Kohima, august 11 (mExN): Based on the approval of the Ministry of HRD to set up a ‘Model College’ within Mon district, parliamentary secretary for higher education and SCERT Deo Nukhu visited Wakching on August 6 last for site inspection with district administration for establishment of a ‘Model College’ under RUSA project. Wakching is said to have been proposed on the grounds that it was the first sub-division set up in 1911 in India’s pre-independence period and before the statehood under Tuensang Division of the then NEFA period. Moreover, the place was also the first Christian Mission Centre. Nukhu also visited
Parliamentary secretary deo nukhu during his visit to Mon district.
Wangkhao Govt. College on August 7 and inspected the progress of the college infrastructural development. He was not pleased with the slow progress of the ongoing ‘Academic Building’ but hoped that it will be completed by December 2014. He was also disappointed to observe that the construction of Girls’ Hos-
tel sanctioned by UGC was more or less abandoned without progress. During interaction with the Principal and teaching staff, he promised to build ‘Library Room’ under RUSA project at the earliest possible time. On the same day, he also addressed the students at the college’s 31st Fresher’s Social held at Mon Town
Hall. In his speech, Nukhu encouraged the students to work hard with all sincerity to maintain academic excellence of the college. He also exhorted the students to maintain allround development by participating in games and sports and other vocational courses such as music, horticulture, and floriculture. He announced that during the academic session 20142015, the State will introduce horticulture and motor driving to girl students as part of vocational course at Wangkhao Govt. College. On representation submitted by the college, he assured to look into the improvement of college approach road and also provide additional college bus at the earliest.
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MEx FILE Four NSCN (K) cadres join GPRN/NSCN Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): The GPRN/ NSCN has welcomed the four 'Homecomers' who recently joined its fold from NSCN (K). The four, all from Yimchunguru Region are Yimkiumong (Leacy), K.Tsuyehbah Yim (Leacy), Laji (Leacy), and Thsanso (Rajapeyu), informed Ministry of Information & Publicity, GPRN/NSCN. While appreciating their “wise decision” to join the “mainstream”, GPRN/NSCN hoped that the active participation and contribution of the “homecomers” will further strengthen their fight for the “Common Cause”.
GS Road business owners to organize social work Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): The GS Road Business Owners Association is organizing a social work on August 13 from 6:00 am to 10:00 am, with the approval of Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur. Therefore, the association’s president Omega Yepthomi has requested all the members of GS Road to take part in the social work without fail.
NSWW musical extravaganza Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): The National Socialist Women's Welfare (NSWW) is organising an evening of musical extravaganza in aid of the widows and orphans at designated camp, Khehoi on August 13. A press release from NSWW secretary Akheli Yepthomi informed that the event will have performances from Oracles band and various solo artists. The program will start at 6:00 pm sharp, it added. All ranks and files from both military and civil wings, widows and orphans and well wishers have been requested to come and be a part of it.
FGN informs Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): Asst. Secretary, Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN), Thihü Khamo today informed that he has been directed by the Council of Kilonsers to notify that an “unrecognized” function is being arranged at Pholami Village, Chakhesang Region on August 14, taking the name of Federal Government of Nagaland. “As such, no official of NNC/ FGN shall take part in the gathering,” he stated in a press release.
Vaccination for dogs on I-Day in Dimapur
Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): Free anti-rabies vaccination along with vaccination card for dogs will be carried out by KVK Dimapur, ICAR-RC for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Jharnapani on August 15 at DTSC, Golaghat road, as part of Independence Day celebration. Therefore, dog owners have been advised to bring wife also visited the Ship- their “healthy and disease free dogs” that are above 3 gram of North East Zone months old and are yet to get anti-rabies vaccine. Cultural Centre at Panjabari, Guwahati. Im- AIR Kohima to organize pressed by the crafts and musical reality show arts displayed by all the eight states of North East, Kohima, aug 11 (mExN): All India Radio, Kohe expressed that more and hima will be organizing a musical reality show under effective steps should be the theme “N.E. Body Can Sing” to promote the untaken to make the products heard tunes of the modern NE culture and untapped popular. Further, he stated musical talents of the region. It is open to the age that the 8 pavilions could group of 16 to 40 years with no categories for boys be centres for performance and girls. The competition will be in the form of solo of art and meaningful gath- modern songs in any dialect of the State. Interested erings of youths and NGOs candidates may collect audition form from the office in order to use the facility of AIR Kohima with an entry fee of Rs. 100 with effect effectively. from August 11 to 19 between 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Last date for submission of forms will be August 20. No TA/DA will be provided for the preliminary audition, a release received here said.
Governor visits canning plant at Medziphema Gov lauds govt.’s medical lodge in Ghy Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya visited the canning plant at Medziphema, functioning under the aegis of Assam Rifles as a community empowerment project, on August 9. He was accompanied by his wife Kavita Acharya, a press release informed. During the visit, the
Governor was apprised about the management and functioning of the plant which started its commercial production on June 27, 2014. The canning project is first of its kind in Nagaland and is a joint venture of Assam Rifles and Village Council of Medziphema. The plant has provided employment to twelve vil-
lagers of Medziphema including four women, and is utilizing the pineapples grown in and around Medziphema, the release added. The Governor lauded the efforts of Assam Rifles and Village Council of Medziphema and conveyed his best wishes for the success of the plant, according to the release.
Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya today visited the medical lodge run by Government of Nagaland, attached to Nagaland House Guwahati. A press release informed that the Governor appreciated the efforts taken by the Government of Nagaland in running the lodge for the benefit of the pa-
Naga girl selected at Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe audition Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): Dr. Abeny W Khuvung from Wokha has been shortlisted as one of the Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2014 Kolkata finalists. She was selected from a group of 27 contestants at the Kolkata audition, informed a press release received here. Dr Abeny Khuvung (24), 1st runner up, Miss Nagaland 2013; Benjongmenla (21), Miss Nagaland 2013; and Imlibenla (18) Miss Nagaland 2012 represented Nagaland at the East Region audition in Kolkata, for which Beauty and Aesthetics Society of Nagaland
Dr. Abeny W Khuvung (middle) with other finalists of Yamaha Fascino Miss diva Universe 2014 Kolkata.
(BASN) took the initiative. Though all the three Naga girls made it to the top 13, only 5 finalists were selected to represent the East Region at the final audition which
will be in Mumbai. All the regional finalists will audition in Mumbai where 20 to 25 top finalists will be selected from among them, after which, they will take part in a reality
series where the winner will be selected. The winner will then represent India at the Miss Universe pageant. The release mentioned that Dr. Abeny also won the prestigious title of Miss Yamaha Fascino Kolkata 2014. She will be representing Yamaha Fascino for Kolkata. Dr. Abeny got her education from Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Wokha and Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Kohima. She is presently a House Surgeon at A.M Shaikh Homeopathy Medical College, Belgaum Karnataka, the release added.
tients who come for treatment to Guwahati. He also lauded the maintenance of the lodge under the care of Maria Yanthan, Joint Resident Commissioner, Nagaland House Guwahati, it added. The Governor opined that Nagaland is the first State in the North East to set a very good example to help the patients who go out of the State for health care, according to the release. The Governor and his
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Kohima Police arrests car lifter
Dear Ariba Longchar,
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n this special day, we wish you all the very best, all the joy you can ever have and may you be blessed abundantly today, tomorrow and the days to come! May you have a fantastic birthday and many more to come ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY! With lots of love and prayers From all your loved ones
Dimapur, august 11 (mExN): Kohima Police with the help of Pfutsero Police has arrested a habitual car lifter identified as Jacob Krocha of Zhamai Village under Phek district. Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Kohima Shouka Kakheto in a press release informed that during investigation, it was revealed that the accused was involved in a case of snatching vehicle (Local taxi) bearing R/No-NL01 T 8260 at gun point from Chakabama area on June 19. Kohima Police also found that the accused was involved in connection with Kohima North PS case for lifting a vehicle, Maruti Car (white colour) bearing R/No. NL01 C 3822, from New Market Colony Kohima on July 4. Further investigation is on, the release added.
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Puritan fervour of the church and the NLTP ACT
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he puritan stance of the Naga Churches on the polemics of lifting the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act, 1989 raises many fundamental questions on the conception of Naga Christian faith and theology. The ultracultist notion of conceiving morality as the antithesis of liberty is fast reducing the whole canons of living Christian theology into a mere code of puritan fervour. The hangover of colonial indoctrination and dogmatism still shapes the ecclesiastical imagination of the Churches. In the name of morality, the Naga Churches have gone to the extent of modifying the Scripture at the dictates of personal moral preferences. The white man came to conquer the sociological con-
ceptions of the Nagas by manipulating everything Naga as “unchristian” and the Naga brews and rituals in particular were altogether demonised as “unholy” and “sinful”. The white man alone can conceive “God” and practice “Christianity” in terms of his cultural perceptions, but for the Nagas to be true “Christians”, they must conceive “God” and “Christianity” in terms of white man’s value preferences. To enact this conformity to white man’s code of the “civilised race”, the notions of the term “holy” and “unholy”, “sinful” and “unsinful” and “good” and “evil” were conveniently manipulated. The question is whether the vestige of this colonial construct still clouts the ecclesiasti-
cal imagination of the Naga Churches. Alcohol in Christian theology is doctrinally nowhere conceived as “unholy” or “sinful”, with the exception of some groups for one time, notably the Methodists. The “temperance movement” itself first appeared in America in the early 19th century as social movement against “excessive drunkenness” and not as proclamation of religious doctrinal precepts. However, the cognate movement in England turned into radicalism during the Victorian period, advocating total prohibition of alcohol. Nevertheless, the tide of criminalising alcohol soon retreated by the early 1930s as prohibitionism on the contrary had bolstered the syndicates of organized crime and
aggravated the erstwhile drinking habit of man. Ex hypothesi, the Church posits that legalisation of alcohol would lead to moral devastation, but such alarmist obscurantism is absolutely contrary to research documents. The Church must recognise this empirical fact that unlike moderation and temperance advocacy, total prohibitionism arouses moral turpitude rather than sobriety in man. The theory of reactance demonstrates that legal prevention of alcohol consumption generates reactance motivation and leads to increased drinking habit and addiction syndrome. But who still defines what is “moral” and “immoral”, “pure” and “impure” when God has made everything “clean” and
the Christian Scripture commands permissive values and discourages only the act of drunkenness? Permutation of the Scripture in the name of validating Victorian moral assumptions and presumptions must be vehemently deprecated. The hegemonic monopoly of characterising “holiness” and “unholiness” from what the congregation eat and drink is a dangerous hypocrisy. In a society that ardently proclaims pluralistic values and democratic alternatives, the right to freedom of choice, individuality and liberty of all the religious groups and minorities must be duly respected. Democracy for that matter is not the rule of the majority, but equal recognition of minority inter-
ests and pursuits. Legislative moral policing has no place in a democratic society and any enactment that contemplates to prohibit lifestyle choices must be meticulously circumspect in approach. Nagaland admittedly is predominantly a Christian country. Nevertheless, religious and moral overtones are no substitute for competent legislation in a democratic society. There are denominational and other minority groups within the State and Nagaland cannot afford to become a mouthpiece of Baptist Christian moral preconceptions. The State that asserts secularism as its professed value can only remain neutral to the competing moral preferences of different religious groups and sections.
Prohibitionism today essentially remains a phenomenon of the Islamic world with its Quran forbidding “intoxicants” as the “handiwork” of “Satan” unlike the Christian Bible. The Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act, 1989 must go for reasons good as the Act is more Islamic than Christian. Perhaps, nowhere else in Naga customary law and practice alike, Naga traditional brews and beers were ever conceived with guilt as “immoral” until their colonial categorisation as opposed to the white man’s wine and “it’s the economy, stupid” that the Nagas must reclaim the lost riches and dignity and end this particular colonial injustice.
