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five killed as violence University education needs rethinking: Nagaland Gov escalates in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16 (IANS): Security forces on Tuesday fired at stone pelting mobs at two places in the Kashmir Valley, leaving five civilians dead in a sudden escalation in violence, officials said.

In Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh held a security review meeting on Kashmir and told officials to restore peace in the valley with minimum casualties. It was the second day of heightened protests in the valley. The latest deaths took the death toll to 65 in the weeks of Kashmir unrest triggered by the July 8 killing of rebel commander Burhan Wani.

A police officer told IANS here that four protesters were killed in Budgam district and one more in Anantnag. The officer said hundreds of people, shouting anti-India and profreedom slogans, threw stones at the security forces in Budgam’s Aripanthan village, some 30 km from here, in central Kashmir.

The security forces fired as they tried to bring order on the streets. One person was killed on the spot and three succumbed to injuries at a hospital. More than a dozen persons sustained injuries.

Another civilian was killed when security forces fired at stone-throwing protesters in Naidpora village of Anantnag district, some 60 km south of here.

At least a dozen civilians were also injured in

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A Kashmiri woman mourns for civilians, who according to local media were killed during clashes between police and protesters, during their funerals in Beerwah, north of Srinagar, August 16. (REUTERS)

the violence, the latest in a series of clashes that have rocked the Kashmir Valley in over five weeks.

Protests continued till late into the evening in Naidpora village. The mob later set ablaze the house of a soldier posted with the counter-insurgency 19 Rashtriya Rifles.

Locals allege that he was one of the soldiers who fired at them. As violence in Kashmir flared afresh, Rajnath Singh cautioned against rising casualties of both civilians as well security personnel in the state.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and chiefs of intelligence agencies and other civil and se-

curity officials attended the meeting, informed sources said. The minister was briefed by officials on the situation in Kashmir and the infiltration bids from Pakistan.

The valley has seen an upsurge in violence after Wani, a 22-year-old commander of the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen outfit, was shot dead by security forces in a south Kashmir village.

Much of the valley has been under curfew and a separatist-called shutdown that continued for the 39th day in a row on Tuesday. While the separatists have called for the protest shutdown till August 18, authorities are like-

ly to enforce curfew again on Wednesday.

Separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik have asked people to come out on the streets for a 72-hour sit-in.

They have asked the people to rally towards the UN office in Srinagar and “wherever forces stop you, stage a sit-in there for 72 hours”. The government has banned the assembly of four or more people and the protest march to the UN office is likely to be thwarted.

“There will be a complete curfew on Wednesday,” an officer told IANS here.

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 16 (MExN): The Sakshi Students Union (SSU) today informed that it has begun its first phase of agitation against the School Education Department’s failure to fulfill its demand regarding the posting of math and science teacher at Government High School, Sakshi.

It may be noted that the SSU had given the department time till August 15 to respond to their ultimatum. However, no action has been forthcoming. As part of its first phase of agitation, the SSU is shutting down the school indefinitely. The SSU cautioned that it may resort to second phase of agitation without further notice. “The school education department shall be held fully responsible for any incident that may occur during its agitation,” it added.

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 16 (MExN): High Court, Kohima Bench, rendered The Against Corruption and Unabated illegal the regularization of 13 Veteri- AIzAwl, AUGUST 16 (PTI): Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland has ac- nary Doctors and dismissed their ap- Mizo National Front (MNF) cused the Nagaland Health and Fam- pointments with the remarks that such president Zoramthanga has said ily Welfare (H&FW) Department for regularization was illegal, unconstitu- the Centre and the Myanmarese “blatant violation” of the State Govern- tional and arbitrary.”

The High Court, quoting extensive- government have urged him to ment’s Office Memorandum (OM) issued on June 6, 2016, and the Gauhati ly from Umadevi case, also noted that , initiate a peace deal with NSCN’s High Court’s order dated August 5, “The entry of these appointees into the Khaplang faction. “The Prime service having been achieved through Minister’s Office has urged me DIMAPUR, AUGUST 2016, with regard to regularization of back door cannot acquire any right to make contact with Khaplang, contract employees.

16 (MExN): The Naga A press note from the ACAUT said that and so regularization of their services while the Mynamarese governHoho today stated that it the department is conducting an “illegal would amount to negating the pre- ment has asked me to meet the along with various tribe ‘Suitability Test for Regularisation’ of 19 scribed procedure at the cost of Articles Naga leader” to initiate peace hohos have been spear- contract doctors (2009-11 batch) and 2 X- 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.” talks with NSCN (K), Zoramthanheading the movement ray technicians on August 17 at the ConTherefore, the ACAUT stated it is in- ga said while addressing a party for review of the Munici- ference Hall, office of the H&FW.” cumbent upon the H&FW Department programme here. The former pal Act of 2001 & 2006, “as It alleged that the suitability test to not only stop the “illegality of the reg- Mizoram chief minister had broit is directly linked with the moved by the Secretary, H&FW, “for ularization process as conducted by it ken the impasse between the rights given to the Naga regularization of contract employees is but to allow all the contract posts in the Centre and the NSCN (IM) when people under Article 371 violative of both the latest OM, 2016, and department to lapse since the 19 doc- he had met its leaders Th. Muivah (A).” A press note from the the HC judgment which has not only tors were appointed between 2009 and and Isaac Chishi Swu in Bangkok Naga Hoho further stated it banned all sorts of contract appoint- 2011; the necessary 1 year contract pe- in October, 2002 during the Atal has no objection for exhib- ments but has also barred regulariza- riod has already lapsed.”

It further informed that the posts Bihari Vajpayee regime. His interiting one’s desire and inter- tion of contract appointees as well.”

The ACAUT reminded that the lat- of Medical Officers (MO) come under vention resulted in resumption of est in a democratic society est Office Memorandum had made the purview of NPSC examination and the stalled talks and finally culmitowards one of the con- “explicit mention of Dr. Atouzo Vs. state therefore the Cabinet or the P&AR de- nated into signing of the Naga Actentious issues pertaining of Nagaland case whereby the Gauhati partment cannot regularize any posts. cord in December last year. to Municipal Act vis-a-vis 33% women Reservation under ULBs elections. In response to a recent statement by the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Com- Serves ultimatum for ganisations informed that the house informed through its Chairman to remittee (NPCC) regarding resolved to submit an ultimatum to move the Wokha Town Commander this issue, the Naga Hoho the arrest of the accused the state government to “arrest Nrik- “with immediate effect for working made it clear that “we are within 10 days hon Aka Albert Lotha ZCO cum Town against the wish of the Nagas in genan organization with the Commander, Wokha Town who is eral and the Lothas in particular.” mandate and support of wOKHA, AUGUST 16 (MExN): A the main accused as revealed by the “The office of the Town Command our respective tribe Hohos public meeting was held on August culprit arrested in relation to August NSCN (IM) will also have to be shifted and not attached to any 13 to discuss the arrest of two per- 12th 2016 incident.” It demanded that out of public habitation to a designatpolitical party.” It further sons namely, Renchamo Khuvung the arrest should be made within 10 ed area as per laid ceasefire ground stated that as “traditional and Ngapancham Kasar for alleg- (ten) days from the time of receiving rules,” it demanded. and social organization, edly being involved in extortion ac- of this letter, “after which if on the part The meeting agreed that a clear the Naga Hoho is unequiv- tivity at Santsuphen Wokha and the of government failure the Lotha pub- signal needs to be communicated to ocally clear that the Munic- August 12 incident, wherein the of- lic shall necessitate befitting action.” all Naga political groups to avoid any ipal Act is in contravention fice of the NSCN (IM) ‘Wokha Town It also decided to submit a mem- intervention with regard to the Auwith the traditional and Command’ was ransacked by an irate orandum to the State Government, gust 12 case. It further asserted that customary usages of the crowd.

Nagaland Contractor & Suppliers “Lothas shall strongly stand with NaNagas which is enshrined The meeting was attended by Union and Lotha Class - I Registered gas resolution of One government under Article 371(A) of the several frontal organisations includ- Union to cancel the license office reg- One Tax. That if any untoward hapIndian constitution and ing the Lotha Youth Hoho, ACVA, istration from the respective office pens in any of the Lothas, the Lotha therefore it is our bounden ACAUT, WDEA, Team Metamorpho- with immediate effect. shall strongly necessitate befitting duty to safeguard the rights sis and WDAU. It further agreed that the Cease- action and for which the Lotha pubof the Nagas.”

A joint statement from the or- fire Monitoring Group Office will be lic shall not be held responsible.”

AcAUt accuses H&fW Dept of violating High court order

Zoramthanga urged to start peace talk with NSCN (K)

Municipal Act contravenes Article 371(A): Naga Hoho

Nagaland State Governor, PB Acharya held a press conference today in Kohima outlining several issues of concern in the state and the ways to address them.

Expressing unhappiness over the performances of the government schools in Nagaland, Acharya said that at least 95 per cent of the achievers in HSLC and HSSLC are from private schools and private schools have become commercialized.

He lamented that despite having 1854 schools and four universities, hundreds of Naga youngsters go outside for education.

He stated that “there has to be rethinking of our University Education.” The Governor suggested exchange programs with other universities.

Acharya announced that Wockhardt Foundation will be sponsoring Elearning in the selected 28 schools in the State by September. The Foundation which has shown interest in strengthening government schools in Nagaland, is a non-profit organization based in Mumbai.

The Governor further informed that ‘Art of Living’ from Bangalore is planning to work towards improvement of education and health in Nagaland with a

special concentration in the remote eastern areas. Setting up of institutions in the health and education sectors is a major priority, where services can also be provided to the Nagas across the borders, he added.

“there is a hope that something concrete will come up in the near future.” He further appealed to other groups “also to join in the peace talks so that there won’t be dissension and we can march forward.”

Women Reservation On the implementation of 33 per cent Women Reservation in Urban Local Bodies, the Governor appealed to the Nagaland government to convince the people who have opposed this move. “In Democracy, talking to the government is the most important thing,” said Acharya while admitting that the 33 percent reservation has to be implemented as early as possible.

On Development projects On ongoing developmental projects such as the Medical College in Kohima and the Railway project, Acharya raised the issue of compensation. “The government has acquired land but somewhere the government is not in a position to convince the land holders to give the land for a public purpose. Land holders are asking for more and more compensations. So, the project (Medical College in Kohima) is at standstill now,” said the Governor, while informing that a few landowners have not agreed to receive compensation given by the government.

The Governor informed that he had received a memorandum from residents of Dhansiri stating that “they are not going to give their land with the present compensation system”. He assured that if there is any discrimination of compensation, it will corrected and has appealed for people in the area to cooperate with the authorities and allow the project to be completed within the stipulated time.

Lokayukta in Nagaland Meanwhile, having received memorandums requesting the enactment of the Lokayukta in Nagaland and setting up of Nagaland State Human Rights Commission, and sharing views on the State Vigilance Commission, Acharya said that the action of the Commission should be more transparent and that people should know what is happening.

Peace Process Regarding the peace talks between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India, Acharya said,

Mcci disappointed with nagaland Dept of Power MOKOKCHUNG, AUGUST 16 (MExN): The Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industries (MCCI) has expressed “extreme displeasure” with the Department of Power, Government of Nagaland for “their utter incompetence in performing their duty in the service of the people.”

A press note from the MCCI informed that since the 5MVA power transformer broke down at Mokokchung Power House on July 15, 2016, for the second time in less than a year’s time, the people of Mokokchung have been left reeling under acute power crisis. “The people in general are

being subjected to unprecedented inconveniences but the worst affected are the members of the business community.

There is no regular power supply in Mokokchung town and adjacent areas for a whole month now and the business community are accruing losses worth crores of rupees already,” the MCCI said.

Ithopedthatthedepartmentwouldcomply with the 15-day ultimatum served by the All Ward Union Mokokchung Town on August 8. It further cautioned that the department “shall be held responsible for any untoward situation that may crop up thence.”

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All efforts made to secure JACWR concerned over Naga Nagaland border: Y Patton Hoho letter on women reservation Morung Express News Peren | August 16

Nagaland Home Minister, Y Patton, has said Nagaland State government is putting all efforts to secure the state’s border, particularly along the Assam-Nagaland border.

“In order to secure our border and strengthen the hand of the field level administrative officers, adequate provision is being made for improving the infrastructure in the border areas like drinking water, road connectivity and offices and quarters for our border magistrates,” the Home minister said.

Patton who addressed the 70th Independence Day celebration held at Multi-Disciplinary Outdoor Sports Complex at Peren district headquarters, said in the recent past, there were some concerns along the Assam-Nagaland border areas, particularly in the areas adjoining Doldoli Reserved Forest but that these were effectively dealt with by the district administration and police.

Nagaland Home Minister, Y Patton, inspecting the parade contingents at the Independence Day celebration in Peren district.

He said while the border issue between Nagaland and Assam is pending adjudication in the Supreme Court, to maintain peace and tranquility in the disputed border areas of Assam and Nagaland, Border Peace Coordination Committees (BPCC) have been formed in all the districts bordering Assam.

The BPCCs comprise of representatives from both

the states of Assam and Nagaland purely on voluntary basis.

On the law and order front, the Home minister said that the overall situation in the state continues to remain peaceful.

Patton said the law and order situation in Tuensang and Kiphire districts was now returning to normalcy and thanked the sincere and untiring efforts made

by civil society including ENPO, ENSF, ENWO, ENLU, churches and the mediators appointed by the government.

“To strengthen infrastructure for the Police, construction of office of the Commissioner of Police, Dimapur, and IGP (Int), Kohima, is being taken up during 2016-17. Initiatives like installation of 23 CCTV cameras in the New Market area, Dimapur, on 29th March, 2016, will help control crime in our urban areas,” he said.

The Home Minister also informed that the government has decided to upgrade the Women’s Cells in Dimapur and Kohima to full-fledged police station, with the rest of the districts to follow soon.

Earlier, the Home minister took the salute from the six parade contingents- DEF Peren, 9th IR Bn, Assam Rifles, Sainik School Punglwa, Peren Govt. College and All Saints HSS Peren.

The minister also gave away ATMA Farmers’ awards to progressive farmers of the district.

Kohima, august 16 (mExN): Joint Action Committee on Women Reservation (JACWR) has lauded the Chief Minister and his cabinet for their decision to hold municipal elections in the state with 33% reservation for women.

In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, JACWR however expressed concern at the latest letter of the Naga Hoho addressed to the Chief Minister, where the Hoho had asked the cabinet decision to be kept in abeyance, as it is "premature" to introduce the 33% reservation for women.

“This negation of the constitutional rights of women as equal citizens is a contentious matter as Naga women are prepared and

‘Naga women prepared for elections’

Kohima, august 16 (mExN): The Joint Action Committee on Women Reservation (JACWR) has reminded the Naga Hoho members that Naga women have come of age and are well prepared to contest in the long awaited town and municipal elections.

JACWR Convenor Abeiu Meru and Co-convenor, Rosemary Dzuvichu in a representation to the Naga Hoho President expressed concern over the contents of the Naga Hoho's letter to the Chief Minister, Nagaland where it was looking forward to actively participate in urban governance, as per the Supreme Court interim order,” stated the memorandum appended by JACWR Convenor, Coconvenor, and members.

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reiterated that it is premature to introduce the 33% women reservation in the Urban Local Bodies and that the municipal election should be kept in abeyance.

The Committee pointed out that the Naga women have approached the Supreme Court for justice and the Interim Order has revived the Single Judge Order accordingly. “Therefore, we hope the Naga Hoho will use their wisdom and consider the equal participation of women in municipalities and town councils by reconsidering the earlier resolution,” JACWR stated.

mittee hoped that the State Government will hold elections at the earliest and ensure that women will be given the chance to work as equal partners for the development of the towns and state. The memorandum

was appended by JACWR Convenor Abeiu Meru, Coconvenor Rosemary Dzuvichu, Members Berila Tokiu, Angela Yhome, Temsula Thingchum, Atsungla Aier, Meyisenla Pongener, and Sawmi Leyri.

NBSE notifies on Financial Literacy examination

Kohima, august 16 (mExN): The Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has notified that the Financial Literacy examination (Class IX) will be held on August 24. The examination will be conducted from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The question paper will consist of Multiple Choice Question (MCQ). The result will be submitted to the Board on

or before August 31, 2016.

Toppers from each school will be awarded a certificate of merit provided they score a minimum of 90% marks and above. The teacher in the State topper’s school will be awarded a certificate of appreciation. Schools in Kohima district have been directed to collect the question papers from the NBSE

office on August 22 during office hours.

Schools in Mokokchung and Dimapur districts have been directed to collect the question papers from the respective designated school in the district on August 22 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

The head of institutions or duly authorized official have been asked collect the question papers.

Acknowledgement Four districts get Principal Session Judge Morung Express News

"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angles, for the suffering of that crowned with glory and honour, that he, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone." Hebrews 2:9

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ith deep sorrow, we the bereaved family members would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individuals, Church members, friends, neighbors and well wishers who stood by and supported us physically, emotionally, financially and through prayers at the sudden demise of our beloved father, Lt. Puni Besii Moses on the 14th of August 2016 Though we are unable to thank each one of you individually, your compassionate gesture will Forever be imprinted in our hearts. It is our earnest prayers that may our dear Lord bless you in a special way.

With gratitude, Loving Family me mbers and Relatives

lt. Puni Besii moses Born on : 16th November 1951 Died on : 14th August 2016

Parliamentary Secretary for Justice & Law and SIRD, Er. Picto Shohe said that four posts of District Session Judge have been re-designated as Principal District Session Judge at Kohima, Dimapur, Tuensang and Mokokchung.

He said that this step was one of the several initiatives taken by the government to streamline the delivery of justice.

Speaking after unfurling the national tricolour on Monday at Atoizu, Er. Picto also disclosed that hardware and video conferencing equipments have been installed in all the District Courts under the second phase of E-Court.

Further, he said that five posts of Junior Civil Judge and seven posts of Assis-

Acknowledgment “Believing that God who can commit no mistake has calle d you Home to fill your abse nce in our lives with His Prese nce, we thank God for your life and all that you were to us and will continue to be…”

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ords are inadequate to express our heartfelt gratitude to all our sympathizers from far and near for supporting and comforting us morally, physically and financially at the time when the Lord called our beloved Late. MEMIIO CHALAI s/o PFOKRENI CHALAI on 9th Aug 2016 to His heavenly home.

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Shri Neiphiu Rio, Hon’ble M.P.(Lok Sabha) Shri T.R. Zeliang, Hon’ble C.M. Nagaland Shri Y. Vikheho Swu, Hon’ble Minister for Roads and Bridges, Govt. of Nagaland Shri C.L. John, Hon’ble Minister for RD, Govt. of Nagaland Justice S. Serto High Court, Manipur Shri L. Dikho, Hon’ble MLA, Govt. of Manipur Shri Francis Ngajokpa, Hon’ble MLA, Govt. of Manipur Shri M.Thohrii, Ex-Minister, Govt. of Manipur Shri K. David, Member, ADC Senapati PRC, Officers and Staff, Nagaland House, New Delhi Registrar, Officers and Staff of Gauhati High Court, Kohima bench Deputy Director, Officers and Staff of F.S.L.(Nagaland police) Dimapur Shri Sukhdev, Advocate, Kurukshetra, Haryana Shri Hukato Naga, 1st Class Contractor Naga Forum Delhi Naga Students’ Union Delhi Mao Welfare Association Delhi Naga Students’ Union, Jalandhar, Punjab Naga Students’ Union , Chandigarh Chakhesang Students’ Union, Delhi Sema Students’ Union, Delhi Mao Students’ Union, Delhi Naga Christian Fellowship, Delhi Angami Krotho, Delhi

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We express our sincere apology for our inability to thank you all individually, for being there with us during our hour of grief. It is our humble prayer that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Your kind thoughts will always be treasured. May the Almighty God bless you all.

Loving parents, family members and relatives.

tant Public Prosecutor have been created this year.

Er. Picto also pointed out that the Cabinet has recently approved for creation of six new Sub-District Industries Centres at Atoizu, Mangkolemba, Meluri, Noklak, Tizit and Tuli by redeploying the existing staff.

“Construction of helipads at Zunheboto, Phek, Satoi, Wokha and Tizit for the State Helicopter service has been taken up,” he added.

Earlier, the chief guest reviewed the 9 parade contingents and received salute from them. Despite the inclement weather, the government servants and public of Atoizu turned out in huge numbers and attended the Independence Day celebration, which was marked with various cultural performances, choreography, spe- Parliamentary Secretary for Justice & Law and SIRD, Er. Picto Shohe delivering speech at Atoizu on Monday. (Morung Photo) cial numbers etc.

Kohima District DCMC meeting Kohima, august 16 (mExN): Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor has informed that the Kohima District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DCMC) meeting will be held on August 18, 11:00 am in the DC’s conference hall, Kohima under the chairmanship of MP (Lok Sabha), Neiphiu Rio. The meeting will review performance report of various schemes under the Ministry of Rural Development.

The members/departments have been instructed to present their performance, status, progress reports on respective CSS flagship programmes in the meeting. All the members have also been requested to attend the meeting positively.

‘Energy Efficient Kohima’ project launched

Kohima, august 16 (DiPR): The Kohima district administration has launched the ‘Energy Efficient Kohima’ project. Undertaken in collaboration with the Energy Efficient Service Limited (EESL), a public sector body of Government of India implementing the UJALA scheme, the project was launched at Deputy Commissioner’s conference hall, Kohima on Independence Day, August 15.

Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor stated that under the project, LED light bulbs will be distributed to some selected villages at subsidized rate of Rs. 70/- per bulb, while selected welfare homes will be issued the bulbs free of cost with all the transportation expenditure borne by the district administration.

The DC asserted that the use of LED bulbs will result in less power consumption, which will drastically reduce the electricity bill in the district. He also informed that the EESL is in the process to implement the national UJALA scheme in the State with the Government of Nagaland. Lauding the idea of universal use of LED bulbs in the State, he added that the idea will have positive impact on climate change and environment sectors in the State.

With the launching of “Energy Efficient Kohima” for few selected villages and welfare homes in Kohima town, the DC hoped that it will go a long way in reducing power consumption in the district. He urged the selected beneficiary villages to ensure that individual’s name and LED bulbs rate are properly recorded and maintained while issuing the LED bulbs to the villagers.

The DC further informed that the district administrators concerned will cross check and verify the status of the implementation in their respective areas. He also asked the beneficiaries to give feedbacks on the electricity bill after using the LED bulbs in order to ensure its benefits and to further cover all the villages and towns of the district.

During the launching programme, an MoU was signed between the Kohima district administration and EESL to bring all the villages and towns of the district under the project as long as the implementation is practicable.

Additional Commissioner, Reny Wilfred IAS (P) said that the ‘Energy Efficient Kohima’ project was taken up to solve the power consumption issue and transformer overload problems. He believed that with the launching of the project the expenditure of households in Kohima will come down enabling every household to install LED bulbs in the days to come.

The EESL official from Kolkata shared the success story of LED bulbs implementation in other States. He also highlighted the aims and objective of the National UJALA Scheme under the Union Ministry of Power, Government of India.

The beneficiaries villages and welfare homes of ‘Energy Efficient Kohima’ are Kezo Basa; Dzülakie; Chedema; Thekrüjuma; KCCI; Old Age Home; Kohima Orphanage & Destitute Homes; Eden Garden, Khuzama, Aids Hospice, Home Gilead and Bright Morning Star Orphanage Home.

ENSF tenure extended

tuENsaNg, august 16 (mExN): After thorough deliberation with both the present and newly inducted Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) office bearers, the Presidents of the 6 federating units of ENSF – Konyak Students’ Union (KSU), Yimchungrü Akheru Arih-ako (YAA), Confederation of Chang Students’ Union (CCSU), Khiamniungan Students’ Union (KSU), Phom Students’ Conference (PSC) and United Sangtam Students Conference (USSC) – have unanimously resolved to extend the present ENSF tenure for another three months from August 15, 2016 so as to complete the unfinished task and responsibilities.

A press release from Presidents/Vice President of the six ENSF federating units mentioned that the unfinished task and responsibilities include the following: To resolve EEI pending issues; To immediately pursue & constitute the Nagaland Backward Tribe Commission (NBTC); To solve the present anomalies and irregularities in the Reservation and Roster system; To oversee and supervise the ENCSU representation to the State Government on technical education. It was also resolved that the period of tenure of the new ENSF team shall be accounted from the date of ascent to the office.

The final verdict of the six federating units of ENSF, which was made to safeguard the integrity of the Federation, should be strictly adhered to by all individuals, organisations and even the state Government, the release stated. Hence, the present ENSF office bearers have been requested to resume their office w.e.f. August 15.

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Social media helps bring aid to Assam's flood-affected Jorhat, august 16 (IaNs): In this age of social media, no event can remain ignored for long and the floods in Assam are no exception.

Every year, floods hit the northeaster state, ravaging districts and affecting lakhs of people. This year, the devastation was on a bigger scale, with many calling it the worst floods in the last two decades. Even as people and animals grappled to survive, help came from across the country. And social media played a big role in that.

As the mainstream media kept flashing news of flooded roads and traffic jams in Gurugram in the National Capital Region, far away from the spotlight heartbreaking pho-

tographs of people grappling for their lives in Assam's floods started circulating on social media. As posts began to be 'shared', such as news about the hapless rhino calves orphaned in Kaziranga, it caught the much-needed attention of many across the state's borders.

Attention translated into enquiries, and finally to the much-required relief efforts.

Among the many who stepped forward to help were people from Chennai. Having themselves seen and lived through a terrible episode of floods last year, people from all walks of life got in touch with NGOs or government agencies, some simply reached out to friends in Assam, to bring relief material like dry ration,

clothes, medicines and other necessities.

Chennai-based Shravan Krishnan, a wildlife conservationist, is one of those who used the social media extensively to put together relief efforts for the victims of the Assam floods.

"Along with some of my friends in Chennai, I decided to help in Kaziranga after we saw some horrific pictures of people and animals suffering. We rescue wild animals in Chennai, like snakes, deer, and monkeys. So we thought we could help. Plus, we have the experience in helping during floods, since we played a big role in rescue and relief work during the Chennai floods last year," Krishnan told IANS. Kaziranga was one of the worst affected in the floods

Highway blockade brings Moreh to brink of starvation the government to ensure free movement of the vehicles yet.

N. Rabei, a taxi driver told IANS that it is incomprehensible why the government is not trying to open the highway. Most of the tourists and drivers have run out of money.

There was no food, medicines etc in Moreh and the people were staring at starvation.

He said, "The government should immediately intervene since people are suffering."

While Moreh police declined to comment, one personnel told IANS, "This is a case which should be handled from the high level and the police station at the border town could do very little."

Manipur’s ‘wanted’ breaks silence, says police violating Constitution case was held in the Manipur High Court on Tuesday where the division bench reserved its verdict after hearing the arguments.

A criminal case was registered at Imphal West district’s Singjamei PS against Ratan on June 2, for being a member of the UNLF and for indulging in prejudicial activities against the state.

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An elephant calf was rescued as recently as last Saturday by the team. Youngsters have in particular been extremely dedicated in contributing to the cause.

Gaurav Sharma, who hails from Haryana, decided to gather relief material in his college and neighbourhood after reading about the Assam floods on the social media.

"I also have a friend who is studying in the Guwahati campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and he told me how he and his classmates went to the Majuli island to help the flood victims.

That further motivated me to do my bit from here," he said.

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The government and the state police have violated the constitution by declaring him ‘wanted’, Ratan said at a press conference in Imphal West on Tuesday.

Expressing dismay at the wanted tag on him, Ratan insisted that he has never violated the Constitution and he spearheaded the ILP movement to protect indigenous people.

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where the calves were kept.

A shopkeeper in Bokakhat, the town in the vicinity of Kaziranga National Park, said that all shops ran out of lactogen once word spread that the rescued calves need milk. "The locals volunteered to donate milk packets... we heard that a lot of people from outside Assam have also volunteered to send milk for the rhino calves. This is heartening news," said Arun Das. Such has been the outpouring of help that WTI put up an online status saying that the rhino calves' food and immediate needs have been taken care of, and what remains now is long-term rehabilitation which will take its time.

Rhinos are, however, not the only animals to be affected by the floods. More than 300 animals in

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insurgents abducted Zou on July 2, 2016 and allegedly killed him. Zou's bloated body was fished out of the Menal river in Myanmar a few days later.

Amang Haokip, convener of the Joint Action Committee backing the blockade, told IANS that being signatories to the suspension of operations both the outfits cannot indulge in crimes of any sort. "We have not allowed any vehicular movement and will continue to do so until the killers are accounted for," he said.

Tribal chieftains and other organisations have also extended support to the blockade.

Meanwhile, no attempt has been made by

(WTI), they found out that eight rhinos calves which were orphaned and rescued, were in need of milk formula. "We put together a fundraiser and were able to contribute 50 kg of lactogen (baby milk formula) for the rhino calves,” Krishnan said.

He and his teammates, Nishanth and Robin, continued their efforts once back in Chennai, and thanks to his social media following, they raised Rs 400,000 for the flood-affected animals.

The orphaned baby rhinos got help from other quarters too. A doctor in Bhopal, Nandini Sharma, decided to adopt one of the calves after pleas for help went out from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) (under WTI),

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IMPhaL, august 16 (IaNs): Thousands of tourists, traders and local residents were stranded in Manipur's Moreh town, reeling under a severe shortage of essential food items and life-saving medicines, as a result of an indefinite highway blockade.

The Trans-Asian Highway 102, the only supply route to the border town, was blockaded on August 10 by the supporters of slain Jamkholal Zou, a self-styled captain of the United Kuki Liberation Front, demanding the arrest of his killers.

The UKLF and the Kuki National Organisation (KNO) agreed to a truce on October 24, 2015.

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which came in three waves this year. Nearly 90 per cent of the national park was inundated, along with villages in the vicinity. According to Pallab Lochan Das, Minister of State for Disaster Management, at least 49 people were killed and 41 lakh affected by the floods this year.

Krishnan says that most of the rescue work was over by the time he and his team landed in Assam. "But relief was required.

We met the District Forest Officer at Kaziranga and after assessing the situation, handed over 400 kgs (25 boxes) of relief material for the flood victims that we had got from Chennai," he said.

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This is to inform all concerned members that the General Meeting of the society will be held on the 20th August, 2016 at Hotel Tragopan, Dimapur, at 4 pm. A founder member, Hon’ble MP, Neiphiu Rio will address the meeting.

All members are to compulsorily attend the meeting and participate in the discussions to be held on important initiative to be taken up by the society.

The following advisors, office bearers and exe members are requested to attend an advance executive meeting at Hotel Tragopan at 3 pm on 20/08/16.

Neiphiu Rio, Keneilhoulie Keditsu, K. Kire, Nibu Nagi, Thepfüneituo Rio, Sedehol Sale, K. Seyie, Zhasa Vüprü, Kelhouseto Nakhro, Neisevoto Khate, Ruokuo Kire, Ruovisielie Nakhro, David Kire, Pralhou Nagi, Mengutuo Rio, Abao Kire, Thekru Semou, Ken Keditsu, Nizeu Chielie, Lhuphi Natso, K.C Angami, Mezakrol.

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Through this column the family of Lt. Major (Posthumous) Ng. Thomas of Tunggam Afii village who died in Kiphire town on 07/08/2016 while in the line of duty under the command of J.C. battalion, expressed our heartfelt gratitude to: 1. Chief of Naga Army and the Adj. general, 2. GHQ. Naga Army, 3. Commander J.C. Battalion and co-comrade, 4. Tikhir, Sangtam, Pochury, Saramati and Shepoumaramth Region 5. Poumai National Worker Welfare Association 6. CEO UT-1 7. Kiphire town Command and Citizen 8. Meluri Town Command, 9. Poumai Theological Association 10. Tunggam Union and Tunggam Baptist Union 11. Tunggam Khullen and Tunggam Makhufii Baptist Church 12. Tunggam Afii Baptist Church and Village Authority 13. All individual whom we could not name.

Thank you all for the concern, love and help in time of our grief and sorrow over the sudden death of our beloved Ng. Thomas.

Though we have nothing to give you in return yet we pray the almighty to bless bountifully to everyone.

Our special thanks to Lieut. Col. Wilson and his comrade team who escorted the dead body to our native village.

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Nagaland observes India’s Independence Day Kohima, august 16 (DiPR): Nagaland celebrated the 70th Indian Independence Day at the Secretariat Plaza, Kohima on August 15 with Chief Minister, T.R. Zeliang as the chief guest.

Addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister stated that an early political settlement is in the interest of one and all, and appealed to the NSCN (K) to eschew the path of violence and return to the ceasefire agreement. On law and order front the Chief Minister said that the overall situation in the State continues to remain peaceful. There were some concerns along the Assam and Nagaland boarder areas, particularly in the areas adjoining Doldoli reserved Forest which were effectively and harmoniously dealt with by the District Administration and Police, he said.

He said that the border issue between Nagaland and Assam is pending adjudication in the Supreme Court of India and at the same time, in order to secure the border and strengthen the hand of the field level administrative officers, adequate provision is being made for improving the infrastructure in the border areas like drinking water, road connectivity and offices and quarters for the Border Magistrates.

Further to maintain peace and tranquility in the disputed areas of Assam and Nagaland, Zeliang said Border Peace Coordination Committee (BPCC) have been formed in all the district bordering Assam comprising of representatives from both the States of Assam and Nagaland which, the Chief Minister said, is purely voluntary.

He expressed happiness to the civil societies including ENPO, ENSF, ENWO, ENLU Churches and the mediators appointed by the Government for their tireless work for bringing peaceful situation in Tuensang and Kiphire.

To strengthen infrastructure for the Police, construction of the Commissioner of Police, Dima-

pur and IGP (Int.) Kohima is being taken up during 2016-2017. Initiatives such as installation of 23 CCTV Cameras in the New Market area Dimapur on March 29, 2016 will help and control the crime in the urban areas. The Government has decided to upgrade the Women Cell in Dimapur and Kohima to full-fledged Women Police Stations with the rest of the districts to follow shortly, the Chief Minister said.

Zeliang further said that the penury grants to 61 living World War 11 veterans of Nagaland has been increased from Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 6000 per month. He also said that the Nagaland Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) distributed an amount of Rs. 3.81 crores as relief during 201516. On the education front, the Chief Minister said that the State government has initiated the mandatory Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education Institution and out of 63 colleges in Nagaland, 14 colleges are NAAC accredited colleges. By 2021, the Department of Higher Education expects all the colleges in the State to be accredited by NAAC. On Agriculture & Allied sector, the Chief Minister stated that during the 12th Plan, the Department aims to achieve the Agricultural growth rate target of 6.50% for food security, keeping in view the vision for achieving Food for All and to ensure food security by 2025. The foundation stone for establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Jalukie was laid on August 6 last while another KVK will be established at Kiphire within the current year, the Chief Minister added.

On Veterinary & Animal Husbandry, genetic improvement of livestock and poultry through infusion of superior germplasm has been introduced. The Chief Minister said that improving germplasm of pigs to upgrade the deteriorating blood line is another thrust area for which a Boar Station is being set up at

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Medziphema. The State Pig Breeding Policy has also been released - the first of its kind in the country and recently, Veterinary College in the State has been set up at Jalukie.

The Department of Fisheries has taken up construction of fish kiosks at Kohima, Dimapur and Peren Districts. As a part of NEC sponsored scheme, the Department has taken up development of community based fisheries in Mokokchung and Peren Districts, and Integrated Fisheries development at Kohima, Zunheboto, Phek and Mokokchung Districts.

The Department of Land Resources is taking up rubber plantation on a large scale in the State in view of the high potential and farmers' interest. An area of 5,000 hectares of new plantation has been brought under rubber cultivation during 2015-16.

With this, a total of 15,000 hectares have so far been developed in the State.

The Chief Minister said that the Department of Irrigation & Flood Control under the sub scheme 'Har Khet Ko Pani' of PMKSY will be taking up surface minor irrigation schemes. A special program of Integrated Eri Silk Development Project for Women Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihood for Kohima District funded by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India has also been officially launched on 5th April 2016.

Addressing on the infrastructure sector of the State, the Chief Minister said that the Government of India's commitment to improve the infrastructure facilities in the North East has boosted the prospects of construction and improvement of National

Highways in the State.

With the recent "inprinciple" declaration of 5 roads as National Highways, the total length of National Highways in the State will increase to 2,271 kms, out of which 1,974 kms are under the State P.W.D. He also stated that in the Annual Plan 201617, two laning of NH-2 from Botsa to Wokha (via Tseminyu) for 32.4 km, improvement of city portion of Dimapur and Kohima, totaling 28 km, and two laning of NH-2 from Wokha to Nagaland Gate via Mokokchung and Tuli are included in the works program.

The State Government has also recently created two new divisions at Mon and Phek and 11 new sub¬divisions at Longleng, Tobu, Tizit, Pfustero, Mokokchung, Aboi, Mon, Phek, Chozuba, Zunheboto and Peren under the PWD (National Highways), he added.

In the power sector, construction of 1 MW Ponglefo Hydro Electric Project, which is located upstream of Likimro in Kiphire district has commenced while under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Gramin), 22,617 units of Individual Latrines, 164 Community Sanitary Complexes and 17 Solid Waste Management units were constructed during 2015-16. Further, 161 villages were declared Open Defecation Free.