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Reciprocity & Leadership
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eadership is an evocative concept that is not synonymous with people abdicating their responsibility for actively contributing to societal change. The quality of leadership affects and involves people at various times in their lives across society when we may be thrust with the leadership responsibility in various roles. For instance, a person may become involved in government, a political party, business, unions, church, school, bank, a family and so on. The quality of leadership has and continues to be of great concern in the Naga context. In essence a leader is a guardian, a keeper, a caretaker, a visionary and a custodian of a people’s ideals and values that helps guide them towards their aspirations and facilitates the process of individual hopes evolving into a shared and common future. Qualities of effective leadership include power sharing, and using inclusive and participatory processes to ensure that the people’s voice is represented which then gives them ownership of the praxis being undertaken. Equally, other important qualities include accountability with full transparency and disclosure that will engender public trust and confidence, as well as mutual responsibility for action taken. These qualities are people driven and people centered processes where leaders are not manipulating or manufacturing participation or consent. These qualities elevate and support the dynamic interaction between leaders and ordinary people that create a more stable society. Dynamic leaders are usually distinguished by their ability to “focus and think big” and to “act outside the box,” while keeping in mind both the immediate context, as well as the broader picture. When leaders lose sight of the vision and are not clear of the purpose, there is a tendency to hide the confusion and uncertainty in vague communication and in taking defensive positions with self-justification. Sadly, such leaders see the people as mere pawns for their own selfish gain, and are reduced as means for their own end. The Nagas are going through a transition of confusion and ambiguity, which has been further compounded by a shift in generational perspective, experiences, needs and interests. While these are normal or predictable transitions made in society, it is important to reflect and analyze the present conditions in order to understand and adequately address them. In times such as this the Naga people are in need of leaders with the ability to focus and reflect, keeping in mind the broader vision and exhibiting the moral and political will to act in ways that are people-centered and express the people’s voice. This type of leadership requires a responsiveness that is fully transparent and can withstand the test of accountability in order to guide and support a healthy and dynamic Naga public.
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The Reality of English's Role in India
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lease mark the answer that best represents the truth (as this is not to ascertain your ideology, but your aptitude for a job with great perks). English is a foreign language. A) True. It came from outside India. B) False. The former prime minister Manmohan Singh and the former deputy prime minister L.K. Advani also came from elsewhere, but they are Indian now. A language belongs where it lives. C) True. English is foreign because it is not the mother tongue of the vast majority of Indians. D) False. English is in fact India’s only national language, far more influential than even Hindi. E) All of the above. This question has yet to appear in any objective-type exam, but it has long bothered Indian society and is at the heart of a protest by hundreds of young Indians who are objecting to, among other things, the intrusion of English in one of India’s most prestigious tests — the civil services examination. To be precise, they are protesting one of the two screening tests that hundreds of thousands take every year to qualify for the “main” exams. Only a few hundred survive, to be inducted into a system that may eventually take them to the top levels of bureaucracy. Candidates have the option of taking the screening tests in English or Hindi, but even the Hindi version has passages in English to test their comprehension of that language. Hundreds of candidates who have taken the tests and failed, or aspire to take the tests, have hit the streets of the capital protesting the English passages, which they say put those who are not proficient in English at a disadvantage. They have thrown stones and burned buses. They have also, oddly, held up protest signs in English. Any battle against English in India is at once a battle of the poor against the rich, the village against the city, tradition against modernity and the regional elite against a more cosmopolitan elite. On Monday, the government tried to placate the mobs by announcing that the English passages would be scrapped, but as the protesters have other demands, they have not ended their agitation. The general opinion among bureaucrats is that the protesters are a disgrace. Srivatsa Krishna, a civil servant, wrote in The Times of India that the government should study the video footage of the protesters, “identify the specific culprits and ban them for life” from taking the exams. He found it ridiculous that the exam’s candidates would protest a requirement to possess “English skills of 10th-class levels.” In almost every state in India, the guardians of culture have tried to restrain the growth of English, but its power has only grown because of its promise of material and social benefits. Most of the cultural guardians themselves send their children to English-language schools. The medium of instruction for higher education in India is almost entirely English. A politician, Yogendra Yadav, lamented in The Indian Express that “the entire system of higher education that controls white-collar jobs” is loaded against students who did not attend English-language schools. But then, that is the reality of the nation. The dominance of English dims the prospects of students who are too poor to attend an English-language school. But the government, for various reasons, including cultural prejudice, has not done enough to take English to its poorest. Most of its free or cheap schools do not have English as the medium of instruction. In South India, there have been no protests against the English passages. Historically, that region has protested against the supremacy of Hindi. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his first public speech in the south after assuming office, he spoke in English. English is indisputably Indian now, and the most useful language in India. But it is not the most beloved, nor the medium of abuse during road rage. That special place Indians will always grant only to their mother tongues. So the correct answer is “E.”
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C O M M E N T A R Y
Amrita Tripathi Himal SouthAsian
Women in the newsroom
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herever you are in the world, from New York to New Delhi, typical newsrooms are constantly abuzz. There is chatter, phone calls and people reading hastilywritten copy aloud. In the English-language broadcast news space, in Delhi at least, those voices are often female. Studios, meanwhile, are silent except for the anchor’s audio (the anchor’s ear is frequently buzzing!), and while you’ll often see ‘single-anchor shows’, the universal model for news broadcasts seems to be of the traditional dual-anchor, malefemale type. Reassuringly, when it comes to gender equality, balance is built into the system. Where I work, at CNN-IBN, the odds of being recognised as ‘on-air talent’ seem tipped in favour of women. (What that has to say about the men hiring I will leave for you to judge.) So much so, that when it comes to daytime news broadcasts, one can frequently see two women anchor together. I can count on the fingers of one hand the times I’ve seen two men anchor together in the past nine years. Make of that what you will. While there is a difference between daytime and primetime, and may sometimes be a perception of who should do the ‘softer’ news stories versus breaking the ‘hard news’ pieces, problems of gender inequality are not really seen in newsrooms and studios – the gender balance, at least in the English-language broadcast news space in India, seems to be on par with the best in the world. Rather, the largest disparities lie within the boardroom. As Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18 Shereen Bhan tells me, “It’s different as far as the newsroom is concerned, and as far as the boardroom is concerned. We’ve seen the track record is much better in the newsroom, we still have a lot of room to grow in terms of the boardroom.” That’s something to think about. Bhan does, however, sound a positive note when it comes to the number of women in editorial roles in English-language news media in India: “I think [this is] because it’s a new-age sector – the industry is only about 20 or 22 years old… If you see journalism schools, most of the graduates are women, and they are the ones being picked up on campus. So if you look at our newsroom, the majority of trainees are women. I think it starts petering out at the higher levels, so whether it’s in the boardroom or senior executive positions etc, that’s where you see more men.” CNN-IBN news anchor and Senior Editor Anubha Bhonsle concurs, referring to the ‘nature of the medium’ and the many women who are working as reporters, anchors or producers, as evidence. Nonetheless, she states, “The progress that women have made as important voices in this industry notwithstanding, it’s men who still hold major leadership positions, women in the media workforce still by and large remain foot soldiers, with management and top rung editorial positions being dominated by men. These remain two realms of reality.” Bhan articulates the difference: “In the newsroom, I’ve never faced an issue as far as gender equality is concerned. It’s in the decision-making space you start to feel the gender gap… I didn’t experience a gap until I got to a decision-making position.” Recurring themes Typecasting is alive and well in the Englishlanguage Indian news media. As Bhonsle asserts, “One of the greatest challenges facing journalists – both men and women – is to resist the culture of casual stereotyping in our everyday work…Women for women’s issues, men for aggressive hardcore debates.” Sadly, this isn’t the only stereotype women face. Women worldwide encounter a similar battle when it comes to standing up for themselves, competing for leadership positions, or fighting to be paid on par with men (a fight many shy away from, including this writer). Bhan says she’s only just started
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ack in the day when the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ran a de-facto state in Sri Lanka's Northern Province, alcohol consumption was closely monitored, and sternly frowned upon. But after government forces destroyed the militant group in 2009, ushering a new era into a region that had lived through three decades of civil conflict, strict rules governing the brewing and sale of spirits have lost their muscle. Plagued by poverty, trauma and a lack of employment opportunities, civilians in the former war zone are increasingly turning to the bottle to drink their troubles away. "There is worryingly high casual and habitual use of alcohol in the region. Drinking hard liquor by the end of the day is becoming a [norm]," Vedanayagam Thabendran, district officer for social services for the Kilinochchi district in the Northern Province, about 240 kilometers from the capital Colombo, told IPS. Available data on alcohol consumption trends back his assessment. According to a December 2013 survey by the Alcohol and Drug Information Center (ADIC), a national non-governmental organization, the northern district of Mullaitivu had the second highest alcohol consumption rate in the island, with 34.4% of the population identifying as "habitual users of alcohol". The survey covered 10 of the 25 districts in the country, including two in the Northern Province. "Frequency of alcohol consumption was highest in Mullaitivu district, among the ten districts surveyed. In both the
Three female journalists share their experiences of working in India’s broadcast news media and the ‘glass ceilings’ they have encountered ‘leaning in’. Though one of India’s best-known business-focused TV journalists, Bhan remarks, “I feel uncomfortable asking for what I should rightfully get… You feel grabby almost. You steer away from that conversation. You don’t want to come across as demanding.” As discussed in Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, when it comes to pay or demanding equal treatment, women are more often than not labelled and stereotyped as aggressive or bossy, and thus, perhaps understandably, shy away from those conversations. Bhan continues, “A lot of it is the way we’re brought up, the cultural subtext we’ve absorbed… Only over the last two years, I’ve made a little bit of an effort to start self-correcting… Women have to stand up and be counted. You have to be clear about what you want.” Most of India’s leading women journalists, however, don’t perceive gender as a problem when it comes to reporting. But serious problems continue to exist: safety, for example, often becomes an issue. Delhi has one of the worst reputations for women’s safety, and while organisations don’t necessarily have explicit policies, it’s understood when there are ‘office drops’ at night, if a woman is being driven home and is the final passenger on the route, there will be a security guard along with the driver. Noopur Tiwari, NDTV’s resident editor in Europe, finds the difference between her work environments quite stark. “As a woman, I am not gawked at on the streets in Europe. When I went to villages in Bihar for a shoot, I had to make sure I was dressed in a salwar kameez with a duppatta. In Delhi, the men in the street will always remind you that they consider you little more than sex objects. I have travelled from Slovakia to Portugal and from Norway to Italy without having to worry about any of that.” Blatant sexism and misogyny is something India is still struggling to come to terms with, and perhaps now only articulating in a coherent, collective manner. But the good news is that working women don’t necessarily face discrimination in the field. Tiwari says, “Both in India, as well as in Europe, I’ve never felt that the people I’ve interviewed have questioned my professionalism because I am a woman. I guess when you wield a mic or have a camera hovering over them, most people feel slightly in awe. I have to admit that makes you feel secure.” I myself have often felt safer having a TV news crew – a cameraman, sometimes an assistant – tagging along, but have also felt that there are issues – like in any field – with some of the men we encounter, both inside and outside our offices. Sexism isn’t going away overnight. I ask Anubha Bhonsle to compare her present employer, CNN-IBN, to her previous employer, NDTV, which has a reputation of being ‘womenfriendly’. Bhonsle says: “Having worked in both organisations, I would say gender parity, safety and wellbeing of women employees comes perhaps a little more organically to NDTV. That may well be because the channel has had a longer run compared to CNN-IBN and the processes are far more entrenched. Having said that, I sometimes thought my previous employer was leaning towards women, perhaps at the cost of men, but of course why would I
complain about that? The presence of women in top positions as part of editorial and directorial boards did sort of lend NDTV the tag of being a far more female-friendly employer, though I have personally never had a reason to complain at CNN-IBN.” While both Bhonsle and Bhan talk about gender inequality in the English-language media, when compared to the regional Hindi-language news media, Bhonsle highlights a “tremendous” difference. “We are in a cocoon,” she tells me. “I have had a stint at a Hindi channel and my impression was perhaps a little naïve at that time, since I [had] only [just] entered the work force… But attitudes of patriarchy and dominance were reinforced very often. I hardly found an environment where women were encouraged to sit at the table, take risks or pursue their careers with gusto. The ones who were doing [it] were doing it in spite of the system. The stereotypes were reinforced in many conversations that I was privy to.” She goes on to say, “I think women journalists in the state-run regional setups, however few they may be, are fighting many more brave battles than we can imagine – at home, in the neighbourhood, at work and among the people they report on.” A universal problem There’s no question that the English-language news business in India draws from and caters to a tiny elite. That is well worth contemplating when considering how far women have yet to go. But even in media houses in the West, gender disparities remain. While Bhan tells me that corporate America is a terrible model for gender equality and that Scandinavia is the benchmark, Tiwari’s experience in Europe belies the perception that gender inequality in the media is an issue exclusive to India. Tiwari explains, “More women are studying journalism and getting jobs in the media in Europe but the organisational structure still remains masculine. The European Institute for Gender Equality found out that in the 27 EU nations, in the public media sector women occupy only 22 percent of the strategic positions whereas in private media it’s just 12 percent.” Tiwari continues: “But I strongly feel that the milieu I belong to in India, is far more inclined to accept women claiming more space and exercising more authority than, for example, in France, where asserting yourself as a woman entitled to equal rights or as a woman directing men could land you tagged as a ‘troublemaker’.” These are veteran journalists, each with more than a decade and a half of work experience. Though they have seen women come a long way, they remain pragmatic about the future. Tiwari says that there have been positive developments ever since she joined NDTV in 1996. “News channels have played a huge role and a constructive one in bringing violence against women in India to the fore. I’d imagine had it not been for the strong women editors and anchors in news channels, this would have been more difficult. But there’s still no concerted effort to stop making gender balance about niche ‘gender issues’ in stories that come up occasionally. Even women journalists feel the pressure to remain ‘neutral’. There’s no neutrality in the world. Women are the hardest hit in all situations of conflict, be it communal violence or natural disaster.” Given this truth, and the many issues raised by these three intrepid women journalists, it’s clear that further battles must be fought to advance the cause of equality in the Indian media. Not only will this benefit female journalists (and women in general), it will also contribute to a more genderfriendly media environment. This article was published in Himal Southasian. Amrita Tripathi is a New Delhi-based broadcast journalist and novelist. Her second book The Sibius Knot will be published by HarperCollins India in December.