The Chief Minister said that the Apparel and Garment Making Centre at 6th Mile, Dimapur has three production units with complete sets of machineries, tools and equipments required for production of apparels and garments.

The Geology and Mining Department has completed a Mineral Industry Growth Centre (MIGC)

State Govt remit prison sentences l e i s u r e

Kohima, august 16 (DiPR): In commemoration of the Independence Day 2016, the State Government has decided to remit the sentences against certain categories of prisoners who have been convicted by the courts (other than Court Martial) having criminal jurisdiction in the state of Nagaland and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment.

The Government of Nagaland has granted remission of sentences to the different categories of prisoners as specified below, lodged in the jails of Nagaland and outside other than those in respect of whom the sentence is dieted for an offence against the Order referred to in Sub-section 6 of Section 432 of the said Code passed under any law relating to which the Executive Powers of the Union extends.

The aforesaid remission granted under the order shall not be admissible to the prisoners convicted under: Foreigners Act; Passport Act; Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; Section 3 to 10 of Official Secrets Act, 1923; Section 2 to 3 of Criminal Amendment Act, 1961; Section 121 to 130 of IPC; Section 107/109 of CrPC; Prevention of Corruption Act; Rape, attempt to rape or assault on women; and prisoners found violating jail rules and discipline such as threatening/ intimidation/quarreling/beating of fellow prisoners/staff and smuggling of contraband and prohibited articles.

The Remission Order will take effect from the 15th August 2016.

The scale of remission of sentence for different categories is specified below: CATEgORY Prisoners sentenced to 10 years and above Prisoners sentenced to 5 years to 10 years Prisoners sentenced to 1 year to 5 years Prisoners sentenced up to 1 year

at I.I.D.C. Kiruphema at a cost of Rs. 5 crores where the Centre will promote mineral based industries by utilizing locally available resources.

The Chief Minister announced that the State Cabinet has recently approved for setting up of nine Town Councils at East Dimapur, Mangkolemba, Longkhim, Bhandari, Tobu, Tizit, Tening, Pungro and Chozouba and also five Urban Station Committees at Chessore, Yisemyong, Tzudikong, Chuchuyimlang Town and Athibung. He said the State Cabinet has also decided to conduct elections to the Urban Local Bodies as per the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001.

On the health sector, the Chief Minister said that a 10 bedded AYUSH Hospital at Dimapur has started functioning since 2015, and a new 30 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital is coming up in Noklak Community Health Centre. The Department of Social Welfare launched 'Sakhi', the One Stop Centre as well as Women Helpline 181, District Hospital, Dimapur on 23rdJune, 2016, he highlighted.

The Chief Minister stated that the Department of Information & Public Relations nominated Naga filmmakers for participation in the Northeast Film Festival, 2016 held at Itanagar during February this year, where three Naga film makers were honoured with awards for best documentary film and for best direction.

With the introduction of the State Government's policy on single window release of Government advertisements, the DIPR could streamline the release and payment of advertisements more efficiently and equitably.

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DLSAs set up legal literacy stalls Kohima, august 16 (mExN): Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) celebrated India’s 70th Independence Day by reaching out to the common people through freelegalliteracystalls,exhibitionsandprogrammes.Inallthe 11 districts, the District Legal Services Authorities (DLSA) set up legal literacy stalls at the ceremonial venues in the district headquarters. Free legal literacy booklets, pamphlets, flyers and simplified law books on various Legislations and Provisions of Law targeted for children, senior citizens and women were distributed at the stalls to spread legal awareness and educate the public at mass scale.

Some of the literacy booklets, pamphlets, flyers distributed were on Gender Equality: Constitutional Provisions for Women in India, Protection of Children from Sexual Offence, Consumer Protection Act, Cyber Crimes, Arms Act, 1988, Motor Accident claims & Tribunals, Prohibition of Smoking, Welfare of Senior Citizens, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence, Legal Aid and Legal Services and Prohibition of Child Labour. The general public from all walks of life, students, senior citizens, women, police personnel, teachers, Government servants, were provided with prompt legal counseling and advice by the District Judges, Judicial Magistrate, Lawyers and Para Legal Volunteers, a press release from NSLSA informed.

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Cultural Extravaganza The cultural entertainment began with a folk dance by the Yachumaro Cultural Group, Kohima, which was followed by a song titled ‘True Colours’

by Music Task Force, Harmonic Voices, Nagaland.

The Nagaland Adolescent Girls Club (NAGC) demonstrated a special taekwondo performance with the theme “Brave Heart”. The NAGC have been groomed by the Kohima taekwondo family. The NAGC which was established in the year 2014 with a motto “Challenges to be strong and perfect”. The Angami Students Union (Choir) performed a song titled “Ara Kezivi” which was composed by J.B. Jasokie.

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He also said that the Department has launched a mobile phone application "Naga News" for smartphone users, and people using smartphones with android operating system can download the app for free, and update themselves by going through the daily news bulletin 'Naga News'.

The Chief Minister staid that keeping in view the skill gaps of the workforce and the need for building up our own local workforce, the State Government has declared the year 2016-17 as the "Year of Construction Workers".

On the Economy of the State, TR Zeliang stated that while the economy of the State is growing faster than the national average, we should not forget that an overwhelming part of this growth is financed by the Government of India and there is an urgent need to increase our own revenue.

He also said that the Taxation Department collected revenue of Rs. 362.49 crores last year, an increase of 17 per cent over the previous year and the Department is now working in a fully online environment, and is preparing for a smooth transition to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, which will be a major improvement over the existing VAT regime.

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‘Aazadi 70 years: yaad karo qurbaani’ On the occasion of Independence day- ‘Aazadi 70 years: yaad karo qurbaani’ organized by Song & Drama Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India, Regional centre Guwahati held at Durbar hall, Raj Bhavan, Kohima on August 15.

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NAGALAND

Contractors’ Union flay NPGN/NNC observe Naga Independence Day KmC asked to continue with open tender system Nagaland government NGRC-1 CU laud Lotha, Rengma communities for their fight against bad roads DIMAPUR, AUGUST 16 (MexN): The Nagaland Govt. Registered Class-1 Contractors’ Union (NGRC-1 CU) has flayed the state government over the bad road conditions and the practice of “commissions”.

Politicians instead of giving excuses of not having money for roads should first stop practicing “commission/party fund”, the

union stated and called for strict adherence to the rules and norms as laid down in NPWD Code as well as CPWD Code. “Do away with the works which is in total violation of all ethics of technicalities,” the contractors’ union demanded.

“Enough is enough,” the union asserted.

Insisting that citizens have the right to demand good roads, the union maintained that the government as a welfare state is responsible for all the bad roads.

The union extended its solidarity with the Tribal Hohos, Youth/Students/ Women bodies of the Lo-

tha and Rengma communities and Lotha–Rengma Class-1 Contractors’ Association for hosting protests against the bad road, particularly the NH-2 which crosses Rengma and Lotha areas and has been left neglected for the last several years bringing so much of hardships to all the people in the state and more particularly upon the two community.

“The two community’s fight against bad roads and also the fight for good road is a very good cause and it is for all every citizen in the state,” the union stated adding that the NH-2 is one the life-lines of the stated.

CoNDoleNCe

NRSU

FGN Shepoumaramth the bereaved family and bereaved family,” the mesprayed that the Almighty sage read.

Region The Shepoumaramth Region, Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) has mourned the sudden demise of Brig. A. Saheni, the GOC. Northern Command, Naga Army, FGN who passed away on August 9 evening.

Brig. A. Saheni “willingly and dedicatedly” entered National defense service in March, 1964. “Briefly speaking, he was actively capable Naga Army personnel carrying out defense assignments both at home and abroad while on Alee good will Mission,” a condolence message from K. Michuhrü Aru, Midan Peyu, Shepoumaramth Region, FGN stated.

Late Saheni had been a high ranking Naga Army officer with good conduct and behavior, the works he had done in defense of Nagaland will never go in vain, the message added.

On behalf of Shepoumaramth Region, FGN, the Midan Peyu extended heartfelt condolences to

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 16 (MexN): The NPGN/NNC (N/A) observed the 70th Naga Independence Day at Zuheshe Village on August 14 with great honour and jubilation According to a press release from MIP Kilonser, N Mar Ao, leaders and well wishers from different social societies and churches attended the function.

Ato Kilonser Z. Hozeto graced the function as Chief Guest while President Temjenyanger Aier was special guest of honour.

The chief guest in his speech stressed on the need of inclusiveness and participation of all stake-

grant peace and solace at “The Ato Kilonser exthis hour of grief and sad- pressed sadness at the lost ness. and conveys deepest condolence, well wishes and prayed that God will help NSCN (iM) The NSCN (IM) has ex- the tearful family, find pressed pain and sadness peace and comfort during to learn of the untimely de- this dark period,” it added. mised of their Kilonser KaRazeba Public hoi T. Swu. “Even though we ac- Organisation, Kohima knowledged God’s timThe Razeba Public Oring to take him to be in his ganisation, Kohima has exheavenly aboard, we can- pressed shock and grief at not help but feel the lost in the demise of Zhonyi Rhi. an immense way,” a condoReferring to late Rhi as lence message from NSCN a “visionary public leader” (IM) Cabinet Secretary DG and “man of principle”, the Robert stated adding that organisation in a condoa “promising life has been lence message stated, “His cut short due to terminal wisdom and courage in facillness”. ing and solving the most Late Kahoi Swu joined critical situations earned the National service in the him the reputation of a year 1992 and had served stout patriot and a brave the Nation with utmost son of soil.” sincerity and dedication in “His yeoman service various capacities. “Naga to the people shall ever renation will always cherish main a guiding light to our and appreciate the selfless people,” the message read. service he has rendered.

Conveying condolencMay the almighty Lord es, the organisation prayed comfort and give strength for peace and comfort for to bear the great lost to the the family.

Nagas to retrospect the past events and learn lessons from the past mistakes. He expressed hope that the entire NPGs will unite under a common platform and the future political aspects will be decided by honouring each other in the spirit of love, unity and forgiveness.

He also encouraged the members present to be sincere and honest and render selfless service for the common cause of Nagas. He highlighted the activities of the NPGN/NNC (N/A) up to international level and encouraged the members not to be afraid of manpower but to fear God and work according to His will.

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The Nokhu Range Students' Union (NRSU) has vehemently condemned the alleged rape of a minor girl by one Meyikumzuk Jamir on August 11 at Kohima.

Stating that sexual atrocities against women are not new occurrences, the union in a press release urged every sensible individual not to be passive observers. Such anti-social activities and violations of human rights cannot be accepted in the Naga society, it maintained.

Insisting that the alleged rapist should not be released on bail, the NRSU demanded the law enforcing agencies to award befitting punishment.

PRSU

holders so as to bring about an amicable solution to the long protracted Naga Political issue that is acceptable to the entire citizens of Nagaland, the release stated.

He asserted that Nagas have never been under any foreign colonial subjugation at any point of time and strongly condemned the military act (AFSPA) under which thousands of lives have been killed and tortured. “Indian soldiers can kill Nagas however they cannot kill sovereign status of the independence of the Nagas and their right to freedom,” the release mentioned him as saying.

Meanwhile, President Aier in his speech urged

The Pathso Range Students’ Union (PRSU) has expressed shock to learn of the alleged rape of a minor girl by one Meyikumzuk Jamir on August 11 in Kohima.

Stating that the “beastly act” has shattered the victim's dreams of becoming a “torch bearer” for the society, the PRSU maintained that the incident has also

inflicted a “daunting mental trauma” on her.

The PRSU urged the law enforcing agency to award befitting punishment as per the law and also invited condemnations from all concerned citizens.

YUK

The Yimchungru Union Kohima (YUK) has strongly condemned the “inhuman act” committed against a minor girl of 15 years by one Meyikumzuk Jamir on the night of August 11 in Kohima.

Terming the act as “barbaric”, “horrific” and amounting to the “highest degree of crime”, the union maintained that the same must not be tolerated at any cost. In this regard, YUK urged the law enforcing agencies not to grant bail till stern action is taken against the perpetrator and justice is delivered to the victim.

YUK expressed its strong support to the earlier representation submitted to the Principal District and Session Judge by Khiamniugan Menyiu Hoikam Kohima of ENWOS federating unit.

“Further course of ac-

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 16 (DIPR): A joint meeting between the District Administration, Kohima Municipal Council (KMC), Kohima Village Youth Organisation (KVYO) and Kohima Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) was held under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner, Lithrongla Tongpi at DC’s Conference Hall on August 16.

The meeting discussed that the tender system for permits for importing essential commodities to the municipal area was not good for the market in particular and the public in general and that it should be done away with. In view of the

discussions, the KMC was asked to continue with the old system of open tender until a concrete direction is received from the Government. It was also decided to write to the Government on the issue of tendering of essential commodities in view of the negative impact of tendering of coupons on prices of essential commodities.

The meeting also decided that traders will inform the administration and police if anybody forces them to buy their coupons and that necessary action will be taken against such perpetrators.

The KVYO was requested to keep on hold its proposed actions in view of the positive deliberations.

Clean-Green Phek social work on aug 17

tion would be taken if the authority fails to address their demand at the earliest possible time,” a press release from the YUK Phek, AUGUST 16 the members present to warned.

(MexN): The Phek Town give better coordination Youth Society (PTYS) ob- toward the implications of Lotha Hoho served its 5th Foundation the adopted resolution. It The Lotha Hoho, Day at PTC hall on August 16. was also decided to conWokha, has condemned During the programme, duct social work on August the alleged assault on Di- each department high- 17, the release informed. mapur Lotha Hoho Gen- lighted their achievements It also discussed the eral Secretary, Renathung and the loopholes during upcoming Inter Colony Ezung, on the August 8 the year 2015 -16, a press Tournament scheduled by miscreants, at Circular release from the youth so- for October 10 to15. In Road, Dimapur. this connection, various ciety informed.

Pointing out that a The Clean-Green Phek heads were formed for the week has passed since the also highlighted the prob- smooth success of the tourassault, but so far nothing lems faced by the team nament. It informed that is known or heard about while performing the du- tournament will feature the action taken by the ties in collecting the gar- football for men and volconcerned authorities, bage in Phek town. In this leyball for both men and the Hoho maintained, regard, the team requested women.

“The practice of casual attitude towards such heinous acts by unscrupulous elements, in NaBiRtHdaY GReetiNGS galand, must stop and the authorities must do their part, to curb such lawless Dear Tajung, Words can’t express the acts and award befitting punishment to the guilty, way you care and love us, so as to deter such inci- you are the only one for me and our daughter. We pray dents, in future.”

The Hoho also ap- that our Almighty God will pealed to all, to assist the bless you with everything Law Enforcing Agencies so and continuously grant you that rule of law can take its a long life and many many appropriate action on the happy returns of the day.

Your loving Husband & guilty.

Daughter.

Public SPace

‘In the past, ‘Independence Day is the stamp of Naga Nagaland was a self nationhood and the legacy of free Nagas’ sufficient country’ Speech of Rh. Raising, Kilo Kilonser, on 70th Independence Day celebration, 14th August 2016 at Chq, Hebron

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espected moderator, honorable leaders of various civil societies and Churches, distinguished guests, dear fellow workers, ladies and gentlemen gathered here, I would like to say thank you to all of you for joining us on this joyous Independence Day celebration. I also give greetings of this historic day to all the people of Nagalim in the precious name of our Lord Savior Jesus Christ.

At the very outset, I pay homage to those heroes and martyrs of the cause of ‘Nagalim for Christ.’ I give my revolutionary salute to all comrades-in-common cause and also to the revolutionary people of far and near who are also struggling for their future.

We talk of freedom and independence not only because we love it, but also mainly because it is an indispensable part of our individual as well as social life. Freedom is an inherent right of an individual and people to be recognized. NSCN is undoubtedly for the freedom that chooses future of the Nagas; it is for the freedom that chooses peace and progress in the land, not war and the freedom that builds bridges among people and nations, not walls. It has chosen the freedom to worship the living God, not idols, the freedom to live together as one people, and freedom to decide the future of the Nagas by the Naga themselves, not by others. This Independence Day is a landmark in Naga history. It is the stamp of Naga nationhood and the legacy of free Nagas ever to be remembered by

all generations. However, this great day needs to be recognized by the aggressor states and the world community as well.

Nagas were once divided in the line of village-states and tribe and so they glorified the concept of village-ism and tribalism. In course of time, they developed into one people and one nation through the spirit of Nagalim for Christ. Nagalim for Christ is the guiding principle and the uniting point for all Nagas.

It is the spirit of Naga nationhood.

However, we are witnessing some people, who are still being infected with the virus of tribalism and divisionism. They do not see the Nagas as one people of the same country, same culture, same identity, same history and same political concept, but view them from enemies’ perspective. Speaking in the colonial divisive language, they call the Nagas as Burma Nagas, Indian Nagas, Nagaland Nagas, Manipur Nagas, Assam Nagas and Arunachal Nagas. This is a psychological roadblock to the oneness of Naga people. To us, the Nagas are one and there is no adjective to qualify them and that there is no white Nagas or black Nagas. The enemies can divide the Nagas for some time, but they can never divide them forever.

The enemies can kill thousands or hundreds of thousands Nagas, but they can never kill the living spirit of Nagalim for Christ. This invincible spirit will outfight the aggressors and outlive the killers.

Many people are misinformed or dis-informed by the false preachers that ‘Nagas are asking for sovereignty from India’ and ‘sovereignty is indivisible.’ Based on the universal principle of democracy, government of India (GoI) has clearly spelled out that sovereignty of the Nagas lies with the Naga people and the sovereignty of India lies with the Indian people. For the first

time in history, the GoI has recognized the Sovereignty of the Nagas.

One school of thought states that ‘Sovereignty is indivisible’ so it justifies absolute monarchy whereas another school of thought speaks of ‘Pluralism of sovereignty’. All the nation-states today are built upon the concept of the latter. Sharedsovereignty is a matter of mutual agreement founded on the objective reality of national necessity of the two people. Now the question is how sovereignty is to be materialized? Like energy that transforms into goods so sovereignty has to be implemented in all fields for converting it into material developments. The plebiscite conducted in 1951 speaks of assertion of the stand of the Nagas on sovereignty whereas the Framework Agreement of the 3rd of August 2015 speaks of the recognition of sovereignty of the Nagas.

Interdependent relationship of everything is the law of creation.

Everything is interconnected and that nothing exists in total isolation.

That Framework Agreement speaks of co-existence of the two recognized entities. The architects of the Framework Agreement foresee that both of them will be placed in a secured position politically, militarily and commercially when they walk together and act together as partner in all fields than forced union of the two people inimical to each other. The future of both the parties lies in the principle of interdependent relationship of the two entities as it is so with others. Like it or not India and Nagas are unavoidably interrelated and interdependent.

The Framework Agreement reaffirms the unique history and position if the Nags as mutually agreed upon. The nation state of a people is the child of their history. As Esau of old had sold out his history to his younger brother Jacob so he be-

queathed dead history to his posterities. It was the children of Jacob, who inherited the Promised Land according to their history. The Nagas have never ever sold out their history. We are the proud sons and daughters of the living history inherited from our fathers. Thus, the fate of the Nagas will be decided according to their history. A nation can never be built upon the foundation of a dead history.

Integration of all Naga territories is a natural necessity, not a choice. The Nagas have been languishing in the hands of the dominant communities in different administrative units for decades. We can assuredly say that addressing only the present grievances of the Nagas over-looking the future is no solution because that does not touch the heart of the matter. Integration of all Nagas territories under one political umbrella is the legitimate right of the Nagas, which no power can stop.

Government of India said Nagalim was an integral part of India. It has now admitted the fact that land and its resources above and below the land totally belong to the Nagas.

It is a paradigm shift. No tax campaign against the British Government launched by Haibu Jadonang, submission of Memorandum to the Simon Commission, declaration of Independence Day and the conduct of plebiscite are all self-assertion of the right and political stands if the Nagas. Problem will ever persist until and unless the aggressors recognize our identity, sovereign right, history and land. Hence the Framework Agreement is the official agreement signed between GoI and the Nagas represented by NSCN on the basis of mutual respect and recognition of rights.

On the eve of entering the Promised land the Lord commanded Joshua to circumcise the uncir-

cumcised young people. Circumcision means renewal of body, mind and spirit. The Nags are now at the final phase of negotiation ready to enter the last stage of nation building. All Nagas without exception must politically, mentally and spiritually be prepared for the era the good Lord has given to them. In spite of oppositions here and there, I firmly believe that the Nagas can overcome because the era of the Nagas, the time of the Nagas and the century of the Nagas has begun.

We are not alone because heaven and earth are with us; the international community is with us; the Church is with us; the land we have been defending for is on our side; the blood of the martyrs shed for the cause is pleading for us and the revolutionary band, the Nazirities of the Nagas are there ready to fight for us. No force in earth can stop us from moving forward because the era of the Naga people has begun.

A nation is born through political movement. India and Burma are the handiwork of their politics. We should not nurture the wishful thinking of building Nagalim by foreign politics. Nagalim should be built and developed by the Naga politics and run by it.

The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) is built upon the foundation of Naga national principle, politics, programs and policies. It is people-based and future-oriented. Hence, the future of the Naga is securely placed and well protected under the leadership of NSCN. We will march on even if reactionaries try to pull back the wheels of the movement.

No one should doubt about it that NSCN is the standard bearer. It will never betray God, the Author of Naga history. It will never betray the people, the center of Naga politics and the cause.

KUKNALIM

69th Anniversary of Nagaland Independence Day Celebration: August 14, 2016

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great day for the Naga people celebrating the 69th Anniversary of Nagaland Independence Declaration to the world on August 14, 1947. Naga people are always with the course of time in asserting their right without fear, that's the blessing. Throughout the ages the Nagas protected their country and still continuing today.

Before 1947, Nagas and Indians hardly knew each other. But with the changing of times the Nagas under the visionary leader A.Z. Phizo led the Naga representatives and met all the Indian prominent leaders so as to understand each others position. The Nagas sought peace and harmony between Nagaland and India but India responded with war and brought divide and rule in Nagaland, and continued till today. A small nation surrounded by armed forces of a giant nation is unthinkable but it is going on between Nagaland and India.

The Nagas have gone through a horrific time during the war with India (1954 —1964).

As the consequence of war the whole nation was shaken, many suffered, maimed and died.

We shall always remember our people who sacrificed for the nation for you and for me, especially on this momentous day.

In the past, Nagaland was a self sufficient country and beggar unknown. People were happy, trusting and honest. No "tribalism" unlike the present day, it only started by the educated people who fight for jobs/ salary with false pride. It is everyone's duty to keep the country safe from evil and return to normality.

As believers in God through Jesus Christ no one should doubt His saving power that He will protect us and save our Nation from the enemy.

May God bless Nagaland. Urra Uvie.

Adinno Phizo President, Naga National Council

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 225

By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir

On 33% Women Reservation Reservation is not a substitute to equality and equal participation

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ow would the menfolk feel and react if they were fighting for 33% reservation in the Urban Local Bodies?

How much hurt would it mean to the egos of men to be placed in a category called reserved within the ‘power,’ ‘control’ and ‘dominion’ of women. So, have we the men pondered upon the ‘feelings’ of women living as ‘Subordinate’ to men?

The existence of a patriarchal system requires the production of certain ‘gendered spaces’ which are politically, socially, culturally and morally ‘justified’ thereby leading to the production of stereotyped spaces like ‘domestic’, ‘private’ and ‘public’ which reinforces and thereby legitimates patriarchal power and control. Thus, men find it unacceptable to surrender his ‘power’ and ego and to allow equality and freedom to women. Notwithstanding the progress of Naga women today, this can be one reason why the Naga Hoho thinks that it is still premature to introduce 33% reservation.

The idea of women is constructed in male centric discourses both oral and written, which privilege male as essential, adequate and complete while women is considered inessential, inadequate and incomplete as compared to men. Certain social perceptions and constructed norms become dominant and get ingrained in the minds of the people. More pressing is the process of normalisation, which slowly becomes naturalised wherein she becomes a subject of “benevolent subordination” as Temsula Ao aptly puts about the Naga patriarchal condition. It has become so naturalised that women often fall prey to patriarchal notions of freedom because her understanding becomes based on patriarchy being the dominant social structure of our society. This leads to a very shallow and narrow interpretation of rights and freedom. Today, the many forms of violence inflicted on women only casts their life throughout on both mental as well as physical strain. Culture and oral traditions have always played a damaging role on the free being of women; religion has subjugated and oppressed women; media particularly the film industry keeps portraying women as an ‘object of pleasure’ for the ‘entertainment’ of man besides making her vulnerable; and so on.

As such, popular refrain from menfolk on the need for ‘women empowerment’ and ‘gender equality’ are nothing more than cosmetic slogans because in reality women are misrepresented and denied of their rights to assert and express themselves.

In tune with this, the Naga Hoho has made a very ‘diplomatic’ move by advocating for ‘women empowerment’ by creating ‘various opportunities.’ But, women can be fully empowered only when they are given ‘equal opportunities.’

The 33% reservation may seem to be a gateway to women’s political participation through a ‘bracketed’ category called ‘reserved.’ The ‘floor’ is open for deliberation but in a true democracy that vouches for equality, freedom and equal participation, reservation is never a substitute to it. It is an ‘insult’ to Naga women and considering their potential and capability, to be classed within a reserved category.

Naga society should progress and an ideal model will be to dismantle the phallocentric social constructs and merge the bracketed spaces so constructed for women with the patriarchal spaces. Therein lies equality and freedom. Further, it is important to listen to the feelings of our women and to hear the different voices from every section about their desires, tales and aspirations and their idea of a ‘free’ life. It is time to break out and share the ‘spaces’ and share our responsibilities, for harmonious living and for a shared future.

(Dr. Asangba Tzüdir is Editor of Heritage Publishing House.

He contributes a weekly guest editorial to the Morung Express.

Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

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Sandra Fulton Foreign Policy In Focus

Mass Surveillance Isn’t Colorblind

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uring the 1960s, the FBI and NSA followed, wiretapped, and bugged Martin Luther King Jr. — all under the veil of proper legal process. Today, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security spy on Black Lives Matter activists under the guise of “counterterrorism” and “situational awareness.” “Everyone is being watched, but not equally,” Georgetown Law’s Alvaro Bedoya noted in a recent panel discussion in Washington, D.C. Indeed, invasive technology has made it easier for law enforcement to target groups or individuals. Homeland Security has been monitoring Black Lives Matter protests for nearly two years and collecting information on activists’ activities from Facebook, Twitter, Vine, and other social media platforms.

While mass surveillance is a problem for everyone, these tools aren’t used blindly. Due to biases shaping police practices, people of color, religious and ethnic minorities, and political dissidents are far more likely to be victims of unwarranted monitoring.

The growing use of facial-recognition technology and massive databases that store and record sensitive information — from fingerprints to iris scans — has helped make it all way too easy. Government agencies use such tools to spy on our online activities,monitor our movements, scan our bodies and faces, and record our interactions with authorities.

The FBI, along with state and local police, is able to search the databases storing this information without any real oversight. The FBI has even requested that its new database, which contains more than 411 million photos, be exempt from federal privacy laws, judicial review, and appeals processes designed simply to update records and correct factual errors.

These databases contain a disproportionate number of records on communities of color and immigrants. Why? Because racial bias in law enforcement skews the number of police stops and arrests of people of color, and immigration policies sweep up anyone applying to become residents or naturalized citizens.

Also troubling is the fact that black people are much more likely to be misidentified than white people in facial-recognition programs. The end result is a dangerous mix of bad data, bad oversight, and bad outcomes. Stingray technology is also a major concern: It allows police to collect sensitive data by intercepting wireless signals sent by thousands of phones in a targeted area.

Law enforcement often uses stingrays in a discriminatory fashion to target certain communities. These tools are increasingly used to investigate minor infractions, exposing some neighborhoods and demographic groups to near-constant surveillance and over-policing.

While new surveillance tools are rapidly developing, our privacy laws aren’t keeping up. For example, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the main law protecting our online communications from unauthorized government access, hasn’t been updated since 1986, when the internet was in its infancy and there was no such thing as the World Wide Web. Far too often, police race to adopt new technologies without considering the potential harms or consulting with the communities they serve. Law enforcement should be required to be fully transparent about the adoption of any new technology. And if police want to deploy new tools, the proper privacy safeguards must be in place. We must remember the surveillance that haunted Dr. King — and do better.

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John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus

Keep Elites Accountable, But Don’t Dumb the Issues Down Complex global challenges require committed activists who stand on principle as well as experts on the inside who can play the political game

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ou know you’re a wonk when your nighttime reading is as thick as the latest Stephen King novel, but no one in your family is clamoring to borrow your doorstop.

Consider, for instance, the Iran nuclear agreement. It’s a mere 159 pages, but it’s full of technical language that requires the parsing of a physicist. The deal’s opponents in Congress, the ones who would like to rip it up as soon as President Obama exits the White House, have not likely read the full text.

Meanwhile, the typical accession agreement between the European Union and a prospective member state is at least as long — the most recent one, with Croatia is 250 pages — and consists of equally turgid prose that only an economist could love. Going into the recent referendum on EU membership, most Brexit supporters didn’t have a clue what their membership entailed or even what the EU was precisely.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is larger still, more than 2,000 pages, and it really gets down to the nitty gritty of such subjects as tariff rate quotas, post-market surveillance, and whey protein concentrate. I’m not sure who has had to read the entire document, but pity the poor wonk.

Whatever you might think about these agreements, they are the result of long negotiations by teams of experts. They represent difficult compromises and carefully balanced trade-offs. There might have been some drama in the negotiating process — particularly the nuclear agreement, which went down to the wire — but the results are not page-turners.

These agreements are also, by their very nature, the product of elites. They are negotiated by elite diplomats and elite experts. Even if they eventually garner popular support, these agreements represent the geopolitical interests of elites. They are the supreme expression of the inside game.

Elites are insiders — but they’re not exactly “in” at the moment. The world is currently experiencing a backlash against elites. The British voted themselves out of the European Union, American voters have rallied around Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, and populist leaders from Pauline Hanson of Australia to Julius Malema of South Africa are gaining strength all over the world.

Some of the anti-elite political organizing is done in the spirit of inside-outside strategizing — exerting pressure in the streets to strengthen the hands of sympathetic allies at the negotiating table on the inside.

Bernie Sanders, for instance, decided to run for president within the Democratic Party, not as an independent, and now Sanders campaign alumni are trying to translate street heat into institutional change.

But much of the recent populism is quite different. The British who rejected the EU were not interested in reform. They had no interest in staying inside at all. They wanted out.

Similarly, the Trump candidacy is a bombshell directed at “powerful corporations, media elites, and political dynasties,” as the candidate declared back in June in his jobs speech. “I want you to imagine how much better our future can be if we declare independence from the elites who’ve led us to one financial and foreign policy disaster after another,” he went on.

“Throw the bums out” is a rousing cry that has attracted support for centuries. Indeed, the exclusively outside game — of just saying no — is indispensible when dealing with crushing injustice such as apartheid in South Africa, dictatorships in the Middle East, or genocide against minority populations. But these are the outliers in today’s complex world. Preventing wars, stopping global warming, bridging the wealth gap: These challenges require committed activists who stand on principle as well as allies on the inside who can play the political game.

“It is easy to boo,” Sanders told his supporters at the Democratic National Convention as he was executing his pivot to supporting the party ticket. More difficult is to craft political compromises that deliver on the promises made during the campaign.

It’s not just anti-elitism that fuels these efforts.

It’s a yearning for simple solutions. As the world be-

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n 1994, Paul Kagame and his rebel forces, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), took Rwanda’s capital Kigali from Hutu extremists, bringing an end to the genocide that saw close to a million people killed in 100 days. Although only officially elected president in 2000, Kagame has been the de facto leader ever since and, following recent changes in the nation’s constitution that allow him to run for a third term, he could remain in power until 2034.

Rwanda has seen great progress during his incumbency and has been held up by many in the international community as an exemplary model of development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

However, it is not all sunshine and smiles. Kagame faces allegations of war crimes, is known to suppress any form of political opposition and has even been implicated in the assassination of various Rwandan dissidents. Despite all this, western leaders — who continue to give substantial aid to Rwanda — have not only failed to challenge Kagame on these issues in any meaningful way, but have even praised him as being, to quote Bill Clinton, among “the greatest leaders of our time.” Why does the west turn a blind eye to Rwanda’s dictatorship?

Few heads of state can be said to have a spotless record, but Kagame’s

comes ever more complex, one response has been to chuck it all in favor of “simpler times.” It’s a fundamentalist message that appeals to British nationalists, Trumpian exceptionalists, and Islamic State reactionaries alike.

The Reality of Complexity Modern complex societies require new elites for their maintenance. Gone for the most part are the kings and the feudal lords.

In their place, a modern technocracy administers democratic political systems. Economists and Wall Street manage an increasingly interconnected global economy. Media elites preside over television, the printed page, and the blogosphere. Entertainment elites produce the movies and TV shows that translate our dreams into virtual reality. We have academic elites, religious elites, NGO elites, and even antielite elites (see, for example, Alex Jones).

All of these elites have developed expertise in their fields. They are also, almost by definition, arrogant. It is the rare member of an elite who doesn’t believe that he or she knows better. If they didn’t know better, they’d be out of a job. This is not the explicit arrogance of a megalomaniac like Trump. Rather, it’s structural arrogance. It goes with the territory.

So, yes, the economic transformations of the last several decades have not benefitted everyone. Rage against the European Union, anger at both liberals and conservatives in the United States, and the retreat into extremisms of various types are all fueled by economic dislocation, income inequality, and the perception that government helps the unworthy.

But Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen, and their ilk rely on a much deeper disaffection with complexity, the institutions that manage it, and the people who make their livings sustaining it.

Computers have enabled the creation of ever more complex institutions and relationships. The new science of complexity helps explain phenomena that hitherto exceeded our grasp, such as the behavior of consumers in a retail market and the myriad interactions in an ecosystem. But there will always be a backlash against this complexity, if only because control drifts further and further up the great chain of authority. The desire for simplicity is really about power and who wields it.

The Tower of Babel In the story of Genesis, the people once spoke a common language. Together they worked to fashion bricks and wedge them together with tar. In this way, they built a tower that rose higher and higher. They built this structure “so that we may make a name for ourselves.” As their tower climbed ever higher, humans set their creation against their creator in what seemed an effort to storm heaven. And so the Lord set out to “confuse their language so they will not understand each other” and then scatter his most arrogant of creatures to every corner of the planet.

The EU is a similar structure, the creation of many different people who have found a common functional language to build something complex out of simpler parts. Yes, the EU is arrogant, in the sense that it arrogates to itself the role of administering a political, economic, and social overlay. The bureau-

cracy of Brussels could do with a dose of humility, a dash more democracy. But to enjoy the fruits of modern life — greater economic prosperity, freedom of movement — Europeans have until now been willing to cede a measure of power to an elite over and above their own national leaders.

The British rejected the EU because a large number of voters didn’t perceive the obvious benefits of membership, resented the elites that seemed to hold sway over their lives, and felt uncomfortable with complex solutions to complex problems. They wanted to destroy what they didn’t fully understand.

Donald Trump has taken aim at his own towers of Babel: multiculturalism, government, NATO, the global economy.

He has a deep aversion to complexity. He talks at the level of a third or fourth grader (occasionally reaching the eloquence of a sixth grader). He boils down his adversaries to cutting nicknames (that are usually only partial words like “lyin’” and “cheatin’”).

He traffics in conspiracy theories that reduce the messiness of reality to simple narratives of hidden manipulation. He presents the world in black and white with no grey subtleties in between. Anything that does not elevate his own name — Trump Plaza, Trump Tower — is automatically under suspicion.

Trump and the Euroskeptics are keeping it simple. They appeal to the pieties of homeland. They are not interested in cultural diversity. They are fundamentally uninterested in the politics of give-andtake (as opposed to the politics of popularity contests). Like the Islamic State, they don’t want a place at the table — they want to blow the table up.

The Roman Empire, for all its myriad faults, created a complex set of political and economic institutions. Swept away by the barbarians, the empire devolved into a few enlightened duchies and monasteries scattered across Europe. In place of aqueducts and Roman law came Attila the Hun, the Plague, and a great cultural leap backward.

Invoking the barbarians at the gate is by no means a plea to accept everything that global elites offer. The EU, for instance, desperately needs reform, and free trade agreements like the TPP continue to favor powerful corporations. Elites are indispensible to a modern society — but they need to be kept accountable through democracy, not dictatorship.

To avoid slipping back into a new Dark Ages presided over by Donald the Hun and crippled by various modern plagues, a new commitment must be made to preserving global public goods. To rescue the better part of globalism, we need stronger responses to pandemics, to global economic inequality, to human rights violations. We need more internationalism, not less.

Above all, we need a renewed inside-outside fullcourt press on climate change. Trump, if he improbably won the presidency, would be the only national leader to reject climate change. His counterparts in other countries — like Pauline Hanson in Australia and Siv Jensen in Norway — have a similar bias. It would be catastrophic for such populists to take the helm of their countries.