Former war zone drinks its troubles away Amantha Perera Inter Press Service Jaffna and Mullaitivu districts, beer consumption was higher than arrack (hard liquor) consumption," said Muttukrishna Sarvananthan, who heads the Jaffna-based Point Pedro Institute of Development. The researcher told IPS that "anecdotal evidence and alcohol sales figures" indicate a link between the end of the civil war and the rise in alcohol consumption. District official Thabendran said that alcohol abuse was more pronounced in interior villages that had once fallen under the purview of the LTTE. He identified one such village as Dharmapuram, located about 17 km northeast of Kilinochchi Town. "We keep getting regular reports of domestic disputes because of alcohol consumption and we know that there are a lot of places (in that village) where illegal alcohol is available," he stated. Humanitarian workers in the region said that Dharmapuram has acquired the nickname ‘booze center' because of the free availability of illicit liquor. "One of the disturbing trends is the prevalence of female headed households that have begun to sell illicit liquor as an easy income-generation method," said a humanitarian
worker who wished to remain anonymous because he was working with the families in question. Homemade brews – typically derived from coconut, palmyra flowers or sugarcane – are cheap to make and easy to procure. Women in the north say they earn about 100 rupees (about 70 US cents) per liter of local moonshine. Drinkers say that illegal alcohol can be obtained for less than one-fifth the price of the lowest-grade legal liquor. "I haven't seen this much alcohol here for almost 50 years," Arumygam Sadagopan, a 60-yearold resident of Dharmapuram, admitted. A retired education officer, Sadagopan told IPS that habitual drinking, especially among men, is exacerbating poverty and fueling domestic violence. He added that his neighbor's family was now at "breaking" point due to the husband's daily bouts of drinking. "He has two school-going children who now mostly see their father drunk, reeking of alcohol and arguing or fighting with their mother," he stated. The end of the war in May 2009 not only removed restrictions on easy access to liquor outlets, it also removed social barriers that had kept consumption
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in check. "There is a visible shift in consumption patterns in the war-affected areas from the days of the LTTE. They did not allow the northern citizens to drink moonshine [freely]," said G D Dayaratna, manger of the health and economic policy unit at the think-tank Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). He also said that the LTTE kept a close tab on alcohol production in areas they controlled. All such safeguards crumbled along with the demise of the armed group. Still, the situation is not specific to the former war zone. Island-wide alcohol production and consumption have seen sharp increases since the end of the conflict. In 2013 the Excise Department earned over 66 million rupees (US$500,000) in duties from the sale of alcohol, an increase of 10% from 2012. In 2009 Sri Lanka produced 41 million liters of hard liquor and 55 million liters of beer, but by 2013 hard liquor production had touched 44 million liters, while beer production was an astonishing 120 million liters. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the total alcohol per capita consumption rate among people aged 15 years and older between 2008 and 2010 was 20.1 liters. There are no official figures available for the quantity of illegal, homemade alcohol but a 2002 study found that 77% of all liquor consumed in Sri Lanka was illicitly brewed. In 2013, fines for illegal liquor touched 127 million rupees. Social workers like Thabendran said that the worst cases of alcohol abuse were visible in poor households in the northern province, where men were either unemployed or engaged in backbreaking daily paid manual labor.
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7 Indigenous Seed Savers to fight Climate Change TuEsday
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12 August 2014
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As climate change makes it more difficult to practice agriculture in their ancestral homelands, indigenous communities are exchanging seeds in hopes of finding the hardiest varieties
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he world is too much with us,” wrote the poet, a sentiment President Obama most likely shared this past week as he reluctantly ordered warplanes back over Iraq. As he did so, another Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire ended in resumed bombardment, Vladimir V. Putin defiantly ordered his own sanctions against the West and a terrible virus spread farther through West Africa. A president who has taken great pains to pull the United States out of the world’s squabbles, Mr. Obama made no effort to conceal his distress at being pulled back in, for even a limited mission to protect minorities. “I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in Iraq,” Mr. Obama said on Thursday night. But the old “slippery slope” cliché figured in more than one analysis of his decision. Still, the markets somehow managed to find a hopeful note in a world that seemed totally out of tune. Though Russia was reported to be massing troops on the Ukrainian border, and the government imposed a ban on most food imports from the United States and its allies, American stocks rallied on Friday when the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai P. Patrushev, said in an interview that “Russia will continue to make all efforts for a very fast deescalation of tensions.” That “continue” carried the dubious suggestion that Russia had been making such efforts all along, but the fact that the markets latched on to the secretary’s statement testified 1) to the predominance of the Ukraine crisis over the Middle East in the minds of market strategists, and 2) that “the market is really tired of receiving one negative news item after another, and so is on the lookout for something positive,” as the Citigroup economist Ivan Tchakarov told Bloomberg.
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n top of a rugged Andean mountain situated high in Peru’s Cusco region, on 30,000 acres of conserved land known as Parque de la Papa (Spanish for “Potato Park”), indigenous farmers met in late April to discuss conditions they feared were threatening their ancestral lands. They came from as far as Bhutan and China, and from as near as the mountain itself. They discovered that their cultures were more similar than they had expected, and that one concern had been troubling all of them: Climate change was making it harder to grow food on the mountains that had sustained them for centuries. They were meeting to do something about it. During a series of talks held between April 26 and May 2, the farmers forged a unique partnership entailing the exchange of indigenous crop varieties and farming methods, which they hope will protect agricultural biodiversity in the face of climate change. The exchange will begin with potato seeds—a sturdy crop that thrives in the mountains of China, Bhutan, and Peru—and will enable the farmers to experiment together from a distance, so they can find the hardiest, most resilient varieties. Doing so will ensure better food security for the farmers’ families and communities because having more seeds that can survive the unknown, potentially destructive effects of climate change will increase their yields and mitigate strains on various resources. Crop diversity is a serious issue but one commonly overlooked in the United States, where the food system tends to rely on just a few varieties of each plant species; traditional farmers in the Andes, on the other hand, might grow hundreds of ancient potato varieties. The world has lost 75 percent of its crop diversity in the last 100 years, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Today, many crops are cultivated in high-tech laboratories and tightly controlled experimental farm plots. These environments fail to mimic real-life growing conditions, according to Krystyna Swiderska, who works for the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), which helped organize the April meeting. Most seeds used in modern agriculture, in other words, can only grow in ideal situations and might not survive in the chaotic, unpredictable ones that exist in nature. The gathering included representatives of the Naxi people from Meiquan and Stone Village in Yunnan, China; the Monpa and Ura people from Bhutan; the Quechua and Q'ero people from Parque de la Papa; and the Q'ero Ayllu from Cusco.
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Indigenous people from Asia and South America gather potato seed at the Parque de la Papa.
“Communities cannot act alone because this issue is common [to us all],” said Andean farmer Lino Mamani in a video conference call. Mamani also curates the traditional seeds collection at Parque de la Papa, where six Quechua communities live and grow about 600 varieties of potato. “We can learn more from others with similar problems about technology that might be useful.” When asked how climate change had affected their livelihoods, Parque de la Papa farmers began to stir in their seats, waiting for an opportunity to share their stories. One farmer noted how signs of climate change had been subtle for the past 15 years, but have become conspicuous in the last three. “I’m farming some crops in lower areas now,” he said. “I noticed crops like beans and maize having to be grown in higher elevations,” said another farmer. “But we might not have land in higher elevations. Also, it rains when it shouldn’t, and rains stronger.” Farmers and scientists But, the farmers seemed to agree, the challenge is also yielding some positive outcomes: It’s pushing them to adapt their traditional methods of farming and to include other methods that might enhance their production. These include learning how to grow plants that pollinate themselves, farming newer potato varieties, and working with a fuller collection of seeds thanks to a collaboration with scientists at the International Potato Center, a research institution based in Lima that runs a gene bank facility. The center will facilitate the exchange between farmers, and will fund much of the research conducted by its own scientists—who not only analyze the genetic potential of indigenous seeds in the center’s labs but also study the farmers’ traditional process on the Andean hillsides. Although seed exchange among farmers is an age-old custom, seeds shared in the context of this project will be subject to
a stringent protocol that ensures their safety and purity, especially in transit. The actual exchange of raw material will not begin until such a system has been approved and implemented by the International Potato Center, according to Swiderska. As farmer Mamani stated, “It’s time traditional knowledge and science work together.” For years, however, they did not. Indigenous farmers from the Andes have long distrusted modern agriculture and felt exploited by its methods of research. For more than 40 years, scientists who worked for the center collected seeds from the Cusco region to advance the institution’s research and development. They refused to share their information with the farmers or even credit them for the success of their traditional methods, said Swiderska. But that relationship has been improving recently. In 2005 the IIED partnered with Asociación ANDES, a Cusco-based nonprofit that has worked with Parque de la Papa farmers since 1998, to broker a “Repatriation Agreement” with the International Potato Center. The agreement granted Cusco farmers access to the Center’s collection of native potato seeds, which had been extracted years earlier from indigenous land and locked away in the gene bank. “Small-scale and indigenous farmers rarely get access to seeds in gene banks,” Swiderska wrote in an email. “So seed exchange between farmers is important to enable them to [experiment with] new seed varieties” Working with scientists has been an emotional, challenging process, Mamani said. “Scientists would just take seeds from us, not recognizing our knowledge.” But the tides are turning as climate change edges on, pushing science and tradition closer together to resolve common goals and slow the process of agricultural degradation. As Mamani said, “Scientists have been taught now how to collaborate with us. They have to respect our knowledge.”
A World Desperate for a Little Good News serge schmemann New York Times Dragged Back Into Iraq Following Mr. Obama’s authorization of the first significant military operation in Iraq since he pulled American ground troops out in 2011, the Air Force reported on Friday that two United States F-18 fighter jets had dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs onto an artillery target near Erbil, the Kurdish capital. Mr. Obama’s hand in Iraq was forced by ISIS, the fanatical Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and its advance in northern Iraq against the Kurds, reliable American allies who have maintained a modicum of order in their semiautonomous region. Thousands of Yazidis — an oft-persecuted religious minority — fled to remote Mount Sinjar, where they were stranded without food or water. ISIS was left in control of a two-milewide hydroelectric dam on the Tigris River notorious for its structural instability. Even if ISIS did nothing, officials said, leaving the dam unattended could lead to its collapse, sending a 65-foothigh wall of water through Mosul. Though Mr. Obama said he had ordered the strikes to protect American personnel, the fact that he did so only when the Kurds became threatened — and not earlier in the year when ISIS seized FallujaH? and marched through Mosul and on toward Baghdad — was bound to raise questions. One explanation was in Baghdad’s Green Zone, where Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-
ly civilians, while Israel has lost 64 soldiers and three civilians. On the Ukrainian front, forces loyal to Kiev continued tightening their ring around Donetsk, the seat of secessionists armed by Russia. There was no evidence that Mr. Putin was prepared to back down. On the contrary, his prime minister, Dmitri A. Medvedev, announced on Thursday, in retaliation against Western sanctions, a one-year ban on many food imports from the United States, the European Union, Canada, Australia and Norway — a move that is likely to reduce food supplies and raise inflation in Russia. So far, his efforts to “de-escalate tensions,” to use Mr. Patrushev’s words, have consisted of insisting that Kiev stop attacking the rebels and that the West stop helping Kiev. And there remains the chilling possibility that Mr. Putin could send troops into eastern Ukraine on a “humanitarian mission” to the besieged denizens of Donetsk.