The world simply can’t afford simple-minded leaders and simple-minded solutions. As H.L. Mencken once said, “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”

Why does the west turn a blind eye to Rwanda's dictatorship? louis Collenette

Paul Kagame led his country away from genocide and war, but today his regime is upheld by authoritarian controls and political violence is practically polka-dotted. He has a strong reputation for silencing critics — often violently — dating back to his time as a rebel fighter living in exile during the genocide, while his chokehold onthe press has allowed him to cultivate an almost messianic public image at home. The authoritarian control he exercises over the small East African nation has led Gérard Prunier, an eminent scholar of East African politics, to label Rwanda “a very well-managed ethnic, social and economic dictatorship.”

Kagame has also been tied to various assassinations of Rwandans living in exile, most notably the 2014 mur-

der of his former head of intelligence, Patrick Karegeya. This came four years after Karegeya stated to the British press, following the assassination of Rwanda’s former Lieutenant general, Kayumba Nyamwasa, that “there is a deliberate plan to finish us off.”

Perhaps most troubling, however, are accusations of war crimes; Kagame is alleged to have sponsored and armed a group of militants who have perpetrated numerous atrocities in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

So why is it then that the west shows such continued support for a man referred to by Rwandan affairs expert Fil-

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ip Reyntjens as “probably the worst war criminal in office today”? There are two reasons. The first is that Rwanda is in many ways a success story for the ideology of developmental aid. Since the genocide, western nations — the US and UK in particular — have given an enormous amount in aid and it seems to have paid off, providing vindication for often-criticised development policies.

The second and more potent reason is the pervasive sense of guilt in the west for its failure to act during the 1994 genocide. Bill Clinton, for example, who has in the past been so vocal in his praise of Kagame, has expressed deep regret over his failure to act sooner in Rwanda, saying that he feels a “lifetime responsibility” for the nation.

It is this sense of guilt that has driven western politicians and aid-givers to afford Kagame so much leeway.

Although some have begun to signal muted disapproval of Kagame’s policies, he still has the vocal support of world leaders, including the last UK prime minister David Cameron. One has to wonder, what kind of message does this send to other would-be autocrats? And given what Kagame has gotten away with thus far, if support for him remains unwavering, what else will he get away with in the future?

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and dramas on tribalism in Nagaland. Nagaland is a land of festivals, of happiness, of great bonding and of great love. But at the same time, A perfect man… a land of selfish people and selfLet us forget about India. It’s ish tribes, looking for selfish a long way run. But put a force, a fame. focus in Nagaland. Because, before being an Indian, we are all James 1:5 (lacking wisdom).

Nagalimi.

We are intellectuals. Yet we only study for ourselves, for our A perfect man… future. But who cares to study We hardly see good people. for the family, for the society, Our world is so materialised. Ev- for the world. As intellectuals, erybody is rushing for the mon- we often have debates on corey and the fame. ruption. But my dad says, “NO Sometimes, or maybe most MAN CAN PROMISE TO BRING times I weep with Wordsworth, AN END TO THIS ". We just talk Blake, Whitman, Shelly and about tribalism, about corrupmany more. I weep because tion, its impacts and causes sometimes I find myself a victim but we ourselves are inviting it in our hustle and bustle code of in our life, in our society. You life. And sometimes I find my- know, with tribalism our society self going on with this leading will crumble down but with unicorruption. Our life itself is en- ty, our society will prosper. gulfed in politics. As we turn Our land Nagaland is a very around, we see conflicts, fights, small land. People do not know

where exactly Nagaland is. At least Manipur, people know, because Manipur is known for Mary Kom, but Nagaland, people don't even know that it exists in India. As England, Scotland, people may think Nagaland is another 'land' country but is unknown to the world.

This March 5 (2015) incident, it shocked the whole world. In the past decades, our 'Great Ancestors' have done many good deeds for the world, during those times of struggles of the world.

They have shed their tears and blood but nothing such was ever recognised. Forget about the world but our own mother India, we were never ever pleased. But that one incident on March 5, 2015, broke the BBC record.

The world began to regard us as BARBARIC. But no, we can prove this

wrong because we are no longer in our barbaric state. We are Christians, people of God and the past is history. We are on a revolution, being responsible for the future of Nagaland. For it lies in our hands, in your hands.

It is very painful, the most penetrating feeling when we realise that the people of Nagaland go abroad, get degree after degree, become extraordinarily qualified, educated. WOW... But what, they come back home and still says, "I will only marry my own tribe women to promote our (my) culture and heritage".

Oh people, what is that education for when you can't get off from your conservative mindset. Why are you so brainwashed?

What is that education for when you yourself is bringing tribalism in Nagaland?

You are educated; we are supposed to educate our un-

educated friends and society.

Then, why this?

We are Nagas, in us, there flows a blood of unity, of brotherhood. We are all brothers and sisters. No tribe is superior or inferior. Everyone is equal in God's perfect eyes. Then who are you to bring this difference?

We are supposed to be a land of peace and love. We Nagas together fought against colonial powers and Indian armies in our history. And we will still do it when circumstances apply. Our present problems are nothing to be compared to our Naga saga.

I have pain in my heart for my land, for our land. And it is so painful to realise that, yet I lay motionless; not moving. I have pain that, I don't know... That I could ever do something but I really, really want to. All now I do is write this message. As I believe, the word itself has its power. I hope the words ‘sword’ the ‘isms’ of our society.

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Memories related by the oldest man of Tobu Village to God. We believed then that only two conditions existed in the world: either Hayang (God) or Hahchi (Evil).

Stone worship Stone worship was done during a feast offered by a rich man to the entire village or Pagan Religion during cutting and dragging of Long before the introduc- log drums. tion of Christianity worship was practiced. Before any fes- Log Drum tivals, gatherings or cultivation If a clan or khel in a village the people evoked blessings wanted to get a new Log drum from Hayang (God). Before for their Morung, a message a war or fight against another was sent out to all the khels of village prayers were offered the village. A team of scouts se-

lected from the different khels of the village was then sent out to identify the best trees from the forest. These trees would be marked by a symbol made with a Shann (machete). A ritual would then performed on all the selected trees marked by symbols and the best tree would be chosen. This tree is believed to have some supernatural power that will bring blessings such as good harvest, fertility or good relations with neighboring villages. The tree was then cut and craved into a canoe shaped log drum to be brought to the village.

The khel would have to provide all the food and meat required for the occasion. First a large pig would be killed and its head hung on the log drum as a sign that had been completed.

The log drum was then tied up with large ropes so that it could be pulled. Before the drum is pulled to the village, a promise is made to the log drum that it would be presented with the head (skull) of an enemy. After reaching the village the log drum would be kept outside the morung to be honored by chanting, singing and dancing performed by the women of the village on the first evening and by the men the following evening. Another large pig is killed for a feast and then the drum would be cleaned and kept covered. The men would then go on a head hunting expedition to acquire an enemy’s head which to hang on the log drum. Only after a fresh head had been hung on the drum would the drum be

ready to be placed inside the morung. The village celebrated the newly acquired head and the warrior who had got the head would not go home but instead he would stay inside the morung beside the log drum until all the meat from the feast had been consumed and then owing to his success, he would be named a “Hero”.

Narrated by: Meshang Nyakho Translated by: Rose Mary Nyamnyei and Lhangti Guyhe Konyak Source: Adivasi Arts Trust: An organisation that promotes awareness of Indian tribal culture, and works with the tribes involving them in digital media projects to make their arts more widely accessible. http://www.talleststory.com/adivasiartstrust/index.html

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Consumers Versus suppliers?

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A satirical piece on customer services in Nagaland, this article brings to light certain shortcomings and the grimmer side of what the general public experience in the goods and services sector. While every consumer has a different experience and it is no easy feat keeping every individual happy, this article tickles one’s thoughts about the real need to ensure all customers are treated fairly and equally.

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e consume varieties of goods and services. Consumption is not confined to intake of foods and drinks.

It also means deriving some utilities or usefulness from the goods or services we consume. While deriving this usefulness, we encounter many unpleasant experiences. Provider of goods and services may not always meet the expectations of the consumers. At present, because of the existence of numerous providers, quantity and quality may not necessarily go hand in hand. Let me give some accounts, from my own experience, of the expectations of the consumers and the realities of what is actually provided by the suppliers of goods and services.

Bank is one of the busiest places in our city, especially the public-sector banks. At any time of the day, your work is not done without the ‘wait’. Banks with their lofty and appealing slogans, such as ‘A tradition of Trust’ (Allahabad bank); ‘Much more to do. With YOU in focus’ (Andhra bank); ‘Relationship beyond banking’ (Bank of India); ‘together we prosper’ (Bank of Rajasthan); ‘banker to every Indian’ (SBI), ‘we understand your world’ (HDFC bank) etc., have much to do in terms of customers’ satisfaction.

Nevertheless, in my opinion, the bank staffs are desperately in need of soft skills or customer service training. In case they have forgotten, they must go for the refresher courses. They must realize that, instead of having ‘I know it all’ at-

- namsurei Thomas Kamei, Head of Department of economics, tetso college titude or looking busy when customers are around, their businesses thrive because of customers. Perhaps, I’d suggest changing their slogans to ‘rush hour’, ‘exclusively for the rich’, ‘no time for you’ etc., in case they have no time for the average customers.

Even when one goes for routine health check-ups, we nevertheless come across the infamous ‘wait’ and that scornful, indifferent staffs of the clinics or hospitals. We are made to wait endlessly for consultation with doctors.

Whenever we want clarifications, the staff looks at you as if you are asking for a lifetime favor. Can’t we have a system where we are informed about the timing of our appointment? Can’t we have staff trained in soft skills and are a bit more motivated and professional? Moreover, there also seems to be the parallel existence of pharmacies and doctors’ clinics; in other words, a business deal where the medicines prescribed by doctors from one particular clinic are available only at the pharmacy attached to that aforesaid clinic. No doubt, it is convenient for patients but it is also possible that better and more appropriate prescriptions can be made (Am I speculating on this?).

The problems and inconveniences are not just restricted to the banks and health care services. We come across the same sort of problems with the telecommunication providers as well. We are all familiar with the kinds of services we are provided with. Sometimes, it makes

me wonder why the telecom providers charge me even for the services I am not provided with. When I make telephone calls, and I am sure many of us have gone through such experiences, all I can hear is at best some indistinct voices, and at worse, a dreary inaudible silence. Can we ask the service providers not to arbitrarily cut our phone balance because we can’t talk? You can talk or not, that’s not a problem for them. You are charged, regardless. It’s the same with television service providers too. They will give a number on the screen to call or message in times of technical difficulties or problems. So, you call or message them; and what you get is some weird instructions at a very high toll. Why do we have to pay when all we get from them are some weird instructions?

Another example is the education sector. You can experience tedious processes here as well, especially during the admission season. I also know many heads of schools and colleges take extra care for the convenience of admission seekers. At the same time, many don’t care. First is the ‘wait’ to meet the in-charges, and second is the advice to ‘come later on’. It really takes a toll on parents when they have to come day after day seeking admissions to meet the heads of institutions. I understand admission times are busy times for educational institutions and I also understand that getting into the right institutions is also important for the parents as well.

But, in my opinion, admissions can be granted or denied at the first meeting. Of course, terms and conditions apply.

And lastly, the inconvenience we face from our landlords. Many of us have rented or are presently renting rooms or houses. We are paying rent for the facilities provided to us. However, staying in a rented place becomes an unpleasant experience when the landlord starts imposing unwarranted rules and regulations, restrict movements, visitors, and arbitrarily hiking the rent every New Year. I have not come across any authority regulating rents, at least in Dimapur or in Nagaland. At the same time, I would like to make it known that I am paying rent not for the landlords to impose rules and regulations on me and my family, but for the rooms or the house I have rented.

Given the numerous challenges in our State, maybe it is understandable for the suppliers to run a monopoly on the services provided to the consumers with less regard for consumers’ interests.

However, if greater regard could be given to all types of customers, it would definitely make everyone happier.

Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. The editors are Dr. Hewasa Lorin, Anjan Behera, Dr. Salikyu Sangtam, Nivibo Yiki, and Kvulo Lorin. For feedback or comments please email: dot@tetsocollege.org.

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PM Modi lashes out at Pakistan, Pakistan hits back NEW DELHI, August 16 (REutERs): Prime Minister Narendra Modi took aim at supporters of "terrorism" in his Independence Day speech on Monday, ratcheting up criticism of Pakistan while avoiding direct mention of monthlong protests in Indianruled Kashmir.

Modi also pitched a vision of national unity and progress in his third annual address from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Old Delhi that, at 94 minutes, was the longest delivered by the 65-year-old leader.

Yet it was a broadside against Pakistan, the archrival also born out of independence from Britain and partition, that left the strongest impression in a speech that otherwise focused on his government's achievements.

"What kind of life is this, inspired by terrorism? What kind of government setup is it that is inspired by terrorism?" asked Modi, who delivered the open-air address amid a security lockdown in the Indian capital.

"The world will know about it and that's sufficient for me."

Modi referred to messages of support he had received from people in regions of Pakistan, including the restive province of Baluchistan, drawing a rebuke from Islamabad which accused him of fomenting terrorism there.

Modi was "only trying to divert world attention from the grim tragedy that

has been unfolding in the Indian Occupied Kashmir over the past five weeks", Pakistan's foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz said in a statement.

Baluchistan's provincial capital, Quetta, was the scene of a suicide bombing on Aug. 8 that killed more than 70 people and wounded at least 100 more at a hospital. A Taliban faction and Islamic State both claimed responsibility.

KASHMIR RAIDS As Modi spoke, gunmen attacked a police station in Srinagar, killing an officer and wounding 10 police and paramilitary troops. Two militants were killed in the ensuing shootout, police said.

The army also said it had foiled an infiltration attempt from Pakistan into North Kashmir, killing three militants.

Kashmir has witnessed violent protests since a July 8 encounter in which security forces eliminated a commander of Pakistanbased Islamist militant group Hizbul Mujahideen.

As of Monday, at least 54 people had been killed and thousands hurt in clashes with security forces.

Modi met national party leaders on Friday to seek ways to end the worst unrest in Kashmir since 2010.

Both India and Pakistan rule Kashmir in part but claim it in full. The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought two wars since independence over the Muslim-

Modi stand on Kashmir will be disastrous: CPI-M

NEW DELHI, August 16 (IANs): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stand on Jammu and Kashmir will be "disastrous" for the people both in Kashmir and India, the CPI-M has warned.

And by raking up India's support for a free Balochistan, "Modi has signalled the ratcheting up of tensions with Pakistan", the Communist Party of India-Marxist said.

An editorial in the CPI-M journal "People's Democracy" said Modi had gone back on his own August 9 pledge to pursue a policy of "insaniyat, Kashmiriyat and jamooriyat" of his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

"The stand adopted by the Modi government in dealing with Kashmir will be

Pakistan hopeful of non-testing n-accord with India been consistently supporting the obIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses the nation from the historic Red IsLAmAbAD, August 16 (IANs): jectives of CTBT and "the bilateral nonPakistan on Tuesday said it was hopeful Fort during Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi on August 15. (Reuters Photo/Adnan Abidi) majority region, where the Line of Control, or de facto border, runs roughly where the guns fell silent in 1948.

In a separate statement, Pakistan on Monday invited India for talks exclusively on the future of Jammu & Kashmir - India's northernmost state. New Delhi has already ruled out such talks.

Analysts said the sharp exchange marked an escalation in the long-running rivalry between the countries.

Modi also referred to Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, through which some of a $46 billion, Chinesebacked trade corridor is expected to run, extending

south through Baluchistan to the port of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea. "Modi's statement is meant as much for Beijing as for Islamabad," journalist Prashant Jha wrote in an opinion piece for Indian newspaper Hindustan Times.

Modi's remarks directed at Pakistan overshadowed comments in his Independence Day address in which he touted his government's achievements in rural electrification, financial inclusion and health provision.

He strongly backed the fight against inflation, endorsing a 4 percent target,

within a range of 2 percentage points either way, agreed with Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan.

He barely mentioned his government's latest, and arguably most significant reform: the passage of a key amendment that clears the way for the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax (GST) next year.

He said only that the GST would "give strength" to the economy, while thanking opposition parties that, after a drawn-out battle, had come on board to pass the amendment unanimously through both houses of parliament.

of a bilateral agreement with India over a mutual ban on non-testing of atomic weapons that will ease the entry of the two countries into the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

An offer regarding non-testing of nuclear weapons agreement has already been made but "the proposal did not elicit a favourable response from India", Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said Pakistan had proposed to India a "simultaneous adherence to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)" following the 1998 nuclear tests by both countries.

"Once again, in the larger interest of peace and stability in the region, as also in the global context, Pakistan has indicated the possibility that the two countries may consider a bilateral arrangement," he said.

The spokesperson said Pakistan has

22 people arrested for Christians condemn Patanjali's 'holy Cross' commercials attack on Dalits in Gujarat

AHmEDAb AD, August 16 (PtI): Police have arrested 22 people in connection with the attack on Dalits returning to Bhavnagar after attending a protest rally in Una town in which cops were also targeted. The attack took place last evening at Samter village near Una, about 350km from Ahmedabad.

The policemen came under attack when they tried to control the violent mob that targeted the Dalits. The attackers were residents of Samter, around 11km from Una town in Gir-Somnath district "After the rally, anti-social elements blocked the road near Samter when Dalits were returning.

They attacked a group of Dalits. We lobbed 46 teargas shells, fired six rounds in the air and used batons to disperse the mob," GirSomnath Superintendent of Police H R Chaudhary said today. "We have arrested 22 people for the attack," he said. According to Una Police Inspector H G Vaghela, those arrested have been booked on charges of rioting and assaulting Dalits as well as policemen.

Some of them have also been booked for attempt to murder, said Vaghela, who

was injured while trying to control the mob.

At least 12 Dalits were injured and around eight of them suffered severe wounds. The victims claimed that the residents of Samter attacked them to avenge the arrest of 12 people of the village in connection with last month's Una Dalit flogging case.

They said of the 30-odd people arrested till date in the Dalit thrashing case, 12 hail from Samter, located near Mota Samadhiyala, where cow vigilantes assaulted a group of Dalits for allegedly skinning a dead cow.

Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela said the incident shows there is a breakdown of law and order in the BJP-ruled State. "Yesterday's attack on Dalits proves there is complete lawlessness in Gujarat.

Law and order does not exist in Gujarat. Not just Dalits, members of Patel community, women as well as tribals are targeted regularly in Gujarat," Vaghela told reporters.

Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel hit back, saying the main Opposition party is raising such issues for political mileage and with an eye on the 2017 Assembly election.

mumbAI, August 16 (IANs): The Indian Christian Voice (ICV) on Tuesday condemned yoga guru Baba Ramdev for a TV commercial which depicts the holy Cross while urging Indians to boycott all foreign products. While the Christian community has no objections to Baba Ramdev's boycott call, it is unhappy over the use of the holy Cross to show British rule in India.

"We strongly object to the depiction of the holy Cross, the very symbol of the Christian faith. We feel this is Baba Ramdev's agenda of targeting a particular minority community. We demand that this commercial should be

immediately withdrawn from all public domains," ICV President Abraham Mathai told IANS. Such demagoguery would definitely result in increased attacks on churches and Christian institutions in India, Mathai pointed out. He added that ICV was writing to President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other concerned officials and departments on the objectionable commercial.

The latest commercial shows a black-and-white clip depicting the pre-Independence 'Swadeshi' movement and suddenly zooms to a map of India with three crosses jutting out in

three directions. Between the crosses the words E, I and Co. are shown to represent the East India Company which subsequently paved the way for British colonial rule in India.

The ICV chief said that by obliquely singling out a particular minority community would make them vulnerable to hate attacks and extremism. "All Indians of all communities have been living harmoniously side by side for centuries. The last thing we need is someone trying to make us a 'one-religion' country. Baba Ramdev and his followers would do well to understand the beauty of Indian democracyandbrotherhood,"Mathaisaid.

Sedition case against Amnesty India on anti-India slogans bENgALuRu, August 16 (IANs): Amnesty India of the international human rights organisation was booked for sedition and other unlawful acts after anti-India slogans were raised at an event it organised here last week, police said. A case of sedition and rioting has been booked on Monday under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Amnesty on a complaint that antiIndia slogans were raised at its event here on August 13, a police official told IANS. The charges, including sedition, rioting, an unlawful assembly and promoting enmity were mentioned in the FIR (first

information report) police filed on Monday, two days after the RSS-affiliate ABVP lodged the complaint with audio-video evidence on August 13 and protested against Amnesty on Sunday at the venue (United Theological College) in the city centre where the event was held.

"We are investigating the complaint and checking the video to ascertain the charges and identify those who raised the slogans for culpability," the official said but declined to elaborate.

The sedition charge under section 124A of the IPC amounts to an attempt to cause hatred or contempt

or excite disaffection towards the government of India.

The 90-minute event was held to interact with some Kashmiri families who were victims of alleged human rights violations in the strife-torn Valley and hear their struggle for justice.

The case, however, did not name any individual or member of the organisation, but implicated Amensty Indian for holding the event and allegedly allowing slogans to be raised against the country and the Indian army.

Claiming that they were yet to receive a copy of the FIR, Amnesty executive di-

rector Aakar Patel regretted that organising an event to defend constitutional values was being branded 'anti-national and a criminal act.

"As police were informed about the event in advance, they were present at the venue. Registering a case of sedition on a complaint against us shows a lack of belief in fundamental rights and freedom in the country," Patel said in a statement after police filed the FIR. A representative of the Kashmiri Pandit community in the city, who was invited to attend the event, also spoke on the occasion about the 'human rights violations' in the Valley.

India yet to realise its economic freedom Amit Kapoor & Sankalp Sharma IANS

It has been just over 69 years since the stroke of the midnight hour when India awoke to life and its freedom. Over the past 69 years, we have had many of the pledges realised not wholly or fully but quite substantially.

Barring some time periods, our freedom as a people has remained largely intact. It is thus important at this juncture to look at some critical aspects of what this freedom has come to mean to us -- particularly from an economic viewpoint and what has been the role of the state in helping India expand the freedom of its people.

We were, at a recent conference, asked some basic questions on our personal preferences and choices. Since freedom in a fundamental sense is also related to the expansion of our life's choices for realizing one's potential we list some of these questions here.

There were questions like the number of participants approach-

disastrous for the people of Jammu and Kashmir and for the Indian Union," the editorial said. "The democratic and secular forces must demand an immediate end to the regime of repression in Kashmir and the dismantling of the oppressive security apparatus," it said.

"This must be accompanied by immediate steps to initiate talks with all shades of political spectrum in the state. The Kashmiri people cannot be held hostage to an India-Pakistan confrontation," the editorial said.

It advised the government that instead of adopting a national chauvinist posture, it must "take up the thread of resuming talks with Pakistan as it was decided by the two countries last year".

ing the Indian legal system for sorting disputes, the number of people approaching a policeman for safety purposes, the number of people going to a private doctor, the number of people sending their children to private schools, the number of people buying bottled water and the number of people with diesel generators at home, to name just a few.

A large number of people were reluctant to take the first two questions and a large proportion of people, to questions three to six, talked about taking private alternatives and the failure of the state.

While one may cite the sample size as well as the sample as a problem (since most of the participants were from the National Capital Region (NCR) and about 60 of us were in the room) these do, to an extent, reflect some basic realities pertaining to choices and preferences which people in India make.

In places where the people are largely taking the public system, it is not due to their choice but the lack of viable and proper

A rag picker sleeps on a sack at a road junction on a hot summer day in New Delhi on May 29, 2015. (Reuters Photo/File)

private sector alternatives at affordable prices. Now this is not to mean that private sector does not have its own set of problems in India. These include greed and incompetence, like in the healthcare system, which appears to be outside the ambit of most of India's population, as well as high school fees that people often complain about.

In this fundamental sense, the Indian state has essentially been minimal (a specific term

in political philosophy meaning a state performing only the basic function of maintaining law and order) but in a unique sense of being present in most sectors but not performing any duty properly, barring national defence (where India has a well trained and professional human resource pool) but it's defence production and acquisitions too are less than satisfactory.

Post the 1980s, after India gave up the socialist model

of development, the state has shrunk and has faced competition from the private sector in these as well as other distinct sectors of the economy. The choice-set for people has expanded -- largely not due to the state but in spite of it.

The citizens, too, have to demand less from the state in terms of goods and services and more in terms of setting up conditions that enable their provision of those goods and services.

India, in our view, is still to realize its economic freedom as it celebrates its 70th year of independence, which is dependent conceptually on important elements like protection of property rights, voluntary exchange and freedom to compete in markets.

We hope in the years ahead, India realizes this economic freedom and enables any citizen to be able to approach the legal system or police without fear and favour.

That is the yardstick by which the Indian state should measure its performance and enable India's true tryst with destiny.

testing arrangement, if mutually agreed, could become binding without waiting for the entry into force of the CTBT at the international level".

Such an accord "could set the tone for further mutually agreed measures on restraint and avoidance of arms race in South Asia", he said.

Both India and Pakistan are nuclear powers. But they have not signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) or Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the global agreements for banning all atomic explosions for military or civilian purposes.

The two countries have announced unilateral moratoriums on nuclear tests.

However, such moratoriums are voluntary and legally non-binding and could be withdrawn.

A bilateral arrangement would be legally binding and difficult to withdraw unilaterally, the spokesperson said.

NEET 2016 exam results declared

NEW DELHI, August 16 (mExN): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the result for both phase I & II of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) held in May 1 and July 24 this year. NEET-I was conducted at 1040 centres in 52 cities all over India and abroad & NEET-II was conducted at 739 centres in 56 cities in India.

In a notification on its website, the CBSE informed that the result is available at cbseresults.nic.in. The result was originally scheduled to be announced on August 17 but declaring day earlier, it added. According to CBSE, while there were of 8,02,594 eligible applicants in both the exams, 7,31,223 appeared for the exam. As many as 4,09,477 candidates have cleared the exam. Girls did better than boys with 2,26,049 candidates clearing the exam out of the 3,93,642 that appeared. 1,83,424 males qualified out of 3,69,649 applicants who appeared. Four transgenders out of the nine who appeared have also qualified the exam.

The Board also informed that candidates can access their result on www.aipmt.nic.in, www.cbse.nic.in and www.cbseresults.nic.in.

Starting this year, CBSE will also provide NEET rank letters to the candidates qualified for 15% all India seats through DigiLocker and the result will also be available on mobile friendly website “Digilocker” website at http:// results.digilocker.gov.in, a CBSE initiative in collaboration with DigiLocker.

AI staffer promoted for 'honesty'

NEW DELHI, August 16 (PtI): National carrier Air India has promoted one of its security personnel out-of-turn for showing exemplary honesty and professional integrity. This is the first time in the history of the flag carrier that an employee was given out of turn promotion for "honesty", according to Air India. Subhash Chander, who is presently posted in the security wing of the airline, has been promoted to the rank of officer security for his "exemplary conduct" by the Air India Chairman and Managing Director Aswani Lohani, according to an official statement. "On August 15, during the pipping ceremony, AI's executive director for security, Alok Singh (IPS) conferred upon Chander stripes of the rank of officer, security," Air India said.

Chander, who is a science graduate and has undertaken several courses in aviation security, had on several occasions returned valuables, cash and belongings left by passengers on aircraft, it said adding, In one such case in June this year, while checking a flight which had arrived from Hong Kong, Chander had found a pouch containing over Rs 5 lakh in foreign currency, which was returned back to the passenger, according to the statement. On August 25, 2003, gold ornaments left by a Saudi Arabiabound passenger from Bhopal were returned after being found by Chander, it said. Chander is serving Air India for the last nearly 29 years, it said.

Swachh Bharat: Govt mulling penalising those spreading dirt

NEW DELHI, August 16 (PtI): The government is considering imposing penalties on those spreading dirt in urban areas as part of measures to make Swachh Bharat Mission a success, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today. He said the government is considering a three-point strategy for success of the cleanliness drive. "There is a three-point strategy for this mission -- first, to create infrastructure; second, change the mindset; and third, at end of the day we need to consider imposing penalties in urban areas once the entire infrastructure is created," he said.

Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop on 'Scaling up Citizens' Participation to a Jan Andolan in Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)', Naidu said, "Swachh Bharat Mission is now becoming a jan andolan (people's movement) but not fully. The change of mindset is fast taking place in the country. People are supporting the Prime Minister's initiative."

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Trump promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State YOUNGSTOWN, AUGUST 16 (ReUTeRS): Republican Donald Trump said on Monday he would work closely with NATO allies to defeat Islamic State militants if he wins the White House, reversing an earlier threat that the United States might not meet its obligations to the Western military alliance.

In a policy speech, Trump said he would wage a multi-front "military, cyber and financial" war against Islamic State, although it was not clear how that would differ from the Obama administration's fight with the jihadist group. "We will also work closely with NATO on this new mission," said Trump, whose remarks about the defense organization earlier this summer drew heavy criticism from allies and even some of his fellow Republicans.

Trump said a newly adopted approach to fighting terrorism by the organization had led him to change his mind and he no longer considered NATO obsolete.

He was apparently referring to reports the alliance is moving toward creating an intelligence post in a bid to improve information sharing.

While Trump appeared to claim credit for prodding NATO to focus more on the threat of terrorism, the 28-nation alliance has been grappling with the issue for more than a decade.

NATO invoked Article 5,

its collective self-defense mechanism, for the first time in its history to offer support to the United States after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Trump called for shutting down access to the internet and social media for those aligned with Islamic State, which holds territory in Syria and Iraq. But he said he did not want to detail military strategy because it would tip off potential foes. "We will defeat radical Islamic terrorism just as we have defeated every threat we've faced at every age and before," Trump said, blaming his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, and President Barack Obama for aiding the rise of Islamic State.

In a speech in the swing state of Ohio, Trump also said that in implementing his call for a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the country, he would institute “extreme vetting” and develop a new screening test to try to catch people who intend to do harm to the United States.

As president, he said, he would ask the U.S. State Department and Department of Homeland Security to identify regions of the world that remain hostile to the United States and where normal screening might not be sufficient to catch those who pose a threat. The Clinton campaign said Trump's plan to have immigrants submit

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S., August 13, 2016. (Reuters Photo/Michelle McLoughlin)

to ideological tests was "a cynical ploy to escape scrutiny of his outrageous proposal to ban an entire religion from our country and no one should fall for it."

Reading from a teleprompter, Trump said Clinton did not have the judgment and character to lead the country. "Importantly, she also lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on ISIS and all of the many adversaries we face," he said.

Trump, a wealthy New York businessman whose volatile campaign has alienated some in the Republican establishment, faced a fresh rebuke on Monday as he falls behind Clinton in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

The Wall Street Jour-

nal, a leading conservative voice, said in an editorial he should fix his campaign within weeks or step down.

Echoing growing alarm about Trump's candidacy among many leading Republicans, the newspaper said Trump had failed to establish a competent campaign operation.

'STOP BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE' "If they can’t get Mr. Trump to change his act

by Labor Day, the GOP will have no choice but to write off the nominee as hopeless and focus on salvaging the Senate and House and other down-ballot races," the newspaper said.

Labor Day, which falls on Sept. 5 this year, marks the end of U.S. summer vacations and traditionally

launches the final phase of the long U.S. election season. "As for Mr. Trump, he needs to stop blaming everyone else and decide if he wants to behave like someone who wants to be president - or turn the nomination over to Mike Pence," it said, referring to the Indiana governor, who is Trump's vice presidential running mate.

Adding to Trump's woes this week was the news, first reported by The New York Times, that the name of his campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was on secret ledgers showing cash payments designated to him of more than $12 million from a Ukrainian political party with close ties to Russia.

Manafort denied any impropriety in a statement

Suu Kyi heading to China with biggest diplomatic test YANGON, AUGUST 16 (ReUTeRS): Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is heading to China on Wednesday for what is likely to be her government's biggest diplomatic test, with the fate of a suspended dam project, backed

by China but opposed by many people in Myanmar, in the balance.

Myanmar's former military rulers were shunned by the West and close to China, which has been on a diplomatic offensive since Suu Kyi's government came to power in April, aiming to forge good ties with its resource-rich southern neighbour.

Finding a solution to the $3.6 billion Myitsone dam project will be important for Suu Kyi who needs China's cooperation in talks with Myanmar's ethnic minority armed groups operating along northern borders with China.

"If the Chinese leaders bring up a specific is-

Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi attends a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers in Vientiane, Laos on July 25, 2016. (Reuters Photo/File)

sue like the controversial Myitsone mega-dam project, of course we'll explain to them what we've been doing," Myanmar foreign ministry permanent secretary Aung Lynn told Reuters.

Former Myanmar President Thein Sein angered China in 2011 when he suspended work on the hydropower dam, at the confluence of two rivers in the Ayeyarwady river basin, after it drew widespread protests

on environmental grounds.

About 90 percent of the dam's power would have gone to China. At the time, Suu Kyi also called for the project's suspension.

China said in March it would push the government to resume the project, insisting the contract was still valid.

A government commission has begun reviewing several hydropower projects, including Myitsone, and is due to report by Nov. 11.

China's Global Times newspaper, an influential tabloid published by the Communist Party's People's Daily, said on Tuesday the commission was a "sign that might herald the restoration of the Chinainvested project".

It also noted that Suu Kyi was visiting China ahead of a trip to the United States in September, and that China's friendship with Myanmar was crucial.

"As Myanmar's largest neighbour, it is necessary

for Suu Kyi to attach importance to China," the newspaper said.

Other Chinese projects in Myanmar have also proved controversial, including the Letpadaung copper mine, which has sparked repeated protests, and twin Chinese oil and gas pipelines across the country.

Suu Kyi will be in China for four days at the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang.

She will also meet President Xi Jinping.

Elements in China have for years maintained contacts with northern Myanmar rebel groups and militias, some of which are led by ethnic Chinese commanders, so China's help could be key as Suu Kyi's government seeks to promote peace and stability in lawless border regions.

Her government is holding a peace conference, with most of the country's ethnic minority armed groups due to take part, on August 31.

on Monday. "I have never received a single 'off-thebooks cash payment' as falsely 'reported' by The New York Times, nor have I ever done work for the governments of Ukraine or Russia," he said.

Artem Sytnik, the head of Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau, confirmed in a briefing with reporters that Manafort's name appeared on a ledger and that more than $12 million had been allocated as an expenditure, referencing Manafort. But Sytnik said the presence of Manafort's name "does not mean that he definitely received this money." The Clinton campaign said the news was evidence of "more troubling connections between Donald Trump's team and pro-Kremlin elements in Ukraine."

Trump has spoken favorably in the past of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last month, he invited Russian hackers to find "missing" emails from Clinton's time as secretary of state, when she used a private email server to conduct government business, although he later described that comment as sarcasm.

The current RealClearPolitics average of national opinion polls puts Clinton 6.8 points ahead of Trump, at 47.8 percent to Trump's 41 percent. Polls also show Trump trailing in states such as Pennsylvania that are likely to be pivotal in the election.

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Air strike on MSF hospital in Yemen kills at least 11 DUBAi, AUGUST 16 (ReUTeRS): A Saudiled coalition air strike hit a hospital operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres in northern Yemen on Monday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 19, the aid group said.

A Reuters witness at the scene of the attack in the Abs district of Hajja province said medics could not immediately evacuate the wounded because war planes continued to fly over the area and emergency workers feared more bombings.

"The location of the hospital was well known, and the hospital's GPS coordinates were repeatedly shared with all parties to the conflict, including the Saudi-led coalition," the aid group also known as Doctors Without Borders, said in a statement.

It said one of its staff members was among those killed when an aerial bomb hit the hospital compound, also killing 10 patients.

"This is the fourth attack against an MSF facility in less than 12 months," the statement said.

"Even with the recent United Nations resolution calling for an end to attacks on medical facilities and high-level declarations of commitment to international humanitarian law, nothing seems to be done to make parties involved in the conflict in Yemen to respect medical staff and patients."

A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition did not

immediately respond to a request for comment.

Another air attack hit what MSF described as a school in neighbouring Saada province on Saturday, killing 10 children.

The coalition said the bombing had targeted a training facility run by Yemen's dominant Houthi movement.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the air strike on Sunday and called for a investigation, which the coalition said it would conduct, according to a statement sent to Reuters.

Dozens of air strikes have hit civilians in Yemen since a coalition of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia began military operations in March 2015 to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to power and roll back gains by the Iran-allied Houthis.

The Houthis and their allies in the General People's Congress (GPC) party headed by powerful ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh set up a ruling council this month to run the parts of the country they control.

In its first decree on Monday, the council declared itself the "highest authority in the state (which) exercises all the powers vested in the president."

Hadi's internationally recognised government and the United Nations have criticized the council, set up after U.N.-backed peace talks in Kuwait collapsed.

China calls on Nepal's factions to unite for stability BeiJiNG, AUGUST 16 (ReUTeRS): China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday he hoped all political factions in Nepal would unite and promote stability, after Nepal sent an envoy to Beijing to clear up questions over the future of bilateral agreements.

Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda, 61, who led a decade-long insurgency that ended a feudal monarchy, replaced communist K.P. Oli this month amid uncertainty about a slew of deals made by Oli during a visit to Beijing in March.

Those deals included permission for Nepal to use Chinese railways, roads and ports to trade with third countries, and signalled a shift by the landlocked Himalayan nation away from its traditional reliance on overland trade with its southern neighbour, India.

Wang told the envoy,

one of Prachanda's trusted lieutenants from the insurgency period, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, that China's friendship toward Nepal would not change even with the political shift.

"China expects that all political forces in Nepal will strengthen unity and jointly advance Nepal's peace, stability and development," Wang said.