Maliki continued to resist all demands that he go away. The failure of Mr. Maliki, a Shiite, to include Sunnis, Kurds and others in a government of national unity is widely blamed for the disarray that made it possible for ISIS to rout the Iraqi Army. Even his lieutenants have urged Mr. Maliki to step down. But having made innumerable enemies, he is said to be demanding immunity and a security detail paid for by the state. Mr. Obama has insisted that there is “no American military solution” to the mess, and he no doubt hoped that limited strikes would enable Iraqis to turn the tables on ISIS. But what if they fail? Ebola Spreads in Africa Will he be forced to further action? Wars were not the only scourge making the news last week. With the Israeli Fire, Russian Threat death toll from an outbreak of the EbFaith in military solutions, how- ola virus approaching 1,000 in West ever, seemed to prevail in the fight Africa, the World Health Organization between Israel and Hamas. No soon- on Friday declared an international er had a 72-hour truce expired than public health emergency. And Doctors rockets began to rain on southern Is- Without Borders called for a “massive rael, and Israeli warplanes and naval deployment” of medical workers to vessels opened up on targets in Gaza. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the The pause in hostilities had been the countries hit worst by the outbreak. longest since they broke out on July 8. The Ebola virus causes a severe and The Palestinians insist that the often fatal illness, and while some drugs blockade of Gaza be lifted, and about are being tested, there is no vaccine or 100 prisoners held by Israel be freed, if treatment yet available to prevent or there is to be a truce. The Israelis insist cure the disease. The virus is caught that Hamas disarm. The Egyptians have through close contact with the bodily been trying to get both sides to lower fluids of infected people or animals. their demands, and to leave more comBecause it is not “spread through plex issues for subsequent talks. the air,” said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the In the meantime, the Palestinian W.H.O.’s head of health security, it death toll stands at almost 1,900, most- can be contained.
ducation literally means imparting intellectual, moral, and social instructions. It indoctrinates or gives information on a particular subject to make a person become more rational, logical and self-dependent. It frees one from all forms of subjugation, simultaneously becoming conscious of the rights and freedom of others. Any educational system which does not impart values so as to realise the basic requirements of educational principles could be divisive, harmful and rebellious. Educational institutions play vital role in fulfilling the expectations of the society apart from regular text book affairs. Educational institutions formed either under trust or charitable institutions come under non-profit making institutions. Though established under nonprofit making institutions profit making is not forgotten. With the intention to provide better facilities and greater exposure to the students, the standards of fees have to be raised, and this eventually leads to increase of pressure on the parents. The absence of any kind of policy to have some degree of control over unnecessary donations accepted by institutions for admission purposes, fee structures etc. in the country paves the way for the private institutions to freely set their own standards in fees, marks percentage for admission, number of enrolments, staff etc. The government institutions on the other hand are free from having hardly any standards. Most Government Schools and Colleges know best what quality education they offer to their students. This obviously creates a space for the private institutions to accommodate more students squeezing the pockets of many parents. Much of the problems of differences such as; the income distribution, job opportunities, privileges and chances in different disciplines exist because of the differences in exposure to education. The differences of the advance /forward tribes and backward tribes, and again within the tribes advance villages and backward villages, within the village advance clans and backward clans and so on is truly felt within though in reality is not expressed. The differences in the possession of wealth, assets and status creates division in the society to the Haves and Have-nots which is to be considered a serious threat to equal opportunities and chances in all spheres of competition. The one best approach to address this issue should be ‘sound education’. However, it may be noted that education is not a guarantor of employment or job. It is only a means, a facilitator to enable one realise ones objectives by the application of the knowledge acquired by him/her. For it is said, education is not what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you. Since education is the anchor to hold ones dignity firm and upright; mould and shape ones’ character, it is pertinent to point out the immense responsibilities, and the role of educational institutions towards fulfilling this standard. Fairness and adequate consideration given to students from different backgrounds particularly those from economically weaker section by the educational institutions will go a long way in balancing the differences existing in the society. I may sound ridiculous but, with due respect to all my readers let me cite that; the criteria for admission to good schools and colleges and universities are based on the percentages of marks or divisions or ranks or of the previous School, College, Institution from where the students come. In the true sense of competition this basis of selection and recruitment for admissions may be taken as appropriate. However, exercise of prudence with some logical consideration of those students from economically weaker sections whose academic performances could possibly be affected by their economic status should be viewed appropriate ground for a chance in the institutions. The reasons being, poor families find it hard to send their children to expensive schools, and so, resort to compromise on government run schools. The situations of many government schools are in a sorry state of affairs because of numerous factors; as a result, the student’s performance may be poor in comparison to their counter parts. With the poor result from these schools, admission to private secondary’s and colleges becomes a big challenge. Some parents who are ready to spend for their children’s admission are denied because of the poor result and in some cases lack of finance compel parents to send their children to government institutions. In certain cases, chances for admission for further education are even denied. Dreams and aspirations are shattered for these children. What would happen to these children, to their parents, and to the society is a matter of concern which needs an answer. Improper education makes the children become economically backward leading to social segregation and finally making them to step into mental depression which could cause lots of harm to the person in particular and the society in general. These situations are not an end in itself, but could turn out to be the fast breeding ground for all social menace. The blame is not of course, on the educational institutions, but it is a mere analysis of what educational institutions are and the possibility of what could be done to cater to the needs of such students. The awareness of the fact that educational institutions are one of the best places with potential to bring up children in an up-right manner, by applying various methods, techniques, and skills is to be truly acknowledged by educationist for the good of humanity. The other paradox of inequality is the presence of undeniably two economic classes; the haves and the Have nots. The Haves cannot be questioned for what they posses because in most cases, it is the outcome of hard work and sacrifice. At the same time the Have-nots cannot be looked down for what they are. What is important is to bridge the gap between the two, and reduce inequalities. The interesting fact of these two classes in every type of society which is making the two unique and permanent like situation is the presence of some features like; 1. One has the money to buy to become richer, the other has to sell what he/she has and become poorer. 2. One develop properties and collect revenues from it, the other avails the property and pays for it. 3. One spends to possess more the other spends to possess less. 4. One is looked up for what he/she possesses; the other is looked down for what he/she possesses. 5. One is assured monthly income, the other insures monthly payment. 6. One is in a position to dominate; the other is in a position to be dominated. Unless the equation changes, the status of the two will remain intact. To change the equation should one wait for the other to catch-up or the other put in double efforts to matchup. The preferable choice would be the latter coping -up with the former. Here it is worth noting that economic inequality is the root of all differences and therefore, it has to be dealt with care and prudence. Joint responsibility of the public and the government in this regard will certainly yield fruit. The earlier the blame game comes to an end and responsibility taking the place of blame game, the sooner will be the solution. Paving the way for good Educational system at affordable rates will surely bring a positive change. However, the desire for quality education could be achieved with synchronized effort of three entities; the students, parents, and the institutions. K. Timothy Langwangbe Asst. Professor St. Joseph’s College Jakhama.
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Don’t run down collegium system: Chief Justice Lodha
New Delhi, August 11 (iANs): Supreme Court Chief Justice R.M. Lodha Monday frowned at a campaign to run down the collegium system for appointing judges to the higher judiciary, saying it was causing damage to an important organ of the State. In the course of a hearing of a plea by a bench that includes him and Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Chief Justice Lodha said: “This is a campaign against judiciary... (it) is bringing disrepute to the judiciary and damaging an important organ of the State.” “We may have our problem. No system is perfect. No one is perfect. Society is not perfect. We are all from society,” he said, cautioning the critics, “Don’t shake the confidence of the people in the judiciary”. The government Monday introduced two bills in the Lok Sabha to replace the collegium system of appointing judges and to reform the judiciary. Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduced the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2014, and the Constitution One Hundred and Twenty-First Amendment Bill. Chief Justice Lodha
Govt tables bill seeking to scrap collegium system
Justice Lodha said that there were repeated attempts being made to spread incorrect information about the functioning and decisions of the collegium.
took exception to a campaign going “all-over” that the collegium system has not delivered. Defending the collegium system, Chief Justice Lodha said he was the first of the judges to be appointed under the collegium system. At present, all the judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts are products of the collegium system, he said. “If the collegium system has failed, then the products too have failed and the entire system has failed,” he said, deriding all those who see nothing but shortcomings in the collegium system. “(For) god’s sake, don’t
bring a writ petition on a non-existent fact”, he said, as the entire case is founded on an assumption that the collegium had recommended Justice K.L. Manjunath - a judge of the Karnataka High court - as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Chief Justice Lodha referred to an erroneous media report which said the apex court sticks to its recommendation on Justice Manjunath. He said this reflects the credibility of the media. The court’s strong disapproval of the way people - including Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju - were
pointing holes at the collegium system came as it took up for hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) by advocate Ram Shankar seeking declaration that the recommendation for appointing Justice Manjunath as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was against the verdict of the apex court in the judges case. Seeking that all details, including inputs and objections with respect to appointment and elevation of judges, and those to be made in future, be put on the website of the Supreme Court, the PIL said the Centre should be restrained from proceeding with the
New Delhi, August 11 (AgeNcies): Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday introduced in Lok Sabha the judicial appointment commission bill seeking to replace the collegium system of appointment of judges. The move came on a day when Chief Justice of India RM Lodha fervently defended the collegium system and lashed out at a “campaign to defame the judiciary.” Justice Lodha said that there were repeated attempts to spread incorrect information about the functioning and decisions of the collegium whereas the collegium members were more concerned about the purity of system. Lodha’s observations had come a day after former SC Judge Markandey Katju alleged former CJI S H Kapadia, besides three other ex-CJIs, were informed by him about corrupt practices of some HC judges but they all failed to take action. appointment of Justice Manjunath as reiterated by the collegium. “Who told you that Justice Manjunath has been recommended for appointment as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court? What is the source of your information,” Chief Justice Lodha asked the counsel appearing for the petitioner. “You believe all reports in the media and press,” asked Chief Justice Lodha, when the counsel said reports to that affect had appeared in the media. “I am the Chief Justice of India. I don’t know of any such recommendation having been made by the
collegium. The entire matter is founded on an erroneous presumption,” Chief Justice Lodha said. “I don’t know if there is another Chief Justice of India with collegium,” he said. Making things clear further, Chief Justice Lodha said the PIL could have gone before another bench “but I decided to hear it as I know the facts of the collegium meeting”. “I have not recommended the elevation of Justice Manjunath as chief justice of the high court,” he said, asking the petitioner: “For god’s sake, don’t bring writ petitions on non-existent facts.”
‘Ensure I-Day functions in villages, panchayats’
New Delhi, August 11 (Pti): To take the official Independence Day celebrations closer to the people, the Narendra Modi government has asked all states to ensure that 15 August is marked by fanfare in villages and panchayat headquarters apart from all districts and sub-divisions. The home ministry said that Independence Day should be observed in panchayat headquarters and the bigger villages with ceremonial hoisting of the tricolour by the sarpanch or village headman accompanied by the singing of the national anthem. The sarpanch or the headman should deliver a speech to explain the significance of 15 August and exhort the people to work towards unity and integrity in the country, said the home ministry guidelines. The ministry has conveyed that the other functions to mark the day should include sports, including rural sports, displays by college students, planting of trees, inter-school, inter-college debates, community work, cultural programmes, prize distribution for work in the field of national integration, small savings, afforestation, family planning, etc.
HIV present in every ward, village in Goa: Minister
PANAji, August 11 (iANs): The HIV/AIDS disease has a presence in every ward and village in Goa, Health Minister Laxmikant Parsenkar told the Goa legislative assembly Monday.Parsenkar, speaking during Question Hour, also said that the 23 suspected HIV-infected students, whose admission to a South Goa school had created controversy, were in fact not infected with the disease. “In Goa, there is no village nor ward where there’s no HIV,” Parsenkar said, adding that nearly one percent of the state’s 1.5 million population was infected by the disease. The health minister said the annual rate of infection was on a downward trend. Parsenkar also said that last month 23 students from a school in Rivona were victimised by society because of the HIV/AIDS stigma. Last month, a Church-run school in Rivona, a mining village located over 50 km from Panaji, was the centre of prolonged controversy after its Parents Teachers Association tried to first block the entry of 13 HIV+ve students and later 23 other students who they suspected of having HIV. The prolonged stand-off made national headlines. While the association managed to ensure that the 13 HIV+ve students were shifted out by the school management, they failed to block the 23 other students from getting admitted. In relatiation, over two dozen parents from the association opted to withdraw their wards from the school over the last couple of weeks.
Pesticides present in tea, says Greenpeace Lalu, Nitish together again - after 20 yrs
New Delhi, August 11 (iANs): Leading national and international brands of tea contain pesticides, which are considered highly and moderately hazardous by the World Health Organisation, a report released by Greenpeace India Monday said. The report also reveals presence of other pesticides which have not been approved for use on tea crops in India. “Indian tea is a national pride and it should not be the one linked to toxic chemicals with serious environmental and health risks. All stakehold-
ers in the tea industry should come forward and take steps to safeguard the reputation of our national drink,” Neha Saigal, senior campaigner, Greenpeace India said. Between June 2013 and May 2014, Greenpeace India tested samples of 49 branded packaged teas from eight of the top 11 companies that dominate the branded tea market in India and which also export to countries like Russia, the UK, the US, the UAE and Iran. The statement said: “A large number of the samples tested
positive for a cocktail of toxic pesticides. DDT was present in almost 67 percent of the tea samples even though it is no longer registered for use in agriculture in India and was banned in such applications as long ago as 1989.” “The study results indicate that the tea sector is caught in a pesticide treadmill and the only way out is ecological farming. Greenpeace India is calling on tea companies to support this change. All the companies named in our report have been contacted and we have been in-
teracting with them over the last several months. “The copies of the test results were also shared. We also requested the companies to adopt a time-bound roadmap starting with pilots to phase out pesticides in their supply chains and replace them with ecological agriculture methods, such as NonPesticidal Management (NPM),” the statement added. The statement claimed that most of the companies have responded to Greenpeace India, including the two market leaders.
Rajya Sabha disrupted over WTO statements
An Indian paramilitary soldier is seen through the window of a banquet hall that was damaged by a mortar shell believed to have been fired from the Pakistan side of the India Pakistan border at Pindi village, about 48 kilometers (30 miles) south of Jammu, India, Monday, Aug.11, 2014. According to Indian media reports, Indian and Pakistan soldiers exchanged fire at four places in the border early Monday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
New Delhi, August 11 (iANs): The Rajya Sabha was disrupted Monday as opposition members said the statements of Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 2013 WTO meeting were different. The issue was raised by opposition members as soon as the house met, forcing a brief adjournment. Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said the stand that India took at the 2013 Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia, was appreciated across the world on the issue of food security and stocking food for that. Sitaram Yechury of the CPI-M said there were contradictions in the statements by the prime minister and the commerce minister. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley denied it and said: “There is no difference in what commerce minister has said and what the PM has said.”He added that the government is ready to discuss the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting and the question hour should not be disrupted for that.
PAtNA, August 11 (iANs): RJD chief Lalu Prasad and JD-U leader Nitish Kumar Monday came together at an election rally for the first time in two decades, with the former asking Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav to join hands in Uttar Pradesh to take on the BJP. Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar hugged each other at the rally ahead of a by-election in Hajipur assembly constituency in Bihar’s Vaishali district. It is one of 10 seats which will see by-elections. The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) parted ways in 1994. Lalu Prasad appealed to Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati to team up to defeat the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP won 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats. “I appeal to both Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav to come together like we have come together to defeat the BJP,” Lalu told the rally. The BSP was wiped out in the Lok Sabha battle while the Samajwadi Party won just five seats. Lalu Prasad said he and Nitish Kumar wanted to send a strong message across the country to unite non-BJP forces. “It is a new beginning ...
Reunion of the year: Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar share dais. (IE Photo)
to ensure the formation of a strong alliance of like-minded people against the BJP,” he said. Lalu Prasad accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the people by not fulfulling the election promise. “We have joined hands in view of the dangerous designs of the BJP,” he said. Nitish Kumar, who quit as Bihar’s chief minister in May after his party was routed in the general election, also targeted Modi, saying that people were still waiting for the promised “achche din” (good days). The JD-U won only two of the state’s 40 Lok Sabha seats -- as against 20 seats in 2009 when it had allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party. It parted ways with the BJP last year, ending a 17-year alliance. Hundreds of RJD and
JD-U supporters gathered at an open ground near Hajipur, about 30 km from Patna, since morning to witness the coming together of the leaders who have both served as Bihar chief minister. State RJD president Ram Chandra Purve said both leaders will campaign together again Aug 17 at Narkatiyaganj, Mohania and Chapra assembly constituencies. It was in the 1991 Lok Sabha polls that Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar had last campaigned together. The ruling JD-U’s new allies, RJD and Congress, are contesting the by-polls together in a bid to defeat the BJP. Their alliance was announced July 30 and their leaders said the move was necessary to strengthen secular forces.
India’s 100-cr spy programme fails to decode any terror intercepts
New Delhi, August 11 (AgeNcies): “Pray it works,” read the text message on Mohammad Ahmad Siddibapa’s instant-message screen, less than 24 hours before bombs tore through Hyderabad on February 21, 2013, killing 19 people and injuring 117. The alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) commander and his Karachi-based chief, Riyaz ‘Bhatkal’ Shahbandri, had instant-messaged for weeks, bouncing ideas on bomb design and execution off each other. The prayers were redundant. Ever since 2009, an investigation by The Indian Express has found, India’s intelligence services have been intercepting conversations like these, after they rolled out a 100-crore, multi-agency programme to spy on digital communication between terrorists. It failed in the past, though — and the bad news is it will fail again. For months now, the intelligence services have been engaged in an increasingly desperate effort to stop the next 26/11-seeking communication from Maharashtra and Kashmir men fighting with Islamist insurgents in Iraq; Indian jihadists in Afghanistan; the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leadership’s orders to operatives. The digital espionage system has
almost certainly picked up these communications — but they’ve remained incomprehensible to India’s intelligence services, because of the failure to beat digital encryption technology. “There hasn’t been one single case where we’ve successfully managed to penetrate encrypted communications between terrorists,” admitted a senior Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) officer. Increasingly, India’s intelligence establishment believes the only answer is to compel internet firms to locate their servers in India, as Brazil has done and Germany is contemplating — thus forcing them to comply with lawful interception orders. Flailing war Inside an elegant Art Deco mansion in central Delhi, its lush gardens dotted with flowerbeds, trees and the odd peacock, staff at the Intelligence Bureau’s (IB) operations directorate have again been staring hard at data snatched from cyberspace, hoping that somewhere in the cloud of ones and zeros lie the leads they need to preempt new terror threats. India’s desperate war rests on a system called Netra, commissioned in 2009, drawing its name from the
Sanskrit word for eye — or, more prosaically, from its job description, NEtwork TRaffic Analysis. Netra was born in the years after 9/11, when India’s intelligence services realised terrorist groups like the LeT were making extensive use of the internet, and wanted tools similar to the US’s PRISM digital espionage system. Housed in hundreds of internet hubs across the country, Netra vacuums up terabytes of data, and then trawls through it for keywords of interests. The system, designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, has won several technology awards. The system has done what it is designed to do, intelligence officials said. It helps track traffic to websites the intelligence services suspect might be linked to jihadi activity. That opens the way to locate target computers and mobile phones — and infiltrate them with software that can monitor keystrokes, and record conversations. It’s what Netra can’t do, though, that is causing concern. The National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), tasked with creating software to decode encrypted internet traffic, hasn’t so far been able to de-
liver. That means India’s intelligence services can’t listen in to voice-overinternet services like Skype and Viber, or text-based systems like What’sApp, Fring and Facebook. Limited gains, the sources said, have been made, one involving the purchase of technology to decrypt Thuraya satellite phone conversations from an East European vendor — but the bulk of traffic remains invisible to the intelligence services. Finally, no staff have been sanctioned to analyse the output Netra generates — so with the tiny staff available, the IB is strapped to mine it for useful information. The IB’s operations directorate has just 40 executive staff; the organisation as a whole 18,795, to the 26,867 it is sanctioned. Those figures are in stark contrast to western standards: the US’s Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), with a much narrower set of threats to address, has 34,019 staff, and its communications intelligence service, the National Security Agency, over 40,000. The NSA is reputed to be the largest single employer of mathematicians in the world, a discipline central to cryptanalysis. In addition, the NSA has the advantage that most communication
services are headquartered in the US — making it relatively easy to acquire the digital keys used to encrypt information. The NSA also has supercomputing resources that allow it to mount what are called brute-force attacks on encrypted data. The NSA, by some estimates, spends up to $250 million a year on technologies to defeat encryption. Police, meanwhile, are pointing to growing numbers of cases of online jihadist activity. Last month, The Indian Express revealed that four Thane men were training with jihadists in Iraq, while other cases have emerged from Tamil Nadu and Kashmir. Haidar Ali, now facing trial for his alleged role in bombing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally in Patna, is charged with having learned to make bombs from the al Qaeda online magazine Inspire. For its part, the National Investigation Agency is prosecuting Abdul Hakeem Jamadar and Zafar Iqbal Sholapur, who it says were drawn by online jihadist literature to join the jihad in Afghanistan. “Every time we’ve tried to persuade a software major to cooperate,” a senior IB official said, “we’re told the data is held in another country, and that a complex, slow legal pro-
cess is required to access it. The solution is for the government to compel companies to hold data in India, as was done with Blackberry.” “Imagine hunting for a needle in a haystack,” he added, “and then imagine hunting for it in the dark without a flashlight. That’s sort of where we’re at”. WHY NETRA CAN’T SEE The software used to send emails, instant-messages or calls turns data into encrypted packets — typically using digital “keys”. This encrypted data is gibberish to anyone who listens in — necessary to protect private data. The data passes through a server, mainly controlled by companies operating in the US, and on to the end-recipient. Software uses digital “keys” to decode the data, so the end-recipient can make sense of it. Netra successfully sucks up online traffic on its way in and out of India’s internet hubs, but isn’t backed by technology to decrypt it. There are two ways to decrypt this traffic: acquire the keys used by the serviceprovider, or use complicated, computing-power intensive algorithms to factorise the large prime numbers used to encrypt data.