He said China hoped "to carry out the consensus already reached by the two countries' leaders" and deepen cross-border transport, trade and energy cooperation, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Mahara told Wang the foundation of bilateral ties was firm and would not change because of the new government, according to the Chinese statement.

Prachanda led a Nepali uprising in the name of the Chinese revolutionary lead-

er Mao Zedong, but it did not enjoy the overt backing of Beijing. The conflict ended in 2006 when the rebels laid down their arms under a peace deal.

Instability in the young republic - Prachanda is the eighth prime minister in as many years - has also raised doubts over a planned visit

by President Xi Jinping in October, which would be the first by a Chinese president in two decades.

Mahara had said he was carrying an invitation from President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to the Chinese leader to come as planned.

Nepali officials have said Prachanda would send another deputy, Bimelandra Nidhi, as an emissary to India this week to give reassurances that closer ties with China would not come at a cost to India.

China and India compete for influence in Nepal.

Outbreak of yellow fever in GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DR Congo could go global DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

A Congolese health worker prepares to vaccinate a resident during an emergency campaign of vaccination against yellow fever in Kisenso district, of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa on July 20, 2016. (Reuters Photo/File)

LONDON, AUGUST 16 (ThOmSON ReUTeRS FOUNDATiON): An outbreak of yellow fever that has killed hundreds of people in central Africa could spread across the world, an international children's charity warned on Tuesday, even as a massive vaccination campaign was expected to get underway.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a yellow fever epidemic in June after the haemorrhagic virus spread from Angola, where at least 360 people have died since last December in the worst outbreak in decades.

A wide effort to bring the outbreak under control by vaccinating more than 10 million people in DRC was due to start this

week after delays due to shortages of vaccine and syringes.

"There is no known cure for yellow fever and it could go global," said Save the Children's country director for DRC, Heather Kerr, in a statement.

The yellow fever vaccine takes one year to manufacture. Save the Children said there are only 7 million emergency vaccines after stocks were depleted in series of outbreaks earlier this year.

World Health Organisation (WHO) advisers have recommended using a fifth of the standard dose of vaccine in the event of a global shortage - enough to immunize temporarily but not to give lifelong immunity.

"We've got to urgently reach as many children and families as we can with the supplies that are left, and this is the only way we are able to do that right now," Kerr said.

The WHO aims to vaccinate 8.5 million people in Congo's capital Kinshasa and 3.4 million in DRC's border areas before the onset of the rainy season in October, to reduce the risk of mosquito-borne diseases spreading.

A total of 2,269 suspected cases and 16 deaths have been reported in DRC as of August 8, the WHO said.

Angola is starting a campaign this week to vaccinate 3 million people. The epidemic appears to be declining in the Southern African country with no confirmed cases reported in July or August, the WHO said.

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NO.HED/SCHO-1/2016

Dated, Kohima 16th August 2016.

NOTIFICATION TO ALL POST MATRIC SCHOLARHIP FOR ST STUDENTS BENEFICIARIES AND INSTITUTIONS As per the advertisement dated 2nd to 5th Aug. 2016. The Dept. of Higher Education would like to serve this notice as final information to all the students and Institutions that: 1. The Govt. of India has directed all the States and Union Territories to on-board into the National Portal i.e. http://scholarships.gov.in. Compulsorily.

2. Students who desire to avail the centrally sponsored schemes are directed to apply scholarship on the aforementioned website.

3. Aadhaar number has been made mandatory therefore all the scholarship beneficiaries are asked to link their Aadhaar number with their Bank Account through their respective Bank.

4. 31st Aug.2016 is the last date for all online application submission.

5. All the students irrespective of day scholar/ hosteller are eligible to apply online as hard copy would be retained in their respective Schools, Colleges and Universities for proof and record.

6. The Schools, Colleges and Universities are to retain the hard copies submitted by the students for record in case of query.

7. Once registered in the portal, a student has to complete all necessary process within 15 days for online submission.

8. There are many schemes in the portal therefore, students may go through the schemes and apply the most suited and preferred scheme.

9. Students are informed to use only the Account number which is entered in the Portal for all time since scholarship will henceforth be directly monitored by the Central Govt.

10. Institutions within Nagaland are directed to procure their respective USER ID and PASSWORD from the Directorate of Higher Education through the following phone numbers 9856713022, 8794143546 & 9612444549 during the office hour only.

Sd/- (KUHOLI CHISHI) ADDL. DIRECTOR HIGHER EDUCATION, NAGALAND: KOHIMA

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I-Day celebrated across Nagaland

(LEFT) The ‘Open Flush’ card game held outside the Multi-Disciplinary Outdoor Sports Complex at Peren district headquarters was a major attraction to villagers and police personnel who came to attend the I-Day celebration on August 15. (RIGHT) A policeman trying his hand at an indigenous game. In this game, a player buys soft balls or stones and tries to hit the duck with the soft balls. If the player hits the target, then he walks away with the duck as trophy.

Kohima DLSA celebrates I-Day with jail inmates

Kohima, august 16 (mExN): The Kohima District Legal Services Authority commemorated the 70th Independence Day with the inmates and jail authorities of Kohima District Jail.

According to a press release, resource person for the day, Mezivolu T Therieh, Chief Judicial Magistrate & Secretary, Kohima District Legal Services Authority, spoke on “Rights of Prisoners” and highlighted unlawful arrest, protection against

“Double Jeopardy”, illegal detention in custody, Right to be informed on the grounds of arrest, Right to consult a lawyer, Right to be produced before a Magistrate within 24 hours of arrest. She pointed out the rights during the different stages of trial and the right to free and fair trial. She also mentioned about the rights of prisoners on being convicted and after conviction.

She pointed to the need for rehabilitation programmes for prison-

CM flags off eight vehicles of SDRF Kohima, august 16 (Dipr): Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang flagged off the State Disaster Response Force Rescue (SDRF) Vehicles on the occasion of the 70th Independence Day celebrations at Secretariat Plaza Kohima today, August 15. The eight vehicles will be put into the service of the people of the State. The Government of Nagaland is committed in its efforts to continually augment its disaster response capabilities and the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority is providing eight customized rescue operation vehicles which would be placed at strategic locations in the State and would be used for recovery and rescue operation during an emergency and also for the creating awareness on disaster response in the villages.

ers once out of jail for lasting behavioural change.

In this, Therieh called on the government to provide support and supervision, without which, she argued, there are high chances of an out-of-prison person committing more crimes.

She urged the prisoners to prove themselves that they can become “transformed” persons; that there is a chance to change but only if they try.

The programme was conducted as part of the Action Plan of the Naga-

land State Legal Services Authority.

In the second session of the programme, a oneon-one counselling of Under Trial Prisoners (UTPs) was conducted where the Panel lawyers sat with the inmates and gave counseling to each of them.

Altogether, 82 Under Trial Prisoners and 6 convicts are housed in the Jail at present. 36 came forward for counseling and 7 were identified to be provided with free legal aid, the release informed.

Dimapur, august 16 (mExN): The 70th India Independence Day was celebrated in all the 11 district headquarters of Nagaland on August 15.

In Mokokchung, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland P. Longon was the chief guest at the celebration held at Imkongmeren Sports Complex, Mokokchung.

The celebration in Zunheboto was held at the Local Ground with Minister, Rural Development and REPA, C L John as the Chief Guest. An exhibition football match was also played between 5th Assam Rifles and All Nagaland Private Schools Association, followed by prize distribution and beating of the retreat.

In Mon, the celebration was held at Local Ground, Mon with Minister for Mechanical, National Highway & Election, Nuklutoshi as chief guest. Nuklutoshi highlighted the key achievements made in various sectors by the Government.

Dimapur celebrated the Independence Day at DDSC Stadium Dimapur, where Minister for PHE, Tokheho Yepthomi delivered the Independence Day speech.

In Phek district headquarters, Minister for Forest, Environment & Wildlife, Dr. Neikesalie Nicky Kire was the chief guest. The Minister stated that the Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has collaborated with the community to develop the Nagaland model of conservation which is recognized as a new paradigm for community conservation.

Wokha celebrated the day at Local Ground with Minister for Power, Kipili Sangtam as chief guest.

Longleng district headquarters commemorated the day at Local Ground with Minister for Road & Bridges, Y. Vikheho Swu as chief guest. The Minister unfurled the National Flag and took the salute from 10 parade contingents.

In Tuensang, the celebration was held at Parade Ground with Minister Transport & Civil Aviation, IT & C, P. Paiwang Konyak as chief guest.

The Independence Day was also celebrated in Bhandari, Pfutsero, Pughoboto, Satakha, Sanis, Tizit, Jalukie, Thonoknyu, Changtongya, Longkhim, Aboi, Jakhama, Noklak, Tening, Chiephobozou, Pungro, Tobu, Shamator, Meluri, Tseminyu, Aghunato, Medziphema, Mangkolemba, Niuland, Chen, Tuli, Naginimora.

25 years of Mangkolemba ADC Hq

moN, august 16 (mExN): In commemoration of Independence Day, Mon based Shansham Organization in collaboration with Mon Users’ Network and Project Axshya-CHAI visited Drug Rehabilitation Centre run by Gospel Outreach Min-

istry at APMC, Mon. The Centre, which was functioning under Mon Users’ Network, was temporarily handed over to Gospel Outreach Ministry as the latter could not manage it owing to other tasks, informed a press release

from Joseph Chipa, Shansham organization.

Presently, there are 10 residents, mostly from Mon and Tizit area, undergoing treatment in the centre. The ministry’s primary focus is on spiritual wellbeing of an individual,

Nagaland Secretariat Service Association members visited Naga Hospital Authority Kohima on account of Independence Day celebration. They met all patients (more than 250) and distributed food packages to them. A cash amount of Rs.25,000 was also donated towards the Poor Patients’ Fund.

Kiphire observes Independence Day Our Correspondent Kiphire | August 16

Thousands of people from all walks of life packed the public ground in Kiphire to witness India’s 70th Independence Day celebration with Nagaland Minister for School Education and SCERT, Yitachu, as the chief guest. The Minister highlighted the achievements of the government. He said that it was a day to look back and see how far we have travelled and how good

our achievements have been in helping the country reach glorious heights. Choreography by Saramati School Kiphire, Drill display by Agape School Kiphire and Patriotic song by Hindi Institute Kiphire were the highlights of the programme.

Traditional dances were also performed

by Seyochung Village Union Kiphire town and Sangpin Tah troupe Kiphire town. 12 parade contingents took part during the celebration with Kisetong Village VG as the piper’s band.

I-Day at Nagaland House, New Delhi

NPF youth wing visits old age home Dimapur, august 16 (mExN): As part of the Independence Day celebration, NPF youth wing, Dimapur division office bearers visited Tribal Old Age Care Centre on August 15 and gifted food and household items to the centre besides interacting with the inmates of the centre. Phyebemo Odyuo, President, NPF youth wing, Dimapur division requested the members of the centre to remember NPF youth wing in their prayers. Vice presidents Mezhulhou Koza and Khesheto Kiho also spoke, encouraging the members of the centre that they are respected and loved by all.

OCM donate gift hampers to jail inmates moKoKchuNg, august 16 (Dipr): The Officers Club of Mokokchung (OCM) on the occasion of the 70th India’s Independence Day interacted with the Mokokchung district Jail inmates and donated gift hampers consisting of personalized items to each jail inmates besides water filter and sports goods. The members emphasized on the inmates to come out clean and become assets for their own society and prove themselves worthy of leading a good life.

hence their treatment concentrate mostly on prayer and counseling along with other regular programme, the release said.

The organization donated some food items, toiletries and stationeries to the rehab centre.

Members of the Kohima Press Club (KPC) pose for lens with the children of Bright Morning Star orphanage with the gifts and presentation given by KPC at Perizie, Kohima during its visitation programme on Independence Day. The home incharge Aleno informed that the home has 18 children studying in different institutions, both private and government.

Sainik School cadets called to imbibe patriotic spirit

moKoKchuNg, august 16 (mExN): To commemorate the 25 years of Mangkolemba ADC Headquarter establishment, Parliamentary Secretary for NRE, Toyang Changkong Chang inaugurated the first ever exhibition cum sale stalls displayed by Co-Operative Societies, Agri, Medical and Rural Development department during the celebration of the 70th Independence Day at Mangkolemba. Dibuia, MPCS Ltd, Ever green MPCS Ltd & Mangkolemba MPCS Ltd under Co-Operative department, RD Block Tsurangkong, Longchem & Mangkolemba under RD Department and Agri Department displayed local products and handicrafts and first aid assistant under Medical Department was put up during the NEw DElhi, august 16 (mExN): Staff of Nagaland House, New Delhi celebration at Kumpani ground, Mangkolemba. celebrated Independence Day at Nagaland House, New Delhi with Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC) of Nagaland House, Jyoti Kalash, hoisting the National Flag. The PRC stated that Dimapur, august 16 (mExN): Naga Council visited Nagaland also participated and conHK Hospital (Multispecialty Centre) in Chumukedima Town as part of 70th Independence Day celebration on August 15.

The executive of Naga Council led by President T Bangerloba visited both the male and female wards and interacted with the patients, doctors, and nurses of the hospital. The Council also distributed some relief to all the inpatients.

Naga Council visits HK Hospital

MLA & Chairman NIDC Ltd Tovihoto Ayemi taking salute from marching contingents at Pungro on Independence Day.

Shansham organization visits rehab centre in Mon

DPC visits Spastic Society on I-Day Dimapur, august 16 (mExN): The Dimapur Press Club visited the Spastic Society of St. Mary’s Montessori and Higher Secondary School (SMMHS), Dimapur to commemorate August 15. Commemorating the 70th Independence Day, the DPC members handed away gifts to the society, which currently has 29 students and 2 teachers.

In a close knit programme, the students presented dance item choreographed to the tune of the patriotic ‘Vande Mataram’ and a musical dance. Principal of SMMHS, Neena Dutta said that the existing Spastic Society was a dream of her late husband, who envisioned to providing equal learning space to the differently-abled children. DPC President, Moa Longkumer and former DPC General Secretary, Paudi Rentta spoke on behalf of the DPC.

Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industry volunteers distributing refreshment in Dimapur on the occasion of Independence Day at DDSC on Monday.

tributed towards the freedom struggle, adding it is a day to remember the great leaders because of whom India became a Sovereign and Independent Nation.

The function was attended by officers in Nagaland House and also Nagaland House staff, children and visiting guests from the state.

pErEN, august 16 (mExN): Sainik School Punglwa, Nagaland celebrated the 70th Independence Day in the school campus with Gp Capt Sanjay Gaekwad, Principal, as the chief guest. The celebration witnessed speeches by cadets on the contributions of freedom fighters.

The chief guest exhorted that “we must not forget the selfless contributions of our freedom fighters,” while urging to contribute to peace and prosperity of the nation. He also called upon the cadets to imbibe the spirit of patriotism and values of the freedom fighters and live up to their expectation in their daily call of duties. An interactive session was also part of the celebration.

State BJP celebrates I-Day

Dimapur, august 16 (mExN): Celebrating the 70th Independence Day, the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nagaland, hoisted the National flag and rendered social services in different parts of the state. In Dimapur, the National Flag was hoisted at the party office complex, unfurled by Khulu, Convenor of the Finance Committee.

The ceremony was attended by all the State office bearers, State Morchas, Cells, BJP Dimapur District officials, senior leaders, party members and supporters, a press release informed. After the flag hoisting function, social services were organised by the party members. The State Bharatiya Janata The Nagaland Contractors’ and Suppliers’ Union (NCSU) celebrated the 70th IndeYuva Morcha (BJYM) organized pendence Day with the differently abled children of Cherry Blossom School, Kohima.

The NCSU team led by the President, Pele Khiezhie donated an almirah for the school a blood donation camp at the Government Civil Hospital, Dilibrary and also gave snacks and other eatables to all the participants. mapur. Party members as well as other volunteers stepped up to donate blood.

The State Bharatiya Janata Mahila Morcha (BJMM) visited the Ebenezer Orphanage while the State Kisan Morcha held a commemoration programme at its office. The BJP Dimapur District visited the Kids of Fellowship Orphanage at Burma Camp.

In other parts of the state too, BJP Bridge Of Hope in Dimapur celebrated Cultural cum Independence Day on August 15. Diwalo officials marked the day with programmes and social visits.

Kath, Administrator, Brother and Sister School, Chumukedima was the guest speaker.

Naga Voluntary Women Association (NVWA) felicitated senior most widows from all Naga tribes at State Banquet Hall on Independence Day, August 15. Seen in the picture is Kevi Rangkau, NVWA President handing over cash and gift to a widow.

The SD Jain Yuvak Sangh, youth wing of SD Jain Samaj Dimapur celebrated Independence Day with the members of Bethesda Youth Rehabilitation Centre, Duncan Basti. The Jain Samaj distributed food items, utensils and toiletries to the members of the youth centre.

Parliamentary Secretary for Geology and Mining, Dr Imtiwapang Aier at the Independence Day celebration in Bhandari on August 15.

Viswema Community Health Center runs 24/7 service, catering to the medical health care needs of the people and Highway emergencies in times of accidents. The Viswema Baptist Church on India’s Independence Day conducted social work in appreciation and support of the good services rendered by the Community Health Center.

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BACARDÍ NH7 Weekender to kick-off in Shillong

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he seventh edition of the BACARDI NH7 Weekender will present some of the most prominent global names including Steven Wilson, DJ Premier, Jose Gonzalez, Vertical Horizon, RAC (DJ Set) and Anoushka Shankar. Shillong once again kicks off the festival on October 21-22, before the festival heads for its maiden presentation at Hyderabad on November 5-6.

For the seventh consecutive year, the festival will culminate at its home city, Pune on December 2-4, thus redefining the whole Weekender experience.

Since its inception, the BACARDI NH7 Weekender has featured some of the most exciting artistes from India and around the world, across a variety of genres. This year is no different, with a curated selection of Indian and international artist taking stage at the festival.

With fans creating a beeline for early-bird tickets, which were released on July 20, pre-sale tickets to Shillong, Pune and Hyderabad have already sold out. A limited number of Phase 1 tickets – Season and Under 21 – for all cities are now on sale on insider.in/nh7-weekender.

This is the best chance for festival fans to get their hands on season tickets at the lowest prices.

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Fans in other cities have a reason to rejoice too, the festival will soon introduce its special edition - BACARDÍ NH7 Weekender Express in Kolkata, Jaipur, Pondicherry, Nagpur and Mysore. Complete with the Bacardi Arena and an array of breakthrough artists, the one-day edition will give fans a preview of what the BACARDÍ NH7 Weekender experience is like. The festival also has plans for several buildup gigs across popular venues in the country.