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Negotiators begin new talks to end Gaza war gAZA/JERusALEM, AugusT 11 (RE uTERs): Israeli negotiators arrived in Cairo on Monday for talks on ending a month-old Gaza war with Palestinian militants after a new 72-hour truce brokered by Egypt appeared to be holding. The Israeli military said one rocket was launched at the Tel Aviv area, in Israel’s commercial heartland, before the ceasefire went into effect at 2100 GMT on Sunday and may have landed in the sea. Hamas said it fired the missile. A senior Israeli government official had said on Sunday Israeli negotiators would return to Cairo to resume indirect talks with the Palestinians only if the truce held. A month of war has killed 1,910 Palestinians and 67 Israelis while devastating wide tracts of densely populated Gaza. Gaza hospital officials say the Palestinian death toll has been mainly civilian since the July 8 launch of Israel’s military campaign to quell Gaza rocket fire. Israel has lost 64 soldiers and three civilians, while heavy losses among civilians and the destruction of thousands of homes in Gaza have drawn international condemnation. The Israeli delegation
Palestinian residents carry a child of the brother of Zakariah al-Aqrah, 21, away from the family’s house, after alAqrah was killed during an operation by Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Qabalan near Nablus, Monday, August 11. The Israeli military said it killed Al-Aqrah early Monday morning after he opened fire on an Israeli force that had come to arrest him in connection with shootings targeting Israeli soldiers two weeks ago. (AP Photo)
to the Cairo talks had flown home on Friday when the sides failed to reach a deal to prolong a previous threeday truce. A Hamas official said on Sunday Palestinian factions had accepted Egypt’s call and that the
Cairo talks would continue. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that these new negotiations would be “the last chance” for a deal. Hamas has demanded an end to Israeli and Egyptian blockades of the Gaza
Strip and the opening of a seaport in the enclave - a project Israel says should be dealt with only in any future talks on a permanent peace deal with the Palestinians. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry urged “both
sides to exploit this truce to resume indirect negotiations immediately and work towards a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire agreement”. Long-Term Truce
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said in a radio interview on Monday that disarming Gaza militants was crucial to sustain a long-term truce and he hoped this could be done by diplomacy rather than force. “I certainly hope that there will be a diplomatic solution. If there will not be a diplomatic solution, I am convinced that sooner or later we will have to opt for a military solution of taking temporary control of Gaza to demilitarise it again,” he told Israel Radio. In Gaza, shops began to open and traffic was normal as displaced families returned to the homes they had been forced to abandon during Israeli attacks, expressing hopes that this truce would last after a series of failed ceasefires. “God knows if it is permanent,” said Abu Salama, a resident of Gaza’s Shejaia district, as he and his family headed home on a donkey cart. “A truce, no truce, it is becoming like Tom and Jerry. We want a solution,” he said. The new three-day ceasefire won praise from United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who hoped it might lead to a durable ceasefire. Israeli air strikes and shelling on Sunday killed
nine Palestinians in Gaza, medics said, in a third day of renewed fighting since the last truce ended. One air strike destroyed the home of Gaza City’s mayor, Nezar Hijazi, across the street from the Reuters bureau where reporters and cameramen took cover as the explosion occurred. There were no casualties in the attack because Israel telephoned warnings to residents in the house and neighbouring buildings. The Israeli military said it targeted 11 “terror squads” in Gaza, among them gunmen involved in or preparing to fire rockets. Since the previous ceasefire expired, Palestinian rocket and mortar salvoes have focused on Israeli towns and communities near the Gaza frontier in what seemed a strategy of sapping morale without triggering another ground invasion of Gaza. Residents of those communities, who had been assured by the military they could return home when last week’s truce began, have accused Israeli authorities of misleading them. The violence of the past three days has been less intense than at the war’s outset, with reduced firing on both sides, raising hopes the conflict could be
nearing its end. In the talks that convened in Cairo earlier this month, Egypt has been meeting separately with each party, as neither recognises the other. Hamas rejects Israel’s right to exist and Israel shuns Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Another sticking points in their talks has been Israel’s demand for guarantees that Hamas would not use any reconstruction supplies sent to Gaza to build tunnels of the sort Palestinian fighters have used to infiltrate Israel. Hamas has demanded an end to the economically stifling blockade of the enclave imposed by both Israel and Egypt, which also sees the Islamist movement as a security threat. Israel has resisted easing access to Gaza, suspecting Hamas could then restock with weapons from abroad. Israeli tanks and infantry left the enclave on Tuesday after the army said it had completed its main mission of destroying more than 30 tunnels dug by militants for cross-border attacks. Four wounded Palestinians were flown into Ankara for medical treatment on Monday, the first sign of Turkey’s promised plan to evacuate thousands from the Gaza Strip.
Islamic State beheads, China tells soldiers not to spread rumours ‘Marijuana use shrinks teenagers’ brains’ crucifies in east Syria BEIRuT, AugusT 11 (REuTERs): Islamic State has crushed a pocket of resistance to its control in eastern Syria, crucifying two people and executing 23 others in the past five days, a monitoring group said on Monday. The insurgents, who are also making rapid advances in Iraq, are tightening their grip in Syria, of which they now controls roughly a third, mostly rural areas in the north and east. The group, an al Qaeda offshoot, has fought the Syrian army, Kurdish militias and Sunni Muslim tribal forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring organisation, and residents in Syria’s east said that fighters from the al-Sheitaat tribe in eastern Deir al-Zor had tried to resist Islamic State’s advance this month. In al-Shaafa, a town on the banks of the Euphrates river, Islamic State beheaded two men from the al-Sheitaat clan on Sunday, the Observatory said, and gave residents a 12-hour deadline on Monday to hand over members of the tribe. In other parts of Deir al-Zor province, the militants crucified two men for the crime of “dealing with apostates” in the city of Mayadin, and two others for blasphemy in the nearby town of al-Bulel, the Observatory said. Islamic State has made rap-
id gains in Syria since it seized northern Iraq’s largest city, Mosul, on June 10, and declared an Islamic caliphate on territory it controls in Syria and Iraq. The Observatory said a further 19 men from the al-Sheitaat tribe were executed on Thursday, 18 shot dead and one beheaded, on the outskirts of Deir al-Zor city. It said the men worked at an oil installation. “No one will now dare from the other tribes to move against Islamic State after the defeat of the al-Sheitaat,” said Ahmad Ziyada al-Qaissi, an Islamic State sympathiser contacted by Skype from Mayadin. Tribal sources say the conflict between Islamic State and the al-Sheitaat tribe, who number about 70,000, flared after Islamic State took over of two oil fields in July. One of those, al-Omar, is the biggest oil and gas field in Deir al-Zor and has been a lucrative source of funds for rebel groups. The head of the al-Sheitaat tribe, Sheikh Rafaa Aakla al-Raju, called in a video message for other tribes to join the fight against Islamic State. “We appeal to the other tribes to stand by us because it will be their turn next ... If (Islamic State) are done with us the other tribes will targeted after al-Sheitaat. They are the next target,” he said in the video, posted on YouTube on Sunday.
BEIJINg, AugusT 11 (REuTERs): China’s military instructed its soldiers on Monday not to believe in or spread rumours and to oppose “political liberalism”, following the fall of a former senior officer who has been accused of corruption. The government said in June that Xu Caihou, who retired as vice chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission last year and from the ruling Communist Party’s decisionmaking Politburo in 2012, would be court-martialed. The military has since publicly pledged its support for the move and its loyalty to the party a number of times. In a front page story detailing new education and propaganda
guidelines, the military’s official People’s Liberation Army Daily said soldiers had to be “clear and steadfast” in their politics and support China’s ongoing reforms. “Resolutely resist mistaken opinions that confuse public opinion and interfere in reforms; don’t make irresponsible remarks, do no listen to, believe or spread news from the grapevine and resolutely guard against political liberalism,” the newspaper said. “From beginning to end it is absolutely necessary to uphold the absolute leadership of the party over the armed forces.” President Xi Jinping heads the Central Military Commission, which controls the 2.3 million-strong armed
forces, the world’s largest, and has repeatedly reminded them to be loyal to the party. Xi has made weeding out corruption in the military a top goal. It comes as Xi steps up efforts to modernise forces that are projecting power across disputed waters in the East and South China Seas. China has not fought a war in decades. The newspaper said military reforms were a key part of the government’s overall reform package, which includes further reducing the role of the state in the economy and easing of family planning rules. Xi has stressed the importance of reforming the military and the armed forces have a duty to follow his words to the letter, the report said.
HRW chiefs denied entry to Egypt
CAIRO, AugusT 11 (REuTERs): The executive director of Human Rights Watch and another senior staff member were denied entry to Egypt for “security reasons” after being held at the Cairo airport for 12 hours, two of the group’s staff said on Monday. Kenneth Roth and Sarah Leah Whitson had flown to Cairo to take part in publication of a report to be released on Tuesday on the mass killings of protesters by security forces last year, in the aftermath of then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s ouster of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Human Rights Watch is one of a number of international and Egyptian rights groups that have expressed alarm at a severe and increasingly broad crackdown on dissent by authorities since the army’s overthrow of Mursi in July 2013. Whitson, the head of the Middle East and North Africa division at Human Rights Watch, tweeted on Monday morning that she had been held for 12 hours before being deported for “security reasons”. Omar Shakir, author and principle researcher of
the group’s report on the mass killings, confirmed to Reuters that Roth and Whitson had been denied entry after landing in Cairo and being held by authorities since Sunday night. He said Whitson had left the country and Roth would be leaving on a separate flight later in the morning. Government officials were not immediately available for comment. The government has said before it is fighting a war on terror, and it makes no distinction between the thousands of Islamists it has arrested and the hard-line militants targeting security forces in the Sinai Peninsula. Shakir told Reuters that the New York-based rights group had already shared the key findings of the 188-page report, based on a year-long investigation, but had received no official response. Reuters on Sunday requested government comment on the findings and recommendations of the report before its scheduled release. An official said that the government would comment once the report was published.
NEW YORk, AugusT 11 (IANs): Frequent marijuana use among teenagers can lead to cognitive decline, poor attention and memory and decreased intelligence quotient (IQ), psychologists warn. Abnormalities in the brain’s grey matter, which is associated with intelligence, have been found in 16- to 19-year-olds who increased their marijuana use. “It needs to be emphasised that regular cannabis use is not safe and may result in addiction and neurocognitive damage, especially in youth,” said Krista Lisdahl, director of the brain imaging and neuropsychology lab at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Brain imaging studies of regular marijuana users have shown significant changes in their brain structure, particularly among adolescents, Lisdahl added. People who have become addicted to marijuana can lose an average of six IQ points by adulthood. Countries must consider regulating levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - the major psychoactive chemical in marijuana - in order to reduce potential neurocognitive effects, researchers emphasised. THC is responsible for most of marijuana’s psychological effects. Previous research has shown that frequent use of high potency THC can increase risk of acute and future problems with depression, anxiety and psychosis. “This relationship between marijuana and mental illness may be moderated by how often marijuana is used and potency of the substance,” claimed Alan Budney from Dartmouth College in the US. The psychologists discussed public health implications of marijuana at the American Psychological Association’s 122nd annual convention this week.
West Africans fill churches to pray for deliverance from “devil” Ebola MONROVIA/FREETOWN, AugusT 11 (REuTERs): People in Sierra Leone and Liberia filled churches on Sunday to seek deliverance from an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, defying official warnings to avoid public gatherings to contain an epidemic that has killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa. With their creaking healthcare systems completely overrun, Sierra Leone and Liberia have both declared states of emergency to tackle the highly contagious and incurable disease, which has also stricken neighbouring Guinea. People still flocked to sing and pray at churches in Liberia’s ramshackle ocean-front capital Monrovia, many of them comparing Ebola to the brutal civil war that ravaged the country between 1989 and 2003, killing nearly a quarter of a million people. One of the deadliest diseases known to man, Ebola kills up to 90 percent of those infected. Discovered nearly 40 years ago deep in the forests of central Africa, its symptoms include internal and external bleeding, diarrhoea and vomiting. “Everyone is so afraid,” said Martee Jones Seator at Saint Pe-
ter’s Lutheran Church. “Ebola is not going to shake our faith in any way ... because we’ve been through difficult times.” With the disease now in four African countries - following the death in Nigeria last month of a U.S. citizen who arrived from Liberia - the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday classified the epidemic as an international health emergency. The WHO has said that the world’s worst outbreak of Ebola -- with 1,779 cases and 962 deaths -- will likely continue for months as the region’s healthcare systems struggle to cope. It has appealed urgently for funding and emergency medical staff. A WHO medical ethics committee will discuss next week the use of experimental drugs to tackle the outbreak after two U.S. aid workers showed improvement after being treated with ZMapp, a drug developed by California-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical. Spain on Sunday authorised the use of the ZMapp on 75-year-old Spanish priest Miguel Pajares - the first European infected - who was evacuated to Madrid last week after contracting the haemorrhagic fever while working in a hos-
pital in Monrovia. A Congolese nun who worked with him died there on Saturday. British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Sunday a clinical trial of a vaccine was due to start shortly. Three U.S. laboratories established to quickly make vaccines in the event of a public health threat also said they were standing by to support any U.S. effort to tackle Ebola. With no other treatment available, churches in Monrovia furnished plastic buckets containing chlorinated water for worshippers to disinfect their hands. Inside, pastors told their congregations to follow instructions from health workers, some of whom have been attacked by locals terrified by the disease. “We are in trouble here. We are in trouble,” Reverend Marcus MacKay, dressed in a green gown, said before the altar. “But you know what? There is no way this devil is going to do its work!” Started In Forests Of Guinea Though this outbreak was first identified in March in the remote forest region of southeastern Guinea, scientists have traced the first recorded case as
far back as early December, to a 2-year-old boy near the town of Gueckedou. Many believe the virus was carried by fruit bats from central Africa, where it is regarded as endemic. Yet it is not clear how it jumped into the human population in West Africa. Quarantine measures imposed on infected communities have hit trade and food supplies in some of the world’s poorest countries. In Sierra Leone, Bishop Abu Aiah Koroma of the evangelical Flaming Bible Church in Freetown said price hikes were destroying the nation’s economy, branding Ebola “a devil”. Speaking amid chants of “Alleluia” and “Amen” from his packed church, Koroma called for penitence “to avert this plague from our country”. Concern over the spread of Ebola grew after it spread to Nigeria - Africa’s most populous country - in late July. Seven cases of Ebola have now been confirmed there, including two deaths, and authorities have declared a national emergency. In a bid to prevent Ebola reaching the United States, health officials in North Carolina said on Sunday they would
In this photo taken on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, health workers stand as Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, back left, arrives to deliver a speech imploring them to keep working at the health centers with government support, to combat the deadly Ebola virus that has spread through the country, including the city of Monrovia, Liberia. The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak an international health emergency Friday. The growing unease in Liberia, where nearly 300 people have died from the gruesome disease, raises the specter of social unrest. (AP Photo
require missionaries and others coming home after working with people infected with Ebola to be placed in quarantine. Burkina Faso became the latest African country on Sunday to announce stringent air-
port health checks and border controls to protect itself from infection. In Senegal, which borders Guinea to the north, a man has been isolated in the northern region of Matam while tests
were conducted for Ebola, the APS state news agency reported. Tests on suspected cases in Hong Kong, Canada and Saudi Arabia in recent days have all proved negative.