It doesn’t end here! Fans will also get a chance to host their own BACARDÍ NH7 Weekender House Parties. With 100 curated house parties in the offing, BACARDÍ and Only Much Louder will give select fans the gear to throw their own awesome Weekender parties. More details on how to get in line for this will be announced soon.

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amir Khan recently admitted that he and wife Kiran Rao are happy to have their son Azad, now three-year-old, through surrogacy and

asked people to be aware of it. "There was no difficulty, we both wanted to have a child. We were happy when Azad was born. We wanted to be clear about how we conceived the child. We did

A leading tabloid in Romania, Click refers to Iulia as “Doamma Khan” which if you translate becomes Royal Mrs Khan. Now marrying Salman Khan is indeed nothing less than marrying someone in the royal family. But what we wonder is whether Salman is really shy of India media here or is Romanian media far ahead of us when it comes to getting hold of such news.

Iulia has been very close to Salman and his circle of friends. Salman too is very fond of the Romanian beauty because she is extremely humble, gets along well with his family and friends; she is extremely discreet and shares his love for animals and friends.

There is lot common in them. These days Iulia is also seen at dinner parties and movies screenings along with Salman’s family.

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til in five of the "Harry Potter" films, starting with 2005 in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

She lives in Manchester, England, and will be traveling to India for the first time for the Comic Con. She is even likely to spill some inside information about the hit film franchise. At the session, she will talk about her work and will answer questions from fans.

Jatin Varma, Founder, Comic Con India, said: "I am extremely excited to welcome Afshan. It will be her first visit to India to meet fans and we can't wait to host her at the show next month."

Other international guests who will be attending the event are Dan Parent, Artist and Writer, Archie Comics; David Lloyd, Illustrator, V for Vendetta; and Nicole Marie Jean, International Pro-Cosplayer.

not do anything wrong and people should be aware of it. We are very happy that we gave birth to a child through IVF surrogacy," the actor told media here during a launch event of a fertility clinic yesterday.

Further speaking about In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and surrogacy, the 51-yearold actor shared how parenthood changed his life.

"It is such a joy to have a child in your life. It is something that really changes your life," he said. "When I had Junaid, my first child, it changed me and my life.

But there are so many parents who are unable to have child," added the actor.

For the unversed, the 'PK' star has two childrenson Junaid and daughter Ira from his former wife Reena Dutta. Kiran Rao, who was also present at the event, said, "I am so humbled by the completeness Azad makes me feel." The event was also graced by newdaddy Tusshar Kapoor, who recently had a baby boy through surrogacy, and director Farah Khan.

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visit India in September arry Potter" fame actress Afshan Azad will be visiting India to be part of the Hyderabad Comic Con 2016 here in September. The English actress is excited ahead of her first trip to the country.

Afshan, who is of Bangladeshi descent, will be here to take part in special sessions, sign posters and will speak to fans at the event. The two-day convention will take place at Hitex Exhibition Centre here on September 24-25.

"I am so excited to visit India and to see all my loyal fans at the Alto Hyderabad Comic-Con. It's going to be a great event and I hope to see you all there soon," Afshan said in a statement issued by the organisers.

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Salman is quizzed about his marriage , he dodges the question keeps hinting that whenever he marries, he would announce it himself but currently there is no such thing.

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he news of Salman Khan dating Iulia Vantur is as old as the hills, but it still manages to be the talk of the town whenever there is something new. Salman just wrapped the first schedule of Kabir Khan’s Tubelight in Leh – Ladakh. The filmmaker also recently surprised fans with the superstar’s first look from the film and it left us intrigued. The superstar is accompanied by his ladylove Iulia Vantur who is busy exploring the beauty of the region.

For long now, there has been buzz about Salman marrying Ms Vantur sometime this year, but, there is no clarification from the actor’s side. But a Romanian tabloid suggests that the two are already married. According to reports in a leading tabloid, Iulia is already referred to as Mrs Khan in Romania.

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Bon Jovi's new single out

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rammy Award winning band Bon Jovi's new song "This house is not for sale" has been unveiled. The track is from their upcoming new album "This House Is Not For Sale", slated to release on October 21 in partnership with Island/UMG label, read a statement issued

by the label. "This House Is Not For Sale" is Bon Jovi's 14th studio album since their 1984 debut. Earlier this summer, the band (Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Hugh McDonald, Phil X) tweeted a photograph from inside the studio announcing: "The album is done."

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fans, Daniel to continue playing 'bond'

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he reports about Daniel Craig starring in television drama 'Purity' disappointed millions of 'Bond' fans worldwide as it triggered rumours that the actor would no longer play the character. David Nevins, the CEO of US Network Showtime, however, clearing the air confirmed that 'Purity' would not rule him out of playing Bond in any future instalments, reports the Independent.

"It depends when they do the next James Bond movie, but I don't think it precludes him is the answer," said Nevins. Adding, "[Purity] will largely be completed during the course of 2017, depending how long they're willing to wait and shoot the next Bond. There might be some breaks somewhere, but [production] will be fairly continuous."

Previous to that, the 41-year-old English actor has starred in four '007' films, the most recent outing being 'Spectre'. His television series 'Purity' is based on the novel by Jonathan Franzen and tells the tale of a young woman, who was brought up in unusual circumstances in North Carolina.

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Ileana D'Cruz roots for freedom of expression

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ctress Ileana D'Cruz says true freedom will come when everyone will be "completely free" to express whatever they want to, without people taking offence over it. Asked what does freedom mean to her, Ileana said: "I would consider I am completely free when I get to say what I want to say without people taking it as a personal attack."

The actress, who is currently basking in all the appreciation coming her way for "Rustom", added: "I would like to put my view across and I have been doing it to a certain extent on Instagram, and there have been quite a few people who hate me for that."

The "Barfi!" star shared that she doesn't want to disrespect anyone, but just wants to put her view forward. "I just want to say I don't disrespect anyone but this is my opinion and I believe in equality and I would like to do that without causing any rucks between anyone," she said.

Our Correspondent Kohima | August 15

Several people thronged The Heritage, Kohima on August 15 as ‘August Rush’ took place there under the Source: IANS aegis of Richa Productions.

The event showcased different art forms such as Painting, Music, Dance, Street art, Cosplay etc.

The August Rush will now become an annual event, which will be produced as episode wise

series and also made available on social media sites.

Richa Production is a production house that was launched in January 2016 and works on professional photography, filmmaking,

directions, wedding photography and videography.

It has also produced a few music videos. Richa Production works can be viewed on Youtube, their Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram.

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Rudisha clinches double as Braz leads Olympic night of upsets

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Rio de JaneiRo, august 16 (aFP): Kenyan David Rudisha sealed a historic Olympic 800m double as Usain Bolt prepared for the next round Tuesday in his quest for sporting immortality.

Rudisha eased to an 800m victory which made him the first man since New Zealand's Peter Snell in 1964 to win the event at consecutive Olympics.

The highlight Monday in track and field was Kenya's Rudisha who was all class in a smooth 800m victory.

"It is great to win such a big competition, my second gold," Rudisha said.

Later came a stunning victory for Brazil's littleknown pole vaulter Thiago Braz that sparked an ugly riposte from defeated defending champion Renaud Lavillenie of France.

He likened the atmosphere in the Olympic stadium to the 1936 Munich Games under Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.

He later apologised, saying he was upset by the unexpected defeat on a night of heavy rain marked

by Rudisha's double triumph and an amazing finish in the women's 400m.

Favourite Allyson Felix was denied on the line by a headlong plunge from Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas.

Earlier, a wobble on the balance beam ended Simone Biles' bid for a record five gymnastics gold medals, and Rio had its latest safety scare when a giant suspended TV camera plunged to the ground, slightly injuring seven.

Miller remained lying

David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya celebrates after winning the men's 800-meter final. To the left is the USA's Clayton Murphy, who came in third.(Photo by USA TODAY Sports)

on the track for some time after her unconventional dive left her in significant pain.

"I've never done it before. I have some cuts and bruises, a few burns. It hurts," Miller said.

Her last-ditch plunge meant disappointment for America's Felix, who has Olympic gold medals over 200m, 4x100m and 4x400m but who switched to focus on the longer distance.

Gymnast Biles was confident of claiming her fourth Rio win and move into position for an unprec-

edented fifth on the last day of the competition on Tuesday.

But the tiny Texan wobbled badly on the balance beam when landing a forward somersault and had to put both hands down for support.

It was a bewildering upset for Biles, 19, who hadn't lost a final since 2013 but wound up with bronze as the Netherlands' Sanne Wevers topped the podium.

"Everyone would love to have a bronze at an Olympics. I'm just disap-

pointed with my routine.

I don't really know what happened," said Biles.

- Hammer record At the velodrome, Elia Viviani recovered from a mid-race crash to beat celebrated British sprinter Mark Cavendish in the men's omnium.

"I'm not angry, it's a bike race," said the 27-yearold Italian after the crash, which left South Korea's Park Sang-Hoon in hospital with friction burns and bruises.

Gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias, who is 5ft 5ins

(1.64m) and was bullied a child for his lack of height, stood tall for Greece when he won the rings event.

And North Korea's Ri Se-Gwang had tears in his eyes and saluted militarystyle as he accepted his gold medal in the men's vault.

Off-field hiccups have dogged the Rio Games but there could have been tragic consequences when a suspended TV camera the size of a small motorbike crashed at the Olympic Park precinct.

Seven people suffered

WADA appeals to CAS against clean chit to Narsingh

new delhi, august 16 (ians): Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav's participation in the Rio Olympics was in jeopardy on Tuesday with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealing in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against the clean chit given to him.

"Yes, WADA has appealed the verdict on Narsingh to CAS, which will hear both parties on Thursday August 18," Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Indian wrestling's governing body president, told IANS on Tuesday.

Narsingh is scheduled to open his Rio campaign in the 74 kilogram freestyle category on Friday, August 19, a day after the hearing is

scheduled to take place.

"Our lawyer has already acknowledged the WADA letter. We will put a strong defence for Narsingh. He has a good chance of getting cleared," Brij Bhushan added.

Narsingh, who bagged the quota with a bronze medal finish in last year's World Championships, first returned positive for a banned steroid following a dope test on June 25 by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).

But NADA exonerated him of all the doping charges on August 1, after postponing the verdict twice in July, saying he "was a victim of sabotage done by a competitor".

The Wrestling Federation of

India (WFI) also communicated to the world's apex wrestling body, the United World Wrestling (UWW) on August 1 that NADA has cleared Narsingh of all the dopingrelated charges and the 26-yearold would be re-included in the team for the 74kg competition.

UWW gave the green light to Narsingh for participation on August 3. However, Narsingh's route had to clear the final WADA hurdle to compete, which reviewed the NADA panel verdict and challenged it at CAS for further deliberation. Narsingh earlier overcame protracted legal hurdles to participate in Rio after getting dragged into a bitter courtroom tussle by

two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar over representing the country in the 74kg freestyle category.

Narsingh was preferred over Sushil by WFI to take part in the Games, that fuelled a major legal battle between the two grapplers.

Sushil missed the qualification for Rio due to injury, and Narsingh secured the berth to represent the country. After repeatedly requesting WFI to hold trials anew, Sushil moved the court.

But the Delhi High Court on June 6 dismissed his plea, clearing Narsingh's path.

After NADA's clearance, Sushil conveyed his best wishes to the Mumbai wrestler for success at Rio.

Costa late show gets Conte's Chelsea off mark

london, august 16 (aFP): Diego Costa thrust himself back into the headlines with an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea edged West Ham United 2-1 in Antonio Conte's first Premier League game as manager on Monday.

Eden Hazard, symbol of Chelsea's slump from champions to a 10th-place finish last season, opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge with a penalty early in the second half, before James Collins equalised in the 77th minute.

Costa arguably should have been shown a second yellow card after catching West Ham goalkeeper Adrian with a late challenge, but he stayed on to steer a dramatic winner into the bottom-left corner from 20 yards.

The bruising Costa's goal made it a positive opening night for Conte, who handed a full debut to former Leicester City man N'Golo Kante and saw another debutant, substitute Michy Batshuayi, set up the winning strike.

But it was a bitter defeat for West Ham manager Slaven Bilic, who lost debutant Andre Ayew to a thigh injury in the 34th minute.

On Costa's challenge,

Chelsea's Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa (R) stretches to reach the ball in the area during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and West Ham United at Stamford Bridge in London on August 15. (AFP Photo)

Bilic said: "We are not happy with that. I don't think it was reckless, definitely not.

With both managers spending the entire match on the edge of their technical areas, suited and gesturing animatedly, the game was characterised by hasty, imprecise football and full-blooded tackling.

Kante started at the base of midfield in the only change to the Chelsea team that started last season's opening game -- a 2-2 draw

with Swansea City that gave the first hints of the rot that was about to set in.

Bilic fielded two debutants in Ayew and left-back Arthur Masuaku, but the former was forced into a premature exit after injuring himself chasing after the elusive Hazard.

The hosts' high defensive line prevented West Ham bringing lone striker Andy Carroll into the game and the first-half chances were all Chelsea's.

Branislav Ivanovic drew a save from Adrian at his near post, Hazard curled a shot a foot wide following a probing run and Willian obliged Adrian to palm a dipping free-kick over the bar.

West Ham's resistance was broken two minutes into the second half after Cesar Azpilicueta charged down an attempted clearance by Michail Antonio on the edge of the visitors' box.

In seeking to atone for his error, Antonio succeed-

ed only in blundering into Azpilicueta from behind, obliging referee Anthony Taylor to point to the spot.

Hazard thundered the penalty into the roof of the net and within four minutes Antonio had been replaced

by Sam Byram, the former Nottingham Forest player storming past Bilic and straight down the tunnel.

With West Ham offering next to no attacking threat, Chelsea continued to attack, Willian working Adrian with a crisp shot and John Terry heading over.

But the hosts should have been reduced to 10 men when Costa, booked in the first half for dissent, caught Adrian with an ugly, high challenge as the West Ham goalkeeper dallied over a clearance.

West Ham looked to have pulled off a smashand-grab with 13 minutes remaining when Chelsea failed to clear a corner and Wales international Collins lashed a left-foot half-volley past Thibaut Courtois.

But with full-time looming, former Marseille striker Batshuayi flicked on a long ball to Costa, who steadied himself before guiding a shot between Collins's legs and beyond Adrian's despairing drive.

minor injuries when two ropes securing the 'spidercam' snapped simultaneously and the camera plummeted 20 metres (65 feet).

Then, as the day closed, a bush fire threatened the mountain bike centre at Deodoro in the west of the city.

Also on Monday, Kenyan-born Ruth Jebet won Bahrain's first ever Olympic gold when she claimed the women's 3000m steeplechase, and Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk broke her own world record en route to the women's hammer title.

Only Peanuts! Players return empty stomach from Indian Embassy Rio de JaneiRo, august 16 (Pti): Nothing seems to be going right for the country's Olympic contingent currently in Rio de Janeiro as a group of athletes attending an Independence Day function at the Indian Embassy were only fed "peanuts" after being forced to skip their dinner.

The event was organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and was attended by the two hockey teams who were already out of the competition. The players had cancelled their dinner at the Games Village expecting a full-course meal. Asked to confirm, Indian chef de mission Rakesh Gupta smiled and said,"You please talk to the hockey players, they would say it better. I just made a flying visit and returned to be on time for the boxing bout of Vikas Krishan."

A member of the hockey team was fuming.

"It was all about peanuts. We expected a dinner at least but what they served was beer and some soft drinks, and peanuts," a member of the hockey team fumed.

"We had cancelled our dinner at the Games Village and came all the way. It's really disappointing," he said as they were taken in two buses to the venue.

Firstly, the celebration of the 70th Independence Day hosted by the Embassy of India in Brazil and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport (MYAS) became a lowkey affair as the timing clashed with many key events last evening.

While the media entourage was busy covering the badminton and boxing matches, among the players only from the men's and women's hockey teams could make the function at the Olympian Reunion Centre at the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo near the rowing venue in Lagoa in Copacabana.

The invitation had come from the office of Rajiv Yadav secretary (sports) department of sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Government India.

"It's a special day (I-Day) in our life. I also congratulate our players are doing a job for our nation. Good luck to the Indian team for the remaining events. Many in last eight of the competition. "Victory at this level depends on several factors, you are included, only matter of small things. Our athletes in top eight, we must congratulate them for that," Yadav said in his welcome speech.

"I congratulate all of them for the superlative performances they have put in. You’re the pride of our nation.

This is just a process. You have come close, Dipa created history, Abhinav came fourth. There will be many more. All our best wishes to our athletes," Sunil Lal ambassador of India in Brazil said to a round of applause from the athletes, little knowing that what in offer for them. Pawandeep Singh Kohli, the Chief Medical Officer for the Indian contingent present at the reception and also confirmed that there was no proper food available. "They all were asking me about the food... But the function was fine," Kohli said.

DDTA select 46 for State Taekwondo C’ship

dimaPuR, august 16 (mexn): The 15th Dimapur District Selection cum Championship 2016 organised by the Dimapur District Taekwondo Association (DDTA) at State Badminton Stadium on August 13. A press release from the as-

sociation has informed that the 46 Gold medallists from the championship will be representing Dimapur district in the State Level Championship which will be held from August 17 to 19 at Kohima Indira Gandhi stadium.

First IMAFI Nagaland meeting held

Kohima, august 16 (mexn): The first Meeting of the International Muaythai Alliance Federation Inc – Nagaland (IMAFI Nagaland) was held on August 14 at Hotel Japfu, Kohima under the direct supervision of Oken Jeet Sandham, President of IMAFI Asia and India.

IMAFI Nagaland President Methna Konyak, while welcoming the IMAFI Asia President, Oken Jeet Sandham, expressed confidence that with the formation of IMAFI Nagaland, Muaythai activities in Nagaland would grow from strength to strength.

Oken Jeet, who is also Secretary General of IMAFI World HQs, Manila, Philippines, briefed the IMAFI Nagaland leaders during the meeting about the past and present Muaythai scenarios in the country and the world. He also explained about the roadmap of Muaythai under IMAFI World HQs and also as to how IMAFI Nagaland would pursue to promote Muaythai activities in the State.

During the meeting at Hotel Japfu, Joshua and Nungshilemba were elected as Vice President and General Secretary of IMAFI Nagaland respectively.

Burnley splash out record fee for Belgian star Defour london, august 16 (aFP): Belgian international midfielder Steven Defour became Premier League newboys Burnley's record signing on Tuesday with the English club spending a reported £7.5million (8.6m euros, $9.7m) to lure him away from Anderlecht. The 28-year-old -capped 46 times and played for Belgium at the 2014 World Cup -- signed a three-year contract and his fee eclipsed the £6m paid for striker Andre Gray last year. Defour, who caused a minor scandal in Belgium infuriating fans of his former club Standard Liege when he signed for rivals Anderlecht from Porto, will bring much needed top level experience to the side, claimed manager Sean Dyche.

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