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Maradona hits journalist at event in Argentina BUEnOS AIrES, AUgUSt 11 (IAnS): Argentine football great Diego Maradona punched one of the reporters who crowded around him as he left a show with his younger son Diego Fernando, here. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon at the door of the El National theatre where Maradona attended a children's show "Panam" with his son and the boy's mother Veronica Ojeda,
reports EFE. "This is my gift for the Day of the Child: it's the first Day of the Child I'm going to spend with my son," Maradona, surrounded by reporters, said from inside his vehicle. "What are you doing, idiot? Why are you bothering my wife...?" Maradona then asked one of the reporters present before getting out of his car and punching him in an incident that was caught on television cameras.
Mkg district volleyball association informs
MOkOkchUng, AUgUSt 11 (DIPr): The 9th Imchaba Master Memorial Nagaland Open Volleyball Trophy is scheduled tentatively from 16th to 19th Sept. 2014. This year a total of Rs. 1, 50,000/-(Rupees One lakh fifty thousand) would be awarded to the Winners, (1st prize Rs. 60,000/, 2nd prize Rs. 40,000/-, 3rd prize Rs. 25,000/-, 4th prize Rs. 15,000/-), besides individual prizes of cash and certificates. The organizer (MDVA) would compensate minimum travelling allowance (Bus Fare) to teams coming from outside Mokokchung District and in addi-
tion a grant of Rs. 5000/- (Five thousand) each will be given to all the participating teams, except for the final four teams. Teams/Clubs are also informed that the privilege of allowing 2 (Two) non- Naga players to field in a Team have been temporarily scrapped with an objective of encouraging Local players. However, Nagas inhabiting outside Nagaland will be allowed to play by producing necessary documents/ certificates of identity. Entry Form will be available at Lim Counter Mokokchung, Kohima and Dimapur. Last date for submission of entry Form is 6th September 2014.
Nagaland Chess Association informs kOhIMA, AUgUSt 11 (MExn): The Nagaland Chess Association (NCA) has informed that a meeting with the previous and new office bearers NCA was held on August 2. In the meeting the NCA felicitated Mughaho Awomi for securing Champion position in the recently held A2H
12th All India FIDE rating Chess Championship at Hyderabad held from July 5 to 8 2014. A press note issued by President NCA and General Secretary NCA stated that the handing and taking over charge for the new office bearers for the tenure of 2014-17 was also completed.
Angling competition held at Mopungchuket
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McIlroy wins PGA in thrilling show
LOUISVILLE, AUgUSt 11 (AP): Rory McIlroy stood over a 10-inch putt in gathering darkness to win the PGA Championship as flashes from thousands of camera lit up Valhalla like a rock concert. Everyone wanted to capture a moment from golf's latest coronation. In his biggest test, McIlroy played his best golf Sunday to win his second straight major and establish himself as golf's next star. And what a stage. The final major was pure theater with an AllStar cast — Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler, Henrik Stenson all with a share of the lead on the back nine. The final two hours were filled with eagles and birdies, with tension and chaos. McIlroy never had to sweat so much to win one of golf's biggest events. And that's what made this major so much sweeter. "It is the most satisfying," McIlroy said. "To win it in this fashion and this style, it means a lot. It means that I know that I can do it. I know that I can come from behind. I know that I can mix it up with the best players in the world down the stretch in a major and come out on top." The final par — the easiest shot he faced all day — gave McIlroy a 3-under 68 to outlast Mickelson by a stroke and beat the darkness that threatened to spoil this show. He became only the fourth player in the last century to win four majors at 25 or younger. The others were Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Bobby Jones, three of the game's greatest players. Boy Wonder appears on his way to belonging in that group. "I
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, holds up the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club on August 10 in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo)
didn't think in my wildest dreams I'd have a summer like this," said McIlroy, only the seventh player to win the last two majors of the year. "I played the best golf of my life. I really gutted it out today." He finished at 16-under 268, the lowest score to win the PGA in 13 years. But one of the greatest shows on soggy turf came with a most peculiar ending. Three shots behind as he stood in the 10th fairway, McIlroy got back in the game with a 3-wood from 281 yards into 7 feet for eagle. He took the
outright lead when all three of his challengers eventually made bogey, and finally gave himself some breathing room. With a 9-iron from a fairway bunker to 10 feet for birdie on the 17th, he took a two-shot lead going to the par-5 closing hole. Because of a two-hour rain delay earlier, darkness was falling quickly and it wasn't certain McIlroy would be able to finish. McIlroy was allowed to hit his tee shot before Mickelson and Fowler had reached their drives. Both were only two shots behind, still
in the game. McIlroy came within a yard of hitting in a hazard right of the fairway. Then, the PGA of America allowed McIlroy to hit his second shot. Mickelson and Fowler had to stand to the side of the green. "We were cool with hitting the tee shot," Fowler said. "We weren't expecting the approach shots." Fowler had a 50-foot eagle attempt to tie for the lead. He was well off the mark, and missed the short birdie putt attempt that cost him his third straight runner-up finish in a major. Mickelson was short of the
green, and his chip came within inches of dropping for an eagle that would have tied him for the lead. Mickelson appeared upset that they had to wait to finish the hole — not standard procedure in a PGA Tour event — and he made two references in a TV interview that this is the only championship the PGA of America runs all year. "It didn't affect the outcome of the championship at all, I don't think," Mickelson said. "It's not what we normally do. It's not a big deal either way." Mickelson closed with a 66 and was runner-up for the ninth time in a major. Fowler became the first player in history to finish in the top five at all four majors without winning one. He closed with a 68 and tied for third with Stenson, who fell out of a share of the lead by missing a 3-foot par putt on the 14th hole. Stenson shot a 66. McIlroy hit his second shot into a bunker, and he had to two-putt from 35 feet for the win. He lagged the first one to tap-in range, and the major was his. McIlroy repeatedly pumped his fist before letting out a scream above the gallery that had been treated to a Sunday it won't soon forget. McIlroy won his first two majors by eight shots at the 2011 U.S. Open and 2012 PGA Championship. Only a month ago, McIlroy took a six-shot lead into the final round of the British Open and completed a wire-to-wire win with only a brief scare. This was different. "I think I showed a lot of guts out there to get the job done," he said. It might not have been possible without a 3-wood on the par-5 10th hole.
England full of confidence Ryan holds off Phelps ahead of decider with India in thrilling 200 IM duel
Winners of the Süngkotenem Angling Competition along with some members of the Mopungchuket Community Tourism Society at Mopungchuket village, August 11
MOkOkchUng, AUgUSt 11 (MExn): A total of 104 anglers participated at the Süngkotenem Angling Competition today at Mopungchuket village, about 18 kilometres from Mokokchung town, which was organized by the Mopungchuket Community Tourism Society. Bendangmangyang was adjudged the winner of the competition for catching the biggest fish weighing 0.42 kgs while Merenzulu was adjudged the runner-up for his catch weighing 0.40 kgs., both avid anglers residing at Mokokchung town. They were awarded rupees
ten thousand and rupees five thousand respectively, along with certificates. Most of the anglers who competed today, which included a good number of women, were from Mokokchung town. The competition was organized as part of the two-week Süngkotenem Angling Festival, scheduled to be held August 11 to 23. Süngkotenem Lake is a natural lake associated with many historical events and mythological connotations. The lake is situated within Süngkotenem Park under the shade of towering trees, a popular site of tourist attraction frequented by many visitors daily.
Marc Marquez makes it 10 out of 10 at Indianapolis
InDIAnAPOLIS, AUgUSt 11 (AFP): 'Okay, now is the time I overtake them and World champion Marc Marquez became I start to push.' Tenths by tenths I opened the first man in 17 years to win 10 succes- the gap, and those two seconds were sive races as the Spaniard claimed victory enough in the end of the race for take the at the Indianapolis Grand Prix on Sunday. victory." Lorenzo was third last year and Honda rider Marquez, 21, finished ahead the winner in 2009. "My pace was simiof Yamaha pair, Jorge Lorenzo of Spain and Italian Valentino Rossi. The last man to win 10 races in a row was Australian Mick Doohan in 1997. Marquez also won this race in 2013 when he was making his maiden appearance in the elite class having also triumphed at the Brickyard in Moto2 in 2011 and 2012. Seven-time MotoGP world champion Rossi grabbed an early lead from the Spanish pole-sitter and stayed ahead of fellow Italian, Andrea Dovizioso and Marquez. Marquez moved into second place with 21 laps to go, with Lorenzo third before the champion Marc Marquez, of Spain, celebrates after winning the IndianapoMoto GP motorcycle race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedsnatched the lead lis way in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 10. (AP Photo) with 16 laps remaining. Marquez crossed the line in 42min lar to (Marquez), but not enough to chal07.041sec, followed by Lorenzo, who lenge him for the victory," Lorenzo said. World champion Marquez now has a slipped past Rossi with 12 laps left. "The start I got today was not so good," perfect 250 points with Honda teammate said Marquez. "But then the track tem- Dani Pedrosa, who was fourth Sunday, in perature was higher and that changed the second spot on 161. Rossi has 157 points feeling a little bit, especially with the front while 2010 and 2012 champion Lorenzo tire. "At the beginning I had some (dif- is on 117 points ahead of the 11th round ficult) moments, and then I said, 'Okay, at Brno in the Czech Republic next weekwe will be quiet the first ten laps behind end where Marquez will attempt to beValentino.' "And then when Jorge also at- come the first rider to win 11 races in a tacked and tried to push in the front, I said row in the same season.
LOnDOn, AUgUSt 11 (rEUtErS): From what England's captain Alistair Cook described as "rock bottom" less than three weeks ago, his team are suddenly flying high with an unbeatable 2-1 lead over India to take into the final match of the series, starting at London's Oval on Friday. It is a remarkable transformation, above all for Cook himself, who faced widespread calls for his resignation when England lost the second test at Lord's last month. That was their 10th match without a victory, stretching back to almost a year. In the third test at Southampton, however, Cook finally ended his dismal spell with the bat, scoring 95 and 70 not out as a rampant England won by 266 runs. Carrying the newfound self-belief to Manchester, they won in even more convincing fashion by an innings and 54 runs with two full days to spare. That gave them extra time to rest before the Oval contest, for which paceman Stuart Broad hopes to be fit
despite having broken his nose while batting on Saturday. Confidence is understandably high, in stark contrast to India, whose batsmen have flopped in spectacular fashion since their win at Lord's - a result which ended their three-year run without an away success. "Winning in three days was fantastic," England coach Peter Moores told BBC radio's Sportsweek programme on Sunday. "Sport's about momentum and when you get good momentum we backed that up and kept it for the whole game. Now we've got a huge game at the Oval to hopefully win the series." While playing down his own role in England's transformation, Moores praised Cook for his resilience in the face of criticism. "Alistair said he was in it for the long haul but if other people thought he wasn't the right man, he'd happily step down. "That was quite a significant moment because as people criticised him he's really steeled himself to
help develop the team. "I think he's done a great job and he knows we're building something but he's not getting carried away either." If the England camp are taking nothing for granted, some observers believe India are so demoralised that they look beaten already five days before the start of the final test. Former captain Michael Vaughan described the tourists' collapse on Saturday in Manchester, when they lost nine wickets in the last session to concede the match, as "pathetic". "The white towel that was on the balcony got thrown in," he told the BBC. "I think they won't bounce back from this. They're gone. They're a team that just lost its spirit while England are getting better and better all the time. "We can't say it's the start of something special yet but that tunnel two and a half weeks ago (after the Lord's defeat) was very, very dark and we've started to see some bright lights at the end of it."
WAShIngtOn, AUgUSt 11 (rEUtErS): Ryan Lochte held off a fastfinishing Michael Phelps to win the 200 meters individual medley at the US National Championships in Irvine, California on Sunday. Trailing by almost a second and a half at one point, Phelps displayed his famous finishing kick and nearly made up the deficit in the final 50 meters to bring the crowd to its feet. Lochte, the world record holder in the event, touched first in a time of 1:56.50, just ahead of Phelps in 1:56.55. “We both hate to lose but we enjoy racing each other,” Phelps told reporters. “Hopefully we can push each other and see what happens.” For Phelps, the result was a positive sign that his comeback from retirement is on the right track. In the most significant meet since Phelps launched his comeback in May, the 18-times Olympic champion finished seventh in the 100m freestyle on Wednesday and second in the 100m butterfly on Friday. The meet is also serving
as a qualifier for the Pan Pac Championships in Australia later this month. Phelps was slow out of the blocks and ceded control to Lochte, who was on world record pace over the first 50. But Phelps turned on the afterburners down the stretch of his finishing freestyle, bringing back memories of previous dramatic wins during his storied career. Fivetime Olympic gold medalist Lochte earned his first medal of the meet. The face of U.S. men’s swimming after Phelps retired, Lochte has been working on a comeback of his own. He was competing in his second meet since tearing his MCL earlier in the year. “This year has been up and down but I’m glad I got a win, it feels good,” Lochte said. “I haven’t been in the water because of my knee, and haven’t done the work I’ve wanted to. But there are two years left until (the Rio Olympics).” Phelps, too, is building form for what is expected to be a return to Olympic competition in 2016.
ASU launches NSF martyrs’ trophy photo journal Kohima | August 11
National Senior Taekwondo C'ship 2014 Schedule Announced
The Angami Students’ Union (ASU) today formally launched the Ist photo journal of the NSF martyrs’ memorial trophy here at its office premises. This photo journal featured the entire events and moments relating to 14th edition of the NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2013. Releasing the journal, Voto Neikha, PS to parliamentary secretary Er. Kropol Vitsu said that over the years ASU has been organizing the NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy and termed the publication of the photo journal for the first time as a welcome step and a special thing. He was hopeful that the journal will be a meaningful one and act as treasure of the fond memories of the tournament. The Angami Students Union and the organizing committee of the
DIMAPUr, AUgUSt 11 (MExn): The 33rd National Senior Taekwondo Championship 2014’for both men and women scheduled is to be held at Sawai Man Singh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur, Rajasthan from September 3 to 5. Concurrently, the same venue will also host the ‘7th National Poomsae Championship 2014’ for Black Belt Holders on September 2. In a press communiqué through its Joint Secretary, the Nagaland Taekwondo Association (NTA) has informed all the selected players (Gold Medalist) in both categories from the state to make preparation for the upcoming National Championship. For any enquiries, the releases added, the members may contact the following numbers9436000461, 9436845163, and 9436066705.
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Voto Neikha and others during the release of Ist photo journal of NSF Martyrs’ Trophy in Kohima on August 11. (Morung Photo)
14th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2013 have come up with an endeavor to publish the first photo journal on the 14th edition that can serve as a reminisce, a photo documentation and subsequently a recollection of the legacy, sacrifices, moments and glories of the tournament, stated the
foreword of the journal. Earlier, ASU president Zakie Khate and NSF vice president Joseph Ngouri shared greetings. Letuolie Pienyü, asst.pastor Pezielietsie CRC prayed for the programme while the function was chaired by ASU sports secretary Mhasimhalie Mathew Yhome.
Meanwhile, ASU informed all 65 teams of the last 14th edition to collect the journal each from ASU office during office hour or contact ASU sports secretary at 9436609321. Further, ASU appealed the general public to get this photo journal, which is costing Rs. 300 per copy.
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ulanthang odyuo from Wokha won the Aircel guitar prodigy with Waluniba Lemtur from Dimapur and Honglep Sangle from Tuensang coming up as first and second runners up. The ultimate guitarist hunt organised by Barefoot production culminated on August 9 at Ana Ki conference hall, Dimapur. Samuel Kyong presented a song to kick-start the show. Lulantsi from Chumukedima won the Aircel guitar prodigy viewer’s choice award. The show witnessed 10 finalists aged below 21 years who entertained the audience with their impressive renditions of guitar legends like Joe satriani, Neil zaza etc. ultimately, after a state wide voting the public chose the young lad from Wokha, Sulanthang Odyuo, as the ultimate guitarist winning a cash prize of Rs One lakh.
Organiser along with the winner (L to R): Hito Ayemi (DOF), Nikaito Ayemi (M.D.), Sulanthung Odyuo (Winner) & Moa Pongen (C.E.O)
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ichael Jackson reportedly lived in deplorable conditions inside Neverland Ranch. The New York Post spoke with his former housekeepers about the alleged filth. A woman identified only as 'Maid No.1' told the newspaper, 'Michael sometimes ran around where the animals were, and he’d track... poop throughout the house and think nothing of it. 'Then, if you said something, he’d threaten to make doo-doo snowballs and throw it at you.' On top of that, 'Maid No.1' claimed Jackson obsessively collected items,
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telling the newspaper that Jackson was '[a] pack rat.' 'Maid No. 2' told The Post that Jackson was in possession of 'A soiled baby's diaper, and a pair of Fruit of the Loom that was obviously worn by someone who was either a teen or an early-age adult.' That housekeeper claimed to the newspaper Jackson disregarded sanitation and urinated in front of her the day after his 1993 Oprah interview. 'He literally peed on the floor of the entryway, right where you saw Oprah walk in,' she told The Post. 'It was surreal. He just stood there, unzipped his trou-
Michael Jackson's former housekeepers have claimed he lived in deplorable conditions inside Neverland Ranch
sers and watered the floor.' A third woman - 'Maid No.3' - told The Post Jackson's 'whole life changed after 1993 when he had to pay [Jordan Chandler] off [in a child molestation settlement]. 'I'm telling you,
Game of Thrones Actor Jj Murphy Dies
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part or rewrite the scenes that Murphy had been set to film. He was also due to play a village elder in the upcoming film Dracula Untold with Luke Evans and Dominic Cooper. His other film credits include Angela's Ashes and Cal, but he was best known for his work in theatre.Murphy is survived by his wife Mary and their children.
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18 contestants from Dimapur and Kohima participated in the Gospel voice hunt Nagaland, 1st voting round held at united Hindi Nagamese Church, Burma Camp, Dimapur, on August 9. Vania Chawang Zeliang (contestant No 07) won the best vocalist of the round which was sponsored by Encore Music store. The voting line for the contest will open from August 12 up to September 5.
HiS FAMiLY WAS iN AN ACCiDENt: Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson shared this photo on twitter Sunday of wreckage from an accident his mother and cousin were in.
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WE wrestlerturned-actor Dwayne Johnson has revealed that his mother Ata Naivia-Johnson and his cousin, Lina Fanene, survived a car accident caused by an alleged drunk driver. The 42-yearold 'Hercules' star posted a snap of the wreckage on Instagram, reported TMZ online. He captioned it with, "My mom & cousin were struck head on by a drunk driver this week - they lived. First reaction is to find the person who did this and do unrelenting harm to them. "But then you realize the most important thing is my family
lived through this and we can hug each other that much tighter these days. Hug your own family tighter today and be grateful you can tell them you love them," he added. Dwayne's uncle said that Ata and Lina were driving home from an annual family fundraiser when the alleged drunk driver hit them. Both women were rushed to the hospital and Ata was hospitalised for three nights for an injury the uncle refused to reveal. Lina shared a collage of pictures on Instagram showing Dwayne visiting her in the hospital. Lina underwent surgery for an undisclosed arm injury.
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Radwanska beats Venus WC top scorer Klose retires from int'l football Williams for Montreal title BERLIN, AugusT 11 (REuTERs): German striker Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top scorer, announced his retirement from international football on Monday. The 36-year-old leaves the German national team as a World Cup winner after last month helping Joachim Loew's side to their first global crown since 1990 when they defeated Argentina 1-0 in the Rio-hosted final. The Lazio frontman picked up his 16th goal, in what was his fourth World Cup, to surpass Brazilian Ronaldo as the tournament's leading scorer. Klose, who won two German titles with Bayern Munich following spells with Kaiserslautern and Werder Bremen, said he had "fulfilled a childhood dream with the title in Brazil" and lived "unforgettable moments with the national team", according to a statement released by the German
football federation. "The success of the team stood and always stands for me in the highest place," Klose said. "With the national team I achieved our greatest goal, a goal which we had together within the squad. "In addition, I achieved personal goals and those who know me know that I am very ambitious, but I am a striker and the task of a striker is to score goals. "Therefore the records never concerned me, but it was always about giving my best for the team." The Polish-born marksman scored five goals at the 2002 World Cup, where Germany were beaten 2-0 by Ronaldo's Brazil in the final, five in 2006 on home soil, four in 2010 at South Africa and two in 2014. He broke the World Cup record for goals in July when he found the target for his 16th strike during the 7-1 semifinal rout of Brazil.
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Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland holds up the winner's trophy after beating Venus Williams of the United States in the final at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament on Sunday in Montreal. (AP Photo)
MONTREAL, AugusT 11 (AFP): Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska toppled former world number one Venus Williams in straight sets Sunday at the WTA Montreal tournament to clinch her first title of the season. Poland's Radwanska rolled to a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 victory over the American in just 81 minutes as she claimed her 14th career singles title. "I am very, very happy," said Radwanska, who earned $467,000 for the win. "Everything was working for me today." The 25-year-old's last win was in Seoul in September. She reached the final at Indian Wells earlier this year, losing to Italian Flavia Pennetta. Radwanska fired three aces, had two double faults and won 65 percent of her first serves in the hard court match on centre court. The 2012 Wimbledon runner-up dropped the opening game of the first set, but then ran off four straight games to take control. Williams broke back and drew within 4-3 only to see Radwanska win the set 6-4. The former world number two then broke Williams to open the second set, but the Florida resident got back into it with a fourth-game break to even the set at 2-2. Radwanska broke back in the fifth game to regain control. "I was just trying to use my chances," Radwanska said. "Whenever I could really go for it, that's what I tried to do. "On a couple of her serves I really had no chance. But if I had any chance, I took it and that's why I could break her." Radwanska has now
Fired-up Tsonga stuns Roger Federer to win Toronto Masters
TORONTO, AugusT 11 (AFP): Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the Toronto Masters with a win over Roger Federer, two years after injuring himself at the same event in a freak collision with a fire hydrant. French 13th seed Tsonga hit 11 aces and 26 winners to win Sunday's final 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) while Federer, two days after his 33rd birthday, was undone by 37 unforced errors. "If you believe in something it can happen," said Tsonga. "I'm proud of what I've achieved this week. "I played well all this week. I beat many good guys." The 29-year-old Tsonga dropped just one set all week as he knocked out world number one Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray en route to the final. It was Tsonga's second career Masters 1000 title, coming almost six years after his first at Paris Bercy in 2008. He is just the second French player after Guy Forget to win two titles at the Masters level. Tsonga spent just over one and three-quarter hours in constructing his upset over the man who had beaten him in both of their previous finals played in 2011. Tsonga dealt with injuries for much of 2013 but is now fit and brimming with confidence. The French player said his win Sunday had special significance because of his experience two years earlier. Fresh off winning an Olympic silver medal in doubles in the 2012 London Games, Tsonga injured his right knee in Toronto after walking into a fire hydrant as he was out for a stroll. He had lost in the opening round of the Masters 1000 event in Toronto to Jeremy Chardy. The injury required eight stitches and forced him to pull out of the Cincinnati Masters event the following week. "This will stay in my heart forever," he said. "Two years ago here I had knee problems, now it's all changed. This win was something really special. I have a lot of respect for Roger. won 11 of her 14 crowns on hard court. "I had an amazing week," she said. "I was playing much better with each match. I didn't start that well from my first match but every match was much better. That is why I am sitting right here." Williams, who beat her sister Serena in the semifinals, had six double faults and
won just 26 percent of her second serves in the loss. The 34-year-old American had played three straight three-set matches. "I fell a little short. I didn't have as much to give as I would have liked," Williams said. "It has been a really long week. I would love to play six matches again next week but it is a lot.
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